A/N-I understand that there was a little confusion in the last chapter. I
will try my best to answer your questions. Are Reffy and Aurora an "item"?
Why yes, they are an "item". For the time being that is. If you refer
back to chapter 11, you will be able to know the complete story. What/Who
is Black Fist? Ok, there are two Black Fist's. The first would be the
street gang, Black Fist. As I explained they are a very fierce, well known
and feared gang. They are made up of a variety of street rats, ranging
from thieves, to newsies(newsies? Did I say newsies? Uh oh, another
twist! But we'll get into that later). The other Black Fist, would be the
person. Black Fist, more commonly known as Fist is the leader of the gang
and a very fierce guy. Yes, he will be entering the story later on so be
prepared. And don't worry, Spot will get what he deserves. In a way.
Well, eventually he will. You see, this whole problem led me to thinking
about this story the other day and I realized that the story's taking so
many twists and turns that I think there's going to have to be a sequel.
Wooohoooo!!! So, the end is near, but not the end end. Just the end. If
that made any sense whatsoever. So, while you're trying to work out and
process everything I just said, I give you-
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ONE FIGHT TOO MANY
Reffy followed Aurora to Manhattan, almost in a daze. He didn't have the slightest idea why she was walking so fast and he had to practically run to keep up with her, or why she was so enraged. Her normally calm, emotionless face was now filled with utmost anger as they headed to the Manhattan newsboy lodging house.
"Um. . ." Reffy said timidly as Aurora stormed up to the door, about to charge inside. "If yoah looking foah a newsie, they'ah prolly all out sellin da papes, like I should be."
"Shit" Aurora exclaimed, stopping in her tracks.
"Who ah you'se looking foah?" he asked, trying to be of some help.
"Jack" she said, turning around to face him.
"I know wheah he sells. C'mon" Reffy grabbed Aurora by the wrist and rushed her away from the lodging house to a very crowded street with a makeshift boxing rink set up in it. "He should be around heah."
"Thanks" Aurora gave him a small kiss on the cheek, causing him to blush a little before scanning the crowd for Jack. She finally spotted him, sitting between two men, cheering or leering, on the boxers. He looked up as she approached, a grin creeping over his face.
"Hi theah Bandit" he said in an obnoxiously cheery manner. "Whatcha doin so fah from home?"
"We gots ta talk" she said forcefully. "Now-and somewheah quietah" Jack sighed and stood up, following Aurora to a more secluded area, Aurora not noticing the small figure following her.
"Heah I am" Jack said in a cocky manner. "What do ya need ta talk about?"
"Spot" she said flatly.
"Spot" Jack repeated with a nod and that same cocky grin. "Now Spot's a nice guy. He had a little thing wit powah, if ya haven't noticed. And gamblin. He also likes ta get his way. If he don get his way ta begin wit, he'll get it somehow. He's a ladies man too. A real ladies man. Always da man with da ladies, throwin demselves at his feet practically all da time. . ." Jack looked down at Aurora who was glaring quite menacingly at him. "What about Spot?" he asked, still grinning.
"What's his real name?"
"Y'know" Jack said with a shrug, grin still pasted on his face. "I don know."
"You'se do too know Kelly" Aurora growled. "And yoah gonna tell me."
"Honest" he said, shaking his head but his grin betraying him. "I dunno."
"Dammit Kelly!" she exclaimed in anger. Then, to his surprise, she grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the wall. "Yoah gonna tell me and yoah gonna tell me now" she pushed him against the wall harder and he winced in pain. Aurora glared at him, contemplating just what to do to him when she felt herself being pulled away from Jack and a fist connected painfully with her jaw.
"Leave him alone" Scorch growled at her, dark eyes as fierce as ever. Aurora's hand flew to her jaw in shock and her brow furrowed in anger.
"You bitch!" she exclaimed, leaping at Scorch, grabbing her around the neck. Scorch punched Aurora in the stomach, who doubled over in pain. Scorch moved to punch Aurora again but before she could do anything Aurora reached out and pulled Scorch's left leg out from under her, causing her to fall to the dirt. Aurora then jumped onto Scorch and the girls disappeared into a mass of flying fists and dirt. Jack, still backed against the wall, watched in shock as the two small girls duked it out. It wasn't until Reffy came rushing over that he realized the full extent of what was going on. He moved to break up the fight but Reffy beat him to it, pulling a still flaring Aurora off of Scorch. Jack helped Scorch, who now had a bloody lip, the beginnings of a shiner, scratches on her face, and torn clothes, up from the ground as Reffy dragged a furious Aurora away.
