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Twelve

"Tej, talk to me. What do we got?" Hobbs asked as they stared at the screen before them.

"We were able to track down Shaw after he left you and Dom, but this guy's smart, so we could only track him so far. He seems to know all the cities blind spots. See, we lost him somewhere in here, which means he could be anywhere within that half-a-mile radius. So maybe if we cross-reference phone records, leases-"

"No." Riley interrupted him. Rae shot her a quick glare. "This has got Shaw's name written all over it. We've got vantage points, multiple exits, subways, highways and storm drains."

"With that ass and brains, woman, you keep that up, I'm gonna be out of a job." Hobbs replied. "All right. Let's go nail that sumbitch."

"I still don't trust her." Rae mumbled, picking at her cuticles.

"What?" Tej asked.

"Riley." She answered. "She's a little...off."

"Off?" Tej asked.

Regan shook her head. "That shit she pulled with Letty. Accusing me of fucking with the operation."

"It's not like she knew about the history with you and Dom. Only the three of us did." Tej replied.

"Unless-"

"No. No. You're gonna overthink it and come to some conclusion that doesn't make a whole lot of sense." Tej stopped her. "You're reaching. You just don't trust her because she's new."

"I trusted Elena." Rae countered.

"She was on the other side. Like Letty. You make that mistake a lot, huh?" He asked as the phone started ringing. "Yo, it's Hobbs." He called to the rest of the room.

All right. What have you got, Parker? Give me something good. Hobbs's voice carried through the speaker.

"Yeah, that paint you got from Shaw's place- highly specialized. Anti-thermal, low- I.R. coating." Tej replied.

"Military." Dom figured out.

"Exactly." Tej said. "We got a list of bases around Europe that use this paint type and those specific colors."

All right, let's cross-reference that with all of Shaw's military targets. I guaran-damn-tee you one of them's gonna match. Hobbs replied.

"Bingo." Tej announced. Rae shook her head at Dom. This was too easy. "It's a NATO base in Spain."

"That puts Shaw in a different country. Means he's got an eight-hour lead on us." Dom said.

We gotta move now. Tej, get me that info. Riley and I will go ahead, lock down the base. Toretto, I'll arrange transportation for you and your cars. You brush up on your Spanish, boys. I'll see you en España.

"Let's fuckin' do this." Rae said, smiling. They all packed their bags.

"You son of a bitch! You made it!" Rae heard Roman yell as she threw the last bit of her shit into a bag.

"So what's going on here? Where's my sister? Where's Dom?" Bri asked.

"They weren't going without you." Gisele answered.

Brian made his way over, standing in front of them.

"Oh, thank God." Rae said, going to her brother. Brian was quick to wrap her in a tight hug. Even he had started to question if he were coming back.

"I found out what happened to Letty." Brian told Dom. Rae went to release him, but Bri tightened his grip on her. "It's all my fault." He finished. Regan squeezed around his waist tighter than before.

"Brian, whatever you found out, that's for you." Dom replied. "What we're about to do now is for her."

"This was always for her." Rae told him. Brian forced himself to release his sister, allowing the three of them to walk out.

"I just got word they caught one of Shaw's men at the base." Tej announced, walking through the shipments on the plane they sat in. "It's time."

"Something's not right." Rae said again.

"I told you, it's just your nerves." Tej reminded her.

"No, she's right. He wanted us to find that guy. Think about it. Interpol- you were face-to-face with him." Bri pointed to Dom.

"What are you two saying?" Roman asked.

"Braga said the only way you get near Shaw is if he wants you to." Bri answered.

"How's she know that?" Roman asked, pointing at Rae.

"I didn't." She answered. "But I know guys like this. Brian isn't the only one with FBI training."

"Tej, where's that component?" Dom asked.

"They're moving it to a secure location." Tej answered.

Brian and Dom looked over at each other. "Shaw ain't hittin' that base." Dom said.

Bri shook his head. "He's hittin' the convoy."

Rae looked over at Tej. "I told you. Maybe you should consider what I said about Riley."

Brian's hand landed on Regan's shoulder. "I am so damn proud of you." He said, his hand shaking her shoulder.

Fellas, you better hurry up. They just took the convoy. Tej said through the radios. And, Dom, Letty's with them.

We stick to the plan. Dom replied.

All right. You heard the man. Let's play this fast and clean. That thing's heading your way. Tej told them.

Regan shifted her gears, being sure to keep up with Dom.

Uh, guys we gotta come up with another plan.

"What?" Rae asked Tej.

They got a tank.

I'm sorry, did somebody just say 'a tank'? Roman asked.

"Oh, shit." Rae mumbled.

They kept driving. Regan was behind Brian as the tank shot the cars beside them. Rae avoided being hit bey car pieces as she got closer to Brian.

"Now, that was just rude." Rae said.

So who's got a plan B? Roman asked.

"Plan B? Plan A was difficult enough." Rae replied.

Plan B? We need a Plan C, D, E. We need more alphabets. Tej panicked.

Hey! We do what we do best. We improvise, all right? Bri replied.

"I knew you were gonna fucking say that!"

They found a break in the wall, each making U-turns after Dom.

I'm suddenly not comfortable with my girl being down there.

"I'm fine, Tej."

You misheard him, babygirl, he clearly meant me. Roman replied.

"Oh, shit!" Rae shouted as the tank broke the wall to cross to the other side, where the team had just come from.

Roman and Regan were closest to the break, both of them taking it. They trailed after the tank, Roman staying close behind Rae.

They quickly avoided broken down car pieces as the tank ran in to everyone it could.

Take their attention away from the people! Dom ordered.

Roman tried to go around the tank, sliding right back behind Rae when he noticed a car coming.

He finally made it around. Rae sighed. "All right, all right." She turned the wheel to the right, speeding up to pull right in front of him. The gun of the tank started to lower.

"Roman?" Rae asked.

Oh, shit. He replied, hitting the brakes. Rae stopped too, just in time. They fired, barely missing the hood of Rae's car.

You guys hang in there. Hang in there! Brian called.

"That isn't helpful, Brian." Rae replied.

Somebody better do something. We got a tank on our ass.

There's gotta be a break up ahead.

"I can't drive I'm just being fucking pushed." Rae said into the radio. "Roman-"

As she was about to tell him to make his way up to her, they blew up the bridge. Rae saw Dom make it under. She noticed Roman getting out of his car.

"Come on, Rome."

Brian used the broken wall as a ramp, flying off of it to land in front of Rae. "Yeah, Brian!"

Rae had just enough time to turn her car off to turn it back on, hoping that would change whatever the fuck it was doing. As she watched Roman jump from his car to Brian's her engine roared back to life.

"Fuck, yeah!" She shouted into the radio. "I got it."

She sharply turned the wheel left, letting the tank and Brian pass her before she fell in line behind them.

Brian, that Mustang would make a nice anchor. Dom said.

Yeah, I'm on it. Bri replied.

Brian got the hood if his car under the Mustang just as the got to the point where the break in the roads were no longer dirt. It was a straight fall.

Brian kept trying to flip it over the wall, failing a few times.

"Come on, Bri. You can do it." Regan whispered to herself.

He finally got it, Rae cheering on the radio. She noticed Letty.

"What is she doing?" Regan asked.

Rae's question was answered when the back end of the tank went up, launching Letty off of it. Dom opened the door of his car, standing out of it while steering. He drive it right into the wall, hitting right into Letty. The two of them landed on a car, safely, on the other side.

Brian and Rae pulled their cars over beside Dom's as the helicopters flew over them.