6بخش

Mostri marini!

Give me that!

Giulia.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I’m.

I’m okay.

Thanks, guys.

Giulietta?

Papà!

I.

Look at that!

You’re not going anywhere.

Come on.

I saw them first!

The reward is mine!

We’re not afraid of you!

No, but we’re afraid of you.

Everyone is horrified and disgusted by you, because you are monsters.

Stop!

They are not monsters.

Oh, yeah?

Who are they, then?

I know who they are.

They are Luca and Alberto, and they are the winners.

Luca!

Let us through!

What?

Really?

They can’t be the winners.

They are not even people!

Signora Marsigliese?

Technically, legally, yes, they won.

We won?

Who cares if they won?

They are sea monsters.

Andiamo.

Hmm.

What?

Come on!

Hey!

Ha!

Ciccio!

Guido!

Another harpoon.

Ah, idioti!

Be useful for once in your pathetic lives.

Guido.

Ciccio.

Oops.

No, piccolino.

It’s over, the reign of terror.

It’s finally over!

Luca!

Luca!

You had us worried half to death, and you must never do that again!

I’m sorry.

And you raced your little tail off and kicked so much human butt!

And I’m so proud of you, and I am so mad at you!

I love you, Mom.

Son.

Signore e signori, the winners of this year’s Portorosso Cup, the underdogs.

Wow.

Wow.

Yeah!

I can’t believe we won!

We won!

Yes!

Underdogs!

Ugh.

Give me that!

Here.

We did it!

They won!

Feast your eyes on the greatest Vespa the world has ever seen!

Perfect.

Mmm.

Signora.

Grazie.

Mom!

What are you doing here?

I come to town most weekends.

You’re not gonna catch me!

Underdogs forever!

Whoo-hoo!

What he did today was amazing.

But we can’t let him stay in this world.

Can we?

Some people, they’ll never accept him.

But some will.

And he seems to know how to find the good ones.

So, where will you go first?

We’re gonna stick around here for a bit.

We gotta fix this thing up before we take it across the entire Earth.

Okay.

Just don’t forget to pack.

Santo Gorgonzola!

I need to pack!

For school!

Oh, yeah, school.

You’re gonna learn so much.

Um, I can leave you some books.

You can?

Come on, Alberto!

And you have your lunch for the train?

Sì.

Sweater?

If it gets cold?

For the millionth time, sì.

I love you, too, Papà.

Santa mozzarella, we did it.

Well, Giulia, can’t wait to race next summer.

Or we could just have fun.

Ciao, Giulia.

Well, let’s go fix up our Vespa.

Yeah, about that.

Uh.

It’s a crazy thing.

I might have sold it.

Luca?

Mom?

What are you all doing here?

If you promise to write to us every single day and be as safe as possible, and I mean safer than safe, you can go to school.

I can?

It’s all arranged, actually.

You’d stay with Giulia and her mom.

Your friend talked them into it.

It wasn’t easy.

Luca, do you promise?

Yes!

Yes, I promise!

Thank you.

Oh.

Just remember, we are always here for you.

Okay?

Hey.

Look me in the eye.

You know I love you, right?

I know.

Come on, Alberto.

The train’s gonna leave.

Where’s your stuff?

Yeah, well, you see.

You are coming, right?

Um, I would, but Massimo asked if I wanted to stick around.

Move in maybe.

And I just thought, uh.

I think he needs me.

You know?

I can’t do it without you.

But you’re never without me.

The next time that you jump off a cliff or tell Bruno to quit bothering you, that’s me.

But how am I gonna know you’re okay?

You got me off the island, Luca.

I’m okay.

Seriously, what does that mean?

No idea.

Go find out for me, will ya?

Go, Luca!

Go!

Yeah!

Whoo-hoo!