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Post by Brian O'Conner on May 23, 2011 14:03:22 GMT 2
Tag Joker, Angel, maybe Mia
Day 1 : Practicing driving backwards for the drop into the elevator shaft.
As soon as the sun set Brian went to the back of the race track with some cutters and cut open the wire fence that fenced the track off from the cliff above the ocean. He cleared the brush and stones away and measure the exact distance that Joker had given him. The place needed to resemble the FBI building entrance and the way to the elevator shaft as well as possible. With a spray can he drew two lines on the ground. One where the back of his car had to be when he came to a stop and one for the distance he had to the building door from the main street. Double checking everything he nodded to himself and then walked over to his car. He did a few rounds on the track before he spun it around and started going backwards on the track, breaking and excellerating. Brian tried to get a feel for it but when he stepped outside and checked his tire marks he noticed how far off the actual 17,5 feet he was.
So he went back to the garage and set up a row of old cans and then tried to hit his new 'mark' backwards-each time either flattening them out of coming a few feet too short.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 3:06:38 GMT 2
Diablo watched Brian from the back door, he would be the one that needed the most help. Turning she looked back at the two engines that were in mid assemble, she was doing double the work in the hopes that it would be faster. But doing double the work meant that she wasn't sleeping at all. Sure she was tired but there were a row of energy drink cans lining her work bench now, those were what she was going to be running on until these two other engines were built.
Her eyes passed over the Widow Maker that was sitting on a lift, her old exhaust system wrapped in bubble wrap sitting against the wall like precious cargo while Joker finished fixing down the new system that would quiet down the beast of an engine her car had in it. Pulling her eyes away from Joker's back she ran the back of her wrist against her forehead and sighed going back to work.
"When your done Joker can you just double check and make sure the boss doesn't put himself over the cliff? I really appreciate you fixing my baby so she runs a bit quieter, I was going to do it after these two bad boys were finished but you got to it first. You think I can teach Brian how to drive on of these guys without killing himself? I mean I'm really not worried about the big man, but Brian... all he drives is import. There is no way he's going to know what to expect from a muscle car."
She sighed as she went back to work, switching between the two engines. Brian was just trying to hit a mark in his own car, which was good since they all would need all the practice they could get before they tried it for real.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on May 24, 2011 18:34:37 GMT 2
A loud scream let his two coworkers know Brian had managed to hit the mark for the first time. "Get the big baby ready!" He shouted over at them while he did another round on the course backwards and tried to hit the cans again. This time he stopped almost three feet too early, growled at his car and tried again. There were already dozens of tire prints on the road and his neck was getting stiff from turning around so he decided to use his rear view mirror instead. Strangely enough with more success. About an hour later ha walked back into the garage and flopped down on a turned around crate. He put his face in his hands and rubbed it. "I can't beleive how hard it is to hit that damn mark in reverse." Through the gap in his fingers he watched Diablo slave away at the mean muscle car.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 19:03:53 GMT 2
"It ain't that hard Brian," Angel said looking over her shoulder at him, "But then again you probably take the forward drive more often then naught. And there is no way you are driving my car. Not a chance in hell."
She yawned and put down the wrench, "There you go Brian, two finished monster motors. You wanna pull that truck in Brian? When you do that I'll show you how a real trick driver does it."
Grabbing a rag she wiped her hands off and grabbed her last can of Monster, "Then after this I am going to be sleeping like the dead," she said cracking the can open and drinking half of it.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on May 24, 2011 19:10:40 GMT 2
"Sure." Brian shrugged. "Oh there she goes again, a real trick driver...why don't you go and do the trick?" Brian was a little pissed off because he didn't like the fact that Diablo kept stressing that she won the race against him.
"I'll bring the truck in but I don't need you to show me up." Tired he went outside and came back in the old, massive pick up.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 19:56:13 GMT 2
"Come on Brian, you're the first straight up dragger I've beaten," Angel said smiling after her boss, "Don't get all bent out of shape boss man. We all have our thing, yours is dragging and mine is doing the stupidest shit behind the wheel."
