The new outsider

Chapter 23: The Rumble

Two-Bit was through his second can of beer when Tim Shepards outfit showed up. It was 10:50 and still no sign of the Falcons. Jessica, Soda, Darry and Dally went over to talk to Tim. Pony stayed and talked to Curly.
"Who's the chick?" Curly asked.

"Don't even think about it man, she already shot your brother down." Pony said laughing.

"You kiddin'?" Curly said laughing.

"Nope, ask him yourself if you don't mind having your head busted in." Pony replied.

Pony, Curly and Johnny went to join in the conversation with Tim.

"For the last time, we don't need anyone to start the fight." Jessica said, growing angry "They don't fight like you do, as soon as they get here they are gonna be all over us."

Darry was about to argue but stopped when Tia let out a long line of curses and turned away. They looked to see a group coming towards them. Evan was in the lead but Benj was close by. The Greasers got ready for them to start the rumble.

The smirk on Evan's face made Jessica's stomach do a flip.

"Dally?" Jess asked, her voice urgent. "You still wanna know what their plan is?"

"Yeah." Dally replied, his eyes not leaving the approaching threat.

"They are gonna get the other gang to hold you guys off while they get a hold of me. I can tell by the way they are coming at us." Jessica explained quickly.

He knew she was right. The Thunders were half on the right and half on the left of the Falcons.

Dally cursed but didn't have anytime to do anything else. The opposing gang reached them and punches flew as soon as they were close enough. Dally tried to keep Jessica insight but soon lost her in the fight.

"Where's Jess?" Dally asked Pony.

Dally was cranning his neck to look around as he fough off a Falcon. Johnny and Pony were fighting one of the Thunders together.

"I dunno, man." Pony replied.

Jessica knew she was in trouble when he peered around and saw the familiar faces of her old gang. She didn't have enough time even to call out for help because they jumped her all at once. She was being wrestled to the ground and was losing. They had her on her back and her arm were firmly held. She kicked out and connected with something.

"For God's sake, hold her legs down before she cracks someones head." Evan yelled.

She finally realised what they were doing but it was too late. She saw Evan hovering above her and her mouth went dry when she saw her switch blade in his hand. Her limbs felt like they were being crushed and she couldn't budge.

Evan took the blade and made a cut on her shirt, from just above her belt buckle to 4" above her belly button. She bit back a scream when the steel pierced her skin. She had a tattoo of the gangs symbol, a falcon, on her stomache. Once he cut a neat X over it, he gave he a kiss on the forehead.

"I only did it because I care." He said, smirking.

He signaled for the guys to let her go and join in the fight. He got up and turned to join the action but Jessica was too quick. He shot up and jumped on his back. The sudden weight brought him to the ground.

She landed a good punch to his jaw when he turned around to see who was on him. His smirking face quickly clouded over with anger as he swung at her. She tried to jump back but she collided with someone and his punch landed on her left eye. She blinked to try and clear her vision but Evan landed a punch to her stomache making her keel over.

While she was cursing under her breath, someone landed with a thud on the ground beside her.

"Hey Pony." Jessica croaked when he turned to look at her.

"Hey Jess! Dally is lookin' for ya, he is freakin' out. You might wanna go find him." Pony said and jumped on the Falcon that was pounding Johnny.

Jessica got to her feet and peered around the crowed. It was too dark, she couldn't see Evan but she did catch a glimpse of bright blond hair. She knew it was Dally and pushed her way in that direction.

It was near impossible to move through the crowd. She landed a few punches and recieve a few. By the time she got there, a Falcon had him around the neck while another was landing some punches on him. Tia didn't hesitate to jump on the other guys back. The guy was big and yanked m Jessica over his head easily. When the punches stopped, Dally had the other guy knocked out before he knew what hit him.

"Hey Dallas." Jess said, looking up from her back.

"Hey kid. I was lookin' for ya." Dally said helping Jessica to her feet. "What happened to your stomach?"

"Not important." Jessica said quickly, she had caught sight of Evan to the left "Gotta run, family duty calling."

She pushed her way through the crowd towards Evan. He saw he coming and waited for her to get there, a sly smile on his face.

"You just don't give up do you?" Evan asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"I believe you have my knife." Jessica said coldly.

"You are still scared of me aren't you? You won't fight me without your knife." Evan said with a small laugh.

Evan took a swing at her, but she jumped to the side just in time. He stumbled forward so Jessica landed a punch to the side of his head before he could get up. He fell forward and caught himself with his hands. She threw all of her weight into a kick to his side. He keeled over onto his back with a groan. She landed a few more kicks to make sure he wouldn't get up.

Once she was satisfide, she sat on his stomach, grabbed a handful of his shirt and made him look at her.

"Look at me Evan!" She yelled, her voice passionate with anger "I do not belong to you, I do not belong to the Falcons and I do not belong in Dallas. I belong here, people want me here. I don't have to be scared to go home here. I am happy!"

She threw a punch at him in anger.

"They will get sick of you and you will come crawling back to Dallas. They are only keeping you around to see how long it will take to get in your-" Evan yelled at her but was cut short by another blow to the face.

"Shut your dirty mouth! Glory, you have a one track mind! They are not like your gang! They like me as a Greaser, why can't you understand that?!" Jessica yelled.

She had been so angry she didn't even notice the Thunders and Falcons were running until Dally and Soda dragged her off of Evan. She did grab her blade out of his pocket, a smirk on her face. He quickly got to his feet and ran after his gang. He shot a quick glance over his shoulder as he ran.

Jessica stood there...surrounded by Greasers...giving him the finger