Riverdale High Class

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At 8:37 Wednesday on a Wednesday morning, Archie Andrews died. At least, the Archie we knew. What returned to Riverdale was something far different from the red-headed-boy-next-door. He was now a stranger, with dark hair and scars... Both inside and out.

Mercy POV

I walk into Pops looking for my friends and I spot them I see a idle milkshake next to Jughead, I slip next to him and slap his arm.

Me:Mountain man! It's great to have you back!

Archie:*chuckles* Hey Merc, I missed you.

Me:I missed you too, carrot top- you dyed your hair?

Archie:Had to change it up.

Me:Hmhh.

Betty:Since when do you drink root beer floats?

Archie:I guess I'm just not in the mood for a strawberry milkshake.

Jughead:New drink, new hair, new haunted, vacant look in your eyes--

Veronica:Guys. Archie just lived through The Revenant. Let him order what he wants.

Archie:So what'd I miss while I was gone?

Me:Let's start on a more less corrupted note, I'm now captain of the new drill team at the school. The Vipers.

Archie:Isn't our mascot the bulldog?

Me:Yeah but it's mostly serpents on the team and I know weatherbee wouldn't let us call ourselves the Serpents so next best thing. Vipers.

Archie:That's cool.

Me:Okay now you guys can talk about the bad stuff.

Veronica:Well, thanks to the town quarantine orchestrated by my father, Pop's was shut down and just reopened. And he's also attacking shipments to the speakeasy. But thankfully, I've hired the serpents as my full time protection, and that service extends to you, Archie.

Jughead:You don't have to worry about Hiram's goons coming after you or your dad. You won't be able to see'em but I've got guys watching you 24/7. And I have a possible lead that could diffuse this threat permanently.

Murder? Kidnapping, black mail, torture? Or is it that thing fangs is doing?

Betty:What, Jug?

Jughead:You can't tell anyone.

Me:No shit, Sherlock.

Jughead:You know already, Mercy.

Oh it is the Fangs under cover op.

Jughead:Fangs is deep undercover in the Gargoyle Gang. He hasn't met the king yet, but he's still working on it and when we get access to him we're gonna take him down. My bet that it's Hiram underneath the mask... Sorry Veronica.

Veronica:Don't be I wouldn't put it past him.

I don't think it's Hiram, why would he place himself directly behind the mask? If these even have a true correlation, for all we know the Gargoyle gang could just be some new gang that Hiram is just supplying. He doesn't have to be the actual king. Especially with all the sightings of the beast it makes no sense. I still haven't been to thistlehouse to see if my hunch is correct and to be honest I'm too afraid to even check.

Betty:Well, there goes studying for the SATs.

Archie:What? SATs?

Betty:Yeah, they're this Saturday.