Author's Note: I don't own anything to do with any of The Fast and the Furious movies only Madison belongs to me.

I'm not used to writing a story with so many characters so please bare with me, any criticism is welcome just no flames please!

Chapter 5

The second the words left my mouth he engulfed me in a hug that lifted my feet off the ground. It wasn't often I asked for help, in fact I think the last time Dom heard those words come out of my mouth I was four and learning to tie my shoes. Letty came in through the door that connected the office with the garage and stopped short when she saw me in Dom's arms.

"Hey girl, I was just coming to get Dom for lunch," she started until he put me down and she saw my face, "shit…what happened?"

"James," Dom answered through gritted teeth.

"No," I corrected him softly. Not that I didn't feel safe next to my brother who was the size of a tank but all I wanted at that moment was to be in Leon's arms.

"James didn't do this?" he questioned confused on who else it would be.

"No," I repeated.

"Come on, Let, Vince is starving," Jesse said walking into the office as well.

"Tell his lard ass to wait, we have bigger problems right now," Letty replied motioning to where I was standing in the corner.

"I thought Brian was at the café, what happened?" Jesse asked taking a seat on one of the metal chairs before lighting a cigarette.

"He was but he had something he had to do."

"What was more important than watching out for you?" Dom asked and I could hear the anger building inside of him. Normally, I wouldn't have given a second thought to Dom kicking Brian's ass but I felt guilty that he was doing me a favor.

"Seriously, Jess, when the fuck we leaving?" Vince yelled and you could hear some tool being thrown into the toolbox before adding another person to the already crowded office.

"Letty says your lard ass has to wait," Jesse joked.

"Where's Le?" I questioned worried that unless he was right there with me something horrible could happen.

"Went to meet Hector about twenty minutes ago for some parts that came in, he should be back any minute," Letty answered as Dom handed me a tissue to clean off the small amount of blood on my face.

"If it wasn't James then who did this?" Dom asked ready to kill anyone that laid a hand on me. Sure, he and I constantly argued about anything and everything but when it came down to it he was always there for me, no matter what.

"Wait, it wasn't James?" Vince interrupted taking a seat next to Jesse.

"No," I shook my head, "it was Lance."

"Tran?" he questioned in disbelief as the rest of the team stiffened at the mention of him name, "he came into the café?"

"Yeah," I nodded watching Jesse slightly pale at the memory of being shot, "he thought I was still with James…says he has twenty four hours, although now it's more like twenty three, to pay his debt…" I trailed off not wanting to finish.

"Where did everybody go?" I heard Leon call out and I pushed through everyone and ran right over to him jumping into his arms. He steadied himself against one of the cars so that we wouldn't fall over before wrapping his arms around me, "hey, hey, hey, what's wrong?"

"I asked for help," I whispered in his ear.

"Everything's going to be alright," he assured me, "I promise you."

"Maddie, what happens when he doesn't pay by tomorrow?" Dom asked walking out of the office with the rest of the team, though I had a feeling he already knew.

"He said he was going to come for me," I answered not caring if some fear seeped through.

"Like hell he is," Vince growled.

"Doesn't he know that you're not connected with James anymore?" Letty questioned hopping up on one of the work benches.

"Didn't seem to care when he shot the cooler," I mumbled and felt Leon's arms tighten around me.

"Who are we talking about?" he asked having missed the first part of the conversation.

"Re-cap? James owes Lance money and unless he pays in the next twenty three hours they are coming after Mads," Jesse said walking over to the garage door and flicking his cigarette.

"Can't we just pay him and be over with it?" Leon suggested hopefully.

"I don't think it's going to be that easy," Dom admitted running a hand over his face trying to figure out how they were going to handle things, "but until we have this figured out, Maddie I want you with someone at all times, you hear me?"

I nodded as Brian pulled up in his car, before I even had a chance to think about what was happening Leon had let me go and charged him sending both of them to the ground.

"Why the hell did you leave her alone?" Leon seethed trying to punch Brian in the face as they rolled around on the ground.

"Stop it!" I shouted as I grabbed the back of Leon's jersey to pull him off, "Le, stop, I made him leave!"

Leon punched him one more time as he got up and paced a little trying to cool off. I didn't miss the surprised look I got from Vince when I held my hand out to help Brian up.

"It's been one of those days," I shrugged at Brian's questioning look as to why he got pummeled the second he stepped out of his car.

"Not to add to it," Letty spoke up, "but if Tran is involved and James is really back, don't you think someone should warn Sam?"

I suddenly felt like the worst person on the planet, I was so wrapped up in my own fears and facing my own demons that I didn't even think about what they might do to him.

"I'm the last person he's going to want to see," I smiled sadly.

Then

"Sam, I'm so sorry," I told him honestly trying to hold back the tears after Carrie's funeral service had ended.

"She wouldn't have done the job if it wasn't for you," he declared loudly drawing attention to us.

Now

"Sam?" Brian questioned.

"Carrie's little brother," Jesse replied and I expected Brian to nod in understanding, I knew Mia had told him about the accident, but instead he looked even more confused and almost angry?

"Vince, Jesse, go to Sam's and let him know what's been going on," Dom instructed taking control of the situation, "Brian, what time is Mia done with school today?"

He didn't answer right away like he was still deep in thought until he realized we were all staring at him waiting for an answer, "Oh, uh, four."

"After you pick her up I want you to come straight back to the house," Dom continued turning to Letty and Leon, "Letty and I will close up things here, Le I want you to take Maddie home but be careful they might have someone watching the house. Brian I want you following them home and stay there until you need to go get Mia."

Leon nodded taking my hand in his and walking towards his car. We made it home with no problem but I could him eyeing every car that passed us. Once we got home he ran down stairs to get his gun out of the safe we kept next to our bed and Brian took that chance to talk to me alone.

"What's Carrie and Sam's last name?"

"What?" I asked not understanding why he would need to know such a thing but he just waited for me to answer, "Green, why?"

"It can't be," he said shaking his head, "and you're sure you have the license plate right?"

"Yeah, positive," I replied growing more confused by the second.

"Madison, the car was registered to a Samuel Green."