Well, odds are we're going to see who wins in #Fast7 OR #Fast8 and I just didn't want to decide the outcome here so this takes place right after Dom races DK Sean. After witnessing the highly anticipated drift-filled race between Dom and DK Sean- the two share a brief introduction as some former foes present themselves.. as well as some allies. This scene takes place directly after my F7 finale: The Lonely Road Ahead screenplay, basically the opening scene for #Fast8 - the first sequel to 2006's Tokyo Drift. We've finally come full circle. Start your engines! T *sequel* to
**NIGHTTIME.**
**PARKING GARAGE, TOKYO.**
//THIS SCENE DIRECTLY FOLLOWS MY "The Lonely Road Ahead" STORY, READ IT ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE (NOTES) OR CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AVAILABLE NOW ON RONJAMMIN TV..//
**QUICK, PANNING SHOTS OF A DANCING/PARTYING CROWD PLAY AS WE BEGIN THE MOVIE. FINE CARS, FINE LADIES, ALL CHEERING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS TWO RACE CARS SLOWLY APPROACH**
**AS THE CARS CLOSE IN AND COME TO A STOP, THE CROWDS BEGIN TO PART, ALLOWING ROOM FOR THE TWO TITANS OF TOKYO- AFTER WITNESSING A MOST EXCELLENT DRIFT-FILLED RACE.**
**DOMINIC TORETTO & DK SEAN BOSWELL EXIT THEIR VEHICLES**
DOM: (SMILING) (TO SEAN) NOT BAD, KID. NOT BAD AT ALL.
SEAN: NOT SO BAD YOURSELF. DIDN'T THINK YOU'D DO SO WELL WITH A BEAST LIKE THAT!
DOM: AMERICAN MUSCLE TRANSLATES WELL - *ALL* OVER THE WORLD.
**THE TWO RACERS LEAN (BACKS) AGAINST THEIR CARS AS THE CROWDS GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS**
SEAN: SO TWINKIE TELLS ME YOU KNEW HAN. HOW'D YA'LL MEET, ANYWAYS?
DOM: (CROSSES ARMS) YOU KNOW, SOME WOULD CALL IT LUCK. BUT ME- I'D CALL IT *FATE*.
SEAN: FAIR ENOUGH. (SLIGHT PAUSE) WAIT- WERE YA'LL THE ONES WHO PULLED OFF THAT HEIST IN.. RIO? I REMEMBER HEARIN' SOMETHIN' ABOUT THAT ON THE NEWS A WHILE BACK..
DOM: (SMILES AS HE LOOKS AROUND) I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE NOW THAT I'M A FREE MAN.. BUT LET'S JUST SAY- MY POCKETS, *AIN'T* EMPTY!
**BOTH SHARE SMILES & A LAUGH**
**SEAN THEN GROWS SERIOUS, LOWERS HEAD IN THOUGHT**
DOM: WHAT IS IT?
SEAN: I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO HAN. THAT CAR CAME OUTTA NOWHERE.
DOM: (CROSSES ARMS AGAIN, LOOKS DOWN) LISTEN KID.. WHAT HAPPENED TO HAN, WAS *NO* ACCIDENT.
**SEAN QUICKLY LOOKS UP, CONFUSED/WORRIED**
DOM: I KNOW IT AIN'T EASY TO HEAR- BUT DON'T WORRY, IT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. IT'S DONE.
SEAN: (STILL CONFUSED) DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY- BUT WHY COME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE? SOMETHIN' TELLS ME YOU DIDN'T TRAVEL ALL THIS WAY JUST TO RACE ME..
DOM: (PUTS HANDS IN POCKETS, LOOKING AROUND) THIS IS WHERE HE DIED. THIS IS WHERE HE AND HIS GIRL WANTED TO SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. I WANTED TO EXPERIENCE WHY THIS PLACE MEANT SO MUCH TO HIM. AND, TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE CAUSING TROUBLE STILL LINGERING AROUND..
SEAN: (SHAKING HEAD) I DON'T KNOW 'BOUT THAT, DOM. ALL I CAN TELL YA' IS THAT HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE YAKUZA- AND BELIEVE ME, IT WASN'T EASY GETTIN' RID OF THEM.
**AN IMPRESSED DOM LOCKS EYES WITH SEAN**
DOM: IS THAT SO? SO.. WHAT, A "LOSER LEAVES TOWN" SORTA DEAL?
SEAN: (SHRUGS SHOULDER) THAT WAS THE DEAL.
**TWINKIE, EARL & REIKO APPROACH THEM AND THEY ALL GREET ONE ANOTHER, SHAKING HANDS & HUGS**
TWINKIE: (SHAKING HANDS W/ DOM) *DAMN* MAN- YOU WEREN'T KIDDIN,' THIS BEAST CAN *TEAR IT UP*!
EARL: (CHECKING OUT DOM'S CAR) LIKE I TOLD YOU, TWINK- WE NEED TO INVEST IN SOME AMERICAN MUSCLE CARS.
**REIKO NOTICES THE OBVIOUS WEAR ON THE TIRES OF BOTH CARS**
REIKO: AND MORE TIRES. LOTS MORE.
DOM: THEY AIN'T EXACTLY CHEAP AROUND HERE.. BUT- (INTERUPTED BY TWINKIE)
TWINKIE: (TAPS DOM'S SHOULDER TWICE) -NO WORRIES, MY MAN. NO NEED FOR BIZ(BUSINESS)- JUST RELY ON THE FIZZ (REFERRING TO "TD" DELETED SCENE "WHERE'S MY FIZZ?!"
**DOM SMILES AS THEY ALL SHARE A LAUGH**
**THE LAUGHS FADE QUICKLY SERIOUS AND THEY LOOK AHEAD TO ONE END OF THE PARKING GARAGE AS A LOUD, FAST CAR IS HEARD SPEEDING UP THE LEVELS.. COMING THEIR WAY**
**THE CROWD GROWS SILENT AS A SMALL BUT SLEEK RACE CAR COMES TO A DRIFT-STOP NEAR THEM (DOM & SEAN)**
TWINKIE: (BEGINS WALKING TOWARDS CAR) WHAT'S THIS FOOL THINK THEY'RE DOIN'? *HEY MAN, YOU WANNA **RACE**(?) THEN GO-* (THE FIGURE EXITS THE CAR, HOLDING A GUN. THEN AIMS IT AT TWINKIE AS HE BACKS OFF)
(CONT'D): **RAISES ARMS** AY, MAN.. BE COOL. I DON'T WANT NO TROUBLE..
**SEAN & CREW GLANCE AT ONE ANOTHER, SCARED. AS A CONFUSED DOM CAREFULLY APPROACHES THE STRANGER, WHILE SHIELDING TWINKIE**
DOM: WHY'D YOU BRING A GUN TO A CAR RACE? WE AIN'T LOOKIN' FOR A FIGHT.
**THE BRUISED & BATTERED FIGURE SLOWLY AIMS THEIR GUN TOWARDS DOM'S MIDSECTION**
MEANWHILE, NEELA SPOTS THE SITUATION FROM AFAR, WHILE CHATTING WITH SOME FRIENDS. SHE IMMEDIATELY RUSHES TO THEIR SIDE..
SEAN: (TO FIGURE) WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE? DO THE RIGHT THING- AND LEAVE. SAVE YOURSELF THE EMBARASSMENT. (GUN PANS TO HIS POSITION)
NEELA: (APPROACHING SEAN'S SIDE) *TAKASHI?!* (ORIGINAL DK, VILLAIN FROM TOKYO DRIFT)
**NEELA HOLDS SEAN'S ARM, STICKING BY HIS SIDE**
TAKASHI: STAY OUT OF THIS, NEELA. THIS IS BETWEEN *ME* AND THE GAIJIN HERE. (LOOKS TO SEAN) YOU *REALLY* THINK I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE TOWN? THIS ISN'T OVER.
