Chapter 4: City Nights

Everyone was in the hotel room while Darry was in the lobby. He came up soon and Steve asked him,

"Where are you and your girlfriend going?" Darry looked up and answered.

"She wants to go to a club."

Soda then jumped up,

"A club sounds fun!" But Darry protested.

"Pony's too young for the club though."

"Oh yeah."

"No problem," said Two-Bit. "We can get him a fake I.D. Some of us have one."

"I don't want my brother to have that!" said Darry.

"It's okay," said Ponyboy suddenly. "You guys go ahead. I'll be fine."

Everyone looked at him.

"Are you sure?" asked Darry.

"Yeah. I'll be fine here. I met someone earlier. We were gonna hang out."

Darry sighed and Soda said,

"Okay Pony. Be careful okay."

"Alright."

An hour later, they all left at 7:00. Ponyboy left the room at 7:30. He saw the bar when they were walking around the city.

Ponyboy walked around and found the bar. He didn't see Jason though. He guessed he was a little early. While he was sitting there he heard something from the back. It was a mixture of sounds, so he couldn't figure out what it was. Pony decided to take a look real quick.

He walked towards the back and saw rats running around. It turned out to be an alley. He felt like he was in a horror movie. Soda shouldn't of showed him those movies when he was six. A rat fell off of a trash can and Pony turned around. He wasn't sure what it was so he was walking backwards.

Suddenly he tripped over something. He put his hands out to the back and broke his fall. He looked at what he had tripped over and his eyes widened. It was a body. It was motionless and the guy's eyes were open. They were almost as wide as Ponyboy's. He got up and looked at his hand. There was blood on it.

"Hey!"

Ponyboy looked up and saw someone on a fire escape looking right at him. He didn't hesitate and ran off. He ran through the alley. He skidded to a halt when he reached the alley wall. He turned around and saw three shadows around the corner. They were coming for him.

Pony jumped on top of a dumpster and jumped onto the ledge of the wall and pulled himself up. He went right over the wall and heard a gunshot. He saw the spark of the bullet on the wall. It nearly hit him.

The gunshot made Ponyboy almost lose his balance and he rolled onto the ground. He got right back up and ran for his life.