A/N: Sorry about the wait, but I was kind of pissed about a certain review that I received.

Oh and to the answer of the question about Rome. Brian still grew up in the same place, duh! He grew up in Barstow, no matter if the second movie happened or not. By the way, this is an AU as I mentioned before, so not everything is the same, you Twit!

Sorry to those of you that like this story.

Brian was in a haze of pain. There was nothing that he could do about the feeling, and it was as if he were continually falling. He thought that he might be hallucinating, because it looked as if the man beside him were Vince, and why would he be here? Vince had hated him, not that Brian could blame him, but if that were true; then why was he here now?

He looked over at the man, Vince, beside him again. The man favored his right arm, and hadn't that been the one that he had injured on the truck?

"You keep staring at me, I'm going to start thinking that you like me in a way I'm not comfortable with. If that were the case, then I would have to kick your ass O'Connor, injured or not." Brian blinked, and looked at him as if he didn't understand what had been said, or that he was crazy.

"Why?" Brian asked, his voice only just rising above a whisper.

"Why, what?" Vince asked, confused.

"Why would you save me, after all that I've done?" Brian asked, his voice slurring from the pain, and the start of a fever, that was already spiking.

"It's because of what you did Brian. You saved my life man. You may have been a cop, but you blew your cover, and risked your life to save mine. Damn, you even avenged Jesse, let Dom go, and gave up your badge. If I didn't have a reason to trust you before, I have one now." Vince said, and looked over to Brian, who nodded, but then his eyes started to roll back.

Vince reached out and slapped Brian's face a little. "Brian, man you got to stay awake. We'll be there in about twenty minutes." Vince said, his voice holding a little fear.

"Be where?" Brian asked, his voice weak. The haze was pulling him in, and his vision was darkening.

"To Dom's. Jesse and your friend, Rome I think his name is, are there also." Vince said, and Brian perked up a little at that.

"Rome?" He asked.

"Yeah, Dom said he showed up a while ago, when he heard that you were running. Something about he was sorry about blaming you for what happened. I don't know the whole story let him tell you, when you're well enough to even stay awake." Vince said, and Brian laughed, but it turned into a groan as the motion jarred his shoulder.

"No laughing." Brian said.

"Don't have to worry about that. We're here." Vince said, as he skidded to a stop in front of a large Victorian. Vince got out, and was opening the door to Brian's side before the blond man even knew what happened. The front door of the house also opened, and Brian could see Rome, Dom and Jesse come running out.

Vince pulled Brian out of the car, and draped his arm around his shoulder's, helping to steady the wounded man. There was a rustle, and Dom, Rome, and Jesse were also by his side. Brian was confused as to why any of them would want to help him, but he let it go, his concentration on the pain.

"Brian?" He heard someone call, but it just blended in with everything else. "Brian!" The same voice called, but he still didn't respond, didn't have the strength, and just wanted to give in to the blackness that threatened to consume him.

"Brian!" Rome and Dom called again. They got no response, and when they lifted Brian's head to look into the blond man's eyes, they were shocked to see how glossy and full of pain they were.

"Elena!" Dom called, and a young black haired woman came running out of the house a minute later. She came running over to the group, and with one look at Brian, she started talking to herself in Spanish. She pressed her hand to his forehead, and found him hot to the touch; yet he was shivering. He was shirtless, the only thing on his shoulder was the bandage, and it was soaked with blood.

"Bring him inside." She said, motioning to Brian, and then to the door. Vince complied, and started to slowly drag Brian to the door. It wasn't long before Rome had taken Brian's other side, and mind full of his shoulder, was helping Vince haul him inside.

Brian was carefully laid down on the bed prepared for him. He groaned as his shoulder hit the mattress, and seemed to be drawn out of his reverie. He looked around, and found himself staring into the concerned eyes of the four people he never thought he would see again.

Vince, Dom, Rome, and Jesse looked on with concern as Elena started to work on Brian. The man's lips moved, and at first no sound came out, but after a minute one name came through, "Rome?" Brian asked.

The man looked at Brian for a second, and then moved past everyone to get to Brian's side. He sat on Brian's good side, and took his clammy hand. "You okay Bri?" He asked. Brian tried to nod, but failed miserably, and gave Rome a lopsided smile instead. "Man, Bullet, you're still the same man. Hurt and tryin' to play the hero." Rome laughed out.

"Nah man, you're just mad the spotlight is off you for once." Brian ground out through clenched teeth, and laughed, but it came out as more of a gurgle, and forced him into a coughing fit.

"Calm down Bullet. I gotta get up so Elena can take care of you, but call me if you need anything." Rome said, and Brian half nodded, before passing out.

"What's wrong with him?" Dom asked, his voice edging on panic.

"He lost too much blood, and has a fever from an infection in the wound. I can't help him, he needs doctors. You need to get him to the hospital." Elena said, and Dom nodded. She pressed on Brian's wound wrong, making Brian wake up from the pain, gasping.

There was a lot of loud sirens, and the sound of the front door breaking in, before a voice came over the loud speaker. "We know you're in there, the place is surrounded, and there is no way out! Surrender, and we'll go easy on you." The voice said.

"If there is another way out, take it." Brian gasped out. They looked at him as if he were crazy, so he continued. "I went through all of this just to make sure you didn't get sent to jail, don't make all that's happened be for nothing." Brian said, and they all nodded, looking sorry for doing it.

"We'll get you out of this man, you can count on it." Dom said, and they took off running out the other door in the room, just as the sound of pounding feet hit the stairs.

A/N: Hope you liked the update... Review, and I will write more!