Tony's Room
It had been almost a full day since Frostee got taken...and yet Ms. Nowhere had given the team no notification of what they were going to do to save him.
Tony paced around his room as he continously ranted to himself about it all being his fault.
Cisco was trying his hardest to hold back tears.
Echo was helping Geleel with the new scartobe he got on his left cheek as Geleel continued to look down with a frown.
His face had not once changed ever since he woke up and they were back in L.A.
"Okay I'm gonna rub some alcohol on it to sterilize it." The greenhaired vixen warned him as she began applying the alcohol to the cut causing Geleel to hiss slightly.
"Echo, that hurts." Geleel complained for Echo to continue applying the alcohol and shush him.
"Damn Echo! I said that shit hurts!" Geleel shouted as he got up swiftly.
Everyone in the room turned to him as he breathed heavily and glared at Echo who could only stare at him at him in confusion and hurt.
"Look...I'm sorry I..." Geleel trailed off as he sighed and looked down to the ground again.
"What is wrong with you? Is this about Frostee? You know you're not the only one that's upset right now, right?" Echo questioned him as she gestured to Cisco and Tony.
"We love Frostee too, and we don't wanna see anything happen to him, but that doesn't give you the right to brood and snap at the people that love you and are just trying to help." Echo scolded him.
"He had...a gun to his head, Echo, Frostee was crying...he was...he was terrified." Geleel said as his voice shook.
"I know! We saw it too! But you snapping on me for trying to help you isn't going to solve anything!" Echo shouted as she stood up and looked up at Geleel's eyes.
Then without a word she swiftly drew him in for a hug which caused the dreadhead to get shocked for a bit.
He ultimately opted to return the hug, after all that stress, he needed it, badly.
Echo then pushed back a bit before looking Geleel in the eyes again as he hands were placed on his chest and his were still wrapped around her back.
"Listen, I know it's hard right now, but you have to try and calm down, the only way we can get to know what to do about Frostee, is if we finish here and go talk to Nowhere." Echo informed him.
"She's right G, Nowhere is our only hope at getting Frostee back." Tony said as as he crossed his arms.
"So what's it gonna be G...you in?" Echo questioned him as Geleel hesitated for a bit.
He then nodded after a short while of pondering.
"Good, now sit and let me look at that cut." Echo said as they did just that.
"Great, meet us outside after Scarface gets patched up, cmon Cisco." Tony beckons the unusually quiet oaf over as Geleel glared at his back for the Scarface comment.
The Base
When the team arrived at the base they were shocked to find Nowhere's workers ripping off all their stuff and loading them into utility vans.
Geleel now had a bandage covering the cut on his face from Shashi's attack.
"What the hell are they doing?" Echo questioned as she watched them take the stuff.
"Hey! Careful! We're moving out! Not robbing the joint!" They heard Ms. Nowhere's voice shout.
"I don't know for sure Echo, but I know who to ask." Tony said as they walked into the garage and noticed Nowhere and Gary ordering the agents to move their stuff out.
"Hey! What's goin on?" Tony questioned them.
"To keep things short and not so sweet, the operation is OVER!" Nowhere exclaimed as she began walking down the stairs and the lights in the base shut off.
"Hey! Aww, they're taking the nacho dispenser..." Cisco said with a whimper as Tony patted his back.
"I'm afraid this is nacho cheese anymore." Nowhere said as she once again laughed at her own joke again.
Geleel and Tony then ran up to her as Echo tried to console Cisco.
"Why are you pulling the plug? We just found out that the cars are actually the keys!" Tony shouted.
"And Frostee's still in that assholes clutches as we speak, why are we sitting around instead of-" Nowhere cuts Geleel off as she swiftly turns and gets right in his face.
"You think I don't know Frostee's been captured!? Trust me! It's not fun for me either! But we can't do this your way and just speed into this mission with fast cars and guns blazing!" Nowhere shouted before backing up, Geleel glaring at her still.
"Congrats, you found out the cars are keys, what do you want? A cookie? Well too bad! Because you also blew your cover and got a 13 year old kidnapped!" Nowhere added as they all looked down at the last statement.
"Now guess who has to bring that kid home to his moms and clean up YOUR mess? I do! And I haaaaate cleaning." Nowhere said the last part through gritted teeth before walking out of the base.
Gary turned to the team as they looked at him with almost defeated gazes.
"I'm really sorry about Frostee, but it was great meeting you all! I hope we get to spy together in the fu-" Gary's speech is cutoff by Ms. Nowhere's growl.
"Gary! Get your ass out here now!" She shouted as Gary jumped and immediately ran outside to her, the kids following after ofcourse.
They then heard Cisco's baja revving as they noticed their cars were being loaded into the hauler and taken away too.
"Yo! Not our cars too!" Echo shouted.
