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Chapter One: Meet the Crew

At Harry's Pro Shop a green Eclipse is seen pulling up, barely making the stop before hitting the curb.

As she steps out of the car, Sara straightens her clothes which consists of a red tank top and mechanics overalls tied around her waist. Turning she says, "So congratulations, we are officially late every single day so far. You know, if this was a real job, Harry would haved canned our asses already."
Walking past her to the front door Brian responds, "Yeah, good thing it's not thought right? Get in the truck, I'm gonna talk to Harry and then we'll be on our way."

"Whatever." She scoffs as she slams the door making her way to the red truck they drove while 'working' for Harry. If she would have had an opinion she would have said it was an ugly ass truck. A cherry red Ford Lightning. She was almost embarrassed to be seen in it. But it was their designated company vehicle and got them into places and beater sure as hell wouldn't have. She slides into the passenger seat and closes her eyes. Sleep had been a luxury it seems she can't afford lately.
Meanwhile inside, Brian walks up to Harry. Harry was not an intimidating man by any means. In his fifties he had definitely let himself go but you could tell he'd been a big shot in his hay day.

"You're late again Brian. You can't keep doing this! If you keep this up you're going to have to find somewhere else to do your work. People are going to get suspicious if I don't fire your ass!"

Stopping in front of Harry, Brian says, "Hey, I'm here now. Relax."

Harry snorts, "Relax he says, yeah right. What d'you need?"

"Just the keys to the truck. And maybe twenty bucks for lunch?"

Rolling his eyes Harry opens the register handing a twenty over to Brian. "You know I really don't like you. You and that partner of yours is bad business."

Grabbing the twenty and walking passed him Brian responds, "You don't have to like us, just listen to us. Unless you want a whole lot of trouble coming your way for those illegal parts you move."

Harry's response was cut off by the door closing. Taking a quick jog over to the truck he hops in and starts it up. Sara not even bothering to open her eyes starts the conversation.

"We headed to Toretto's?"

"Yup. Same as every other day. Why?"

Finally opening her eyes she turns to Brian. "I'm getting worried about you Brian. You're getting too attached to the sister. I know you've said that Toretto will know who's pulling the heists, and I agree with you, but we are no closer to any leads and we haven't even spoken to him directly yet!"

Stopping at a red light Brian glances at her, "Don't worry, I know my mission. Mia is just a nice girl"

"I know she is Brian, I've gone with you everyday and talked to her every day. But news flash, she doesn't know shit. If her brother is involved he's keeping her separated from all of that. Are you sure the fact that you think she's hot isn't clouding your judgement?"

At green he starts to move again. Taking the back residential roads to their destination. "Don't worry about it. My plan is to earn Toretto's trust and maybe he'll get comfortable enough to start talking."

Throwing her hands in the air she turns toward him. "Brian are you even listening to yourself? You want to earn someones trust by flirting with their little sister? I knew it. You were dropped on your head as a baby. Jesus."

Letting out a quick laugh Brian pulls the truck into park behind an old Chevy right across the street from the little restaurant attached to a garage. From here the duo sees a few straggling customers outside but the inside is clear. Clear of all but two people. Mia is in the front behind the counter, leaned over what Sara would guess is homework. And behind that in the back of the room was a silhouette of a man. They could only assume that it was the man of the hour, Dominic Toretto, king of the streets, and the only lead they had for the Big Rig hijackings. Getting out of the pickup the pair walks into the diner and plops down at the counter.

Dropping her pencil Mia turns to them, she asks Brian, "Tuna on white, no crust, right?"

Brian smirks and Sara follows with a customary eye roll. "I don't know. How is it?"

Coming to a stop in front of Brian she responds, "Every day, for the last two weeks, you've come here, asking how the tuna is. Now, it was crappy yesterday. It was crappy the day before. And guess what? It hasn't changed."

Pretending to think it through he says, "I'll have the tuna."

"No crust?"

"No crust."

Turning to Sara, "And for you? The usual?"

Smirking and holding her head up with one hand on the counter Sara say, "Ah Mia, you know me so well. One coffee and one cinnamon roll."

"Sugar or cream for the coffee?"

Fighting through a yawn she shakes her head, "There is no other way to drink it but black. I'm convinced that putting that shit in it takes away the potency and I need all the help I can get staying awake."

