Previously in Little O'Connor...

"That was.." I laugh slightly. "Amazing." He completes it for me rolling off of me and bringing me close to his chest to cuddle into him. "You make me feral for you Sarah." He says kissing my head.

I smile slightly. "I should...go to my room" I sit up. Carter looks at me as I start getting up. "No, you're not." He pulls me back down. "Stay. Please." I chuckle against his chest nodding. I trace my hands around the tattoos on his chest. "You alright Sarah?" He looks down at me concerned. "Yeah..." I smile slightly. "It's just, It's gonna take me time to get used to all of this. Moving on from him." I sigh kissing his chest as he rubs my back soothingly.

"I understand." He whispers as he starts to fall asleep. I follow shortly after, drifting into a deep sleep.

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It's 4 AM and Sarah and Carter are asleep in each other's arms when she is awoken by the sound of her phone buzzing. "Who's calling this late?" she whispers slightly, slowly sliding out of Carter's hold. "Unknown number." She raises her brow and answers it, remaining silent waiting for someone on the other end to speak.

"Hey gorgeous, miss me?" She freezes when she hears his chilling voice. "I know you're listening Sarah." Sarah quickly slips out of Carter's room. "Dante." She growls. "There she is!" He laughs manically. "So Sarah. What have you been up to...well other than of course taking care of your new boy toy." She tenses. "What do you want Reyes? How the hell did you get this number?" He remains quiet for a second. "I have my way sweetheart. See I was just looking for Carter Alvarez, but you...you are just a bonus!" He exclaims. "I know where you are, well I will, now that I'm tracking this call." Her eyes widen and she quickly hangs up and goes down to the garage. She quickly smashes her phone after taking the sim out. "I have to find him before he finds us." She says rushing to her room and quickly getting weapons ready. she grabs her backup phone as she walks out of her room.

"I'll have to do this..." She whispers peering into Carter's room to see him deep asleep. She writes a small note telling him not to worry and to call Brian. "I'm sorry." She whispers, leaving the note on the pillow next to his, and rushes out.

She immediately gets a pinpoint while tracking Dante and starts driving to the abandoned location in Los Angeles. Sarah parks in an alley that way she's not easily detectable and starts to look for ways to sneak in. Finding an opening she slowly climbs trying to not make any noises. "What is this place?" She asks herself as she climbs down still hiding. She realizes that no one is there and comes out keeping her gun out, just in case. She investigates opening up crates. "What the hell?" She backs away quickly seeing all the high-tech weapons, bumping into someone's chest. "I knew you would come." Sarah tries to turn around and shoot but is immediately put in a chokehold. "My prize is here." Dante chuckles darkly sniffing her hair before dragging her with him as she struggles against his huge build. One of his minions blindfolds her. "We are going to have SO much fun!" She hears Dante clapping before she's thrown into a vehicle.

Carter's POV

I wake up feeling the lack of body warmth Sarah was providing me. "She must have woken up early." I yawn stretching and looking at the time. "It's 7 AM." I groan getting up and head to the bathroom to wash my face and slip on my sweats. "Sarah?" I call out, but I receive an eerie silence. "Sarah?" I call out again heading to her room to see if she went to her room to sleep. I enter the empty room looking around. My eyes land on the smashed phone on her desk. "What the hell?" I start getting a bad feeling and immediately start looking around in all the rooms. "SARAH?!" I yell out panicking slightly. I head back to my room to grab my phone when I see a little note on the pillow. "What's this?" I pick it up shaking a little from anxiety.

