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Chapter 27-Go Time

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It was 12:45. Tej gripped the steering wheel of his Louis Vuitton supped-up Dodge Ram truck. He was accompanied by several gun-totting gangsters, including Teddy and his boys, in three Dodge Ram 1500's. Jesse hadn't got the UnderDawgs out the house yet. Tej was beginning to panic. He told his crew that if they weren't out that house by one, then they were going in anyways, guns blazing.

"Yo Jack, you ready?" Tej asked into his talkie.

"You know this man," Slap Jack replied, cocking his cold steel with an evil grin. He sat in his bronze Toyota Supra on one side of the house.

"How 'bout you Orange?" Tej asked Julius.

"Oh you know it vato. Usted no jode con nuestra familia!" You don't fuck with our family! Orange replied in fiery Spanish. He was parked in his orange Mazda Rx-7 on the opposite side of the house.

"Haha, yeah! Yo Jimmy, you good man?"

"Oh hell yeah bro. Ready to fuck some punks up," Jimmy said, overly-excited to help out. He was parked in his brand new yellow Rx-8 behind the house. He was accompanied by David, one of the workers at J&J Mechanics.

"Aight y'all. Just wait a few more minutes. If these fools don't come out, we're going in," Tej said, feeling the adrenaline began rushing through his body.

The plan was simple; Jesse said that whenever they left the house, one of the men always stayed back. Incase they were called for a deal. Teddy would send one of his boys to knock on the door. When the guy answered, pop! They'd move the body out of sight and move into the house. They take anything worth value: drugs, money, guns, anything. Jimmy and David would hot-wire any cars left around and drive them back to the garage. They were going to completely clean these bastards out. Tej would call Dom and his boys and have them there before Ralph and his boys got back. When they did, Dom would either verbally or physically scare Ralph and his punks into handing over Jess. Then it'd all be over. But Tej knew it wouldn't be that easy, that's why he brought back up. And they didn't mind getting their hands a little dirty.

Tej turned his glare out the window, where the men of the house, including Jesse, dispersed to several Cadillacs. Jesse looked up, catching a glance of Tej and his boys parked a block down the street. Tej waited for the cars to go completely out of sight before he gave the signal.

"It's time baby! Jimmy get back there in that garage and get those cars!" Tej yelled into the talkie.

Tej held his hand out the window, signaling for Teddy to send his guy. Tej watched in his rearview mirror as a small Mexican boy (he had to be about seventeen) crept slowly to the house, holding onto the butt of a gun in his waistband. He looked back at Tej, who just nodded. The boy knocked on the door, still holding the gun behind his back. The door opened slowly, a tall, muscle-bound guy in a black tank top standing there. The boy pulled the gun out, holding it to the guards' chest. He pushed him into the house, forcing the man to the floor. Two shots went off. Tej waited anxiously for the boy to come back out the house. Soon, the door opened, the boy waving for the next move.

"Aight baby he's in. Jack and Julius, move that body out of sight. It's go time," Tej said, jumping out of his truck. He tucked his gun in his waistband and locked up his truck. He ran over to Teddy's car and told him it was time. Teddy nodding and assembled his boys outside of the house. "Ok guys, we need everything of value. Anything you can find. Don't be nice about it. Whatever you find, load in the back of Teddy's truck. We'll take it back to the garage and split up what we have. Let's get moving," Tej said, entering the house.

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Jesse's POV

It took a helluva lot of begging and persuading to get the guys out of the house this morning. I had to come up with a reason on why the races where held so early. I just told him some guys needed some competition so we should go down. I was happy to see Tej and his boys outside the house. It made me feel more confident in the situation. When we pulled up to Jaunito's Garage, sure enough, a few guys stood by cars waiting for our arrival. I recognized a few of them from the garage and races. One was Brandon. He drove a green and yellow Eclipse. He wasn't all that good, but he took good care of his ride. Another was a guy they called Casper. He was paler than me, but one of the nicest guys around. He was pushing a grey and white NSX. He wasn't too street smart, but he'd give you one helluva run for your money. There was another few unknown racers standing around. I noticed my Jetta parked in the driveway of the garage. Tej must have dropped it off this morning. Before we got out the car, Jeremy turned to me.

"So who's competition?" he asked me, looking at the other racers.

"Well if you wan't easy money, go for those no-namers. I'd say Casper, the real white guy, is the most competition. But don't underestimate Brandon. He's got a few screws loose up there," I said, knowing the background on these guys. Jeremy nodded.

"Let's go win us some money. No bullshittin' around Jesse," Ralph said, killing the engine of the Escalade.

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Vince's POV

We made it into Miami around 9:00 this morning. The scenery was like no other. Tall Palm trees, half-naked women, badass cars; this was like a Heaven. The weather was immensely hot, but cool. From the way he was driving, I could tell Leon was ecstaticed about getting to Jesse. Though I wasn't showing it, I was just as happy to get the Kid back. I was starving, but you'd have to be crazy to ask Leon to pull over. I rummaged through my bag, pulling out the half-eaten burger that Leon gave me.

When we arrive in Miami, Dom called Tej to see if he heard anything from Jesse lately. He said something about an address and to be there by one o'clock. I suppose Dominic wrote it down. We still had an hour until we had to find the house, so Dom suggested that we go find Diana. I pulled out my cell phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's V. Where are you?"

"Hey V. I'm at Tej's boathouse. Where are you guys?"

"We're on our way. How you holding up?"

"Not too good. I'm really scared Vince. Please hurry," I could tell she was on the brink of crying.

"I know babe. It's gonna be okay. We're gonna get the kid back. Talk to ya soon," I hung up my cell and picked up the walkie-talkie. "Bri, where's Tej's boathouses?" I figured he and Roman would know this city better than any of us.

