Johnny's Death

By Yumi Koruda

For Carley Cade ( you know who you are!)

Disclamer: I do not own the Outsiders. If I did it would have been about Sodapop. And know one would have died.( Except Sandy and Marcia)

Johnny Cade couldn't move. He wanted to, but the pain wasn't worth it. He made whimper as he took his next breath.

Pain...

He was going soon and he knew it was coming. So many things he wanted to do. He shifted is burnt body slightly on the hard hospital bed, only to have more pain.

No regret...

JohnnyCakes didn't regret anything. The kids were safe. Even the boy he killed was not a regret " I killed that boy...I killed him." No not a regret. It was for Ponyboy. Ponyboy was safe. His lips curved at the end slightly. No regrets not one.

Family...

He knew who his family was. He heared his mom came by earlier, but she ain't family. His family was the rest of the gang. Gee, he knew the gang better then his own folks. Ponyboy was his best friend, along with Sodapop and Darry. Steve,Dally ,and Two-bit, too. They were better then any group of greasers there could be. Not even the fuzz was a problem.

Pain...

He felt pain as he took his breath. This was the way to go. Protecting inoccent kids. No regrets. There was a problem, though. What was he going to say to his family? They thought he was going to make it. No... He felt a salty tear run from his onyx eye. It rolled down his face and across his scar.

No...

You ain't gonna make it. He thought on his last words. He knew what they were going to be. So now he thought on what he had accomplished in life. Nothing. Johnny Cade had saved kids... but that wasn't. He could have done so more. Yes... so much more.

Good enough...

What was he thinking. He did more then most can stand. He put up with awful parents. He lived threw a beating from a Soc. He protected his bestfriend. He was dying for those kids, when they could've been the one at the hospital. He was a good boy no matter what anyone thought.

He heard the door open. There was Ponyboy. He smiled. Johnny Cade didn't tell Pony that nurse came in before and said...

Today is your last day.