Yet again, I'm sorry. But hey, I also wanted to say, the Angelica-Alexander is a big plot but as Angelica was married.... I erm, I know that fact but I'll still do it. However, the fact they had 10 brothers will be included. (5 sisters plus.) More on the chapter, I forgot this song existed so this is made very quickly thinking about what to do as I go, keep that in mind.
~Eko.
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British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water...

"Thirty-two thousand troops on New York Harbor!" Someone yells.

"Thirty-two thousand troops on New York Harbor?" Nichole asks.

"Yes. There are thirty-two thousand troops on New York Harbor," someone says.

I slowly let it sink in, they have lost hope, there is way too much.

"When they surround our troops!" Nichole lets out.

"They surround our troops!" I say.

"'They surround our troops!' Wendy! They'll fuck us over!" Sally says.

"Yeah. They surround our troops," i say.

"When they surround our troops, we are doomed," Nichole says.

"As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war," I say.

I look at Craig, who gives me a thumbs up. Even he thinks we need a little hope or a little opening up.

"I knew that I was poor," I start.

I look at the girls. Bebe is already exited. She's from a country that hates Britain, she'd be happy.

"I knew it was the only way to—," I say.

"Rise up," the four of us say, even Nichole.

"If they tell my story," I say, smiling at Nichole and Bebe, both are gorgeous women.

"I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or—," I say.

"Rise up!" The four of us say.

"I will fight for this land! But there's only one man, who can give us a command so we can—," I say.

"RISE UP!" We all say, Tucker joining in to probably tell us to stand up as Token Black walks past.

"Understand? It's the only way to—," I say.

"RISE UP!" They yell, again, including Craig.

"Rise up!" I yell.

The first sight of him almost sends me into a panic. It's Token Black, the commander! He must know what to do!

"HERE HE COMES!" I say.

The others notice my hyperventilating and Bebe pats me on the back.

"Here comes the General!" We all say.

"Ladies and gentlemen!" Craig yells.

"Here comes the General!" We all say again.

"The moment you've been waiting for!" Craig yells.

"Here come the general!" We yell.

"The pride of Mount Vernon!" Craig yells.

"Here come the general!" We yell out.

"Token Black!"

The excitement is hard to control! This man! This wonderful man! He know what to do. I don't know what but he'll make a better plan than mine! He'll help us all rise up better than I ever could!

"We are outgunned," he says.

"What?" We all ask.

"Outmanned," he says.

"What?" We all ask again.

"Outnumbered, outplanned," he says.

"We gotta make an all out stand!" He yells.

I could be a help-

"I'm gonna need a right hand man!" He yells.

I could help!

"I'm going to go out of here for a second. I'll be back in a second," Token says.

I slowly follow him until I find him against a wall, looking up at the sky.

"Check it— Can I be real a second? For just a millisecond? Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second? Now I'm the model of a modern major general! The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all, lining up, to put me up on a pedestal! Writin' letters to relatives!Embellishin' my elegance and eloquence...But the elephant is in the room, The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go...," he says.

He can't, that's terrible.

BOOM!

~Time skip.~

I come behind him an another time. It's clear now, he's talking to his family, we all do that... from what I hear. Nichole talks to her father.... rarely.... Bebe and Sally talk to their families. So Token is taking it out by talking to them.

"Any hope of success is fleeting! How can I keep leading when the people I'm leading keep retreating? We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn! Knight takes rook, but look," he says.

He puts his face in his hands.

"We are outgunned, outmanned, outnumbered, outplanned. We gotta make an all out stand! I'm gonna need a right hand man," he says.

I run over at the next boom.

"They're battering down the Battery!Check the damages!" I tell them.

I didn't expect this to happen so fast.

~Time skip.~

"We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages!" I yell.

"Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us! Testaburger won't abandon ship! Yo, let's steal their cannons—," I say.

Shh-boom!

"Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and...," Token says.

