Disclaimer: I don't own the New York newsies. The boy ones are owned by
Disney, the girl ones are owned by themselves, except Fantasy, who I DO
own. And I own the Chicago newsies. All of them. Lol.
Rave stood up and began to pace. "This ain't good."
"What do ya think's gonna happen, Rave?" Fantasy asked, staring up at the girl.
"You don't wanna know." Rave said, frowning.
"We have to get out, then." Sky stood up determinedly. "We'll think of something."
"Jus' for them to find us again, Sky?" Brogue asked sadly.
"We could..." Sky began.
"We could what? Run away? Go back ta New York?" Rave asked. "He'll jus' find me."
"She's right, you know. He was just about to give up looking for you here in Chicago. Would've gone to New York next." Sarah said. "It's the closest city."
"Then we can go to a small town- somewhere in... in another state. Or something!" Sky exclaimed.
"No! I don't want to run away me whole life. Besides, I can't make you three give up your lives 'cause of me!" Rave shouted.
"Too late for that." Sky said, just a little angrily. He was only trying to help, after all.
Rave stopped pacing and glared at him, but Fantasy stood up between them.
"Stop it! Look, you're both right. We have ta get out, somehow. But I don't wanna run me whole life. The only thing we can do is-"
"Fight him." Sarah finished the sentence for her. "It's the only way, if you don't want to run from him."
"But we can't fight him!" Rave and Sky said at the same time.
"There's only five of us!" Sky exclaimed.
"And tons of them." Rave added.
"We can think of something." Sarah said.
"Like what? Poisoning them?" Rave asked sarcastically.
"No. We can't poison 'em." Brogue said. "And I really don't think we should kill 'em... Do ye hear that?"
They could all hear some. It sounded like a bird- but this late at night? The four newsies were completely confused, but Sarah slide over to the vent on the ground. "Block me." She hissed at the four of them, and, even more confused, they stood around her, pretending to talk.
Sarah, meanwhile, had taken the vent covering off, and had stuck her head in it. The four of them could hear her whistle a bird song back through it.
"What is she doing?" Sky asked.
"No clue..." Rave trailed off, watching her. But then they heard a voice, a little muffled because Sarah's head was in the way, coming from the other side of the vent.
"Snap, they went to fight, down at the old apartment buildings." The voice said.
"Not tonight!" They heard Sarah say exasperatedly.
"Why? What's bad about tonight?" the voice asked.
"Because! They've found his daughter! She's standing right next to me!" Sarah said.
"They found his daughter?!" the voice asked.
"Yes! And three of her friends- two of which are newsies here in Chicago." Sarah said.
"What are their names?" the voice asked.
"Brogue and Sky, I think."
"Brogue and Sky?!" the voice asked.
"Yes!" Sarah said.
"Hey, I know who that is!" Sky said excitedly to Fantasy, Rave, and Brogue. "That's Curly- he's a newsie with us..."
"They're here? Wait 'til Cricket hears..." the voice said.
"Look, Curly, get over there right now and tell them. They need to get out of here, and we need all the help we can get. Five people can't do anything."
"I'm going now." Curly said.
"Good. We'll think of something. Hurry up, Curly!" Sarah said. She pulled her head out of the vent, placed the cover back on, and stood up to see four shocked faces staring at her. "What?"
"How do you know him? And Cricket, for that matter." Sky asked.
"I used to be a newsie here, until they brought me here." Sarah said. "It was two years ago. You must be new, huh?"
"I've only been one for a year and a half." Sky said.
"I must've got here right after ye got caught. Me an' me sister." Brogue said. "I've heard of ye, though. They talked about ye a little when I first got there, but after a few days, they stopped, and I jus'... forgot, I guess."
"Well, Cricket kept in touch with me. We were good friends. Used to live next to him in our old apartment. We became newsies together. But that doesn't matter. We've got to come up with a plan, before Curly comes back with the newsies." Sarah said. "Hopefully..."
"They'll come, once they know we're here." Brogue said confidently.
Sarah nodded. "If they're in the middle of a fight, though..."
"They'll come." Sky answered.
"And the Chicago newsies?" Sarah asked Fantasy and Rave.
"I don't know. Dey kicked us out last time we saw any of 'em..." Fantasy trailed off sadly. She sat down again.
"Dey'll come." Rave said. "He was jus' mad, Fantasy. I know, dey'll come."
Fantasy sighed. "Some of 'em will. Like Race an' Skittery... but the others..."
"They'll come." Rave said again.
Sarah nodded. "Then we'll think of a plan."
The New York newsies and the Chicago newsies were all standing around the deserted park, trying to figure out what they could do.
"Do ya even know where dis place is?" Jack asked Cricket.
Cricket nodded. "We found it a few years back."
"Den we'll storm the place! Soak all da scabs!" Spot shouted.
