A/N: Here's the next chapter. Sorry I've been having problems in my life, and problems with the power too.

Susan's POV

I have no idea what's been going on anymore. Ember and Amber were staying at the Curtis'. Then I got a call that Johnny and Ponyboy were missing. So being the great big sister I am I went to look for them.

"Johnny! Pony!" I kicked them gently with my foot. I had found them sleeping in the park. I rolled my eyes. They were sleeping like logs. Pony groaned, and rolled over.

Johnny stayed on his back. "Wake up. You're asleep in the lot."

"Ten more minutes…" Johnny grumbled.

"What he said…" Pony groaned.

"Pony, your to be home its like one in the morning." I said. Pony shot up in a second and ran towards his home. I lay next to Johnny. "So why aren't you in a house?" I said staring at the starry sky.

"Pony and I just fell asleep. I guess we lost track of time." My little brother explained.

"Sounds good. Try not to do it again, Johnny-cakes. Socs are out at night. I don't want you to get hurt. I never could stand you bein' hurt."

I sit up to the sound of shouting in the distance. Pony comes running towards us. "Pony? What happened?" Johnny asks.

"Darry hit me…He hit me…" Pony said dazed.

"Pone you can stay with us. Until this blows over, right Suz?"

"Yeah Ponyboy come with us. If you don't want to see Darry I'll keep him away from you." I said. Darry and I weren't on good terms. He's been ignoring me since I saw him on his break.

Johnny's POV

Pony was going to stay with us. "Boys lets get going." Suzy said. I could see why two Socs were coming our way. They were drunk by the way they were walking. She grabbed our arms and dragged us behind her.

"Suzy?" I said.

"Don't worry Johnny-cakes. I've taken on worst then these two. When I say so I want you two to run. Don't either of you dare to look back. Understand?" She said sternly. Pony nodded. I couldn't believe what she had just said. We couldn't just leave her, but we couldn't go against her either. Suzy knew what she was doing right?

"I want both of you to run home. I'll be fine." She said. The two Socs got closer to us. You could smell how drunk they were.

"Look what we got here." One said. "Two greasers and a whore…"

"What are we going to do with 'em Randy?" the other said.

"Well, Bob. I believe we can have sum fun of our own. With there little whore."

I felt Suzy's grip loosen. She didn't like being called a whore. That was the one thing she couldn't tolerate. Our father called her that almost every day and she hated the word. "Go, run." She said to us.

Susan's POV

They ran. I couldn't make sure they were safe. The two drunks came towards me. I didn't like the odds. It was two drunks against me. Scratch that. Two drunken jock Socs, against me. Me, 19 year-old only 5'7" and they were at least 6 foot each. Well and the drunken factor, can't forget about that.

"Looks like they abandoned you girl." Bob said moving in.

I took a step back. I hit the fountain. Great I was almost trapped. I considered my options. None of them were good. Most ended with me being injured. Damn. It really sucked.

Ember's POV

We couldn't believe that Darry had hit Pony. What was weirder was that he had a break down right afterwards. Amber, Soda, and I were trying to cheer him up. It was working out, but he wouldn't rest until he saw Pony again.

The door slammed open. No not banged, slammed. Johnny and Pony were standing in the door way. "Look…Ponyboy…I'm really sorry." Darry started. The two brothers hugged each other. It was a cute moment.

"Awe…so adorable…" Two-bit joked. I just noticed he was in the room with us. Johnny was still out of breath leaning on his knees.

"Was there something you needed to tell us?" Amber asked quietly. Only I heard her.

I repeated what she said louder for everyone to hear. And added, "You don't usually come barging into a place where you just had a fight." Johnny and Pony looked at each other. The little love fest had taken five minutes. They rushed out the door as fast as they could go.

"Pony! Johnny!"

Susan's POV

If I could distract them long enough I could run away. I tried to move around the fountain. There was a loose brick. If I could just get to it and make it drop into the fountain, maybe they'll look away long enough.

"She doesn't like us Randy." Bob said.

"We'll have to change that." Randy said he was starting to slur his words.

I got to the brick. It splashed into the fountain. Bob looked away, Randy didn't. I punched Randy in the jaw. He stumbled away. I ran as fast as I could. Running towards neighborhood was my best chance. If I were lucky I would run into one of Tim's boys.

I didn't expect for them to chase me. I thought they would give up. Not my luck. I didn't have any idea where to go. I couldn't keep running forever. I didn't expect to trip either.

Johnny's POV

We neared the lot. Pony and I froze when we didn't see anyone. Where could she have gone?

"Why are we running?" Ember asked when we stopped.

Darry, Soda, and Two-bit caught up to us. "Suzy there were two Socs she told us to run. We did. Something must have happened to her." Pony said.

All their eyes widened. Suzy couldn't be hurt. She was too good of a person to be hurt. She was my sister.

Flashback

"Timmy, I can't go today." Suzy said.

"C'mon Suz. You'd rather hang out with this kid?" Tim Shepard said.

She was the only one ever to get away with Timmy. Some bet he had lost to. It helped that they were almost like twins. Both were tuff as nails and wouldn't go against what they believed it, but Suzy was more caring. Their verbal fights always ended with a black eye, on one or both.

"Johnny is my brother. I can't just leave him, Tim. He can't take a hit like I can." She defended me.

"He'll have ta learn sometime."

"Not if I can help it. He deserves a better life than this. Johnny is the sweetest kid in the world. I'm going to get him out of here."

"Right Suz. Next ya gonna tell me that the old lady you go and see is a witch."

"She's not a witch. At least I hope not."

"You're still not gonna be able to get him outta here."

"So maybe I can't…But I will make his life better then mine was."

Tim rolled his eyes at her. "So you comin' or stayin' with the kid?"

End flashback

Susan's POV

I landed on my shoulder. Nothing popped or cracked. I had to get up and keep running. They were getting closer to me. I was getting tired. I've been up for almost twenty-four hours. I couldn't stand much more.

I got to my feet holding my shoulder. It hurt. I ran away again. My heart was racing. I couldn't remember where I was, or where I was going. I knew I had to keep running until I lost them. I looked back. One of them tackled me. Things started to fade. I remember the sound of running.