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Valerie talked with the man who controlled the bets for the races. She put her money down into his hands with the others, "Who am I racing?" She turned to see if anyone familiar was down to lose their money. "The lady right there." He pointed over to a woman, she had beautiful black hair and a white top with black leather pants and combat boots.

"Ready to lose." Val smirked, hopping in her Red Acura NSX. "Are you?" The woman shot back, slipping into her gray, and black striped 1971 Jensen Interceptor. Valerie chuckled, revving her engine, "Go!" Valerie took off, the woman right behind her.

Right when they made the fourth turn, the cops showed up, making everyone flee. Valerie was used to it so she had the man drop her money off at her place. Valerie sent the woman a look, telling her to go and so she nodded and took off. The cops right on her tail, she drifts around them and takes a hidden tunnel.

Letting out a breath, she grabbed her phone that went off. "Hello?" She answered, "I have a job for you. I'll send the details." That was the guy that sent her on a jobs. She hung up and looked at the text, she hummed to herself. Seeing they were paying good for her to kill someone.

She pulled up to her house and got into her outfit, she smiled to herself knowing she was going to be paid good for this kill. She drove to the building where a deal was being made and entered, her gun in her hands. She turned the corner where a deal was being made and everyone turned to her, pointing their guns.

"This is gonna be fun." She smirked, she slid under the guy that tried to attack her. Shooting three guards in the head, she threw another one out of the window. After killing everyone in the room besides the man she really needed to kill, she turned around and pointed her gun at his head.

"Beg for your life." The man held his hands up and cried, "Please, I'll give you anything." He cried.

"I have everything," she chuckled. Squeezing the trigger, he died instantly and fell the the floor.

"It's quite a mess you made here." She turned her head to the voice. Pointing her gun at him, "Who the hell are you?" He smiled proudly, looking around the room, blood splurged all over the walls, dead bodies spread out.

"Oh, me? I'm Hobbs, and I need your help." She raised her brow, recognizing the name. But not understanding why he was in London for her. "I don't work for anyone." She charged at him, socking him in the face, he stumbled back and held his cheek. "You got one hell of a punch."

She rolled her eyes and kicked him back in the stomach, she ran to the elevator and hit a button to it took her to the last floor. She got out, already hearing footsteps from the tall and bulky man on the stairs. She ran to the exit, but once the door opened, a dozen or more men pointed their guns towards her.

She slowly raised her hands, dropping the gun. "Miss, Santina! You're under arrest." A man shouted, Hobbs grabbed her arms and handcuffed her. She chuckled to herself, "You really think this is going to hold me?"

"I'm not counting on it." They escorted her to a car, putting her in the back. Hobbs told the team to leave, giving them some time together in the back, to talk. "Again, these won't hold me." She handed him the cuffs, once he entered. He chuckled and sat down in front of her.

"Hear me out, and if you don't agree then I'll let you go." She raised her brows, telling him to continue. "Owen Shaw," she bit her lip, hearing that name. She glanced at the bullet scar on her shoulder, "You are the only one that was able to catch him. I need your help, doing it again." She sighed, rubbing her eye with her fist.

"Why would I help you? What can you offer me that I don't already have?" She asked, looking up from her position. "Freedom for your brother. He's currently rotting in a jail cell, I can get him out." She pursed her lips, thinking about the offer. Her brother was framed, he got caught up into the wrong business. She offered to get him out but he refused since her record was already damaged enough.

"Alright. I'll help you. But I'm not making any promises." He nodded, and began to call in favors.

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After she seen her brother let out, she hopped in her car and met where Hobbs had his team, or well 'Dom's Team' at. She revved her engine, Val was in a car elevator. Once she got to the floor, she entered, grabbing everyone's attention. Val parked beside a BMW and turned off her car. Han smirked, recognizing who's car that belonged to.

She got out, her boots clicking against the floor. "Damn. Who is that?" Roman mumbled to Tej who had the same reaction to the girl's presence. "That, is Valerie Santina. Worlds top most wanted professional assassin." Brian smiled, he knew her because he had tried to track her down when he was in the FBI. Of course he failed.

She raised her brow, impressed by his information about her. "Correct." She smiled at Brian, still not noticing Han' presence.

"Damn sexy mama. You lookin good." Roman walked to her, eyeing her up and down. "I know." She raised her brow at Tej, seeing him but his lip. Val glanced around the room, her eyes landing on Han. She smiled and walked up to him, they both wrapped their arms around each other. Giselle raised her brow, confused how she knew Han.

