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—I’m still assimilating it… —Roman began, sitting next to Lena.
The couple had left the second floor to meet with the group, and although they looked calmer, everyone could notice how the girl looked distant, serious and with a somewhat lost look, Han on the other hand, had a sad look, and his posture looked insecure.
They hadn’t make up much.
Lena was now sitting between Roman and Tej, ready to hear Han’s words, the explanation he owed to everyone. —How can you be alive? I mean… But tell us the part where… The car explodes and you… You know… The reason for Lena’s thousands of nightmares, and it turns out that you’re still alive, not…
—Roman.. —Tej scolded, Lena looked at Han with doubt.
Lena could still feel that memory so vivid in her mind, she could feel her hands on the asphalt while Sean’s arms tried to comfort her.
— We had plans, with Lena, we made plans, and although… I knew that Tokyo was not what she wanted, I could see that she was trying and giving it a chance… Although… I believed that… It wasn’t enough. —Han said, looking at the ground, talking about the younger as if she were not right there.
Lena frowned, looking at the ground as she heard those last words. It was not enough? Did he mean that he didn’t think she was okay in Tokyo?
— Until one day Mr. Nobody appeared at the door of our workshop. — Lena frowned, she had never seen the man enter that place. — He asked about Lena, I decided to tell him that she didn’t live there anymore, he was a strange man with a strange appearance, He didn’t seem very trustworthy to me… He told me that he knew she was there but decided not to argue and talk to me instead, came to offer her a job.
– A job? — Roman asked, looking at Lena before looking at Han. — Did you know him before?
— I met him in the same unpleasant way as you. — She said in a serious voice, looking at him with reluctance while she shrugged her shoulders.
— He trusted you, more than you think… — Han continued, making the duo look at him carefully. — The problem was that I didn’t trust him, in his intentions… So I told him that I would do the job for you, if he refused, it would confirm my suspicions that he was not someone to trust… But he didn’t , he did agree…
– What kind of job?
— I only knew that I had to steal a type of electronic from a couple of scientists, but as he always does, Mr. Nobody didn’t tell me everything… In fact, he omitted the most important part, twice… — He said, passing his gaze to Lena and then to the girl sitting next to him, he encouraged her to speak, making everyone look at the her attentively.
— I was eleven years old, my parents took me to the movies on Saturdays if I did well at school during the week, I was so excited to go that I forgot my coat… So I went back to the house… — Lena could feel a pain in her chest when she saw the younger start to cry, deducing what had happened. — I didn’t realize right away, by the time I looked out the window… They were dead.
Lena swallowed, looking down, Dom’s eyes focused on her, he knew that Lena could empathize with her, she had also lost both of her parents, and had witnessed both deaths, although it was a somewhat sensitive topic in the family, everyone had overcome that fact, in different ways, but the pain was no longer the same as it was at the beginning.
—Turns out I wasn’t the only one looking for that thing.
—Han saved my life, he couldn’t leave me behind, he knew they would always hunt me, so he taught me how to survive… We became family. — Everyone’s eyes left the youngest to go to Lena, who was looking at a fixed point on the wall behind the two Asians, everyone looked at each other and suddenly became silent.
— Alive and with a kid included, not even the resurrection of Christ was this dramatic. — Lena denied at Roman’s words, which he said to calm the atmosphere between all of them.
Sighing, Lena looked at the youngest with some doubt before swallowing. —Han have left many things behind… I’m glad you weren’t one of those. — The girl smiled at her, making Lena nod and smile too, looking at Han, who looked at her with some sadness in his eyes, Lena tilted her head. —Would they always hunt you? Why?
— Because she is the code. — Dom’s voice interrupted, making everyone look at him before seeing the youngest with open eyes.
— My parents didn’t want the Aries project to fall into the wrong hands and hid it in their own DNA, which I share with them.
—When Mr. Nobody came with the mission, I didn’t know it meant disappearing off the map after that, and when Decker Shaw showed up, we used it as an opportunity to make the death more believable. —This one said, lowering his gaze, not wanting to face Lena’s eyes.
—But you died, Han. — Roman assured, looking at him seriously.
Han shrugged, still not looking up. — Mr. Nobody knew how to make things look real.
Lena clenched her fists before swallowing and closing her eyes, opening them to look at the Asian. —Did all this happen before or after you exploded?
— Nobody came to the workshop the day we met Sean… — He explained, looking up, the question had been asked by Roman, but he was trying to explain it to Lena.
—You knew you had to die, and yet you didn’t dare to tell me anything? — She suddenly blurts out, wanting answers to their previous argument.
— I didn’t know, he told me about a job, I would do it a month after the day of the races, I didn’t know until the day before the incident, Mr. Nobody contacted me, I don’t even know how it all happened, I just know that from one moment to the next, my car collided with another to free you from Shaw’s blow and well I was… Watching everything from a window… — Lena nodded, leaning back in her seat while she looked to the ground.
Han sighed, knowing that the girl was going to need time to decide whether to forgive him or not, and he knew that if she decided not to, he was not going to put up with it.
