- "Yeah, uh, I don't know if you noticed, but I'm kind of a lone wolf, shadowy criminal type, not some baby who rides on his cousin's coattails and can't stop talking about his stupid family."
- ―Layla Gray to Tony Toretto
Layla Gray is a notable underground racer who formerly worked for the crime organization SH1FT3R, serving as their recruiter. She eventually defected to the side of Tony and his crew, serving as one of their most experienced members.
History[]
Season 1[]
"Born a Toretto"[]
- "Think you got what it takes to roll with SH1FT3R? Time to find out. Only one can make it. The rest of you? Well I hope you're insured. I know most of y'all have been street racing and doing all sorts of things to make it into this crew. But one of you is a bit of a mystery man. So, as a special treat, I'm gonna hop into our race today and find out what he's all about."
- ―Layla Gray
In Mexico, on the gulf of California, guards on a ship in the ocean are patrolling and securing the parameter. One of the guards notices lights headed their way, but notifies the other guards that the lights merely belong to motorcycles on the nearby mountain, who are having a race. Shashi Dhar, one of the bikers, who is in last place, decides not to follow the track but to drive off the mountain, letting his bike fall into the ocean while he glides onto the ship, knocking out the initial guard. Sneaking into the ship, he steals $2,700,000,000 by transferring the currency through a USB drive.
The other guards discover the disabled guards and sound the alarm; Shashi, however, finds a car and gets in. The guards inform the thief that there is nowhere to escape with using the car as they are on the ocean, but the thief presses a button, detonating explosives. Amidst the chaos, he drives off the boat, landing on a smaller boat driven by Layla. As he gets out of the car and sits up front, he tells her that they now have two keys and have three left to collect.
Some time later, Layla, the organization's recruiter, hosts a secret street race in Los Angeles. She explains that only one of tonight's racers would be accepted into SH1FT3R, stating that she hopes the other racers are insured. However, she also adds that one of tonight's racers is a mystery man and that she would therefore participate in tonight's race to find out who he is. She then pulls up next to Tony Toretto, who with the aid of his friends, had his ID hacked in so that he could impersonate Mitch, whose car his friends stole. Layla then greets him as Mitch, albeit that she knows he is not really Mitch, right as the race nears commencement.[1]
"Enter SH1FT3R"[]
- "Uh, I won the race."
"Say that again I'll smack you so hard your grandma's dentures will fall out." - ―Tony Toretto and Layla Gray
The race begins as the six drivers make their way through the course. Layla asks Tony Toretto who he is and why he crashed their race, although Tony responds that it was because he wasn't invited. While Tony is deterred and sent back to last place, he makes his way to first and ties with Layla as they both spin past the finish line at the same time. Tony exists Mitch's vehicle and declares himself to be the winner, only for the security guards to apprehend his friends. Layla then declares she will punish them for their actions, only for Shashi Dhar himself to appear, telling her to ease off and informing her that the mystery racer is none other Tony Toretto. Tony is shocked that he was recognized, and Shashi elaborates that he recognized Dominic Toretto's driving and that Tony possesses the same instincts. Shashi is further impressed when Tony divulges that he knows who Shashi as well, citing that nothing happens on his streets that he is unaware of. Shashi then iterates that he thought the streets were Layla's and that nothing happened without her knowing about it, and decides to invite Tony Toretto's Crew to the after party.
At the party, Shashi and Tony discuss further, with Tony claiming that all he wants to do is race and win money, which Shashi approves of, stating that he loves the hustle. Tony ends up angering Layla after claiming once more that he won the race, to which Shashi states that they should consider it a tie. Tony then asks if he is officially a part of SH1FT3R yet, and Shashi informs him that there is one more obstacle. He reveals that he has a bet with a rival crew leader named Scadan, with the bet being that Scadan would not successfully transport a cargo truck of soft drinks from Canada to the Mexican border. Shashi notifies Tony that if he and his crew successfully stop Scadan, then they would be brought into SH1FT3R, although not before adding that Scadan most likely has deployed security measures to protect his cargo.
After Tony and his crew succeed in their mission, Layla then pays them a visit at the warehouse to hand Tony a device, congratulating him on joining SH1FT3R. However, before she can leave, she spots their mechanical bull. Noticing her interest, Tony offers to let her ride on it, disclosing that he holds the current record for lasting six seconds; Layla scoffs at the low time and rides the bull herself to beat his record, cheering and yipping.[2]
"Ghost Town Grand Prix"[]
- "You all right?"
"I didn't need you. I was gonna jump off before the cliff." - ―Tony Toretto and Layla Gray
Layla drives to a ghost town where SH1FT3R is holding a race. At the racetrack, Layla meets up with Tony Toretto and introduces him to some of the racers present. Shashi Dhar then shows up, and after speaking with Tony and his crew, introduces him to the other racers.
As the race kicks off, Layla and Shashi take the lead as Tony leads behind them. Tony follows Shashi into the mines but notices that there is ample room to pass him and cannot bring himself to miss the opportunity to pass him and enter first place; as he does so, Layla hits him and causes him to go down an alternate mine shaft, which results in him crashing and having his vehicle wedged in. Echo tells Frostee and Cisco, who are also in the mines, to head to his location and free him.
Shashi and Layla use a secret route blocked by fire to exit the mines and reemerge outside, where the train tracks are. They drive onto the tracks and behind a train, boarding the train's exterior and preparing to steal one of the compartments with the help of Jun, who is flying a helicopter. Shashi believed that the train would be empty, although it is defended by security guards. Layla tells Shashi to take the cargo and flee while she stays behind to deal with the guards. While Shashi attaches himself to the train compartment and is airlifted by the helicopter, Layla jumps and grabs his hand, although she slips and falls back on the train, which is now malfunctioning and about to fall off a cliff. At that moment, Tony drives up to the front of the train and, reversing his car, collides head-on with it, using his car's traction spike wheels to slow down the train to a halt before it can fall.
The train stops and Layla gets off, although she scoffs that she had planned to jump off at the right moment and did not need his help before getting in her car and driving off. Shashi, Layla and Tony then return back to town, where Shashi demands to know why Tony was following him. Tony replies that he did not come to race the others and that as a Toretto, he knew there was a score going on and wanted in on the action. Shashi then laughs and tells him that he has an upcoming heist that could use the Toretto touch before departing, much to Layla's displeasure.[3]
"The Owl Job"[]
- "So, tell me about Toretto. Do you trust him?"
"He doesn't seem that smart, but he risked his life for the mission. I trust him."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. He's solid." - ―Shashi Dhar and Layla Gray
Layla pays Tony Toretto a visit at his warehouse and notifies him that Shashi Dhar wishes to meet up with him at the other end of town. Tony wonders why Layla drove all the way to the warehouse to personally deliver the message rather than simply calling him, but realizes she did it as it was an opportunity for the two of them to race one another across town. The race ends with Layla narrowly winning, much to Tony's disappointment.
Shashi informs the pair that a Russian oligarch and high-end arms dealer named Sudarikov possesses certain codes which he wishes to buy, although Sudarikov refuses to sell it to him. As a result, Shashi wishes for Tony and Layla to work together and steal the codes from Sudarikov's apartment. Tony prepares to return to the warehouse and prepare his crew, only for Shashi to state that his crew wouldn't be involved and that the mission would involve just him and Layla. As Tony drives away, Layla inquires why she must work alone with Tony, citing that she has done many solo missions before and does not need him, and Shashi explains that he is doing so that she may gauge whether Tony is someone he can trust or not.
