Handled Without Care

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There was a knock on the door.

That must be my order, Julio thought.

He went to the door and opened it.

"I am here to pickup mail," the delivery man said.

"I thought you were delivering my pac..."

Julio was picked up by his throat. The delivery man took him to the back of his truck and knocked him out. He put him in the back and drove off.

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Julio opened his eyes. He looked around. There were boxes and crates everywhere. He tried moving but he was tied to a chair.

"Welcome to Russia," said a man, "My name is Ironfist."

"Why do they call you that?" Julio asked.

Ironfist fist bumped himself and his body was covered in iron.

"This is why they call me Ironfist," he said.

He reverted back to his old self the same way and walked up to Julio.

"Boss told me that I need to break you," Ironfist said, "or kill you."

"Why are you doing this?" Julio asked.

"Boss promised me great fortune and protection for my family," he said, "So I do this for Boss and Mother Russia."

He united Julio from the chair but left his hands tied. Ironfist moved him to a hook where Julio was hung by the rope that bounded his hands. The tips of his shoes were able to touch the ground.

"Time for beatings," he said.

He started to use Julio as a punching bag. Ironfist did mostly jabs and hooks with an uppercut once in while.

After five minutes, Ironfist took him down. He put him back on the chair and tied him up again.

"Do you think you can fight tied up?" he asked.

He whistled and four men came in. He pointed at Julio. The four men walked over and started to punch him.

"Lets see you get out of this,

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