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Caitlin walked to her room and found Blink laying in his sweat. He tried to turn around in bed and mumbled nonsense. Caitlin's eyes widened when she saw him like this.
"Oh no!" She walked up to him and tried to calm him down.
"Blink stay cool, don't move, you'll just hurt yourself more." She ran into the bathroom to get again some water and a washcloth. She laid it on Blink's forehead and also cooled his face with the cloth.
"Damn it where's Stone?!" She watched the boy laying in her bed fighting a fever.
"Come on Blink. You'll make this!" Caitlin swept her forehead in frustration as Blink tossed and turned wildly. His eyes opened, flashing signs of fear. He was scared as well.
"Hurts, it hurts" he whimpered, his lungs inhaling and exhaling with labor. Caitlin leaned closer to him so he wouldn't have to speak so loud.
"Where does hurt you?"
"Side, head, everywhere." Caitlin gently stroked a strand of hair away from his face and continued to cool his head with the cloth. She laid the cloth on the nightstand and removed his bandages. She cooled his chest and prayed silently that he would made it through when she heard the front door. Stone headed upstairs and called her. When he opened the door to her room he gasped at the sight of Blink.
"oh my!"
"I told you. Do you have any medicine?" Stone nodded, amazed at the Blink's condition.
"The doc said he could only give me the standard medicine since he didn't examine him. Here are some tea and pills to stop the fever."
"Make the tea! I'll stay here and try to lower the fever." Stone nodded ran down the stairs and began making the tea.
"So Jack, what shall we do?" Race looked at his friend like all the other newsies did. Jack had called Spot with his boys and the rest of the Manhattan newsies together after dinner for a meeting. Jack ran his hand through his hair.
"I don't know."
"Hey, come on! Boots is right! The girl must have been paid by Iron or something like that. I say, we get him out there!" Slingshot, one of Spot's boys said.
"But what if she wasn't? What if it was true? We can't go in there to rescue him when they'll kill him as soon as they see us!" Mush was on his feet his hands clenched into fists.
"We wait till we know what he wants. After that, we'll think about what to do!"
"But…"
"Spot, you better keep his mouth shut. Listen Sling. Blink is a Manhattan newsie. He's our friend. And we won't do anything that could cause him trouble!"
"Here. Will he make it?" Stone looked concerned at Blink who looked up at him with glassy eyes while Caitlin continued to cool his chest with the cloth.
"I hope so." Stone placed the tea on the nightstand.
"Can I do anything?"
"Yeah, you can help me sit him up so he can drink." Stone raised the upper part of Blink's body up and Caitlin brought the cup with hot tea up to his lips.
"Be careful, it's hot." Blink took a gulp and coughed heavily. He turned his head away and closed his eyes.
"Please, you have to drink this. I won't let you die here like this!" Blink opened his eyes again and looked at Caitlin. There was so much worry in them. Worry about his life.
He nodded slowly and took another gulp of bitter tea. They heard the front door open. Caitlin and Stone looked at each other.
"I'm going downstairs." Caitlin nodded and continued to help Blink drink. Stone headed downstairs to face Iron and tell him what was going on.
Iron looked at the black hair boy that walked down the stairs.
"Where's Cat?"
"Upstairs. She's taking care of the boy." Iron raised an eyebrow at Stone.
"She had time to take care of him the whole day. Why now?"
"Because he's got a fever. You don't need him dead so she is making sure he will stay alive." Iron nodded slowly.
"If he dies the whole plan won't work. And if this is going to happen, it's your fault!" He pointed at Fight and Itchy. The two of them swallowed hard and glared at Stone.
"Tell her, she shall come to me when she's done." Iron was about to head towards the kitchen.
"Is there anything for dinner?"
"No. And I don't think she'll have time tonight. The boy looks real bad. She will need the whole night to make sure he will make it." Iron groaned and turned around.
"I'm out for tonight." With this he left the lodging house and Stone went upstairs again.
"What did he say?" Caitlin didn't look up from Blink.
"He left for tonight. I told him you won't have time for him tonight." Caitlin blew a sigh of relief and nodded.
"Thank you Stone."
"How is he doin'?"
"He's sleeping now." Stone nodded and yawned. Caitlin turned around to face him and chuckled.
"You better go to sleep now."
"And what about you?"
"I'll stay here and make sure that he is alright." Stone nodded and yawned again while he walked towards the door.
"Stone, thank you again." Stone looked back and smiled at Caitlin.
"It's okay. I owe you!" With this he left the room and walked to his bed and fell asleep when he hit the mattress.
