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Post by Firecracker on Dec 1, 2017 14:37:06 GMT -5
Stupid cats...
Firecracker kept a tight hold on Mathias' hand. She was tired and scared. Even if it was just cats she was still scared. It made it worse that she had dragged Mathias around in this mess just because she got lost. "I'm sorry...." Firecracker whispered.
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Post by Rip on Dec 1, 2017 14:43:27 GMT -5
”I’m sorry...”
Rip looked at her, raising an eyebrow even though she probably couldn’t see his face very well in the dim light. “Sorry for what?” He didn’t really see the need for an apology.
He seemed a bit more relaxed as they got closer to the Manhattan border. There were more lights in this borough at this time of night. Queens just hadn’t really invested in street lights yet. Manhattan might not have a lot of lights, but it was better than Queens. It would be easier to see if anyone was around.
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Post by Firecracker on Dec 1, 2017 15:07:46 GMT -5
Sorry for what?
"For gettin lost and ya havin ta take me somewhere else." Firecracker said as she looked down at her feet. "Ya were doin somethin weren't ya?" She asked looking up at Mathias. "I'm sorry I can't take care of myself..." Firecracker quickly looked down and rubbed her eyes.
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Post by Rip on Dec 1, 2017 15:14:33 GMT -5
”For gettin’ lost and ya havin’ ta take me somewhere else.”
Rip snorted. “That ain’t nothin’ ta apologize for. You can’t help gettin’ lost.”
”Ya were doin’ somethin’, weren’t ya?”
He made a face before shaking his head. No need for her to know what he had been doing. “Nothin’ important. Just doin’ my rounds as leader of Queens. It ain’t nothin’ really.”
”I’m sorry I can’t take care of myself...”
Rip sighed through his nose. “Look... Firecracker. Ya don’t have ta apologize. We all get lost one time or another. Just gotta learn from that, okay?”
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Post by Firecracker on Dec 1, 2017 17:13:20 GMT -5
That ain’t nothin’ ta apologize for. You can’t help gettin’ lost.
She nodded a bit still feeling like she had gotten in the way. Maybe you couldn’t help getting lost but she could have.
Nothin’ important. Just doin’ my rounds as leader of Queens. It ain’t nothin’ really.
“Ya sure?” She asked looking up at him again not sure she believed him. “I won’t tell Sherlock if it was bad...” Firecracker looked down some. “I don’t know if I wanna tell him about gettin lost...”
Look... Firecracker. Ya don’t have ta apologize. We all get lost one time or another. Just gotta learn from that, okay?
Firecracker nodded a bit and then looked up at him. “Ok...I’ll try.” she bit her lip softly before asking her question. “Are you lost?”
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Post by Rip on Dec 1, 2017 17:35:47 GMT -5
”Ya sure?”
Rip nodded. “I’m sure,” he insisted.
”I won’t tell Sherlock if it was bad...”
“It wasn’t nothin’,” he said more sharply than he had intended. That was something he would rather Sherlock never know. The kid would do something stupid to try to get his big brother out of the mess he was in. No, there was no way he would let his private life get involved with his brother.
”I don’t know if I wanna tell him about gettin’ lost...”
Rip just shrugged. “I won’t tell ‘I’m if you don’t want him knowin’.”
”Ok... I’ll try. Are you lost?”
He snorted. “No. I know New York pretty well enough...” He frowned as they crossed into Manhattan. “Jus’ don’t like bein’ out in other boroughs this late.”
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Post by Firecracker on Dec 1, 2017 19:36:46 GMT -5
I’m sure
She nodded a bit as they kept walking. It wasn’t important. So he kept saying but she felt she as missing something.
It wasn’t nothin’
Firecracker moved away from Mathias a bit. She didn’t like being scolded. She knew it was her fault for asking so many questions. Francis said her mouth would get her in trouble. Firecracker should have known better. Just like she should have known better then to get lost in what was her previous home.
