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.
Hello again,the last few days was hectic for me.. but now it's over! haha.. I could write again.
Let me know what you think about this.. :)
Happy reading..
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Berlin, Germany
"Haben Sie Corona?" (Do you have corona?) Letty asked the bartender. He handed her a bottle. She paid, grabbed it and moved to a more private section of the pub. Not many people there, a bunch of tourists having a late lunch, and a few other people here and there chatting while nursing their beer. She saw Marc Becker at another table near her, but she didn't say anything, afraid someone is following her.
Hearing the name Dominic Toretto on TV makes her raised her head and looked at the source of voice. CNN reported that Dominic Toretto and his gang still hasn't been found, after robbing a billionaire in Rio and tore the city apart, few days ago, dragging a 50 ton vault across the city, causing uncountable damage and reportedly injured 84 people including law enforcements.
"Damn, what have you done this time, bubba?" she mumbled to herself. She drank down her beer; carefully she placed a small folded paper under the bottle and left the bar.
Marc waited a few seconds, before going to her table and retrieved the folded paper. Quickly he slipped it to his pocket.
She zipped her jacket to help her fight the cold of Berlin's streets. She hated this city, ever since she's here; it's been cloudy, cold and not enough sunshine for her, she missed the warmth of Los Angeles sun. She was fiddling with her car keys when her cell rang; she pulled it out.
"Yeah?"
"Wir haben alles fuer heute Nacht vorbereitet, komm zurueck zur Basis" (We're all set for tonight, we need you to come to the base) Ari's German accent filled her ear.
"Ich bin in fuenfzehn Minuten da" (I'll be there in 15 minutes).
She unlocked her car and entered. So this is it, in a few days if everything went as planned, she'd be back to US and freed Dominic.
How she wish everything went as she planned.
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A knock on her car window, startled her. She turned her head and saw an Asian man with a tall skinny woman clung to his side.
"Letty?"
Fuck Shit! She started her engine, shift gear and hit the gas pedal.
"Get back in the car!" the man told the skinny woman.
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Fuck! Fuck! How can they? What the? Is Dom here? Her head filled with questions she'd afraid to know the answers. No! It can't be! Not now! Not when everything is at stake. She can't ruin this.
She glanced at her rear view mirror and saw Han's Evora trying to catch up with her.
"Oh, no you don't!" She swerved to the left and entered a busy business area. She got the advantage of already knowing and remembering the roads and buildings in Berlin.
She ran few traffic lights, dodging other cars and causing accidents, a bunch of Bundesliga supporters were almost hit, they swore and spontaneously threw beer cans at her car but she doesn't care, all she wanted is to get rid of Han off her tail.
She had her chance, when a car she almost run into; slipped and swerved, turned and crashed to another car, and blocking Han's newly purchased Lotus Evora.
"We must tell Dom" Han said pulling out his cell.
"No! Wait, first we must make sure she's really her" Gisele grabbed Han's cell, stopping him from making a call.
"It's her, you saw her!"
"We need more information before we tell Dom. Don't you think he would demand some explanations?"
Han nodded, Gisele was right.
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Warehouse outside Berlin, Germany
"Hi Jacques" Letty greeted a skinny junkie looking French boy.
"You're late, Ari is upset" Jacques didn't even raise his head to see Letty. He kept his focus on the laptop.
"Yeah-yeah, whatever.." Letty sat next to him; peeking at his monitor "so you've hacked autobahn security CCTV system?"
"Yeah, but not for long, I've tried, all I can get you is about 10k range. With the truck max speeds of 90kph, I hope that's enough windows for you guys." He kept typing and clicking his laptop.
"That should be enough, good job" Letty patted his back.
"Adele! Get in here!" Ari's voice boomed in the small garage.
Letty sighed, "Bye Jacques"
"Good luck"
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"Du bist zu spaet!" (You're late!) Ari frowned at her.
"The police are on my tail, I have to hide" she shruged as she stated her reason.
"I don't like you going to the city alone, you should have stayed here"
"Aargh, don't start again Ari" she threw herself on the big couch nearby. "You know I'm a city girl, I don't like being in this country side, looking at grass and sheep." She folded her hand in front of her chest and pouts at Ari.
"No, this is not a game Adele, you move here, or you're out of the team" He threaten.
"What?! You can't do that!"
"I'm the team leader, I can and I will" He snapped at her.
"Some leader you are!" She got up and about to leave the office.