He didn’t deserve a pardon anyway. — My death was the best way to survive… — Lena just looked up with annoyance, ready to speak the moment the alarm was heard.
Standing next to Roman, she watched as armed men began to appear at the scene, surrounding them all. — That’s it, there… If no one moves, everyone will live. — Lena looked to her side, noticing a short blonde approaching, her brow furrowed as she didn’t recognize him.
—Who is the dwarf? — Lena asked Roman next to her, he told her the name “Otto”, the one who was helping Jakob with his evil plan. The girl’s eyes caught Jakob coming out from where Dom had locked him up. — Jakob… — She murmured when the eldest passed by her, he stopped, looking at his sister.
Something in him felt a pain in his chest as he saw the woman she had become. When Jakob disappeared, Lena was nine years old, he had last seen her wearing little pink shoes and pigtails made from her long, dark hair.
Which was no longer there, her long wavy hair was now up to her shoulders or a little longer, the colorful Hello Kitty clothes she used to wear had now turned into leather, silk and denim in dark or neutral colors, her eyes that shone with joy every time he arrived at the workshop, now shone with sadness.
More like disappointment, but something inside him didn’t want to accept that his younger sister, the reason it had hurt so much to leave home, was disappointed in him. Not when she said he was her role model.
— I’m sorry… Len…— The older said, before standing in front of Dom with a proud smile. — I was the traitor agent… — Jakob said, looking at Lena from one moment to the next. —Why do you think Mr. Nobody came looking for Lena? Do you think he fell from the sky and landed in Tokyo and decided to look for the first person he found? — Jakob laughed funnyly.
— I ran missions with Mr. Nobody here for years… I looked for that code for years, Dom… And you just handed it to me.
Lena ran her hand slowly over Roman’s back, making him look at her strangely, however, she simply looked ahead, grateful to have Han in front of her so that he could cover her movements a little. —You come with a lot of people. — Dom said suddenly, making Jakob look at him with amusement. —Do you trust them?
— I trust this. — Lena sighed, Jakob had always been so ambitious, to the point that he was an idiot. He didn’t even know people before making plans with them, which is why he got into trouble several times when he was young. —Do you know what the only good thing about dad’s death is? — Lena tensed at that, looking at the older man with annoyed eyes. He spoke so lightly about that topic, as if it were nothing. —If he hadn’t died, I would continue under your shadow… And now you will spend the rest of yours living in mine.
Lena saw how Jakob looked proudly at the older man before passing by him, walking towards the steps that would take him out of the place, Lena felt how he stopped for a second when he was next to her before simply passing by and continuing on his way. — The only good thing about my father’s death is that he doesn’t have to see in what you have become. — Lena swallowed before looking at Dom with wide eyes upon hearing the following sentence: — You have never deserved to bear the last name Toretto.
Lena jumped a little when she saw Jakob returning to Dom quickly. —Do you think you knew him? Just because you’re his favorite? Please, you don’t know anything… Okay… Do you want the truth?
— Jakob… — Lena asked, she knew it, she knew the reason why her father had died, but she didn’t blame Jakob either because she knew that he didn’t know what would happen, although he was very knowledgeable in mechanics, he just followed their father’s orders.
—He died because he wanted to lose the race. — Jakob began, Lena just looked down, knowing that if she said she knew anything about it, Dom would be upset for life. —He had a lot of debts… But because of how he felt about you, he asked me for help… How was I supposed to know that the car would explode?
— A good son would have said no. And a real brother would have talked to me.
— I’m not a good son… He made me promise that neither you nor Mia would ever find out, and despite everything, I kept my promise.
Lena swallowed, watching Jakob start walking the way he had come back before walking past where Elle was standing. – She comes with me. — Jakob ordered, making the men move to the smallest area.
Lena saw how Han tried to stop that, also how a man approached him immediately, Lena, at that moment, removed her hand from Roman’s back, carrying with her the weapon that he always hid under his clothes, she is immediately aimed at the man who was approaching Han, Lena’s arm was on Han’s shoulder, grateful that their height difference was not much. — If I were you, I would lower that weapon. —Lena said, making everyone stop immediately.
Seeing Lena pointing at a man, who was also pointing at Han, only made them scared of what could happen, however, Lena wasn’t afraid, she knew that Jakob wouldn’t let them do that. —Otto, let’s go, we already have what we wanted. —Jakob’s eyes had seen the entire scene, seeing the way the girl had acted so quickly.
He always wondered why Mr. Nobody, of his three brothers, he looked for her, he could have looked for Dom, even Mia, but he looked for Lena, however, what he had just seen only made him understand that little Lena that he swore would become an incredible doctor, had completely changed.
Although she had always been brave like that.
Lena lowered the gun when she saw how all the men began to leave the place, sighing, she touched Han’s back gently, sharing glances with Dom and Tej, the trio nodded before Lena pushed Han down next to her, crouching down and thus preventing the weapons of the men, who had yet to leave the place, from hitting them.
