The plan was now in action and discussed with the rest of the team… we thought it might just work. Dom, Brian, and I followed behind Hobbs in our cars as he cleared a path for us. The path included Hobbs smashing through the wall of the evidence room. I watched as Dom and Brian hooked up the cables from their cars to the safe. I bit my lip, I could only hope that the modifications I made to the engine and the brush guard would be enough to allow the cars to pull the vault. I smiled as it came free of the wall. I quickly turned a U-Turn and took the lead, with the Snow Plow Blade I had on my car, I would be able to clear a path for them. I smiled at Jesse as he sat in the passenger seat.
"This is crazy!" He said. I nodded my head.
"Hell yeah." I smiled at him before making a sharp right turn out of the police station. I glanced in my rearview mirror and cringed at the sight of the safe flipping from side to side, moving the cars around as well. Maybe my plan wasn't thought all the way through like I thought it was.
"Do you think they'll be okay?" Jesse asked me. I nodded slightly.
"Yeah, this is Dom and Brian… they'll be fine." I hoped that I sounded more confident that I actually was. I heard Dom's voice over the radio.
"Call it out, Mia!" I turned up the radio so I knew where I was going.
"You've got a straight shot for two blocks. Go right." She said.
"Got it." Brian answered. I turned and watched as the safe smacked into a tree, I cringed again and this time, so did Jesse.
"Well, the plans working. You guys have every corrupt cop in Rio on your tail. You have to move fast." Mia said over the speaker. Jesse picked up the walkie-talkie.
"Best route?" He asked.
"Keep going straight another half-mile onto Rua Fonseca and then go left." I nodded my head and her directions.
"That ain't gonna work." Dom said. Even with the plow blade on my car there was no way I was going to make a gap big enough for them and the safe. I grabbed the walkie-talkie this time when I saw the police set spike strips down.
"Spikes ahead, boys. We got spikes!" I said, I handed to it Jesse to wait for a reply.
"We're going right." Dom answered.
"No, it's too tight; we're not going to fit." Brian said. Jesse hit the button on the radio.
"What do you think we're for?" He asked them. I turned, sped up, and smiled as the blade did just what I wanted it to do; it flipped both cars out of the way, making a big enough whole from both Brian, Dom, and the safe. What wasn't anticipated was the safe going through a building and almost pulling both boys to a halt. They managed to pull it free and keep going. I sighed and rubbed my eyes, I was going to be crazily worried until we got the safe unhooked from the cars.
"Guys, I'm hearing all this chatter. Did you just take out a bank?" Mia asked over the radio. I laughed as Jesse grabbed the walkie-talkie.
"Hell yeah." He started to laugh and I was almost positive that Mia was laughing as well.
"Two inbound!" Dom said.
"Alright, there's an alley coming up on your left." Mia said.
"Got it." I said once I grabbed the radio. I caught in my rearview mirror Brian and Dom going in two different alleys in opposite directions. I realized they were going to use the safe as something of a rock in a sling-shot. I quickly made my way around the police, watching them smash into the safe. I whipped back around and watched as Dom tried to pull Brian and the safe. Brian helped out by throwing his car into reverse and pushing it. I followed after Brian until we got back onto the main road. I then proceeded to go around them and get back in front. Once I was in front of them Brian then flipped back around so that he was beside Dom.
"Alright, good job, Dom. Right-hander, right there, right-hander." Brian said through the speaker. We made the turned no damage to anything.
"This is absolutely insane." Jesse said from next to me. I nodded my head, laughing a bit.
"Well, this is what happens when you get involved with Dominic Toretto and his family." Jesse nodded, chuckling a little. Of course, we both knew this from the past six years we spent with him.
"Alright guys, there's a big group of them coming at you from the South." Mia said. "You have to do something now!"
