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Chapter 2- The Search
"What do you mean you don't know where Soda is" Darry yelled in Steve and Two-bit's direction. I could already tell that this was going to be a long night. I had been reading a book before all of this happened. So I closed my book and stood up. I walked up to mine and Soda's room. I placed the book on my shelf and turn to walk down stairs. Jonny was in the door way. "Pony, has Soda ever done this before?" Jonny asked looking down at the ground.
"No Jonny, Soda has never just up and disappeared like this." I say as I grab my coat and walk down stairs with Jonny. All of the guys looked towards us as I said "Jonny and I are going to go down to the corner store and ask if he has seen him". I then started to walk out the door.
"Not without me, you too" I hear Two-bit yell in my direction. He hurried towards the door as Jonny and I stepped out onto the porch. I had the weirdest feeling about Soda disappearing. We all hurried down the road towards the corner store. As we approached I noticed a few Socs standing outside the store. I was kind of happy that Two-bit was with us. I recognized the as Randy and the other as Bob. They stood up against the store wall.
"What is a couple of greases like you wondering around here?" Randy called at us.
"Why the hell is a soc like you doin in greaser territory" Two-bit spat back at him
Before I knew it Two-bit and Randy were about to get into a fight. I saw Two-bit pull out his blade and point it at Randy, who in return pulled his blade out. Two-bit fought with Randy until he left. I sighed and walked into the corner store. "Hello Ponyboy" the store manager said from behind the counter.
"Hey, Mr. Wilson, have you seen my brother Soda?" I ask as Johnny came up next to me and Two-bit walked into the store.
"Nope, can't say that I have." Mr. Wilson said. I thanked him and we walked out of the store. It was about midnight when we got back to my house. I saw Darry, Dally, and Steve in the living room. I walked in first. I could feel the tension in the air. They must have been hoping that we found something out.
"Did you find him or hear anything?" Darry asked starting to stand up out of dad's old chair. I shook my head and he slouched back down into the chair. I could tell that this was tearing him up inside knowing that he lost one of his brothers.
"I should have gone with him" I heard Steve say breaking the silence.
"Steve, don't beat yourself up about it. Soda can handle himself. Ain't that right Darry" Two-bit said from the corner of the room.
*The next morning*
The guys had gone home at about 3am. We all were hoping that Soda would call or show up at our house. When they left I decided to go to bed because I was already almost asleep on the couch. Darry had stayed up; the only reason why I knew that was because when I got up he was sound asleep in dad's old chair. I sighed and started to make breakfast when I heard the door open. I looked into the other room to see Two-bit and Steve walking in. Two-bit walked over to me. "Hear anything Pone" Two-bit asked before sitting down at our table. I shook my head no. I couldn't figure out what was going on. Soda had never disappeared like this, never.
Darry's PoV
I woke up in the morning to see that Two-bit and Steve were already over and Pony was making breakfast. I was beating myself up over the fact that my brother had gone missing. I couldn't help but wonder if he had gotten killed or something on his walk home. Soda sometimes didn't use his head. I could tell that this was just killing Pony. I knew that my two younger brothers were as close as brothers could get. I stood up and walked into the kitchen. "Morning Pony, how did you sleep" I ask, he looked at me.
"Not all that well. I kept waking up thinking that Soda missing was just a dream, but every time I went to wake him up I realized that I wasn't dreaming and that it was real." He said looking down at the ground the whole time. I saw Two-bit place a hand on Pony's shoulder as I walked out of the room. I had to call into work and explain that I need to take the morning off.
After I got off the phone with my boss I realized that it was a good thing that I had until noon off. Soda walked through the front door. "Soda!" I screamed barely catching him before he fell. I heard footsteps behind me. I looked up to see Pony in shock. Soda's white undershirt was drenched in blood. I mean really drenched in it. It was almost all red; I slowly flipped him over to find that he had been shot.
"Two-bit start the car, we need to get him to the hospital now" I yelled towards Two-bit who was already out the door. I could hear Pony starting to cry. "Pony it's going to be ok." I say trying to convince him and myself. We got him to the hospital and waited to hear from the doctors on how he was doing.