29th September- Berlin, Germany
Han and Gisele’s apartment
Dom’s POV
I looked down at my phone as Elena’s name flashed across my screen yet again. I tried not to sigh again as I let it ring out. Based on the amount of times she had rung, not only me but everyone else too, I knew she had discovered I wasn’t in Tenerife. Once my screen had faded to black once more I sighed again, rubbing my hands over my face. Ignoring her calls was childish and stupid, even I knew that, but I didn’t know what to tell her.
“Dude it’s Elena. Again.” Brian spoke in annoyance as he held up his phone.
“I know, just ignore it.” Hearing Mia’s huff, I mentally braced myself for the talk that I knew was coming.
“You need to talk to her. What if it’s something important, hmm? It could be something about Rosa or even Hobbs?”
“I’ll call her after we finish these jobs.” I gritted out tensely. Every reason Mia had listed to me I had already thought of but I still wasn’t about to answer the phone. I wasn’t ready for her reaction.
“That could take a while, especially since we haven’t heard a whisper since the last job.” Mia pointed out in a huff which ticked me off even more.
“Look with any luck it’ll only be another four weeks before we’re done for good. I’ll explain everything to Elena then. She doesn’t need to be caught up in this.”
“Okay Dominic.” Mia’s sarcastic response didn’t go unnoticed but I chose to ignore it
I had to hand it to Mia about one thing though, she was right about the jobs. They were starting to get further and further apart, not to mention harder to locate by changing routes and detouring out of town. Our seemingly ‘easy’ job wasn’t so easy anymore. I realised now why the other team was having trouble.
25th October- Berlin, Germany
Base warehouse
“We still have five more to go.” I said tiredly to Brian and Han as we sat outside the warehouse drinking.
“It’s been over two months since we started this, at this rate it’ll be another two more before we even finish. Lexie will be five months old by then, the time is going too quickly.” Brian voiced in disbelief. I had to agree with him. This job had taken longer then I expected, hell then any of us expected.
“I want them to go home Brian, back where they’re safe. We’re not going to be able to go back to the apartment much longer. The convoys are getting further and further away from here.”
“I agree with you brother.” He sighed into his hands, looking around the open space beyond the warehouse.
“Then send her home Brian. Convince her to leave with Lexie.” I pleaded.
“He’s right Brian, it’s getting too dangerous now. I spoke to Carlos last night he’s not exactly happy things are moving so slowly, something about the law putting the heat on him.” Han explpained.
“Any sign of Hobbs?” I asked but they both shook their heads.
“Nothing so far.” Han said and I nodded, relaxing slightly at the news.
25th October- Berlin, Germany
Other team’s safe house
General’s POV
Lia winced as Ana dabbed at her bruised and cut flesh.
“Sorry. I can’t believe he did this to you again.” Ana spoke softly as she finished cleaning the wounds on the other woman’s face.
“Yeah well… I can. He’s still pissed I’m not around much anymore.”
“I know it’s none of my business, and you know I wouldn’t usually pry but why haven’t you been around lately? I mean I know you disappear often but it’s been longer this time around. Is it something to do with that group you said you didn’t know?” Ana pried.
“Ana I…I can’t tell you it’s too dangerous, not just for me but for everyone involved. You’ve been a good friend Ana and when the time comes you’ll be the first to know everything. I promise.” Ana nodded but didn’t press the matter further, she knew her friend kept her word.
24th October- Washington, DC
Hobb’s Office
“Boss we’ve narrowed it down to this area of Berlin. We believe they may be stationed somewhere here. It’s all a low profile area, perfect for hiding.” Hobbs looked over the area of the map that his officer had pointed to. He was right, it was perfect for hiding and keeping a low profile.
“She has to be here somewhere. Letty Ortiz doesn’t just disappear off the face of the earth, not for a second time anyway. Her prints came up just months ago for fucks sake.”
