The Blood of Family
Hello, my fellow readers. It is I, the great James Stryker bringing you a brand-new story for Riverdale. Since, I've been busy working on Return to Riverdale, I've decide to bring you another one. This time, this is an idea that I wanted to work on where the main character works for the FBI. And this is an Archieronnie story and we need more Archieronnie stories and I'm that guy that's bringing you more Archieronnie. In this story, Archie Andrews, a young FBI trainee is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate Hiram Lodge, a handsome, powerful and charismatic businessman and a ruthless crime lord in New York City. While he's undercover, he ends up falling for Lodge's incredibly attractive daughter Veronica. Will his career be on the line? Will he choose between the love of a beautiful woman or bringing the most feared crime lord to justice? Now, before you read this story, it is rated M for violent content, language and sexual content. It will contain the pairings Archieronnie and Bughead. There will also be a couple of deaths in the story. P.S. I do not own Riverdale or the characters. So here it is, chapter one of The Blood of Family. Enjoy.
Chapter One
The Assignment
New York City. Wednesday December 10th, 2025
It was a cold December afternoon in New York City. A black van was sitting outside of the Kew Motors Inn. Another car, a 2023 Ford Fiesta was parked across the street. A young tall, muscular man who's in his mid-20s with red hair and brown eyes was sitting in the passenger seat next to man, who's Asian-American with straight black hair and dark brown eyes. He was tall, attractive and athletically built. The man in the driver's seat took a sip of his coffee that he bought from 7-Eleven while the redheaded man kept an eye on the building, spotting two men, both of them drug dealers and armed. One was armed with a Heckler & Koch USC .45 ACP and the other was armed with a Beretta ARX-160.
"God, this coffee is horrible." Reggie said after taking a sip of his coffee.
"What did you expect? It's just coffee. I told you that Dunkin Donuts have the best coffee but you turned that down. And you gave me stale donuts from 7-Eleven. You're lucky that I didn't end up like that guy from World's Dumbest." Archie said.
"If the coffee was bad at that place, oh man. I would be pissed." Reggie said, taking another sip and made a face before spitting the coffee out and hands it to Archie. "Here, you can have it."
"No way, you spit in it." Archie said.
"So where is that guy. They're supposed to be starting this deal so we can move in and bust them." Reggie said.
"Hey, this isn't some action movie. You can't just kick down the door and shoot up the place." Archie said as Reggie rolled his eyes.
"That would be pretty badass, though." Reggie chuckled. "So, maybe later we could head down to O'Malley's. It's all you can eat ribs on Wednesday. I can bring Josie, Moose could bring Midge, Chuck could bring Stacy and TJ could bring Molly. You can even bring Jughead and his wife Betty if he's not busy with writing for the paper. And you, man you need to find yourself a girl. The last time you got some booty was when you and Val dated and she dumped your ass."
"Hey, I'll be fine. I'm not in a rush to find a new girlfriend." Archie said.
"Want me to call Lola Pacini? She could have a night to ride the ginger stallion…." Reggie said.
"Wait, shut up. I see him." Archie interrupted Reggie as he spots a man, an African-American male wearing a black long-sleeved shirt, sunglasses, a leather jacket, black jeans and black shoes while holding a bag filled with drugs as the two men guarding the door greet him.
"Should we go in to end this deal?" Reggie asked.
"No, not yet. We have to make this quiet. Let me call this in first before we move in." Archie said as he picked up the walkie talkie. "Alright, he's in. Should we move in?"
"Wait for it, Andrews." Agent Price said, listening in on the drug deal, waiting for the go-ahead.
"Come on, I want to shoot somebody." Reggie said.
"Will you stop acting like a cowboy and hold on? We need to make sure that they make this deal before we move in" Archie said, picking up the headphones to listen in.
"Fuck this! I'm moving in." Reggie said as he exits out the vehicle while Archie takes off the headphones and sit them down on the dashboard.
"Reggie! Price, this is Andrews. Reggie just got out of the car and he's moving in on the motel. Repeat, Mantle is going to mess up the operation. We need to move in now!" Archie exclaimed as he got out of the vehicle and grabs his Kevlar body armor, putting it on over his navy windbreaker. Three agents exit out the back of the van and followed Archie over to the motel.
Archie pulls out his Kendall 44 pistol from out of his gun holster while Reggie pulls out his Glock 18. With his pistol clutched in his right hand, Archie gets ready to kick the door down. The young FBI trainee kicks the door open and raised his gun, pointing it at the suspects while Reggie, Agent Price and the rest of the FBI agent point their guns at the suspects.
"Freeze! FBI!" Archie shouted, making his way over to the drug dealer and handcuffs him.
One of the suspects who was sitting at the table, reaches underneath the table to pull out a snub-nosed .38 revolver, getting ready to shoot Reggie with it. Archie looked over at the man, then turned to Reggie after noticing what he's about to do next.
"Reggie!" Archie yelled.
