"Shit." Jughead Jones swore under his breath. He couldn't just sit here any more. This mess had gone quite far enough. He looked over to his right were Betty lay sleeping on the bed. Her blonde hair was sprawled out, her naked body covered by the sheet.
"I'm sorry Betty. I do love you. But I can't sit by while you torture our brother. I have to leave. Goodbye." Jughead says quietly, rolling out of the bed. He carefully gets dressed into a shirt and jeans, pulling his beloved beanie onto his head.
Jughead carefully puts his laptop into his bag, glad that he keeps most of his belongings already packed. He doubts he has long before Betty wakes up. He quietly opens the bedroom door and walks downstairs into the kitchen.
When he sees Charles lying covered in blood, unconscious and naked on the floor, Jughead cannot help the waves of guilt that crash through him. He should have tried harder to prevent what happened.
Jughead runs his forehead in frustration. It is clear that he won't be able to carry Charles anywhere safe. He can't call the police, that would only bring Fp, and calling an ambulance would do him no good either.
Jughead pulls his phone out of his bag, scrolling through his contacts until he finds the number he's looking for. Toni Topaz. He presses on the number and turns the volume down, hoping he won't wake any of the occupants of the house.
"Jughead?" Toni asks when she picks up. "is everything okay?"
"No. Nothing is okay. Toni, some shits been happening at my house lately. With Betty. Things have been rough, and I've tried to submit to what they want, but tonight someone got hurt. I need you to come to my house with a car. I need to get me and Charles somewhere safe and then I'll explain. Please." Jughead begs, unsure of what he does if she refuses.
" Yeah okay. I'll come get you and you can come back to thistle house. It's where the serpents hang out now. Meet me out the front in ten minutes." Toni says hanging up.
Jughead breathes out a sigh of relief. Now he just needs to get Charles in some state of dressed and ready, and then get them both out the house. God, it'd be far better if Alice hadn't given him the drugs.
Jughead knows what drugs she used. They last for about 12 hours or so, knocking the person unconscious for the duration. They didn't want Charles to make any escape routes overnight. No doubt someone would have raped him in the morning too, before he would have woken.
Jughead breathed out a sigh of exasperation. He rubbed his eyes and picked up Charles's discarded clothes. He managed to ease the trousers onto his brothers body and then carried him outside to wait for Toni.
