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I think this chapter is the hardest part to write.. thinking throughly about the technical, the details, the emotions.. fiuh.. *wipes sweat of forehead*
Anyway.. hope you enjoyed it.. :D
Bosch Bauernhof, Berlin
"Ari, what the hell is going on? You said we leave tonight, I still have 4 hours" Letty was pissed and demanding an explanation. Ari just stood there in front of the barn, looking at the Latina, his face showed rage. Letty cautiously walked closer to Ari. Ari gave his signal. His men surrounded her and pointing guns at her.
Shit, she's been tag! Letty's mind quickly turned. Without hesitation, she grabbed a gun from one of the men using the technique she learn from the academy and shielded herself behind him. Keeping the guy close to her body, she started shooting at Ari and the men. They went down immediately. Too busy dodging the bullets, Letty didn't know another person came behind her and stick a gun to her head.
"Drop it Chavez!.. or is it Ortiz?"
"Jules?"
"Ich habe dich wie einen Freund behandelt, wie eine Schwester und du hast uns hintergangen?!" (I've treated you like a friend, like a sister and you betrayed us?!) Her clear blue eyes burned with anger.
Letty was silent.
"Drop your gun! And kneel down!"
Letty dropped her gun and released the dead body; she got down on her knee.
"Jules, look, I.."
"SHUT THE FUCK UP! Du hast meinen Freund umgebracht!" (You killed my boyfriend!) Tears streaming down her face. She hit Letty on the head, making her unconscious, and then ordered the men to take her to Vladimir.
Seconds later, A Dodge Charger and a Lotus Evora broke in and crashed the farm gate, stopping in front of the barn. Jules and Vladimir's men quickly fired at them.
Gisele opened her passenger door, using it as shield and started firing with professional precision of a Mossad graduate; covering for Dom as he ran inside the barn followed by Han.
Soon Gisele went in with them. Dom and Han hid behind wooden crates, protecting themselves from flying bullets.
"Dom, go find her, we take care here!" Gisele screamed among the chaos. She started shooting anywhere she saw movement. Dom ducked and half running between crates, trying to dodge any bullets flying his directions to reach a room in the corner of the barn. Cautiously he opened the door. A German guy was inside, started shooting at Dominic. Fuck! A bullet grazed his left arm. He peeked from a broken window. He took a glimpse of his location. Swiftly he got up and shot the guy as fast as he could.
He was down immediately, blood pooled underneath him. The shooting stopped.
"She's not here!" Dom shouted.
Gisele grabbed Jules body that laid on the entrance of the barn, bleeding from bullet wounds and barely alive "Where do they take her?"
"You'll never find her, Vladimir got her now"
"Where?! Answer me!"
"Go fuck yourself!" Jules said with her last breath.
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"NOBODY MOVE! DROP your weapons!"
They all looked at the voice source, Hobbs and his men cocked their guns and ready to shoot them.
Han and Gisele looked at each other, and then dropped their guns.
Suddenly one of Hobbs men fall to the ground, someone from somewhere shooting at them.
Dom retrieved back to the small room.
Gisele and Han quickly ducked behind the boxes they previously used for cover.
Hobbs and his men soon followed, but one of his men was too slow, another shot take him down. Gisele saw where the shooter is, and grabbed the gun she dropped. She pointed to the shooter's location on the top of the barn and with one shot, she took him down.
"Toretto! You are under arrest!" Hobbs voice brought Dom to his anger; he was so close to getting Letty back. He saw Gisele and Han, hands already behind their heads; kneeling, Hobbs men pointing guns at them and at him. He ignored the guns and stepped in front of Hobbs.
"Hobbs! They got Letty!" Dom shouted in Hobbs face.
"That's none of DSS concern, Toretto" Hobbs said casually. Dom stared him in the eye.
"You've met her before" He tilted his head.
"So?" Hobbs raised his chin, not once let his eye contact with Toretto interrupted. Dom was pissed.
"Search the place! I have to find her; she's in danger, Hobbs. They could've killed her by now"
Hobbs raised an eyebrow, no fugitive ever told him what to do, and this one got guts.
"I'll come with you and no tricks" Dom said offering his hand for him to handcuff. Han and Gisele looked at each other at his words.
