Fast & Furious

Fast & Furious is the twenty sixth chapter in the Wombles Eight.

In Star City Cathy and Dom were discussing how to stop the poisonous DIE drinks. “There’s a shipment on the way to the port! Can you stop it?” asked Cathy. “I’ll need my team Queenie but we can do it” answered Dom. “Where are they? Who are they? I’ll get them for you.” Cathy replied.

“OK Queenie, let’s start with O’Connor. LA, blonde, looks like a cop but drives like a racer” said Dom. A low slung Japanese car with a spoiler appeared in the street below.

“Letty, you’ll find her in my LA garage. Drives a black muscle car. She’s cool, calm and dangerous.” Dom said. Letty was confused as she rolled out from under her car in Star City.

“Hobbs, you’ll find him in the DSS LA. Big, stupid but tough. Drives a demon love-child of speed and armour.” Dom said. Hobbs and his big, armoured jeep joined the confusion in the street.

“Deckard Shaw, top security prison, CIA black site. You’ll find his Mclaren in with the confiscated vehicles. It’s one of a kind you can’t miss it” said Dom. Cathy raced CIA black sites all over America. Eventually she found Shaw and his car somewhere near Nevada. She put him next to Hobbs.

“Not possible! Nobody you can come out now! There ain’t no way I’m working with this pint-sized poison dwarf with his pea sized brain! Not again!” shouted Hobbs. “Talking to yourself now? You really need a looser shirt. It’s finally cut the blood to the brain. At least it would if you had one.” Deckard Shaw replied.

Cathy suddenly appeared between the pair. “Who the” started Shaw. “Are you?” completed Hobbs. “I’m the one who brought you here. Dom needs his team.” Cathy replied. “In London blondie and this ain’t London” retorted Shaw. “I had my travel booked for tomorrow. Wouldn’t have if I’d known this knuckle-head was involved!” added Hobbs.

“You’re both needed to stop at least thousands from being poisoned!” shouted Cathy. Hobbs and Shaw both stopped as Cathy made it clear who was in charge.

“Now for Roman. He’ll be in his private jet but keeps his garage in Florida. You can’t miss him. Especially his mouth.” Dom continued on Cathy’s return to the office. Roman Pearce was swiftly placed in his orange Lamborghini down in the street with the others.

“Tej, Parker’s garage downtown LA” Dom said in a tone of finality. Tej was duly fetched. The team were all lined up wondering what was happening when Dom roared up to join them.

Cathy ran back to the UK to find Barry at the Batcave. “We need you!” she said quickly, urging Barry to follow. The Flash and Cathy ran together to the throne room where she found Captain Marvel Junior and Meowy Marvel with the unconscious Steed, Charlie, Gambit, Audrey and Harry Hook.

“We couldn’t save them” said Captain Marvel Junior. “It’s poison” added Meowy Marvel. “He can save them” said Cathy. “Barry you need to go back one hour and take all but Steed to this moment.” Cathy almost ordered. “But Steed will be poisoned!” replied the Flash. “Leave me a note to drink all of his drinks” said Cathy. The Flash did as he was bid.

One hour ago …

Steed was wondering where the others had gone apart from David. He also wondered why his drinks went so quick. Just as he, Cathy and David all started to dance the phone rang. “Grand Steed Manor” answered Steed. “The answer is yes” came the deep voice on the phone. “Yes? Oh it’s Mr Toretto!” replied Steed. “Ride or die. I’m in. For a price” replied the deep voice. “Which is?” asked steed. “The streets of London” came the reply. “The streets of London? The greatest street racing team of all time with the DIE range emblazoned on their cars racing all over the city?” said Steed. “That’s the deal and a deal is a deal Steed” replied Dom. “Deal!” said Steed and it was done.

Steed put the phone down and turned to Cathy. “So,” he said, “Have you- er- have you spoken to Paul lately?”  “No,” Cathy said quickly, “Do I really have to go through all this again? Oh OK I suppose I will! Should I?”  “Well,” said Steed. Cathy cut in. “He used to be my husband- and- well- he just recently came back from the dead. So you think-well- I should at least talk. I suppose you’re right.” Stated Cathy as if from a script, “He is probably somewhere with Emma. Yes we are seriously calling her Emma! Why shouldn’t we even if she is a murderous, ugly zombie thing who I wouldn’t be surprised to learn was from hell! But-oh, all right. Probably somewhere with Mrs Peel.”

“Can you read minds?” asked Steed. Just then Mrs Peel flew in. “She can fly!” said Cathy taking Steed’s words out of his mouth. “You have wings ” said Cathy before taking Charlie’s, Gambit’s and David’s words. “She has hair! Her hair is white! She has a nose! She is not Mr Punch!”.

Cathy was getting a bit tired of history repeating itself but endured it until the phone rang then she accepted the call and went through the whole routine with Dom.