Hey y'all, once again I'm updating. Today I created a timeline for the military service of Pony, Paul, and Williams. I will post it at the very end of my story. Hopefully then the dates will make things a little easier to understand. I will start telling y'all how long these boys have been held captive. Anyway to answer some questions I've gotten: Why haven't the military rescued them and do Darry and Soda know Pony's missing? The Military hasn't rescued them because they really don't know they are missing, yet. However they will know in about a week, but that doesn't mean that they will find them because they have no idea where they are. Darry and Soda don't know yet, the military will notify them in about a month or so. I know that kind of sucks for the boys but that's the way it going. Ok Read, Review, and Enjoy- Kat.

Pain-

They were captured not too long ago, sometime in August 1971

I woke up in our cell only to be tied up and see concerned looks from Paul and Williams. Paul still looked really bad but I'm sure I did too. I surrendered to them, but I didn't give them any information. I just put myself in the passion to get killed and they didn't do it. They still needed all of us alive to get the information.

"So looks like I made it." I said and looked over at the other two. We all laughed at this, we just really need to laugh.

"We did kid, you have been out for about two days, and we've all been through it." Williams said. That's when I noticed it he was beat up too. Black eye and a busted lip and there was probably more that I just didn't care to look for it.

We sat there in silence until the all to familiar footsteps came by. We all braced ourselves for what was about to happen. Only on guard came in this time and carrying food and water. He walked over to Paul and took out a knife a cut the rope but quickly replaced it with a metal handcuff and made sure he only had the use of one arm. He cut and handcuffed each of us all too weak to fight back.

He gave us a cup of water along with some sort of horrible tasting stew. Our hunger consumed us so we ate it all and drank all of the water. My broken wrist was the one that was tied back and after a while I got accustomed to the pain.

Once again we sat in silence and waited to be tortured again.

Back in the Jungles

"Sergeant, I looked over the dead from the platoon and checed over the list. Three are missing, I couldn't find the bodies or the dogtags. But I did find drag mark going down a path. Maybe an animal." All of this was said by a young Private not understanding the possibilities.

"Or the enemy. What are the there names?" Sergeant Patterson asked. He knew that the enemy might have hostages but this was the first time that it might be a was an American.

"Private Paul Walker, Private Ponyboy Curtis, and Sergeant Jonathan Williams, sir"

"A sergeant, shit. Alright dismissed" The private saluted his sergeant and walked away after being dismissed.

Oklahoma, about a month later

The gang was all sitting around laughing and talking. Two-Bit looked out the window to see a strange car with two people dressed in an army uniform getting out. He knew what was going on.

"Guys, look." Two-Bit pointed out the window to the two men coming towards the house.

Everyone was silent. There was a knock at the door and Darry went to answer it. He returned with two men following him.

"Good Afternoon, you are probably wondering why I'm here. I am sorry to inform you but your brother, Ponyboy is missing…" The first of the men said but was cut off by Soda.

"What do you mean missing? How can he just go missing?" Soda yelled.

"Sir calm down. There was a battle and the whole platoon was wiped out but when we were looking over the men who were dead and the ones who were in the platoon and we learned the three men were missing, your brother included. Now we think that it is the enemy who has him and we are doing all we can to find out where those men are." The second man said.

Back in Vietnam, cell, sometime in December 1971

They know had new ways of torturing us. The newest was they just simply held my head under water until I couldn't take it anymore and pulled me out that me catch my breath and then the didn't again and again, until I passed out.

We were all a lot thinner and in really bad shape. My wrist was looking horrible and unfortunately I had to do the most painful thing, snap the bone back into place. It hurt like hell but it was going to get better, hopefully.

Paul was in the worst shape he was getting worse and worse by the day. He really couldn't eat anymore even though he managed to get most of the shit they gave us down.

Williams was just like me, not good but not horrible. He had a messed up leg and he had to set it just like I did.

"Ponyboy, they'll be here soon we should get ready to face them" Williams said in a tired manner.

"Ok, but it won't due us any good. We can act tough but I'm sure we don't look tough." I said. He nodded but once again for hundredth time or so the footsteps drew closer.

Three guards came in and automatically went to Paul and they dragged him out. "Come on Paul you can do this, you can make it, one more time buddy one more time." I said as I looked at him.

They dragged him out and now we waited. Waited till they would bring him back, hopefully alive. His faint screams echoed the place. No not again, not the sounds again.

"Williams I can't take this anymore, it's too much pain and we may never even get out of here. I just can't take it anymore." I said as I hung my head down.

"No! No, you are not dying now. We are going to make it through this. You will fight as will Paul and I. We are not going to die, not now!" Williams shouted.

"Ok, ok." I said this but I didn't mean it, I was tired and I didn't want to fight anymore, I just couldn't do it.

"Don't even think about it you are going to live and we are all going to get out of here, do you understand me."

"Yes, sir." Maybe if I hang on a little longer we might get out of here just maybe.

They dragged Paul back; he was moaning and clutching his stomach. They gave us water and stew. Williams and I ate it up but Paul couldn't eat or drink he just laid there. Finally he drank the water but he left the food.

Paul and I weren't doing well. Neither was Williams and this nearly 5 months of imprisonment just made things worse. How much longer could we possible be here?

Well I hope you like the new chapter and I can tell you the next chapter there will be a death of one of the three. Some of you may already know. Anyway Review- Kat.