Chapter 6
Next Day...
Dom's POV
I was getting on the elevator with Letty. I still couldn't get over how beautiful she looked.
I guess I was staring because Letty said, "What? Something wrong?"
I snapped out of it. "There's a billion things wrong. But not in this moment."
"You look handsome." She said.
"I feel awkward." I'm not used to wearing suits.
"You and me both." She said, playing with my tie.
"Seeing you dressed like this… Just reminds me of something." I told her.
"Of what?' She asked.
"Old times." I said, taking hold of her hand. I saw her look down at our hands and seem lost in thought for a while. "You okay?" I asked when she looked back at me as the elevator doors opened.
"Yeah, I'm fine." She said.
"Showtime." I told her.
We walked out and separated, setting the plan In motion.
Isabella's POV
Vince and I took the next elevator after Dom and Letty. I decided to take this as an opportunity to talk to him. I adjusted my dress so it was more comfortable.
When I turned to speak, I saw he was staring at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing. You're just so beautiful." He said.
I looked down and blushed. I felt him put his finger on my chin and bring my face up.
"Don't look down. I mean it, you're beautiful."
"Thank you." I said. "And thanks for rescuing me… again."
I gazed into eyes as he did the same. Slowly, I began leaning in as he did too. Finally, our lips met.
All of a sudden, I heard a ping, causing us to break apart.
"Time to go." I said, beginning to walk out. He gently grabbed my wrist, causing me to turn and look at him.
"We'll finish this 'talk' later, okay?" He said.
I nodded before we split up, me heading to Letty and Vince downstairs.
I headed over to where Letty was standing at the top of the staircase, overlooking the party. It was super crowded with men and women, and half naked gold spray painted dancing girls.
"No, listen, man. They're telling me they party like this every day, on this level, they party every day. This is crazy. I might have to move out here. I think I'mma start a new culture. It's called "Blarab". You know, like Black Arab?" I heard Roman say through my earpiece.
Letty and I looked at one another, rolling our eyes and chuckling.
"How are we looking, Tej?" Dom asked.
"We're almost in position." Tej replied. He and Ramsey were going to guide everyone through everything. "Okay, so this is how we work this. We gotta move in sync if we're gonna pull this off so let's… go over it to make sure everyone clearly understands their role. Roman, that means you."
"You know what? You're being real unprofessional right now, Tej." Roman replied, causing me to chuckle.
"The God's Eye chip is hidden in a speed drive installed in the prince's car… which he keeps in a safe room vault."Tej continued.
"Now I make 8 to 10 playing closed security." Brian started.
"Not to mention the prince… and his personal bodyguards." Dom finished.
"Security cameras are clustered by the north wall that's where the vault is." Brian said.
"Now to get in that vault, we gotta tap into the security system… which can be accessed in the prince's bedroom." Tej said.
"Alright, guys. we're going in." Letty said before we turned to walk to where we assumed the prince's bedroom was. As we turned the corner, we saw a man guarding the door. We continued to approach. "Excuse me?" Letty said, getting the man's attention. "I was just looking for..." She was cut off.
"The party is that way" He stated dismissively.
"What?" Letty said, looking behind her.
"This room is off..." He started before Letty knocked him out.
I helped her, grabbing one arm while she grabbed the other and dragged him inside, setting him by the door. I made sure to close the door behind us. Though this shouldn't take that long.
We looked around waiting for further instructions.
"Now once we're tapped in Ramsey and I can hack into the network and pop the door so you can get in and get that chip."
"Wait, wait. You missed a step. What about my steps? What am I supposed to be doing?" Roman asked.
"No, we didn't miss anything. You're special team, so when we need you… do what you do best. " Tej said.
"And that is?"Ramsey asked.
"Shine brightly, like only Roman Pearce can do." Tej finished.
"Now we're talking." Roman asked.
"Alright, Tej. We're in." Letty said. We immediately looked for the outlet and quickly found it.
