Disclaimer: I do not own the newsies. Again I wish I did but I don't. Do
you not get it? I own all non-newsie characters because my own sick mind
made them up. Lol.
A/n: People need to review more! I'm getting angry! GRRRRRRRR! Chach?
You're probably never going to see your quarters. I see it now- Docks and
Chach all old and yucky and I'll go "Do you remember Newsies, Chach?" and
she'll say, "Damn I thought you finally forgot. That's 7 zillion quarters
now!"
Sara woke up earlier than the boys the next morning so she could escape Spot telling her what to do. She got dressed and ran as fast as she could to Manhattan just to make sure Spot didn't go after her. She had finally reached it and was walking down a road when she saw Oscar and Morris. The first thought that crossed her mind was kill them. But she noticed they were talking to an older man. The older man had a scarred face and hands with ragged clothes and a bowler hat pulled low over his eyes. 'Spot is gonna love this,' Sara thought as she ducked beside a pile of crates so she could listen in to their conversation.
"So Daniel I wanna know da exact price of da use of ya boys taday," Oscar demanded of the older man.
Daniel growled back, "I want thoity even or I don't give ya my best."
"Deal. Now dis is what's gonna happen. Tomorrow morning your boys are gonna go in through da back way and sit right outside da inner door. Den Manhattan's gonna come for dere daily fight wit Weasel. When ya hear 'em ya come out and den"
"We kill them. Especially da Kelly boy."
Sara felt her stomach drop. She pushed the crates over trying to run back to Spot and warn him.
"Hey get back heah goily!" Morris shouted as he and Oscar took after her leaving Daniel behind.
"It's one a' Conlon's boidies!" Oscar screamed.
Sara ran as fast as her legs could carry her and luckily she was slightly faster than Oscar and Morris. They followed her the whole way to Brooklyn. Her legs burned and ached. 'I shouldn't have ran to Manhattan this morning!' she thought as she hit the ground. Oscar grabbed her left arm and Morris grabbed her right. They lifted her up and started to drag her away, kicking and fighting the whole way.
Sara looked up just in time to see Spot walking home. "SPOT!! Help me!"
Spot heard the scream and pondered for a moment on whether he should help the screaming person because he couldn't recognize the voice. Then it hit him, Sara! He ran towards the screaming and pulled Morris off her and punched him. Oscar turned and looked at his brother fall. Sara kicked him hard in the stomach and hit his face off the ground. Spot grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the alley.
"Spot! Stop I have to tell you something! Let go of my arm!" Sara snapped and pulled her arm away.
Spot looked at her and shouted, "What are ya crazy? We gotta go!"
"No! The Crypts are going after Manhattan tomorrow! They are going to try to kill Cowboy!"
Spot looked at her and said, "Are you positive? Where'd you hear dat?"
"Oscar and Morris! They where talking to this guy named Daniel and I recognized him from the Crypts. The Delanceys hired him to kill Manhattan, tomorrow, at the distribution center."
"Okay Sara I want ya ta go around and get Shots Calvin. Do ya know him? He told me he met ya but I didn't know if ya knew who he was?"
"I know him. Where is he?" She asked.
"In Harlem. Go get him and hurry up. Tell him I said I want him back here now! If ya can't get him don't bother comin back at all."
Sara nodded and ran towards Harlem. If she didn't get Shots back in Brooklyn there was going to be big trouble.
