Chapter 4

L.A., California

Dom POV

Brian, Roman, Tej & I had gathered to hold Han's funeral. Mia made me promise not to throw a funeral for Isabella. I understand it's because we had a funeral for her when she was kidnapped. We didn't need to relive it.

"They say to live in the hearts of those we leave behind... is not to die. But he put you in his grave. So now I'll do the same to him." I said to myself as I laid the picture of Giselle on Han's casket. I made the cross over my chest.

I could hear Brian, Roman and Tej talking behind me.

"I can't do no more funerals." Roman said.

"First Han and Isabella..." Tej started as I saw a mysterious black car in the distance. "Now Hobbs is laid out, of all people. We're being hunted. You know he's out there somewhere watching, right?"

"I hope so." Brian said. "That means he's close."

"Just promise me, Brian." Roman said. "No more funerals."

"Just one more." Brian said. "His."

I agree.

After that, I hopped into my car and followed the mysterious black car.

I swerved in between traffic, ran red lights, anything I needed to do.

I am going to catch him, no matter what.

I followed him to an underground parking lot.

We both revved our engines before surging forward and crashing head-on into each other.

I'm sure we're both stunned from the collision.

I saw him getting out of his car, so I began getting out of mine.

"You never should've messed with a man's family." He said.

"I told your brother the same thing." I told him. I rolled my left shoulder, cracking it. "Reinforced your chassis. Just like going into the ring with weighted gloves."
"Your mistake. I'm not here to play games. See, you and me… We're from different worlds. Trust me, I've seen a lot meaner streets than the ones you're used to."

"Stick around." I said, raising a metal pipe. "It's gonna get a lot meaner."

He pulled out a gun and pointed it at me. "You think this was gonna be a street fight?"

Gunshots began ringing out, causing me to look up at people entering from the roof. Deckard became focused with shooting at them as he backpedaled and eventually ran away, leaving his damaged car.

A jeep rolled up and a man got out. Men were holding rifles at me.

All of a sudden, "On the ground! Now!"

Two men tried to attack me. I struck them both, but held the second one by his neck.

"Woah, woah! Easy, guys. We're on the same team here." Said the man who exited the jeep. "Mr. Toretto… I'm here on the recommendation… of a, mutual friend of ours. - Mr. Hobbs?"

"Who the hell are you?" I asked, suspicious.

"Me? I'm just a guy. I'm, Mr. Nobody."

"That's a big entrance for a nobody." I said. "And the guy who put our mutual friend in the hospital...
you just let him get away."

"I think I might've just saved your ass there, Dom." He said. I furrowed my brows at him. "Listen, you think you can let go of my guy there? He's beginning to turn a little blue." After a couple of seconds, I let the guy go. "I appreciate that. Ah, here they come. Listen, Dom. There's a war going on between
shadows and ghosts like me. You and your team unwittingly walked into the middle of it in London...
and it appears it's now followed you home. It's up to you. I'm gonna have a beer. You're welcome to join me. By the way, I can get you Deckard Shaw."

Base Of Operations El Segundo, California

"Belgian ale." He took a sip. "Man, those monks got it right. I don't know about the whole celibacy thing, but when it comes to beer… Would you like one?" Mr. Nobody offered

"I'm more of a Corona man myself." I declined.

"Your files, not only detailed… It's, extremely entertaining." He said. He uncapped a Corona and handed it to me. I hesitantly took it. We began walking to a meeting room. "Look, Shaw's power is that he's a shadow. He's really good at getting in and out of places… without being seen and leaving nothing but a body count in his wake. He's a legitimate English badass. But to be honest with you Dom, I don't give two shits about Deckard Shaw. It's you I want. Because you and I can help each other get what we both need."

"I'm listening." I said.

"Just recently, a private military company… led by a wanted terrorist named Mose Jakande… kidnapped a hacker known only by the name "Ramsey". Lady Liberty's got her panties in a bunch over this but rightfully so… because this Ramsey has created something interesting." He turned to some guy. "Bring it up."