'Something came up, something I couldn't involve you in. Contact Brian immediately in case anything happens. - Sarah'

"Fuck, what did you get yourself into?" I dial Brian's number pacing frantically. "Hello?" I sigh in relief hearing his voice from the other end. "Have you heard from Sarah?" I hear Brian shift and breathe in as if he had just woken up. "What do you mean? Is she not there?" He asks. "No...she's not. I thought she would have told you." My breathing increases. "Brian, She left a note. She said something came up and she couldn't involve me and to contact you ASAP." Brian's breath hitches on the other end. "Her phone was smashed Brian!" I say panicking. "Why the hell wouldn't she tell me?!" His voice filled with worry on the other end. "Brian...what's wrong baby?" I hear Mia's sleepy voice on the other end. "Sarah. She's gone to god knows where last night! Carter get to my place as fast as you can." I hear his gun cock. "Okay, I'll be there in a few minutes." I hang up and rush out taking one of the cars in the garage.

"Sarah, Why would you go alone!" I smack my hand on the wheel as I speed over to Brian's house. Upon entering, I see Mia loading a few weapons and getting a bag ready for Brian, who comes out with a shotgun in hand. "Here." Mia says holding out a bag and a gun for me. "In case you need them." I take them immediately. "Did you bring the sim?" Brian asks. I nod handing it over to him. "I'll try to see who the last person that called her was. I already informed the rest of the team." he puts the sim in a spare phone. "It was an unknown number..." Brian says frustrated sending the number to Ramsey.

"Do you think she will be okay?" Mia looks at me when I pop the question. "I hope so, she would have called us if there was any danger right?" She looks at Brian with a hopeful glint in her eyes. Brian wraps his arms around her kissing her forehead. "I hope so." He whispers, worry and confusion clear in his voice. The phone pings and we all shoot up. "Okay, we got a location!" Brian and I quickly gather our stuff and rush out. "It's an abandoned warehouse." I say as I research and call my guys. "In case we need the extra help." Brian nods. "I keep forgetting you're a member of the Mafia." He says looking at me and then back at the map.

15 minutes later, we finally arrived at the location. "Wait...look over there." I spot Sarah's car. We walk over checking for any signs of struggle. "Nothing. Everything in her car was left perfectly as is." Brian says looking for any opening to enter the building. "Over here." I follow him in cautiously, pulling my gun out. We start scouting the place out. "There's nothing here." I let out a frustrated groan. Brian stays quiet looking at something in front of him. I walk over to see what he's looking at. "These weapons...they're very dangerous." He picks up the folding not on top of the crate reading it. He freezes dropping the note shaking in both anger and fear. "What is it?" I ask picking up the note.

'Let's play a game of hide and seek! Find us if you can...she will be mine to play with until then. Don't worry! We will have so much fun. Till then, I'll give you a hint. Venice Beach is fun but we will be having fun in a cave-like place. Oh, my man cave- Your Favorite Dante.'

The rest of the team walks up and looks at us. I hand them the note shaking. "Fuck! Fuck!" Brian yells pushing the crates to the ground in anger. "We have to find her!" He yells. "I'm already looking for potential areas near Venice Beach that could resemble the area he described." Ramsey says through the phone Tej has in hand. I start pacing impatiently. "Why would she go after him alone?" I say frustrated. "Maybe, he threatened her." Letty says looking at Dom who shaking in anger. "That and she was doing her job keeping you protected." She looks at me stating. "I don't need protecting." I growl running my hand through my hair frustrated. "I'm sending you all the possible locations. I advise you to split up into three groups. Do not go alone. Dante is dangerously unpredictable." We all immediately head out. This time Tej and some big guy named Luke Hobbs joins us. "Let's take this motherfucker down." He says cocking his gun.

