FEBRUARY 2016
Dom had ordered his family to head to the Dominican Republic for shelter. Reluctantly, Valentina did as told and headed to a close friend of Dom, Mando, for help.
She paced back and forward in Mando's garage where Brian had built a surveillance hub. She tried calling Han and Gisele's phone but nothing, it would send her straight to voicemail. She started growing worried as neither one of them would answer.
An idea came to mind so she quickly walked over to the laptop Brian was using. Valentina pulled up her email and searched for the email that Gisele had sent her a few weeks prior. She took the number that Gisele had sent her in case they couldn't be reached.
"Whose number is that?" Brian asked as he saw his wife dial the number into her phone.
"A friend of Han's." She simply said before bringing the phone up to her ear.
After a few seconds of ringing someone came to the phone.
"Hello." Valentina said as she saw the line connect. "Is this Twinkie?" She asked as she brought her fingers up to bite her fingernails.
"Yes, this is him? You must be Valentina?" Twinkie said getting Valentina to furrow her eyebrows.
"Yes, how did you know?" Valentina asked.
"Well, Gisele told me in case something happened you would call. Plus, you're the only American number that has called me in a long time." He added getting Valentina to nod.
"Listen, I've been trying to reach Han and Gisele but neither one of them is answering." She said as she pushed some hair behind her ear.
"Yeah, there's bad news." Twinkie said getting Valentina to close her eyes preparing herself to receive the news. "They were in an accident. Han didn't make it, and Gisele is currently in a hospital." He said getting a small tear to form within Valentina's eyes.
Valentina opened her eyes and saw Mia making her way into the garage with a phone in hand. Valentina knew it had to be Dom who wanted to speak with her.
"Hey listen Twinkie. Look out for Gisele for me, make sure nothing happens to her please." She said into the phone.
"Sure thing." Twinkie said before Valentina hung up the phone and walked closer to Mia.
"Dom wants to speak with you." Mia said handing Valentina the phone.
"Dom!" Valentina asked into the phone as she saw Mia walk out.
"Yeah, Val, it's me." Dom said as Valentina put the phone on speaker. "Did you get in contact with Han or Gisele?" He asked from the other side of the phone.
"I called a friend of theirs. There's bad news Dom." Valentina said with a sigh as Brian placed supporting kisses on her shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Yeah, I heard." Dom said getting Brian to move closer to the phone. "I did some searching and found who's behind all of this." He added as Brian nodded.
"Yeah so did I. Deckard Shaw." Brian said getting Valentina to furrow her eyebrows.
"As in, Owen Shaw?" She asked as Brian simply nodded, and Dom responded with a 'yeah.'
"Yeah it's his older brother. Looks like the sins of London have followed us home." Dom said getting Valentina to sigh. "I'll see y'all in LA in two days." He said getting Valentina and Brian to furrow their eyebrows.
"Where are you going?" Brian asked as they both stood up.
"Tokyo. I'm bringing them home." Dom said getting Valentina to nod.
"I'm coming with you." Valentina said determined to do so.
Valentina walked into the hospital that Gisele was being attended in, with Dom following behind. She walked up to the registration office and cleared her throat.
"Hello ma'am. How can I assist you?" The nurse asked in Japanese getting Valentina to curse within her head.
"Valentina." A voice called out from behind them getting Dom and Valentina to quickly turn around.
A teenage boy walked up to them with his beanie in hand. He quickly walked over to the registration lady and told her it was okay that they were with him.
"I'm Twinkie, Han's friend." He said as he extended his hand out to Valentina.
"Valentina." She said as they shook hands. "And this is..." Valentina said before stopping for a moment.
She didn't know how to introduce Dom to others. She wasn't sure whether to call him brother, best friend, or brother-in-law.
"Dom, her older brother." Dom finished for her as he extended his hand out to shake Twinkie's hand.
"Twinkie." He said as he shook Dom's hand.
"She's over here." Twinkie said before he led them to the room Gisele was being kept in. "I'll give you guys a minute." He said before sending them a smile and walking away.
Valentina reached for the door handle and opened it. She stepped in carefully to not make any noise with Dom following closely behind. They walked up to the bed and came upon Gisele in a sleep like state. She had some lacerations on her arms. Her face had some injuries that were made from the glass. Before Valentina could even take a seat Gisele came awake.
