CITY BOYS

Silently stepping behind a parked wagon, Spot Conlon looked to see who was following him. Six grown men, two of them the Delancey brothers, came into view. The other four, Scabs it looked like, looked around for him, then lowered their weapons. One said, "We loist im, Morris."

"Shut it, stupid. E's ere somewheah's. E's just hidin."

"Yeah, Morris. We'll get im." Another of the Scabs spoke up.

'Aw, hell.' Spot thought. 'What the Hell have I gotten meself into? I shoulda listened to Jacky-boy dis toime.' Spot recalled how serious Jack had looked when he had told him not to go.

"I been hearin things, Spot. Bad things. I'se been hearin dat da Delancey bruddahs is out fa blood. Youah blood."

"Come on, Jacky-boy! Dey's allays someone out fer me blood! I'se used ta it."

"Lemme go wid you'se den."

"Dis is summin I'se gotta do meself."

"Spot, be reasonable! How can you be sure this is the real thing? Until you got that letter, you had no clue what happened to you family."

"Look, Mouth. If you'de got a leddah like dis about youah famly,about Sarah, you'de go, wouldncha?"

"That's not the same thing and you know it. My family has always been together. And for all you know, this Lacey Conlon could be a prank by the Delancey's to get you to come out there by yourself. And you're playing right into it."

"I'm goin, Mouth. And there's nothing you'se can do ta stop me."

A loud crash jerked Spot back to the present. The scabs had thrown a barrel into an alley to see if Spot was hiding in there. It hit the fire escape, and potatoes went all over the sidewalk. Spot started to panic. The Delancey were getting closer, and there was nowhere to run to without getting caught. The scabs had cut off all his escape routes. He gripped his cane tighter and tried to make himself smaller under the wagon. He wished he had let Jacky-boy and Mouth come with him. He was a good fighter, the best in New York, apparently, but the odds were one to seven. Not good. 'Well, if I'm goin down,' Spot thought, 'I'm gonna take a few down with me.'

With that, Spot crawled out from behind the wheel. He silently crept up behind two of the biggest scabs and knocked them out before they even knew he was there. They dropped to the ground without even crying out. Spot smirked, and moved on.

He knocked out one who was in an alley alone, and then crept up behind two more. He drew his cane back like a baseball bat and took another step foreward.

Oscar Delancy spun around before Spot could swing. "Hey Morris! We'se got im!" 'Dis ain't good.' Spot thought. Spot swung at Oscar, but was grapped behind by Morris and the other scabber. Within a few minutes, the twop scabbers had Spot pinned to the ground with the Delancey brothers on top of him.

They had beat him unconscious with in five minutes, and then for a bit longer, just for good (bad?) measure. Oscar got up first, then hauled Morris up after one last punch to the stomach. "Allight, boys. Pick im up." He ordered.

One scabber grapped Spot's arm and yanked him up so that it almost looked like he was standing on his own, except that his head lolled foreward, chin to chest. The other ran off in the direction that they had all come from and returned a few moments later with a wagon pulled by two horses. Morris went off in search of the three missing scabs, and returned telling that they were down for the count. Oscar cursed, then climbed into the driver seat of the wagon, shoving the guy who was there on to the ground. "Throw im in." He commanded. The scabber who had Spot threw him unceremoniously into the back, which happened to be full of hay and garbage. Spot's gold-tipped cane rolled under the wagon, on top of an official looking document from the city of New York. Morris climbed up next to Oscar, and the other two sat on the back, in case Spot woke up on the way. It was gonna be a long drive.










So, should I continue it? And do you think I should continue to right out the accents? It's pretty weird trying to write dialect that you've only heard in a movie before, so I don't know if it's right or not. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
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