F.P
It's been days and still no answer of calls or texts by Alice. I know she said she was ok but Alice Cooper never leaves someone hanging unless it was in high school. I get off the couch and try to call her again but still nothing! My phone goes off, Serpent "ah F.P you might want to come to the Wyrm someone is here asking for you and there is more than one it's seems important" F.P "ok just make sure they stay there I'm on my way", I hang cut the call short, I grab my Serpent jacket and leave on my bike...
Who would be asking for me?
I open the door to the Wyrm and walk in to see, no it can't be... Gladys and Jellybean my daughter and ex wife. "Dad" Jellybean shouts out, I come rushing over to them. I wrap my arms around both of them "so what's this all about, not that I'm happy to see you, I have to call Jug" I babble, Gladys's hand holds mine down "we need to talk, JB can you stay here while I go tell your father about what happened" she speaks, "dad you need to be nice" Jellybean warns me. Gladys and I walk out the front to talk. "I know this isn't a social call so what's up Gladys?" I ask "F.P you are not going to like this, do you remember when you asked me to help you find Alice" she starts "yes, did you find her, where is she, is she ok, Betty will be so relive knowing she is ok" I rant "F.P, Alice is dead, JB and I tried to help her get away from the Penny and we watched her get Shot". Alice Cooper is no more, no this is not how she gets to go out of this world, "where is her um... Body" dumb question but I need to know "it's in the truck" she says pointing to her truck. My mind doesn't want to process, "Penny and Alice we're sisters, JB is still in shock oh and if you haven't caught up Jellybean is JB, she saw her die so she is traumatized but F.P I really think we need to sort out her corpse" sh explains "I understand, we can't let it rot away, we need to put her somewhere safe and where no one will find her until we do a funeral for Alice, Gladys do you still remember where the morgue is, talk to Dr Kurtle and he will ask for money but put her there and when it's time we will organised the funeral, I need to call Jug so we can figure out how to break it to Betty" I say "I'm guessing Betty is Alice's daughter and wait Jughead's girlfriend ok I have a lot to catch up on, hey F.P let me help you tell our son" she says, I nod. I get out my phone and call him. Jughead "hey dad, what's up" F.P "I need you to come to the Wyrm we need to talk make sure Betty isn't with you I need her distracted" Jughead "ok I'll get Toni to be with her what's going on" F.P "your mother and JB are here and we need to talk so please hurry". I have never thought of the day where I would have to tell Jughead someone important to him and I have died, not just died but was murdered by our enemies... in the meantime Gladys and I have put her body where i said
It's a while later and we're all back at the trailer JB including, "so what's going on I know this isn't a social call" Jug speaks "just like your father but no this isn't a social call, F.P do you want to start or should I" as Gladys says that JB makes her way closer to her brother to comfort him for when he feels hurt. "It's Alice, we found out about her and it's not good" Jug's face is confused "is she hurt we need Betty here" he trails off "son" I take his hand, "Alice is dead" three words I never wanted to hear "how, why, what the hell" tears start to come out of his tired eyes "Penny shot her Juggie, JB and I saw the whole thing, Penny and Alice were sisters and Penny wanted revenge on Alice because of her daughter, she wanted Betty to know something important, but I need you to do one thing for me Jug, be there for your father, your sister who saw it all, and your girl that I've only heard a little about and I don't need to know anymore on how you love her and how close she must've been to her mother so please listen to that" she explains to him. JB is hugging him, his face has droplets of tears coming out of his eyes, he looks hurt very hurt "let me pull myself together and then we or I need to tell Betty she has the right to know" he declares "of course but son i think it's better if break it to her and your mother helps and you just sit by her and hold her"...
Jughead
Those words I never thought I would hear. I need to get myself together and tell Betty. She is going to be wreck. how do you even tell or get someone to tell someone that there mother has died, worse murdered by the enemy that we thought went away and it was all for revenge. Penny will pay for the crimes she has committed and when I say pay I mean suffer, put away, and taken care of. Betty will get to do the honors for most of it and same with my father as he is hurting deeply as well. Jughead "hey baby can you please come to the trailer" Betty "okay, Jug I guess Toni can give me a lift". I call Toni to let her know Jughead "hey Tones are you able to give Betty a lift home from the trailer, she is in the Blue Gold office" Toni "yea sure what's going on" Jughead "I know this is going to sound not true but please don't tell Betty, Alice was shot by Penny and she didn't make it, I need you to inform Pea, Fangs and Cheryl as my mum and Jellybean are here and we are going to tell Betty so if she asks just say Queen stuff" Toni "oh my god, Betty isn't going to take this well, of course i can do what you have asked me to do she will be at yours in no time", i cut the line. more tears start to fall out of my eyes. Alice put Betty through hell at times but she was an amazing mother, she might've bad mouthed the Serpents but once a Serpent always a Serpent and she proved that, Alice was someone you could rely on, she saw the light later on in my dad when no one else could, she didn't deserve what she got so we will make sure that she is never forgotten and that the Serpents stand by Betty throughout this tragic time.