Giving a soft chuckle Mia walks off. "Be right back."

In less than five minutes their food is in front of them. Thanking Mia, Brian digs into his sandwich while Sara sips her coffee looking at a car magazine. For years she stopped caring about modifications to cars, now she was amazed at the things people could do and have done to a car. Glancing at Brian she was about to comment on his disgusting choice of food when movement in the back catches her attention. The figure in the back, now no mistaking it to be Dominic, stands up and goes to a cooler to grab something to drink. Cracking it open and turning around he stares at the pair sitting at the counter. But while Brian is obvious in his stare back Sara is discrete, barely looking up over the coffee cup while flipping yet another page. She gets the feeling that he's studying her more than Brian.

The staring contest doesn't last long before a distant rumble catches everyone's attention. Brian turns to look while Dominic sits back down and resumes doing whatever it was that he was doing at the desk. Sara doesn't turn. She knows who it is. Dominic's crew. Although they'd never actually met them, the profiles that had been provided to them told them all they needed to know.

First up was a dark red Nissan 240. That was Letty's car. Leticia "Letty" Ortiz was Dominic's girl. They'd been together since she was 16. From what Sara understood Dominic hadn't exactly been faithful throughout the years, but somehow they persevered. She was a damn good mechanic and driver and had a bad ass, don't come near me, look about her. To date, Sara couldn't remember ever seeing her actually smile.

Next was Leon driving a yellow Nissan Skyline. Leon was a lookout man, had his eyes and ears open to everything, be it car part deals or the local Leo activity he knew where things were going down. He had apparently been friends with Dominic since grade school. Usually he didn't race but was still a very skilled driver.

Third was a Vince. He drove a blue Nissan Maxima. He had an ape-ish look to him and a temper to match. Having grown up with Dominic and Leon he had a sense of entitlement and from what Sara had seen was pining over Mia.

Last but not least was Jesse, driving a suped up Volkswagen Jetta. Despite being a high school dropout he was a genius with engines. He was brought to the team a few years back by Leon. A former street urchin, he now called the Toretto house home, and was known in the racing business as the mad scientist. Kid could make a working engine out of bubblegum and aluminum foil.

They all bailed out of their cars and converged onto Vince's car. Looking under the hood Sara could only just catch parts of the conversation.

"Talk to me, Jesse. This ain't working, brother."

Still getting out of his car Jesse turned to Vince with a look that says he's had this conversation before, "It's your fuel map. It's got a nasty hole." Walking over to Vince's car, "That's why you're unloading in third."

Leon put his two cents in. "Told you."

Standing up, Sara chugs down the rest of her coffee and dusts invisible crumbs from her hands. "Delicious as ever Mia. Brian, I'm heading to the truck. We got deliveries to make."

Brian swallows the last bite of his sandwich and nods, "Yeah, okay. I'll meet you out there."

As she turns to head outside Sara notices that Letty's attention had turned from the car to her. A customary scowl on her face as she starts to walk towards the diner. As she passes Sara she knocks into her shoulder throwing Sara off balance enough to make her stumble.
Letty turns, "Watch it bitch." and then heads inside. Deciding to let it go Sara continues to the truck. Getting in and turning back to the article she had been reading she failed to notice the attention Brian was starting to get from the rest of the crew. She did notice however when Vince started yelling.

"Try Fatburger from now on. Get yourself a Double Cheese with fries for $2.95, faggot!"

Without breaking stride Brian turns and walks backwards while responding. "I like the tuna here."

"Bullshit. No one likes the tuna here." Vince started to walk towards Brian, a purpose behind his stride.

Not realizing how close Vince had gotten Brian yells over his shoulder, "Yeah, well, I do."

That simple sentence made all hell break loose. Vince caught up to Brian and shoved him into the pickup. Brian not one to take anyone's bullshit turns around and punches Vince in the jaw. Before you could blink they were on the ground, throwing punches left and right, neither of them getting the upper hand. Sara shakes her head and jumps out of the truck just in time to see Dominic, who had just gotten there, throw Brian onto the hood of a car. Running up to Brian, Sara jumped to his defense.

Stepping in between Brian and Dominic trying to diffuse the situation, she couldn't help but realize how short in comparison to the two she was. Putting her hands up as a signal of meaning no harm she says to Dom, "Hey, man. Your boy was in his face."

