'what the hell is wrong with her Kevin said
'when did she become homeless is what I want to know' Cheryl said
'how about tomorrow night we all sleep at school' Cheryl suggested
'why' jug said
'well think about it if Betty is homeless it gives her a place to sleep, and hopefully she will start explaining'
'i don't get why she didn't tell me in supposed to be her boyfriend' jug said
then Betty came through the door of pops she had a bloody lip she turned and saw her friends in a booth at the end of the diner she turned and started walking to the opposite end but then Archie shouted her name
'BETTY!'
she covered her lip with her jacket and turned around
'hey'
'come sit' Cheryl said
betty walked over to the booth and sat down 'whats up?' she said
'nothing much, what about you, why are you covering your lip?' Toni asked
'oh no reason I've been home all night fancied a milkshake' betty lied then pop came over to the booth
'hey pop' they all greeted, since Betty started having a rough time she's been sleeping at pops and pop has been taking care of her when she came in after being beaten up so he quickly noticed when Betty was hiding her lip
'betty show me you lip' pop demanded
'what?' Archie said
then betty slowly revealed her lip that was still bleeding
'oh my god what happened' Toni asked
'again? betty' pop said
'wait this has happened before?' veronica said
'no I was at home and I fell pop helped me when I cut my hand cooking last week'
'right well you know where the first aid is and I will get you your regular' pop said
betty got the first aid kit and let jug help sort out her lip
'ow that stings' Betty said
'anyway betty, we are thinking of having a lock-in at school tomorrow night' Kevin said
'oh cool I'll be there' Betty said
'yeah bring a sleeping bag and a pillow, we will all sleep in the student lounge' Cheryl said
then dee and Amy came through the doors
'shit' Betty said when she saw them
'whats up Betty?' Toni asked
'its just some people I know, don't let them see me' Betty said
but Amy and Dee saw her and came over to the booth
'again Betts?'dee said
'well you were the one who took my gun last week' betty mumbled under her breath
'what gun?' Jughead asked
'outside, I don't think you want this to happen in front of you north siders' Amy said
archie stood up and tried to tell Amy and dee to back off
'archie its fine' Betty said as she walked out
she stood outside pops knowing that all of her friends were watching through the window
'betty, you know I would never if I had a choice' Amy said
dee drew her knife and Betty held out her hand
when everyone saw what was happening through the window they hurried out of pops and jug and Archie grabbed hold of Dee and Amy
'GUYS WHAT THE HELL' betty screamed
'they were gonna hurt you' Toni said
'yeah I know I broke the rules' Betty said
'what rules?' veronica asked
'my rules' came a voice from the shadows
then a tall man walked towards them and betty Amy and dee dropped to their knees
'24 you don't have to cut this time but you have double shifts this week, 30 and 19 home now you are past curfew' and he grabbed a hold of dee and Amy and dragged them away
'well done if you had just stayed inside they wouldn't be almost killed tonight' Betty said
'what the hell is going on?' jughead asked 'Betty you do realize that that is Malachi ghoulie leader?'
'Yes but I can't explain,no not now I have to go, I will see you guys tomorrow and I promise I will explain everything' Betty said as she ran to the van dee and Amy were thrown in the bad and then the window rolled down and the driver handed Betty a gun and then she got the back of the van
'guys me Toni and Cheryl will follow the van on our bikes and then we will call you and tell you where we are k' jug said
jug got on his bike and Toni and Cheryl got on Toni's bike and the followed the van that led them to an abandoned warehouse they hid out of sight and called the others and gave them the directions and they arrived within a couple of minutes they arrived
they decided it was best to go in together as they had no clue what to expect. They snuck around the back, then they tried to find a door, after a few minutes Kevin found one at the side. They went through and it led to a corridor with three doors they went through the first door that was a bathroom with loads of clothes on the floor. then they went through the next door which was a bedroom if you could call it that, there were dirty mattresses on the floor and numbers painted on the wall above them. they looked through the door and saw Betty stood with the same man that drove the van
'I'm done chi you promised protection, but your leading me to my death'
'27 listen to me-'
'NO, I said I'm done with this my name is Elizabeth I'm done being project 27 and selling my self for you'
'you are not done I provide a home and family'
'you clearly had a twisted childhood you call that a family?' she gestured towards the door 'and a home? , ha! no its a prison here you chain us up until we have a client'
'we provide protection crazy Liz' betty stopped and looked at the man once she realized what he called her
'he used to call me that'
'i know, project 27 but think about your life outside you have people trying to murder you and crazy family'
'no! I have a great group of friends that are my family and a great boyfriend and-'
'mental issues we fix you here'
'fix me, no you don't you make me entertain by beating me up and then chain me up'
then an alarm started to sound
'shit'Archie whispered
'27 back to your cell for punishment'
'no no please I'm sorry chi I obey you' Betty said as she dropped to her knees
'You don't have to stay tonight, get some sleep at that pops place you usually stay at away from here' Malachi said sympathetically