As Layla and Tony wait outside Sudarikov's apartment building, Shashi drives up to Sudarikov in his Macallister Motors Superfin, informing Sudarikov that it is a rare, one of a kind car. Shashi allows Sudarikov to take the car for a spin, sitting in the passenger seat, as Layla and Tony infiltrate the building through the elevator shaft. Inside Sudarikov's apartment, Tony notices an owl with a jeweled necklace, and begins to tell Layla about how his aunt nearly got her house burned down after a ribs incident but how Dominic Toretto had rushed into the blaze to save her pet bird. Layla asks Tony why he talks so much but iterates that a bird is not a pet while a dog is, prompting Tony to ask her what kind of dog she had. Layla asks Tony if he's stalking her and asks him why he wants to know, and he replies that she is paranoid and that he is just trying to get to know her better as Layla explains that she is a lone wolf, criminal type.
The pair then head to Sudarikov's computers, as Layla tries to see whether Sudarikov's computers have any high-level encryption in place that would suggest the codes are located there. Tony, who is connected to his crew through his earpiece, realizes that the jewel the owl had on its necklace is a data crystal and decides they should go back for it. However, Sudarikov finishes his drive, having used a harpoon to hook onto a police car and having sped away from a police chase. Shashi offers to trade Sudarikov the car for the codes, although Sudarikov notifies Shashi that he only led Shashi on so that he could drive his car and that he would not sell the codes. As Sudarikov begins to return to his apartment, Shashi informs Layla and Tony to abort their mission and escape.
While Layla prepares to escape, Tony takes one of her diamond earrings and returns to where the owl is, swapping its data crystal with the diamond earring. As Sudarikov enters the apartment, Tony hides out on the balcony, although the owl, named Sova, indicates to Sudarikov that it wishes to go to the balcony. This prompts Tony to go over the balcony, although he begins to lose his grip. Sova begins defecating on him, although Layla shows up, rappelling on the side of the building. She offers Tony her hand, although Tony falls from the balcony, prompting her to jump after him and catch him. As he thanks her for saving him, he asks where Shashi is, and Layla responds that he went back home.
Tony then alerts the rest of his crew that Shashi is on his way back and tells them to get out of there. In order to stall him, he calls Shashi and invites him to come out and celebrate with them, confirming that they retrieved the codes, although he gives the sole credit to Layla. Layla asks Tony why he gave her sole credit, and he responds that if it wasn't for her, he'd still be dealing with bird poop or have been splattered on the ground. In response, she tells him about the dog she had, and tells him that he owes her a diamond earring. Shortly after, while relaxing in his mansion, Shashi calls Layla and asks her what she thinks of Tony, and Layla replies that Tony is solid and that she trusts him.[4]
"The Celestial Vault"[]
- "Sorry to spring this on you. I know you trusted him."
"I can't believe he fooled me."
"So you're not mad?"
"He lied to us. He gets what's coming." - ―Shashi Dhar and Layla Gray
Layla heads to the Toretto crew's warehouse, where Tony Toretto, Cisco Renaldo and Echo are fixing Tony's car after it sustained transmission issues after Tony struck a train with it to save Layla. Layla informs them that Shashi Dhar is hosting a SH1FT3R race atop Mount Zebulon, a private mountain owned by billionaire Delwyn Usk, revealing that the codes they stole from Sudarikov unlocked the security for mountain. Echo and Cisco wonder what Shashi would be heisting, although Layla clarifies that Shashi is genuinely racing and not stealing anything, and would like Echo and Cisco to participate in the race as well, much to their surprise.
Layla and the other racers gather at the base of Mount Zebulon, where Shashi gives a speech about how he used to go camping with his parents on the mountain before they passed away. He then tells the racers and guests that it is wrong for someone to buy a whole mountain and close it off as private property, especially in America, land of the free. Shashi then drives up the mountain, where he is stopped by armed guards and a gate. However, Shashi uses weapons to destroy the gate, causing the guards to flee, and he drives through the entrance with the others racers following him, officially starting the race. However, as the race begins and Shashi and Layla take the lead, Shashi announces to everyone that federal agents are on their tail and that Tony and his crew are working for the feds, divulging that they broke into his house, went through his stuff and even ate his frozen yogurt. He then tells the other racers that he will give a million dollars to any driver who successfully manages to send Tony or one of his crew members off the mountain. Layla is shocked that Tony is working for the government and that she was fooled but tells Shashi that he deserves whatever is coming his way as retribution.
The remaining racers, including Layla, make their way to the top of the mountain. Tony apologizes to Layla for hurting her and Layla slaps Tony for his betrayal, stating that she wasn't hurt and that she beat him in a race again. Shashi then calls down a rocket from outer space, informing the crowd that Delwyn Usk had sent the rocket's cargo into space, he had never estimated that it could still be stolen. Layla asks why Shashi never told her that he was planning a heist on the mountain and he explains that it was because she confirmed that Tony was solid and thus was not sure if he could trust her.
The rocket lands and opens, revealing itself to be a car. Shashi admits that the federal agents know of him now and thus he has a target on his back, and addresses the other SH1FT3R racers to tell them that they would all have to be on the run, but states that they would be outlaws and that it would be exciting. As the federal agents begin to reach the mountain, Tony tells Shashi that he has no way off the mountain, although Shashi replies that he would never drive up a mountain without having a plan for getting off. He then reveals that his men have captured Frostee, whom he takes as an insurance policy with him, much to Layla's shock. Layla, Shashi, and Frostee are airlifted off the mountain by Jun and escape.[5]
"The Final Key"[]
- "You came back. I guess I'm family now."
"Don't push it." - ―Layla Gray and Tony Toretto
Layla races up to the warehouse, informing Tony Toretto that she left Shashi Dhar and SH1FT3R after Shashi took Frostee Benson as a hostage, claiming that Shashi crossed a line in doing so. Tony refuses to believe that she has switched allegiances, but Layla reveals that she knows what Shashi's plans are: together, the five key cars open a vault that contains a weapon known as Skeleton Key inside. Just then, Ms. Nowhere and her federal agents return to apprehend Layla and take her into custody, explaining that Skeleton Key is a myth. When Tony asks what it is, Nowhere and Gary explain that it is a device that could reportedly control any technology in its radius, Gary elaborating that its wielder could unleash an apocalyptic catastrophe. Nowhere then reveals that the last key car is in military possession, as billionaire Cleve Kelso hired the government to protect it after the other key cars were stolen, and adds that she is on her way to destroy it so that Shashi can not obtain it. Layla is then taken into federal custody.
At the military black site, Layla is kept in a cage near Nowhere and her agents. She watches as Nowhere uses a device to destroy a melon, intending to use the device on Kelso's car. Layla laughs at the government for having spent billions of the taxpayers' dollars to build a watermelon juicer, prompting Ms. Nowhere to berate her sass and wonder if it was a good idea to keep Layla so close to them, prompting Layla to be relocated to a room as a form of solitary confinement.
After Tony, Cisco Renaldo and Echo break into the base to steal Kelso's key car, intending to give it to Shashi in exchange for Frostee's freedom, Layla decides to help them. Freed from her confinement by Frostee, Layla assaults Ms. Nowhere before she can render Tony unconscious. Layla tells Tony to get the car and leave, preparing to fight Nowhere. Layla and Nowhere begin their fight and Tony gets into the car, although he finds himself unable to abandon Layla. Layla is then forced to activate the 'watermelon juicer', which is aimed at the car, giving Tony no alternative but to drive the car out of its hangar.
Ms. Nowhere fights with Layla
With Tony, Echo and Cisco driving their vehicles around the base and evading pursuit, Frostee hacks into an airplane and begins to commandeer it remotely, much to Shashi's shock and surprise. Layla and Ms. Nowhere continue to fight on equal terms, but Layla is defeated when Ms. Nowhere tasers her. Leaving Layla on the ground, Ms. Nowhere is given a ride by Gary and they try to prevent the plane from taking off.
