There's No "I" in TEAM

Summary: How the team came to be-the past and all that shit, how I want it or think it was.

Rating: Will vary from chapter to chapter but mainly PG-13

Disclaimers: I own nothing except Letty's best friend, Adrian Cortez, her father, Mikhael Rodriguez, her mother, Lena Rodriguez and her adoptive parents, Jake and Ande McCune(that is my Best Friend's last name so don't you DARE say it's stupid or desperate measures will be taken!)

WARNING-If you don't like gross things you might wanna skip this chapter.

Chapter Five- Fear

Letty jolted awake at a loud THUMP! resounded through the house.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

Letty sat up and jumped as a huge peal of thunder rolled and the wind whistled by. As the wind got faster, she noticed the thumping got faster as well. Letty walked to her door and opened it, looking down the dark hallway before walking into it. She reached the top of the stairs and began to walk down them. She jumped when another thump sounded, tripping down the stairs and landing at the bottom.

"H-hello?" she asked the darkness. Nothing. She passed in front of the front door. Another thump.

The thumping was outside.

Letty grabbed the door handle and turned it slowly, wrenching it open. She was expecting someone to be there but no one was, so she pushed the screen door aside and went onto the porch. She stood in the rain and wind, hugging herself to keep from getting a chill.

It didn't work.

As Letty heard another thump, it occured to her that something might be caught on the house, so she walked into the yard and looked up at the front of the house.

After which she promptly screamed.

Her mother's body dangled from the bedroom window and was blowing in the harsh wind and rain.

Letty had found the source of the thumping. She was fixated on her mother that she was totally taken by surprise when someone tackled her to the ground. She fought to get away from her father and her fist connected with his face, dazing him. It was all Letty needed. She jumped up and began to run. She heard her father curse, heard his footsteps coming after her as she ran towards the Torretto household for her life. She ran up the front steps and collided with the front door, twisting the handle to find that it was locked.

"DOM!" she screamed, banging on the door. "DOM! HELP! ANYBODY!" she screamed, banging harder. She turned and saw her father charging up the stairs so she ran to the porch ledge, pulling herself onto the roof and out of her father's grasping fingertips. She scrambled up to a window and pounded on it. It opened and Mia stood there, staring at Letty, who was soaking wet, muddy and terrified. Letty scrambled into Mia's room and ran downstairs. Tony was just about to open the front door.

"DON'T!" she screamed, making Tony jump and whirl around, "DON'T OPEN THE DOOR!"

""Dad?" Dom asked, coming downstairs, "What the fuck is going on?"

"Watch your language and I'm just as confused as you are, Dom. Care to explain Let?" Tony asked. Letty began to stutter uncontrollably.

"Mami, she-THUMP THUMP THUMP-and papi tackled me-he hit me-wind made it go THUMP-got away-swing swing THUMP-" Letty began, using her hands to tell the broken story, slamming one hand into the other on THUMP and pointing to an invisible object on the swing, "-climbed in Mia's-ran away-punched him to get away-got away-Mami-"

Suddenly a loud THUMP resounded from the front door.

"Lemme in Torretto! My daughter's in there!" yelled her father. Tony looked at Letty, who by this time had scrambled over everything and was curled up in the corner, crying.

"Come back tomorrow, Mikhael. She wants to spend the night." Tony yelled back calmly. "Mia, honey-would you mind getting some wet, warm towels. Dom-could you get some dry ones and a big, warm blanket." Tony ordered and they went their own ways as he walked over to Letty. She was clutching her head to her knees and crying to herself.

"Letty, come sit on the couch. It's much nicer than this cold floor." Tony said and Letty looked up at him. He reached down and gently pulled her to her feet, leadin her over to the couch. Mia and Dom returned and Mia helped Letty get cleaned up while Tony and Dom went into the kitchen.

"Dad? Why is Letty here at one in the morning, terrified out of her wits?" Dom asked, watching his father pace.

"I'm not sure. One thing I am sure about is Letty's father. Did you see the bruises she had everywhere?" he said, running a hand through his hair, "From what I can tell, Letty's mother-"

"Dad! We're done! You can come back in now." Mia yelled from the living room. Tony and Dom walked back into the living room and sat on the furniture. Letty looked like a baby, swaddled and scared, on the couch beside Mia.

"Now. Letty-I need you to tell me exactly what happened today when you got home from school." Tony said and Letty looked like she was about to cry again. But she nodded and began her story. Leaving out the detention slip.

"I-I got home and my p-papi-he-he hit me for not calling-I got in a fight with my mami-and fell asleep in m-m-my room-THUMP-something woke me up-woke me up-hic-went outside-hic-looked at the house-swing swing THUMP it went-" Letty started but Tony interrupted.

"Letty-what went swing swing THUMP?"

"-swing swing THUMP-she was hanging by her neck going swing swing THUMP!" Letty yelled, slamming her hands on the coffee table at THUMP. At this point Mia promptly clapped her hands over her mouth and squeaked.

"Dom-put your sister to bed."

"But dad-"

"Do it, please. Then you can come back down."

"Fine." Dom said, dragging Mia, who didn't want to go, upstairs to bed. He came down seconds later.

"Letty-I need the rest of the-of the story, honey." Tony said.

"He tackled me and I got away-hic-by punching his face-sniffle-and I ran here."

"How did you get upstairs?"

"She climbed in through my window." Mia said, sitting back down on the couch.

"Mia, you're supposed to be in bed." Dom said.

"Let it go, Dom. Never mind." Tony said, turning back to Letty. She was clutching her knees to her chest again and muttering to herself.

"He wants to kill me, he does." she said, looking at them with a wild look in her eyes, "He wants to cut my throat-kill me-chop me into little pieces-"

"Letty-no one is going to chop you into little pieces, honey. I promise. Now why don't we all go to bed and we can talk about this further in the morning, hmm?" Tony asked, standing and stretching.

"Come on, Letty." Mia said, grabbing her wrist and pulling her up the stairs, stumbling.

"MIA! Take it easy! She's in shock!" Dom yelled, coming up after them. Letty looked back at him as Mia dragged her into her room and slammed the door. Dom couldn't shake the feeling that she didn't want to be in Mia's room at all.

A/N: So what do you think for my first scary chapter?