{1} Tempest {Sweet Pea}

XVI

"If you're blaming a Serpent for dealing drugs, maybe you should talk to one about who exactly it could be. I mean, before you jump to conclusions about stuff that you don't even know."

Storm points out from the corner of the room and Mayor McCoy looked at her. "Well I'm sorry, but maybe Dad's been too embarrassed to tell you." She says, turning around to show that she was wearing her Serpent jacket.

"From this moment on. My priority. Bringing the Southside under control is my number one priority. Including, your daughter, Fred unfortunately."

Mayor McCoy says and Storm shakes her head. "Touch me or the Serpents, I swear, you won't know what hit you. I know that none of the Serpents, are in with the Jingle Jangle. Because, it's the Ghoulies." She said.

"You're just lying to save your friends." Mayor McCoy was saying to them all, but Storm was already running.

She made it just before Archie did, and they only managed to quickly be the ones to grab Jughead, and when Storm went back for Toni and Sweet Pea she was slammed quickly into the nearest locker.

She looked at the others, who were struggling. Except Toni, who was too upset to realize what was happening.

"Go." She said quietly to Archie and Jughead, who ran off as the cops got almost all of the Serpents.

"They got the wrong gang." Storm murmured as she walked over to the race a few days later, and she sat next to Sweet Pea and Toni.

"You looked like you were about to have a panic attack when you got into the prison. What's wrong?" He asked her quietly, as he looks at her, and not even paying attention to the racers at all anymore.

"I've been inside so many prisons with my mom, on the other side of the bars. I guess... I'm just not used to being on the other side, I guess." She said quietly.

"And yet, there's something still bothering you. You've still got the shakes, even after being in there for two days and being in there with us."

He points out, and she raises her hand, only slightly at his words and saw with shame, that he was right.

Her hand was still shaking and she lowered it, clenching it into a cold fist and she lowers her head.

"Look, you don't have to tell anyone now Tempest. But... eventually, should tell someone what is bothering you."

He said as the racers shook hands, and she shakes her head at his words quickly. "Storm." She murmured as he raised his eyebrows, looking at her. "It is my real name. Tempest, just a very, very well known nickname. It's Storm from now on." She says, as she was now holding out her hand slightly.

He shook hands with her quickly and nodded. "I'm Sweet Pea. Nice, to meet you, Storm." He said and she smiles.

"Now, we've got an illegal race to watch, don't we?" She asked and he chuckled, as they both turned to the cars.

Then Cheryl sent them off down the road, but when only one car came out from the dust, the Ghoulies scattered at once.

"Come on! Go! Everyone has got to go, now!" Jughead, was saying to them all and Storm was looking over at both of them, Sweet Pea and Toni.

"Let's get out of here guys. We don't really need to get arrested again for the second time in three days." She'd say quietly and the trio raced off.

Storm drove off on her motorcycle quickly and Sweet Pea followed with Toni on his own motorcycle.

They met back up in Storm's garage and she handed Sweet Pea a cue stick and he chuckled.

She hands Toni a cold lemonade out of the mini fridge in the corner, and the girl chuckled as well.

"What can I say? You guys are my friends. If I don't know you guys, then who does really?" She asked, and they laughed.

"To getting rid of the Ghoulies for a couple months." Sweet Pea said as he held up the juice in his hand.

"Hear hear." Storm says and Toni nodded as they clinked bottles and Storm looked up as her door opened and her dad stood there.

Sweet Pea put the cue stick and chalk, to the side at once, and she shakes her head at the two, who looks uneasily at her father, silhouetted in the doorway of the garage.

"These your friends?" He asked finally, after they had stopped moving for weapons.

"That's Toni, over there. Behind me dad, is Sweet Pea." Storm says coldly as the two Serpent, they both moved to flank her quickly, as a team now.

"They know all about your brother and the..." She nodded, cutting him off with a nod.

"Well, I'll leave you to the pool table then." He says uneasily, as he walked out of the garage.

"He's not a huge, favorite fan of the Serpents as you can probably tell. I'll get us some food from Pop's. You guys got any requests?" She asked and they looked at her.

"You buying?" Sweet Pea asked and she shrugged at him, and he nodded.

"Three burgers, a soda." He said and she laughs immediately at him and he raised an eyebrow.

"Jughead gave me an order of the exact same amount. Except with a big ass milkshake instead of a soda. Toni? What's your order?" She asked and Toni looked at her.

"A large fries and a chocolate milkshake." She says and Storm smiled at them.

"Back in a few. Soda in the fridge, snacks under the pool table." She says and walked out of the garage, holding her keys in her hand.

She drove to Pop's and ordered, while everyone was wary avoiding her now, as she had her Serpent jacket on and a person stood directly behind her.

She paid for the order, grabbed her food, and turned to slam directly into Reggie.

"Where's your Serpent buddies?" He asks, his voice a growl of fury, and she looked at him, and trying to push past him, but he stopped her. "No way. You are not leaving yet." He said, as many, of the Bulldogs surrounded them.