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Chapter 2- Bumps and Bruise's

-The Next Day-

"Ow, ow , ow " Patches mumbled as she walked up the lodging house stairs up to the bunk room, her head spinning dangerously , you see when the Delancy's said that she should watch her back they weren't kidding

"Hey Patc... what happened" Ace asked as she stumbled into the girls bunkroom

"Nothing," she said as she tried to sit down but winced as she tried

"Patches, who did this?" Ace asked quietly as she helped her on to her bed

"Don't worry about it Ac…" but her sentence wasn't finished because she passed out unconscious on her bunk

"Patches" Ace asked almost hysterically after there was no response she bolted form the room and flew down the stair's to get some water, bandages and anything that would help revive her friend and almost ran straight into her best friend Racetrack

"Whoa, Ace slows your roll" he said while catching her as she almost fell down the stair case

"Race, oh god where's Skittery?" she asked frantically

"He's was just about to come from Tibby's when I left, but he must have had to do something, what's wrong?" he asked concerned at her franticness

"Go get him ,it's Patches" she asked while running the rest of the way down the stairs to try and find some water to clean out Patches cuts

-Racetracks POV-

"Skitt's!" he yelled to get the taller boys attention form a few meters away

"What's up Race?" Skittery asked as he moved towards his Italian friend

"You have to get back to the lodging house it's Patches" Race said out of breath form trying to find him, In all the time he'd known Skittery , Race had never seen him look that scared, as the boy sprinted to the lodging house

-In the Lodging House

"Patches!" Skittery yelled as he ran up the stairs

"Ace what happened?" Skittery said frantically as he burst into the girls lodging

"I don't know she passed out before she told me what happened, or who did it, but if I had to put money on it, I'd say that it was the Delalcey's" Ace said with anger filling her voice

"Is she going to be ok?" he asked anxiously

"Well Kloppman seems to think she'll be ok, but she's just got to sleep it off and heal a bit but other than that she'll be ok" Ace said in a big jumble of worried anxiety

"Good, I'll be right back I have to go take care of something, just make sure you come get me if she wakes up" he told Ace

"Sure thing Skitt's, oh and get a punch in for me" Ace said referring to the Delancey's

"Ok Ace, I'll see you later" he told her wondering how she knew that's where he was going

-Skittery's POV-

He walked up towards the Distribution Center and found Oscar and Morris laughing their asses off

"Well look who it is, how's your little girlfriend" Oscar sneered

"You fucking bastered" Skittery said in a deadly calm voice "Do you think it's fucking funny…"he said his voice at an alarming rate and he sucker punched Oscar in the face and the boy doubled over in pain , Morris tried to get Skittery form behind but Skittery whipped around and punched him square in the jaw successfully punching him out as he turned back around and Oscar had recovered form the sucker punch , but the anger that filled Skittery's veins took over and he smashed his fist into Oscars stomach and then his face and then again until the boy was disoriented and Skittery bent down into Oscar's face and whispered

"If you ever touch her again, it'll be a lot worse" and with that the tall Newsie walked back down the street towards the lodging house adrenalin still pumping through his veins