The Fast and the Furious (OC x Mia Toretto) (Fan Fiction)

Chapter 7: Learning of Dom's Past

The Next day

At the Safe House

Bilkins was talking to Muse, Murtaugh, and John "My superiors are flying in from DC day after tomorrow. I want something to show. Now, we have a top echelon fence with a lube hose in his mouth, automatic weapons, a jacket full of priors on every one of these Asian punks, a garage full of DVD players and generally psychotic behavior. Now, tell me why we shouldn't move on Johnny Tran right now, and see where we are when the dust settles."

John looks at Bilkins and says "Because all we have is behavior. Just let me get some hard evidence, because what we have now is just circumstantial..."

Bilkins interrupts "What we have is probable cause. And truckers arming themselves for some good old-fashioned vigilante mayhem."

Murtaugh says "Tell us about Hector, Riggs."

Muse says "Oh, latinos with spear guns. Give me a break."

John said, "No, Hector's still working on the engines for the cars, but the tires don't match."

John then says "Will someone just give me a cigarette?"

Bilkins said, "Get him a cigarette."

Murtaugh says "Don't get him a cigarette. I thought you quit, Riggs?"

John says "Yeah, I did quit. Just give me a cigarette."

Bilkins said, "Get him a cigarette."

Murtaugh shouts "No!"

Murtaugh looks at John and says "Tell me about Toretto."

John says "Well, I told you, Rog, I think he's too controlled for this. I mean, what? Going suicidal on semi-trucks? No way. I mean, maybe his buddy, Vince, but he's too stupid to pull it off."

Muse looks at John and says "I think the kid sister's blurring your vision."

John looked at Muse and asked, "What did you say?"

Muse looked and John and said, "I don't blame you. I'd get off on her surveillance photos, too, buddy."

John ran at Muse and pushed him to the ground, then Murtaugh grabs John and holds him back.

Murtaugh yells "Knock it off! What, are you going native on me, Riggs?"

John then saw Muse was up and talking to Bilkins.

Murtaugh asked, "Have you read Toretto's file lately?"

John looks at his partner and says "Yes, Rog, I memorized that file."

Murtaugh was about to open Dom's file and says "Yeah, well read it again. No, better yet, take a look at these."

Murtaugh takes out an envelope and says "Remember I told you about the guy he nearly beat to death?" and takes out pictures of a man that had a beaten face.

Murtaugh says "Toretto did this with a three-quarter inch torque wrench. He's a model of self-control, Riggs."

John looks at his partner and says "I need a few more days."

John then looked at Muse and then looked at Bilkins and said, "I need a few more days."

Then John walks out.

At the Toretto Garage

Jesse and the other were working on the engine, while John and Dom were working on the body of the car.

John was messing with wires on the frame and Dom put in the grill.

Dom asks "So, you got big plans tonight?"

John looks up and back down at the wires and says "Yeah, we're going to dinner."

Dom looks at John and says "You break her heart, I'll break your neck."

John said, "That's not gonna happen."

John went back to it.

Dom says "I wanna show you something." and he wipes his hands with the rag he had and passes it to John, who wipes his hands.

At the Toretto House

Dom had driven with John to his garage.

They got out, Dom and John walked to the door, and Dom opened the garage door, and when he did they both saw a black Dodge Charger.

John said, "Wow." in awe.

Dom walks to the front of the car and says "Me and my dad built her. Nine hundred houses of Detroit muscle. It's a beast. Know what she ran in Palmdale?"

John says "No. What did she run?"

Dom walked to the driver's side and says "Nine seconds flat."

John quietly says "God."

Dom said, "My dad was driving. So much torque, the chassis twisted coming off the line. Barely kept her on the track."

John asked, "So, what's your best time?"

Dom shakes his head and says "I've never driven her."

John looks at Dom and asks "Why not?"

Dom hesitates and says "It scares the shit out of me."

Dom turns around, points at a picture and says "That's my dad. He was coming up in the pro stocks car circuit. Last race of the season. A guy named Kenny Linder came up from inside on the final turn. He clipped his bumper and put him into the wall at 120. I watched my dad burn to death. I remembered hearing him scream."

Dom sighs and continues "But the people that were there said that he had died before the tanks blew. They said it was me who was screaming. I saw Linder about a week later. I had a wrench. And I hit him, and I didn't intend to keep hitting him, but by the time I was done, I couldn't lift my arm."

John sat down as he watched Dom walk around the car and Dom leaned against a beam and said, "He's a janitor at a high school. Has to take the bus to work every day. And they banned me from the tracks for life."

Dom walks to the front of the car and looks at John.

Dom says "I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters, not the mortgage, not the store, not my team, and all their bullshit. For those 10 seconds or less... I'm free."

Then both of them left and Dom closed the door.