55% voted for Option A: Follow Jack Holley so he can lead them to the mysterious informant, Charlie.
30% voted for Option B: Follow the other Gravehounds who are taking the kidnapped Gwendle Baines to a safe house.
15% voted for Option C: Go back and get more information from Davy Crutch (including the name of his song!)
Chapter 4 Chance Results:At the end of Chapter 4, readers were told that if the Taylor-Pavlik boxing match that happened on September 29th lasted less than 7 rounds, then the crowd in Gladstone Square will disperse and Annie Aldridge will see Jack Holley when he arrives. The fight did not last a full 7 rounds and therefore, the story will proceed accordingly with Annie confronting Jack in her own special way.
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At first Luke thought that the crowd he was navigating his way through, combined with the fading light of dusk, must have been playing tricks with his eyes. A crowd of people were walking away from the now-deserted town square and between their heads and shoulders Luke saw Jack Holley get tackled to the ground from out of nowhere.
The Gravehound Jesse, who had been following a few meters back, was also shocked to see his boss ambushed and for a moment didn’t know how to react. The shock quickly wore off however and Jesse fumbled for the gun in his jacket.
Part of Luke wanted to let Jesse take a shot at Jack’s assailant. He had never been a good shot when he had been a part of Luke’s Pocket-change Gang and with any luck he would end up shooting Jack Holley by mistake.
As the crowd thinned a bit more though, Luke realized in sudden horror that Jack’s assailant was none other than Annie Aldridge. She was delivering blow after blow to Jack’s body with fists that Luke knew all too well.
“Mickey!” Luke called out, pointing to Jesse. But Mickey had already sprung into action. Before Jesse could raise his weapon he was sent sprawling through a storefront window by Mickey’s diving tackle.
The crashing glass distracted Annie from delivering her beatings long enough for Jack to scramble to his feet and dash across the square which was filling up again with a crowd of people eager to see another fight. As Jack fled however, Luke noticed him drop something shiny onto the cobblestones.
Luke sprinted after Jack but before he was able to cross the square, he too was tackled by Annie. Luke crumpled face-first onto a key that Jack must have dropped during his beating from Annie. Staggering to his feet, Luke shoved the key into his pocket. “Annie, it’s me!”
“I know who it is!” Annie shot back, breathing heavy from her recent brawl. “C’mon, we gotta get out of here!”
Luke looked up to where Annie was pointing and cursed as ten or twelve soldiers ran toward them. Not giving Luke the chance to do something stupid, Annie grabbed him by the wrist and called after Mickey.
Luke was glad that Annie had grown up in Gladstone. Thanks to her knowledge of the zig-zagging alleyways, the three of them managed to elude their pursuers. Five minutes later Annie was shoving Mickey and Luke into a hidden cellar beneath a trapdoor in her sister’s house.
“The streets are crawling with soldiers,” Annie warned as she shut Luke and Mickey in. “Sit tight and keep your traps shut. I’ll be back for you when things have calmed down.”
Luke fished the key out of this pocket. Enough light leaked through the floorboards for him to see the name Hotel Stone and a room number etched on it.
“What now?” asked Mickey, who was sitting on an empty crate in the corner picking glass out of his hand.
Luke grimaced. The streets would be crawling with soldiers looking to send him on the first train back to prison. On the other hand, Room 609 may be his only chance of getting to Jack and Charlie.
What should Luke do?
Option A: Listen to Annie and stay hidden in the cellar.
Option B: Risk being caught by the soldiers and make a break for Hotel Stone.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTES. CHECK OUT CHAPTER 6 TO SEE THE RESULTS.
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