She burst into Harlem Lodging House an hour later. She scanned the boys for Shots. She didn't see him. That meant she had to confront one of these boys. 'Oh well. They can't be worse than Brooklyn's boys,' she thought. "Hi umm. Do you know where Shots Calvin is?" She asked the closest and kindest looking boy she could find. "Yeah. He's upstairs wit his goil Megan," he answered. Sara nodded and took the steps two at a time while noting to tell Lotta that Shots had a girlfriend. "SHOTS! It's Sara!" She knocked on the door. Shots answered. His hair was tousled and messed up but otherwise he looked coherent. "What's wrong?" he asked. She smiled at his appearance and said, "Spot sent me to tell you he needs you in Brooklyn. Now!" "What happened? Did he kill someone or somethin?" "No! The Crypts are going to attack Manhattan. I don't know what he needs you for but you're his best fighter so he wants you back there. Why? Are you busy with someone in there?" she teased him with a smile. "Oh funny! I'm comin go ahead a' me." "No can do. Spot said I'm not allowed back without you. Sorry." Shots shook his head and said, "Meg? I gotta go awright? Spot needs me in Brooklyn. Will ya be awright or do ya want me ta walk ya back ta Battery?" "No I'll be fine. Honestly Shots you worry to much," a red head came out of the room and smiled at Sara. She smiled back, grabbed Shots by the arm, and dragged him towards Brooklyn. They met Spot at the lodging house where he filled Shots in on his plan to stop the Crypts. He also said that if Jack could handle it he wasn't going to get involved. "No way Spot! If Racetrack gets hurt I'll kill you!" Sara snapped. Shots laughed, "If ya gonna kill him good luck ta ya." "You know why though Shots! He saved my life and I'm not going to let him get hurt! Understand? Both of you?" "I hate women," Spot mumbled. "No ya don't an ya know it so shut-up while ya ahead," Shots teased. "Hey! Don't talk like dat Shots I'll soak ya!" Shots grinned and said, "Awright so all I gotta do is keep half da boys outside da gates while youse is takin care a' da roof?" "Exactly. Aren't we a smart one?" Sara said playfully.
Shots rolled his eyes and trudged upstairs to bed. Spot looked at her with a smile in his eyes that he would have never let her see. She grinned at him and said, "G'night Spot."
"Yeah. G'night Sara. Try ta stay outta trouble tomorrow. It's important dat Manhattan wins dis. If dey don't da Crypts'll come aftah Brooklyn next an' dat ain't somethin I wanna fight wit."
Sara nodded and followed him upstairs where they split up and Sara went to the girls' bunkroom while Spot went to the boys'.
Sara flopped onto her bed with a sigh. Lotta looked at her and laughed.
"Ya beat kid?" She asked.
"You have no idea. I ran all the way to Manhattan then back to Brooklyn, I fought the Delanceys, ran all the way to Queens, and found out just for you that Shots has a girlfriend."
Lotta frowned and said, "I guess I knew he would da way he looks and acts. Still, it's upsettin ya know?"
"Don't be hurt. He doesn't seem to be the good virgin boy you thought he was. He was just about to sleep with that Megan girl when I came to bring him back to Brooklyn."
"Exactly! He ain't a good boy an dat makes him all da more, I dunno, kissable, lovable, huggable, wantable!"
"If you want someone like that why not date Conlon?"
"He don't last as long as Shots does wit goils!"
"Is that in a perverted sick way or just that Spot goes through girls like candy way?"
"Both."
"Way to much information Lotta! Besides could Spot really be that bad?"
"Why? Do ya like him?"
"No! Just wondering. Look I'm tired so I'm going to bed." She rolled over and closed her eyes wondering if she really did like the Brooklyn leader or just thought of him as the brother figure she never had.
"Well, I think you an' Spot would look good tagetha," Lotta whispered. "But don't tell Dannie dat. G'night Sara."
"G'night Lotta."
Spot yelling, "C'mon goils get up awaked Sara! I know ya hate it but ya gotta. I hate it to. UP, UP, UP!!!"
Sara rolled over in time to hear Dusty jump out of bed and say, "Oh an' it's so great ta be woken up by your happy face mornin glory!"
"Ain't it though? Sara open ya eyes before I toss a bucket a water on ya!"
Sara stood up and glared at him but she went through the morning and followed the rest of Brooklyn to the Manhattan distribution center.
Spot lifted her onto the roof with a quick, "Be careful, quiet, an' don't get caught!" She nodded and crawled army style into her position next to Gunner and waited. She could hear the boys fighting below her and hissed to Gunner, "He better give a signal soon or they'll get slaughtered!" Gunner just nodded. Then the signal came and they stood up.
The fight lasted a good ten minutes. Sara stayed on the roof with Gunner shooting every Crypt in range of their slingshots. In the end it all paid off because they won. Sara, Gunner, and a number of Brooklyn newsies climbed off the roof and followed the rest to Tibby's.
Spot sat in the corner with Race, Sara, and Shots.
"Ya did good taday Sara," he commented.
Sara blushed and said; "Oh thanks. I." But she stopped at the sight of the boy in the doorway. She turned quickly towards Racetrack and gave him a look that said, "Uh-oh." Because the boy in the door had abandoned her and left her for dead after being her best friend through their father's abuse. The boy in the door was Josh Porter. Her very own twin brother.
