VIPER • the serpent princess

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I pace up and down the hospital hallway. Jughead, handed himself over to the Ghoulies. He wanted to end the riot, but it only caused another one. The Serpents are right at this very moment fighting the Ghoulies. I'm scared for my friends, for Sweet Pea I'm terrified. And I wish I was there to fight for Fangs and Jughead, but I know it's too dangerous. I can't put the baby in the position, and I can't leave Jug alone like I left Fangs. I keep checking my phone, waiting for Sweet Pea to call or text me that he is okay. Suddenly there is a tap on my shoulder and I turn around.

"You're friend Jughead is out of surgery and in the ICU, but we aren't sure whether he will wake up as his injuries, are extremely severe"

"O-Okay can I see him please?"

"Yes, and would you like to know the room of your other friend?"

"Other friend?" I question confused.

"He goes by the name of Fangs? He has just woken up"

I gasp, my mouth dropping open. I can't say any words so I just nod. He leads me to Fangs room and when I see him sitting in the bed, awake, alive, tears immediately fall down my cheeks.

"Fangs" I cry, rushing over to him, throwing my arms around him.

"Casey! Casey are you okay? Where is everyone?"

"Jughead could die and, Sweets, he could be hurt, they're all fighting and I don't know if they're okay. J-Jug could die" I gasp overwhelmed, tears not stopping coming out.

"Oh Case" he sighs, pulling me back into his arms and holding me as tight as he can.

After staying with Fangs, I make my way to Jughead's room and gasp when I see him. He is beaten so badly, has so many bands ages on him, I never ever thought I'd see my little brother Jughead Jones in this position. I sit by his side and grab his hand.

"Jug, I really need you to wake up. Your Dad really needs you, the Serpents need you. Your little nephew needs you! I know you're strong and brave, so please, fight hard Jug. We're all waiting for you" I whisper, drawing circles on his hand, "Everything was going so good. Then, all of this happened, two of the people that I love most in the world got so hurt and I couldn't help them. But when you wake up, everything will be good again. It has to be"

Two hours later, I go back to the trailer and FP stays with Jughead at the hospital. However even though I'm home, I remain pacing up and down scared. The door finally opens and I run over to see Sweet Pea. He has a black eye and cut lip, but his knuckles are the worse.

"Sweets" I gasp, wrapping my arms and hugging him tightly.

"I'm okay Case, promise I'm okay" he assures, kissing the top of my head, "I love you"

"I love you so much"

I grab his cheeks and pull him down to me, kissing his lips hard. It then gets more heated as he kicks the door shut behind him and picks me up, carrying me to our bedroom.

I wake up, sitting straight up in my bed from an excruciating pain in my stomach. Then, I feel wetness between my legs. I pull off the blanket and gasp when I see a pool of blood around the lower half of my body.

"Sweets! Sweet Pea!" I cry, holding my stomach in pain.

He shoots up in his bed and looks to me worried. Then sees the blood and me in pain.

"Casey, Casey, hold on baby girl"

"It's hurts, Sweets it hurts so much. Ah!" I shout, biting my teeth in pain.

He wraps the blanket around me and then lifts me up in his arms, I groan at the lift and then rest my head on his chest. Tears stream down my cheeks at the pain. He rushes me outside and starts walking down.

"FP! FP!" he shouts.

"The baby" I cry quietly.

I hear a door slam open and then FP's voice.

"Casey!" he yells scared, "Sweets get her in the truck! Now let's go!"

I scream through gritted teeth until I am in the truck, laying on Sweet Pea's lap. I look up into his eyes, he is crying too.

"Sweets, the baby" I cry, "Our baby boy"

"He's okay Case, he's okay and you're going to be okay. Just hold on okay? Hold on you're so strong" he assures, moving hair or if my hair behind my ear.

"It hurts" I shake.

"Nearly there Casey! Nearly there!" FP calls.

The car comes to a sudden stop and Sweet Pea carries me out of the car. I bite my teeth as hard as I can, my hand clenching around Sweets' shoulder.

"We need a Doctor! She's pregnant and she started bleeding and is in a lot of pain" Sweets explains, so much fear in his voice.

"You the father?"

"Yes"

"Okay bring her with me" the nurse instructs.

Sweet Pea carries me until we reach a room and I am out in a bed. They insert a needle into my arm to help with the pain and moments later, it is faded away. I am breathing heavily, up and down, my head on my shoulder as I hold Sweet Peas hand. Both of us wait in silence for the nurse to come back. As soon as she does, I give her my full attention.

"I'm sorry, you've unfortunately suffered a miscarriage" she announces, "You suffered a lot of abdominal pain and blood loss, so we are going to immediately take you up to surgery. It's just a quick five to ten minute procedure to clean up your womb. Then you'll be able to go straight home"

I nod, not letting any tears fall down. Just laying frozen. I don't look to Sweet Pea, I just stare at the ceiling and am eventually trolleyed away to the surgery room where they put me under.