Raging Rebel - A Fast and Furious fan fiction - Book 1

13: Hot Potato

Dom POV

"We should go now. Just you, your team and me." I said to Nobody.

"I thought you said dawn?"

"My guys are racers. Best drivers in the world. But they ain't killers.

We walked back to where they were sitting around. Eve and Ramsey were asleep. They needed it after what they'd been through recently.

"Told you he'd try that." Brian said to Tej and Roman. "I know you too well Dom. We're going with you."

"Looks like we've got a nice little hunting party. Let's go bag a shadow." Nobody left to assemble his team.

I turned to talk them out of it but gave up before saying anything. Their minds were made up.

*** Dom POV - Just Before Sunrise, Abandoned Warehouse

"You ready for this?" Brian asked me.

"Yeah." I was more than ready.

We made our way through the warehouse and found Shaw much quicker than any of us expected. He was sitting at a table, eating.

"I hope you're enjoying your last meal." Brian told him.

Shaw looked up at us, armed with guns and SWAT gear.

"Is this it? A dozen men?"

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

Shaw pulled a grenade from under a napkin and pulled the pin out with his teeth. Everyone grew tense, guns raised. I stepped forward.

"I'm ready to meet my maker, are you?" I asked.

"What were you expecting Toretto? To catch me off guard? For me to be standing here waving a white flag?" He looked me in the eyes. "Have you ever heard of the saying 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'?"

"I don't got friends, I got family."

Shaw stood.

"Well, I got a lot of friends."

A portion of the wall exploded inward and people came in, shooting everywhere. Our team began to retaliate.

"Keep your formation! Sheppard, clear one!" I heard Nobody shouting.

It was complete chaos. Bullets flew every which way. I saw one catch Nobody in the chest and he went down.

"Cover me!" I yelled, running for him.

The God's Eye tablet fell and I saw Brian trying to recapture possession.

"Brian, leave it!" I bellowed at him.

The unpinned grenade was thrown in our direction. Before the words left Brian's lips I took cover, using my body to cover Nobody's. We retreated, running for the nearest exit, Nobody slung over my shoulder. We had to get him to a hospital.

*** Dom POV - Car, En Route To Hospital

Nobody was half sitting, half laying in the seat next to me. I ripped open the top of his suit to look for the entryway and found that he'd been wearing a vest underneath it.

"You didn't think I was going to walk in there naked, did you?" He wheezed.

"You got hit bad." I told him.

"Look... Toretto. I know you won't listen to me. You're not gonna want to hear what I have to say. But, truth is. You gotta try that Belgian Ale man. It's special."

"Belgian Ale, huh?" I smiled and Nobody laughed until he started to cry.

"We gotta get you to a hospital." Brian called back from the drivers seat.

"No you're not. I carry my own health insurance. Medics on standby. They're inbound. Pull over kid."

I helped him out of the car and set him against a wooden pole.

"Dom. You gotta protect those girls. Ramsey and Evelyn. As long's Ramsey's alive, she can lock them out of God's Eye and they know it. So they're not gonna stop until they have her. And this time, they're gonna come with every thing they've got. And Evelyn... Protect my girl Dom. Protect my girl."

"I'm not leaving you." I told him.

"You're not. I'm leaving you. Go now."

I reluctantly retreated to the truck as a helicopter made its way for Nobody.

"A war is coming to us whether we like it or not." I told Brian as he started driving away. "And we're gonna face him on the streets we know best."

Brian nodded as we took the roads that would lead us back to our team.

Tej POV

I looked out over the city - beautiful, sunny, deadly LA. My hands tingled with anticipation. This was going to be one hell of a fight. I glanced to my left and looked at Eve. She looked lost, but determined to see this through. She'd clammed up when Dom told her about her father getting shot. She'd barely said a word since.

I'd much rather her be with me, but she was going to be driving her own car on the outskirts. Nobody had requested we keep her safe but she insisted on coming along. This was our compromise. She was no racer, she made sure we knew that, but she was willing to distract if need be. But I was determined not to have it be so.

"I'm all for winging it, but this is crazy man!" Roman complained. "We got mercenaries with some real heat on us. I mean, shit, I ain't scared of nothing, but, I don't even got a gun!"

"Gun?" Dom looked like he wanted to laugh. "We got a whole city."

"And we may have more than that. If they use God's Eye it will tap into the cameras around to find our location." I added. "Which means, we could plant a virus."

"And break in when they access it." Ramsey smiled.

Eve looked up and caught my eye as she figured out what we were talking about.

"You're talking about hacking a hacking device. You're brilliant!" I smiled at her compliment.

My smile disappeared as I remembered the signal issue.

"One problem." I said. "The signal strength. We can't start a hack unless they're two miles in range."

"That's close." Letty said.

"Close? These guys are military!" Roman injected. "If they within two miles of us, we already dead! And I really didn't plan on dyin' today!"

"And you called me a pessimist Rams?" Eve made fun of him. He gave her a look like he wanted to say something but decided against it.

"Well there's one way to stay alive." Brian said. "We can play keep away with Ramsey."

"What?" Eve snapped at the same time Ramsey asked in shock.

"They can't hit us if we keep moving." Brian ignored them both.

"One last thing. I get Shaw." Dom leaned over the buildings edge.

"So basically, we're just gearing up to play a big game of hot potato." I said.

"Which car is the potato?" Ramsey asked.

Eve gripped her hand and squeeze. She caught onto things fast. Roman saved her from delivering the news to Ramsey.

"Girl, you're the potato."