SHOUTOUTS!!!!
Chicago: OF COURSE JACK GET'S ANOTHER CHANCE! DID YOU REALY THINK I WOULD KILL HIM!
Jack: I thought you were gonna kill me there for awhile Raves
If I wanted to I could have......come to think of it, that newspaper article would have been fun to write. PAIN IN THE ASS OF THE WEST DIES!
Jack: HEY!
Yea Jesse James got what was comin to him. Sry but he was bastard who had to die...OH WELL
Sarah Kate: hehe cliffhangers work so well in my favor hehe. READ THIS! YOUR GONNA FLIP YOUR LID I TELL YA!
Newsie Miracle: NO SUICIDAL MIRACLE'S! AND NO DISAPPEARING!
*Miracle runs off quietly*
Miracle?
*silence*
Miracle!?
*no response*
MIRACLE!?
MsJonyReb: Deep breath...breathe...come on...good...hehe Sry I made ya freak on me but hey....please tell me you didn't actually think I would kill off Jack Kelly? *thinks* OK maybe it crossed my mind a few times BUT STILL! I DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO IT!
I'm glad you liked the ending of this chapter hehe. Jesse had his own little guilt trip that well made him go back for Jack...he couldn't let the kid die now could he.
Jesse: listen I woulda let him die but....damn it I gots a soft spot for stupid young outlaws who don't know their ass from their elbow and well Jack just didn't deserve to die like that so I figured why not rescue the bastard?
Just.....Jesse....no....quiet.....
OH! Read on to fine out exactly where Jack is hehehehehehehehehehehe *turns into evil laugh* MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
DemonBlood: NOPE HE AIN'T A BASTARD NO MORE! EEP! Come on would I really kill Jack like that? Too easy! I mean if I was gonna kill him off It would be more painfull and longer lasting than that.
Jack: HEY! WHAT ID THIS? ARE YOU PLOTTING MY DEATH OR SOMETHING?
*innocent smile* nooooooooo of course not *evil grin* hehehe
*Jesse is huggled and than smacked over the head with a book*
Jesse: MY HEAD! WHAT THAT HECK WAS THAT FOR!
For you being all evil jealous like outlaw.
Jesse: WELL IT HURT!
GOOD!
OMG SOUR PUNCH STRAWS! EEP! *has about fifty and starts running around in sugar high like circles screaming like an Indian*
HERE WE GO............................................
"Raven seriously this ain't a good idea at all." Miracle said to Raven from her perch on the roof.
"Shaddup! Listen I wanna have some fun..." Raven said as she leaned over the roof's ledge, staring down at the cop she was about to torture for the day.
"Dis is yer idea of fun!?"
"Yea as a mattah of fact it is!"
"I'se out of dis....I ain't gettin tossed inta da refuge fa nothin!" Miracle crossed her arms over her chest and started to stalk off.
"FINE! PARTY POOPAH!" Raven shouted and then let a smirk creep across her face. She turned back to her perch and continued to study the cop. She slowly removed her sling-shot from her back pocket, also grabbing a red marble, she placed the marble in the rubber band and pulled back slowly aiming straight at the police officers head. She released and the marble went zipping through the air, slamming dead on into the officer's noise. Raven eyes went wide as she stood on the roof, she never expected to actually hit the man, she was absolutely terrible with a slingshot, even when she lived in Brooklyn she couldn't handle one properly. In a split second Raven took off down the roof, leaping onto the fire escape and running like mad down the ladder. The cop zeroed in on her retreating form and dashed after her. Raven continued zooming through the crowds of people and down the street with the cop hot on her tail. She zoomed past Blink and Mush who stared after her in disbelief.
"DA BULLS!!!!" She screamed behind her as she continued on through the streets.
"Oh just da bulls...." Mush said to Blink and went to start calling out headlines.
"Wait....DA BULLS!" Blink screeched, grabbed Mush's arm and dragged him at a run after Raven and the cop.
At that moment Raven slammed into Race and shoved him to the side.
"Ravy what da..." Race began to say as she took off and the cop followed by Mush and Blink zipped past him in a mad pursuit for the girl. Race's eyes widened in shock and he chased after them as well. Raven's heart pounded steadily in her chest as her fear mounted, the cop grew closer and closer to her, she heard in her ears the shouts of her friends trying to distract him from her. Raven made a swift turn and ended up in Horace Greeley square where many of the boys were situated. She was growing more and more tired by the second, always being in the lead of the chase and now her breath was running low and her legs were starting to give out on her.
"Raven?" Oracle questioned from Swifty's lap, atop the statue.
"HELP!!!!" Raven yelled frantically and the cop grabbed her around the waist.
"LET HER GO!!!!" Race bellowed as he zipped out of the alley. The cop blew the whistle and immediately more cops showed up on the scene. Immediately all the boys were on their feet and trying to free Raven. She was screaming and kicking wildly, trying to pry herself from the cop's grip.
"LET ME GO YOU FUCKING DOITY BULL!" Raven screamed and kicked the cop. She was still ranting and raving as the paddy wagon pulled up.
"NO!" Miracle screamed. The cop began to lead the disruptive girl over to the wagon. The paddy wagon door opened and Raven dug her feet into the ground screaming unladylike obscenities.
"LEMME GO!!!!! GODAMNIT!!! I'SE GONNA KILL YA!!! BOIN IN HELL YA DOITY SCABBAH!" Raven screamed as she was placed in the wagon, and then she caught someone's eye standing at the back of the crowd with his mouth hanging open in shock. He looked slightly ragged and his hair was lightened from endless hours of sunshine, his brown eyes glittered with fear. He wore old tattered jeans and leather cowboy boots with spurs that clicked when he walked on the cobblestone streets. Raven stared in disbelief at the boy standing there and then she screamed for him at the top of her lungs, letting his name escape madly from her lips.
"JACK!!!!!! JACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'SE GONNA KILL YA!!!! JAC...." SLAM! The paddy wagon door closed on her and the wagon drove away headed to the one place that Jack Kelly wished he could forget about even existed.
"Jack? Why she screamin fa Jack" other murmurs of the like rang through the crowd of newsies. Jack inched his way through the crowd as he watched the wagon drive off, he stood there with the image of the wagon driving off in his brain, pressed there forever.
"So whadda ya gonna do bout dis Jack?" Race snuck up next to him puffing away on his cigar. Jack turned to Race slowly, taking Race's cigar from his mouth. He took a long pull and then answered him.
"Whadda ya t'ink Race? I'se gonna get her outta deah."
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"Judge E.A Monahan Presiding."
"Oh great...What luck..." Raven thought to herself as she was led to the front of the court. Almost immediately she heard the shouts of familiar voices.
"LET HER OFF!" Was that Blink?
"MOVE A LONG MONAHAN RIGHT!?" Was that Mush?
"WHAT ARE YA GONNA DO MONAHAN, PUT HER IN DA REFUGE FOR HER OWN GOOD! RIGHT! MOVE ALONG!" Jack boomed above the others and slammed himself against the gate. "RIGHT MONAHAN! MOVE ALONG! MOVE ALONG!"
"JACK!! CHEESE IT.... JACK!" Jack started try and pry the gates open, but the boys pulled him back and you could still hear him shouting "MOVE ALONG!" in the background. Raven watched him with her eyes wide. Miracle grabbed her brother's arms and stared long and hard at his reddened face, she could tell he was fighting back tears of anger and torment.
"Jack ya can't do nothin now....." Miracle said sadly. Jack looked at his sister and pulled her into a hug.
