sane | betty & jughead

Stealing

"I need every Serpent, now!" Jughead demanded as he set foot inside the Whyte Wyrm.

Everyone inside looked up at him, scared under his furious gaze. "Jughead, what's-" Sweet Pea didn't got to finish his sentence.

"Every Serpent. Right now!" He yelled, his eyes shooting fire. His fists were clenched, his jaw tightened.

People sprung into action, calling every Serpent they knew and within an hour all the Serpents were on the premises.

Jughead hadn't moved from his spot, just staring as Serpents entered the bar. "Jug, what's going on?" Toni said, walking up to him. Jughead didn't answer her, instead shot her angry glare.

"I need everyone to listen up!" Jughead said, stepping onto the stage in the middle of the room. "I have a very important job, and I need all of your help."

"We're going to steal someone."

A wind of whispers and disturbed looks went over the crowd of Serpents. Toni was shaking her head desperately. "I'm sorry to say this, but what the fuck Jones!" One of the men shouted, throwing his hands in the air.

The rest of the room directly screamed along with him. "Calm down people!" Jughead yelled over all the screams, "It's a girl, and she needs to be saved."

"You got a crush on her or something?" Sweet Pea mocked, snickering from his own joke while high fiving Fangs in the process.

"Shut your mouth, Pea, you don't know a damn thing." His voice was so unsympathetic, Sweet Pea immediately backed away. "It's the girl who held a knife to your neck two days ago."

The bar fell in complete silence. Even Sweet Pea frowned, shaking his head in disapproval. "Okay now you're just talking shit."

"For god's sake Pea, I'm not joking." Jughead cursed, a long sigh leaving his mouth. "We need to save her."

"Get out Jones, she's insane!" Tallboy yelled from the middle of the crowd.

"Shut the fuck up, alright! She's being starved, tormented, abused, and she's on the edge of dying. I'm not leaving her for her faith." Jughead was so riled up, he was about to punch someone in the face.

"I'm in." Toni said, emerging from the crowd, a soft smile on her face.

"Me too." Cheryl appeared beside her, holding her hand.

Jughead felt his hands loosen. "Thanks guys. Anyone else?"

"Alright I'll do it, just because you're so sure on it." Sweet Pea scoffed, stepping beside the female couple.

"Well I guess then I am in as well." Fangs sighed, also coming from the crowd.

"I'm out of here Jones, you've gone nuts." Tallboy said and hurried out of the bar, followed by a few of the Serpents.

"Four is enough to help me. Especially you four. We'll manage it." Jughead finally decided, sending the rest of the Serpents out of the bar right after.

"So, what's your genius plan Jones?" Sweet Pea asked once the five of them were settled around a table, bottles of beer in front of them.

"Okay, so I don't actually have one." He admitted boldly, watching as frustration erupted in Sweet Pea. "Before you say anything, just look at this picture."

Jughead took out his phone and showed them the picture of the fainted Elizabeth. The bruises on her face were clearly visible, simultaneously with her bony body.

"I know we've seen her before, but she looks so.." Toni had no words to describe the blonde that was shown on the picture.

"Abused? Broken? Starved?" Jughead finished, his jaw tightening.

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Betty awoke again in the middle of the night, a sheen of sweat covering her forehead. That dark haired male had once again  made an appearance in her dream and it was frustrating her.

"Get out of my brain!" She muttered to herself, punching her own head.

The blonde laid herself back down on the thin mattress, pulling the sheer blanket over her shoulders.

It took less than a minute before one of Maya's men, Malachai, entered the tiny room. "Why the fuck are you awake!?" He grumbled, his fists clenching into balls.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." She apologised, sounding like a line she had practiced a million time. As if she was giving a presentation. 

Malachai stepped up to the girl and punched her right in the face. "That's what you get for disturbing me." He spitted and left the room, slamming the door closed behind himself.

Once again, she was left alone. It didn't bother her in the slightest, it was just the dark that was unpleasant.

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"I know a few things, which should work in our advantage." Jughead then started, looking around the group of people. "The house that we're breaking in, is Maya Cooper's house." A mix of surprised gasps went over the table.

"Maya Cooper? That drug dealer? What were you doing at her house Jug?" Cheryl asked, her eyes widening.

"Long story, I'll explain later."

"Well I'm not helping if I don't know why you're at the house of a freaking drug dealer." Jughead sighed deeply, trying to mash his brain to form an answer.

"We are desperately in need of money, and I couldn't find another solution. It was just a one time thing." He hurriedly spoke, receiving even more gasps from the group.

"For god's sake Jones!" Sweet Pea exclaimed, slamming his beer bottle down on the table.

"It's bad, I know. Just hear me out, okay, I just got an idea." With a lot of hesitation the four of them agreed to listen. "So, basically what we're going to do is that Fangs is going to make an appointment with Maya, otherwise we won't get inside the gates. We will all pretend like we are Fangs his associates, so we will be let inside the house. Once inside, Sweet Pea, Cheryl and Fangs will go to the second floor to meet up with Maya. Toni and I will sneak downstairs to the basement, where they are hiding the girl. Toni, your job is to keep the guard at Betty's door busy, so I can get inside and take her with us."

It was silent for a while before Toni spoke up. "Sounds like a plan."

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Once Jughead got back home an hour later, Jellybean was sitting on the couch, watching some TV. Jughead smiled and settled himself next to her, as she crawled into his arms.

"You were gone long." She whispered as Jughead felt his heart sink at the smallness of her voice.

"I'm sorry JB, we just have a lot going on with the Serpents." He pressed a soft kiss to the girl's brown hair. "Tomorrow a nanny will come to visit, I asked dad to hire one. She'll be like one of your new friends, but then a little bit older."

"What if she doesn't like me?" Jughead melted at the innocence of her voice.

"How could someone not like you? I think she'll love you Jelly."

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