"Okay O'Conner, give it your best shot." Dom said as we prepared for a long day of trying to beat those cameras. We watched Brian and the Smurf car try to get past all of the cameras. When he was done with the mock course, he turned the car off and got out.
"How was that one?" He asked.
"Camera caught you." Han said as he and Dom walked over to the railing.
"What?" Brian asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, it still caught you." Han said while throwing a piece of candy back into the bag from his hand. It seemed that was what he did when he was frustrated.
"Man, I was milking the hell out of that thing, too." Brian said as he climbed up the steps.
"You put for a shot Danni." Dom asked as he turned to me. I nodded my head before standing from Jesse's lap, walking down the steps to my purple Lobini. I got inside, turning it on and revving the engine a couple of times. Jesse gave me the thumbs up and I was gone. It felt good; I was going pretty fast and taking the turns just as fast. The car seemed to be handling it well too. I slid to a stop, turning off my car before getting out.
"Well?" I asked as I closed the door.
"It was faster but the camera still caught you." Han said. I sighed and nodded my head as I walked back up the steps. I reached into the bag in his hand and pulled out a couple Sour Patch kids. I smiled at him before popping one into my mouth, sitting back down on Jesse's lap.
"We need faster cars." Dom said.
After gathering suitable cars, we let everyone have a chance to drive and see if maybe one of them had a better chance to get past all of the cameras. Rico was a riot to watch drive, he took off fast while smacking the dashboard, as if it would make a difference. He was yelling something too but I couldn't hear him. He wasn't too bad… until he clipped a pillar. We all laughed at him.
"That's exactly why your ass ain't been driving." Rome said. Tej wasn't terrible in a real car, his turns weren't as fast but he wasn't running into anything. Tego was almost the same way as Rico. He started out fast and stayed fast but it wasn't fast enough to avoid the cameras.
Then it was Roman's turn. That was a riot. It was like a mix of Rico, Tej, and Tego. He was fast, loud, and crazy. Still wasn't enough to beat the cameras though. Gisele was next; she was calm and collected while driving. She down shifted and punched the clutch at the right time. She looked pretty good.
"I think I'm in love." Han said from beside me. I laughed at him as he turned and playfully glared at me. She slid to a stop before getting out.
"That was real solid work." Rome said. "I think camera 3 still caught you, though."
"Let's do it again." She said before getting back into the car. Gisele ran it one more time but like before, was caught by at least one of the cameras. She got out, slamming the door behind her. Jesse looked up at me.
"I wanna try." I looked at him before standing up and letting him walked down to the purple Lobini. He got inside, started it up, before taking off down the track. I sat next to Han as I looked at the screens. He had managed to avoid all but one camera and it had just caught the tail end of the car. He slid to a stop before stepping out. He was smiling as he looked at me.
"That was pretty damn good; you barely got tagged by the second camera." Rome said as he and Jesse fist bumped. I smiled; it was nice to see Jesse getting along with some new people.
We stood back as Rico and Tego took out the screws from the front of a large wooden crate. Once that was done, Han and Brian popped it loose before carrying it to the side. Inside was the exact same safe as the one in the police department.
"That's the piggy bank you ordered." Tego said as Tej came over to look at it. He looked surprised.
"You're kidding me..." He said.
"Yep." Tego responded. Rome walked by me before turning back to me.
"You got your knife?" I nodded before reaching into my boot and pulling out my pocket knife. I threw it to him, watching him catch it before popping it open and using it to cut away the plastic from the front of the safe. When he was done he took a couple steps back so that everyone could see it. He closed my knife before handing it back to me.
"Where in the hell did ya'll get one of these?" Tej asked. Han smirked, rocking back on his heels slightly.
"Well, we had a life before you met us." Tej nodded slightly before turning back to the safe.
"Alright, I'll get to work on the electronic tumbler but there's still another problem. Palm scanner. And without Reyes' handprint, Houdini himself couldn't open this bitch." Tej said as he walked closer to the safe to get an up close look at it.
"How do you know it's Reyes' handprint?" Tego asked. I leaned back against Jesse's chest.
"You've got $100 million in a safe and you're going to put someone else's print on there?" I asked him. Rico turned back to Tego, saying something in Spanish.
"Now there you go with that negativity, man." Tego responded in English. "That shit is eating you alive. You check that." Tego argued in English while Rico kept talking in Spanish. Han chuckled to himself with Mia, Gisele, Brian, Jesse, and I tried to cover our laughter. Rome brought us back to reality.
"How are we supposed to get Reyes' handprint?" He asked.
"Han!" Dom called, causing everyone to look at him. "You're up." The Korean man looked at me before taking a step back, walking around Roman to the cars.
"Sure, nothing like the easy stuff." He said. I watched as Gisele began walking after him.
"Let's go. I'll drive." Dom watched them walk away before a smile spread across his face; apparently I wasn't the only one that saw the chemistry they had.