"Dere gonna hoit her so bad in deah.....I don't even wanna t'ink about it." Oracle murmured and buried her head in Swifty's chest.
"This girl is charged with disturbing the peace and attempted attack on an officer." Raven laughed lightly.
"Does a council represent you?"
"Do I look like I know what da hell a council is, let alone be able ta afford one?"
"I charge you ten dollars or six months confinement in the House of Refuge."
"NO! I AIN'T GOT DEN DOLLAHS! DAT'S UNREAL! SIX MONTHS! DA REFUGE! NO!" The officer grabbed her arms as she struggled to be released. "NO!!!" He continued to drag her out of the courtroom.
"RAVEN!!!!!" Jack screamed and pressed himself tightly against the bars, as he watched her get dragged away. Jack growled and swung his fist into the wall next to the gate.
"SIX MONTHS!" Race boomed. "DAT'S A CRIME IN IT'SELF! SIX MONTHS! I CAN'T BELIE' DAT!" He crashed down against the wall puffing madly on his cigar.
"Well believe it....we gotta get her outta deah.....with da help a Brooklyn." Jack donned is usual cocky grin as he said those words.
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KNOCK! KNOCK!
"ARGH! CONLON CAN'T YA GET A MOMENTS PEACE!" Jackal screamed in frustration from her position underneath Spot on the bed. Spot groaned.
"GO AWAY! I'SE BUSY!" He boomed and went to kiss Jackal again. KNOCK! KNOCK!
"CONLON GET OFFA YER GOIL AND OPEN UP DIS GODAMN DOOR!" Spot looked up as he recognized the voice. He tilted his head to the side and raised an eyebrow.
"Jack?" Jackal questioned looking up at him.
"Jack" Spot repeated her and nodded his head. Jackal shoved Spot off of her and buttoned her blouse. She rushed to the door and flung it open.
"Good ta see you too Jackal." Jack smiled at her and shoved his way into the room.
"If it ain't Jack be nimble Jack be quick." Spot smirked and went to spit shake with him, but at the least moment changed his mind and smacked him upside the head. "WHAT DA HELL DO YOU T'INK YER DOIN!? WALTZIN BACK IN HEAH LIKE NOT'IN'S WRONG! WHY I OUTTA KILL YA! SCRATCH YER EYEBALLS OUT WIT ME BARE HANDS. RIP YER HEA" His threats were cut short by Jackal's lips atop his own, Spot graciously returned the favor and kissed her back as Jack laughed.
"Ok.....OK! WILL DA TWO A YOUS STOP DAT!" Jack yelled. Jackal and Spot broke their kiss and stared at Jack in shock.
"So Kelly what's got yer panties in a twist?" Jackal said leaning lazily against Spot as he flung an arm over her shoulder.
"Raven's in da refuge." Jack stated plainly
"Repeat dat Jackey-boy" Spot said bewildered.
"Raven's in da refuge." Jack plopped down on Spot's bed and stuck his face in his hands.
"So what's da plan of action"
"We get her outta deah as soon as possible. Spot, you of all people should know what dey do ta goils in da refuge. I seen what happens....if da happens ta Raven....I..I'll nevah fagive meself." Jack muttered.
"We'll get her outta deah don't worry." Spot patted Jack on the back and walked over to his window. Jackal sat next to Jack on the bed.
"She'll be fine, she's got fight in her, she won't one of dem bastahds touch her." Jackal said.
"It ain't one dat I'se worried about, I'se worry about foah or five a dem gangin up on her...." Jack trailed off and looked at the ceiling.
"All right! I gots meself a little plan!" Spot shouted and rushed over to the two on the bed, he then began to tell him his brilliant plan.
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The guard led Raven down the dirty hallways of the refuge, the smell of piss and shit flooded her nose, and rotting meat filled the air causing her to gag. He unlocked a one-roomed cell and opened the door. He flung Raven inside, where she collapsed painfully on her hands and knees, her hair shielding her face. The last thing she heard was the door slamming behind her. She stumbled to her feet and clamored over to the window, she gripped the bars covering her small porthole window and lifted her lips to the opening. She whistled two sharp tones followed by a long one and then two more sharp tones .
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At the sound of the SOS whistle a girl with jet-black hair and deep, dark eyes straightened up rigidly, she whipped her head around. She pursed her lips together and whistled back to Raven, one long, two sharp, and another long one. She edged closer to the ledge of the rooftop and leaned over looking straight at the refuge. In return the girl heard a raven's cry. Her eyes widened as she returned with a cry of her own, that of a crow. In an instant the girl flew from the rooftop and jumped to the next one.
"What's da rush Crow?" A boy with shining blonde hair grabbed her arm and asked. Crow yanked her arm away and glared at him.
"Ravens in da coup Gold, gotta tell Conlon exactly wheah she is." Crow stated and continued across the rooftops. She came to a fire escape and slid gracefully down the ladder handles, running at lightning speed to Spot Conlon's window. She shimmied up the drainpipe and tapped three times on the window. The three figures huddled in quiet discussion, Looked up at the window and stared straight into the deep pits of Crow's eyes. Spot rushed to the window and let the girl in. She swing herself through the window and landed on her two feet in front of Spot.
"Chirp Crow."
"Raven's in da big coup, single cell isolation, sent an SOS, confirmed it was her through poisonal calls." Crow stated unemotionally. Spot nodded and looked over to Jack who stood up quickly.
"We gotta get her outta deah NOW!" He said frantically.
"Calm down Jack deah's nothin we can do....she's stuck." Jackal said walking over to him
"Siddown Kelly, she's stuck in a lone nest. Nothin you can do." Crow looked sharply at him.
"Keep watch Crow inform me of any change." Spot said to the girl. Crow nodded and disappeared out the window.
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Raven slumped down to floor below her window and shielded her face in her hands. She looked up as she heard the door creek open and the cop who she had disturbed earlier stepped inside.
"Good to see you're comfortable." He said as he inched towards her. Raven gripped the wall and stood trembling. The door closed and locked. Her eyes widened in fear. She scrambled to the corner as the cop steadily approached her.
"I'm going to teach you what happens when you mess with the law." He snarled at her. He raised his fist and slammed it down against her cheek. Raven flew into the wall and crumbled to the floor. She scurried along the floor as the cop advanced again. She stood quickly as he seized her two wrists. He forced her against the wall with a loud thud. She winced as he kneed her in the groin and proceeded to slap her across the face. She struggled to be freed but was no match for the officer's strength. He gripped her chin tightly and slammed her head back into the wall, lights flashed before her eyes and brilliant colors flew about the room in a whirling buzz. He pulled her lips down onto his own. Raven took her free hand and slapped him across the face and he returned the favor. He shoved his body violently against her own and licked her face. She screamed and struggled harder as she heard him unbuckling his pants.
"Bet your boyfriend has already bedded you." He hissed snake-like into her ear. She began kicking and yelling as he grabbed her breasts roughly with his hands. He tore her shirt in two and yanked her pants off in a simultaneous motion. Raven screamed again his fist collided with her face for another painful blow. His pants dropped to the floor. He thrust himself into her as a blood-curdling scream escaped her lips and the tears flooded her eyes, the harsh pain was more than she could bare. For her it seemed to go on for an endless eternity, her screams echoing back to her in her own brain, singing to her in a haunting lullaby. When he was through with her, he released Raven from the wall. She collapsed in a heap and painful whimpers emerged from her lips.
"Thank You Darling, It was a pleasure." The man flicked a dime at her and slammed the door behind him on his way out.