"What ha ya doin?!?!" she screamed, struggling against him. "Let go of me! Lemee go dammit!" Reffy ignored her protests, keeping a strong grip on her and pushed her down on a crate, placing his hands firmly on her shoulders.
"What do ya think yoah doin?" he demanded angrily.
"Me?" she spat back, wiping blood away from her nose with her sleeve. Along with the bloody nose, she also had the beginnings of a shiner, a few cuts and scratches across her face, and a bruise developing where Scorch had first hit her. "What ah you'se doin?"
"Preventin you'se from bein killed" he explained flatly, yet forcefully. "Cause one, ya wheah pickin on Jack which isn't a smart thing ta do, especially when Scorch is around. And two, ya wheah fightin wit Scorch which is nevah a good thing ta do cause dat goil don forget a thing."
"Yeah, well I was jus fine. I didn't need yoah help" she pushed him away angrily. "I don need yoah help."
"Sorry" he said coldly. "Sorry dat I care."
"Do ya really?" she asked, her tone matching his.
"You'se don trust me?"
"I can't trust anybody Reffy" she said fiercely.
"Well fin den" he said, his voice suddenly filled with pain. "Dat's alright. Ya don have ta trust me."
"It's not like dat Reffy" she said quickly, realizing what she had just done.
"Oh really?" he asked, his voice painfully cold. "Den what is it? No, I undahstand, I don need ta heah yoah excuses. I like ya Aurora, I really do. But if you'se can't trust me den I can't do nothin about it. I can't be in a relationship wheah theah's no trust" Reffy turned to leave but stopped and turned back around, his face a mixture of anger, pain and a hint of revengeful smugness. "Oh. . . one last thing. Riot was right. Spot does like you'se. I didn't want ta tell ya dat because I thought ya wouldn't like me if ya knew da truth. But now you'se do. You'll be good foah each othah. Both stubborn asses" Aurora watched in shock as Reffy stormed off, before she placed her aching head in her slightly bloody hands.
"Oh how I hate you'se Spot Conlon" she muttered into her hands. "Oh how I hate you."
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Yeah, so I had this whole thing typed up and I was about to save when my computer decides that it would be funny if it were to just freeze. Not funny in MY book. So I had to restart the computer(thank goodness for recovery cause it saved some of it) and retype half the chapter. ARRRGHHHHH! So, because I went through this terrible trauma, I would appreciate some nice review! :-D
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ONE FIGHT TOO MANY
Reffy followed Aurora to Manhattan, almost in a daze. He didn't have the slightest idea why she was walking so fast and he had to practically run to keep up with her, or why she was so enraged. Her normally calm, emotionless face was now filled with utmost anger as they headed to the Manhattan newsboy lodging house.
"Um. . ." Reffy said timidly as Aurora stormed up to the door, about to charge inside. "If yoah looking foah a newsie, they'ah prolly all out sellin da papes, like I should be."
"Shit" Aurora exclaimed, stopping in her tracks.
"Who ah you'se looking foah?" he asked, trying to be of some help.
"Jack" she said, turning around to face him.
"I know wheah he sells. C'mon" Reffy grabbed Aurora by the wrist and rushed her away from the lodging house to a very crowded street with a makeshift boxing rink set up in it. "He should be around heah."
"Thanks" Aurora gave him a small kiss on the cheek, causing him to blush a little before scanning the crowd for Jack. She finally spotted him, sitting between two men, cheering or leering, on the boxers. He looked up as she approached, a grin creeping over his face.
"Hi theah Bandit" he said in an obnoxiously cheery manner. "Whatcha doin so fah from home?"
"We gots ta talk" she said forcefully. "Now-and somewheah quietah" Jack sighed and stood up, following Aurora to a more secluded area, Aurora not noticing the small figure following her.
"Heah I am" Jack said in a cocky manner. "What do ya need ta talk about?"
"Spot" she said flatly.
