Gangsters or lovers?

1.

Jughead was sitting at his desk, tapping a pen to his head. He was trying to distract himself from what had happened to his sister, Jellybean. She had been taken whilst on her way home from the shop. When Jelly bean had later been found she was beaten to a pulp, with multiple broken bones. Behind her ear she had been burned with a hot poker with the letters 'CC-PC'. Jughead had yet to find out what it meant. Jelly bean had been found by one of Jugheads Serpents and taken to the serpents private hospital. She had been there ever since.

Jughead had been getting frustrated as there had been no improvement on Jellybean or her case for a while now. Even though Jellybean was stable and on the way to recovery, she was still in a coma. Jughead was terrified that she wouldn't make it, but he had to be strong for his serpents. Even though they had all told him it was okay to be upset he didn't want to express his emotion to anybody, which is why he spent most of his time in his office.

It was safe to say Jughead was filthy rich. The serpents building was an old rundown cotton factory from the late 1800's, which Jughead had bought and renovated for his serpents. Jughead and many other depends lived there, which no one complained about. There was a gym, gameroom, the hangout, the pool and hot tubs, the garage which is where the cars were stored and fixed, the security room, the practice room which is where all the hacking, lock picking and all the stuff like that happened. There was of course the apartments, which contained about 40 of them. On the top floors is where the larger apartments were. Jughead lived in one of those apartments as well as Cheryl, Toni, Archie, fangs, sweet pea, jellybean and of course his father, FP. FP was the leader of the serpents before Jughead, but retired from that role when his son, Jughead, had been an age where he was reliable enough to lead.  Jughead was unsure about taking his father's role, but typical FP refused to let his son turn down this offer as it would happen eventually anyway.

About an hour passed, which consisted of Jughead tapping his pen, growling, scowling and nearly punching a wall. Jughead was saved when a certain carrot topped male came crashing into his office with a red flushed face and heavy breathing.
"Jesus arch, ever heard of knocking?" Jughead joked.
"Jug we have a lead on who jellybeans capture was!" Archie exclaimed.
"Wait, what? Who was it?" Jughead asked.
"He goes by the name Chic Cooper. His younger sister Polly Cooper helps run his secret slave co-operation. They snatch teenagers and young adults, then sell them to the rich to be used as slaves" Archie explained.
"What type of slaves?" Jughead questioned.
"All types, sex slaves, house slaves, anything they can get there hands on really" Archie said.
"Okay thanks arch, I'll update you later on the plan" Jughead had replied.

As soon as Archie had left Jughead had gone to his computer to search up the name 'chic Cooper'. After a couple hours of researching he decided he had enough information and made it down to the hangout to tell the serpents about his plan.
"Everybody listen up!" Jughead shouted. Everybody obeyed.
"I know who hurt Jelly and I have a plan. Chic and Polly Cooper would be the two we are looking for. They have a youger sister who seems to not have anything to do with their business. What do the do you may ask? They kidnap and sell kids as slaves. They were planning to do this to Jellybean but obviously she got away. We are going to take their sister Betty Cooper and do exactly what they did to Jelly to her." Jughead explained.
"But what did this betty girl do to deserve this?" Sweet Pea asked.
"What did jelly do to deserve it?" Jughead smirked.
"We will hit chic where it hurts, as it seems Betty is quite important to him" Jughead said.
"Can we not just see what betty is like before we hurt her? She might be used as a slave aswell, he might be planning to sell her. What would that make us if we were to nearly torture a girl to death if she has been tortured enough all ready?" Cheryl piped up. Jughead sighed. He knew that what Cheryl was saying was true. It wouldn't be fair on Betty.
"Fine" Jughead sighed.

The plan was set. They would leave at midnight to find Betty. Due to all Jugheads research he had found all the possible places Chic would keep Betty and the most possible place was the place chic has been seen the most. Since Cheryl had made her point earlier today, Jughead had been doubting himself. He didn't want to seem like a bad guy. He had been trying years to make the serpents a gang that doesent do murder. Yeah, they sell drugs and they sell guns but they won't murder. It's not what the serpents are about. They are a family and if one of them were to be killed it would be a tragedy, so why make other family's lives the same by killing the daughters and sons of New York?

As the night dawned, the most trusted serpents made sure they had everything ready for their mission. Midnight came around quickly and the gang found themselves roaming a huge house  with loads of doors. They checked every room but not one of them contained Betty. Once they reached the last door they could hear light sobbing. The door was bolted shut.
"Arch?" Jughead asked. Archie got out his kit and started drilling at the lock on the door. About five minutes later the lock was open. Jughead turned the doorknob and opened the door. Once inside the room, his heart stopped. There she was. Betty Cooper. She was as skinny and as pale as anything. She lied on the bed sobbing her heart out.
"Please don't hurt me I won't do it again" she sobbed. Jughead was the first one over to her side and comforted her. The rest followed.
"Dont worry we aren't going to hurt you. We're here to help you." Jughead smiled softly at her. She just looked into his eyes and nodded. Jughead picked Betty up and carried her bridal style. She closed her eyes and rested her head. Jugheads heart broke. He knew he wasn't going to hurt her after Cheryl had made her comment. But now? Now he wanted to tear out Chic and Polly's heart. He looked at Betty. Even though she was skinny and as pale as anything she still looked beautiful. He was screwed, he knew he was. He was going to protect her. He was going to make sure she was safe. He looked up to Cheryl, Toni and Archie before saying.
" We are going to find those two assholes and make sure they pay for what they have done to Betty and Jelly" he commanded with a tear in his eye. The others nodded about how compassionate he was towards Betty all ready. Even if Jughead hadn't of know it, the others noticed Jughead had found his soulmate and they hadn't even talked properly yet. Why? Because Jughead hadn't even looked at another woman the way he had looked at Betty. It was full of love and passion. Something Jughead had never wanted to feel. Something Jughead had made himself off limits to. I guess rules were made to be broken.

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