Glad this was a big hit with fellow fanfic readers. Here's another part featuring Superman.

"…fifteen year old Scott Gregory is the latest victim in Lynch's killing spree. Witness says he forced Gregory into his black car on Charles Street just as Tulsa High School let out. Police are still investigating this matter but have stated that Harrison Lynch is considered armed and dangerous. They recommend that residents, especially teenagers' ages thirteen to sixteen remain indoors for the next hour or so while the investigation continues. Captain James Quake describes him as a white man in his mid-thirties with short blonde hair and also is reported to have a large scar running down his left cheek. If spotted, residents are asked to get somewhere safe and call the police." As the gang heard the news on the small radio in the D.X, Soda came behind Ponyboy and held him close. He could feel his brother shaking but knew he'd never admit he was nervous to the gang.

"Don't worry Pony. He ain't gonna get you," Soda whispered. That's when the phone at the D.X started ringing. Soda's best buddy Steve Randle who was at the register answered the phone.

"D.X Gas Station can I help you…yeah hold on. Soda it's for you," Steve said. Soda let go of Ponyboy and went behind the counter taking the phone from Steve.

"Hello?" Soda said and on the other line was Darry calling from work.

"Soda it's me. Is Ponyboy and Johnny with you?!"

"Yeah they're here. Dally went and got them," he explained and heard Darry give a large sigh of relief.

"Ok good. Listen to me Soda; I want you, Pony, and Johnny to stay at the station. As soon as I get off of work I'm gonna come pick you guys up. Tell Pony and Johnny not to leave for any reason. You got that?"

"Yeah Darry," Soda answered.

"Alright I gotta go. I'll see you soon little buddy."

"Bye Darry," Soda said and hung up. "Pony, Johnny, Darry wants us to stay here until he gets off work. He'll pick us up and take us home when he gets off."

"But that's not till five," Ponyboy said.

"I know Pony but he just wants to be on the safe side. It scared me to death when I heard Lynch was in the area and I bet it scared Darry too." Soda said as he came back out from the counter.

"Alright," Ponyboy mumbled annoyed and rolled his eyes. Currently, Johnny had gotten out his switchblade and held on to it for dear life and slowly moved closer to Dally.

"Pony, Johnny, why don't you guys head to the garage. There you can at least sit down and get started on your homework." Soda suggested and started leading them out without waiting for an answer. The DX garage was just a small one that could only fit one or two cars in it. It was nothing special but it was the perfect spot to work on cars. Over on the side were a few workbenches and chairs. Soda went over to the furthest one and moved some of tools out of the way or onto another bench. "Here, you can do your homework here or do whatever. I'm gonna work on this car for a bit and Steve's in the store if you need anything."

"Thanks Soda," Johnny said still holding onto his blade.

"No problem Johnny. You okay? You're shaking a little." He asked not missing the bruise on his cheek.

"Yeah, don't worry about me," Johnny said forcing himself to stop moving.

"It'll be alright," Soda said patting Johnny's shoulder and started working on the car. Ponyboy sat down and started working on his homework. Five minutes later Dally came into the garage.

"Hey, I'm gonna head downtown and see if I can dig up some info. Johnnycakes, you go with Darry when he comes. Then you stay put,"

"Alright Dal," Johnny said and Dally started walking back towards Charles Street while keeping his eyes peeled for anything out of the ordinary.

"Hey greaser!" Someone shouted. Behind him was a red mustang with three Socs inside. Dally kept walking until he saw an alleyway and went through it. Then he saw the red mustang pull up behind him and the three Socs got out. They all were about sixteen or seventeen years old with two having brown hair and one with blonde hair.

"Heard you just got out of the cooler Winston. Thought we'd throw you a little welcome home party." The soc with blonde hair said showing that he had a switchblade with him.

