Chapter 4 - Walk the line

Brian answered Riley for them as Carter was more likely to needle her. "Dom asked his friends to help him get Letty back. As a good friend I can't help but drop everything and do that."

Riley sneered, she knew one thing about O'Conner and Verone, they defended each other fiercely, but in their eyes anyone else was fair game. The idea of loyalty or showing anyone else, who wasn't her, some sort of affection simply wouldn't compute. Knowing this Brian chose to play on it, "So really all I'm doing is being a good friend."

She was suspicious but went with it, "So where does Carter fit into all of this?"

Brian snorted, as surely she knew by now that Carter did as he pleased. That was why they had worked so well as a couple. "Where he pleases, but he is a jealous son of a bitch so he usually stays close to me."

Riley rolled her eyes, anyone who had been in a room for more than a few minutes with the married couple was more than aware of that fact. It was a little bit of stating the damn obvious. "Okay so what do I tell Shaw?" She demanded frustration evident.

Brian shook his head, "Riley we're businessmen and we protect our customers. It is better to work from within than the outside."

Riley was unsure but having no direction had no choice but to let it go. "Fine, I gotta go bring a report to Hobbs now."

Brian didn't show her to the door just gestured for her to see herself outside. The best part was that she knew how much it would annoy her. Carter waited until she had gone and the door was shut before offering his own assessment. "Fucking bitch!"

Brian rolled his eyes, "Let's go to bed."

Carter grinned, "Yeah." He could get behind that plan. He was going to make sure that Brian remembered who he was married to. He didn't think he would stray, but it was oh so fun for both of them when he reminded Brian.

The morning brought a few changes in that the criminal part of the team had picked up the slack and Hobbs got to watch first hand at just why this group could be so dangerous. It was also a startling reminder that although they could be world class thieves - they chose not to be. The law was the law and he hated when anyone broke it, but he had a code and if he could find a way to see them back in LA he would do his best. As long as he got Owen Shaw he wasn't going to care.

He grimaced when his rookie came in with the news. The idiot they'd found in Moscow had folded like a pack of cards, and that was probably in part due to his little chat. Hobbs sighed, "They will move on them tonight!"

Brian shook his head, "Don't get too close."

Hobbs stopped and so did everyone else, "Why not?"

Brian shrugged, "Call it knowing the subject like we do - I can guarantee he knows that Interpol is coming and he will have a nasty surprise just waiting for anyone stupid enough to fall for the trap."

Hobbs wasn't dismissive, "To what end?"

Brian shrugged, "Not sure yet!"

Dom nodded, "Doesn't matter – It's a trap and Letty could get hurt."

Hobbs mulled over the points raised; he wanted to deny it but couldn't. After all, part of the reason why he had assembled the crew was helping him think like them and O'Conner knew his shit. "Okay first things first let's get you introduced to Shaw's team."

Brian bit back a snort. Shaw didn't have a team - he had acquaintances that he adopted until they were no longer of any use and then he dropped them like a stone. He recognised a few from just before Carter had his falling out with Shaw, and that was only a few months previously.

Riley glared at Brian behind Hobbs back but he didn't even blink. I mean sure she might be a fierce fighter but she couldn't match some of his crazier stunts. Brian had been counting down the minutes until his asshole friends started talking. He loved Rome like a brother but that didn't mean that he wanted him to talk.

Sure enough, Rome started to compare the teams and he was gonna hit the fucker when he compared Brian to Vegh. Oh he liked Vegh well enough, feisty and competent but she was a woman. He knew he was pretty but that was a low blow - One that he would make his friend pay for.

As the time for the raid was soon up on them all of the team headed to their vehicles. They all got into their custom made black Mercedes Benzes, apart from Brian and Carter. They slipped into a black Porsche GT3 and Brian his Skyline. Rome whimpered, "Why does Blondie get a better racing car?"

Brian blew him an air-kiss, "I live here you idiot. Plus I'm ..."

Rome hollered, "Stop I'm sorry for suggesting you were a girl."

Brian's only response was almost British - a middle finger to the veiled insult.

Any light hearted teasing was put aside for the journey as they were already on the lookout for any potential attacks. More so for Carter and Brian, as they knew about the duplicitous bitch, so they were expecting an attack.

You didn't need to be a fortune teller to know that everything would go wrong with Interpol's bust. I mean really, all Shaw could have done more was welcomed in the fly with honey. Sure enough, they heard the whole drama unfold on the radios and watched as Shaw blew up a major junction in London. One sure to cause chaos and redirect everyone's attention to and that was when it hit Brian. It was like having that one startlingly clear moment when everything crystallizes into perfect clarity.

"The fucker is gonna raid Interpol." He said and everyone went quiet. Riley covered her look of betrayal up but realised that being an ex-cop he'd want to put the clues together. And it was her own fault as she should have said rather than leaving him a puzzle to figure out.

Almost as if to prove a point, the radios blared to life asking for emergency assistance at Interpol. Yet at the same Owen made his exit in a car that Brian knew he'd be asking Carter for as his next big gift. Dom was torn in two, but Brian settled it. "Go and get Shaw he will lead you to Letty. I'll go with the others to Interpol."

The team split and followed the natural order. Hobbs moved with Dom to chase after Shaw and Brian and Carter were chasing their way over to Interpol. The racers were competing with each other but Brian and Carter almost had home court advantage having lived in the city for so long. Brian watched as Shaw's gang fired something at their vehicles. The fuckers had hit Han's, Giselle's and Carter's car and Rome's. He saw them aim for his car, well screw that - he swerved right sharply.

Carter cursed nastily in Spanish watching as all of the Mercedes wrecked. Brian was smarter, knocking the scrambler off his car using the side of a building - this shit was on.

Shaw was going down; the fucker had made him damage his car - again. Brian loved two things in the world with a serious passion - Carter could take care of himself and the Skyline