I'm in the vacant lot all by myself and it is pitch black outside, I can't see anything. Out of thin air though a fire appears a few feet away from me, lighting up the lot. Now that the lot is lit up I can see that I'm not alone after all, there's one other person here with me, Carter.

"So you really want to fight me in this rumble, huh?" he asks surprised.

"Yes, and I'm going to kick your ass." I spit.

"You can tell yourself that all you want but it's never going to happen. Why don't you just forget about calling us out tomorrow and you can continue being our personal punching bag for the rest of your life." he says with that god awful smirk of his.

"I don't think so. After this week is over you guys will never lay a hand on me ever again." I growl.

"If you really think that then why don't you put your money where your mouth is and fight me right now." he says putting his fists up.

I don't even respond, I just charge forward at him and punch him square in the jaw before he can even try and block it.

"You bitch!" he growls whipping back around to face me with a look of pure hatred and anger on his face.

"You told me to fight you, so that's what I'm doing." I say with a smirk.

Just like that Carter and I are going at it, throwing punch after punch and kick after kick. Even though we've both endured quite a few punches I'm pretty sure that I have endured the most. I may be fast but he's stronger and taller than me so I have to work twice as hard as he does to try and land a punch or kick to him. I double over when he lands a wicked hard kick to my rib cage, when I stand back up straight I see something shiny in his hand. He pulled out his blade and I don't have mine on me, I'm screwed. He charges at me and I try to move out of the way but I'm not quick enough and he stabs me in my side. I cry out in agony and fall to the ground clutching my side, trying to apply as much pressure as I can to stop the bleeding.

"See I told you that you would never win. Now you can join your parents, because you are going to die and it will always be planted in your mind that Carter Evens killed you." he hisses with a smirk hovering over me. Then he takes his blade and stabs it straight through my heart.

Soda's POV

Screaming is what wakes me up for the fifth time tonight.

"Baby girl you're okay, everything is okay." I tell her soothingly sitting up and gathering her up in my arms while her body trembles.

"Is everything all right in here?" Darry asks coming into the room, obviously exhausted. We all are, this is the fifth time tonight that Sky has woken up screaming. Every 2 to 3 hours maybe even less it seems she wakes up screaming or crying or both because she's scared of what could happen to her in the rumble when she fights Carter.

"I-I-I ca-can't b-be-breathe." Sky wheezes, waking up with a start.

Darry sits on the bed in front of her and takes her hands in his. "We've talked about this peanut, take slow deep breaths. In through your nose out through your mouth." he says demonstrating the action for her.

"Better now baby girl?" I ask once she can breathe properly.

"I think so." she says shakily as she fiercely wipes away the tears that are falling down her face.

"Baby girl." I say quietly pulling her hands away from her face and turning her head to face me. I gently wipe away the tears with the pads of my thumbs, it breaks my heart every time I see her cry. I pull her to me and hug her tightly while rubbing my hand up and down her back comfortingly.

"You're shaking Sky." Pony says noticing her body language.

"It just felt so real." she says softly.

"Do you want to tell us what it was about Peanut?" Darry asks her.

"I was fighting Carter in the rumble, I was holding my own but then he pulled out a blade. I didn't have mine on me, I tried to move out of the way of it but I wasn't quick enough. He stabbed me in my side and then he told me that I can join our parents before he stabbed his blade through my heart." she cries and buries her face in my chest.

"Oh Sky, I'm so sorry." Pony says softly placing a gentle hand on her back.

"I thought I was really dead, I thought that he really took me away from you. That's how real it felt." she whimpers.

"It wasn't real though baby girl, you're right here with us alive and safe. Nobody is going to hurt you anymore we won't let them, especially those three creeps." I tell her. She doesn't say anything but I feel her nod into my chest.

"I don't think you should fight in the rumble Sky." Darry says completely serious.

Sky's head snaps up.

"I'm fighting in the rumble, I don't care if I have a hundred nightmares before it happens. I'm fighting in it no matter what." she says firmly standing her ground.

"Okay." Darry says giving in because he knows that no matter how hard he tries Sky is going to fight in this rumble whether we like it or not.

"I'll be fine Superman. I promise that if I get stuck or if he really does pull a blade I will scream as loud as I can for you." she promises him.

"You better." he states.

"I will." she says simply.

"I'm going to go take a shower." Sky says getting up and grabbing some clothes on her way out of our room and into the bathroom.

"I'm going to go get ready too." Darry says.

"I'll go make breakfast. You should get ready for the day too Pone." I tell him.

"I will as soon as Sky gets out of the shower." he says. I nod at him and then walk out into the kitchen to make breakfast.

I'm just setting the plates filled with eggs and bacon on the table when Sky comes out into the kitchen all ready for the day.

