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Dally's POV

Damn it, but the Curtis brothers got the worst luck. I had heard about Ponyboy from Tim Shepard, whose brother Curly goes to Pony's school. I ran to meet the gang at the hospital, and Steve and Johnny, who was outside smoking, nodded when they saw me.

"Yo, how's the kid? What's the stats?" I asked coolly, working to hide my concern. I really do care about who I consider to be my youngest brother, but I gotta rep to protect.

Johnny shook his head, "The same Socs that jumped us Saturday. They cornered him, and if Steve hadn't come, Pony'd prob be way worse." His face crumpled at his best friend's pain.

Steve added, "I'm suspended for saving the kid's ass, and he was stabbed. The others are in his room."

I smirked, "Let's go see him, okay?"

The three of us waltzed into Pony's hospital room. The kid looked pale, but was smiling at Two-Bit, who was fighting with Sodapop about a game of poker they were playing. Darry sat at Pony's bedside, looking tired and stressed, but with a hint of mad rage in his eyes.

I sure don't wanna be a Soc right now, I thought. Dar will attack the first one he finds, whether they hurt Pony or not.

I grinned cockily at Pony, "Hey, kid, what's up?"

Pony grimaced, "I'm real dandy. I feel like skipping around and dancin and singin. Can't ya tell?"

I hid a smile as the gang chuckled. "Wise-ass" I muttered as I rubbed his hair.

"At least you get out of here by Friday." Johnny offered in comfort. "You won't miss much school, and I'll help ya catch up."

"Thanks, Johnnycakes" Pony sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. "I'm sorry about all this, you guys."

"It ain't YOUR fault, Pone" the tone in Soda's voice clearly indicated he was blaming someone. "You and Johnny didn't do nothing wrong, so get that outta your heads."

Pony nodded as a nurse entered the room, "Alright, visiting hours are over. Everyone out."

Darry sighed, "You gonna be okay alone, Pon?"

Pony bit his lip, so Dar said, "I'll stay here for the night, then." Before Pony could protest Darry added, "I wanna make sure you're safe, alright? And I can miss one day of work, so don't sweat it."

Pony scowled but said, "Fine."

We all waved good-bye to them as Steve, Johnny, Two-Bit, and I walked out the door. Soda stayed for a second longer to kiss Pony's forehead and say, "Night, Pon. Get better, baby."

As soon as Soda said bye to Darry and walked out the door, he kicked the wall and started screaming every cuss word in the book while we all watched in horror.

Soda then turned to us, "I'll kill them. I swear I'll find those bastards and murder them for this." He stomped down the hallway and out of the hospital with all of us behind him.

Steve finally grabbed his arm, "Listen, buddy…"

But Soda swerved around and glared at Steve, "You listen! NOBODY fucks with my baby brother and gets to walk free. The cops ain't gonna do shit about any of this, so I will. When I'm done, those fucking Socs'll never go after Pony, or any of our gang again."

I watched Soda coolly, "We know, man. None of us are gonna let them get away with this. But Pony needs you, you can't afford to get arrested. Think of your brothers, man."

Soda took a deep breath, "Yeah, guess you're right, Dal."

Steve smirked, "Don't worry. When Ponyboy's better, we'll ALL get a shot at those bastards. Especially you and Dar."

Soda nodded and said, "Alright, I guess we all better just go home and get some rest."

So that's what we all did.

I know it's short it's a Segway. Next chapter gets into the action. Review, Stay Gold, greasers!