Here is where the story starts to get interesting!! One newsie per chapter,
in alphabetical order.
A/N: This chapter is dedicated to Tunes who gave me the idea for it. Woo Hoo Tunes. *tosses her a half-naked Skittery*
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*****Blink, Sab and Patchess*****
"Excuse me, Quipster, but I think he's with me." Patchess announced as she approached Blink and Quipster, with Sab trailing behind her practicing her ditz slap in case Quipster got fresh.
Quipster clutched Blink with her right hand and faced the two girls. "I don't think so." she said with a smile as she began to massage his shoulder.
Patchess made to snatch Blink out of Quipster's clutches but stopped when a light bulb appeared over Sab's head. "Ummm, Sab? Do you have an idea?"
"Uh- what? Oh yeah, sure." Sab cried as she suddenly ran to where Stress, who was still handcuffed to Jack, was trying to convince Jack to marry her. "C'mon, Jack, I'd be the perfect w-- Sab, what's wrong? Umm-- Do you now there's a light bulb floating over your head?" Stress asked, ignoring Jack for the moment, giving him the perfect opportunity to pick the locks of the handcuffs.
Sab reached up and snatched the floating lightbulb and shoved it in her pocket before saying anything, "Stress, you're our leader right now, right?"
Stress nodded as she slapped Jack's hand as he tried to pick the lock. "Yup, one second. Jack stop that. If it's too tight, I'll loosen it but just wait, k?" she said gently before facing Sabs again. "Anything I can do for you?"
Sab pointed over to the corner where Quipster and Patchess were playing tug of war with Blink's body as the rope. "Quipster is trying to steal the newsie that me and Sab claimed. You're the leader, tell her to stop."
Stress rolled her eyes and began to walk over to the corner. "Quipster, you know that Blink belongs to Sab and Patchess. What are you doing?"
Quipster let go of Blink and watched as he went flying, knocking Tunes, Princess, Skittery and Wish over in the process. "Awww, Stress. I was just having some fun." she cooed as she walked over to Blink and helped him up. Before Sab, Patchess, Stress, Jack or Blink could say a word, Quipster leaned over and kissed Blink. "One down..." she thought to herself as she walked away from the group, looking for her next victim. "Ahh... Bumlets..."
As Sab and Patchess ran over to the now-embarassed-but-none-the-less- pleased Blink, Jack looked over at Stress, trying to divert her attention from their wrists so he could try to get out of the handcuffs again. "So, I'm claimed by you and Blink's claimed by those two?" he asked as he jerked his thumb towards Sab and Patchess.
Stress nodded as she began to lead him back to a secluded corner so she could resume their wedding plans. "Yup, good idea, huh?"
Jack tried to reach over and snatch his hat back since it was useless to try to escape. "You guys gots good ideas too?"
Meanwhile Blink was being dragged out of the lodging house by Sab and Patchess. "We got to get you as far away from that girl as possible." Patchess announced as she tossed her long blonde hair over one of her tan shoulders.
Blink shrugged his shoulders and, his well-known grin coming back to his face now that he was safe from Quipster, introduced himself to the two girls. "Hiya goils, me name is Kid Blink, but you'se can cawl me Blink."
"We know!" squealed Sab, her blue eyes shining with excitement to be talking to Blink. "I'm Sab and this is Patchess. We're going to be with you forever and ever and ever and ever--"
Patchess cut Sab off when Blink's grin began to look shakey. "So, Blink, what do you want to do? Any place you want to show us?"
Before Blink could answer, there was a streak of red lightning flashing throughout the sky. "Umm-- dat ain't normal." he noted, rubbing the blue eye that wasn't covered with his brown patch.
"No, no it's not." agreed Sab as Patchess just rolled her eyes at the two. "If it wasn't for the fact that he's sooooo hott..." she mumbled as she repeated her questions to Blink. "What do you guys want to do?"
"Let's go to da harbah." Blink said before covering his mouth with his hand. "I didn't say that."
Sab stopped walking for a second, looking puzzled. "Yes, you did."
"I know I did, but it's like da woids jist came out by demselves. I was gonna suggest Tibby's but da woids 'da harbah' came out 'stead." Blink replied, continuing to walk in the direction of the Harbor.