"Find a phone jack. The tap always runs behind that. It's gonna be a 350 mega Hertz CAT5 D cable. They probably got a couple dozen back there. But this'll be the bonded pair with a plenum coat." He told her.
"English, Tej." Letty said.
"I think it's this one." I whispered, pointing to the orange wire.
"It'll be the orange wire." Tej said.
Letty looked at me with raised eyebrows. I simply shrugged my shoulders. She cut the orange wire, allowing them to override the system.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, we are in the pilot's seat." Tej said. "Alright, Roman."
"Do whatever it is you do." Ramsey finished.
I could overhear Roman speaking to someone.
"It's your birthday, right? Are you Jasmine?"
"God, no. Not the birthday routine." I heard Tej say.
"Happy birthday to you. This way. Excuse me, so sorry. I'm coming through, sorry. Right this way. Listen, excuse me one second. Sir, thank you so much" Roman's voice sounded more amplified, so I'm assuming he's using a microphone. "Listen, people. Please everybody, gather around. Understand something right now. Listen to what I'm telling y'all. We are here to celebrate Jasmine's 18th birthday. Happy birthday, my dear. Happy birthday to you. To you. To you."
While Roman did whatever it is he does, it was the perfect opportunity for Dom and Brian to sneak away and find the car. Vince, Jesse and Leon would stick around to keep a ground view and make sure nobody was on to us.
Tej's POV
"I wish I didn't see that." I said.
"Ramsey, open it up for us." Dom said.
"Copy that." She said. "You're in."
Now all they had to do is find the God's eye chip and get out and fast.
Dom's POV
Brian and I found where the car was being kept and Ramsey let us in.
"You realize what this is? Lykan HyperSport." Brian said. "$3.4 million. 0 to 60 in less than 30 seconds. There's 7 of these things in the world and this guy keeps it locked up in a vault."
"There's nothing's sadder than locking a beast in a cage." I said, looking over the car.
"Right now I really wanna punch him in the face." Brian said.
"Okay. Let's get to work." I said, lifting up the car for Brian to get under to look for the chip.
"You got this, right?" Brian asked.
"Go." I said, strained from the weight of the car.
"All right." He said, before sliding under the car.
We need to find this chip and fast. Before anyone notices we were even here.
We don't need anymore problems today.
Isabella's POV
"Our job is done here." I said, and we began walking to exit the room.
Letty opened the door to find a women along with four female guards. Guess they were the prince's personal guards.
"Would you believe I knocked him out with my charm?" Letty said.
"You ain't that charming, bitch." The main women and only blonde said.
Letty and I then tried closing the door, but it was pushed open by the four guards, which sent us flying back.
Letty and I were sent backpedalling as the four guards ran at us, throwing kicks.
The woman who looked to be the leader then said something in another language. I don't remember what language, but I remember who I thought to be my dad telling me it meant "Intruders! Lock it down!"
Didn't really plan on fighting today, but I guess we have no choice.
Tej's POV
"No!" I yelled frantically as I realized we were losing the systems.
"Tej, our magic trick is failing. We're losing systems." Ramsey said.
"I know. I see it." I told her.
"Tej, talk to me." Dom said.
"I'm trying but their security system is locking us out." I told him, trying to fix it.
"Listen, ladies and gentlemen… Oh, there he is. These your dancers? This is a party, baby!" Roman said." Some of ya'll probably went to the bathroom and noticed that all the hairspray was missing. Yep. She did it. Thank you." He pointed to a girl with really poofy hair. "And we're so happy for you to be here. You look like you got some missiles underneath that dress." He adressed "Jasmine."
I was in disbelief at what he just said. "He did not just… Did you just say that?" I whispered to myself.
I ignored him and kept trying to fix the system.
Isabella's POV
Two of the guards in front landed kicks on Letty and I, knocking us to the ground.
I was taking on two while Letty took on the other two guards.
I got distracted as I noticed the two guards Letty was fighting kick her, causing her to fall over the couch.
This allowed one of the guards I was fighting to kick me in my stomach, knocking me down.