SEAN: YOU CAN STILL WALK AWAY FROM THIS, ALIVE.
TWINKIE: YEAH, MAN- JUST GET OUTTA HERE TAKASHI-SON.
**TAKASHI COCKS GUN AND AIMS IT BACK AT TWINKIE**
TWINKIE: (ARMS RAISED, BACKING AWAY AGAIN) OKAY, OKAY- JUST A SUGGESTION.
DOM: (SLIGHT SMILE AS HE TURNS TO TAKASHI) SO YOU'RE A SORE LOSER, YOU'RE OUTNUMBERED, AND YOU CAN'T TAKE A HINT. IS THAT IT? OR DID I MISS SOMETHING.(?)
**DK GROWS ANGRY AND RE-RAISES HIS WEAPON TO THEM**
**A SUDDEN SINGLE-APPLAUSE IS HEARD FROM THE CROWD (LEFT), AND INTERRUPTS THE CONFRONTATION AS A FIGURE SLOWLY BEGINS TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE MASS OF PEOPLE**
FIGURE: DOMINIC TORETTO, EVERYONE. LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
**PERSON SLOWLY BECOMES ALMOST-VISIBLE AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE CROWD**
FIGURE: DIFFERENT COUNTRY, SAME ATTITUDE.
**A PUZZLED DOM QUICKLY RAISES & THEN LOWERS HIS ARMS TO TAKASHI, SIGNALING A TIME-OUT AS THEY BOTH STARE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE APPROACHING PERSON**
**DOM IS SHOCKED AS THE FAMILIAR FACE REVEALS THEMSELVES AND EMERGES FROM THE CROWD**
DOM: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME..
JOHNNY TRAN: OUT OF ALL THE PLACES IN THE WORLD, YOU JUST HAPPEN TO END UP HERE. C'MON, TORETTO- YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN RACE YOUR WAY INTO TOKYO WITHOUT *ME* KNOWING ABOUT IT?
TAKASHI: (TO TRAN) YOU KNOW THIS GUY?
TRAN: (SNUB LOOK) OH YEAH. WE GO *WAY* BACK.
DOM: SO YOU WENT FROM BOOSTIN' DVD PLAYERS TO JOININ' THE YAKUZA, HUH? NOT A BAD JUMP.
TRAN: (SMILES AS HE APPROACHES TAKASHI'S LOCATION) WELL, IT'S NOT EXACTLY A.. $100MILLION DOLLAR(?) KINDA JUMP- BUT STILL, A NICE LEAP. (WALKING SIDE TO SIDE, SLOWLY) SO, TORETTO. WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD? YOU AREN'T PLANNIN' TO HAUL A VAULT THROUGH OUR STREETS, ARE YA'?
DOM: HADN'T PLANNED ON IT. JUST SAYING GOODBYE TO AN OLD FRIEND, THAT'S ALL.
**TAKASHI LOOKS TO SEAN, THEN BACK TO DOM**
TAKASHI: AN OLD FRIEND.. DON'T TELL ME, HAN?
**DOM GLARES AT TAKASHI**
DOM: YEAH, THAT WAS HIM. HOW DO YOU KNOW HIM? **CLENCHES FISTS**
**TAKASHI LEANS IN, NOW FACE-TO-FACE WITH TORETTO**
TAKASHI: *I'M* THE ONE WHO GOT HIM KILLED, UNDERSTAND?
**DOM GROWS FURIOUS AS HE LOOKS AROUND, THEN- IN A SPLIT SECOND, HE'S GRABS HOLD OF TAKASHI'S NECK, AND GUN**
**TWINKIE & SEAN GLANCE AT EACHOTHER, WORRIED. BUT BOTH REMAIN IN THEIR PLACES**
JOHNNY TRAN: (LAUGHING) COME ON, TORETTO. WHAT- ARE YOU GONNA KILL HIM? THEN WHAT? I SHOOT YOU, YOUR FRIENDS.. *ALL* YOU HAVE IS YOUR STRENGTH. **MOVES IN CLOSER** BUT YOU LACK WISDOM, PATIENCE.. **CLOSER** AND STRATEGY-
**SUDDENLY, A GANG OF MASKED YAKUZA MEMBERS PRESENT THEMSELVES FROM THE CROWDS BY SURROUNDING DOM, SEAN & CREW, ALL ARMED WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS**
**DOM TIGHTENS HIS GRIP ON TAKASHI, WHO CAN'T HELP BUT STRUGGLE**
DOM: (SEEMINGLY OBLIVIOUS TO THE YAKUZA GANG AROUND THEM) THAT WAS A *BIG* MISTAKE. HOW'D YOU LIKE TO JOIN HIM? (REFERRING TO HAN)
**EARL & REIKO MANAGE TO BACK AWAY (THROUGH A CROWD OF PEOPLE)- AFTER REIKO SIGNALS THAT THEY SHOULD GET TO THEIR CAR**
SEAN: (TO TRAN) LISTEN, MAN- I DON'T KNOW YOU, AND I SURE AS H*LL DON'T WANT NO MORE TROUBLE WITH YA'LL. LET'S JUST GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS.
JOHNNY TRAN: YOU MUST BE THE TOUGH-TALKING COWBOY WHO'S BEEN CAUSING *NOTHING* BUT TROUBLE FOR US SINCE YOU ARRIVED. **LOOKS BACK TO DOM & TAKASHI** I'LL DEAL WITH YOU LATER, KID.
**TRAN SIGNALS HIS GANG TO TAKE SEAN, NEELA & TWINKIE CAPTIVE BY NODDING HIS HEAD TOWARDS THEM**
**DOM RELEASES TAKASHI, WHO IS BARELY ABLE TO BREATHE. HE INSTANTLY FALLS TO HIS KNEES, GASPING FOR BREATH.**
JOHNNY TRAN: GOOD CHOICE, TORETTO. MAYBE AGE *DOES* BRING WISDOM. **DELIVERS A HARD-HITTING PUNCH TO DOM'S FACE, KNOCKING HIM BACK**
(CONT'D) *THAT* WAS FOR L.A. - **LOOKS AROUND** BY THE WAY, WHERE'S YOUR OLD MECHANIC FRIEND? (REFERRING TO BRIAN)
DOM: **GETS UP, WIPING BLOOD FROM MOUTH** HE'S RETIRED.
JOHNNY TRAN: **TURNS AWAY** TOO BAD. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO *REPAY* HIM FOR THOSE GUNSHOTS. **LOOKS BACK TOWARDS DOM, DRAWS GUN FROM WAIST & AIMS IT AT SEAN, TWINKIE & NEELA** OH WELL, I GUESS I'LL *HAVE* TO SETTLE FOR ONE OF THEM. **MOVING GUN SIDE-TO-SIDE AS TAKASHI REGAINS HIS BALANCE AND RAISES GUN TO DOM**
(CONT'D) SO, TORETTO.. WHICH ONE'S IT GONNA BE? **HOLDS GUN STEADY AS HE NOTICES SOMETHING**
TAKASHI: **LOOKS BACK TO JOHNNY TRAN** WHAT- WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?!
JOHNNY TRAN: **POINTS TO SEAN, TWINKIE & NEELA** HEY- *HEY* (TO YAKUZA) YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TIE THEIR HANDS?!
**THE YAKUZA ALL GLANCE AT ONE ANOTHER IN CONFUSION.. THEN- TWO OF THEM (BEHIND SEAN, TWINKIE & NEELA) BEGIN THEIR ATTACK ON THE OTHERS**
**MEANWHILE, AS DOM GRABS TAKASHI'S GUN, AND KNOCKS HIM BACK DOWN - SEAN & TWINKIE QUICKLY ADVANCE TO A CAUGHT-OFF-GUARD TRAN. SEAN DELIVERS SEVERAL HARD-HITTING PUNCHES TO HIS FACE & MIDSECTION AS TWINKIE MANAGES TO KNOCK THE GUN OUT OF HIS HAND**
**EARL & REIKO APPROACH NEAR THEIR LOCATION, AND INSIST THAT NEELA GET IN THE CAR WITH THEM**
REIKO: COME ON GIRL, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!!
