Darry's POV

I was in a deep sleep. I fully welcomed the peace and silence of my dreams. The world had no problems and I had no troubles. Suddenly, an annoying sound broke my tranquillity. It was the telephone. With a grunt, I reached over and answered it.

"Hello?" I asked, trying to get the sleep out of my eyes.

"I want to talk to your brother," demanded the voice on the other line.

Here we go again. I thought to myself as I forced myself to sit up in bed.

The stranger on the other end breathed deeply into the receiver. I heard him swallow hard and take a breath.

"Who are you?! "I yelled.

The line suddenly went silent. They hung up.

Trying to shake off the crazy phone call, I got up from bed and walked to my closet. I grabbed my work shirt and Soda's DX shirt. I would have to wake them up soon. After ironing and taking my shower, I headed toward Soda and Pony's room.

I walked over to the side of their bed. I placed on hand on Soda's shoulder and the other on. I shook them lightly.

"Wake up Soda, you gotta work. Come on Pony, school day!" I said to them. They moaned and groaned something about it being too early to wake up and something about five more minutes but I disregarded them.

Two-Bit POV

I walked into the kitchen to find Darry sitting at the kitchen table. He wasn't doing anything, just sitting. His hands were folded across the table and his leg shook. I slowed my pace as I approached him.

"Darry?"I asked.

He looked up at me.

"You okay?"

He sighed. "It's about Soda," he says. I sat down and leaned in closer to show that I was really listening.

"For these past couple of days, someone his been calling for Soda," he starts.

"And. . ."I say.

"One time they just asked for information , you know. Like his full name, his age and birthday. I was about to give it to them, too. At first I thought it was the state or something. When I realized it was some idiot I hung up. Then about two days ago they called again. They asked me what I would do to save my brother's life. That question kind of made me wonder who was calling. Then this morning, they called again. This time they just asked to speak with him ," explained Darry.

I sat back. "What are you going to do?" I ask him.

Darry shrugs . " I don't know. Should I try and find out who it is or should I try and ignore it?"

" I know what you mean. If it helps, I'll keep an eye out for him if you want,"I suggest to Darry.

Just then Soda and Pony entered the kitchen. Pony was on Soda's back.

" Hey Two-bit. Mornin' Darry," greeted Soda. We both said hi to him.

" Come on. You gonna be late," warned Soda after he looked at his clock then looked back at Ponyboy.

We all walked out the door. Since Steve wasn't picking Soda up today we all decided to walk.

About halfway there we ran into Dally.

" How's it goin' , Sodapop?" asked Dally as he walked next to him.

At the corner, Ponyboy went left and the rest of us went right. He had to go to school. Today was going all right. Little did I know how bad this day actually was going to be.

Dally's POV

We were all walking down the sidewalk heading toward the DX. It was kind of early so there wasn't a lot of sunlight. The sky was an orangish- purple color. But, the little bit of sunlight was enough to see the pack of Soc's pulling up to us. I inched closer to the guys.

"Hey, check out the Soc's following us." I warned. No one looked back they just nodded and kept moving.

The van picked up speed. The van door slid open and one Soc's stuck his head out.

"Hey Grease Balls!" he yelled as he jumped out of the van with his buddies. It was about eight or nine of the against four of us. They were all carrying blades and I could swear one had a gun.

Instinctively, I punched one in the face. A Soc with a light blue sweater was coming at me. Two Soc's with red madras's on were punching Two-Bit , and the two biggest ones were trying to handle Darry. The other four were on Soda who was swinging left and right.

Two grabbed him under his arms and slammed him against the wall. I heard a crack and turned to make sure he was okay. I heard Soda cry out when his back made contact with the bricks. I saw Darry trying to maneuver his way to help Soda. The two guys that were on him must have been a lot stronger than they looked because the kept Darry in distance from Soda. Two-Bit was too indulged in his fight to notice that Soda was in trouble. Me, I loved beating the hell out of Soc's. I figured that Darry should be able to handle this. I'll help him as soon as I'm done.

Soda still struggled. His hands were held firmly at his sides. Each Soc was pounding their fists into his stomach. Soda tried to protest himself but couldn't. The two tallest Soc's picked him up and slammed him to the ground. They soon continued to kick Soda in his ribs and some to the head.

One Soc punched Soda only to be returned by a kick in the stomach by Soda.

Darry fought his way past one Soc but was captured by the other one. They both grabbed his elbows and slammed him against the wall, too. They held up their blades to Darry's throat. Darry stiffened .

I ducked out of the way of the Soc's punch and returning it. I looked back at Soda.

He still squirmed on the floor. He kicked with all of his might. One Soc sat on his stomach and brought his face closer to Soda's and made their lips meet. Soda shook his head side to side in disgust. When he had a free shot, he spit right in the Soc's face. The Soc laughed and said, "Fiery, huh." then he went in for another kiss. Soda moved as much as he could to try to get a free hand but he was no match.

I decided enough as enough and I pushed past my two guys and went to help Soda. Soon enough Darry was there too. The other Soc's blocked us. Pinned us against the wall as the others continued to target Soda.

Just then, the Soc on top of Sods pulled out a needle and jammed in into Soda's arm. At first it didn't do anything but slowly Soda became weaker. Before I knew it, he was unconscious.

"SODA!"I hear Darry yell. He punched one Soc in the face and ran toward Soda. The other Soc grabbed Darry by the neck and pulled him back. His head it he ground hard and the Soc's took advantage of Darry and overpowered him. They kicked and punched him,too.

The one Soc who gave Soda the needle was now unbuttoning his shirt. Slowly he kissed Soda. His head hung to the side. He no longer needed the other Soc's to hold his arms down. He no longer struggled to break free. The other Soc's came over to try and stop us from getting to Soda. The Soc on top of Soda looked directly at me as he kissed Soda. It made my stomach turn.

I pushed and punched at the Soc's but it seemed like I wasn't getting anywhere. I still wasn't able to help Soda no matter how hard I punched.

When I looked back, the Soc was trying to unbutton Soda's jeans. He placed his hands on Soda's belt buckle and slowly unhooked it. He looked Carry square in the face with , Two-Bit came flying out of nowhere and knocked the Soc' down. He punched him a couple of times the tried to help Soda who was still lying there, helpless. Darry and me were about to grab Soda when two Soc's came and scooped him up before we even had a chance. The other ones picked up Soda and carried him to their then, I felt a sharp pain the back of my head. Everything went black.

I can't remember anything else.