Chapter 5: Sliced
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Third Person POV
"You look awful, Ponyboy. You feelin' alright?" Two-Bit asked as Ponyboy flopped down into the front seat.
"I'm fine," Ponyboy snapped, his voice slightly hoarse. After his argument with Soda and getting up early, he was exhausted, plus his throat was killing him. He felt bad for snapping, but he was grumpy.
Two-Bit looked hurt, but he wrote it off as Ponyboy being cranky because he didn't feel good, but it still hurt him.
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"Hey, Curls," Ponyboy greeted, coughing into his fist, his voice now completely reduced to a hoarse, scratchy whisper.
"You look-" Curly started, but stopped when he heard two loud, quick honks behind him and the sound of an engine roaring and getting closer.
"Hey, greaser. Where you goin'? I just have some fun, ain't that right, ya dirty grease-ball?" The Soc sneered.
"Yeah! We need to show you where you belong, dirt," another Soc spat.
Ponyboy and Curly began to walk faster. The car cornered the two greasers and they were left with nowhere to run.
Ponyboy wanted to scream for help, but he only managed a whisper and staring coughing roughly.
The tallest Soc flicker out a blade and looked over at Curly. Ponyboy ran in front of Curly just in time to push him out of the way, but not quick enough because the blade was stabbed into Ponyboy's side.
Ponyboy groaned in agony, barely able to keep from attempting to scream, the shearing, stinging pain of the knife unlike anything he had ever felt before. He couldn't help it, tears came to his eyes.
Black dots loomed over his vision. He hazily heard somebody yelling, but he couldn't place the familiar voice.
"Hey!" Curly screamed, shoving the Soc back as hrs as he could. He punched him with all of his strength in the jaw, hearing a satisfying crack, signaling that Curly had broken his jaw. The Soc tried to run, all of his friends had abandoned him, but Cutly kneed him in the gut.
"Hey, I ain't done with you," Curly warned, punching the guy in the face again. The guy stumbled back and tripped over his own two feet. Satisfied, Curly ran to the nearest pay phone and called Tim.
"Look, Tim, I don't care that you don't like Ponyboy, he was just stabbed by a Soc, a blade that was meant for me. I'm behind the alley 'bout a mile from Bucks. I need you to come pick me up," Curly's voice was anxious and strained, Tim could hear the panic in his tone.
"Shoot, Curly, yeah. I'll be there in like, four minutes tops," Tim assured him, trying not to show concern that his baby bothers was almost stabbed.
"I've got you, Curls," Tim whispered as he grabbed his cars keys.
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"'Oda?" Ponyboy coughed, surprised that his voice was even scratchier than before.
"Water, please," he requested quietly. Soda placed a water cup on Ponyboy's lips and helped the young boy drink a few sips of it.
"You sure scared us to death, Pone. Tim took you to the hospital after Curly called him. He told us all about your guys' friendship, and Darry seems to be cool with it and so does Tim.
"Ponyboy, you sure are one lucky son of a gun, that blade missed your colon by a few measly centimeters," Sodapop told him. "I've never been more worried in my life then when I got that phone call at the add from Darry."
"Sorry," Ponyboy whispered, breaking off into a coughing fit.
"Don't talk, the Doctor says your still pretty weak," Soda commanded him in a soothing tone. Ponyboy was way too tired to argue with him, so he silently agreed.
"Soda?" Ponyboy whispered.
"Yeah?"
"Can you sleep with me?" Ponyboy asked. A silent apology was extended when they looked at each other.
"Of course," Sodapop grinned widely. "Scoot over."
A/N: Was that a satisfying ending?
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