"Yes your cars too." Nowhere said in a flat tone as Geleel's camaro was next.
"Nah, nah, yall can't take my car, my uncle gave me this car." Geleel said in an irate tone as Nowhere deadpanned at him.
"Yea but your uncle didn't buy all the spy upgrades, the thinnest blade, and give it the ability to fly did he? Didn't think so." Nowhere dismissed him immediately.
"Don't worry, we're gonna ship the cars back after we remove the spy gear." Nowhere said to them as they still gave her sour glares.
The kids then watch as the hauler pulled off with all of their cars in it.
Before anything else can be said they heard a way too familiar GT engine approaching.
"You gotta be kidding me." Echo said as Layla's car came to a stop in front of the crew and the hauler much to Nowhere's dismay.
"Hey!" The madwoman shouted from inside the truck.
"I can't believe her, after she kidnapped Frostee?" Cisco questioned aloud as Layla hopped out of the car and was met with nothing but glares.
"Okay, good, I found you guys!" Layla exclaimed as she began walking towards them.
"You're gonna be sorry you did." Geleel said gravely as without warning he grabbed Layla by the collar of her jacket and swiftly slammed her against the wall, eliciting a sharp cry of pain from the country girl.
"Woah! Geleel easy!" Echo shouted as everyone else tried to get Geleel to calm down and back off.
"Get off me!" Layla exclaimed as she struggled against his grip.
"You sat back and let a monster kidnap a 13 year old boy! And you said nothing!" Geleel shouted into Layla's face.
"I didn't want to kidnap Frostee! I swe-ack!" Layla cried out as Geleel pulled her back a little just to push her against the wall roughly again.
"Liar!" The dreadhead shouted, sheer rage lacing his tone.
"Geleel!" Tony shouted as him, Cisco and Echo grabbed onto Geleel, but he wouldn't budge.
"He put a gun to Frostee's head, and you let him do it." Geleel said quietly as Layla still struggled.
"I didn't think he was going to do that! Just let me go so I can explain! I'm your only hope at saving Frostee and you know it!" Layla shouted as Geleel grit his teeth at her.
"G! You have to let her go man!" Tony shouted.
"Yea! You'll kill her!" Cisco shouted as well.
Kill her? It didn't seem like Shashi would have any trouble killing Frostee if he had to, why should they be any different?
This whole scenario had escalated so much, his friends were relentlessly trying to hold him back, but he was seeing red...it was only when the country girl mentioned saving Frostee that Geleel began seeing clearly and his grip on her was loosening.
"Barlett, let go or we will be forced to use more violent measures of getting you off." Nowhere's voice said as everyone turned to her and Gary who were approaching the scene.
Geleel still held Layla there for a bit, before ultimately letting her go slowly and backing up.
Layla took this opportunity to breathe as Geleel walked away from the group and sat down by the hauler, he wasn't in the mood to talk, but he knew he wanted to hear what Layla had to say about saving Frostee.
"I'll go talk to him." Echo said to the others and she went over to Geleel to calm him down.
"Thank you." Layla said to Tony and Cisco who still frowned at her, just because they didn't want to see her get killed, did NOT mean things were cool.
"You're NOT welcome." Cisco said as he crossed his arms.
"So, Layla Gray, what was it you were saying about saving Frostee and Shashi's master plan?" Nowhere questioned the blonde as she stood before her now.
"Listen, when Shashi took Frostee...it was over the line, especially when he put a gun to the kid's head, I knew it was just too much at that point, I left Shashi the first chance I got!" Layla exclaimed as Tony frowned at her.
"Well...you got out, how come you didn't save Frostee?" Tony questioned her.
"I...I couldn't..." Layla trailed off as they all looked at her with suspicious gazes.
"Look! I'm not here for anyone to feel bad for me! I'm here to warn you guys." Layla revealed.
"About what?" Tony questioned her.
"I know what those cars unlock." Layla said as everyone turned to her, even Geleel who was still fuming a bit.
"What are you talking about?" Nowhere questioned her.
"Together, the 5 cars open a vault, and inside is something called...skeleton key." Layla revealed as the crew's eyes widened, Ms. Nowhere on the other hand was severely unimpressed.
"Puh-leaseee, take her!" Nowhere ordered as 2 of her agents tackle Layla to the ground and cuff the blonde who struggled against them.
"Wait! You have to listen to me!" Layla shouted at Nowhere from the ground.
"It's a little early for a bedtime story." Nowhere said with a feigned yawn.
"What? You've heard about this thing?" Tony questioned nowhere.
"Supposedly skeleton key is a device that can control any piece of technology within a several mile radius...but it's just a myth!" Nowhere shouted as the agents picked Layla up and began taking her towards the hauler.
