Author's Note: Hey everyone! I'm almost finished, and I always speed up
writing at the end of the story, so here's still more!
Thankyou to the following faithful reviewers:
Slick Irish Fury Rayne Amber Spark Valeria Drama-Queen
Chapter 9:
Calli's eyebrows drew together as she saw that she was still wearing the same outfit she had been wearing earlier that day. Her eyes narrowed and clouded to a stormy green as she heard the door open and click shut.
"So, did you enjoy your little adventure?"
Calli remained still, listening to Hearst's deep voice. It was filled with triumph and anger. Her silence seemed to anger him, and he walked over right in front of her and glared down at her. "Do you have any idea of the kind of trouble you caused me? Anyone could have recognized you- and you went traipsing around New York like a street rat! Which, I suppose, in a way you are now."
He was silent for a minute as he appraised her ragged clothes and dirty face.
"Well," he continued, brisk and businesslike, "I can see we'll have to find some other means of getting rid of you. We can't put you in the refuge because you will escape again. So, we've arranged for you to be sent away on a long vacation. We found a man that has agreed to marry you, his name is Sir Robert Ogden. He doesn't care much for wealth, so your poor status shouldn't upset him. He lives in Maryland, which is where you are heading."
Calli looked up at him, fully aware of the fact that he would indeed send her to Maryland if she didn't stop him. A shifting noise drew her attention from the rest of his speech. She looked out of the corner of her eye and saw Thomas, slouched as usual into a comfy armchair. *Typical.*
He noticed her looking at him and gave a lazy smirk, then closed his eyes and was still for so long she realized he must have drifted off to sleep. Hearst had left the room quietly sometime when she had been distracted. *I wonder where he.No, on second thought I don't wanna know.*
~*~*~*~*~
Snoddy and Skittery walked in, and all the newsies turned around hopefully. The two boys shook their heads and the big group sighed and anxiously waited for the rest to show up.
Suddenly, the door swung open and the bell tinkled above it. Itey ran into Tibby's, followed by Pie Eater and Swifty. "Jack!"
Jack spun around, his discouragement of before being replaced by anticipation. "What? What?!"
"We saw Hearst!"
Jack's excitement faded into disappointment again. "And." He said dully, sinking back into his chair.
"No, Jack, we were lookin' neah City Hall an' all of a sudden dis big fancy black carriage pulls up. Well, we'se was curious, right? So we got a bit closah, an' all of a sudden, we'se heah Mistah Hearst talkin' 'bout Callicia and Maryland or somet'in' like dat. I t'ink he's got 'er."
Jack grinned, "Great, somet'in' ta go on. Come ta t'ink of it, Hearst was da one chasin' us dat time.ok, we need a plan. Spot, ya know dat territory?"
The Brooklyn leader rolled his eyes and smirked, "Awmost as well as I know Brooklyn."
Jack nodded, "Ok, well we'se gonna need yer help."
~*~*~*~*~
Calli was beginning to get impatient. I mean, seriously, if they were going to kidnap her, couldn't they at least make it more interesting? She was recounting the tiles on the floor for the sixth time when two things happened at once.
The first was that the door opened and Hearst stepped in, closing it softly behind him with a click. And the second thing was a dark form landing on the window outside, the thump muffled by the door.
Calli scowled up at him, muttering under her breath, "About time."
Hearst smiled, amused, "Oh, so sorry to keep you waiting."
"That's alright, I know how long it takes you to do those small jobs. But don't worry, one day you'll get faster." Calli said snidely, trying to see what the ruckus was just outside the room.
Hearst glared at her but beckoned to the people at the door. Several servants came in, a couple no older than Calli herself. One scurried over to her and untied the ropes with ease, obviously accumulated from much practice.
~*~*~*~*~
Jack watched the proceedings inside for a moment, then signaled to Spot, who in turn relayed the message to the rest of the newsies, Brooklyn and Manhattan, scattered on the roof and walls of the building.
Jack took a deep breath and then slowly lowered himself down, beginning to swing gently back and forth. He nodded to Ropes, the Brooklyn newsie huddled in the shadows next to the closed window.
"One.Two." Jack whispered.
~*~*~*~*~
Calli stood up, unsteady for a moment on her sore feet. She shook herself out, then turned to face Hearst again.
"Nina, Gemma, would you please take Miss Callicia to get changed into some proper-"
~*~*~*~*~
"Three!" Ropes quickly flipped the latch and shoved open the window. Jack swung through the opening and knocked into Hearst, sending him flying to the floor. Jack jumped on top of him and held him onto the floor, "Ropes! Quick!"
As Calli watched bewildered, hope growing inside her, newsies tumbled into the room, quickly overtaking the startled newsies and the sputtering Hearst. "Unhand me, you street trash! Get off me!"
Kid Blink ran over to Calli and gave her a brief hug. She looked up at him, a tad guiltily, "Blink?"
He nodded, avoiding her eyes.
"I'm sorry," she whispered, watching him. He grinned at her and ruffled her hair, before walking over to Spot and Jack to help.
The noise in the room stopped abruptly as Jack shouted, "Shaddup!"