Sarah's POV

I feel a sudden splash of cold water hit my face and jolt up. "Good morning sunshine!" My eyesight starts to adjust to my surroundings and the person in front of me. Dante kneels down looking at me. "As much as I would love to do so much to this body of yours." His hand starts to trail down my body. "I think torturing is a lot more fun!" He lets a out giggle like a child. "You son of a bitch." I growl. "Awww how cute!" He says slashing my eyebrow and cheek suddenly. "I will kill you!" I yell out. "That's a fucking promise you psychotic asshole!" He laughs at my remarks. "Aww sweetie, how are you gonna do that tied up?" He runs the cold blade over my collarbone. "You being tied up here in front of me." he circles around and stands behind me. "It's kind of sexy not gonna lie. It's a total turn-on." He says bringing his mouth closer to my ear. "Shame that I will have to kill you. You, your brother, and Toretto are responsible for my father's death." He says smirking against my ear, placing a kiss on it." I turn my face away. "Your dad screwed up." I mumble. I feel a sharp pain on my neck and hiss as he continues to dig the blade in. "I want you to scream, why aren't you screaming." He asks pouting as he walks in front of me. "Am I not inflicting enough pain?" I burst out laughing. "Reyes, didn't your mommy never teach you should never poke girls with a knife?" I tease him. "Oh, the fun just started." His eyes darken as he takes an iron rod and starts to heat it up. I shift in my seat trying to free my hands. He chuckles. "Now, now the rule of this game is that you can't go anywhere."

I sink back in the chair trying to lean away from him as he brings the rod. He smirks placing it on my calf. I hiss biting my lip, holding back my scream. He notices and presses the rod even deeper. "SCREAM!" He yells in my face. A tear escapes from my right eye as I keep myself from screaming. He pulls the rod away and dumps ice-cold water all over me. "Never." I breathe out. He drops the rod and walks over. "Maybe the only way to make scream is down here." He gives me a mischievous grin as he unbuckles my pants. I immediately struggle against the restraints.
He starts to pull them down. "No moving!" He laughs manically. "I would rather burn in hell than let you rape me!" I yell. He starts to bite my thigh hard. "Oh I will make this place worse than hell." he laughs with my blood on his teeth. He pressed my clit harshly through my panties, making me wince. 

I get my hands free after struggling for some time before he can get any further. "I will make you suffer." I growl as he looks at me. "And how do you plan to do that?" He laughs as he's distracted I punch him hard enough to startle him and stumble back. I quickly untied my legs and pulled up my jeans. "You sneaky little mouse!" I dodge him as he charges at me. "Maybe I should keep you as my pet." He growls playfully. I look at him in disgust before going in to kick him. He grabs it before it can hit him and throws me to the ground hard. I spot the iron rod on the floor and quickly grab it. "You wanna fight...Let's fight mouse." He smirks.

END POV

Carter runs into the third and last location, the other following close behind. Immediately they are met by Dante's men. Carter immediately shoots down three of them. "Holy shit, kid really doesn't need us to protect him." Letty says. "How'd he get so many people to work for him?!" Brian yells fighting off one before shooting him with the shotgun. "The guy is insane Bri. He probably has something on them." Dom yells out.

Carter keeps moving forward reloading his gun. Brian comes up next to him. "Stay close. We could be walking into much worse." Just as he says that they hear punches being thrown. "Fuck!" Carter and Brian hide and peek through slightly after hearing Dante yell. "There's Sarah." Sarah stands over Dante with the iron rod in hand and brings it down to hit him in the face. "Like I said you asshole...I'm gonna make you suffer!" She yells as Carter and Brian walk up behind her. "Sarah!" Brian yells. She immediately looks over. Carter eyes her looking at her blood-stained clothes. Sarah makes eye contact with Carter. "You shouldn't be here." Brian shakes his head. "He held his own out there Sarah." Brian says looking at Dante's beaten body before pulling her into an embrace. She finally drops the rod hugging him close. "You should have called me. You should have told me." Brian sighs in relief kissing her all over her face. "You're crazy you know that?" she chuckles. "Aren't we all?"

"Do you hear that?" Carter interrupts hearing a faint beeping noise which grows closer. Sarah looks at Dante who gets up laughing. Her eyes widen looking behind Carter. "BOMB!" She runs quickly tackling Carter to the ground out of the way as it goes off.

"SARAH!!!" Brian yells.

