First of all, than you SharmaineZoe for suggesting using Misguided ghosts as the song, I sincerely could not think of a song for this chapter, and I did not relish the thought of reusing one. I may like Breakaway (the song I would have used) but I did not want to use it twice.

Anyway, I hope you all like my use of Misguided ghosts (I do not own it) and I do not own the outsiders, If I did, there would be another movie in production now.

Andromeda stood around the football field, until she noticed Pony and Johnny. After she stood in the cold night air for a few hours, she realized that she might have over reacted. Andromeda reached them it time to hear Johnny say, "I can't take much more. I'll kill myself or something."

Andromeda looked at him in alarm, and gave him a hug. Pony was just as shocked as he said, "You can't kill yourself Johnny." Johnny looked at him and said, "Well, I won't. But I gotta do something. It seems like there's gotta be someplace without greasers, or Socs, with just people." Andromeda let go of him and they all laid down as Pony said, "Out of the big towns, In the country..."

It seemed like only a few minutes had passed, when Andromeda heard Pony call, "Johnny, A.C.?" Andromeda and Johnny stood up fast, Pony sounded upset. "Come on, Johnny, A.C., were running away."

None of them said anything, they just ran several blocks until they were out of breath. Pony had started crying then, and Andromeda rubbed his back as he sat down on the curb and buried his face in his arms to cry. Johnny sat down on his other side, and said softly, "Easy, Ponyboy, we'll be OK." Pony calmed down and asked for a cigarette, and then stated to smoke as he told them that he had gotten into an argument with Darry, who accidentally hit him in the end.

Eventually, they calmed him down, and decided to walk to the park before they went home.

It was cold in the park, and Andromeda realized that her pretty dress was doing nothing to keep her warm. She rubbed her arms and then heard the car horn. Tuning around, she realized it was a blue mustang, a soc car. She faintly heard Johnny swear and mutter something. Andromeda did not hear it, she thought she had caught a glimpse of a familiar face in the car.

Soon, Five Socs were stumbling towards them, drunk. Andromeda gasped as they came near. It was Robert, Randy, and three other socs. Andromeda watched in fear as he spoke, not hearing his words until he said, "You could use a bath, greaser. And a good working over. And your girl could use a good time with me. And we've got all night to do it. Give him a bath David, I've got the girl."

Pony and Andromeda tried to run, But Andromeda got only a few steps before Robert grabbed her and pushed her against the fountain. This time, he did not play around, Robert undid his pants and tried to pull off her underwear, Andromeda whimpered, and instinctively reached forward to scratch his face. Robert swore, and pushed her to the ground hard.

Then he stopped, and he fell away from her. Standing behind him was a wide-eye Johnny, holding a bloody knife. Johnny stumbled down and sat between Pony and me. Pony's teeth chattered and he lay gasping for air, as water dripped off of him, Johnny was a pale white-green color. and his eyes were unnaturally wide.

Johnny broke the silence as he spoke softly, "I killed him, I killed that boy." Andromeda could not help look at him now, He was curled over, and laid still as black blood darkened the concrete around him. She could not bring herself to feel sorry for is death, he deserved it. Robert still had his pants down. Andromeda looked at the blade in Johnny's had, black blood covered it to the hilt.

Pony lurched as he said, "A.C., Johnny, I think I'm gonna be sick." Johnny replied smoothly for us, Go ahead, we won't look at you." Andromeda closed her eyes to block out the sound, she could only think to herself, 'He tried to rape me, he tried to rape me, he almost raped me and now Dallas will never love me.'

Pony's voice seemed to be faraway as she heard him say, "You really killed him, huh, Johnny." Johnny's voice was the same, "Yeah, I had to they were drowning you Pony. They might have killed you, and Bob kept tying to rape Andy, kept making her scared. And they had a blade ... they were gonna beat me up ... "

Andromeda drifted as they went on, she could hear their voices now, but they were making nothing other than unintelligible sounds. Eventually, Andromeda caught Dallas' name, "Dally, Dally'll get us out of here.' Pony sighed and asked, "Where can we find him?" Johnny's voice seemed a bit closer as he responded, "I think at Buck Merril's place. There's a party over there tonight. Dally said something about it this afternoon."

