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~Chapter 29~

Keeps Running, running

~Sammy P.O.V~

"Lets stop here Sammy."

I stopped by Ashlwey, and she looked like she was hurting real bad. "You okay Ashlwey?" I asked her, and she nodded her head. "Fine, just got some cuts on my stomach that's all." My sister said, and I nodded and sat beside her on the bench by the side of the road. "Tom came and got me, and I didn't know where he was going." I said, remembering when Tom came and grabbed me and told me we were looking for Ashlwey. Ashlwey looked at me with a sad look on her face. "I'm sorry about this Sammy. You should have never got mixed up in this, and I'm gunna get you safe okay?" I could see she was scared, so I nodded even though I really didn't know what was going on. Headlights suddenly appeared and Ashlwey grabbed my arm and we started running to Soda's house.

~Ash P.O.V~

As soon as I saw the headlights, I didn't care if it was tom or not, I was running.

That's what I was good at after all.

Sammy wasn't even tired yet, but with the pain of my stomach, my breathing problems, and the fact I was still super tired didn't help my condition. I finally saw Soda's house and me and Sammy ran as fast as we could to the front door. When we got in, I locked the door and we ran up to Soda's room, I don't know why, I just felt comfortable in there. I could barley breathe, and we sat on Soda's bed tiredly, and Sammy wrapped me in a hug. I hugged him tightly even though I might explode from the pain. "It'll be okay Sammy don't worry." I didn't know that, but I hoped it was true. I hoped Sodapop was okay.

~Soda P.O.V~

"Where did she go?"

I could hear the anger in Tom's voice, and I was getting madder every second too. "You wont find her. I promise." I said back at him, and he glared at me and uncrossed his arms. "Who do you think you are you little punk?" he spit in my face, and I wanted to punch him in the face right now, but Darry held me back. "Wait Soda." He whispered calmly in my ear, but he couldn't control Dally. His face had mad written all over it. "Why did you beat the shit outa Ashley?" he demanded to know, and I turned back to Tom, and was hit with a blow to the cheek. I fell to the ground and I saw Dally and Darry run towards Tom and a fight broke out. I got up slowly and I saw Darry drill Tom in the eye and Dally kick him down and I heard Ash's mom yelling and she jumped on Dally's back, trying to get him off Tom.

"Tom! Get up!"

He aint getting up, I thought, not after what he did to my Ashley. I got up and ran to him and pushed him down to the ground and jumped on top of him while Darry got Kylie off Dally's back. "Why do you hate Ashley?" I yelled at him and he just glared at me so I punched him in the face, breaking his nose. "Answer me!" I could hear Dally coming up beside me and Darry was holding Kylie back. "Shes a b-" Dally stopped him right there by pushing me off him and throwing him against the house. "Don't ever say that!" he yelled and kicked him in the gut. I looked back at Darry, wondering why Dally was so mad about this, he barley even knew Ashley. Darry shrugged and grabbed Kylie a little tighter since she was trying to escape. "Cops!" Dally suddenly yelled and we all stopped what we were doing and ran into the darkness of the trees.

~Ash P.O.V~

We mustve been waiting for 15 minutes when we heard someone unlock the front door. Sammy looked at me, a very scared look on his face. "Be quiet okay?" I said in case it wasn't Soda. He nodded and we quietly walked down the stairs. "Ash? Are you here?" I heard a worried Sodapop asked through the house. I ran down the stairs causing me more pain, but I didn't care. "Soda!" I said and hugged him closer then I ever thought possible. "Thank God…" he whispered to himself. I wanted to smile, I wanted to cry, I didn't even know what I was feeling right now. Sammy ran into Darry's arms and Darry picked him up and hugged him tightly. I closed my eyes, wishing it would all be over soon.

"What happened Soda?"

I could just hear the weakness and pain in my voice and so did Soda. He pulled apart and lead me to the couch again. I laid down and Sodapop leaned down and carefully lifted up my shirt and he shook his head and turned a little pale. It hurt even worse when he pulled mu shirt up, and I yelped a little. He looked at me sadly, "Sorry Ash, does it hurt bad?" he asked, his voice as shaky as my hands. I nodded and he looked back at my stomach. "I'll get the kit." Darry said and put Sammy down at my side, and he was crying now. "Ashlwey…you gunna be okay?" he asked innocently, and I could feel tears coming again as he said this. I nodded, "I'll be fine, dont you worry Sammy." I responded and he nodded sadly. I wanted to hug him, but it hurt too bad to move. Soda put his head down and grabbed my hand tightly. I layed my head on his tiredly, and the tears came out. Soda heard me crying and out his head up and wiped my tears away with his fingers. "Shh..its all over now Ash, I promise." He said lightly and I nodded, knowing deep down it would be.

Of course it wasn't going to be for a while.

A gunshot shot through the window and I gasped loudly.

"SAMMY!"