Blink and Race slipped out of the Brooklyn lodging house and into an alley across the street where Snipes was waiting for them. "Did you find it?" he asked.
Race shook his head, while Blink answered. "We searched everywhere…it's not there."
"Where else would they hide it?" Snipes asked.
"Well…" Race said. "Three years ago Skittery had become a newsie at the end of September…they somehow hid it in his pocket…and he didn't even know it."
"You don't think they'd do it again, do you?" Snipes asked.
"Skittery wouldn't let that happen to him again."
"But David would!" Blink said, running toward the Bridge.
~*~
Spot, Duchess and David watched from an alley as Blink, Snipes and Race ran by on their way to the Bridge. "I think they figured it out," Spot muttered, pulling David, who was gagged again, to his feet. "Let's go."
"What did they figure out?" Duchess asked as they walked toward the lodging house.
"I'll tell you later. We have to get David to the lodging house and get back across the Bridge before Jack and the others get back."
"I'm so confused."
~*~
Blink, Race and Snipes raced into the Manhattan lodging house. "They did it again!" Blink yelled.
Stress jumped to her feet. "Did what?"
"David has their flag!" Snipes said.
"That's impossible. He's upstairs guarding the prisoner." Fearless said.
"Who?" Blink asked.
"Well, he let Rae escape…but Book is up there now."
Hades dashed up the stairs and returned a moment later. "He's gone!"
"Where would they take him?" Snipes asked.
"Brooklyn!" Stress, Hades and Blink yelled.
~*~
Rae, Book, Sippi and Blank stood in the shadows on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. "Is that everyone, Book?" Blank asked.
"Yeah…they didn't leave anyone to guard their flag," she responded.
"Good," Rae said. "As soon as Spot and Duchess get here, we'll go get their flag."
"We're here. Let's go," Spot replyed.