Johnny tuned to Andromeda, and his eyes softened and took her hand and led her away. A few minutes later, the arrived at a loud house. A blond guy answered the door, he was drunk and he said, ''Whatta ya want." Johnny responded "Dally, we gotta see Dally." The guy snapped, "He's busy." "Tell him it's Pony and Johnny, He'll come.", Pony commanded him. The guy glared, and went for a minute and Dallas appeared in blue low-cut jeans. Andromeda was vaguely surprised to see the large amount of pale hair on his chest.

Dallas stared at the three people in front of him. Pony and Dohnny looked scared. Andy seemed to have gone into shock, as Johnny was holding her hand, but she did not hold his. Dallas studied her, Her strawberry hair was mussed, and so was her dress. Her lips trembled, and her large violet eyes had grown to an enormous size. Dallas looked uncertainly at her. She wasn't hurt, what happened to her?

"Okay kids, whatta ya need me for?", He asked. Johnny shuddered and told him about what happened. Dallas felt his blood turn cold when he heard him say Andy was almost raped, that was what the shock was from. Then he said that he had killed the soc that did it. Dallas grinned at him and said, "Good for you." Dallas wished he could have been there. If he had he would have broken the guys neck, one sharp twist and a satisfying crack, and the menace would be gone.

When Johnny finished he said, We figured you could get us out if anyone could. I'm sorry we got you away from your party. "Oh shoot, kid." Dallas looked over his shoulder, "I was in the bedroom." Dallas stared at Pony whose ears had turned red. "Glory, but your ears can get red, Ponyboy." Then Dallas grinned, "It wasn't anything like that, kid. I was asleep, or trying to be. Hank Williams ... " Dallas rolled his eyes and said a few unfavorable words about him before he said, "Me and Shepherd had a run-in and I cracked some ribs. I needed a place to lay over."

Dallas rubbed his side ruefully, it was a good fight. Dallas had been glad afterward, It was the perfect way to release his frustration. "Ol' Tim sure can pack a punch. He won't be able to see outta one eye for a week."

Dallas looked them over, "Well, wait a sec and I'll see what I can do about this mess" Dallas too a good look at him, "Ponyboy, are you wet?" Pony responded quickly, "Y-y-yes-s." his teeth chattered. "Glory hallelujah!" Dallas opened the door and pulled Pony and Andy through. "You'll die of pneumonia 'fore the cops ever get you."

Dallas half pulled Pony into the bedroom as he carefully led Andromeda by the hand to the empty bedroom. Dallas swore on the way there, and threw a towel at Pony as he said, "Get that sweat shirt off. Dry off and wait here. At least Johnny's got his jeans jacket. You ought to know better than to run away in just a sweatshirt, and a wet one at that. Don't you ever use your head?"

Dallas walked away, he paused outside of the bedroom to let his shoulders slump. He promised himself that he would keep her safe, that he would do whatever it took to protect Andy. Dallas had failed her, she was just plain luck that Johnny had saved her. He should have followed her out of the drive in when she left though, he could have protected her if he did. Dallas started to walk, he would have had his revenge for what that soc tried to do if he was there.

Dallas gritted his teeth and walked over to Buck. Dallas glared at him, "I need the money, now. Come to think about it, I need your jacket and two shirts as well." Buck groaned and swore, but gave him what he asked for, and threw his rolled up belt at Dallas' head. Dallas took that as well, and turned back and headed to the bedroom.

Ponyboy sat on the bed with his shirt off. Johnny laid on it next to him. And right next to the pillow was Andy, She had her legs up in a fetal position, with her arms around her legs and her mouth pressed to her knees as she shivered with cold.

