*WTF! It deleted this chapter too... So not using the iPad to write any more... So yeah this is the rewrite, therefore it will not be as good but I hope you like it anyway*

The front door to the Curtis house opened slowly. Johnny Cade awoke to the sound. He was a light sleeper, keyed up from hearing his parents constantly fighting. He looked up to see a figure cloaked in darkness looming over him. The sight was enough to make him jump, but he could make out the motion of the man's pointer finger covering his lips in attempt to keep the boy quiet. The man tied Johnny's hands and feet and tied a gag in his mouth.

When the man checked the other rooms, he found over two hundred dollars in a cookie jar in the kitchen.

Like Johnny, Sodapop Curtis was a light sleeper as well. He was jolted from his dreamless slumber to see the same dark figure standing in the doorway to the bedroom he and his brother Ponyboy were sleeping in. Soda stood, ready to fight for his brother's safety, but he soon found out that the man must have been prepared for this, because when Ponyboy awoke, Soda was lying motionless on the floor. A dark liquid was dripping from his eye. It was obvious he was unconscious. Ponyboy tried to yell for Darry, but the man shut him up quick. Unlike his brother, Darry Curtis was a pretty heavy sleeper, especially after a long day at work. His brothers often teased him, saying he could sleep through a tornado.

The man dragged Ponyboy to the living room. Johnny couldn't do anything but watch in horror as the man hauled Ponyboy to his truck and threw him in. Then the man returned to do the same with Johnny.

They drove off, and didn't stop driving for what seemed like an eternity to the boys, but it was still dark when they pulled up to an old barn.

~*~Darry

I awoke to Soda violently shaking my shoulder. I bolted straight up and stared at my shaking brother with the worst feeling of dread. There was a cut just below his right eye. "Soda, what's wrong? What happened?"

"They're gone." He sobbed.

"Who?"

"Pony and Johnny. Somebody broke in and took 'em. They're gone."

I led my hysteric brother to the living room and called the police while he cried. The man on the phone said since we didn't have a clear description of the man, there wasn't much they could do about it except keep an eye out for the boys. A lot of help he was.

I hung up briskly and cleaned Soda's cut. Sitting down on the couch next to him, I grasped his shoulders and looked into his caramel colored eyes. He had stopped crying so hard, but he would sniffle occasionally. I myself was quite frankly scared as (heck), but refused to show it. "Now, Sodapop, calm down. I need you to tell me what happened." I said slowly.

Soda took a deep breath and began. "I woke up to some noise and saw somebody standin' in the doorway. So I stood up, ready to fight. Ya know, he wants Pony, he's gotta go through me. But next thing I know, he came after me, and I swear Darry, I thought he was gonna kill me. Then Pony woke up and I passed out. Perfect timing, too. So when I woke up, Pony and the guy were gone and so was Johnny. That's when I went in to get you."

"Soda, look, I promise we'll find 'em. But I can't have you shutting down on me, alright?" I was trying to keep a brave face on for Soda's sake.

He nodded and wiped his eyes.

"Trust me," I stated, "we're going to catch that guy, and when we do, the SOB is gonna wish he was never born."

*Okay so yeah that's that... hope it was alright...*