"Spot" Jack repeated with a nod and that same cocky grin. "Now Spot's a nice guy. He had a little thing wit powah, if ya haven't noticed. And gamblin. He also likes ta get his way. If he don get his way ta begin wit, he'll get it somehow. He's a ladies man too. A real ladies man. Always da man with da ladies, throwin demselves at his feet practically all da time. . ." Jack looked down at Aurora who was glaring quite menacingly at him. "What about Spot?" he asked, still grinning.
"What's his real name?"
"Y'know" Jack said with a shrug, grin still pasted on his face. "I don know."
"You'se do too know Kelly" Aurora growled. "And yoah gonna tell me."
"Honest" he said, shaking his head but his grin betraying him. "I dunno."
"Dammit Kelly!" she exclaimed in anger. Then, to his surprise, she grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the wall. "Yoah gonna tell me and yoah gonna tell me now" she pushed him against the wall harder and he winced in pain. Aurora glared at him, contemplating just what to do to him when she felt herself being pulled away from Jack and a fist connected painfully with her jaw.
"Leave him alone" Scorch growled at her, dark eyes as fierce as ever. Aurora's hand flew to her jaw in shock and her brow furrowed in anger.
"You bitch!" she exclaimed, leaping at Scorch, grabbing her around the neck. Scorch punched Aurora in the stomach, who doubled over in pain. Scorch moved to punch Aurora again but before she could do anything Aurora reached out and pulled Scorch's left leg out from under her, causing her to fall to the dirt. Aurora then jumped onto Scorch and the girls disappeared into a mass of flying fists and dirt. Jack, still backed against the wall, watched in shock as the two small girls duked it out. It wasn't until Reffy came rushing over that he realized the full extent of what was going on. He moved to break up the fight but Reffy beat him to it, pulling a still flaring Aurora off of Scorch. Jack helped Scorch, who now had a bloody lip, the beginnings of a shiner, scratches on her face, and torn clothes, up from the ground as Reffy dragged a furious Aurora away.
"What ha ya doin?!?!" she screamed, struggling against him. "Let go of me! Lemee go dammit!" Reffy ignored her protests, keeping a strong grip on her and pushed her down on a crate, placing his hands firmly on her shoulders.
"What do ya think yoah doin?" he demanded angrily.
"Me?" she spat back, wiping blood away from her nose with her sleeve. Along with the bloody nose, she also had the beginnings of a shiner, a few cuts and scratches across her face, and a bruise developing where Scorch had first hit her. "What ah you'se doin?"
"Preventin you'se from bein killed" he explained flatly, yet forcefully. "Cause one, ya wheah pickin on Jack which isn't a smart thing ta do, especially when Scorch is around. And two, ya wheah fightin wit Scorch which is nevah a good thing ta do cause dat goil don forget a thing."
"Yeah, well I was jus fine. I didn't need yoah help" she pushed him away angrily. "I don need yoah help."
"Sorry" he said coldly. "Sorry dat I care."
"Do ya really?" she asked, her tone matching his.
"You'se don trust me?"
"I can't trust anybody Reffy" she said fiercely.
"Well fin den" he said, his voice suddenly filled with pain. "Dat's alright. Ya don have ta trust me."
"It's not like dat Reffy" she said quickly, realizing what she had just done.
"Oh really?" he asked, his voice painfully cold. "Den what is it? No, I undahstand, I don need ta heah yoah excuses. I like ya Aurora, I really do. But if you'se can't trust me den I can't do nothin about it. I can't be in a relationship wheah theah's no trust" Reffy turned to leave but stopped and turned back around, his face a mixture of anger, pain and a hint of revengeful smugness. "Oh. . . one last thing. Riot was right. Spot does like you'se. I didn't want ta tell ya dat because I thought ya wouldn't like me if ya knew da truth. But now you'se do. You'll be good foah each othah. Both stubborn asses" Aurora watched in shock as Reffy stormed off, before she placed her aching head in her slightly bloody hands.
"Oh how I hate you'se Spot Conlon" she muttered into her hands. "Oh how I hate you."
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Yeah, so I had this whole thing typed up and I was about to save when my computer decides that it would be funny if it were to just freeze. Not funny in MY book. So I had to restart the computer(thank goodness for recovery cause it saved some of it) and retype half the chapter. ARRRGHHHHH! So, because I went through this terrible trauma, I would appreciate some nice review! :-D