Frostee causes the plane to head down the runway and to open its cargo doors, telling the crew to drive on. Echo and Cisco succeed, but Tony turns around to retrieve Layla, telling the others that he cannot leave her behind. Tony drives to where Layla is, and she claims that she must be family to him as he came back for her, to which he tells her not to push it. Since the car only has the driver's seat, Layla sits on top of the car as Tony drives through the base, with Nowhere ordering the agents and soldiers to stop him. Laser-shooting drones are deployed to shoot the car, but Layla manages to destroy them with punches and kicks, paving the way for Tony to drive the car onto the plane just as it takes off the runway. As Tony, Layla, Cisco and Echo successfully escape from the military base with the key car, Nowhere tells her agents to get her jet.[6]
"Ignition"[]
- "I don't take commands anymore. You guys don't seem to get it. I'm better as a lone wolf. Kiss your last key goodbye, Shashi."
- ―Layla Gray to Shashi Dhar
Layla, Tony Toretto, Cisco Renaldo and Echo are struggling to find their footing as their plane is unable to remain steady, since Frostee Benson has never flown a real plane before and is having trouble with the turbulence. Shortly after managing to rectify the situation, another jet flies in behind them, flown by Gary. Ms. Nowhere orders them to land the plane and relinquish the key car, although Tony refuses and disconnects the call, wishing to save Frostee.
The gang witness Ms. Nowhere following them
Ms. Nowhere then uses a flight suit and jumps out of her jet to land on the crew's spy plane, where she begins to use her heels on the glass. Fearful that she may somehow enter the plane, Tony asks the crew if she has a parachute and then orders Frostee to get her off, which he does so by rolling the plane in mid-air until Nowhere is thrown off, forced to use her parachute.
Just at that moment, two military jets begin to tail the spy plane. General Dudley, now having retaken the military base, orders the jet to shoot the spy plane down. As the two military jets fire missiles, Tony asks Frostee if the spy plane has any defensive counterneasures, and Frostee replies that there is a cloaking mechanism. Gary, commandeering Ms. Nowhere's plane, informs her that the military has engaged weapons and asks her what he should do, and after a moment of reflection, she tells him to save the kids. Gary then deploys a craft that takes the hit from the missiles, and with the cover of the fiery explosion, Frostee manages to activate the spy plane's cloaking, allowing them to fly freely and safely.
As the spy plane lands, Echo mentions how they're about hand over the most powerful weapon in the world to Shashi, and Cisco mentions that he'd do whatever to free Frostee. Tony echoes the sentiment, stating that they would engage in no funny business and would trade the car for Frostee, but that they'd work on stopping Shashi after. Tony enlists Layla's help, telling her that she's the best driver he's ever met, but she replies that she's only here to get Frostee back and that she is not going to go against someone who can retrieve a car from space. Tony then tells Layla that as much as she likens herself to being a lone wolf, he believes she would run better with a pack.
"I don't take commands anymore."
Tony, Echo and Cisco exit the spy plane and see Shashi with his two guards on the other side. Shashi demands to see the car only for Tony to demand that they show Frostee first. After seeing that Frostee is all right, Tony signals to Layla, who is in the spy plane, to drive out with the key car. Shashi allows Frostee to walk back to his crew as Layla drives up to him in the spy car; Shashi then tells Layla to get out of the car only for Layla to refuse, claiming that she is a lone wolf and that she is done taking orders. She then attempts to drive away from the scene but is unable to, as the car is remotely taken over and driven back near Shashi. The five key cars then align and begin opening a hole in the ground and everyone finds themselves being lowered into an underground vault.
Shashi then explains to a bewildered Tony that his parents were scientific geniuses who emigrated to the United States believing that they could use their talents to create a better life and a better world. However, his parents were used by five rich men, who used his parents to create Skeleton Key, a device that could control anything computerized. The five men used Skeleton Key for their own benefit, but not trusting one of them to possess it, built the vault and the five keys to lock the weapon away, and killed Shashi's parents to keep secret the existence of Skeleton Key.
Now in possession of the Skeleton Key helmet, Shashi announces that he would build a new world and destroy the fortunes of those five men, and that he would go after one of them, Cleve Kelso, as he was the one who murdered his parents. Shashi extends an invitation to Tony to join him, believing that Tony would sympathize and ally with him due to Tony's credo of placing family first, but Tony refuses, citing that Shashi can't bring his parents back and that he would have to heal and not seek revenge. Disappointed, Shashi prepares to use Skeleton Key to initiate his agenda when Tony attacks him, and the duo begin to brawl. Cisco and Echo engage in combat with Shashi's two guards while Frostee has an electronic video game fight with Jun. The fight is broken up when the military, led by General Dudley, arrives and places weaponized drones in front of them. In response, Shashi dons the Skeleton Key helmet and turns the army's helicopters and drones against them, prompting them to flee.
Now with the power of Skeleton Key, Shashi and his team make their exit, planning to go to Las Vegas and drive in four of the five key cars; before leaving, he addresses the crew and tells one of them that the fifth car was meant to be theirs before causing the car to explode. As he drives away, Tony and Layla squabble on whom Shashi was referring to, Tony believing that Shashi was talking to him as Shashi had asked him to join his side and Layla believing he meant her as she was a former member of his team. Tony then declares that they have their spy plane and can still stop Shashi, but is reminded by Frostee that Shashi can control all of their stuff using Skeleton Key and that once he gets to Vegas, he would be able to tap into its power grid and amplify Skeleton Key's power, allowing him worldwide control.[7]
"The Key to the Strip"[]
- "So, Shashi's gonna be locked up for a while. What are you gonna do now? I could talk to Ms. Nowhere about the prison thing."
"What, are-are you recruiting me to join your little spy squad?"
"Yeah, why not? You get to travel around, play with cool spy stuff."
"What did I tell you, Toretto? I'm a lone wolf. I better get out of here before someone remembers to arrest me. See you around, Toretto." - ―Tony Toretto and Layla Gray
Tony Toretto asks Frostee Benson if he can hack into Skeleton Key, and Frostee replies that while he cannot, he can transmit a Trojan-horse virus that would shut down the helmet for ten seconds. Frostee adds that to transmit the malware he would require a powerful transmitter and a massive power source, with Layla suggesting he use the antenna on top of Big Ben and Echo offering her car's top secret government battery. Layla, who was joking with her suggestion, tells them that they do not stand a chance as they do not have enough time, and elaborates that she isn't aware of Shashi's entire plan as she was only in SH1FT3R to race cars and steal stuff.
Tony then tells Echo to find radios so they can communicate and removes the technological components in his car so that Shashi cannot hack into it. Cisco destroys the tech in his vehicle on a whim while Echo finds not only radios but a muscle car, stating that she doesn't have to remove anything with an old-school car. Layla, who has retrieved a motorcycle, informs Tony that she would be leaving. She explains that stopping Shashi would reinstate law and order, after which she would go to prison; when Tony adds that they need her, she replies that they need more than her and rides off.
Layla later changes her mind and heads to the Las Vegas Strip, where she witnesses Tony being chased by a heat-seeking missile. He is saved by Layla, who drives by on her motorcycle with a flare to draw the missile towards her. As she turns into an adjacent street, the missile explodes, leaving Tony to fear the worst. However, Layla had avoided being struck by the missile.
Tony and Layla hug
After obtaining Skeleton Key and delivering Shashi to the authorities, Tony regrouped with his friends, including Layla. Upon seeing that Layla is alive, Tony runs towards her and the pair share a tight hug. Tony then tells her that Shashi would be imprisoned for a while and that he could speak to Ms. Nowhere about keeping her out of prison. Layla politely declines Tony's offer of asking Nowhere for a reprieve and having to work with her spy agency, instead deciding to go on the run before someone arrests her, and bids Tony farewell as she rides off.[8]
Rio[]
"Bem-vindo ao Rio"[]
Tony and his crew were able to find Layla, who was introduced as the boss.
The boss is announced, but Tony is surprised to see it is Layla. Tony introduces himself as Marchelo, but is coldly greeted by Layla, who orders a photo be taken of the formula on Tony's arm, and then commands the teenagers be killed.
