Sarah Kate- Yea, I'm really sorry it took me forever. I feel really bad.
*hangs head in shame* School is hectic but the first couple days are over
so it should (key word there SHOULD) get better. Cliffhangers are the best,
my favorite thing about the writing world. Of course that's only when I'm
writing not someone else. Lol. Anyways thanks for the review. They'll kiss
and make up soon. I promise.
Spots roxy surfer girl76- Thanks for another review. It really is my first fanfic. I'm glad you think its really good. Wow I'm honored you think that. okay teary moment, excuse me for a second. *bawling comes from the next room* okay back now and on to the chapter. lol
Angel Fish7-I figured I had to have something happen with her past again. Thanks for the review and maybe Spot'll come to the rescue. I think its like required though for the guy to rescue the girl, which can be a little feminist, I'm all for girls and guys being basically equal. Okay I'm babbling I need to get to the story.
Chapter 26
Stumbling out of the tavern, Spot headed to the Manhattan lodging house. It was by far the closest and he needed a good place to pass out. As he walked down the hallway towards the bunkroom he realized that Raven would be here. 'Too late' he mumbled partially to himself and partially out loud, not that he was real sure if he had spoken aloud. 'Whatever' he thought and tried walking into the bunkroom. Spot didn't quite make it and ended up half walking into the side of the doorway and falling into the bunkroom.
"Well look who just dropped in." Race jested. "and I really mean literally" Race empathsized the word dropped. "dropped in."
"Shuddup Race I don't want any of ya shit right now." Spot slurred.
"Ahh youse just mad cuz Raven came back heah."
Spot jumped up and grabbed Race's collar and pulled Race's face close to his own. "Don't eva mention her ta me again." Spot snarled.
"Whateva." Race said and Jack interrupted.
"Spot dats jus too bad cuz we are jus discussin her and Tonya."
"Den I'se jus goin ta go ta bed."
"No ya get wit her and den ya dump her and den ya expect ta jus leave her an me not say anyt'in den ya wrong."
"I didn't leave her, she left me fer Shiner, that's her problem. I couldn't even mess wit Christine. If ya don't believe me an I cin tell ya don't den jus go an ask her." Spot growled furious and looked away.
"What happened wit- never mind. Put it dis way Spot, she's gone an so is Tonya. Da bulls got dem an from what I heard their dad was waiting on dem an took dem ta dere house. So I don't care if Raven and youse gots some problems. Chatterbox is dere also and both of dem are goin ta be beaten by dere dad unless we do somet'in. he could kill dem. Spot I'se sorry fer what I did but she really cares about ya and she trusts ya. Tomorrow we'se goin ta try an find out where day are. An you are goin ta help." Jack glared at him as he finished his speech.
"How could ya let dem git away?" Spot screamed.
"Oh yea Spot I let them git away, that's it." Jack stressed the word let. "Ya t'ink I'm not as worried as you are?"
"Ya stupid." Spot continued yelling and saying stuff about Jack but he was so drunk no one could understand him.
"Spot, shuddup."
"Jack don't tell me what to do."
"Fine I warned ya." Jack stepped back and punched Spot.
"What da hell was dat foah?"
"Ta git ya ta come ta ya senses."
"Alright, I'll help." Spot groaned "jus let me go ta sleep."
"Take Raven's bunk." Jack pointed. "The rest of yas get ta bed now." Everyone moved towards their bunks and Spot laid down and stared into space. Slowly, everyone fell into an exhausted slumber. Spot couldn't sleep now. He got up and paced for a bit and just thought in general. Remembering everything about her, the cute way she looked when she woke up. The huge fight they had, how she had finally cried for him. Thinking about it made Spot's heart ache.
He went to lay back down on her bed but a piece of paper caught his eye. It was sticking out from under the mattress and it was a small piece with an address scrawled on it. Spot dismissed it and threw it to the ground. He laid down and then sat up frantically reaching for the paper.
'156 Maple Street, Hamtershire, Pennsylvania.' Was the address. (A/n: I don't even know if this is really an address, I just made something up so don't think that this is real if it actually is real it would be funny and it would be totally coincidental just so everyone knows.) Spot stared at it fro a second until it hit him. "Holy shit" he muttered under his breath. "Dis is where she is." Forgetting his drunken state, he got up and quickly left the bunkroom, the piece of paper clenched tightly in his fist.
Spot managed to catch the last train heading to Pennsylvania that night. He arrived at Raven's house late the following night. It was completely pitch black out. Prowling around the house he looked in the windows to try and find the girls.
Tonya was getting more and more frightened. She had spent the whole day locked in the room and no one had visited. She gathered that it was close to midnight because of the moon's low glow on her bedroom floor. Her dad still hadn't come in yet and Chatterbox wondered what had happened to Raven. She hadn't heard any screams and she took that as a good sign. Raven had a knack for pushing people to their breaking point and not knowing when to stop. Tonya was afraid for her.
