A Tale of Two Snakes
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Chapter 24: Filicide
"Wear the jacket, Archie." Betty said.
Joaquin arrived after he got Kevin's message. But when he saw Archie, Betty, Veronica, Betty, Miguel and Johnny with him, he got into defensive mode. It took Kevin a lot of coaxing to calm him down, but then he revealed something very important.
He told them that there was another serpent named Mustang, who helped FP to held Jason captive. Joaquin was having a relationship with Kevin under FP's order. They wanted to get the information of the investigation by using Kevin. But Joaquin developed a soft corner towards him.
Kevin was literally heartbroken after that revelation. Betty coaxed him a bit. Then they took Joaquin to find Mustang. But when they reached the motel, they found the dead body of Mustang in the bathtub. It was probably a case of drug overdose, but none of them was sure. Joaquin was so afraid, that he decided to leave the town immediately. Kevin decided to accompany him to the bus station. They shared one last kiss.
Then Joaquin whispered something into Kevin's ear. It was the location of a bush in the forest.
All of them went there, and after a bit of digging, the found a bag. The bag contained a very familiar Riverdale school football team jacket. The name 'Jason' was written at the backside.
Archie and Jughead checked the Jacket. But there was nothing inside it. Then Betty requested Archie to wear the Jacket.
Archie wore the jacket. Then he again checked the pockets. But there was nothing.
"How is it possible?" Miguel said after a long time.
"There must be something. Something we missed." His voice was breaking with sadness and despair.
Jughead said nothing. He was now only thinking about his father. Archie, Betty, Veronica and Kevin were also silent. They were feeling hopeless too.
"Let's go kids. Here is nothing more to find." Johnny said in a low voice. He looked at Miguel. The kid's face was painful. All the others had the same expression.
"We have failed. Everything is finished now. The police will charge my father with Jason's murder, and there is nothing we could do now, absolutely nothing." Jughead said. He sat on the grass, burying his head in his hands. Betty embraced him. Both of them were crying silently.
The jungle was silent. The silence was getting heavier with each passing second.
Miguel turned his wheelchair to leave the forest, but it stumbled on a stone, causing Miguel to fall over his face on the grass. The wheelchair was toppled too. Both Johnny and Kevin ran towards him and helped him to sit over it.
Then all of them silently left the forest.
"God damn it!" Miguel screamed over the top of his vocal chords.
"Calm down, kid." Johnny said.
"No, sensei, I won't calm down. F.P did not kill Jason. My gut is shouting this. Clifford must have pressurized him." Miguel started shadowboxing.
"But, as much as I know, there was no proof against Clifford. He is a big man here; you cannot accuse him without proof." Johnny said, calmly. He was surprised with himself. This Johnny Lawrence was a man who was reasonable. Who was thinking before each and every word he said. Johnny Lawrence was really becoming a new and changed man.
He smiled absentmindedly. Miguel looked at him. He was a bit surprised when he saw his sensei smirking. But he was not blind. He saw the town of Riverdale making a change over his sensei. The Johnny Lawrence in Reseda and the Johnny Lawrence in Riverdale had huge difference between them.
It took him a lot of will power to focus his mind on the case again. He thought a lot, but he was still in a dead end. He was absentminded at dinnertime to. Both Rosa and Carmen noticed that.
After dinner, when Miguel was driving his wheelchair, he heard the angry muttering of his grandmother. He looked at her and saw her scrubbing the floor furiously.
"Stupid bubblegum." She said. There was a small piece of bubblegum stuck on the floor. Miguel looked at his wheelchair. He saw a small piece of bubblegum stuck in one wheel of his wheelchair. He remembered seeing a lot of chewed gums beside the bush in the forest.
He went to his room. His brain was literally fried up from inside. He needed his sleep very badly. He drove his wheelchair towards the bed. He was going to climb the bed when he heard a faint sound.
It was a faint dropping sound. Something hard dropped on the floor from a very small distance.
Miguel looked at the floor and saw something. He bent his torso and saw something on the floor.
It was a small black pen drive. A small piece of chewing gum was stuck on it.
"It must have stuck with my wheelchair when I fall down." He thought to himself. Then he picked it up from the floor and connected it with his laptop.
Johnny Lawrence was having trouble with his sleep. Every single day, He called Bobby for any news of his son, but there was nothing. It was like Robby was literally vanished. Bobby coaxed him every single day, but Johnny knew that his pastor friend was hurt inside.
