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wh40kartwork · 1 year
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Canoptek Wraith / Talisman Of Creativity
by Hector Ortiz
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mtg-cards-hourly · 5 months
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Resurrection Orb
Artist: Hector Ortiz TCG Player Link Scryfall Link EDHREC Link
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Neverwinter - Drow Fashion Concept Art by Hector Ortiz
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skyesu · 7 months
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The Catalyst Deck
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pirate-deathmatch · 1 year
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Round 2 Port: Hector Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean) vs Jim Jimenez (Our Flag Means Death)
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Barbossa's got the spooky factor on his side, and he can't feel pain, which means he'd keep fighting but also means he might not notice if he's bleeding out. Meanwhile Jim can feel pain, but also makes sure their enemies can feel their family knife.
[the pirates MAY use any special skills or equipment they possess. They may NOT call on any friends or creatures to assist them. For the sake of this tournament, all pirates CAN be killed and cannot come back to life during the fight. Remember: this isn't about favorites, this is about fighting power. Deathmatch masterpost Here.]
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nichecomicstournament · 9 months
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The final lineup has been decided! 64 unknowns will compete for the title of "Most Underrated Superhero (or Villain!)" beginning on Sunday!
All matchups will be tagged with #actual polls for easy finding!
Transcript under the cut
Match 1: Kubark vs. Dr. Yahya Badr
Match 2: Fernanda Rodriguez vs. Karla Sofen
Match 3: Martha Johansson vs. Arizona Annie
Match 4: Christopher Kent vs. Jimmy Hudson Jr.
Match 5: John Butcher vs. Theresa “Trixie” Collins
Match 6: Lorena Marquez vs. Henry King Jr.
Match 7: Hobie Brown (prowler) vs. Rose Forrest
Match 8: Matthew Hawk vs. Gavin King
Match 9: Lana Baumgartner vs. Koryak
Match 10: Nathaniel Carver vs. Jules Jourdain
Match 11: Gwen Lou Sabuki vs. Blaine "Kid" Colt
Match 12: Frank Payne/Schlichting vs. ForgetMeNot
Match 13: Toni Monetti vs. Larry Trask
Match 14: Laura Broadbahr vs. Raphael Arce
Match 15: Derek James vs. Mae Kent/matrix
Match 16: Nick Kovak vs. Ren Kemura
Match 17: Johnny Bart vs. Augustus Freeman
Match 18: Brigid O'Reilly vs. shortpack
Match 19: Blindspot (x-men) vs. Robbie Baldwin
Match 20: Joel Weinberg vs. Samuel Chung
Match 21: Lottie Person vs. Jack Ryder
Match 22: Stained Glass Scarlet vs. Sarah Vale
Match 23: Bellona Kinney vs. Steve Harmon
Match 24: Hector Ayala vs. Git Hoskins
Match 25: Maria Aracely Penalba vs. Verity Willis
Match 26: Talia Josephine "TJ" Wagner vs. David Zavimbi
Match 27: Tom Raymond vs. Otis flannegan
Match 28: Chance vs.Tao
Match 29: Karl Valley vs. Colin Wilkes
Match 30: Kristoff Vernard vs. Isabella Ortiz
Match 31: Jennifer Kale vs. Jonas Graymalkin
Match 32: Kahina Eskandari vs. Humberto Lopez
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male-meat-suit · 1 year
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Make Me Over
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David was tired of his boring life, so one night he saw a commercial for a local business that helps lonely guys like him to get out of his everyday rut. The next day he called and set up an appointment, he went in to the shop which wasn’t exactly in the best part of town. In fact a nerdy white boy like him was definitely out of place. He entered the shop where he was greeted by a very beautiful young woman in full leather. 
She winked at him and guessed he was there for the total makeover package.
David sat and waited until a young man, with his arm covered in tattoos and wearing tight leather pants called him into the next room.
“So Gringo, you here for the Total Makeover, eh?” David nodded, I’m Hector, I’ll be helping you with that. He guided David to a chair, gave him a sports drink, which he drank in no time, that was when the blackouts started.
Not much was remembered by him as he’d wake a few times and only see the ceiling of the room, he rembered phrases in his mind, it was as if they were teaching him Spanish. The next memory he had he was sitting up in front of a Mirror lokking at a complete stranger, though his new mind recognized the figure staring back as him.
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David Smith was gone staring back at him was David Ortiz, the newest member of the Black Dragons, a gang hell bent on creating a brotherhood of Leathered bad asses to take over the city and make it into their own paradise of inked up bros and sexy as fuck babes. David’s boring old life was definitely gone, but he wasn’t sure about his new one, though it wasn’t as if he had any say in the matter his old life had been wiped away, this was him now, his buddy Hectored tossed him the rest of his outfit and they were out to raise hell and find some more bored fuckers to turn into their brothers for their new posse.
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jackiequick · 2 years
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🎶 Fast & Furious OC (+ a long story) 🏁
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Valentina “Val” Toretto
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Full Name: Valentina Toretto
Nicknames: Val, Vally, Babygirl, Shorty, Baby Toretto, Quick, Ankle Biter
Age: 19 in The Fast & The Furious (2001), 26 in Fast & Furious (2009) , 28 in Fast Five (2011) , 31 in Fast & Furious 6 (2013) , 33 in Furious 7 (2015) , 37 in Fate of The Furious (2017) and etc.
Family: It’s a very huge one! But let’s focus on the biological ones and the in laws. Mother & Father dead but siblings are alive!
Big Brother —> Dom Toretto
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Big Sister —> Mia Toretto
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Brother in law —> Brian O’Conner
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Sister in law —> Letty Ortiz
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Relationship status: Single for most of the time movies but ends up in a few relationships later on 😉
Best Friends/Family: Roman and Tej, Letty, Hector, Brian, Vince, Han, Leo, Santos, Gisele, Elena, Hobbs, Deckard and the list goes on! She mets a lot of the crew as the years go by.
Vehicle of choice: Honestly she’ll ride with anyone or anything, doesn’t matter the car as long as there’s space to move around. But she love a jet black motorcycle ride and adores a Honda coupe cars because it’s slick small style and storage space in the back (it was her very first car ever too!).
Job on the team: One of the drivers. If not, she stays behind to do a analysis of the case being done (teaming up with Mia to do a lot of it) but she is also a bit of a fighter. She’s got a strong punch to her and will lead a chase downtown if needed!
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Background information, facts and etc
In 2001, she met Brian O’Conner on the beachside due to sweet charming looks across from each other and a few days introduced herself to him properly. It was a start to a beautiful friendship, but Val would she had a crush on the darling blonde. Then she got the chance to introduce Brian to her sister, Mia and sparks flew! God, she teased her sister about it so much!
Dom wasn’t very happy about it, but invited Brian into the crew but Vince wasn’t having any of it which cause problems between Val and him. Claiming that Brian was a low leveled cop! Val wasn’t pleased with that idea but it later became true, as Brian revealed himself to Mia and Val that he in fact, is a cop. Things happened, causing the 3 of them to save their friends and family from being total waste in the highway and Brian and Dom fought then raced off to find revenge for a death of a friend. Finding plenty of respect for each other.
In 2009. Val, Dom and Letty went to the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 for a few jobs, find some peace and quiet, along adventures meeting more family members as well! However Letty died trying to clear Dom’s name with Brian and Val’s help, resulting in a return to the US. Along with a new heist and a return to old faces! Brian and Mia reunited, rekindling their romance, Dom met a new member of their team Giselle in Mexico 🇲🇽 , Val reunited with her sister and future brother in law and they tried to frame the criminal gang in the process. However Dom’s name wasn’t cleared yet but they decided to break him out and start a new lifestyle on the run, the best they can.
