Ponyboy is wandering the streets after Johnny's death until a man offers him a ride home. When he arrives home, he tells the greasers about Johnny and how Dally bolted off. Then a call from Dally tells them that he robbed a grocery store and is coming to the lot; the greasers bolt out of the house to see him. They see the police chasing him and Dally draws an unloaded gun for bluffing, but the police shoot him anyway. Ponyboy knows that that it what Dally wanted, to die. He starts to contrast how Johnny and Dally both left the world, one left as a hero, the other left as a hoodlum. Ponyboy starts to feel disoriented and dizzy. Overwhelmed, he passes out. When he wakes up he learns that he had a concussion from the rumble. Darry tells him that he was calling for Mom, Dad, and Sodapop. Ponyboy worries that he wasn't calling for Darry.
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