"Yes sir." said the guy I had yet to know the name of.

"Say hello… To God's Eye." Mr. Nobody continued. "Now this little bastard hacks into anything that's on a digital network. That means every cellphone, satellite, ATM machine, and computer, simultaneously. If it's got a microphone or a lens, God's Eye can use it to find you."

"So you invited me here to show me a tracking device." I said

"On steroids. Lots of them." He said. "Let me put it to you this way. It took us nearly a decade to find Osama bin Laden. With this, we could locate him anywhere on the planet in a couple of hours. Now that's a serious piece of machinery… that could be catastrophic in the wrong hands. But for some very nauseating, political reasons… any rescue plans involving any US government forces or entity… has been strictly ruled out. And that's why I need you."

"But why do I need you?" I asked. "I mean I could go back outside, enjoy the rest of the Coronas… let Shaw come to me."

"You could do that. How's that working out for you so far?" He asked. "You got one friend in the ground, another one in the hospital… and then of course there's that little issue of the bomb… that destroyed your home. Shaw lives in a world that doesn't play by your rules. Like it or not… you live in that world now, too. You wanna know how to kill a shadow? You just shine a little light on it. If you get the God's Eye for me… I've already got authorization for you to use it until you get Shaw. You go from the hunted, to the hunter. And there's no place on Earth Shaw can hide from you. More importantly,
you and your family… don't go to any more funerals. You get Ramsey, you get the God's Eye… You get Shaw." I stared at him. "Well that's the windup and the pitch. Now that I've given you this incredibly sensitive and highly classified information… What do you think, Toretto?"

"I think you already know what I'm gonna do."

"Good." He said.

He went to walk away but I said, "But, it'll be my way." He stopped. "And my crew."

"I assumed you might say that. Which is why I've taken the liberty of gathering your team."

I turned around to see Tej, Roman, Brian, Vince, Leon and Jesse getting out of black SUV's.

We went downstairs to meet up with them.

"This is crazy." Roman said after getting out of the SUV. "What the hell is going on in here?"

Instead of answering him directly, we all gathered around an electronic rectangular table.

"Our intelligence suggests that Ramsey will be transported… by an armed motorcade through the Caucasus mountain range." Mr. Nobody started. "If they clear this range and reach their destination...
Ramsey's as good as gone."

"So let me get this straight. There's only one road that leads in or out...? Sheer drops on every side...
A motorcade from hell protected by a small army… from one mile on either direction?" Roman asked.

"Yeah, that's about it." Mr. Nobody said.

"You done?" Some guy, Sheppard, asked Roman.

"No, I'm not done." Roman shot Sheppard down. He then began addressing Brian, Tej and I. "So you all wanted me to break into a police station, fine. Then you asked me to stop a tank. I wasn't happy about it, but I did it. Then you came up with this brilliant idea… to shoot down one of the largest airplanes, ever. I shot that shit outta the sky..." He imitated a gun. "It's nothing. But this right here, my friend… happens to be the stupidest idea I've ever heard of in my life."

"I forgot that, you were the only one to bring that plane down." Tej said, looking up from his game.

"No, only thing I've ever seen him take down was "No knees" Denise. Remember? At prom?" Brian said. He and Tej laughed as Brian held up two fingers.

"Really, Brian? You're gonna do that right here?" Roman said. "See, y'all try'na get me off my point.
All I'm saying is, I'm tired of everybody around me… making all the decisions. This time, I lead.
Seriously. If I don't start making decisions, I'm out."

"All right, Roman. What do you got?" I asked.

"I mean, I wouldn't try to get into the whole leadership thing, like, now. You know what I'm saying? I'm just kind of… Talking about like, at some point. Like, you know, when we..." He paused. "Whatever. I mean, I think… Let's hit it from here." Roman said, manipulating the map to show where he thought we should hit it from.

