Hello all. here is chapter 12 but first. thanks to all who have been reading and those that have reviewed since last chap I also wanna thank everyone who offered to help me with my story.you guys are awesome!!!

*Burnin' Church Gal. wow that was quite the review. you--- on a caffeine high---that sounds like it could be scary.lol but thanks for helping with my story and all the great things you said. have I mentioned lately you're great??? Well you are!!!

*Jess. thank you for helping .I really appreciate it

*Aaliyah-Charity. thanks for reviewing and ur help!!!

*ShadyLady.I'm sorry for almost making you cry again. thanks for your concern. and of course I wish to except reviews.it totally makes my day.yes my life is that boring that I flip when I get a message on my msn messenger that says you're received a new email from bot@fanfiction.net or whatever. lol.anyway thanks

*Chase M Dakota. thanks for offering. I'll send it to you after I finish writing this chap.I guess you'll have gotten it by now then. oh well

*Crazy4nc128.thanks for reviewing.twice!!! I know its never gunna stop. it'll go until one of us goes mad!!! Lol but thanks for the review and the help!!!

And finally before we get on with it I'm not S.E. Hinton. even tho I was accused of being the lost soul of S. E Hinton even tho she's not dead. but that was like the biggest compliment ever!!! But anyway I had a point here.oh yeah the outsiders don't belong to me and *tear . never will.

Two-bit, Steve, Noah, and Meghan sat in silence as they drove through the mountain roads. None of them had said a word since they had piled in the car. Darry had yelled over the fence that they were going to the hospital in the helicopter so to meet them there. Immediately, Steve and Two-bit were in the back seat and Noah and Meghan were in the front of Noah's car.

Finally Steve broke the uncomfortable silence. "I'm sure he's okay." He wasn't sure if he believed this himself but he said it anyway. When nobody said anything he continued, "I mean the kid's strong. Look at all he's been through. He made it outta there fine, he'll prolly just have a bump on the head or something." Two-bit looked at him amazed. He'd never expected Steve to say something like that. Heck, Steve didn't expect himself to say something like that. But he really did believe it. He knew that he couldn't have handled all that at such a young age. He had always thought the kid was strong, he just never said anything. He was too annoyed with the kid following him and Soda everywhere.

Two-bit interrupted his thoughts. "Man you didn't see the fall he took. I dunno how anyone could be okay after that."

It went back to silence and stayed that way for the rest of the car ride.



Meanwhile, in the helicopter the paramedics were rushing around doing all they could do for Pony. They were almost at the hospital because they didn't have to go up and down the mountain roads but could just fly straight there. The paramedics were basically just trying to stop the bleeding and take care of the life threatening injury. They could take him to surgery once they got there and even after that they had a lot of other injuries to take care of but for now they were just trying to keep them alive.

Darry and Soda sat in silence out of the way watching as they worked frantically. Darry wanted to lose it right there but he knew he had to stay strong for Soda and most importantly for Pony. He found himself doing that a lot lately. He was never able to just let go because he had to stay strong for them.

He looked over at Soda and saw that he was paled and sitting rather still. One of the paramedics said something quietly to the other one but Darry picked it up. "St. Louis, we have to get this bleeding to stop right away. I don't care what you do figure something out or we're going to lose him soon."

A few tears started to fall down Soda's face. Darry immediately put an arm around Soda and fought back the tears that were coming to him. You have to be strong. you have to be strong.you have to be strong Darry thought as he pulled Soda close to him.

"Or We're going to lose him." That's what the Paramedic had said. They couldn't lose him though. They had already lost so much. This would be the final blow.

You have to be strong. you have to be stong. you have to be strong. Darry thought as he suddenly found tears streaming down his own face. He couldn't be strong anymore. He had to let go.

Sorry it was so short. but I g2g so I cant write anymore . bye!!!