**NEELA LOOKS TO SEAN, WHO TAKES A MOMENT TO SPEAK AFTER TWINKIE BULLRUSHES TRAN**
SEAN: IT'S OKAY. GO WITH THEM, YOU'LL BE SAFER. WE'LL MEET UP LATER. **TURNS BACK TO ACTION**
**NEELA GETS IN THE CAR AND THEY SPEED OFF DOWN THE LEVELS**
**MEANWHILE, TWINKIE & TRAN BOTH LIE ON THE GROUND, TWINKIE WAS ABLE TO PUSH HIM DOWN BUT FELL TOO. HE IMMEDIATELY STANDS UP**
TWINKIE: (DUSTING OFF JACKET) MAYBE I *AM* CUT OUT FOR THIS SH-**INTERUPTED AFTER BEING TACKLED BY A YAKUZA MEMBER**
**AS TAKASHI REMAINS GROUNDED, DOM RUSHES OVER TO JOHNNY TRAN, PICKS HIM UP AND THROWS HIM AGAINST HIS (TRAN'S) CAR, GRIPPING HIS COLLAR**
**SEAN, TWINKIE & THEIR MYSTERIOUS MASKED-ALLIES BATTLE THE REST OF THE YAKUZA GANG**
DOM: (GRIP GROWS STRONGER) YOU'RE GONNA WISH OUR PATHS *NEVER* CROSSED AGAIN.
**THE ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN, REVEALING SEVERAL MORE YAKUZA GANG MEMBERS - THEY BEGIN FIRING AT SEAN & THE OTHERS AS THEY RUN FOR COVER BEHIND SOME CARS**
**DOM LOOKS BACK IN PANIC WHILE HIS HOLD ON TRAN REMAINS**
JOHNNY TRAN: LIKE I SAID- *STRATEGY*.
**DOM LOOKS AROUND FAST, DEBATING HIS NEXT MOVE**
JOHNNY TRAN: WELL?
**DOM LOOKS AT TRAN, THEN HITS HIM WITH A SUDDEN, BRUTAL HEADBUTT- KNOCKING HIM DOWN**
DOM: I'LL DEAL WITH *YOU* LATER. **ADVANCES TOWARDS TAKASHI, WHO SLOWLY RISES**
**TAKASHI REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS BUT HAS HIS BACK TURNED TO DOM & JOHNNY TRAN. HE SEES A SHOT AND TAKES AIM AT SEAN, WHO'S PLANTED BEHIND HIS (OWN) CAR**
**DOM IS AMBUSHED BY TWO YAKUZA MEMBERS, THEY ATTACK HIM FROM BOTH SIDES. HE FIGHTS THEM OFF AS TAKASHI ZEROS IN ON HIS SHOT**
**WE SEE A TALL, BULKY FIGURE FIERCLY APPROACH THE CLUELESS TAKASHI. THE FIGURE QUICKLY GRABS HOLD OF TAKASHI, THROWING HIM ON HIS BACK, FOOT ON CHEST- AND HOLDS HIM AT GUNPOINT**
BULKY FIGURE: (LOOKS UP & YELLS:) LOCK IT DOWN!!
**SUDDENLY, A SWARM OF AGENTS RUSH ONTO THE SCENE FROM OUT OF NOWHERE, AND WE HEAR POLICE SIRENS CLOSING IN FROM THE DISTANCE**
HOBBS: (TO TAKASHI) MAKE A MOVE, YOU SON BITCH.
**THE AGENTS ASSIST TORETTO, SEAN AND THE OTHERS BY FORCING THE YAKUZA TO LOWER THEIR WEAPONS.**
**JOHNNY TRAN AWAKENS, TAKES NOTICE OF THE SITUATION, THEN QUIETLY GETS IN HIS CAR**
HOBBS: (YELLS:) OKAY, EVERYONE GOOD?
**SUDDENLY, WE HEAR AN ENGINE START UP ALONG WITH A SET OF HEADLIGHTS BEAMING TOWARDS HOBBS' LOCATION. HE ADVANCES TOWARDS LUKE & HIS PRISONER**
**HOBBS RELEASES HIS HOLD FROM TAKASHI, AND DIVE-ROLLS TO DOM'S LOCATION**
**TRAN DRIFTS TO A STOP RIGHT IN FRONT OF TAKASHI, WHO IS ABOUT TO ENTER THE VEHICLE..**
TAKASHI: (LOOKS AT DOM, THEN OVER TO SEAN - SHAKING HEAD) THIS.. ISN'T OVER. **PROCEEDS TO GET IN CAR, IT THEN SPEEDS OFF DOWN THE LEVELS (OPPOSITE OF HOBBS' TEAM)**
**AS HOBBS' TEAM TAKE THE PRISONERS INTO THE ELEVATOR, THE CROWDS OF PEOPLE FOLLOW. DOM & LUKE SHARE SOME WORDS BEFORE THEY WALK TO SEAN'S LOCATION**
HOBBS: (CROSSES ARMS) WELL?
DOM: (SMILES WHILE LOOKING AROUND) NOT BAD. DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU.
HOBBS: WASN'T THAT HARD TO FIND YOU, TORETTO. BESIDES, I COULDN'T LET YOU HAVE ALL THE FUN (RETURNS SMILE)
DOM: WHAT CAN I SAY, IT SEEMS LIKE NO MATTER WHERE I GO- TROUBLE FOLLOWS(!)
**THEY BEGIN TO WALK TO SEAN & CREW**
**MEANWHILE, SEAN & TWINKIE GLANCE AT EACHOTHER WHILE THE MASKED ALLIES QUIETLY ARGUE WITH EACHOTHER, AND IT APPEARS THEY'VE FORGOTTEN THEY'RE STILL WEARING MASKS**
TWINKIE: (TO SEAN) WHAT IS THAT- LATIN OR SOMETHIN'?
SEAN: (CROSSES ARMS) DON'T SOUND JAPANESE TO ME.
**DOM & HOBBS APPROACH THE SCENE**
DOM: GUYS, THIS IS HOBBS.
**THEY ALL SHAKE HANDS**
**HOBBS TAKES NOTICE OF THE MASKED MEN**
HOBBS: WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THESE TWO?
DOM: (CROSSES ARMS) YEAH. YOU GUYS GOT SOME FRIENDS IN THE YAKUZA OR WHAT?
**TWINKIE SHAKES HIS HEAD *NO* AS THE MASKED MEN CONTINUE TO ARGUE LOUDER & LOUDER**
**HOBBS GROWS RESTLESS AS THE GUYS LAUGH**
HOBBS: (YELLS) HEY!! **THEY TURN TO THEM**
**THE TWO SAVIORS REMOVE THEIR MASKS**
DOM: I **KNEW** THAT ARGUING SOUNDED FAMILIAR!
LEO: MY BAD, BRO. WE COULDN'T LET YOU HAVE ALL THE FUN!
SANTOS: YEAH MAN, BESIDES- (REVEALS INSIDES OF PANT POCKETS) OUR POCKETS ARE EMPTY!
**SEAN SPEAKS AS THE GUYS SHAKE HANDS/HUG DOM & FIST-BUMP HOBBS**
SEAN: YOU KNOW THESE GUYS?!
HOBBS: OH YEAH, WE GO *WAY* BACK (SMILES THEN CROSSES ARMS)
DOM: LEO, SANTOS- HOW DID YOU-
**SANTOS WITH A SNUB SMERK**
(CONT'D) AH, FORGET IT (SMILES)
TWINKIE: (CONFUSED) WAIT, WAIT- HOLD UP, WERE YOU GUYS YAKUZA OR WHAT?
**DOM & HOBBS DON'T BOTHER TO STEP IN, THEY JUST LAUGH IT OFF**
LEO: (TO TWINKIE) HERMANO, DO WE LOOK LIKE YAKUZA TO YOU, HUH?
