Loving the Buster//Brian O'Conner

twenty five

We're on a plane headed for Spain.

"I just got word they caught one of Shaw's men at the base. It's time," Tej tells us.

"Something isn't right," Brian insists. "He wanted us to find that guy. Think about it. At Interpol, you were face-to-face with him."

"Brian, so what are you saying?" Rome asks.

"Braga said the only way you get near Shaw is if he wants you to," Brian explains.

"Tej, where's that component?" Dom asks.

"They're moving it to a secure location," Tej tells him.

"Shaw isn't hitting that base," Jason states.

"He's hitting the convoy," Brian says.

We race to catch up to the convoy. It's no easy task.

"Fellas, you better hurry up. They just took the convoy. And Dom, Letty's with them," Tej tells us.

"We stick to the plan," Dom states.

"All right, you heard the man. Let's play this fast and clean. That thing's heading your way," Tej tells us. "Uh, guys, we gotta come up with another plan. They got a tank."

"I'm sorry, did somebody just say 'a tank'?" Rome remarks.

We keep heading towards Shaw and the convoy. I can see the tank coming down the highway. It fires but misses us.

"Who's got a plan B?" Rome asks.

"Plan B? We need a plan C, D, E. We need more alphabets!" Tej shouts.

"Hey, we do what we do best. We improvise, all right?" Brian states.

Following Dom's lead we turn heading down the same side of the highway behind the tank. The tank crosses the barrier and starts to run over cars. We follow right on the tanks trail.

"Take their attention away from the people," I instruct.

Rome drives right in front of the tank. He's so close that the tank can't shoot him.

"Roman, you hang in there. Hang in there, man!" Brian tells him.

"Somebody better do something! I got a tank on my ass!" Rome shouts.

"There's gotta be a break up ahead," Dom says.

The tank shoots at the bridge ahead of us. Dom and I barely make it before the bridge starts to crumble. Brian is able to get in front of the tank so Rome can jump on his car.

"Brian, that Mustang would make a nice anchor," Dom tells him.

"Yeah, I'm on it," Brian assures.

Brian tries to get the car over the edge to slow the tank down. The car finally goes over the edge. Then Letty climbs out from the tank.

"Shit!" I shout.

Suddenly the car snags and the tank jerks backwards. Letty goes flying from the tank. Dom jumps from his car and grabs her. They land on the front of a car somehow still alive.

We head back to the NATO base.

"I can't believe they stole a 70-ton tank for a three-ounce computer chip," the NATO commander says.

"That 3-ounce computer chip is more deadly than 1,000 of those tanks," Hobbs tells him.

"What about her?" the commander asks.

Dom steps in front of Letty. "Not her."

"She was working with Shaw," the commander insists.

"Was, but she's always been one of us," Dom says.