Chapter Five
As they came into view of the Brooklyn Bridge Blink was getting increasingly nervous, what would Spot do to him? He was also getting incredibly irritated with Crutchy who was still talking about Sauerkraut, what was so freakin' interesting about the stuff anyway, he thought that maybe he would have known if he'd paid attention to anything that Crutchy had said, unfortunately he hadn't so it remained a mystery... As they entered Brooklyn Blink saw a few Newsies that he recognised, strangely enough they were all giving Crutchy looks of death, obviously his fame for being just plain irritating reached outside of Manhattan. Well some of them looked distinctly like they were about to stuff Crutchy's crutch up his nose, and this couldn't be doing Blink's street cred any good so they headed quickly for the lodging house. When they got to the door they could hear strange chanting coming from inside, Blink signalled for Crutchy to shut up and wait, he sneaked inside and was greeted with a very peculiar sight! Most of the Brooklyn newsies were sitting in yoga positions on the floor and spot was sitting there in the middle of them, his eyes were swirling and he was repeating in a calm voice
"you will obey me...you are under my power...you are strong...feel your strength growing...I am your queen bee, you will use this strength to protect me and do my bidding"
Okay, Queen bee? The newsies were all a bit camp but today was just stretching the limits a bit...
"Ah ha! Intruder!" came Spot's voice, I can sense it... bring them to me!"
Blink watched as the newsies slowly came out of their trance and made their way towards where he was standing. About four of them picked him up and carried him over to Spot.
"Ah, a Manhattan Newsie I see, and tell me what brings you here"
"I need help Spot, you are my last chance" Blink cried "I'm...I'm in love with...with"
"Stop blubbering you fool and tell me!"
"Sphaph" mumbled Blink
"Speak up you ape!" said spot, and he felt a sudden urge to punch a wall but ignored it
"Sarah" shrieked Blink.
One by one the Brooklyn newsies backed away from him, they were tough but they couldn't' cope with that! Spot made a noise a bit like a dying cat then stared at his cane-which Blink was starting to have serious suspicions about-and came under composure again.
"Well I shall try to help you"
"Thank you so much!"
"Follow me"
The whole crowd of Newsies made their way out of the lodging house, Spot saw Crutchy and screamed like a girl then ordered the Brooklyn newsies to carry him with them. Crutchy screamed like a chicken so they gagged him (cue choruses of angels singing praises-we will hear Crutchy's stupid voice no more yippee-dances happily etc-anyway...back to the point...) and the whole very strange looking group of humans-and Crutchy (who is obviously not human)-made their way to the river. Spot's powers work better when he is near Brooklyn bridge (hence why Manhattan newsboys scream off the bridge, cause they know that is Spot finds them there they will be no match for him...well it's a theory...) Well when they got there Spot lead Blink onto the bridge
"Now my child-"
"What?" cried Blink "don't call me that man, You'se freakin' me out"
"Fine then-hmph-Now stupid Manhattan brainless, blond, freaknewsie" he began again
"Now that's me" smiled Blink, then his brain worked out what spot had said and he sulked
"SHUT UP! Right...look deep into my eyes, deeeeeeeepppp, deeper, you do not love Sarah, instead you will focus all your love on the planet and flowers, you will wear pink, you will invent a new fashion trend called "hippyism" will someone shut that stupid Crutchy weirdo up please?"
Crutchy continued to squawk, he seemed to be trying to tell them something
"Now, how do you feel?"
"Exactly the same man, peace and love!"
"That worked?! I thought that only worked on people from Brooklyn"
"I'm joking you dumbass"
"Right, you will pay for that! Release the Crutched one"
Several of the Brooklyn newsies proceeded to ungag Crutchy and place him on the ground, Spot muttered something and waved his cane, pink fluffy earmuffs appeared on each of the Brooklyn newsies, the seemed strangely happy with the colour. Blink caught many comments along the lines of 'wow, these really compliment my new boots!' 'Okay, enough of the camp newsies' he though, this was really starting to get him scared! Crutchy ran over to him...
"Blink! Blink! I'se gotta tell youse something!"
"If this is about Sauerkraut I swear-"
"No, it's this brain of mine-"
"It's always makin' mistakes, I know"
"No! I thinks I'se figured out why you'se fancy Sarah!"
"Okay...tell all"
"Well you know you'se fell ovah befoah this morning, before all this"
"How did you know that?"
"Like I said, it's this brain of mine-"
"Never mind...carry on"
"Well Sarah was the foist person you'se saw right?"
Blink just gave up on wondering how Crutchy knew all this...
"Uh-hu"
"Well I thinks dat you'se love her cause of dat! An if you'se get another bang on da head, youse'll go back tah being normal again"
"I-"
Before Blink had time to argue Crutchy hit him over the head with his Crutch, unfortunately he overbalanced and fell over the side of the bridge into the river, Blink fell to the ground, he could her cries of 'Yes! The Crutched one is dead!' Everything was dark, he didn't know where he was, then he saw light and heard a familiar female voice,
"I think he's coming round!"
Blink opened his eyes and saw Sarah-urgh, she was ugly, he was cured!!
"Hi, I found you outside the station, lying on the ground so we brought you here, you've been out for ages!"
"But-but-I"
"Don't try and talk, I'll get the plates"
"What has that got to do with anything?"
"Hey Blink"
"No! It can't be-Crutchy! You're meant to be dead"
"What are you'se on about?"
"In Brooklyn, we went there, remember"
"I think you'se musta got hit harder than we though"
All of a sudden Blink saw Davey, he screamed, grabbed Crutchy's crutch and hit himself over the head with it...