"Danni, stay in front of us." I looked back at him in my rearview mirror before speeding up slightly so that I was quite a bit in front of them. "Dom, go wide." The pair went wide, destroying a few things but stopping a majority of the cops. They used the safe to hit the cops, knocking them off of our path. I jumped when I heard a couple gunshots before glancing back; I saw Brian was being shot at by a cop with an assault rifle. I watched as the pair managed to move the safe side-to-side, knocking some cops onto the sidewalk and into parked cars. I glanced at Jesse.
"Reach into the glove box." He popped it open and peeked inside, smiling slightly. He rolled the window down before leaning out, shooting at the tires of the officer's car. I smiled slightly when the younger man hit his mark, throwing one of the cars off the road. Jesse sat back in the car and smiled.
"That was fun but we have help now." I smiled and nodded. I glanced back and watched as two of police cars hit a couple more, knocking them off of our trail.
"You're clear on the left." I smiled when I heard Han's voice come out of the speaker.
"We're clear on the right." I nodded as Rome's came through next. I grabbed the walkie-talkie.
"Good job boys." I handed it back to Jesse.
"Thanks guys." Dom said.
"Anytime." Han answered.
"I'll see you on the other side." Rome said before both he and Han broke off into two different directions.
"You guys just carved out a ten second window. Make it count!" Mia said. We got to the bridge and all seemed clear until Brian's voice filtered into my car.
"Hey, there's too many of them. We're not going to make it." Brian said while sounding slightly panicked.
"You're right, we aren't. You are." Dom said.
"What are you talking about?" Brian asked. Mia's voice joined in the conversation now.
"Just let the vault go. Get out of there." She sounded choked up.
"You're a father now, Brian." Dom said calmly into the speaker.
"No, I'm not leaving you. Now you stick to the plan." Brian tried to talk to Dom.
"It was always the plan." Dom said. "Take care of Mia."
"Dom, you listen to me right now. Okay?" Mia said as she tried not to cry. "You cut loose right now." It was silent for a moment before Dom's voice filled my car once again.
"Danni cut Brian loose." I looked down at the walkie-talkie in Jesse's hand before reaching onto the dash, hitting the red button on the left which would unhook Brian from the vault. The heavy weight from the vault with Dom's car alone caused him to slow down and knock him off-balance. Brian stayed behind me as we continued down the bridge. I knew that it was all a part of the plan but that didn't stop me from worrying about the man.
"Danni! We have to go back!" Brian said threw the speaker. I grabbed the walkie-talkie from Jesse.
"I know, give him a minute and then we'll go." We drove for a few more minutes before I made a sudden U-turn, speeding back towards Dom. "Let's go." I said. Brian followed me all the way back to where Dom was now. When we pulled up we noticed that Dom was standing in the middle of the bridge, Reyes' right hand man coming towards him with a gun in his hand. Brian grabbed his gun and shot the man before Dom turned to us. Once we were sure the guy was down, Jesse and I stepped out of our car, waiting from Dom and Brian.
"I thought I told you go on." Dom asked us.
"Yeah, we had to make a call." Brian said as he smiled slightly at Dom. We turned and watched as Hobbs pulled up. He got out just in time for Reyes to fall out of his car. Hobbs walked by him, put two bullets in his chest, and kept walking towards us. I grabbed Jesse's hand, lacing my fingers with his.
"This is one hell of a mess." Hobbs said.
"Yeah, it is." Brian said as he glanced around at the bridge littered with cars.
"You know I can't let you four go." He said, just now acknowledging Jesse's presence with us. "I ain't made that way." We looked at each other, a little unsure. This defiantly wasn't a part of the plan.
"The way I see it, you've earned yourselves 24 hours. The money stays though. If I were you, I'd use the time. Make peace with whatever demons you have left. Because come tomorrow, I will find you." Hobbs said as he looked at us. Brian turned to the car first, walking over and getting in. Jesse and I got into our car, rolling the windows down.
"Toretto!" Hobbs called Dom's attention to him. "I'll see you soon." Dom smiled.
"No, you won't." We started them up before taking off down the bridge; I smiled as I turned to Jesse.
"We did it." He smiled before leaning over and pressing a kiss to my lips.
"Yes we did." I smiled we were pretty much free… what's better than that?