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Okay maybe the end of the last chapter was a little bit mean. ;p
Night had fallen over New York. The Lodging house in Manhattan was filled with hurt boys. But at least they were all alive and had kept their Territory. The whistle that they had heard had been Les who had seen how bad his friends were going to be beat.
Race was laying in his bunk next to the one in which Blink was.
"So, where's your patch?" He asked sitting up slowly. His ribs were aching bad.
"Someone showed me that I didn't need. It." He smiled weakly thinking at Caitlin. He wondered how she was.
"What's her name?" Mush grinned in the next bunk.
"Huh?"
"Oh, come on, you didn't want to show it to us, so why you walk around without your patch? I say, it's a girl. Is she pretty?"
"The prettiest girl I've ever seen." Race and Mush grinned at each other when they saw the look on Blink's face.
Spot was standing in a corner talking with Jack.
"So, you had one of your spies in the Bronx for YEARS?!"
"Shh. Will you shut up? I couldn't get him out then. After Highland was murdered anything was turned upside down. If I would have get Stone out of the Bronx, iron would have killed Highland's sister."
"Sister?" Jack looked confused while Spot only nodded.
"Iron kept her as his…"
"I understand." Jack looked over at the unconscious Stone.
"I hope he'll make it."
"Of course he will. He's a Brooklyn Newsie after all!"
~~~~~~~~~ In the Bronx at the same time ~~~~~~~~~~
Caitlin stepped out of her bed. Iron had come earlier to her and had beat her up again after he had given her the worst time she had ever experienced. It seemed that all the fury he had inside of him he had lived out by raping her.
Then he had left. He was laying asleep in his bed. And Caitlin was about to leave.
"Rather die on the streets than here." With this she grabbed the amulet out of her nightstand that Stone had given her from Andrew. She left the Lodging house and walked along the street. Not sure where to head to. She walked almost the whole night before she collapsed in an alley.
The next morning when Blink awoke he stood up from the bed and walked over to the window.
"I hope you're alright." He whispered to himself.
"Don't worry, If she's the least bit like her brother she won't be to easy to get rid of." Blink turned around to face Spot. He looked asking at him. But Spot didn't answer. He simply shrugged.
The day seemed to last forever with nothing happening. (So I won't bother you with it and we'll make it the next day :p)
Some of the newsies were ready to sell again. Spot left Manhattan with his newsies.
It was about ten in the morning when Stone's eyes opened and he looked around confused.
"Where am I?"
"Manhattan." Stone turned around to face Blink.
"Caitlin?"
"I guess she's still waiting in the Bronx."
"We should go and get her." Stone said weakly, drifting back to sleep.
When the others came back from selling their papes, Blink get one of the ones they hadn't sold and read it. The front page had his full attention. In big letters stood there
Bronx Lodging House burnt down - No one survived.
The article told that the LH burnt down the last night and five people, four men and one young woman died in it.
Blink let the pape fall to the floor and stood in shock when the rest looked confused.
"No way! She can't…"
"Blink? What happened?" Race looked at his friend worried.
"She… died… fire…"Blink wasn't able to speak. He looked unbelieving on the pape that was laying on the floor and for the first time in his Newsie-life he cried. The tears couldn't be stopped. They were just running down his face when he sat down on his bunk.
The others didn't understand what was going on here. Most decided to leave him alone. Mush and Race sat down next to their friend and tried to comfort him. Even though they knew it wouldn't bring much.
"Stone, I have to tell him…"
"Tell me what? What is going on?" Stone woke up by the noise the newsies had made while walking in.
"Blink looked down not sure how to say it. He couldn't say it, so he just kicked the paper over the floor into Stone's direction.
"No way! She ain't dead!!! NO!!!!"
Okay maybe the end of the last chapter was a little bit mean. ;p
Night had fallen over New York. The Lodging house in Manhattan was filled with hurt boys. But at least they were all alive and had kept their Territory. The whistle that they had heard had been Les who had seen how bad his friends were going to be beat.
Race was laying in his bunk next to the one in which Blink was.
"So, where's your patch?" He asked sitting up slowly. His ribs were aching bad.
"Someone showed me that I didn't need. It." He smiled weakly thinking at Caitlin. He wondered how she was.
"What's her name?" Mush grinned in the next bunk.
"Huh?"
"Oh, come on, you didn't want to show it to us, so why you walk around without your patch? I say, it's a girl. Is she pretty?"
"The prettiest girl I've ever seen." Race and Mush grinned at each other when they saw the look on Blink's face.
Spot was standing in a corner talking with Jack.
"So, you had one of your spies in the Bronx for YEARS?!"
"Shh. Will you shut up? I couldn't get him out then. After Highland was murdered anything was turned upside down. If I would have get Stone out of the Bronx, iron would have killed Highland's sister."
"Sister?" Jack looked confused while Spot only nodded.
"Iron kept her as his…"
"I understand." Jack looked over at the unconscious Stone.
"I hope he'll make it."
"Of course he will. He's a Brooklyn Newsie after all!"
~~~~~~~~~ In the Bronx at the same time ~~~~~~~~~~
Caitlin stepped out of her bed. Iron had come earlier to her and had beat her up again after he had given her the worst time she had ever experienced. It seemed that all the fury he had inside of him he had lived out by raping her.
Then he had left. He was laying asleep in his bed. And Caitlin was about to leave.
"Rather die on the streets than here." With this she grabbed the amulet out of her nightstand that Stone had given her from Andrew. She left the Lodging house and walked along the street. Not sure where to head to. She walked almost the whole night before she collapsed in an alley.
The next morning when Blink awoke he stood up from the bed and walked over to the window.
"I hope you're alright." He whispered to himself.
"Don't worry, If she's the least bit like her brother she won't be to easy to get rid of." Blink turned around to face Spot. He looked asking at him. But Spot didn't answer. He simply shrugged.
The day seemed to last forever with nothing happening. (So I won't bother you with it and we'll make it the next day :p)
Some of the newsies were ready to sell again. Spot left Manhattan with his newsies.
It was about ten in the morning when Stone's eyes opened and he looked around confused.
"Where am I?"
"Manhattan." Stone turned around to face Blink.
"Caitlin?"
"I guess she's still waiting in the Bronx."
"We should go and get her." Stone said weakly, drifting back to sleep.
When the others came back from selling their papes, Blink get one of the ones they hadn't sold and read it. The front page had his full attention. In big letters stood there
Bronx Lodging House burnt down - No one survived.
The article told that the LH burnt down the last night and five people, four men and one young woman died in it.
Blink let the pape fall to the floor and stood in shock when the rest looked confused.
"No way! She can't…"
"Blink? What happened?" Race looked at his friend worried.
"She… died… fire…"Blink wasn't able to speak. He looked unbelieving on the pape that was laying on the floor and for the first time in his Newsie-life he cried. The tears couldn't be stopped. They were just running down his face when he sat down on his bunk.
The others didn't understand what was going on here. Most decided to leave him alone. Mush and Race sat down next to their friend and tried to comfort him. Even though they knew it wouldn't bring much.
"Stone, I have to tell him…"
"Tell me what? What is going on?" Stone woke up by the noise the newsies had made while walking in.
"Blink looked down not sure how to say it. He couldn't say it, so he just kicked the paper over the floor into Stone's direction.
"No way! She ain't dead!!! NO!!!!"