SANTOS: (TO LEO) DILE QUE SOMOS, BRO - EXIJAMOS SU DINERO! **TELL HIM WE ARE, BRO - LET'S DEMAND HIS MONEY!**
TWINKIE: I MAY NOT SPEAK SPANISH BUT I *KNOW* WHAT DINERO MEANS. *SHAKES HANDS WITH THEM* MAYBE WE SHOULD GO INTO BUSINESS TOGETHER, YEAH?
**JACKSON & ELENA STAND AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING GARAGE**
JACKSON: (YELLS) HEY HOBBS- YOU'D BETTER COME HAVE A LOOK AT THIS..
**HOBBS LEAVES THE GROUP AND MAKES HIS WAY TO JACKSON'S LOCATION**
**DOM & ELENA LOCK EYES. THEY SHARE A 'HELLO' THROUGH THEIR EYES AND NOD AT ONE ANOTHER WITH SLIGHT SMILES**
DOM: LEO, SANTOS (PUTS ARMS AROUND THEIR SHOULDERS) I CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU DID.
**SEAN & TWINKIE QUIETLY GOSSIP FOR A MINUTE WHILE DOM, LEO & SANTOS WALK TOWARDS DOM'S CAR**
**TWINKIE HAS A LOOK OF SHOCK ON HIS FACE UPON HEARING SEAN'S WORDS & CAN'T HELP BUT BLURT OUT WHAT HE'S JUST BEEN TOLD(!)**
TWINKIE: *DDDDAAAAMMMMNNNNN* (TO LEO & SANTOS) YOU GUYS REALLY BLOW THROUGH TWENTY+ MILLION DOLLARS?!
LEO: (TO SEAN) AY, WHAT YOU TELL HIM?!
TWINKIE: (SHAKING HEAD) I MAY HAVE TO RE-THINK US WORKING TOGETHER. YA'LL ES LOCO, HOMIES.
SANTOS: (TO SEAN) HOW YOU KNOW WE BROKE, HUH?!
**SEAN & DOM SHARE A SMILE**
DOM: (TO SANTOS) YOUR POCKETS ARE EMPTY, REMEMBER?!
SEAN: YOU SAID IT.(!)
**MEANWHILE, HOBBS REUNITES W/ JACKSON & ELENA WHILE THEY POINT OUT THE RATHER ODD EVENT HAPPENING IN THE DISTANCE (OUTSIDE)**
HOBBS: WHAT DO WE GOT?
JACKSON: THE TWO TARGETS (TRAN & TAKASHI) MUST HAVE ESCAPED UNDERGROUND.
ELENA: WE HAVE EYES AT EACH CORNER UP HERE- BUT NO ONE'S SEEN THEM ESCAPE.
HOBBS: (CROSSES ARMS) WHAT ABOUT OUR BOYS DOWNSTAIRS? ANY REPORT?
**JACKSON & ELENA STARE AT EACHOTHER FOR A MOMENT**
HOBBS: WELL?!
ELENA: NOTHING.
**SUDDENLY- ALL CITY BLOCKS SURROUNDING THE PARKING GARAGE LOSE POWER AS WE SEE A MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN THE DISTANCE**
**THE POLICE CARS COME FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. THEY STOP IN FRONT OF THE BLACKED-OUT BLOCKS & SWITCH OFF THEIR SIRENS (LIGHTS STILL ON)**
JACKSON: WHAT ARE THEY WAITIN' FOR?
**DOM MAKES HIS WAY TO THEIR LOCATION**
DOM: WHAT'S GOING ON?
ELENA: DARKNESS.. IS SPREADING.
HOBBS: SOMETHIN' AIN'T RIGHT. I THINK OUR BOYS HAVE BEEN BOUGHT. **HOBBS TURNS AWAY AND FORMULATES A PLAN**
JACKSON: WHAT'S THE PLAN, BOSS?
**HOBBS SOON COMES TO A STOP AS HE LOOKS AROUND, TAKING NOTICE OF THE TEAM AVAILABLE**
HOBBS: (LOWERS HEAD) SOMETHIN' TELLS ME WE AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE TONIGHT. JACKSON, LET'S GET DOM & SEAN SOME WEAPONS.
LEO: AY, MAN- WHAT ABOUT US?
HOBBS: (TOSSES HIS KEYS TO THEM) THERE'S AN ARMORED TRUCK PARKED ONE LEVEL DOWN. I WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE CARE OF ANY*ONE* OR ANY*THING* THAT TRIES TO MAKE ITS WAY UP HERE.
SEAN: WHAT ABOUT TWINKIE?
**HOBBS APPROACHES THEM, HANDS ON WAIST**
HOBBS: (NODS HEAD TO TWINKIE) YOU'VE GOT THE EYE. I NEED YOU TO STEALTH YOUR WAY AROUND HERE, LET US KNOW WHEN *ANYTHING* MOVES OUT THERE (HANDS HIM A WALKIE) STAY LOW, AND OUTTA SIGHT.
**HOBBS RETURNS TO ELENA & JACKSON**
ELENA: WHAT ABOUT US?
HOBBS: FIRST, WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LEVEL, MAKE SURE THE CROWD IS OKAY- AND MOST OF ALL, OUR GUYS.
JACKSON: (FINISHED SUPPLYING DOM & SEAN W/ WEAPONS) NO DISRESPECT SIR- BUT THAT SOUNDS DANGEROUS, *AND* STUPID.
HOBBS: (ARMS ON WAIST) WE'RE A TEAM. WE DON'T LEAVE *ANYONE* BEHIND. YOU TWO RIDE WITH THEM (NODS TO LEO & SANTOS) DOWNWARDS. I'LL TAKE THE ELEVATOR- WE NEED TO SPLIT UP.
**JACKSON NODS IN AGREEMENT AS HE & ELENA EXIT W/ LEO & SANTOS**
**HOBBS MAKES HIS WAY TO THE ELEVATOR**
DOM: HEY COP..
**HOBBS TURNS AS HE ENTERS THE ELEVATOR**
DOM: GOOD LUCK. (NODS)
*HOBBS NODS & READIES HIS WEAPON AS THE DOORS CLOSE**
**DOM & SEAN READY THEIR WEAPONS (BOTH W/ SHOTGUNS) AS TWINKIE SCOUTS OUT SOME COVER**
DOM: (TO SEAN) LOOK, KID- I DIDN'T MEAN FOR YOU-
SEAN: -IT'S ALRIGHT. I KINDA FIGURED GETTIN' RID OF TAKASHI WOULDN'T BE SO EASY. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN, DOM?
DOM: LET'S STICK TOGETHER. YOU KNOW THIS PLACE BETTER THAN I DO- WE NEED TO SET UP AN AMBUSH ATTACK.
**SEAN LOOKS DOWN AT THEIR WEAPONS**
SEAN: NO OFFENSE, MAN- BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SHOTGUNS TO MAKE AN IMPACT..
DOM: WE'LL BE FINE. NOW, LET'S-
**SUDDENLY, WE HEAR A LARGE NUMBER OF CARS START UP, REVVING THEIR ENGINES EXTREMELY LOUD. (COMING FROM BOTTOM LEVEL)**
**DOM & SEAN LOOK AROUND AT FIRST, UNABLE TO LOCATE WHERE THE LOUD REVS & RUMBLES ARE COMING FROM, THEN BOTH STARE AT THE FLOOR FOR A MOMENT.. BEFORE LOCKING EYES**
SEAN: WHAT DO YA' THINK, DOM?