"I missed you. How are you?" She said, pulling from the hug and taking a small glance at Giselle. "I'm good. This is Giselle." He wrapped his arm around her waist. "So this is the girl, I've been hearing so much about. You're even more gorgeous in person." Val smiled, giving her a small hug.

"Thank you. How do you know Han?" Han awkwardly smiled and scratched the back of his neck, "Oh, we dated back then. But we decided we're better as friends." Giselle nodded and smiled softly.

"Well, I'm going to start working on my car." Valerie walked up to her car and pulled up the hood, grabbing some things she began working on it. She grabbed some nos, and began to install it. Leaning over, she felt a presence behind her, she turned her head noticing it was Roman.

"So what is a fine woman like you, doin with Han." She chuckled to herself, knowing she wasn't with Han anymore nor was she interested in trying it again. "Well, I was young when I met Han. And I'm not interested in going down that road again. Can you hand me the socket wrench please?" He nodded and handed her the socket wrench.

She leaned over and began to remove some parts. "Well maybe you could hop on the Roman train." He smirked, she chuckled lowly and glanced at Dom, eyeing her suspiciously. She bit the inside of her cheek, "Not interested. You're not my type." She placed the socket wrench on the metal table, she heard a small chuckle come from Tej.

"What is your type?" She heard Tej speak up. "A mystery." A tossed the rag with grease on the table. Grease stains on her body and clothing, she leaned back on the table. Tej pursed his lip, impressed by the woman.

"I'm going to take a shower. I'll be back." Dom raised his brow, still finding the woman untrustworthy. He couldn't find it in him to trust her with the mission. Thought nobody could say he was wrong.

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Valerie comes out of the shower, being startled when she sees Dom standing by the wall. "You should know not to sneak up on a woman." She walks to her room, the towel wrapped around her. Dom follows, leaning on the doorframe, "Can I trust you?"

"Well, if I'm going to be completely honest. You can't. I'm the most dangerous woman in the world, I wouldn't trust me either if I were you. But, Hobbs got my brother out of prison. I'll do whatever I need, to keep my family safe. And taking down Owen Shaw, is how I do it." Dom sent a small nod and left, she quickly changed.

She put on a sports bra with some black jeans and walked back into the main room. Tej and Roman eyeing her up and down. She tended to her car whilst they talked.

"Why do I smell baby oil?" Roman asks standing beside the table. Valerie chuckles, knowing he's talking about Hobbs. She wasn't going to lie, Hobbs was a good looking man but she wasn't really into him like that. She was still hung up on someone else, though she did have a few hookups on the way. She found it quite weird, her dates or hookups would end up dead the next day.

"You keep running your pie hole your gonna smell an ass kicking." Hobbs says suddenly entering the room with a woman beside him.
"Alright Hobbs, you got the best crew in the world standing right in front of you... Give them a reason to stay." Dom tells Hobbs.

Hobbs looks around the group, sending a small nod to Valerie. "Our targets Owen Shaw," He drops files to the table in front of him, "Former major in the S.A.S. spec-ops soldier. He ran the U.K mobility devision in Kabul and Basra."

"Ah damn, that mobility units the truth. We talking vehicle warfare, best in the world." Tej says. Roman leans towards Han next to him, "You got some chips?" But Han shows him the empty packet. Valerie chuckled and continued on her car, blocking everyone out because she heard about the details.

So she mostly blocked out everything and sat there in her thoughts for a while until she heard a loud gunshot. She smiled looking over to see Luke with his revolver out. "It's on the house," He said then continued talking. Valerie looked over to see the vending machine broken with Roman scrambling for snacks.

"I want you to help me catch Shaw. He's only got one last piece to get and I intend on stopping him. Now I know you guys are a family, so I'm offering you this chance to make this family whole again." Luke said tossing out a picture of a woman. The exact woman, Valerie had raced the night before.

She stood up, going to see why everyone was so tense. She let out a small gasp, recognizing the woman. This didn't go unnoticed by Dom because he took a small glance, seeing her pretending like she was clueless about Letty.

Everyone around the table was silent and she wasn't going to lie but it was really intense. "You wanna make this family whole again?" Brian said breaking the silence making Valerie look up at him.

"You get us, Letty. We get you, Shaw. Full pardons all around." Brian said and it wasn't a bad deal. Though this would be nothing for Valerie considering it was impossible to clear her name. Though she didn't mind someone trying.

"I can't promise you that," Luke says softly making Valerie scoff in annoyance. "Yes, you can Hobbs. Take the deal. Or you're not getting my help either." Brian sent her a nod in thanks.