"Julia should be over any minute now, she got the papers and uniform" Ari hope the change of topic could calm her. She was silent, obviously trying to control her rage.
"Don't mess this up again" He warned her.
That was it! She turned to face Ari.
"Again? Hey! I've told YOU, YOUR plan stink! I've told YOU, Jacques wasn't ready!, but YOU wouldn't listen!" She slammed the door as she left.
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A car drove in to the garage and park next to Letty's Black Nissan. A busty blond German female got out of the car; seeing Letty working on a convertible, with her signature frown decorating her face; she had to ask "Hey, was ist los?" (Hey, what's wrong?)
"Warum fragst du nicht deinen Freund?!" (Why don't you ask your boyfriend?!) Letty snapped.
"Come on Chavez, don't tell me you're still upset about the last job?" She leaned on her car.
"I wouldn't if he didn't bring it up again!" Letty threw her wrench to the tool box, pissed.
The blond woman sighed weakly, clearly tired of the repeating situation, "Warum versteht ihr beiden euch nicht?" (Why can't you two get along?)
Letty glared at her.
"Alright, I'll talk to him" The blond rolled her eyes and peeled herself away from the car.
Letty looked down, realizing she acted like a child "I'm sorry Jules, it just.."
She held up her hand, stopping Letty from continuing "I know"
"So how did it go? You got it?" Letty smiled at the German beauty.
"Like taking candy from a baby" she threw a set military uniform to Letty's face. Letty caught it before it hit her.
"Why are you throwing that thing at me? I don't know what kind of nasty things you did with that." she threw it back at her.
"Nasty things I did, didn't require any clothing, Chavez" Julia laughed.
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Autobahn, Germany
"Alright guys, bridge ahead, 1 kilo left, get ready" Letty informed her team "on your mark, Jacques". They're silent for few moments.
"Got it! Go!" Jacques voiced his cue to the team as soon as the pop up on his laptop monitor showed that the CCTV broadcast had been diverted. He quickly shifted to click another program that rerun the CCTV previous recording.
Julia drove her modified convertible toward the military jeep in front of the truck; she glance at Letty by her side, both bracing for impact. Letty nodded. Julia shifted gear and slammed the gas pedal. The convertible bumping the jeep hard, forcing it to run out off the bridge, crashed over the side railing onto the river bellow.
It cued Ari in the cargo truck, he quickly shot the driver and take over the wheel, opened the driver door and dumping the body to the road side. The convertible aligned to the side of the truck, Letty got out, jumped to the truck in no time, and opened the passenger door. She reached down under the dashboard and search for the GPS device.
"Jacq, it's not here! Check the signal again" Letty informed his team mate.
"What?" Ari was surprised.
"Wait a minute" Jacques replied as his fingers danced to control a signal searching program.
"We don't have a minute Jacq!" Letty snapped at him.
"It's in the floor! Under the passenger seat!" Jacques told her.
Letty lifted the carpet and saw the small device and quickly removed it. Julia's car still waiting, Letty threw the device to the back seat of the convertible.
"Done, let's go!" She told her team.
Julia drove straight to where the truck is supposed to deliver, buying some times for her comrades to head to the base before the Army Base realizes that their cargo is missing.
"Good job guys, CCTV didn't catch you" Jacques complimented his team mates.
"Wohoo!.. I've told you MY plan would work" Letty looked at Ari by her side. He just rolled his eyes.
"So, Anyone wants to celebrate with me tonight?" Letty asked her comrades via her head set.
"Sorry girl, I'm celebrating in a different way" Julia answered coyly.
Letty glanced at Ari who winked at her "hoho.. Alright try not to make any loud noises alright; there's a minor in the house"
"Hey I'm not a minor; I'm almost 18 you know!" Jacques protested.
"Yeah Jacq, whatever.."
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Westin Hotel, Berlin
"Han, I just got information from the hotel, she booked under the name Adelita Chavez, she has been there for almost three month, but just check-out yesterday... guess we scared her, huh? ... All her bills were paid by a woman named Julia Zimmer. I did a background check and found out she's in a relationship with Ari Thalberg, from what I know, Thalberg is Vladimir Bosch's men" Gisele called Han from her hotel room.
"Who's Vladimir Bosch?"
