Jughead took the tape to his household, Callie mentioned it to Sweet Pea when she got to his trailer. Now they were both fast asleep in his trailer. They both woke up to the sound of Callie's phone ringing. 

"Why are people always calling you?" Sweet Pea groaned as he pulled her closer.

"I've been asking that question for the past two years," Callie said as she reached out grabbing her phone, she answered it. "Hello?"

"Callie!" Jughead exclaimed, Callie, pulled away from the phone as Sweet Pea opened his eyes finally. "Are you free?"

"What?" Callie asked.

"Charles is allowing me to help him with the tapes," Jughead answered. "And we were wondering if you could help us on this creepy mystery?" Callie looked back at Sweet Pea, he shrugged.

"Yeah, sure," Callie agreed. 

"I'm really happy you said yes!" Jughead cheered. "Think of this as our senior spring project. I will see you later." He hung up the phone, Callie groaned a little. 

"Shortstop," Sweet Pea breathed.

"Hm?" Callie asked.

"I've been thinking," Sweet Pea said. "And so have the others." She looked back at him again. "We all know you have earned...I believe it's time for you to receive your serpent tattoo." 

"I'm not sure," Callie said as she sat up. "I am just an ally."

"You are not just an ally," Sweet Pea denied as he rolled on his back. "You are more than that, we know that, and you know that." His fingers traced around the upper part of her back, where those ugly scars were placed. "You always complain how ugly these are, so the serpent tattoo can go over it, making it look cool."

"I'll have to give a lot of thought," Callie said softly. 

"I will want an answer at the end of the week," Sweet Pea requested. "It will give you plenty of time to think it over."

*****

Callie was now in the FBI basement, she was with Charles and Charles.

"Well, the good news is, both drop-off boxes, the at the sheriff's station and the one upstairs. are under surveillance 24/7," Charles reported to them.

"So maybe we can identify the person who dropped off this faux snuff film," Jughead hoped. 

"Yeah, well, it's hours of footage," Charles reminded him. 

"Does this place have any popcorn?" Callie asked. Some popcorn was made, for a few hours, the three of them sat eating popcorn watching the footage. 

"Oh, you got to be kidding," Jughead groaned.

"You got someone?" Callie asked.

"Do you recognize someone?" Charles asked. 

"Uh, maybe," Jughead answered. "But I think Cal and I are gonna check this lead out alone. Is that cool?" Charles nodded, Jughead closed the laptop, the two students left the place. Jughead looked over at Callie, she was quiet.

"Who was is it?" Callie asked.

"You know her," Jughead answered. "She was the start of our problems with G&G."

"Ethel," Callie sighed softly. "Are we checking it out tomorrow at school?"

"Yeah," Jughead nodded. "Not ready to go knock on doors?"

"I just got a lot on my mind," Callie admitted.

"Who's behind the tapes? What is their motive? Where they alone?" Jughead asked.

"No," Callie smiled. "None of that...It's Pea."

"He's not pressuring anything on you is he?" Jughead asked as he stopped walking, putting an arm in front of her. "Cause he is making you un--"

"No, no," Callie denied. "It's more along the lines of what used to be on your shoulder." She stepped around him and continued walking.

"What's holding you back?" Jughead asked. "I know it isn't anything to do with the fear of needles, and your mom getting mad at you about it."

"I'm not a serpent, Jug," Callie brought up.

"You used to be," Jughead reminded her.

"That didn't last long," Callie reminded him as they walked up to her front porch. "What do I need the tattoo for, when I got the ring? What would my dad say?"

"Maybe because it might end up in my mouth again," Jughead stated. Callie smiled lightly. "We both know, you would have your dad's full support no matter what you do, he may be gone, but I know very well he is giving you his full support on this. You have done a lot for the serpents...and you are definitely no Penny Peabody." 

"Good night Jug," Callie breathed.

"Night detective," Jughead nodded before heading over to his house. 

****
The next day at school, Callie was silent most of the day with everything that was on her mind. The bell rang, she and Jughead walked up to Ethel.

"Ethel," Callie greeted. 

"Do you have a moment to talk in private?" Jughead asked. 

"Jughead, Callie, sure," Ethel smiled at them. They sat in the back of the classroom to talk. "This is so unexpected."

"Yeah," Jughead scoffed. "What can I say, it's been a pretty weird year."