"Just a few miles from here. Let us pass and Rome will take you there," he replied. Leon slowed down and allowed the purple Spyder to pass us. Dominic hadn't said a word over the talkies, so I figured he was occupied with Elijah. Better you than me brother.

Fifteen minutes later, Roman led us to a large garage near an ocean drop-off. I assumed the garage belonged to Tej. Surrounding the drop-off was several high luxury jet-skis. I was more interested in the garage. It was almost twice the size of DT Mechanics. Parked around the entry-way were several supped up rides. A Nissan 350z ... a Pontiac GTO ... a Monte Carlo ... where the hell did he get these cars from?

"What the hell does Tej do for a living?" Leon asked, scoping out the jet skis.

"Doesn't matter. Look at the size of that garage. We need something like this," Dominic said, peeking through the doors of the garage.

"Pretty sweet huh? Yeah, Tej is the man. He does everything. He organizes the street races, boat races, hell horse races. He has his hand in everything around town. He's making tons man," Brian said proudly. Brown-nosed bastard.

"Can I help you guys?" a familiar voice said from behind us. We turned to find Diana standing at a door to a building next to the garage. She was smiling, holding an adorable baby in her arms. She sat the little girl down. I ran to Diana, twirling her in the air. She let out a yelp of happiness. It seemed genuine despite the current situation. I put her back down. "I missed you too V. How's my girl?" I knew it wouldn't be long before she asked about Sasha

"She's good. At least I think so. She called me last night and sounded upset. That's why we gotta get you and Jesse home soon," I said, knowing I had started a war.

"What do you mean get us home? We aren't going anywhere," Diana rejected, tossing her arms onto her hips. I sighed heavily.

"You don't have much of a choice. You guys aren't safe here," Dom said.

"Dom, we've been down here for years okay. If nothing has happened yet, it's not going too," Diana replied, cocking an eyebrow, a move I'm sure she learned from Sash.

"Whatever. Can we talk about this later?" I said, stopping the conversation before it got too heated. Dom walked back over to the garage. I looked down at the little girl, who was hiding behind her mother's leg. "Hey, remember me?" I crouched down to her level. She hid her face with her hands, making me smile. "Hey now, don't be shy. Do you know my name?" she nodded. "What's my name?" I asked her.

"Vinnie," she replied, smiling a bit. I hated when people called me Vinnie, but she looked so adorable, I only smiled.

"Hey babe," I said, lifting her into the air.

"How are you?" Di asked Leon, who was chewing viciously on a toothpick.

"What do you think?" he snapped, spitting the toothpick out of his mouth and putting in a fresh one.

"Cool it Le," Dom said, patting him on the shoulder as he walked by.

"It's okay Dom," Di said, "look, I know you're worried about your brother. I am too. But Jesse is a smart kid, if you have forgotten. He knows how to get himself in and out of jams. He'll come out of it fine. Don't worry," Diana said, trying to put Leon at ease. His face softened as he nodded. He smiled and pulled her into a hug.

"Dom, don't you think we should get going?" I asked, handing Jessica back to her mother.

"Yeah, V's right. Brian, you and Roman have to show us to this address," Dom said, holding up a piece of paper. They nodded and proceeded to Roman's car. Dom bent down to eye level with his son. "Elijah, I want you to stay here with Aunt Di and cousin Jessica okay? I'll be back in a little while with Uncle Jesse," he said, looking in a way to assure Diana.

"Ok. Hurry back okay," Elijah replied. He grabbed Dom's chin with one hand and rubbed the side of his face with the other. "Be careful Daddy. Mommy told me to keep you out of trouble," he replied, hugging Dominic. I can't wait 'til I have that.

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No POV

Over at the UnderDawg house, Jimmy and David had just took off with two cars that boosted from the house - a Chrysler 300 and Porsche 911 GT2. Jimmy called dibs on the Chrysler. Orange and Slap Jack hid the guard's body in a closet in the attic area of the house. Teddy and his boys ransacked the house, gathering up all the money and jewelry and placing it in a duffel bag. They found over twenty grand stashed away in the house and about fifty grand in jewelry. Teddy himself found about almost a pound of marijuana stashed under a floorboard in the living room. While searching, Tej located several sem-automatic pistols and several shotguns. He had Courtney, one of Teddy's brothers, to stuff them in a duffel bag and load them onto the truck. When they were finished, the house was completely totalled. Furnitured was over-turned ... windows were broken and shattered ... walls were covered in holes and dents ... and to top it off, the house was swiped of any and everything. This would hurt them more than anything.

"Aight boys, we're good. All we have to do now is wait," Teddy said, exiting the house with his men in tow.

"Not too long I guess. There they go," Tej said, pointing to the red, yellow, and purple cars flying down the road. All the men left the house as the cars pulled up to the curb.

"We aren't late are we?" Brian asked, his face beaming as they exited the car. He and Tej hugged, followed by Tej and the rest of the guys. Tej introduced the gang to Teddy, Slap Jack, and Orange Julius. After getting acquainted, the guys lined their cars up around the house, some even parking on the lawn.

"What the fuck?" Ralph whispered as he and the guys rounded the corner. There were at least ten cars parked in front of his house, creating a barrier around the home. Jesse tried hard to contain to his smile when he saw his L.A. crew meshed together with the Miami crew on the curb. The boys were leaning against their rides, ready to go into war if necessary.

"It's go time baby," Leon said aloud, receiving howls and yells from the guys. Everyone was living off the adrenaline rush of the moment.

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Sorry for the wait. The plan didn't turn out as good as I wanted it too. But the story will start getting juicy. Please tune it. Read&review.
-Kita