Not leaving his eyes from Dom, Hobbs handcuffed him, and then shouted his orders to his men "Search the place! Find Leticia Ortiz!"
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From outside the barn, the sound of a convoy of vehicles roared. Marc got out from the first car.
"Agent Hobbs! My name is Marcus Becker, I'm with the FBI" Marc showed him his badge. "With your permission, I would like to take over from here. You job is to find Toretto and you've got him. My job and Ortiz's job is to take down Vladimir Bosch. So I think you don't have any more business here"
Hobbs looked at him then looked at Dom. Then, series of gun shots was heard from inside the house that was located a hundred meter behind the barn. Marc and his team rushed to get inside the house. The shooting continue for a few minutes.
"Sir, we found her inside the house" Hobbs men informed him through their communication device. Dom eyes light up at the sound. He looked at Hobbs, hopeful. Hobbs looked at him and pressed his communicator "Bring her here, guys"
"We gonna need a medic, sir"
Dom face showed panic. Han and Gisele looked at each other, as if reading each other's mind.
"What happened to her?" Dom unable to contained his curiosity.
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The shooting was still going inside the house as Marc carried Letty inside the barn and placed her on the cement floor. Gisele gasped when she looked at her. Blood soaked her clothes and dripping on the ground beneath.
"She's barely breathing. I think she lost too much blood" He stated to Hobbs. Hobbs looked at Dom, but Dom was too focused on Letty to notice.
"Letty.. " He whispered. She was unmoving on the floor.
"Un-cuff me, I can help her!" Gisele shouted to Hobbs. Hobbs men unlocked her handcuff. Gisele rushed to Letty's side and check her breathing and her pulse.
"Give me some room! I need something to absorb the blood, a cloth or something.. and some water! I can't see where she's cut" Gisele quickly searched Letty's body for any source of blood. Dom froze in his spot, silently praying that Gisele had some sort of super power to heal the love of his life. Marc took of his jacket and ripped it apart. He squatted facing Gisele offering help.
"I found two bullet wounds over here. Get over here and pressed it!"
Marc switched to her side and did what he was told.
"Paramedics are on their way" Marc whispered to Gisele, somehow afraid she would snap at him if his voice distracted her.
"Tell them to move fast, she's losing a lot of blood"
One of Marc's men came back with 3 boxes of first aid kit. Gisele opened them and un-wrap a pack of cotton balls.
Dom just kept praying to every saints and angels, trying to remember any prayer his mom once taught him as a child.
Not now, not now, Letty baby, wake up.. Wake up baby.. I need to tell you that I love you.. I need to tell you I'm sorry, I'm such an ass, an idiot.. Letty baby just wake up.. Please.. I can't lose you again, not like this, not here, not now. He silently chants.
As if she heard him, he saw Letty flinched.
"She's awake!" Dom said out loud. She groaned. The sirens of ambulance were nearing the barn.
Gisele froze. Marc called her name "Letty?"
Letty winched from the pain enveloping her body. She looked at Marc, then at Dom, seeing him in handcuff beside Hobbs.
"No, Dom.." her voice weak, barely audible between short breaths. Her eyes pleaded him.
Dom shook his head. His face showed determination; he's refusing her offer, he's not letting her go.
"Dom, don't do this.." she begged him.
"Baby, don't talk.. Save your strength.. I'm sorry Let.. I'm sorry.." his eyes pleaded for her forgiveness.
"Dom... let me go.." her voice getting weaker by the second.
"No.. Baby, I love you..."
She felt her tears started to spilled, so she closed her eyes, she can't bear witnessing his arrest again. She opened her eyes when she knew they were gone, and paramedics came to her aid.
"Come on Toretto, there's nothing you can do" Hobbs grabbed his elbow, escorting him out of the barn. Dom kept his gaze fixated on the paramedics surrounding Letty, trying to get her into the ambulance.
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Helios International Hospital, Berlin
"No.. Baby, I love you..."
His words echo in the back of her mind.
Idiot! You're a fucking idiot, Letty! She cursed herself.
You should have shot him when you had the chance, instead of his fucking front tire!
She closed her eyes and exhaled a heavy breath.