"It's real! Think about it, those billionaires had access to the top minds and all the money in the world! They created it, skeleton key exists." Layla reasoned with Nowhere as the agents grunted and finally got her on to the hauler.
Nowhere offered no response, she was still not buying it.
"A device that controls technology, that doesn't sound so bad." Cisco said with a shrug.
"Bad? Bad doesn't even begin to describe what a device like skeleton key is capable of." Gary said with an urgent tone as he began ranting about the potential disasters that could happen if Shashi got his hands on skeleton key.
Safe to say, Cisco was effectively terrified.
"Even if skeleton key does exist then there's only one thing left to do." Nowhere said as she began walking back to the hauler with everyone minus Geleel and Echo following.
"Destroy the last key car." She declared.
"How? Do you know where it is?" Tony questioned as Nowhere groaned.
"What is this? 20 questions? I know exactly where it is! Turns out the last key car was owned by billionaire Cleve Kelso, he practically BEGGED the military to look after it with all these thefts going on, probably not gonna be too happy that I'm going to destroy it." Nowhere ranted as Geleel stood up swiftly and punched the haulers side.
"You keep bringing up that damn car! But what are we going to do to save Frostee!" He shouted irately.
"Hey! I told you, I'M gonna handle the Frostee situation, now government officials are doing all they can to help with that, but right now with the fate of L.A. on our hands we have to prioritize." Nowhere explained as Geleel grit his teeth.
"Prioritize? You're putting a stupid car ahead of Frostee's life?" Tony questioned angrily.
"I'm sick of this back and forth, I don't have time for this, Gary, start the damn truck." Nowhere said as Gary began driving the hauler away.
"A word of advice kids, making decisions based on your emotions always leads to trouble!" She shouted at them as they all frowned at her.
"That's actually how I ended up eating 6 pints of ice cream last night..." Nowhere said to herself as the hauler was now out of sight.
The crew stood in the driveway solemnly..
Geleel then let out an anquished yell as he dropped to his knees.
This whole situation was just one thing, fucked.up.
Later
Geleel still sat in the driveway as the others had already moved inside, they were still upset too but he just couldn't budge from that spot...even though he hadn't eaten since the morning before this day he felt sick to his stomach.
"You okay?" He heard Echo's voice call out as he turned to see her sit next to him.
"I just thought I'd come check up on you, here, I know they're you're favorite." Echo said as she handed him a beef empanada.
Geleel took the empanada but he did not eat it...he was too down to eat anything.
"Look G, I'm not the one that's good with all this talking stuff, that was always you...I just don't know what to do to make you feel bette-woah!" Echo exclaimed as Geleel swiftly hugged her and rested his face on her chest.
"Please, just stay with me...be here." Geleel said in the most uncharacteristic tone ever.
"Shh, it's okay, I'm here Geleel, and I always will be." Echo reassured him as she heard Geleel sniffle a bit and she could feel tears forming in his eyes on her sweater.
This couldn't be...Geleel hadn't cried since they were 10...or atleast in front of her anyways...yet here he was letting it all out.
"I don't want Frostee to die Echo...I..." Geleel trailed off as his tears began fully flowing down her jacket now.
"It's okay G, let it out, don't worry, we're gonna get Frostee back...he's family, I'm gonna stay with you until you feel better and get everything out...I promise you I will never leave your side." Echo assured him as she rubbed the back of his head.
Despite the trauma and exhaustion from crying, Geleel found himself smiling slightly at the warmth Echo radiated.
They stayed like that for a while until they heard footsteps.
"Guys!" They heard Tony's voice shout as they separated.
Geleel then wiped dried his tears as they turned to Tony.
"I've found a way to get Frostee back...but you guys might not like it." Tony explained as they both looked at him with arched brows.
Cisco was already inside the base waiting for them to come back.
When Echo and Geleel got in to the base and saw Shashi on the big screen...their hearts sunk.
They now understood why Tony didn't think they'd like the plan.
"Ah, now the family's all here, perfect." Shashi said with a smirk plastered across his face, Geleel and Echo were not as pleased as him.
"Oh no, Geleel! What happened to your face man? What's with the bandag- oh wait, that's right, bow!" Shashi exclaimed as he reenacted the moment he struck Geleel in the face with his glock.
Geleel's frown deepened as he turned to Tony.
"Why is this asshole on the comms?" He questioned Tony.
"Oh Toretto didn't tell you? Shame on you Tony, you see, your fearless leader over there has agreed to get me my final key car in exchange for Frostee." Shashi revealed as Echo and Geleel were starstruck.
"You did what?" Echo shouted.
"It's the only option we have to save Frostee!" Tony shouted.
"Anyways! As I was saying, if you can get me that last car, I'll give you Frostee back." Shashi said as they all turned to the screen.
