"thank god! finally some equipment i can work with, this is way better than that trash in Rio" tej exclaimedd happily with his arms raised as he entered the area, roman following close behind

"what up!" roman greeted the team who was scattered around the room, gisele, brian and sage inspected the various weapons that were layed out for them "way better"

the elevator doors opened, hobbs and who the team would later learn as riley join them and everyone seemed to take notice minus roman

"has anybody heard from leo or santos?" the blonde questioned glancing at the members of his team in question "yeah, last time anyone saw them, they were hitting up the casinos in Monte Carlo"

"i thought that was our last job brian, and who's paying for all this equipment? the taxpayers?" roman spoke suspiciously whilst dramatically waving his arms around "so now we work for the hulk? that's what we doing? why do I smell baby oil?"

"you keep runnin' your piehole, you're gonna smell an ass kicking" hobbs's voice startled roman when it spoke out of nowhere, the man now sealing his lips and not saying another word

"all right, hobbs you got the best crew in the world standing right infront of you. give 'em a reason to stay" the older toretto said as he walked away from the big city windows where he'd been stood since they had arrived

"our target's Owen Shaw, former major in the SAS spec-ops soldiers, he ran UK's mobility division in Kabul and Basra" the introduction made the team gather around the table, tej being the one to make a comment "ah damn, that mobility unit is the truth we're talking about vehicular warfare best in the world"

and roman, being roman not paying full attention he stepped towards han, asking for food making han flip over his chip packet to indicate that he didn't have any

"for years they've been doing jobs in europe but their recent most job has graduated them to a whole new level, three targets highly specific - the program terminal form an ICBM missile" as hobbs continued listing, roman wasn't giving up on his search for food instead this time he asked tej "hey, you got some change?"

"seriously? you're a millionaire and you still trying to ask for money?" destipe his rant, tej pulled out a few quarters and dropped them in roman's open hand "that's how you stay a millionaire" by now, everyone in the room was silent and waiting for the two men to finish their quarrel

"so what does this all mean? sage questioned glancing up from the papers in her hand "well our best guess is that shaw's crew is building a nightshade device"

"which is?"

"a tech bomb" riley now joini the conversation started to explain, "designed to block and entire military communication grid for twenty four hours"

"if you blind a soldier for a single second in the middle of a fight, he dies, if you bling a country for twenty four hours, the loss of life is unthinkable. this could be worth billions to the right buyer" the agent concluded as the team processed all the information they'd just received

"billions?" tej repeated, "why don't we just steal that shit?" sage scoffed silently and playfully, it was like every person in the room wasn't already a millionaire

"hey man, which one of these things is a dollar?" roman's words easing the seriousness in the room, it being replaced with clear disappointment and embarrassment "it says something about-"

hobbs pulling out his gun and shooting the vending machine into despair was something that caught everyone off guard, but roman being the one to flinch as different types of snacks flew towards him "it's on the house"

"i want you to help me catch shaw, he's only got one piece left that he needs and i intent to stop him before he gets it. now i know you guys are a family so i'm offering you a chance right now to make that family whole again" once hobbs mentioned family he threw the surveillance photo of letty on the table, everyone exchanging glances

"you wanna make this family whole again?" brian being the one to speak for the team and proposing a deal "get us to letty, we'll get you shaw, full pardons all the way around"

the team agreeing with brian by demonstrating their silence and all look at hoobs "i can't promise you that"

"yes you can" sage stepped forward, making certain members of the team glance at her and dom joining her side shortly after "that's the deal. take it or leave it" the toretto concluded vaguely

"you get me shaw and i'll get your pardons" the deal was sealed and there was no going back now

"you heard him, but this is different we're not dealing with cops, we're not dealing with drug dealers, this is a whole different level" brian spoke turning to his team, his voice laced with seriousness

"we're getting paid, right?"

the team was preparing to leave, well all but sage whom stood near the big city windows watching the sunset that was almost over

dom scanned the room for his girlfriend and soon he saw her standing in the distance, her nails digging into her arm as a sign of her nervousness climbing

"you okay?" dom asked when he walked up to her, sage softly turned around and nodded, about to walk away and to her car but was stopped by dom who gently grabbed her arm, keeping her in place

"i know when somethings bothering you, so what's on your mind?" the statement made the woman sigh and take a few steps back until she was in her original position by the window

"i shouldn't have come" the words made dom furrow his eyebrows in confusion but he let sage continue "i was basically the one who caused her death and now being here... what happens if she's alive dom? what if she remembers that i was there that night– what if she doesn't forgive me for what i did? i can't look at you, her, brian or anyone on the team in the eye if she thinks i'm the enemy"

"hey, we're going to work it out, everything's going to be okay, trust me"

"everyone's putting their lives at risk for letty because they've known her for years now, you guys are a family and i don't want to ruin that" sage continued frantically until dom placed both of his hands on either of the woman's cheeks and made her look at him

"you are part of the family, you being here means as much to me as it does to letty, she just doesn't know that yet" the toretto reassured making sage exhale deeply

"god i feel like a teenager whose overthinking about the stupidest thing" sage chuckled dryly and shook her head whilst still in dom's hold

"i love you" the two rested their foreheads together, sage smiling at the toretto's words

"i love you too" sage pecked dom's lips, afterwards he slid his hands off of her face – hobbs calling for the toretto made him leave the woman at her stand by the window and pace towards the agent

sage looked out of the window once again, running her hands over her face and hair, muttering "what am i going to do" before walking away from the windows and towards her own vehicle and the team

the worst author finally speaks!

hi everyoneeeeee i'm finally back!
i apologize for taking this long to make progress with this story.
i'm not gonna make any excuses because i truly just didn't have any motivation to write at all.

and now everything that i write feels and sounds cringey when i read it, especially this chapter's last part.

i just don't want it to sound that sage doesn't wanna be there or that she feels like she's saving a pointless stranger because that's not how she feels. she also just doesn't want to voice her concerns about her and dom's relationship out of respect for the current situation.

also feel free to comment or dm me some ideas for this story and if i like them and use them i'll give credit to the original owner!

but anyway, we hit 100K reads on this book! thank you guys so fucking much for supporting me and this story!
i promise that i'll follow the best storyline i have in order for you guys to enjoy it. and again i'm sorry if this chapter is crappy, i'm still getting back into writing <3

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