She thought she was stronger than this. How hard she tried, how long she buried it, how much she convinced herself that she hates him, that he was just a self-centered prick; she knows she'll always fall head over heels with him.
She can't do this. Fuck! How she hate how much she loved him. How she hates how he makes her weak and vulnerable. How she hates every nerves in her body that yearns for his touch, how she hates the gut wrenching feel of butterflies when their eyes met.
He got her... and she can't leave him.
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"You cheated death once again, Miss Ortiz" a familiar voice woke her.
"I think it's my hidden talent" she smiled weakly "Bremann"
"So.." he said as he pulled a chair and sat close to her hospital bed.
"Yeah, so?" she dared him.
"Although it's not as planned, but your mission was considered a success" he smiled at her. "Becker found Bosch and the stolen weapons in a dungeon bellow the farm. You're right; they found tunnels connecting the barn, the house and the dungeon.
"So this means I get the beach house?" she grinned.
"Yes"
She closed her eyes "good, I missed the beach"
"And Mia Toretto and O'Connor are free of course" He said.
"Of course"
"But, I can't say the same for Dominic Toretto"
"What?!" Letty sat up on her bed "Are you kidding me, Old man? I've did my part of the deal!"
"Please Leticia, let me explain" He tried to calm her "You see, our agreement was made before his files goes up to The State Department, when you are working on your case, The State Department enlist him on the top of the wanted list, and they send Lucas Hobbs of DSS to arrest him"
"I'm out of here" Letty said tugging her IV line.
"Wait, Leticia.. The FBI and The Justice Department are working for a win-win solution with the State Department, it's not easy.. He has done too much damaged in Rio.."
"Either he's on the wanted list, or he's a freeman.. If he's on your wanted list, then count me in" She pulled out her IV line and grabbed her clothes from the small cabinet beside her bed and head to the small toilet.
"Please Leticia, I love you like my own daughter, just be patience, is all I asked" Bremenn tried to reason with her.
"While he rots in jail? With the Big Bad Black Hulk? No way, old man" She shouted from inside the small room.
"Letty, think about it for a second, you are a free US citizen, you have a new ID, a clean record, and your action is just making it worse, for both of you"
Letty stepped out of the toilet, fully dressed. She was silent, thinking about her first cause of doing this, bringing the family back as it was before Jesse died. She took a deep breath. So much for living legit. I'm sorry, Jesse.. she silently said.
"Leticia, we are working our best..."
She cut him before he finished "You don't get it, do you?.. It's ride or die, old man.. Ride or die" She patted Bremenn's back as she left. Bremenn shook his head.
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FBI San Diego Field Office, San Diego
"I need your help, Matt"
"Letty?"
Matthew looked around and decided to close his office door so no one heard him.
"They won't let Dom go, Bremann can't keep his promise"
"He what? What do you mean?"
"DSS agent, Lucas Hobbs, held him captive in Mannheim. I need your help to get him out"
"Are you asking me? To help you get your 'good for nothing' boyfriend? The one who left you burning to death in the middle of nowhere?!"
"Matt, please.." She sounded desperate. He waited for her to continue her sentences.
"I know, this is too much to asked.. But please Matt, I need your help. I don't know where else to run to.."
He has seen her fought, dared, challenged to get what she wanted, but she never ever beg. And it pained him even more knowing she did it for Dom.
"You know this would flushed my carrier down the drain"
"I know.."
"I may end up being a fugitive"
"I know.."
"It would be betraying my country and you aware I pledged to serve my country"
"I knooow.." She groaned, starting to get pissed.
"If I help you, would you give me what I want in return?"
"What do you want?"
"You know what, Let"
"Huh?"
"Come on, don't play dumb with me"
"Matt.." She was speechless, she knew what he want, what he always wanted but he never possessed. One feisty Latina, named Leticia Ortiz.
"Well?" He dared her.
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Vanuatu Islands, South Pacific
"Buster.."
"Letty? is that really you?" Brian was shocked at the familiar voice he heard on the other side of the phone line.
"Yeah, listen we have an emergency. I've clear your name and Mia's.."
"No kidding? You did it?"
