TWENTY-ONE
Brian pulled up undernesth an overpass before getting out of the car. Reyna let out a breath before turning to Dominic, "Are you good?" Dominic nodded with soothing smile, "Yeah, you?" Reyna nodded before the two of them climbed out of the car that belonged to Braga. Brian pulled out his phone to make a call as Reyna and Dominic leaned against the car watching him. "Talk to me, O'Connor. Where the hell have you been?" Penning questions Brian once he answered the phone. "I got the shipment," Brian responded instantly though Penning's response worried him, "'I got the shipment' or 'we got the shipment'?" Brian lifted his head to look at Dom and Reyna.
"What are you talking about?" Brian asks him as he turns away from the two people he cared about. "Traffic cams in the area picked up pictures of you, Reyna Roshani and Dominic Toretto together," Penning answers him, "Listen to me, O'Connor. Bring in the shipment and bring me Roshani and Toretto." Brian let out a breath, "But I thought the point was to get Braga. We got an opportunity here," Reyna leaned her head on Dominic's arm as she listened to Brian talk to whoever he was talking to. "Brian, the clock stopped ticking. Bring them in, are we clear?" Penning orders Brian who notices a blood trail leading from the passenger side to the trunk.
Brian hung up the phone before following the trail to find Dom and Reyna looking through the cases. "So this is what sixty million looks like," Dom says as they look at the packs of cocaine, Brian noticed the blood dripping from Reyna's jacket and was instantly worried. "Yeah, Reyna... We need to get you to a doctor," Brian says causing Dominic to look at Reyna confused before he notices the hole in her shoulder making him sigh, "Rey..." She shrugged him off before speaking, "We got to find a place to hide this." She could hardly feel the pain at the moment, She needed to finish the job.
Brian and Dominic shared a look knowing how hard it will be to convince her otherwise. "I know a spot," Brian says before they climbed into the car, Brian taking them to the stations impound lot. "502, wet reckless. I need a 48-hour hold," Brian tells the guy at the gate who didn't seem like he wanted to be there as he responded, "Out back. Any spot you can find." Brian parked the car and the three of them climbed out of the car. "You sure about this?" Dom asks as they step away from the car.
Brian turned to Dominic, "Yeah. The last place they'll check is their own impound yard. Trust me." He smiled as they started walking until he turned to Reyna, "You know, I've been thinking. When you blew up your car back there, you blew up mine too." Reyna smiled at him as he smirked, "Yeah?" He nodded at her as Dom smiled at the two of them. "Yeah. So now you owe me a 10-second car," Brian responded back causing her to laugh quietly at Brian as she enjoyed their playful banter again. "Is that right?" Reyna asks him playfully before walking over to a car before busting the window with her elbow and unlocking it, "Now, we're even."
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Reyna, Brian and Dominic had taken the car and decided to hide out in an abandoned building. "Is this your way of keeping me away from them?" Mia asks as Brian opened the door for her, he smiled sheepishly as he stepped to the side, "You're the only one I could call." She sighs as she stepped inside, "They're my family, of course." She made her way over to Dom, pulling him into a hug before hugging Reyna. She uncovered Reyna's wound, "The bullet's not in there. I'm going to clean it and stitch it up. It's going to hurt."
Reyna smiled at Mia, "I bet you're going to enjoy this." Mia laid the supplies out before looking up at Reyna, "A little." She smirked at her before she gets to work stitching up Reyna's shoulder. After she is done fixing up Reyna's bullet wound, they all gathered around the table to eat. "Want some of this?" Mia asks Dominic as she held up some food. "Yeah," Dom answers looking at what Mia is holding who warned him about it being spicy. "I like it hot," Dom says as he puts some on his plate before taking a bite.
Mia looked up at Dom shocked, "Dom, what are you doing? You reached first, you have to say grace." Reyna smiles lightly as Dominic has a sip of his drink while Mia and Brian fold their hands. "Thank you, Lord, for blessing the table..." Dom starts but stops as he can't seem to continue. "With food, family and friendship," Mia finished for him with a smile on her face. The three of them ate together with small conversation, once they've all finished, Dom and Reyna leave Mia and Brian sitting together.
Brian looked up at Mia, "You once asked me why I let Dom and Reyna go." Mia looked up at Brian as he continued, "I think it's because in the moment, I respected them more than I did myself. Yeah. One thing I learned from them is that nothing really matters unless you have a code." Mia smiled at Brian, "And what is your code, Brian?" He let out a short breath, "I'm working on it." The two smiled at each other as previous feelings between the to returned.
Dominic finds a box with Letty's name on it, letting out a deep breath before opening it. The first thing he notices is a picture of him and Letty, a hand startles Dom. Reyna noticed the photo and placed her hand on Dominic's shoulder in comfort, he smiled at her before going through the box. The two of them looking at Letty's things before spotting a cellphone, so Dom redialled the last caller.
Brian's phone starts ringing causing him to look at it confused when he sees Letty's name, he looks over at Dom who was walking into the room with Reyna following behind him. "Shit. Hey, Dom," Brian says as he stands up while Reyna stands back letting Dom handle it, she couldn't understand how Brian lied to them after everything. "When were you gonna to us?" Dom asks as Mia looked to Reyna confused by what was happening. Mia turned back to Dom, "Dom, what are you doing?" She stood up noticing how Reyna shook her head at her.
"When were you gonna tell me you were running Letty?" Dom asks Brian as he continued walking towards him. Brian looked down for a moment, "Let me explain..." He looked at Reyna who shook her head in disbelief, he knew he screwed up but he didn't know how to tell them. "When were you gonna-" Dom says cutting himself off by grabbing Brian and throwing him into a shelf startling Mia who was held back by Reyna, both girls hated seeing the two fight.
