AN: Um... I was going to say... something. Never mind. Just read.
OH!!! Credit to Gypsy and Hyland for creative inspiration.
Dakki: Yeah, about the million-point-two words on her appearance... I couldn't bring myself to do it. Though there's a bit of it in this chapter...
Everyone: Thank you for your loverly comments! I'm glad to see that there's interest in the story -glows-
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Unable to pawn the responsibility of taking care of the girl off to the other newsies upon arrival to the Brooklyn Lodging House, Spot disdainfully set her on his own bed.
"Peachy. Looks like another night on the chair," he muttered, setting his cap over his eyes as he sat down on a chair beside his bed.
Just as Spot began to drift off, he heard a small moan from the bed.
"Where... Where am I?" Spot lifted his cap to see the girl looking around, obviously horrified and confused. He had been here before. He had seen those stormy gray-green-blue eyes before, which were glowing a magnificent blue in her terror.
"You're in Brooklyn," he said. She continued to let her eyes wander around the room.
"But, what is this place? Where... where is everyone? Mother..." she whimpered and covered her face with the blanket.
"Look, yer in a lodging house. Ever seen one before?" Spot asked. The girl shook her head beneath the blanket.
"Figures... See, I found you, alright? In an alley with these two guys... don't worry, they didn't do anything to ya, and you didn't do much either," he said acidly.
"Who are you?" she asked, her eyes darkening to a forest green.
"Spot... Conlon," he said, almost stopping himself. Hadn't he already told this girl his name?
"I'm Maria. Did you save me?"
"Well... if you want to put it that way. I guess so, yeah," he shrugged. It wasn't much, he had done it before. Hadn't he? Maria's eyes faded to a warm and friendly hazel brown
She shook her long, chestnut brown hair out of her face, stood up, and walked over to him...
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"It's going in. It's going to make its move," Jester said, focusing in on the screen.
"Go. NOW!" Gypsy yelled frantically, slamming her hands on the control panel. She pushed one of the levers up to full power.
"We're not going to make it in time, something's wrong," Jester said. "The ship, it's malfunctioning. Dammit, it's already there!"
"Hyland! What the hell did you do to the ship?!" Gypsy screamed. A man rushed into the room, sliding on the steel floor and coming to a stop right in front of Gypsy. She looked up at him with a glare that could kill.
"Don't you understand? Every time this happens he gets weaker! And if it happens one more time... he won't be himself anymore! They've sent out their strongest pair, and one of them has already gotten to him!" Gypsy yelled desperately.
"I'm sorry! I don't know what's wrong with the ship, it must be having trouble..." Hyland began to say, but was cut out by a loud shriek.
"SHIT! It left a mark! We're too late!" Jester shouted. Gypsy and Hyland ran over to the screen and the three gave each other disgusted looks as Maria placed her lips on Spot's cheek.
"Eeeeeeeeew..." was the collective reply to the nauseating image on the screen.
"Quick! Pull him out," Gypsy said. Jester pushed on a red lever and the ship lowered directly on top of the lodging house. A mechanical arm came out through the bottom of the ship and struck through the roof.
"What the..." Spot yelled before the arm's steel fingers took hold of him, lifted him from the chair, and through the hole in the roof.
"Hey! Let go! Maria? MARIA!" Spot yelled, attempting to look beneath him. A piece of debris from the roof had struck Maria and knocked her to the ground. Her eyes were open, but they were bright red. It was the last thing he saw before the ship closed in around him.
Dakki: Yeah, about the million-point-two words on her appearance... I couldn't bring myself to do it. Though there's a bit of it in this chapter...
Everyone: Thank you for your loverly comments! I'm glad to see that there's interest in the story -glows-
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Unable to pawn the responsibility of taking care of the girl off to the other newsies upon arrival to the Brooklyn Lodging House, Spot disdainfully set her on his own bed.
"Peachy. Looks like another night on the chair," he muttered, setting his cap over his eyes as he sat down on a chair beside his bed.
Just as Spot began to drift off, he heard a small moan from the bed.
"Where... Where am I?" Spot lifted his cap to see the girl looking around, obviously horrified and confused. He had been here before. He had seen those stormy gray-green-blue eyes before, which were glowing a magnificent blue in her terror.
"You're in Brooklyn," he said. She continued to let her eyes wander around the room.
"But, what is this place? Where... where is everyone? Mother..." she whimpered and covered her face with the blanket.
"Look, yer in a lodging house. Ever seen one before?" Spot asked. The girl shook her head beneath the blanket.
"Figures... See, I found you, alright? In an alley with these two guys... don't worry, they didn't do anything to ya, and you didn't do much either," he said acidly.
"Who are you?" she asked, her eyes darkening to a forest green.
"Spot... Conlon," he said, almost stopping himself. Hadn't he already told this girl his name?
"I'm Maria. Did you save me?"
"Well... if you want to put it that way. I guess so, yeah," he shrugged. It wasn't much, he had done it before. Hadn't he? Maria's eyes faded to a warm and friendly hazel brown
She shook her long, chestnut brown hair out of her face, stood up, and walked over to him...
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"It's going in. It's going to make its move," Jester said, focusing in on the screen.
"Go. NOW!" Gypsy yelled frantically, slamming her hands on the control panel. She pushed one of the levers up to full power.
"We're not going to make it in time, something's wrong," Jester said. "The ship, it's malfunctioning. Dammit, it's already there!"
"Hyland! What the hell did you do to the ship?!" Gypsy screamed. A man rushed into the room, sliding on the steel floor and coming to a stop right in front of Gypsy. She looked up at him with a glare that could kill.
"Don't you understand? Every time this happens he gets weaker! And if it happens one more time... he won't be himself anymore! They've sent out their strongest pair, and one of them has already gotten to him!" Gypsy yelled desperately.
"I'm sorry! I don't know what's wrong with the ship, it must be having trouble..." Hyland began to say, but was cut out by a loud shriek.
"SHIT! It left a mark! We're too late!" Jester shouted. Gypsy and Hyland ran over to the screen and the three gave each other disgusted looks as Maria placed her lips on Spot's cheek.
"Eeeeeeeeew..." was the collective reply to the nauseating image on the screen.
"Quick! Pull him out," Gypsy said. Jester pushed on a red lever and the ship lowered directly on top of the lodging house. A mechanical arm came out through the bottom of the ship and struck through the roof.
"What the..." Spot yelled before the arm's steel fingers took hold of him, lifted him from the chair, and through the hole in the roof.
"Hey! Let go! Maria? MARIA!" Spot yelled, attempting to look beneath him. A piece of debris from the roof had struck Maria and knocked her to the ground. Her eyes were open, but they were bright red. It was the last thing he saw before the ship closed in around him.