Raven had woken up a couple of hours ago with a horrible headache and a lovely bruise on her jaw. She tested the door, but as she expected it was locked. Pacing, she tried to think of a way to get out of this mess. Finally Raven just decided to lay down on the bed and bide her time. It wouldn't be long before her father decided to visit and talk. Finally an idea came to her and she as she glanced out the window. Why had she been so stupid as to miss it before?
Raven pulled on the window trying to force it to open. It was locked and it wouldn't budge. The room was almost at ground level and the window's bottom was level with the ground. A grating sound was heard near the door and Raven tried harder to force the window to open. Hearing him start opening the door, Raven grabbed a figurine off the dresser and hurled it at the window. The figurine burst into pieces as it went through the window, shattering the window enough that she could barely get out.
She grabbed onto the bottom sill of the window. Slicing her hands, she tried pulling herself out onto the back lawn. Hearing the shatter, her father shoved the door open and grabbed her legs in an attempt to pull her back into the room. Raven held onto the sill for dear life and hoped to God that someone would help her. As if in answer to her prayers a familiar silhouette appeared and grabbed her arms hauling her onto the grass.
Spot pulled her more out of the window and in retaliation her father pulled her back. Raven started to feel like she was the rope in tug of war. She writhed in pain as the shards of the window cut deeply into her skin. Spot noticed that she was bleeding in several places and some of the cuts were really deep. Realizing he had to stop because she was going to get really hurt. Finally, he just carefully let her father pull her in.
As soon as he could tell she was out of the way and he wouldn't land on her, he jumped through the window cutting himself in a few places. He turned and saw that her father was landing blow after blow on her body. Raven was almost passed out from the loss of blood. She couldn't fight back at all and was just lying there helpless.
Spot flew into a rage. He screamed in anger and the man finally looked up. Feeling that Spot was more fun to beat on he left Raven alone and faced Spot. They circled each other for a moment, looking for weaknesses. Spot had the patience to wait out the man, the man wasn't patient and threw a punch at Spot's face.
Spot ducked out of the way and the man went past him and Spot kicked at his legs. The man went down and recovered rather quickly. He caught Spot in the face with another punch and Spot almost tripped over Raven. Stumbling, he faced the man again and threw another punch at him. The man returned it and they traded blows for a moment. Finally Spot saw a good opening and threw a good punch that caught the man full in the face. The man stumbled, went down and didn't get back up.
Spot went over to Raven. She had passed out and she wouldn't wake up. Spot picked her up and made his way to Tonya's room. Seeing that the door was locked he set Raven down gently and kicked the door open. Tonya rushes to him, throwing her arms around him.
"Take me home please." Tonya's bottom lip quivered.
"Wha?"
"Take me and Ravy back ta Cowboy. Please Mr. Spot." Spot shifted uncomfortably at her name of him.
Remembering Raven he answered quickly, striding back out the door. "Yea come on Chatterbox, we gots ta git Ravy ta da hospital." Tonya nodded solemnly and followed him as he picked Raven up and they walked down the hallway towards the front door.
A woman came up and reached around Spot for Tonya. "You can not take my daughter." She said bravely trying to stand up to the boy, no man who had beaten her husband.
"Ya only have one?" Spot said cruelly as he brushed past her. Normally he would have argued but time was critical for Raven. Tonya held onto the back of his shirt and didn't spare a second glance for her mother. The woman just crumbled to the ground unnoticed by anyone.
The three walked out the front door, Raven still draped in Spot's arms. Spot desperately tryed to get her to wake up and each second felt like an eternity.
All of a sudden Raven's eyes popped open and her body stiffened. She recognized Spot and relaxed. "Spot" she tried talking and it came out as a low whisper.
"What baby. Everything's okay. Youse goin ta be alright."
"I love you Spot."
"I love ya to baby, hold on. Hold on fer me please." Spot begged.
"I didn't cheat on ya." Raven was having a hard time speaking and after each word she had to take a deep breath. "Queens attacked me.made .it .a setup."
"I know. it's okay. Just be quiet. Everyt'ins alright." Spot reassured her.
"I love you Spot, only you." Spot looked deep into her eyes and saw that she really meant it. A tear slipped down his face, soon followed by another and another.
"Spot don't cry. Ya neva cry. Don't cry ova me." Raven tried to raise a hand to his cheek but it only got halfway up to his shoulder before it fell back down in exhaustion.
"I love ya Ravy, ya can't die on me. Just hold on. We'se goin ta a hospital. Stay awake please." By this time Spot was sobbing, choking out every word which was filled with emotion.
Raven smiled weakly and then her eyes closed....
