Disclaimer: Dude If I owned Disney would I really be writing fanfiction? No all of my ideas would be turned into Newsies sequels. Only Angel and the Shadows are mine.

The newsies are not the only group of kids and teens who wander the streets of New York. There are other children out there who need to make a living. Newsies in general, have very high morals. As street kids go, newsies have it easy. They have a steady income. While the bulls may harass them now and then, they aren't in huge danger if they get caught. Compared to the other kids, the newsies really do live a fine life.

One of the other groups of kids roaming the streets are not fond of the newsies. They consider the newsies to be obnoxious, kids who don't know real hardships. Sure they may sleep outside once in a while, skip a meal now and then, but newsies are generally given an adequate amount of respect. This group, the newsies Arch-enemies, is called the Shadows.

The Shadows aren't just kids who work and live together. The Shadows is a gang. A gang of Thieves. Thieves of all kinds live and work with the Shadows. The Shadows are very notorious all over New York, but they only operate in Manhattan. The bulls were constantly looking for their hideout. This hideout was known simply as The Dark.

The Newsies and the Shadows had always hates each other, but they had never openly fought. But that was about to change. A young newsie had been killed only a few days ago. A freckled, curly headed kid named Snipeshooter. There was of course, no definite proof that Snipes had died at the hands of a Shadow, but it was common knowledge that no one else, not even the Delancey brothers, whose hate had only grown since the Newsie's strike, would go that far. Not even they would murder an innocent boy.

Snipes had been found in a dark alley, flat on his face, with a bullet in his back. And the newsies were going crazy. Obviously, this made for a very tough situation for Newsie leader Jack Kelly. Jack had two conflicting interests that now needed to be very carefully balanced. Firstly, Jack was angry he had brought Snipes to the lodging house himself, he had cared for the boy, taught him to sell, to play poker, this kid was his friend! Jack wanted revenge. He wanted to teach the Shadows a lesson. But Jack had another interest, and that was holding him back. As much as Jack had a duty to avenge Snipes, he also had a duty to his remaining newsboys.

If Jack said the word, the boys would eagerly go out and wage full fledged war on the Shadows. Unfortunately for the Newsies, If it came to war, they wouldn't last the night. The Shadows were fighters, everyone knew that. Anyone who witnessed a Shadow robbery would be found dead. Shadows worked like a real gang, any enemies found themselves either dead, or running. Everyone knows that you can only run for so long. Whether it's years, months, weeks, or merely days, eventually the Shadows will find you.

So Jack knew, that as much as he wanted to avenge Snipes, he could not go to war. He was not going to sacrifice his other boys, for the memory of one. So Jack had only one choice left. He had to call a meeting. He would speak with the leader of the Shadows, they would see reason, and turn over Snipe's killer. The Newsies would soak Snipe's killer and avenge his death. Oh, how naïve Jack was, if only things had worked out quite that way. You see, there was one option that Jack had failed to consider. What if the leader of The Shadows didn't agree with Jack's plan?

Across town, In a lodging house known as The Dark, Angel, The leader of the Shadows, was preparing to go out. She had received word earlier that week, that Cowboy Kelly, leader of the Manhattan Newsies, wanted to meet with her. Well, not her specifically. No one outside the gang knew that a sixteen-year-old girl led the feared Shadows. Angel smirked, Well, No one alive

As her clock struck twelve, Angel covered her face with a black bandanna, and slipped out into the night, her long black hair covering her like a shadow…


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