Post by J on Jul 9, 2021 12:07:06 GMT -5
// Off Camera//
“FAMILY”
Reno, Nevada
July 9th 2021
With less than a day to go for UPRISING Wrestling’s Revolution 14 and the return of TRINACRIA everybody’s least favourite trio of the roster were kicking back. All three of them had something they enjoyed in their hands. For Nico Pazzini it was a drink, For Richard Rhodes III it was a cigarette (even if he said he’d quit ages ago) and for Vincenzo Riina, a newspaper.
RICKY RHODES
Tomorrow it’s going down, we are getting back on track but those fucking bitches man, there is something sneaky about an alliance between Europeans and an American. I don’t like it.
He sat there with his smoke while Nico twirled his drink in a tumbler arching a brow.
NICO PAZZINI
Wait a minute..isn’t that what we got?
Rhodes blows out some smoke glaring at Nico.
RICKY RHODES
What?
NICO PAZZINI
An alliance between Europeans and an americano I mean me and Vinnie, we sicilianos and you..well Rick, you an amerigano
Crushing his cigarette with anger Rhodes barks out.
RICKY RHODES
It’s not like that AT ALL they are just a bunch of people who get drunk together, we are practically family. Totally different.
NICO PAZZINI
You ain’t my family Rick..
RICKY RHODES
I could be! Look nevermind the semantics my point still stands, I don’t trust them!
NICO PAZZINI
Wait, what do the people of Jewish fate have to do with this?!
RICKY RHODES
What?!
NICO PAZZINI
Didn’t you just call me antisemantic?
RICKY RHODES
Not what you think it means semantics aren’t the same as semites..
NICO PAZZINI
There you go, college boy with your big words trying to act like you better than me, but even you couldn’t outsmart a fucking bullet. I could walk up to you and--
Without warning Nico jumped up, reached into his how low hanging jeans and pulled out a gold plated pistol, swaggering to Ricky drink in one hand, gun with the other putting the pistol to Ricky’s temple.
I’d get up close like this and bada-bing. Blow your brains all over your ugly ass Ivy suit.
Ricky sat stiff his voice calming as ever.
RICKY RHODES
Nico...easy.
We hear the Palermo Panther’s heavy breathing. As he speaks full of bravado.
NICO PAZZINI
Yeah? You scared now huh? We killers, sicilianos! Not some wannabe tough guy tv-gangsters..look at you, ready to piss yourself. I could just twitch my finger, squeeze this trigger and you would be out. You wouldn’t even realize it.
Rhodes slowly put up his hands.
RICKY RHODES
...Nicky...easy now.
NICO PAZZINI
Look at you, thinking you are one of us just because we team together. You motherless fuck, I should do the world a favour and pull the trigger right now, I’d be a damn hero..
RICKY RHODES
Vincenzo...a little help here?!
We don’t hear a peep in the room, all that can be heard is Nico’s heavy breath. Ricky was sweating but he didn’t dare to even blink.
RICKY RHODES
Nico..don’t do this man, we got a match tomorrow. What would your aunties say? Huh? And Bonnano? You’d never get away with it..they would catch you and you would be doing a life sentence..
Pazzini chuckled.
NICO PAZZINI
For killing a fanook like you?! Doubt it, maybe I’d get fined. Don’t you drag my family into this Grandpa B or my aunties..you know they would never rat me out for killing you. Blood is thicker than water and as far as your body goes..in case you missed it, we in the fucking desert g. Me and Vinnie would take a ride, dig a hole..or maybe we have one ready already? You know pre-dug just for you..we could easily be back by the show tomorrow show up and go “Ricky? Nah, haven’t seen him man..” Maybe they would find you one of these days..or maybe they won’t. All I gotta do is decide if you live or die..you think you da boss of this crew or something because you got brains, huh? Well I got the blood, I got balls, I’m da real G! You just a wannabe..I’ve just about had it with your bullshit..any last words?
RICKY RHODES
VINNIE GODDAMN IT! ANYTIME NOW?! DON’T YOU SEE WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE?!
Silence. Ricky gulped deep, these fucking goombas had planned this all along, he knew it! They had planned to dispose of him and together they would do it with ease..he wanted to beg, plead for his life but it wasn’t worth it.
RICKY RHODES
Nico, do not do this. We are gonna win this tournament, get the gold show the damn world what we are about. Just gotta win a few more matches. We are on a roll. I fixed everything with Jackson, we’ll fix it together..
NICO PAZZINI
Nu-uh, not you. You’ll be taking a sand nap, I’ll tell Auntie Cammie you went into the witness prottection program, kinda fitting a rat like you would probably sell her and her family out to save yourself anyway.
RICKY RHODES
I’d NEVER do that! You don’t know what we have! Nick don’t do something you’ll regret..
NICO PAZZINI
Enough bullshit, When you get to hell tell them Nico Pazzini sent ya!
RICKY RHODES
NICO NOOOOOOOOOOOO~
*CLICK* *CLICK*
NICO PAZZINI
Fakin walk’ nine, faakin fiat of guns!
The surge of adrenaline got Rhodes to lunge at Nico, tackling him down with unhuman strength Rhodes smacks the gun away and topples Nico, choking him and banging the back of his head to the floor.