"Val." Gisele said gaining Valentina's attention.
"Shh, it's okay. We're here now." Valentina said as she saw Gisele's eyes water up.
"They won't let me see him." Gisele said as tears consumed her eyes. "I need to see him." She added getting Valentina to sigh and reach for Gisele's hand.
"Gisele..." Valentina said trying to avoid her watery eyes.
"Val, take me to him. I need to know that he is okay." Gisele said as Valentina shook her head slowly.
Before Valentina could say a thing she heard commotion outside. She let go of Gisele's hand and reached for a weapon that was located on her belt line on her back.
Dom moved over to the door and peaked through the blinds on the door. He saw how the security guards were all heading towards the commotion that was happening near the elevator.
He was about to open the door when Twinkie quickly stepped into the room in a panic.
"We need to get out of here." He said as he tried to catch his breath.
"Twinkie, just breath, okay. What's going on?" Valentina asked as she brought her gun down to her side.
"Some guy walked into the building with grenades. He's killing anyone who gets in his way." Twinkie said as he looked between Dom and Valentina.
"Deckard Shaw." Both Dom and Valentina said before they moved to where Gisele was.
"We need to get her out of here." Valentina said as her eyes landed on Gisele who was in and out due to her concussion.
"We'll use the backdoors." Dom said as he helped Valentina bring Gisele onto a wheel chair.
Valentina took a hold of the IV bag and hung it on the rack located on the wheelchair. She unplugged the cords Gisele was hooked up to. The monitors quickly signaled a flatline as Valentina tossed the cords onto the bed.
"Twinkie, I'm going to need you to get Gisele out of here. There's going to be a car waiting for you through the back doors." Valentina said as they made their way out of the room.
"What about you guys?" Twinkie asked as he looked between Dom and Valentina.
"We're going to be right behind you." Dom said as they started running down the hallways towards the backdoors.
"Dom got with them, I'll hold him off." Valentina said as she stayed a bit behind.
Dom had no say in the case because before he could even utter a word he saw Valentina disappear. He groaned in frustration before running behind Twinkie to get Gisele out of there.
Valentina ran back to where the registration desk was located. The lights went out for a second making her press her back against the wall. The lights soon came one as she neared the corner to the registration desk.
"Well if it isn't the little orphan who never met her parents." Valentina heard a voice say as she tried to shield behind the wall. "You can come out. I won't bite." The man said as he sat at the registrations desk with a scared nurse in his grip.
Valentina slowly came out with her gun aimed at him. He held a dark emotionless look on his face as he observed Valentina come out from hiding. He clicked his tongue and shook his head before bringing up a blade to the woman's throat.
"You lower that gun, or she's dead." Deckard said as he held the sharp blade to the woman's throat.
Valentina hesitated for a moment before lifting her gun up in surrender. Deckard chuckled and released the grip he had on the lady.
"Good, girl. Now I want you to send your brother a message." Deckard said as he stood up from the seat.
"Wasn't you killing my friend and putting the other in a hospital enough of a message for you." Valentina said as she looked at Deckard with a cold glare.
"That message was for you." Deckard said as he played with the blade in his hand. "You and your sister are the reason my brother is fighting for his life." He said as he walked around the desk holding on to the nurse's arm.
"But your brother." He said shaking his head with a teasing smile. "Your brother was the one that threw him off that plane." He added taking steps towards Valentina.
"Your brother hurt many innocent people." Valentina said as she shook her head as Deckard took slow steps towards her.
"You tell your brother that I am going after everything he loves, one by one. And then I am going after him." Deckard said before tossing the nurse onto Valentina.
He soon threw a grenade in the middle of the room as he escaped through the empty hallways. Valentina quickly pushed the nurse behind a desk. Before she could even take cover herself she felt herself get thrown into a hard wall. She fell to the floor with a groan as her ears started ringing from the sudden sound. Valentina coughed as she struggled to stand up. She took a hold of the desk in front of her for support, yet she was too weak to stand.
A pair of strong arms took a hold of her and helped her up. Valentina couldn't piece together what was happening. Dom helped her out of the smoking building as Valentina remained in a confused state of mind.
Deckard had declared open war to the Toretto's. He was going to start hunting them one by one, until Dom was the last one standing. He had started his journey with Han, and nobody had a clue on who could be next.