Fourteen

Furious 7

"Hi, Jack!" Rae shouted excitedly as she walked up the porch steps.

"Auntie Rae!" The child called excitedly.

Brian picked him up and walked down the stairs. "Hey, Rae. Wanna come with me to take him to school?"

"Of course." Rae answered.

"Okay. What do you think?" He asked the child. "Parking brake slide right up to the school?"

Reagan laughed.

"Where's mommy?" Jack asked.

"I don't know. She's up there. She's coming." Bri replied.

Regan followed them to the blue minivan. Brian leaned down to put Jack in his seat.

Brian strapped him in as the red car went flying.

"Hey, buddy, cars don't fly." Brian told him as he went to pick up the toy.

"You know what does?" Rae asked the child.

"What?"

"A plane." She answered, reaching into her bag. She pulled out a white airplane toy. "These fly, but don't throw them, okay?"

"Okay." jack promised as he made airplane noises. 

"Cars don't fly." Jack said.

"But this one did, huh?" Brian asked. "Okay, are you ready? Are you sure? Good. 'Cause I think I'm ready, too. Regan?"

"I'm ready." She answered.

"Get down!" Dom yelled.

The package on the porch blew, sending Dom down the stairs. He grabbed Mia just as Brian slammed the door to the minivan shut.

"Jack!" Mia screamed. Brian pulled him out of the car and they hugged him tightly.

They all stood there, looking at the house. There goes their home.

Brian and Regan watched the news as the lady talked about the attack Hobbs had been in. Monte Cristo was where they would be leaving Mia and Jack, heading back for L.A. in two days- together. Mia came in, rubbing Brian's back as she walked over.

"Hey." He greeted.

"You okay?" She asked.

"Yeah." He answered. "This guy's just relentless."

"That's why Dom needs you- both of you." She replied. "You guys need to find this guy and you need to stop him before he does any more damage to our family."

"I've screwed up so many things. I couldn't live with myself if I screw this up, too." Brian told her.

"You won't." Mia told him. "I believe in you."

"I'm gonna-" Rae started but she gave up. She walked out of the room, biting at her cuticles. She needed to tell Brian, but she just didn't have a chance. That was the whole reason she'd shown up at the house.

At Han's funeral, she saw him. He stood beside Brian, Bri probably assuming Rae would stand between them. Instead, she stood between Bri and Rome.

"I can't do no more funerals. First Han, now Hobbs is laid up, of all people." Roman said.

"We're being hunted." Tej added.

"Picked off one by one." Rae said.

"You know he's out there somewhere watching, right?" Tej asked.

"I hope so." Brian answered. "Means he's close."

"Just promise me, Brian. No more funerals." Roman asked.

"Just one more." Bri replied.

"His." Regan finished.

"That's real dark, babygirl." Roman replied.

"You don't fuck with our family." Rae responded.

Regan climbed out of the car with Brian, Rome and Tej behind them.

"This is crazy." Roman said. "The hell is going on in here?"

"Our intelligence suggested Ramsey will be transported by an armed motorcade through the Caucasus mountain range. Now, if they clear this range and reach their destination, Ramsey's as good as gone." Mr. Nobody told the team.

"So let me get this straight. There's only one road that leads in or out? Sheer drops on every side? A motorcade from hell protected by a small army from one mile in either direction?" Rome asked.

"Yeah, that's about it." Mr. Nobody answered.

"You done?" Sheppard asked.

"No, I'm not done." Rome answered. "So you all wanted me to break into a police station. Fine. Then you asked me to stop a tank."

"Us." Rae corrected.

"I wasn't happy about it, but I did it." Rome continued.

"We." Regan corrected again.

"Then you came up with this brilliant idea to shoot down one of the largest airplanes ever. I shot that shit out the sky...It's nothin'. But this right here, my friend, happens to be the stupidest idea I've ever heard of in my life." He finished.

"I forgot you were the only one to bring the plane down." Tej replied.

"Oh, no, the only thing I've ever seen him take down was 'No Knees Denise'." Bri responded. "Remember? At prom?"

"Really, Brian?"

