The Other Detective - Book 3 (Riverdale Season 3)

Fire Walk With Me - Part 1

They heard crashes and screams, Jughead stopping one kid that was running away from the classroom that had attracted a crowd.

"Hey, what the hell's going on over there?" he asked.

"The Gargoyles are mixing it up with the Poisons and the Farmies."

"You gotta be kidding me," Aminity sighed as she, Jughead, and Toni rushed towards the room.

"Is this a high school or a Roger Corman movie?" Jughead asked as they pushed through the crowd, trying to break up the fight.

***

"What do you three have to say for yourselves?" Weatherbee asked as they stood in his office.

"The fight had already started when we got there, sir."

"We were trying to break up the fight," Jughead explained with Toni.

"Mr. and Miss Jones, Miss Topaz, you're the leaders of your respective gangs and today's brawl is only the most recent incident of gang activity at Riverdale High. Someone robbed the chemistry lab last night." They looked at each other before back at Weatherbee.

"Someone robbed the lab?" he asked.

"Thousands of dollars of equipment was taken. All which could be used to cook drugs."

"Serpents don't deal or cook drugs," Aminity spoke up.

"Neither do the Pretty Poisons."

Weatherbee stood up. "One more strike. One more strike! And you're done in my school."

***

"What's up?" Aminity asked as Veronica and Reggie came up to her.

"We have an idea," Veronica smiled.

"For?"

"I owe a lot of money to my father and another... unnamed source. It could take years to pay off the debt I owe."

"I don't mind my salary being cut if you need."

"That won't be necessary if this works."

"What do you think of adding a permanent casino to La Bonne Nuit?" Reggie asked.

She paused, biting the inside of her lip. "I think we have a lot of work to do considering it would be mostly illegal."

***

"What's the update on the homefront, B?" Veronica asked as the girls sat on the couch in the lounge, the boys in the chairs across from them.

"My mom's still trying to sell the house. I'm still trying to sabotage her, but it's only a matter of time until she finds some ghoul who wants to live in a death house." They turned as a couple students passed through, Betty waving at Kevin, but he ignored her.

"What's with Kev?" Archie asked after he left.

"The Farm, Arch. They got him too. And up next, my house."

"Well my offer still stands. I know that my trailer is cramped, but you're more than welcome to stay with me."

"It'll be like a semi permanent sleepover," Aminity smiled.

"And you're always welcome at the Pembroke, B."

"You can crash at my place too. I mean, I've already got a homeless kid sleeping in my garage." They all looked at him.

"Was it just me, or was that too casual?" Aminity asked and Archie chuckled.

"Yeah. His name's Ricky. He ran away from a group home and was squatting at the gym. That's how I found him."