"If the real Serpent Queens step foot back in Riverdale we're all fucked, they don't come back for nothing" Tall boy said quoting FP when the death of Jason Blossom was tracked back to the Southside.
"Who are the Serpent Queens?" Jughead asked looki...
"I'm not with this at all this is not what i do" i whispered as we walk through trees "It's alright Mel" Arch said moving closer and grabbing my hand, squeezing it a little "Bad things have happened when my family have gone in the woods at night"
"I won't let anything happen to you i promise I'll protect you with my life" i smiled up at Archie as made it into the clearing. There was a shovel sticking out the dirt and a wood tombstone that read 'Here lies Joseph Conway Sinner' we looked at each other and i nodded my head and Archie started to dig. It took longer than we thought but we finish digging "Oh, my God! Archie." Betty said as we started taking the rest of the dirt of the coffin.
Lifting it up there was nobody in there "Where is Mr. Svenson? Why would the Black Hood bury an empty coffin?" i asked looking at Betty and Archie. "What if it's a -" Betty started but what stopped her was a gun cocking, looking over we saw we saw the black hood. "Fuck," i said shaking my head "Get in the coffin." The black hood said pointing the gun at me and Archie "No. Fuck you"
"Get in the coffin or I shoot her in the head. Right now!" he said pointing the gun at Betty. I groaned and watch Archie stepped in the coffin laying down i followed him inside the coffin, laying ontop or Archie "Shut the coffin and step out of the grave. Betty, do it."
"I'm sorry." Betty said closing the coffin "Mel it's okay" Archie said pulling me closer to him my heart started beating fast "Clam down" i heard him say but i couldn't my heart started beating faster and i started to get like headed "Mel you're having a panic attack clam down" but i couldn't "I can't i can't"
"Mel, I'm here no one's going to hurt you" that's when i felt dirt hit my back "Mel i got you nothing's going to happen we are going to make it out of here" as Arch finish talking I heard the police sirens and a few seconds later the coffin open "Archie." i said stepping out the coffin helping him "Where is he? Where did he go?" I asked Betty "This way." she said and we started to run we made it to the bridge. "Hey! Stop! Stop! Right the hell now! Get down or I'll shoot you. I swear to God, I'll do it! You tried to kill my father and my friends." The black hood looked at the water then at Archie "You are going to pay for your crimes. You are not escaping. This ends tonight." i yelled towards him. "I said stop!"
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Archie yelled and i heard a gunshot but i wasn't Archie it was Sheriff Killer "Archie, put the gun down, It's okay."
"Sheriff Keller."
"Stay back, Betty, he's dead."
"Who was he?" i asked and Sheriff Keller to the hood off it was Mr.Svenson, no that can't be right, we heard more sirens "Give me the gun," Keller said to Archie and Archie handed it over walking over to Archie i pulled him into a hug and he wrapped his arms tightly around me.
"Let's head to Pops and call everyone okay Betty," Archie said as he got in the driver seat and i got in the front seat.
My hands were still shaking i held them together to stop them from shaking but it wouldn't work i saw Archie hand in front of me looking up and him he smiled at me and continued to drive to Pops grabbing his hand in between mine my hands stop shaking a little.
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As we sat there waiting for them i didn't let go of Archie's hands. Mary, Jughead and Vee came in Pops door. "Mel" i heard Mary said looking up at her i ran towards her "Mary" i whispered and tears started feeling my eyes "are you okay?" i shook my head no "He made me and Archie get in a coffin"
"It's okay I'm here now," Mary said as she pulled me into ahead and we sat with everyone else. "Your instinct about Svenson was right, Ronnie you thought he was the Black Hood we could have ended it, right there at school where we confronted him. I didn't see it. I didn't, I didn't see it in his eyes." Archie said looking over at me as i stared down at my drink.
"Forget his eyes I can't believe he cut off his own finger."
"The finger of accusation," i said still staring at my drink. "So we know whodunit why did he do it?" Jughead asked and i felt his hand touch me i jumped a little "No Jughead don't touch here" Mary said as she pushed Jughead hand away. "Mr. Svenson accused an innocent man of murdering his family and got the man killed so maybe, in some backward way, he thought targeting sinners would balance the scales somehow I don't know," I said as Mary wrapped her arms tighter around me.
"No, no, it makes sense I mean, Svenson was always around, lurking in the hallways." Vee said, "He could have seen me and Ms. Grundy in the music room." Archie said. "Yeah, he could have seen Moose and Midge buying jingle-jangle." Betty said my head started to hurt "Guys, this is starting to feel like that weird last scene in Psycho or Scream the truth is I have nothing actually except that he's in a body bag and we aren't I think that's enough for tonight" I said as Mary and I got up and we headed home. "Do you still want to do the party?" Mary asked as we headed inside the house.
"Yeah but maybe we invited some of our other family," i said sitting on the stool in the kitchen. "As in cousin Sabrina and my brother Ambrose" Lexa asked as she sat down with some pizza, handing me a slice "yeah i haven't seen them in so long why not" i said eating the slice a pizza, Mary grabbed one taking a bite "Ambrose may steal something if he likes it" Mary said laughing and i started laughing.
