***Disclaimer***I don't own Newsies, Disney does. I don't own any of the
characters except, Leigh, Ten, (Aunt) Claire, Rick, Conlon, Donna, Charles,
and Red (There might be more, I think that's it though).
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"When nothing makes sense, I'll fight believing only in myself." (Gundam Wing - Heero Yuy)
Jack had finally reached the lodging house. He looked up to the bunk room window to see if it was open, but he saw that it wasn't. Releasing a frustrated noise he placed Spot, who had not said or responded to anything their whole journey to the lodging house, against the brick wall. He just sat there, with a look of disbelief upon his face. Jack, worried, shook his head.
He bent over and picked up a few small stones that lay on the ground that once were part of the cement staircase. Walking away from the staircase he moved so that he was inline with the bunkroom window. He lightly threw a few stones at it. After a few moments the window opened and Racetrack popped his head out of it.
"Race! I need your help!" At the sound of his name he looked down and saw a bruised Jack standing below.
"I'm coming!" He shouted back, not wasting any time. He and a few of the others were outside right away. "What da hell happened?!" Racetrack asked as he saw an injured Jack and Spot, with a bleeding forehead, sitting against the wall.
"I'll explain latter." Jack said as he moved toward Spot. "Right now we have ta hide somewhere." Jack bends over and pulls Spot up. Kid Blink touches Jack's arm to signal to him that he would carry Spot. Jack allowed Kid Blink to do so but wondered why Blink did it.
Seeing the look Jack made as he took Spot from him Kid Blink told him why. "You look like hell Jack." He said as he glanced over Jack's ripped and bloody clothing. "I figured you could use a break." Jack looked down at his shirt and for the first time realized how badly injured he was.
"Thanks." He turned to Racetrack. "So, where can we go?" Race thought for a moment then motioned for the group to follow him.
"There's a storage yard dat nobody uses not far from ere. It'll be a good place ta hide." Jack nodded his head in agreement. On their way there Jack retold the guys what had happened.
"And Leigh?" Specs asked when Jack had finished. Jack remained silent.
"She's, dead." He finally said. All of them lowered their heads. Spot still was in shock.
They reached the yard and Bumlets dressed Jack's wounds, as Mush dressed Spots. Spot remained silent, but then he began to rock back and forth. "Spot? Spot!" Mush said as he held him.
"Leigh? Where's Leigh?" He asked, looking up at Mush's worried face. Mush, not knowing how to respond, helplessly looked at Jack. Jack got up and sat beside Spot. Spot looked at him.
"Spot," Jack said firmly. "Do you remember what happened?" Jack studied his eyes. A flash of hate passed over them.
"Where's Leigh!!?" He shouted as he stood up. Jack stood up with him.
"I couldn't get er Spot." Spot stood silent for a moment, but then un- expectantly he lunged at Jack.
"What do you mean ya couldn't get er!?" He shouted as he punched Jack. Jack blocked the punches until Spot was pulled off of him. Jack stood up as the others held Spot.
"You know she was put into da carriage. There was no way I, or you could get to er." He said calmly. Spot continued to struggle.
"I left er! I left er!" He screamed. He stopped struggling and they released him. "I left er." He said as he fell to his knees, tears escaping his eyes. No one knew what to do. They had never seen Spot cry before. Jack moved forward and shook his shoulders.
"You didn't leave er." He said as he tried to calm him. "There was nothin' that you could've done." Spot stopped crying and pulled himself back from Jack.
"Is she-" He was unable to finish the question. Jack gulped, unable to speak. He looked at Spot, then nodded his head yes. Spot said nothing as Jack embraced him.
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"I was wrong dough. She still is alive." Jack thought to himself. "Now Spot, I don't know what kind of condition she is in. I only got woid dat she is alive and in da refuge on da second floor." Spot nods his head in response.
"The only ding dat madders is dat she's alive." They stop and stand in an alleyway, about a street block away from the refuge. "So, what are we doin' here?"
"Dis is where me boys are meetin' us." While saying this Jack crosses his arms and leans up against the wall. Spot uneasily paces as they wait. After about eleven paces the awaited arrive.
"Hey Spot." Skittery says as he and the others enter the alleyway. Jack raises his head as Specs punches him lightly in the shoulder. He smiles and then calls for the group of nine's attention.
"Alright fellas, listen up." He begins. The group quiets down. "Now the only ding we know for sure is dat Leigh is located on da second floor. In order ta get er out of dere we need all of your help."
"So what are we each doin'?" Mush asks anxiously.
"Well you, along width Blink are gonna be located on da roof. You are gonna be watchin' da outer area of da buildin' and Skittery." Jack looks at him. "Skittery, you'll be on guard at da bottom. If you hear or see anythin' signal up to Blink or Mush." The three of them nod their heads.
"Specs, and Race." The two draw their attention upon Jack. "You two are gonna be workin da halls. You guys gotta get all da kids in dere ta make a lot of noise and stuff when it comes time for us ta get out of dere. Some of dem should know dat this is happenin' tanight. Can you do it?"
"Sure ding." Specs says with a salute.
"Good. Bumlets, you're gonna be our lookout on da second floor while Spot and I look for Leigh." Bumlets shakes his head in agreement. "And Jake, you'll cause a diversion outside ta help us get in easier."
"I got ya covered."
"Alright den. Dat covers everyone. Now when we get Leigh we'll tell da kids and they'll spread da woid ta everyone in no time."
"We all leave tagether. No madder what." Spot says. Everyone shakes their heads in agreement.
