Ash: HELLOOOO, EVERYBODY! IT'S A B-E-A-UTIFUL DAY! Ahem. Couldn't think of anything to fill the space. Just ignore me.

Actually, don't. People ignore me a lot of the time, and I need you to give me your utmost attention.

Ahem.

When I first saw the 'rape scene' at Doc's, I was very interested in what Anita said. "Bernardo was right. If one of you were lying on the street, bleeding, I'd walk by and spit on you!" Because what if, of course, she had done? Would she really have spat on them, or would she have helped them.

Well, gee, you know, when I get an idea like that, I just can't think of what to do! I need to write a fic about it! So here it is. The fic where Anita was to eat her words.

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Of course, it doesn't begin like that. It begins with Ice finding out what happened. To be honest, he isn't very happy about it...

If anyone deserved it, then that person would be Action.

He was the ring-leader, after all. No-one, not even Action himself, could deny that. He'd started it, right from after the Rumble. Ice had watched quietly, as the young Jet's angry energy spread from one Jet to the other, until Baby John had the courage to step up.

But Ice shouldn't have left him. He should have gotten somebody, Joyboy, Gee-Tar, or somebody, to go check the ally's. He shouldn't have left them – and here Ice's lip curled up slightly – unsupervised.

Because Ice had known Action for roughly ten years. He knew how, even as a child, Action's blood could boil over. And it always would, in the end. If you stopped him, the anger would sit there inside of him, quietly biding its time, eating away inside of him, until the right moment. And, likely as not, it would come back larger and more powerful then ever. And this was a powerful anger, because as the Jets knew, Action had never yet lifted a finger to his buddy, A-Rab.

In some, small way, Ice blamed himself. He had taken the leadership of the Jets onto himself, and so he was responsible for each and every member. And he knew Action. He should have recognised the signs. Everything was exaggerated. Hard breathing, jumping about on the balls of his feet….Christ, even the smack that landed when he punched his hand was loud. And yet he, Ice, had left them there. With that Puerto Rican chick.

What was her name? Rita, Nita…..Anita. Well, he couldn't blame his boys entirely. She must have been a damn stupid girl to go straight in there, with a room full of Jets, the sworn enemy, and no Doc in sight. Better for her to have just legged it then and there, soon as she stepped in the door. She shouldn't have carried on, like some dummy. She should have known, she must have known. It was almost as if she wanted something to happen.

And the boys had a lot of pent up energy, there was no doubt about that. Pent up energy, and anger at the Sharks. If Anita hadn't come, who knows what they would have done? Probably something insane and hot-headed, another one of A-Rab's dumb stunts. They may have even set upon another girl. Even Anybodys! Yeah, that was right. It was a damn good thing Anita came in, because if she hadn't, who knows what could have happened.

He couldn't really blame his boys.

So how come he was so angry?

"They WHAT?" Ice yelled, smacking his hand down on a surface in one of the many hideouts the Jets haunted.

Anybodys shifted uncomfortably, "'S true. I saw. Joined in at first, but then…." She trailed off.

Ice put his hands together in a begging signal, "Anybodys; please tell me that this is just some elaborate lie you've put together just because Action and A-Rab teased you, or something, please….."

"Why would Tony be yelling for Chino to come and get him too? You heard him as well as any of us. Anita told us that Chino had killed Maria."

Maybe because of all that was going on, but Ice had got muddled already. Not a good thing for a leader to be, "And she said that because….?"

"Because the guys hassled her," Anybodys said, risking rolling her eyes, "Try and keep up, Ice."

Ice clapped her over the head, "You try keeping up. It's something that's isn't enjoyable." He paused, " And when you say hassled her…When you told me this the first time, you said…"

"It's a polite word for teasing, insulting, blowing smoke in her eyes, ripping her shawl off, pulling her skirt, making her dance Spanish-like and finally getting her on the floor and almost dropping Baby John on her."

Ice smashed his hand again, "Those…those….please tell me you stopped before…"

Anybodys gave him a look, "What do you take me for?"

"I worry about you sometimes," Ice sighed, "Exactly why are you telling me this?"

Anybodys squirmed awkwardly, "Promise you won't laugh."

"Anybodys, if there's anything to laugh about in this business, I'd dearly like to hear it."

"I felt sorry for her. The PR girl, you know. And I feel bad for what I did…..you know, I said she was only tryin' ta help ta get Tony. And if we hadn't then maybe…"

Ice patted her shoulder, "I know," He sighed, "Who started this? I'm assuming that there were ringleaders, of course."

Anybodys chewed her lip, "Action and A-Rab were the ringleaders….Snowboy teased her quite a bit…oh, and you might want to talk to Baby John too."

Ice paced around, "Get 'em over here, will ya? And…." Ice backed up from where he'd been standing, "How d'you know I want to talk to them?"

"Cos that's the way you do things Ice," Anybodys called as she ran out from the cellar, "Talk first, bash heads later."

Hello again! I'm sorry it wasn't in that big a chunk. It will probably be in small chunks for the time being, until I can pull myself together. This fic does not just feature Anita and Action (oh come on, you just knew it was gonna be him, didn't ya?), but also some more of Anybodys informing, some of Ice's remarkable justice (for all you Ice fangirls out there), some of a very distraught Maria, some Sharks who are simply at the wrong place at the wrong time, and of course A-Rab, Baby John and Snowboy (ah, come on, I could NOT write a fic without the boys, could I?)

So read and review! In the next chapter, I shall put up contests and polls!