Disclaimer: I still don't own the Outsiders. Only Charlie.

A/N: I'm bacc! Thanx to the following people:

Two-BitGortez

Izzycakes

Mysterygurl4292

Chapter 4; Wake Up!

Johnny, Pony and I looked around for the kids trapped in the church, coughing the whole time. I spotted them.

"Look!" I yelled over the roar of the fire and pointed. The scared little kids were in a corner. We ran over and started to throw kids out the window. Ponyboy let out a yelp, one of the kids had bitten him. It would have been funny if I didn't have a feeling we were about to die. We kept throwing kids out the window until Johnny had the last one out to safety.

"We gotta get out of here!" Pony yelled. Well, no shit, I thought. We started to run for the window.

"Pony!" I yelled. He didn't hear me. His back was on fire, I don't know how he didn't feel it. I guess it was because he was wearing Dally's brown leather jacket.

"Come on!" Pony yelled as he jumped out the window.

"Aah!" I heard Johnny yell. I turned to look at him. His pant leg was stuck on a nail in a board on the floor; he couldn't move.

"Johnny!" I yelled and ran back to him.

"Charlie! No! Get out of here!" Johnny yelled at me.

I stared at him in disbelief. Then we heard a cracking, crashing sound above us.

"NOW!" Johnny shouted at me. I wasn't gonna leave Johnny.

It was like it was all in slow motion, a giant beam started to fall from the roof as I ran back to Johnny and grabbed his hand, trying to yank him free of the nail.

I pulled him a little to the side, making the giant beam of fiery wood narrowly miss directly his back and land on his pinned down leg instead. He let out a horrible scream and I fell down, hitting my head on the floor and everything went black.

When I woke up, I was in a white room, on a white bed, and I had the worst headache ever. Then I remembered what happened.

The church, Ponyboy got out, me and Johnny almost got killed… wait, Johnny! Was he okay? I needed to know!

I tired to sit up, holding my head.

"You're awake!" I heard a familiar voice say. Steve.

"Steve!" I said looking up. I was happy even to see Steve.

"Is Johnny okay? Where is he? Where's Dally? And Ponyboy? And where is everyone else?" I asked Steve quickly, grabbing onto his shirt and pulling him down to my level.

"Whoa, calm down Blondie, Dally's fine, but he's in here too, he just has some burn on him because he went into the church and saved you and Johnny. Two-Bit is in Dally's room with him. Ponyboy, Darry and Soda are in Johnny's room. Johnny's the worst off. His legs are so badly burned, there's a 50/50 chance he'll walk again, but at least he'll survive. They doctors say that if that beam had landed on his back, just a centimeter away, he would have died. You have a minor concussion from hitting your head on the floor, and a couple burns just like Ponyboy." Steve finished the story.

Wow, I thought. Johnny'll be okay, but I hope he'll walk again. Dally saved mine and his lives.

"Can I see him? Johnny? Or Dally?" I asked Steve. I noticed I must be the least hurt out of all of them, because I was still in my clothes.

"Sure, kid. Come on." He said and helped me stand up. We went to see Dally first. We walked into his room and saw him laying shirtless in bed and Two-Bit sitting beside him on a chair.

"Dally!" I gushed and ran over to him. I hugged him tightly.

"You okay kid?" He asked.

"Fine, are you okay?" I asked him.

"Eh, a couple burns, I'll live," I let a tear fall from my eye. Dally wiped it away.

"Don't worry, Blondie. I'm fine, Johnny'll be fine." I smiled at him.

"Forget about me, Charlie? I was worried about you too!" Two-Bit spoke up. I let out a sort of sob laugh and hugged him.

"I have to see Johnny," I said. Steve nodded.

"Seeya later Two-Bit," I said, then looked at Dally. "I'll be back real soon, Dally, promise," I winked at him. Then I walked out of the room with Steve. It was a bit of a longer walk down the hall to Johnny's room. When I finally got there, I saw Pony, Darry and Soda standing around his bed.

"Pony!" I said and hugged him. Then I hugged Soda and even Darry. Then I turned to look at Johnny. He was awake, and he looked good, except for his singed leg. I was just glad he was gonna be okay.

"Hey Johnny," I said smiling as a tear rolled down my cheek.

"Hey Charlie," He said smiling back. Steve giggled like a little girl and whispered something and the Curtis's. Then they smiled and left. I sat down on a chair beside Johnny's bed.

"So, you're gonna be okay, Johnny. I'm so happy," I said to him.

"I am too." He smiled and took my hand in his. I beamed at him.

"Soda told me there's a big rumble tonight. You goin' in it?" Johnny asked me. Steve had told me about the rumble. I thought about it.

"No, Johnny, I think I'd rather stay here with you," I said to him, making him smile widely.

Then the Curtis's, Two-Bit and Steve walked in.

"Hey guys, we're gonna leave now, it's almost time for the rumble, you wanna come Charlie?" Darry asked.

"No thanks, I'm gonna stay here with Johnny." I said.

"Alright, we'll come back after the rumble." Soda said and they left. As they left, out in the lobby, we heard them yelling at someone. Then a nurse came in.

"Johnny, you're mother's here to see you," She said.

"My mom? I don't wanna see her!" Johnny yelled.

"But, she's your mother," The nurse said.

"I don't care, I DON'T wanna see her!" Johnny said and tried to get up.

"Johnny, don't, lay down," I said and he layed back down.

(A/N: Johnny doesn't pass out in my story, because in this story he doesn't have as bad burns.)

"Okay, Johnny," The nurse said and walked out. We didn't see Johnny's mother.

"Johnny, I'm going to see Dally, I'll be back in a few, kay?" I said to him.

"Sure," He said as I left to go to Dally's room.

"Dally!" I said cheerfully as I entered the room, and almost jumped on Dally, giving him a hug. He laughed.

"Jeez kid, watch it!" He said jokingly.

"Sorry," I giggled and sat in the char beside his bed.

"Listen, I'm gonna tell you something," He said and pulled something out form under his pillow. I gasped. It was Two-Bit's black-handled switchblade.

"Oh Dally, what are you going to do with that?" I asked.

"I'm just gonna use it to persuade the nurse to let me be In the Rumble tonight. You know, a rumble ain't a rumble unless I'm In it!" He grinned. I was a little worried, but I said,

"Okay," And lightly kissed him on the forehead like siblings do. Then I told him I was going back to Johnny's room and to come there after the rumble.

When I got back to Johnny's room, it looked like he was doing worse than before. Then we heard a nurse slightly scream, and I knew Dally was headed to the rumble.