"We can't do that! You don't know how many goons he has around that place." Cow said. "And believe me, they wouldn't think twice about killing us."
"What can we do, den?" Racetrack asked. He was feeling so guilty about everything. If he had just stopped Jack from kicking them out...
Skittery was feeling the same way. He was sitting on the ground, his head in his hands.
All the girls were sitting on the play ground equipment, trying to think of a plan. All Claddagh could think of was her brother, stuck with that man...
All was silent for the thousandth time that night, when another person came sprinting down the street to join them.
"Cricket... Cricket!" he panted. Cricket looked up urgently, but he waited for the other to catch his breath. "I was just talking to Snap- she says they found his daughter, and Brogue and Sky, and two of the New York newsies are with her!"
Cricket sighed, a little relieved. "Thanks, Curly. But we already know."
"You- you know?" Curly asked, confused.
"Yeah- long story. But they found Snap, huh? That's good."
"Snap?" Spot asked.
"My friend, who's in there. The one I was talking about before." Cricket explained. "She'll help them. Look after them as long as she can."
"She said they'd think of something." Curly said.
"That's what we're trying to do." Cow said.
"But what can we do? Besides fight them?" Cricket asked. "I mean, there's no way we could fight them!"
Jack frowned. "Dat's the only thing we can do. We'll get weapons, anything we can find. And den we'll get 'em out."
"It's not that easy. We could get killed." Cricket said.
"There's worse things than death." Racetrack said.
The whole bunch of them looked over at him, a little amazed.
"Race... no way, we can't do that." Jack said.
Skittery stood up suddenly. "We ain't gonna fight 'em. But how about dis? We get 'em out, and then get da bulls involved in dis."
"How can we get them out without anyone noticing?" Cricket asked skeptically.
"How did you talk to Snap?" Skittery asked.
"Through a little vent in the wall." Curly said. "Nobody could fit through that."
"Alright... well, what kind of buildin' is it?" Skittery asked.
"It's an old factory." Cow said.
"How many floors?" Skittery asked.
"I don't know- but they're on the first one." Curly said.
"Do ya know which room?" Skittery asked. "Do ya know if it has windows?"
"The windows are too high for us to reach." Curly said, picturing the building in his head.
Skittery was stumped on that one. How else could they get them out?
"And the room's full of other people." Curly said. "I'm sure they'd tell the guards. It'd get them in their favor."
"Could they sneak out?" Skittery asked.
"Yeah, of course there're doors! But they're all guarded from the outside."
"Well, maybe if we found some doors that were off by themselves." Racetrack said. "Ya know, so none of da other guards could hear 'em if we went ta fight 'em."
"There might be..." Curly said. "I've never been inside. We could go and ask Snap."
"What do ya think?" Racetrack asked.
"It's all we've got. Let's go." Cricket said. They gathered up the girls and the rest of the boys, and followed Curly to the factory.
When they got there, Curly went up to the vent and opened it. He whistled into it for the second time, and waited for the whistle back.
Inside, the five of them all jerked their heads up and stared at the vent. Sarah slid over to it again, and the other four hastily blocked her. Sarah whistled back.
Curly smiled slightly. He was half-expecting for no whistle to come. "Snap- they're here, we've got a plan!"
Sarah, hearing this, smiled slightly, too. They hadn't come up with anything. "What is it?"
"Are there any doors in there that are kinda separated from the others?"
Fantasy nodded towards one of them. "That's da only wall with one door."
"Yeah." Sarah said into the vent.
Curly sighed happily. "Good! Now look, get over near it. We're gonna knock out those guards, and get you five out."
"Even me... don't you think-" Sarah started.
"No, listen. We're getting the police once we get you out. We can't do this by ourselves! Which wall?"
"Off to your right, there should be a door leading into a hallway. And then there should be some guard blocking another set of doors. That's where we'll be."
"Good, now get over there."
"Alright, we're going."
"See you soon, then."
Curly placed the covering back over the vent and rejoined the rest of the newsies. "She said there's a door over here... Ahh, here it is. She said that there's some doors down there that the guards'll be, well, guarding."
"Alright, we're goin' in, den." Jack said. He, Spot, Cricket, Cow, Racetrack, and Skittery opened the door and walked inside.
Sarah, too, covered the vent and then stood up. "Come on, we've got to move."
The other four followed her as they moved towards the set of doors.
"You think this'll work?" Sky asked Brogue.
Brogue shrugged. He felt a little uncomfortable moving through the other people in the room, but they still didn't look up at them. When they reached the doors, they sat down next to them, waiting for their friends to come.
Ooooooo, real big cliff-hanger!! I like it!! Yet another long chapter, for my standards. I'm so excited!! Now only two chapters left... awww. Hehe. Thanks to everyone who's reviewed, I promise I'll have a SO section in the last chapter! Now, go and review THIS chapter!!!!!!!
