The Mystery of Y/N

Chapter Nine - In Bed With a Lodge

Sleep. Something your body wasn't letting you do. You laid there staring up at the ceiling thinking about everything that has been going on recently. Soft snores could be heard throughout the house telling you that everyone was asleep. You couldn't just wait to be grilled by one of your friends the next morning so you decided to sneak out before sunrise. You flung the blanket off, slipped your Y/F/C dress and shoes on and left the Andrews residence, careful not to slam the door as you did.

It was still early in the morning meaning no one would be up yet, especially Alice Cooper who you couldn't have seeing you sneak out of Archie's house. You walked down the street, looking every so often for any sign of anyone else around, with a certain destination in mind. The streets were desolate as you made your way through Riverdale with the occasional teenagers sneaking out for late night rendezvous's. 'If only they knew what kind of monster roamed the streets at night they wouldn't be out here instead they would be locked in the comforts of their own home' you thought to yourself.

You got to your destination and looked up at the building, taking in the grandness of it. You walked up to the doors and tried opening them but they were locked. You looked inside but couldn't see the doorman. Sighing, you tried opening them again before alternating between banging on the doors and trying to open them, not caring who you woke up. After a few minutes you finally saw movement in the lobby, someone who were still in their pyjamas looking like they just woke up. They opened the doors and pulled you inside. "What the hell are you doing here?" He asked in a hushed tone, not wanting to wake up his family.

"You see this?" You started, pointing to the bruise that has formed on your face. It could only be seen slightly by the light of the moon trickling through the window. "This is what one of your goons did to me!" You shouted.

"Keep, your voice down." Hiram ordered. "You're not supposed to be here. What are you doing here?"

"Don't worry I'm just leaving. I just came to tell you that I'm done. With this. With everything." You gestured between you and Hiram, meaning the deal you had with him. You turned to leave the building but stopped when you reached the door. Before you opened it, you turned back to Hiram and added. "Oh, and if you try to stop me I will go to the cops." The words that you just uttered stayed in the air like a bad smell leaving Hiram speechless as he watched you leave the building and cross the street heading back to what he assumed was home.

Once your Y/H/C could no longer be seen he got his phone out and dialled a number. When whoever was on the other end picked up Hiram said. "We have a problem." Before he hastily hung up.
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"What makes sense, Ronnie?" Archie asked Veronica. She looked down guiltily, guilty about what she is about to tell them.

"I- I think I saw Y/N the same night you did Archie. The last time before the day she disappeared." Veronica told them. Betty stood up and threw her hands in the air.

"Why didn't you say anything?!" She exclaimed.

"Because... I didn't know for sure that it was Y/N. All I saw was a girl about the same height as her wearing a Y/F/C dress and had Y/H/C hair. I only saw the back of them walking away from my building."

"Why would Y/N be at your building in the early hours of the morning anyway?" Kevin asked, joining in with the conversation.

"I have no idea. I was asleep when I was woken rudely by someone banging on the lobby door. I then heard my parents door open and heard my dad tell my mom he would handle it and left the apartment to see who was downstairs." Veronica said, telling the group everything she knew.

"So you thought Y/N was downstairs and your dad goes and 'handles it' and you didn't think to bring this up? Even after she disappeared." Jughead challenged.

"No I didn't because unlike you I don't automatically think my dad is the bad guy. I just got him back. I'm not going to assume he had something to do with Y/N's disappearance." She returned.

"Oh please, you were so quick to blame the Serpents. How do we know you didn't just say that so we wouldn't look into your dads involvement." Jughead argued. Archie could see that Veronica was about to say something she'd probably regret so he decided to step in.

"Why don't we step back and take a breather before someone says something they'll regret. We're all on edge here." He said trying to calm everyone down.

"Archie's right. The truth is we don't know what happened to Y/N so how about this, we go home tonight and sleep. The next day we come back and figure this out. Together." Betty chimed in. Everyone nodded and got their things to head home.

Sleep overcame the group eventually. That was until the phone rang. Just one phone call that would change everything. It was Kevin who was up first. His dad got a phone call and he overheard the conversation. He immediately scrambled to his phone which was on charge and dialled an all to familiar number. "Hey, Betty you're gonna wanna hear this." And he told Betty what he heard. Betty then called Veronica who called Archie and Cheryl. Archie then called Jughead while Cheryl called Reggie.

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'The phone call that changed everything. Funny how things could change with just one phone call. One minute you were living in this oblivious world the next the said world came crashing down. Riverdale Town with Pep. They should really take that sign down. It's like a bad omen or something. Trying to mask the skeletons that lay in the closets of the town. One persons skeletons came out though tonight. The one girl who you didn't think had them actually did. The last person who you'd thought would be shrouded in mystery. We all got the phone call telling us to be down at Sweet Water River. Ah, the river. The same one where Jason Blossom's body was found. Apparently a girl matching Y/N's description was there. As we got to the river cops were already crawling around, yellow tape was already up, the sherif was talking to the person who found the body. The cries of Y/N's parents could be heard as a body bag was wheeled past them. No one knows what happened to Y/N, nor will we ever truly will. What is known is that it is no longer a missing persons case but a homicide case. Y/N Y/L/N is dead.'