Disclaimer: I don't own Newsies or any of the characters from the movie. While a good number of the characters in this are mine, there are many who belong to others. Everyone's character is their own, and much thanks to them for letting me borrow them for a while.

Without a glance to anyone else in the room, a tall young man walked up to the bar. He leaned up against it and ordered vodka, straight, before turning to girl sitting on the stool next to him.

"What do you want, now?" she asked, the corners of her mouth twitching with the desire to break into a smirk. Without bothering to look at him, she took a drag off the cigarette hanging from her fingers. To the average outsider they could look like siblings, both with dark hair and eyes, except that he snaked his arm around her waist as if he owned her in a purely non-brotherly way. He scowled, picking up his drink and taking a long sip.

"A little respect would be nice, Emma," he growled. "Special project for you." She finally looked at him, a glint in her eyes.

"Go on." He finished his drink and leaned down, his nose brushing against her ear as he whispered to her. As he went further and further in explanation her eyes glimmered more. When he had finished she turned, looking up at him. "And if I refuse?"

"Like hell you will!" he laughed harshly. "Find him, get in, and take it down. I know you've been waiting for this. Immer treu." She murmured his last words back to him, looking back down into her glass. He tossed some coins down on the bar and walked out as he had come in – without a notice to anyone else.

"Damn, Dorjan," she murmured, finishing her drink. "It's about time."