Disclaimer: I do not own Newsies. I own Knots. Milkshake is owned by C.M Higgins and Sparks owns Sparks.
" I have no clue who you are talking about, I think you have the wrong address." Jack said coolly.
" Stop messing with me boy! You know damn right who I am talking about. You call them Curly and Splash, you have them, and I want them back." The man said stumbling over his own feet.
" Now sir, you are obviously a little...under the weather. Why don't you go sleep it off in the park." Knots said in a caring tone.
" Shut up goily." The man barked.
" Hey now. No reason to talk to her like that." Jack said sternly.
" Jack, it's ok." Knots whispered to him.
" I'm going to give you five seconds to get my kids down here."
" Sir, they're really not here. Try the refuge." Racetrack said.
" One."
"What about the orphanage?" Milkshake politely suggested.
" Two"
" If ya wouldn't mind sir, we gotta get up early to go sell the papes." Jack said trying to usher the man out the door.
" Three."
" So we'd like to lock up the lodging house."
" uh....three."
" and go to bed."
" uh... three."
" Four." Jack said getting the man closer to the door.
" Five." The man gurgled, forgetting why he was counting.
" G'night sir." Jack said pushing the man out the door and closing it behind him.
Jack turned around and faced the others. Just as he let out a sigh of relief the door swung open swiftly.
" Damn it man! I want them back now!" The man screamed.
" What? Sir remember you were going to check the orphanage or the refuge."
" No! They are here I know it!"
Before they realized what happened, the man had pushed his way through the newsies and started running up the stairs.
The Newsies took action quickly and ran after the man, just as he had reached the bunkroom. He had spied Curly and Splash in the bed and had them up and out of bed with a blink of an eye. He hadn't noticed that Spot and Sparks were in the room with them.
The Newsies that were downstairs entered the room just as he was pulling Curly and Splash towards the window to the fire escape. Fortunately Spot snuck up behind him and jumped on his back knocking him to the ground.
" What do ya think youse doing you doity rotten scabba!" Spot bellowed pinning the man's arms down.
" I see ya don't know what's good for ya. Now youse tangling with Spot Conlon." Jack said from the doorway.
" Let me go! Your just a child!"
The man had pushed the wrong buttons.
Spot quickly rolled the man over and sat on his stomach. He punched him hard in the eye, and then in the jaw.
" Spot! Spot! That's enough!" Jack said motioning to Racetrack to help him pull Spot off the man.
Spot stood up and then the man got off, but was quickly cornered by Jack and Racetrack.
" Get your ass outta here, or else I'll let Spot finish you off."
The mans eye was shut and his lip was bleeding heavily.
" Itey, Snitch, make sure this man gets shown out." He said to two boys who had come from another bunkroom to watch the scene unfold.
Itey and Snitch went and took the man's arms and walked him out of the lodging house.
The room cleared except for Racetrack, Milkshake, Jack, Sparks and Spot.
Knots and Milkshake were over in the far end of the bunkroom trying to get a hysterical Curly and Splash back to sleep.
Racetrack and Jack were on the bunks talking, and Sparks was sitting in the corner on the floor by herself. Her head was gently resting on her knees.
Spot walked over to her and sat down.
" What's the matta with youse?" He said harshly.
" Nothing Conlon, its nothing." Came her faraway voice.
" Don't tell me that lug frightened you too? Want me to get Knots and Milkshake to put you to bed?" Spot said sarcastically.
Sparks shot her head up and glared at Spot. Spot noticed that her eyes were deep red and puffy and her face was splotchy.
" What's wrong with your face?" Spot said a little surprised.
" You laid your eyes on it, so now it's melting." Sparks said standing up and walking towards the window.
Spot stood up and followed her.
" You've been crying." He said with a bit of a question in his voice.
" No I haven't. It's an allergic reaction to you, remember."
" Hey! I'm just trying to find out what's wrong with you!" Spot said fuming.
" Some job your doing." Sparks rolled her eyes.
" Alright all of youse we gotta talk." Jack said calling everyone over.
Curly and Splash had finally fallen asleep, but were holding on to each other tightly.
The group in the bunkroom sat in a tight circle on the floor.
" Racetrack and I have been talking, and we don't think it's safe for them to stay here." Jack said with a twang of pain in his voice.
" Oh Jack, you don't mean put them out on the streets do you?" Milkshake said worried.
" No, we are saying send them with someone to live, out of New York." Racetrack said taking Milkshakes hand.
Jack looked over at Knots and saw a tear fall down her cheek.
" We've gotta find out if they have any living relatives that they can stay with." Jack stated.
" Their aunt." Sparks said quietly.
" What?" Spot said.
" Their aunt is alive. She's just returned to her home in Connecticut, from Europe."
Every one's mouths were hanging open. Only Jack could manage to ask the question that was on everyone's mind.
" How do you know that?" he said shaking a little.
" Because." Sparks practically whispered. "She's my aunt too."
DUN DUN DUN!! Huge twist! Hehe So that's the end of ch.34! I hope ya'll liked it! I've been trying really really hard to keep Spot in character... I hope I did that in this chapter! Thanks for reading! Please drop a review ; ) To my reviewers!
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