The man in the red shirt takes his gun from underneath the table and aims it at Reggie. Archie pushes Reggie out of the way as the suspect fires off a shot at Archie's stomach. Archie grunts, then falls to the floor and fires off two shots at the suspect, hitting him in the chest, sending him to the couch. A shrill blast of a whistle was heard as normal action and sound was restored.
"Okay, people, good exercise." A man said as Archie sighed.
"Shit!" Archie exclaimed , relaxing and lowers his gun as the lights brighten in the FBI training facility.
"Andrews, your reaction time was excellent. Mantle, you watch too many action films. A stunt like that would've probably gotten you killed. It's a good thing that Andrews took the bullet for you." Runyon, the firearms instructor said.
"Hey, great job noticing me, Andrews." Agent Nick Reyes said, shaking Archie's hand.
"Thanks, although you did get a shot at me, Nick." Archie chuckled as Reggie walked over towards him.
"I think you deserve that beer, Archie. Let's head down to O'Malley's right now." Reggie said until the Ohio native with dark hair got off of the phone.
"Andrews." Runyon called.
"Sir?" Archie asked.
"The director wants to see you ASAP." Runyon told him.
"What about me?" Reggie asked.
"No, not you. Just Andrews." Runyon said before making his way over to the other agents.
"I wonder what Weatherbee wants." Archie said as Reggie helps him unbuckle his bulletproof vest with a worried look on his face. "Did I do something wrong?"
"Just relax, Andrews. Just make sure to call him 'God' when you see him." Reggie chuckled as Archie rolled his eyes before heading out to FBI headquarters.
FBI Headquarters. New York City. Wednesday December 10th, 2025
FBI Director Waldo Weatherbee was sitting in his office looking over Archie's file and another file that was sitting on his desk. He looks out the window, taking a sip of his coffee, with a tired look on his face as Archie enters his office and knocked on the door to get his attention.
"You wanted to see me, Weatherbee?" Archie asked.
"Yes, Andrews. Come on in." Weatherbee said as Archie made his way over to his desk and sat down on the blue chair. "Thank you for coming, Andrews. I've been hearing a lot of good things about you. You've been doing really well. Top of your class. You're an expert at academics, firearms, explosives and you were the most athletic in your class. I'm very impressed."
"Thank you, sir." Archie said.
"The reason why I wanted to talk to you is that I have an assignment and I thought about you and maybe you're the right person for the job." Weatherbee said.
"So, what's the story? Why do you need me?" Archie asked as Weatherbee got up from off of his chair and picked up the manilla envelope from off of his desk and handed it over to Archie.
"You ever heard of Hiram Lodge?" Weatherbee asked.
"Yes. I'm familiar with Hiram Lodge. He's New York's most powerful businessman and he's the CEO/President of Lodge Industries. His wife Hermione is a wealthy socialite and they have a daughter named Veronica, who's a fashion designer." Archie said.
"Hmm, I see that you've read up on the Lodge family." Weatherbee said.
"Yes, I have." Archie said.
"Lodge Industries is just a front. The reality is Hiram's a crime lord." Weatherbee said.
"I guess he's just lie the Kingpin." Archie said as Weatherbee gave him a look.
"Come again?" Weatherbee asked.
"You know, Wilson Fisk. Big fat bald guy who's menacing?" Archie asked while Weatherbee still gave him a look. "Haven't you read the Spider-Man comics? Ever seen Daredevil?"
"No." Weatherbee said. "Here's the thing about Lodge, he's been in a rivalry with rival crime boss Cliff Blossom and a rivalry with the Southside Serpents. At age 18, he was working for Anthony Chiccolini and he committed his first murder. This son of a bitch makes Scarface look like a softie. You see, Lodge needs someone that he could trust."
"Oh." Archie said.
"That's where you come in. You're going undercover. Your new name is Ralph DiConcini. Ralph DiConcini is a jewel thief relocating from Chicago to New York. DiConcini is looking for a different line of work in becoming a bodyguard for Lodge. All the information you need to know is right here in this folder. You have ten days to prepare. You're finished with training. You're the best agent that we've got. This could be very dangerous. Many lives will be in danger. You'll probably end up getting killed." Weatherbee said as Archie pulls out a photo of Hiram Lodge.
"I can handle it, Weatherbee. It's like you said, I'm the right agent for the job." Archie said.
And thus, the start of the assignment. So, what did you think of chapter one of The Blood of Family. I've done my best writing about the FBI. I'm not an expert on the FBI okay well I have read about FBI undercover agent Joseph D. Pistone who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in New York under the alias Donnie Brasco. Will this assignment make Archie cross the line between federal agent and criminal? Next time on The Blood of Family, Reggie throws a party for Archie at O'Malley's Bar, then Betty tells Archie about her feelings about him working on the case. Don't forget to review this story, add this to your favorites and follow it for future updates. Trust me, there will be some steamy Archieronnie goodness later on in the story. I'll see you guys next time for chapter two. Till next time, my fellow readers.