The next morning, Race, Half, and Blink set out for Manhattan, and Hades, Mush, and Rae set out for Queens.
"What are we gonna do if Queens wont help?" Rae asked as her, Mush, and Hades walked down the street.
"They'll help..." Hades answered. "They will."
Mush took Hades hand and she clasped it. They walked in silence until they reached Queens.
"Well, heah we are..." Hades said breaking the extended silence.
Mush and Rae nodded as Hades knocked on the door of the Queens Lodging House. After a few moments, the door opened hesitantly and two young newsies appeared at the door. Their eyes widened when they saw who had knocked.
"Taffy, Pockets...is Scraps around?" Hades asked the two terrified boys.
They nodded, but didn't budge.
She looked at them impatiently. "Well wouldja get 'im for me?!"
Taffy and Pockets jumped and ran to get their leader.
Moments later, Scraps, the rather small, but powerful, leader of Queens, appeared at the door. "Hades."
"Scraps."
"Whaddya heah for?"
Hades sighed. "We need yer help..."
Scraps raised an eyebrow. "The flawless and fearless leader of Brooklyn need help? Somebody pinch me, I'm dreamin'!"
"Can it Scraps." Hades said and shot her fiery stare at him.
"Ok, ok...whaddya need?"
"Staten is attackin' us...an' we can't fight 'em alone."
"So?"
"So, we need th' help of Queens."
Scraps looked at her. "Why should we help you?"
Hades glared at him. "Cuz I'se askin' ya...besides, Brooklyn helped ya when you had that liddle brawl wit Harlem. You owe us."
Scraps thought a minute as he stared at Hades and then sighed. "Fine...what's th' situation?"
"Staten is attacking us...they'se beatin' our liddle kids, tryin' ta rape me, tried ta soak alotta th' lodgers, and stabbed Singah."
"Wow...what'd ya do?!"
"It was Jecca and Snipes. They decided it would be fin to go pickpocketin' on Staten's territory...they made th' mistake of pickin' the pockets of a bunch a' Staten newsies...and' Staten though dat I sent 'em to spy an' stuff..."
Scraps nodded. "Well, we'll help...we'll come ovah to Brooklyn tomorrow morning."
Hades grinned, Spit in her hands and held it out to Scraps. He smiled and the spitshook.
"See ya tamorrah Scraps!" Hades turned from the door, and with Mush & Rae on either side of her, walked towards home.
Once they crossed over the border of Queens and into Brooklyn, Hades' instincts warned her of some kind of danger lurking nearby. She looked around cautiously. She looked past Rae and then turned her head to look at Mush...but Mush wasn't beside her. 'How th' Hell could he have slipped away widout me knowin?!' Hades thought. She panicked and looked around. She then saw Mush being dragged into an alley...by none other than Blade and Needles.