The crew is able to break a window and jump onto a sofa Cisco threw to the ground, and escapes. However, they are followed by the men. Frostee sends Ms. Nowhere messages, asking for help, but she dismisses them. As the chase ensues, Layla crashes into Tony, who is convinced she is only trying to keep her cover. Soon after, Layla lost Tony.
"Combustion"[]
Layla was delivering a truck full of unstable formula, which would explode in 15 minutes, so Tony and Echo went to help her. After a high speed chase, Tony was able to climb onto Layla's truck with Echo's help and went to warn Layla. In the safehouse, after chasing Donut, Frostee, Cisco, and Gary were unable to grab Donut's banana smoothie, until the monkey inhaled the formula. After he did, Frostee asked for the smoothie, which he gave to Frostee without complaining. Frostee was able to stabilize the formulas, and wondered if he was now a monkey whisperer.
After a high-speed chase, Tony and Echo were finally able to get through to Layla.
Echo and Tony were able to take over Layla, who was not listening to reason. Echo took care of the formula by driving the truck into the seashore, where it exploded. Layla woke up unaware of what had happened, and where they were. She said she last remembered going undercover, and realized they did something to her: mind-controlled her with a formula.
When Tony told Layla to go with them, she refused, telling him it would be best for her to go back, as she would be able to truly go in undercover now, as the Brazilians still believed she was drugged.
"Driving Blind"[]
Layla wakes up, and remembers her encounters with Tony and the rest of the crew in Rio. She sees Tony and Echo in front of her at the beach. She tells them she last remembered going undercover, and realized they did something to her: mind-controlled her with a formula. Since they are being joined by other people, Tony and Echo have to leave before Layla is able to tell them who caught her.
Layla and the man she is with, who is a police officer, are being chased by police. He is being chased due to the huge explosion nobody was supposed to see. Thanks to Layla's driving abilities, she is able to help them escape from the police.
When Tony and Echo went back to the safehouse, Echo revealed she did not believe Layla, as she was called the boss. She also pointed out that directly after they caught her, she went right back to the criminals. Cisco did not believe Layla either, mentioning it was probably a conspiracy theory. However, Frostee saw reason in Layla's words, since he realized he had turned himself subject to mind-control. Tony asks Frostee to figure out everything he could about the formula.
Layla asks the man what he was doing if he was not at the warehouse or running security for the truck, but the man defends himself by telling her his job was to clear streets, and taking blame off himself before arriving at the boss' house.
With the gang watching through Layla's camera, she is walking into the boss' house. They walk through a secret room, and meet Rafaela, who asks where her formula is. She mentions how she was going to be able to get out of Rio using mind-control, but blames Layla and the man for ruining everything.
Rafaela tells Layla and the man, Rocha, that she knows how to solve the problem they had. However, she was interrupted when a man walked in. Rafaela quickly hid as the man handed Layla a skirt, which Rocha ordered. Layla was confused, as she had not asked for that skirt, but said it was fine. However, Rafaela came out from hiding furious because she did not want an A-line skirt. The man was pleased to see her at first, but was soon frightened by the tone she was using and started getting hit by Rafaela. Rafaela sprayed him with the formula, and ordered him to obey her commands.
Rafaela asks Layla to open a door, which Layla remembers the code to. Once they get in, Layla is told she must race someone, winner getting to live, while the other is killed. This is punishment because she had blown the formula up. Rafaela wanted to make sure she could drive under pressure.
Rafaela found out Layla was faking being under her control.
During Layla's race, she is crashed into by the other driver, who appears to only want to kill her. Layla tries slowing the other driver down to no avail. As the race moves on, Layla is able to barely pass her opponent. She is met by Rafaela, who congratulated her. However, since she had driven differently from the mind-controlled driver, she was able to figure out Layla was faking being mind-controlled.
Layla was grabbed by two men, and Rafaela revealed the person who had beaten her was Ms. Nowhere. As soon as Tony's crew saw this, they were ambushed by many people.
"An Echo of Nowhere"[]
Rafaela and Ms. Nowhere have the crew and Gary reunited. Gary pleads with her, but is not able to convince Rafaela, who asks her people to get rid of them. However, Frostee tells Rafaela that if she gets rid of them, she would never be able to stop the formula from exploding. She gives him 24 hours to work on it in order for them to live.
In order for him to neutralize the formula, Frostee asks Rafaela for 10,000 bananas. Rafaela also asks him for his necklace. Layla is anxious because she thinks Rafaela will kill them anyway when Frostee is finished. Echo sees an open window, and tells everyone she can fit through. Gary tells her if she can reach the hauler, which was stuck in quicksand, they would be able to bust them out. The teenagers were shocked when Gary told them it had quicksand wheels, which he had told them about before.
Layla asks how they all met, and Tony says he wrote a love poem in elementary school. After school, he was being bullied, because Cisco had drama club. When it looked like he was going to get into a fight, Echo knocked the bullies down and complimented his poem.
Layla tells Tony not to worry about Echo, and the two talk. Tony blames himself for getting the team in trouble all the time, and also tells Layla that there were two reasons he had gone to Rio. One was her, and the other was to prove himself. Layla tried cheering him up, and tells him to have more faith in his family, which surprised Tony.
"The Patroness"[]
Tony and Layla are brought to Rafaela, who is trying a new outfit on. She takes a selfie with the gang, and tells everybody it had been a year since she had been "killed". She sprays Tony and Layla and is able to manipulate them.
Rafaela told Tony and Layla her plan before the race.
Rafaela brings the formula to the annual race between the favelas, and tells Tony and Layla that she would leave the people racing poor. She tells both of them her plan is to spray everyone with the formula after the race, during which, people would never know she was racing.
At the race, all the competitors get ready. Rafaela orders Tony and Layla to keep everyone off her tail so she could win the race.
During the last lap, Rafaela orders Layla and Tony to line up behind her so she could win. However, they do not follow orders, and reveal they lied about being mind-controlled since Frostee made an antidote based on his favorite drink: Yoka. She called Rocha, and told him to release the formula, but was shocked to learn everyone had escaped.
During the race, Layla had reached Rafaela, who thought they were friends until Layla reminded her that she had been under the influence of the formula. Soon after, Rafaela was able to shoot at a building and flip Layla's car. Tony asked her if she was alright, and she confirmed she was. In the end, however, Rafaela was able to cause a big explosion by crashing her car into the truck containing the formula.
"Tchau, Uggos"[]
Tony and his crew have to be on guard as everyone tried to capture them. They got into the hauler, where Echo admitted Rafaela was smarter than she looked.
In the hauler, Frostee soon realized there was a way they could track Rafaela: his medallion. Tony wondered why she would go through everybody's money. Ms. Nowhere guessed she wanted to steal something they did not know about. Cisco thought that in order to cure everyone, they could go to a Yoka factory. However, Frostee revealed that part of the antidote involved Donut's urine. Ms. Nowhere ordered the teenagers to find Rafaela, while she worked on fixing the crowd.
Tony and his crew used the invisibility cloak in order to move through the crowd. However, due to the commotion they caused, they were eventually caught by the Brazilians who started running after them. However, they found motorcycles, which they used to escape.
Rafaela got to the plane on a boat, and was chased by the teenagers until they were stopped by Beto and Lucas, who threatened to blow up the dock if they got anywhere near. As they told the crew how smart and beautiful Rafaela was, Donut saw the detonator as a banana, and was able to take it away from Beto. Echo told Tony to go after the plane with Layla while Cisco and Echo got the detonator, which Cisco was able to convince Donut to do.
Tony and Layla were able to jump onto the spy plane's wing.
Layla and Tony raced after Rafaela, and saw Cisco and Echo take control over a shore patrol ship, which allowed them to keep chasing after her. They were able to jump onto the plane's wing after a torpedo hit them, and barely made it inside, where they were met by Rafaela and a bunch of her crew, which they were unable to overcome.
Rafaela told Tony and Layla she would probably drop them off over the Atlantic and then find her mother, who was the real brains of the family and mastered brain control. Tony found out her mom was the one who tattooed the formula.