"I'm not hungry Soda." she says before I even have the chance to ask her.

"You need to eat something baby girl." I tell her sternly.

"I don't want to." she whines.

"Sky.." I warn.

"I'm not hungry." she says but sterner.

"You have to eat and that's final." I tell her in a fatherly tone crossing my arms firmly across my chest.

"Fine." she huffs giving in. "But I'm not eating that." she says pointing at the food on the table with a disgusted look on her face.

"What do you want then?" I ask her.

"Fruit but not too much." she says smiling at me softly.

"I think I can do that." I say smiling back at her.

"Can I have strawberries and raspberries?" she asks following me into the kitchen.

"I think we have a few left." I say pulling the last bowl of fruit out of the fridge. I turn around and hand her the bowl, she smiles brightly at me and then goes over and pulls a fork out of the draw. I hold a bottle of water out to her and she grabs it on her way by walking into the dining room. I follow her and take my seat next to her at the table and start eating my own breakfast. Darry and Pony come out and start eating theirs shortly after. Pony collects all the dishes and puts them in the sink after we're all done eating.

"I'm going to go watch Mickey until the gang gets here." Sky says.

"Me too." Pony says coming out of the kitchen.

"I'll beat you there." Sky says smiling and running to the living room.

"That's not fair, you got a head start!" Pony shouts running after her.

"Pony! Sky! No running in the house!" Darry shouts at them.

All of a sudden the sound of a lamp being knocked over sounds through the house.

"Pony did it!" Sky shouts.

"I did not! Sky did!" Pony shouts.

"I'm going to go sit out there with them before they break anything else." Darry says smiling.

"Okay. I'm going to go get ready." I say and head for the bathroom.

"Sky! Pony! Stop wrestling!" I hear Darry shout as I turn the water on and shut the bathroom door behind me.

I can still hear a commotion in the living room even after I come out of the bathroom all ready. I walk into the living room and see that Sky and Pony are still wrestling and from the looks of it Pony is winning.

"Baby girl why don't you just give up, it's clear that you're losing." I tell her sitting down on the couch.

"Yeah Sky, listen to Soda and just give up already." Pony says.

"Why would I give up? I'm winning." she says and I can see just the hint of a smirk on her face.

"No you're not Peanut, Pony is clearly winning." Darry says setting his newspaper down.

"You're not going to win this one baby girl." I tell her trying to get her to just give up already. But, I know that my efforts are useless because I keep forgetting that her and Darry are the stubborn ones of the family.

"Wait for it." Sky says.

"Wait for wh-" Darry starts to say but in one quick movement Sky flips Pony off of her and pins him on the floor, straddling his waist while pinning his arms above his head.

"You were saying?" she asks smirking.

"How the hell did you do that Sky?" Pony asks struggling to get out of her hold. She may be tiny, but she has one hell of a grip.

"Watch the language Pony." Darry scolds.

"Yeah watch the language Pony. Do you give up?" Sky asks him smirking.

"Fine I give, I give." Pony says giving up.

"That's not what you're supposed to say." Sky says smirking again and tightening her grip on Pony's arms.

"Fine! Uncle!" Pony shouts.

"That's what I wanted to hear." Sky says getting off of him with a proud smile plastered on her face.

"Did I hear somebody say uncle?" Two-bit asks coming through the door with the rest of the gang following behind him.

"Yeah, Sky just kicked Pony's ass at wrestling." I say with a smile.

"Nice going kid." Two-bit says high fiving Sky which makes her smile grow even larger.

"It wasn't that bad." Pony says in his defense.

"If you were wrestling Sky, then it was." Two-bit says with a smirk.

"Yeah I don't think that Sky has ever lost a wrestling match, not even to Dally or Darry." Steve says. Now that I think about it, I think he's right.

"See, and that's why I hold the title of #1 greaser." Sky says smiling brightly.

"That you do baby girl." I say and wrap my arm around her.

"Don't forget that you guys all need to be hiding under the bleachers before 2 o'clock today when the school day ends. So that you guys are already there when Seth, Carter, and Cole come out back to find me." Sky says reminding all of us.

"We will Sky don't worry." Dally says reassuring her.

"Okay. Let's go to school then." she says walking over to the door, putting on her shoes, and grabbing her back pack off the floor.

"Let's go." Steve says throwing his arm over Sky's shoulder and walking out the door with her and Two-bit, Pony, and Johnny following them.

"We'll see you guys later." I shout out the door.

"Okay." Sky shouts back.

Now all we have to do is wait till 2 o'clock rolls around, then we will meet them all at school and call out those dumb ass socs who tortured my baby sister for months. I can't wait till Saturday when I get to bash their heads in for what they did to Sky.

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