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Spot and Jack slipped in through the gates of the refuge and hurried around the back. Jack stopped at a small window and nodded his towards it alerting Spot. Jack slowly pushed the window open and climbed inside, Spot followed his example easily. They began lurking through the basement until they reached a thick wooden door. Jack pressed on it gently and it creaked open slowly. He slid his head through and rushed into the hallway followed by Jack.
"Da boys bunkroom is ovah heah." Jack whispered to Spot as they creeped down the passageway. Spot nodded and followed Jack's lead. Quickly the two of them slipped into the boys main bunkhouse.
"COWBOY!" Rang throughout the room.
"SSHHH!" Jack hushed them all.
"Any of yous heah a goil come in." Spot asked searching each of their eyes. Jack rolled his own and elaborated on Spot's description.
"A goil who came in heah makin tons a noise a racket, probably faught with da guards on her way in."
"Ya mean da really exoctic lookin one?" One boy answered. He whistled. "Boy was she a lookah." Jack growled at him. Spot pushed Jack back.
"Ya know which room dey put her in?" He asked.
"Yea, fifth floor solitary confinement...but I wouldn't go up deah if I was yous." The boy answered.
"Why not?"
"She got a visit from dat new coppah friend of hers...if ya know what I'se sayin Kelly." Jack looked away, down at the floor and murmured curses under his breath. As if instinctively Spot grabbed Jack by the arm and dragged him out of the bunkroom, they searched the hall and took off for the fifth floor.
Raven lifted her head from the floor slowly and touched her swollen face. The tears cascaded down her cheeks mournfully, dripping off her chin making small mud dots on the floor. She heard the door of her cell creak open and she screamed.
Spot and Jack heard the scream and knew who it was immediately, they rushed down the hallway and came to a screeching halt when they saw the warden outside Raven's door. Spot pulled Jack behind a protruding piece of wall.
"We have to clean you up some." The warden sneered at her. Raven's eyes were wide with fear as she crowded closer to the wall. The warden stepped closer to her and Raven slowly stood against the wall.
"Come on now. I'm not going to hurt you." Raven shook her head. The warden suddenly picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. She began kicking and screaming, pounding on his back with her fists.
"LET ME GO! PUT ME DOWN YA DUMB PIG! I'SE GONNA MOIDAH YA! LEMME GO!" She continued screaming as he carried her out of the room.
When the warden turned his back on the boys they stepped out of hiding. Raven stopped fighting with the warden as she stared at Jack. She mouthed "Help me." to him and pleaded with her eyes. Jack was so close to her, yet so far away. He went to reach out to her and pry her away from the warden but Spot pulled his hand back and pulled him at a run for their nearest exit from the refuge.
"SPOT I GOTTA HELP HER!" Jack went to run back inside but Spot grabbed him and slammed him onto the brick wall.
"WE WILL GET HER OUT! I PROMISE YA DAT! BUT GOIN BACK IN DEAH NOW IS LIKE SUICIDE! CALM DOWN! I AIN'T LETTIN HER STAY IN DEAH, SO SIT YER ASS DOWN KELLY AND COOL OFF!" Spot boomed in his face before releasing his grip and turning away from Jack. Jack slumped down to the floor with his head in his hands.
"We'se was so close..."
"Close but not close enough." Spot said lighting a cigarette. Spot and jack sat their outside the refuge gates and waited, they waited for any sign of movement in Raven's room.
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"This is ridiculous!" Miracle said pacing the floor of the Manhattan bunkroom.
"You got dat kid." Race replied.
"I mean it's two o'clock in da mornin! WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS TAKIN DEM SO LONG TO SPRING HER LOOSE!" Oracle flipped out and yelled. Swifty wrapped his arms around her and hushed her.
"Ya know I bet she's in isolation..." Skittery answered.
"Yea...."Mush trailed off.
"Ya know what dey do ta goils in isolation right guys?" Skittery continued.
"SHADDUP GLUM!" Race bellowed.
"Yea let's just hope nothin bad happened to her." Mush countered.
"Sometimes Mushie ya t'ink too bright in life, she's probably beat up and..." Blink responded
"CAN IT BLINK!" Oracle screamed from within Swifty's arms. From the last statement full out arguments and fights erupted in the bunkroom. Crashes and yelling resounded within the walls and the commotion was like a riot full of chaos and rage.
"EVERYONE DAT'S ENOUGH!" Jackal stood in the doorway and yelled.
"Jackal?" Oracle questioned from a headlock given to her by Snoddy.
"SHADDUP! I GOTS NEWS FA YA! SO STOP FIGHTIN AND LISTEN TA ME!" Everyone froze and stared at the girl in the doorway. At that moment Crow appeared next to her with a look of pure worry written on her face. Her black eyes were shining with unshed tears.
"What happened?" Oracle asked, her voice shaking. Crow stepped into the room, her fists opening and closing violently.
"HE TOUCHED HER! DAT BASTARD COPPAH TOUCHED MY SISTAH! HE BEAT DA SHIT OUTTA HER AND DEN HE TOUCHED HER! I'SE GONNA MOIDAH HIM!" She screamed as tears poured down her face. The room was silent, except for the harsh breathing of the newsies. "AND I WATCHED HIM DO IT! NOT ABLE TA DO A FUCKIN T'ING! I WATCHED HIM! I SAW HIM HURT RAVEN!" Crow whipped her body around and slammed her fist into the wall. The plaster went everywhere as he hand got lodged into the wall. She ripped her hand from it and cradled it with her other hand. She crashed to the floor in a sobbing heap. Oracle and Jackal rushed over to her and held the hysterical girl in their arms, trying to soothe her.
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"LET ME GO YA FAT IGNAHRAMOUS!" Raven screamed as she was tossed once again into her cell. When the door closed behind her she raced to the window. She made a Raven's cry and hoped to god the boys were still out there.
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"Ya see her yet Spot?" Jack asked from his position leaning against the wall near the gate. A cigarette dangling from his lips.
"Naw.....dey'se still interrogatin her." Spot said staring up at the window to Raven's cell.
"WAIT SPOT YA HEAH DAT!" Jack tossed his cigarette to the ground and straightened up.
"Was dat a.......Raven?" Spot smirked.
"Sounded like a pretty feminine Raven ta me Spot." Jack said smirking as well.
"Good ta know she probably knocked da Warden in da balls ta make him bring her back dis oily." Spot said.
"Well let's get goin!" Jack said grabbing his rope and heading for the fire escape. Spot rolled his eyes and took off after him.
Spot and Jack scurried up the fire escape and rushed along the top of the roof.
"I t'ink she's right undah heah." Jack said.
"Well check wouldja?" Spot asked annoyed. Jack rolled his eyes and tapped three times on the roof. Raven's ears perked up and she slammed herself against the bars. She cried out again as a Raven.
"She right undahneath us." Jack smiled.
"Fa once ya do somet'in right Jackey-boy."
"Yea Yea." Jack stretched out the rope and handed the end to Spot he tied it tightly around his body and hurried over to the edge.
"Ya bettah hurry Jack...ya not a fuckin feathah ya know."
"Screw you Spot!" Spot began to lower Jack down the side of the building.
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"Dose two boys are good fa shit...I say dat we go ta da refuge ouahselves and get her outta deah" Jackal said within the huddled group of girl's in the lobby of the Manhattan LH.
"Dat's one of da best Idea's yous evah had deah Jackal." Oracle said smiling. They all headed out the door until Jackal turned around sharply and strode over to Miracle.
"No little man stealin shrimps allowed." She said menacingly towards her.
