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Chapter Ten: Quarter Mile

Heading straight back to the house, the ride was for the most part spent in silence. There was some moaning from Letty, whom Sara was sure had at least one cracked rib, and a couple of questions from Leon about what had gone down when they were helping Vince. But even that stopped when they realized they were getting no responses.

When they arrived, Dom, Mia, and Sara got out of the car. Dom turned back to Leon and told him to get both himself and Letty out of town as far and fast as possible and to get Letty help when they thought it safe enough. Leon looked like he wanted to keep asking questions but after seeing Dom's face nodded and took off.

Watching the car drive off was a bittersweet moment in Sara's mind. She knew the next few minutes would dictate how her future played out. As the trio walked into the house, Mia grabbed a first aid kit and made Sara sit at the table. While cleaning Sara's cut Mia broke the silence. "So what's the plan Dom?"
Glancing at her, Dom decided that whatever the plan was it couldn't involve Mia. She was innocent in all of this. She could still make a good life for herself. Instead of answering her he turned to look at Sara. "First I want to know what you know. Who the hell are you!"

Sara couldn't stop the flinch that happened when Dom's voice rose. She realized it was time to come clean. Taking a deep breath, she started to explain. "My name...my name is Sara Trenton. I was an officer for the LAPD and a little over 4 months ago I was given an undercover assignment to try to bring a stop to the hijackings..."

Dom's anger got the better of him, he punched the closest wall causing both girls to jump. Turning back he pointed at Sara taking a couple of steps closer. "So you lied to me! You lied! What was your plan, huh? Get close to me and my family and when I let my guard down arrest me?"

"Originally? Yes. That was the plan. But thing's changed Dom." She turned in her seat to face him fully so he could see the sincerity in her eyes. "I swear to you, on my father's grave, that I didn't lie to you. Everything about my past was true. My dad, juvie, everything! I just tweaked it a bit to include Brian." Tears began to well up in her eyes without her permission. Dammit, she didn't want to cry. "I turned in my badge the moment I realized I was developing feelings for you. I've done undercover work before. I have never had an issue bringing in a suspect. Never! But this job...This job has reminded me of who I used to be. All the bits and pieces that I have worked very hard at suppressing over the years came front and center whenever I was around you. I knew there was no way I'd be able to turn you in when the time came so I quit. I quit the force for you Dom! I'm no more a cop now than you are."

Dom wanted to stay mad. Wanted to hate her with every fiber of his being, but he couldn't. He just...couldn't. That just left one part unresolved... "And Brian?"

"Still a cop."

The whole time they had talked Mia had stayed silent but jumped in to help Sara out when Dom looked unsure. "She's telling the truth Dom. Brian told me the same thing when we were looking for you."

Taking a moment to collect himself he replied. "Okay. I believe you. I'm pissed as hell, and I don't know if I can forgive you, but I believe you."

Sara sighed in relief. It was more than she could have hoped for. Nodding her thanks to Mia she looked to Dom. "So what is the plan?"

"We have to find Jesse, first and foremost, before Tran and his gang does. After that I don't know."

Sara nodded. Standing up she addressed Dom. "Okay. I know your trust in me is broken, but I want to help anyway I can."

The plan, tentative as it was, was set. Dom went outside to get the Charger from the garage. They'd left their other vehicles at the refinery and Leon had their only working Honda. He didn't want to drive it but knew they needed a vehicle if they were going to have any chance of finding Jesse. He grabbed the shotgun from the wall in the garage as well. Better to have some protection when dealing with the Tran clan.

While Dom was doing that, Sara had run upstairs to get her bag. In the beat up backpack she had cash, passports, burn phones...she even pulled out a 9mm from a side pocket. Hey, just because she quit being a cop didn't mean she stopped being prepared. After checking the chamber and priming it she stuck the gun into the back of her jeans. She also grabbed some of the cash to put in her pocket as well. You never knew when you'd have to take off with just what you had on you. Hearing raised voices outside she threw her bag over her shoulder and ran down the stairs. Once outside she took in the scene before her. The Supra was blocking the driveway and Dom and Brian were in what could only be described as a standoff. Sara had come out just in time to hear Brian ask where Leon and Letty were.

"They're long gone!"

"Then it's over. I didn't call the police, but don't push me! Put the gun down. I swear to God!" Seeing Brian with his gun aimed at Dom, Sara brought her own out.

