Chapter 6
Firefly looked over at Mystery and mouthed, "What are we going to do now??" Mystery just shook her head.
"Traitors!" Christopher spat out, glaring angrily at them.
"Traitors? Yeah, right. I don't know what you're talking about," Mystery answered crossing her arms.
"Sure you do, want me to refresh your memory?" Matthew asked.
Mystery whispered in Firefly's ear. "Well, it's either fight or flight. I'm taking fight!" She turned to the boys. "Yeah! Lets go!! You know I can beat you with one arm tied behind my back!" Mystery replied putting her hands in fighting position.
"Yeah! Come on!" Firefly agreed, standing next to Mystery with her hands up as well.
The four of them glared at each other menacingly. Christopher lounged at Mystery. She quickly sidestepped and tripped him, making him fall flat on his face.
Matthew rushed at Firefly. She gave him a swift punch in the nose and a kick in the stomach.
Christopher jumped up and threw a punch in Mystery's direction. She blocked it and hit him with a back kick in the chest.
Matthew grabbed Christopher's arm to stop him from fighting. " C'mon," he said, knowing that they couldn't win. He turned to Mystery and Firefly. "You'd better watch your back, because the whole gang knows you're here, and the boss has paid a special visit to New York, just to get you two." He gave them one final glare and then turned around and staggered down the street with Christopher nursing his wounds.
The girls watched them leave. "Wonderful, Christian decided to come." Firefly said facetiously.
"Yeah, I know. If he really did come, then we're in BIG trouble." Mystery nodded. "So what are you we going to do? We certainly can't fight the whole darned gang, and I don't want to get the Newsies into this."
"Right. Well all I know for sure is that they have to take us back to New Jersey before they can really hurt us." Firefly answered.
"I know...and when I get back there, the first thing I'm going to do if I get the chance is strangle Richie." Mystery threatened.
"Yeah, I'll hold him and you can strangle...that is, of course if we get the chance, which I highly doubt." Firefly answered.
Then Mystery spotted Jack and Race coming out of the restaurant. "Come on, we've got the guys at twelve o'clock, lets go!" Mystery and Firefly hurried down an empty alley.
Mystery looked at Firefly. "So do you think we should run again? I mean, maybe this time we can get away to the west or something. Someplace where no one will know us, and we definitely won't be mailing that jerk, Richie again."
"But, Mystery, we can't just keep running all our lives. Sometime they're going to catch up to us somehow. Christian's got people everywhere, and sure, it might not be tomorrow that he find us, or the next day, but sometime he'll find us."
"You're right. I guess we can keep a low profile and watch our backs for the time being. Sometime we'll have to fight them though."
"Yeah, but we'll give them a good fight." The two friends left the alley, and headed back to the Lodging House.
When they walked in Racetrack and Jack greeted them. "Heya, goils! We're just about to start a game of poker, wanna join us?" Racetrack asked them, as he shuffled the cards.
"Nah, I'se tired, I t'ink I'se gonna lay down fer a while." Mystery declined.
"Yeah, me too. I'll catch ya'll latah. Have fun!" Firefly followed Mystery up the stairs to the girls bunk room.
Racetrack looked at Jack. "Dat's weird, I've nevah known Firefly ta decline playin' pokah befoah."
Jack shrugged, "There's a first time for everything, I guess, although it is a little unusual. But then again unusual stuff has been going on lately," he said and sat down at the table to play poker.
"Still...I'm gonna go up and just make sure they're okay, want to come?" Race asked, setting the cards down.
"Sure, why not..." Jack answered, following Race upstairs, the girls voices drifted through the door and they could hear their conversation.
"Well, what are we going to do now? Where do you think Christian is?" Mystery asked sitting down on the bed, and swinging around her slingshot.
"How am I supposed to know?!? You're the one who spent all the time hanging out with him!" Firefly shot back angrily.
"I didn't spend that much time with him, okay?? It's not my fault we had to run all the way up here to get rid of the Liberty in Jersey for busting into that house!!! Who said I wanted to be a newsgirl? And who said I want to be here with two thugs on my back?" Mystery yelled back, just as angry.
"Well, this wasn't my first choice either, but if we don't find him before he finds us than we're in big trouble, ya know they'll kill us if they have to, they won't wait for Jersey and all because of that idiot Richie!" Kaitlin said, punching the wall. "But there are a million places to hide..."
"And if the newsies find out..." Mystery added, letting her sentence trail off.
"Then we're in trouble," Firefly responded. "Okay, now, when we do find Christian, then we're going to tell him we had nothing to do with it and go home without getting hurt, hopefully."
"Oh yeah, like we're just going to walk in there and out in one piece, nice thought though," Mystery said sarcastically.
"Fine I give up, I'm going to go look for him now!" Fire said angrily opening the door and coming face to face with Jack and Racetrack. "What are you doing here?" She demanded.
"Just wanted to see how ya were, we just got here, honest," Race responded, still trying to absorb what he had heard.
Firefly still in a bad mood, snapped back, "Yeah right, you were listening. Mystery we have some spies here. I'm going I'll be back later."
Mystery came to the door, and when she saw Jack she looked surprised, "What are you doing here?"
"What's going on?" Jack asked as he watched Fire storm down the stairs.
Mystery held open the door and sighed. "C'mon in, I'll fill you in on everything." Jack came into the room with Race "Firefly will be okay, she'll be back soon," Mystery said and they all sat down on the bunk beds.