"Yeah, you can thank me later alright?.. Right now, I'm having trouble getting Dom free.. Well, he and Han and Gisele are in Hobbs' grasp. Dom's files are beyond FBI's reach.. so I guess it's old school from here.. I need a team to get them out, but I want you and Mia to stay clean"
"But, I don't know Let.. You know Mia, she would want in on this"
"No, you can't let her.. You can't even tell her that Hobbs got Dom, you hear me?! I've cleared your record, it would be useless if you are in on this, and beside you guys are parents now, think about your kid"
"Alright Let, I let you know as soon as I can contact them alright?"
"Good,.. Now.. Where's the new mom?"
"She's feeding the baby, wait, I'll transfer your call to the nursery room.
"Hello" Mia answered.
"What's up girl?" Letty asked.
"Letty? Letty! LETTY! Oh my God, Oh my GOD! OH MY GOD!"
Letty chuckled. "Yeah girl, it's me, flesh and blood"
"Oh God, I missed you so much" She started to sob.
"I know girl, I miss you too" Letty felt awful hearing Mia's sob.
"How could you! How could you let us think you're dead? Your abuelita cried in my arms for hours!"
"I'm just as pissed as you are Mi, I was in a coma, and I didn't know anything until three months after"
"So you're in Berlin now with Dom?"
"I was, but now I'm heading to Mannheim, Hobbs held Han and Gisele" Letty didn't mention Dom.
"Oh NO!"
"We're planning to get them out. I need to contact Tego and Santos"
"Yeah-yeah, they were in Monaco the last time I check, don't worry, I'll get a hold on them"
"Thank you Mi.. So is it a boy or a girl?"
"It's a girl.. Oh Let, she's adorable.. Just like her mom"
"Haha, I'm sure she is"
"When are you coming home?"
"After we get Han and his girl"
"Ok"
"I'll be in touch"
"You better!"
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Mannheim, Germany
"Buster.." Letty greeted him as he entered the house.
"Letty, I couldn't believe you're alive" He hugged her briefly, Tego and Santos quickly cut in and gave her bear hugs.
"Let, I want you to meet my bros, Tej and Roman" Brian stood between two black dudes. Letty smiled and shook their hands.
"Brian, you left Mia alone?"
"No, she's with Elena" Santos answered her.
"Who's Elena?" Letty asked, confused.
"Ay yay yay.." Tego slap Santos' shoulder with the back of his palm "Why you always have a big mouth"
"Me; a big mouth? Well, if your mama was.."
"Don't even start about my mama" Tego pointed his finger in warning at Santos.
Matthew cleared his throat, stopping Tego and Santos' argument and drawing everybody's attention to him.
"Guys, I want you to meet my friend, Matthew Murphy" Letty stood beside him. The team member greeted him and shook his hand.
"Where do you think they held them?" Tej asked Letty.
"Coleman Barracks, US Army Airfield, Mannheim. The only US Army correction facility in Europe, that's where Hobbs landed when he got here and his operational base in Germany.."
Matthew unfolded a large map, the team gathers around to take a look at it.
"Army base? Are you fucking kidding me?" Roman interrupted her. "So we gonna break in to a prison, inside an army base? You are insane! That's suicide!"
"We've broken in a police station before" Santos said nudging Tego's elbow
"And broke me out of prison in Dominican" Tego nodded.
"Yeah, but this is a United State ARMY, you know the word? ARM-Y.. They are loaded with all kind of arms, artilleries and all that shit" Roman argued.
"Yeah man, they're not some lame donut addict cops, they're highly trained and prepared for any kind of shit" Tej backing up Roman's argument.
"That's why we need a damn good planning" Matthew said calmly.
"If it's an airfield, Hobbs gonna transport Dom to US as soon as possible. He might already have" Brian added.
"He can't, at least not yet" Letty looked at her team member "DSS is under the State Department, while FBI is under Justice Department, they're still arguing whether to let Dom go or bring him to justice. With all the casualties in Rio, I doubt they would let him go. All Hobbs can do right now is held him and question him until they settle with a decision. So, we got time"
The team nodded.
"So.." Brian was eager for a new adventure "Anybody got that damn good plan?"
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Coleman Barracks is a real place in Mannheim..
but don't go there hoping you'll find Dom in their prison cell..
hahaha