Chapter Twenty-Four: Time Machine

*At Community Center*

Archie, Reggie, Maddog, Zurich, Carter, and their few friends are spending some time at the gym and giving the updates abilities. Until Zurich is starting to get packed and went home because he's got to do something when he stopped walking for a minute and he could hear the noise in the background when he saw Stonewall Prep members with the mask and hockey stick.

Zurich: You gotta be fucking kidding me. *tries to fight with them and got attacked while grunts*

Archie and his friends: *hearing outside and runs outside to check on Zurich* Z! What the hell happened?

Zurich: *holds his leg* Some guys just jumped me and hit me with the hockey stick on my knee.

Carter: That bastards.

Archie: I know who did this.

Carter: *looks at Archie*


*A few hours later*

*At Hospital*

Claire: Are you ok?

Zurich: Yeah. The doctor says I need to rest for a couple of weeks.

Claire: *sighs*

Romeo: *hearing and looks at them*

Claire: I don't know why they attacked my baby from behind this.

Tobey: It gotta be more criminals.

Claire: If is there only can find those guys so I can catch that son of a bitch?

Tobey: No worries.

Zurich: Romeo, did you see those guys who wore that bird mask before?

Romeo: No? I didn't see them.

Zurich: *sighs*

Romeo: I know you've got hurt and it just taking the pain away.

Zurich: Ain't nobody is gonna stop you when you go outside and being attacked too.

Romeo: Oh, so that means I'm going to be attacked by one of these scumbags?

Zurich: Uh-huh.

Romeo: What an amazing talent.

Zurich: *hearing*

*Meanwhile*

Jughead: *walks to the city hall and went to the mayor's office and knocking the door*

Fred: Come in.

Jughead: *walks to the office*

Fred: Jughead. *smiles* Sit down.

Jughead: *sat on the chair* Mr. Andrews, I think we have a problem in the town. It keeps attacking people around here. But I know Black Hood is gone but I just want.....to stop. For everything. I didn't tell my dad about I have to quit school because my friend got attacked earlier.

FP: I'll figure something out. Jug? The town is not even old but it just keeps safety and I will keep updating to clear the enemies out of the way.

Jughead: *hearing*


*The next day*

Jughead: *writing the story in the room alone*

Sean: *writing the story too* How's your novel come along?

Jughead: Not that much. I'm just doing one step ahead.

Sean: Sure you can. Only that matters is that we're separated from the college. Is that mean we can see us again? I barely know you while we were young.

Jughead: Yeah. That was a long time ago. Ok, I understand that. We going to get a diploma soon.

Sean: But, there is a prom soon. I don't know what I'm gonna dancing with?

Jughead: You can hang out with us just a last time.

Sean: And?

Jughead: Dancing.

Sean: Have you read Hamlet?

Jughead: I've heard the movie. Without the book.

Sean: I should show Hope that so she can read Romeo and Juliet's story.

Jughead: That will be...iconic.

*At the community center*

Archie: Can I ask you something, Mr. Lodge? It's actually a business question. I-I'm not as good as your daughter, Mr. Lodge. I can't run multiple businesses and do well in school, and everything else Veronica's so good at. If you're talking about the place and Andrews Construction, have you thought about shutting one?

Hiram: Yeah.

Archie: My grandpa Artie founded Andrews Construction and passed it down to my dad. It's my legacy.

Hiram: Well, both your businesses bear your father's name. You'll be keeping his legacy alive no matter what.

Archie: *hearing*

*Meanwhile*

Romeo: *driving his father's car with Phoebe* Look, I've gotta tell you something.

Phoebe: *hearing*

Romeo: *driving*

Phoebe: *hearing and looks at him*

Romeo: Never mind.

Phoebe: Whatever you wanna say, babe. I'm right here with you.

Romeo: *hearing and drives to Pop's* We're going to La Bon.

*At La Bon Nuit*

Carter: *cleaning the cups up with Reggie* Have any attention, Ronnie? Hm?

Veronica: Not yet, Carter. It just took around that time. And also, Ms. Jones is still kicking upon us. *looks at Gladys while hearing Carter*

Gladys: *talking to other people*

Reggie: I would admire that you working with Carter for a few weeks now. Apparently, I'm still standing around and cashing up more money to the proper salary.

Carter: You can do that and I will ask, Ms. Jones.

Veronica: Stay. That would be unfair.

Romeo & Phoebe: *arrives*

Veronica: Hey guys!

Phoebe: Hey! Has it you owned this nightclub?

Veronica: Actually, my dad did.

Phoebe: Oh. He wants some justice.

Veronica: I do not blame my father. He is the only one who got on his risk.

Carter: Come on guys, this is only that matters because is your job, Veronica. Besides us.

Veronica: My dad is with the mafia.

Romeo: So, guess what? As soon as I get back to the town so many years later, I'm starting with a new organization.

Phoebe: Really cool to you.

Veronica: What kind of organizations?

Romeo: You'll see.


*The next day*

*At Stonewall Prep*

Mr. Dupont: The headmaster has just given me some very unsettling news. One of you has been accused of the worst crime a writer can commit, plagiarism. Mr. Jones, it seems that the short story that qualified you for Yale, "On Featherless Wings", was, in fact, written by another student in this seminar.

Jughead: Oh, and let me guess who accused me. Was it Bret?

Jonathan: No, it was me.

Jughead: What? Why?

Jonathan: Because I wrote, "On Featherhead Wings".

Jughead: No, you didn't.

Jonathan: Yes, I did! And I've got a timestamp on my computer proving that I wrote it two months ago.

Jughead: No, I wrote it during the summer. It's on my computer.

Bret: The story you wrote last summer is on the laptop I gave you three weeks ago.