"We actually wanted to talk to you about some of those creepy videotapes," Callie admitted. "You dropped off a couple at the station, right?"

"I did," Ethel confirmed. "It was just hours and hours of our house. Nothing new."

"Well, there actually was something new on one of them," Jughead brought up. "There was footage of someone dressed up as Betty, murdering someone dressed up as me, with a rock."

"Oh, my god!" Ethel gasped.

"You don't know anything about that, do you?" Callie asked. 

"What? No. Of course not," Ethel denied. 

"It's just that you are the only person that has a direct connection to Betty and me who dropped of a tape," Jughead explained. 

"I didn't. I swear," Ethel assured. "I'm just trying to keep my head down and make it out of Riverdale in one piece. I didn't make any tape."

"Alright," Callie breathed. "Thank you, Ethel, we really appreciate it." Ethel smiled and nodded at her. 

***
After school ended, Callie got home to find a tape on her doorstep, she sighed picking it up.

"What's that?" Jughead asked coming up the stairs. "Another tape?"

"I'm going to check it out before heading over to the base," Callie answered. 

"Why not just bring it to Charles?" Jughead asked.

"Just in case it's something personal," Callie answered. "I want to see it for myself first." She entered the house, Jughead followed, he closed the door as she went over to the tv. They both stood back at watched, a predicted it was something personal. They watched someone dressed up as Kurtzs pretended to carve out a fake Callie, a lot of fake blood. She turned off the tv.

"You never talk about that night," Jughead brought up.

"It's nothing I want to talk about," Callie said. "I don't even want to think back to it..." She touched her back, where the scars would remain forever. "Let's just get this to Charles."

*****
Down at the base, Charles came out of his office when he saw them.

"So, did you solve the case?" Charles asked. 

"Unfortunately not," Jughead declined. "I had a hunch, but it didn't pan out."

"And I received another tape," Callie said as she put it in the basket. "We already watched it."

"After watching it, we did have another thought, that maybe our suspect is not a Voyeur," Jughead added. "Maybe they're a filmmaker. Whoever made these videos in the woods had to know what there were doing, and they even hired actors."

"Plus, the fact that it's all on videotape, that's a hallmark of a cinephile," Callie stated. 

"Let's start at the Bijou theater," Charles suggested, he grabbed his jacket.

"Yeah, there's also Paramecium Records and Blue Velvet Video," Jughead added to their list as they made their way to the elevator. they went over to the Blue Velvet video after Bijou was a no go.

"Can't believe places like this still exist," Jughead stated. 

"Yeah," Charles agreed. "Open 24 hours, too."

"Hello gentlemen and lady," David greeted. "Anything I can help you with today?"

"Yes, actually," Callie confirmed. 

"This is quite the retro vibe you got here," Jughead commented. 

"FBI. Can we ask you a couple of questions?" Charles asked as he held up his badge.

"Sure can," David agreed.

"We're assuming you know about the videotapes being delivered around town?" Jughead asked. 

"Sure do," David confirmed.

"Have you heard anything about them?" Callie asked. 

"Any of your customers acting suspicious?" Charles asked. 

"They all act suspicous," David answered.

"Can we check all your records? Who's rented what?" Jughead asked. 

"Happy to oblige," David said as he put down the folder. 

"That's old school," Jughead commented. "I like it."

"Each customer gets a page," David informed as Callie and Jughead looked at the shelves. "The first column is the date when they checked out a tape. Second column is the date they returned it."

"Who's E. Muggs?" Charles asked. Jughead and Callie looked at each other. "Looks like they rented Friday the 13th 16 times."

"Oh, that's Ethel Muggs," David answered. "She's one of my regulars. Well, heck, you two may know her. Goes to Riverdale High. She's a senior, I believe." They went back to the base.

"Thing aren't looking good for your pal, Ethel Muggs," Charles stated as they got the basement. 

"I admit that renting Friday the 13th over ten times is excessive, but it's not a sign of guilt," Jughead stated. 

" I mean. I've seen Eraserhead more times than I can count, it doesn't mean I'm the man in the planet."

"And Sweet Pea is probably not become alien food, he really likes that one alien movie when the alien comes out of the guy's body," Callie stated. 

