Speedy Love

24.4

The next morning, Brian heads into the station with a game plan.

"You better have one hell of an explanation. You disobeyed a direct order," Penning says with a sigh. "Where's the shipment?"

"It's safe," Brian answers him.

"It's safe," Penning repeats.

"Look, we could use the shipment to parade in front of the media, get a few hundred pounds of heroin off the street but Braga's just gonna send another shipment next week and the week after that," Brian explains. "Let's use the shipment to lure Braga out and lop the head off a multi-billion dollar cartel."

"And how do you suggest we do that?" Penning asks him as he sits down.

"A hand-to-hand exchange with Braga," Brian answers him.

"He'll never show," Stasiak argues.

"He can't afford not to," Brian states.

"You got a plan?" Penning asks Brian as he walks around.

"There's a price," Brian tells him as he thinks about Zoe. "We bag Braga, and you let Toretto walk."  Penning agrees before Brian explains the plan.

"It's Dom," Dom says as Gisele answers her phone.

"I was just thinking about you," Gisele tells him. "You know, when I gave you my number I was hoping you'd call. But not under these circumstances."

"What circumstances? Me being alive?" Dom questions her.

"Don't take it personally. It's just business," Gisele tells him.

"I got some business of my own," Dom says as he gets to the point. "Get Campos."

"Uh-huh," Campos says after Gisele hands him the phone.

"Was that how Braga inspires loyalty? Killing his drivers?" Dom questions him.

"One can always find more drivers," Campos answers him. "It's just good business."

"I want to trade," Dom tells him.

"Braga doesn't negotiate," Campos responds.

"Fine. You explain to him how all of a sudden $60 million worth of product disappears," Dom says with a smirk. "I know that's can't be good for business."

"What do you want?" Campos asks him.

"Six million cash, delivered by Braga himself," Dom answers him causing Campos to laugh. "I don't like being shot at. I ain't gonna put my neck out again unless he's got something to lose, too."

"He'll never go for it," Campos tells him.

"Either I deal with Braga, or you do," Dom states.

"When and where?" Campos asks him causing Dom to nod at Brian.

Brian and Dom stand under an abandoned overpass as they wait on Braga to show.

"Well, the good news is, when we get this guy, you walk out of here a free man," Brian says as he looks at Dom.

"Is that what they told you?" Dom asks him.

"Yeah, that's the deal," Brian answers him.

"You still put milk and cookies out for Santa Claus?" Dom asks him in a sarcastic manner.

"Yeah," Brian answers with a smile. Campos' people start pulling in. "In case things go shitty." Brian holds his keys out to Dom.

"Just like old times?" Dom asks as he takes the key.

"Yeah," Brian says.

"You dropped something. That's what you wanted, right?" Fenix says as he gets out of his car. Campos then pushes Fenix back.

"He's harmless. Don't worry about him," Campos tells Dom as he stands in front of them. "And he's really sorry about Letty. Where's our stuff?"

"You mean the stuff that used to be in here, right?" Brian asks him as he opens the now empty case. "Well, you'll see it when we see Braga. That was the deal."

"No worries. Braga keeps his word," Campos says with a smirk. The man that Brian had seen at the club, gets out of the car.

"$2 million," The man says as he drops a bag in front of them. "You get the rest when I get my property."

"I got a question for you," Brian says as they look at the man in front of them. "You wearing pink when you were clawing your way out of el barrio?" The man before them looks between each of them nervously.

"You're thinking what I'm thinking, right?" Brian asks Dom.

"He ain't Braga," Dom says in conformation.

"FBI!" An agent yells as they run onto the scene.

"Get down!" Brian orders as he pulls the man to the ground. "Get out of here!" Braga's men start shooting at the FBI agents. "Get out of here, Dom! Campos is Braga!" Dom keeps Gisele from being hit by Fenix. Dom and Gisele quickly get in the car before taking off.

The next morning, Brian is in a meeting as they discuss what went down.

"He was under your nose the whole time," Superior Hyden says as he goes through the notes. "Now Braga's escaped. Toretto is heading south, probably long across the border by now. Do you have any idea the kind of trouble you're in, O'Conner?"

"I was doing my job," Brian tells him.

"He ain't the first bad guy you helped escape the law's grasp,"  Superior Hyden says.

"As of now, you're being taken off active duty, until this house can mount a formal inquiry,"  Superior Owens explains.

"What about Braga?" Brian asks.

"That's no longer your concern," Superior Owens tells him, before they leave the room.

"We now know where Braga is, right?" Brian asks once they are gone.

"Customs tracked him down via satellite to his home base in Tecali, Mexico," Trina answers him.

"Mexico is out of our jurisdiction," Penning states. "The fact is the brass will be so busy holding press conferences over the seizure, we'll skate under the radar."

"I thought we signed on to do the right thing," Brian says as he looks at Penning, who just looks down.