Sarah126: yeah, they will
well, if I were Enrico I wouldn't dare to speak to Dally that way ;)

21. Be careful with that what ya wish for!

A few days went by.

Dally let Darry know that Ponyboy was with him. He said him he left with Pony to search for Johnny. But he didn't say where they were exactly.

Ponyboy just talked with Johnny when Ricky walked through the door and said, "Johnny! Pony! Come on, we have to go! Enrico's gonna appear here soon."

"Yeah, ok, we're comin'!
We wanna take revenge and now it's time to revenge for everythin'; for all these blows and all that what he did to us." Johnny answered and got up.

Pony looked at his buddy and frightened at the hardness in the usually so soft voice and the determination in the normally fearful face of his buddy.
There Pony realized that Johnny really changed.
This Enrico really would have done something to him, 'cause otherwise Johnny couldn't feel such hate against Enrico.
He got as well that Johnny also finally rebeled against his old man for the first time.
There he also showed a rage which wasn't known by Johnny before.

"How do ya know that he wanna come today of all days?" Ponyboy asked doubting, when he waited with the others for Enrico in front of the factory.

"Ya know he always comes every fourth or fifth day. He wasn't here yesterday and today's the fifth day since he was here. That's why he should have come today!" Patrick answered.

"And if not?" Pony continued asking.

"Then we're gonna wait for him! He's gonna come sometime! But then we've to be prepared just as now!" Patrick explained him.

While they wait impatient, like hungry wild animals for their feeding time, they all smoked. Only Johnny preferred, like his both buddies, to smoke the 'normal' cigarettes.

"There, I see his black car! He's comin'! He's really comin'!" Natalie, who looked out, shouted.

"All right! Get ready, my friends. It starts! And act as always! Ya know how suspicious he is.
Ya both better go now in the background! If he wanna see ya he's gonna suspicious right now!" Patrick turned at Pony and Dally.

Pony was glad not to be in the directly nearness of Enrico and he'd like to go to the back.
But Dally wasn't. He would face this bastard! He wouldn't hide from him like a coward!
But he also went to the back without protest, 'cause he saw Johnny's begging look.
And if it was Johnny's request that he should stay in the background, then he would do the favour for Johnny.

"Well, Enrico! Now you're gonna be punished for ya deeds! You're gonna suffer for every single one ya did to us! And for my little sister, damned murderer!" Patrick said gritting his teeth, while he stared at the car expectantly.

The car slowly drove along the street and then stopped in a distant to the group, which still posted. Enrico and his men got out unsuspectingly.

"Hey, Enrico!" Isabell greeted with a slightly shaking voice, when Enrico came closer to them.

"What's actually ya real name?" Ricky asked, to the dismay of all.

"Why do ya wanna know that?" Enrico asked sharply.

"Uh, just for fun! I just wanna know it before we..." Ricky couldn't talk any further, because he got a strong shove into his rips from Thomas, who stood beside him.

Thomas hissed to him, "Are ya nuts? Ya wanna give everythin' away with ya cheeky trap, huh?"

"What do ya mean?" Enrico repeated.

Natalie answered quickly for Ricky, "Um, I guess he means he wanna know ya name, so that we could invite ya by yourself to our party shortly, didn't ya Ricky?"

Ricky, who meanwhile understood his stupid thing, only nodded and looked at Enrico with his most innocent smile.

"Well then! If it is like that..." Enrico meant condescending and let his glance wander across the group.
He stopped at 2 people.
"What? You're still here? I thought ya only would be guests here? But you're much too long here than only to be guests..."

Of course he meant Dally and Ponyboy!

"Uh, um, we were invited to celebrate also here on this party, it's also so much nicer to celebrate together, ain't it?" Pony stammered.

And he also knew that this probably was the quite stupidest answer ever.
He wished Two-Bit would have been here. This one probably rather could think of a fitting saying that didn't sound as meaningless and hollow as his one anyhow.

And Ponyboy already regretted his cheeky words, because Enrico didn't find his answer funny by any means. He only looked at the now for fear trembling boy silently. The others and also even Ponyboy waited for the blows that always followed after such answers.
But they didn't come somehow.
Enrico continued looking at Pony silently and didn't move.

Pony slowly felt unpleasant in his situation and tried to sneak away unnoticed.
But Enrico noticed it. He quickly seized Pony by his wrist and held him tight.
But also after that didn't follow any blows.

"Should he suspect somethin'? Nope, that's impossible! We behave as always, besides the slip of the tongue of Ricky, but he's usually also that cheeky..." Isabell thought, while she watched the scenario strained.

Pony also had such thoughts and he didn't feel very well with that at all.
Rightly, because they should come true!

Because Enrico suddenly drew a blade, grabbed Ponyboy by his arm, pulled him towards himself and held the blade right on Pony's neck.

"I don't know what you've planned exactly! But I noticed right away in ya that you've planned somethin'! But it wasn't Ricky, who finally confirmed it to me unintentionally! No, y'all were it! I saw it in ya eyes!"

Patrick stepped forward.

Enrico yielded back and said threatening, "No step closer or else I'm gonna cut the throat of this little one here!
And that would be too bad for ya - and also for his both brothers in Tulsa!
Ya 3 are Greasers from Tulsa, ain't ya?
Well, I informed myself 'bout ya, what wasn't particularly difficult!
Greasers just go ahead of their reputation!"

Ponyboy had to swallow heavily.
He didn't feel very well in his situation by any means.
He only hoped so much that they wouldn't annoy Enrico too much, so that this one would take his rage out on him, because this probably would get very painful for him...