Casey stood up with a look of horror on her face. "Is it bad?" She asked nervously. "Oh no....it's not all that bad. It's just that I looked at this girl's profile. She was the daughter of Jonathan and Susan Higgins. The rich couple who lived on Bryer Lane." The doctor said. Casey drew her hand over her mouth. "How did they die?" She asked the doctor. "Oh, they were attacked by a bunch of thieves. Their two children were left alive. But unfortunatly the parents were killed. Also, they were robbed of everything valuable that they owned in their manor."
"Where's her brother?" Casey was determined to get Rinoa back with her brother. Soon something hit Mush right in the stomach. the last name....Higgins.....where had he heard this last name before? He was searching his memory to try and remember. "Oh, her brother Anthony, he tried to drop Rinoa at some orphanage for her safety. She was so young...She thought her parents were alive...So the last thing we knew, she ran away from the orphanage to find her parents. That's the last we heard of her until now." The doctor explained.
"Anthony Higgins?" Mush asked biting his lip trying to figure out this name. He had heard it before....from one of the Newsies. This was someone's name. Until he thought even harder...'Kidblink Higgins? No.....Crutchy Higgins? No....not that either....Skittery Higgins? Oh hell no.....Racetrack Higgins? Oh my god that's it. "Racetrack..."Mush said aloud. "What?" Casey turned to him confused. "I've got to find Race!" He exclaimed turning to the door and running out of the hospital and to the lodging house.
"Racetrack!" He yelled while running up the stairs. He walked in to find Blink and Race. "Mush where you been? We had to sell without you'se today. Where'd you'se go?" Blink asked. "Race, is your real name Anthony Higgins?" Mush said panting because he ran all the way there. "What if it is?" Race asked standing up and lighting up his cigar. "Then you need to go to the hospital....your sister is there." Mush said. "How do you know it's MY sister huh? What if I aint even got a sister?" Race asked.
"Well does the name Rinoa Higgins ring a bell?" Mush asked. Race stopped and turned around. "How do you know my sister huh? What does Rinoa have to do with anything? I know our Rinoa is at the hospital but she aint got nothin' to do with it." He asked drawing closer to Mush. "Race Rinoa is your sister." Mush said. "That ain't my sister." Race said confused. "Yes she does Race. You said yourself the day she got here that she reminded you of your own sister. That's her. you got to go to the hospital now." Mush told him. Race said walking out the door with Mush.
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"Where is she?" Race asked walking into the hospital. Casey looked up to see Race. She led him back to the hospital room. He walked in and saw Rinoa lying on the bed. "I swear I'm going to find Oscar and Morris and I'm going to beat the shit out of them has anyone of you seen them around here anywhere?" Race asked angrily standing up. "Race, I'm sorry you had to find out like this." Mush said. "Look, it's ok I just got to find Morris or Oscar or whatever so I can kill em." Race said.
"Race, the last time I'se saw em, they was at the Newspaper office where we'se buy our papes you know. So they could still be there, if not then I'se don't know where you'se will find em." Mush said shrugging. Race took off out the door. "I'se gonna kill em..."He muttered. He ran off and ran into Jack. "Whos Race, where's da fire?" Jack asked. "Gotta find The Delancys." He said quickly and ran off. "Well, if it aint itty bitty Racetrack." Said a voice. Race turned around to face Oscar. "What the hell did you do to Rinoa you scumbag?" He growled.
"Oh...we'se just had a little fun with the girl....no problem there, but when the broad started to fight back then we'se had a problem." Oscar said laughing. "You'se think I'se gonna let you'se get away with this?" Racetrack said baring his teeth. "Oh and what's the little midget gonna do about it huh?" Morris laughed coming up behind Race. "Don't you ever fucking call me a midget again!" He yelled punching Morris in the eye. Oscar laughed. "What's the big idea? Midgets are supposed to be proud of their height, whats the matter? You short and ain't proud?" Oscar said laughing like a moron.
Race gave him the coldest glare that he had ever given. He tackled Oscar and started pounding him up like meat. "Ahh! Wild Midget on the loose!" He yelled trying to get Racetrack off him. "For your information I aint a midget!" He yelled slamming Oscars head into a wall knocking him out. Morris looked at his unconcious brother to Racetrack. "you're gonna pay for that." Morris said sliding his sleeves up his arms. He ran over to Racetrack and ran right into his fist.
He fell to the ground blinking. "To Hell with you...." He said wiping off blood from his nose. He dragged Oscar by the arm away from Race. "Yeah you better run!" Racetrack yelled putting his cigar in his mouth and heading back to the hospital.
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Rinoa was still unconcious when Race got back. "Are you sure she's going to be ok? She's been out of it for quite a while." Race said putting out his cigar. He walked over to the bed and he brushed the bangs out of her eyes. "I wish she'd wake up." He said sadly sighing. "She'll wake up Race." Casey said putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. "But I want her to wake up now." Race said putting on a pouty face. "Jeez, you're nothing but a little baby." Casey joked.
