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"Ugh such rookies," Leslie mumbled under her breath, arriving to the building where she was making a deal. They had on bright and noticeable lights which told everyone that someone was in the abandoned building. She wasn't even sure she wanted to go in anymore. Especially because of how early it was in the morning.

Leslie furrowed her brows hearing noise coming from inside. It seemed a lot like a setup. "Oh who cares. Gives me a reason to kill some more," Leslie mused. Leslie grabbed her phone and slid it in her pocket before heading inside. Leslie made her way up the stairs and kicked down the door only to find several guns being pointed at her.

She looked around, analyzing the atmosphere and if she could take all the men on. Before she could move a muscle the man just a few feet away from her raised his hand and everyone lowered all their guns. "That's not a very good idea sir. I don't take kindly to ambushes," Leslie said.

"Oh but you see this isn't an ambush. This is just a simple meeting," he responded.

"And what for? I have things to do and places to be so please hurry this up," Leslie gestured with irritation.

"I'm afraid I cannot disclose that information here so I ask that you come with me," he said, stepping forward and Leslie raised a brow at him.

"I'm not going anywhere with you until I know who you are and what you want from me," Leslie replied, uncrossing her arms and turning away to walk out.

"Cipher!" Another man shouted, he looked like the older man's assistant. Leslie froze mid walk and let out a breath before turning around, "Alright, let's go."

They arrived to his headquarters and Leslie learned his name to be Mr. Nobody. She just called the younger guy Connor because he looked like a Connor. He was annoyed by it but stopped correcting her after the first five times. Mr. Nobody went on to explain why he needs Leslie's help to catch Cipher and she obviously agreed. She wasn't gonna let the woman who killed her husband get away again.

"Why are we at a men's prison?" Leslie asked as she stepped out of the car.

"You aren't the only criminal we had to pick up," 'Connor' says, with sass and Leslie scoffed at him. "You know if you're trying to woo me, you're gonna have to do better than that," Leslie mumbled before following Mr. Nobody who was looking at his watch.

Just then Leslie hummed when two men came rolling out of the prison exit. One was very tall and muscular, clearly Samoan. The other one was a bit shorter, but still had plenty of muscle and he looked a lot like an assassin of somewhat. They were both in a fighting position, ready to kill each other until they noticed all the lights and guns on them. They both then turned to look at Mr. Nobody but Deckard was more so focused on the woman next to him.

"Well, that took longer than I expected," Mr. Nobody said, looking up from his watch.

"Creed? How'd you catch a Creed?" Hobbs asked. In all his years on the force, she was the one person in the Creed family, he couldn't track down.

"I've got my ways," Mr. Nobody shrugged.

"Yeah you're lucky I didn't kill you and your team so let's go and get this shit over with," Leslie butted in, walking over to the car.

"Actually, Creed, you're riding with Shaw. Agent, go with them," Mr. Nobody said, and 'Connor' nodded and led both assassins to another car.

Deckard held the door open for Leslie and she hummed before stepping inside and sitting down across from 'Connor'. "So who's gonna tell me what the hell is going on?" Deckard asked as the car began to drive off, himself sitting next to Leslie.

"Well that's not exactly my job so 'Connor' you do yours and tell the handsome man why you broke him out of prison," Leslie mused before pulling out her phone and answering the call from her friend Keira.

Leslie blocked out Deckard's conversation with 'Connor' and listened to Keira's rant about her now ex boyfriend Sean, who cheated on her. "Mhm. Look sweetheart, I'm gonna be out for a few days doing a job and once I'm done, I'll go kill the bastard for you. But please if you will, make sure my cat is being fed," Leslie shrugged.

'Connor's' eyes widened at that and Deckard couldn't help but chuckle at her so casually stating she was going to murder someone. "Oh my god you're so sweet, thank you girl. I'll watch the little guy. Be safe and don't die," Keira smiled. "Alright, thank you sweetheart," Leslie held a small smile and hung up, then her face went back to its emotionless state. She didn't know these people so she couldn't trust them to even see her break character.

"Who's that?" 'Connor' asked.

Leslie raised a brow but before she could speak, Deckard spoke up, "Mind ya business. She's not here questioning about your life so don't question hers." Leslie let out a small amused chuckle at 'Connors' taken back expression.

"Exactly what he said," Leslie mumbled, looking out of the window with a bored expression.

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Leslie adjusted the black wig she wore and brushed it down. Usually she would keep her braids out but she seeing as she was gonna be working with people she didn't know, it was better to keep it on. She had to keep up the assassin persona. Her phone went off yet again and she grabbed it with a heavy sigh, scoffing at who was calling, she picked up anyways. "What is it, mum?"

"We need your help. Your brother's got into a bit of a tussle and you need to get him out of it," Lyra, her mother, spoke, already expressing frustration.

