It's funny how things can go south in a split of a second. We were currently waiting in the toy shop, every one, but one. I don't even recall how or when everything went bad. The plan was simple. Pin Dom down and shoot him with a fucken dart, knock him out just enough to grab him and the briefcase he stole. It was a simple one two step plan. But it quickly came tumbling down on all of us figuratively and literally. I stood to the side ready to dart him, when he broke loose, neutralizing the entire team. Dom didn't even hesitate in harming us. I had rushed to them, making sure they were okay, when I spotted Decker chasing Dom into the street. Hobbs right behind him. I pulled Letty out her totaled car, before following the others. Letty took a left, hoping to appear next to Dom and surrounding him. I followed in the directions of Hobbs.
The moment I turned that corner, is the moment it came tumbling down on me. It all appeared as if time had slowed down. I heard the three shots go off. I saw Deckard go down with a thud that still echoed in my head. I tried to go to him. I tried to help him. But I was frozen on the spot. No matter how much I screamed, kicked or hit, I couldn't go to him. It wasn't until later that I noticed Hobbs had me in his arms, dragging me away from Deckard's body. I had managed to break free at one point, only to have Tej and Rome pull me back.
Even now it all seemed unreal. It played back over and over in my head, like a scene from a movie. I stood on the side line, watching how my brother gunned down my lover. I could hear myself screaming. Hobbs was yelling in the back ground, trying to get me going. The sirens of both cops and paramedics getting louder and louder as they approached. The gun shots still ringing in my ear. All that disappeared, only to echo the words of Little Nobody.
'He didn't make it.'
I don't remember much after that. Just the screaming and dropping to my knees. The room spun in circles. Deckard's words playing like a broken cd.
'I will always be with you.'
Over and over and over and ov-
"Enough!" I covered my ears, begging for it all to stop. "Please stop." Taking in deep breaths, I slowly began to calm myself. I could still faintly hear his promise, but I refused to acknowledge them.
"Eli."
I refused to look up, knowing that once I did my headache would come rushing back. "What?"
"Just checking on you."
I tilted my head to the side, giving Hobbs a look. "I am fine."
"Are you really?"
"No!" I jumped to my feet. "Of course not! I mean I just watched my brother kill my fiancé. The father of my son!" Oh Aaron. "He just got his dad back, now I have to take him away. What am I going to tell him? How am I going to explain that his uncle took his father away?!" Hobbs just stood there, allowing me to vent out my frustration, anger, hatred. "How am I going to look my son in the eye? I have always told him family is first. Family will always be there to protect and care for you. Yet all this family has done for me is being nothing but pain and losses! I fucken curse the day I was born into this family!"
"You don't mean that." Letty appeared by the door. .
I laughed humorless. "Don't I? Ever since I can remember I have not once lived the life I wanted. I always did what my brother wanted and ordered. Everything I ever did was wrong in his eyes. I fell in love Johnny and what does he do? Erases me out of his life. Leaves without a second glance." I was inches from her face. I knew she wasn't in the best place mentally right now, but my box was open. "But don't let him have a problem. We all pack our shit and come running. I had a life, a good one with Johnny until he came and fucked it all up. Then I once again built my life from scratch. I had a good job, I met a man I loved. And once again Dom and his stupid shit ruined it for me!"
"You can't blame everything on him!" Letty yelled. "That man you so much loved, he came after us! Your family!"
"He was my family! Deckard was my family! He was the father of my child!" My voice cracked at the end. I was tired. To fucken tired to continue. "I had my own family and Dom took that away from me." Hugging myself, I backed away from her. Leaning again the wall, I leaned my head back. "Dom always says he does everything for the family. I have yet to see it. All this, all of this is consequences of his actions. From the moment he was stealing from the truckers, to rio, to this." I turned my head towards her. "What have you gained from all of this? You lost your memories. Were dead to us for a while. What have any of us gained from this? Money? That comes and goes. Fame? Yeah as the ten most wanted in the world."
"We stick together, like always." Letty spoke the words with firmness. She didn't want to give up on Dom. "We will find Dom and we will fix this."
"You're right." I pushed myself off the wall, arms crossed and inches from her. "We will find Dom. And I will fix this." Pushing past her, I completely ignored the others. It was time to get ourselves ready to move. And this time, Dom was coming back with us. Stepping out of the toy shop, I inhaled the air. You could smell the humidity in the air, a little after gift from last nights rains. Watching the fisher men, pack up their fish. My mind began working on how to catch Dom. I wasn't going to let this one slid. He was going to pay for what he did, regardless of what anyone did or think.
"Should I be worried?" Hobbs appeared beside me, handing me a bottle of water. "You have that same look Dom gets."
"What look?"
Hobbs took a chug of his water, gesturing to my face. "The look of pure determination and anger."
I shrugged, handing the bottle to a tired looking worker. "This is not something that can be fixed with words or simply go away. And I am going to get my revenge, one way or another."
Hobbs sighed, placing a hand on my shoulder. "I can't say what you can and can't do. But I will tell you this. He is your brother."
"He stopped being my brother the moment he pulled that trigger."
