Dom and Brian had spent hours looking for Jackson with no luck whatsoever. The sun had gone down as Brian looked over at Dom who was still looking out the window. "Where else would he go?" He finally asked causing Dom to look over at him. Dom shook his head. "I am going back to the garage. We can regroup there."
"Roxy may know." Dom finally spoke.
"I was going to tell him, Dom. I was so close to telling him. I wanted to find the right time."
"You have to explain anything to me, Brian. I know it must be hard. Roxy is just going through so much right now. Her mom really doesn't want to be in her life. They both have each other."
Brian nodded his head. "We are going to find him, Dom. We have to." Brian pulled the skyline back into the driveway of the garage and climbed out. They were met by Leon who was standing at the door. "We didn't find him." Brian replied walking inside. "Maybe Roxy may know something?"
Leon pointed to the girl who was asleep on the couch. Brian shook his head. "I'm sure she knows something." Leon walked past them and over to the couch. "Rox," He shook her body as she slowly turned over to him.
"Did they find him?" She whispered as Leon shook his head.
"I need you to tell me where he would go. You will not get in trouble. We just need to find him and make sure that he is okay."
She looked up at Brian. "I'm sorry." She sniffed back the tear. "I didn't think he would react that way. He always told me he didn't care if his dad came back. I was so angry…" Brian knelt down and grabbed her hand.
"I'm not mad. I am really worried about him so if you know where he is, you need to tell me so I can go to him."
"There are races tonight. Fourth and main…he made me promise not to say anything."
"Is he racing?" Dom asked. "Are you both racing?"
"No." She shook her head. "We just go watch."
Brian shook his head. "We need to get to your house now! If he took the car then he is racing tonight. I know fourth and main…they don't play games down there. They will put him in a wall."
Brian jerked the car into the driveway, immediately noticing the car missing. "Damnit!" He hit the steering wheel. "We're too late."
"Get me to Fourth and main!" Dom growled. Brian put the car in reverse, jerking it back onto the road, and pressing down hard on the gas. If Jackson was racing tonight, they were all going to be in trouble. "Does he even know what he is doing?"
Leon took Roxy home knowing it was the only thing to do until Brian and Dom brought Jackson home. He blamed himself mostly for everyone finding out about Brian being Jackson's father. He needed to learn to keep his mouth shut when it came to being at home with his daughter. He had checked on her multiple times that night making sure she was okay. He felt for her. Her mother didn't want her around right now, he knew that hurt her. He didn't know what to do. Should he ground her? Hasn't she suffered enough? He sighed as he sat down on the couch with a beer in his hands and his cell phone in the other. He needed to know that the kid was alright. He took a sip of his beer when the phone began to go off. He almost choked as he sat up putting it to his ear. "Yo, Dom!" He wiped his mouth. "Yeah, I'll go ask her. You haven't found him yet?...yeah, yeah. Give me a sec." He stood up and walked down the hall to Roxy's room. He knocked on the door before opening it. "Rox…" He looked around the room. It was empty. "Damnit!" He yelled. "She's not here." The wind blew the curtain back letting him know she had snuck out. "I'll meet you at fourth and main. If you see her, you stop her!" He hung up the phone as he shook his head. "Damnit, Rox!" He slapped his hand on the door before running down the hall and out the front door.
She moved down the street towards the taxi she had just called. She had to get to Jackson. She knew him. He was going to do something stupid and she had to stop him. It was her fault he was acting like this. She shook her head as she climbed into the backseat. "Fourth and main." She replied. She just prayed she wasn't too late. She looked out the window as the car moved forward. It was already dark outside. She pulled her cell phone out as it began to ring. It was her father. He had found out that she had snuck out. She wasn't worried about him right now. She knew she was in trouble. She was more worried about Jackson, she knew he would race. He had been talking about it for a while now but he didn't want to disappoint anyone. Now she knew he didn't care. She waited for the call to end as found Jackson's number and dialed it. This was her fault. All her fault.