Rafaela also told them that now thanks to Ms. Nowhere's codes and the plane, she would now be able to release her mother from prison. However, Frostee was able to voice and visually record her and edited the clip in order to command Medina to land the plane. Since she lost control, she frantically tried looking everywhere to turn the command off, but was tased by Layla.
When Frostee was able to display a video of Rafaela ordering Rio to dance, Rafaela was caught, and the teenagers danced. Ms. Nowhere approached Tony and told him he had done a good job. Tony told reminded her he had already said they were ready for Rio, and asks her what the next mission is.
Sahara[]
"The Dead End"[]
Echo tells the group to review the mission to capture Cleve, but nobody was paying attention, so she orders the plane to be tilted, which scares Tony, Layla, and Frostee. Cisco walks in as well, eating their rations which angers Echo. Tony, however, tells her that they understood the instructions the repeated times she had told them. He reminded her everybody wanted Ms. Nowhere and Gary back, but Echo tells him that that was not the mission since the agency did not do rescue ops. She tells them they’re going to Nihaya, which Layla refers to as “The Dead End.” The crew suits up and jump from the plane.
Cisco is happy with their new outfits, which Echo tells him also serves to protect them. Echo tells them they need to find their contact, who would lead them to the safehouse, also instructing them not to do anything. Echo finds the contact, who had a chess board with the pieces arranged the way she and Julius had left them. She plays chess with the man, who asks her where she trained. She says, “nowhere,” and beats the man, who takes them to the safehouse. Echo tells them the next day they would go to the Sahara and look for Cleve.
The next day, everybody gets supplies, and Layla is approached by two men, who tell her Sandocal would be happy to see her. She is chased through the city, but manages to escape, and tell her friends. When they open the train, however, they are shocked to see the train is empty thanks to Layla’s old friends. When Tony asks Sandocal what he did with their cars, the man laughs and tells him that those cars are his now since Layla had a debt to pay.
Echo tells him he can’t take the cars, but Sandocal laughs. Layla, in order to fix the problem tells him that she and Tony could compete in his next race which was a dune buggy in order to get their cars back. Sandocal tells her they can race, but he would not give them their cars back. However, if they won, he would give her her friends back, which he now held hostage.
Tony, and the rest of the crew were handcuffed in the back of Sandocal’s car, which angered Echo. Tony told Layla and the leader not to fight since they had been through worse. They make it to the dune buggy, where the man from the falafel stand was at. Layla told Echo she would speak to her after they got out of the situation they were in. Sandocal sends Layla and Tony to the race.
At the race, Tony and Layla are ready as the audience cheers. The race begins with Tony and Layla defending each other whilst getting rid of the other cars.
Still racing, Layla and Tony make it up over a hill, and Tony starts celebrating their victory when they took out their other opponents. However, Layla tells him they were never going to win the race, and they had to leave.
The group managed to escape Sandocal thanks to Layla and Echo.
Sandocal is angry that they did not finish the race, and it is revealed that when Layla told Echo they would need to talk, she had given her a key to escape. Sandocal finds out he has no leverage and looks as the crew escapes on dune buggies in order to get to their mission.
"The Empty Well"[]
Echo mentions she can not see anywhere they could resupply and asks if everyone is keeping to their water schedules. Cisco answers that everything is fine, but Frostee drops the water bottle when the dune buggy bumps a little. Echo asks Frostee if on his mapping system he had seen any signs of civilization, but mentions there is nothing except some sort of electrical interference.
Echo and Layla get into an argument due to their loss of supplies thanks to Layla. Tony tells them not to fight, but is yelled at instead. Since they were in the middle of nowhere, the group started losing their minds, with Cisco even hallucinating Tony was a frozen yogurt.
Soon, Echo saw a few buildings which made them stop. Echo talked to a man, who she told that they were racers who had gotten off course. She asked them for water, but the man told her that their well had dried up and ordered them to leave. Tony offered to help, but tripped over his dune buggy, which helped a boy recognize him as “car fail guy” due to their unsuccessful video. They asked him to repeat his fall, which he refused at first, but repeated it. Thanks to this, they were welcomed into the village.
The crew all had dinner at Wafir, where the locals told them their problems.
At the village, they met Ziri’s brother and the man who had greeted them at first told them that their hydro technology was not useful anymore with their well empty. The man had lived in Wafir for generations, and the Badouin had told them of a giant sandstorm, which Echo related to the sandstorm that had taken Ms. Nowhere and Gary down. Echo was upset they gave the village the last of their rations, but Cisco mentioned it was good karma.
Tony went down the well, helped by Frostee’s drone, and the group found a tunnel which Echo mentioned could lead them to Cleve. They followed the drone through the tunnel until it stopped and found a huge water facility, which was linked to Cleve. Echo and Tony got into an argument on how to proceed, but soon Tony saw he had not thought his plan through. They were caught, and so they decided to go with Tony’s plan which was blowing the facility up.
In the facility, Frostee was able to figure out how to blow the place up, and guide Cisco in to turning valves while Tony and Layla covered him. He turned the valve and was able to cause a flood. Tony and Layla were trapped, but Cisco was able to get to them through the ventilation system as the building began to flood and explode.
The group was able to destroy the facility and slow Cleve down.
Frostee told Echo that in order to really make the building explode, they had to enter a 10-digit code, but they had to leave on time. She trapped Frostee outside and repeated the code, diving underwater to the control panel, where she typed the code, and waited for the building to blow. She was blown outside thanks to the explosion. Frostee told the crew that he had received an email when he got wifi, telling them that a woman named Karen, from Wisconsin had sent him a gingersnap recipe, but also told him that Ms. Nowhere and Gary were alive. The crew had to run, however as they saw Rafaela and Matsuo racing towards them in their cars.
"The Hunt"[]
The group hid behind their dune buggies. Tony recognized Rafaela behind the wheel. Cisco mentioned Matsuo had a laser cannon arm, which they were shot at with. Echo recognized Matsuo, and told the group that they were on the right trail to Cleve. Echo told Frostee to time the intervals that facilities exploded so they could find Cleve. They followed the explosions while being chased by Matsuo and Rafaela.
In order to get rid of a missile launcher, Frostee gave Cisco his drone, but Cisco made the drone crash, and started getting nauseous. He tried again, and managed to get rid of the missile launcher. After this, Cisco and Frostee start apologizing for the things they were saying during the tense situation, which makes Layla wonder what is happening.
The group is pressured by Rafaela and Matsuo, so Echo tells them to put some distance between them. Layla and Tony decide to flip a dune buggy, which causes all of Kelso’s group to crash. However, they are soon able to move past the crash.
Echo tells them to keep an eye out for the next explosion, which turns out to have happened behind them. Tony realizes that they will have to turn around and go through the group that was chasing after them. Layla’s car gets crashed by Sandocal, but she manages to get away, while Matsuo shoots at Tony, who can not help, but admire his car.
Echo realizes the were going to have to face them head-on since they were not able to lose them. Each of them was able to outsmart different drivers, such as Layla tricking Sandocal into crashing into Rafaela’s car. Frostee put on his drone glasses and was able to visualize everything like in a videogame, while Tony reluctantly took his car down with Matsuo inside.
Sandocal took Layla’s car down. Layla told him she had changed, but Sandocal would not reason with her. He asked her if her family knew she could not be trusted, which angered her. Frostee realized they had left Layla behind; Echo mentioned that if they went back, they would lose the trail.
Rafaela got her car working again and picked Matsuo up. She shot at Layla and Sandocal, but Layla managed to get them both out of the way. Tony and Cisco managed to send their car crashing straight into Rafaela’s which shook her.
Layla and Sandocal made amends when Layla saved him.
Sandocal apologized to Layla, and thanked her for saving him.
Echo realized they had lost the trail, but Sandocal told them that Cleve was in the Eye of the Sahara, and told them which direction to head in, also telling them to look for The Beduoin Shield.