Toni's bike pulls up but only Betty walks in, her face looks confused as she notices my mother and sister plus my dad and I all sitting together. "Betty sweetie take a seat" my father tells her she does what he said ans sits by me "Jug why is your mother and sister here?" she asks "Betty i'm Gladys and this is JB, we need to tell you something that you will not be prepared for" my mum speaks up.
i'm sitting by Jughead worried as hell what could be so bad that his other side of the family comes. "Betty what we are about to tell you is going to take time to really sink in and to process, you are going to need time to heal and probably crash a couple of times, it's about your mother" Gladys speaks, "I know she is at a writer thing as she called me last week, wait did she call you because its been a couple of days" I ramble, my face suddenly drops when there is no response "Jug, F.P what" what aren't they telling me, Jughead takes my hands. "Betty, your mother is dead, i-" "what how, you have no proof she can't be" NO. "it's true, JB and I witnessed the whole thing, were're so sorry but Penny shot her" Gladys informs me "but, but, but why, what does Penny want with my mother but me, she is going to pay" i am trying to hold myself together but I don't know anymore "Penny and Alice were sisters, that makes Penny your aunt so when that day comes to bring her war you have a big say in it all, Gladys you should tell her what Alice wanted to tell her" F.P is handling telling me so well, "your mother wouldn't stop saying how much she wanted to call you, she did call you but then Penny came, she loved you so much and wanted to see you be the .woman you are, she wanted to see you grow up and be the better mother she ever was to you, Alice truly loved you, she didn't even have to tell me i just new as it's a mother instinct, Betty honey don't beat yourself up over her death, Penny is just a sick cold blood killer" Gladys's words are sharp and true, "we need to gather the Serpents at the Wyrm, I have to tell them" i declare "Betty that can wait you just found out that your mother has died, Jug can do it" F.P tries to change my mind "NO, I am going to be okay, I have time to grieve but I need to tell them and don't bother any of you trying to stop me" I make it as clear as a diamond. I send a message to Toni saying "Spread the word to other Serpents, Wyrm NOW" and SEND, "baby are you sure don't you think that they can wait" Jug tries "Jug I already sent the message to Toni so can we please just go to the Wyrm" I demand, just before we leave I stop to JB "I know you're only eleven years old, i'm so sorry you had to witness my mothers death it would've been so hard and I just want to say I am so sorry, for dragging you and your mother into this mess" he arms wrap around me "it's ok Betty, I hope somewhere between this crap we can get to know each other, all I hear about is you when my brother calls me" she giggles "of course", she is so sweet. we leave to the Wyrm.
I'm at the bar having a drink before i inform the others about my mother, but I feel like some already know, Toni is acting different around me so Jug probably told her no doubt, "it's time" I whisper. I go up to the stage. "what's going on Boss" one of them calls, I take a deep breath in and out... "I asked you here not for a good reason, a fellow Serpent has fallen, well was murdered by Penny Peabody" "who is it" another calls, "my mother Alice, Alice Cooper, Penny shot her and Gladys and JB Jones saw the whole thing" tears are starting to come. I will not break, "she was a traitor" some shout "if you dare to say one harsh word about my mother leave this place and keep on walking because I don't want to see your disgusting face again, My mother was a true person and she" tears are now coming faster by the second "she was a brave woman and-" I feel myself breaking, "she, she" I can't understand what i am saying.
Jughead
watching her break on the stage is so hard to bare, she is trying so hard to keep it together, what is she going to be like and the funeral. "Jug, we have got her" Toni says, her and Sweet-Pea go up to the stage to bring her to me.
My tears are getting the best of me, "it's ok Betty let's get you to Jug" Toni and Sweet-Pea help me find my place. when i make my way to Jug i hold him tight to me, he pulls me along to a room or my room as I have crashed in it multiple times before. Jug closes the door behind him and we sit on the floor as it's where i have fallen. sobs, droplets of tears are happening. My mother was innocent she didn't deserve what she got and was put through "what happened to her body Jug, where does she rest" i cry "my dad and mother put her in the morgue for the time being until we sort out to the funeral don't worry" he comforts me, "she didn't deserve any of this, this is my fault all of it, she was just on a lead being the writer she was MY MOTHER WAS INNOCENT UNTIL PENNY TOOK HER LIFE" I scream out. I am standing now pacing myself back and forth across the room, I pick up stuff and just start to throw the items "My Mother is DEAD JUG, dead" my body aches and my mother is dead "she's gone". I have a piece of glass left in my hand "this is my fault, i should be the one dead not her, I have one scar and she had her life taken how is that fair, why would my aunt her sister do that how could she be so messed up" ranting "baby shhh" Jug is trying to hold my arms down "it's only been today you found out, it's going to take time until you heal but you will one day feel slightly better, yes the funereal is going to be hard for you but it's going to be ok" he is trying "maybe it would be easier if I wasn't around causing all this drama and pain, it's my fault" no Betty isn't dying next "no baby this isn't your fault at all" he tries to take the glass piece but instead i realize I have blood trickling down my arm from where the glass has cut into, I drop the glass and hold myself to Juggie. This world is not what it seems "let me get you something for your hand" he lets me go...
I leave her, I go back to the bar and go behind it, "she is a wreck Tones, and she is going to be for a while until she gets revenge on Penny, she is never going to really heal like she needs to" I explain to Toni, I grab the medicinal box, I get something for her cuts "Jug Princess is going to be numb for a while and we will be here for her, she is family just be careful on how you act with her" Sweet-Pea says "I will" I make my way back to her. Betty thinks she is going to be ok but she is going to stumble and fall on her feet at times and I just have to be ready to catch her before she throws away herself. Betty my baby is going to survive and I know deep down she is going to get through this rough stage, no matter what life throws at us we will get back up again no matter how hard it tries to break us, Betty and I are going to get through this!
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