Stage

[arianette]

Aria rolled her eyes. So basically Daniel was upset that Prince punched a pregnant girl and choked her a bit, and the huge Russian took it out on Ace. "Well, the past is past, and it seems that you got what you deserved, Danny." She washed a scrape on his head. "However, you...." She hadn't caught the Russian's name. "Didn't need to nearly kill Daniel. That was going a bit far."

This whole war was going a bit far..

She gestured to Flanna, who was leaning on Sparks for support, wheezing slightly. "What happened to her?"

[flanna]

Flanna looked at Sparks thankfully. "Sorry...I'm not used to asking for help. But I'll try from now on." Hearing Aria talk to her, she spoke up softly, trying to keep her breaths shallow.

"I was trying to keep another newsie off of Sparks here.." She gestured to him. "And I was thrown into a fountain."

[Daniel Cardoni]

Flinching away from Aria's cleaning, Ace blinked wide-eyes at Flanna. "Spot didn't hoit you too bad, did he?" He asked softly, for a minute feeling like all this was his fault.

And in a way, it was. He should have left without Spot, or...something. He knew Spot was hard headed, knew he was going to do something stupid that this. But he hadn't been thinking.

[sparks]

Sparks huffed as he helped Flanna sit down on the edge of the stage. He sat down next to her and held her hand.

"She shouldn't 'ave been hoit at all, dat's de point. Youse don't see Queens kids crawlin' all oveh de Bronx, ya shoulda kept yoah kids in yoah burrough."

He wiped a bit of sweat from his brow and sighed, "Ise stand by what I did, dey knew what could 'appen if dey came heah an' dey did it anyways."

[flanna]

Flanna shook her head at Ace. "Nothing that a week or so won't heal. Nothing broken..at least I think." She winced, knowing what would happen if something was. She wasn't too keen on Ace and Sparks bickering back and forth, but she wasn't going to stop them.

Squeezing Sparks' hand she sat there, trying to figure out the best way to breathe.

[arianette]

Ariannette shook her head and finished looking over Daniel. "You need to take it easy. Next time could really kill you."

She looked at Sparks. "Yes, I suppose they knew what could happen. But now that you are here, their will be no fighting, understood?"

She stood up and walked over to Flanna, looking at the boy holding her hand protectively. "I'm going to have to take a look at you."

[Daniel Cardoni]

Ace looked at the ground briefly, "I'll be fine." He told Aria, before looking back over at Sparks. "Keep dem in my own borough? Do you know how hard dat is? I can only ask them where they are going, not follow them around. Fancy said she was going ta Brooklyn, i believed her."

He shook his head, angry at someone, but with no idea who. "I found out she was in Queens and i came ta get her. Im so angry with her for putting both her and Red's baby in trouble, but it is the past. We cant change it."

[sparks]

Sparks looked away as Aria lifted Flanna's shirt on the side to take a look at Flanna's side, but he didn't let go of her hand.

" Der ain't no excuse fo' hittin' a goil, it just ain't right. Prince has kept her newsies uneh control, maybe she could give youse some advice. Somet'in tells me dis ain't de foist time Fancy's done somet'in like dis."

[Daniel Cardoni]

"No, its not." He sighed, running a hand through his hair. "Dis whole thing is a mess, and a stupid one at dat." He looked over at Sparks, "And i can only say im sorry again, its not a habit you know. I dont go around hitting goils."

[arianette]

Aria looked at the dark bruise that was spread across the girls ribs, from about the top of her side down to the end of her ribs. Touching it gengerly, she checked for broken bones.

"Well, darlin', you are lucky. Nothing is broken..but you've torn some muscle and you are definitely not going to find breathing and large amounts of moving very pleasant for at least a week."


She wrapped some cloth tightly around the girls midsection, to keep the swelling and bruising down. "Try and keep this on." She sighed. Daniel was right. This was a whole mess...she was just glad things weren't worse.

[flanna]

Flanna bit back a scream when Aria touched her side, pressing on it, squeezing Spark's hand tightly, inwardly cursing her lack of fortitude. Thank goodnes nothing was broken though. "Thank--Thank you ma'am. My name is Flanna." She smiled painfully. "I'll try and keep to your advice."

[sparks]

Sparks turned back as he listened to the woman explain to Flanna what she would have to do. He slipped his arm around her and rubbed her shoulder.

"Youse betteh listen ta her Flanna. Can't have ya gettin' woise. Ise can sell fo' ya 'til ya get betteh, an' Ise don't wanna heah ya arguin' it."

[Prince]

It was then that Prince made her grand entrance. She came in, after she had finished talking to the bulls. She was a little beat up herself, not to mention the bruises around her neck from Ace. "Sorry I'm late... had some mattah's ta settle wit' da pigs outside," she said as she took a deep breath. She walked towards a chair and had a seat. She was being quiet for Prince, and probably would be for some time. However, she hoped that Ariannette would keep her word.

[Daniel Cardoni]

Ace, taking a deep breath, got up and walked over to her, "Are you all right?" He asked softly, eyes falling to her neck. "Im sorry... I truly only came over heah to get Fancy."

[fancy]

Speak of the devil. At that moment Fancy made her way carefully into the hall. She gazed around casually and sighed. She raised a hand in greeting to Ace, then realized that he was mad at her and hastily dropped it to her side. She looked at her feet than quickly away again.