Blaze: A girl by no other name
Chapter: One
Rain pelted down on the pavement as Blaze and her dog Gambit made their way down the semi-deserted street.
"What are we gonna do, huh Gambit?" She asked weakly, pressing the palm of her right hand to the side of her stomach as the cool blood slipped through her fingers and mixed with the rain. Gambit whimpered and walked at a steady pace beside her, pulling on the sleeve of her jean jacket as if he was trying to tell her to slow down and rest.
"I'm sorry boy, I know that you must be worried about this wound, but don't be …I-I'll be fine; every things gonna be fine…y-you'll see.."Blaze simply stopped walking and weakly sat down underneath a flickering street light. "Gambit… we're probably gonna stay here for the night… I can't walk another step…" so the large dog rested his head on the girls lap and whimpered…sensing that something was wrong.
Dally made his way down the street, heading for the Curtis' place when he saw a figure slouched underneath a street lamp. 'Probably just another homeless drunk…' she thought. But as he came closer, he realized that it was a girl around his own age and a huge black dog with a single white paw.
The dog growled ruthlessly when Dally approached them.
"Whoa…easy boy…I ain't gonna hurt her…" that when Dally noticed the blood slowly dripping from her side "not that she could get anymore hurt than she already is…" ignoring the dog Dally picked up the girl as best as he could, but that only made the dog bark threateningly. "You can come too if your that worried about her." The dog's ears flattened against his head.
'that's one strange mutt…but I like him'
About ten minutes later Dally reached the house in which Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy Curtis lived.
Dally had a hard time opening the door so he decided to kick at the door. "Hey! Any one home?! I got a girl out here who don't look to happy at the moment!" he said when no one answered the door.
"Okay, okay. I'm comin'" said a drowsy voice from inside. Dally soon found out that it was Two-Bit.
"Oh hey Dal." He said when the screen door swung open. "What's wrong with her, you find her at Buck's place?"
Dally shook his head and told Two-Bit that he just found her and her dog on the side of the road.
"So you found this broad and her mutt on the side eh?" Two-Bit said when Dally put the girl down on the couch. Dally nodded and sat down on the brown armchair, and when Two-Bit said the word 'mutt' Gambit started to growl menacingly. "Careful Two-Bit…this dogs dangerous."
"Well that's the best kind of dog there is!" Two-Bit said as he kneeled down on the floor to pet the dog "C'mere…c'mon…oh now that's a good boy there we go. You trust ol' Two-Bit now don't ya!?" the large dog whimpered and let Two-Bit pet his head as if to say 'Please, help my friend…' then Gambit sleepily walked over to the girl and rested his head on her lap.
"I think that we should get Darry and the others in here before they come in and see a girl laying down on the couch covered in blood." Dally nodded as Two-Bit walked out of the living room, into the kitchen, and out the back door to talk to the other guys.
Two or three minutes later Two-Bit came back in the house with Darry, Ponyboy, Sodapop, Johnny, and Steve.
"What do you guys think we should do? I mean…she looks badly hurt." Ponyboy said when he saw the teenage girl bleeding slowly on the couch. Dally simply shrugged.
"First things first. Dally do you think that you can get that dog outta here?"
"Sorry Darry, he won't go anywhere unless this girl is with him. Very loyal dog though; not just a trait that you can find in just any dog." Considering that it was a hopeless cause, Darry just left the dog in the room as he went into the bathroom to get some medical supplies.
After bandaging up the girls wound, Darry, Ponyboy, and Sodapop went into their rooms to get some sleep, Two-Bit curled up in the large brown, leather recliner while Johnny, Dally and Steve all bunked on the floor, Gambit lying down at their feet.