As they came into view of the Brooklyn Bridge Blink was getting increasingly nervous, what would Spot do to him? He was also getting incredibly irritated with Crutchy who was still talking about Sauerkraut, what was so freakin' interesting about the stuff anyway, he thought that maybe he would have known if he'd paid attention to anything that Crutchy had said, unfortunately he hadn't so it remained a mystery... As they entered Brooklyn Blink saw a few Newsies that he recognised, strangely enough they were all giving Crutchy looks of death, obviously his fame for being just plain irritating reached outside of Manhattan. Well some of them looked distinctly like they were about to stuff Crutchy's crutch up his nose, and this couldn't be doing Blink's street cred any good so they headed quickly for the lodging house. When they got to the door they could hear strange chanting coming from inside, Blink signalled for Crutchy to shut up and wait, he sneaked inside and was greeted with a very peculiar sight! Most of the Brooklyn newsies were sitting in yoga positions on the floor and spot was sitting there in the middle of them, his eyes were swirling and he was repeating in a calm voice
"you will obey me...you are under my power...you are strong...feel your strength growing...I am your queen bee, you will use this strength to protect me and do my bidding"
Okay, Queen bee? The newsies were all a bit camp but today was just stretching the limits a bit...
"Ah ha! Intruder!" came Spot's voice, I can sense it... bring them to me!"
Blink watched as the newsies slowly came out of their trance and made their way towards where he was standing. About four of them picked him up and carried him over to Spot.
"Ah, a Manhattan Newsie I see, and tell me what brings you here"
"I need help Spot, you are my last chance" Blink cried "I'm...I'm in love with...with"
"Stop blubbering you fool and tell me!"
"Sphaph" mumbled Blink
"Speak up you ape!" said spot, and he felt a sudden urge to punch a wall but ignored it
"Sarah" shrieked Blink.
One by one the Brooklyn newsies backed away from him, they were tough but they couldn't' cope with that! Spot made a noise a bit like a dying cat then stared at his cane-which Blink was starting to have serious suspicions about-and came under composure again.
"Well I shall try to help you"
"Thank you so much!"
"Follow me"
The whole crowd of Newsies made their way out of the lodging house, Spot saw Crutchy and screamed like a girl then ordered the Brooklyn newsies to carry him with them. Crutchy screamed like a chicken so they gagged him (cue choruses of angels singing praises-we will hear Crutchy's stupid voice no more yippee-dances happily etc-anyway...back to the point...) and the whole very strange looking group of humans-and Crutchy (who is obviously not human)-made their way to the river. Spot's powers work better when he is near Brooklyn bridge (hence why Manhattan newsboys scream off the bridge, cause they know that is Spot finds them there they will be no match for him...well it's a theory...) Well when they got there Spot lead Blink onto the bridge
"Now my child-"
"What?" cried Blink "don't call me that man, You'se freakin' me out"
"Fine then-hmph-Now stupid Manhattan brainless, blond, freaknewsie" he began again
"Now that's me" smiled Blink, then his brain worked out what spot had said and he sulked
"SHUT UP! Right...look deep into my eyes, deeeeeeeepppp, deeper, you do not love Sarah, instead you will focus all your love on the planet and flowers, you will wear pink, you will invent a new fashion trend called "hippyism" will someone shut that stupid Crutchy weirdo up please?"
Crutchy continued to squawk, he seemed to be trying to tell them something
"Now, how do you feel?"
"Exactly the same man, peace and love!"
"That worked?! I thought that only worked on people from Brooklyn"
"I'm joking you dumbass"
"Right, you will pay for that! Release the Crutched one"
Several of the Brooklyn newsies proceeded to ungag Crutchy and place him on the ground, Spot muttered something and waved his cane, pink fluffy earmuffs appeared on each of the Brooklyn newsies, the seemed strangely happy with the colour. Blink caught many comments along the lines of 'wow, these really compliment my new boots!' 'Okay, enough of the camp newsies' he though, this was really starting to get him scared! Crutchy ran over to him...
"Blink! Blink! I'se gotta tell youse something!"
"If this is about Sauerkraut I swear-"
"No, it's this brain of mine-"
"It's always makin' mistakes, I know"
"No! I thinks I'se figured out why you'se fancy Sarah!"
"Okay...tell all"
"Well you know you'se fell ovah befoah this morning, before all this"
"How did you know that?"
"Like I said, it's this brain of mine-"
"Never mind...carry on"
"Well Sarah was the foist person you'se saw right?"
Blink just gave up on wondering how Crutchy knew all this...
"Uh-hu"
"Well I thinks dat you'se love her cause of dat! An if you'se get another bang on da head, youse'll go back tah being normal again"
"I-"
Before Blink had time to argue Crutchy hit him over the head with his Crutch, unfortunately he overbalanced and fell over the side of the bridge into the river, Blink fell to the ground, he could her cries of 'Yes! The Crutched one is dead!' Everything was dark, he didn't know where he was, then he saw light and heard a familiar female voice,
"I think he's coming round!"
Blink opened his eyes and saw Sarah-urgh, she was ugly, he was cured!!
"Hi, I found you outside the station, lying on the ground so we brought you here, you've been out for ages!"
"But-but-I"
"Don't try and talk, I'll get the plates"
"What has that got to do with anything?"
"Hey Blink"
"No! It can't be-Crutchy! You're meant to be dead"
"What are you'se on about?"
"In Brooklyn, we went there, remember"
"I think you'se musta got hit harder than we though"
All of a sudden Blink saw Davey, he screamed, grabbed Crutchy's crutch and hit himself over the head with it...