Caitlin walked to her room and found Blink laying in his sweat. He tried to turn around in bed and mumbled nonsense. Caitlin's eyes widened when she saw him like this.
"Oh no!" She walked up to him and tried to calm him down.
"Blink stay cool, don't move, you'll just hurt yourself more." She ran into the bathroom to get again some water and a washcloth. She laid it on Blink's forehead and also cooled his face with the cloth.
"Damn it where's Stone?!" She watched the boy laying in her bed fighting a fever.
"Come on Blink. You'll make this!" Caitlin swept her forehead in frustration as Blink tossed and turned wildly. His eyes opened, flashing signs of fear. He was scared as well.
"Hurts, it hurts" he whimpered, his lungs inhaling and exhaling with labor. Caitlin leaned closer to him so he wouldn't have to speak so loud.
"Where does hurt you?"
"Side, head, everywhere." Caitlin gently stroked a strand of hair away from his face and continued to cool his head with the cloth. She laid the cloth on the nightstand and removed his bandages. She cooled his chest and prayed silently that he would made it through when she heard the front door. Stone headed upstairs and called her. When he opened the door to her room he gasped at the sight of Blink.
"oh my!"
"I told you. Do you have any medicine?" Stone nodded, amazed at the Blink's condition.
"The doc said he could only give me the standard medicine since he didn't examine him. Here are some tea and pills to stop the fever."
"Make the tea! I'll stay here and try to lower the fever." Stone nodded ran down the stairs and began making the tea.
"So Jack, what shall we do?" Race looked at his friend like all the other newsies did. Jack had called Spot with his boys and the rest of the Manhattan newsies together after dinner for a meeting. Jack ran his hand through his hair.
"I don't know."
"Hey, come on! Boots is right! The girl must have been paid by Iron or something like that. I say, we get him out there!" Slingshot, one of Spot's boys said.
"But what if she wasn't? What if it was true? We can't go in there to rescue him when they'll kill him as soon as they see us!" Mush was on his feet his hands clenched into fists.
"We wait till we know what he wants. After that, we'll think about what to do!"
"But…"
"Spot, you better keep his mouth shut. Listen Sling. Blink is a Manhattan newsie. He's our friend. And we won't do anything that could cause him trouble!"
"Here. Will he make it?" Stone looked concerned at Blink who looked up at him with glassy eyes while Caitlin continued to cool his chest with the cloth.
"I hope so." Stone placed the tea on the nightstand.
"Can I do anything?"
"Yeah, you can help me sit him up so he can drink." Stone raised the upper part of Blink's body up and Caitlin brought the cup with hot tea up to his lips.
"Be careful, it's hot." Blink took a gulp and coughed heavily. He turned his head away and closed his eyes.
"Please, you have to drink this. I won't let you die here like this!" Blink opened his eyes again and looked at Caitlin. There was so much worry in them. Worry about his life.
He nodded slowly and took another gulp of bitter tea. They heard the front door open. Caitlin and Stone looked at each other.
"I'm going downstairs." Caitlin nodded and continued to help Blink drink. Stone headed downstairs to face Iron and tell him what was going on.
Iron looked at the black hair boy that walked down the stairs.
"Where's Cat?"
"Upstairs. She's taking care of the boy." Iron raised an eyebrow at Stone.
"She had time to take care of him the whole day. Why now?"
"Because he's got a fever. You don't need him dead so she is making sure he will stay alive." Iron nodded slowly.
"If he dies the whole plan won't work. And if this is going to happen, it's your fault!" He pointed at Fight and Itchy. The two of them swallowed hard and glared at Stone.
"Tell her, she shall come to me when she's done." Iron was about to head towards the kitchen.
"Is there anything for dinner?"
"No. And I don't think she'll have time tonight. The boy looks real bad. She will need the whole night to make sure he will make it." Iron groaned and turned around.
"I'm out for tonight." With this he left the lodging house and Stone went upstairs again.
"What did he say?" Caitlin didn't look up from Blink.
"He left for tonight. I told him you won't have time for him tonight." Caitlin blew a sigh of relief and nodded.
"Thank you Stone."
"How is he doin'?"
"He's sleeping now." Stone nodded and yawned. Caitlin turned around to face him and chuckled.
"You better go to sleep now."
"And what about you?"
"I'll stay here and make sure that he is alright." Stone nodded and yawned again while he walked towards the door.
"Stone, thank you again." Stone looked back and smiled at Caitlin.
"It's okay. I owe you!" With this he left the room and walked to his bed and fell asleep when he hit the mattress.