Chapter 7 this is really sad I'm almost done with my first actual fic.
Chapter 7
Cakes
Race stumbled through the pouring rain calling their names.
"Snipe! Les! Boots!" Where are they? He thought sadly they could be dead and it would be my entire fault. He had no idea where he was and it was getting cold. He wished he had a cigar, but he had left too fast to grab an extra off his nightstand. Hmm if I were ten where would I go? He couldn't think of anything that was safer than 'Hattan so where were they?
"Jack where are we going?" Blink asked fixing his eye-patch.
"I'm not sure." He answered staring straight ahead. "What I do know is that I'm going to miss those little guys if we don't find them."
"Me too." Mush said.
"Mush you miss everyone." Blink accused smiling. They began to playfully punch one another until Jack stepped in the middle.
"Guys stop!" He yelled making them stop instantly and stare. "We have a job to do."
"Yeah I know." Mush and Blink said together hanging their hands and following Jack to nowhere in particular.
In an alley nearby Oscar and Morris Delancey snickered with delight.
"We have to find those kids first Morris." Oscar said rubbing his hands together.
"Yeah and make them give us something for them."
"Right." The two boys then started off toward Da Bronx they were the only ones who knew where the boys had headed.
Race was exhausted. Walking and walking calling their names with no answer from them.
"LES, BOOTS, SNIPE!" Race cried into the clouded sky. He had never felt more helpless then he did now. Never in his entire life had this happened had he been alone lost and wet. He found a dry stoop in the front of a bakery and relaxed against it.
Inside Caitlynn "Cakes" Livine was inside cleaning up her parents store before closing for the night. Brushing away a strand of her hair that had fallen out of her bun she unlocked the door to turn the lights off. But what she saw startled her enough to back into the door and fall sprawling into the doorway.
Race woke up instantly hearing the crash he turned to see a girl sprawled in the doorway terrified.
"Who..." she stammered. "Who are you?"
"I'm Racetrack, but you can call me Race." He said calmly trying to show her he wasn't dangerous. "Who are you?"
'I'm Lynn, but people call me Cakes."
"Well hello Cakes." Race said getting up to give her a hand. Once she was on her feet she seemed to get more confidence.
"Here come in,"
"I can't." He said slowly looking out into the rain.
"Why not?" She asked cocking her head to the side so she looked like a confused puppy.
"Because some of the younger newsies in my borough are gone and we can't find them and it's my fault."
"How is it your fault?" Cakes started giggling.
"I told them to beat it and that they were annoying."
"Oh, well stay here for the night its horrible to be out in the rain."
"I guess your right," Reluctantly Race entered the bakery following Cakes into a small back room.
"You can stay here my bed is in the corner."
"Okay."
"Wait Cakes?"
"Yeah." Turning around Cakes looked at Race bewildered.
"Where am I?"
"Oh, Harlem."
"Thanks."
"Your welcome good night Race." Cakes said snuggling under her covers.
Over in Manhattan Jack, Blink and Mush had given up and gone back to the Lodging House.
"Jack why are you back?" Pie Eater asked from a corner of the bunkroom.
"We can't find them all I know is that unless another group does they are gone."
Oscar and Morris watched a little newsgirl with bouncy golden hair and bright green eyes. Oscar made his way over and ducked behind an alleyway. She didn't see him luckily then when no one was watching he snatched her and covered her mouth. She started struggling trying desperately to break free. Next she started biting his hand Oscar wasn't fazed in the slightest.
"Kid stop." She didn't. "Morris…" Morris slapped her across the face hard. She stopped at once and slumped back into Oscar's chest.
"Okay what is your name kid?"
"Mimic."
"Okay, do you know three newsboys that came by here?"
"Why do you want to know?" She was feeling the side of her face she seemed to almost be passing out.
"They are our brothers we came to take them home."
"Oh okay." She was slipping into another world. Her eyes were closing…opening.
"Where are they?" Oscar smiled they were getting somewhere.
"At my house I'll show you." All at once she snapped out of it got up and started walking toward her house. It started raining harder.
"HEY LES, SNIPE, BOOTS COME HERE!" Mimic yelled up the stairs. They came scampering down stopping in a heap just to see the Delancey's staring at them.
"Hello boys Jack and them are waiting we shouldn't keep them."
"We aren't going with you." Snipe said defiantly.
"Oh REALLY!" Oscar pulled Snipe into a 'hug' and whispered in his ear. "If you don't come we will kill Mimic and all of you."
"Oh we will come of course." Snipe said he couldn't bear to see Mimic hurt.
"Alright come along boys."
A few hours later Spot and Scab were nearing the place where Les, Boots and Snipe had stopped in Da Bronx. Just then they came upon a house that made Scab stop short and knock the breath out of him.
"What's up Scab?" Spot asked looking at Scab who acted like he had seen a ghost.
"That's, that's my old home." Scab said shaking.
"WHAT!" Spot yelled outraged. "Are you saying you left this" gesturing at the house. "For BROOKLYN!"
"Yeah what's it to you?"
"Scab I can't believe you." Spot said ashamed that his Second in Command had had a beautiful home.
"Let's see if they know where the youngsters are." Scab said dropping the subject and reaching out an ink stained hand to knock.
The door opened to reveal a small girl around ten with soft straight brown hair and mocking brown eyes.
"What do you want?" She asked sweetly putting on her charm.
"We were wondering if you have seen three boys."
"Who are you?" A second girl asked stepping up next to the first. This girl had curly blond hair and green eyes.
"That is no business to you." Spot said.
"Of course it is!"
"Kid we are looking for three small newsboys."
"Oh." They answered together looking back into the house. "Well first of all," they said turning back to face Spot and Scab. "I'm Mimic and I'm Tears."
"Sure now do you know where the boys are?" Scab asked talking for the first time.
"Well we DID." The one called Mimic said sadly. In the meantime Scab was staring at his old home his old life and wait…no he was seeing things there is nooo way.
Mimic and Tears that couldn't stand for Mimi and Tori could it. That would be too weird his old family couldn't still live here. That is when he heard a motherly voice in the back round.
"Mimi who's at the door?"
"The three boys family I guess."
"I thought they already came? Let me talk to them."
Spot stood there already came? That is when Scab saw his mother for the first time in 6 years.
"Scott?" His mother had spotted him leaning on the doorway soaking wet from the rain.
"Mom!" Scab disregarding the fact that the second toughest newsie in Brooklyn was hugging his mother.
"Mom!" She turned to Tears and Mimic
"The boys went with two boys already they were there brother's" Scab's Mom said confused.
"What do you mean Ma'am?" Spot asked.
"Two boys around your age came a few hours ago and picked them up no need to worry."
"Uh Mom did one have a feather in his hat?"
"Yeah you know them good."
"Spot what the hell are we supposed to do?"
"I don't know Scab we have to find them fast though."
"Scott I have bad news."
"What?" Scab asked politely they needed to get going.
"I'm dying and I can't take care of the girls can you please take them this is like a blessing in disguise."
"Scab we CAN'T!" Spot said softly but sternly.
"Spot there my sisters just not random girls please!"
"FINE!" Spot yelled. "Lets just go."
"Wait." Mimic said confused. "Is that Scotty my brother?" Bewildered she turned as stared finally running into her older brothers arms. Tears followed suit and the siblings were finally together again in the pouring rain.
"All right lets get a move on." Spot said frustrated he didn't like standing in the rain.
A/N well that was kind of odd huh. I had written the entire thing when that happened and I had to make the Delancey's come. Oh 2 more chapters for this before its over how sad! Yet happy!
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