"Yeah."

"You gonna do that right here?" Roman asked. "See, y'all trying to get me off my point. All I'm saying is I'm tired of everybody around me making all the decisions." Roman said.

"Well, you chose 'No Knees Denise' so can you blame us?" Rae asked.

Roman glared at her. "This time, I lead. Seriously. If I don't start making decisions, I'm out."

"All right, Roman." Dom replied. "What do you got?"

"I mean, I wasn't trying to get into the whole leadership thing like now, you know what I'm saying?" Roman responded. "I'm just talking about, like, at some point." Roman answered. "Like, you know, when we- whatever. I mean, I think- Let's hit it from here."

"I don't think that that's-" Sheppard started.

"No, no, no don't think." Roman stopped him. "That's my job. Shh, shh."

"Okay." Sheppard replied. "It is impossible to hit it there. That is literally the most secure spot on the mountain. Why? Becuase you cannot physically access it."

"That's all the better." Rae responded, looking down at the map.

"Thank you, Rae. See, that's what makes it so sweet." Roman told Sheppard. "Becuase it's the place they least expect us to hit them from."

"As much as I hate to admit it, he is onto something there." Brian said.

"He's right." Regan signed.

"What do you think Dom?" Bri asked.

"Here?" Dom asked.

"Yeah." Roman answered.

"I think we got a plan." Dom said.

"Completely wrong thinking and I like it." Mr. Nobody replied.

"You see? I'm good at this." Roman said.

"Okay, cowboy, don't get ahead of yourself." Rae replied.

"Good. Okay." Sheppard said. "How do you plan on getting on that road?"

"Well...Tej." Roman said.

"I think I may actually have a plan for that." Tej replied.

"What?" Rome asked Sheppard. "I delegated. That's what good leaders do. Leader."

"You know, when I was reading your files, I was impressed with what you've accomplished with your team, but meeting them now, I gotta say, Dom, you've truly got a gift." Mr. Nobody told Dom. "Consider my workshop your new playhouse. I think you'll find our cars extremely appealing. And your team is now complete."

They all looked over to see Letty. Dom made his way over to her, leaving the rest of them.

"Brian!" Dom called as he and Letty walked over. "We're gonna need long travel suspension, limited slip differentials on all of them." Brian hugged Letty as he got his orders.

"Tej, I want the demon love child between that," He pointed at a car, "and that." He pointed to another. Regan moved over to Letty.

"That's a lot of armor. It's gonna have more weight, slow you down." Tej replied.

Dom turned around. "This time it ain't just about being fast."

They all smiled.

Hey, Rome, you're freaking out aren't you? Tej asked on the ratios.

No. Roman answered.

Yeah, you are.

I said no. Rome defended.

Listen, man, it take a grown man to embrace his feelings. Tej said.

Fucking hypocrite. Regan thought.

If you need to cry, just go ahead and cry. As your friend, you know I'm concerned about your well-being, which is why I took the precaution of putting some adult diapers in your glove compartment.

Yo, can you just chill out, man? Roman replied.

I've seen some crazy shit, Dom, but this could really make some waves so let's just try to keep this as lowkey as possible, huh? Mr. Nobody asked.

Don't I always? Dom replied.

I'll tell you what. You knock it down a couple notches this time and I'll swap out my Belgian for a keg of Corona.

You'd be doing yourself a favor there.

Can somebody just walk me through what we supposed to be doing? Roman asked.

Come on, Rome, this was your plan. You gotta embrace it. Bri replied.

"Don't forget about those diapers." Rae reminded him.

No, this was no my plan. This was the plan of that little boyfriend of yours, Rae.

Regan seized up.

It's go time. Brian announced. Rae felt her shoulders drop.

The hatch opened.

Roman, you need some fresh air? 'Cause you about to get a whole lot of it. Tej said.

Okay, here we go. Dom announced.

You good, Rae? Brian asked.

"Sure." She answered. "You can say that I guess."

Need a diaper? Roman asked.

"Fuck off." She answered.

Dom backed out of the plane first, followed by Brian.

Rae backed out next.