Jughead: No, it's on my old one. It's in my room. Can I get it, please?

Mr. Dupont: Go and get it. We shall wait.

Jughead: *runs away*

Sean: *looks at Jonathan*

Jughead: *searching for his old book and doesn't see it while leaving the room and heading back to the classroom* Mr. Dupont, I'm going to fight these accusations tooth and nail.

Mr. Dupont: You had better. Stonewall Prep takes the crime of plagiarism very seriously. As such, you will go before the headmaster and the disciplinary committee on Friday.

Jughead: *hearing*

Sean: I wanna fight too. *walks next to Jughead*

Mr. Dupont: *looks at them*

Sean: *smirks*


*Greendale*

*At Bobby's house*

Bobby: *still writing the lyrics and hearing open the door*

Vanessa: Hey there. fancy boy.

Bobby: *looks at her*

Vanessa: *straddles and kisses him*

Bobby: *kisses her back* Not right now. I have work to do.

Vanessa: What do you mean?

Bobby: I wasn't screwing you or being pissed off at you.

Vanessa: I thought you were gonna have fun all day.

Bobby: I have a lot to go on with my mind, I couldn't sleep all night long.

Vanessa: Are you fucking kidding me?

Bobby: I'm just writing out for the next song.

Vanessa: If you don't want me, I'm just going out myself. *leaves*

Bobby: Vanessa.

Vanessa: I have to go to Riverdale anyway.

Bobby: *hearing and continue writing*


*Riverdale*

*At Cooper's House*

Jughead: It's clear he wants me expelled.

Gladys: Can't let your name be tarnished by these, these trust fund brats. Hell, it's his name. Your father's named. It's our family name.

Jughead: If I let my reputation be destroyed by a baseless accusation, my career as a writer is going to be over before it even begins.

Betty: There's no way that's happening, Jug. I think I have an idea.

*Meanwhile*

Vanessa: *got off the bus and walked to Pop's and went downstairs to La Bon Nuit*

Rico: *dancing with the guys*

Vanessa: *paid for the drink and drink*


*The next day*

*At Stonewall Prep*

Bret, Donna, Joan, and Jonathan: *comes to the room and sees Jughead, Betty, Sean, and Hope*

Donna: Jones, McCall, Betty, Hope. To what do we owe the pleasure?

Betty: We know Jonathan's lying about writing on "Featherless Wings".

Jughead: And we know that one or all of you stole my laptop and are conspiring against me, so we're here to prove it.

Jonathan: With a- With a lie detector test? *smiles* Okay. Well, I refuse to participate in this charade.

Hope: Fine. Then you all can watch while Jughead takes the test.

Betty: *starting to work detector test* Is your name Forsythe Pendleton Jones III?

Jughead: Yes.

Betty: When did you start writing on "Featherless Wings"?

Jughead: At the end of the last summer, before I'd heard of Stonewall Prep.

Betty: And did you get rid of your old laptop because you knew it contained incriminating evidence?

Jughead: Of course not. It was stolen.

Sean: Uh-oh, there it is. Jonathan is really guilty, huh?

Betty: Exactly, Sean.

Donna: I hate to break it to you, sweetie, but this isn't gonna prove Jughead's innocence.

Hope: Do you think she doesn't know that, bitch? This is the lie detector test is only the beginning. *walks closer to Donna*

Donna: *hearing*

Hope: Don't you ever come near me or any of you again! Do you copy, bitch? *looks at them and Donna*

Donna: *hearing and being fake scared*


*The next day*

*At Stonewall Prep*

Sean: Go do your thing, bro. It's long as you can take.

Jughead: Look, Sean, I know you were about to ask that I'm leaving this school. Is either Bret getting in my way?

Sean: I'll handle him tonight.

Jughead: *leaves the room*

*At classroom*

Mr. Dupont: Make no mistake, the stealing of another student's work will not be tolerated at Stonewall Prep. If the accusation is found to be true, the penalty is immediate expulsion. But we're going to give you a choice today, one that you do not deserve. Nevertheless, you can either gracefully, quietly withdraw from Stonewall Prep, which will save yourself and us the embarrassment of a hearing, or you can stay and fight the accusation of plagiarism in a public forum, where you could win, but most likely, you'll lose, tarnishing Stonewall's name and destroying your future.

Jughead: I'll leave.

FP, Gladys, and Betty: *hearing*

Bret: *smirks*

*after decision*

Jughead: *walks out first*

FP: What the hell happened in there, huh? I thought you were gonna bring down the temple, and instead, you let them-

Jughead: What choice do I have?

Gladys: It's not like you to walk away from a fight, a fight you could have won.

Jughead: You don't know that. Both of you. Both of you don't know these people. This game is fixed. It's been fixed from the beginning. There is no way I was winning that today. *looks at FP and Gladys*

FP: *looks at him and leaves*

Gladys: FP! *watching him leave*

Jughead: *standing next to Gladys and Betty*


*later in that night*

Sean: *laying on the bed and still waiting for Jughead to come back while he was on the phone with Instagram before Bret comes in*

Bret: Sean?

Sean: You got to say about your nasty mouth?

Bret: Nope. I'm gonna ask you something? Very important. This isn't a game, this is serious.

Sean: Alright. No lies.

Bret: Come outside and I'll show you.

Sean: Let me get my shoes on. I'll be outside.

Bret: *walks away*

Sean: *calls Jughead and hears voicemail* Jughead, where you at? There is something I need to talk to you about Bret. He's continued mind games on us. Would you please hurry up? *hangs up* Damn. *leaving the room and walks outside while looking around* Bret? Bret?

Unknown: *on the mask and covers the black bag to Sean's head*

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