Chapter 57
After long hours of hard work on the Civics, the team had finally finished. Dominic, Vince, Leon, Jesse, and Letty decided to take the cars out to the desert to test them out. They raced against each other and of course Dominic always won, that is until Letty was up against him.
She knew his strategy, his techniques, he had taught her to race. Thanks to him she had always won races against armatures, but was never put up against Dominic or someone close to his status. She looked up ahead to where Leon was parked to mark the
quarter-mile. She knew to redline every single gear and to press the NOS at a certain point. She watched Jesse walk to the center making her and Dom reeve the engine.
As Jesse lowered his arms both cars took off. They where both side by side as if something held them together never letting go. Dominic looked over at her and pushed the NOS button at the same time Letty pushed the NOS. Both cars where pulled forward sticking side by side like glue. They passed Leon and turned around coming to a complete stop next to Leon's Civic.
Leon stood in amazement looking as both racers walked over to him. "So who won?" Dom questioned his friend. "Um…No one." he answered looking at the two. "Whatcha mean no one?" Letty asked him confused, she saw Vince and Jesse make their way to them. Once they had arrived Leon looked at both Dom and Letty. "Well…It was a tie, you both pass the finish line at the same time." Dom looked at Letty and smiled. "Of course she had the best teacher to teach her." Letty laughed, "Cocky piece of shit!" the group laughed at her comment.
Jesse began coordinating how they would hijack the truck. "Ok first of all I'll be in the car with Letty." He had Hot Wheels cars as an example. "She pulls up in front of the semi. I get out and stick the spear gun to the windshield. Dominic you'll follow her close behind. When she pulls away, you'll get in behind her and Vince will shoot the other spear gun. Then Vince you'll climb out of the car and stand on the trunk. At this point Dom you'll have to keep the car steady and as close as possible to the front of the truck. Once you're in V you'll shoot the guy with the tranquilizer gun, then take over the truck. You'll then follow Dominic. Leon during all this you'll be behind the truck checking that no cops are after us. Letty after we are done you drive to the back where Leon is at. Any questions?" Jesse finished his explanation.
"Um…yeah where will we head after that?" Leon asked. "We'll head to the place where Jesse said the Civics will be stashed at. After that we'll see." Dom informed them. "Well what if we get caught or something?" Letty asked making the guys glare at her. "What!? It's a possibility, I mean what if the cops chase us or something?" Dominic hadn't giving that a thought at all until she brought it up. "Well…everyone goes their own way and we'll meet up at the place for now. I'll think about something later." Leon thought about something else, but before he could ask Dom's cell phone began to ring.
"Talk to me." Dom said over the receiver. "Hi I'm looking for a Dominic Toretto." "This is he." Dom didn't recognize the voice on the other end. "I am Alex the guy that works where the semis are loaded. Jesse contacted me to inform you about the trucks." Dominic rubbed at his chin. "Yeah he told me about you." "I just packed up a real money load and it's coming your way, look for Rodgers on the side of the truck don't forget my share of the deal." Alex hung up and Dom walked over to his team.
"That was the contact said that there's a truck coming our way. I am guessing you know where to go?" Dominic looked over at Jesse "Yeah. It should come Friday at 1 in the morning." Dominic nodded and looked at each face of his team. He instantly noticed the nervousness and fear in their eyes. "Lets go back home."