1st April- Mexico city, Mexico
Police Station
Hobb’s POV
“Okay Jedd run us through what happens again.” I asked as I paced in front of him. The young man sighed and leant back in his chair.
“Okay, Carlos hires us to go to the drug houses and collect every couple of weeks. We then meet these two guys at a meeting place and hand over the drugs, then everything begins again. Thing is every drug house is only used five times before he gets rid of it completely.”
“Get rid of it?” I asked wanting him to clarify what exactly he meant. I had a signed statement from him already but I was a day away from sending Toretto and his team in and I wanted to make sure I had all the facts.
“Yeah. We usually get a phone call from these guys, sometimes even Carlos himself, telling us we need to pick the drugs up, dispose of everyone in the house and get out of there. Simple.” He spoke with a sigh.
“You’re young to be hired gun.” I spoke and he shrugged.
“I’m just a newbie, these guys we meet, they’re the professionals.”
“So when you say dispose of, you mean…?” My second in command asked.
“There’s only ever supposed to be five people max in a drug house on the final visit. They never ask questions, they just do as they’re told expecting to be paid.”
“But they’re executed instead?” I asked and he nodded.
“Single shot to the head. It’s orders.” He spoke looking up at me evenly.
“So when’s the next pick up?” I asked.
"I don’t know.”
“Okay, where is this place you meet these two guys?” Todd asked and I raised an eyebrow as he squirmed in his seat.
“Well?” I prodded.
“Got a map?” He relented.
2nd April- Mexico city, Mexico
Police Station
Hobb’s POV
“There’s been another one.” I looked up from my desk as my second in command, Todd, came through my door.
“Great. Where?” I asked as I pushed myself back and stood up.
“An old garage about a mile from away from the border. That’s all I know, Toretto and his team are at the scene and called in. We’ll know more details once we get there, can’t risk anything more going across the radio.” He spoke up. I reached for my gun, glancing up in interest as I heard the word border.
“As in the States border?” I asked to clarify.
“Yeah.” Todd spoke shortly.
“Show me.” I ordered as I followed him out of the office.
“How many this time?” I asked as we walked out of the building.
“Didn’t say, but I have the feeling there was more than just one.” He spoke as we jumped in the car and sped off.
2nd April- Mexico city, Mexico
Abandoned garage
“Toretto.” I yelled, gaining the bigger man’s attention as we pulled up.
“Hobbs.” I nodded to the rest of their team, my eyes lingering on Lotty for just a second too long.
“Details.” I ordered.
“Four. Three male and a female. All with a single gunshot wound to the head.” Gisele explained.
“Execution style.” Toretto spoke up and I nodded in agreement.
“Your forensic team is working inside now.” Han pointed out and I nodded once more.
“So what happened?” Todd asked as we moved further down from the scene.
“Tej and I were on surveillance, keeping an eye on the two targets. Out of the blue they received a phone call, it was from Carlos.” Roman spoke nodding to Tej who was on his laptop.
“What did he say?” Todd asked.
“It was mostly all in code, but we got the gist of it. Here we’ll play it back.” Tej spoke.
“Yes?”
“The car is ready. Pick it up, deliver our payment and then head for the hills. I will meet you on the other side.”
“The second voice was definitely Carlos.” I agreed.
“Car is ready?”
“Well the garage of course. That’s where they headed immediately after the phone call. We called in the others as we followed them.” Roman spoke and I nodded.
“Pick it up, well that’s the drugs.” Brian pointed out.
“Deliver our payment.” Todd spoke in scoff.
“Yeah I think we get the idea with that one.” Han commented.
“We’d all barely just gotten here, we were deciding on a plan. We were going to surround the building, take them by surprise but it all happened so quickly.” Toretto muttered.
“What did?” I asked.
“The gun shots. From the time they walked in to the time they walked out five minute had passed.”
“That quickly?” Todd asked doubtfully.
“That quickly.” Gisele mocked back. I had to fight hard not to smile at his displeased look, my lips only twitching in response. I looked up feeling someone’s eyes on me, Lotty was staring straight at me. A ghost of a smile crossed her features for a brief second but then it was gone again, her hardened expression firmly set back into place.
“Okay what about the last bit?” I asked tearing my eyes away from her.
“Head for the hills? That could mean anything.” Todd spoke shaking his head in annoyance.
“Well think about it, how far are we away from the border? A mile or two?” O’Conner spoke and I nodded looking around at our surroundings.
“Surrounded by hills?” Toretto offered and I let out a short laugh.
“Awesome, they’ve crossed the border.”
“Don’t you get it Hobbs, Carlos was never in Mexico. He’s in the states.” Lotty spoke up angrily and I stared at her before looking at everyone else.
“They’re not stupid, it’s daylight. If they were to cross the border now, even on foot they wouldn’t make it far without being detected. They’ll wait for nightfall, which means they’ll be holed up somewhere nearby until then.” Gisele proposed.
“No they’ll be long gone by now. They wouldn’t stay here and risk the chance of getting caught.” Todd argued.
“And you know a lot about moving drugs do you?” She sassed back.
“She’s right. Which way did they head?” I asked as I looked to Gisele for answers.
“Down that way, we followed them but then they just disappeared. We don’t know how, the place is a dead end.” Han explained.
“Did you check the warehouses?” Todd muttered angrily.
“Nah we thought we’d leave that up to the professionals.” Roman spoke sarcastically. I rolled my eyes at the antics. Neither party was pleased to be working alongside one another.
“Okay enough. Han and Gisele you can lead the way.” I spoke turning on my heel as I crossed back to the car.
“This is crazy. You’re honestly going to go on some wild goose chase when they could already be over the border by now?” Todd questioned me angrily as we strode back to the truck.
“Look you might think these guys are just petty criminals and you know more than they do but you’re wrong. These guys have been in the game for way longer then you’ve been a cop. They know how things work, they’re experienced. I don’t agree with they’re actions but I understand why they’ve done it. It’s why I begged the government to grant them immunity in exchange for helping us. We won’t catch this guy without them. You have to trust them, I’ve learned to.” I explained finally fed up with his attitude.
“If that’s the case then why didn’t you ask them for help in Berlin?” He snapped back.
“Because I was like you, I thought I knew better. Turns out I didn’t because they all got away.” I answered before I climbed up into the truck slamming the door hard behind me.
I took a deep breath as I watched Todd walk around the car, muttering to himself. I glanced up, once again meeting Lotty’s questioning eyes.
‘ And I didn’t ask them for help because I didn’t know she was working with them.’ I thought silently to myself.