"He's a weapon and guns dealer, the German police suspected him for numerous felonies, some involving hijacking military shipment, importing and selling illegal weapons... But they could never caught him, he was slick, no evidence ever link directly to him"
"So do you think Letty is working for them? Hmm.. This is not good"
"I don't know if she's directly related to Thalberg. If she is.. We're dealing with dangerous men Han"
"Yeah.. I just went to the bar; she was never seen again after that day"
"She's clearly avoiding us"
"There's one thing she can't avoid.. " Han smiled knowing Gisele would be thinking the same thing.
"Underground racing..." Gisele smiled. "I'll see what I can find" Gisele ended her call.
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A Small Pub, Outside Berlin.
"Leticia Ortiz?" a low male voice was heard from behind her.
She turned around and saw a bundle of muscle.
"Holy shit! Hulk is bald and black now?!"
He gave her an 'are you kidding me' look.
"My name is Luke Hobbs, DSS. I'm looking for Dominic Toretto"
"DSS? Look man, you got the wrong person, alright?" she said leaving him. Her path was cut when a beautiful Hispanic brunette stand in her way. "I don't think so Miss Ortiz"
Letty glanced at the couple. She pulled out her cell and dialed a number.
"Yeah. I got DSS on my ass, could you take care of them for me?"
She leaned to an old jukebox near the entrance of the bar, seizing the big man in front of her.
"Look, my job here is to find Toretto, I don't care who you are or what you do or why you raise from the grave. All I know is; you can get me Toretto." Hobbs said towering over Letty.
She chuckled. Boy, after all this time, they still think she knew anything about Dom's whereabouts.
"Have you tried writing a letter to Santa?" she said nonchalantly; raising her eyebrow.
"We can do this the hard way, or the harder way" He said with a more intimidating attitude, his hand resting on the pistol attached to his holster. Two of his men surrounded her. She ignored the two men; she straightening her pose, stood her ground and raised her chin, hands on her hip, her eyes challenging Hobbs to make a move. Like David against Goliath, her small form set in front of Hobbs immense body. Damn, Hobbs suddenly felt a deja vu. Letty posed like Dom did when he and his team was about to arrested him in Rio Racing Scene; just inches away from his face. Staring straight into his eyes, he can see the dark pool glistened without a trace of fear. What a fearless little bitch, he understood why Toretto would risk going to Lompoc again to avenged her death. Hobbs almost smiled; when his cell phone rang.
"Hobbs." He listened to the caller a few moments, looked at Letty and then hangs up. She smirked, she knew she have won this round.
"We're not finish. I'll be watching you, Ortiz" He pointed his finger at her as they followed her to where she parked her car.
"Make sure you keep your distance" she entered her Black Nissan and left, giving him the finger.
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Vanuatu Island, South Pacific
"Dom, have you called Tego and Santos? Last time I checked, they're already dirt poor in Monaco. Are they coming here for the baby?" Mia asked Dom, while she was busy making pancake for breakfast.
"I can't reach them; maybe I could call Han to pick them up, He's in Berlin with Gisele. They said they'd be here after the baby born" Dom replied, his hands lazily making small circles on Elena's bare shoulder while she leaned her back on his chest.
"Come on you guys, eat.." Mia said placing the last pancake on the plate.
Elena stood and sat at the table, Dom were about to stand when his cell phone rang. Han's number flashing on the screen.
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"Dom, I don't know how to say this.. but.. Letty is alive" Han could pictured it in his mind, if he was face to face with Dom, He would already be slammed on the floor, on a car, to a wall to any hard surface available within reach.
"Han.. Don't.." His voice was menacing.
"I.. Dom.. Would you just.."
"Goodbye" He hung up on him. Han shrugged at Giselle. The woman pushed away her plate, there goes her appetite.
"Let me try" Gisele pulled out her cell.
"Not you too" Dom's voice greeted her before she even said hello.
"Listen, Dom.. he's not lying, we're not making this up. I saw her. She's in Berlin. She ran away when Han approached her, we followed her, but we lost her"
Dom was silent.
"We'll send you proof if you don't believe us, I know what this means to you.. We'll hunt her down for you" Gisele said, still trying to assure Dom they're not making this up.
"Why would she run away?" Dom asked.
"Besides that we know she faked her death? I don't know, maybe she thinks I'm still working for Braga..." Gisele didn't continue her sentences.
"Or she doesn't what anything to do with me" Dom said. He felt choke at the words.
"Dom, we'll find her for you. If there's anything you guys want to settle, it's none of our business. We'll stay out of your way"
"No, I'll find her"
"You're flying here?"
"Yes, ..keep in touch"
"Vaya Con Dios" She ended her call.