Sab and Patchess looked at each other and shrugged. "We can go to Tibby's later. I want to see all the fishies in the water." Sab grinned as she followed Blink, with Patchess running to catch up with Blink's stride.
The three made their way to the Harbor in silence, just glad that there was no more freakish red lightning in the sky. I mean, if it wasn't raining or anything, why would there be lightning? And, red? What's up with that? I don't know, guess we are gonna hafta read on...
"Wow, I just got the strangest chill-- Oh my God, what is that?" Patchess cried as she grabbed onto Blink's arm and pointed out at a ship that was docking in the harbor.
But it wasn't just any ordinary ship. It was a pirate ship complete with a black flag adorned with a menacing skull and crossbones.
As Sab, Patchess and Blink gawked in amazement at the ship, three flashes of the ominous red lightning lit up the cloudless sky and T.A.R.K. appeared. "Mwahahaha, let da havoc begin." he announced as he conjoured up a cloud and sat to watch the spectacle before him.
"Havoc, what does he mean, havoc?" Sab cried as she began to run around in circles in panic. Blink looked at the two girls and smiled. "Froggy, me pal. Ya wouldn't do nuttin' ta one o' your own, eh?"
T.A.R.K. laughed as he watched Patchess smack Blink in his belly. "No, I t'ink I will. Enjoy, Blinky Boy! Mwahahahaha!!" he laughed evilly as he used his magical abilities to make the pirate ship appear right at the harbor's docks.
Blink rubbed his belly and shrugged apologetically at Patchess and Sab. "I tried. Any o' you'se goils got a good idea?"
Sab nodded, then shook her head, then did three back handsprings before answering. "What do we look like, Cowboy?"
Patchess opened her mouth to add her two cents when she suddenly gasped and pointed at the people who were exiting the pirate ship. It was cotton candy colored cuckoo birds - no, wait, that was ship next to the pirate ship - they were PIRATES!! AHHHH!!
The biggest baddest pirate, complete with eye patch, peg leg and stuffed parrot on his shoulder, pointed at Blink and said, "Arrrggh! Avast ye maties, there is One-Eyed Pete. Get 'im."
The other pirates all drew their cutlasses and charged at Blink, who, at the first sight at the pirates, had jumped behind Sab and Patchess for cover. Patchess through out her hands and yelled, "Wait a second, this isn't One-Eyed Pete or who ever the heck you are looking for. This is Kid Blink, a regular newsboy here in New York."
"Step aside, missy. Dis here is Pete, is I ever seen 'im. Petey, here, abandoned ship wit' me terasure map an' I want it back!" The pirate cried, raising his sword over his head.
As Sab and Blink cowered under the pirate's rage, Patchess stood up for them. "But this isn't Pete! Tell him, Blink."
Blink looked up at the pirate, shivered at the sight of the sword, and fainted. Sab watched Blink fall, laughed when he hit the ground with a heavy thud, and ran to the docks. After she cupped some of the water in her hand, she ran back to splash Blink and wake him up. Unfortunately, by the time she ran back to his side all of the water had spilled from her hands. "This'll have to make do." she shrugged as she bent over and kicked Blink in the head (gently though, she didn't want to hurt her Blink.)
Blink's eyes sprung open once he felt the heel of Sab's shoe make contact with his head. "Wheah am I? Oh, goils, you'll nevah believe da dream I jist had. I dreamt dat dis big ol' pirate kept cawlin' me Pete an' wavin' a swod at us." Blink chuckled as he rubbed his head. When he saw that Sab and Patchess were not laughing along with him, Blink looked over his shoulder where the pirate stood waving at him. "Ya ready ta give me da map, Petey?"
"For da last time, I ain't Petey!" he yelled, getting quite frustrated at the name Pete. If he was a pirate, he would have picked a cool name, but Pete? Naw...
"Well, I tried to be civil, landlubber, but it didn't work-- What are you laughing at, Sea Dog?" The big pirate turned to yell at one of the smaller ones.
The smaller one, the one called Sea Dog, just kept laughing until his gut was busted. "It's just that, we are pirates, Cap'n. Pirates ain't supposed to be civil."