"There's just one catch...in order to pull off this heist, we're gonna need our tech guy, we gotta have Frostee behind a computer." Tony said as he crossed his arms.
Shashi sighed as he thought it over.
He then motioned for one of his henchmen to bring Frostee into the room he was in.
They all instantly lit up when they saw Frostee enter the room unharmed.
"Tony, Geleel, Echo, Cisco!" He excised gleefully as he ran up to the screen.
"Frostee! You're safe..." Geleel said as he had finally began relaxing a bit.
"I told you'd he be okay." Echo said as she nudged Geleel.
"Frostee! Are you okay? Are they feeding you enough? Are they making you sleep on extra soft mattresses?" Cisco questioned his little buddy.
"I'm doing okay for a kid who's been handcuffed, kidnapped, AND held at gunpoint...except I am totally booooored." Frostee drawled as he turned to his captors.
"Come on guys, I spy with my little eyes something that is gray!" Frostee shouted as Shashi deadpanned.
"He hasn't stopped talking for 12 hours." Shashi said in a flat tone.
"It has a keyboard attached to it and rhymes with flomputer." Frostee continued.
"Frostee! We need your tech support breaking into a military base." Tony swiftly relayed.
"Ah, sounds exciting, when do we start?" Frostee questioned.
"Immediately." Was Tony's cryptic response.
One of Shashi's large henchmen then ran up to the screen.
"Iss computer! Ha! Yes! I got it!" He yelled excitedly, he still thought Frostee's game was going.
"Alright so it's a deal, Shashi?" Tony questioned the crazed man.
"Yes Toretto, a sealed deal indeed, now go get my car." Shashi stated as he stood up.
The spyracers stood up as well and began to leave.
"Oh and Barlett..." Shashi trailed off as Geleel stopped and looked him dead in the eye over the screen.
"If you try to do anything funny or be a hero...just remember all it takes is one pull of a trigger." Shashi said as he placed his fingers onto Frostee's frontal lobe and formed a gun sign, this elicited a frantic face from Frostee.
Geleel grit his teeth as he walked right up to the computer screen.
"Boom." Shashi said menacingly as he moved his fingers off of Frostee's head.
"If you hurt him...you can kiss your key car goodbye...and don't worry Shashi, when this is all over, someone's gonna end up dead, and it's gonna be you, I am going to kill you myself by any means necessary." Geleel said as his eyes never left Shashi's.
"I'm looking forward to it." Shashi said with a smirk as he cut the link.
Geleel took a deep breath before walking over to the others.
"Okay, two things, we need cars, and we need disguises to get us into the base." Tony said as everyone nodded.
"I have an outfit idea." Echo said as she smirked.
"And I know exactly where to get cars." Geleel said with a small smile.
"Alright, come on Cisco, we gotta go see some old friends." Tony said as he and Cisco ran out of the base.
"So, where you gettin the car from?" Echo questioned Geleel.
"You're about to find out." Geleel said with a smile as he walked out of the base.
Roman's House
"You know I'm still mad we had to take the bus here, we couldn't atleast get a uber?" Echo questioned Geleel as he chuckled.
They now stood in front of Roman's garage.
Geleel opens the garage door as they waited for the door to slowly open.
"Wait, shouldn't we ask your uncle before taking a car from his garage?" Echo questioned him.
"Nah, what he doesn't know won't hurt him, he's on vacation in Jamaica right now drinkin coconut water out of coconuts covered in diamonds." Geleel said as they walked in to the garage.
"G...why is it so dark..." Echo trailed off as Geleel turned on the lights as her jaw dropped at all the fancy cars in the garage.
"...in here." She finished her thought from earlier as she took note of all the vehicles, from the Lamborghini Urus to the mustangs.
"That one's my favorite in his whole collection." Geleel said as he pointed to an all white 2019 Mercedes-Benz G-class SUV or as it is most commonly known, the G Wagon.
"Ofcourse the G wagon is your favorite, it's in the name." Echo said with a deadpan as she watched Geleel pull an army suit out of a wrangler that was in the garage.
"Why does your uncle have a full army suit in his garage?" Echo questioned him.
"Because...it was my dad's." Geleel revealed to Echo who instantly put two and two together.
Geleel never really talked about his dad, even with Echo, she never even knew the man was past tense since Geleel was 2 years old.
"Oh...I'm sorry, I-" Geleel cuts Echo off.
"No it's fine you didn't know...you should probably go change...hey what was your outfit anyways?" Geleel questioned her.
"Oh you'll see." Echo said as she went to change behind one of the taller vehicles.
"No peeking G." She called out as he took his white T shirt off and began buttoning up the army shirt.
"Wow Echo, I thought you knew me better than that, you callin me a perv?" He questioned her as he took his black sweats off and began putting the army pants on as well.
"All guys are, unless you like men, then in that cas-" Geleel cuts Echo off.
