After the run, Callie cleaned up at met at Dr. Curdle Jr's office with Jughead and Sheriff FP Jones. They told her about the school this morning, it was the deadliest prom night since Carrie.

" So how in the hell did Hal Cooper fake his own death in a bus explosion?" Callie asked, she saw heard the hand was chopped off, she needed to hear everything to just to be clear.

" Well, I re-examined the tell-tale hand recovered from the bus," Dr. Curdle Jr informed. He pulled back revealing a hand.  " See here? The erratic incision at the wrist leads me to think this amputation was self-inflicted."

" So the Black Hood cut off his own hand and left it behind to convince everyone he died," Jughead gathered, it was official the Black Hood pulled a Peter Pettigrew.

" It's not an easy task," Dr. Curdle informed. " There are eight bones in the human wrist. FP and Callie both looked at each other, both looked unsettled. After the visit Callie went back home to find Veronica there, papers out. Callie sat besides her mom and looked over the contract as Archie played with a baseball in his hand.

" The deed, the contract I signed, none of it matters," Veronica announced. " It was all fake. My dad still owns Pop's and the Speakeasy and I'm a fool for ever trusting him. And on top of everything he's done to me, he's now planning on buying the entire town."

" Yeah, Ronnie, your dad sucks," Archie commented. Callie and Mom gave him a warning look.

"Vee," Callie breathed. " Think about it a lot of shady stuff goes down at the speakeasy. If it's your dad's name on the deed, he can be prosecuted for it."

" Shady stuff as in..." Mom trailed as she glared at Callie a bit.

" Drinking without carding, and/or illegal gambling let's say?" Veronica listed.

" Hiram did these things?" Mom asked Veronica and Callie looked at each other.

" Well, technically no, not exactly," Callie admitted.

" But if the property were under his name, doesn't that make him liable?" Veronica asked.

" I think I might know someone who might be able to help," Mom informed as she looked back at the papers. An hour later or so, they all sat with one of Mom's friends in La Bonne Nuit.

" Ardelia and I went to Sarah Florence together," Mom introduced. " Now she's my friend at the FBI"

" The FBI has had their eye on Hiram Lodge for a long time," Ardelia informed them. " He served less than a year for embezzlement. So whatever we can charge him with in the future, it's gotta be gangbusters."

" How about serving alcohol to minors and operating an illegal casino? and doctoring books." Veronica asked.

" Aren't those crimes you committed?" Ardelia asked.

" My client can neither confirm nor deny that statement," Mom said.

" Don't worry," Adelia shook her head. " We want your father, not you."

" If none of this stuff will be enough to get Hiram arrested, then what will?" Archie asked.

" Catch him red-handed," Ardelia answered. " We need to arrest Hiram committing a crime in real time."

" Understood, Agent Ardelia," Callie nodded her head.

" Let me see what I can do," Veronica added.

*****

Late that night Callie was now at Sweet Pea's trailer. Betty called so and she made it so it was three-way call with Jughead.

" I thought the Farm would keep me safe from the Black Hood," Betty said on the phone. " But, bonus, I'm also learning a bunch of fun, terrifying facts about myself. I had a session with Edgar and I still can't wrap my mind around what happened."

" Uh, Betty, don't let Edgar or these Farmies get inside your head," Callie advised as Sweet Pea rubbed her feet.

" Well, he had these magnetic balls on his desk that clicking and clacking..."Betty described. 

" Like Newton's cradle?" Callie asked.

" Yeah," Betty confirmed.

" Maybe he's using sound try and influence you," Callie suspected

" Do you need me to get you out of there?" Jughead asked.

" No," Betty denied. " No...I think I have an idea for my next session wth Edgar. It's time I found out what the Farm is about, once and for all."

" Yeah, me and Cal need to find out the connection between the Gargoyle King and the Black Hood," Jughead said.

" It's Penelope," Callie said.

" I don't want to doubt you again," Betty said. " But just in case I had a thought about that. The reason I went off alone during Prom was because someone dressed as a jester gave me an envelope from the Gargoyle King."

" Okay, I got our quest," Jughead noted. " Follow the envelope."

" Godspeed, my brave Hellcaster and the Redhair Princess," Betty wished them.

" Bye. Be safe," Callie wished. Betty then hung up the phone.

" Jug, there is a chance that the person dressed as the Gargoyle King didn't do actual killing that I know of," Callie said. " But be careful."

" Who do you think it is?" Jughead asked.

" Chic," Callie answered.

" That's impossible," Jughead breathed.

" It's what I saw," Callie answered. " But you might not recognize him because of the hair color change. Just be careful, when the Gargoyle King is around...so is the Black Hood and Ms. Blossom."

" You're helping me," Jughead reminded her.

" Not fully this time," Callie said. " I'm helping construct an arrest for Hiram Lodge."

" Good luck," Jughead wished.

" Bye," Callie said, they both hung up the phone.

" Are you busy tonight?" Sweet Pea mimicked her. " Yeah, I'm free I said. I thought it was gonna be a date night, not I rub your feet night."

" It feels good," Callie smiled as she stuck her tongue out a little.

" That's good to here," Sweet Pea said playfully, he flared his nostrils. Callie laughed.

" You rub my feet and I'll do your homework," Callie offered.

" I can get behind that," Sweet Pea quickly agreed, he stopped, grabbed his homework out of his backpack and handed it to her. He then went back to rubbing her feet. He then took out his brass knuckles, slipped them out and pressed them against her feet.

