"Heya sweety. Ya miss me Carlie?" Oscar said,"Your comin wit us."
"Oh no, Jack!" Brakes yelled.
"Brakes."
"Help Jack! Get off me!" Brakes was screaming now.
"Yeah, help her Jacky!" Oscar said while handing Brakes to Morris, so he could fight.
Then the fight broke out. Jack swung at Oscar, but missed. Oscar hit Jack, but no damage was done.Jack squared up and gave Oscar a hard punch in the eye. Oscar got up after this, and with all his might, gave Jack a hard punch in the nose. Jack went out cold at that instant. Oscar was proud of his accomplishment, and grabbed Jack by the arm to take him to Snyder along with Brakes. Snyder would probably like to see Jack as much as Brakes.
When they got to the refuge Snyder didn't want Jack, he only took Brakes.
"Now Brakes, I'm going to make sure you never leave again." Snyder told her.
Brakes began to cry. What would she do? Snyder had her locked up, only to use her when he needed a clean refuge. Brakes needed a plan, and fast. She had heard of Jack escaping a million times, but how did he do it? She made sure the coast was clear, and began to try to pull the metal bars off the window. She tried everything from flirting with the guard, to digging a hole.(Did I mention it was a concrete floor?)Nothing worked.
In the mean time, Jack was depressed. He missed waking up and seeing her smiling face washing windows. What was he thinking? "I can't like Brakes." He thought. He took a few days off to get his act together, but it didn't seem to work. He knew Brakes would find a way to brake out, and he hoped she'd find it soon.
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Brakes did have a plan. A good one as a matter of fact. She went to Snyder, and started to lie.
"Sir, can I talk to ya?" Brakes asked.
"Yes you may. Now what do you want?" Snyder responded, as he shot back at her. O how she hated him!
"Well I think I learned my lesson. I won't try to escape again. As a madda of fact, I was wonderin if der were any earns ya want me ta run?" Brakes said innocently. Snyder stared at her for a long time. He came to a decision and said:
"Sure you can do my earns."He paused, and gave an evil smile,"But take Timothy with you." Snyder decided.
Timothy was the guard of the refuge. The kids refered to him as the fire breather. He was a mean man, and never let you get away with anything. Although, Brakes had to try. For, Jack told her about the newsboy's strike, and Theodore Roosevelt. She decided to write a letter to dear old Teddy, explaing why and how she was being held against her will in the refuge for doing nothing. She would put it in with Snyder's bills, and nobody would notice.
"Um...ok sir. I'll go get him. Any bills ta mail?" Brakes asked.
"Yes Carlie," He started as she flinched. Oh, how she hated that name."Here are my electric bills, and my newspaper fee." He stated handing her the bills.
Brakes walked to the celler where Timothy was, and knocked on the door.
"What ya want?" Timothy asked as he saw Brakes standing in the doorway.
"Well, Snyder said I can go on earns for him, but he said youse gotta go wit me." Brakes explained. It was sort, sweet, and to the point.
"Did he make ya ask me?"
"Yeah."
"Fine den. He is makin me go." Timothy sighed,"Let's go."
"Okay." Brakes said making sure not to get him angry.
Soon, Timothy and Brakes were off to town. After shopping a Tibby's to pick up 'only the best' food, Brakes decied to try her plan.
"Timothy, sir, I'se gonna mail Snyder's bills in dat mail box." Brakes said hoping he'd say okay. Also she hoped he wouldn't check to see what she was mailing, she said this as she pointed to the mailbox on the corner.
"Um...okay, go ahead." Timothy mumbled as he looked at a fruit basket some man was seliing.
Brakes took off. She walked as fast as she could to get to the mailbox. Soon she was back to where Timothy was buying the fruit basket. She succeeded. Nw, just to wait until Mr. Roosevelt came to get her.