DISCLAIMER : Anything that's in the franchise, belong to the respective owner, they're not mine. Places and names that are real in reality, i'm just borrowing them. This is a non-profit fiction. Don't sue me.
Thank you for giving my story a chance and even spend a few minutes of your life reviewing it, I highly appreciated it. Here's the second chapter, enjoy.
Aroma Golf Club, Los Angeles
Letty never thought she'll be here, all these shit doesn't feel good to her conscience. But she had no choice, if she wanted to bring Dom home.
"You one of Park's men?" a tall skinny brunette asked her.
"Yes"
"Follow me.."
She followed the skinny girl along with other racers to the upper part of the golf range.
A man sat sipping some wine. 'Mphh.. What a futile attempt to look sophisticated' she thought. He introduced himself as Campos and he was looking for drivers to work for some Braga guy, a top notch drug dealer from what Brian told her. Beside him was a gruesome looking man. Nothing pretty about him, and she wonder what the leggy brunette doing with these bozos. She seems smart enough to know better.
Soon the brunette handed out a GPS device, explaining the detail of the race.
To Letty the race was breathtaking, with no one guarding the track of downtown LA with the entire buzz and fuss of its busy traffic on a Friday night; one slip move, and you can crash yourself straight to hell. Guess that what happened to the other racers, coz after bumping hard on one of her opponent over a bridge, there were not a single car behind her on the finish line. Good, coz this is the race she can't afford to lose. The stakes are too high; Dom's freedom.
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"Let.. Where have you been?" Mia caught her sneaking to her room at 3am.
"I was at Hector's.. Catching up.." she lied.
Mia just stared at her. She have been friends with Letty long enough to know when she's lying.
"I'm tired Mi, I got to pick up parts for charger tomorrow."
Mia turned around and went to her room "I've told you to junk it"
"Well, I've told you I won't" she scowled.
Mia opened her door "Letty.."
"What Mi?" Letty was ready to held an argument.
"You are all I got now.. Try not to do anything stupid, okay?"
She gave her a small smile "I'll try.. Good night Mi"
"Night Let.."
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Campos Warehouse, Los Angeles
"Corona please" Letty asked the bartender when she reached Campos's club house in downtown LA. Her throat felt dry, she just got off the phone with Brian, which connected her to his superior in the feds. She hasn't even met that Penning guy, and she already hates him.
"Hey..Letty right? I'm Gisele" the leggy brunette sat next to her. Letty just raised her bottle as a salute.
"It's not often we have a female driver.. You are good."
Is this bitch supposed to be this chatty?
"That, I am" Letty said before she drank her beer. From the corner of her eyes she saw Campos walking towards them.
"Girls, come.. We talk.." Campos guided them to one of more private lounge.
"You are a real beauty mami, you got eyes that showed determination, passion. I like that.." Campos raised his glass of wine.
"Thank you, you gotta have passion, if not, you might as well die, y'no? What's the point in living a life with no passion? A big man like Arturo Braga must have some passion" Letty smirked.
"You really are something else mami. So what's your passion?" Campos watched her intently.
"That's a secret" she winked at him, "It gonna took you more than a few beer to find out"
Campos let out a throaty laugh. While the skinny girl just smiled at her. This is getting kind of creepy.
"So where do you learn to drive like that?" the skinny girl asked.
"I catch up, here and there. My first time behind the wheel was at the age of twelve. Can't barely step my foot on the gas.." Letty stopped when the gruesome guy Fenix approached them and whispered something to Campos, which seem to upset him. Then Campos wave him away.
"I'm sorry mami, we have some business to attend to. We'll talk again when we had the chance. Please, enjoy your night, any drinks, it's on me."
"Thank you"
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Letty started checking out the club, nothing seems to be suspicious, so she went on the upper floor, the lights were dimmed, and men and women were too busy grinding each other to noticed her. "Skanks, skanks everywhere" She rolled her eyes, mumbling to herself.
She saw an aisle on the right and peek, she saw Campos talking with a bald man in nice suit, from his tanned skin color she guess he was Hispanic, possibly in his forties or early fifties. He was guarded by 2 bodyguards, while Fenix and Gisele standing on guard beside Campos. They seem to have an argument of some sort, she saw Fenix getting pissed at the bald man and drawing his gun, but Campos calm him down and then Gisele opened a door and let everyone in. Letty waited five more minutes, but none of them come out. But as she's about to turn and leave, the door opened, Fenix got out and moments later came back with three guys. Letty waited anxiously. The door were opened again, Fenix was helped by the three men, carrying 2 bleeding bodies. Letty gasped and quickly covered her mouth with her palms.
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Brian's Place, Signal Hill, Los Angeles
Letty POV
"Letty, you need to bring a gun with you." Brian said with a concerned look on his face. He doesn't like this more than I do.
"I can't, they'll search and if they find it, I'm dead and Dom will never come home.." he's tasting how stubborn I could be.
"At least let us bug your car.." he flashed another idea "you can't go there alone" He scratched his scalp; stressed at the situation.