Rave stood up and began to pace. "This ain't good."
"What do ya think's gonna happen, Rave?" Fantasy asked, staring up at the girl.
"You don't wanna know." Rave said, frowning.
"We have to get out, then." Sky stood up determinedly. "We'll think of something."
"Jus' for them to find us again, Sky?" Brogue asked sadly.
"We could..." Sky began.
"We could what? Run away? Go back ta New York?" Rave asked. "He'll jus' find me."
"She's right, you know. He was just about to give up looking for you here in Chicago. Would've gone to New York next." Sarah said. "It's the closest city."
"Then we can go to a small town- somewhere in... in another state. Or something!" Sky exclaimed.
"No! I don't want to run away me whole life. Besides, I can't make you three give up your lives 'cause of me!" Rave shouted.
"Too late for that." Sky said, just a little angrily. He was only trying to help, after all.
Rave stopped pacing and glared at him, but Fantasy stood up between them.
"Stop it! Look, you're both right. We have ta get out, somehow. But I don't wanna run me whole life. The only thing we can do is-"
"Fight him." Sarah finished the sentence for her. "It's the only way, if you don't want to run from him."
"But we can't fight him!" Rave and Sky said at the same time.
"There's only five of us!" Sky exclaimed.
"And tons of them." Rave added.
"We can think of something." Sarah said.
"Like what? Poisoning them?" Rave asked sarcastically.
"No. We can't poison 'em." Brogue said. "And I really don't think we should kill 'em... Do ye hear that?"
They could all hear some. It sounded like a bird- but this late at night? The four newsies were completely confused, but Sarah slide over to the vent on the ground. "Block me." She hissed at the four of them, and, even more confused, they stood around her, pretending to talk.
Sarah, meanwhile, had taken the vent covering off, and had stuck her head in it. The four of them could hear her whistle a bird song back through it.
"What is she doing?" Sky asked.
"No clue..." Rave trailed off, watching her. But then they heard a voice, a little muffled because Sarah's head was in the way, coming from the other side of the vent.
"Snap, they went to fight, down at the old apartment buildings." The voice said.
"Not tonight!" They heard Sarah say exasperatedly.
"Why? What's bad about tonight?" the voice asked.
"Because! They've found his daughter! She's standing right next to me!" Sarah said.
"They found his daughter?!" the voice asked.
"Yes! And three of her friends- two of which are newsies here in Chicago." Sarah said.
"What are their names?" the voice asked.
"Brogue and Sky, I think."
"Brogue and Sky?!" the voice asked.
"Yes!" Sarah said.
"Hey, I know who that is!" Sky said excitedly to Fantasy, Rave, and Brogue. "That's Curly- he's a newsie with us..."
"They're here? Wait 'til Cricket hears..." the voice said.
"Look, Curly, get over there right now and tell them. They need to get out of here, and we need all the help we can get. Five people can't do anything."
"I'm going now." Curly said.
"Good. We'll think of something. Hurry up, Curly!" Sarah said. She pulled her head out of the vent, placed the cover back on, and stood up to see four shocked faces staring at her. "What?"
"How do you know him? And Cricket, for that matter." Sky asked.
"I used to be a newsie here, until they brought me here." Sarah said. "It was two years ago. You must be new, huh?"
"I've only been one for a year and a half." Sky said.
"I must've got here right after ye got caught. Me an' me sister." Brogue said. "I've heard of ye, though. They talked about ye a little when I first got there, but after a few days, they stopped, and I jus'... forgot, I guess."
"Well, Cricket kept in touch with me. We were good friends. Used to live next to him in our old apartment. We became newsies together. But that doesn't matter. We've got to come up with a plan, before Curly comes back with the newsies." Sarah said. "Hopefully..."
"They'll come, once they know we're here." Brogue said confidently.
Sarah nodded. "If they're in the middle of a fight, though..."
"They'll come." Sky answered.
"And the Chicago newsies?" Sarah asked Fantasy and Rave.
"I don't know. Dey kicked us out last time we saw any of 'em..." Fantasy trailed off sadly. She sat down again.
"Dey'll come." Rave said. "He was jus' mad, Fantasy. I know, dey'll come."
Fantasy sighed. "Some of 'em will. Like Race an' Skittery... but the others..."
"They'll come." Rave said again.
Sarah nodded. "Then we'll think of a plan."
The New York newsies and the Chicago newsies were all standing around the deserted park, trying to figure out what they could do.
"Do ya even know where dis place is?" Jack asked Cricket.
Cricket nodded. "We found it a few years back."
"Den we'll storm the place! Soak all da scabs!" Spot shouted.
"We can't do that! You don't know how many goons he has around that place." Cow said. "And believe me, they wouldn't think twice about killing us."