"The Bedouin Shield"[]
Tony and his crew became worried over the storm heading their way.
Tony Toretto and his crew walk, and Frostee Benson mentions that he felt a raindrop, and they turn around to see the huge storm forming. Echo realizes this is Cleve’s doing, and they start running.
Cisco Renaldo loses Frostee, but is carried by a man, who brings him and the rest of the crew to the Bedouin Shield. Echo presents the group, and the two men who rescued them introduce themselves as Salem and Kareem. When they tell the group that their ancestors used to carry spices, Cisco asks if they have any on them right now, but is told that they are modern, and give tourists camel rides so they can take pictures on them. They are scared by a crashing sound, which prompts Salem and Kareem to comfort their camels.
Tony and his crew were saved by two Bedouins.
Tony asks Echo if she had studied camels, which she remembers she had told him, so she checks the animals, and says they are good. Layla is scared of the camels, and says that she prefers cars and racing. Salem tells Layla that she needs to try camel racing, which Tony wants to try. Salem tells him that nobody beats a Bedouin in a camel race, however.
The group has dinner, where Tony tells the two brothers they are headed to the Eye of the Sahara. Salem tells him that a strange sandstorm has surrounded the Eye for months since it never moves. He tells them that after the storm died out, they could go back to The Dead End so they could go back home. Tony tells him they are not people who give up, but Echo mentions that they should go back since they had no supplies, food or water, but Tony is still hopeful. Echo tells him this is the reason that he was not accepted into the academy. The cave they were in started caving in, so they started running.
Cisco is getting desperate as they were trapped, and Echo is defeated. Tony tries to comfort her, but she accepts that the mission was her responsibility. Salem tries telling her that her everybody was a team, and Frostee took out DJ Drone so they could dance.
The next morning, they were able to get out, and Salem was surprised at how much water was outside. Tony challenged him to a race, with his condition being that if he beat him, he would guide them to the Eye of the Sahara. Kareem shook his head, and Frostee threw in DJ Drone if he beat Tony. Salem accepted, and Echo found it dumb, but Tony reminded her they always did dumb things.
Salem tells Tony how the race will proceed, and he agrees. The race begins while Kareem films Tony, expecting him to fail. Tony pulls ahead when his camel is startled, but the camel starts losing control. However, Salem falls off his camel and falls into quicksand, which allows Tony to win. Echo agrees to keep doing stupid stuff after the race.
Mexico[]
"Chasing Phantoms"[]
As a thunderstorm rages over the skies of London, Ms. Nowhere talks to Tony Toretto's Crew as they prepare to go and arrest Rafaela, who is aboard a nearby private jet. They successfully get inside and look for her, but come up empty handed. Rafaela surprises them by being outside the airplane as she activates her parachute. Back inside, Frostee directs everyone’s attention to the bomb that Rafaela left behind on the plane as a trap. The gang all successfully manage to get out before the plane explodes. Tony finds Rafaela still falling down to the ground with her parachute, and the two engage in an aerial fight. Eventually Tony lands on top of Big Ben, and from there Rafaela ends up pushing him down, and he falls onto the nearby river.
Off the waters of Fiji, Rafaela once again evades capture on a jet ski. She eventually circles back and throws bombs at Tony and the rest of his crew. Which in turn forces Mrs. Nowhere to have the team fall back and retreat.
In the sewers of Paris, Mrs. Nowhere tells the team over the comms to stay on high alert. Rafaela surprises the team when she becomes visible again after having tripped Tony over, who fell into some sewage water.
Later, the gang is on a high speed chase and hot on Rafaela’s trail. Cisco asks Frostee if they are in Switzerland, Iceland or Greenland. But Frostee doesn’t know for sure, and just says they are on some kind of land. Eventually, Rafaela launches a bomb on some nearby boulders that fall onto the road. Fortunately, Cisco’s car is able to plow through them with ease. Just when they think they have her cornered, Rafaela drives her car off a cliff, gets out of it and successfully jumps into a waiting helicopter for another escape.
In Shanghai, Tony tells Rafaela that they picked up her scent when she crossed the equator, and jokes that she probably should cut back on the perfume. Still invisible, Rafaela responds that perhaps she enjoys this game of cat and mouse she has playing with Tony and the rest of his friends. He eventually tells the wanted criminal that the building they are in is surrounded by agents. Rafaela cackles as she jumps out the building and tells Tony she will see him later; leaving him fighting a bunch of assassins he hired. Eventually Cisco, Echo and Layla come to his aid and tell Tony to go and stop Rafaela once and for all. Rafaela and Tony engage in another one on one hand fight, but eventually, Rafaela is successfully apprehended.
Back in Los Angeles, Tuco surprises Cisco with a visit, as he explains he is in town for the night and thought he’d swing by the old neighborhood. Eventually, Layla realizes Tuco knows that she and the rest of Tony Toretto's Crew are spies, but everyone else is seemingly okay with it. Frostee even explains that Cisco tells his uncle everything, and Echo follows that by saying how it's better than having Cisco post about what they do as spies online. Tony finishes by saying that Tuco is family, and that they can trust him.
The video is unexpectedly cut short, and the nearby drones are electrocuted and fall to the ground. The gang eventually looks up and see some unknown assailants staring down at them. Some lasers go up that traps them on the roof of the building, and three mysterious assailants leave. Mrs. Nowhere yells at Tony and his crew to run and get off the building. They try to leave through the door, but an explosion forces them back. Thanks to Frostee’s help, they are able to leave the building safe and sound. Sissy offers her help, explaining that she has been hacking and tracking for years, and it's how she has kept tabs on her older brother.
They chase after the mysterious assailants but they manage to escape. The cops arrive shortly after, but much to their surprise, they aren’t there to help them out. Instead, they are there to arrest Mrs. Nowhere and the rest of her team of spies.
Later, Gary comes in to interrogate them, and he asks them why they blew up headquarters. Mrs. Nowhere yells out that they didn’t do anything, but Gary shows them video footage that proves they are guilty of what they are being accused of.
Tony explains that isn’t them on the video, and that they were on the roof. But Gary in turn states that there were no witnesses to prove it, all the drones were disabled and the traffic cameras had their footage erased. Thus, the only evidence left is the footage of the Mrs. Nowhere and the rest of the gang seemingly laying the groundwork to blow up headquarters.
After processing all the information, Tony realizes that they have been framed.
"The Convoy"[]
At an Agency Black Site, Tony sees that he and his crew are being split up by being put in separate convoys. One of the agency’s agents tells Tony that they’ll never see or hear from each other again.
Layla for her part remarks how she always knew she’d end up getting arrested, just not for something that she didn’t do.
Later, an unnamed guard exclaims through their comms that they have an emergency on their hands, and that they have been attacked. Moreover, that a prisoner is in the wind, and now said guard is requesting backup.
Frostee is able to intercept their comms though, which buys them some time to rescue the others. Frostee then tells Tony that from the other four cars, he is closest to Layla’s, so he sends Tony the coordinates for her location. Eventually, Tony is able to successfully rescue Layla and Cisco, but when they go to rescue Echo, they are shocked to see she has everything handled and under control. Before they can rescue Ms. Nowhere, the agency’s communications are back up, so Frostee explains that it will be more difficult.
It turns out that a convoy of eight spy SUVs are now present to protect Ms. Nowhere’s truck. Layla then asks how strongly everyone feels about freeing Ms. Nowhere. To which Tony explains that Ms. Nowhere is family.
Eventually, Tony and Layla are able to rescue Ms. Nowhere, and the gang gets away with a helicopter as well.
"The Fugitives"[]
Somewhere in Mexico, Ms. Nowhere is still fuming over the fact that someone made it look like they robbed spy headquarters at an event in her honor. Frostee then pipes up by saying that if they can find the footage from the night of the attack, he might be able to analyze it and figure out what actually happened.