In 2011! 2 years on the road and running around until they landed in Brazil 🇧🇷 and still on the FBI most wanted list for prisoners of the USA 🇺🇸. They played low and trying not to draw too much attention to themselves while Dom headed out to do jobs, Mia, Val and Brian stayed protecting each other with Vince help (since he lived in Brazil with his wife and baby boy). Mia was noticed by Vince’s wife and her sister Val one night that she was off and a little sick, she was pregnant with Brian’s baby! After being chased down by Hobbs, Elena and their crew around the countryside and across rooftops, Mia revealed her pregnancy to the small group of 4 saying they have to stick together now especially with their families about to get bigger, Val couldn’t agreed more coming up with a plan as the boys agreed taking the plan one huge step further.
Dom, Brian, Val and Mia planned a huge heist to getaway with a safe full of money in one of Brazil’s bank houses and a team involved, calling everyone they knew. Dom called Han and Giselle, Val called Leo and Santos, Brian called up Tej and Roman while Mia found the perfect safe spot to meet up, eat, sleep and do business! Everyone met up after a few days and the plan was set in motion. Roman flirted with Val while Tej compliment the girl during the work, it was all fun and games, even Mia and Brian teased the trio. They whole group raced, almost got caught many times by Hobbs even earning his respect eventually, they all had plenty of fun, prepared and trained for the heist.
Taking turns for certain roles, joking around so fun, the job becomes like a crazy fun stunt. Val, Mia and Tej were behind the steel safe to replace with a special handprint to break into and switch off, and keeping track of the views and incoming threats during the city heist while everyone else stayed in positions driving alongside one another. They thought they wouldn’t make it out of there alive but they did! As they all were able to steal $100 million dollars in a bank vault to share on individual accounts.
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Everyone went they’re own separate ways with their earnings from the $100 million dollar, using it for whatever they wanted. Valentina used hers to go traveling around the world, a long vacation for at least longer than two months. She stayed first in Brazil a little longer and went back to Dominican Republic. She went to Italy, Paris, Rome and of course flew to see her family. Seeing Elena and Dom who started a relationship a while back and saw her pregnant sister and Brian on the beachside.
However when she was in Italy on the beachside, sipping a cold freshly opened beer and eating a plate of fruits, she met someone. “Is there seat taken, miss?” Asked the man with a slight raspy voice and a gentle inviting grin. Valentina pulled down her sunglasses to get a better look at the tall man who stood next to her in white button down exposing his tone arms, dark sunglasses, wearing white shorts and no shoes as his feet dipped into the warmth of the sand. She smiled, “Not at all, take a seat.”
He nodded smiling and took a seat beside the woman on the long chair, “Thank you, darling.” Valentina pulled out another beer offering it to the man who took it with kindness and gratitude. She smiled softly, “It’s the least I can do.” “What are you doing here for?” “Hmm, vacation. I needed a break from it all and maybe need a meet few new faces. You?”
The man smiled taking in her natural tan and glow that radiated from her, a welcoming warmth from her as she saw dressed in a dark brown bikini top with brown shorts to match. A nice contact from his own closest of clothes he brought for travels. It took him a moment before he answered, “Work. I came for a job with a client who needed me to help him. Now I’m taking in the gorgeous view.” Valentina blushed looking down at her drink in hand and smiled, “Before you start, you got a name?” “Deckard Shaw, love.”
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Valentina smiled holding out a hand to shake in which Deckard gladly took, bringing his lips up to her knuckles gently and said, “Who you got a name, love?” She smiled softly, “Valentina Toretto but everyone calls me, Val.” “Then you call me, Deck.” “Nice to meet you, Deck.” “Very nice to meet you, Val.”
The pair talked the whole afternoon though on the beach, sipping beers and martinis while snacking on fruits and nuts. Deckard even offer to buy her dinner, in which she obliged as they went to the hotel to change into suitable clothes for the restaurant near the beautiful beaches on Italy as they ate. Deckard smiled, “How long are you staying for?” Val shrugged, “For as long as i want.” “There has to be a timeframe there, love.” “A week, dear.” 
Deckard smiled, “That’s more like it. I’ll be leaving in a few days but I’ll glad love to take you around.” Valentina grinned, “I’ll love that, very much. When do we start?” “You’ll have to ask me that again the morning, after breakfast.” “Let’s enjoy tonight then.” The two shared a few glasses of champagne as they enjoyed the rest of their night together. Heading back to the hotel room to continue their lovely conversations and take in the lovely view of the place.
The morning was something else to say the least. Valentina woke up underneath the white covers in a empty bed as the morning daylight of the balcony shined though the curtains. She smiled softly and blushed with pinky cheeks looking around, “Morning, lovely..” Deckard stepped out of the bathroom shirtless having woken up less than a few minutes earlier as he leaned down to press against her lips, “Good morning, beautiful..how’d you sleep?”
Val giggled ignoring his questions, “Your a bad influence Deck. I barley do anything like this…” Deck chuckled leaning towards the headboard of the bed, “Neither do i..But it’s vacation, i enjoyed it and I didn’t hear you complain about it.” “I blame the music playing last night from the balcony.” “Yeah, sure you do. We can blame the music.”
The next few days were a blast to be having together, enjoying dinner, running for shelter after some fallen rain, swimming in water after sharing drinks on the beach, walking down the streets of Italy and sadly it all came to a close. Both went their separate ways, hoping to keep in touch for the next time they’re on vacation, however neither of them knew if and when they would see each other again…
In 2013, another issue flown to the surface as Hobbs announced a new heist to be taken place with the crews help. Along with Letty’s return, she’s alive and working for the other team. So plans were made and both crew came aggressively against the threat known as Owen Shaw and his teammates, Val and Mia were kidnapped however thankfully they were able to save them, bring Letty home and stop the criminal case of Shaw and his crew. Everyone went back home to their lives together as a family unit once again, going on leave for work and vacation time of course.
Then 2015 came around and everything turned upside down. Valentina was on a small break from working with Tej as his co-worker and friend at the garage, as she flew down to Mexico when she saw Deckard again. The two smiled softly and decided to join each other on a small vacation from it all, until Deckard was told about his brother being in the hospital, Valentina didn’t know much about his family and neither did he know much of hers. Valentina was also called in by own brother to help take care of things at home. The pair went to take care of their own family members. Dom and Val were helping Mia, Brian and their son Jack with moving boxes to the van, when a sudden package arrived at the front door, just as Dom went to open it a call came in saying he was coming for Dom and his family..the house was blown to pieces. It was Deckard Shaw, as he was after the family for revenge on his brother and also on the hunt for a job to do.
Val nor Brian didn’t know much or that it was Deckard until later on during a chase in the woods. Which lead to Roman being a huge scared for jumping out a plane and Val being stuck in the car into a plane with him. Tej joked, “What happened Roman I thought you were strong and afraid of anything? This was your stupid idea!” Roman barked back, “Shut up, Tej! Since when do y’all actually listen to me?! I’mma stay here with Val. Y’all go ahead.”
Val started to fight back both of her idiot friends and eventually taking the wheel, with Tej’s help who controlled a switch to the car, as they road onto the streets of the highway in the woods. As they were driving behind the crew, out of nowhere Deckard appeared locking eyes with Valentina before speeding off behind towards Dom’s car. To say she was confused and pissed was a understatement!
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Shit went down afterwards as they had to save a few kidnapped family and friends, cracking the codes to a few systems to find Deckard and also help their new member recruited, Ramsey. Again, Valentina was stuck with Roman undercover! She loved the man to death but god damn she wanted to something punch him for being stupidly loud and such.