"Put your gun down Brian!" Sara didn't want to have to hurt Brian but if he took a shot at Dom, she'd take a shot at him. After everything they'd been through it was hard for her to reconcile with the idea that they were now on opposite sides of the law. "I mean it Brian. I will shoot you."

Brian on the other hand was shocked to see Sara point her gun at him. He wasn't exactly sure if she'd actually shoot him or not, but he really didn't want to put it to the test.

Dom however, was both surprised and relieved that Sara had her gun pointed at Brian and not him. Turning back to Brian he yelled, "Didn't call the cops? You are the cops! You're a cop!" They didn't have time for this. Every second they spent arguing was another chance for Johnny to find Jesse first. "Brian, I got to find Jesse before they do. I'm all the kid's got."

"I'll call in the plates. PD will pick him up way before Johnny even gets near him."

Dom took a step forward. "Move your car."

Mia ran out onto the porch, "Dom, stop it! It's over. Please."

It was Sara that yelled at Mia. "Mia, stay out of it!"

Any responses were delayed when the Jetta pulled up outside the house. Jesse had made it back home. Sara brought her gun down and saw Dom toss his shotgun onto the lawn. They didn't want to cause the kid any alarm by letting him know something was wrong. Jesse hadn't noticed though because he was busy rambling.

"Dominic, I am so sorry. I don't know what I'm doing, Dom. I'm so scared right now. I don't know what's going on."

Dom started walking towards Jesse. "What were you thinking, man?"

Jesse, who had stopped on the sidewalk apologized to Dom and kept repeating how scared he was. Dom was about to reassure Jesse that everything would be fine when the familiar sounds of motorcycles came to them. That was all the warning they had before the bullets started flying.

Sara jumped on top of Mia, covering her with her own body, while Mia crouched down screaming. Hearing Dom yell out Jesse's name Sara looked behind her to see Dom running towards Jesse, who stood paralyzed with fear. Bullets ripped through Jesse's torso, blood spraying everywhere. Mia must have seen the same because as soon as the firefight stopped she took off towards Jesse. Sara ran to the road gun drawn, and along side Brian fired off as many shots as she could before the bike were out of range.

Hearing the Toretto siblings yelling Jesse's name, Sara turned and saw Dom cradling Jesse's body. He was dead. Grabbing onto Brian she led him to the Supra, shoving him to the driver's side. Jumping in, they took off with barely a second thought. Jesse had just been a kid. He was an innocent kid. Why shoot him? Why kill him? Neither of the two were thinking with clear heads, they just knew that they had to end this before someone else got hurt.

The chase was quick. Going at speeds in excess of a hundred they caught up to the bikes in no time. The Tran boys fired behind them blindly with their automatics causing damage on either side of the road but thankfully very few bullets actually hit the car. Brain focused on driving while Sara took a few shots whenever possible. It was proving difficult to get a good shot though with the constant up and down of the road they were on.

Suddenly, Lance veered to the right and with some quick maneuvering was behind them. Shots now came from every direction. Turning in her seat, she leaned out to take a shot but instead had looked back just in time to see a familiar black Charger come out of nowhere and take Lance out. Finally getting to a flat stretch of land Sara and Brian both took aim at the one remaining bike. Most shots missed, but one shot was lucky and hit him in the side. Loosing control of the bike, Johnny hit the ground, sliding with the bike for over forty feet before coming to an abrupt stop by a wall.

Coming to a stop less than ten feet from him Brian ran up to Johnny, gun out, to check on him. He was alive, but barely. He'd need to get to a hospital soon if he was going to survive. Brian looked up to where they had just come from and saw Dom in the black Charger turn and take off. Turning to a random pedestrian he yelled at them to call 911 before sprinting back to the car.

Sara hung on tightly as Brian stepped on the gas once again to try and catch up to Dom. After a quick chase around some back roads, they were both surprised when they turned the corner by a shipping depot and saw Dom parked at a stoplight. Pulling up along side they waited to see what he was going to do.

Dom had decided he was done with running. Jesse was dead, Vince could be too for all he knew. Leon and Letty were now who knows where. The only family he had left was Mia. Looking to his left he corrected himself. He had Sara too. He really couldn't question her loyalty anymore. She had after all just chased down Tran to avenge Jesse not to mention she was ready to shoot what had once been her partner for him. Her partner... he was still unsure about O'Connor. He looked over to the duo. "I used to drag here back in high school. That railroad crossing up there is exactly a quarter mile away from here." He put the car into gear. "On green, I'm going for it."

