At school, Ponyboy had just finished his lunch. He was walking outside and noticed Curly Shepard waving him over.
"Yeah, Curly."
"We're going over to the I.B.K.'s neighborhood to trash it up a little bit."
"You're kidding, right."
"Heck no. You should come. Get revenge for your brother."
At that point, Steve showed up.
"You should go Ponyboy."
Now this is insane thought Ponyboy. Steve Randle wants me to do something with him!
"C'mon Curtis," said Curly.
Pony thought for a moment. Steve would be there. And so would a bunch of other people. He quickly got over his fears. He figured he could make them pay for hurting Soda and Two-Bit.
"Alright, I'm in."
That night Steve picked Pony up at the lot. They drove to the Shepard's house. There were a two Brumly Boys, Tim and Curly. They all piled into one car. Pony was in the back with Curly and the other Brumly Boy. They drove there and just started causing mayhem. Egging houses, knocking over mailboxes, making teepees, breaking windows. They really trashed the place. On the last stop. Pony and Curly were sitting at the car waiting for the others. Pony really hadn't done anything. When they got there, he felt that he shouldn't even be there. Ponyboy turned to the side and a light shone on him. He quickly turned around and got into the car. Curly did the same. They didn't want to risk being seen by the guys. The others made it just in time and got into the car. They got into the car. Pony turned around and yelled,
"They're chasing us!"
Tim speeded up the car, but the car behind them kept up.
"I'll get them to slow down," yelled Curly digging into his jacket.
Pony looked at him and his eyes widened. Curly pulled out a heater.
He stuck his head out of the door and shot at the car. The bullet hit the front car and the I.B.K.'s car swerved around and crashed into the car. Curly got back into the car laughing.
They drove home. It was 11:00 at night. Pony hadn't realized he was late. Steve walked him into the house. Darry was waiting right at the door for him. Pony gulped.
"Where were you?"
Steve surprisingly stood up for him.
"He was with me. We were hanging out with the Shepards. We were trying to come up with an idea to get at the I.B.K's"
Darry looked at him.
"Is that the truth Ponyboy?"
"Yes."
Darry sighed.
"Just get to bed. Goodbye Steve."
Steve knew better than to mess with Darry when he was in this mood. Ponyboy obeyed Darry. He was tired anyway. Pony lied down in his bed and fell right asleep. He went right back to being scared. He had a feeling that someone had seen him.
The next day after school, Ponyboy was walking towards the front of the school. He wasn't paying attention again, he was thinking about the night before. He felt a hand go over his mouth to prevent his screaming. Then many hands dragged him into a dark place away from anyone to see what would happen. He felt rope being tied around his hands and a cloth being wrapped around his mouth. He was then forced up. He tried to get free but something collided with his head and was knocked unconscious.
Ponyboy was thrown into the back of a car. Right beside Curly Shepard. He had a cloth around his mouth but he was still conscious. Some I.B.K's had just kidnapped them. They took the cloth off of Curly's mouth and he yelled out,
"What did we do to you!"
One of them turned around.
"Don't play stupid! You were the one who shot one of our cars. We also saw your little friend right there at the car we were chasing."
Curly looked at the dashboard. It said a door was ajar. He could try his luck and hope it was the one next to him. He rammed into the door and was lucky it flew open. He quickly got up and ran for it. The I.B.K's chased him and one of them had long arms. He swung a metal bar right into the side of Curly's head knocking him unconscious.
Steve drove up to the Curtis house. He walked in to see Darry sitting on the couch. He looked up at him and demanded,
"Where's Ponyboy."
"He wasn't at the school. I thought he walked home."
"What!"
It was loud enough for Two-Bit and Soda to come up to the front.
"What's going on?" asked Soda.
"Pony wasn't at the school."
Two-Bit then went for the phone.
"Who are you calling?" asked Darry.
"Shepard…. Hello, Tim. You seen Ponyboy."
"No. Curly hasn't been around either."
"Come over to the Curtis house. We've having a problem."
Two-Bit hung up.
"Tim hasn't seen him. Curly's missing too."
Steve fears hit him. Could this be about the night before? No. It couldn't be.
At that moment, a brick smashed through the window of the house. Darry picked it up and found the note.
Everyone in that room knew what that note was about.