I quickly kipped up and spin kicked one of the guards through the glass wall. One down one more to go.
I made quick work of her. She swung to punch me but I caught her hand and twisted her around, and began choking her until she passed out, which only took a few seconds.
Hearing glass break behind me, I spun to see Letty had just put one of the guards through a table, and stomped on the stomach of the other. The guard got up soon after and tried to kick her but Letty ducked. The guard attempted to kick her again but Letty caught her foot and tossed her through another glass wall. She turned around to see the guard on the table attempting to get up, so she ran and stepped on her back sending her back into the table, finishing her.
Seeing she was done, I went to stand beside her.
We still had to deal with the leader.
"Thank god, you two showed up. These parties bore me to death." She said.
"You got this one?" I asked Letty.
"I got this. Go find Vince." She told me.
I nodded before heading to the door.
What happened next was something I'd never expect.
Tej's POV
"Shit! Not the gate!" I said.
"Brian, faster!" Dom said.
"We're playing all the defense we can up here. But we're gonna lose, you gotta hurry up."
We don't have much time. They need to find that chip and get out of there now.
Letty's POV
"Thank god, you two showed up. These parties bore me to death." The blonde girl said to Isabella and I.
"You got this one?" Isabella asked me.
"I got this. Go find Vince." I told her.
She nodded before heading for the door.
It's between me and her now.
I put my hair up and motioned for her to bring it.
She jumped towards me and punched me, sending me flying over the chair behind me.
I got up quickly and sent two punches towards her before she kicked me in the stomach, sending me flying over near the window.
I saw a vase full of flowers next to me and threw it at her. It barely fazed her. When I threw my next punch, she grabbed my arm and picked me up, throwing me threw some wooden fence thing just before the wall. She came running towards me, still throwing kicks. I did my best to dodge them. She kneed me in the stomach causing us both to go down, but I quickly flipped us over returning us both to our feet.
We returned to the main part of the room, still fighting.
She kneed me again but I pushed her off, and she rolled backwards before returning to her feet. I hit her with another vase. She tried to knee me again but I caught it and tried to throw her into the couch, but she took me with her, sending us both over the couch. We got up and I slammed her into a beam before she slid down into the splits and tossed me over her. She crawled on top of me and punched me in the face. She tried to a second time but I blocked it. I turned the tables and punched her twice. She wrapped her legs around my head and elbowed me twice, before I grabbed my knife and stuck her with it, causing her to let go. She sent me back and we began fighting to gain the upper hand. She hit me against a beam before we both went to the ground. This is really starting to get tiring. I wish she'd just give up already.
Dom's POV
"Guys get out of there right now. You've got an army headed your way." Ramsey alerted us.
"Brian, get up! Forget it!" I said. He got out from under the car just before I let it drop. "Tej, we're taking the car."
We will get this chip. It's just a lot more drama then I expected.
Letty's POV
Eventually without noticing we continued our fight outside the room.
I only noticed when we both went flying over the railing, landing on the DJ's turntables.
In my dazed state I heard Roman say, "Letty, Letty, talk to me. Are you okay?" before helping me up.
Isabella's POV
After exiting the room, I was about to leave the hallway.
Then I heard, "Hello Miss?!"
I turned around to see two men calling after me, in front of an open door.
Confused, I walked over to them. And followed them inside, being extremely careful of my surroundings.
"Yes?" I asked.
"What were you doing in there?" The one with dark brown hair asked.
"Oh nothing. I was just looking around."
"Looking around?" I nodded. "You know, I don't believe you. Now why don't you tell me what you were really doing. Or..." He grabbed my shoulder and acted as if he was about to strike me.
On reflex, I blocked his hand before sending a shot of my own.
I got a grip on his arm before sending a kick at the second man behind me in the doorway.
I then threw the first man into what looked to be a small makeshift bathroom.
The second man came in and punched me.
Who punches women? I thought, before he grabbed me, pulling me against his chest.
