Here's the next chapter! Thanks for the reviews!
Ponyboy and Johnny were sitting on the bench a few yards away from the tree when they heard their friends' voices behind them. They were still too shocked to realize what was going on. As soon as Pony had seen Steve's face he uttered what sounded like a scream.
"Johnny, go call 911, quickly!"
"Who is it Pony?" Johnny had started walking toward the hanging body.
"Johnny, please, just go now!" He knew it was too late for his brother's best friend, but he didn't know what else to do.
"Hey, Pony, Johnny, are you guys okay?" Darry had come up behind them and placed a hand on each boy's shoulders. Soda had run right past them to the EMTs who were putting Steve's lifeless body into the ambulance.
"Oh my God," was the only thing he could say. His bright, cheerful face turned white with fear as he recognized his friend. He slunk back to the bench, knowing he would never be able to do anything with Steve again. Everyone was wondering the same things, who would do such a thing? He didn't have any enemies, did he?
After what seemed like an hour of questioning by the police, the boys were finally allowed to leave. Everyone was silent as they walked home. No jokes were erupting from Two-bit's mouth like always, and even Dally was quiet. You could tell Darry was trying to be strong for everyone, but it was Soda who didn't take it too well. Tears were welling up in his eyes, but he held them back so he wouldn't scare Pony and Johnny anymore than they already were.
That night everyone seemed to be on edge, little did they know it was going to get worse.
The Next Morning
"Today's top story; a boy by the name of Steve Randle was found hanging from a tree in the park last night at around 8:00 pm. Two of Randle's friends, Ponyboy Curtis and Johnny Cade, had found him…"
"Turn that off please, I don't want to hear about it anymore. It was enough just finding him last night," Pony had entered the living room were Soda and Two-bit were sitting.
"I want to see if they have any suspects, because when I find out who did this I'm gonna…"
"What are you gonna do little buddy? Kill 'em and get yourself arrested?" Darry was walking to the door getting ready to leave for work, giving Soda a little push. "Now you listen to me Ponyboy, don't go walking around these streets unless there is someone else with you, got it?"
"Yes, Darry I got it."
As soon as Darry and Soda left for work, Two-bit changed the channel to Mickey. "Oh come on Two-bit isn't there something else on, like I Love Lucy or something?"
"Lucy! That's for girls and queers Pone, we men watch Mickey," he said a little too proudly.
"Oh yeah, Mickey sure is manly Two-bit."
The rest of the day was uneventful, until Soda got home. He came running into the house like someone was chasing him. He ran back into his room, came back into the living room, and out the front door; Two-bit and I looked at each other then turned to look out the window. Soda was standing on the walkway showing the police the piece of paper he got from the room. The two boys went outside to see what was going on.
"…and you said Steve found this in his locker at work? Did you notice anyone going back there?" the police were inspecting the paper like it was the most exciting thing they've ever seen.
"Yeah he found it two days ago. We thought it was one of our friends just messin' around. But no one else is allowed back there except the employees. So I don't know who could have put it there," Soda replied looking confident in what he was saying.
"Thank you Mr. Curtis, we'll keep in touch if anything comes up," they turned and looked over at Two-bit and Pony with suspicious looks. Then got into the car and drove away.
"What was that all about? What did the note say?" Pony walked over to his brother, blocking his way into the house.
"Two days ago, Steve had gone into the back room to get his lunch out of his locker…"
"Hey Soda, did you put this note in my locker, cause let me tell ya buddy, it's kinda creepy," Steve had walked up to the counter and held the note out to Soda.
"What? I didn't write no note. Let me see it," Soda grabbed the note out of Steve's hand and read it out loud,
"When the Jews return to Zion, And a comet rips the sky, And the Holy Roman Empire rises, Then You and I must die, From the eternal sea he rises, Creating armies on either shore, Turning man against his brother, 'Til man exists no more."'
Soda paused to make sure he read the note right, "Wow, that is creepy. But who wrote it? There's no name, here," Soda handed him the note back.
"I bet you it's one of the guys being stupid or something, come on let's eat," Steve sat down to eat his lunch, forgetting about the note.
"…Steve had left it on the counter, so I took it home. I was going to show you guys to see who wrote it, but I totally forgot. I just wish we would have taken it seriously," Soda's voice trailed off as he told Two-bit and Pony about the note.
"Well we couldn't have done anything anyway; we still don't know who wrote the note. So it's not like we could have stopped them, right?" Two-bit asked as we walked inside.
"Yeah, I guess we couldn't could we. Well, the fuzz have it now, maybe they'll find somethin'," Pony added.
Later that night- 9:15
Soda had told the story of the note again to the rest of the guys. Everyone was confused; no one in that room had written that note. They've never even heard some of the words that were written in the note before. They were all waiting for Dally to return home with pizza from Tim's. While they were waiting they had played a game of poker and of them were getting anxious.
"Where is he with that pizza? He left like an hour ago, maybe someone should have went with him," Darry had started pacing the floor. "Johnny isn't here either, he did say he was coming over didn't he Pony?"
"Oh, yeah that would have went well with Dal; 'Hey Dally, why don't you take someone with you to hold your hand. You never know who's lurking behind the corner.' Yep, he would have jumped with joy at the very thought of his own little babysitter. And Johnny probably forgot too, and fell asleep in the lot or something," Two-bit said with a grin on his face.
"Hey, it's not funny, for all we know someone could have got them…"
"Dally probably just met up with some chick, got busy in the bedroom, then fell asleep, forgetting about his starving friends back home," Two-bit interrupted Soda. The room had gone quiet and everyone focused their attention on the game.
Then there was a knock on the door, which made everyone jump two feet into the air. Darry answered and there at the door were the two cops who were talking to Soda about the letter.
"Are you Darrel Curtis? I'm Detective Steinwick and this is my partner, Detective Perry, we have some bad news for you…"
Well, there's chapter two! Hope you liked it, oh and the quote on the note is from the movie, The Omen, Father Brennen said it. I've never seen the movie, but the quote fits well, and I know it's from the 70s, but I thought the quote was good. R&R please!