Deckard arrived in a elevator as he stanched her up with him yelling, “What the bloody hell are you doing here?!” Valentina yelled back, “I swear to god—Did you know about this?!” “That your brother hurt my brother?! Yes i found out a week ago, darling! I didn’t know you were involved in any of this..you knew about he was my brother?” “No! There wasn’t any connection between you guys and your last name are pretty common, I’m sorry i didn’t respond or know about that. You can’t blame me for this…”
He looked down holding his rather large gun in one hand and grabbed her hand gently with the other, pressing a little kiss to her knuckles. He sighed, “Promise me, you’ll stay safe…?” She sighed, “..yes, I will.” Valentina slapped Deckard across the face before walking out of the elevator to play her role with Roman.
It was fine until shit hit the fan again as Dom and Brian came out in a fire engine red sports car, Letty came flying in after fighting a Russian guard and Deckard came in shooting the place up. Roman grabbed her by the waist, picking Val up and ran off to safely as they screamed, “Y’all are the reason I’m always on vacation! You drive me rut sometimes!”
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Hours later, Dom and the crew found Deckard and his so called friends in a old warehouse as another fight broke out one another one, it could’ve made someone’s head spin. Dom and Val even got into a huge rushed and heated argument about their own family’s safety and The Shaw Family future after being caught, that was slowly settled down once they found ground in California. No one was happy, however they had a job to do for keeping Ramsey safe.
It was settled team A was to keep Ramsey safe teamed up in cars, playing TAG, team B who was Brian was dislocating the connection between cars and internet for they can’t be tracked by any other means necessary, and team C was fighting against Deckard Shaw. Correction, Dom was fighting him! Midway through the search and play of TAG with Ramsey, Valentina switched cars with Roman and Tej, racing off to the building that held Brian working on the power grid. That was her good friend, brother-in-law and nephew’s daddy of course she was gonna get her ass to that building and help kick some ass with him! And they did just that, Val and Brian kicked ass while trying their hardest to quickly finishing the adjustment on the power grid for Tej and Ramsey.
They were on the rooftop connecting the wires and directing the connection toward there friends when out of the corner of her, Val saw it loud and clear. A block away, two cars rivaling against each other with pounding of the groundwork shaking behind them and the sounds of shouting was heard. The pair raced off towards the building and blocking out a chasing threats toward them. Brian turned his head to watch running as he started yelling in his walkie-talkie at the crew as the building there the cars where started to collapse on itself with the men in it.
Cars went flying! Val wasted no time as she appeared with Letty and Hobbs at the scene, Deckard and Dom battling it out until both were on the groundwork on the streets. Suddenly it was dust and rumble in the air, no one can see as more helicopters with explosive waves of shock…Dom was out cold and Deck was gone hiding in the back of the it all, seeing all the looks at their faces. Deckard sighed as from afar he saw Valentina’s upset glares. Brian tried CPR on Dom as Letty sobbing screamed to get off of him, Val started crying in Roman’s arms as Tej held Ramsey while Hobbs looked at the crime scene in sorrow, noticing Deckard but waited for a moment. Letty sobbed begging and hoping, mumbling something only of of the group hear until Dom finally woke up.
A few weeks or so past, everyone started getting situated back home, rebuilding the home everyone knew and loved to have a simple BBQ. Mr. Nobody who hired them originally settled on calling them when needed for missions, Hobbs placed Deckard behind bars threatening him strongly. The two were at each other’s neck, Valentina smirked watching it all, pissed off at what Deckard done and how far both men went to end up where they are today. Deckard looked down unable to face her until after a while on standing in his cell block, he screwed up and tried getting revenge for his family, knowing they both care deeply about family and would do anything for it. The pair talked with Hobbs standing by protectively before it was settled down to not see each other for a long time…
She returned home to see her family with grins and smiles, kissing her nephew and talking with Mia as Dom and Brian joked about god knows what. Before they all headed out to beachside for some sun with the rest of their family. They spent hours just enjoying themselves, until a moment of peace and love came as they looked around. Roman, Tej, Ramsey, Dom, Val and Letty all watched as Brian, Mia and their son, Jack played along the coast of the water in pure joy. It was beautiful, Dom told them he will be back and drove off, Brian noticed Dom drove off with a grin and raced off behind him to join his best friend, his brother, his family.
There is more story to be told of this crew and plenty to be written still with the road ahead full of possibilities. I might continue it, who knows? Do Fate of The Furious? 👀 Expand on characters and backgrounds who knows.
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nerds-yearbook · 1 month
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G.I. Joe the Movie was released on August 14, 1987. It was meant to be a theatrical release, see the death of Duke (Michael Bell), and have a topless scene with Zarana (Lisa Raggio). The production went longer than predicted so the Transformers movie was released first, which ended up having a huge impact on the Joe movie. Because Transformers the Movie underperformed in the theaters, it was decided to release the Joe movie as a direct to video and TV presentation. Because the Transformers movie recieved so much backlash from killing Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), dialogue was added explaining Duke didn't die but went into a coma. The topless scene was story boarded but the scene was altered in the final film with a swim top. Most of the new characters introduced were the new recruits (Lt Falcon - Don Johnson, Kunoichi Jinx - Shuko Akune, Chuckles, Law - Ron Ortiz and Order, Big Lob - Brad Sanders, and Tunnel Rat - Laurie Faso), Sgt Slaughter's (Robert Remus), Renegades (Mercer - Kristoffer Tabori, Red Dog - Poncie Ponce, and Taurus - Earn Boen) and the mutants from Cobra-La (Pythona - Jennifer Darling, Golobulus - Burgess Meredith, and Nemesis Enforcer - Cullen). As Cobra Commander (Christopher Collins/Chris Latta) was facing a mutiny by Dr Mindbender(Brian Cummings), Baroness (Morgan Lofting), Destro (Arthur Burghardt), Zartan (Zack Hoffman), Tomax (Corey Burton) and Xamot (Bell), Pythona arrived and convinced Cobra to steal the BET device. The mission failed, Serpentor was captured, and Cobra Commander retreated his forces to Cobra-La. There Golobulus revealed that Cobra Commander was an escapee from Cobra-La. Also that Cobra-La had secretly manipulated Dr Mindbender into creating Serpentor (Dick Gautier). While Lt Falcon was court martialed by the Joes, Cobra Commander was put on trial in Cobra-La. The movie also featured the familiar Joes and Cobras Low Light (Charlie Adler), Wet Suit (Jack Angel), Blow Torch, Lift-Ticket (both Bell), Motorviper (Gregg Berger), Iceberg (Burghardt), Beach Head (William Callaway), Quick Kick (Francois Chau), Zandar (Cullen), Dial-Tone (Hank Garrett), Hawk (Ed Gilbert), Slip Stream (Dan Gilvezan), Roadblock (Kene Holiday), Bazooka (John Hostetter), Doc (Buster Jones), Gung Ho, Ripper, Televiper (all Latta), Lady J ( Mary McDonald-Lewis), Letherneck (Chuck McCann), Cross-Country (Michael McConnohie), Snow Job (Rob Paulsen), Mainframe (Patrick Pinney), Flint (Bill Ratney), Buzzer, Shipwreck, Monkeywrench, Hector Remirez (all Neil Ross), Thrasher (Ted Schwartz), Scarlett (B.J. Ward), Alpine (Lee Weaver), Torch, Wild Bill (both Frank Welker), Lifeline (Stan Wojno), and Jackson Beck as the narrator. ("G.I. Joe the Movie", Movie, Event)
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saintsir4n · 11 months
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3. BUSTED
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WARNING: GUNS AND EXPLOSIONS
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WHEN Carson pulled up in her baby – correction her hellcat, people parted as she did so. She blew her car a kiss, something she always did and quickly joined the rest of the crew. Letty was behind her, swaying her hips and chucking an arm around Carson and Mia.