I sent a hard elbow at him, causing him to let go, before launching him into a small glass window space and back into the door, holding him there.
I noticed the first man get up and begin charging at me, so I picked up some weird looking thing from the table beside the door, knocking him down, before hitting the second man with the same weird object.
I kneed the second man in the gut before started pushing me back out into the hallway. We got down the hall a little bit, before I heard a crash, followed by gasps. The second man pushed me against the wall before I elbowed in the back, making him let go.
I pushed him against the wall to some small stairs that looked like they to something upstairs. Then I threw him against the stairs and punched him twice before he kicked against the wall across from the stairs, against a painting, protected by glass. I'm surprised it didn't break.
He attempted to charge me, but I finally sent him through the glass surrounding the painting, breaking it.
The first man came out the room charging and wielding a knife.
I saw a conveniently placed mop and stepped on it, breaking it in half, before hitting him once on the head, causing him to drop the knife before he fell into another glass case protecting a painting.
The second man came up behind me and grabbed me. Still with the broken part of the broomstick in hand, I hit him in the lower leg before hitting him in the face, finally causing him to let go.
We continued our fight down the hallway, leading back to the party.
We were back to where Letty and I had been standing earlier, before we somehow fell down the staircase. Seeing the broken piece of the mop, I grabbed and began choking him with it after he swung wildly causing his back to face me.
I don't even remember if anything happened after that. The next thing I remember is hearing "Isabella! Stop!"
It was Vince. He grabbed me, causing me to let go of the man. I don't know what came over me next, but I just grabbed him and hugged him tight.
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Dom's POV
"Guys I can't hold it. I'm losing the final gate. You gotta get out of there." Tej said.
"Tear off the dash! Go through it." I said to Brian.
Tej's POV
Some man came out of nowhere speaking a language I don't understand. He whipped out a baton.
"Wait, just hold on man." I said.
He went to attack me so I disarmed him, blocking his shots before elbowing him and finally pushing him down while he was still out. All the while I was looking at Ramsey, who looked surprised.
Dom's POV
"Time to unleash the beast." I said, before driving through the vault into the party.
I saw everyone scattering, including my team. Once I was sure Letty and Isabella were safe, I saw why everyone had been scrambling.
There stood Shaw with a machine gun in his hands.
He stood in front of the car, as if challenging Brian and I.
All of a sudden, he started advancing and shooting at our car, unaware it was bulletproof.
Some of the guards from the party tried attacking him, but he dealt with them swiftly.
Taking my opportunity with him being distracted, I hit the gas and headed in his direction. He'd just finished off the second guard when I drove into him, sending him flying over the roof of the car.
I drove past his body before making a sharp spin then heading towards the window, all while Shaw continued to open fire.
"Dom. Cars don't fly! Cars don't fly!" Brian exclaimed from the passenger's seat. "Shit!" He said just before we went through the glass window.
Shaw shot one last time, hitting the back of the car as we went through mid-air almost as if in slow motion.
We crashed through the window of the second building, before hitting a bunch of beams.
I tried stepping on the brakes, but they wouldn't work. "No brakes!" I said.
"What?! Brian exclaimed.
"No brakes!" I repeated.
"Shit!" Brian said again.
Brian began looking for the God's Eye while I kept driving.
I had no other choice but to go through another window.
Brian looked up just in time and yelled, "No!" right before we went through the window.
Again it felt like everything was going in slow motion as we flew through the air.
We finally went through the third window, sending people scattering again.
Seeing that we were still out of control, Brian finally found the God's Eye and yelled, "Got it!"
"Get out!" I told him. He jumped out of the car.
Jumping out of the still moving car caused my body to roll near the window. I stopped right before I could fall off and watched as the car we'd been driving plummeted below, breaking into thousands of pieces.
I sat in shock before looking back at Brian who was staring back at me.
He held up the God's Eye, to show me he'd found it.
"Still miss the bullets, Brian?" I asked him.
I stood up, fixing my suit jacket and looking down below at the car wreckage.