I sigh. He doesn't know I heard him.

Boom!

"Goes the cannon, we're abandonin' Kips Bay and...," Token says softly.

We start running.

BOOM!

"There's another ship and...," Token says.

BOOM!

"We just lost the southern tip and...," Token says.

BOOM!

"We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can't afford another slip,Guns and horses giddyup! I decide to divvy up! My forces, they're skittish as the British cut the city up! This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny! I scream in the face of this mass mutiny: Are these the men with which I am to defend America? We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance! I cannot be everywhere at once, people! I'm in dire need of assistance...," Token says softly.

He is talking to us, speaking louder at parts as we run. This is not good, he's giving up now if he don't get assistance. He seems so lost. He needs me.

~Time skip because THIS SONG SKIPS AROUND MORE THAN A GODDAMN GRASSHOPPER!~

"Meet me in my office," Token says.

I nod and walk to the side of the place as Craig walks in, I'm really good at eavesdropping I guess.

"Your excellency, sir!" Craig lets out.

"Who are you?" Token asks.

"Craig Tucker, sir? Permission to state my case?" He asks.

"As you were," Token says.

"Sir, I was a captain under General Harrison until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec, and well, in summary, I think that I could be of some assistance! I admire how you keep firing on the British from a distance. I have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west," Craig says.

"I was expecting someone already," Token says.

I walk in that moment.

"Your excellency, you wanted to see me?" I ask.

"Testaburger! Come in! Have you met Tucker?" Token asks.

"Yes, sir," I say.

"We keep meeting," Craig and I say.

"As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out," Craig says.

"Tucker?" Token asks.

"Yes?" Craig answers.

"Close your door on your way out," Token says.

Craig leaves, sighing softly as he goes.

"Have I done something wrong, sir?" I ask.

He caught me on eavesdropping, didn't he?

"On the contrary! I called you here because our odds are beyond scary!
Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh. Testaburger, how come no one can get you on their staff?" Token asks.

"Sir!" I say.

"Don't get me wrong, you're a young woman of great renown!
I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown!
Kelly Morris and Maria Sanchez wanted to hire you...," he says.

"To be their Secretary? I don't think so," I say.

"Why are you upset?" He asks.

"I'm not—," I say.

I hate being underestimated!

"It's alright, you want to fight, you've got a hunger! I was just like you when I was younger! Head full of fantasies of dyin' like a martyr?" He asks.

"Yes," I say, looking down.

"Dying is easy, young woman. Living is harder," he says.

"Why are you telling me this?" I ask.

"I'm being honest, I'm working with a third of what our Congress has promised! We are a powder keg about to explode! I need someone like you to lighten the load. So?" He asks.

"I've decided," I say.

"How did you talk again? 'I am not throwin' away my shot!
I am not throwin' away my shot!
Ayo, I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry!'" Token says.

"I am not throwing away my shot!" I say.

"Child," Token says.

"We're outgunned, outmanned," he says.

"I'll do it," I tell Token.

"You need all the help you can get! I have some friends, Daniels, Darson, Stevens... what else?" I ask.

I open a paper of plans.

"We are still outgunned and outmanned," he says.

"We'll need some spies on the inside! Some King's men who might let some things slide," I say, smiling at him.

"I'll write to Congress and tell 'em we need supplies, you rally the guys! Master the element of surprise!" I say.

"I'll rise above my station, organize your information," I say.

He's smiling.

"Til we rise to the occasion of our new nation. Sir!" I say.

We go outside to announce our plan.

"Here comes the General!"

Feels weird to be on this side of this thing!

"Rise up!" I say.

"What?" All my friends let out.

"Here comes the General!" They yell.

"Rise up!" I yell.

"What?" My friends asks again.

"Here comes the General!"

"Rise up," I tell them.

"What?"

"Here comes the General!" they yell.

"What?" I ask, mocking my friends a little.

"And his right hand woman," Token says.

"WOW!"