Chapter Two: Changing it All

The scream echoed throughout the party. Troy recognized the scream, and there was no way that was an innocent scream. Troy sprinted through the party knocking down anyone who got in his way. "Move!" he yelled as he kept moving forward. He spotted Gabi struggling with the guy and he had already ripped her shirt. He sprinted faster than he ever had, running purely on adrenaline. He came right up to the guy as he cocked his arm and landed a punishing blow to the side of his face. He pulled Gabi into his arms as she started to cry. "It's alright, Gabi, I'm here," he whispered soothingly into her ear.

The offender stood up again and Troy could see his face. "Greg?" he questioned in awe. Greg was one of the guys on his team and he hadn't expected this out of him. Greg lunged at him. Troy pushed Gabi behind him as Greg's fist connected with his gut. Troy keeled over as Greg started to go after Gabi again. Troy grabbed his ankle, tripping him up, "Move Gabi! Get back to the party," Troy yelled desperately. Gabi ran off as Troy stood up. "Just me and you now, ass hole." Greg lunged again but Troy was expecting it this time, grabbing his wrist and wrapping it around his back. Greg hit him with his free hand as Troy let go.

The fight raged on as Gabi ran back into the party to get help for Troy. She found Chad by the fence to his backyard. "Gabi! What happened? Where's Troy?" Chad asked looking at her now torn shirt.

"He's fighting Greg out by the street, he needs help," she said crying. Taylor wrapped her arms around her as Chad sprinted towards his best friend.

Troy connected with another punch to the side of the head and as Greg fell to the dirt again, he found a heavy limb on the ground. As he got back up, he swung the limb at him, connecting with his left arm, breaking it on impact. "Ah!" Troy yelled in pain, feeling the bone break, he couldn't tell if it were a complete break or partial, he just knew something was wrong and it hurt like hell. Troy fell to the ground as Chad came running to the rescue. Chad tackled him into the street as Greg's head impacted with the pavement, knocking him out. He kicked him for good measure before turning around, "Troy you alright?" he asked rushing over to him.

Troy was holding his left arm limply, "Is Gabi alright?" Troy asked standing up.

"She's fine, we need to get you to the hospital, and we'll report Greg from there." Troy walked out into the street and dragged Greg back into the grass. "Zeke!" Chad yelled, hoping to not have to move to find his friend.

Zeke came rushing over; news of the fight had spread since Gabi had returned into the party. "Troy you alright?" he asked frightened.

"I'm going to take him to the hospital now, go get Taylor and Gabi and tell them to meet us at my car. And if you could call the cops and get this ass hole arrested it would be of great help to us. Tell the cop we're at the hospital if he needs us," Chad told Zeke as he grabbed Troy's broken arm and tried to keep it in place as he walked him over to the car.

Taylor and Gabi were at the car waiting for them by the time Troy and Chad got there. "Oh my god!" the two girls yelled in unison upon seeing Troy's arm, it had already begun to turn blue. Gabi rushed up hugging him, "Ah, Gabi, that kinda hurts," he grimaced in pain. She apologized furiously as she helped him into the backseat. Chad started the engine as Taylor sat beside him, Gabi and Troy in the backseat.

"Are you alright, Gabi?" Troy asked looking over at her, she had begun to cry. She latched onto his good arm crying into his shoulder.

"How can you ask if I'm alright? You have a broken arm!" Gabi exclaimed into his chest.

Troy chuckled in a bit of pain, "It isn't that bad. This isn't the first time I've broken something," he reassured her, taking her hand in his.

"You doin' alright back there?" Chad asked glancing over his shoulder.

"Yea, I'm doing about as good as I can with a broken arm and all," Troy said rubbing Gabi's shoulder. Troy noticed that Gabi's shirt was still torn and one could see the bottom of her bra. Troy took off his button up shirt, gingerly sliding off his left arm. "Put this on," he told her, placing it over her shoulders. Gabi slid it on and started to button it up as they arrived at the hospital. Chad stopped the engine and opened the door for Troy, holding onto his shoulder.

"Thanks, Chad," Troy told him as the group headed into the emergency room.

"Anytime, dude," he replied as he went to the front desk to tell the nurse what had happened. She rushed out from behind the counter and grabbed a wheelchair for him to sit in. She wheeled him into a back room and put two clamps on his fingers to see if he still had a pulse through his arm. "Everything is in working order there…" she said to herself. She undid the clamps as she wheeled him out to the lobby. "A room will be ready in five minutes," she said as she went back to the computer to record everything.

Chad rolled him over to where the group was sitting. "Do you know why Greg attacked Gabi, Troy?" Taylor asked.

"I have no idea, but he's lucky I didn't kill him… or Chad didn't kill him," he added with a grin.

Before anyone else could say anything a nurse grabbed him, "You ready son?" Troy nodded as he was wheeled into the emergency room.

(A/N) Hope you liked that, please review! I solemnly swear I am up to no good!