I won’t tell ‘I’m if you don’t want him knowin’
“I’ll tell him...good friends don’t have secrets...makes it hard ya be friends if ya don’t know the truth...” Firecracker said watchin her feet as they walked. That was another thing that would get her in trouble. She was honest. Sherlock would be worried when she told him but it was better then him being mad at her for not telling.
No. I know New York pretty well enough. Jus’ don’t like bein’ out in other boroughs this late
Firecracker watched him. His face changed when they went into Manhattan. It was her fault he was even here. “Thank ya for bringing me...and...I’m sorry ya had ya come when ya don’t like it...”
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Post by Rip on Dec 1, 2017 20:13:05 GMT -5
”I’ll tell him... good friends don’t have secrets... makes it hard ta be friends if ya don’t know the truth...”
Rip shrugged once more. He honestly felt that sometimes it was better to keep the truth away from the ones you loved. But that was just his opinion.
”Thank ya for bringing me... and... I’m sorry ya had ta come when ya don’t like it...”
He sighed again. “Really it ain’t nothin’ and it’s not that I don’t like it...” he muttered. “It’s the other leaders that don’t like it. Kelly don’t like me in his parts.”
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Post by Firecracker on Dec 1, 2017 20:25:08 GMT -5
Really it ain’t nothin’ and it’s not that I don’t like it...It’s the other leaders that don’t like it. Kelly don’t like me in his parts.
“Why don’t they like you? I like you.” She said looking up at him curiously. “You’re not bad...”
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Post by Rip on Dec 1, 2017 20:28:34 GMT -5
”Why don’t they like you? I like you.”
Rip almost cracked a smile but shrugged instead. “Most boroughs don’t like Queens. Plus, we got a bad history with Brooklyn. Kelly gots ties with Brooklyn so he don’t like me.”
”You’re not bad...”
He snorted softly. That’s what she thought... but he’d let her think that if she wanted to. “That’s not what Kelly and the others think.”
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Post by Firecracker on Dec 1, 2017 20:41:20 GMT -5
Most boroughs don’t like Queens. Plus, we got a bad history with Brooklyn. Kelly gots ties with Brooklyn so he don’t like me.
“History is history. It ain’t taday. You can make everything right...if ya want anyway. Ya don’t have ya be bad with Brooklyn.” She said softly looking at all the lights. “My ma always used ya say it’s neva too late ya make it right.”
That’s not what Kelly and the others think.
She looked at him when he snorted softly. “I don’t think ya are bad...”
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Post by Rip on Dec 1, 2017 20:49:05 GMT -5
”History is history. It ain’t ta day. You can make everything right.. if ya want anywa. Ya don’t have ta be bad with Brooklyn.”
Rip’s face hardened some. “Brooklyn ain’t one you can get right with. They did stuff that’s unforgivable.”
”My ma always used ta say it’s neva too late ta make it right.”
He just snorted. He wasn’t about to correct her mother, but he that didn’t mean he agreed. Some things just were never meant to be made right.
”I don’t think ya are bad.”
Rip shrugged once more. “Think what ya like.”
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Post by Firecracker on Dec 1, 2017 20:59:04 GMT -5
Brooklyn ain’t one you can get right with. They did stuff that’s unforgivable.
Firecracker looked up at Mathias a bit sadly. “That bad huh...?” She squeezed his hand a bit. “It’s ok...bad things are hard ta forgive...”
Think what ya lik
“I will. And I like ya. Ya ain’t a bad guy.” She looked up at him. “Bad guys wouldn’t walk with me.”
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Post by Rip on Dec 1, 2017 21:02:06 GMT -5
”That bad huh...?”
Rip huffed. “Yeah... it’s bad.”
”It’s ok... bad things are hard ta forgive...”
“Ain’t that the truth,” he muttered under his breath.
”I will. And I like ya. Ya ain’t a bad guy. Bad guys wouldn’t walk with me.”
