"You still want me to come with you?" Tia asked as the Soc got to his feet.

"Well, now that I think about it, how bout we just do it here?" He asked before lunging at her.

She dodged his right fist but his left one connected with her shoulder making her stumble. She swung around connecting a hard kick to the back of his legs making his knees buckle. She took advantage of his surprise and sent a blow of her fist to his face. Unfortunately she could only use one hand since her other one had cigarettes taped to the fingers. She shook her head, he was a tough guy, he was back on his feet before she could send another blow.

By know she could see two of the other Socs working Two-Bit over. She prayed that Two-Bit had his blade on him. She went to reach into her back pockets for hers but one of the other Socs grabbed a hold of her arms. She struggled to get free, she felt the grip on her loosening.

"Rob! Get over here." She heard the Soc behind her yell.

Before she could do anything else, she had two Socs holding her arms. Their grips were so firm she though her bones were going to snap like tooth picks. The Soc's leader had recovered from Tia's blow to his face and a pissed off. He sent three good hard punches to her stomache. She would have doubled over if the two Socs hadn't been holding her up.

"Not quite so cocky now are we?" He asked getting his face close to hers.

He brushed a stray piece of hair from her face. When his hand touched her face it made her stomache turn, she spat in his face which just made his more mad. He sent a hard blow to her face. It landed square on her nose.

Her vision blurred for a minute, she could feel warm blood flowing sluggishly from her nose. She opened her mouth trying to breath but could she could taste the farmiliar metallic blood in her mouth. She spat on the ground a few times trying get it out of her mouth.

"Your the one that always going around with Dallas Winston aren't you?" The Soc asked slightly out of breath.

Tia just continued to glare at him and trying to breath through her mouth.

"And he was buddies with those kids who killed Bob." The Soc continued. "Maybe if we rough up his girlfriend, it might get the point through, not to mess with us."

Tia couldn't take this anymore. She swung her leg back, nailing one of the Socs between the legs. With one arm free she flipped the other Soc over her hip. She didn't even see the lead Soc coming at her, he body slammed her with enough force to knock her on the ground. Her head hit something hard and her vision began to blurr. She blinked hard trying to fight the darkness coming quickly into her mind.

She tried to get up but she couldn't get her body to work right. She would see the Soc leaning over her, smiling. Her vision slowly faded and the darkness consumed her.

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Tim and five our his buddies were driving around looking for some action. Tim spotted a fight, he was going to keep driving but recognized one of the fighters. Two-Bit Matthews was having the tar beat out of him and his buddy was on the ground. He had heard about Ponyboy Curtis killing the Soc, that kid was tuff.

He stopped the car and signaled for his guys to get out. As soon as the Socs caught sight of them they took off towards their car. Within seconds they were hightailing it out of there. Tim walked over to Two-Bit and helped him to his feet.

"That was quite a beating you took." Tim said looking Two-Bit over, he was bloody and bruised.

Two-bit just shook his head and didn't say anything.

"Uh Tim?" One of his friends asked.

"What?" Tim asked turning around.

"You might wanna get over here." He replied.

Making sure that Two-Bit was stable on his feet, he walked over to where his buddy was knelt down. He let out a string of curses at what he saw. Tia was on the ground, out cold. She looked like a mess, her face smeered with blood, her knuckles were bleeding and the back of her head.

"Tia?" Tim asked putting a hand on her face.

No response came from her and her face was cool to the touch. With the help of one of his gang members, he got her to her feet and supported her weight. He jumped a bit when she groaned. Her groan was followed by cursing. Tim smiled, if she could curse like that, she was going to be okay.

"Tim?" Tia asked looking up at him.

"Yeah, you okay?" Tim asked.

"Just peachy." Tia replied giving him a small smile. "Two-Bit?"

"He's fine, he is waiting in the car, c'mon we will drive you home." Tim said helping her towards the car.

"No, not home." Tia said, Darry and Soda were already under enough stress "Take us to Bucks, k? Dally is there."

"Sure." Tim said shrugging.

Tim slid into the back seat with Two-Bit and two other guys. She groaned when she sat down, he ribs were throbbing.

"Fancy meeting you here, Matthews." Tia said.

"Wow, nice face." Two-Bit replied laughing.

"I wouldn't talk, you should see yours." Tia replied, one of his eyes was swollen shut and his lip was split.

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"Full house, pay up." Dally said smacking his cards down on the table.

Him, Buck and Steve had been playing cards for the last few hours. Dally was winning mainly because he had some aces stashed up his sleeve. When Dally heard a car pull into the drive way, he leaned back in his seat to see who it was. He recognized it as Tim Shepards cars.

"Whats Shepard doing here?" Buck muttered under his breath heading towards the door.

Dally watched at Shepard and five others climbed out of the car. He was puzzled when he saw Two-Bit climb out of the backseat. He was hunched over, must have been in another fight. Dally froze remembering Tia had been with him. Sure enough she climbed out of the back seat and was helped to the door by Tim. He could see her face was bloody from in there. He prayed her was okay.

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Sorry it takes so long for updates but school has been brutal and my english teacher (who is a witch) is torturing all of my creativity out of me lol but I will be trying harder to post at least 2 times a week for each fanfic.