"Oh really?" Miracle questioned straightening up into Jackal's face.
"Yea..." Jackal inched forward more. Suddenly Miracle jumped ontop of her and the began wrestling on the floor as Oracle and Crow urged them to stop. Miracle grabbed a piece of Jackal's hair and pulled it violently. Jackal slammed her fist into Miracle's face and flung her halfway across the room. Jackal lunged forward and the two girls began punching ruthlessly.
"HEY!" They continued to fight and practically murder each other.
"HEY! DIS AIN'T HELPIN RAVEN NONE! STOP IT!" Oracle bellowed. The two fighting girls looked up at her and then at each other before standing up and glaring at one another.
"LETS GO NOW!" Crow yelled and rushed out of the building followed by the other three girls. The group ran all the way to the refuge, just in time to see Jack dangling off the side of the building.
"Bet you he fagot a screwdrivah ta pry da bars off with." Jackal said shaking her head. The other girls laughed and hurried inside the gates.
Jack was lowered perfectly level with Raven's bars. She looked at him and her face went into a scowl.
"What?" He asked.
"Dis is what!?" She slapped him upside the head. He grabbed it as he held onto the bars.
"What was dat foah?"
"What was dat foah!? Fa takin off and goin ta Santa Fe! Fa almost gettin hung! Fa leavin me behind ya grimy good fa nothin twit!"
"Well what a welcome Ravy!"
"Ya don't deserve a welcome!"
"Shaddup and let me get ya outta heah!"
"I'd raddah rot den let ya touch me evah!"
"FINE RAVE! SPOT PULL ME UP!" Spot was now laughing so hard he couldn't contain himself and let his hand slip almost dropping the rope. "DAMN IT SPOT!"
"Heya Brooklyn!" She looked up at Spot laughing and waved cheerfully. Spot managed to wave back through his chuckles.
The girls below them were all hysterical trying to make it up to the roof, they finally reached Spot.
"Dose two are a piece a woik huh?" Oracle asked.
"Definitely...dey'se gonna get caught." Spot said gripping the rope tighter.
"GOD RAVY I'SE TRYIN TA RESCUE YA HEAH!"
"I AIN'T NO DAMSEL IN DISTRESS! I'LL GET MESELF OUTTA HEAH!
"YA CAN'T EVEN APPRECIATE ME ONCE!"
"um.....NOPE!"
"PULL ME UP! I'SE LEAVIN HER HEAH!"
"JACK DON'T BE STUPID!" Miracle called down to her brother.
"WILL DA TWO A YOUS HURRY DA FUCK UP!" Spot yelled in a whisper down to them.
"SHADDUP!" They replied in unison.
"Ok genius how ya gettin me outta dis joint?" Raven questioned from beyond the bars.
"Threw da bars."
"BRILLIANT PLAN JACK! YER A MORON! SO WHAT ARE YA GONNA USE TA GET ME "THREW" DA BARS!?" Jack stared at her blankly.
"Jack did ya even remembah da crowbah!" Jackal yelled to him.
"Shit!"
'IDIOT!" Raven screamed in his face.
The girls above all started laughing hysterically.
"Good ta see dat ya don't got no brain Jack!" Oracle said through fits of laughter.
"CAN IT!" Jack bellowed.
"Well someone's a tad pissy tonight." Raven said smirking.
"Pussy?" Spot questioned.
"NO!" Jackal screamed and slapped him in the head, he let go of the rope and Jack went jerking downwards. All of the figures on the roof scrambled for it and grabbed it at the same time.
"Good one Jackal! Real Smart!" Spot growled at her.
"SHADDUP!" Jack yelled. "YOUS ALMOST KILLED ME!"
"Like dat would be so bad." Raven stated rolling her eyes.
"You! Quiet!"
"Heads up Jackey-boy!" Spot called to him and tossed the crowbar over the side of the building. Jack caught it quickly and smiled.
"Yer lucky us goils are smart, uddah wise yous wouldn't have nothin ta get her out with." Miracle said.
"Well bravo Jack." Raven said in mock applause and clapped her hands unenthusiastically. Jack rolled his eyes and started to pluck the bars out of their slots.
"Hurry up Jackey-boy! JUST A LITTLE! I AM HOLDIN YA UP YA KNOW!" Spot said through gritted teeth and he tugged harder.
"ONE!" Jack cheered as they heard a bar clink. Raven grabbed it and placed it inside.
"Hurry Jack..." She said urging him on.
"TWO!" Raven took that one also and placed it beside the other one.
"Ravy can ya squeeze?" Jack asked.
"Yea." He flung the crowbar at her, she caught it and placed it on the floor next to the other bars.
"Come on." He motioned to her with his hands. Raven hoisted herself onto her stomach threw the window. Jack gripped her underneath her armpits and helped her through. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he scooped his arm underneath her knees. Spot pulled on back the rope and began to hoist them up quickly. As soon as they reached the roof, Jack placed Raven on the ledge and climbed up himself.
"Cheese it!" Immediately the group rushed from the roof and across the courtyard of the refuge. They climbed the gate easily and jumped to the other side. Spot slipped his arm around Jackal's waist and led her towards Brooklyn as Miracle frowned at them. Oracle began nudging Miracle towards the Manhattan lodging house.
"WHAT!?" Miracle snapped. Oracle grabbed her face and flung it towards Jack and Raven staring at each other three feet apart.
"THAT!" Oracle pointed at them.
"o.O." Miracle let out a nervous laugh. "That..." Oracle grabbed her arm and began leading her back to the lodging house, leaving Raven and Jack.....alone. Jack walked over to her slowly as Raven just stared at him approaching her. He stood in front of her, waiting for her to say something but Raven was at a loss for words, all the moisture from her mouth was gone and she tried to swallow but found she couldn't. Jack inched even closer, he slid his hand over her cheek and cupped it gently. Slowly he bent his head down to hers and tapped his lips sweetly over her sinfully dark ones. Raven pulled back quickly and slapped him across the face.
"FUCK!"
"WELL YA DESERVE IT YA STUPID ASSHOLE!" Raven screamed. Jack threw his hands up in the air, giving up on what they had, and turned away from her heading back to the lodging house. Raven hurried over to him and grabbed his arm flinging him around to face her. She grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled his lips down to hers. He kissed her back smoothly, letting the chocolate of her mouth fill him with the sweet aphrodisiac. Raven slid her arms around his neck as he snaked his around her waist pulling her closer to him. Raven let the wave tingles over take her and the joy of kissing him fill her body, it brought tears to her eyes and they streamed down her cheeks in happy rivulets, coursing down Jack's face as well. He slowly pulled away from her and wiped a tear with his thumb, he smiled at her and she smiled back at him. Jack pulled her into a hug and whispered into her ear.
"Ravy, I'se so sorry for evah hoitin ya...fagive me...ya don't have ta...but please...cuz I love ya Raven....I love ya."
Raven lifted her lips to his ear and replied in a soft whisper.
"Good cuz I love ya too Jack Kelly." She smiled and stared into his familiar laughing eyes. Jack wrapped an arm around his girl's waist and Raven leaned her head on his shoulder. They walked slowly, strolling along the sidewalk, talking to each other. Taking in the night air and each other.
THE END
A/N It's over I know....but didn't it end loverly hehe. OH THIS IS WHY I'M A/NING hehe
FROGGIE MY BOY! YOU RULE BUNCHES! EEP!Everyone must read his story when the next chappy comes out....DANCE TILL I DIE! fame/newsies crossover! I'M SO EXCITED EEPERS!