"Brian, you've told me how dangerous these guys are, how all your other agents sent there come back in body bags.. And that is exactly why my car and I can't be bug. It'll be the death of me.!" I continue pacing around his little place.
"Then I'm calling it off! Don't go there, please.." he grabed my shoulder, stopping me from pacing. He bowed a little; to look me in the eyes, I saw desperation. I clenched my teeth.
"Please Letty.. There's no use of Dom coming home if you're not there for him.."
"We don't know that." I pouted, challenge him another argument.
Suddenly he hugged me, the buster hugged *me*! I almost kick him in the shin when I heard his desperate whisper.
"Just be careful alright.. I don't want to lose another friend.. Both Torettos gonna hang me by the balls if they ever find out" he rested his chin on the top of my head. I could smell a faint smell of cologne and sweat.
"Don't get your hopes high buster.." I broke the hug and pushed him away.
He chuckled "you're right, I'm as good as dead.."
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Echo Park, Los Angeles
I was working on the Charger when I heard the GPS ringing. I gasped.
"It's show time.." I took off the silver necklace from my neck, kissed it and hang it on the rear view mirror of the Charger.
"I'm gonna bring you home papi..." or die trying, my mind silently adds.
I grabbed my jacket and jump on my car.
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It was probably in the middle of nowhere, we were in a container semi. My guess is we're crossing the border. I pulled out a Snickers bar from my jacket, don't know how long until I could eat again.
"Hey chicha.. " a racer behind my car called me.
I rolled down my window but stayed in my car, where I feel safer. "What?"
"Do you know where they taking us?"
"My guess is crossing the Mexican border"
"What?" He asked again "how d'you knew that?"
Duh.. I rolled my eyes. "Coz I'm smart, that's why"
He was silent.
"They're not saying what we're delivering, but I think it drugs" He still trying to make a conversation.
"Really?" I replied. When you're working for a top notch drug dealer, what do you expect? Polishing shoes? This guy is an idiot.
"Yeah, hmm.. I've seen you drive, you're good chicha. Maybe after this we can hook up, ya'no?" he got some nerve.
I rolled my eyes again "Keep on dreaming man.. It's a good motivation for the soul.."
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It was night by the time we reach Mexico and out of the semi. They loaded big box of drugs into our trunks. That must worth millions. Gisele gave us a short briefing while Fenix barking orders to their goons. You could feel the tension in the air, my heart beats so fast and my guts telling me this won't end well. I know I should trust it and leave this place as fast as I could; but I suppressed it, I can't; I have to do this.
Not long after that we were crossing the dessert. The only light available was moonlight. I tried hard to ignore that gut-wrenching feeling of something amiss and focus on Fenix's tail light. I relaxed my neck and exhaled a heavy breath to help me release the tension.
It was an easy task actually; coz all we had to do is follow Fenix into the tunnel. Yeah, he was fast and the tunnel was dark and winding, we don't have much time; but I think they search for a 'real drivers' as they stated, were exaggerated. How many people were injured or killed just to get this stupid job?
Shortly after, we arrived at the meeting point somewhere near the dessert my guess is we're outside San Diego. I was last. Some other goons unloaded the drugs from our trunks. All of a sudden, I saw Fenix and his men started shooting at us. I saw the guy who was hitting on me; dropped down on the ground, bleeding from the bullets he took.
"Shit!" I pushed the goon who wanted to unload my trunk; to the ground, and I ducked to slip back inside my car and fled. Minutes later I saw Fenix's car behind me. Damn! Watching the road ahead, I know I can't go back to the tunnel; it was his playground, so I take a turn towards LA, my playground. I turned on my cell, tried to reach Brian, but there was no signal, I was still too far from the city.
He bumped me a few times, but I was faster, that is until I ran out of NOS. I tried contacting Brian again.
"Letty, where are you?"
"I'm on highway 76 outside San Diego .. Fenix is on my tail man.. and the drugs are still in my.. Shit! Son of a bitch!"
I was turning right when he took advantage of it and coming from my left and bump me hard, sending my car flying..
"Letty.. Letttyyyyyy...!"
My car flipped few times until it stopped upside down.
"Fuck! Shit!" I saw Fenix got out of his car.
I tried getting out of the car as fast as I could, but I felt a sharp pain on my leg, fuck! I must have broken it. My head hurts like hell. Using my hand I force myself out, just in time to saw Fenix take the shot to my chest, and another to my gas tank, making my baby blew up. It was not much, coz I know I've used most of the gas and not much NOS left after speeding in the tunnel and the chase just now. But it was enough for him, he left me there.. Burning..
The fire reach the NOS tank, what left on the tank created another blow, sending the car up the air a few feet and slamming back to the asphalt, knocking my head to it, I was unconscious after that.
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I spend days trying to write this chapter, going through Google countless time browsing the web to find the exact location of Letty's crash.. and found none :(. So I have to made up a 'realistic' location between Mexico and LA.
Thanks giving it a chance :)