Criminals ✔

Chapter 26

"Sweet Pea! Fangs! We found the-" Jughead yelled running towards the two he stopped talking when he seen Fangs and Sweet Pea looking longingly at each other "gargoyle king. Sorry I interrupted."

Fangs pulled back "you found the gargoyle king? Who is it?" Fangs asked "why don't you ask him yourself" Jughead replied pushing Tall Boy forward.

"Tall Boy?" Fangs shook his head confused "why?" Sweet Pea asked "why would you kill all of those innocent people?" Sweet Pea asked agitated.

"To be the leader for once, having people bow down to you. It felt nice, after I fled the Serpents I took a train to go far away. To earn people's trust and attention I became the gargoyle king."

"And if they found out your identity you would kill them?" Fangs asked his head tilted in confusion. "Something like that" Tall Boy replied "do the other Serpents know this?" Sweet Pea asked crossing his arms.

"No and the one that did find out is long gone" Tall Boy replied plainly "who was it?" Fangs seethed "Joaquin DeSantos" Tall Boy shrugged. "You killed him" Sweet Pea yelled angry at Tall Boy.

"He wanted to "ascend" that was death it's self. He betrayed the Serpents and left for the another gang." Tall Boy argued.

"He escaped from prison! He was trying to make a new identity to escape the danger!" Sweet Pea's voice boomed. "Yet he played Gargoyles and Gryphons" Tall Boy stated.

"As did I Tall Boy. But you didn't kill me" Jughead retorted. "With your dad being the new sheriff how could I?" Tall Boy asked.

"Serpents don't kill thier own" Jughead told Tall Boy. "He's not a Serpent, he killed people. He made them go insane. He even made sure to make them afraid for their lives. Can you call him a Serpent, Jones?" Sweet Pea growled.

"He did go against Serpent rule and that does lead to immediate exile" Jughead looked at Tall Boy shaking his head "you betrayed the Serpents, the Northsiders everyone Tall Boy" Jughead made clear.