A/n: What a wonderful cliffhanger. I award this chapter my most moving yet. I was almost reduced to tears. Tell me what you guys think I want to know. (even if its to yell at me for the cliffie lol) Drop a few lines in a here's a new word REVIEW. Thanks a bunch.
Spots roxy surfer girl76- Thanks for another review. It really is my first fanfic. I'm glad you think its really good. Wow I'm honored you think that. okay teary moment, excuse me for a second. *bawling comes from the next room* okay back now and on to the chapter. lol
Angel Fish7-I figured I had to have something happen with her past again. Thanks for the review and maybe Spot'll come to the rescue. I think its like required though for the guy to rescue the girl, which can be a little feminist, I'm all for girls and guys being basically equal. Okay I'm babbling I need to get to the story.
Chapter 26
Stumbling out of the tavern, Spot headed to the Manhattan lodging house. It was by far the closest and he needed a good place to pass out. As he walked down the hallway towards the bunkroom he realized that Raven would be here. 'Too late' he mumbled partially to himself and partially out loud, not that he was real sure if he had spoken aloud. 'Whatever' he thought and tried walking into the bunkroom. Spot didn't quite make it and ended up half walking into the side of the doorway and falling into the bunkroom.
"Well look who just dropped in." Race jested. "and I really mean literally" Race empathsized the word dropped. "dropped in."
"Shuddup Race I don't want any of ya shit right now." Spot slurred.
"Ahh youse just mad cuz Raven came back heah."
Spot jumped up and grabbed Race's collar and pulled Race's face close to his own. "Don't eva mention her ta me again." Spot snarled.
"Whateva." Race said and Jack interrupted.
"Spot dats jus too bad cuz we are jus discussin her and Tonya."
"Den I'se jus goin ta go ta bed."
"No ya get wit her and den ya dump her and den ya expect ta jus leave her an me not say anyt'in den ya wrong."
"I didn't leave her, she left me fer Shiner, that's her problem. I couldn't even mess wit Christine. If ya don't believe me an I cin tell ya don't den jus go an ask her." Spot growled furious and looked away.
"What happened wit- never mind. Put it dis way Spot, she's gone an so is Tonya. Da bulls got dem an from what I heard their dad was waiting on dem an took dem ta dere house. So I don't care if Raven and youse gots some problems. Chatterbox is dere also and both of dem are goin ta be beaten by dere dad unless we do somet'in. he could kill dem. Spot I'se sorry fer what I did but she really cares about ya and she trusts ya. Tomorrow we'se goin ta try an find out where day are. An you are goin ta help." Jack glared at him as he finished his speech.
"How could ya let dem git away?" Spot screamed.
"Oh yea Spot I let them git away, that's it." Jack stressed the word let. "Ya t'ink I'm not as worried as you are?"
"Ya stupid." Spot continued yelling and saying stuff about Jack but he was so drunk no one could understand him.
"Spot, shuddup."
"Jack don't tell me what to do."
"Fine I warned ya." Jack stepped back and punched Spot.
"What da hell was dat foah?"
"Ta git ya ta come ta ya senses."
"Alright, I'll help." Spot groaned "jus let me go ta sleep."
"Take Raven's bunk." Jack pointed. "The rest of yas get ta bed now." Everyone moved towards their bunks and Spot laid down and stared into space. Slowly, everyone fell into an exhausted slumber. Spot couldn't sleep now. He got up and paced for a bit and just thought in general. Remembering everything about her, the cute way she looked when she woke up. The huge fight they had, how she had finally cried for him. Thinking about it made Spot's heart ache.
He went to lay back down on her bed but a piece of paper caught his eye. It was sticking out from under the mattress and it was a small piece with an address scrawled on it. Spot dismissed it and threw it to the ground. He laid down and then sat up frantically reaching for the paper.
'156 Maple Street, Hamtershire, Pennsylvania.' Was the address. (A/n: I don't even know if this is really an address, I just made something up so don't think that this is real if it actually is real it would be funny and it would be totally coincidental just so everyone knows.) Spot stared at it fro a second until it hit him. "Holy shit" he muttered under his breath. "Dis is where she is." Forgetting his drunken state, he got up and quickly left the bunkroom, the piece of paper clenched tightly in his fist.
Spot managed to catch the last train heading to Pennsylvania that night. He arrived at Raven's house late the following night. It was completely pitch black out. Prowling around the house he looked in the windows to try and find the girls.
Tonya was getting more and more frightened. She had spent the whole day locked in the room and no one had visited. She gathered that it was close to midnight because of the moon's low glow on her bedroom floor. Her dad still hadn't come in yet and Chatterbox wondered what had happened to Raven. She hadn't heard any screams and she took that as a good sign. Raven had a knack for pushing people to their breaking point and not knowing when to stop. Tonya was afraid for her.
