sane | betty & jughead

Maya Cooper

"Stop! Get away!" It was a terrorised yell that came from inside the Wyrm, and Jughead couldn't have gotten inside faster.

"Jug! Finally." Toni breathed a breath of relief, grabbing his hand and leading him to the scene in the middle of the bar.

The entire bar turned silent when he came in, just how he trained them.

"Don't touch me! Do you have it!?" A girl was standing there, her blonde hair up in a ponytail, a knife in her hands. Jughead took her in, before stepping up to her.

First thing he noticed, anyone would've noticed, was her thin form. She was basically all bones, barely any flesh on her body.

She was wearing a white tank top and blue jeans. There were five bracelets around her left wrist, clearly there to hide something underneath. "Who are you?" The girl asked, looking straight into Jughead's eyes.

Jughead froze at the sight of her eyes. They were a beautiful shade of green, almost hyptonizing.

"No one." He answered, his voice so calm it instantly took the girl's attention.

She seemed in a trance, like she was physically unable to move in another direction. "Do you have it!?" She yelled, pressing the knife just a little deeper in Pea's neck, who was trying to wrestle himself loose.

Her grip was tight, it was so tight her knuckles were starting to turn white.

Very carefully, Jughead approached the girl, and to all his luck, she didn't do anything about it.

She was captured by his eyes, not even noticing he moved toward her. "Take my hand." He whispered, so soft that only she was able to hear him.

And in a quick second, she dropped the knife from Sweet Pea's neck, shoved her hand in Jughead's pocket, and then vanished from the bar.

Everyone stood still for a while, disoriented by the blonde girl that had just came into the bar. "Well.. everyone just.. go on with what you were doing." Jughead sounded disturbed.

His hand reached in his pocket, trying to understand what she took, what she wanted.

Pea and Toni walked up to him, both their eyes in a form of pure confusion. "What did she take?"

Jughead furrowed his brows, "I found a necklace this morning, I think she took it."

"But why'd she freak like that? It really fucking hurts." Sweet Pea cursed, gently feeling the bleeding cut in his neck.

"I'll patch you up." Toni chuckled, taking his arm and leading him behind the bar.

Jughead's eyes were solely focused on the door the girl had just vanished from, trying to discover what happened to her.

He could only remember her captivating green eyes, and golden hair that floated like a halo around her.

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"Elizabeth! How could you have lost it!?" Betty sat up straight as she felt a kick in her side.

"I'm sorry. I'll find it back." There was no emotion in her voice, just pure certainty.

"You better." She said, gesturing for the man to kick her again. A second later Betty felt a deep kick in the other side of her stomach. "Now go to your room, and don't make a sound until I come to get you!"

Betty nodded, her teeth clenching as she walked to her prison-like room. Inside stood a glass of water and half of a sandwich. Betty sighed, knowing it was her only food for the next 4 days. Especially now that she lost something valuable.