Carson thought it was a good turnout, the area was full of cars, even a few she did the designs for.
She then nudged the Ortiz woman, seeing her godbrother talking to two blondes.
"Oh he's in trouble now," Carson said, laughing alongside Mia, trailing behind Letty who annoyedly walked over to Dom.
Letty appeared in front of them, growling at the blondes, "I smell." she sniffed the air, "Skanks, Why don't you girls just pack it up before I leave tread marks on your face?"
The blondes turned away, leaving Dom to his girlfriend's ire, "Letty, I was just talking," he tried explaining.
"Yeah, whatever." Letty snapped, looking as pissed as ever.
Dom gave up and went over to Hector and his acquaintance Edwin.
It was Carson's turn to swing an arm around the Ortiz racer, "That's what you get for going out with him instead of me and Mia."
"Yeah, could've had us," Mia added, gesturing between her and Carson.
Letty cracked a small smile, but it quickly faltered when they heard Dom's voice, "Okay, Hector..."
Carson's attention was quickly captured by a lime-green Mitsubishi. Brian stood next to it, leaning with his hands in his pockets, scanning the crowd until his gaze settled on her and smiled.
She couldn't help but smile back, but to say Vince wasn't impressed was an understatement. He and Jesse were near, and Leon was off making sure the cops were elsewhere for the night.
"You tell him where we're gonna be Summer?" Letty asked quietly, making sure that none of the guys could hear.
Carson shook her head, "Nope."
"You're a shitty liar," Mia pointed out, whilst looking around for another familiar face.
Carson shrugged, "And what about it."
She then nudged Mia, nodding over to Keelie who made her way over, squealing when she joined the women, who all welcomed her, one much more intimate than the others.
"Hey, girl," Keelie smiled at the youngest Torreto, who blushed faster than anyone thought possible.
Vince and Jesse shamelessly scanned Keelie's outfit, whilst Dom continued to talk to Hector, well that was until Brian came closer.
"One race, 2g buy-in. Winner takes all," Dom said, making Carson break from the girls, "Hector, you're going to hold the cash."
"Why Hector?" Another racer asked, handing his money over to Hector.
"Cause he's too slow to make away with the money," Edwin said, making them all laugh.
Carson handed her money over, silently praying she would get it back tenfold, "Don't forget I could chase him down even in heels." Luckily she was wearing sneakers today.
"And there's that too," Dom added, whilst Hector playfully glared at her.
"Good luck, guys," Hector nodded at the four racers.
"Hey, wait. Hold up," it was Brian's voice, and he came between them, holding up a pink slip, "I don't have any money, but I do have a pink slip to my car."
Carson made a face and then quickly turned to see Keelie and Mia wiggle their brows at her.
"Hey, you just can't climb in the ring with Ali 'cause you think you box," she heard Jesse say.
That's when Brian pointed to an annoyed Vince, smirking, "He knows I can box." Carson let a giggle slip which earned a glare from Vince. "So, check it out. It's like this. I lose, winner takes my car, clean and clear. But if I win, I take the cash and I take the respect."
The people around them laughed.
Dom smirked with a laugh, "Respect?"
Carson wondered if Brian had any shame or if he just had the biggest balls...which begged the question, did she want to see them?
Mia chuckled, whilst Keelie and Letty smirked.
"To some people that's more important." Brian continued, shooting a glance at the Baker racer.
"That your car?" Dom bobbed his head towards his lime green 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse.
The rest of the crew and some others walked over it.
Jesse popped the hood and revealed a glistening sight.
Carson's jaw dropped, but it was Jesse who was gushing.
He listed, "I see a cool air intake. It's got a NOS fogger system and a T4 turbo, Dominic," Jesse couldn't tear his eyes away, "I see an AIC controller. It has direct port nitrous injection."
"Yeah. And a stand-alone fuel management system." Dom added, shocked by what he was seeing, "Not a bad way to spend $10,000."
Edwin stepped towards the car, inspecting the car's insides. "You see that shit? He's got enough NOS in there to blow himself up. Period."
"Amateurs don't use Nitrous oxide, not with heavy feet," Carson mumbled, though everyone heard her. Could he handle it? She then hoped that she didn't mess up because all their asses would be on the line. But she did want every part of his car.
"So what do you say?" Brian asked, directing his question at Dom, "Am I worthy?"
"We don't know yet," Dom said, grinning. He pointed towards Brian, "But you're in. Let's go."
"Yo Dom, could I rub your head for good luck?" Carson's jest earned her a swift shove and a few laughs.
It wasn't long before all the racers pulled up their cars to the starting line. Brian had to inch his car backwards, amusing the hecklers around him.
Carson had to admit she was nervous, her biggest competition was Dom, but Brian was new and she'd never seen him race before. She wanted to win, she had to. They were on either side of her. The interior of her car was different from the exterior, neon pink lights clung to the lining, somehow she managed to add it in, not without doing a few extra shifts at the nail salon.
"This is for you Dad," she mumbled, tracing her hands over the wheel and checking the NOS near her, "let's pray I don't blow up in this bitch."
She could faintly hear the chanting from Keelie and saw Mia waving at her.
Brian's cheeky smile was even prominent through her peripheral, but she couldn't get distracted, so when Leon called that they were in the clear, Hector raised his arms. She sucked in deep breaths and let her engine roar, just as loud as the rest of them.
The crowd boomed when the fire blew from the tailpipes.
Hector lowered his arms and yelled, "Go!" Every racer sped off, tears screeching and leaving marks on the ground.
"Come on girl, be nice to me," Carson murmured, determined and serious, thinking about one thing and one thing only. She gripped her wheel tightly, wearing an uncharacteristically mean mug.
With every yard, she skated further ahead, it was now her, Dom and Brian.
Carson's heart was beating so fast she could hear it pumping in her ears, but she didn't care, she switched gears like her life depended on it. The wind blew through the strands of her hair and clung to her face.
She manoeuvred effortlessly and senselessly just like her dad taught her, work with your car, not against it, and that she did.
She knew Dom was smiling next to her, it's all he did whenever they raced.
She could hear the shift in Brain's engine, the fucker used his NOS... way too early, leaving her and Dom neck and neck. Her foot was pressing on the gas so hard, she couldn't feel it. One bottom was pressed and then another. The street lights were merely dots that went by. 5 cars became 2 and with the finishing line in view, there could only be one winner. And with one last stretch, Carson gasped, zooming past the line as Dom was just an inch behind her, just an inch.
She couldn't believe it, not when cheers descended and the crowd rounded her car. She had to blink, if she didn't her eyes would get stuck and she would miss the look on Dom's face.
He was proud when she finally stepped out of the car and allowed the attention to break through.
The crew were quick to applaud and hug her.
"You did it kid," Dom embraced her shortly after her girlfriends pulled away.
"Guess I didn't need that head rub," she joked.
"Yeah shut up," he pulled away, saying, "Uncle Danny would be proud."
"He really would Summer," Vince added and pressed a kiss to her cheek, before picking her up and hugging her again.
Keelie nudged Mia and Letty, pointing to Brian's face when he pulled up in his car, he seemed neutral at first but grew annoyed when he saw Vince all over Carson.
"Here's what you want, right here," Hector said, his hands full of the money and giving it over to Carson with a grin, "There you go."
"Keke, wanna count it," she called out to her friend who happily accepted it.
"You know I do," the nail technician beamed but was ready to fight if someone took it off of her.
Everyone was cheering, Dom was happy and still lifted Letty in his arms, not caring for this loss. He wanted a rematch though.
Brain got out of his car, grinning as the crowd swarmed him.