"Here," He said as he headed them a gun and a roll of bills, Johnny held the gun carefully in his hand. "The guns loaded. For Pete's sake, Johnny, Don't point it at me. Here's fifty bucks. That's all I could get out of Merril tonight. He's blowin' his loot from that last race." Dallas looked at Pony, "Pony, do Darry and Sodapop know about this?" he shook his head, and Dallas sighed. "Boy howdy, I ain't ichin' to be the one to tell Darry and get my head busted."

Pony looked at him, "Then don't tell him." Dallas threw one of the shirts and Merril's jacket at him. "Here! their Buck's, you an' him ain't exactly the same size, but it's dry." Dallas headed to Andy, She had stood up and had mostly come out of shock. Dallas handed her the other shirt wordlessly. The green football jersey was humorously too big, the hem reached her knees. Dallas took the belt and wrapped it twice around her waist and tied it.

Dallas soundlessly took off his worn leather jacket and put it on her shoulders. He muttered softly, "It'll be cold where you're going, but you can't risk being loaded down with blankets." Andromeda slipped her arms into it and zipped it up. Dallas stared at her, it seemed strange to see his favorite jacket.

Dallas paused, he slipped his arms around her shoulders and pulled her close. Andromeda blinked, and raised her hands to rest on his shoulders. Dallas rested his forehead against hers, and stared into her violet eyes. "Are you really gonna to do this?" Andromeda looked at him, her eyes glowed with sadness. "I am sorry, I have to go." Dallas nodded, and stepped back.

"Hop the three-fifteen freight to Windrixville," he told them, "There's an abandoned church on the top of Jay mountain. There's a pump in back so don't worry about water. Buy a weeks supply of food as soon as you get there - this morning, before the story gets out, and then don't so much as stick your noses out of the door. I'll be up there as soon as I think it's clear. Man, I thought New York was the only place I could get mixed up in a murder rap."

Johnny made a small noise in his throat at the word 'murder'. Dallas walked them to the door and choked out, "Git goin'!" He messed Johnny's hair and said softly, " Take care kid, and watch over Andy. It will be a while before I get there." Johnny grinned weakly, "Sure, Dally, thanks." Andy was engulfed by the darkness as she ran away. Dallas stood on the porch and stared after them as his heart sunk. He wanted to go with her, but he couldn't.

Andromeda listened to the rumbling of the train, for the seventeenth time she wished Dallas was with them. She closed her eyes and remembered when he handed her the large shirt. Then he belted it in at her waist, and let his hands rest there for a minute. Then he had put his own worn leather jacket on her shoulders and said, "It'll be cold where you're going, but you can't risk being loaded down with blankets." She had slid her arms into the sleeves, and found the yellow sheep's-wool lining incredibly soft.

Dallas had slipped his arms around her shoulders and pulled her close. Andromeda blinked then, and rested her hands on his shoulders, and relished his strength. He has rested his forehead and hers and said in a strange, low voice, "Are you really gonna to do this?" Andromeda had looked at him, "I am sorry, I have to go." he had nodded, and stepped away.

Andromeda looked for a song on her I-Pod, and closed her eyes as it started and she sang. It was misguided ghosts by Paramore.

I'm going away for a while, But I'll be back, don't try and follow me, 'Cause I'll return as soon as possible

Andromeda opened her eyes to watch the world fly by her as she left Tulsa for someplace she had never been.

See, I'm trying to find my place, But it might not be here where I feel safe, We all learn to make mistakes

Andromeda thought about Dallas, she wanted to be in his comforting embrace, she thought she had to leave, but maybe it was a mistake.

And run from them, from them With no direction

Run from them, from them With no conviction

Andromeda stared at Pony and Johnny, they were running from the police, like how her family had moved after it happened

'Cause I'm just one of those ghosts, Traveling endlessly

Don't need no roads, In fact they follow me

It felt like loosing her sister, being attacked had turned her into a ghost, numb to everything but the fear.

And we just go in circles, But now I'm told that this life

And pain is just a simple compromise ,So we can get what we want out of it

Nothing seemed certain, It seemed life went in an endless circle. there would be pain, then joy, then more pain.