DOM: (SLOWLY LOOKS BACK DOWN, THEN UP TOWARDS SEAN W/ AN INSECURE LOOK) I THINK THE DEAL'S OFF. (BOTH COCK SHOTGUNS)
//TITLE CARD: "FAST & FURIOUS 8" BURSTS ONTO THE SCREEN, AND THE INTRO MONTAGE BEGINS//
**NIGHTTIME.**
**PARKING GARAGE, TOKYO.**
//THIS SCENE DIRECTLY FOLLOWS MY "The Lonely Road Ahead" STORY, READ IT ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE (NOTES) OR CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AVAILABLE NOW ON RONJAMMIN TV..//
**QUICK, PANNING SHOTS OF A DANCING/PARTYING CROWD PLAY AS WE BEGIN THE MOVIE. FINE CARS, FINE LADIES, ALL CHEERING IN THE SAME DIRECTION AS TWO RACE CARS SLOWLY APPROACH**
**AS THE CARS CLOSE IN AND COME TO A STOP, THE CROWDS BEGIN TO PART, ALLOWING ROOM FOR THE TWO TITANS OF TOKYO- AFTER WITNESSING A MOST EXCELLENT DRIFT-FILLED RACE.**
**DOMINIC TORETTO & DK SEAN BOSWELL EXIT THEIR VEHICLES**
DOM: (SMILING) (TO SEAN) NOT BAD, KID. NOT BAD AT ALL.
SEAN: NOT SO BAD YOURSELF. DIDN'T THINK YOU'D DO SO WELL WITH A BEAST LIKE THAT!
DOM: AMERICAN MUSCLE TRANSLATES WELL - *ALL* OVER THE WORLD.
**THE TWO RACERS LEAN (BACKS) AGAINST THEIR CARS AS THE CROWDS GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS**
SEAN: SO TWINKIE TELLS ME YOU KNEW HAN. HOW'D YA'LL MEET, ANYWAYS?
DOM: (CROSSES ARMS) YOU KNOW, SOME WOULD CALL IT LUCK. BUT ME- I'D CALL IT *FATE*.
SEAN: FAIR ENOUGH. (SLIGHT PAUSE) WAIT- WERE YA'LL THE ONES WHO PULLED OFF THAT HEIST IN.. RIO? I REMEMBER HEARIN' SOMETHIN' ABOUT THAT ON THE NEWS A WHILE BACK..
DOM: (SMILES AS HE LOOKS AROUND) I CAN'T SAY FOR SURE NOW THAT I'M A FREE MAN.. BUT LET'S JUST SAY- MY POCKETS, *AIN'T* EMPTY!
**BOTH SHARE SMILES & A LAUGH**
**SEAN THEN GROWS SERIOUS, LOWERS HEAD IN THOUGHT**
DOM: WHAT IS IT?
SEAN: I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TO HAN. THAT CAR CAME OUTTA NOWHERE.
DOM: (CROSSES ARMS AGAIN, LOOKS DOWN) LISTEN KID.. WHAT HAPPENED TO HAN, WAS *NO* ACCIDENT.
**SEAN QUICKLY LOOKS UP, CONFUSED/WORRIED**
DOM: I KNOW IT AIN'T EASY TO HEAR- BUT DON'T WORRY, IT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. IT'S DONE.
SEAN: (STILL CONFUSED) DON'T TAKE THIS THE WRONG WAY- BUT WHY COME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE? SOMETHIN' TELLS ME YOU DIDN'T TRAVEL ALL THIS WAY JUST TO RACE ME..
DOM: (PUTS HANDS IN POCKETS, LOOKING AROUND) THIS IS WHERE HE DIED. THIS IS WHERE HE AND HIS GIRL WANTED TO SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. I WANTED TO EXPERIENCE WHY THIS PLACE MEANT SO MUCH TO HIM. AND, TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE CAUSING TROUBLE STILL LINGERING AROUND..
SEAN: (SHAKING HEAD) I DON'T KNOW 'BOUT THAT, DOM. ALL I CAN TELL YA' IS THAT HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE YAKUZA- AND BELIEVE ME, IT WASN'T EASY GETTIN' RID OF THEM.
**AN IMPRESSED DOM LOCKS EYES WITH SEAN**
DOM: IS THAT SO? SO.. WHAT, A "LOSER LEAVES TOWN" SORTA DEAL?
SEAN: (SHRUGS SHOULDER) THAT WAS THE DEAL.
**TWINKIE, EARL & REIKO APPROACH THEM AND THEY ALL GREET ONE ANOTHER, SHAKING HANDS & HUGS**
TWINKIE: (SHAKING HANDS W/ DOM) *DAMN* MAN- YOU WEREN'T KIDDIN,' THIS BEAST CAN *TEAR IT UP*!
EARL: (CHECKING OUT DOM'S CAR) LIKE I TOLD YOU, TWINK- WE NEED TO INVEST IN SOME AMERICAN MUSCLE CARS.
**REIKO NOTICES THE OBVIOUS WEAR ON THE TIRES OF BOTH CARS**
REIKO: AND MORE TIRES. LOTS MORE.
DOM: THEY AIN'T EXACTLY CHEAP AROUND HERE.. BUT- (INTERUPTED BY TWINKIE)
TWINKIE: (TAPS DOM'S SHOULDER TWICE) -NO WORRIES, MY MAN. NO NEED FOR BIZ(BUSINESS)- JUST RELY ON THE FIZZ (REFERRING TO "TD" DELETED SCENE "WHERE'S MY FIZZ?!"
**DOM SMILES AS THEY ALL SHARE A LAUGH**
**THE LAUGHS FADE QUICKLY SERIOUS AND THEY LOOK AHEAD TO ONE END OF THE PARKING GARAGE AS A LOUD, FAST CAR IS HEARD SPEEDING UP THE LEVELS.. COMING THEIR WAY**
**THE CROWD GROWS SILENT AS A SMALL BUT SLEEK RACE CAR COMES TO A DRIFT-STOP NEAR THEM (DOM & SEAN)**
TWINKIE: (BEGINS WALKING TOWARDS CAR) WHAT'S THIS FOOL THINK THEY'RE DOIN'? *HEY MAN, YOU WANNA **RACE**(?) THEN GO-* (THE FIGURE EXITS THE CAR, HOLDING A GUN. THEN AIMS IT AT TWINKIE AS HE BACKS OFF)
(CONT'D): **RAISES ARMS** AY, MAN.. BE COOL. I DON'T WANT NO TROUBLE..
**SEAN & CREW GLANCE AT ONE ANOTHER, SCARED. AS A CONFUSED DOM CAREFULLY APPROACHES THE STRANGER, WHILE SHIELDING TWINKIE**
DOM: WHY'D YOU BRING A GUN TO A CAR RACE? WE AIN'T LOOKIN' FOR A FIGHT.
**THE BRUISED & BATTERED FIGURE SLOWLY AIMS THEIR GUN TOWARDS DOM'S MIDSECTION**
MEANWHILE, NEELA SPOTS THE SITUATION FROM AFAR, WHILE CHATTING WITH SOME FRIENDS. SHE IMMEDIATELY RUSHES TO THEIR SIDE..
SEAN: (TO FIGURE) WHAT ARE YOU DOIN' HERE? DO THE RIGHT THING- AND LEAVE. SAVE YOURSELF THE EMBARASSMENT. (GUN PANS TO HIS POSITION)
NEELA: (APPROACHING SEAN'S SIDE) *TAKASHI?!* (ORIGINAL DK, VILLAIN FROM TOKYO DRIFT)
**NEELA HOLDS SEAN'S ARM, STICKING BY HIS SIDE**
TAKASHI: STAY OUT OF THIS, NEELA. THIS IS BETWEEN *ME* AND THE GAIJIN HERE. (LOOKS TO SEAN) YOU *REALLY* THINK I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE TOWN? THIS ISN'T OVER.
SEAN: YOU CAN STILL WALK AWAY FROM THIS, ALIVE.
TWINKIE: YEAH, MAN- JUST GET OUTTA HERE TAKASHI-SON.
**TAKASHI COCKS GUN AND AIMS IT BACK AT TWINKIE**
TWINKIE: (ARMS RAISED, BACKING AWAY AGAIN) OKAY, OKAY- JUST A SUGGESTION.