He cracked a small smirk. “Heh... guess ya got a point.”
But still, he knew wouldn’t say that if she knew the truth about him.
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Post by Firecracker on Dec 1, 2017 22:34:11 GMT -5
Yeah... it’s bad
Firecracker looked down a bit. “I’m sorry. It’ll be ok though.” She smiled up at him.
Ain’t that the truth,
“But ya can it just takes longer.” She squeezed his hand some. “It’ll all be ok though. Ya got me and Sherlock.”
Heh... guess ya got a point.
She smiled happily. “See ya ain’t a bad guy. Ya just...people don’t know the real ya. I’m glad I got ya know ya.”
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Post by Rip on Dec 2, 2017 16:06:35 GMT -5
”I’m sorry. It’ll be ok though.”
Rip gave no reply. He wasn’t sure it would ever be okay. Brooklyn had crossed one line too many for things to ever be okay ever again.
”But ya can it just takes longer.”
He snorted. “I don’t know about that.” Forgiving Brooklyn just seemed way out of the question.
”It’ll all be ok thought. Ya got me and Sherlock.”
He managed to crack a small smile. “Yeah... I got you two.”
”See ya ain’t a bad guy. Ya just... people don’t know the real ya. I’m glad I got ta know ya.”
Rip snorted slightly. He was feeling a little tense as they passed by the boys’ lodge. He honestly could take on all the boys in Hattan if necessary, but he really wasn’t in the mood. He was tired and just wanted to get Firecracker to the girls’ lodge safely.
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Post by Jack Kelly on Dec 25, 2017 16:18:53 GMT -5
It had been a long few months for Jack. With the impending conflict between Brooklyn and Queens, things had been tough in every borough. There wasn't a single place where someone could get away and not feel those sorts of things.
A walk had been exactly what he needed. He had wanted to clear his head for a while now, and Central Park had seemed like the perfect place for it. However, upon leaving the lodge, it had become obvious quickly that he was not alone.
He couldn't make out what was being said by the pair, only noticing the flaming red hair on the girl, and the fact that Rip was in Manhattan. Just wait until he told Spot about this!
He quickly shuffled into a nearby alleyway there, hunkering down a bit so that he would be less noticeable, trying to catch a bit of what they were talking about. Maybe they were discussing plans from Queens to attack Brooklyn? That could be extremely helpful to get. A walk in Central Park could wait.
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Post by Firecracker on Dec 25, 2017 16:29:45 GMT -5
I don’t know about that.
She made a face and nodded some as she looked up at him. “I know it had to be real bad...and real bad things ain’t easy ya forgive. Ya just gotta take the first steps ta forgive which is the hard part...” Firecracker held his hand tight hoping he knew she was here for him.
Yeah... I got you two.
“And ya know me and Sherlock are more then enough.” She laughed softly. “Especially if we do something fun!”
Firecracker tried to shake off the feeling that they were being followed but that cat in the alley scared her. She wouldn’t tell Mathias that. He had brought to worry about and he always seemed to look over his shoulder. Maybe they could just walk and he wouldn’t be worried about what was behind him.
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Post by Rip on Dec 25, 2017 16:41:05 GMT -5
”I know it had to be real bad... and real bad thing ain’t easy ta forgive.”
Rip remained silent, stewing some. He didn’t really like talking about his anger against Spot. And Firecracker seemed to hint that he should forgive. No, that just wasn’t possible.
”Ya just gotta take the first steps ta forgive which is the hard part...”
He snorted. Just like he thought. She just didn’t understand.
”And ya know me and Sherlock are more than enough. Especially if we do something fun!”
Rip managed to crack a small smile. “Yeah... I guess I do.”
He stiffened some. He thought he had heard someone following them. He pulled Firecracker closer to him, hand grasping a knife from his pocket.
“Goil’s lodge is up ahead,” he said gruffly. “Think ya can walk the rest of the way, Firecracker?”
