Chapter 7: Fight Night

Steve felt miserable while he was at work that day. He went the entire day, without talking to Sodapop. Soda was real angry at Steve. He can't believe what he had done. After all Ponyboy has gone through. The two didn't say a word to eachother. Mostly was Steve was working on cars, while Soda was at the register. Soda didn't even take the ride home with Steve. He walked all the way home and waited for Darry. Another message was sent to the greasers that the fight was at 10:00 pm. The greasers were gonna meet at the lot at 9:30 and travel in cars. If you weren't there by 9:50, they were gonna leave without you.

While at the lot, they were waiting for the other greasers. Steve showed up and started talking to Two-Bit.

"Two-Bit, I feel so stupid for what I did."

"Well, why did you do it?"

"I just was so angry because of what they did to Soda. Plus they almost go me jailed for a long time."

"Hey, Darry and Soda will forget about it at one point. Right now, just focus on the rumble and getting Pony and Curly back."

"I guess so."

Darry and Soda showed up pretty soon. They said hi to Two-Bit, but walked right past Steve without saying a word. They were fully focused on this rumble. They all got into the cars and took off for the breaking point.

"Looks like they're leaving," said Ponyboy looking out of the window.

"Finally," said Curly getting up. "I did nothing but sleep all day."

"Okay. When it looks clear, we can probably unhook this thing and make a run for it."

Right that moment, an I.B.K. came into the room, there were more behind him.

"I knew that they couldn't be unconcious for two days!"

The I.B.K.'s went to Curly and Pony and tied them up once again. They didn't bother to put the cloth on their mouths. They had to go to the rumble.

'Dang' thought Ponyboy. He had to think of something. It had been a good three minutes before everything was deathly quiet. They would be reaching the marker by now. Curly must have known this cause he said,

"I've got an idea."

He reached into his back pocket and flipped out a blade. He carefully cut through the rope and he was free.

"Good thinking!" said Pony aloud.

Curly cut him free and they continued their escape plan.

The Greasers and the I.B.K's met at the destination. They were walking right towards eachother. Tim Shepard was leading the Greasers and Will T. was leading the I.B.K.

Tim and Will stopped in front of eachother.

"You must be Will T."

"Yeah. You're Shepard aren't you. One of the brothers."

"If he wasn't. I wouldn't have done this."

Tim threw the first punch and the rumble started. Tim and Will were having it out. Darry was fighting one guy. He grabbed Darry's arm and twisted it back like he was arresting him. He then pushed him forward and then jumped onto his back. Darry reached over his head and flipped the I.B.K. over his head and slammed him down like a wrestler. Soda started boxing this one guy. He didn't stand a chance. Soda knocked him out and moved onto the next guy. Steve knocked out one guy and ran towards another. He speared the guy and knocked him clear onto the ground. He then began punching him non-stop. Two-Bit was fighting this one guy who took a cheap shot a his stab wound. Two-Bit ignored the pain and punch him right into his nose causing blood to spread out. The rumble went on until there were five I.B.K's left and there were thirteen greasers. Out of those thirteen there was Darry, Soda, Steve, Two-Bit and Tim. The I.B.K's backed up a little bit at Will T.'s command. Tim then spoke up,

"What do you plan to do. We're outnumbering you by too much."

Before Will could answer, two figures running down the street caught everyone's eye. Soda screamed out,

"Ponyboy!"

Ponyboy and Curly ran to the greasers side.

"Did we miss anything?" asked Curly.

"You're not going to," answered Will T.

That was the signal. All the I.B.K.'s pulled out their switchblades. The greasers were shocked. The note didn't say anything about a knife fight. No one had a knife on them.

But one thing unexpected happened. In the distance they could hear sirens and plenty of police cars came zooming down towards the hoods. For the first time in their lives, the Greasers were glad to see cops. They all sprinted like cockroaches when the lights cut on.

Soda, Steve, Two-Bit, Ponyboy, Curly and Tim all got into Tim's car and zoomed off. Darry decided to do something else. He got into his truck and followed Will T.'s car to his neighborhood. He decided he was going to finish this gang war tonight!