Chicago: OF COURSE JACK GET'S ANOTHER CHANCE! DID YOU REALY THINK I WOULD KILL HIM!
Jack: I thought you were gonna kill me there for awhile Raves
If I wanted to I could have......come to think of it, that newspaper article would have been fun to write. PAIN IN THE ASS OF THE WEST DIES!
Jack: HEY!
Yea Jesse James got what was comin to him. Sry but he was bastard who had to die...OH WELL
Sarah Kate: hehe cliffhangers work so well in my favor hehe. READ THIS! YOUR GONNA FLIP YOUR LID I TELL YA!
Newsie Miracle: NO SUICIDAL MIRACLE'S! AND NO DISAPPEARING!
*Miracle runs off quietly*
Miracle?
*silence*
Miracle!?
*no response*
MIRACLE!?
MsJonyReb: Deep breath...breathe...come on...good...hehe Sry I made ya freak on me but hey....please tell me you didn't actually think I would kill off Jack Kelly? *thinks* OK maybe it crossed my mind a few times BUT STILL! I DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO IT!
I'm glad you liked the ending of this chapter hehe. Jesse had his own little guilt trip that well made him go back for Jack...he couldn't let the kid die now could he.
Jesse: listen I woulda let him die but....damn it I gots a soft spot for stupid young outlaws who don't know their ass from their elbow and well Jack just didn't deserve to die like that so I figured why not rescue the bastard?
Just.....Jesse....no....quiet.....
OH! Read on to fine out exactly where Jack is hehehehehehehehehehehe *turns into evil laugh* MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
DemonBlood: NOPE HE AIN'T A BASTARD NO MORE! EEP! Come on would I really kill Jack like that? Too easy! I mean if I was gonna kill him off It would be more painfull and longer lasting than that.
Jack: HEY! WHAT ID THIS? ARE YOU PLOTTING MY DEATH OR SOMETHING?
*innocent smile* nooooooooo of course not *evil grin* hehehe
*Jesse is huggled and than smacked over the head with a book*
Jesse: MY HEAD! WHAT THAT HECK WAS THAT FOR!
For you being all evil jealous like outlaw.
Jesse: WELL IT HURT!
GOOD!
OMG SOUR PUNCH STRAWS! EEP! *has about fifty and starts running around in sugar high like circles screaming like an Indian*
HERE WE GO............................................
"Raven seriously this ain't a good idea at all." Miracle said to Raven from her perch on the roof.
"Shaddup! Listen I wanna have some fun..." Raven said as she leaned over the roof's ledge, staring down at the cop she was about to torture for the day.
"Dis is yer idea of fun!?"
"Yea as a mattah of fact it is!"
"I'se out of dis....I ain't gettin tossed inta da refuge fa nothin!" Miracle crossed her arms over her chest and started to stalk off.
"FINE! PARTY POOPAH!" Raven shouted and then let a smirk creep across her face. She turned back to her perch and continued to study the cop. She slowly removed her sling-shot from her back pocket, also grabbing a red marble, she placed the marble in the rubber band and pulled back slowly aiming straight at the police officers head. She released and the marble went zipping through the air, slamming dead on into the officer's noise. Raven eyes went wide as she stood on the roof, she never expected to actually hit the man, she was absolutely terrible with a slingshot, even when she lived in Brooklyn she couldn't handle one properly. In a split second Raven took off down the roof, leaping onto the fire escape and running like mad down the ladder. The cop zeroed in on her retreating form and dashed after her. Raven continued zooming through the crowds of people and down the street with the cop hot on her tail. She zoomed past Blink and Mush who stared after her in disbelief.
"DA BULLS!!!!" She screamed behind her as she continued on through the streets.
"Oh just da bulls...." Mush said to Blink and went to start calling out headlines.
"Wait....DA BULLS!" Blink screeched, grabbed Mush's arm and dragged him at a run after Raven and the cop.
At that moment Raven slammed into Race and shoved him to the side.
"Ravy what da..." Race began to say as she took off and the cop followed by Mush and Blink zipped past him in a mad pursuit for the girl. Race's eyes widened in shock and he chased after them as well. Raven's heart pounded steadily in her chest as her fear mounted, the cop grew closer and closer to her, she heard in her ears the shouts of her friends trying to distract him from her. Raven made a swift turn and ended up in Horace Greeley square where many of the boys were situated. She was growing more and more tired by the second, always being in the lead of the chase and now her breath was running low and her legs were starting to give out on her.
"Raven?" Oracle questioned from Swifty's lap, atop the statue.
"HELP!!!!" Raven yelled frantically and the cop grabbed her around the waist.
"LET HER GO!!!!" Race bellowed as he zipped out of the alley. The cop blew the whistle and immediately more cops showed up on the scene. Immediately all the boys were on their feet and trying to free Raven. She was screaming and kicking wildly, trying to pry herself from the cop's grip.
"LET ME GO YOU FUCKING DOITY BULL!" Raven screamed and kicked the cop. She was still ranting and raving as the paddy wagon pulled up.
"NO!" Miracle screamed. The cop began to lead the disruptive girl over to the wagon. The paddy wagon door opened and Raven dug her feet into the ground screaming unladylike obscenities.
"LEMME GO!!!!! GODAMNIT!!! I'SE GONNA KILL YA!!! BOIN IN HELL YA DOITY SCABBAH!" Raven screamed as she was placed in the wagon, and then she caught someone's eye standing at the back of the crowd with his mouth hanging open in shock. He looked slightly ragged and his hair was lightened from endless hours of sunshine, his brown eyes glittered with fear. He wore old tattered jeans and leather cowboy boots with spurs that clicked when he walked on the cobblestone streets. Raven stared in disbelief at the boy standing there and then she screamed for him at the top of her lungs, letting his name escape madly from her lips.
"JACK!!!!!! JACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'SE GONNA KILL YA!!!! JAC...." SLAM! The paddy wagon door closed on her and the wagon drove away headed to the one place that Jack Kelly wished he could forget about even existed.
"Jack? Why she screamin fa Jack" other murmurs of the like rang through the crowd of newsies. Jack inched his way through the crowd as he watched the wagon drive off, he stood there with the image of the wagon driving off in his brain, pressed there forever.
"So whadda ya gonna do bout dis Jack?" Race snuck up next to him puffing away on his cigar. Jack turned to Race slowly, taking Race's cigar from his mouth. He took a long pull and then answered him.
"Whadda ya t'ink Race? I'se gonna get her outta deah."
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"Judge E.A Monahan Presiding."
"Oh great...What luck..." Raven thought to herself as she was led to the front of the court. Almost immediately she heard the shouts of familiar voices.
"LET HER OFF!" Was that Blink?
"MOVE A LONG MONAHAN RIGHT!?" Was that Mush?
"WHAT ARE YA GONNA DO MONAHAN, PUT HER IN DA REFUGE FOR HER OWN GOOD! RIGHT! MOVE ALONG!" Jack boomed above the others and slammed himself against the gate. "RIGHT MONAHAN! MOVE ALONG! MOVE ALONG!"
"JACK!! CHEESE IT.... JACK!" Jack started try and pry the gates open, but the boys pulled him back and you could still hear him shouting "MOVE ALONG!" in the background. Raven watched him with her eyes wide. Miracle grabbed her brother's arms and stared long and hard at his reddened face, she could tell he was fighting back tears of anger and torment.
"Jack ya can't do nothin now....." Miracle said sadly. Jack looked at his sister and pulled her into a hug.
