Hello everyone! Okay, brief understanding of this chapter. We saw Seraphina and Brian have some sort of understanding with each other and that forming of a brother and sister bond coming into light. Also, the guilt that Brian has for putting Letty out in the field as an informant and leaving Seraphina an orphan weighs heavily on his shoulders. So, of course he wants to make up for that.
Okay, enough of me talking. Time for you guys to enjoy this chapter.
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Chapter 8: Problems
Brian O'Connor's POV
I heard the guys drilling the cargo box and removing the side of it. I heard Tego speak to Tej who stared at the vault in disbelief. I couldn't help, but smirk at Tej expression and shook my head. I glanced down at Seraphina who fell back to sleep from her emotional break down. She nestled in my lap with her head rest against my shoulder and my arms around her waist and shoulders. She has changed so much. She grew up. Everything she did was for survival. She tried to survive on the streets for a little bit until her accident happened. It led her to believe the accident wasn't really an accident. Someone was trying to kill her, but then Desmond the savior he is saved Seraphina from death itself.
"That's the piggy bank you ordered." Tego told Tej and he hacker shook his head.
"You're kidding me." Tej said and I yelled out.
"Yup!" Tej looked over at me and I just smiled at him.
"Where in the hell did y'all get one of these?" Tej asked and Han explained with a smirk on his face.
"Well, we had a life before you met us." Han said. Tej walked towards the vault and sighed.
"All right, I'll get to work on the electronic tumbler, but there's still another problem." Tej then pointed to the scanner on the vault. Shit. "Palm scanner." I groaned in frustration and leaned my head back. Damn. "And without Reyes' handprint, Houdini himself couldn't open this bitch." Tej is right. Without Reyes' handprint for the palm scanner, where never going to that vault open.
"How do you know it's Reyes' handprint?" Rico asked and Tej raised an eyebrow at Rico.
"You got $100 million in a safe. You going to put somebody else's handprint on it?" Tej said. I nodded in agreement. Tej does have a point. Reyes' wouldn't be stupid enough to put someone else's hand print of his own vault. I shook my head and tightened my arms around Seraphina. She looks so peaceful when she's asleep. I pushed her hair back and a small smile graced my lips. She's been through so much. Desmond may have saved her life, but her life was already ruined when Dom and his family went on the run. They had to leave her behind. He didn't want too, but Dom had no choice and I was to blame. I never meant to leave her homeless let alone defend herself on the streets. I'm just glad Desmond found her and took her in. I heard Tego and Rico started to argue again and I chuckled as they argue until Roman asked Tej a good question.
"How are we supposed to get Reyes' handprint?" I glanced at Dom. He has a plan. He's going to send Han out to get Reyes' handprint.
"Han." Dom's voice echoed through the air and Han looked at Dom. "You're up." Dom then pushed himself away from the railing and started to walk down the stairs. Han started to walk away and do what he does best. I gave him a thumbs' up and he nodded.
"Sure. Nothing like the easy stuff." He said. I noticed Giselle gaze at Han and couldn't, but think she probably has a thing for him.
"Let's go. I'll drive." She said. Han stared after her and I smirked at him. I looked at Dom who had a smirk on his face. Yeah, Han's hooked on her. While they do their part, Tej and Roman start working on the vault. Mia is working the laptop while Dom comes over here. He sits down next to me and glances at Seraphina.
"Finally fell asleep, huh?" He asked and I nodded.
"She understood why Letty did what she had to do." I told him. "She wanted to have a life again without having to look over her shoulders. She wanted to be with Seraphina again." I said and Dom nodded. "Letty searched for Seraphina every day. Wondering if her little sister was still alive or dead." I said to Dom. I glanced away at him and gazed down at Seraphina. How could Seraphina live a life like this? I remember the day I told Letty that Seraphina disappeared, she was devastated. She didn't want to believe it, but when I told her about the car accident and showed her the pictures of Seraphina's blue charger.
It broke her. Letty truly believe Seraphina was dead, but here we are now. Letty is dead and Seraphina is still alive. I should admire what Seraphina is doing, but I question what she's doing in her life. Being part of something where she must kill, that's not what I want for her and I don't think that's what Letty would want her to do either. She may not be here to protect her little sister, so I must step up. For Letty.
"I still blame myself Dom." I confessed.
"Brian," I shook my head and continued.