"What can we do, den?" Racetrack asked. He was feeling so guilty about everything. If he had just stopped Jack from kicking them out...
Skittery was feeling the same way. He was sitting on the ground, his head in his hands.
All the girls were sitting on the play ground equipment, trying to think of a plan. All Claddagh could think of was her brother, stuck with that man...
All was silent for the thousandth time that night, when another person came sprinting down the street to join them.
"Cricket... Cricket!" he panted. Cricket looked up urgently, but he waited for the other to catch his breath. "I was just talking to Snap- she says they found his daughter, and Brogue and Sky, and two of the New York newsies are with her!"
Cricket sighed, a little relieved. "Thanks, Curly. But we already know."
"You- you know?" Curly asked, confused.
"Yeah- long story. But they found Snap, huh? That's good."
"Snap?" Spot asked.
"My friend, who's in there. The one I was talking about before." Cricket explained. "She'll help them. Look after them as long as she can."
"She said they'd think of something." Curly said.
"That's what we're trying to do." Cow said.
"But what can we do? Besides fight them?" Cricket asked. "I mean, there's no way we could fight them!"
Jack frowned. "Dat's the only thing we can do. We'll get weapons, anything we can find. And den we'll get 'em out."
"It's not that easy. We could get killed." Cricket said.
"There's worse things than death." Racetrack said.
The whole bunch of them looked over at him, a little amazed.
"Race... no way, we can't do that." Jack said.
Skittery stood up suddenly. "We ain't gonna fight 'em. But how about dis? We get 'em out, and then get da bulls involved in dis."
"How can we get them out without anyone noticing?" Cricket asked skeptically.
"How did you talk to Snap?" Skittery asked.
"Through a little vent in the wall." Curly said. "Nobody could fit through that."
"Alright... well, what kind of buildin' is it?" Skittery asked.
"It's an old factory." Cow said.
"How many floors?" Skittery asked.
"I don't know- but they're on the first one." Curly said.
"Do ya know which room?" Skittery asked. "Do ya know if it has windows?"
"The windows are too high for us to reach." Curly said, picturing the building in his head.
Skittery was stumped on that one. How else could they get them out?
"And the room's full of other people." Curly said. "I'm sure they'd tell the guards. It'd get them in their favor."
"Could they sneak out?" Skittery asked.
"Yeah, of course there're doors! But they're all guarded from the outside."
"Well, maybe if we found some doors that were off by themselves." Racetrack said. "Ya know, so none of da other guards could hear 'em if we went ta fight 'em."
"There might be..." Curly said. "I've never been inside. We could go and ask Snap."
"What do ya think?" Racetrack asked.
"It's all we've got. Let's go." Cricket said. They gathered up the girls and the rest of the boys, and followed Curly to the factory.
When they got there, Curly went up to the vent and opened it. He whistled into it for the second time, and waited for the whistle back.
Inside, the five of them all jerked their heads up and stared at the vent. Sarah slid over to it again, and the other four hastily blocked her. Sarah whistled back.
Curly smiled slightly. He was half-expecting for no whistle to come. "Snap- they're here, we've got a plan!"
Sarah, hearing this, smiled slightly, too. They hadn't come up with anything. "What is it?"
"Are there any doors in there that are kinda separated from the others?"
Fantasy nodded towards one of them. "That's da only wall with one door."
"Yeah." Sarah said into the vent.
Curly sighed happily. "Good! Now look, get over near it. We're gonna knock out those guards, and get you five out."
"Even me... don't you think-" Sarah started.
"No, listen. We're getting the police once we get you out. We can't do this by ourselves! Which wall?"
"Off to your right, there should be a door leading into a hallway. And then there should be some guard blocking another set of doors. That's where we'll be."
"Good, now get over there."
"Alright, we're going."
"See you soon, then."
Curly placed the covering back over the vent and rejoined the rest of the newsies. "She said there's a door over here... Ahh, here it is. She said that there's some doors down there that the guards'll be, well, guarding."
"Alright, we're goin' in, den." Jack said. He, Spot, Cricket, Cow, Racetrack, and Skittery opened the door and walked inside.
Sarah, too, covered the vent and then stood up. "Come on, we've got to move."
The other four followed her as they moved towards the set of doors.
"You think this'll work?" Sky asked Brogue.
Brogue shrugged. He felt a little uncomfortable moving through the other people in the room, but they still didn't look up at them. When they reached the doors, they sat down next to them, waiting for their friends to come.
Ooooooo, real big cliff-hanger!! I like it!! Yet another long chapter, for my standards. I'm so excited!! Now only two chapters left... awww. Hehe. Thanks to everyone who's reviewed, I promise I'll have a SO section in the last chapter! Now, go and review THIS chapter!!!!!!!