The Captain stroked his long black beard as he pondered Sea Dog's words. "Hmm... I suppose you're right, Sea Dog. Then I guess it'll be great fun to slit this young'n's neck, eh, boys?"
Sab jumped forward. "You can't hurt my Blink."
The Captain looked surprise at the gall the girl had. Imagine, a little girl going up against him, the Captain. "An' what do you propose to do about it, girly?"
"I'll-- I'll-- I'll... Hmm. I don't right know. Let me think about this." Sab started to pace back and forth, twirling her long brown hair as she did so. "I know!" Sab reached in her pocket where she had stowed the lightbulb from her earlier brainstorm. Because she had just had another idea, the lightbulb had begun to grow. It was used to never working, considering that Sab is a ditz and never had ideas that required a lightbulb. Now, though, she had had TWO ideas in one day!!
The Captain, Sea Dog, and all the rest of the pirates laughed at the light bulb that Sab was brandishing as Blink and Patchess began to make plans on how to escape while Sab was occupying the pirates. "I've got a lightbulb and I'm not afraid to use it." she threatened.
When the pirates continued walking towards Blink, and Blink began to pray to Heaven above, Sab acted. With all the strength she could muster Sab smashed the gigantic lightbulb at the Captain's feet. With glass and light flying everywhere, the Pirates took a few steps back, and froze.
Wait, they froze?
Yes they froze. "Mwahahaha... Havin' fun, kiddie's? Hey, goils. Didn't you'se evah wondah weah Blink got his patch? I guess dat salty ol' sea captain took it when Petey stahted actin' up. I'll be back! 'Til den, enjoy da havoc!!" With another three flashes of red lightning T.A.R.K. disappeared, leaving Blink to explain himself to two not very happy NMLer's.
"Pete?" Sab and Patchess asked in unison.
"For da last time, me name ain't Pete!!" he cried as he shook a fist at the cloud where T.A.R.K. had witnessed the entire scene. "Damn you, Froggy!"
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There's that!! Woo Hoo!! The next newsie up at bat is Bumlets. If you have any idea for a havoc involving Bunlets LMK, k? Thanks!
A/N: This chapter is dedicated to Tunes who gave me the idea for it. Woo Hoo Tunes. *tosses her a half-naked Skittery*
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*****Blink, Sab and Patchess*****
"Excuse me, Quipster, but I think he's with me." Patchess announced as she approached Blink and Quipster, with Sab trailing behind her practicing her ditz slap in case Quipster got fresh.
Quipster clutched Blink with her right hand and faced the two girls. "I don't think so." she said with a smile as she began to massage his shoulder.
Patchess made to snatch Blink out of Quipster's clutches but stopped when a light bulb appeared over Sab's head. "Ummm, Sab? Do you have an idea?"
"Uh- what? Oh yeah, sure." Sab cried as she suddenly ran to where Stress, who was still handcuffed to Jack, was trying to convince Jack to marry her. "C'mon, Jack, I'd be the perfect w-- Sab, what's wrong? Umm-- Do you now there's a light bulb floating over your head?" Stress asked, ignoring Jack for the moment, giving him the perfect opportunity to pick the locks of the handcuffs.
Sab reached up and snatched the floating lightbulb and shoved it in her pocket before saying anything, "Stress, you're our leader right now, right?"
Stress nodded as she slapped Jack's hand as he tried to pick the lock. "Yup, one second. Jack stop that. If it's too tight, I'll loosen it but just wait, k?" she said gently before facing Sabs again. "Anything I can do for you?"
Sab pointed over to the corner where Quipster and Patchess were playing tug of war with Blink's body as the rope. "Quipster is trying to steal the newsie that me and Sab claimed. You're the leader, tell her to stop."
Stress rolled her eyes and began to walk over to the corner. "Quipster, you know that Blink belongs to Sab and Patchess. What are you doing?"
Quipster let go of Blink and watched as he went flying, knocking Tunes, Princess, Skittery and Wish over in the process. "Awww, Stress. I was just having some fun." she cooed as she walked over to Blink and helped him up. Before Sab, Patchess, Stress, Jack or Blink could say a word, Quipster leaned over and kissed Blink. "One down..." she thought to herself as she walked away from the group, looking for her next victim. "Ahh... Bumlets..."