Leslie scoffed, holding the phone between her ear and shoulder as she pulled her blazer on over her lace top. "I don't have time for this, mum. Have someone else do it. Where's dad? Can't he do it?" She asked, sitting down to pull on her thick heeled boots. "He's out of town, he can't. Do not argue with me, you will help your brother!" She raised her voice, leaving no room for argument.

"Alright, fine. What did he do now?" Leslie huffed, adjusting her trousers.

"I sent your brother to cut a deal for me and it turned out it was a set up. They took him and this blonde woman sent me a video message. Now go get your brother back and kill her. Understood, Leslie?" Lyra said, as she emailed the video to her daughter.

"Mum-" Leslie sighed, not even gonna argue, "Okay, I'll get him back. Wouldn't want your precious little boy to get his face scratched," Leslie mumbled the last part sarcastically in Spanish. "What was that?" Leslie rolled her eyes, "Nothin'. Bye, mum."

She quickly clicked the video, clenching her jaw as anger rose in her chest. "Hello, Lyra Creed. Just to clear the air, didn't want your son. I actually wanted you. But seeing as I got your son anyways, and you're retired, do me a favor and send this video to your daughter, Leslie." Leslie obviously recognized the woman to be Cipher.

"Hey, Leslie. You remember me, don't you? If you don't, just ask your husband," Cipher came to a mock realization, "Oh wait, I killed him." Leslie clenched her fist, her nails digging into her palm as the video played on. Cipher turned the to show Leslie's brother, Lucas, tied up and beaten. "And if you get in my way again, I will kill your brother too. Then, I'll go on to kill your mother, your father and that little best friend you have."

Cipher pulled the tape off of Lucas's mouth, "Any last words for your sister?"

"Leslie, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything. Don't put your life at risk for mine! Just do what she says!" Lucas said before one of the guards tied his mouth up.

Cipher smiled as she turned the camera back to her, "I'd listen to your baby brother, Leslie. Goodbye." The camera shut off and Leslie immediately punched the mirror, having to let her anger out somehow. Before she could even remove her bloody hand off the glass, there was a knock on her door. "What?!" She exclaimed in frustration.

"You okay in there?" Leslie figured the voice belonged to a random agent and sighed. "Yes..well, actually no, but I'll live," she said, slowly removing her hand with a small wince, not at the pain but at the way her hand looked.

"You need some help?" The agent asks. Leslie rolls her eyes, even if she hated bandaging her hands by herself, she didn't want a random person's help. "No thank you. I'll be fine." She said, pulling out some small pieces of glass from her hand. Thankfully she didn't need stitches as they weren't that deep or severe. 

Leslie finished wrapping up her hand and cleaned herself up before heading towards the conference room.

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"This is my new base. Welcome to nowhere." Mr. Nobody said, opening the door for Luke Hobbs who was now all cleaned up and out of the prison jumpsuit that barely fit him to begin with. "It's a little sterile for you," Hobbs commented and Mr. Nobody chuckled. "Listen, there's something I want to talk to you about after. Hey, listen, guys, thanks-" Mr. Nobody cut himself off, realizing Dom's crew were all handcuffed.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, what? Handcuffs? What is this?" Mr. Nobody questioned his agent.

"It's called abuse of power," Roman Pearce commented in annoyance.

"You told me to round them up," the agent who Leslie referred to as 'Connor' said.

"I didn't tell you to hand- Cut 'em loose." Mr. Nobody ordered, "Oh, man. This is embarrassing. I'm sorry, guys." Meanwhile, Letty managed to unlock her own handcuffs, "So, this is how you treat old friends?" She said as Hobbs took a seat at the table.

"Friends? We don't even really know who the hell this guys is," Tej Parker added to the conversation as 'Connor' unlocked Roman's handcuffs. "Doesn't matter who I am, Tej. I'm, like, nobody, okay?" Mr. Nobody replied. "-Nobody. So, then, who is he?" Tej asked, referring to 'Connor'. "Him? He's nothing. He's, like, less than me." Mr. Nobody said.

"Clearly, we're getting nowhere with nobody. I've been in here for four hours, and my ribs are showin'. I don't know about y'all, but I'm out." Roman spoke up, standing up from his chair. "I wouldn't recommend that," the agent spoke up. "What?" Roman stopped by the glass door hearing that.

"Well, thanks to your botched Berlin job, you all made Interpol's top ten most wanted list." Mr. Nobody informed. "Top ten? Mmhm. That's all right," Roman smirked. "Well, uh...not you, Roman. You just missed the cut. You're number 11, so..." Mr. Nobody added. "-I...I missed?" Roman pointed to himself, feelimg offended, "That's impossible." Tej and Ramsey both held their laugh in, "What number did they come in at?" He asked.