DOM: (SLIGHT SMILE AS HE TURNS TO TAKASHI) SO YOU'RE A SORE LOSER, YOU'RE OUTNUMBERED, AND YOU CAN'T TAKE A HINT. IS THAT IT? OR DID I MISS SOMETHING.(?)
**DK GROWS ANGRY AND RE-RAISES HIS WEAPON TO THEM**
**A SUDDEN SINGLE-APPLAUSE IS HEARD FROM THE CROWD (LEFT), AND INTERRUPTS THE CONFRONTATION AS A FIGURE SLOWLY BEGINS TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE MASS OF PEOPLE**
FIGURE: DOMINIC TORETTO, EVERYONE. LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
**PERSON SLOWLY BECOMES ALMOST-VISIBLE AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE CROWD**
FIGURE: DIFFERENT COUNTRY, SAME ATTITUDE.
**A PUZZLED DOM QUICKLY RAISES & THEN LOWERS HIS ARMS TO TAKASHI, SIGNALING A TIME-OUT AS THEY BOTH STARE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE APPROACHING PERSON**
**DOM IS SHOCKED AS THE FAMILIAR FACE REVEALS THEMSELVES AND EMERGES FROM THE CROWD**
DOM: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME..
JOHNNY TRAN: OUT OF ALL THE PLACES IN THE WORLD, YOU JUST HAPPEN TO END UP HERE. C'MON, TORETTO- YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN RACE YOUR WAY INTO TOKYO WITHOUT *ME* KNOWING ABOUT IT?
TAKASHI: (TO TRAN) YOU KNOW THIS GUY?
TRAN: (SNUB LOOK) OH YEAH. WE GO *WAY* BACK.
DOM: SO YOU WENT FROM BOOSTIN' DVD PLAYERS TO JOININ' THE YAKUZA, HUH? NOT A BAD JUMP.
TRAN: (SMILES AS HE APPROACHES TAKASHI'S LOCATION) WELL, IT'S NOT EXACTLY A.. $100MILLION DOLLAR(?) KINDA JUMP- BUT STILL, A NICE LEAP. (WALKING SIDE TO SIDE, SLOWLY) SO, TORETTO. WHAT BRINGS YOU TO THIS SIDE OF THE WORLD? YOU AREN'T PLANNIN' TO HAUL A VAULT THROUGH OUR STREETS, ARE YA'?
DOM: HADN'T PLANNED ON IT. JUST SAYING GOODBYE TO AN OLD FRIEND, THAT'S ALL.
**TAKASHI LOOKS TO SEAN, THEN BACK TO DOM**
TAKASHI: AN OLD FRIEND.. DON'T TELL ME, HAN?
**DOM GLARES AT TAKASHI**
DOM: YEAH, THAT WAS HIM. HOW DO YOU KNOW HIM? **CLENCHES FISTS**
**TAKASHI LEANS IN, NOW FACE-TO-FACE WITH TORETTO**
TAKASHI: *I'M* THE ONE WHO GOT HIM KILLED, UNDERSTAND?
**DOM GROWS FURIOUS AS HE LOOKS AROUND, THEN- IN A SPLIT SECOND, HE'S GRABS HOLD OF TAKASHI'S NECK, AND GUN**
**TWINKIE & SEAN GLANCE AT EACHOTHER, WORRIED. BUT BOTH REMAIN IN THEIR PLACES**
JOHNNY TRAN: (LAUGHING) COME ON, TORETTO. WHAT- ARE YOU GONNA KILL HIM? THEN WHAT? I SHOOT YOU, YOUR FRIENDS.. *ALL* YOU HAVE IS YOUR STRENGTH. **MOVES IN CLOSER** BUT YOU LACK WISDOM, PATIENCE.. **CLOSER** AND STRATEGY-
**SUDDENLY, A GANG OF MASKED YAKUZA MEMBERS PRESENT THEMSELVES FROM THE CROWDS BY SURROUNDING DOM, SEAN & CREW, ALL ARMED WITH AUTOMATIC WEAPONS**
**DOM TIGHTENS HIS GRIP ON TAKASHI, WHO CAN'T HELP BUT STRUGGLE**
DOM: (SEEMINGLY OBLIVIOUS TO THE YAKUZA GANG AROUND THEM) THAT WAS A *BIG* MISTAKE. HOW'D YOU LIKE TO JOIN HIM? (REFERRING TO HAN)
**EARL & REIKO MANAGE TO BACK AWAY (THROUGH A CROWD OF PEOPLE)- AFTER REIKO SIGNALS THAT THEY SHOULD GET TO THEIR CAR**
SEAN: (TO TRAN) LISTEN, MAN- I DON'T KNOW YOU, AND I SURE AS H*LL DON'T WANT NO MORE TROUBLE WITH YA'LL. LET'S JUST GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS.
JOHNNY TRAN: YOU MUST BE THE TOUGH-TALKING COWBOY WHO'S BEEN CAUSING *NOTHING* BUT TROUBLE FOR US SINCE YOU ARRIVED. **LOOKS BACK TO DOM & TAKASHI** I'LL DEAL WITH YOU LATER, KID.
**TRAN SIGNALS HIS GANG TO TAKE SEAN, NEELA & TWINKIE CAPTIVE BY NODDING HIS HEAD TOWARDS THEM**
**DOM RELEASES TAKASHI, WHO IS BARELY ABLE TO BREATHE. HE INSTANTLY FALLS TO HIS KNEES, GASPING FOR BREATH.**
JOHNNY TRAN: GOOD CHOICE, TORETTO. MAYBE AGE *DOES* BRING WISDOM. **DELIVERS A HARD-HITTING PUNCH TO DOM'S FACE, KNOCKING HIM BACK**
(CONT'D) *THAT* WAS FOR L.A. - **LOOKS AROUND** BY THE WAY, WHERE'S YOUR OLD MECHANIC FRIEND? (REFERRING TO BRIAN)
DOM: **GETS UP, WIPING BLOOD FROM MOUTH** HE'S RETIRED.
JOHNNY TRAN: **TURNS AWAY** TOO BAD. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO *REPAY* HIM FOR THOSE GUNSHOTS. **LOOKS BACK TOWARDS DOM, DRAWS GUN FROM WAIST & AIMS IT AT SEAN, TWINKIE & NEELA** OH WELL, I GUESS I'LL *HAVE* TO SETTLE FOR ONE OF THEM. **MOVING GUN SIDE-TO-SIDE AS TAKASHI REGAINS HIS BALANCE AND RAISES GUN TO DOM**
(CONT'D) SO, TORETTO.. WHICH ONE'S IT GONNA BE? **HOLDS GUN STEADY AS HE NOTICES SOMETHING**
TAKASHI: **LOOKS BACK TO JOHNNY TRAN** WHAT- WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?!
JOHNNY TRAN: **POINTS TO SEAN, TWINKIE & NEELA** HEY- *HEY* (TO YAKUZA) YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO TIE THEIR HANDS?!
**THE YAKUZA ALL GLANCE AT ONE ANOTHER IN CONFUSION.. THEN- TWO OF THEM (BEHIND SEAN, TWINKIE & NEELA) BEGIN THEIR ATTACK ON THE OTHERS**
**MEANWHILE, AS DOM GRABS TAKASHI'S GUN, AND KNOCKS HIM BACK DOWN - SEAN & TWINKIE QUICKLY ADVANCE TO A CAUGHT-OFF-GUARD TRAN. SEAN DELIVERS SEVERAL HARD-HITTING PUNCHES TO HIS FACE & MIDSECTION AS TWINKIE MANAGES TO KNOCK THE GUN OUT OF HIS HAND**
**EARL & REIKO APPROACH NEAR THEIR LOCATION, AND INSIST THAT NEELA GET IN THE CAR WITH THEM**
REIKO: COME ON GIRL, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!!