"Okay I get it! No peeking!" Geleel exclaimed as she chuckled at him.
He heard her giggling as he had finished putting on the army outfit and began looking at himself in the mirror, adjusting the outfit.
"Woah, look at you looking all handsome in your outfit Mr. Army man." Echo's voice called as she walked up to him.
"Cut it out..." Geleel trailed off as he turned to Echo...his jaw almost dropped off his face.
She was dressed completely like Ms. Nowhere, the sleeveless shirt, the gray suit pants, the black heels, and the leather jacket that ofcourse, only hung on her back and was never fully worn.
"Wow." Was all Geleel could say as Echo fixed her hair with her hands.
"What do ya think?" She questioned him as Geleel scrambled to find a response.
"It looks uh...great! For the mission ya know...and Echo, you should show your hair out more...it looks pretty." Geleel compliments her as her face heated up.
"Thanks G...so uh, what car we takin?" Echo questioned to divert the convo's topic.
"That would be this sexy beast right here." Geleel said as he walked up to a yellow and black car that made Echo gasp loudly.
"A 2014 Pagani Huayra? Dude, how does your uncle get his hands on these rare ass cars!" Echo shouted as she got in the passenger's seat and Geleel got in the driver's seat.
"I honestly stopped questioning Uncle Rome's shenanigans ages ago, but I'm glad I get to drive this baby because of em, let's ride." Geleel said as he turned the car on with a loud roar escaping the engine.
It was time to save Frostee and put a stop to Shashi's evil plans.
The Streets of L.A.
Geleel now rode the pagani in front of Mitch and his death car, they had recruited Mitch to help them with the mission.
Realistically he was just going to be a diversion to get Echo inside the base.
As Geleel drove he couldn't help but to continue glancing over at Echo.
"Geleel, can you focus on the road? If you keep randomly staring at me we're gonna end up dead." Echo stated firmly as Geleel scrambled a bit.
'Shit, I gotta save this.' He mentally panicked.
"What? You think we gon crash or something?" He questioned her as he tried to play off his staring.
"I don't know yet, given your track record with crashes." Echo said with a smirk as Geleel returned it.
"Okay, watch this." He simply stated before shifting gears and speeding down the street.
As he sped down the streets he locked eyes with Echo the entire time, the pagani was going at 110 mph and he still didn't break eye contact.
She couldn't help but crack a small smile as they continued speeding down the street, both of their brown eyes never leaving the gaze of eachother.
Geleel then notices a redlight approaching from his peripheral view as he stopped on a dime.
"Wow." Was all Echo could say as their eyes were still locked.
"Okay I'll admit it, that was cool, where'd you learn that anyways?" She questioned him.
"Eh, just comes naturally." Geleel said with a shrug as Echo rolled her eyes and smiled at him.
'Thank you Uncle Rome.' Geleel mentally thanked the man he actually learned the stare and drive from.
"Hey Barlett! You mind telling me why you just did 110 in a 25 mph zone?" Mitch shouted as he finally caught up to them.
"Shutup Mitch." Geleel simply stated as the light turned green and he pulled off again.
"Ugh! So rude!" Mitch shouted as he followed after.
The Military Base
"Okay G, you ready for this?" Tony asked Geleel who had parked the pagani on the outskirts of the base where Cisco and Tony were.
"Yup, Echo's already in thanks to Mitch's donut distraction right?" Geleel questioned into his watch as he walked up to the postguard.
"Yea she's in, now play it cool and get in to help her." Tony said as Geleel cut the comms when he was in front of the post guard.
"Halt! I'm gonna need to see some ID soldier." The guard said as Geleel brought out his father's ID that he had Frostee alter to say his name instead...fortunately he was a spitting image of his father.
"You look mighty familiar, you by chance related to Germaine Barlett?" The man questioned Geleel.
"No sir, must be a coincidence." The dreadhead stated as he internally panicked.
"Hm..." The man hummed as Geleel's panicking intensified.
"You're good to go." The guard said as Geleel bit back the urge to sigh in relief and began walking into the base.
Geleel met up with Echo as she smirked at him.
"What took so long?" She questioned as they began walking through the base.
"My ID." Was Geleel's cryptic response.
As they walked by a small group of army men they all stood at attention and saluted Echo.
"Hm...now that's some respect, you should be more like them." Echo whispered the last part to Geleel.
"Where's the fun in that?" He questioned her.
"Okay step one is complete, you guys are in." Frostee began over the comms.
"Step two is to infiltrate the security hub and upload it to me so I have access, the station you guys need to get to is across the base so stay hidd...uh oh." Frostee randomly cuts the link.
"Frostee? Why did you say uh oh?" Geleel questioned into his watch quietly.