A/n: How did you like it? You better review. See the button down at the bottom of the screen? All you have to do is click it and type what you thought. Then you click the button that says 'submit review' and there you go. You did it.
Sara woke up earlier than the boys the next morning so she could escape Spot telling her what to do. She got dressed and ran as fast as she could to Manhattan just to make sure Spot didn't go after her. She had finally reached it and was walking down a road when she saw Oscar and Morris. The first thought that crossed her mind was kill them. But she noticed they were talking to an older man. The older man had a scarred face and hands with ragged clothes and a bowler hat pulled low over his eyes. 'Spot is gonna love this,' Sara thought as she ducked beside a pile of crates so she could listen in to their conversation.
"So Daniel I wanna know da exact price of da use of ya boys taday," Oscar demanded of the older man.
Daniel growled back, "I want thoity even or I don't give ya my best."
"Deal. Now dis is what's gonna happen. Tomorrow morning your boys are gonna go in through da back way and sit right outside da inner door. Den Manhattan's gonna come for dere daily fight wit Weasel. When ya hear 'em ya come out and den"
"We kill them. Especially da Kelly boy."
Sara felt her stomach drop. She pushed the crates over trying to run back to Spot and warn him.
"Hey get back heah goily!" Morris shouted as he and Oscar took after her leaving Daniel behind.
"It's one a' Conlon's boidies!" Oscar screamed.
Sara ran as fast as her legs could carry her and luckily she was slightly faster than Oscar and Morris. They followed her the whole way to Brooklyn. Her legs burned and ached. 'I shouldn't have ran to Manhattan this morning!' she thought as she hit the ground. Oscar grabbed her left arm and Morris grabbed her right. They lifted her up and started to drag her away, kicking and fighting the whole way.
Sara looked up just in time to see Spot walking home. "SPOT!! Help me!"
Spot heard the scream and pondered for a moment on whether he should help the screaming person because he couldn't recognize the voice. Then it hit him, Sara! He ran towards the screaming and pulled Morris off her and punched him. Oscar turned and looked at his brother fall. Sara kicked him hard in the stomach and hit his face off the ground. Spot grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the alley.
"Spot! Stop I have to tell you something! Let go of my arm!" Sara snapped and pulled her arm away.
Spot looked at her and shouted, "What are ya crazy? We gotta go!"
"No! The Crypts are going after Manhattan tomorrow! They are going to try to kill Cowboy!"
Spot looked at her and said, "Are you positive? Where'd you hear dat?"
"Oscar and Morris! They where talking to this guy named Daniel and I recognized him from the Crypts. The Delanceys hired him to kill Manhattan, tomorrow, at the distribution center."
"Okay Sara I want ya ta go around and get Shots Calvin. Do ya know him? He told me he met ya but I didn't know if ya knew who he was?"
"I know him. Where is he?" She asked.
"In Harlem. Go get him and hurry up. Tell him I said I want him back here now! If ya can't get him don't bother comin back at all."
Sara nodded and ran towards Harlem. If she didn't get Shots back in Brooklyn there was going to be big trouble.
She burst into Harlem Lodging House an hour later. She scanned the boys for Shots. She didn't see him. That meant she had to confront one of these boys. 'Oh well. They can't be worse than Brooklyn's boys,' she thought. "Hi umm. Do you know where Shots Calvin is?" She asked the closest and kindest looking boy she could find. "Yeah. He's upstairs wit his goil Megan," he answered. Sara nodded and took the steps two at a time while noting to tell Lotta that Shots had a girlfriend. "SHOTS! It's Sara!" She knocked on the door. Shots answered. His hair was tousled and messed up but otherwise he looked coherent. "What's wrong?" he asked. She smiled at his appearance and said, "Spot sent me to tell you he needs you in Brooklyn. Now!" "What happened? Did he kill someone or somethin?" "No! The Crypts are going to attack Manhattan. I don't know what he needs you for but you're his best fighter so he wants you back there. Why? Are you busy with someone in there?" she teased him with a smile. "Oh funny! I'm comin go ahead a' me." "No can do. Spot said I'm not allowed back without you. Sorry." Shots shook his head and said, "Meg? I gotta go awright? Spot needs me in Brooklyn. Will ya be awright or do ya want me ta walk ya back ta Battery?" "No I'll be fine. Honestly Shots you worry to much," a red head came out of the room and smiled at Sara. She smiled back, grabbed Shots by the arm, and dragged him towards Brooklyn. They met Spot at the lodging house where he filled Shots in on his plan to stop the Crypts. He also said that if Jack could handle it he wasn't going to get involved. "No way Spot! If Racetrack gets hurt I'll kill you!" Sara snapped. Shots laughed, "If ya gonna kill him good luck ta ya." "You know why though Shots! He saved my life and I'm not going to let him get hurt! Understand? Both of you?" "I hate women," Spot mumbled. "No ya don't an ya know it so shut-up while ya ahead," Shots teased. "Hey! Don't talk like dat Shots I'll soak ya!" Shots grinned and said, "Awright so all I gotta do is keep half da boys outside da gates while youse is takin care a' da roof?" "Exactly. Aren't we a smart one?" Sara said playfully.