In the meantime, they need to find a place to lay low. Ms. Nowhere once again brings up how as far as she is concerned, Uncle Tuco is the only x factor in the whole equation because he wasn’t invited to her party. Layla also points out how Tuco did conveniently disappear right before the attack. She further mentions how thanks to Cisco’s big mouth, he also knows everything about them. Cisco sticks up for his uncle, and says his Uncle Tuco would never betray them like that.
Just as Ms. Nowhere, Tony and his crew arrive at her safe house, an alarm lets them know they have unwanted visitors.
Quickly, Ms. Nowhere decides she will go outside and distract Palindrome, while everyone else disables his transport and gets the supply bags in the hauler without making a peep.
Ms. Nowhere and Palindrome engage in some trash talk as everyone else gets back in their cloaked vehicle. Gary asks Ms. Nowhere to turn herself in, but she refuses. Layla and Echo are unsuccessful in disabling Palindrome’s vehicle, as it begins beeping once an EMP is installed. He throws some unknown device onto it, and this in turn causes the cloaking for the two girls and the gang’s vehicle to become visible. Palindrome yells at them to give up as it's the smart play, but Tony gets his car out and yells out that they don’t do smart. Ms. Nowhere is able to jump onto the hood of Tony’s car and they manage to get away. Unfortunately, they lose their cash, and only get away with two bags of pork pies.
Knowing they have to get their hands dirty if they want to earn some cash, Layla takes her friends to Manny a former SH1FT3R associate. He agrees to help them as long as they participate in a circuit in Ensenada that is run by a couple of his competitors. If they win, they can keep the cash prize. He also wants them to pull a heist and get a list of the racers’ names for him. However, before he will say anything more, he needs some assurances that they will give him what he wants since Layla’s got a bit of a reputation as a double-crosser. The former SH1FT3R member demands they text him the list in 48 hours, or he will contact a certain agency about some fugitives he recently came in contact with.
On their way to Ensenada, Layla remarks that if they win this upcoming race, they will have enough money to make the 1,700 miles journey to Mexico City and ultimately find out who framed them.
As it turns out, the ones running the Ensenada race are none other than Nacho and Rollie, who Layla is not too happy to see again. She tells the duo how she was just passing through town and dropped by for some fun. But Rollie immediately calls her a snitch. Layla is able to get her anger under control, and asks the two of them if they have a spot available in their race. They don’t give her a straight answer immediately; instead asking her if she has enough for the cash buy-in. They further reveal that the crew will also need a food truck for the demolition derby. Luckily, the gang is able to trade their stolen chopper for a food truck and the buy-in to participate in the race. The duo agrees and Tony and his friends are able to participate in the aforementioned race.
In just the first lap, two cars are immediately out of the race, and eventually it ends up coming down to Layla and Tony. Rollie claims Tony won, but Nacho retorts that she’s only saying that because she’s in love with him. Then Nacho states it was Layla who won the race, but Rollie points out, he is only saying that because he is in love with Layla.
"That's a Moray"[]
Ms. Nowhere and Layla continue to think that Tuco likely framed them, but Cisco and Tony on their end refuse to believe that, and want to prove his innocence.
Eventually, Layla is able to show everyone a news report of what a reporter is calling outlaw ghosts in Mexico City one day prior. When asked how she found out about it, Layla explains that she reached out to some underground contacts to see if anyone knew about a ghost crew, and they sent her that video. The female reporter interviews the museum curator, and is unable to not laugh at his claim that a group of ghosts robbed one of the curator’s exhibits. He explains how they appeared out of nowhere, and he yells out that he is telling the truth.
When they finally get to Mexico City, Ms. Nowhere is quick to ask the museum’s curator what these so-called ghosts stole. He tells them that it was a black obsidian ring. Layla wonders if it was worth a lot, but the curator explains that it really wasn’t. But it is one of three remaining artifacts left behind by an ancient pre-Aztec culture most people have never even heard of. As it turns out, the other two artifacts end up being a ceremonial headdress, and a jewel jaguar’s tooth.
"The Ocelot King vs. El Mariposa"[]
While on the road, Ms. Nowhere, Tony and the rest of the crew hear on the news about how foreign dignitaries were attacked today in what the authorities are calling a heist gone wrong. The newsreader then mentions how police are currently searching for a middle-aged woman and four teenagers. Ms. Nowhere is outraged that they had the nerve to call her middle-aged, while Cisco is feeling indignant at the general public thinking they are working with Moray. Not long after, they notice on their camera feeds that some police cars are behind them. Tony is frustrated at the fact that they are now double fugitives for two crimes they didn’t commit.
Rather quickly, they realize they are surrounded by police cars which are out looking for them. Ms. Nowhere admits she doesn’t want to fire local rocket launchers on the local PD, but if it means clearing their names, she is willing to do so. Before she presses the launch button, Layla reminds everyone that their hauler is still cloaked and they are invisible to everyone. That it is easier to just pull over. Unfortunately, the hauler has run out of gas, and Ms. Nowhere realizes that none of the teenagers that are on the run with her have filled up the gas tank for their mode of transportation.
Outside, Tony states that he will go get gas, while everyone else figures out what their next step is. Ms. Nowhere thinks they should arrange a parlay with Palindrome, and tell him everything they know about Moray. They can then team up, if she is feeling generous, and proceed to take down her evil ex. Tony asks her what they would do in the event that Palindrome doesn’t believe them. To which Layla further adds that it’d be like they were basically turning themselves in. Ms. Nowhere asks if anyone has better ideas, to which Cisco mentions they can alway go and find his uncle Tuco. Since he lives in Mexico City, he could help them lay low until the heat dies down. Ms. Nowhere shoots that idea down saying how for all they know Tuco could be working with Moray. Tony argues that Tuco is family and he’d never betray them.
Layla for her part brings up how on one side, Ms. Nowhere wants to run to the guy who wants to lock them up, while Tony and Cisco want to run to the guy that might have set them up. Cisco yells out that Tuco didn’t set them up, so Tony asks Layla what her plan would be then. She suggests that the best plan right now is to run. But Tony gets mad at her and mentions how its her typical behavior; out to save her own butt. Layla tells Tony that isn’t what she meant.
Sometime later, Rollie and Nacho show up on their helicopter, and yell out through their megaphone that they have Tony and his crew surrounded. They inform them that they plan to take them in to collect the reward money. The cops are also on their way to arrest them. Tony then says they need scatter. In the chaos, Echo is forced to take Cisco’s monster truck and Ms. Nowhere joins her. Frostee then joins Layla, and Cisco goes with Tony to look for Tuco.
They are all able to successfully get away, but when Tony asks the rest of the crew to meet them at the wrestling arena. Ms. Nowhere declines as she is still set on finding Palindrome, while Layla is adamant that they need to run. Tony once again reminds everyone that Tuco is family, but Layla points out that just because he wouldn’t turn on family, doesn’t mean they wouldn’t turn on him. Frostee also adds that if everyone continues to argue over the comms, the police will be able to track everyone. Tony wants everyone to listen to him, but Layla argues that he’s not listening to them. Tony then states that he is in fact listening, but he just doesn’t like what he is hearing. Angrily, Mrs. Nowhere, Layla and Tony all decide to do their own thing.
Elsewhere, Frostee admits to Layla that they can’t leave the team behind, because he is the only one who knows what all the buttons are for. He further explains that the team also needs her because they’d be lost without her. Layla then admits to Frostee that they are going back to Tony and the rest of the crew, and that she was just on her solo trip to get them the gas they needed for the hauler.
Layla admits that she is still mad at everyone for their reaction towards her suggestion. She explains that when she said that they should run, she meant together. But instead, Tony acted so sure Layla was just ready to abandon them all. Which in turn makes her feel like everyone else doesn’t see her as family yet.