As Sab and Patchess ran over to the now-embarassed-but-none-the-less- pleased Blink, Jack looked over at Stress, trying to divert her attention from their wrists so he could try to get out of the handcuffs again. "So, I'm claimed by you and Blink's claimed by those two?" he asked as he jerked his thumb towards Sab and Patchess.
Stress nodded as she began to lead him back to a secluded corner so she could resume their wedding plans. "Yup, good idea, huh?"
Jack tried to reach over and snatch his hat back since it was useless to try to escape. "You guys gots good ideas too?"
Meanwhile Blink was being dragged out of the lodging house by Sab and Patchess. "We got to get you as far away from that girl as possible." Patchess announced as she tossed her long blonde hair over one of her tan shoulders.
Blink shrugged his shoulders and, his well-known grin coming back to his face now that he was safe from Quipster, introduced himself to the two girls. "Hiya goils, me name is Kid Blink, but you'se can cawl me Blink."
"We know!" squealed Sab, her blue eyes shining with excitement to be talking to Blink. "I'm Sab and this is Patchess. We're going to be with you forever and ever and ever and ever--"
Patchess cut Sab off when Blink's grin began to look shakey. "So, Blink, what do you want to do? Any place you want to show us?"
Before Blink could answer, there was a streak of red lightning flashing throughout the sky. "Umm-- dat ain't normal." he noted, rubbing the blue eye that wasn't covered with his brown patch.
"No, no it's not." agreed Sab as Patchess just rolled her eyes at the two. "If it wasn't for the fact that he's sooooo hott..." she mumbled as she repeated her questions to Blink. "What do you guys want to do?"
"Let's go to da harbah." Blink said before covering his mouth with his hand. "I didn't say that."
Sab stopped walking for a second, looking puzzled. "Yes, you did."
"I know I did, but it's like da woids jist came out by demselves. I was gonna suggest Tibby's but da woids 'da harbah' came out 'stead." Blink replied, continuing to walk in the direction of the Harbor.
Sab and Patchess looked at each other and shrugged. "We can go to Tibby's later. I want to see all the fishies in the water." Sab grinned as she followed Blink, with Patchess running to catch up with Blink's stride.
The three made their way to the Harbor in silence, just glad that there was no more freakish red lightning in the sky. I mean, if it wasn't raining or anything, why would there be lightning? And, red? What's up with that? I don't know, guess we are gonna hafta read on...
"Wow, I just got the strangest chill-- Oh my God, what is that?" Patchess cried as she grabbed onto Blink's arm and pointed out at a ship that was docking in the harbor.
But it wasn't just any ordinary ship. It was a pirate ship complete with a black flag adorned with a menacing skull and crossbones.
As Sab, Patchess and Blink gawked in amazement at the ship, three flashes of the ominous red lightning lit up the cloudless sky and T.A.R.K. appeared. "Mwahahaha, let da havoc begin." he announced as he conjoured up a cloud and sat to watch the spectacle before him.
"Havoc, what does he mean, havoc?" Sab cried as she began to run around in circles in panic. Blink looked at the two girls and smiled. "Froggy, me pal. Ya wouldn't do nuttin' ta one o' your own, eh?"
T.A.R.K. laughed as he watched Patchess smack Blink in his belly. "No, I t'ink I will. Enjoy, Blinky Boy! Mwahahahaha!!" he laughed evilly as he used his magical abilities to make the pirate ship appear right at the harbor's docks.
Blink rubbed his belly and shrugged apologetically at Patchess and Sab. "I tried. Any o' you'se goils got a good idea?"
Sab nodded, then shook her head, then did three back handsprings before answering. "What do we look like, Cowboy?"
Patchess opened her mouth to add her two cents when she suddenly gasped and pointed at the people who were exiting the pirate ship. It was cotton candy colored cuckoo birds - no, wait, that was ship next to the pirate ship - they were PIRATES!! AHHHH!!
The biggest baddest pirate, complete with eye patch, peg leg and stuffed parrot on his shoulder, pointed at Blink and said, "Arrrggh! Avast ye maties, there is One-Eyed Pete. Get 'im."