He wanted to double back and see if someone was truly following him.
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Post by Jack Kelly on Dec 25, 2017 16:50:27 GMT -5
Frankly, Jack was only getting bits and pieces of what was being said. The pair were obviously walking in the direction of the girl's lodge - it wasn't too much further, and Jack assumed that it would make sense. But who was the girl? And what was she doing with Rip?
The voice sounded familiar. He didn't know what it was... But he recognized something about it.
“Goil’s lodge is up ahead, think ya can walk the rest of the way, Firecracker?”
A sudden sinking feeling formed in his stomach as his blood ran cold.
"Firecracker?" He didn't even realize that he was thinking aloud, his eyes as round as saucers as he stood straight up once again. "Rox..." He trailed off, not even able to finish. This is impossible...
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Post by Firecracker on Dec 25, 2017 17:36:29 GMT -5
Yeah... I guess I do.
Firecracker smiled bright up at Mathias. It was good to see him smile.
Goil’s lodge is up ahead, Think ya can walk the rest of the way, Firecracker?
Her face got serious as he spoke next. Maybe someone was following them. She didn’t want to leave...and Mathias was keeping her close. “Are ya sure...?” She asked softly.
Firecracker? Rox...
She looked back as she heard her name. Who knew her name in Manhattan? It took a moment for her eyes to adjust before she realized it was her brother. “Francis...?” How could he be here? She couldn’t believe it was him. How could it be him. After looking for him all this time. He was here...
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Post by Rip on Dec 25, 2017 17:45:09 GMT -5
”Are ya sure...?”
Rip nodded. “Yeah. It’s just that buildin’ right over there.” He pointed to it so she could clearly see which one he was directing her to.
”Firecracker? Rox...”
He immediately turned toward the voice that had called out behind them. Instinctively, he pushed Firecracker behind him. His eyes narrowed as he recognized the young man just a few feet away.
“Kelly,” he growled. “What do you want?”
”Francis...?”
Rip frowned, looking at Firecracker. Jack Kelly was her brother? He wasn’t sure how he felt about this.
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Post by Jack Kelly on Dec 25, 2017 18:05:58 GMT -5
"Francis...?"
There was a momentary sense of relief that Jack felt when he realized that his sister was there. He hadn't seen her in ages, and the fact that she had come back from Santa Fe at all was crazy to him. How had they not found one another sooner?
"Kelly, what do you want?"
The relief vanished. Why was she wish Rip? What was Rip doing to her? Why was Rip in Manhattan at all, talking to the leader's sister? Surely there was something behind his intentions. He had to be some sort of wolf in sheep's clothing to her.
"This is my borough, Rip," He began, stepping out of the shadows, "I believe I have a right ta know what's goin' on."
Hesitating for a moment, he figured that greeting his sister could wait just a few more moments. Right now, he had to be a leader and protect his borough. "I believe the better question is what do you want?"
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Post by Firecracker on Dec 25, 2017 18:21:54 GMT -5
Kelly, what do you want?
This is my borough, Rip, I believe I have a right ta know what's goin' on.
She looked out from behind Mathias hearing her brother. Why did Mathias call him Kelly? Why did Francis call Mathias Rip? What was going on? “Mathias...what’s going on...?” Firecracker asked looking up at him. “Are we not supposed to be here...?”
"I believe the better question is what do you want?
Firecracker looked between Mathias and Francis. She was so confused. What was going on...?
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Post by Jack Kelly on Dec 25, 2017 18:32:23 GMT -5
"Are we not supposed to be here...?"
Jack was reluctant to believe that Rip hadn't at least tried to do something suspicious with his sister, whether it be getting her as a spy or just trying to bring her into Queens for blackmail or whatever. There was nothing telling him to believe it.
"What have you been talkin' ta my sister about?" Jack demanded, finally storming closer to them, ready to grab Roxanne and run if need be.
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