"Dere gonna hoit her so bad in deah.....I don't even wanna t'ink about it." Oracle murmured and buried her head in Swifty's chest.
"This girl is charged with disturbing the peace and attempted attack on an officer." Raven laughed lightly.
"Does a council represent you?"
"Do I look like I know what da hell a council is, let alone be able ta afford one?"
"I charge you ten dollars or six months confinement in the House of Refuge."
"NO! I AIN'T GOT DEN DOLLAHS! DAT'S UNREAL! SIX MONTHS! DA REFUGE! NO!" The officer grabbed her arms as she struggled to be released. "NO!!!" He continued to drag her out of the courtroom.
"RAVEN!!!!!" Jack screamed and pressed himself tightly against the bars, as he watched her get dragged away. Jack growled and swung his fist into the wall next to the gate.
"SIX MONTHS!" Race boomed. "DAT'S A CRIME IN IT'SELF! SIX MONTHS! I CAN'T BELIE' DAT!" He crashed down against the wall puffing madly on his cigar.
"Well believe it....we gotta get her outta deah.....with da help a Brooklyn." Jack donned is usual cocky grin as he said those words.
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KNOCK! KNOCK!
"ARGH! CONLON CAN'T YA GET A MOMENTS PEACE!" Jackal screamed in frustration from her position underneath Spot on the bed. Spot groaned.
"GO AWAY! I'SE BUSY!" He boomed and went to kiss Jackal again. KNOCK! KNOCK!
"CONLON GET OFFA YER GOIL AND OPEN UP DIS GODAMN DOOR!" Spot looked up as he recognized the voice. He tilted his head to the side and raised an eyebrow.
"Jack?" Jackal questioned looking up at him.
"Jack" Spot repeated her and nodded his head. Jackal shoved Spot off of her and buttoned her blouse. She rushed to the door and flung it open.
"Good ta see you too Jackal." Jack smiled at her and shoved his way into the room.
"If it ain't Jack be nimble Jack be quick." Spot smirked and went to spit shake with him, but at the least moment changed his mind and smacked him upside the head. "WHAT DA HELL DO YOU T'INK YER DOIN!? WALTZIN BACK IN HEAH LIKE NOT'IN'S WRONG! WHY I OUTTA KILL YA! SCRATCH YER EYEBALLS OUT WIT ME BARE HANDS. RIP YER HEA" His threats were cut short by Jackal's lips atop his own, Spot graciously returned the favor and kissed her back as Jack laughed.
"Ok.....OK! WILL DA TWO A YOUS STOP DAT!" Jack yelled. Jackal and Spot broke their kiss and stared at Jack in shock.
"So Kelly what's got yer panties in a twist?" Jackal said leaning lazily against Spot as he flung an arm over her shoulder.
"Raven's in da refuge." Jack stated plainly
"Repeat dat Jackey-boy" Spot said bewildered.
"Raven's in da refuge." Jack plopped down on Spot's bed and stuck his face in his hands.
"So what's da plan of action"
"We get her outta deah as soon as possible. Spot, you of all people should know what dey do ta goils in da refuge. I seen what happens....if da happens ta Raven....I..I'll nevah fagive meself." Jack muttered.
"We'll get her outta deah don't worry." Spot patted Jack on the back and walked over to his window. Jackal sat next to Jack on the bed.
"She'll be fine, she's got fight in her, she won't one of dem bastahds touch her." Jackal said.
"It ain't one dat I'se worried about, I'se worry about foah or five a dem gangin up on her...." Jack trailed off and looked at the ceiling.
"All right! I gots meself a little plan!" Spot shouted and rushed over to the two on the bed, he then began to tell him his brilliant plan.
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The guard led Raven down the dirty hallways of the refuge, the smell of piss and shit flooded her nose, and rotting meat filled the air causing her to gag. He unlocked a one-roomed cell and opened the door. He flung Raven inside, where she collapsed painfully on her hands and knees, her hair shielding her face. The last thing she heard was the door slamming behind her. She stumbled to her feet and clamored over to the window, she gripped the bars covering her small porthole window and lifted her lips to the opening. She whistled two sharp tones followed by a long one and then two more sharp tones .
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At the sound of the SOS whistle a girl with jet-black hair and deep, dark eyes straightened up rigidly, she whipped her head around. She pursed her lips together and whistled back to Raven, one long, two sharp, and another long one. She edged closer to the ledge of the rooftop and leaned over looking straight at the refuge. In return the girl heard a raven's cry. Her eyes widened as she returned with a cry of her own, that of a crow. In an instant the girl flew from the rooftop and jumped to the next one.
"What's da rush Crow?" A boy with shining blonde hair grabbed her arm and asked. Crow yanked her arm away and glared at him.
"Ravens in da coup Gold, gotta tell Conlon exactly wheah she is." Crow stated and continued across the rooftops. She came to a fire escape and slid gracefully down the ladder handles, running at lightning speed to Spot Conlon's window. She shimmied up the drainpipe and tapped three times on the window. The three figures huddled in quiet discussion, Looked up at the window and stared straight into the deep pits of Crow's eyes. Spot rushed to the window and let the girl in. She swing herself through the window and landed on her two feet in front of Spot.
"Chirp Crow."
"Raven's in da big coup, single cell isolation, sent an SOS, confirmed it was her through poisonal calls." Crow stated unemotionally. Spot nodded and looked over to Jack who stood up quickly.
"We gotta get her outta deah NOW!" He said frantically.
"Calm down Jack deah's nothin we can do....she's stuck." Jackal said walking over to him
"Siddown Kelly, she's stuck in a lone nest. Nothin you can do." Crow looked sharply at him.
"Keep watch Crow inform me of any change." Spot said to the girl. Crow nodded and disappeared out the window.
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Raven slumped down to floor below her window and shielded her face in her hands. She looked up as she heard the door creek open and the cop who she had disturbed earlier stepped inside.
"Good to see you're comfortable." He said as he inched towards her. Raven gripped the wall and stood trembling. The door closed and locked. Her eyes widened in fear. She scrambled to the corner as the cop steadily approached her.
"I'm going to teach you what happens when you mess with the law." He snarled at her. He raised his fist and slammed it down against her cheek. Raven flew into the wall and crumbled to the floor. She scurried along the floor as the cop advanced again. She stood quickly as he seized her two wrists. He forced her against the wall with a loud thud. She winced as he kneed her in the groin and proceeded to slap her across the face. She struggled to be freed but was no match for the officer's strength. He gripped her chin tightly and slammed her head back into the wall, lights flashed before her eyes and brilliant colors flew about the room in a whirling buzz. He pulled her lips down onto his own. Raven took her free hand and slapped him across the face and he returned the favor. He shoved his body violently against her own and licked her face. She screamed and struggled harder as she heard him unbuckling his pants.
"Bet your boyfriend has already bedded you." He hissed snake-like into her ear. She began kicking and yelling as he grabbed her breasts roughly with his hands. He tore her shirt in two and yanked her pants off in a simultaneous motion. Raven screamed again his fist collided with her face for another painful blow. His pants dropped to the floor. He thrust himself into her as a blood-curdling scream escaped her lips and the tears flooded her eyes, the harsh pain was more than she could bare. For her it seemed to go on for an endless eternity, her screams echoing back to her in her own brain, singing to her in a haunting lullaby. When he was through with her, he released Raven from the wall. She collapsed in a heap and painful whimpers emerged from her lips.
"Thank You Darling, It was a pleasure." The man flicked a dime at her and slammed the door behind him on his way out.