"Excuse me." Echo and Geleel heard a voice from behind them say as they froze and turned to see an officer had approached them.q
"Ma'am, can I see some ID." The man questioned Echo who pulled out her phone and played a fake dialing sound.
"Ms. Nowhere, I've got a fresh out of the academy, green like baby shit officer harassing me here...permission to release the genetically engineered laser beam on him?" Echo questioned into the phone as the man panicked and ran away screaming.
Echo then smirked at Geleel as they continued walking.
"Okay, I said stay hidden, but I guess that works too." Frostee said over the comms as they came upon the building they were looking for.
"Hey, she improvised." Geleel said with a shrug as they entered the building and intercepted the feed.
"Yes! You guys did it! I can see all of the base's cameras now and control everything!" Frostee shouted gleefully.
Geleel and Echo then walked over to the hangar where they would be letting Tony and Cisco in.
This was also the building the hauler and all of their cars were being kept in.
"What the hell do you mean we just ran over a bunch of landmines, Frostee!" They heard Cisco shout as they opened the backdoor.
"Hey, you wanna be a little louder Cisco? I don't think the whole base heard you yet." Geleel said with a deadpan as the two idiots walked in to the hangar.
"I hope these fit." Echo said as she handed Cisco and Tony two army suits of their own.
She and Geleel then turned away to let them get dressed.
"Cisco...why do I hear so much ripping and grunting back there right now?" Geleel questioned the oaf.
"You try fitting a 3XL man into a 2XL outfit, you're gonna understand!" Cisco shouted as Tony who had already fully dressed shushed him.
"Come on G, we gotta go get that car." Tony said as they both began running towards the area the key car was being held.
"Echo! Hold it down here while Cisco figures...whatever that is out, we'll keep you posted." Geleel said to her with a two fingered salute.
"Okay! Be safe guys!" Echo called to them as they ran over to the other hangar.
They noticed the golden key car and...Layla in a cell behind it.
Geleel narrowed his eyes at the sight of Layla as he tried to see where Ms. Nowhere possibly could've been.
They both ducked behind a box as they waited for Echo to cause a diversion.
"What was her diversion again?" Tony questioned Geleel.
"She said I'd know it when I heard her favorite song playing." Geleel said with a shrug.
They both then looked around as they heard, "Wreck O'Clock by DJ Wrecker," playing.
"No way..." Tony said as they watched Echo speed down the strip in her hyperfin as it lit up the road, LITERALLY, and she was being chased by military vehicles.
"She's...perfect." Geleel said as they heard Echo whooping, this was probably what got rid of Ms. Nowhere and her crew, they definitely went to investigate it.
"Okay so one issue, that car's a one seater, how are we gonna drive in it together...?" Tony questioned Geleel.
"That's easy...we're not, self driving car, remember?" Geleel questioned him as he tapped a button on his watch, his car would be there in about 5 minutes.
"Wow, I really gotta get that feature for my charger, let's go." Tony said as they got up and began running to the car.
"Ack!" They both exclaimed as they were each tased in the back and sent to the ground due to the large shocks they'd randomly received.
"Okay, electrocuted twice in less than 24 hours is just evil." Geleel said as they groaned on the ground.
"Well, well, Geleel Barlett and Tony Toretto..." The voice of Ms. Nowhere trailed off as they looked up to notice she'd come back.
"I'm actually impressed...with myself!" Nowhere shouted.
"Don't destroy the car, Shashi might kill Frostee if you do." Tony pleaded through the pain.
"Please..." Geleel said as he reached his arm out.
"What did I tell you kids about letting your emotions cloud your judgment? I will destroy the car and you two will be sitting in jai-ack!" Nowhere exclaimed as she swiftly kicked in the back by none other than Layla.
Geleel and Tony watched as Nowhere was knocked on the ground for a bit.
"How...?" Tony questioned as they looked back to Layla.
"Frostee let me out, now will you two dumbasses get out of here?" Layla questioned as Geleel arched a brow at her.
"Why are you helping us?" He questioned as he heard his car pull up and stop right outside of the hangar.
"I told you...I'm trying to fix my mistake and get Frostee back...you may not trust me, and you have absolutely no reason to, but I don't care, I'm gonna still do what I can to help...now go!" Layla shouted as Geleel and Tony stood side by side.
'She's not lying...I can tell by that look in her eyes...' Geleel mentally stated as he locked eyes with Layla.
"Guys! Messing with these guys is fun and all but I can't do this forever ya know? Can someone come out here and give me some backup?" Echo shouted through the comms.
"T! I'm gonna go help Echo, you get the key car!" Geleel shouted as he hopped in the camaro and took off to go help Echo.
"You heard the man, Toretto! Get your ass in that key car! I'll hold Nowhere off." Layla said as she cracked her neck and watched Nowhere groan and begin standing up.
