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"Hello Kitty's, awake." Valerie was broken from her thoughts, hearing Letty' voice. Valerie stood up from her spot and sat beside Tej and Roman. Leaning on Tej for some comfort.

"She don't look like a hacker to me." Roman mumbled to Tej and Valerie, eyeing Ramsey very closely.

"0h, yeah? And what do hackers look like?" Tej responded sarcastically, wrapping his arm around Valerie. He knew she was having flashbacks from the way her eyes had been watery and red. So he wanted to comfort her as much as he could.

"They don't supposed to look like that. I'm just saying, like, you know how they normally wear them little, weird glasses that's all crooked, and pimples all over their face from drinking soda?
I mean, trust me, with a body like that, you ain't gonna park it behind a computer."

Valerie smiled, leaning into Tej' chest while they both watched Brian check her for any serious injuries. "Where's my shoe?" Valerie chuckled at her first question.

"Oh' it flew off when you crashed. If you start experiencing any of those things, let me know, okay?" Brian stood back up and leaned against a pillar.

"I don't know whether to thank you for rescuing me or kick your ass for throwing me off a cliff." Valerie scoffed lightly, "Even if you tried, I could kill you under a second." Tej nudged her and she smiled, he rested his chin on her head, wrapping his arms around her torso.

"Thank us or kick our ass, huh? How about you tell us where that device is?" Dom said, crossing his arms over his chest to seem scarier. Not that it did anything but show off his muscles.

"I mailed it to a friend. In Abu Dhabi." Ramsey responded.

"That was pretty easy. That other team would have tortured you for that information." Valerie said, everyone silently agreeing with her statement.

"I didn't trust them. I trust you." Ramsey looked around the crew, smiling softly at Valerie.

"Now, why would you trust us? You barely know us."

"I know enough. Ex-cop. Military, something like that. The way you took out them guys shows training." She said, referring to Brian.

"Tech guy, offended by the hacker remark, naturally." She nodded at Tej, he pursed his lips slightly impressed.

"Professional assassin, wanted all over. Spy, but doesn't like being called one. Doesn't like working with people but still likes some company." Valerie shared looks with Tej and nodded in approval.

"Alpha." She looked at Dom.

"Mrs. Alpha." She looked at Letty.

"Joker." She looked at Roman. Getting small chuckles from the group.

"Wrong. Double alpha. Man candy. You know what I'm saying?" Roman smirked and grinned.

"Man, sit your candy ass down." Valerie laughed lightly at Tej' comment and looked back at Ramsey.

"The disrespect is real around here." Roman said, taking a seat by the pair. He raised a brow at their closeness. In the position they were in, it made it look like they were a couple.

"Life is binary. Zeroes and ones. Only two things keep a group like this together. Fear or loyalty. And I don't see a drop of fear among you guys." Ramsey said, looking around the crew, seeing something odd about Valerie and how she was placed in the crew.

"Very impressive. Just one thing. They're not married." Tej looked between the two complicated lovers, Letty slightly frowning.

"She's so off, it's crazy. You just gonna roll with it? You're telling me there can't be a double alpha in one group?" Roman scoffed, getting laughs from the group.

"You work for US government'? We got similar interests."

"Tej, call it in. We're going to the Middle East!" Dom said, walking away from the crew and two the cars. Valerie sat up from her spot beside Tej and helped up Ramsey. "You mistaken one thing. I'm not apart of their crew. I'm here for one thing." Valerie glanced at Tej and walked back to the cars, the sound of her heels clicking against the wood followed.

"Don't mind her. She's just going through a lot right now. She doesn't want to admit it, but she's apart of our crew." Ramsey smiled and walked away, letting Tej' statement sink in.

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(Vals bikini, some tattoos she has, the third tattoo is near her collarbone, it represents Deckard' initial. The crescent tattoo on her lower stomach represents her dad because he used to call her moony. The dress is what she wear to the party, along with the heels)
The feather is just below her right breast and the snake is on her wrist)

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Ramsey and Valerie were in the ocean, swimming, Valerie was on her surfboard whilst Ramsey swam around. "I love your tattoos. What do they mean?"

"This one, is my sorta ex-boyfriend' initial. And this one represents something my father used to call me. The snake is just something I think of myself as. And the feather, was for my mum. She always loved to sketch feathers for fun." Valerie smiled at the memories, with her family.

"That's beautiful, your family must've really loved you." Ramsey smiled, not remembering much about her family. "My family is really complicated but I love them despite."

"You don't have to answer but, Tej told me that you don't think you're apart of the crew. Only that you're here for one reason. Why is that?" Ramsey leaned against Valerie' surfboard in the beautiful ocean water.

"I'm sure you've heard but, the crew is being hunted. Someone by the name of Deckard Shaw. Well, that man is my boyfriend. Not just my boyfriend but the love of my life." Ramsey frowned and realized who the initial on the tattoo stood for.

"But, he killed someone who meant the absolute world to me. And I need to avenge him, he deserves to be avenged. And I know, I'm supposed to be on his side, but the person he killed, was my first love. The first person who showed me what love really was, and now he's gone."

"And Deckard is still out there, I cannot let him hurt anymore people I care about. I refuse to let another person die at his hands." Valerie glanced at the group, Tej and Roman eyeing them flirtatiously.

"Don't you hate him? For what he did to your friend?" Ramsey questioned, rolling her eyes at the two men on the sand watching them.

"I would love to hate him. After all he's done to me, I really would. But, you can't hate someone you loved for so long." Valerie smiled and gripped onto the board, seeing a wave come. "I'm gonna surf this one." Ramsey nodded and watched as Valerie swam closer to the oncoming wave.

Valerie smiled, surfing the wave until it washed back down, "Damn she's good." Roman bit his lip, watching as Valerie swum back over to Ramsey. "She's more than good. Did you see the way her hips moved? Damn I want that." Tej grinned, Roman grinning as well.

"Careful there Tej, she's a lot to handle." Dom mused, watching Valerie surf another wave and falling into the water.

"Hold up. Why do you always get the ladies? Like damn, share some with me." Roman said. "Maybe if your game was as big as that forehead, then you wouldn't have that problem. It ain't my fault Valerie digs me." Dom chuckled at his comment and smiled at Letty.

"Wrong. She definitely digs me." Roman licked his lips, seeing Valerie swim up to a wave, her ass coming into view when she slowly stands up on the board.

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