Rina had gone to the last races. She'd stayed in the alley as she'd done the first races she attended. That's probably the only reason she'd noticed the careful attention they'd paid to Letty and Mia. It had made her blood run cold. The way they'd grin and whisper. The way that Drew would touch himself. The two women didn't notice seeing as they were so involved with the men they loved. The Toretto's were so secure in their own safety they didn't realize the monsters had come out of the closet and were sniffing at their doors.
Her phone was ringing as she entered the house. She answered it breathlessly. "Hello?"
"Kiiiittttyyyy Cat." came the sing song voice. Her stomach dropped. "Do you want to hear your friends Kitty Cat?" She heard a sob, and knew it was Mia. Men were screaming in the background.
"What have you done?" she whispered.
"We're obviously smarter than your new friends bitch!" Heath was laughing. "They're all locked up with no place to go, but not our Mia or Letty, oh no, we have good plans for them."
"Where are you bastard?"
He whispered the name of a warehouse. "No cops Kitty Cat. You come and we'll trade. We'll let your boyfriend live."
Rina stared off into space. "I'll be there." As soon as she heard the click she notified Sam Cassidy, her police contact in Los Angeles. She put on her custom Kevlar, the best that money could buy, and she loaded her weapons. Her gold badge flashed on top of her shirt when it caught the light. The past year and a half was dwindling down to minutes now. They wouldn't expect her so quickly. Heath would think she was fretting and crying, but she wasn't. Rina was calm and steady. She strapped the two guns onto her thighs in the special holsters she'd had made for an easy cross draw.
She got to the nearby warehouse quickly, but parked where they couldn't hear the bike. Her stealth aided her in this situation. She snuck into the warehouse, and tried to get her bearings on where everyone was in the room. Through the swinging doors she could see a steel cage that had double chain link doors from floor to ceiling over to her right. This was bolted shut with an iron padlock, and she saw Dom, Brian, Leon, Vince, and Jesse behind them. All of the men were bloodied. They were screaming in rage, and shaking the doors for all they were worth. She didn't know how they'd managed to get Team Toretto behind those doors, but they'd effectively made them powerless. There was a cot in the left side of the room, and she could see Letty tied with rope to the frame. Her clothes were ripped, but still on. That was a good sign. Mia was in the middle of the room on her knees. She was sobbing, and Heath was petting her head. It looked like he'd hit her, and her hands were tied in front of her.
Todd was hitting the chain link fence with a crow bar on occasion and laughing. Scott had a gun in his right hand, and he was standing off to Heath's right about five feet away. Drew was crouching near Letty running his hand down her chest. Time to act. Rina took a deep breath and spoke quietly for her own benefit. "My enemies will fall before me."
Rina stepped back and then kicked the swinging doors open. It startled the men, by the time they started moving she'd already drawn both weapons. Without missing a step, she headed straight for Heath. Her senses were all in tune. They'd been honed for this day. She was prepared. She saw Todd start towards her with the crow bar raised above his head and fired directly into his right thigh. He dropped with a scream. With her left hand she fired at Scott who was taking aim at her with the gun. Scott hadn't been practicing for 18 months. She hit his right shoulder with complete accuracy, and the gun dropped from his hand on to the floor. Drew stood and turned to her with a feral grin. She'd stopped and was facing Heath. One gun trained on Drew, one on Canton. The men in the cage had become silent with shock.
"I've been waiting for you Kitty Cat. Waiting for another go." Drew told her and stalked towards her.
"Drew, no part of your body will ever touch mine again." she told him without hesitation.
He screamed and ran at her. She lowered the gun and shot him in the groin. Not a killing blow unless he went without treatment for a long period of time. He writhed on the floor long high pitched whimpers screeching through his lips. She moved forward again and kicked Scott's gun behind her. Three down, one to go. "Mia go." she ordered. "Down on your knees Heath." She could see the fear in his eyes. This wasn't the same girl he and his friends had lured in and then gang raped. So scared, so destroyed. Not the same girl at all.
Heath dropped to his knees. "Mia go to the fence and let them untie your hands sweetheart." she spoke as if she was speaking to a child. Mia moved quickly and they were able to get her hands untied. Then Mia ran to Letty, untying her and helping her limp to the cage. Rina stood straight, and let the barrel of the gun rest against Heath's forehead. That's when she noticed his black eye. "Who were we fighting with Heath?"
He spit. "Your boyfriend got a shot in."
"Rina, just get the key from him Rina. Then we can get out and we can call the police. Rina please."
Rina grinned. "It's payback time Heath. Did you like what I did to your cars?"
He practically snarled.
"Payback. Not only for what you did to naïve little Caterina De La Rossi, but for what you did to Angelina Garcia."
"I don't know what you're talking about." he said snidely.
"Oh? You don't? Rope burns on wrists, strangled, cut across the face, four initials H D T S woven together so as not to be apparent on the front pelvic region on the right. When your flesh heals the scars are there. Semen from four donors matching in both cases. Now there are two additional cases of attempted rape, a whole slew of assault charges. Not to mention attacking an officer of the law." This statement drew gasps from the cage.
"You ain't no cop."
"No, not a cop. But I am a licensed bounty hunter , which makes me an officer of the law. You have outstanding warrants out for your arrests for several charges in Philadelphia. I was tapped to pick you all up. You didn't seriously think I would put myself in a position where I could go to jail over you did you Heath?" She waved her badge that was hanging in clear view, and his eyes widened. Rina felt a great peace settle over her. "Do you believe in God Heath? Because if you do, now's the time to confess your sins." Saying this she manually cocked the weapon.
"Oh God Rina, don't kill him. He's not worth it Baby." Brian almost sobbed. "I love you Rina. Let me out of the cage Sweetheart." He was starting to sound frantic.
"I love you too Brian." Rina said calmly, "but it's time for Heath to understand that God doesn't necessarily forgive the choices we make just because we have money."
Heath started sobbing. "Drew killed the Garcia whore. He strangled her as I fucked her. He said we should have done it to you when we fucked you, and fucked you up. We thought that you'd crawl away and die somewhere. You were so weak. We marked you with our initials so you'd always remember. We should have fucking killed you!" he was screaming and babbling at the same time.
"Yes, Heath, you should have. Instead you made me what I am. In doing so, you all fucked yourselves. " she told him and uncocked the weapon. The doors burst open and police filed in. "Oh, did I mention I already called the cops?"
Detective Sam Cassidy walked up to her. "Good work Ms. De La Rossi. We could use a hunter like you around here."
Rina headed over to Mia and Letty. Their wrists were raw, but wouldn't scar like hers had. She crouched in front of the two women sitting on the floor. "Medics are on their way. Make sure to keep antibiotic ointment on them." she told them quietly. "They'll heal quicker that way." Letty grabbed her wrists and studied them. Looking closely they could see the scars she'd hidden under the art. "You won't scar Letty, neither of you will."
"Thank you." Mia whispered.
"No, thank you. Both of you. I'm sorry I couldn't save you from all of this."
"You saved us when it counted Chica." Letty told her. "What now? What are you doing now that the debt was paid?"
Rina looked around. This was what she'd lived for. Her reason for existence since it had happened. "I don't know. I guess I find out if I can survive. I find out if I can actually live with what happened." She stared into nothing. "But at least I have that option. Angelina doesn't."