**NEELA LOOKS TO SEAN, WHO TAKES A MOMENT TO SPEAK AFTER TWINKIE BULLRUSHES TRAN**
SEAN: IT'S OKAY. GO WITH THEM, YOU'LL BE SAFER. WE'LL MEET UP LATER. **TURNS BACK TO ACTION**
**NEELA GETS IN THE CAR AND THEY SPEED OFF DOWN THE LEVELS**
**MEANWHILE, TWINKIE & TRAN BOTH LIE ON THE GROUND, TWINKIE WAS ABLE TO PUSH HIM DOWN BUT FELL TOO. HE IMMEDIATELY STANDS UP**
TWINKIE: (DUSTING OFF JACKET) MAYBE I *AM* CUT OUT FOR THIS SH-**INTERUPTED AFTER BEING TACKLED BY A YAKUZA MEMBER**
**AS TAKASHI REMAINS GROUNDED, DOM RUSHES OVER TO JOHNNY TRAN, PICKS HIM UP AND THROWS HIM AGAINST HIS (TRAN'S) CAR, GRIPPING HIS COLLAR**
**SEAN, TWINKIE & THEIR MYSTERIOUS MASKED-ALLIES BATTLE THE REST OF THE YAKUZA GANG**
DOM: (GRIP GROWS STRONGER) YOU'RE GONNA WISH OUR PATHS *NEVER* CROSSED AGAIN.
**THE ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN, REVEALING SEVERAL MORE YAKUZA GANG MEMBERS - THEY BEGIN FIRING AT SEAN & THE OTHERS AS THEY RUN FOR COVER BEHIND SOME CARS**
**DOM LOOKS BACK IN PANIC WHILE HIS HOLD ON TRAN REMAINS**
JOHNNY TRAN: LIKE I SAID- *STRATEGY*.
**DOM LOOKS AROUND FAST, DEBATING HIS NEXT MOVE**
JOHNNY TRAN: WELL?
**DOM LOOKS AT TRAN, THEN HITS HIM WITH A SUDDEN, BRUTAL HEADBUTT- KNOCKING HIM DOWN**
DOM: I'LL DEAL WITH *YOU* LATER. **ADVANCES TOWARDS TAKASHI, WHO SLOWLY RISES**
**TAKASHI REGAINS CONSCIOUSNESS BUT HAS HIS BACK TURNED TO DOM & JOHNNY TRAN. HE SEES A SHOT AND TAKES AIM AT SEAN, WHO'S PLANTED BEHIND HIS (OWN) CAR**
**DOM IS AMBUSHED BY TWO YAKUZA MEMBERS, THEY ATTACK HIM FROM BOTH SIDES. HE FIGHTS THEM OFF AS TAKASHI ZEROS IN ON HIS SHOT**
**WE SEE A TALL, BULKY FIGURE FIERCLY APPROACH THE CLUELESS TAKASHI. THE FIGURE QUICKLY GRABS HOLD OF TAKASHI, THROWING HIM ON HIS BACK, FOOT ON CHEST- AND HOLDS HIM AT GUNPOINT**
BULKY FIGURE: (LOOKS UP & YELLS:) LOCK IT DOWN!!
**SUDDENLY, A SWARM OF AGENTS RUSH ONTO THE SCENE FROM OUT OF NOWHERE, AND WE HEAR POLICE SIRENS CLOSING IN FROM THE DISTANCE**
HOBBS: (TO TAKASHI) MAKE A MOVE, YOU SON BITCH.
**THE AGENTS ASSIST TORETTO, SEAN AND THE OTHERS BY FORCING THE YAKUZA TO LOWER THEIR WEAPONS.**
**JOHNNY TRAN AWAKENS, TAKES NOTICE OF THE SITUATION, THEN QUIETLY GETS IN HIS CAR**
HOBBS: (YELLS:) OKAY, EVERYONE GOOD?
**SUDDENLY, WE HEAR AN ENGINE START UP ALONG WITH A SET OF HEADLIGHTS BEAMING TOWARDS HOBBS' LOCATION. HE ADVANCES TOWARDS LUKE & HIS PRISONER**
**HOBBS RELEASES HIS HOLD FROM TAKASHI, AND DIVE-ROLLS TO DOM'S LOCATION**
**TRAN DRIFTS TO A STOP RIGHT IN FRONT OF TAKASHI, WHO IS ABOUT TO ENTER THE VEHICLE..**
TAKASHI: (LOOKS AT DOM, THEN OVER TO SEAN - SHAKING HEAD) THIS.. ISN'T OVER. **PROCEEDS TO GET IN CAR, IT THEN SPEEDS OFF DOWN THE LEVELS (OPPOSITE OF HOBBS' TEAM)**
**AS HOBBS' TEAM TAKE THE PRISONERS INTO THE ELEVATOR, THE CROWDS OF PEOPLE FOLLOW. DOM & LUKE SHARE SOME WORDS BEFORE THEY WALK TO SEAN'S LOCATION**
HOBBS: (CROSSES ARMS) WELL?
DOM: (SMILES WHILE LOOKING AROUND) NOT BAD. DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE YOU.
HOBBS: WASN'T THAT HARD TO FIND YOU, TORETTO. BESIDES, I COULDN'T LET YOU HAVE ALL THE FUN (RETURNS SMILE)
DOM: WHAT CAN I SAY, IT SEEMS LIKE NO MATTER WHERE I GO- TROUBLE FOLLOWS(!)
**THEY BEGIN TO WALK TO SEAN & CREW**
**MEANWHILE, SEAN & TWINKIE GLANCE AT EACHOTHER WHILE THE MASKED ALLIES QUIETLY ARGUE WITH EACHOTHER, AND IT APPEARS THEY'VE FORGOTTEN THEY'RE STILL WEARING MASKS**
TWINKIE: (TO SEAN) WHAT IS THAT- LATIN OR SOMETHIN'?
SEAN: (CROSSES ARMS) DON'T SOUND JAPANESE TO ME.
**DOM & HOBBS APPROACH THE SCENE**
DOM: GUYS, THIS IS HOBBS.
**THEY ALL SHAKE HANDS**
**HOBBS TAKES NOTICE OF THE MASKED MEN**
HOBBS: WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH THESE TWO?
DOM: (CROSSES ARMS) YEAH. YOU GUYS GOT SOME FRIENDS IN THE YAKUZA OR WHAT?
**TWINKIE SHAKES HIS HEAD *NO* AS THE MASKED MEN CONTINUE TO ARGUE LOUDER & LOUDER**
**HOBBS GROWS RESTLESS AS THE GUYS LAUGH**
HOBBS: (YELLS) HEY!! **THEY TURN TO THEM**
**THE TWO SAVIORS REMOVE THEIR MASKS**
DOM: I **KNEW** THAT ARGUING SOUNDED FAMILIAR!
LEO: MY BAD, BRO. WE COULDN'T LET YOU HAVE ALL THE FUN!
SANTOS: YEAH MAN, BESIDES- (REVEALS INSIDES OF PANT POCKETS) OUR POCKETS ARE EMPTY!
**SEAN SPEAKS AS THE GUYS SHAKE HANDS/HUG DOM & FIST-BUMP HOBBS**
SEAN: YOU KNOW THESE GUYS?!
HOBBS: OH YEAH, WE GO *WAY* BACK (SMILES THEN CROSSES ARMS)
DOM: LEO, SANTOS- HOW DID YOU-
**SANTOS WITH A SNUB SMERK**
(CONT'D) AH, FORGET IT (SMILES)
TWINKIE: (CONFUSED) WAIT, WAIT- HOLD UP, WERE YOU GUYS YAKUZA OR WHAT?
**DOM & HOBBS DON'T BOTHER TO STEP IN, THEY JUST LAUGH IT OFF**
LEO: (TO TWINKIE) HERMANO, DO WE LOOK LIKE YAKUZA TO YOU, HUH?