Carter's POV

All I heard was a sudden deafening boom as I hit the ground. "Sarah!!" I hear Brian yelling as my eyes try to make out what happening in the debris. Dante smirks at me before running out with the rest of his men that were left. "No.." I whisper realizing what just happened, getting up and running towards Sarah. Brian holds her up. "I'm...fine. Just got the wind knocked out of me." She chuckles slightly coughing. I look at her. "You should have just let it happen." I kneeled beside her. "I was doing my job Alvarez."

Dom and the others run over to see what just happened. Brian picks her up. "Let's get you home and patch you up." He whispers a slight look of worry in his eyes did not go unnoticed. I walk close to him keeping my eye on Sarah. Brian sits in the back keeping a tight grip on her, keeping her in his arms. "You drive." He hands me the keys.

I start driving to the bunker in a tension-filled car. Once we get there, Brian carries Sarah to the infirmary inside the bunker. Sarah remains silent. "I'll be back I have to check on Mia and the kids." He whispers going back to see if Mia's made it. "Take off your clothes." Letty says getting all the supplies. I sit down watching Sarah slowly take her clothes not wincing even once. Meanwhile, I winced just looking at her. "Holy shit...what the hell did he do to you?" Letty asks her as Sarah throws down her blood-covered clothes. I scan her body seeing all the damage that bastard did and growl. "Calm down Carter." Sarah mumbles as starts to stitch the cut on her brow and cheek. "At least you'll look even more badass with the scar on your eye." Letty jokes trying to lighten the mood. The tension only thickens more as Sarah and I stare each other down. Letty walks over behind her and starts to stitch up her back before coming to check my injuries. "I don't need anything." I mumble getting up.

Brian walks in before Letty can say anything. "Hey, Dom wants to see you." Letty nods slightly walking out. Sarah looks at him as he sets down fresh pairs of clothes. "Let me see your leg." She winces hissing in pain. My eyes widen at the branded burn on her leg. Brian stays silent cleaning it and wrapping her leg and stomach up. He gets up kissing her head before leaving.

Sarah gets up putting on her sweats and shirt. "Why? Why did you think it was okay to go alone? You should have told me." I ask breaking the silence. "Because I was given clear instructions to keep you safe." She states finally looking at me obviously angry with the choice of me showing up there. "I don't need protection!" I huff out. "You know how worried I was?" I say standing up, running my hair through my hair frustrated. "Why? Why were you worried?" I look at her in disbelief. "Because I care about you!"

"I didn't ask you to care!" She yells back at me. "WELL, I DO!" I raise my voice. "You were reckless! You should have told the team at least!" She just stares at me. "I was not about to involve my brother in this! He has a family to protect and worry about!" She tries to walk past me but I block her. "No, we are not done!" She rolls her eyes. "Are you trying to get yourself killed?!" I ask upset. "Maybe I am! But I am not letting anyone else die for me!!!" She yells throwing the pan of supplies across the room. I take a step back as she charges towards me pushing me. "Why?! Why did you come?!" She kept pushing me till I hit the wall behind me. I notice the tears threatening to fall from her eyes.

"Do you not understand! I can't lose Brian! I can't lose Mia!" She starts to cry. "I lost him! It was because of me! He was protecting me! My Dimitri!" I try to reach out for her but she moves away. "I made a mistake." She whispers. "I should have never started having feelings or started falling in love with you!" I freeze looking at her. "What?" I whisper looking at her as Brian stands behind me with his eyes wide.

"Protecting you is my job Sare." Brian says walking up to her. "You're my little one, my baby girl!" Sarah doesn't look at him. "I don't need it!" She pulls away when he tries to hug her. "I can't lose you!" She says through tears. "And you think I can lose you?! You're my baby sister Sarah!!!" He huffs looking at her in disbelief before taking her face and making him look at her. "I will always protect you whether you like it or not!" His voice cracks. "You're my family too. My little one." Sarah breaks down completely hugging Brian tightly. He looks over at me nodding a little. "Can I go to my room?" Brian nods letting her go.