"Aww, you shouldn't have. What do you say we get things started Soc." Dally said and charged at them. Dally avoided the blonde's knife and started punching out one of the brown haired soc. The others tried to help him out, but Dally was a little bigger than all of them so overpowered them easily with only receiving a few cuts here and there. Quickly he slammed the blonde to the ground which caused him to lose the blade and kicked him in the ribs before going for the two brown haired guys. The one Dally had been punching now had a few cuts on his cheek. The other one ran up to Dally who picked him up in a fireman's carry and slammed the back of his head against a wall before throwing him down to the ground. The soc hit his head on the ground but Dally didn't care. The other brown haired soc came behind him but Dally was ready. He clutched the soc's jacket and threw more punches at him before finally he fell to the ground. Afterwards, he went over to the blonde Soc as soon as he snatched his blade, picked him up by his jacket, and held him against the wall.

"Your old man's a cop right Quake?" He asked.

"What's it to ya grease?" The Soc asked.

"Cause unless you want me to cut you into tiny little pieces, you're gonna tell me everything your old man's told you about that serial killer," Dally warned as he held up the blonde's own blade against his throat. The soc just smiled until Dally applied pressure to the blade and his neck started to bleed.

"Alright! His name's Harrison Lynch…" He began before Dally applied even more pressure before he could finish.

"Ahh!" The Soc screamed.

"I ain't askin' about the crap the radio told me. I'm asking about what your old man knows. If I know James Quake, I know he only tells what will please the public. So talk before I slit your throat!" Dally hissed.

"Okay okay! He takes his victims to some house and locks them in a basement I think. It's hard to know what he does because as soon as he grows tired of his victims, he leaves after he sets the house on fire and his victims' burn alive. That's all I know!"

"Anything else you wanna tell me? If I find out you know more, what I'm doing now will be nothing." Dally said applying more pressure and the soc screamed in pain.

"Ahh! That's it I swear!" He shouted and Dally took the blade away and threw him to the ground just as the two brown haired socs started getting up.

"Now get out of here!" He shouted and the Socs started running back to their car.

"This isn't over Winston!" The blonde said and drove off while Dally started throwing stones at them.

Break*Break*Break

Later that day

Five o'clock finally came and Darry pulled up to the DX.

"Finally!" Ponyboy said and gathered up all his books. Darry raced out of the truck and ran over the garage.

"Hey Pony. You're okay right?" He asked.

"Yeah Darry I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" Ponyboy responded and Darry put his hands in his pocket. That's when Soda came into the garage after going to clock out really fast.

"We ready?" Soda asked.

"We've been ready." Ponyboy answered and the group started to make their way to Darry's truck. Johnny and Ponyboy got up front with Darry while Steve and Soda got in the back. Once they arrived back at the house, everyone was rushed inside and the door was closed. Soda, Ponyboy, and Johnny sat on the couch while Steve sat on the floor by Soda and Darry sat in his recliner.

"Okay, so here's the plan. Until this guy leaves or is arrested, both of you aren't to go anywhere unless it's with one of us." Darry said and the boys nodded. "As soon as you guys get off of school, I'll have Dally or Two-bit come pick you up."

"You really trust Two-bit to come get us?" Ponyboy asked only to get shot a glare from Darry.

"You don't walk home by yourself for any reason you hear me?!" Darry yelled harshly.

"Yeah." He responded and the room grew silent for a minute before Darry broke it by sighing angrily at himself.

"Sorry Pony," Darry said.

"It's alright. Well I've still got some reading for English to do." Ponyboy said and got up without another word, walked into his bedroom, and closed the door. He then leaned on the door allowing some tears to fall down his cheek and squeezing his eyes shut tight.

"You can't save me Darry; not this time," he whispered to himself.

Uh oh. You know we got a problem when Ponyboy believes that Superman's muscles won't be able to protect him; one of Darry and Soda's main purposes in life. Also what did we learn from Dally in this chapter ladies and gentleman?

1. Don't mess with Johnny Cade. Ever!
2. Don't get on Dally's bad side

Wait, most of us already knew that but just in case you didn't, don't ever mess with Johnnycakes! You know what, its question time. Who's more overprotective? Superman and Soda or Dally. Let me know.

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