"Six," the agent pointed at Hobbs, "eight," he pointed at Tej, "nine..." he pointed at Letty, "Ten." He pointed at Ramsey.

"She's Ten? That's impossible, there is no way she's a 10." Roman said in disbelief.

"Oh, She's definitely a 10." Tej smirked, getting an eye roll from Ramsey. "Just out of curiosity, who's number one?" Tej questioned.

That's when the other door opened and in walked Leslie Creed. "You're looking at her," she spoke nonchalantly. Everyone turned to look at the woman, Tej and Roman's mouths falling open and Ramsey getting a small hint of blush. "Hot damn. Who is she?" Roman asked, eyeing her body up and down.

"Leslie Creed. World's greatest and most wanted assassin, carrying on her mother's legacy," Hobbs said. Leslie practically glared at him for those last words, "I don't give a shit about her legacy. I made my own. That's exactly why I'm better than her." Leslie stated, holding no emotion in her dead tone.

"She is at number one," the agent said to the crew, Leslie blinked and took a seat, one chair away from Hobbs.

"You still married, or nah?" Tej questioned, obviously knowing who she was but never made it a thing to find her.

"How about we focus on someone who we're not gonna find out in anybody's list? We are awaiting hard confirmation, but... I believe that's the cyber terrorist known as Cipher." He clicked a button on the screen and it showed a picture of a blonde woman. Known as Cipher. Leslie yawned, already knowing about the mission and why she needed to do this.

"Wait, no. Cipher's an organization not... not a person," Ramsey said, feigning confusion. "Unfortunately not, beautiful. Not according to their sources or mine," Leslie said, winking at Ramsey who blushed some more, causing Roman and Tej to furrow their brows at that interaction.

"Wait, why is she even here?" Roman said, referring to Leslie, "Not that I'm complaining," he quickly added.

"I'm here because that woman took my husband from me, plus, the whole clearing my name thing isn't so bad either," Leslie shrugged. "She killed your husband?" Letty asked, suddenly showing some remorse for Leslie. "Yes, because of me," Leslie answered, her face yet again emotionless. It's like a emotion switch goes off in her every few seconds.

"I guess that answers my question," Tej mumbled, getting a nudge from Ramsey for the insensitivity.

"What does she want?" Letty asked, more so Leslie who seemed to know more than anyone else. "No one knows," Leslie said. "Cipher is like a digital act of God. They...well, she can manipulate world systems from the shadows. Anything that can be hacked is hers to play with," Ramsey added.

"Ding, ding, ding, got it perfectly. Beautiful hair by the way," Leslie complimented, leaning her chin on her palm as she looked at Ramsey. "Th-thank you," Ramsey stammered, mentally asking herself why she was being so awkward and jittery.

"And here's the kicker, you'll never find her linked to any of it. Her digital identity is scrubbed every few seconds worldwide." The agent explained. Leslie leaned back in her chair as Roman sat back down in his, checking out Leslie who paid him no mind and turned to look at Tej who spoke up. "So, basically, she's the boogeyman."

"Damn, she's one of the hottest bogeymans, I've ever seen. I mean, I'f y'all know her, tell her to get at your boy." Roman chuckled and the agent kicked his shin, "What are you, twelve?"

Leslie rolled her eyes at their bickering and cleared her throat, "Quiet. Ramsey was saying something. Go on, darling." Ramsey smiled at her kindness and continued, "Let's just say, people are scared of the hacker group Anonymous. But even Anonymous won't mess with her."

"What the hell does any of this have to do with us?" Letty spoke up, clearly still bothered by the fact that Dom went "rogue" on them. "Probably nothing, Letty, but I do find it interesting that, apparently, for some reason, she's working with this guy." Mr. Nobody clicked a button on his remote which pulled up Dominic Toretto's profile. Letty's expression fell and she looked to Hobbs for confirmation and he sighed hopelessly, wishing it was false.

"He's already delivered a fully operational EMP into her hands. Detonate that, they can turn any city in the world into a war zone," the agent informed the crew.

"So, then, what is it you're suggesting we do?" Tej asked.

"Maybe we find Dom, huh? Well, first, let's catch him and then figure out why he's turned."

"So y'all want us...To track Dom." Roman shot them a confused look. "And I know Roman, it's kinda a big job." Mr. Nobody said, sarcastically.

"It's impossible."

"Which is why... I'm bringing in an extra pair of hands." Leslie looked up to them, listening to the conversation. The same door she came from opened and Deckard Shaw walked in, messing with the cuffs on his suit. Leslie made eye contact with him and immediately looked away after her phone vibrated in her pocket. "Excuse me." Leslie stood up and walked past him, taking the phone call.