SANTOS: (TO LEO) DILE QUE SOMOS, BRO - EXIJAMOS SU DINERO! **TELL HIM WE ARE, BRO - LET'S DEMAND HIS MONEY!**
TWINKIE: I MAY NOT SPEAK SPANISH BUT I *KNOW* WHAT DINERO MEANS. *SHAKES HANDS WITH THEM* MAYBE WE SHOULD GO INTO BUSINESS TOGETHER, YEAH?
**JACKSON & ELENA STAND AT THE FAR END OF THE PARKING GARAGE**
JACKSON: (YELLS) HEY HOBBS- YOU'D BETTER COME HAVE A LOOK AT THIS..
**HOBBS LEAVES THE GROUP AND MAKES HIS WAY TO JACKSON'S LOCATION**
**DOM & ELENA LOCK EYES. THEY SHARE A 'HELLO' THROUGH THEIR EYES AND NOD AT ONE ANOTHER WITH SLIGHT SMILES**
DOM: LEO, SANTOS (PUTS ARMS AROUND THEIR SHOULDERS) I CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU DID.
**SEAN & TWINKIE QUIETLY GOSSIP FOR A MINUTE WHILE DOM, LEO & SANTOS WALK TOWARDS DOM'S CAR**
**TWINKIE HAS A LOOK OF SHOCK ON HIS FACE UPON HEARING SEAN'S WORDS & CAN'T HELP BUT BLURT OUT WHAT HE'S JUST BEEN TOLD(!)**
TWINKIE: *DDDDAAAAMMMMNNNNN* (TO LEO & SANTOS) YOU GUYS REALLY BLOW THROUGH TWENTY+ MILLION DOLLARS?!
LEO: (TO SEAN) AY, WHAT YOU TELL HIM?!
TWINKIE: (SHAKING HEAD) I MAY HAVE TO RE-THINK US WORKING TOGETHER. YA'LL ES LOCO, HOMIES.
SANTOS: (TO SEAN) HOW YOU KNOW WE BROKE, HUH?!
**SEAN & DOM SHARE A SMILE**
DOM: (TO SANTOS) YOUR POCKETS ARE EMPTY, REMEMBER?!
SEAN: YOU SAID IT.(!)
**MEANWHILE, HOBBS REUNITES W/ JACKSON & ELENA WHILE THEY POINT OUT THE RATHER ODD EVENT HAPPENING IN THE DISTANCE (OUTSIDE)**
HOBBS: WHAT DO WE GOT?
JACKSON: THE TWO TARGETS (TRAN & TAKASHI) MUST HAVE ESCAPED UNDERGROUND.
ELENA: WE HAVE EYES AT EACH CORNER UP HERE- BUT NO ONE'S SEEN THEM ESCAPE.
HOBBS: (CROSSES ARMS) WHAT ABOUT OUR BOYS DOWNSTAIRS? ANY REPORT?
**JACKSON & ELENA STARE AT EACHOTHER FOR A MOMENT**
HOBBS: WELL?!
ELENA: NOTHING.
**SUDDENLY- ALL CITY BLOCKS SURROUNDING THE PARKING GARAGE LOSE POWER AS WE SEE A MASSIVE EXPLOSION IN THE DISTANCE**
**THE POLICE CARS COME FROM ALL DIRECTIONS. THEY STOP IN FRONT OF THE BLACKED-OUT BLOCKS & SWITCH OFF THEIR SIRENS (LIGHTS STILL ON)**
JACKSON: WHAT ARE THEY WAITIN' FOR?
**DOM MAKES HIS WAY TO THEIR LOCATION**
DOM: WHAT'S GOING ON?
ELENA: DARKNESS.. IS SPREADING.
HOBBS: SOMETHIN' AIN'T RIGHT. I THINK OUR BOYS HAVE BEEN BOUGHT. **HOBBS TURNS AWAY AND FORMULATES A PLAN**
JACKSON: WHAT'S THE PLAN, BOSS?
**HOBBS SOON COMES TO A STOP AS HE LOOKS AROUND, TAKING NOTICE OF THE TEAM AVAILABLE**
HOBBS: (LOWERS HEAD) SOMETHIN' TELLS ME WE AIN'T GOIN' NOWHERE TONIGHT. JACKSON, LET'S GET DOM & SEAN SOME WEAPONS.
LEO: AY, MAN- WHAT ABOUT US?
HOBBS: (TOSSES HIS KEYS TO THEM) THERE'S AN ARMORED TRUCK PARKED ONE LEVEL DOWN. I WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE CARE OF ANY*ONE* OR ANY*THING* THAT TRIES TO MAKE ITS WAY UP HERE.
SEAN: WHAT ABOUT TWINKIE?
**HOBBS APPROACHES THEM, HANDS ON WAIST**
HOBBS: (NODS HEAD TO TWINKIE) YOU'VE GOT THE EYE. I NEED YOU TO STEALTH YOUR WAY AROUND HERE, LET US KNOW WHEN *ANYTHING* MOVES OUT THERE (HANDS HIM A WALKIE) STAY LOW, AND OUTTA SIGHT.
**HOBBS RETURNS TO ELENA & JACKSON**
ELENA: WHAT ABOUT US?
HOBBS: FIRST, WE'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LEVEL, MAKE SURE THE CROWD IS OKAY- AND MOST OF ALL, OUR GUYS.
JACKSON: (FINISHED SUPPLYING DOM & SEAN W/ WEAPONS) NO DISRESPECT SIR- BUT THAT SOUNDS DANGEROUS, *AND* STUPID.
HOBBS: (ARMS ON WAIST) WE'RE A TEAM. WE DON'T LEAVE *ANYONE* BEHIND. YOU TWO RIDE WITH THEM (NODS TO LEO & SANTOS) DOWNWARDS. I'LL TAKE THE ELEVATOR- WE NEED TO SPLIT UP.
**JACKSON NODS IN AGREEMENT AS HE & ELENA EXIT W/ LEO & SANTOS**
**HOBBS MAKES HIS WAY TO THE ELEVATOR**
DOM: HEY COP..
**HOBBS TURNS AS HE ENTERS THE ELEVATOR**
DOM: GOOD LUCK. (NODS)
*HOBBS NODS & READIES HIS WEAPON AS THE DOORS CLOSE**
**DOM & SEAN READY THEIR WEAPONS (BOTH W/ SHOTGUNS) AS TWINKIE SCOUTS OUT SOME COVER**
DOM: (TO SEAN) LOOK, KID- I DIDN'T MEAN FOR YOU-
SEAN: -IT'S ALRIGHT. I KINDA FIGURED GETTIN' RID OF TAKASHI WOULDN'T BE SO EASY. SO WHAT'S THE PLAN, DOM?
DOM: LET'S STICK TOGETHER. YOU KNOW THIS PLACE BETTER THAN I DO- WE NEED TO SET UP AN AMBUSH ATTACK.
**SEAN LOOKS DOWN AT THEIR WEAPONS**
SEAN: NO OFFENSE, MAN- BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE THAN A COUPLE OF SHOTGUNS TO MAKE AN IMPACT..
DOM: WE'LL BE FINE. NOW, LET'S-
**SUDDENLY, WE HEAR A LARGE NUMBER OF CARS START UP, REVVING THEIR ENGINES EXTREMELY LOUD. (COMING FROM BOTTOM LEVEL)**
**DOM & SEAN LOOK AROUND AT FIRST, UNABLE TO LOCATE WHERE THE LOUD REVS & RUMBLES ARE COMING FROM, THEN BOTH STARE AT THE FLOOR FOR A MOMENT.. BEFORE LOCKING EYES**
SEAN: WHAT DO YA' THINK, DOM?
DOM: (SLOWLY LOOKS BACK DOWN, THEN UP TOWARDS SEAN W/ AN INSECURE LOOK) I THINK THE DEAL'S OFF. (BOTH COCK SHOTGUNS)
//TITLE CARD: "FAST & FURIOUS 8" BURSTS ONTO THE SCREEN, AND THE INTRO MONTAGE BEGINS//