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 jump around a little between different points of views but labeled each section so hopefully it doesn't get too confusing!
Chapter 8
General Point of View
Leon woke up by what sounded like his car peeling away but it couldn't be his car he thought as he moved his hands to his pocket but when he didn't feel his keys where they should be he jumped off the couch and made it to the window in time to see his yellow Skyline driving away. The anger quickly built inside of him until a green post-it note on the television garbed his attention.
Gone to keep everyone safe
-Mads
Leon cursed at the thought of having to climb the stairs and tell his best friend that his little sister had taken off but he didn't know what else to do. He took a deep breath and slightly cringed as he heard Letty making sexual comments on the other side of their bedroom door.
"Dom," Leon knocked on the door but got no answer so he knocked again this time harder and more urgent, "Dom, it's about Madison."
There was some shuffling before the door was swung open by Dom standing there in a pair of jeans, "What's wrong?"
"She left," Leon stuttered out waiting for the yelling to start.
"What?" Dom hollered successfully waking the others in the house, "What do you mean she left? I thought she was with you, you should have been watching her!"
"Would you two wait until morning," Mia groaned shuffling her way out into the hallway in one of Brian's t-shirts with him not too far behind.
"Seriously, no shower and woken up before the sun rises, why must I be punished?" Jesse asked with eyes half open.
"Madison took off," Leon said handing the note he found to Dom who read it quickly.
"She wouldn't just take off by herself without back up," Letty argued pulling a shirt on and joining the group in the hallway.
"Where's Vince?" Brian questioned wiping some of the sleep away from his eyes, "maybe he went with her."
Without an actual answer Leon bounded down the stairs and into the basement with the rest of the team hot on his tail. They busted into Vince's room making him jump out of his bed ready to attack whoever it was.
"What the fuck?" he growled agitated by the way he had been woken up.
"Have you talked to Mads?" Mia asked urgently.
"No, been down here sleeping…or I was until you decided to scare the shit out of me," he grumbled.
"Shit," Leon exclaimed from him and Madison's room before walking up to Dom, "my gun is gone."
"Boludo," Letty cursed in Spanish something she only did when she was pissed off.
"After everything that was said today, you don't think she would…" Leon trailed off not wanting to even think about it more or less say it.
"No," Dom shook his head trying to convince himself as much as the others, "come on we need to find her. Letty and Mia stay here in case she comes back, Le use Letty's car, fan out and check everywhere."
Madison's Point of View
"Well, well, well someone missed me, huh?" James asked sitting up in the bed with a smirk on his face.
"What do you owe Lance?" I questioned not moving the gun as I kept it aimed at him.
"None of your business, angel, but I have missed that fine ass of yours," he said looking me up and down like some piece of meat, "why don't you come over here and give me a little taste."
"Don't fucking call me that," I seethed taking the safety off the gun and watching his cocky attitude fade for the first time since I had known him, "now you are going to get dressed and we're going to go deal with Tran and then you are going to put L.A. in your rearview mirror and never look back."
"And if I don't?" he questioned seeing how far he could push things.
"Then you don't leave this room," I promised.
"You won't shoot me, you won't want to risk the twenty five to life," James said getting out of bed and taking a step towards me. I pulled the trigger hitting him in the shoulder making him scream out in pain.
"Next time is your eye, get dressed we're leaving," I said repeating the same thing he had told me when he stabbed me.
He did as he was told, a little slower than I would have liked, I knew someone probably heard the shot and I couldn't chance the cops showing up. We walked outside and I was about to get in the Skyline when he walked towards his car.
"If we're going into Tran's territory we're not driving in something that screams 'Toretto's team'," he said sliding into the front seat of his own car.
I thought about it for a minute before getting in the passenger seat and pointing the gun back at him, "Don't even think about trying anything."
He nodded and we drove in an uncomfortable silence, the only sound coming from the engine until he spoke up.
"You know, you should thank Sam for me," he smirked. I stayed silent hoping he was just trying to get me riled up until he continued, "that little Mazda he has runs great."
If it wasn't for the fact that Lance would come after me I would have shot James right then and there. Sam was telling the truth, he wasn't in town, James was driving the car, and he set me up. It took every ounce of self control that I had to not shoot him where he sat but we were quickly surrounded by Tran's people on motorcycles that led us straight to their garage.
I stuck the gun in the small of my back as I got out of the car ready to take whatever was coming to me, hoping today I could get everything settled and my family would be safe.
"I knew you were still with him," Lance said walking out of the garage and shaking his head at me.
"I told you I'm not but you said you needed him so I brought him to you," I spoke up keeping my voice calm and steady, "and now that you have him, do whatever you need to but I am leaving," I said as I walked back to James' car but was stopped by one of the guys on his team grabbing my arm.
"That was very sweet of you," Lance nodded, "but you willingly came onto our turf and it would be a shame to let you just walk out of here without having a little first."
I started to struggle to get away but felt a searing pain in the side of my head before everything went black.
General Point of View
Vince called the team over the walkie-talkies they had to keep in contact with each other, "Guys, I found Leon's car but she's no where to be found."
