Alone

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   I followed Jug's directions and went the way he was telling me to go. He told me to park somewhere that was kind of isolated from Riverdale. In front of us was a circle of fire with another Serpent tied up in a chair in the middle. She had pink hair. She was pretty.

   Jug jumped off the bike and ran towards the circle. Before he completely got there, a blonde stepped out with a gun pointed at him. Jug stepped back with his hands up. That's when I got off and stepped beside him, cracking my knuckles.

   "Who's she?" The blonde asked my brother. He glared at her and I smirked in her direction.

   "This.." He pointed to me, stepping closer to her, "is my sister:" I looked at him, unsure of what to say or do. I looked at the woman and she was smirking at me. She pointed the gun to the ground and looked me up and down.

"You're related to this beanie head?" I nodded and clenched my fists, but my gloves prevented me from causing marks to appear.

"Yes. And I'm proud to be." I confirmed. I felt my dad's eyes on me.

The woman nodded. "Alright." Just as she said that, an arrow was shot and hit her calf. She fell and looked in the direction of the arrow. It was a ginger with a red Serpent jacket, different from everyone else. She had high waisted dark blue jean shorts on and a red crop top. She has red heels on that went to her knees. She was running over to the girl tied up in the middle. She quickly untied her and they ran past the blonde woman. We all got on our bikes, me still driving Jug's. We went back to Sunnyside and I jumped off the bike.

"Wooo!" I said in excitement. "That was kind of fun. Oh my god, I miss having a bike." I sighed and looked at my father and my brother. They were both smiling at me.

My father stepped up to me. "You really do have Jones' blood running through you, and I'm proud of that. Your mother may have not been a Serpent, but she always had a taste for danger. You're like us both." He hugged me and I hugged him back. I saw Jug looking at us and I broke away from my dad. I walked over to Jug and wrapped my arms around his neck in a hug, standing on my tippy toes since I was shorter than him.

I sighed against him and whispered in his ear. "I am happy I finally found my family. My true family." I smiled and I felt him smile too and I felt his grip tighten around my back. I let go and looked at him. Then I looked at my father. "I think I should get going, V is probably wondering if I'm still alive or not, as always." I joked.

"You mean Veronica?" Jug asked and I looked at him. I nodded with a smile. "I always see you walking around with her at school. Are you guys friends?"

   "I live with her, actually. She was nice to me to let me stay there from the moment I walked into Riverdale." I smiled, remembering the night we met. He nodded again. He looked at our father. I hugged my dad again and told him I would see him tomorrow. He nodded and kissed my forehead. I smiled. "Jug, can I borrow your bike?" I asked, looking at him.

   "Actually, we have an extra one if you would like that." I looked at my dad with excitement.

   "Really?!" I jumped with a squeal. He laughed and brought it to me. "Here." He handed me the key and my eyes lit up even more. I hugged him once more and jumped onto the bike. I waved at them with a smile and rode off back to Veronica's.

   When I got there, her and Daniel were both outside. I parked the bike and walked over to them. "Hey guys." I smiled at them.

   "There you are!" Veronica started running to me. I giggled at her worry.

   "V, I'm okay." I saw Daniel walk over to us and I smiled at him. "Hey, Daniel." He was beside Veronica. "How worries was she?" I asked. He smirked and glanced in her direction, then looked back at me.