Dom, side stepping her, gets in Brian's face and grabs his shirt. "I'm in his face now."

Vince tried to jump at Brian again but surprisingly Dom pushed him back. "Relax! Don't push it! You embarrass me!" Pointing back towards Vince's car he yelled, "Get over there!"

Still looking at Brian Dom says, "Jesse, give me the wallet."

As Jesse hands him the wallet Dom lets go of Brian. He opens the wallet and reads out loud, "Brian Earl Spilner. Sounds like a serial killer name. Is that what you are?"

Shaking his head Brian responds, "No, man."

While Dom tosses him his wallet and glances at Sara who had been leaning against the truck, "What about your girl there, huh? She gonna be a problem?"

Glaring at Dom she spoke for herself. "Don't drag me into this. We didn't start shit. And I'm his sister, not his woman."

Dom stares at Sara for a minute before turning and starting to walk away. "Don't come around here again."

Sara, sick of the bullshit and losing her temper, jumps to Brian's defense. "Hey, man. This is bullshit. It was your man that jumped Brian. Is that how you do business? Attack paying customers? That seems bad for business!"

This seems to piss Dom off because he turns around and charges back at the pair. "You work for Harry, right?"

Both nodding their heads, Brian spoke up, "Yeah. We just started last week."

Pointing his finger at us Dom yells, "You were just fired."

Sara pulled on Brian's arm to get him to the truck. "Come on Bri. Let's just get the hell outta here."

Trying to cool down while driving is never a good combination. Brian was still pissed off when they pulled back into Harry's garage. He stomped past Harry, who was on the phone, to the employee lounge. Sara casually walked in and stopped next to Harry, having no problem eaves dropping on the conversation.

"Dom. Dominic, I owe you one. Okay. Goodbye." Harry slams the phone down and glares at Sara.

"Hey, don't look at me. I told him it was a bad idea to keep going there. It was only a matter of time before something went down."

Shoving his way past her he slams the door to the lounge open. "Brian, you're messing with my business! When Dominic drives, he's golden." He follows Brian into the bathroom where Brian was trying to wash the blood off his face. "Kids pour in. They want everything he has. Every performance part. They pay cash!"

Grabbing a paper towel to dry his face he asks, "What did Dominic say?"

"You don't want to know."

Slamming his hand down onto the counter he asks again, "What did Dominic say?"

"He wants you out of here."

Brian looks at Harry in disbelief, "He wants me out of here?"

"Yes."

Shaking her head, Sara couldn't belief that Dom was telling the truth about getting them fired. "And what did you say to Dom?"

Looking back at her he responds, "What do you think I said? I told him, 'Good help is hard to find.'"

Smirking at his obvious discomfort she tells him, "Relax. We aren't here to cause problems, but that doesn't mean that a few won't find us."

Their back and forth was interrupted by Brian walking in between them muttering, "I need NOS. I need NOS."

After a moment, they both realized what he was saying. Jumping to catch up to him Harry tells Brian no.

Undeterred he responds, "My car keeps topping out at 140 miles per hour."

Trying to reason with Brian, Harry says back, "Amateurs don't use nitrous oxide. I've seen how you drive. You've a heavy foot. You'll blow yourself to pieces!"

Sara jumps in, "Give it up Harry. I've been trying to correct his driving for a while now. His mind is made up there's no changing it now."

Staring at the display of NOS tanks, Brian points and tells Harry, "I need one of these. One of the big ones." Then after a few seconds, "Actually, let's make it two. And, Harry, I need it by tonight."

Shaking her head at Brian's ridiculousness, Sara goes to work on a Mazda that had been brought in earlier in the day for a tune up. The job may have been a cover to get close to racing, but she loved cars and wasn't going to pass up the opportunity to get greasy again.

Authors Area:

So because of the great response I've gotten so far for my story I've decided to break up the next chapter into two separate chapters. This one posted now and the next one will be up in the next couple of days.

It is a technically a Letty/Dom fic but there will be hints of Dom/OC. My hope is to get through all the movies and sometime in Fast Four/Five have it turn into Dom/OC. We''ll see how it goes.

Until Next Chapter,
Ramzgurl