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"Dom?" Mia looked at her big brother "who's running away? Gisele?"
He looked back at her, his face in horror; he just realized, he have no clue how to tell this news to his little sister.
"Dom, what is it?" Elena tugged his wife beater; silently asked him to sit beside her. Brian was silent, just watching, waiting for his brother in law's answer.
Dom grabbed a chair and sat. Elena squeezed his hand, giving him comfort. Dom turned to looked at her. At that moment, she understood. It have been their way of understanding each other, no need for words, just a glance, a touch, a rub, a raise of eyebrow, a small smile, a gentle squeeze and they'd found the way to each others wounded heart.
"It can't be.. Dom?"
"Elena? What? Would somebody tell me what's going on?" Mia was starting to get irritated.
Dom looked at his baby sister, "It's Letty.. She's alive, or at least Han and Gisele thought so.."
"What?" Mia's eyes looked like they're about to jump from the sockets. "It can't be, Dom she's dead" Mia shook her head.
"Did you look at the body?" Dom glared at Mia.
"Yes! She was badly burned" She glared back like a Toretto would. But her tears are threatened to spill.
"So how do you know it was her?"
"Her leather jacket; which I bought her for her 18th birthday, it was partially burnt but it hers!" Her tears fell down her cheeks "I remember Dom, I remember everything! Even the dental record showed it was her!" Mia was crying. Brian immediately hugged her.
"Brian?" Dom shifted his glared to his brother in law.
"What?" He stared shockingly at the older man
"You know nothing about this Brian?" He tilted his head.
"I swear to God, Dom. I didn't know" He insisted.
Dom approached him in threatening manner, "I didn't know anything about it Dom! All I know is she's dead! Her car was burnt, her body was burnt! Paramedics were too late to reach her! Han probably saw a looked alike!" Brian panicked, Mia was still crying in his arms.
"Dom" Elena ran her fingers on Dom's forearm. "Tell us what happened exactly" Her soft but firm voice calmed Dom. She interlaced her fingers with his and silently ordered him to sit.
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FBI LA Field office, LAos Angeles
"Agent Sophie Trinh" Trinh answer her phone like she normally does every time.
"Trinh, I need your help"
"O'Connor?" She never thought of hearing from him again. "What? Where are you? You know they send Luke Hobbs to find you? 'THE' Luke Hobbs.."
"I know. Listen Trinh, I need you to check on something."
"What is it?"
"Leticia Ortiz's file, someone faked her death, I need to know who and why"
"Bri, that's.. I don't know if I could.." Trinh thought about the task he asked.
"Please Trinh. I know she's still alive, is she in some kind of witness protection or something? Just do what you can do okay?"
"Hum..Okay, I let you know when I found something"
"I'll call you.. Thank you Trinh"
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Somewhere outside Berlin, Germany
"Reports are in, the buyers are here" Marc's voiced from the backseat of her car startled Letty
"Fuck! Man, what are you doing here?" she snapped at him.
"It's no longer safe to meet out" he shrugged. He stayed low in the backseat.
"And what was all about with that DSS guy?"
"Luke Hobbs apparently has been on Toretto's tail for quite some time. He had a sort of vengeance or something. Bringing down Toretto was his last case, and he's not taking any more case after Toretto slip his grip in Rio. He's a very determent guy from what I heard."
"He thinks he can get me to get Toretto. He is jeopardizing our mission"
"Yeah, well, when you called, I called Bremann and have him sort it out. You got a week window to finish up here."
"A week?! I still don't know anything about the transaction."
"We better move fast"
"I know where they kept the cargo; better get our men to stay close, so we can take'em anytime there's a transaction. I doubt they'd carried the cargo anywhere else."
"Tell the men to keep a tight surveillance on every exit."
"Already have"
"And eh.. Do you have any maps of the second world war of the area?"
"What? Umm, I don't have it, but I can get them for you. Why?"
"Search for any tunnel built in the area, even small tunnels."
"Okay."
Letty was silent.
"Think they're gonna make the transaction underground?"
"Don't know yet, but I heard Thalberg mentioning it to Jules" Letty kept her gaze on the streets in front of her.
"Do you know where the entrance?"
"Somewhere in the farm. It's hard to spy on Thalberg when Jules is around"
"Alright, I can get satellite digital imaging of underground tunnels n bunkers"
"Good"
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I got help with the German translation from my sister's boyfriend.. If the German readers finds them to be incorrect, blame him.. hahaha