" Cold!" Callie squealed as she pulled her feet back, he started laughing.

******

The next morning Callie walked into the student lounge with Jughead, they walked up to Louie. He was sitting at a table and reading a book.

" Hey, Louie," Callie greeted as they sat down at the table.

" Hey, Andrews," Louie greeted her.

" Well, this is kind of a funny story," Jughead proposed. " But a jester gave my girlfriend an envelope at prom, so we asked around, Jester's name is Jerry, Jerry told us that he got the envelope from a druid named Luna, Luna said that she got the envelope from a centaur named Louie."

" Yeah, I gave it to Luna," Louie confirmed. 

" So here's the $20 question," Jughead said as he pulled out a twenty. He held it out, Louie reached for, Jughead pulled back.

" Who'd you get the envelope from?" Callie asked. He looked around, put the book down and took the money.

" Some kid gave it to me," Louie answered." He looked homeless."

" A kid?" Jughead asked.

" Was he around 13, brown hair, brown eyes?" Callie asked. He nodded. " Thank you, Louie, we appreciate you." They stood up, Jughead took an apple and they left.

****
That night Callie was on the couch through a magazine, when Archie opened the door and Veronica stepped in.

" I have a plan to catch my father," Veronica proposed. " To put him back behind bars where he belongs and stop him from buying our town."

" Okay, what is it?" Callie asked.

" It's gonna require that we all play our part flawlessly," Veronica informed. " Archie, you're up first. Callie, you are to listen in to everything."

****
The next morning Callie was at home, she was listening in to Archie's part, she wrote down some notes as Sweet Pea raided the kitchen.

" Archie Andrews. What a surprise," Hiram greeted,

" I heard that you're trying to buy Riverdale, Mr. Lodge, my town," Archie brought up. " I can't let that happen."

" It's all right, Archie," Hiram assured. " It's a good thing for everyone. You'll see."

" I am sick of you thinking you can control everyone, take over everything," Archie argued. " You think you're unstoppable, which is why I wanna kick your ass." Men started laughing. " If I win, you walk away from Riverdale. If you win, the town's yours."

" Win what?" Hiram asked.

" A boxing match," Archie answered. " El Royale...Or are you too weak after being shot? Everyone is saying that you've gone soft."

" There is nothing soft about me and you know I don't lose," Hiram informed.

" We'll see about that," Archie stated. It sounded like the door closed, minutes later Callie's front door opened, Jughead ran into the room. 

" We gotta go!" Jughead urged Callie." Ricky is about to ascend, Callie comes with me, Sweet Pea stays here." Jughead took the earpiece out and dragged her out of the house and into Fox Forest and left Sweet Pea in the house. He put the earpiece in and took notes for the next conversation to happen. Callie and Sweet Pea are both in a state of alarm. The two ran all over the forest trying to find Ricky.

" Come on, Ricky," Jughead panicked as he looked at a map that JB drew. " Where are you?" They ran more, soon they found him in front of the statue.

" Ricky!" Callie shouted.

" You...You shouldn't be here," Ricky complained as Callie pulled him away and Jughead kicked over the cups of Fresh aid. " NO! What did you do?"

" Listen, kid," Jughead warned. " I'm taking you back to civilization, all right?"

" I don't want to!" Ricky argued.

" I've played this game," Jughead informed. " I know it makes you do some crazy things, but I need you alive. 'Cause we're gonna end this together."

" We answer to no one but our king," Ricky argued.

" We?" Callie asked. Boyscouts stepped out with giant sticks.

" Kill them!" Ricky ordered. " Protect the princess!"

" Princess?" Callie asked. All the scouts started yelling and running at them, Jughead and Callie both ran. They both shimmied down into Dilton's bunker as fast as they could. They closed the lid before the scouts could get to them. They got to the bottom, breathing heavily.

" Hellcaster, Red hair princess," a voice breathed, it was Ethel. She was in tears.

" Princess Etheline," Jughead breathed. 

" Help me, Jughead Jones," Ethel pleaded. " Help me, Callie Andrews. You two are my only hope." They got Ethel a blanket and helped her calm down.

" What are you doing down here?" Callie asked.

" Hiding from the Gargoyle King," Ethel answered. " I'm terrified he's gonna kill me for failing my mission."

" Mission? What Mission?" Callie asked. She hugged the blanket around her more, tears fell more.

" Wait," Jughead breathed. " You were the one that told Ricky to send that letter during prom. You led Betty right to the Gargoyle King and the Black Hood? I thought you quit G&G after Betty saved you from The Sisters of Quiet Mercy." She shook her head.

" She saved me from the Sister's false king, yes," Ethel recalled. " But then I rejoined the true king in the woods after...When I came back to him, he put me in charge of his lost boys."

" That Lord of The Files gang," Callie pointed upwards. " That chased us through the woods with spears?"

" Ethel, you're playing..." Jughead began. He walked closer to her.  " All right. You're gonna tell ys now, right now, who the Gargoyle King is."

" I can't betray his trust," Ethel cried.

" Even when he just said he's trying to kill you?" Callie questioned.

" He's...He's beautiful," Ethel admitted. " Despite it all, I love him."

" You two need couple therapy," Callie stated, Jughead smack her lightly.

" It's okay," Jughead assured her. " But you and the lost boys can't stay in these woods. You have to end this game. Will you?" He held out his hand and she took it.