"She has a predilection for horror films," Charles pointed out. "She dropped off a videotape at the station. You said yourself that she was obsessed with you, Jughead." He chuckled. "In my book, that makes her prime suspect."

"With everything that has happened--" Callie began.

"I'm telling you it finally seems like Ethel is in a good place," Jughead finished. "And there's more than a 100 tapes, I don't think she has the bandwidth or even the equipment for that kind of operation. Let's just move on."

*****

That night, Callie was in her room with Toni, they were painting their nails, just talking. 

"You and Cheryl are sharing a dorm, right?" Callie asked.

"Of course," Toni noded. "Will you be visiting?"

"Of course," Callie smiled. "There is no reason for me to avoid High smith."

"Betty's putting together the yearbook," Toni said. 

"I offered to help, but she wanted to handle it on her own," Callie informed. "Saying it's a nice change, high school stresses instead of well...you know." Toni lauhed. 

"Shortstop," Toni began. "Don't you think it's time you got one of these?" She gestured to the spot where her serpent tattoo was located.

"I'm not sure," Callie admitted. "Does it hurt?"

"You have had worse pain," Toni said. "What's holding you back?"

"I'm not a serpent," Callie brought up. "It doesn't seem right."

"Archie isn't a serpent and he has one," Toni reminded her. 

"That was different," Callie said. 

"True," Toni nodded. "Remember when you mutilated  Penny for us?" Callie nodded. "That was probably when you started to earn that tattoo, you knew serpent law from trying to help Jughead join. You had every right to not want to do that pole strip serpent dance."

"I do have a ring," Callie reminded her. "That right there was a sign of an alliance." Toni looked up at her.

"The ring...that was practically your wedding engagement with the serpents along with alliance," Toni stated. "That tattoo will make you one of us, strengthing your alliance, if that's even possible." Toni took her hand, getting a look at the ring. "In my opinion, I think the tattoo will make you even sexier."

"Thanks," Callie smiled at her.

*****

At school the next day, Callie and Jughead went up to Ms. Bell. 

"Hi, Miss Bell," Jughead greeted with a smile. "Now, as a senior, we should probably know this, but does this school have an AV Club?"

"We do, Mr. Jones and Ms. Andrews," Ms. Bell confirmed. 

"Can anyone get access to the equipment?" Jughead asked. " I mean, I assume they have like video cameras and VCRs."

"Oh, yes, but only AV CLub members are allowed to use it," Ms. Bell informed.

"Is by chance Ethel Muggs a member of the AV Club?" Callie asked. 

"She's the president," Ms. Bell answered. "How funny. You two are the second to ask me that today."

"Hmm?" Callie asked.

"The first was a handsome FBI agent," Ms. Bell informed. 

"Where is he now?" Jughead asked. 

"I believe I saw him leaving with Ethel," Ms. Bell answered. They both quickly left the office. Callie walked in the hallway, to have Sweet Pea pulling her into an empty classroom.

"I am going to be late tonight," Sweet Pea said. "I got a job at the 5 seasons."

"Doing what?" Callie asked.

"A tickling gig," Sweet Pea answered.

"A what?" Callie repeated.

"It is completely illegal, no clothes come off, and I am just in charge of the camera," Sweet Pea explained. 

"You have fun," Callie stated. 

"We are going to have a fun summer before you go off to Harvard," Sweet Pea guaranteed. They kissed, Callie went to leave, he grabbed her arm. "Have you thought about it?"

"I am leaning more towards yes," Callie answered looking back at him. "Toni said it doesn't hurt that bad." Sweet Pea happily kissed her again.

*****

After looking for Charles, Callie and Jughead found him at the base.

"Where the hell have you been?" Jughead demanded. 

"Where's Ethel?" Callie asked. 

"At home, with her parents," Charles answered. 

"We told you that she's not our voyeur," Jughead stated. Charles scoffed as he held up out two tapes, one for Jughead and one for Callie. 

"What is this?" Jughead asked.

"We searched Ethel's house and we found it," Charles answered. 

"Watch it," Charles instructed. "Then we can talk about whether or not you still believe Ethel's innocent. Cal, you should sit this tape out." Callie and Jughead both glanced at each other, as Charles walked away. That night, Callie went home and watched it in her room, to her very surprise it was a sex tape of her and Sweet Pea in the Vixen locker room...who...Bret...how...ass

****

The morning before school, Callie was sitting on her bed, she was telling Archie about the tattoo situation.