She looked after him and smiled softly, she'd show him how to hit the mark every time. When he had come back in with the truck she looked at him.
"You want to know how I do it? I can teach you how to hit that mark every time without looking. That is if you want my help."
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Post by Brian O'Conner on May 24, 2011 20:20:57 GMT 2
"So I'm your first? That's even worse!" he snorted.
Diablo was really good at what she did but so was Brian and he had a few tricks up his sleeve she hadn't seen. "I'm not pure dragger, girl."
He popped the hood and climbed out of the truck. Then he got real close...in her personal space and whispered. "No , thank you."
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2011 22:17:23 GMT 2
"Well alright then flip off that estrogen switch and stop being such a girl," Angel said placing a kiss on the tip of his nose, "Now you gonna move surfer boy or am I going to have to move you myself? And I have no doubt that you can do things that I haven't seen before, Mr. 'I'm-not-a-pure-dragger' but you do a lot of dragging so I can't see what else your good at."
She didn't mind him being in her personal space at all, after all she could tease and taunt just as well as he could at the end of the day. Some days she came out on top and some days he did, but she knew that he had a wife and kid so she played hands off most of the time. After all this was a garage and raunchy ran with the turf.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on May 25, 2011 1:09:00 GMT 2
Brian stepped to the side and lifted his arm to wave her through. "Go ahead, chika but watch the electrics. With all that girl power it might just over load."
He loved that he could tell Daiblo his opinion without her getting her knickers in a knot. After all Brian needed to stake his claim every once in a while. "You work on that engine...put it in, do what you're good at and I'll do what I'm good at."
He saluted her while he walked backwards to the back door and then turned around, hopped in the new Skyline and backed up, spun around and did another round before he went back to trying to hit the spot. This time he actually closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the cans a few times before trying to hit the mark. Strangely enough his timing became better with his eyes closed.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2011 2:27:43 GMT 2
Diablo smiled as Brian ran off to try it again, and but the looks of it he was actually getting better at it, "Good Job Brian. Now all we need to know is if you can do that in a monster truck."
She tugged the mini picker over and slipped the bands over one of the two engines as she wheeled it over to the truck and maneuvered the bulky engine into place. On a step stool she leaned over the hood of the truck squirming slightly so that the edge of the engine cavity was placed against her hip bones before she started hooking the motor up to the other components making sure that it wouldn't be going anywhere by the end of the day as she carefully released the straps on the motor.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on May 25, 2011 8:27:24 GMT 2
A whole hour passed by until Brian was satisfied and tired enough to take a break. He came back inside and shot a look at his watch. 11 pm. Popping his head under the hood next to Diablo he looked at how far she had gotten. "How much longer?" He yawned loudly and looked at her from the side. Diablo looked really tired, her hair somewhat ruffled but she had determination in her expression. Something that Brian though was a great character trait.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2011 16:04:34 GMT 2
Diablo grunted as response as she finished hooking everything up, "It needs fluids but other then that everything is hooked up and ready to go. So you find me another body to put this guy into," she asked motioning to the other monster motor as the old truck motor sat looking pretty pathetic next to the glistening chrome.
She rubbed the back of her wrist against one of her eyes and stifled a yawn as she flopped down onto the step stool before she leaned back against the grill of the truck. She blinked hard several times to clear her vision before she looked Brian over. If he looked tired, then she probably looked worse.
"How are you tired Bri? All you did was drive in circles and try to hit marks in reverse."
