Alright guys anything in italics is a memory.
I leaned against the sand wall we had made, correction, I made. It was me, Pony, Johnny, and Steve on one team and the rest of the gang were on another. I was lookout while my 'teammates' were getting 'amo'. The team came back and I was thrown to the ground. "Kandie what are you doing?! Go get us some drinks!" I got up and started walking to the cooler. Steve kept complaining that if I had never came Soda would be on his team and he wouldn't have to watch two dumb babies.
I started to grab some waters. "Stupid Steve making me get the stupid waters! Well I bet he'd be happy to know I NEVER WANTED TO GO TO THE GOD DAMN BEACH!" I yelled but I was to far away for him to hear me. I felt someone tackle me and completely wrap me in a towel (yes, I was that tiny). I was basically sitting in a sack that was slung over someones shoulder. "Put me down! I swear to god if you don't put me down I will roadhouse kick your ass!" I kept screaming things like that.
I was eventually thrown on the ground. I was surrounded by Dally, Two-Bit, and Darry. "What do you want? Why did you kidnap me?" I asked.
Soda came running up with ice-cream. "Guys your'e gonna scare her!" He scolded. "We want to make a deal with you, you tell us about your team and you join us."
"What do you think I am, a dumb 5 year old? I'm six! I may be a idiot but I'm not stupid!"
"Think about it."
"Your'e older, stronger, and smarterer you can think of more ways to torture." I pointed out.
"We'll give you the ice cream."
"Deal." I took it and told them our battle tactics. "So basically (slurp) they plan on swimmin' behind you and (slurp) attacking from behind." I said and I was left alone. They let me actually play with sand unlike Steve. After awhile I yawned and said "someone is gonna come looking for me in a bit, nobody is fix the wall."
"Oh, we know we're counting on it." Dally smirked as Darry covered me in a towel. "Little tykes, 12 o'clock." He yelled.
I was pushed into a hole and had the towel put over me. Before I was covered Darry told me something. "Look kid, stay under here, they won't see you, we'll come back for you. We'll always come back for you." He winked and covered me up. I fell asleep to the sounds of battle around me. I still had a smile on my face.
"Okay kid your'e in for it!" Dally yelled as I shrank back in fear.
"Dal', go easy on her, she didn't mean." Two-Bit tried to reason.
"Steve gave me permission to kill the little twerp and I plan to do so." He sneered walking into the room I was hiding in. I squeaked in fear but he didn't hear me. He looked around but didn't find me. He searched the whole house but gave up. "She probably ran." He said and left. I tried to move from the the cabinet above the fridge but he moved something in front of it. I was stuck up there.
A little while later it started to rain, and then thunder. Did I mention I'm deathly afraid of lighting? I started screaming and crying. I was only nine at the time so I was pretty loud, but nobody was home. If they were they wouldn't of been able to hear me. Eventually I tired myself out and reduced to a whimper. I heard someone enter the kitchen and squeaked thinking it was Dally. The cabinet door opened to reveal an extremely confused Johnny. "Kandie wha-?" He started but I cut him off.
I threw my arms around him and knocked the wind out of him. "Johnny! Don't leave! Don't ever do that to me again!"
"Okay, okay, okay, I don't know what I did but I won't do it again." He stammered. He tried to put me down so he could move off the counter top but I screamed. "Okay, okay, we'll stay here."
That was how the gang found us the next morning, me half in the cupboard in Johnny's arms who was half on top of the fridge asleep. There's a picture.
I woke up in a cold sweat, in my bed. I saw the entire gang asleep on the floor next to me. Steve looked at me. "You're awake! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?!" He was all red in the face Now, the entire was up.
Darry put a hand on his shoulder, "Steve calm down, this is too much for her, Mags can tell us-"
"I WANT HER TO TELL ME!" Steve yelled making sure everyone was awake.
"You know why." I whispered.
"No Kandie I don't, you act like you always the center of attention, well you got it, so enlighten us." He said annoyed.
"A life for a life, an eye for an eye."
"A child for a child, yeah he always said that what does that have to do with anything?" He asked and then it clicked. "You mean he was actually gonna replace you?" He asked. I nodded with tears filling my eyes.
"He's done it before. June 15. I left and kidnapped and raped some innocent girl, I couldn't let him do it again." Tears were running down my cheeks. "So if I did what he wanted one more time and died with him, I know he wouldn't do it again." I was bawling. Steve wrapped his arms around me and whispered the one thing he said that I agreed with.
"He can't hurt you anymore."