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Spot and Jack slipped in through the gates of the refuge and hurried around the back. Jack stopped at a small window and nodded his towards it alerting Spot. Jack slowly pushed the window open and climbed inside, Spot followed his example easily. They began lurking through the basement until they reached a thick wooden door. Jack pressed on it gently and it creaked open slowly. He slid his head through and rushed into the hallway followed by Jack.
"Da boys bunkroom is ovah heah." Jack whispered to Spot as they creeped down the passageway. Spot nodded and followed Jack's lead. Quickly the two of them slipped into the boys main bunkhouse.
"COWBOY!" Rang throughout the room.
"SSHHH!" Jack hushed them all.
"Any of yous heah a goil come in." Spot asked searching each of their eyes. Jack rolled his own and elaborated on Spot's description.
"A goil who came in heah makin tons a noise a racket, probably faught with da guards on her way in."
"Ya mean da really exoctic lookin one?" One boy answered. He whistled. "Boy was she a lookah." Jack growled at him. Spot pushed Jack back.
"Ya know which room dey put her in?" He asked.
"Yea, fifth floor solitary confinement...but I wouldn't go up deah if I was yous." The boy answered.
"Why not?"
"She got a visit from dat new coppah friend of hers...if ya know what I'se sayin Kelly." Jack looked away, down at the floor and murmured curses under his breath. As if instinctively Spot grabbed Jack by the arm and dragged him out of the bunkroom, they searched the hall and took off for the fifth floor.
Raven lifted her head from the floor slowly and touched her swollen face. The tears cascaded down her cheeks mournfully, dripping off her chin making small mud dots on the floor. She heard the door of her cell creak open and she screamed.
Spot and Jack heard the scream and knew who it was immediately, they rushed down the hallway and came to a screeching halt when they saw the warden outside Raven's door. Spot pulled Jack behind a protruding piece of wall.
"We have to clean you up some." The warden sneered at her. Raven's eyes were wide with fear as she crowded closer to the wall. The warden stepped closer to her and Raven slowly stood against the wall.
"Come on now. I'm not going to hurt you." Raven shook her head. The warden suddenly picked her up and slung her over his shoulder. She began kicking and screaming, pounding on his back with her fists.
"LET ME GO! PUT ME DOWN YA DUMB PIG! I'SE GONNA MOIDAH YA! LEMME GO!" She continued screaming as he carried her out of the room.
When the warden turned his back on the boys they stepped out of hiding. Raven stopped fighting with the warden as she stared at Jack. She mouthed "Help me." to him and pleaded with her eyes. Jack was so close to her, yet so far away. He went to reach out to her and pry her away from the warden but Spot pulled his hand back and pulled him at a run for their nearest exit from the refuge.
"SPOT I GOTTA HELP HER!" Jack went to run back inside but Spot grabbed him and slammed him onto the brick wall.
"WE WILL GET HER OUT! I PROMISE YA DAT! BUT GOIN BACK IN DEAH NOW IS LIKE SUICIDE! CALM DOWN! I AIN'T LETTIN HER STAY IN DEAH, SO SIT YER ASS DOWN KELLY AND COOL OFF!" Spot boomed in his face before releasing his grip and turning away from Jack. Jack slumped down to the floor with his head in his hands.
"We'se was so close..."
"Close but not close enough." Spot said lighting a cigarette. Spot and jack sat their outside the refuge gates and waited, they waited for any sign of movement in Raven's room.
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"This is ridiculous!" Miracle said pacing the floor of the Manhattan bunkroom.
"You got dat kid." Race replied.
"I mean it's two o'clock in da mornin! WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS TAKIN DEM SO LONG TO SPRING HER LOOSE!" Oracle flipped out and yelled. Swifty wrapped his arms around her and hushed her.
"Ya know I bet she's in isolation..." Skittery answered.
"Yea...."Mush trailed off.
"Ya know what dey do ta goils in isolation right guys?" Skittery continued.
"SHADDUP GLUM!" Race bellowed.
"Yea let's just hope nothin bad happened to her." Mush countered.
"Sometimes Mushie ya t'ink too bright in life, she's probably beat up and..." Blink responded
"CAN IT BLINK!" Oracle screamed from within Swifty's arms. From the last statement full out arguments and fights erupted in the bunkroom. Crashes and yelling resounded within the walls and the commotion was like a riot full of chaos and rage.
"EVERYONE DAT'S ENOUGH!" Jackal stood in the doorway and yelled.
"Jackal?" Oracle questioned from a headlock given to her by Snoddy.
"SHADDUP! I GOTS NEWS FA YA! SO STOP FIGHTIN AND LISTEN TA ME!" Everyone froze and stared at the girl in the doorway. At that moment Crow appeared next to her with a look of pure worry written on her face. Her black eyes were shining with unshed tears.
"What happened?" Oracle asked, her voice shaking. Crow stepped into the room, her fists opening and closing violently.
"HE TOUCHED HER! DAT BASTARD COPPAH TOUCHED MY SISTAH! HE BEAT DA SHIT OUTTA HER AND DEN HE TOUCHED HER! I'SE GONNA MOIDAH HIM!" She screamed as tears poured down her face. The room was silent, except for the harsh breathing of the newsies. "AND I WATCHED HIM DO IT! NOT ABLE TA DO A FUCKIN T'ING! I WATCHED HIM! I SAW HIM HURT RAVEN!" Crow whipped her body around and slammed her fist into the wall. The plaster went everywhere as he hand got lodged into the wall. She ripped her hand from it and cradled it with her other hand. She crashed to the floor in a sobbing heap. Oracle and Jackal rushed over to her and held the hysterical girl in their arms, trying to soothe her.
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"LET ME GO YA FAT IGNAHRAMOUS!" Raven screamed as she was tossed once again into her cell. When the door closed behind her she raced to the window. She made a Raven's cry and hoped to god the boys were still out there.
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"Ya see her yet Spot?" Jack asked from his position leaning against the wall near the gate. A cigarette dangling from his lips.
"Naw.....dey'se still interrogatin her." Spot said staring up at the window to Raven's cell.
"WAIT SPOT YA HEAH DAT!" Jack tossed his cigarette to the ground and straightened up.
"Was dat a.......Raven?" Spot smirked.
"Sounded like a pretty feminine Raven ta me Spot." Jack said smirking as well.
"Good ta know she probably knocked da Warden in da balls ta make him bring her back dis oily." Spot said.
"Well let's get goin!" Jack said grabbing his rope and heading for the fire escape. Spot rolled his eyes and took off after him.
Spot and Jack scurried up the fire escape and rushed along the top of the roof.
"I t'ink she's right undah heah." Jack said.
"Well check wouldja?" Spot asked annoyed. Jack rolled his eyes and tapped three times on the roof. Raven's ears perked up and she slammed herself against the bars. She cried out again as a Raven.
"She right undahneath us." Jack smiled.
"Fa once ya do somet'in right Jackey-boy."
"Yea Yea." Jack stretched out the rope and handed the end to Spot he tied it tightly around his body and hurried over to the edge.
"Ya bettah hurry Jack...ya not a fuckin feathah ya know."
"Screw you Spot!" Spot began to lower Jack down the side of the building.
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"Dose two boys are good fa shit...I say dat we go ta da refuge ouahselves and get her outta deah" Jackal said within the huddled group of girl's in the lobby of the Manhattan LH.
"Dat's one of da best Idea's yous evah had deah Jackal." Oracle said smiling. They all headed out the door until Jackal turned around sharply and strode over to Miracle.
"No little man stealin shrimps allowed." She said menacingly towards her.