"Brian, maybe you could be my trophy," Carson's quip made him and a few others laugh.
"That's your new car," Vince made sure that everyone could hear, keeping an arm around Carson.
"Was it fun?" Jesse asked sarcastically, popping the hood of Carson's new car, coughing when smoke poured out. The crowd heckled and laughed.
"Damn, it's gonna give me asthma," Carson said, wafting it out of her face. She still wanted the parts, but they looked like they were closer to death than anything.
"Girl you're gonna have to wear a gasmask driving that thing," she heard Keelie say, attempting to pass over the money, but Carson motioned for her to keep it until they got home.
"What are you smilin' about?" Dom asked, confused about Brian's big grin, everyone was.
"Dude, I almost had you," Brian said, smiling widely, making the people around him cheer.
"You almost had me?" Dom replied, a smirk painted all over his face. "You never had me. You never had your car!"
"Ohhh!" the crowd roared just as Brian's smile faltered.
"Granny shiftin', not double-clutchin' like you should." Dom continued, starting to circle the car, drawing more laughter from the crowd. He soaked up the praise and outstretched her arms, "You're lucky that hundred-shot of NOS didn't blow the welds on the intake. Almost had me? Now me, Summer and the mad scientist gotta rip apart the block and replace the piston rings you fried."
"My new car is a mess Brian," Carson whined, softly pulling away from Vince. "You got a heavy foot, more of an amateur than I thought," she wasn't trying to be mean, but the crowd was eating it up, "but you gotta take some lessons."
"From you, the champ?" Brian's eyes dragged up and down her form, then zeroed in on her eyes, making her smile grow.
He wanted to win, not just for the respect, but for a chance to take her out on a date.
"Yeah, from me," Carson said back, beaming at him.
"You tell him, Barbie!" somebody shouted.
But their back and forth was cut short when Leon alerted them about the police coming at them from all ends.
"Cops!" he shouted and everyone scattered.
"Carson," she heard her name being called, it was Brian. He slammed the hood shut and jumped into his old car.
Carson then tossed her keys to Keelie, "Look after my child, take Mia to the house okay?"
Keelie nodded, knowing she was the only one trusted to drive her car. She then grabbed Mia's hand and went their way.
Carson felt a tug on her arm and she jumped into the Eclipse, turning to Brian, "And I thought I was givin' you some lessons."
"You can later, can't let the champ get caught can I?" he retorted, stepping on the gas, fleeing the scene.
"Nah then you'd just be a sore loser, pretty boy."
"You think I'm pretty?"
"I think you're brave."
"And you know what I think of you," he said, trying to drive as inconspicuously as possible, but the police were close.
Scanning the car's interior, Carson asked, "And what do you think of me, tell me whilst I think about my win."
He chuckled, "You're a skilful artist."
"Thank you."
"Even better driver."
She laughed, "Obviously."
Brian's smile widened when he glanced at her, "The most beautiful girl –"
"Shit, there's Dom," Carson cut him off, pointing at the oldest Torreto sibling who was trying to outrun the police, "Can't keep out of trouble."
Brian swerved, pulling up to the man, "Get in."
When Dom pulled open the passenger seat, he expected Carson to move but she shook her head, "Get in the back 2nd place."
"You're never gonna let that go are you?" Dom groaned, trying to move to the back of the car, awkwardly crouching near the NOS as Brian started to drive.
"Of course, I won't, when have you known me to be humble?"
"It's not in your nature," he murmured, then turned to Brian, "When did you pick her up? Matter of fact why?"
The blonde scrunched up his face, "Want me to leave her to get arrested?"
"I'm right here," Carson expressed, getting their attention, "Just be grateful neither of us are in trouble."
"You're the last person I expected to show up," Dom admitted, staring at Brian, gripping onto the front seats he drifted, causing the police cars to collide behind them.
Carson said nothing, even though she knew he was right. Dom had fired, then humiliated him in front of everyone and even though she took his car, he still showed up, wanting to get to know her and help out Dom.
Brian looked at him. "Yeah, well, I thought if I got in your good graces, you might help convince Carson to keep my car."
"Nope," she was quick to interrupt, amusing the two guys, "but he's in your good graces right Dominic?"
He ignored her question, flicked her ear and received the middle finger
"You drive like you've done this before. What are you? A wheelman?" He then asked Brian.
"Nah, man." Brian denied, shaking his head.
"And just like Pinocchio, his nose grew," Carson remarked, to which the blonde just shrugged off her claim. "Like seriously, how can you just drive like this?"
"Impressed?" Brian sent her a smile.
"I would be if you beat me."
"There's always next time," it sounded more like a promise than anything.
"You ever boost cars?" Dom pressed, wanting their flirting to end.
Brian shook his head.
"Ever done time?" Carson paused, "hard to believe you ever did, especially with how you look."
Dom chuckled at the insinuation.
"A couple of overnighters, no big deal," Brian said nonchalantly.
"It is a big deal," Carson replied, making the blonde snap his head towards her, surprised that she seemed annoyed.
"What about the two years in juvie for boostin' cars?" Dom suddenly questioned, placing a hand on his godsister's shoulder aware she hated the idea of prison or jail because of him. Brian glanced at him. "Yeah, I had Jesse run a profile for Brian Earl Spilner. You'll find anythin' on the web, anything about anyone. So, why the bullshit?"
Carson certainly was surprised but looked out the window and blocked out the conversation.
Brian cleared his throat, "So, what about you?"
"Two years in Lompoc. I'll die before I go back," Dom squeezed Carson's shoulder.
She visited every weekend that he was inside or whenever she didn't have school, she barely scraped enough grades to pass because of him and even four years later he was still grateful, and he would always be.
Carson snapped out of it when she heard engines come from behind them and she realized what neighbourhood they were in.
"Oh shit."
"Ah, great." Dom groaned, cursing himself for not realizing it before.
Brian's brows pinched together, "What?"
"Let's hope he stays nice," Carson said to Dom.
"He won't do anything with you around," he replied, hearing the motorbikes surround them.
Brian turned back to Carson, appearing less confused and more suspicious, "Who's he?"
She pinched the bridge of her nose, "You'll see."
Carson shifted in her seat, rolling her shoulders back when her eyes met Johnny Tran. Who — on his motorbike trailed the side of their car. Dom glanced at her with a knowing look, aware of their history. They didn't date or sleep together, just one drunken kiss that she even admitted was good but she set her boundaries, she wouldn't get into a relationship with someone bad for business and more importantly bad for her family.
Johnny in Johnny fashion was always strapped and tapped his gun against Brian's window.
"Follow us!" He shouted and sped off with his crew. Brian followed behind, without question.
They came to a stop in T & K Food Market, a place where Carson and Keelie used to stop by, but had to stop so she could avoid Johnny.
Carson and Brian got out of the car, the former pulled on her seat, allowing her Godbrother for out also.
She made sure to stay close to Dom when Tran's crew removed their helmets and surrounded them.
Johnny's eyes were immediately drawn to Carson. Brain didn't like that, not one bit. It was clear they had some sort of history but one subtle head shake from Dom and he forced himself to stay calm.
Carson recognised Johnny's cousin Lance who made sure not to look at her the way Johnny was.
"Summer, long time no see. You miss me?" He asked, carelessly waving his gun about, so she made sure not to rile him up.
"I dunno, but I know you miss me," she replied, feigning interest as she felt Brian's eyes burn into her head.
Johnny chuckled, then suddenly held a gun to Dom's chest, "I thought we had an agreement. You stay away, I stay away. Everybody stays happy."
"We got lost." Dom deadpanned, pulling Carson behind him, "What do you want me to tell you?"
