I'm to lazy to do a shouts out for this chapter so Shrieksy and koodles4 you, your awsome ten points for the lot of you:D Enjoy this next chapter. Things are getting exciting from now own. Or so i think.

7. Moving on

The next morning, Karl came walking into the room angrily. I moved to the other end of the room, wondering what I had done this time.

"Loki, go outside," he commanded.

"Why?"

"Someone saw me da udda night. Whoevah it was just told dah bulls."

The image of Jack, Ruby, and Oscar that night came to me. "So what are you'se gonna do 'bout it?" I asked, taking a cautious step closer to him.

"I'm leavin New Yawk," said Karl, as he threw some of his things into a bag.

"So where are we'se goin?" I asked excitedly.

" 'W'e aren't goin no where. I'm leavin, and Anders is comin along. Now you wait outside until we are gone."

What Karl had said shocked me, and I grabbed my jacket and stepped outside. Instead o putting my coat on, I set it on my lap, as I sat on the lobby stairs.

I knew there was no point in arguing with Karl; he would never let me come alone.

There was a bang on the door and the two boys came out of the apartment. They walked past me on the stairs, packs on their backs; not even looking at me as they walked by.

Anders turned back at the door and tossed the door keys at me. I grabbed them and gave him a weak smile; I knew it was his way of saying goodbye.

I was still sitting on the stairs and hour later when the police arrived. They ran passed me on the stairs and up into our apartment. I could hear them walking around up there, but I stared straight ahead, I was numb of emotions.

"Hey girly, have you seen the people who lived in that apartment?" asked a bull, pointing at the door.

I turned and looked at the door hanging wide open, bulls walking out of it. "Dey were heah yestahday."

"But where are they today?" asked the officer looking me in the eyes.

"I don't knows, dey left."

"They left," mumbled the officer. He placed a penny in my hand; and went exited the building with the other bulls.

I sat on the steps, holding the cold penny until it was warm. Finally I picked up my stiff body and walked back into the apartment.

Minutes later, the landlord appeared, and glared at me. "Well missy, where is my rent?" he asked, holding out his hand.

Karl and Anders had taken all the money, so that left me with the one coin I had in my hand.

"Dis is all I gots," I confessed, showing him my penny.

The landlord took a deep breath and snatched the penny from my hand.

"You will leave the apartment this minute, so give me the keys."

I reluctantly pulled the keys out of my pocket and placed them in his hand. "Now please leave." The landlord put a hand behind my back, and shoved me out the door.

I stepped out of the building door and into deep snow. Slush immediately soaking my dress and seeping down my boots.

An hour later I was still walking. My teeth were chattering, my ears were cold, and my fingers and toes had gone numb a long time ago.

It felt as though cold was taking over my body, I got to the point were I couldn't stand it any longer. I collapsed into a snow bank under a windowsill, and leaned against the wall; as if stealing the warmth that wasn't there.

I don't know how long I sat there curled up in the snow. I person banged out of the building, but I didn't look up.

"Hey kid." Called a voice. I immediately recognized his voice, and looked up at Cowboy who was staring at me in surprise. I noticed just then that I was leaning up against the newsboys lodging house.

"Loki, go back to yoah place, you'll freeze ta death." I was surprised that Jack would care whether or not I froze, but slowly shook my head.

I opened my mouth to speak, and discovered that it was difficult to speak through the shivering.

"D-d-don't hhhhave no 'ome. C-c-c-ca-an't pay re-n-t w-w-ithout, me b-b-bru-u-da's." I confessed.

"Sorry," muttered Jack looking away. I wasn't sure if he was or not.

"N-n-no ya a-ain't, but d-a-ts ok. I'se n-nevah 'spected life ta b-be fair." I then realized that I had said those immortal words my mother had spoken.

The first time she had said them, that was when life went from bad to worse, now here I was at the bottom of the worst, and the words were back.

" That shoah is true," agreed Jack. . "Loki, you'se been terrible to me newsies. I don't like ya, but dat don't mean I want ya dead. You can spend the night heah, but you have to promice not tah pull anyting on me newsies kay?"

I was taken aback when he said that, but I was at the point where I would do anything to stay alive.

"I p-p-p-prom-mice." Jack took a step forward and pulled me out of the snow. I tried to take a step, but my feet would hardly move, and the world seemed to spin.