"Oh really?" Miracle questioned straightening up into Jackal's face.
"Yea..." Jackal inched forward more. Suddenly Miracle jumped ontop of her and the began wrestling on the floor as Oracle and Crow urged them to stop. Miracle grabbed a piece of Jackal's hair and pulled it violently. Jackal slammed her fist into Miracle's face and flung her halfway across the room. Jackal lunged forward and the two girls began punching ruthlessly.
"HEY!" They continued to fight and practically murder each other.
"HEY! DIS AIN'T HELPIN RAVEN NONE! STOP IT!" Oracle bellowed. The two fighting girls looked up at her and then at each other before standing up and glaring at one another.
"LETS GO NOW!" Crow yelled and rushed out of the building followed by the other three girls. The group ran all the way to the refuge, just in time to see Jack dangling off the side of the building.
"Bet you he fagot a screwdrivah ta pry da bars off with." Jackal said shaking her head. The other girls laughed and hurried inside the gates.
Jack was lowered perfectly level with Raven's bars. She looked at him and her face went into a scowl.
"What?" He asked.
"Dis is what!?" She slapped him upside the head. He grabbed it as he held onto the bars.
"What was dat foah?"
"What was dat foah!? Fa takin off and goin ta Santa Fe! Fa almost gettin hung! Fa leavin me behind ya grimy good fa nothin twit!"
"Well what a welcome Ravy!"
"Ya don't deserve a welcome!"
"Shaddup and let me get ya outta heah!"
"I'd raddah rot den let ya touch me evah!"
"FINE RAVE! SPOT PULL ME UP!" Spot was now laughing so hard he couldn't contain himself and let his hand slip almost dropping the rope. "DAMN IT SPOT!"
"Heya Brooklyn!" She looked up at Spot laughing and waved cheerfully. Spot managed to wave back through his chuckles.
The girls below them were all hysterical trying to make it up to the roof, they finally reached Spot.
"Dose two are a piece a woik huh?" Oracle asked.
"Definitely...dey'se gonna get caught." Spot said gripping the rope tighter.
"GOD RAVY I'SE TRYIN TA RESCUE YA HEAH!"
"I AIN'T NO DAMSEL IN DISTRESS! I'LL GET MESELF OUTTA HEAH!
"YA CAN'T EVEN APPRECIATE ME ONCE!"
"um.....NOPE!"
"PULL ME UP! I'SE LEAVIN HER HEAH!"
"JACK DON'T BE STUPID!" Miracle called down to her brother.
"WILL DA TWO A YOUS HURRY DA FUCK UP!" Spot yelled in a whisper down to them.
"SHADDUP!" They replied in unison.
"Ok genius how ya gettin me outta dis joint?" Raven questioned from beyond the bars.
"Threw da bars."
"BRILLIANT PLAN JACK! YER A MORON! SO WHAT ARE YA GONNA USE TA GET ME "THREW" DA BARS!?" Jack stared at her blankly.
"Jack did ya even remembah da crowbah!" Jackal yelled to him.
"Shit!"
'IDIOT!" Raven screamed in his face.
The girls above all started laughing hysterically.
"Good ta see dat ya don't got no brain Jack!" Oracle said through fits of laughter.
"CAN IT!" Jack bellowed.
"Well someone's a tad pissy tonight." Raven said smirking.
"Pussy?" Spot questioned.
"NO!" Jackal screamed and slapped him in the head, he let go of the rope and Jack went jerking downwards. All of the figures on the roof scrambled for it and grabbed it at the same time.
"Good one Jackal! Real Smart!" Spot growled at her.
"SHADDUP!" Jack yelled. "YOUS ALMOST KILLED ME!"
"Like dat would be so bad." Raven stated rolling her eyes.
"You! Quiet!"
"Heads up Jackey-boy!" Spot called to him and tossed the crowbar over the side of the building. Jack caught it quickly and smiled.
"Yer lucky us goils are smart, uddah wise yous wouldn't have nothin ta get her out with." Miracle said.
"Well bravo Jack." Raven said in mock applause and clapped her hands unenthusiastically. Jack rolled his eyes and started to pluck the bars out of their slots.
"Hurry up Jackey-boy! JUST A LITTLE! I AM HOLDIN YA UP YA KNOW!" Spot said through gritted teeth and he tugged harder.
"ONE!" Jack cheered as they heard a bar clink. Raven grabbed it and placed it inside.
"Hurry Jack..." She said urging him on.
"TWO!" Raven took that one also and placed it beside the other one.
"Ravy can ya squeeze?" Jack asked.
"Yea." He flung the crowbar at her, she caught it and placed it on the floor next to the other bars.
"Come on." He motioned to her with his hands. Raven hoisted herself onto her stomach threw the window. Jack gripped her underneath her armpits and helped her through. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he scooped his arm underneath her knees. Spot pulled on back the rope and began to hoist them up quickly. As soon as they reached the roof, Jack placed Raven on the ledge and climbed up himself.
"Cheese it!" Immediately the group rushed from the roof and across the courtyard of the refuge. They climbed the gate easily and jumped to the other side. Spot slipped his arm around Jackal's waist and led her towards Brooklyn as Miracle frowned at them. Oracle began nudging Miracle towards the Manhattan lodging house.
"WHAT!?" Miracle snapped. Oracle grabbed her face and flung it towards Jack and Raven staring at each other three feet apart.
"THAT!" Oracle pointed at them.
"o.O." Miracle let out a nervous laugh. "That..." Oracle grabbed her arm and began leading her back to the lodging house, leaving Raven and Jack.....alone. Jack walked over to her slowly as Raven just stared at him approaching her. He stood in front of her, waiting for her to say something but Raven was at a loss for words, all the moisture from her mouth was gone and she tried to swallow but found she couldn't. Jack inched even closer, he slid his hand over her cheek and cupped it gently. Slowly he bent his head down to hers and tapped his lips sweetly over her sinfully dark ones. Raven pulled back quickly and slapped him across the face.
"FUCK!"
"WELL YA DESERVE IT YA STUPID ASSHOLE!" Raven screamed. Jack threw his hands up in the air, giving up on what they had, and turned away from her heading back to the lodging house. Raven hurried over to him and grabbed his arm flinging him around to face her. She grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled his lips down to hers. He kissed her back smoothly, letting the chocolate of her mouth fill him with the sweet aphrodisiac. Raven slid her arms around his neck as he snaked his around her waist pulling her closer to him. Raven let the wave tingles over take her and the joy of kissing him fill her body, it brought tears to her eyes and they streamed down her cheeks in happy rivulets, coursing down Jack's face as well. He slowly pulled away from her and wiped a tear with his thumb, he smiled at her and she smiled back at him. Jack pulled her into a hug and whispered into her ear.
"Ravy, I'se so sorry for evah hoitin ya...fagive me...ya don't have ta...but please...cuz I love ya Raven....I love ya."
Raven lifted her lips to his ear and replied in a soft whisper.
"Good cuz I love ya too Jack Kelly." She smiled and stared into his familiar laughing eyes. Jack wrapped an arm around his girl's waist and Raven leaned her head on his shoulder. They walked slowly, strolling along the sidewalk, talking to each other. Taking in the night air and each other.
THE END
A/N It's over I know....but didn't it end loverly hehe. OH THIS IS WHY I'M A/NING hehe
FROGGIE MY BOY! YOU RULE BUNCHES! EEP!Everyone must read his story when the next chappy comes out....DANCE TILL I DIE! fame/newsies crossover! I'M SO EXCITED EEPERS!