The Fifth Strike
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Last published Sun, Sep 30, 2018
Five strikes. That's all The Council lets you have. Then.... well, no one actually knows what happens. None of the boys have ever met someone with five strikes before.
That scares Jack who, at seventeen, already has four of his. He can't remember how he got them either, but he's determined to figure it out.
And when he and his friends learn what The Council has been doing to them they make it their mission to put an end to the group... once and for all.
(One shot that I'm def turning into a full story)
Disclaimer: I do not own Newsies. That is owned by the Disney Company.
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