"You think you can take me?" Ms. Nowhere started as she turned to face Layla.
"I do pilates 3 times a week and tae kwon do on Tuesdays and Thursdays." Nowhere finished as she got in to a squared stance.
"Yea? Well I grew up in Gum Neck, North Carolina." Layla said as she raised her fists and spat on the ground.
"Maybe it'll be a scrap after all...hiya!" Nowhere exclaimed as she lunged at Layla and they began trading blows.
Tony was still in the hangar at this point not knowing what to do.
"Tony...if you don't get in that car! Ah!" Layla shouted as she punched Nowhere in the leg.
Tony then ran over to the car as he now sat in the one seater.
He seemingly hesitated for a bit as he watched Layla fight Ms. Nowhere.
"What are you waitin for Toretto?" Shashi questioned through the comms as he was watching this all play out along with Frostee.
"He doesn't wanna leave Layla." Frostee relayed to Shashi.
"It's either her or you." Shashi replied as Tony grit his teeth.
"I said go Tony!" Layla shouted as she turned on the incinerator that the car was placed right in the middle of.
Tony took note of the many lasers that were now being prepped to fire at him.
"Woah! Woah!" He exclaimed as he sped off and turned out of the hangar.
Layla then turned back to Nowhere who got up and growled at her...the fight wasn't over.
As Tony drove out of the hangar he noticed Geleel and Echo completely wrecking the military jeeps.
"Frostee! How we lookin on that getaway vehicle!" Geleel shouted into his comms.
"It's coming right now!" Frostee shouted as Geleel was driving by the biggest hangar in the base and noticed it's doors opening.
When they were fully open they revealed a giant plane.
"Woah..." Was all the dreadhead could say.
Frostee then began moving the plane forward using his hacks and a...tablet.
"I've flown a lot of drones before...but this'll be my first time piloting a cruise ship." Frostee said over the comms as Geleel chuckled.
"Yea...cause that's definitely the same." Geleel said as he sped around a wrangler.
"Hey guys, I'm out of paintballs and bullets on my hyperfin! Is everything in place?" Echo questioned as Cisco appeared out of nowhere with the hauler and crushed all of the wranglers that were chasing her.
"We're good! Tony's got the car!" Cisco shouted as they began driving together.
"And I got the plane! Everyone line up to load up!" Frostee shouted as they noticed the plane slowly making it's way down the runway.
Cisco and Echo began following the plane as Geleel came soon after in his camaro.
Then last but not least Tony came along with the golden key car.
This wasn't the home stretch though and they knew it, there were still military wranglers and shooters everywhere.
"Guys! The plane's exposed! I gotta take off fast so hurry up and get on!" Frostee shouted urgently.
"Do it! We're heading right towards you!" Tony shouted as they continued pressing forward.
Only problem is a large group of wranglers was driving towards them in a blockade formation.
"Guys! Get in the hauler I'm gonna ram through!" Cisco shouted as Echo swiftly fell back and drove the hyperfin into the hauler.
Tony followed soon after and did the same thing with the key car.
"You kids better pull those cars and that plane over now!" They all heard Ms. Nowhere shout.
'No...if Nowhere is here that means she got Layla...I can't let her go down after what she did for us.' Geleel mentally declared before swiftly turning his camaro around.
"What the..." Tony trailed off as Geleel began driving in the opposite direction.
"Geleel? What the hell are you doing?" Echo shouted as he continued speeding the other way.
"I'm going back for Layla." Was his cryptic response.
"What? Are you insane bro?" Cisco questioned him.
"No, she helped us find the only ticket to securing Frostee's life, and in my book, if you help save one of my family member's life...you're just as much family to me as anybody else...ain't that right T?" Geleel questioned his best friend.
"That's right...go get her G." Tony said as Geleel kept speeding.
He zips right past Ms. Nowhere who stared at his speeding camaro in utter confusion.
"What is he up to...?" She questioned herself.
"Okay Geleel I don't know how you're gonna make it but I'm about to take off soon so do this quick!" Frostee shouted.
"I'm gonna make it don't worry." Geleel said as he was coming up to the hangar Layla was in.
"Don't slow down for anything! Bring me my car, I don't care about Barlett's stupidity, if he dies he dies, I told him what would happen if he tried to be a hero." Shashi said over the comms as Geleel stopped his camaro with a screech and got out.
He then ran over to Layla who was on the floor clutching her side and groaning in pain.
"I got ya cowgirl...come on." He said as he picked her up bridal style and placed her in his passenger seat softly.
"Wow, you're the last one I'd expect to see come back for me." Layla said as she groaned again.
"I guess we're both just full of surprises today." Geleel said as he got back into the driver's seat.
"How did Nowhere get you anyways?" Geleel questioned as he shifted gears and began driving back to the run way.
