In The Shadows ✔

[29] Ventinove - Bella

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dannazione = dammit  

sorellina = little sister  

ti amo = I love you  

bastardo = bastard  

bella = beautiful  

fratello = brother  

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Ricardo is waiting at the entrance of the hospital and he holds a syringe filled with a strong sedative in his right hand. He swears internally. The last thing he wants to do is sedate her again. He would much rather spar with her. The green jeep comes to a screeching halt in front of the hospital and Logan jumps out, to open the car door for Bruno.

Ricardo recognizes them immediately and runs towards them. Scorpia growls and bites Bruno in his forearm, but he doesn't flinch and continues to hold her tightly. Ricardo injects her quickly and she collapses in Bruno's arms. Ricardo picks her up and says: "I'll come find you later. Taking care of her first." He runs inside, carrying her in his arms as he yells something at another nurse.

Logan drops down to his knees and cries. Bruno sinks down to the ground with him and wraps his arms around him. "Bonnie... No...." Bruno cries along with him and after a while he sees his brothers run up to them. Ciro gets into the jeep to park it and Dino runs over to Bruno.

"Bruno? Logan? Get up please." Bruno tries to pull Logan up, but he's still crying uncontrollably. Dino yells: "Dammit Logan! You're bleeding! Get up! Now!" Logan stares at his hand in a daze and Bruno and Dino pull him onto his feet. Dino looks at Bruno's forearm and says: "Dannazione! You're bleeding too!" Bruno shrugs and tries to get Logan to move towards the entrance of the hospital. Ciro runs past them and comes back out with a wheelchair. They push Logan into it and rush over to the ER.

The brothers have their hands full with Logan, who keeps getting up, trying to look for Scorpia. Ricardo walks into the ER and says: "I figured I'd find you all here. I'll be honest with you. She is tied to a bed, heavily sedated and right now the adrenaline in her blood is at a dangerously high level."

Logan jumps up from the wheelchair and is about to run off. But Ricardo is experienced enough to see that he is not all there. He stops Logan from running and yells some sort of code at a nurse. Logan tries to push Ricardo aside with his broken hand and wails like a wounded animal. 

The nurse comes running up to Ricardo with a syringe and Ricardo injects Logan with it quickly. Ciro reacts lightning-fast and pushes the wheelchair over to Logan. Ricardo lowers him down into it and breathes out slowly.

Ricardo runs his hand across his face and says: "Man! I am sure my adrenaline is pretty high now as well." Dino looks at him and is about to open his mouth, but Ricardo stops him by saying: "Yeah, yeah. Together. Same room. But now that they're both floating in a sea of sedation, I am taking Logan for x-rays of his hand." 

Ricardo looks at Bruno's arm and says: "Make sure they clean that wound properly. Scorpion bites are very nasty!" In spite of everything, the brothers chuckle at that statement. Ricardo grins and pushes Logan towards the x-ray department.

Bruno looks at his brothers and asks: "What the hell happened?" Dino tells him what he knows so far. Bruno holds his stomach and tastes the bile in his mouth. "She's Salvatore's sister? Dannazione! Are they sure?"