I felt Jack put an arm around my waste and he began to drag me into the building. I closed my eyes as we stumbled up the stairs; it hurt worse if I was looking.

Finally Jack stopped at the door and knocked. A girl opened the door, and through my blurry vision I saw that she was Cupid.

"Hey Cupe, look what I found."

"No way Cowboy, we ain't looking aftah her!" exclaimed Cupid. Jack banged against the door and pulled me in a step further. I stumbled and my legs collapsed. I almost fell to the ground, but Jack caught me.

"Oh alright," I heard her say. But her voice was blurry. I felt myself being passed into smaller arms, but it seemed to be a dream. Things began to get dark and there was pain in my head. I slowly began to sink into nothingness.

I don't know how long it was, but I opened my eyes to see two blurry faces hanging over me. One was Cupids, but the other was girl I hadn't seen before.

"So dis is the evil kid who split you an' Blink huh?" asked the girl.

"Yeah she is. Don't you believe me Ace?"

"Shoah I do. It seems kinda odd dat we'ze helping her though," replied Ace.

"Yeah, but look at her, she's blue!" exclaimed Cupid.

That's all I heard before I fell asleep.

When I woke up the second time, I felt warm and comfortable. Then I realized it was because I had two blankets on me, my head on a pillow, and I was laying in a bunk bed. I hadn't slept in a read bed for years.

I looked to my right and I saw Cupid a sleep on the bottom bunk across from me, and the other girl Ace a sleep on top, her arm hanging over the edge.

I groaned and pulled my self out of the covers, but quickly snatched them back when I realized that I had no clothes on.

Peeking around the room, I finally spotted my clothing draped over a chair by the heater.

I pulled them on as quickly as I could, and searched around the room.

In what looked like Ace's stuff, I found a pocket watch and checked the time.

It was 3:00 in the morning. I sat on the floor holding the watch for some time, just thinking.

Finally I came up with a plan and decided I would have to act now. Still clutching the pocket watch, I stood up. I was about to slip it into my pocket to take along, but I looked down at it then to its sleeping owner.

After some debate, I set it back down and crept out of the room, and out of the building.

Once I was out, I ran. I ran as fast as I could without getting to dizzy. I lost my way a few times, but finally I found it. The building looked the same as it had that first night.

I walked up and knocked on the door. A gruff looking man threw the door open and stared at me.

"What do you want?"

"I'se need tah speak wit Jim."

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please jus' tell him Loki Poulson is heah tah see him."

The man raised and eyebrow and looked at me again. "Poulson you say? Alright hold a minute."

The man shut the door, leaving me standing out on the cold front step. I heard a shuffle inside and the door was thrown open, Jim smiling widely at me.

" 'ello dere Loki!" he exclaimed, tugging me inside. He set me in a chair and handed me a steaming cup of coffee. "Now what can I'se do foah yah?"

" Well, I suppose ya know dat Karl an' Anders ran." Jim's face went tight and he nodded. "As yeah can see, dey left me. I gots no money, and I need a place tah stay. You got a job foah me?"

Jims tight face once again broke out into a grin. "Loki my sweet, today is yoah lucky day. I just so happen to 'ave a very good job for a girl like you."
Loki gave him a warning look and he laughed. "Don't worry, it ain't entertainin in dat way. It's an actin job."

I must have looked interested because he continued talking. "You see yoah brudda's ain't the only ones that need tah leave New Yawk. Now dah bulls, they'll be expecting me. But, they wont be expecting Lord Farthing and his sweet wife Petunia.

Now I have no problems playin Lord Farthin but..."

"But you need some ones to act dah wife." I stated, finishing his sentence. I thought over his proposal quietly to myself. He watched me the whole time, a grin on his face.

"Ok Jim lets do it." I agreed. I held out my hand to him, but this time I let him take and we shook.

"Good. Drake 'ere will get you a bed foah dah night, and we'll be leavin tomorrah afternoon. We just gotta get you some clothin foist."

I nodded and followed the big man called Drake up some stairs. He led me into a little empty room, holding nothing but a bed.

"You sleep here." He said.

Before I could say anything he turned and walked into another room. I sighed and lay down on my lumpy bed. I would need as much sleep as possible for the up-coming charade.

Woo hoo! Now if you've ever read 'a matter of life and death' you hear that Loki disapears from the lodging house and thats it. So from now on you'll hear the things that wern't known to the newsies and to Loki alone.