Velocity (Tej Parker)

Chapter One

Teagan walks into the facility room beside Tej and looks around the place. Tej makes his way over to a bunch of highly encrypted computers while she makes her way towards Han. He gives her a welcoming hug and the two stand their watching their partners play with their new toys.

"This is way better than that trash in Rio," Tej says and Teagan laughs a little at his eagerness. He was like a little boy at Christmas.

"Way better," Gisele agrees holding up some hefty firepower.

"Has anybody heard from Leo or Santos?" Brian asks.

"Last time anyone saw them, they were hitting up casinos in Monte Carlo," Han explains.

"Sounds about right," Teagan mumbles. Those two probably gambled away all their money already.

"I thought that was our last job, Brian." Roman speaks up. He continues to ramble as Hobbs and his new lady friend walk in behind him. "Who's paying for all this equipment? The taxpayers? So now we work for the Hulk? That's what we're doing? Why do I smell baby oil?"

"If you keep running your pie hole," Hobbs stands behind him. "You're going to smell an ass-kicking."

"All right, Hobbs." Dom steps forward. Teagan crosses her arms and leans against the stone pillar Han was leaning on. "You got the best crew in the world standing right in front of you. Give them a reason to stay."

"Our target is Owen Shaw," Hobbs slaps down the folder. "Former major in the SAS, spec-ops soldier. He ran the UK's Mobility Division in Kabul and Basra."

"Ah, damn," Tej says and everyone makes their way over to the table. "That Mobility unit's the truth. We're talking vehicular warfare. Best in the world. Those guys don't mess around."

"For years, they've been running jobs in Europe, but it's their most recent jobs that graduated them to a whole new level." Hobbs continues and starts to read off a sheet of paper. "Three targets, highly specific. The program terminal from the ICBM missile..."

His voice drowns out of Teagan's ears as Roman asks her for some change.

"Seriously?" She whispers to him. "You're a millionaire, and you're still trying to ask for money?" She puts a few pounds in his hand.

"That's how you stay a millionaire," Roman winks and walks towards a vending machine.

"So what does this all mean?" Brian asks.

"Well, our best guess is that Shaw's crew is building a Nightshade device," Hobbs explains. Teagan takes a step back and runs a hand through her hair. A Nightshade device is deadly scary.

"Which is?" Gisele asks.

"A tech bomb," The lady next Hobbs says. "Designed to block an entire military grid for twenty-four hours."

"If you blind a soldier for a single second," Teagan tries to explain in a simpler sense. "He dies. You blind a country for twenty-four hours; the loss of life is unthinkable."

"This could be worth billions to the right buyer," Hobbs adds on.

"Billions?" Tej asks. "Why don't we just steal that shit?"

"Hey, man," Roman speaks up and they all looks at him fumbling with the vending machine. "Which one of these things is a dollar? It says something about..."

He's cut off by Hobbs shooting at the damn vending machine. He was tired of listening to Roman's voice.

"It's on the house," Hobbs says. Roman then picks up a few things off the floor and brings them over to the table. He give's Teagan back her pounds after she extends her hand towards him. "I want you to help me catch Shaw. He's got only one piece left that he needs, and I intend to stop him before he gets it. Now I know you guys are a family. So I'm offering you a chance right now to make that family whole again."

He throws a few pictures of Letty on the table and Teagan stops breathing for a second.

"You wanna make this family whole again?" Brian asks. "Get us to Letty; we'll get you Shaw, full pardons all the way around."

"I can't promise you that," Hobbs says.

"Yes, you can," Brian says quickly.

"That's the deal, take it or leave it," Dom says taking a stand next to Brian. They all stare at him ready to back down from this job just because of some stupid pardons. They were millionaires; they could do whatever the hell they wanted.

"You get me Shaw," Hobbs says ready to make the deal. "And I'll get your pardons."

"You heard him," Brian says already formulating a plan in his head. "But this is different. We're not dealing with cops; we're not dealing with drug dealers. This is a whole different level."

Everyone nods their head in agreement and Roman leans towards Brian. "We're getting paid right?" What was with this guy? The money was getting to his head.

Teagan's stomach starts to feel uneasy and she looks around. As everyone is dispersing from the table she finds a bathroom and closes the door just before throwing herself over the toilet. Bile rises up and falls into the toilet.

After a minute of throwing up, she stands up and washes out her mouth in the sink. She looks at herself in the mirror and sighs. Teagan knows exactly what this means, but she had no idea how to tell Tej. Yes, she loved the idea of becoming a mother, but she never thought she would actually be one.

Opening the door to walk out Gisele stood there waiting for the girl. "How long?" She asks impatient.

"A couple weeks," Teagan admits.

"Have you told him?" Gisele asks and Teagan shakes her head no. "Are you?"

"I don't know," Teagan says. "I don't think either of us is ready for this type of commitment, if I'm being honest."

"Well, if you choose to keep it," Gisele says. "After this job, you're out."

"I know," Teagan nods her head. "I know."