Chapter 61
" Callie, I need you to come down to the Whyte Wrym with me," FP said.
"What for?" Callie asked.
" We have matters to discuss," FP answered. " And to make sure Sweet Pea doesn't destroy everything in sight." He then looked at her father." I will have her home safely Fred."
" Text me every thirty minutes," Fred said before the two went down the Whyte Wrym. When they got there, they saw Jughead wasn't there.
" Where's Jug?" Callie asked.
" He went to rescue Toni," Sweet Pea answered.
" Who has Toni?" Callie asked.
" Penny," Sweet Pea answered.
" Did he go alone?" Callie asked.
" No, he took Cheryl with him," Sweet Pea answered. Everyone then disbanded and waited for Jughead's return with Toni.
" Why didn't you come with us when the riot broke out?" Sweet Pea asked.
" I lost you guys," Callie answered. " I ended up finding Reggie and took him to the diner."
" You took care of MAntle?" Sweet Pea asked angrily.
" He looked the same way Fangs did when he was accused, and Fangs is now fighting for his life, and it was my fault. We should have just stayed there till the crowd left."
" You can't blame yourself for what happened," Sweet Pea said. " We didn't know there was going to be gun."
" We didn't know there would be two guns," Callie stated.
" Why did he have a gun?" Sweet Pea asked.
" Mr. Lodge gave it to him, he was having Reggie do his dirty work," Callie answered. " Like a teen capo."
" Why?" Sweet Pea asked.
" For some reason, Hiram Lodge really wants to separate the Northside and Southside, he wants to drive everyone in the Southside out of town or something like that," Callie explained.
" Why did he have Reggie do it?" Sweet Pea asked.
" I don't know," Callie answered. " But he was paying him and the Dark Circle." She then leaned against the wall and looked at the ground, trying to process her thoughts and make sense of everything.
" What are you trying to make sense of?" Sweet Pea asked.
" What?" Callie asked looking at him in confusion.
" You are making that face when you are trying to make sense of something," Sweet Pea answered. " You made the same face when you first woke up in the Whyte Wrym."
" It's just why would Ghoulies show up at Pops?" Callie asked. " How would they know to show up there?"
"No," Sweet Pea.
" No?" Callie asked him.
" This type of thinking you do, you solve things, and then you land in bad situations, and what if this time you do end up in New York, or something even worse," Sweet Pea protested.
" I'll call you," Callie said.
" And what if they take your phone this time? People learn from their mistakes," Sweet Pea explained.
" Aweee, you are worried about me," Callie said.
" I always am," Sweet Pea admitted. " It's a bit stressful."
" I worry about you too," Callie admitted.
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Soon Jughead came back with Toni and Cheryl, he explained everything that happened. Callie was with FP, he was telling her about Fangs.
" It's time we end the Ghoulie scourge and that traitor, Penny Peabody permanently," Sweet Pea suggested.
" Sweet Pea, two hours ago your fight was with Reggie Mantle," Jughead reminded him. " Now you want us to go to war over territory that we don't even control anymore? This Hiram Lodge's problem, not ours."
" So you're just gonna hand over Sunnyside Trailer Park, our home to Penny and the Ghoulies?" Toni questioned.
" Toni, I don't want us to die," Jughead said. " A rumble with the Ghoulies right now? It's a suicide-run"
" It's better than a coward's death," Sweet Pea argued. " Don't we have to defend ourselves?"
" Calm yourself!" Jughead shouted.
" That's enough!" FP ordered, they turned to see FP and Callie walk in. " I just got a call from the Sheriff's office."
" Fangs, uh..." Callie began. " he didn't make it. He's gone."
" Fangs is dead?" Jughead asked.
" And we will mourn him, he yeah, we will," FP confirmed. " But first, we will honor him." Sweet Pea looked at Jughead, he put his arm on Sweet Pea before walking away, Callie went stood next to Sweet Pea and tried to comfort him. " From what I just heard. it sounds like we need to put it to a vote. All those against going to war with the Ghoulies?" Nobody raised their hand. " And all those for giving them hell on the battlefield tomorrow?" FP asked everyone raised their hands, including Cheryl. Everyone started to make their way home.
" I'll take you home," Sweet Pea stated as they got on the bike. They rode the whole way in silence.
" Sweet Pea," Callie asked he parked the bike.
" He's dead," Sweet Pea breathed, his voice was cracking. " I'll get you inside before anything bad happens to you."
" I'm coming to the fight," Callie said.
"No," Sweet Pea denied. " I need you to stay safe, I don't want to worry about seeing you dead on the battlefield, and not in a grave next to Fangs."
" He's not dead Sweet Pea," Callie said.
" But-" Sweet Pea began.
" Fangs is very much alive," Callie told him. " It's a total hoax, he quietly left town with Joaquin to escape all of this mess. You can't tell anyone."
" I won't," Sweet Pea said.
" Tomorrow on the battlefield, we will fight for him," Callie said.
" With honor," Sweet Pea added before kissing her. They heard police sirens. " Shit."
" What did you do?" Callie asked.
" I may have trashed the school," Sweet Pea admitted as he scratched the back of his head. The cop car came down the street and parked in front of the Cooper's house.
" I don't think they are here for you," Callie stated. Mr. Keller went inside, soon he came out with Mr. Cooper in handcuffs. Callie looked over to see her dad and brother. Sweet Pea, Callie, and Archie walked over to Betty.
" It was him," Betty stated. " My dad was the Black Hood."
" How did you--?" Callie asked.
" Did you see him leave my house?" Archie asked. " He tried to shoot my dad again."
" When?" Betty asked.
" An hour ago," Archie answered.
" No, no, no," Betty denied. " That's impossible, he was here with us." Callie looked to see Mr. Cooper looking at them as Betty got a call. " Jug?"
" Betty..." Jughead breathed. " I'm happy to hear your voice."
" Me, too, Jug," Betty said. " You have no idea."
" I just want to let you know that I love you," Jughead said. " And I'll never stop loving you."
"What are you saying, Jug? Where are you?" Betty questioned. Callie then looked up at Sweet Pea, he was looking at her. They both had the same look in their eyes.
" Where is he?" Callie asked looking at Betty.
" I'll see you soon," Jughead said before hanging up the phone.
" We have to go now," Sweet Pea stated.
" Call FP," Callie told Betty. Callie then left with Sweet Pea as Betty called FP.
*******
They now stood on the edge of the woods, where Penny had her hideout. Everyone was there just as Archie and Betty showed up.
" Where is he? Where's Jug?" Betty demanded.
"Guys," Archie breathed, they all looked forward to seeing FP walking out of the woods, carrying a body. It was Jughead's body. He was beaten pretty badly, almost as if he wasn't alive, Callie saw that his Serpent tattoo has been cut off. Everyone walked forward, FP was silently crying.
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