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Sorry it took me so long to update, but I just started highschool so I have been extremely busy, but I will be updating regularly again now.

Tia hadn't bothered going back to school after lunch, she was still pissed about the Soc.

"Shouldn't you be at school?" Buck said opening the door.

"Shouldn't you have gone to school?" Tia asked him raising an eyebrow.

Buck chuckled and let her in. She walked into the living room to find Dally watching tv.

"What the hell are you doing outta school?" He demanded.

"Nice to see you too." Tia said sarcasticly and sat down on the couch. "I was talking to some super Soccies at lunch and I was too pissed to go back to school."

Buck sat down on the couch too, but was smart enough not to sit too close to Tia.

"Tia, I swear to God if you got in another fight..." Dally started.

"As much as I would have likely to smash his ugly face into the ground, I resisted the urge." Tia told him rolling her eyes.

"Guess there is a first for everything." Dally replied "What he say?"

"He's a Soc, just a bunch of crap." Tia said, not wanting Dally to know it had been about him.

Dally watched her, hoping to see if he could tell if she was lying or not. As usual, her face was smooth and emotionless, the only hint that something might be wrong was the fact she wouldn't meet him eyes.

"Well you did the right thing, starting a fight woulda been suicide." Dally said after a few moments.

"How'd school go?" Darry asked once he got home, just like he did everyday.

"Boring." Tia replied, just as she did everyday.

Darry didn't ask any further questions, he knew he wouldn't get much for answers, Tia didn't like talking about boring things and to her, school was at the top of that list.

Dally gave her an amused glance from the other side of the room. She ignored it until Darry went into the kitchen, she stuck her tongue out at Dally and hoped he wouldn't say anything about her skipping school.

"Dally, heard anything about the Socs?" Darry called from the kitchen.

That had been the first thing Pony had asked when Dally picked him up from school.

"Not a word." Dally replied "I'm sure we'll hear from em soon though. Me and Shepard are giving them another couple days. If we still don't hear nothing we're gonna work over every single Soc we find until we get our boys back."

"And what if they take you too?" Darry asked leaning his head into the living room.

"I'd like to see them try." Dally said cracking his knuckles.

They ate supper in heavy silence, Two-Bit and Steve joined them and for once, Two-Bit was short of one liners and wise cracks.. Tia thought about asking Pony to go for a run with her, she knew it would do them both some good. She figured that Darry wouldn't want Pony being out after dark so she thought better of it.

After cleaning up the kitchen they all sat around and watched tv. Darry are slipping in and out of sleep on the arm chair, he hadn't gotten much sleep the night before. Tia wasn't really paying attention to whatever was on the tv, she kept thinking about Soda and the Socs, what they did to him, if he was okay, when would she see his carefree smile again? What frightened her the most was the thought of the Socs breaking Soda, then she would never see his carefree smile again.

She was so deep in thought, she jumped when the phone rang. Darry shot out of his chair and picks up the phone.

"Hullo?" He asked in his deep husky voice.

Tia watched him, his face looked dead serious, he hung up the phone about 15 seconds later.

"Darry?" Tia asked, getting off the couch and going to him.

"That was Paul." Darry said slowly.

The name wrang a bell, Tia remembered it was the Socs who used to be friends with Darry.

"They've got Soda, they said we've got to go get him if we want him." Darry explain while grabbing his jacket.

Everyone else shot up out of their seats and made for the door.

"No." Darry stated "Pony, Johnny, you two are staying here, it might be a trap and I don't want either of you to get grabbed."

Tia glanced in their direction, the look on their faces were disappointment, but she knew Darry was right.

"Same goes for you, Tia." Darry said firmly.

"No, I am going." Tia replied, meeting his eyes, she was not going to hide, not after the Socs taking Soda.

"Like hell you are." Dally said shoving past her, knocking her back into the arm chair. "I bet my life on it that its a trap, I know they wannna take you next so this sure as hell would be a perfect time. You are not going there where who knows how many Socs will be waiting."

Dally's tone was sharp and cold, him being so rough with her was not surprising, he was always like that with everyone when he was angry. She sighed and knew if he wanted to go she'd end up getting her head beat in first and with school tomorrow, she really didn't feel like it.

"We'll be back as soon as we can." Darry yelled as he headed out the door.
Dally glanced at the clock in Darry's truck, 11:12. Him and Darry were in the front with Steve and Two-Bit in the back. They had swung by Tim's house before heading to the address Paul had given Darry. Dally glanced in the rearview mirror and saw two cars following them, packed with members of Tim's outfit.

They drove for a good 20 minutes before Darry pulled up to a small park. They four guys got out of their truck and so did Shepard's outfit once they parked their cars.

"Over there!" Steve yelled pointing to the basketball court.

Everyone ran for it, as they got closer, they could see from the light of a streetlight that there was a crumpled shape on the ground. Steve reached him first and rolled him over to reveal an unconcious Soda.

"Soda, buddy, it's okay, we're here." He said, glad to see Soda was breathing.

They rest of the guys got there and Darry was on the ground next to him in a second. Two-Bit got out his knife to cut the rope around Soda's wrists and ankles. Darry picked up his brother and carried him back to the truck in silence. Once he put Soda in the trucks backseat, he turned on the ceiling light to get a better look at his face.

Sodas whole face was an ashen shade of grey, his lips were cracked and bleeding, he had a hefty bruise on his cheek bone and a cut on his scalp. Dally climbed in the passengers side and leaned back to get a better look at Soda.

He jumped when Soda groaned. Soda opened his eyes and it took them a couple seconds to adjust.

"Darry?" He asked, his voice painfully dry.

"It's me, little buddy, don't worry you're safe." Darry said pushing Soda's hair out of his eyes.

"No..." Soda croaked, a look of panic in his eyes. "It was a trap."

"What?" Dally asked. "There ain't no Socs around here, don't worry."

What Soda said next, made Dally's blood go cold

"The house...they're at the house."