The cool wind blew against Chino's face causing him to shiver. What am I doing? he thought to himself. He heard yet another police car siren and hid deeper into the shadows. Every noise he heard scared him half to death. It was so unlike him to be this nervous but since he escaped from Officer Krupkee and Lieutenant Schrank everything scared him. He didn't want to go to jail. He didn't want to get caught. He didn't want Bernardo to die. Bernardo, I must see him. Chino slipped in and out of the shadows till he reached the place were only hours ago he saw his friend get murdered. At the rumble Chino couldn't believe when Bernardo stabbed Riff but when Tony stabbed Bernardo the only thing Chino could think about was revenge. Now Tony is dead, he should be in jail, and he broke Maria's heart. Everything was messed up. This wasn't suppose to happen. Chino wished he could go back in time and redo this whole night. He walked towards Bernardo's body cautiously and was surprised to find Bernardo breathing slowly.

"Nardo," Chino whispered quietly. He was bleeding badly but still alive, Chino was surprised to find himself crying. He went to Riff, sure enough he was dead. Chino had mixed feelings he was overjoyed that Bernardo was alive, but still, Riff was dead and he had killed Tony. Chino tried not to think about it and carefully picked Bernardo up, flipped him over his shoulder, and started walking towards the sharks hideout on the roof. This isn't going to be good. I can't run into anyone, especially Maria.

"I can't believe any of this happened, I am still in shock," Pepo said to his fellow sharks. "What are we going to do?" He asked.

"I don't know, can't we just live a normal life now, like normal teenagers we grow up, get married, start a family, get a real career." Indio hoped everyone could forget about this night and go about living their lives in peace. His dreams would not happen soon. All of a sudden Chino came crashing through the door. He placed Bernardo on the ground and then fell to the ground beside him and closed his eyes, he was finally safe.

"Chino, what are you doing here, don't tell me you escaped," Indio was confused.

"He's alive," Chino could barely manage those two words. Pepo ran over and checked for Bernardo's pulse.

"He's alive!" Pepo screamed. "I can't believe it!" The other sharks gathered around excited about this new discovery.

"Hey, we got to get him some help, my mother is a pretty good doctor lets bring him to her." Loco suggested.

"All right lets go," Indio started to pick Bernardo up, then stopped. "What about Chino?"

"Chino hide up here hopefully the girls won't come up." Pepo instructed Chino, "Don't do anything till we get back." Chino nodded. The sharks started to carry Bernardo down the stairs.

"I can't believe it," Indio whispered to himself.

"He's in pretty bad shape. He's lost a lot of blood, but he should be okay." Loco's mother, Mrs. Paloa said after she had fully inspected Bernardo. "I'll keep an eye on him here, if that's okay with you boys."

"That's fine, thanks Ma," Loco said as he kissed her on the cheek then filed out of the room with the rest of the sharks.

"No problem," she replied then grabbed her son's arm, "please Loco don't let that happen to you, stop your fighting now before more people get hurt,"

"Okay mother, I'll be okay," Loco said then left the room and Indio, who was waiting to talk to Mrs. Paloa, closed the door and took a deep breath.

"I need to tell you something Mrs. Paloa."