Disclaimer: I don't own anything other than Chris, Forrest and Will.

A/N: There will be The Outsiders spoilers in this story and this chapter, so if you haven't read The Outsiders, well you've been warned.

Chris's POV

I woke up with a stupid little call again. Joy, another day of digging. It's been a week since Will's letter came. I'm getting better at digging. I'm still really slow though.

I've tried to get zero to talk. He won't budge though. We were in the tent alone.

"Hey Zero." I said. He didn't say anything. "You know zero, Willow's friend is like you. He barely talks to anybody, only his gang. Do we need to get his gang over here?" I heard a small little laugh. I know it's not all that funny, but hey, I've been trying to get him to talk all week. A little laugh is good enough for me. "I'll give you some space, chatterbox." Right as I walked into the wreck room, Forrest pulled me outside.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"I got a letter; it wasn't from Will or our gang. It's from Soda." He seemed messed up.

"Sodapop Curtis? What's it say?" He handed me the letter.

Forrest,

Willow is missing. Her, Pony, Johnny, and Dally went to the movies. I don't know what happened. All I know is Pony and Will came in the house really late. Darry got mad and hit Pony. He ran away and Will followed him, it all happened so fast. Pony, Johnny and Will are all missing. In the paper it says Johnny killed a soc, Bob Sheldon. I just thought you should know.

Sodapop Curtis.

Johnny killed a guy? Will is missing? This couldn't be happening. NO! I hit the wall. D-tent came out of the wreck room to see what was going on.

"Wha-"

"My sister is missing." Forrest cut X off.

"Do you know why?" Magnet asked.

"Her friend killed a Soc. He's Johnny Cade, he doesn't hurt anybody!" I yelled.

"Well he did and Will's paying for it. Dallas Winston! I told her to be careful around that hood!"

"Would you stop calling him a hood?! It doesn't say anything about him running away! Maybe he wasn't around when he Johnny killed him!"

"Why are you defending him? He could get your girlfriend killed!"

"Get her killed? He saved her life!" I yelled. Forrest stormed away. D-tent was staring, including Zero. I punched the wall again. Will was right, somebody did get killed in this mess.

"Why did he kill a soc? Why did the three quiet ones get in this mess?" I asked quietly to myself.

"What did you say?" Zero asked. He picked to talk at the worst moment. Everyone looked shocked.

"The three quietest kids in her gang, they're all missing, They don't deserve it. Greasers don't deserve any of this crap!"

"What 'crap'? Like we deserve this?" X-ray said.

"Will and Forrest would probably kill me if I told you this, but their dad, he hits her, a lot. He almost killed her once. Her mom ran off when they were little. Johnny's dad hits him too. His mom ignores him, unless she's mad, then she'll scream her head off. And Pony, well his parents died last year, his brothers have to take care of him. If they find him, he'll probably get sent to a home or something. Her gang all have messed up families." I just walked into the wreck room, thinking how my dad must be glad I'm out of the state and out of his life.