Today, he saw an upset Miguel. The boy was so sure that he will get some lead to find the killer, but there was nothing. Sure, they got Jason Blossom's jacket, but that was also a dead end. He could not bear the scene of an upset and sad Miguel.
He stood up from his bed. His throat was dry. He decided to drink some water when he heard Miguel's voice.
"Sensei? Are you there?"
It was Miguel's voice, but filled with excitement.
Johnny went out from the basement and saw Miguel. The kid's face was glowing with joy. The same glow he saw in his pupil's face when he came from his first date and learn that Cobra Kai was selected for the tournament.
"What happened?" Johnny said.
"We did it sensei! It's just dumb luck, or God's will or may be both, but we got the killer." Miguel said. He had his laptop in his hand.
"Look at this, sensei." He turned the screen towards him.
Johnny looked at the screen.
The video seemed like CCTV footage. He saw Jason Blossom tied to a chair. Mustang was standing in front of him. He was saying something to Jason, but there was no sound. Then Mustang left the room.
After a couple of minutes, another man entered the room. It was none other than Clifford Blossom.
Anger was literally radiating from Clifford's face. He did not say anything. He came to his son and took something from his pocket. It was a ring.
Then he took two steps backwards and again turned towards his son.
Then Clifford Blossom took out a gun and shot Jason in his head.
"Oh my God!" Johnny was literally repulsed. He saw a murder, a real murder. He could not see any more, and looked at Miguel. The boy was calmly sitting on his wheelchair, with a cold and hard face.
"How could you be so calm, Diaz? I believe you saw it before Me.", Johnny could not recognise his own voice, which was laced with both fear and shock.
Miguel silently poured a glass of water and handed it to Johnny, who emptied it in a big gulp. The cold water calmed his mind a little bit.
"Now we can prove that FP is innocent. I told you sensei that my bet is on Clifford. Well, I win. Now let's call the others."
Jughead Jones could not sleep well that night. He saw Archie succumbing in a deep slumber. But he could not sleep. He was thinking about his father, who will be tried for Jason Blossom's murder. Silent tears were falling from his eyes. Though he was estranged from his father, he loved him very much. He could not bear seeing his dad in jail.
He was thinking when he heard Archie's mobile phone ringing. The loud sound woke up the redhead.
"Who the hell is calling in midnight?" He took out his phone, "Miguel?"
He took the call," What the hell, Diaz?"
Jughead could not hear what Miguel said. But he saw Archie's face. Every single amount of sleep was gone from his eyes. He jumped from his bed.
"I am coming, Diaz. Jughead is coming with me. I am calling Betty right now. You call Veronica and Kevin.", He hung up the call, then dialled another number.
"Hello, Betty? Miguel called me just now. He told me to bring you and Jug in his house, right now. Get ready."
Jughead could not understand a bit.
"What is it, Archie?", He asked.
"Miguel got some important lead. He said, it will totally turn around everything. Let's go, Jug.", Archie said.
Jughead heaved a sigh. He just hoped for a miracle for his father. Because, he knew that his dad did not kill Jason Blossom. He made a quick pray to the almighty.
"How could he?", Carmen Diaz was literally sobbing.
Her sleep was disturbed due to a lot of hushed sound in the house. She woke up and saw the full gang of Archie was there in her house, along with Johnny and Miguel. She learned from Johnny that a very important proof was found. So, out of curiosity, she joined them.
But when she saw the murder of Jason by his own father, she could not control her tears. It was totally a cruel and vile thing to her. Veronica hugged her and coaxed her, while fighting her own tears.
"The drive must be inside one of the pockets of Jason's jacket. When I fall from my wheelchair, the drive was stuck in it. That came with me from the jungle to my home.", Miguel said. Then he looked at Jughead.
The boy's face was pale, but his eyes were gleaming.
"My father is innocent.", He said. He buried his head in his hands. His emotions were coming now like a flowing river. Betty came to him and hugged him tightly.
Johnny was looking at them. His son's face again popped in his mind.
Where is Robby now? He did not know.
Could he see his son again?
He hoped for that. He could not lose hope.
Because, defeat does not exists.
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In response to 1AlexShadow2, Miguel's walking will be a suspense. You have to be with me to know it. Adios, my friend.