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Chapter 6: More Thoughts

It was Danny's turn to drive and everyone else was asleep. As he drove down the road, glancing at the directions every once and a while. As he drove, he desperately wanted to know what was going on. His dad didn't know, but it was obvious that his uncles knew. It probably happened after Trix left, he thought.

"Danny?" said someone weakly, breaking into his thoughts. Danny looked in the rear view mirror to see Houston looking towards the front.

"Yeah," he answered.

"Um. Are you okay?"

'Great' thought Danny. Another person worried about his quietness.

"Yeah. I'm fine. Why?"

"Well, I just wanted to know because what was going on. Everyone seemed real hesitant at our house. They pretty much pushed us out the door."

"Did Soda say who or where we were driving to?"

"He just said that two people were going to watch us."

"I guess when we get there, we can read Pony's journal."

"Okay. I'm going back to sleep."

"Alright. G'night."

Houston made himself comfortable again and went to sleep. Danny continued to drive. He was getting tired himself. He drove a little bit more, before he woke Rachel up for here turn.

…

Meanwhile, back at Shepard's building, everyone was just hanging out. Two-Bit and Ponyboy were talking.

"Do you think they're still ruthless," asked Ponyboy

"I don't doubt it for a second," said Two-Bit throwing a beer bottle into the trash.

"Man. I didn't think I'd ever see them again. Especially after Will T. was shot down."

"Yeah. They brought it back. I guess they want revenge for their leader getting shot down."

"But we didn't even kill him. It was the cops."

"I know. But you remember what Cherry said about them. They don't shoot cops. We're the next best solution."

Ponyboy was about to reply, but Soda came running to the room. His eyes were wide.

"What's wrong," asked Ponyboy standing up.

Soda took a breath and replied,

"Some I.B.K. people just shot up our house."

"What?"

A vision flashed through Ponyboy's mind from a prior experience in the city.

"Do they know where we are?" asked Two-Bit.

"I don't think so. They would have attacked by now."

….

Finally after hours of driving, Keith drove up to the city. He was about to fall asleep himself. His head nodded up and down, and his eyes closed…

"Keith wake up!"

"Whoa!"

Keith hit the brakes to avoid hitting a tree just outside the city. Good thing there were no cops around and another good thing that Alex was just waking up. The abrupt stop woke everyone up.

"We're there now?" asked Danny.

"Yeah," said Jack stretching his arms.

"So where do we go now?"

"Some apartment down the street."

Keith looking at the directions, trying to read Soda's crazy handwriting. They found the apartment. It was a shady looking place, smoke from a factory shown in the background. It looked like the docks in one of those killer movies.

"What room are we supposed to go to?" asked Alex.

"Um. Follow me,"

Jack read the directions walking towards the entrance. Rachel pulled here younger brother towards her.

"Stay close to me," she whispered and Houston nodded. He didn't like the looks of this place, and neither did she.

They walked into the apartment. It was a torn up looking place. The wallpaper was peeling off, and Keith turned towards the wall to see a cockroach running into a mouse hole.

They walked up the stairs. A stench ran into their noses as they walked up there. They all recognized it though. They could tell there had been a lot of smoking in this place. They walked up to the fourth floor and Jack stopped in front of the fourth door to the left.

"Is this it?" asked Rachel.

"That's what the paper says," said Jack folding the directions into his pocket. He knocked on the door. Four seconds later, a man around Ponyboy's age answered the door.

"Are you the Curtis' kids?" he asked.