Someone care to classify, A broken heart and twisted minds, So I can find someone to rely on

The world seemed so warped, who was there that she could talk to, that would understand her troubles.

And run to them, to them, Full speed ahead ,Oh, you are not useless

Andromeda thought about Dallas, she wanted to jump out of the train car and run to him, but she could not

We are just misguided ghosts, Traveling endlessly

The ones we trusted the most, Pushed us far away

Her family had pushed her away when she was little. And now, years later, she had to leave Dallas for some never-ending ... something.

And there's no one role, We should not be the same

But I'm just a ghost, And still they echo me, They echo me in circles

Everything would change, she was sure, all but her. She would always be a 'ghost', going in circles of pain and pleasure.

Johnny rested his hand on her shoulder, and Andromeda fell asleep.

Andromeda woke suddenly when she landed in the tall, wet weeds. She could not remember waking up to jump of off the train. She looked over to see Johnny rub his legs as he said, "Blast it Ponyboy, you must have put my legs to sleep. I can't even stand up. I barely got me and A.C. off that train.

"I'm sorry," Ponyboy said, "Why didn't you wake me up?" Andromeda looked at Johnny in confusion, Why not indeed. Johnny shrugged, "That's OK. I didn't want to wake you two up until I had to, you both needed some sleep after what happened.

Pony looked at him, "Now how do we find Jay Mountain." I looked at Johnny for his response. "Go ask someone. The story won't be in the paper yet. Make like a farm boy taking a walk or something." Pony looked incredulously at him, "I don't look like a farm boy ... " Johnny winced and said that he had to stay there, and that Pony had to go along the road and ask the first person he saw the way to Jay Mountain. Andromeda decided to go along with him, she had to do something useful.

They somehow got over the barbed wire fence, and walked. Andromeda thought about the gang. They would be crazy with worry a soc was dead, and Andromeda was nearly raped.

Soon, they met a sunburned farmer and waved for him to stop. Pony asked him the way to Jay Mountain and the farmer told him. after that we turned back and told Johnny.

They immediately made their way to Jay Mountain, and it was a long walk there. By the time they reached the church, they were thoroughly tired. The church was old, filled with cobwebs and dust. Pony flopped onto the floor, and grimaced. Johnny and Andromeda lay next to him, and they promptly fell asleep.

Andromeda woke to bright sunlight in her face, and wondered why her Aunt Cristy was not screeching at her to get up. Then everything rushed onto her at once, The dead soc, Pony almost drown, almost being raped, and running away. 'Oh Dear,' she thought. She opened her eyes to see Pony and Johnny stare at her.

"You sure look peaceful when you sleep, A.C.." Johnny said. Andromeda smiled at him, "Thank you, little brother." Johnny gave me a strained look. We gotta to cut your hair A.C., we gotta."

Andromeda's hair flew to her head, "That is not necessary. Even if I did change my hair, my eyes would give me away immediately. Not a lot of people have violet eyes." Johnny nodded, and Pony's shoulders sunk. I could see they had already changed their hair, and felt sorry for them. Their hair was their identity.

Four days passed. They were the longest and most boring days of Andromeda's life. They could only read Gone With The Wind, play poker, and listen to Andromeda sing. It was clear Johnny loved the book. He loved the southern gentlemen the best. His eyes glowed as he said, I bet they were cool ol' guys, they remind me of Dally."

Andromeda was surprised, she had never thought of Dallas like that. "Maybe," Andromeda said after Johnny told them about Dallas getting arrested for something Two-Bit did, "He did go and beat that redheaded soc that assaulted me, even though he had to know he would get arrested." Pony looked thoughtful, "I guess that was pretty gallant."

Andromeda sighed and looked away. "Is something wrong big sis,?" Johnny asked. He and Pony looked worried, so Andromeda smiled and said, "I am sorry, It just seems like we have had one of those times when everything comes crashing down on top of you."

Pony grinned bleakly, "Don't worry A.C., things will get better, you'll see."

Wow, 11 chapters. Anyway, please write in ideas for Dallas and Andromeda one-shots I have not gotten any so far.