- Safar's Garage-
Isabella's POV
After the party, we all headed over to Ramsey's friend's garage to meet Mr. Nobody.
I rode with Vince, Letty with Dom, and everyone else followed.
As soon as we got inside, Vince found me some ice for my back, since I hurt it, falling down the staircase.
"I get you an invite to the most exclusive party in Abu Dhabi. "Safar started.
"Safar..." Ramsey tried to say, but was swiftly cut off.
"No, no, you steal the host's car. And you jump it between two buildings." Safar continued.
"Actually, it was three buildings." Brian corrected.
"Oh! Two, insult. Three, honor. My bad." Safar said.
Just then Mr. Nobody and his team walked in.
"Wow, wow, wow. I have to say… You've got an interesting interpretation there of low key, Mr. Toretto. I thought we had an understanding." Mr. Nobody said.
"Sometimes you have to play the hand you're dealt." Dom said.
"That's why I prefer to be the dealer." Mr. Nobody said. He turned to Safar. "Good night."
"Kicked out of my own garage. This is great." Safar said, walking away.
All of a sudden, I began to feel sick. "I don't feel good. I'm gonna go to the bathroom." I whispered to Vince. He nodded and I got up and went to the bathroom.
Little did I know I wouldn't see the team for a while…
Dom's POV
I saw Isabella get up and walk to a back room, which I assumed was the bathroom, shortly after Mr. Nobody kicked Safar out of the garage.
Mr. Nobody turned to Brian. "May I?" he asked, holding his hand out to Brian who held the God's Eye.
"Brian. Give it to him." Dom told Brian.
"All that trouble for this little... thing. With all due respect, Dom... You really did great work back there. All of you. All of my men are now standing by... and are fully at your disposal. Your call."
"Ramsey. Fire it up, and find me Shaw."
We all went over to a set of computers that had been set up for us.
I was standing there, waiting for Ramsey to find Shaw when I realized Isabella had been gone for a while.
I motioned for Vince to come over. "Go check on Bella, will ya?"
He nodded and went to go check on her while Ramsey tracked Shaw.
"Damn, this is crazy." I heard Tej say.
"Thank you. Give me a second." Ramsey said.
"What is it doing now?" Roman asked.
"It's hunting. Hacking into the security cameras at Ethihad Towers. That's the last place we saw Shaw so that's where we start." She told him.
"That's him, right there." Brian said.
"Wait. What are these numbers out here for?" Tej asked.
"It's biomapping Shaw's face. It will run that against every camera... Every audio device in this hemisphere." Ramsey told him. She kept searching. "Bingo. Looks like he's holed up here."
The map turned to a view of a car driving into factory like building.
"That's perfect. Automated factory, no people. Lots of places to hide. You just changed the face of manhunts forever. Congratulations." Mr. Nobody said to Ramsey.
Of course Roman had to say something. He said, "Can I check my e-mail real quick?" But he was ignored.
"Dawn's up in two hours."
"We're gonna go take down Shaw then." I said. "Go get changed." I told everyone.
"Dom!" I heard Vince yell.
I ran over to him, after telling everyone I'd handle it.
When I got there Vince was in the doorway looking slightly panicked, which is a look I can't remember ever seeing on his face.
"What's wrong Vince?" I asked him, worried. "Is Bella okay?"
"...She's gone." He said.
"What?" I asked, bewildered. "What do you mean gone?"
"I mean she's gone Dom. I can't find her anywhere." He pointed to an open window. "When I got here, that window was open and she was gone."
"Shit!" I cursed. That's when I started thinking. "God's Eye!" I exclaimed.
"What?" Vince asked.
"God's Eye." I said. He still looked slightly confused. "We can use the God's Eye to find out what happened to Bella."
A look of realization came across his face.
We began walking over to the team.
"Dom!" I heard Letty say. Her voice sounded slightly shaky, which for her was a feat in itself.
I looked at her as she pointed to Ramsey's screen.
That was where I saw a face I never thought I'd see again.
