In The Shadows ✔

[42] Quarantadue - Ricardo's Family

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sorellina = little sister 

ti amo = I love you 

fratello = brother 

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Scorpia speeds over to the gym in her Charger and quickly makes her way inside. It goes eerily quiet and she realizes that the people here are used to see her in her leather outfit. She grins and walks straight into the locker room.

She comes out in her trusted outfit; sports bra, fitness leggings, and hightop sneakers. She puts her earbuds in, grabs a jump rope, and listens to LL Cool J during her warm-up.

Bruno is training Ricardo in the ring and looks at Scorpia from the corner of his eye. He looks at Ricardo and says: "Your sparring partner is here."

Ricardo follows Bruno's gaze and watches Scorpia jumping rope. He swallows and mumbles: "Oh God."

"I'll go grab her gloves and mouthguard because I bet she'll be in the ring with you soon."

Ricardo repeats his previous words. "Oh God."

Scorpia opens her eyes and sports a satisfied smile. She takes the earbuds out and puts her phone down on a bench, before hanging the rope up again. She climbs into the ring and hugs Bruno happily. "Hello, big brother. Missed this. How's the Hulk doing?"

Bruno grins and says: "Hello sorellina! I missed this a lot too. And the Hulk is doing pretty good. He's quite fast for a big guy."

She hugs Ricardo, who looks at her with fear in his eyes. Scorpia chuckles and Bruno helps her with her gloves and puts her mouthguard in. She looks at Ricardo with fiery eyes and slams her fists on top of his.

Bruno says: "Move Ricardo. Dance. And keep your protection really close to your face. Because that shorty comes from below." Scorpia shoots Bruno a dirty look and he sticks his tongue out to her. Scorpia starts slow and Ricardo blocks all her punches.

She lowers her hands, spits out her mouthguard, and says: "Relax Ricardo. If you don't, you'll wake up with very painful muscles tomorrow. You're blocking all my punches with a lot of tension in your muscles right now. I am not going to kill you. You're doing good for a hulk." 

She winks at him, puts her mouthguard back in, and raises her fists to her face again.

Ricardo chuckles and relaxes a little. She challenges him to try and punch her and he goes for it. He manages to hit her shoulder, but she answers it with two full force punches to his ribs. He gasps for air and Bruno steps between them.

Scorpia grins and looks at the breathless Ricardo. She dances on her feet and Ricardo rises slowly. He decides to stick with defense for now. Scorpia tries punch after punch, but he manages to block them all. She smiles wide and speeds her moves up. Ricardo grins a little as he starts to amuse himself.

They continue their sparring until they both drop to the floor from exhaustion. Bruno hands them both a bottle of water and drapes a towel over their shoulders. Bruno laughs and says: "Well we found him. The sparring partner that can keep up with my little sister."

Scorpia spits out her mouthguard and says: "Hell yes! He really is fast for a hulk." She chuckles and Ricardo smiles tiredly.

"I'm exhausted. Damn. Such a tiny woman."

Bruno softly says: "Poor Logan."

Scorpia whips her head up to Bruno. "I heard that brother. And trust me, that man has nothing to complain about."