RICKY RHODES
You tried to kill me you son of a bitch, I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you! I’ll fucking kill you!
Nico tried to fight the crazed Californian off him but he had some genuine trouble trying to get Rhodes off him, his face started to change colour and his voice was a gravelly croak
NICO PAZZINI
Vincenzo, where the fuck are you?!?
Then silent and swift as a damn excecutioner’s axe pair of strong arms grabbed Ricky yanking him off Nico with ease, Rhodes feet were kicking at air but he couldn’t hit the massive man behind him who unceremoniously german suplexes him to the floor with authority and everything went to black.
***
When Ricky came to, he was still on the floor, Nico Pazzini sat next to an open window and Vincenzo Riina sat across the room behind his newspaper again.
RICKY RHODES
I can’t believe you would have killed me, YOU ASSHOLE! AFTER ALL I’VE DONE FOR YOU!
Pazzini chuckled.
NICO PAZZINI
Relax, bro. It was just a prank, I mean the gun wasn’t even loaded..besides I had the safety on. I could have blown my golden balls off with that thing, what do you think I am a stronzo?!
Rhodes couldn’t believe what he was hearing he was speechless.
RICKY RHODES
..a prank?! A prank?! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED ME, YOU ABSOLUTE LUNATIC!
Pazzini shook his head.
Nico Pazzini
Nah man, safety was on besides, I didn’t even have a bullet in it..see I’m smarter than you think, here. I’ll prove you..
He aims the gun out the open window.
RICKY RHODES
NICO ,NO!
*BANG*
The expression on both of the men’s face was priceless, just for different reasons.
Even Vincenzo peeked from behind his newspaper.
NICO PAZZINI
Whaddya know, there must have been one in the chamber after all! HAhaha! That’s messed up, I swear I THOUGHT I took them all out!
By this Rhodes was already foaming at the mouth with anger.
RICKY RHODES
YOU COULD HAVE KILLED ME OVER A PRANK YOU FUCKING IDIOT!
NICO PAZZINI
Yeah, but I didn’t.
RICKY RHODES
Had the safety not been on you would have!
NICO PAZZINI
Yeah, but it wasn’t though. Don’t be such a baby. Besides I was just testing if you’d rat us out..congrats Rick, you passed the test
RICKY RHODES
BULLSHIT! YOU ARE JUST CLAIMING IT AS A TEST TO SAVE YOUR ASS!
Pazzini puts the gun down and smiles.
NICO PAZZINI
Ricky, Ricky Ricky..this was your initiation, come on have a drink..calm down..Vincenzo, por favore..make Ricky a drink a real one for a change.
Oddly enough Riina got up and poured a sizeable vodka drink without mixers handing it to Rhodes.
RICKY RHODES
You didn’t even mix it?!
NICO PAZZINI
Sealed bottle too, safe to drink, now bottoms up Rick. You done good.
Nico holds up his own glass.
NICO PAZZINI
Saluti
Rhodes gulps down his drink, Pazzini goes along even Riina toasts a glass of apple juice.
When all three seem to be calmer Nico looks at Ricky
NICO PAZZINI
You know while you had a nap, I’ve been thinking about this thing you spoke up the unholy alliance between European’s and American’s all this shit was foretold just like the thing with the twin towers in 01 Quasimodo was right.
RICKY RHODES
Who?
NICO PAZZINI
Quasimodo he predicted this shit man all the bad shit in the world the terror from the east he probably saw the alliances too.
RICKY RHODES
Nostradamus.
NICO PAZZINI
Bless you.
RICKY RHODES
No, Nostradamus predicted shit, Quasimodo was the hunchback of Notre Dame.
NICO PAZZINI
Oh you know everything now do you?! Fine Notre Damus it is then.
RICKY RHODES
Nostradamus and Notre Dame are two completely different things Nico!
NICO PAZZINI
Isn’t it weird though how similar those are?I mean it can’t be a coincidence that there is a Hunback of Notre Dame, but there’s also got the quarter back and half back of Notre Dame.
Rhodes felt the vodka kicking but he had to chuckle.
RICKY RHODES
One’s a fucking cathedral though! How could you even mess shit up that bad?!
It seemed like Pazzini was genuinely insulted.
NICO PAZZINI
Listen to you with all of your answers to things, all high and mighty I could have killed you moments ago but I didn’t!
RICKY RHODES
You nearly did, YOU IDIOT!
Pazzini shrugs
NICO PAZZINI
Yeah but I didn’t so how about some respect. Look we need to be a unit tomorrow and I figured a little prank would break the ice, give us something funny to remember back and laugh once we take the Crush out and move on.
RICKY RHODES
Yeah we’ll be laughing alright..you crazy son of a bitch. Now help me up?
Pazzini swaggers over, grabbing Ricky by the gloved hand and yanking him up.
NICO PAZZINI
You think Camilla and Isabella will be watching our match?
RICKY RHODES
I think they will, why?
NICO PAZZINI
Just..thinking, think you could let me get the win this time? I mean it would look good to them too!
RICKY RHODES
Really? After the stunt YOU just pulled?
Pazzini flashed a cheeky smirk
NICO PAZZINI
I mean we are practically family, right?
We leave our less than magnificent trio to their plotting and one can only hazard a guess just what the collective brain power of TRINACRIA has in store for their return.