Super short! Working on part three. Firemuse left me and Crowmuse is being obnoxious! Adonismuse is moody and Curly and Apollomuses are attached at the lips. Argh.

Crow snarled at the back of his throat, the sound was low and dangerous, a warning.

"What now?" Adonis asked. A knife appeared in his hand as if out of nowhere. Crow shook his head sadly, the knife disappeared back to where it had come. If you had seen the exchange from more than three feet away, you would only have seen a glint of silver, then nothing.

"We need a strategy," Apollo reasoned, "Using blind rage is no way to go."

"I know," Crow sighed, "I just need some time to think." Fire reached over and took his hand, an effective way to calm him down and clear his head.

"Here's a plan: we walk into his headquarters, kick some serious butt, and leave. Simple enough?" Adonis asked. He had a personal score to settle with Flight.

FLASHBACK

He stood at the foot of an unmarked grave. Tears and rain mixing in rivulets on his face. She was dead, gone, she had left him alone. All that he had done to protect her: useless. All it took was one bullet, clean through the heart, and she was gone from him forever.

Petal.

Flight's goons were still rampant in Harlem, although Shadows were taking them out daily. One of them had retaliated unexpectedly, shooting Petal and killing her. Her last words echoed in Adonis' head, "I love you."

And then she was gone.

Dead.

Forever.

END FLASHBACK

"I get Flight, for Petal," was the low, feral growl that emanated from Adonis' throat. Crow shook his head once more.

"We need a plan but if you want to kill him, fine by me," Crow wasn't in the mood for a fight. All he wanted was to sit down and rest. The life of a newsie leader is a harder one than you'd think.

"Here is our plan," Apollo smiled, "Curly and Fire will be decoys, the Shadows will hide nearby. When Flight comes out to harass the girls, we'll ambush his goons and dispose of their bodies at night in the East River."

"Alright," Crow nodded. Fire rolled her eyes, she had seen her fair share of newsie warfare last year when she was kidnapped by Stubborn. He was dead by Crow's hands, although no one really cared. Ninja was a capable leader, but still needed frequent instruction. Newsies 'throwing the bodies in the East River' was no big thing anymore.

"Lets get this show on the road," Adonis said. Curly and Jinx shook their heads.

"You can sell tomorrow morning, and attack tomorrow night. You need sleep," Curly said softly, cuddling up to Apollo.

"Yeah, it's not smart to fight when you're half asleep!" Jinx warned. Everyone filed up the stairs. Some heads were full of thoughts of sleep, others of their girl/boy. Only one head was full of thoughts of revenge and malice: Adonis. He was out for blood. Flight was gonna pay!

If Petal couldn't eat or breathe...neither would they be able to when he got his hands on them. Adonis would be sure of it.