Every newsie glanced up at him, and he waved his arms. "Ok, t'anks everyone, let's head out quick an' quiet now. We ain't got much time before someone notices we'se heah."
Most of the newsies went back out the window, only Calli, Blink, Jack and Spot remaining in the room. Ropes waited patiently outside. Jack had locked Hearst in the closet, gagged and bound, and the servants were tied up as well.
Spot spit in his hand and held it out to her, and she did likewise, after only a split second's hesitation. He smirked at her, "Please try to stay outta streets from now on, goil, you could get killed!"
Calli nodded. Jack smiled at her, "Well, Callicia, I suppose dat-"
Calli cut him off, laughing, "Just Calli, I hate Callicia."
"Ok, well-"
Suddenly a creaking noise startled the four of them. The door swung open and Snyder stood there, staring at them, his eyes widening and his mouth stretching into a twisted smirk as he matched faces with famous names.
Jack swore, running to the window and starting to climb out of it. "C'mon, guys!" he shouted, whistles shattering the piece of the large office room.
Spot lithely swung out of the window and disappeared into the shadows of the roof, taking with him most of the Brooklyn newsies before anyone could blink an eye.
Abruptly policemen poured into the room. Kid Blink and Calli jumped up on the windowsill, Blink leaping across to the other section of roof. Calli started to jump but slipped, a hand holding tightly to her foot.
She looked down into the eyes of a policeman, and tried breaking her foot away from his grasp. By that time Ropes was trying to shut the window, crunching and breaking many of the bulls' fingers. Yells and pained screams filled the air. Only a foot of space between the two closing windows.
*C'mon goil, two more feet and I'm home free.*
She pulled with all her strength and managed to get half her body out the window, but was quickly pulled back by dozens of bulls.
Calli barely saw the frustrated face of Ropes before he too disappeared from view, leaving her alone once again with Hearst and his minions.
Snyder had released Hearst from the closet and was helping to brush him off. Hearst waved him away angrily, and marched up to Calli, saying in a voice hard as rock, "Tell those newboys of yours that you are going to Maryland, and that they must stop trying to rescue you."
Calli looked at him haughtily, even though her arms were being held by policemen and she could barely move. "Why should I?"
Hearst leaned close to her, "Because if you don't I will personally burn down their Lodging Houses and send the lot of them to jail."
ALMOST FINISHED!!!!!!
A.N.-Yay, only a little bit more to go!
Ok, I have something to ask all of you. Me and Spark have started another website.The Uptown Lodging House. We aren't goin' ta post it until we get some lodgers, cause dere's a whole section devoted ta dem. So we need people ta join our lh. If yer interested, tell me in a review, an' I'll send you the "application". Thanks!
Slick Irish Fury Rayne Amber Spark Valeria Drama-Queen
Chapter 9:
Calli's eyebrows drew together as she saw that she was still wearing the same outfit she had been wearing earlier that day. Her eyes narrowed and clouded to a stormy green as she heard the door open and click shut.
"So, did you enjoy your little adventure?"
Calli remained still, listening to Hearst's deep voice. It was filled with triumph and anger. Her silence seemed to anger him, and he walked over right in front of her and glared down at her. "Do you have any idea of the kind of trouble you caused me? Anyone could have recognized you- and you went traipsing around New York like a street rat! Which, I suppose, in a way you are now."
He was silent for a minute as he appraised her ragged clothes and dirty face.
"Well," he continued, brisk and businesslike, "I can see we'll have to find some other means of getting rid of you. We can't put you in the refuge because you will escape again. So, we've arranged for you to be sent away on a long vacation. We found a man that has agreed to marry you, his name is Sir Robert Ogden. He doesn't care much for wealth, so your poor status shouldn't upset him. He lives in Maryland, which is where you are heading."
Calli looked up at him, fully aware of the fact that he would indeed send her to Maryland if she didn't stop him. A shifting noise drew her attention from the rest of his speech. She looked out of the corner of her eye and saw Thomas, slouched as usual into a comfy armchair. *Typical.*
He noticed her looking at him and gave a lazy smirk, then closed his eyes and was still for so long she realized he must have drifted off to sleep. Hearst had left the room quietly sometime when she had been distracted. *I wonder where he.No, on second thought I don't wanna know.*
~*~*~*~*~
Snoddy and Skittery walked in, and all the newsies turned around hopefully. The two boys shook their heads and the big group sighed and anxiously waited for the rest to show up.
Suddenly, the door swung open and the bell tinkled above it. Itey ran into Tibby's, followed by Pie Eater and Swifty. "Jack!"
Jack spun around, his discouragement of before being replaced by anticipation. "What? What?!"
"We saw Hearst!"
Jack's excitement faded into disappointment again. "And." He said dully, sinking back into his chair.
"No, Jack, we were lookin' neah City Hall an' all of a sudden dis big fancy black carriage pulls up. Well, we'se was curious, right? So we got a bit closah, an' all of a sudden, we'se heah Mistah Hearst talkin' 'bout Callicia and Maryland or somet'in' like dat. I t'ink he's got 'er."
Jack grinned, "Great, somet'in' ta go on. Come ta t'ink of it, Hearst was da one chasin' us dat time.ok, we need a plan. Spot, ya know dat territory?"
