Deadly || Sweet Pea [2]

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Chapter 17 || Unmasking the Gargoyle King

I was behind in many ways here in Riverdale. Academically, I was behind on the curriculum, but with several extra credit essays and many, many make-up tests, I was catching up quickly. Socially, I hadn't missed much; There was, however, a school-wide ban of Snapchat after one of the now former football players sent a mass snap of his junk to the whole school- Weatherbee included.

The Serpent business is what I was behind on most. During my absence, my brother managed to kick both Cheryl and Toni out of the Serpents, and the troublesome duo took Fangs down with them. After learning about what conspired during the beginning of the quarantine, I deemed Jughead's actions regarding the girls reasonable, though I would've handled it slightly different. How he handled Fangs' situation was more difficult to accept, but I had to give my twin props; he was letting Fangs earn his way back into the Serpents by putting him to work. I liked it, but really wished it hadn't needed to be done.

Until very recently, Jughead had sole control of my Serpents. But now, I was back and ready to take the reigns once again. He set up a meet with Fangs, which I didn't attend, and came up with a plan to ambush the gang of Gargoyles during Fangs' initiation. He told me the plan, and I rallied my Serpents, relaying the plan to them.

"Tonight, we unmask the Gargoyle King." I yelled, earning enthusiastic cheers from the rowdy Serpents. We stealthily followed Fangs into the woods, getting into positions around the Gargoyle's perimeter where we wouldn't be spotted.

Two armed Gargoyles walked past Jughead, my dad, and I, and we struck them down in unison, watching their bodies drop. I glanced over to the fire from my position, seeing a hot iron extremely close to Fangs' side, and I jumped up.

"Now!" I called, sending the Serpents forward. They rushed the Gargoyles while I headed straight for the Gargoyle King. "Sweet Pea, grab Fangs!"

Jughead and I kicked at the Gargoyle King's knee, sending him to the floor. Dad and Jughead unmasked him while I glared down at the familiar man from between them,

"Tall Boy?" Dad asked, sounding genuinely shocked.

"Sweet Pea, Fangs." I snapped, never tearing my glare from Tall Boy's. "Get him up. I want him down in the bunker."

"You got it boss." Fangs muttered. "Good to have you back."

"Princess is running things now?" Tall Boy grunted as Fangs and Sweet Pea tugged him to his feet.

"It's Queen now." I corrected, licking my blood red lips.

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"Step aside." I demanded, grabbing dad's shoulder. He let me push him out of the way as I glared down at a tied up Tall Boy.

"What are you goi-" I cut him off with a right hook to the jaw, smirking in satisfaction as he spit blood onto the bunker floor.

"I'm asking the questions around here." I snapped, shrugging out of my Serpent jacket. I was left in black leather pants, a black a-shirt, and black high heel boots. I cracked my neck and grinned wickedly down at Tall Boy.

"We all thought you were dead, Tall Boy." Dad announced from beside me.

"Where've you been hiding?" I asked, flexing my right hand.

"A small town called Athens." Tall Boy answered, glaring up at me. "Gotta say, it's good to be back. And Alice Cooper, she was looking extra sweet the night me and my boys broke into her house and scared the crap out of her and her bitch daughter. That was fu-"