“She could be using an alias.” Hobbs paused in thought. It was a possibility. A very big possibility, not to mention she was a very resourceful and smart woman. Hobbs stared at the picture on the screen. They had been circulating the photo around Germany hoping someone matching her description would pop up but so far there had been nothing. Just another dead end.
Scrutinizing the picture he noted her appearance hadn’t changed by much, she was older and maybe even a little thinner but nothing drastic. It told him she was somewhere isolated, with little to no chance of being recognized. If she was worried she would have completely changed her looks and that was far from the case.
“Get Officer Neves on the phone. I need to talk to her again.” Hobbs barked orders at one of his men.
25th October- Rio, Brazil
Police station
Elena’s POV
I was starting to get frustrated as I spent my days tracking down Leon but nothing turned up, it was like he’d fallen off the earth. There had been no information about him since LA and trying to find the whereabouts of Dom and the team so far had been just as useless. Keeping the information away from Hobbs had been harder than I had thought though. He was a master at seeing past any bullshit and he had almost called me out. Thank goodness for quick thinking.
“Hello?” I answered my phone as it rang.
“Officer Neves.”
“Agent Hobbs, what can I help you with?” I asked surprised, yet dreading the intention behind his phone call.
“I want you to check in on that woman, Rosa, Vincent’s window. See if anything’s changed.”
“Okay anything else?” I asked confused by his request yet at the same time it peaked my interest. He was on to something and all I could hope was that he would tell me more about it. Doubtful I knew, but I remained hopefull.
“Keep a close eye on her. I have little doubt she’s been in contact with Toretto recently, and if that’s the case then she may risk finding out that Ortiz is alive. That is if she doesn’t know already. For now Toretto can’t know she’s alive, I have bigger plans up my sleeve.” I paused as a shiver ran through me. It made me realise I had to find them all first before he had a chance to.
“No problem I’ll report back to you if I have any new information.”
“I’ve spoken to your supervisor; he knows you’ll be working on this case with me. He’ll clear anything you need him to but you report to me, and only me. Is that understood?”
“Yes, yes I understand. Thank you.” I hung up, sitting there stunned. A brief thought flickered into my mind and I wanted to slap myself for not having thought of it before now. It was a possibility that Dom did know about Letty being alive.
‘It could be the reason he’d not answering my calls.’ I thought silently.
“Berlin.” I spoke quietly to myself as I picked up the phone again, ringing to book the next flight to Berlin. Last I was aware Han and Gisele had a little apartment there all I needed was an address.
25th October- Berlin, Germany
Other Team’s safe house
General POV
“I’m fine; I just needed to make sure you were okay.” Lia spoke into the phone late that night after everyone was asleep.
“We’re fine, though maybe I should come back again to help you.”
“NO… I mean no. Please, I need you to do this for me, you’re my only chance. No one can know yet, it’s only if something happens to me.”
“Nothing is going to happen to you.” The female barked over the phone.
“You don’t know that. Please I need you to make the arrangements. If something happens to me… then… he needs to know.” Lia sighed rubbing her face.
“What about the other plans?”
“Scrap them, things have changed.”
“I don’t like this, but I’ll do it. Call me soon, okay? Keep me in the loop, until then I’ll get everything sorted for you. First sign of trouble you call me back in okay? And for god’s sake please be careful.”
“Thank you.” Lia whispered into the phone before hanging up.
‘It was finally sorted, after months it was finally sorted.’ She thought relieved.
“Lia why are you still up?” Ana asked sleepily, jolting Lia from her thoughts as she walked into the lounge.
“I needed to make some arrangements.”
“What arrangements?” She asked.
“Ana, will you come for a drive with me? I can tell you everything now but not here. It’s not safe.” Curious as to what could have changed in the space of a few hours she nodded and the two made their way noiselessly through the house and out to Lia’s car.
“So what’s wrong Lia?” Ana asked the older woman as they drove into the night.
“I’m not Lia, it’s just an alias. My name’s Letty, Letty Ortiz.”