The Brooklyn leader rolled his eyes and smirked, "Awmost as well as I know Brooklyn."
Jack nodded, "Ok, well we'se gonna need yer help."
~*~*~*~*~
Calli was beginning to get impatient. I mean, seriously, if they were going to kidnap her, couldn't they at least make it more interesting? She was recounting the tiles on the floor for the sixth time when two things happened at once.
The first was that the door opened and Hearst stepped in, closing it softly behind him with a click. And the second thing was a dark form landing on the window outside, the thump muffled by the door.
Calli scowled up at him, muttering under her breath, "About time."
Hearst smiled, amused, "Oh, so sorry to keep you waiting."
"That's alright, I know how long it takes you to do those small jobs. But don't worry, one day you'll get faster." Calli said snidely, trying to see what the ruckus was just outside the room.
Hearst glared at her but beckoned to the people at the door. Several servants came in, a couple no older than Calli herself. One scurried over to her and untied the ropes with ease, obviously accumulated from much practice.
~*~*~*~*~
Jack watched the proceedings inside for a moment, then signaled to Spot, who in turn relayed the message to the rest of the newsies, Brooklyn and Manhattan, scattered on the roof and walls of the building.
Jack took a deep breath and then slowly lowered himself down, beginning to swing gently back and forth. He nodded to Ropes, the Brooklyn newsie huddled in the shadows next to the closed window.
"One.Two." Jack whispered.
~*~*~*~*~
Calli stood up, unsteady for a moment on her sore feet. She shook herself out, then turned to face Hearst again.
"Nina, Gemma, would you please take Miss Callicia to get changed into some proper-"
~*~*~*~*~
"Three!" Ropes quickly flipped the latch and shoved open the window. Jack swung through the opening and knocked into Hearst, sending him flying to the floor. Jack jumped on top of him and held him onto the floor, "Ropes! Quick!"
As Calli watched bewildered, hope growing inside her, newsies tumbled into the room, quickly overtaking the startled newsies and the sputtering Hearst. "Unhand me, you street trash! Get off me!"
Kid Blink ran over to Calli and gave her a brief hug. She looked up at him, a tad guiltily, "Blink?"
He nodded, avoiding her eyes.
"I'm sorry," she whispered, watching him. He grinned at her and ruffled her hair, before walking over to Spot and Jack to help.
The noise in the room stopped abruptly as Jack shouted, "Shaddup!"
Every newsie glanced up at him, and he waved his arms. "Ok, t'anks everyone, let's head out quick an' quiet now. We ain't got much time before someone notices we'se heah."
Most of the newsies went back out the window, only Calli, Blink, Jack and Spot remaining in the room. Ropes waited patiently outside. Jack had locked Hearst in the closet, gagged and bound, and the servants were tied up as well.
Spot spit in his hand and held it out to her, and she did likewise, after only a split second's hesitation. He smirked at her, "Please try to stay outta streets from now on, goil, you could get killed!"
Calli nodded. Jack smiled at her, "Well, Callicia, I suppose dat-"
Calli cut him off, laughing, "Just Calli, I hate Callicia."
"Ok, well-"
Suddenly a creaking noise startled the four of them. The door swung open and Snyder stood there, staring at them, his eyes widening and his mouth stretching into a twisted smirk as he matched faces with famous names.
Jack swore, running to the window and starting to climb out of it. "C'mon, guys!" he shouted, whistles shattering the piece of the large office room.
Spot lithely swung out of the window and disappeared into the shadows of the roof, taking with him most of the Brooklyn newsies before anyone could blink an eye.
Abruptly policemen poured into the room. Kid Blink and Calli jumped up on the windowsill, Blink leaping across to the other section of roof. Calli started to jump but slipped, a hand holding tightly to her foot.
She looked down into the eyes of a policeman, and tried breaking her foot away from his grasp. By that time Ropes was trying to shut the window, crunching and breaking many of the bulls' fingers. Yells and pained screams filled the air. Only a foot of space between the two closing windows.
*C'mon goil, two more feet and I'm home free.*
She pulled with all her strength and managed to get half her body out the window, but was quickly pulled back by dozens of bulls.
Calli barely saw the frustrated face of Ropes before he too disappeared from view, leaving her alone once again with Hearst and his minions.
Snyder had released Hearst from the closet and was helping to brush him off. Hearst waved him away angrily, and marched up to Calli, saying in a voice hard as rock, "Tell those newboys of yours that you are going to Maryland, and that they must stop trying to rescue you."
Calli looked at him haughtily, even though her arms were being held by policemen and she could barely move. "Why should I?"
Hearst leaned close to her, "Because if you don't I will personally burn down their Lodging Houses and send the lot of them to jail."
ALMOST FINISHED!!!!!!
A.N.-Yay, only a little bit more to go!
Ok, I have something to ask all of you. Me and Spark have started another website.The Uptown Lodging House. We aren't goin' ta post it until we get some lodgers, cause dere's a whole section devoted ta dem. So we need people ta join our lh. If yer interested, tell me in a review, an' I'll send you the "application". Thanks!