Ella (A Fast and Furious based story)

Chapter 4

A week had passed. Brian and Mia both realised that, admittedly still a bit shaken up, Ella was finally getting back to her normal self.

Ella was walking home from her best friend's house, to get home in time for Letty's birthday party that the gang had organised. They had all gathered at the house, and Mia had called her to let her know to come home.

As she turned onto her street, she heard footsteps behind her. She shrugged and carried on walking, wanting to believe she was just jumping at shadows. But then, the footsteps got louder, and louder, and louder. She sped up, not far from home now. All of a sudden, an arm grabbed her shoulder. She turned and saw it was Jason. Her heart was now pounding against her chest. He was drunk, she immediately concluded.

"Jason what are you doing? Get off me, please!" Ella cried, as he shook her by the shoulders, and then hitting her across her face.

"Do you know what you've done? You've ruined my life. Because of you, my parents kicked me out. Why did you have to go and tell them I tried to rape you huh? Why did you do that?" Jason bellowed, still holding Ella by the shoulders.

"What—But you did." Ella said between breaths.

"Bitch! And to think I used to have a thing for you. You deserved everything that I did to you. You ruined my life and you deserved to have yours ruined" he replied, with an angry tone.

Ella tried to escape his grip, but once again she found herself struggling. The memory of that night rose up in her mind. His actions were all too familiar, only this time more violent.

He shoved her to the ground, causing her to hit her head on the pavement. She felt the blood trickle down her face.

After what seemed like hours thrashing against him and kicking her legs, she still couldn't get free. He punched her numerous times in the gut. He covered her mouth to prevent her from calling her help, while nuzzling his face into her neck and smelling her. She managed to grab his hands and pull them away from her mouth, and remembering she wasn't far from home, she let out a scream.

A scream that resonated so deep in her someone would surely hear.

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Brian went out to the Charger to get Dom's surprise for his wife, as instructed. Everyone knew she would love it, himself included. Letty had had a tough year, what with the miscarriage among other things, so the gang knew a party for her birthday would get her spirits lifted.

They were still waiting for Ella to get home, but they got impatient and Roman hungry so everyone headed into the garden to start the barbeque. Tej was in charge of the tunes, and so booming music had filled the atmosphere as soon as they entered it. Dom had walked up to Brian and slyly told him to go and get the surprise for Letty out of the Charger. Brian gladly obliged, wanting to see one of his closest friends happy again.

He walked around the house, going through the alley. His thumb was just about to press the unlock button, when he heard a piercing scream, followed by shouts and cries. Immediately he recognised the voice – Ella. He dropped the keys to the Charger and ran to the end of the drive, looking in every direction as he frantically searched for his daughter. He glanced left and saw Ella on the ground a few metres away, being attacked by some bastard. His feet had never carried him anywhere faster, not even when he was a cop chasing a criminal. As he got closer, he realised who this guy was... Jason.

The bastard who tried to rape his daughter.

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Ella continued to struggle against Jason's grip. His fist launched into the air ready to punch her again, and as a reflex Ella squeezed her eyes shut. When she opened them again, Jason was not on top of her. She dragged herself up to see what was going on, and saw that her father was now on top of Jason, beating the shit out of him.

"Dad, stop! I can't b-breathe...." Ella gasped, desperate for her father to not get hurt anymore as Jason had managed to punch him a few times in the scuffle.

Brian turned back towards his daughter and saw that she was weak, so he stopped. He grabbed Jason and lifted him up, getting right in his face and bellowing "If you ever, ever come near my daughter again I won't hesitate to give you a repeat of last time. I suggest you run, because we'll be coming for you, you bastard. Leave. Now... The only reason you're still breathing is because of her" before shoving him away. Jason ran off to god knows where, probably making plans to escape.

Brian jogged back over to Ella and kneeled, taking his daughter's face – his 16 year old daughter's face - in his hands and examining the damage. His blue eyes were drawn to the blood running down the side of her face, the bruise and pink area on her cheek, the purple marks that had already begun to form on her stomach where he had punched her.

"It--hurts Dad... I love you and-- and Mom and Jack and" Ella gasped, her mind exploding into fragments of pain and misery.

"BABY STAY WITH ME. You're gonna be fine, you can tell them yourself as soon as we get you to a hospital and sorted out El. It's all gonna fine, I promise you baby" Brian retorted calmly but desperately, seeing that she was kind of out of it. It killed him inside and made him so angry to see her like this, or any one of them for that matter. His family was his life now, and as long as Brian was still breathing he'd do everything to make sure they were safe.

He lifted her up bridal style and ran back to the house. He ran into the garden, and stopped, where everyone immediately stood. Dom was up first extremely confused and angry all at once, seeing Ella like this. Tej, Roman, Hobbs, Elena and Letty were all stunned too. Mia suddenly went quiet, as did the music, and nearly collapsed, but Tej caught her just in time.

"The bastard just attacked her, she needs a hospital, NOW!" Brian screamed, which lead everyone to realise who he was walking about. The same guy who tried to rape her.

"Get in the Charger. I'll drive" Dom demanded, seeing the state his niece was in and knowing that if she didn't get medical care soon they might lose her.

Brian started to follow but turned, with an out of it Ella still in his arms, and looked at Mia with his blue eyes that always made her weak at the knees.

"Mia..."

"She's in shock. Don't worry, we'll look out for her. We'll be right behind you" Tej replied, leading Mia towards his car and the rest behind him, all getting into their respective cars to follow.

Letty instinctively picked up Jack and strapped him into her car. Hobbs got into his car, Elena too. Roman got into his own.

They would all be there for Ella. And Brian, and Mia. And Dom.

They weren't just friends. They were family.