"Who's we?" Johnny asked, "Summer might be a Barbie but she ain't dumb," he then directed his attention towards the unfamiliar blonde standing on the other side of the car, who was seconds away from speaking if it wasn't for Dom.
"Uh — my new mechanic. Brian, meet Johnny Tran," Dom introduced, nodding towards Johnny who adorned a menacing smirk. "The guy in the snakeskin pants is his cousin Lance. So, when are you going to give me a shot at that Honda, 2009 of yours?"
Johnny lowered the gun and scanned Brian's old car, "This, your ride?"
"It was." Brian nodded towards Carson. "It's hers now."
"Really? Don't look like one of your designs, Summer." Johnny's eyes darted between the Eclipse and the Baker woman.
Carson denied, "It's not mine, right Dom?"
The Godsiblings had a feeling of what was about to happen.
Dom agreed, "No it's not. She hasn't taken delivery yet."
"Then it's nobody's car." Johnny said, running a hand over the hood, before shooting a glance at his cousin, "Somebody put in the wrench time. What do you think, Lance?"
Lance stepped closer, gun raised, "It's an amazing machine."
Johnny laughed. "Yes it is," he roughly patted Dom's arm as he turned to his crew. "Let's go. I'll see you in the desert next month. Be ready to have your ass handed to you."
"You're going to need more than that crotch rocket to beat me," Dom played along.
"I got something for you." Johnny climbed onto his motorbike, and his crew followed, all revving their engines as a giggling woman joined him and wrapped her arms around his torso. He finally shot a smirk at Carson, "Stay hot Summer."
Soon they all took off, leaving the trio to stand in silence until Brian broke it, "What the hell was that?" He glanced at Carson, "That your boyfriend or somethin'?"
She just rolled her eyes, making his frustration grow.
"It's a long story." Dom sighed, checking over his Godsister, "We'll tell you later. Let's get out of here."
The moment his hand touched the car, Johnny and Lance appeared guns raised and shot at the car. Carson let out a scream when Dom dragged her away, Brian dodged all bullets from the other side.
The Eclipse caught fire and the cousins left.
"My car —"Carson's whining was cut short when she caught the stench of a familiar smell.
The realisation dawned on Dom, making him yell, "NOS!"
The trio ran away as the car blew up, the flames and smoke blurred their vision and stung their eyes. Carson was shielded by Dom's body.
Dom checked for any injury, just as Brian came over worried that she was hurt.
"I'm all good guys, still pretty," she reassured them, "but my fit smells like smoke."
Dom smirked, knowing that was a sign she was alright but Brian wasn't sure.
She sighed, "Can we go now?"
Dom nodded, and then to Brian, who asked, "Now, what the hell was that all about?"
Carson began to walk ahead of the two men.
"It's a long story." Dom sighed.
"Well, we've got a 20-mile hike. Humour me."
"Tran's obsessed with me!" Carson exclaimed, catching a glimpse of Dom nodding in agreement. "And he's not my man."
"And I slept with his sister," Dom added."
Brian's questions didn't stop there.
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Carson let out a breath she didn't know was holding when she heard the blaring music from the house. She beamed at the sight of her car, running over and bowing down, feeling around the front tire where Keelie left her keys. After she blew a kiss in its direction she immediately rushed into the house, completely leaving Brian and Dom in the wind. She was greeted by some of the crew with their guilt-ridden faces.
"Nah, you can drop the guilt, I'm not the one who's mad –" her rant was cut off when Dom opened up the door, frustrated and annoyed, "Yikes, where's Mia?"
"Upstairs with Keke," Letty mumbled, getting up from the ground and approaching her boyfriend.
Now Carson knew not to go upstairs, she did not need to walk in on anything in particular, so she left them alone.
Jesse was too busy smooching to realise she was there, well that was until she shoved him away, causing the woman to groan and walk away.
"You're a hater sunshine!" He drunkenly snarled.
"Yeah, should've taken it upstairs Casanova," She gave him a sarcastic smile.
"Yo Dom, why'd you bring the buster in here?" she heard Vince's voice and she turned around, to see Vince's mad expression.
Dom yelled, "Cus the buster kept me and Summer out of handcuffs!" her gaze drifted over to Brain who stood out like a sore thumb, he cast her a small smile, but she could tell he was uncomfortable, which made her feel bad. "He didn't just run back to the fort. The buster brought us back."
Carson decided to block out the rest of the conversation, already feeling Vince's stare and how it hardened when Dom took his bear and strolled over to Brian to give him one.
"Vincent, drop it," she approached him, already feeling a little off about the night shift. The Johnny interaction annoyed her more than freaked her out. Being shot at was the norm. She knew Dom and the guys got up to know good and decided it wasn't her business, but that didn't stop her from worrying. "You're tellin' me blondie bothers you that much."
Vince snapped his head towards her, "I don't trust him, neither should you," his gaze drifted back to Brain who smugly drunk his beer, "Can't believe you like him."
"I...."
Vince stood from his seat, "Don't bother lyin', I've known you since before you knew what pink was. I don't trust him. Leon don't either. Jesse is on the front."
"Vince..."
"The same thing happened with Johnny remember that? You were naive and shit turn sideways."
"Screw you!"
She frustratedly groaned when he stormed off, towards the staircase, gunning for Brian, with Leon and Jesse in stride.
She rolled her eyes and rushed over, pushing through, coming to the blonde's aid, "Cut the shit Vincent." she snapped.
"He shouldn't be here," Vince sneered.
She scoffed, "Get over it." then she looked at the other two, "Learn to form your own opinions dumb and dumber."
"Real hurtful Summer," Jesse pouted.
"Oh, come on, sunshine, we were just about to get along," Leon taunted and she knew if she responded she'd snap.
She looked up at Brain, holding out a hand which he took, "I'm thirsty, let's go get me a drink."
He let her drag him off and into the next room.
She settled to the side, watching him sift through the cooler, admiring his behind. Damn did he have a good ass.
"So," Brian asked, "What do you want?"
"Pink gin," Carson replied, checking her nails.
Brain chuckled, "Why am I not surprised?"
"Prefer gin over beer, especially when it's pink. It's a preference Mr. No crust." she teased, as he pulled a batch out, smiling at the label Carson's only, he opened one and walked over, "You know Dom has a crush on you," his eyes widened as he sat down, "What? It's only a man-crush. Bromance, homies or whatever. Even though he might not show it, he does. He normally don't like nobody. He's emotionally frigid."
"Emotionally frigid? Sounds complicated," Brian said, passing her the can.
She took a sip, "Yeah, what about you?"
"I'm simpler," he replied making her laugh.
"You're a shitty liar," Carson remarked, heartbeat accelerating when he placed an arm around her shoulders. "We've got that in common."
"Well, it's a good thing, I can read you," Brian stared at her intently.
"You wanna read me, take me on dates, ask me questions, damn Brian," she listed.
Brian tilted his head, looking down at her glossy lips for a moment before he met her eyes once more.
"I want somethin’ else," his tone dropped, and thankfully she wasn't drinking or she would've choked, then again she wouldn't mind choking on something he provided.
"What?" she whispered.
"Your full name," he paused, seeing the expression on her face, "What? you know mine."
"Ah yes, Brian Earl Spilner," she giggled shifting closer, "You were not blessed in that department."
"Come on, tell me yours and if it's worse than mine, you've been dishing it out for no reason."
"Carson Baker, no middle name. Dad didn't give me one."
"And your mom?" Brain frowned when she did.
"Never met her," Carson answered, taking another sip.
"Well, she's missin' out," his words put a smile back on her face, "So people call you Summer because..."
