The Cop And The Criminal

3.1

"Vince!" Mia calls causing Kassidy to look over and find Vince glaring at Brian. It had been three weeks since they were put on the case and Brian still hadn't made his way in.

"What?" Vince asks as he looks at Mia.

"Can I get you anything?" Mia asks him back.

"You look good," Vince tells Mia causing Kassidy to roll her eyes.

"Thanks a lot, Mia. See you tomorrow," Brian says as he sets down the money for the sandwich.

"Try Fatburger from now on. Get yourself a Double Cheese with fries for $2.95, faggot," Vince yells as he walks after Brian.

"I like the tuna here," Brian retorts.

"Bullshit. No one likes the tuna here," Vince argues as he follows Brian and Kassidy couldn't argue that point.

"Yeah, well, I do," Brian says before Vince slams him into his truck. Brian quickly turns around and punches Vince, which sends him to the ground.

"Jesus Christ, Dom! Would you get out there?" Mia yells as she rushes to the back where Dom is. "I'm sick of this shit. I'm not kidding, Dom. Get out there!" Dom slowly stands and they look to see Brian repeatedly punching Vince.

"What did you put in that sandwich?" Dom asks his sister causing Kassidy to look at him in shock since he is letting his friend get beat up.

"That's really funny," Mia says sarcastically.

"Dom, come on," Letty tries as she motions outside.

"Dom!" Kassidy says as she sees Brian take Vince to the ground.

"All right," Dom says before heading outside with everyone following him besides Mia.

"Hey, man. He was in my face," Brian says after Dom throws him up against one of the cars.

"I'm in your face," Dom tells him as Vince stands up and tries to go after Brian again. Dom quickly shoves him back. "Relax! Don't push it! You embarrass me!"

"Get over there!" Leon yells at Vince as he shoves him away from Dom and Brian. Letty, Kassidy, and Leon form a wall between Vince and the others. Jesse picks up the guys wallet off the ground.

"Jesse, give me the wallet," Dom orders. "'Brian Earl Spilner.' Sounds like a serial killer name. Is that what you are?"

"No, man," Brian answers him.

"Don't come around here again," Dom orders before turning to walk over to the rest of the team.

"Hey, man. This is bullshit," Brian says causing Kassidy to send him a glare.

"You work for Harry, right?" Dom asks as he turns back to look at Brian.

"Yeah. I just started," Brian answers him.

"You were just fired," Dom says before they all start heading back inside. After Dom tried getting Brian fired, they all got ready for the race that night. Kassidy rides with Letty and Mia since she wouldn't be racing. As Kassidy gets out of the car, she sees Dom with his arms around two blonde racer-chasers, causing her to frown as she feels a ping of jealousy. Dom catches Kassidy's frown before walking away from the two girls.

"Okay, Hector," Dom says as he sees the man walking over to them.

"Yeah? What's up, man?" Hector asks as he shakes his hand.

"Yo. What's up?" Edwin says as he walks over to them. "How we doing this tonight?"

"One race. $2,000 buy-in. Winner takes all," Dom answers him before handing his cash to Hector. "Hector, you're going to hold the cash."

"Why Hector?" A guy asks as he and Edwin hand their cash to Hector.

"Cause he's too slow to make away with the money," Edwin says causing the crowd to 'ohhhh'.

"Okay. Good luck, guys," Dom says as he goes to head to his car.

"Hey, wait. Hold up," Brian says as he walks up to them. "I don't have any cash. But I do have the pink slip to my car." Kassidy shakes her head at his stupidity. From what she has heard, she is the only to have beaten Dom in years.

"You just can't climb in the ring with Ali, 'cause you think you box," Jesse says as Kassidy nods.

"He knows I can box," Brian says as he points at Vince causing Kassidy to hold back a laugh at the glare he earned. "Check it out. It's like this. I lose, the winner takes my car. Clean and clear. But if I win, I take the cash, and I take the respect."

"Respect?" Dom asks as the crowd laughs.

"To some people, that's more important," Brian says as he glances at Mia.

"That your car?" Dom asks before they all walk over to it.

"I see a cool air intake. It's got a NOS fogger system and a T4 turbo, Dominic," Jesse lists as he looks under the hood.

"I see an AIC controller. It has direct port nitrous injection," Kassidy adds as she also looks.

"Yeah. And a stand-alone fuel management system. Not a bad way to spend $10,000," Dom says with a little respect as he wraps an arm around Kassidy, causing her to look up him slightly confused but he doesn't look at her.

"You see that shit? He's got enough NOS in there to blow himself up. Period," Edwin adds as he also takes a look, causing Kassidy to shake her head.

"So, what do you say? Am I worthy?" Brian questions with a smile before everyone looks at Dom.

"We don't know yet. But you're in. Let's go," Dom answers before he starts walking over to his car.