"Hey, I don't scream for a bottle or anything." Race shot back. Mush and Casey rolled their eyes and laughed. "Yet..." Casey muttered.
"Where's her brother?" Casey was determined to get Rinoa back with her brother. Soon something hit Mush right in the stomach. the last name....Higgins.....where had he heard this last name before? He was searching his memory to try and remember. "Oh, her brother Anthony, he tried to drop Rinoa at some orphanage for her safety. She was so young...She thought her parents were alive...So the last thing we knew, she ran away from the orphanage to find her parents. That's the last we heard of her until now." The doctor explained.
"Anthony Higgins?" Mush asked biting his lip trying to figure out this name. He had heard it before....from one of the Newsies. This was someone's name. Until he thought even harder...'Kidblink Higgins? No.....Crutchy Higgins? No....not that either....Skittery Higgins? Oh hell no.....Racetrack Higgins? Oh my god that's it. "Racetrack..."Mush said aloud. "What?" Casey turned to him confused. "I've got to find Race!" He exclaimed turning to the door and running out of the hospital and to the lodging house.
"Racetrack!" He yelled while running up the stairs. He walked in to find Blink and Race. "Mush where you been? We had to sell without you'se today. Where'd you'se go?" Blink asked. "Race, is your real name Anthony Higgins?" Mush said panting because he ran all the way there. "What if it is?" Race asked standing up and lighting up his cigar. "Then you need to go to the hospital....your sister is there." Mush said. "How do you know it's MY sister huh? What if I aint even got a sister?" Race asked.
"Well does the name Rinoa Higgins ring a bell?" Mush asked. Race stopped and turned around. "How do you know my sister huh? What does Rinoa have to do with anything? I know our Rinoa is at the hospital but she aint got nothin' to do with it." He asked drawing closer to Mush. "Race Rinoa is your sister." Mush said. "That ain't my sister." Race said confused. "Yes she does Race. You said yourself the day she got here that she reminded you of your own sister. That's her. you got to go to the hospital now." Mush told him. Race said walking out the door with Mush.
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"Where is she?" Race asked walking into the hospital. Casey looked up to see Race. She led him back to the hospital room. He walked in and saw Rinoa lying on the bed. "I swear I'm going to find Oscar and Morris and I'm going to beat the shit out of them has anyone of you seen them around here anywhere?" Race asked angrily standing up. "Race, I'm sorry you had to find out like this." Mush said. "Look, it's ok I just got to find Morris or Oscar or whatever so I can kill em." Race said.
"Race, the last time I'se saw em, they was at the Newspaper office where we'se buy our papes you know. So they could still be there, if not then I'se don't know where you'se will find em." Mush said shrugging. Race took off out the door. "I'se gonna kill em..."He muttered. He ran off and ran into Jack. "Whos Race, where's da fire?" Jack asked. "Gotta find The Delancys." He said quickly and ran off. "Well, if it aint itty bitty Racetrack." Said a voice. Race turned around to face Oscar. "What the hell did you do to Rinoa you scumbag?" He growled.
"Oh...we'se just had a little fun with the girl....no problem there, but when the broad started to fight back then we'se had a problem." Oscar said laughing. "You'se think I'se gonna let you'se get away with this?" Racetrack said baring his teeth. "Oh and what's the little midget gonna do about it huh?" Morris laughed coming up behind Race. "Don't you ever fucking call me a midget again!" He yelled punching Morris in the eye. Oscar laughed. "What's the big idea? Midgets are supposed to be proud of their height, whats the matter? You short and ain't proud?" Oscar said laughing like a moron.
Race gave him the coldest glare that he had ever given. He tackled Oscar and started pounding him up like meat. "Ahh! Wild Midget on the loose!" He yelled trying to get Racetrack off him. "For your information I aint a midget!" He yelled slamming Oscars head into a wall knocking him out. Morris looked at his unconcious brother to Racetrack. "you're gonna pay for that." Morris said sliding his sleeves up his arms. He ran over to Racetrack and ran right into his fist.
He fell to the ground blinking. "To Hell with you...." He said wiping off blood from his nose. He dragged Oscar by the arm away from Race. "Yeah you better run!" Racetrack yelled putting his cigar in his mouth and heading back to the hospital.
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Rinoa was still unconcious when Race got back. "Are you sure she's going to be ok? She's been out of it for quite a while." Race said putting out his cigar. He walked over to the bed and he brushed the bangs out of her eyes. "I wish she'd wake up." He said sadly sighing. "She'll wake up Race." Casey said putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. "But I want her to wake up now." Race said putting on a pouty face. "Jeez, you're nothing but a little baby." Casey joked.
"Hey, I don't scream for a bottle or anything." Race shot back. Mush and Casey rolled their eyes and laughed. "Yet..." Casey muttered.