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Post by Brian O'Conner on May 25, 2011 16:21:48 GMT 2
Brian ran his fingers over the shiny new engine and absentmindedly fiddled around on one connection. "I was thinking about that. All we have is what's in the back yard and none of them really cut it. Maybe we gotta go shopping but whatever we has to be something you see on the streets everyday. Unsuspicious." He pulled his head back, yawned and ran both hands over his hair, which desperately needed a cut. "I'm tired, very tired." He sank down to the cool garage floor and leaned his back against the truck tire. His knee hurt as if he had done a half marathon when all he had been doing was pushing pedals after a day of work. "Yeah and I hit it. And actually that's all I'm going to do for the next few days until I can be sure I don't sail off that cliff."
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2011 16:43:59 GMT 2
"You want me to put one of these bad boys into a civic? These engines will tear everyday cars apart. You find me a GT or some kind of newer muscle car and then we can talk, import won't cut it Brian. They aren't made well enough to handle one of my engines unless I'm putting one of the lighter ones into it."
Diablo yawned again this time not bothering to stifle it as her mouth of sharp teeth opened and closed on air, tears forming in her eyes until she blinked. She looked over at him and shook her head, his knee must have been bothering him after all of that shifting.
"You ever thought about getting a knee brace?" she asked looking at him around the side of the truck, "I mean it should help, but it's just some friendly advice. I swear I'm not trying to tell you what to do, before you decide to get your panties in a wad."
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Post by Brian O'Conner on May 25, 2011 18:59:08 GMT 2
Brian chuckled to himself. "I don't generally mind advice...just on driving." He bent his knee. The stinging pain made him grimance as he wondered whether it's ever going to be better again. "I'm not sure that a knee brace would help. All the interior is so fucked up that ..." He didn't finish the sentence as he caught himself wallowing in self pitty again, something he'd promised Mia not to do.
He nodded up to her. "I'll get you some American muscle tomorrow. You should go home and get some sleep. You look really tired. Thanks so much for the help. I'm sure Dom appreciates it, too....I was wondering. Why are you helping him. You're aware that if you get caught they'll figure out who built those engines."
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2011 19:34:39 GMT 2
"Because I have nothing to loose. If I'm in prison then Deon can't have a chance in getting to me. Dom gives me a good vibe, he seems like the kind of guy that would do anything for his family. Not to mention you and Joker need me, you need my help to pull this off. There isn't anyone else you know that can help you pull this off."
Diablo shrugged that was the only thing that she could use to explain how she justified this. It's what made sense to her, if she got locked up then she was safe from Deon. Hell he would probably post her bail and try to come for her, in which case he would get picked up and thrown in lockup himself. In either case it was a win win situation.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on May 25, 2011 20:46:15 GMT 2
"That sounds a little crazy." He admitted. "Don't worry. We won't get caught. We're too good." Brian knew the crazy shit Dom had pulled before but none of it was as daring as this new plan. "Just don't tell anybody about it. The FBI has ears averywhere."
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2011 21:15:31 GMT 2
"It might sound crazy but you haven't seen Deon. And who the hell am I going to tell Brian? The only people I know are the ones in this job," Angel said rolling her eyes as she stood up from the stool reaching for the rage sitting on the bench, "But I trust we know what we're doing."
She shrugged and wiped her hands off as she sighed biting back yet another yawn. There really wasn't anyone else that she would need to tell that already didn't know.
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Post by Brian O'Conner on May 25, 2011 21:20:43 GMT 2
"Who the hell is this Deon, yeah I know your ex but...?" Diablo was such a strong confident woman but she seemed to turn into a frightened little girl when she talked about him.
"Maybe we can repay the favour and kick his ass next....maybe Dom can." He changed his statement because he was actually trying to stay out of trouble which wasn't treally working out at the moment.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2011 21:43:12 GMT 2
"He's a hulk... I mean he took a wrench to the head, Joker's punches and still walked away. Don't give me that look Brian, I like big muscular guys. I can't help that," Angel said as Brian gave her that look of shock.
"I doubt that Dom would want to do me a solid and get in a tussle with Deon. Not to mention Deon wouldn't be all there most of the time. He's a party boy, with the muscles to put Dom to shame."
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