"I personally say go for it," Archie said. "But let me ask you this." She looked at him. "You love the serpents right?"

"Of course," Callie nodded.

"And you love, Sweet Pea?" Archie asked.

"With all my heart," Callie confirmed.

"Then this tattoo will just be created a deeper between you and the serpents, along with you and Sweet Pea," Archie explained. "They see you as family, that is a huge honor. From the way you look at them, you see them as a family as well."

***

T
The next day at school, Jughead and Callie confronted Ethel at her locker, Jughead told her what the tape was about. 

"Hey, Ethel, got a minute?" Jughead asked. They pulled her into a classroom, Jughead put the tape on the table.

"That is a sex tape of Jughead and Betty, filmed without their consent at Stonewall Prep. And Charles found it while searching your house," Callie stated. She placed the other tape down. "And this one is of me and Pea Brain."

"We stood up for you, Ethel. I believed you, and you had this tape the whole time?" Jughead asked. "Where did you even get this? From Bret?"

"No," Ethel denied. "There's a place in the back of the Blue Velvet Video Store. A secret place. It's called the Scarlet Suite."

 "And what's in this Scarlet Suite?" Jughead asked. 

"Tapes. Rougher ones. Weirder ones. Homemade," Ethel listed.

"Like Voyeur tapes?" Callie asked. 

"And darker stuff," Ethel added. "Like...sex tapes. Maybe even snuff films, I heard."

"And that's where this was?" Jughead asked. 

"The video was called Ponytail Playmate," Ethel stated. "And the other one was called Red Locker. I thought they sounded fun. But the second I saw what they were, I swear, I turned it off. And I kept it because I didn't want anyone else to get their hands on it. Please you have to believe me. Go to the Scarlet Suite, Jughead, and Callie. You'll both find what you're looking for." They took the tapes and left.

"Movie night?" Sweet Pea asked as he walked up to her. He took the tape from her. "Red Locker."

"You don't want to watch that," Callie said as she took it from him, she could feel Jughead giving Sweet Pea daggers.

"Why not?" Sweet Pea asked as they stopped walking, She pulled him down and whispered into his ear, his eyes widened. 

"Can you go into the Vixen locker room late tonight and try to find the camera?" Callie requested.

"Already on it," Sweet Pea assured, he went to go kiss her.

"Let's go, Detective," Jughead growled as he pulled Callie away. 

****

Jughead, Callie, Charles, and other members of the FBI stormed the video store. 

"How can I help you, fellas?" David asked. 

"Keep out of our way, we have a warrant to search your store," Charles said as he handed him the warrant. They went behind curtains, into a scarlet lit room, there were videos, a sign with XXX. 

"What?" Jughead asked.

"What is it?" Callie asked.

"Only 18 and older allowed back here," David said coming to the curtains.

"Where the hell did you get this?"Jughead demanded walking over.

"People come in selling and trading all kinds of tapes," David answers. 

"It's a video of Clifford Blossom shooting his son Jason Blossom," Jughead revealed, Callie paused what she was doing, her eyes went wide. "It's an actual snuff film."

******

After the raid, Callie sat in Sweet Pea's trailer, he had the equipment all set up. She was sitting on a chair backward, she wasn't wearing a shirt. 

"You sure you want this?" Sweet Pea asked.

"Yes," Callie answered. Sweet Pea moved her hair, setting it in front of her. His hand brushed around the scars. He kissed that section of her back a couple of times, he pulled away, a few songs later. 

"If it gets to be unbearable, tell me to stop," Sweet Pea instructed, Callie, nodded, he then got started on the tattoo. 

****
A night later, Callie and Sweet Pea went to Cheryl's house, a film was dropped on her front door. 

"It was sitting on my doormat when we got home," Cheryl said. 

"We thought it was gonna be like the other tapes at first," Toni added. She hit play, on the screen was a fake Jason tied to a chair and a fake Clifford Blossom. It was a snuff film of Jason's murder. Cheryl was sobbing, trying her best to not look at the screen. 

"Why me?" Cheryl cried. "Why are they just coming after me?"

"It's not just you, Cheryl," Callie admitted. "I got one, too." Sweet Pea looked at her.

"And so did, I," Jughead said. "I have a feeling we're only the first."