Loving the Buster//Brian O'Conner

twenty nine

I look at Brian as I change my shirt. "He's gonna run."

Brian nods his head. "But we're not gonna let him."

Brian and I find Dom exactly where I expect him to be. Talking to Mr. Nobody about leaving the rest of us behind.

"We should go now," Dom tells Mr Nobody. "Just you, your team, and me."

"I thought you said at dawn," Mr Nobody says.

"My guys are racers, the best drivers in the world. But they ain't killers," Dom tells him.

Brian and I walk towards the two men.

"Told you he'd say that," I state.

"We know you too well, Dom, and we're going with you," Brian tells him.

"Well, looks like we got a nice little hunting party," Mr Nobody says. "Let's go bag a shadow."

We take a convoy of SUVs to the factory Shaw is hiding at.

"Ten klicks out, boys," Sheppard warns us. "Get ready to rock and roll. Here we go. Weapons hot."

Brian, Dom, and I trail behind Mr Nobody and his men.

"You ready for this?" Brian asks.

"Yeah," Dom tells him.

Shaw is sitting at a table eating. It's almost like he knew we would come.

"I hope you're enjoying your last meal," Brian taunts.

"This is it? This is all I warrant? A dozen men?" Shaw asks.

"I think you'll find it's more than enough," Sheppard tells him.

Shaw uses his teeth to pull the pin out of a grenade.

"I'm ready to meet my maker," Dom says. "Are you?"

"What were you expecting, Toretto? To catch me off guard? Me standing here, waving a white flag?" Shaw asks. "You ever heard the saying, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend?'"

"I don't have friends. I got family," Dom tells him.

"Well, I got a lot of friends," Shaw says.

Suddenly two explosions go off and the lights go out. Gunfire starts as people come through the door.

"Two-two formation! Sheppard, peel one!" Mr Nobody shouts.

"Roger that," Sheppard assures.

I watch impressed as Mr Nobody takes out man after man. Then he goes down. Dom gives him his hand pulling him behind a stack of crates. Brian goes to get the tablet from Sheppard.

"Brian, leave it!" Dom shouts.

"Brian!" I shout.

"Get down!" Brian yells.

Suddenly an explosion goes off behind us. Dom gets Mr Nobody out of the building before throwing him over his shoulders. I get in one of the SUVs and take off.

Dom rips open Mr Nobody's shirt and sees a bullet proof vest.

Mr Nobody smiles slightly. "You didn't really think I was gonna walk in there naked, did you?"

"You got hit bad," Dom tells him.

"Look, Toretto. I know you won't listen to me. You're not gonna want to hear what I have to say. But the truth is, you really ought to try that Belgian ale, man. It's something special," Mr Nobody says.

"Belgian ale, huh?" Dom remarks.

Mr Nobody starts to laugh but it turns into a cough.

"Hey, we gotta get you to a hospital," Brian insists.