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Chapter 99 - Multiple Ships

- Chapter 99 - A Fight Amongst Allies -
Warning: Fighting, yelling, crying, angst, injuries, fighting
Canon Era
Third Person POV

A/N, ahhhhhhh!!!! Chapter 99!! That's crazy to me that I've gotten this far in this book. Thank you all for sticking around, your comments and such are greatly appreciated (:

Most of the boys had seen it coming when they got news of the Borough war.

Race had gotten quieter and usually looked sad.

Ike never spoke of the Borough War or really any other boroughs, especially not Brooklyn.

Knobs and Boots were sticking with each other for the time being and barely spoke to anyone other than each other, Race, Ike, and Specs, though Race rarely spoke.

The air in the Manhattan Lodge was different after the Borough War started.

Jack was furious a lot of the time, though he still cared for all of the Newsies.

Lucky didn't understand what was happening; all he knew was that he wasn't allowed to see Tumbler.

Something had happened between Jack and Spot.

A fight.

And from what everyone else knew, it was big.

No Manhattan Newsie was allowed to go to Brooklyn. None of the them.

Being Jack's Second, Race was in a difficult situation where he wanted to be there for his boyfriend, but he had known Jack longer and stayed with Manhattan, instead of running to Spot.

Ike, Boots, and Knobs were in the same situation, but they all also stayed with Manhattan.

The others in the Lodge tried to help them, but three out of the four of them refused to talk about the Borough War.

"Why do we need partners?" Blink had asked.

"Brooklyn's dangerous and because they're liars who don't respect turf, we need to take precautions to be safe." Had been Jack's response.

Specs had looked over at Race when Jack said that, finding him with his head down, staring at his lap as his lip quivered and he tried not to cry.

Specs frowns at the memory. "This is a mess." He whispers to Blink.

Blink nods, a sad look on his face. He sips his water.

As the Third and Fourth of Manhattan, they were the only other two who had been in the room for that discussion.

The two boys heard talking.

They look over to where it was coming from.

Mush, Crutchie, and Albert sat with Race, trying again to get him to talk.

Blink and Specs' frowns deepen.

They had been trying to get him to talk for days.

Race barely mumbled anything and that was only usually around Jack, and maybe Crutchie.

Ike, Mike, Boots, and Finch sat on the floor across the room from those four, playing a game.