"That's the deal. Take it or leave it." Dom said. "You get us, Shaw. I can get your pardons. Even you Val." Everyone looks at her, seeing if she would except it, "Alright, but I don't make any promises." He nodded in approval.

"But this is different now. Were not dealing with cops. We're not dealing with drug dealers. This is a whole nother level." Brian said aloud to everyone and they all agreed by nodding. "Which is why I brought in someone who was the only one closest to kill Shaw," Luke said motioning to Valerie. "And why should we count on a killer." Dom asked and she smiled.

"I'm not doing this for anyone here. I'm doing this for my family, Shaw framed my brother and Hobbs got him out. I'm sure you guys can understand." Valerie took one last glance at the picture of Letty, debating if she should tell them they met.

"Now Valerie here was tracking down Shaw after she found out about her brother. She took down his entire team and when she finally got to him, she was going to kill him." Luke spoke, trying to give them a reason to put more trust or even faith into her. "Until, one of his goons that I stupidly forgot to kill, shot me. That gave him a chance to get away, now you're all probably thinking. How am I alive?"

She smirked, "Well, I don't go down that easy. But you're right, I should be dead. I was beaten up pretty darn bad and was shot twice in the shoulder, I bled out. Until someone found me and saved me. But, back to the point. I have a special connection with this Shaw, he could've killed me. But he didn't, which I find weird, so I know he won't kill me."

Everyone shared glances, though Han already knew all this because she had told him. "She has Black Ops training, world's deadliest woman assassin and can kill everyone in this room without breaking a sweat," Hobbs added, getting an impressed look from everyone.

"Since we're done here, I'm gonna get back to work." Valerie walked off to see her car and began to silently work on it. Changing out some parts, she got grease on her stomach so she walked over to the sink and began to wash it off. "You know something." She turned around, being faced with Dom.

"I don't know what you're talking about." She mumbled, walking back to her car and shutting to hood. From the corner of her eye, she could see Han watching them closely. "I seen the way you looked at the picture of Letty. You know her." Dom took a threatening step closer, she scoffed, chuckling a bit.

"You think you can threaten me? I don't have heart, I am not afraid to die." She took a threatening step towards him, raising her brow. Suddenly she was pulled back by Han and Brian stood in between.

"She knows something!" Dom shouted at Brian, making everyone turn their heads towards them. Giselle seen the way Han held his arm around Valerie' bare torso. "What do you know, Val?" Han asked calmly, not wanting her to flip out.

"Wow, I see how it is. Blame the new girl because she's a killer? That's fantastic!" She pushed past Han and Brian, going to her room. "I'll check on her." Han said, walking away and to her room, whilst Brian calmed down Dom and Tej sent a glance to Giselle. Seeing she was watching Han go to her room. "Hey, from what I know about Han. He really likes you and Valerie' clearly with someone else."

This calmed down Gisele a little bit, she knew how much Han cared about Valerie despite their past and was worried he still had feelings her. Valerie laid on her bed, removing her pants so she was comfortable, she pulled out her phone. Han entered, and sat on the edge of her bed, "You know I trust you?" Val nodded softly in reply.

"But, I've know Letty for as long as I can remember. I need to know whatever it is you know." He turned to her, she set down her phone, sitting up and facing him. "I met Letty the other day. We had a race and that's all. I don't know much about her, except she's really good behind the wheel." Han took her hands in his and placed a kiss on the backs.

"You know, I didn't always not have a heart. I care about people, you're one of them." She said softly, looking up from the bed, she had a tear in her eye. Han had never seen her cry, not once in her life did she cry unless she really cared about someone. Not even when she was bleeding out, she didn't cry.

"I care about you too." She smiled and placed her forehead on his, "I still love you. You know? I never stopped." She looked up into his eyes, she knew he loved her, but he wasn't in love with her. They both knew this, but they still loved each other like a best friend. Before she knew it, her lips were slowly pressed against his.

She kissed back even more, Han pulled her onto his lap, gripping her ass whilst she straddled him. Realizing what she was doing, she pulled back. "Oh my god. I just kissed another's girl boyfriend." She quickly got off his lap, running to her bathroom. Suddenly the bedroom door was opened and Giselle had a gun in her hand.

"They found Shaw, get Valerie and let's go." She they ran back out, and Valerie quickly got into her clothes after hearing the news. As Han was about to open the door she opened it, "Let's go." She ran out of the room, Han was impressed how well she was running in heels. She hopped in her Black Nissan GT-R, and took off with the others.

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