Brian answered the challenge by revving his own engine. Sara looked over at Brian. "Please don't do this Brian. Let it go."

He never answered her though. The light turned green and both driver's stepped on the gas. The Charger using so much torque the front end literally lifted off the ground. It was neck and neck the whole way. Sara had to admire the Charger though, Brian had already had to push the NOS twice to keep up.

It was when she noticed the oncoming train that had Sara got worried. "Brian. Brian! There's a train! TRAIN!" She closed her eyes, ducked her head, a prayed to whatever god might be out there that they'd survive this. Feeling the car hit the ground and hearing the train pass, she opened her eyes. They had made it. Looking over to her right she stared at Dom who stared back and started to laugh. The laugh was cut short though when a everyone noticed a semi that started to pull out.

Dom hitting the front end was inevitable. He was too close to the truck to miss it. The Charger flew through the air managing a couple of flips before miraculously land right side up. Sara didn't wait for the car to come to a complete stop before running to the wreck. She yelled out. "Dom!" She heard Brian behind her yelling the same.

Coming up to the driver's side of the Charger she couldn't help the sob of relief seeing Dom awake sitting there. It was obvious that he was hurt, but he was alive and that was what mattered. "Jesus Dom!"

Looking over at her he said, "That's not what I had in mind." Sara breathed out a laugh and leaning through the window grabbed his head and kissed him. Only stopping when he grunted in pain.

Brian came up along side Sara and after testing out the door, helped Dom crawl out through the broken window. Sara was pretty sure that Dom had dislocated his shoulder but otherwise had somehow managed to come out of the accident with only a few cuts and bruises. The sound of sirens in the distance broke Dom and Brian from their staring contest. Without a second thought Brian handed Dom the keys to the Supra.

Sara smiled at Brian. "You know what you're doing?"

Brian nodded while staring at Dom. "I owe you a 10-second car."

Grabbing the keys, Dom just stared at Brian. Why was he doing this? Wasn't his job to take him in? He turned and started to walk...well, hobble, to the Supra.

Sara however, grabbed Brian in a bear hug, "You know you'll be stripped of your badge for this right?"

Holding onto her just as tight he responded. "Some things are more important than a job." Releasing her from the hug he gave her a small shove back towards the car where Dom was standing there waiting. While walking she turned backwards to address Brian. "In my room at the apartment there's cash and an untraceable phone in the top drawer of my dresser. If you make it as far as Miami, look up a man named Tej Parker. Tell him I sent you, he'll help you out."

Sara got into the passenger seat and Brian watched as the two drove off. The sirens got closer. He turned and started to make his way back to the apartment. Miami huh...

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Two weeks later...

They'd long since ditched the Supra, it was way to obvious of a car. Instead they were driving across the deserts of Mexico in a beat up Chevy Chevelle, headed to the Dominican Republic. Dom had friends that lived there and, after calling them, knew they'd be able to stay there with no fuss. Dom looked over to where Sara was curled up asleep in the passenger seat and thought about the the last couple of weeks.

The first few nights on the road had been tense. They'd both been injured, mentally and physically. But after many arguments and many more heart to hearts he thought that they were stronger than ever. Everything had been left out in the open. Dom still had some issues with trusting her. She had lied to him for most of their relationship after all, but now he knew who Sara Trenton was. Although they were similar, Sara Trenton and Sara Spilner, they were not the same and he found he liked Sara Trenton better. She was much more carefree and open with her past and her feelings than Sara Spilner had ever been.

Smiling he remembered back to the very first serious conversation they'd had over his dad's old car. It was only a couple of months ago but seemed like years. He'd told her he was free when he raced, but maybe, he was free when he was with her too...

I live my life a quarter mile at a time.
Nothing else matters.
For those 10 seconds or less...
...I'm free.

Authors Area:

That's it. The end. I'm so sad to see this come to an end! Honest, I wanted to shed a tear.

But Don't PANIC! I am going to definitely continue on with the rest of the movies with the exception to 2F2F and Tokyo Drift. I did make reference to 2F2F though. Did anyone catch it?

I hope you've all enjoyed my first Fast and Furious fanfic. I wanted to stay as true to the movie as possible and I think I did a pretty good job. The response

I received for this story were crazy! I love each and every one of my favoriters(?), followers, and reviewers. You guys are awesome and I hope you'll read my other stories when they come out.

Keep an eye out for the sequel!

Until Next Story,
Ramzgurl