"Where?" Leon asked impatiently ready to speed off in the direction Vince was.
He gave him the address and a second later it was Brian that spoke.
"That's James' address."
"How do you know that?" Vince questioned angrily over the fact that piece of information hadn't been shared before.
"It came up as one of his safe houses when I had my friend look into it."
"You're telling me James has her?" Leon yelled into the walkie-talkie as he hit the steering wheel in frustration. The sound of his cell phone ringing breaking through his thoughts and he almost forgot how to breathe when he saw Madison's name come up on the caller ID, "Mads?"
Madison's Point of View
I came to and my vision blurred for a few seconds before finally adjusting. I noticed my shirt was slightly torn and my jeans dirty but had no idea how they got like that.
"Look who decided to join the party," one of Lance's men smiled and pushed some hair behind my ear that sent chills down my spine.
"So, what did you plan on doing with this?" Lance questioned twirling Leon's gun around on his finger.
"Just a precaution," I stated honestly as I pulled myself up from the ground and noticed James' car was no longer parked out front, "Where is he?"
"He won't be a problem anymore, we took care of him," the man standing next to me answered and I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little relieved.
"Take that as I warning, Madison," Lance said walking over to me, "we always get what we want," he whispered in my ear before kissing me on the cheek and shoving the gun back into my hands, "you're free to go."
I was tempted to shot him but instead I ran as quick as my feet would take me before pulling out my cell phone and pressing number two on my speed dial only slowing down when Tran's garage was no longer in my line of sight. It only rang twice before he answered.
"Mads?"
"I need you to come get me," I said trying to keep my tears in the fear of everything that had happened finally catching up with me.
"Where are you?" I gave him a general idea and heard tires squealing on the other end of the phone, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah," I lied as a wave of dizziness hit and I shook my head slightly to clear my vision.
Not even five minutes later I saw Letty's car come to a stop a few feet away from where I had sat down on the sidewalk and Leon get out and run over to me. I stood just in time to be engulfed into his arms.
"Jesus, baby girl," he exclaimed taking in my appearance as he threw an arm around me and one hand running through my hair. I could feel him take his hand away and look at it as he tightened the arm around me supporting my weight, "you're bleeding."
"I'm ok," I yawned resting my head on his shoulder, "just tired."
"Hey, hey, hey," he said grabbing the sides of my face so he had my full attention, "I need you to stay awake."
He helped me into the car and I curled up in the seat almost instantly wanting nothing more than to drift off into the darkness that was calling to me.
"Guys, I've got her we're heading back to the fort," Leon said into the walkie-talkie making me wince at the loud sound the beep made after he was finished. "Come on, baby girl, stay with me," he said rubbing a hand up and down my thigh, "we'll be home soon."
"He's really gone," I whispered trying my best to stay awake.
"Who?"
"James…they killed him…" I trailed off suddenly finding it difficult to form a complete thought.
"Is Maddie alright?" Dom's voice boomed over the walkie-talkie and I winced again at the volume.
"We're pulling up to the house in two minutes," Leon replied not answering Dom's question.
It took Leon constantly squeezing my hand and brushing my hair out of my face to keep me awake and the second we pulled up to the house everyone was waiting outside. Dom flung the door open before Leon even had the car in park and cradled me in his arms. I couldn't help but hide my face in his chest trying to block out the sun that had risen.
"She's having a hard time staying awake and she's got a gash on the side of her head," Leon informed everyone as they took me inside and Dom set me down on the kitchen counter like when I was little and scraped my knee.
Mia quickly swooped in and started cleaning it out with antiseptic before bandaging it up, Leon never leaving my side or letting go of my hand.
"You ever leave a note like that again, I'll kick your ass," Dom stated leaning against the kitchen wall watching Mia work on the side of my head with Letty wrapped in his arms.
"I'm with him on this one," Letty agreed.
"How'd you get away?" Vince asked what I'm sure everyone was thinking.
"I brought them what they wanted," I answered moving so that I could hand Leon the gun back. He took it and pulled out the clip and froze for a second.
"There's one missing," he indicated before slamming it back into the gun.
"Mads, did you…" Mia asked as she put the last piece of paper tape over the gauze and looked straight into my eyes.
"Just a shoulder wound," I replied and motioned to my head, "am I done? I really want to get cleaned up."
"Well, you can't shower," Jesse mumbled before shuffling into the living room to play video games.
"Yeah," Mia nodded but I could see her searching my eyes to see if I had lied. Leon helped me off the counter and made our way downstairs when she called after us, "just don't go to sleep!"
"I know," I sighed as I sat down on the bed and Leon grabbed me one of his t-shirts to put on. I pulled my shirt over my head and winced as I got a pain in my back.
"Baby, what's wrong?" he asked dropping to his knees in front of me.
"My back is killing me," I admitted and he moved so he could get a better look.
"Jesus, Mads," he said gently running his fingers over my back where I could only assume there were bruises, "what did they do to you?"
"I don't remember."