Raven had woken up a couple of hours ago with a horrible headache and a lovely bruise on her jaw. She tested the door, but as she expected it was locked. Pacing, she tried to think of a way to get out of this mess. Finally Raven just decided to lay down on the bed and bide her time. It wouldn't be long before her father decided to visit and talk. Finally an idea came to her and she as she glanced out the window. Why had she been so stupid as to miss it before?
Raven pulled on the window trying to force it to open. It was locked and it wouldn't budge. The room was almost at ground level and the window's bottom was level with the ground. A grating sound was heard near the door and Raven tried harder to force the window to open. Hearing him start opening the door, Raven grabbed a figurine off the dresser and hurled it at the window. The figurine burst into pieces as it went through the window, shattering the window enough that she could barely get out.
She grabbed onto the bottom sill of the window. Slicing her hands, she tried pulling herself out onto the back lawn. Hearing the shatter, her father shoved the door open and grabbed her legs in an attempt to pull her back into the room. Raven held onto the sill for dear life and hoped to God that someone would help her. As if in answer to her prayers a familiar silhouette appeared and grabbed her arms hauling her onto the grass.
Spot pulled her more out of the window and in retaliation her father pulled her back. Raven started to feel like she was the rope in tug of war. She writhed in pain as the shards of the window cut deeply into her skin. Spot noticed that she was bleeding in several places and some of the cuts were really deep. Realizing he had to stop because she was going to get really hurt. Finally, he just carefully let her father pull her in.
As soon as he could tell she was out of the way and he wouldn't land on her, he jumped through the window cutting himself in a few places. He turned and saw that her father was landing blow after blow on her body. Raven was almost passed out from the loss of blood. She couldn't fight back at all and was just lying there helpless.
Spot flew into a rage. He screamed in anger and the man finally looked up. Feeling that Spot was more fun to beat on he left Raven alone and faced Spot. They circled each other for a moment, looking for weaknesses. Spot had the patience to wait out the man, the man wasn't patient and threw a punch at Spot's face.
Spot ducked out of the way and the man went past him and Spot kicked at his legs. The man went down and recovered rather quickly. He caught Spot in the face with another punch and Spot almost tripped over Raven. Stumbling, he faced the man again and threw another punch at him. The man returned it and they traded blows for a moment. Finally Spot saw a good opening and threw a good punch that caught the man full in the face. The man stumbled, went down and didn't get back up.
Spot went over to Raven. She had passed out and she wouldn't wake up. Spot picked her up and made his way to Tonya's room. Seeing that the door was locked he set Raven down gently and kicked the door open. Tonya rushes to him, throwing her arms around him.
"Take me home please." Tonya's bottom lip quivered.
"Wha?"
"Take me and Ravy back ta Cowboy. Please Mr. Spot." Spot shifted uncomfortably at her name of him.
Remembering Raven he answered quickly, striding back out the door. "Yea come on Chatterbox, we gots ta git Ravy ta da hospital." Tonya nodded solemnly and followed him as he picked Raven up and they walked down the hallway towards the front door.
A woman came up and reached around Spot for Tonya. "You can not take my daughter." She said bravely trying to stand up to the boy, no man who had beaten her husband.
"Ya only have one?" Spot said cruelly as he brushed past her. Normally he would have argued but time was critical for Raven. Tonya held onto the back of his shirt and didn't spare a second glance for her mother. The woman just crumbled to the ground unnoticed by anyone.
The three walked out the front door, Raven still draped in Spot's arms. Spot desperately tryed to get her to wake up and each second felt like an eternity.
All of a sudden Raven's eyes popped open and her body stiffened. She recognized Spot and relaxed. "Spot" she tried talking and it came out as a low whisper.
"What baby. Everything's okay. Youse goin ta be alright."
"I love you Spot."
"I love ya to baby, hold on. Hold on fer me please." Spot begged.
"I didn't cheat on ya." Raven was having a hard time speaking and after each word she had to take a deep breath. "Queens attacked me.made .it .a setup."
"I know. it's okay. Just be quiet. Everyt'ins alright." Spot reassured her.
"I love you Spot, only you." Spot looked deep into her eyes and saw that she really meant it. A tear slipped down his face, soon followed by another and another.
"Spot don't cry. Ya neva cry. Don't cry ova me." Raven tried to raise a hand to his cheek but it only got halfway up to his shoulder before it fell back down in exhaustion.
"I love ya Ravy, ya can't die on me. Just hold on. We'se goin ta a hospital. Stay awake please." By this time Spot was sobbing, choking out every word which was filled with emotion.
Raven smiled weakly and then her eyes closed....
A/n: What a wonderful cliffhanger. I award this chapter my most moving yet. I was almost reduced to tears. Tell me what you guys think I want to know. (even if its to yell at me for the cliffie lol) Drop a few lines in a here's a new word REVIEW. Thanks a bunch.