notees: Recently broke my hand so typing wasn't exactly fun. Forgive any errors. Sorry for the wait.
Just a sidenote- I found out that polonium has lots of symptoms and takes a while to kill someone, so in this story, I'm changing it up XD Polonium now takes 1 day to kill and doesn't really have symptoms since the victim will pretty much be unconscious the whole time. So... hope none of you are doctors or scientists because this is Polonium 2.0!

'Jug? Jughead!' Archie shook Jughead's shoulder desperately while Betty ran over.

'Juggie! No, no, no,' she grasped his hand, not knowing what else to do.

'Quick, we gotta get him to a hospital,' Archie said, beginning to pick him up.

'No,' Veronica spoke up, avoiding Archie's eyes. She knew he knew what she did, 'They'll arrest him again,' she explained.

Archie exchanged a look with Betty before picking Jughead up and running out to the car, Betty and Veronica hot on his heels.

Veronica got in the driver's seat, Betty in the passengers and Archie stayed in the back with Jughead's motionless body.

The drive passed in a blur as Archie tried and failed to get his friend to respond. When the car finally stopped, Archie lifted Jughead out and followed Betty and Veronica into the forest.

Betty had no idea what was going on with Archie and Veronica, but she pushed it back for now. She'd ask when Jughead was safe.

If Archie was honest, he was furious at Veronica. How could she? What she did was selfish, and Archie was having a hard time forgiving her with the reminder of what she'd caused limp in his arms.

As they got to the bunker, FP and Fred were waiting for them. Whether because hey woke up and found the three of them missing or because one of the girls called them, Archie didn't know or care. He was just glad.

As soon as FP saw his son, he quickly took hold of things, taking him down into the bunker and laying him down.

'What happened?' he asked, running a shaky hand through his sleek black hair.

'Hiram poisoned him. Polonium.' Archie replied with a shudder.

'Polonium?! Damn it,' Fred huffed, climbing up the ladder. 'Archie, come with me, we have to get some Diazepam.'

Diazepam?'

'It's the only antidote for Polonium.' (it's not, it's an antidote for tramadol)

'How do you know that?' Veronica asked.

'Later,' FP butted in. 'Go get it. Quick!'

FP looked at his son's pale form. God help them all.

It took an hour before Fred and Archie returned. An hour of worry, an hour of fear, and hour of grief. Jughead was fading fast and FP feared for his boy's life. Betty had be pacing the whole time and Veronica sat in the corner. So, when Fred finally came back with the dia- thingy, FP sprang into action.

'Quick, Fred,' FP waved him over.

Fred rushed over, Archie on his heels.

'It should be enough,' Fred said, as he crushed two tablets and put the remains in a cup of water, handing it to FP. FP wasted no time and opened Jughead's mouth, pouring the contents in. Everyone leaned in, waiting for it to work.

But it didn't.

Jughead stopped breathing.

notees: Sorry it wasn't as good. And sorry there wasn't much Bughead but I've been upset over the fact that there isnt an Archie Jughead friendship in season 4 so I wanted to focus on that. Hehe