Up on a new story! My first Oliver fic, so enjoy! :)
DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything except for the plot.
/Chapter 1/
Dodger stood still, trying to hide the sound of his breathing. He'd been following Nancy ever since that bastard Sikes had that argument with her. He feared that since they were having so many disagreements they would turn against each other. Not that he minded Nancy being unoccupied. He was just afraid of what exactly Sikes could do if he was angry.
Nancy had brought Oliver near to London Bridge. He stared grimly as Nancy leaned down to whisper instructions into Oliver's ear. She would never do that to him. He probably didn't deserve it. But his only fault was that he'd adapted better to his present lifestyle. It wasn't his fault that his miserable batch of parents had left him scarred and never to regain his innocence for the rest of his life. Drat Oliver for making everything perfect this way.
Then, it just all happened in one second.
Dodger just wasn't paying attention for half a minute, thinking about Oliver and how they'd met. He was just about to feel sorry about Oliver for bringing him into this life and this amount of trouble when suddenly someone was screaming. He knew that voice. It was Nancy. He turned around hastily, cursing himself for looking away. Then he saw something that he never wished to ever see again.
Covered in blood, still twitching slightly, Nancy's body lay underneath the bridge. He couldn't bear to look at it, but he didn't dare look away, either. He felt paralyzed, helpless. He desperately needed to move, to go and talk to her, to hold her, but he just couldn't. He could almost hear her breathing heavy amounts of air. Panting, more like. He couldn't understand the situation. Surely this couldn't be Nancy, why would she be dead? He fought with the reality that was surely on its way to making him go insane. It was then when Dodger saw him.
Bill Sikes, one of his hands bloody and grabbing Oliver by the other. He was trembling. The man on the bridge – What was his name, Mr. Brownlow? – noticed Nancy and Bill at the foot of the bridge, and started to yell at the top of his lungs. Bill started running. Resisting the urge to stay with Nancy, to be with her at the very last moment, Dodger followed, hoping he could avenge Nancy's death. He felt no fear now. He felt nothing more than the red-hot anger that clouded his vision and his enormous grief for Nancy. He fought back the tears that were surely on their way, and tried to concentrate in following Bill.
Around a corner, Dodger spotted Bill, threatening Bullseye and covering Oliver's escape route loosely. He wasn't watching Oliver as carefully as before – Oliver was just too terrified, or too weak to escape. He thought about Nancy, about how she'd risked her life to bring back Oliver to happiness. If he couldn't have Nancy love him, maybe he could just make her happy at the very least. Her dying wish granted. At least he could do that…..
It didn't take him two seconds to decide.
He started to run full speed, and very deliberately charged into Bill's massive form. Sikes stumbled, and fell to the ground, totally hit by surprise. Bill was shoved off the entrance of Oliver's temporary prison, but Oliver just stood still, trembling like crazy. Dodger wasn't looking when Bill hit him back. He fell backwards, and suddenly he could taste blood in his mouth. It maddened him to think that this was probably similar to the way that Nancy had died. He felt another surge of anger, and before he could think his body was reacting instinctively. He hit Bill back in the face and rolled over before he could get him back for it. Bill rose slowly, and Dodger saw the murderous look in his eyes. He'd done it once, he could do it again. Dodger breathed in softly, so that Bill wouldn't recognize him gaining air. And then he did it.
"HELP! THERE'S A MURDERER IN THE LOOSE! HEEEEELP!" He yelled in a volume he had never experienced before. Bill looked shocked, almost clueless for one second. Then it turned into fury. Dodger kept on screaming, hoping dearly that someone would hear. Suddenly Bill jumped at Dodger, who fell underneath his enormous weight. He aimed a kick in Bill's stomach just in time to avoid being crushed. Then they both heard the mob of people that were coming in their way. Dodger's eyes met Oliver's for a second time, and he knew what to do.
He charged towards Bill again, but when an expecting Bill swerved his arms to catch him, he merely slid smoothly underneath as they groped uselessly to catch him. Dodger grabbed Oliver, and started to pull him in the direction where he'd heard the mob. Bill hesitated for a moment, and then started to run the other way. Dodger saw that, and made a swift curve to avoid the mob as well. He didn't want to get himself caught in awkward situations. 'Sides, he could almost hear the rhythmic sound of the beak's feet. Near a small stream, he stopped running. He could see the moon well here. Nice scenery. He hadn't noticed until now, but it was full moon. That had been why they had such an easy escape – the moonlight pretty much covered it all. He stared at the moon, tears welling in his eyes.
"Oh, Nancy…. If you'd just been able to see me there….." He sighed, and started singing a song that he'd loved to sing with Nancy, with a little bit of change.
"I'd done everything for you, dear, everything
For you meant everything to me
You know that I'd gone everywhere for your smile, everywhere
For your smile, everywhere I'd seen
I'd have climbed a hill…..
Worn a daffodil….
Left you all my will….
I even fought your Bill….
I've risked everything for one kiss, everything
Yes, I'd done everything
Everything for you…."
He softly shed a tear, and wiped it back hastily. Oliver didn't need to know that Dodger had loved Nancy. On the contrary, he was better off not knowing. He turned around, deciding to take Oliver back to their hideout. And then he froze.
The song is, as you already know, a bad parody of 'I'd do everything' from the musical.
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