Disclaimer: I dont own Newsies, they belong to Disney. Knots owns herself, as does Fantasy, Jittery, Marsh and Tease. I own Taps and the plot. Enjoy!

Jewell Case - Thanks for reading the first chapter, there are 8 more to go lol. But yea i play drums in real life so thats neat that you do too! And as soon as i saw the movie i wanted my own name as well!

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Jack Kelly stood there with the girls surrounding him. He repeated.

"You goils need to leave! Get outta here!" But they just stood there.

"You scared Jackeyboi?" one of the older gentlemen asked before he threw a set of chains his direction.

"Jack be careful." Knots screamed. Then a guy behind Jack started to hold him with a club. Another guuy was about to punch him. All of a sudden, random Newsies popped up in between the buildings. Then Spot showed him self.

"Never Fear Brooklyn Is Here"

"Its Brooklyn!" called Mush. Most of the Brooklyn boys came off of the oof and started to fight the scabs right along the Manhattan Newsies. Some used there slingshots, others uesd their fists. Eventually Spot came down and opened the gate to let the rest of his boys in.

"This is so great!" exclaimed Taps and rushed to help Mush fight. She kicked a guy right in the crouch. Marsh raced to help Dutchy but she got slammed in the face with a club. She fell to the ground and Fantasy rushed to her aid.

"Marsh are you ok?" No response. "Dutchy! Help"

"What?" he didn't see Marsh fall. But now he looked at the ground and saw her lifeless body. "No! Marsh!" He avoided a punch and ran to her side.

Meanwhile Tease was helpin Race kick some guys butt. Litterally. Jittery was doin good untild someone kicked her in the stomach. Then a guy punched Skittery in the face. She just lost it. Jittery went bilistic on the guy. It was awesome. Finally the Brooklyn and the Manhattan Newsie pushed the scabs out the other door. Then Denton appeared with his camera. All the boys we jumping up and down. Excited that they beat them!

"Boys, freeze!" Denton screamed. "Freeze!" He snapped their picture. Tease nudged Taps arm. It was the picture they were searching for. It was the picture that they needed. It was the picture that would bring them home!

"How do we get it?" Taps asked. She was having a blonde moment.

"We wait until the pape tomorrow." Jittery spoke. Then Dutchy passed carring Marsh.
"Marsh!" screamed the girls and followed Dutchy back to the lodging house. When they arrived, Kloppman got her a cool towel and layed her on Dutchy's bunk.

"What happened?" asked Tease.

"She got clubbed." Fantasy explained. With the help of the cool rag Marsh woke up. Kloppmen thought it was best to leave her to rest. But she inisted that Dutchy stay. The rest of the crew headed back outside to Central Park.

" I hope shes alright." Mush stated breaking the silence. They all agreed.

"Now what?"

"Well we've found the picture we need." Tease confessed.

"Does that mean you'll be leavin soon?" Mush looked at Taps with the saddest eyes. She started to wipe the tears that started to fall. They hugged and Mush led her away from the group.

"Jack," Knots started to say. But he just hushed her. She felt a firm grip on his hand and realized it belonged to him. Her feet started to move and she followed Jack. They didnt stop until a good mile later.

"Knots, I don't want you to leave. You're the best thing that has happened to me. Please stay with me."

Well that was chapter 9. Yay! I'm senior! woot! and FINALLY SATs are over and dont think i did to bad on the reading and the essay but i did horrible on the math. I suck in math. So that i'm out of school, i'll probably be working. That is actually were i wrote the story at! It was a slow day at work and the idea came to my mind! So probably the next one will come from work on a slow cuz thats the only time i have to write. lol Well i hope to update some!

lots of love and CTB

Taps