"Ah. My day just got a whole hell of a lot better," Hobbs shot up from his seat, glaring at Deckard who was too busy trying to remember what Leslie's name was again. "Mr. Nobody you want to tell me why you just put me in a room with this tea and crumpets eatin' criminal, sum bitch." Hobbs spoke.

"Oh bloody hell," Leslie muttered from outside, hearing the conversation as she listened to Keira speak.

"You got a big mouth on a small head. Coming from prisoner 6753," Deckard mocked.

"Don't think we've forgotten everything you've done." Letty said, bringing the memories of Han back. Which made them look down and frown in disappointment. Leslie looked down, hanging up the phone she just heard what Letty said and wondered just what Shaw did to get on their bad side.
Tej stood up and spoke, "We're not, teaming up with this guy." Just as he finished speaking, Leslie entered the room and leaned on the glass wall behind Letty.

"Let's get one thing clear. I ain't on your team. I don't care about you, your crew... Your little family. I'm here for Cipher." He announced, glancing at the Leslie who just tilted her head, intrigued by him. Leslie walked up and placed a hand on Tej's shoulder, "Easy there. Wouldn't wanna do somethin' you might regret," she whispered before backing away. This didn't go unnoticed by Deckard because he squinted his eyes at the interaction.

"You gonna apply for a job, head-asshole." Hobbs remarked.

"I think that tight t-shirt is cutting off the circulation to your brain. You should get bigger size." Hobbs looked down at his shirt, taking small offense at the comment. "Cipher came to me first. Wanted me to steal Nightshade for her. When I said no, she went off to my brother."

"Oh, yes. Brother Owen, who could forget him? Former hell-raiser and current guest, at a nasty little black site prison." Mr. Nobody clicked a button on the remote and a picture of Owen Shaw's profile showed up. Leslie raised a brow and leaned against the glass, familiar with the man.

"Cipher corrupted him, left him for dead. So if I get a shot to take her down, believe me, I'm taking it," Shaw said, stepping forward at Hobbs. Leslie looked down, suddenly finding her nails really fascinating.

"You're taking my boot right up your ass." Hobbs stepped up to Deckard, both of them directly facing each other. Leslie rolled her eyes and stepped between the two, putting her hands on their chests to keep them apart. They both stared at her hands and looked back up, glaring at each other. "Never in my life have I met two men be so unprofessional when lives are on the line. It's quite amusing," she said, glancing in between them.

"Guys, guys, guys. The fastest way to find Cipher is through Toretto. Now aside from myself, there's only two men in the world, that have ever managed to actually track him down with any success. And guess what? They're both standing in front of me right now. So like it or not, you two are gonna work together." They both glared at each other and took steps back. "You got that?"

"I'm gonna take that as a yes." Leslie walked away and sat back down on the chair, leaning back and pulling out a piece of gum, offering one to Tej and Ramsey who took it gratefully. Roman furrowed his brows, wondering why he didn't get offered any. Even Letty got offered a piece.

"Am I the only one seeing this?" Roman spoke up, getting eye rolls from the crew.

"Oh, this atta be good," the agent mumbled sarcastically.

"Use God's eye. We put our lives on the line..running around the world trying to figure this thing out. It can find anybody, right? Let's use it to find Dom." Leslie chuckled lowly, knowing that was the first thing they had done.

"Roman, that is a great idea." Mr. Nobody pointed out, sarcastically, of course.

"Did you hear that? Great idea." Roman smirked at Ramsey who just rolled her eyes and looked back at Leslie who was fiddling with what looked like her wedding ring, "And no, no! No tunin' it out," Roman grinned, tapping his ear.

"Mr. Nobody." Hobbs looked at the older man, "Let's fire it up.. huh?"

Leslie stood up and walked out of the room before anyone could move a muscle. "Aye, what's her name?" Deckard questioned.

"She'll squash you like a bug," Letty added before walking out, taking a seat on the stairs next to Leslie.

"Her name?" Deckard questioned again, more sternly.

"Leslie Creed, greatest assassin to ever walk the planet. She's been a shadow her whole life. She comes from a family of assassins, so you could say it runs in the family. She's dangerous so I'd keep your interest to a minimum." Mr. Nobody answered before walking out, followed by Ramsey, Tej, Roman and the agent.

Hobbs noticed Deckard staring at Leslie who was clearly flirting with Ramsey as she typed on the computer. "I wouldn't mess with her if I were you. She just lost her husband. But then again, if you do she'll mess you up so it's a win win situation." Hobbs shrugged before walking out and standing next to Mr. Nobody.

To say Deckard was more than intrigued was an understatement. He heard of her family before, more so Leslie's mother as she was close friends was his mum. He knew of an assassin who was a shadow but he definitely didn't expect it to be her.

It just made him want her even more.

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a/n: first chapter complete!! i love this book so far and i hope you're all enjoying it!

remember, italics will be spanish bc i don't feel like translating lol

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