"Shocked me in my ribs when I let my guard down." Layla revealed as Geleel winced.
"Hurts like shit doesn't it?" Geleel questioned as Layla nodded and the dreadhead had driven back to the end of the runway and noticed the plane was only about 50 seconds away from taking off, and he STILL had to get through the wranglers to get to it.
"Geleel! The plane takes off in 40 seconds, hurry!" Echo shouted as Geleel prepared his nitro by tweaking the tank caps.
"I'm coming, just trust me." Geleel said as he began flooring the pedal.
"Not to be a pessimist but, how are you gonna get to that plane in 30 seconds?" Layla questioned him.
"By doing what I do best..." Geleel trailed off as he zips past all of the wranglers including Nowhere as she growled at the sight of his camaro.
"And what's that?" Layla questioned Geleel as they were finally catching up to the plane now...25 seconds now.
"Drive." Was Geleel's cryptic response as he kept putting the pedal to the metal.
Unfortunately a laser shot that landed next to his wheel drew his attention...20 seconds now.
"Don't let that camaro get on that plane!" Ms. Nowhere shouted as Layla looked up to notice the car was being attacked by drones...15 seconds now.
"I got this!" Layla shouted as she brandished 3 disc like objects from her pockets and tossed them in the sky.
They instantly detonated and destroyed all the drones in one go, 10 seconds.
"Okay G! Bring it home!" Tony shouted as Geleel sped up all the way to 195 mph.
As Geleel gained an expression of pure determination and took a deep breath, 'What's up Danger? By Blackway and Black Caviar began playing from 1:30.'
"Come on! Come on! Give me 200!" He shouted as he activated his nitro and rocketed towards the plane's hatch.
"It's gonna be closeee!" Layla shouted as they neared the hatch.
5...4...3...2...1! Right as the plane took off Geleel drove up the hatch and landed in the car bay with a thud as everyone took in what just happened.
"G...you did it! You actually did it!" Cisco was the first to begin celebrating as the plane flew through the sky and left the base in the past.
"Now that! That was awesome!" Tony shouted as Geleel and Layla got of the camaro with smiles plastered on their faces.
"I knew you were gonna make it...army man." Echo said as she punched his arm.
Cisco then lifted Geleel onto his shoulder as they began chanting.
"G! G! G! G!" Tony, Echo and Cisco all chanted as Geleel could only smile at this all, he looked around him...the key car, which would help them get Frostee back, and most of all he saved Layla, the new member of their family who was giving him a small smile right now.
"Wowww, would you look at that, family prevails once more." Began Shashi over the comms as everyone's mood was instantly ruined.
"Toretto got my car and SUUUUPER Barlett swooped in to save Layla and the day, amazing, truly amazing, looks like little Frostee here's gonna live." The madman continued as Cisco lets Geleel down.
"He better! Or the car gets blown to bits." Echo said with a frown as Shashi chuckled at her mockingly.
"I thought Barlett woulda made it interesting and left Layla for dead but noooo, he's just so predictable, oh well, can't wait to get my hands on that key car." Shashi said with a smirk.
"Don't worry Dhar, I'm coming for you, and you're really gonna hate what happens when I do." Geleel threatened the man who was still grinning at him.
"Like I said earlier Geleel...I can't wait." Shashi said as he cut the link and the kids all took a deep breath, they earned it after this tiring ass day.
"Hey..." Layla said as she walked up to Geleel randomly.
"Yea, wassu-" Geleel was cutoff when Layla hugged him tightly.
His eyes scanned his crew who all were just as starstruck as him.
"Guys, I'm not tripping right, Layla Gray is hugging me right now?" He questioned them as they nodded.
"This is for coming back and savin my bacon." Layla said as Geleel thought it over for a second and hugged her back.
"Hey, you're helping us save Frostee, it's the least I could do." Geleel said before they separated.
Layla smiled at him before randomly grabbing Geleel by the shoulders much to his confusion.
The hillbarbie then delivered a well placed knee to his lower stomach causing him to gasp for air.
The country girl then delivered another swift knee to his family jewels which put Geleel on the ground as he groaned in pain.
"And THAT was for slamming me against a wall earlier, didn't your mother ever teach you not to put your hands on a lady?" Layla questioned him as she stepped over him with a hmph.
Cisco backed out of her way as she sat down and began helping herself to Geleel's cashews.
"Ya know, I kinda like her now." Echo said with a grin as Geleel continued to groan on the ground in pain.
"You know...she missed both of them the first time...and got them both on the second kick." Geleel said through the pain.
"Come on G, get up, it's time we go get Frostee." Tony said as looked at the night sky through the plane's hud.
This day may have been a rollercoaster of emotions...but now there was one thing that was certain, they were getting Frostee back.
Chapter Fin