"Has anyone seen Charles? I'm slightly concerned. I haven't seen him since this morning." Jughead asked the group.
"Last I saw he was heading outside for a walk." Veronica said. "I think maybe we should look for him. And Archie too, if our suspicions are correct. They could be suffering. I vote we break into the Coopers house and see if we can find them."
"That could work. We need to get all the knives and weapons we have between us. I'll take my bow. We won't kill Betty, and we can't arrest her, though, so really we're just going full out illegal break in, threaten her, get Charles and Archie out and then come back here. Right?" Cheryl suggests.
"This is ridiculous. We can't live like this. We need to go above them. We need to have Daddy arrested." Veronica says.
"Mija, that won't work." Hermione says softly. "No one will believe us."
"What if we framed them. Like Donna and Brett and Joan tried to do to us." Jughead says.
"Okay. First we get Charles out of there. he's an FBI agent, he probably has some clue of what to do." Sweet pea weighs in. "Then we do this!"
five minutes later, the rough group of assorted criminals and high schoolers were gathered outside the Cooper's house. It wasn't exactly hard to get into the house. Especially considering Jughead had a key. As the door swung open, they walked into a thankfully empty living room. Quietly the group walked into the lounge and stood there, awaiting direction.
"Jughead?" came a questioning voice from the stairs.
"Jellybean" Jughead says. "you need to come with us. Do you know what's been happening in this house? Do you know where Charles is?"
"No." Jellybean said quietly. "Dad said he was a murderer, and that he and Betty and Mrs Cooper would make sure he couldn't hurt me. And they told me you and Betty had a fight and that's why you left. But something weird is going on, I know it is. You wouldn't just leave me here with no explanation. Even Mum gave me an explanation. So I figured something happened to you, and I tried to ask Ricky, but he wouldn't tell me anything."
"Yeah, well some stuff happened, JB. Bad stuff. Dad did some things, and you aren't safe here. Neither was I. Charles and I needed to leave. that's why I abandoned you. But I've come back for you. I'd never abandon you properly." Jughead says.
And that is when Fangs slips into the table. He tumbled over, and just caught the edge of the table. The lamp on it tumbled to the floor with a sickening thud.
"Shit." Toni mutters, and everyone is horrified when Betty comes running into the room.
"Hello Jughead." she says smiling.
"Betty. You are completely surrounded. We are armed. Tell us where Charles and Archie are." Veronica says, stepping forward.
"Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run, see how they run." Betty begins to sing. "They all run after the farmers wife who chops off their tales with a carving knife." her voice echoes eerily around the room.
"Where the fuck is my brother!" Jughead snaps.
"He's in the basement. But I don't have Archie." Betty says, smiling in a scarily child like manner.
"Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run. See how they run. They all run after the farmers wife who chops off their tales with a carving knife, three blind mice. Three blind mice. Have you ever seen such a thing in your life as three blind mice." Betty continues to sing.
Jughead races into the basement. He sees Charles lying limp on the floor.
"Hello brother." he says.
