Resilience | Sweet Pea.

43 - Riot Night.

T/W!!: This chapter contains talk of death and violence!

Serpents trash the school, I tag along to secure Sweet pea's safety as they vandalise the school. The entirety of Riverdale is rioting, Reggie shot Fangs. Reggie... Shot... Fangs. How could that be. My blood boils, my eyes sting at the thought of loosing my friend. I let out an angry scream, picking up a trash can and throwing it through a window.

"That's more like it, babe!" Sweet pea yells, taking his knife and stabbing and slashing at posters.

Like true vigilantes, Sweet pea, the serpents and I destroy the school, there is no logical sense to why this is a good plan, but there was no logical sense to why Fangs was shot. Sweet pea lets out a similar angry scream, kicking anything and everything in sight.

"Serpents, stop!" Archie yells.

"Archie?" I yell.

"Nova?" He yells back.

"Well, fellas. Looks like we found some Bulldogs to put down." Sweet pea chuckles, my heart sinks, knowing that after everything that's happened, this is Sweet pea's chance to kick Archie's ass, and not even I can stop him this time.

"Sweet pea, I swear, Reggie didn't shoot Fangs! It was Mrs Klump." Archie says.

"What?" I ask.

"Bullshit, I saw Mantle with a gun, so did Jughead, FP, Nova... We all saw him, Andrews!" Sweet pea yells.

"Then you also saw me tackle him before he got a shot off!" Archie argues. "It was Midges' mom, she's down at the sheriff's station!"

"Yeah? And Fangs is still clinging to life." Sweet pea growls. "And whether it was Reggie or Mrs Klump who pulled the trigger, a Nothersider put him there! You took our friend, our land, hell, you'll take everything if we give you the chance."

"Nova...?" Archie says pleadingly.

"Fangs could die, Archie. If it hadn't had been Midges mom, it would've been Reggie, but you know damn well it'd never not be a Northsider. Sweet pea's right. They took our friend. We need to take something back." I sob.

"So now, you get to watch as we burn your school to the ground." Sweet pea growls, emptying a trash can onto the ground, before letting out another angry scream and throwing the trash can full power through the trophy case, sending glass flying.

Just as I think Sweet pea's about to attack Archie with his switchblade, Principal Weatherbee bursts through the door with a bat, and some backup.

"What do you kids think you're doing in my school?!" He yells.

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After Weatherbee shuts us down, we all head to Midge Klump's house, the boys want to trash the yard despite my protests but Jughead meets us there, coaxing us to go back to the Wyrm with him.

Once we get back, Jughead's phone rings, as Sweet pea, me, and the other Serpents hesitantly scatter around the bar I see Jug's eyes widen as he puts down the phone.

"I don't like that look, Jughead." I say.

"The Ghoulies are back." Jughead tells me. "They're at Pops, Archie's there with-"

"Say no more. Jughead, you call your dad and tell him about the Ghoulies, he'll know what to do. Danny, you call any of the loose Serpents and tell them to search the perimeter around Pops, and report back within the hour, and the rest of you... Stay. The. Fuck. Put. Until me, Jughead or FP tell you otherwise, got it?" I yell across the bar.