Watching as Dom pushed the men, who were trying to fight the overwhelming smoke from their bombs, which had lost their caps from the same device Tej had turned on. Lena didn’t think twice, taking Han’s hand before starting to run through the space the two men had left.
Running towards the escape exit, Lena went up first at Tej’s request, she did so, climbing the stairs that would take her to a tunnel, she began to run before hearing Letty scream Dom’s name, stopping suddenly, This made the group hit each other, they looked at her with confusion and somewhat hurriedly, however, she did not respond, she simply pushed them before passing to their sides. —Don’t let him come!
The group nodded, standing in front of Han — Lena! — The girl lost sight of Han, who was upset because the others prevented him from running after her, dragging him to where they knew they would be safe.
Seeing Letty try to open the door, the girl sighed, knowing she had two options, drag her with her and do what Dom would have liked or disobey and save him from misfortune.
And Lena followed a code.
We never leave family behind.
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—You have the face of an angry puppy, do you always look like that when you get upset?
Han did not answer, finishing drying Lena’s hair to prevent her from catching a cold, his face was serious and he refused to engage in a conversation with the dark skinned, who had been the first to drag him away to prevent him from running towards Lena. —Roman, leave them alone, you’re not talking to me but I’ve had enough, I can’t imagine them. —Tej called, making the men open his mouth in indignation before standing up to walk away while answering the other.
—You don’t have to do it, I can dry my hair myself…—Han sighed, not answering, simply continuing with what he was doing.
And that bothered Lena.
She must have been the annoying one in any case, he had been the one who had faked his death for more than three years and now he was there, as if nothing had happened.
And to top it all off, angry, it didn’t make sense.
– You know? You have no right, whether you are angry or not, you have no right to be angry. — Han stopped his movements when he heard the girl’s strong voice, it was not loud, just firm. — It was you who disappeared out of nowhere, it was you who decided to die and put most of us through hell for that reason, you have no right to bother just because I want to avoid spending years of my life mourning death of a person who is everything to me, again.
With that, Lena got up, without making a fuss, she was simply walking towards a small room far from the headquarters, although Tej, Ramsey and Roman had seen the scene, they had not been able to hear, they simply saw Lena’s serious face and how she stood up to walk away, then their gaze passed to Han, seeing him run a hand over his face, but not specifically in a frustrated way, it was as if he was removing something from his eyes, he did so for a few seconds before getting up and leave the room as well, leaving the trio not knowing what to say.
— I thought everything was going to be fine, you know, he’s alive and that…
—To be the brain here you lack a lot of empathy, bro. — Roman said, denying, and for the first time, Ramsey agreed with him.
— Practically, she believed, for more than three years, that the person she loves was dead, and perhaps everything had been an accident, but he knew it and hid it from her.
—But what do you think would have happened if he told her? Maybe they would both be hunted now, maybe they were both dead, really dead.
— I don’t know, but you didn’t see the Lena of that time as I saw her, bro, if you had heard her speak to the sky as if she were talking to Han, even for one night, believe me you would be with us that, although Han is our friend, we accept that what he did was foolish.
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— Everything will happen very quickly, Jakob already has everything in his power, when he activates Aries he only has to send the global signal.
—And then nothing will stop him, ever.
— You will have to launch some type of pirate satellite, some type of amplifier that infects the other satellites in orbit one by one.
—We have to look for him, we have to stop him and get Elle back…— Lena heard Han say, looking at the brains of the operation, she didn’t know much about satellites, she didn’t understand how they worked but she was sure that it wasn’t that easy.
— It’s not that simple, Han. — Tej confirmed Lena’s suspicions. — The satellite equipment is easy to track but we will not prevent the launch.
—Then we have two dilemmas. —Lena began. — Jakob on the ground with his army and the rich dwarf, and the satellite in orbit… Which I’m sure is going to make this situation more complicated for us in some way. — Lena assured, earning an expression of agreement from Tej.
— In fact, because the satellite cannot be hacked, if we want to deconfigure it, it has to be done physically, at eighty kilometers high when the satellite is in orbit.
—In orbit? — Lena and Roman said at the same time, looking at the couple of brainiacs in surprise.
— We will need help or there will be no hope.
Lena looked at Mia, who was really shocked by this whole situation. —We will do it. — Dom’s thick voice was heard, making everyone direct their voices towards her.
— No… No, no, no, no, no… — Roman blurted out, Lena threw her head back, knowing what was coming, this reminded her of when they met, in Rio, how the man refused, at first, to work with them when they knew that they had to rob a gangster. — Do you understand it? Of course not, because if you understood it, you would piss your pants like normal people… In orbit… And maybe I wasn’t the best in the class like you Lena, but I know that in orbit means in the space. That’s another level! – He became excited, hoping he would be able to explain his point and why all of this seemed impossible and total nonsense to him. – What are we going to do? Steal a ferry? Tie rockets to our backs?
Lena heard that word “rockets” smiling immediately knowing what they would do, she stood up, touching Roman’s shoulder before looking at Tej with a malicious smile. — That’s what we’re going to do, sweeties, prepare your passports, you’re going to Germany.
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