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I stood up from the bed after crying for hours. I looked at my self in the mirror bloody, naked and covered in what would be bruises. I pulled my clothes on, ignoring the rips and threw the door open.
"OSCAR DELANCY!" My voice ripped from my throat everyone in the warehouse turned to me.
"Frenchy!"
There was racetrack who was backed by several newsies including Spot Conlon. Race was covered in bruises and cuts, but he smiled at me.
"Where the Fuck Is Oscar!" I growled. I took a few steps forward capturing a bottle in my hand. Oscar was pushed out of the crowd, and smirked at me.
"Back for round two already?"
"Hardly" I spat slamming the bottle on the table breaking it in half. I held the sharp edges at him. He chuckled at me.
"That wouldn't be smart" Ivan spoke suddenly.
"Go to hell" I took a step to him. "Ivan I hope you burn in the fiery Pits of hell."
"Frenchy!" Jack called "We have this under control"
"Listen to your friends Frenchy" Ivan reached out and grabbed me pulling me into him and blowing his cigar smoke in my face.
"Cant breath Frenchy?" He Sneered, throwing me on the floor. I ached for breath my lugs feeling ten times smaller. "Why don't we tell them what Oscar did, better yet how about we show them?" He yanked me off the floor ripping my dress completely off.
Spot moved first pulling his cane from his belt, and leaping at Ivan. With one blow to the head, Ivan was down. Brooklyn newsies popped out of corners shooting their slingshot at the gang. The Manhattan boys jumped next, Racetrack running straight to Oscar. Chaos engulfed the warehouse. My breathing was labored but bearable as I stood before taking off to find Doc. I tossed open the door to our holding room and he jumped up to hug me.
"I heard you screaming" he cried, "What did they do to you?"
"Nothing Doc, just beat me up" I lied. "You need to help me find Raven"
"She's here?"
"Yes, Stay close ok?" He nodded vigorously, and we opening any doors we found. In the first room was several young girls cowering in the corner.
"Run!" I yelled they looked at me insanely, "Run now and don't stop" Slowly they got up and ran from the room, to the exit. "Doc, baby I need you to run to the Lodging house for me and stay there, understand?"
"I want to help you"
"You are, just go"
He hugged me quickly before running off. I ran over to Ivan's motionless body.
"Get up" I growled kicking him in the side. He rolled over and looked at me.
"Where's Raven?"
"The pretty one?"
"Yeah her."
"I guess you'll just have to find her"
I rolled my eyes at him before kicking him in the head as hard as I could. The newsies were miraculously wining the fight as I ran up stairs. My cuts had re opened and blood was gushing from them, I was still running around in only my undergarments, but that was the least of my worries.
"RAVEN!" I yelled out, hopping she would answer back. Nothing. I ran room to room tossing doors open, to find nothing, or more poor girls and women Ivan had made his. Suddenly Spots voice rang out.
"GET OUT NOW!" he screamed. I ran to the railing to find one of Ivan's men pouring oil everywhere. The world slowed down as he pulled out a match and ran it on its box. I let out a scream as the match lit.
"RUN!" Jack Screamed, as the man let the match fall to the floor in a puddle of oil and then everything was up in flames.
Find raven was all I could think.
"Frenchy get out of here!"
"I have to find Raven!"
I ran, slamming open door after door. The last door I came across was locked.
"RAVEN!" I pounded on it, screaming for her.
"Frenchy!"
She was there.
"The doors locked Raven, I have to break it down, the warehouse is on fire!"
"Help me Frenchy!"
I ran backwards getting as far away from the door as possible, then ran at it with all my strength. I bounced off landing on my arm with a crack. I was sure it was broken.
"Hurry Frenchy!" I looked at the door now clouded with smoke, my lungs filling up. I took a deep breath, and stood. I the door throwing my body weight into it. It wasn't working.
"Raven I cant breath!" I let out, falling against the floor wiggling the handle. Suddenly there was someone behind me.
"MOVE RAVEN" they shouted, before kicking the door. It banged off the hinges and Raven ran out. The person behind me caught me right as I fell backwards my lungs
Closing.
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"Oh god!"
"Just breathe!"
"Frenchy!"
"JUST BREATHE FRENCHY!"
There were voices around me, hands on my chest, pumping up and down, then a mouth on mine filling my lungs with air.
"No, NO! Those bastards KILLED HER!"
"I'm going to kill them!"
The air they were filling me with wouldn't stay, it wouldn't catch in my lungs.
"Oh my god, oh my god"
"Dear god, please, please don't take her from us. She's not ready yet, we're not ready yet"
"She's gone Race, gone"
The person was shoved off me.
"No she's not!"
They were back.
"Where the hell did Spot go?"
"Where's my knife?"
"Shit! Skittery, find him!"
"We need a doctor!"
Suddenly my face was being assaulted with droplets. Was it raining or was someone crying.
"Please Frenchy, Just Breathe"
Then the air caught.
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