"I don't think that that's…" Sheppard started.

"No, don't think. That's my job." Roman said, shutting Sheppard down.

"Okay. It is impossible to hit it there. That is literally the most secure spot on the mountain." Sheppard said. He moved around the table and Brian moved to stand beside Tej. "Why? Because you cannot physically access it." He finished aggressively.

"Now see, that's what makes it so sweet. Because it's the place they least expect us to hit them from." Roman said.

"As much as I hate to admit it, he's on to something there." Brian said. "What do you think, Dom?"

"Here?" I asked Roman, leaning over the table and pointing at the circled spot.

"Yeah." Roman nodded.

"I think we got a plan." I said.

"Completely wrong thinking. And I like it." Mr. Nobody said.

"You see? I'm good at this." Roman said.

"Good?" Sheppard asked. "Okay. How are you planning on getting on that road?" He expanded the map.

"Well, Tej?" Roman said after a few seconds, looking at Tej.

"I think I may actually have a plan for that." Tej said.

"What? I delegated. That's what good leaders do." He rocked back and forth awkwardly. "Leader!" He made a weird motion with his hand while saying 'Leader'. But what can I say? Roman is just so Roman.

"You know, when I was reading your files… I was impressed with what you've accomplished with your team. But, meeting them now I gotta say, Dom… you truly have a gift." He began walking down the hall. He paused near the exit. "Consider my workshop your new playhouse. I think you'll find our cars… extremely appealing. And your team… is now complete." The team and I turned to see Letty.

I began walking toward Letty.

"I went to the house. I was looking for you everywhere. You scared the shit outta me." She said. "You will never be alone..." I thought I heard her whisper. "Where did you find that?" Letty asked pointing at the cross necklace I was wearing, interrupting me.

I picked it up, looking at it. "Found it in Han's car. It was left as a message." I let it drop back on my chest before looking at her. "A message I plan on returning. Can you ride?"

"Yeah, of course I can. Han was my family, too." She said.

We probably could've talk longer if our conversation hadn't been interrupted by Mr. Nobody.

"Before I forget… I have some video that may be of some interest to you. The name Isabella ring a bell?" He said.

"Of course. She's my sister. Why?" I said.

"You may want to take another look at that table. I've had my men bring up some interesting video. Why don't you take a look?"

Letty and I walked back over to the team. Letty was hugged and greeted by everyone before we looked at the 'video'.

It was of our house in L.A. Looking at the date and time in the corner, it was the same day and close to the time the house was blown up.

Continuing to watch the video, I saw Isabella walk out with two suitcases in her hand.

She got out? I thought.

She turned around and looked back out the house. While she was looking at the house a man walked up behind her. Isabella was too busy looking at the house, and the man came up behind her, and grabbed her, covering her mouth. I recognized it to be Deckard Shaw. She dropped her two suitcases and began thrashing against him. The man appeared to whisper something in her ear, which caused her to nod her head vigorously. He finally let go of her. She bent down and picked up her bags before he grabbed her arm and began dragging her away. He drug her away and threw her over to the passenger's side and made her get in as he got in the drivers seat. After about 4 minutes or so, they began driving off. As they drove off, he must've pressed some button or something, because next thing you see was the house getting blown up.

Things just got way more personal. He made us believe Isabella was dead. But, in reality, he took her.

I turned my attention to Brian. The faster we get this Ramsey guy, the sooner we'll find Shaw, and hopefully Isabella.

"Brian! We're gonna need long travel suspension… limited slip differentials in all of them." I said to Brian. "Tej! I want the demon lovechild between that… and that." I pointed between the two desired cars.

"That's a lot of armor. Just gonna add more weight, slow you down." He said.

"This time it ain't just about being fast." I said.

It's time to rescue Ramsey. Ramsey leads to Shaw and Shaw leads to Isabella.