Brian moved through the crowd as he scanned around looking for Jackson anywhere. Him and Dom had split up hoping to find Roxy or Jackson. Brian moved around people when cheering began. The cars had lined up. "Shit!" He pulled out his cell phone and called Dom. "Yo, the cars have lined up. I am moving to the side now. I'll meet you there." He pushed people aside as he made it to the cars that had lined up. He noticed the supra as he moved forward. "Yo, dog!" He felt a hand on his shoulder. "You can't just come in here like this."
"Get the fuck out of my way." Brian was in his face.
"We racing or what?" Someone else shouted.
"Get this white boy out of here!"
Brian looked around. The scene had changed. He shook his head as he moved forward. "Jackson!" He shouted. "Jackson!"
"Lets do this!" The guy had moved to the front of the cars.
"No wait!" Brian shouted but it was too late. His hands came down and the cars took off. Brian moved forward as if he could stop them. "Dom!" Brian shouted when he noticed Dom moving towards him.
"Fucking idiots." Dom mumbled moving past the crowd of people. They ran down the street hoping everything was okay.
Roxy moved through the crowd when she spotted Jackson climbing into the car. "Jackson!" She shouted moving over to him. "What are you doing?"
"What are you doing here?" Jackson snarled.
"Jackson…" She whispered. "I am so sorry. I didn't mean for this to happen. Brian and Dom are looking all over the place for you."
"You should have told me, Rox. You left me in the dark."
"I know I did. I just…" She shook her head. She didn't have an explanation. "I was angry with my mom."
He shook his head. "I am doing this. You can either get in the car with me or you can go home."
She nodded her head. "Jackson, this is dangerous."
"I know what I need to know to win." He continued to look at her. "Get in." She nodded her head as she went over to the passenger side door and climbed in. "Might as well have fun while we can. I am sure I will be grounded for the rest of my life after this."
"So it's true then? Brian is my father?"
"Yes." She whispered. "I only found out a few days ago. Something went down a long time ago with Dom and Brian…Brian was sent to prison for a long time and was just released. My dad was on the phone with someone the other night and I just overheard him say it. Then my mom…I am so sorry but if you are doing this to get back at them this isn't right. This is dangerous. You could get hurt."
"I'm racing, Rox." He cut the car on and moved it towards the starting line. "Shit!" He saw Brian running up to the side. "Did you call them?"
"No!" She yelled. "I snuck out of my house. I had to find you first."
"Let's go!" He yelled slapping his hand on the steering wheel. He wasn't getting out of the car. He was going to race. He watched as Brian had words with the larger guy before he moved to the front. He lifted his hand as Jackson took a deep breath. This was it. "Hold on tight!"
The car was already in the wall before Brian and Dom made it to them, they heard the crash but was too late. The car spun out hitting the wall. "JACKSON!" Brian was to the car before Dom as he swung open the door. "Come on, come on! Call 911!" A crowd formed around the car as Brian lifted Jackson's head up and looked over in the passengers seat. "Rox?" She wasn't moving.
"Brian! Dom!" Leon ran over to them. Brian shook his head as he stopped him. "What are you doing man? We need to get him out."
"Roxy is in there." Brian replied softly. Leon's hands dropped to his side as Dom moved to the other of the car. It was impossible to get the door opened. The car was crushed from the wall.
"I need everyone to step back!" Dom yelled pushing the crowd back. "Brian, there is NOS all over the ground. We need to get them out of this car now before this thing blows up."
Brian nodded his head as he put his hand on Leon's shoulder. "We are going to get them out and they are going to be okay." He moved over to the driver's side reaching in to unbuckle an unconscious Jackson. His body fell to the side as Brian slowly removed him from the car.
"Brian!" Dom yelled. A fire had formed as Brian's head shot towards Leon.
"GO!" Brian yelled shoving him backwards. Dom grabbed Leon's arm and moved him away from the car. It was just a matter of minutes and that entire car was going to be engulfed in flames. Brian took a deep breath as he climbed into the car to save the life of Roxy.