The other pirates all drew their cutlasses and charged at Blink, who, at the first sight at the pirates, had jumped behind Sab and Patchess for cover. Patchess through out her hands and yelled, "Wait a second, this isn't One-Eyed Pete or who ever the heck you are looking for. This is Kid Blink, a regular newsboy here in New York."
"Step aside, missy. Dis here is Pete, is I ever seen 'im. Petey, here, abandoned ship wit' me terasure map an' I want it back!" The pirate cried, raising his sword over his head.
As Sab and Blink cowered under the pirate's rage, Patchess stood up for them. "But this isn't Pete! Tell him, Blink."
Blink looked up at the pirate, shivered at the sight of the sword, and fainted. Sab watched Blink fall, laughed when he hit the ground with a heavy thud, and ran to the docks. After she cupped some of the water in her hand, she ran back to splash Blink and wake him up. Unfortunately, by the time she ran back to his side all of the water had spilled from her hands. "This'll have to make do." she shrugged as she bent over and kicked Blink in the head (gently though, she didn't want to hurt her Blink.)
Blink's eyes sprung open once he felt the heel of Sab's shoe make contact with his head. "Wheah am I? Oh, goils, you'll nevah believe da dream I jist had. I dreamt dat dis big ol' pirate kept cawlin' me Pete an' wavin' a swod at us." Blink chuckled as he rubbed his head. When he saw that Sab and Patchess were not laughing along with him, Blink looked over his shoulder where the pirate stood waving at him. "Ya ready ta give me da map, Petey?"
"For da last time, I ain't Petey!" he yelled, getting quite frustrated at the name Pete. If he was a pirate, he would have picked a cool name, but Pete? Naw...
"Well, I tried to be civil, landlubber, but it didn't work-- What are you laughing at, Sea Dog?" The big pirate turned to yell at one of the smaller ones.
The smaller one, the one called Sea Dog, just kept laughing until his gut was busted. "It's just that, we are pirates, Cap'n. Pirates ain't supposed to be civil."
The Captain stroked his long black beard as he pondered Sea Dog's words. "Hmm... I suppose you're right, Sea Dog. Then I guess it'll be great fun to slit this young'n's neck, eh, boys?"
Sab jumped forward. "You can't hurt my Blink."
The Captain looked surprise at the gall the girl had. Imagine, a little girl going up against him, the Captain. "An' what do you propose to do about it, girly?"
"I'll-- I'll-- I'll... Hmm. I don't right know. Let me think about this." Sab started to pace back and forth, twirling her long brown hair as she did so. "I know!" Sab reached in her pocket where she had stowed the lightbulb from her earlier brainstorm. Because she had just had another idea, the lightbulb had begun to grow. It was used to never working, considering that Sab is a ditz and never had ideas that required a lightbulb. Now, though, she had had TWO ideas in one day!!
The Captain, Sea Dog, and all the rest of the pirates laughed at the light bulb that Sab was brandishing as Blink and Patchess began to make plans on how to escape while Sab was occupying the pirates. "I've got a lightbulb and I'm not afraid to use it." she threatened.
When the pirates continued walking towards Blink, and Blink began to pray to Heaven above, Sab acted. With all the strength she could muster Sab smashed the gigantic lightbulb at the Captain's feet. With glass and light flying everywhere, the Pirates took a few steps back, and froze.
Wait, they froze?
Yes they froze. "Mwahahaha... Havin' fun, kiddie's? Hey, goils. Didn't you'se evah wondah weah Blink got his patch? I guess dat salty ol' sea captain took it when Petey stahted actin' up. I'll be back! 'Til den, enjoy da havoc!!" With another three flashes of red lightning T.A.R.K. disappeared, leaving Blink to explain himself to two not very happy NMLer's.
"Pete?" Sab and Patchess asked in unison.
"For da last time, me name ain't Pete!!" he cried as he shook a fist at the cloud where T.A.R.K. had witnessed the entire scene. "Damn you, Froggy!"
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There's that!! Woo Hoo!! The next newsie up at bat is Bumlets. If you have any idea for a havoc involving Bunlets LMK, k? Thanks!