"Well other than my amazin' bright presence that I'm graciously blessin' you with," Carson stated, "Mia never thought that Carson suited me. So on a random night everyone got wasted, Vince called me Sunny, that punk," Brian noticed her smile broadened at the memory, "and it happened to be durin' Summer, Jesse surprisingly realised and started callin' me, Summer."
"Cute."
"Right, but you never call me that," she noted.
He took a sip of his beer, "I don't."
They just stared at each other for a while, not caring about the people who walked in and out of the room. His arm that rested around her tightened, drawing her closer, their knees touched, and it wouldn't be long until their lips —
A banging from upstairs broke them apart.
"What the...." she trailed off, before realising, "Mia and Keke."
"Yeah, I walked in on them thinkin' it was the bathroom."
They cheekily laughed.
Minutes passed, their drinks were finished and they only got closer if that were even possible.
Her nails trailed over his leg as he randomly whispered things in her ear.
Using his available hand he picked up hers, wondering how she drove with her nails being that long.
"Hey, I wanted to ask you somethin'," he cleared his throat.
She nodded, "Yeah?"
"What happened between you and Tran?"
She sighed, knowing that was coming, she avoided most of his questions on the taxi ride back, and Dom helped her dodge the rest.
"It was a drunken kiss, that's all," It was an answer that still annoyed Brian, he was jealous, but satisfied that it wasn't anything more.
"That's it huh?"
"That's it."
His sparkly blue eyes trailed up and down, "Good."
She cocked her head to the side, "Why's that?"
"Because I wanna take you on a date."
"But you lost, so the deals off." And my Eclipse blew up, she wanted to add but didn't.
"We can make a new one," Brian paused, thinking back to their car ride, "Sorry if I upset you before, wasn't my intention."
A frown briefly made its way back onto her face and she averted her eyes. The last couple of years had been rough, between her dad's recent passing and Dom serving time, people never thought they would see her so down, but only now she's been okay, happier, more like the old Summer.
"It's all good. You didn't know," she finally replied, locking eyes with him.
"Well, it won't happen again," he promised and she took his word on that. The hand that rested on her arm, played with the back of her top, sending a shiver down her spine, "I like you in pink, suits your complexion," he said in that salacious tone that had her licking her lips.
"And what does a white boy like you know about dark skin?" she flirted once more.
"The darker the berry the sweeter the juice right?" He leaned closer, purposefully misquoting, drawing a small smirk from her.
"And what, you wanna taste me huh?"
His gaze dropped to her lips, "If you'll let me, I can be the judge of that..."
"I don't know, wouldn't want you to get addicted."
Their lips were almost touching, but Carson had some restraint, somehow.
"Carson, your eyes already had me hooked, one taste and I'll be feenin', like the sound of that?" Brian proposed, shifting his body, so his brushed against hers.
"I do," just before their lips touched, Carson pulled away, laughing as she did so. Brian just shook his head, trying to hide his amusement but failing, "Come on, you need a shower. Didn't think you would get a kiss, smelling like the gas and nitrous oxide did you?"
"Worth a try," he shrugged, not pulling away, something she liked.
"Try harder."
His brow quirked up, "That a challenge? You know I like them."
"I guess it is."
Brian craned his head to the side, whispering in her ear, "Wanna know somethin’?"
Carson swallowed harshly, "What?"
"You smell so good," he complimented.
She gently pushed him back, wearing the most cheesy smile, which matched his.
"Come on blue eyes," she said standing up.
Brain leaned back, missing her warmth, but his eyes briefly stuck to her outfit, which she didn't mind. She purposefully wore a tight denim skirt to get his attention.
Carson held out a hand and pulled him up, their bodies collided for a second before she led him out of the room.
"You gonna show me some of your moves?" She pulled him near to the side of the living room, away from where the rest of the team was kicking it, "Sure you can keep up with me Blondie?"
"Sometimes I have trouble handlin' the front of my car," Brian paused, wiping his mouth as he stared down at her, hands trailing to her waist and spinning her around, so her back was pressed up against him. "But the back's my speciality, I guess you'll have to see."
Carson's hips swayed to the beat of the R&B record. She loved Tryese's voice and the way Brian's hands controlled her sides, he did too. She snaked her arm around his neck, pulling down his face, allowing him to whisper a few things, here and there. Between the music and his breathy words, she got more and more lost in the vibrations. Whether it was the alcohol or the vibe she loved it.
She didn't want it to stop.
But one look at the time she cursed herself.
"What's wrong?" He asked, loosening his grip, and letting her turn around. "You mad that a white boy's got rhythm?"
"Barely, you were holdin' onto me the entire time," she didn't mind that at all. "But you were that bad."
"Yeah, might need some improvement with the front but the back was fine," his tone dropped slightly. Carson bit back a smile, "Next time I'll be better," he had a small twinkle in his eyes when he spoke.
"Next time?"
"For sure," he just wanted to be around her in all honesty.
Carson was slightly bummed out that she needed to go, but she thought she would offer him a ride.
"We should go, I need my beauty sleep and KeKe will get a lift from Mia so she's all good."
"You gonna give me a lesson on how to win?" He jested.
"Only as long as you pay attention," she jabbed his chest as he let go of her waist.
"Yes ma'am."
Taking his hand again, they weaved through the drunken bodies.
He caught a couple of glares from Leon and Vince, but he didn't care, he had the prettiest girl holding his hand and felt that nothing could touch him.
She pulled out her keys and opened the front door, leading him outside, down the stairs and towards her Dodger.
"Now, Brian this is my child, so don't be slammin' no doors," she advised, then was taken back when he pulled open the driver's side, "Thanks," she mumbled, smiling to herself when she got in. He did a little jog to get to the other side, joined her and appreciated the ambience of the car. "You ready?"
He nodded, sporting his cheeky smile.
And just like that, she reversed and sped off.
"I'm droppin' you off at Harry's right?" He hummed in response. "How you findin' my child, she's perfect ain't she?"
"She's like you ain't she?" He rebutted much to her amusement. "When did you learn to drive?"
"Dad taught me. First time I got in a car," she paused, effortlessly changing gear, and he watched her every move, finding the way she drove extremely attractive. "I was like a baby but the first time I drove, had to be when I was like 6."
"What?" He laughed.
"On God," and she wasn't lying, "My dad didn't let me steer the car for long. I was on his lap and everythin'. I couldn't press the peddles but he made sure I got a mile in before he stopped. Best feeling in the world when I got my licence."
"When I got my learner permit, the guy in front hit the breaks and I drove straight into him," Brian recalled, even adding sounds for effect, making her giggle. "Made me cause a pile-up, 4 or 5 cars maybe," he shook his head in amusement, "First time I drove."
"You're stupid," she couldn't shake the smile on her face.
She shifted the gears again, glad the streets were clear and no police in sight.
Brian appreciated her car, the interior comforted him in some ways. Same with how she drove; calm yet she was hyper-vigilant, even when she talked.
They were a few miles from Harry's and Carson sped up, drifting into a side street, making him grip onto the sides.
"You trust me?" She questioned, wearing a confident smirk.
"I do," and his grip tightened at the speed she was going.
Her foot was somehow both relaxed and forceful on the gas. Amateurs don't use NOS, he realised how much that was true.
The wind that picked up as she blew through the streets gently tapped their faces until she finally reached Harry's.
"Shit," he breathed out, impressed with how she drove.
"And that's why I beat you," She joked, pulling down her mirror and checking herself out. "Brought to you from the champ," she pretended to hold up a microphone and pushed it in his face, drawing a bashful grin from the guy. "Tell us Mr Spilner, how does it feel to be beaten by a girl?"
He wrapped his hand around hers, bringing it up to his mouth, "Well Ms Baker, if I was one of those greased-up sexist pigs, I would care, but losin' to a beautiful girl didn't hurt. Not when she took me as her prize."
