I woke up with a killer headache and looked around in my newsie clothes and looked around putting my hair into a low messy bun with my elastic and looked around wiping sweat from my forehead. I walked up the stairs and stood blinking my green eyes and another girl stood there and she looks like siren. Her eyes are blue a pale shade actually with ratty blonde hair.

"who da 'ell are you?" she asked annoyed I looked at her and stuttered a bit kind of caught off guard and looked around the same dingy basement and creaky stairs and gulped a bit.

"umm…well youse see" I said going into a sort of stunned mode she roughly gripped my arm and dragged me up the stairs to the apparent lounging room with a small fireplace and a couple really old couches. It was a dingy room and I couldn't even get a better look as I was dragged outside and when we made it to the docks I was thrown down roughly and hit the ground hard. I grunted in pain and a foot was put onto my back making me cringe a bit but I decided to be strong and ignore the pain as best as possible and it was hard for me to do.

"spot dis goil was in da basement so ise brought 'er to yas" siren said annoyed and I looked around and saw no help from anyone they were all standing there with their arms crossed over their chests watching on. I felt humiliated in so many ways.

"hmm" someone hummed and I heard a smack not like to the face but more like a kiss and I internally gagged and stopped trying to look around and put my arms under my head like I was resting and waited. "so…siren let 'er up" the cold voice commanded. I put my head on my right hand and let my elbow rest on the dock waiting and their was hesitating and I tapped my fingers impatiently.

"Ise dink he said to let me up" I said dryly and sarcastically I felt the foot be lifted and I started to get up and narrowed my green eyes and I got kicked back down I quickly turned my head when I fell and cringed when my head smacked the ground and I heard laughter and her cackle. I know why now I hated that drawing in the first place she had a cruel air to her.

"siren" someone said chidingly and chilly like an icestorm on its way and I ignored my pain and turned to my back and swept her feet from under her. She fell over and we glared at eachother and she went at me but I rolled aaway and I saw a strong hand grab her away. I traced the hand up the long tanned arm and it was muscular to a nicely built shoulder to a nice neck….mmmm wait stop! Okay I snapped my head to a face and saw an annoying smirk, nice nose, and beautiful grayish blue eyes like they could switch instantly.

I stood up slowly me and her eyeing eachother sizing eachother up and I put a smirk onto my face and sighed internally 'this is not good..your here to save both spot and siren…though I do want to kill her' I thought grimly. I grabbed my hat and put it onto my head and tipped it up so I could see better.

"who are youse?" spot asked and I crossed my arms over my chest and popped my hip out a bit. I gulped a bit and looked around and finally answered clearing my throat a bit.

"Juliet Carpenter" I said clearly he nodded and looked me over closely and I couldn't help but slightly hold in a chill that went through me and siren wrapped her arms around him like she was desperate for him to not notice me.

"why were youse in da basement of me newsie lodge" he said not caring really and I sighed a bit and pinched the bridge of my nose and came up with a quick story.

"Ise came lookin for youse and needed lodgin last night..ise hoid dat youse let in goil newsies so I decided to join" I said carefully he looked at me and glared narrowing his eyes for a second then he seemed to think for a second and smirked a bit.

"spot why don't wese give 'er da initiation and see how long she lasts" siren simpered to him making me internally gag again.

"dive into dat dere wateh…and stay in for 30 minutes treading water…" he said off handedly I went wide eyed and looked at spot like he was fucking nuts which I of course think he is 'spot you better be fucking worth this…you didn't tell me 30 minutes' I thought annoyed at the ghost. I looked at spot narrow eyed and took my button up off and pulled up the sleeves of my longjohns, and my cap I threw down and I pulled my hair down and braided it and kicked off my socks and shoes pulling my suspenders over my shoulders.

"fine" I said walking to the edge and I swiftly dived in and instantly felt the stab of tiny needles from the cold. I gracefully swam to the surface and gasped for air and started my thirty minutes none too happy at all happy right now. I looked around myself keeping myself warm by moving in place and I looked up at spot and some hair flopped into his face and he brushed it away putting his hat back on. He stood there arms crossed over his chest studying me and my teeth are chattering right now and I kept my defiant look on my face gritting my teeth together and I trembled everywhere else.

"how ya doin down dere?" spot asked after 5 minutes and I ignored him and he chuckled kneeling down on the docks tipping his head to the side like a dog…then I started to chuckle internally and a defiant smirk lit my face. 'spot the dog' I thought with a grin. "stubborn ting aren't ya?" he asked and I glared up at him.

"oh shut up" I snapped at him and he smirked a bit at me and thought of something that amused him.

"tempeh tempeh" he said chidingly at me I just glared at him and he sighed a bit and sat there bored for another ten minutes while my muscles were aching with the cold. I just hope I don't cramp up…that usually hurt like hell. I turned away from him keeping myself going and I was getting tired I can feel it. "soooo…" he started I just ignored him focusing on my breaths and I sighed a bit.

"listen ise don't want ta talk…okay?...ise am focusing" I said away from him and he sighed annoyed at me and I felt a cramp start to build in my leg and I cringed a bit. After a while longer spot said I could get out and I swam over and got onto the dock. I cringed and stumbled a bit to my shirt after wringing my pants and stuff as much as I can with my clothes on I growled wringing my hair out and spot was just watching me. It was kind of eerie really.

"tomorrow youse are sellin a hundred papes...i will have someone watchin youse do it youse 'ave ta sell em in three hours…den yuose will fight me biggest newise" he said off handed I looked at him angrily and slipped my shirt on and le my suspenders hang. I went through my shirt pocket nd pulled out a rolled up smoke with matches and lit it inhaling the sweet tobacco. Spot watched me closely and I snapped at him getting annoyed by him watching my smoke. "WHAT!" I yelled angrily he looked at me steadily and shook his head at me.

"watch dat tempeh!" he said coldly I glared at him and he glared back 'well being on his bad side wont help things later on…..crap I forgot to ask the ghost spot when he died…shit.'

I walked inside after putting my smoke out and I was led to a room and it had all the girls in it and they all glared at me angrily making me want to shrink back but I didn't I still have my pride. 'shit this going to be a long run' I thought before gulping quietly in slight fear.