Chapter 7

Spot had been mid sentence when he felt her leg move and a second later her heel ram into the back of his knee. Spot had fallen to his knees fairly quickly and watched as she slipped outside.

Sitting down on the stair case Spot entered in to deep thought. He wanted to chase after her, really he did, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He had said so himself that he didn't belong in Daggers business. Why did he want to run after her and tell her to come back where he could protect her from whatever reason she wa-

"Spot, ya find Daggers?" asked Docs walking in.

"Huh?" Spot asked Docs had interrupted him mid thought.

"Daggers, did he come back?"

"Yeah he was here, den he left."

"He's coming back right?"

"Na, he's gone."

The rest of the day of the day Spot was kinda out of it. When the rest went swimming, he perched himself on his crate and didn't leave it until long after everyone else had gone to bed. Sighing he hopped down and headed towards the warehouse exhausted.

By now everyone had heard that Daggers left and that there was something wrong with Spot, but no one could quite figure it out. They decided to discuss it while Spot was still out on the dock.

"Spot hasn't been 'imself since Daggers left," Riddles said initiating the conversation.

"Yeah always dinking, Spot used to dink but never dis much," added Hour.

"What we gonna do?" asked Rocket.

"Yeah, we's got a fearless leader dat dinks too much," Flame agreed.

"Seems kinda shrimpy to me," Stev muttered to himself.

"Ya only been here for two days. Ya don't even know Spot or Daggers," Fish barked at Stev.

"When Daggers first showed up he didn't like Spot at all," Flame chuckled recalling the way they used to act towards each other.

"Dey were pretty funny; always pushing each other off de dock, shooting clever little comebacks at each other." Riddles agreed.

"Sounds like they were flirting to me," Stev added his provocative comment.

"Flirting dey both is boys ya dimwit," Hour said defensively for his leader and smacking Stev upside the head.

They all heard the door open and pretended to go back to their poker game. Out of the corner of their eyes they watched Spot entered and immediately headed towards the staircase without even acknowledging the existence of his followers. As soon as he was upstairs the group of boys went back to their conversation this time in whispers.

"Someding happened today when Daggers, and Spot were alone 'cause after that is when Spot started to act weird." whispered Docs.

"Whatever happened it really shook Spot up, and made Daggers leave. It had to be pretty big." Flame commented. "There's no way we is getting Spot to talk about it. We'll be lucky if he says anything at all."

"I say we go up dere and force it out a 'im," Hour suggested cracking his knuckles.

"Na dat won't do anything 'cept maybe make Spot mad, and we don't wanna make Spot mad." Said Chet.

"You're right I would just make me mad," said Spot standing by the staircase.

"Spot....... would ya like to join our game of poker?" Rocket tried to cover.

"Don't bother I know ya ain't playing poker," Spot said dropping a picture into the center of the group then sitting down in the gap between Docs and Chet. Docs picked up the picture and studied it for a while before looking over at Spot in confusion.

"This looks like Daggers, but a girl. Does he have a sister?" Docs asked passing the picture on to Flame.

"No she doesn't," Spot replied.

"She.. wait, what?" Docs grabbed the picture back from flame and studied it for a second before Flame snatched it back. "Daggers is a goil?"

"Yep,"

The group was dumb struck, as they passed around the picture around the circle. Several of the boys blushed when they heard this. They had done several things they wouldn't have if they had known that Daggers was a girl.

"That's why He would leave his clothes on when swimming and stuff like that," Flame said breaking the silence.

"How long has ya known Spot?" Riddles asked when the picture reached him.

"Since, he first time me and hi-her went sellin' togeder,"

"Dat was like two weeks ago." Docs said calculating the time in his head.

"Wait, ya positive dis is Daggers?" Stev asked pointing the picture right at Spot.

"Yeah,"

"Dis is me little sister, this picture was taken right before I ran away, at her 12th birthday." Stev practically exclaimed.

"Ya sure?"

"Definitely she hated that dress wit a burning passion."

"Ya said that the bulls were after ya , right?"

"Yeah,"

"Could the bulls be after her, and ya just thought dey were after youse?"

"It's possible, me resource just told me that if a certain person was found me fader would be immediately informed. I thought dis was a little odd, seein' as I ran away two years ago."

"They weren't lookin' for youse at all, I got dat picture from a bull,"

"Well if de bulls are after Daggers den we have to help 'im." Flame interrupted Spot and Stev's little conversation.

"No, if he-she wants to run on her own, then she can run if she wants." Spot said getting up, "We gots papes to sell tomorrow. We should be getting some sleep."

A/N: yeah so Spot had a bad day leave his attitude alone ok.