She smacked her hand against his chest, a chuckle escaped him.
"I did not take you as a prize," not yet anyway, "But you owe me a car, I want some fresh parts, even if it's not the whole thing," she reminded him, to which he nodded and went to hop out of the car, not before turning back, taking her by surprise and kissing her cheek. He couldn't wait for the real thing, but would until she asked. "Night Brian and thanks for keepin' me out of cuffs."
"It was nothin'," he smiled, he would do it again in a heartbeat. "Night Carson," he got out of the car, gently shut the door, and then settled his hands over the threshold of the window, just in time to see her put her mirror back up. "You can't avoid me either, I got your number now," he playfully taunted.
"What, you're gonna! text me goodnight?" she laughed.
"You know I will," he said. "Watch out for that text beautiful."
And later that night she did and he texted as promised.
They messaged each other throughout the night and until morning.
Carson Baker was officially sprung.
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a/n:
how did you like the outcome of the race? i didn't want it to look like she was necessarily better than dom, but just this once she beat him and he was proud, they all were.
keelie is the only one allowed to drive carson's dodger because that car is literally her baby. also any thoughts on the side romance of keelie and mia... kia? meelie?
johnny tran was so fine in this film. I wanted carson to have some history, a harmless drunken kiss but of course, husband brian wasn't a fan. his jealousy is showing again!
i loved adding extra scenes and dialogue, especially for this chapter. carson's relationship with everyone in the team was shown a bit more, what were your favourite parts?
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Terran Adamant heavy raider (Star Trek: Online) Art by Hector Ortiz via StarshipPorn
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allthevoicesx · 1 year
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kodie's current muse list:
under the cut you will find the current (as of 6.02.23) muse list. keep in mind that the list will change, so check back.
9-1-1 / 9-1-1: Lone Star:
bobby nash
owen strand
henrietta wilson
madeleine buckley
edmundo diaz
carlos reyes
tim rosewater
tommy vega
Hannibal
william graham
hannibal lector
abigail hobbs
NCIS / NCIS: LA
samuel hanna
kensi deeks
abigail scuito
timothy mcgee
Yellowstone
lee dutton
bethany dutton
james hurdstrom
lloyd white
ryan cooper
colby smith
Walker
cordell walker
Supernatural
sam winchester / female!sam
human!castiel
gabriel
dean winchester jr
CSI /CSI: Miami /CSI: New York
gilbert grissom
nick stokes
hugo ramirez
timothy speedle
calleigh duquense
eric delektorski
adam ross
Bones
seeley booth
zachariah addy
jack hodgins
Hawaii Five-0
steven mcgarrett
joe white
lou grover
max bergman
The Last of Us
joel miller
thomas miller
riley abel
william cooper
Harry Potter (all three are modern maurader aus)
sirius black
remus lupin
peter pettigrew
SEAL Team
jason hayes
raymond perry
Stranger Things
james hopper
william byers
michael wheeler
nancy wheeler
robin buckley
billy hargrove
lucas sinclair
murray bauman
edward munson
Santa Clarita Diet
joel hammond
eric bemis
Criminal Minds
spencer reid
jason gideon
aaron hotchner
derek morgan
Sons of Anarchy
chibs telford
juice ortiz
opie winston
tig trager
nero padilla
bobby munson
SEAL Team SIX
joseph 'bear' graves
ricardo 'buddha' ortiz
dharma caulder-khan
jasmine dalton
Chicago P.D. | Med | Fire
william halstead
alvin olinsky
antonio dawson
justin voight
gregory gerwitz
ethan choi
robin charles
stella kidd
brian (otis) zvonecek
leslie shay
matthew casey
christopher herrmann
randall (mouch) mcholland
Critical Role
caleb widogast
fjord stone
chetney pock o'pea
vax'ildan vessar
essek thelyss
scanlan shorthalt
grog strongjaw
caduceus clay
mollymauk tealeaf
percival fredrickstein von musel klossowski de rolo III
MacGyver
jack dalton
OCs (fandom floaters; )
my ocs are free to fall into whatever fandom wants them, but for ease, i have listed their names, professions and playbys.
ryden keller | firefighter | (fc is james badge dale)
hunter ruttliff | police officer | (fc is jared padalecki)
geo anderson | nurse | (fc is sam witwer)
caleb greyson | EMT | (fc is liam o'brien)
bodie braylen | teacher | (fc is mark ballas)
bastion carver | EMT | (fc is travis willingham)
jae brewer | firefighter | (fc is taliesin jaffe)
hector garra | er nurse | (fc is joshua segarra)
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goalhofer · 6 months
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2024 Philadelphia Phillies Roster
Pitchers
#22 Spencer Turnbull (Madison, Mississippi)
#25 Matt Strahm (West Fargo, North Dakota)
#27 Aaron Nola (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
#30 Gregory Soto (Bajos De Haina, Dominican Republic)
#39 Michael Rucker (Auburn, Washington)*
#43 Yunior Marte (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
#45 Zach Wheeler (Dallas, Georgia)
#46 José Alvarado (Maracaibo, Venezuela)
#50 Richard Kerkering (Venice, Florida)
#51 Ricardo Pinto (Guacara, Venezuela)*
#54 Dylan Covey (Pasadena, California)
#55 Ranger Suárez (Pies De Cuesta, Venezuela)
#56 Luis Ortiz (Sanger, California)
#57 Nick Nelson (Panama City, Florida)
#58 Seranthony Domínguez (Esperanza, Dominican Republic)
#61 Cristopher Sánchez (La Romana, Dominican Republic)
#68 Jeff Hoffman (Colonie, New York)
#99 Taijuan Walker (Yucaipa, California)
Catchers
#10 J.T. Realmuto (Del City, Oklahoma)
#13 Rafael Marchan (San Cristóbal, Venezuela)
#21 Garrett Stubbs (Del Marr, California)
Infielders
#3 Bryce Harper (Las Vegas, Nevada)
#5 Bryson Stott (Clark County, Nevada)
#7 Trea Turner (Lake Worth Beach, Florida)
#9 Whit Merrifield (Mocksville, North Carolina)*
#28 Alec Bohm (Omaha, Nebraska)
#33 Edmundo Sosa (Ciudad Panama, Panama)
Outfielders
#8 Nick Castellanos (Plantation, Florida)
#12 Kyle Schwarber (Middletown, Ohio)
#16 Brandon Marsh (Buford, Georgia)
#18 Johan Rojas (San Francisco De Macorís, Dominican Republic)
#19 Cristian Pache (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
Coaches
Manager Rob Thomson (St. Clair Township, Ontario)
Bench coach Mike Calitri (Canton, Massachusetts)
Hitting coach Kevin Long (Phoenix, Arizona)
Assistant hitting coach Rafael Peña (Santo Domingo, Dom Rep)
Assistant hitting coach Dustin Lind (Ravalli County, Montana)
Pitching coach Caleb Cotham (Mt. Juliet, Tennessee)
Assistant pitching coach Brian Kaplan (Jupiter, Florida)
Bullpen coach Cesar Ramos (Pico Rivera, California)
Bullpen catcher Brad Flanders (Frisco, Texas)
Bullpen catcher Hector Rabago (Riverside, California)
1B coach Francisco Figueroa (Miami-Dade County, Florida)
3B coach Dusty Wathan (Blue Springs, Missouri)
Infield coach Bobby Dickerson (Laurel, Mississippi)
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playdeepcf · 7 months
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Hector Ortiz, who worked on the #Rangers coaching staff from 2015-2020 as first base coach, bullpen coach, and catching coordinator, passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer. He was 54 years old.
#RIP ⚾️
#MLB
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