Life With the Newsies- One Shots- OPEN to OCs

Jack Kelly: Boys In Newsie Caps

A/N: This is a Robin Hood: Men In Tights x Newsies Crossover. If you haven't seen the movie, that's okay!! This will hopefully still be enjoyable either way. This essentially is just gonna dump Newsies into a Robin Hood setting with a Robin Hood esque story so, much like Men In Tights in the sense that both are parodies. Anyways, I hope you enjoy!! I know the story of Robin Hood loosely, but I'm still new to it so, please bear with me. I also don't own either Newsies or Robin Hood or Robin Hood: Men In Tights so please don't sue.

SMACK! An arrow flies and pierces the center of the bright red target, signifying a bullseye to the archer.

"Now, ya gotta make sure you...." the archer starts to instruct a younger boy standing next to him.

"Kelly!" a voice interrupts from over the hill, "Kelly!" A young man runs over a sand dune and nearly trips over his own two feet, almost sending him toppling down the sandy hill.

"Slow down, Racer. What's the problem?" the archer asks, gently pressing his bow by the tip with his palms into the sand.

"We got...." Racetrack Higgins gasps out but it's too late. A group of camels appear on the top of the sand dune and the archer groans. 

Another young and dark haired man sprints over from the side.

"Les! Get out of there!" he yells loudly.

"They're just gonna chase ya if ya try to run," the archer advises, "It's best that we stay together."

"Ya know another way out of here, Jack?" Racetrack asks, struggling with the burden of his own bow on his back.

"Not one that don't involve some bloodshed," Jack Kelly answers, slinging his bow over his back. Moving to unsheathe the sword hidden underneath his long blue tunic, he starts to lead the group away from the dune. The men on top of the dune have dismounted from their camels and have started chasing them. Accustomed to traversing the sand dunes, it doesn't take long for them to capture Jack and the other boys.

A few moments later, the four boys find themselves chained together in an Israeli prison.

"Les, you really shouldn't have stowed away in the wagon," the young and dark haired man from earlier admonishes, "Now you're in jail for fighting the enemy in the Crusades."

"But, David! Jack was teaching me how to fight!" Les protests, "I was gonna be the hero of the Crusades! King Roosevelt helped Jack escape the last time!"

"Les, you're not even ten, how....?" David tries to reason.

"I'm ALMOST ten," Les cuts him off. David sighs in exasperation.

"Fine, you're almost ten. That's still not old enough to fight in the Crusades. You could get really hurt," he attempts again, "Or you could die." 

"Jack was gonna teach me how to get away and fight my way out just like he does," Les protests, moving his hands as he talks causing the chains on his wrists to jingle. Suddenly, a spear harshly dings against the bars on the door and a voice yells at them to presumably quiet.

Correction, the actual translation is much more harsh and will not be stated for the sake of young children who do not allegedly claim to be old.

David does his best to cover Les' ears but the chains rattle again unleashing more banging....

And inevitably more harsh words.

David just sighs and keeps his hands there to avert any further harassment.

"Why are your hands still on my head?" Les asks.

"Why are we all chained together? I hate being chained to Mama Davey," Racetrack complains.