Lucky had moved out onto the fire escape. The window was open so she
could hear cockroach if he stirred, but she could no longer stand the
cramped feeling she had when she was inside. She took a deep breath of
night air and couldn't help but wish she was out there fighting with them,
though she knew she would be more of a hindrance than help. Lucky had never
been a very good fighter. She hadn't needed to be very good, the boys had
always been there for her. Now due to her lack of skills she couldn't be
there for them. She let a long sigh.
"What's the frown for Lucky?" David asked coming out onto the fire escape with her.
"Aww nothing Mouth." She grinned a little. "You here to watch out for me and the kid?"
"Well they didn't want anyone to come after Manhattan when all the strong fighters were in Brooklyn." Davey explained sitting next to her.
Lucky frowned again at the implication that she couldn't handle things here, why was she upset she knew it was true?
"Luck who is this Stuart guy?" David asked.
Lucky got a far off look on her face. "A boy.a boy we treated badly." She looked over at David thoughtfully a moment. "Let's see Stuart McElroy. It all started when we were kids. Jack and Spot ran around inseprable and I was the tagalong third." She smiled. "One day a new kid moved into the neighbor hood. His name was Stuart and he wanted to be a newsie. No one really knew why he wanted to be a newsie he had a family and in our book that made him a snob.Sorry Dave." She said smiling at him.
"Don't worry." He grinned back.
"But Stuart really didn't need the money. His parents were pretty well off and I'm still not sure to this day why he wanted to be one of the newsboys.maybe he just wanted friends." She said frowning. "Well if that's what he wanted he sure wasn't going to get it from us. Spot and Jack tortured him mercilessly and wouldn't even give him a newsie name. He wanted to be one of us so badly but he always well he always tried just a little to hard ya know?"
David nodded slowly. "Yea I think so."
"Well his family moved and none of us thought much about it. Latley there has been some trouble in Queens. You might have heard about the old Queens leader getting killed. That was Stuart's work." Lucky grimaced. When she had confirmed the rumors that had been floating around since her return she had learned of the Queens murder. From what she had heard it hadn't been a pretty sight.
"So he killed him?" David asked astonished.
"Stuart no." Lucky laughed sardonically. "He's gotten himself a load of money from somewhere. He paid someone too take care of it for him. Well obviously we left some scars from childhood and now he's after Spot's territory." She frowned in the general direction of Brooklyn.
"They'll be fine ok Luck?" David said frowning. It was usually Lucky comforting him especially since Sarah died but now that it was the other way around he found himself uncomfortable.
"I'm gonna get some sleep. Wake me if any news comes in." Lucky said slipping back through the window to lay down next to Roach's bunk. She closed her eyes and said her nightly prayers making them extra long tonight.
"What's the frown for Lucky?" David asked coming out onto the fire escape with her.
"Aww nothing Mouth." She grinned a little. "You here to watch out for me and the kid?"
"Well they didn't want anyone to come after Manhattan when all the strong fighters were in Brooklyn." Davey explained sitting next to her.
Lucky frowned again at the implication that she couldn't handle things here, why was she upset she knew it was true?
"Luck who is this Stuart guy?" David asked.
Lucky got a far off look on her face. "A boy.a boy we treated badly." She looked over at David thoughtfully a moment. "Let's see Stuart McElroy. It all started when we were kids. Jack and Spot ran around inseprable and I was the tagalong third." She smiled. "One day a new kid moved into the neighbor hood. His name was Stuart and he wanted to be a newsie. No one really knew why he wanted to be a newsie he had a family and in our book that made him a snob.Sorry Dave." She said smiling at him.
"Don't worry." He grinned back.
"But Stuart really didn't need the money. His parents were pretty well off and I'm still not sure to this day why he wanted to be one of the newsboys.maybe he just wanted friends." She said frowning. "Well if that's what he wanted he sure wasn't going to get it from us. Spot and Jack tortured him mercilessly and wouldn't even give him a newsie name. He wanted to be one of us so badly but he always well he always tried just a little to hard ya know?"
David nodded slowly. "Yea I think so."
"Well his family moved and none of us thought much about it. Latley there has been some trouble in Queens. You might have heard about the old Queens leader getting killed. That was Stuart's work." Lucky grimaced. When she had confirmed the rumors that had been floating around since her return she had learned of the Queens murder. From what she had heard it hadn't been a pretty sight.
"So he killed him?" David asked astonished.
"Stuart no." Lucky laughed sardonically. "He's gotten himself a load of money from somewhere. He paid someone too take care of it for him. Well obviously we left some scars from childhood and now he's after Spot's territory." She frowned in the general direction of Brooklyn.
"They'll be fine ok Luck?" David said frowning. It was usually Lucky comforting him especially since Sarah died but now that it was the other way around he found himself uncomfortable.
"I'm gonna get some sleep. Wake me if any news comes in." Lucky said slipping back through the window to lay down next to Roach's bunk. She closed her eyes and said her nightly prayers making them extra long tonight.