Adoration || Sweet Pea [2] [DISCONTINUED]

||TWENTY-FOUR - MAN IN BLACK||

Jayda's POV

"Right, Fangs, you're gonna hold this," I tell him, and hand him the gun. "Be very careful with it, okay. But, your finger slips, it won't be the end of the world. Well, not for you, at least." He takes the gun from me.

"Don't worry, I'll be careful." He assures me, then holds the gun to Tall Boy's head.

"So, Tall Boy, I wouldn't slip up, if I were you. Because, otherwise Fangs is gonna pull the trigger." I inform him.

"We ready?" Sweet Pea asks me. He's holding the phone, and is ready to dial the number.

"Go for it." I instruct.

"This is Hiram." Hiram Lodge answers the phone call.

"I have the Red Paladin." Tall Boy announces. "Him and his friends tried to ambush us in the woods. If you want him..."

"I do." Hiram answers. "Where?"

"Usual meeting place. Nine o'clock." Tall Boy says.

"Understood." Hiram replies. "Good work." The phone line goes dead, and Fangs and Sweet Pea move away from him. Fangs still holds a tight grip on him.

"You two." I point to Sweet Pea and Fangs. "Are going to keep an eye on him. Don't hesitate to shoot him, if need be."

They nod, and they both have faint smiles on their faces.

"Just make sure he doesn't get out." I say. "Other than that, do whatever you want."

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That night, I stood with Jughead, Archie and Dad at the docks. Awaiting Hiram. Jughead and I hid in the shadows, and Dad dressed up in the Gargoyle King costume.

Archie pretended to be tied up by his feet, and Jughead and I were ready to jump at Hiram if need be.

A black car pulled up, and a man, dressed in all black, stepped out and walked towards us.

As he stepped closer, we realised that he wasn't the Man in Black, just a man dressed in all black.

"You're not Hiram." Dad says.

"Tall Boy?" He questions, and then we realise that it's in fact, Claudius Blossom. Dad takes the mask off his head, and my brother and I approach them.

"Looks like neither of us were who we were expecting." Dad says. 

"What the devil--?" He starts. Archie stands up grabbing one of his arms, Jughead runs over faster than me, grabbing his other.

"Claudius Blossom?" Jughead questions. "You're not the Man in Black. What happened? Why would Hiram send you?"

"I don't know what you mean." Claudius lies, and tries to run but Jughead and Archie stop him.

"Please." I scoff. "Why would you be on this abandoned dock otherwise?" 

"Save it for the judge, Blossom. You may not be the Man in Black, but his stink is on you." Dad says. "I'm making a citizen's arrest."

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The next morning (a Saturday, no doubt), I was sitting in a classroom with my other classmates. I was nervously bouncing my leg up and down, as it does when I'm nervous, scared that I was going to fail.

I'm pretty sure all my classmates were feeling the same why as me, especially Archie, who had barely any time to prepare for this test.

Sweet Pea sent me a reassuring smile from his seat across for me, saying that it was all going to be fine.