Shots rolled his eyes and trudged upstairs to bed. Spot looked at her with a smile in his eyes that he would have never let her see. She grinned at him and said, "G'night Spot."
"Yeah. G'night Sara. Try ta stay outta trouble tomorrow. It's important dat Manhattan wins dis. If dey don't da Crypts'll come aftah Brooklyn next an' dat ain't somethin I wanna fight wit."
Sara nodded and followed him upstairs where they split up and Sara went to the girls' bunkroom while Spot went to the boys'.
Sara flopped onto her bed with a sigh. Lotta looked at her and laughed.
"Ya beat kid?" She asked.
"You have no idea. I ran all the way to Manhattan then back to Brooklyn, I fought the Delanceys, ran all the way to Queens, and found out just for you that Shots has a girlfriend."
Lotta frowned and said, "I guess I knew he would da way he looks and acts. Still, it's upsettin ya know?"
"Don't be hurt. He doesn't seem to be the good virgin boy you thought he was. He was just about to sleep with that Megan girl when I came to bring him back to Brooklyn."
"Exactly! He ain't a good boy an dat makes him all da more, I dunno, kissable, lovable, huggable, wantable!"
"If you want someone like that why not date Conlon?"
"He don't last as long as Shots does wit goils!"
"Is that in a perverted sick way or just that Spot goes through girls like candy way?"
"Both."
"Way to much information Lotta! Besides could Spot really be that bad?"
"Why? Do ya like him?"
"No! Just wondering. Look I'm tired so I'm going to bed." She rolled over and closed her eyes wondering if she really did like the Brooklyn leader or just thought of him as the brother figure she never had.
"Well, I think you an' Spot would look good tagetha," Lotta whispered. "But don't tell Dannie dat. G'night Sara."
"G'night Lotta."
Spot yelling, "C'mon goils get up awaked Sara! I know ya hate it but ya gotta. I hate it to. UP, UP, UP!!!"
Sara rolled over in time to hear Dusty jump out of bed and say, "Oh an' it's so great ta be woken up by your happy face mornin glory!"
"Ain't it though? Sara open ya eyes before I toss a bucket a water on ya!"
Sara stood up and glared at him but she went through the morning and followed the rest of Brooklyn to the Manhattan distribution center.
Spot lifted her onto the roof with a quick, "Be careful, quiet, an' don't get caught!" She nodded and crawled army style into her position next to Gunner and waited. She could hear the boys fighting below her and hissed to Gunner, "He better give a signal soon or they'll get slaughtered!" Gunner just nodded. Then the signal came and they stood up.
The fight lasted a good ten minutes. Sara stayed on the roof with Gunner shooting every Crypt in range of their slingshots. In the end it all paid off because they won. Sara, Gunner, and a number of Brooklyn newsies climbed off the roof and followed the rest to Tibby's.
Spot sat in the corner with Race, Sara, and Shots.
"Ya did good taday Sara," he commented.
Sara blushed and said; "Oh thanks. I." But she stopped at the sight of the boy in the doorway. She turned quickly towards Racetrack and gave him a look that said, "Uh-oh." Because the boy in the door had abandoned her and left her for dead after being her best friend through their father's abuse. The boy in the door was Josh Porter. Her very own twin brother.
A/n: How did you like it? You better review. See the button down at the bottom of the screen? All you have to do is click it and type what you thought. Then you click the button that says 'submit review' and there you go. You did it.