"The Siege"[]
Still in Mexico City, an alarm rings on the hauler, and one of Moray’s ghost henchmen appears in the middle of the road. The ghost henchmen throws an emp, which causes the hauler to lose its cloaking and steering as well. Frostee then reveals that as a result, the hauler is going into automatic lockdown. Tony yells out to hit the brakes, but Frostee replies that those are gone too. As Roscoe whines, Ms. Nowhere orders everyone to hang onto something and brace for impact. The hauler flips a couple of times, and eventually comes to a stop.
Outside of the hauler, the local police force has the area surrounded and barricaded. One of the officers explains that they have six international fugitives, a professional luchador, and an attack dog inside that hauler. She then goes onto say that they are armed and extremely dangerous, but it is up to them to take them in. The female officer then proceeds to order the other officer to crack the hauler open.
Inside the hauler, Cisco freaks out at hearing the officers trying to break into the hauler. But Ms. Nowhere assures everyone it is going to take a lot more than saw to get through the hauler’s armor. She then mentions that they could survive years inside the hauler if they had to. Tony exclaims that Moray is digging tunnels and planning on destroying half of Mexico City, so they don’t have time on their side right now. Frostee also points out that the bathroom is locked, so that would be an important issue as well.
Eventually, Tony apologizes to Layla for the way he acted without thinking. But Layla points out that this is always Tony’s problem. He tends to react without thinking, and is usually wrong. Later, Echo points out that if Ms. Nowhere and the agency had not been so hard on Moray fifteen years earlier, then maybe they would not be in the mess they are in at the moment. Ms. Nowhere however blames Tuco for running his mouth. Cisco defends his uncle, and Frostee agrees because Tuco never asked to be a spy and keep secrets. But Cisco was, and he failed at it big time. Cisco states that he only told those secrets because as he had said before, Tuco is family. Frostee argues that it still account, and brings up how he would never tell Sissy his secrets.
The gang continues to argue until Ms. Nowhere has Roscoe sniff a pair of Gary’s back up sunglasses. She firmly believes that after her little rendezvous with Palindrome the day before, they are on their side now. So she has Roscoe go and find them, and bring them to their current location.
Back at the hauler, the cops continue to break in, but to no avail. Inside, Frostee exclaims that he found a way out and points to the vent on the ground. He explains that said vent doesn’t use electricity. So it’s kind of like a fire sprinkler because when smoke hits the trigger, it pops open. He then shows them two glass beakers; one containing a purple liquid solution and the other a red liquid solution respectively. If the two are mixed together, they create a smoke bomb and all they have to do is hold their breath for a little bit, but then they can pop out and escape through the sewers.
Layla however points out that if it doesn’t work, the hauler will fill up with smoke, and they will die. Unfortunately, Frostee ends up dropping the two beakers and the two chemical solutions mix. The vent does open, but only Roscoe is able to escape.
"Into the Labyrinth"[]
Tony suggests that the museum curator they met sometime earlier probably knows how to read the calendar. Everyone else agrees and at his office, the curator explains that the calendar appears to be from the same pre-Aztec religion as the headdress, the jaguar tooth and the obsidian ring. Moreover, it was previously believed that all other artifacts were thought to have been destroyed. He asks the kids where they found it, and Echo reveals that their associate sent them that photo from a tunnel system beneath the city. Once he has enough time to analyze the image, the curato explains that it is in fact a doomsday calendar and that world will end in twelve hours. According to the calendar, the Ocelot King will appear at the appointed hour to lead his fiery volcanic army; thus cleansing all of the evil from the Earth, and leaving only his supporters.
Everyone manages to get inside the tunnels Moray has dug, but their mapping drones are blown up, and Layla as well as Echo mention they are being hit with lasers. Although Layla admits she can barely hear Echo.
Tony ends up getting cornered by two of the enemy’s spy cars, so he decides he will get into them, and transmit the map of the tunnel system to everyone else. He is able to successfully get into one of them, but his car hits a wall and blows up. He is successful in transmitting the signal with the coordinates for the tunnel system. But to Layla’s horror, the spy car Tony was inside drove off the cliff and presumably into the lava pit a few feet below.
"Don't Go Chasing Lavafalls"[]
A distraught Layla yells out Tony’s name but receives no answer. Thanks to Tony’s sacrifice, Ms. Nowhere and the rest of his crew get the map coordinates for Moray’s tunnel system. She then tells everyone else to meet her at the big opening where the tunnels converge. On their way there, Gary and Julius mention that they hope Palindrome is safe. Ms. Nowhere wonders out loud, just what Palindrome has done to her former underlings.
Ms. Nowhere and Cisco congratulate Tony on a job well done, but Layla breaks the news to the rest of the crew that they lost Tony. At first they don’t understand what she is saying, as Cisco asks if he is just out of range. But Layla further explains that Tony went over a cliff with one of Moray’s men just as he got the map. Frostee, Echo, and Cisco gasp as the reality of Layla’s words sets in. Layla gets teary-eyed as she vows that when she finds Moray, she will make sure he never makes it above ground again.
Not long after Moray's big speech, Layla shows up and yells out to Moray, that he messed with the wrong crew. One of Moray’s ghost henchmen cloaks himself and tries attacking him while invisible, but Layla looks on the ground and is able to tell where the henchman is by the footprints he leaves behind on the dirt. The rest of the crew soon arrive, and upon seeing Palindrome trapped, Ms. Nowhere remarks that it looks like the hunter has become the bait.
In the lower level of Moray’s lair, Layla mentions how she is pinned in by the ghost henchmen, and asks if Echo can get up there. Echo in turn replies that she is barely getting by. Moray then sends more of his henchmen to attack but one of them stays behind and goes to the machine that stops the cage Palindrome is inside from going any lower. A few seconds later, Tony is still alive and yells out that he saved Palindrome.
Layla clears a path for everyone as she throws one of the ghost henchmen into the lava pit. But a few seconds later, the ghost henchman pops out just fired. Amazed, Layla says out loud that she needs to get herself one of those suits for her personal use. She then orders Frostee to get to Moray’s machine and hopefully shut it down. He realizes he will never get over to where the machine is at without his drone suit, which is back in Cisco’s truck. As a result, he climbs down, and has Cisco throw him to where the truck is. It’s a close call, but he is able to get his backpack out and use it to get to where the machine is at. Frostee quickly realizes that there is nothing he can do to stop the machine because the lava is already flowing.
Tony tries to use the suit he stole from one of Moray’s henchmen but is still unable to. Meanwhile, Layla orders Cisco and Tuco to get in the drilling vehicle and start collapsing the tunnels. She thinks that by doing so, they might be able to stop the lava from reaching Mexico City. Upon turning the vehicle on, a scared Cisco realized they are right in the way of an oncoming lava flow.
In his lair, Moray once again orders his henchmen to keep attacking Tony and the rest of his crew, because they can’t let the enemies of the new empire survive. Echo and Layla take out two of the aforementioned henchmen, and with the suit’s help, Tony does a backflip and takes out another ghost henchman.
Cisco and Tuco get back to Moray’s lair just in time, and are able to drill an escape route to get everyone out of the volcano. Layla decides to head back to save Tony. Using her car, Layla jumps through the lava fall and successfully rescues Tony while knocking out Moray. The two of them successfully get out of the volcano, and even bring Moray with them.
Some time later, everyone once again celebrates their latest victory, and the agency sends another letter. Tony once again apologizes to Layla for not listening to her or trusting her on this mission they went into. He admits that he just thought she was not going to stick with them, and it seemed like they were slowing her down. He admits that he will completely understand if Layla wants to bail, because family shouldn’t treat each other like he treated her. He then tells her he is sorry for letting her down.
Layla puts her hand on Tony’s shoulder, and tells him she just drove through lava to save his life. So there’s no way she would leave him now. The two teens then look at each other, and Tony chuckles awkwardly as Layla leans in closer and closer with a warm smile. Frostee asks just what is going on, as Echo and Cisco look on in confusion. Eventually, Layla mentions that now Tony owes her his life, and she will definitely be cashing in on that debt. So now he will wish he had died in the cave with Moray, before she is done with him.
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