I stand there still frozen, her word on repeat in my head. "You okay?" Brian asks. I shake my head. "I just... I need to process everything that happened." I say walking out and going to my room. The bunker soon grows empty again leaving just Sarah and I. I slowly get up and strip off my shirt wincing and look at myself in the mirror. "Shit..." I touch the cuts on my torso hissing and turn around to look at my back in the mirror. I sigh going down to the infirmary to try to patch myself up somehow. I struggle trying to clean my back in pain.

"Need help?" I hear a familiar whisper. "No...You should rest." I mumbled without looking at her. She walks over, grabs my hand softly with the wet hand rag, and takes it from me. "Sit here." She whispers. I slowly take a seat on the bed. She comes and stands behind me, starting to clean my back slowly and gently making sure she doesn't hurt me. she remains silent working on my back. "I'm gonna start stitching up your cuts." I nod as she makes her way in front of me, standing between my legs. "This will sting a little." She says quietly. I wince hissing when she starts spraying. "Fuck.." I breathe out. She takes the suture kit and slowly kneels down, a few strands of hair falling to her face. I keep my focus on her as she starts to stitch me up moving delicately before gently wrapping my torso up.

"All done." She says taking her gloves off and throwing them in the trash. "You should get some rest." She mumbles getting up onto her feet. I grab her wrist before she walks away. "Did you mean it?" I whisper moving the fallen strands of her behind her ear. "Did you mean it when you said you were falling in love with me?" She looks at me slightly before looking back down. "As I said, get some rest." She tries to pull away but I keep a light hold on her wrist. "I am too." She snaps her head up at me. "I'm falling in love with you." I say delicately as I get up and tower over her. "It's not a mistake..." I place my hand on her cheek.

"I know you're afraid...I know it's scary having feelings for someone else after you lost one tragically." She stays quiet. "But it's okay to fall in love, it's okay to protect those you love, but they need to be able to protect you too. You are important to them. To Brian, Mia, Dom, Letty, and the whole team. You're important to me." She sniffles a little looking up at me. "We all would die for someone we love and care about." I whisper. "Dimitri loved you, more than anything in the world. He protected you for that reason. He did not die because of you. He died because of the person who tried to kill you."

"You're...right." She says laying her head on my chest slowly, making sure I'm not hurting." I sigh in relief feeling her arms around me. "I'm sorry Carter." She mumbles. "I was stupid...and I went on my own." She starts to tear up. I shake my head. "Come on let's get you to your room. You shouldn't be standing too long." I wrap my arm around her shoulder leading her to her room.

"Come sit down." She obeys immediately, probably feeling relief in her leg, as she sits down on her bed. I put her pillows up to make her more comfortable. "Carter." She whispers. "He...He um." She starts to tear up. "He wanted me to scream...but I wouldn't give in despite the pain I was in." She looks down. "So he..." She pauses. "He what Sarah?" I sit down beside her. " He tried to rape me..." I growl shooting up. "What?!" She stays quiet for a while. "He threatened to rape me and...sodomize me until I screamed." her voice comes out faintly. "That sadistic bastard!" I yell. "That's when I knew I had to get out of the restraints." She says as I look at her bruised wrists. "I wanted to make him suffer..." I look at her telling myself to calm down. "I should have kept beating him with the Iron rod." She says with a straight face as if she was ready to kill.

I run my hand through her hair making her eyes shut at the feeling. "You need to rest." I get up pulling the blanket over her. I turn around to leave but she catches my hand.

"Please stay." Her eyes look at me pleading with me. "Stay with me." That's all I needed to hear. I slowly strip off my shirt and climb into her bed with her. "I'm here. I'll be here." I reach over turning off the lamp. She quickly wraps her arms around me and moves closer to me. "Thank you." She mumbles drifting off to sleep. I kiss her head. "Always."

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