A/N Thank you to Boris Yeltsin for the review!
Chapter 9
Veronica whimpered as the driver turned a corner far too quickly causing her to hit her head on the side of the trunk, the constant movement was making her feel sick to her stomach. Taking a deep breath Veronica did her best to not throw up; because of the piece of duct tape over her mouth she didn't want to choke on her own vomit. The car made another harsh turn and Veronica wondered how the hell the cops weren't following it, but as she listened as best as she could through the ringing in her ears Veronica didn't hear any sirens, just cars honking, probably from being cut off. Veronica knew that she would have to try and escape before anything bad happened to her, she knew that when she got to wherever these men were taking her that she would have to try and escape without hurting herself or the baby. Working quickly Veronica began trying to get out of the ropes that the men had tied her up with.
Jughead's heart skipped a beat when he ran into Veronica's house and saw Hermione and Hiram lying in a pool of blood, Betty was kneeled down beside Hermione tears falling from her eyes.
"What the hell happened?!" He asked his eyes bulging out of his head.
"I… I don't know." Betty said.
"Where's Veronica?" Jughead asked looking around.
Betty's breath caught in her throat.
"Betty, what's wrong?"
"You need to go call Sheriff Keller and Archie."
"Why?" Jughead asked confused.
"Because I think Veronica has been kidnapped."
"Wh…. What?"
"Before Mrs. Lodge lost consciousness she said that Veronica is gone…" Betty said her stomach twisting uncomfortably, "I've already called an ambulance but I don't know if Sheriff Keller's going to come, and Archie shouldn't find out on the news."
Jughead nodded his head in agreement and hurried out of the room.
Archie sighed staring at his phone; he had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach that something was wrong with Veronica since she hadn't called him back, but he pushed the thought out of his head. Knowing Veronica she probably went shopping with Betty and lost track of time.
"You OK, son?" Fred asked sitting down beside Archie, and looked at his cellphone, "still haven't heard from Veronica?"
Archie shook his head.
Fred put his hand on Archie's shoulder, "they're bringing your Mom out of the medically induced coma in an hour or so."
"That's great news." Archie said smiling.
"So since you know that your Mom is OK, why don't you head back to Riverdale, surprise Veronica?"
"Shouldn't I be here for when Mom wakes up?"
"I'm sure she'll understand." Fred said, "You should be with your girlfriend for new year's eve."
Before Archie could reply his cellphone rang, when he looked at the caller ID his heart sank when he saw that it was Jughead and not Veronica.
"Hello?" Archie answered.
"Archie!" Jughead said close to hysterics.
"Jughead, what's wrong?"
"Mr. and Mrs. Lodge have been shot!"
"What?!" Archie said shocked, "Is Veronica OK?!"
"I don't know…" Jughead admitted, "She's gone."
Archie's heart sank, "gone?" He whispered, "what do you mean gone?"
"Before Mrs. Lodge passed out she told Betty that Veronica is gone."
Archie's eyes filled with tears and his heart started beating out of his chest as Jughead's words sank in, "I'll be back as soon as I can." He said immediately hanging up his phone.
"What's wrong?" Fred asked concerned.
"Mr. and Mrs. Lodge have been shot…"
"Are they alright?"
"I don't know…" Archie admitted, "And now Veronica is missing!"
"Oh God…" Fred said.
"I have to go!"
"Of course," Fred said standing up, "keep me posted!"
Archie nodded his head and then turned and ran out of the hospital.
Veronica felt the car stop, her heart started beating out of her chest; she had been able to get the ropes off of her wrists, now she would have to act quickly to get away from the people who had kidnapped her. Holding her breath Veronica listened as the footsteps came around the car stopping outside of the trunk, before hearing a key being inserted into the keyhole. As soon as Veronica saw the first signs of light she moved her body quickly, taking one of her kidnappers off guard, she kicked him in the face.
"Ouch!" He cried out in surprise stumbling backwards, "What the hell?!"
The other guy tried to grab Veronica but she managed to hop out of the trunk before he got the chance to. She immediately began running, to her surprise, through a forest.
"Get her!" Veronica heard one of the guys yell from behind her.
After running for a while Veronica stopped running to catch her breath, hiding behind a tree, she had no idea where she was going but she knew that she had to get away.
"Where are you?!" One of the men yelled, "You can't hide forever!"
Veronica risked looking behind her and gasped in surprise when she saw that one of her kidnappers was in view.
"Crap!" Veronica whispered as she quickly began running again, trying to ignore her body's protesting.
She wasn't sure how long she had run for but a few moments later she heard a motor coming from behind her, and then a second later an ATV appeared in front of her, causing Veronica to stop dead in her tracks as the other kidnapper once again pointed a gun at her.
"Did you really think you could escape?" He asked smirking.
Veronica's eyes filled with tears as he got off the ATV and walked towards her, "I was trying to be nice," he said cocking the gun, "but now I guess I'll have to be an asshole."
"Please…" Veronica begged, "don't do this…"
The man ignored Veronica and pulled the trigger, causing Veronica to cry out in pain.
End Chapter 9.
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I'm sorry that it did end up taking me so long to update I caught the flu or something and I was so sick for the past week.
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