Firefly looked over at Mystery and mouthed, "What are we going to do now??" Mystery just shook her head.
"Traitors!" Christopher spat out, glaring angrily at them.
"Traitors? Yeah, right. I don't know what you're talking about," Mystery answered crossing her arms.
"Sure you do, want me to refresh your memory?" Matthew asked.
Mystery whispered in Firefly's ear. "Well, it's either fight or flight. I'm taking fight!" She turned to the boys. "Yeah! Lets go!! You know I can beat you with one arm tied behind my back!" Mystery replied putting her hands in fighting position.
"Yeah! Come on!" Firefly agreed, standing next to Mystery with her hands up as well.
The four of them glared at each other menacingly. Christopher lounged at Mystery. She quickly sidestepped and tripped him, making him fall flat on his face.
Matthew rushed at Firefly. She gave him a swift punch in the nose and a kick in the stomach.
Christopher jumped up and threw a punch in Mystery's direction. She blocked it and hit him with a back kick in the chest.
Matthew grabbed Christopher's arm to stop him from fighting. " C'mon," he said, knowing that they couldn't win. He turned to Mystery and Firefly. "You'd better watch your back, because the whole gang knows you're here, and the boss has paid a special visit to New York, just to get you two." He gave them one final glare and then turned around and staggered down the street with Christopher nursing his wounds.
The girls watched them leave. "Wonderful, Christian decided to come." Firefly said facetiously.
"Yeah, I know. If he really did come, then we're in BIG trouble." Mystery nodded. "So what are you we going to do? We certainly can't fight the whole darned gang, and I don't want to get the Newsies into this."
"Right. Well all I know for sure is that they have to take us back to New Jersey before they can really hurt us." Firefly answered.
"I know...and when I get back there, the first thing I'm going to do if I get the chance is strangle Richie." Mystery threatened.
"Yeah, I'll hold him and you can strangle...that is, of course if we get the chance, which I highly doubt." Firefly answered.
Then Mystery spotted Jack and Race coming out of the restaurant. "Come on, we've got the guys at twelve o'clock, lets go!" Mystery and Firefly hurried down an empty alley.
Mystery looked at Firefly. "So do you think we should run again? I mean, maybe this time we can get away to the west or something. Someplace where no one will know us, and we definitely won't be mailing that jerk, Richie again."
"But, Mystery, we can't just keep running all our lives. Sometime they're going to catch up to us somehow. Christian's got people everywhere, and sure, it might not be tomorrow that he find us, or the next day, but sometime he'll find us."
"You're right. I guess we can keep a low profile and watch our backs for the time being. Sometime we'll have to fight them though."
"Yeah, but we'll give them a good fight." The two friends left the alley, and headed back to the Lodging House.
When they walked in Racetrack and Jack greeted them. "Heya, goils! We're just about to start a game of poker, wanna join us?" Racetrack asked them, as he shuffled the cards.
"Nah, I'se tired, I t'ink I'se gonna lay down fer a while." Mystery declined.
"Yeah, me too. I'll catch ya'll latah. Have fun!" Firefly followed Mystery up the stairs to the girls bunk room.
Racetrack looked at Jack. "Dat's weird, I've nevah known Firefly ta decline playin' pokah befoah."
Jack shrugged, "There's a first time for everything, I guess, although it is a little unusual. But then again unusual stuff has been going on lately," he said and sat down at the table to play poker.
"Still...I'm gonna go up and just make sure they're okay, want to come?" Race asked, setting the cards down.
"Sure, why not..." Jack answered, following Race upstairs, the girls voices drifted through the door and they could hear their conversation.
"Well, what are we going to do now? Where do you think Christian is?" Mystery asked sitting down on the bed, and swinging around her slingshot.
"How am I supposed to know?!? You're the one who spent all the time hanging out with him!" Firefly shot back angrily.
"I didn't spend that much time with him, okay?? It's not my fault we had to run all the way up here to get rid of the Liberty in Jersey for busting into that house!!! Who said I wanted to be a newsgirl? And who said I want to be here with two thugs on my back?" Mystery yelled back, just as angry.
"Well, this wasn't my first choice either, but if we don't find him before he finds us than we're in big trouble, ya know they'll kill us if they have to, they won't wait for Jersey and all because of that idiot Richie!" Kaitlin said, punching the wall. "But there are a million places to hide..."
"And if the newsies find out..." Mystery added, letting her sentence trail off.
"Then we're in trouble," Firefly responded. "Okay, now, when we do find Christian, then we're going to tell him we had nothing to do with it and go home without getting hurt, hopefully."
"Oh yeah, like we're just going to walk in there and out in one piece, nice thought though," Mystery said sarcastically.
"Fine I give up, I'm going to go look for him now!" Fire said angrily opening the door and coming face to face with Jack and Racetrack. "What are you doing here?" She demanded.
"Just wanted to see how ya were, we just got here, honest," Race responded, still trying to absorb what he had heard.
Firefly still in a bad mood, snapped back, "Yeah right, you were listening. Mystery we have some spies here. I'm going I'll be back later."
Mystery came to the door, and when she saw Jack she looked surprised, "What are you doing here?"
"What's going on?" Jack asked as he watched Fire storm down the stairs.
Mystery held open the door and sighed. "C'mon in, I'll fill you in on everything." Jack came into the room with Race "Firefly will be okay, she'll be back soon," Mystery said and they all sat down on the bunk beds.