It was the day before training camp was due to start, and Nico had arrived at the ADESA Arena that morning to get in some last-minute summer conditioning. After last spring’s broken radius had knocked him out for the rest of the season, Nico didn’t want to miss a moment by not being 100 percent. And he was so tired of losing, tired of not being able to break games open like he knew he could. There was no reason for the Fuel to be perpetually at the bottom of the standings, and Nico knew he could pull them out of it if he worked hard enough. He had to, or he’d be stuck on a losing team forever.
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