"If I hadn't used Letty to be an informant for Braga's cartel, she would still be alive and here with Seraphina." I pressed my lips in a thin line and shook my head. "I didn't mean to rip you guys apart." I said. "I need to make this right." I finally looked at Dom with tears shining in my eyes. "I have to do this. For her." I looked back down at Seraphina's sleeping form and back at Dom. "For Seraphina and Letty." Dom nodded understanding what I have to do. I'm going to be there for Seraphina. She needs another older brother. I'm going to be there for her. No matter what. A beeping sound came from the laptop and Seraphina snorted awake and tumbled out of my lap. She groaned, but quickly rushed up to her feet and darted towards the laptop. Dom and I shared a look and we both got up and followed her. Seraphina's fingers were flying across the keys with Mia standing next to her. Their eyes were wide and Mia started to panic.
"Oh, no. Guys, guys! Guys, we have a problem." Mia shouted out. I walked on the other side of Seraphina who banged her fist against the table in frustration. I looked at the screen and saw all our faces appear on the screen.
"The whole team just got burnt." I shouted over my shoulder and looked back at the screen. Seraphina typed away on the keyboard trying to figure out what went wrong with her algorithm. She banged her fist again on the table while everyone else started to gather around.
"Fuck! Someone hacked through my firewall. Damnit!" I put my hand on her shoulder to comfort her and she shook her head.
"Now we're all wanted." Mia said and reached for her shoulder and gently rubbed it for comfort too. Seraphina continues to type and try to find out what went wrong. She brought up some files and a profile that I thought I never would see again.
"How did this happen?" Giselle asked and Seraphina answered.
"US Diplomatic Security Services issued the warrants." She answered and leaned her elbow against the table. "Agent L. Hobbs." I moved closer to the laptop and narrowed my eyes at the screen.
"Hold on one second." I moved my finger over the mouse pad and double tapped on Hobbs' file. "Hey, Dom." I pulled it up the file and glanced at Dom. "Is that the guy you saw in the favela?" I asked him and he looked at the photo of Hobbs.
"Yeah." He said and I sighed.
"You know him?" I looked at Seraphina then at everyone else and nodded.
"Hobbs is the leader of the elite task force for the DSS." I glanced at everyone. Giselle seemed nervous and Tej sighed.
"So, he's good." Tej said and I nodded.
"When the FBI wants to find somebody, that's who they call. Because he never misses his mark." I said. "This guy is Old Testament. Blood, bullets, wrath of God. That's his style."
"Sounds like a mercenary if you ask me." I looked down at Seraphina who gave up and pushed the laptop towards Mia. I nodded my head at her.
"More or less." I said and Mia raised an eyebrow at me.
"And right now, he's hunting us?" Mia asked and I nodded. I glanced at Dom who stared down at the floor.
"Dom, we got to move up our timeline." Han said and Roman agreed.
"Yeah, but how?" He asked. "This thing's already been difficult without Wyatt Earp on our asses." He said. Giselle slightly nodded her head agreeing with Roman. I glanced down at Seraphina who stared intently at Hobbs's photo. I lightly squeezed her shoulder and she looked up at me.
"You okay?" I whispered to her. She nodded right away and glanced at Roman.
"If anything, we need more room to breathe." I looked at Dom and we shared a look. He's got a plan.
"Roman's right." Everyone besides me and Seraphina. We both understood what Dom was thinking. Everyone else exchanged looks with each other and expressed questionable look at Dom. "Think we need to get some fresh air." We all nodded and everyone dispersed to get ready. I looked at Mia who gave me a tight lip smile.
"You okay staying here for a little bit?" I asked and Mia nodded.
"I'll be okay, but I'm more worried about you and Dom." I smiled at her, moved towards her and kissed the top of her head. I glanced at Seraphina who pushed herself away from the table and walked towards the other side of the factory.
"I'm more worried about Sera." I said with a frown expression. Mia nodded in agreement and sighed.
"Please keep her safe." She whispered to me and I nodded. I pulled Mia into a hug and she returned it.
"You have my word, I'll keep her safe. Hobbs doesn't know who she is or where she's been in the last five years. If anything popped up on Hobbs radar, he can't connect her to Letty. I made sure I erased the relations between her and Letty. To keep her safe." Mia nodded against my chest and tightened her hold on me.
"Watch each other's backs." I nodded and gently pressed my lips against her forehead. I looked over at Seraphina who was getting ready as was everyone else. I made a promise. I'm going to keep that promise. I'm going to keep this family together. No matter what.