Mia screamed for them to stop as Dom picked Brian up by the neck. "You don't understand..." Brian barely mumbles out as Dom strangles him with a fierce look on his face as he responded, "I don't understand?" Brian began pushing on Dominic's face and neck in hopes to hit a point to break free. Mia continued yelling for them to stop as Reyna stood there watching her brothers fight, her mind was racing with pained thoughts. Brian breaks from Dom's hold but Dom throws Brian to the floor before punching him in the face.
Brian continued trying to talk but Dominic wouldn't listen as Mia's eyes began to water at the scene before her. Brian wrapped his legs around Dom's arms and neck to keep him from getting punched again. Dominic stands up before slamming Brian back down causing Brian to let go of him. "She did it for you, Dom!" Brian managed to shout out before Dominic could hit him again, "She did it for you." The room went silent as Dominic stated down at Brian, the two of them breathless from the fight.
"Letty came to me to clear your name, to clear Reyna's name, in exchange for bringing down Braga. She just wanted you both to come home!" Brian yelled out causing Reyna to stumble into Mia who was equally stunned by the information. Dominic looked over at Reyna and Mia with tears in his eyes, locking gaze with Reyna who let her tears fall, Dom got up and started walking away. "I'm sorry, Dom," Brian hit a nearby basket, "I'm sorry!" Reyna steps away from Mia before turning and walking out of the room, her head pounding from crying.
She found herself sitting on the rooftop with her knees to her chest, tears falling down her face. She couldn't believe it, last she saw Letty she walked out without saying goodbye and now she regretted it. Letty just wanted the same thing as Reyna, for their family to be free and together again and look where that got her. Reyna refused to truly believe that Letty was gone, she couldn't believe it. "I'm so sorry, Reyna..." Brian's voice sounded so broken in that moment as he stood behind the crying girl.
Reyna stood up and turned to him, "W-why didn't you just tell us?" He looked down as she sobbed, "You know, I knew you had a personal stake in this and I understand why now." Reyna wiped the tears away though they continued to fall, Brian stepped closer unsure how Reyna would respond. He was shocked when Reyna basically jumped into his arms tightening her hold around his neck as she cried into his shoulder. He held her against him with tears of his own falling, he was glad she didn't hate him, he hated himself enough already.
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The next morning, Brian headed into the station with a game plan to help Dominic and Reyna. "You better have one hell of an explanation. You disobeyed a direct order. Where's the shipment?" Penning asks with an annoyed sigh as Brian stood tall, "It's safe." Penning looked at Brian in disbelief, "It's safe." Brian nodded as Penning looked around in annoyance with Brian. He wasn't gonna back down on helping the people he cared about, he had a plan and he needed the Feds to do their part, hoping that they will.
"Look, we could use the shipment to parade in front of the media, get a few hundred pounds of Heroin of the street but Braga's just gonna send another shipment next week and the week after that," Brian begins to explain, "Let's use the shipment to lure Braga out and lop of the head off a multi-billion dollar cartel." The agents went silent after Brian finished talking, He needed this plan to work out. "And how do you suggest we do that?" Penning questioned him still unsure of his intentions.
Brian answered him quickly, "A hand-to-hand exchange with Braga." Stasiak shook his head, "He'll never show." Brian smirked, "He can't afford not to." The agents were listening intently now but Brian hadn't shared his piece on the prize though he knew the chances of them following through were low. "You got a plan?" Penning asks as Brian paced around. "There's a price. We bag Braga, you let Dominic Toretto and Reyna Roshani walk," Brian tells him, Penning agrees to the terms before Brian explained the plan.
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"It's Dom." Dominic says once Gisele answered her phone. "I was just thinking about you," Giseles spoke, "You know, when I gave you my number, I was hoping you'd call. But not under these circumstances." Dom smirked as he shook his head slightly, Reyna tied her hair back as she stood with him. "What circumstances? Me being alive?" Dom questions her causing Reyna to roll her eyes before sitting down on her car. "Don't take it personally. It's just business," Giselse tells him as Reyna nods at Dom. "I got some business of my own," Dom says as he gets to the point, "Get Campos."
Dominic handed the phone to Reyna, "Was that how Braga inspires loyalty? Driving his drivers?" Campos chuckled on the other side of the phone while Reyna clenched her jaw. "One can always find more drivers. It's just good business," Campos answers her as she stands up with a plan in mind. "I want to trade," Reyna tells him knowing exactly what to say to get his attention. "Braga doesn't negotiate," Campos responds with a playful undertone specifically to annoy Reyna, who is unbothered by it.
"Fine. You explain to him how all of a sudden sixty million worth of product disappears," Reyna spoke with a smirk, "I know that can't be good for business." The line went quiet for a moment causing Reyna to smile as Campos responded, "What do you want?" Reyna stepped away from Dominic slightly, her back turned to him as she thought deeply. "Six million cash, delivered by Braga himself," Reyna tells him recieving a laugh back, "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 her making her sigh in annoyance before responding, "Either I deal with Braga or you do." Campos went quiet again before speaking up, "When and where?" Reyna explained the details to him before hanging up the phone and turning to Dominic. She let out a breath, "Let's do this." Dominic threw down two photos onto the hood of Reyna's car causing her to look down at them. "You looked pretty happy, you sure you wanna take the risk?" Dominic asks her as she stared at the photos from Miami.
She turned to look up at Dominic, "That was my past Dom. I'm in this for the long run, don't psych me out of it." Reyna picked up the photos and threw them into the car, "And stay out of my car." Dominic laughed before the two climbed into their cars, Reyna took a deep breath before looking over at Dominic. "Let's stop this son of a bitch and get the hell out of dodge," Reyna says as they start up the cars, smiles on their faces as they get ready to face Braga.
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