"Alright den." Jack says as he places his cowboy hat on. "Let's go."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ past ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ present ************* memory within a memory
"When nothing makes sense, I'll fight believing only in myself." (Gundam Wing - Heero Yuy)
Jack had finally reached the lodging house. He looked up to the bunk room window to see if it was open, but he saw that it wasn't. Releasing a frustrated noise he placed Spot, who had not said or responded to anything their whole journey to the lodging house, against the brick wall. He just sat there, with a look of disbelief upon his face. Jack, worried, shook his head.
He bent over and picked up a few small stones that lay on the ground that once were part of the cement staircase. Walking away from the staircase he moved so that he was inline with the bunkroom window. He lightly threw a few stones at it. After a few moments the window opened and Racetrack popped his head out of it.
"Race! I need your help!" At the sound of his name he looked down and saw a bruised Jack standing below.
"I'm coming!" He shouted back, not wasting any time. He and a few of the others were outside right away. "What da hell happened?!" Racetrack asked as he saw an injured Jack and Spot, with a bleeding forehead, sitting against the wall.
"I'll explain latter." Jack said as he moved toward Spot. "Right now we have ta hide somewhere." Jack bends over and pulls Spot up. Kid Blink touches Jack's arm to signal to him that he would carry Spot. Jack allowed Kid Blink to do so but wondered why Blink did it.
Seeing the look Jack made as he took Spot from him Kid Blink told him why. "You look like hell Jack." He said as he glanced over Jack's ripped and bloody clothing. "I figured you could use a break." Jack looked down at his shirt and for the first time realized how badly injured he was.
"Thanks." He turned to Racetrack. "So, where can we go?" Race thought for a moment then motioned for the group to follow him.
"There's a storage yard dat nobody uses not far from ere. It'll be a good place ta hide." Jack nodded his head in agreement. On their way there Jack retold the guys what had happened.
"And Leigh?" Specs asked when Jack had finished. Jack remained silent.
"She's, dead." He finally said. All of them lowered their heads. Spot still was in shock.
They reached the yard and Bumlets dressed Jack's wounds, as Mush dressed Spots. Spot remained silent, but then he began to rock back and forth. "Spot? Spot!" Mush said as he held him.
"Leigh? Where's Leigh?" He asked, looking up at Mush's worried face. Mush, not knowing how to respond, helplessly looked at Jack. Jack got up and sat beside Spot. Spot looked at him.
"Spot," Jack said firmly. "Do you remember what happened?" Jack studied his eyes. A flash of hate passed over them.
"Where's Leigh!!?" He shouted as he stood up. Jack stood up with him.
"I couldn't get er Spot." Spot stood silent for a moment, but then un- expectantly he lunged at Jack.
"What do you mean ya couldn't get er!?" He shouted as he punched Jack. Jack blocked the punches until Spot was pulled off of him. Jack stood up as the others held Spot.
"You know she was put into da carriage. There was no way I, or you could get to er." He said calmly. Spot continued to struggle.
"I left er! I left er!" He screamed. He stopped struggling and they released him. "I left er." He said as he fell to his knees, tears escaping his eyes. No one knew what to do. They had never seen Spot cry before. Jack moved forward and shook his shoulders.
"You didn't leave er." He said as he tried to calm him. "There was nothin' that you could've done." Spot stopped crying and pulled himself back from Jack.
"Is she-" He was unable to finish the question. Jack gulped, unable to speak. He looked at Spot, then nodded his head yes. Spot said nothing as Jack embraced him.
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"I was wrong dough. She still is alive." Jack thought to himself. "Now Spot, I don't know what kind of condition she is in. I only got woid dat she is alive and in da refuge on da second floor." Spot nods his head in response.
"The only ding dat madders is dat she's alive." They stop and stand in an alleyway, about a street block away from the refuge. "So, what are we doin' here?"
"Dis is where me boys are meetin' us." While saying this Jack crosses his arms and leans up against the wall. Spot uneasily paces as they wait. After about eleven paces the awaited arrive.
"Hey Spot." Skittery says as he and the others enter the alleyway. Jack raises his head as Specs punches him lightly in the shoulder. He smiles and then calls for the group of nine's attention.
"Alright fellas, listen up." He begins. The group quiets down. "Now the only ding we know for sure is dat Leigh is located on da second floor. In order ta get er out of dere we need all of your help."
"So what are we each doin'?" Mush asks anxiously.
"Well you, along width Blink are gonna be located on da roof. You are gonna be watchin' da outer area of da buildin' and Skittery." Jack looks at him. "Skittery, you'll be on guard at da bottom. If you hear or see anythin' signal up to Blink or Mush." The three of them nod their heads.
"Specs, and Race." The two draw their attention upon Jack. "You two are gonna be workin da halls. You guys gotta get all da kids in dere ta make a lot of noise and stuff when it comes time for us ta get out of dere. Some of dem should know dat this is happenin' tanight. Can you do it?"
"Sure ding." Specs says with a salute.
"Good. Bumlets, you're gonna be our lookout on da second floor while Spot and I look for Leigh." Bumlets shakes his head in agreement. "And Jake, you'll cause a diversion outside ta help us get in easier."
"I got ya covered."
"Alright den. Dat covers everyone. Now when we get Leigh we'll tell da kids and they'll spread da woid ta everyone in no time."
"We all leave tagether. No madder what." Spot says. Everyone shakes their heads in agreement.
"Alright den." Jack says as he places his cowboy hat on. "Let's go."