Chapter 6

Sorry

A few weeks had passed and no one had heard from Hal Cooper. Betty was getting better. She was able to walk and she was getting her stitches out soon. Jughead had never left her side and the Serpents looked after their Serpent King and his love. With every passing day, Betty wanted to speak to Jughead about her father but then again she didn't. No one had heard or seen him in weeks.

Betty was finally allowed to walk around the outside of her house and she loved the feeling of the sun and air on her face. Archie and Veronica came over every other day to spend time with her and keep her up on what was going on at school. She was returning soon and she was nervous.

She didn't want to be known at Betty Cooper the daughter of Midge's murderer. She was also able to sleep through the night more without nightmares. Jughead was also meeting with his dad and the other Serpents, they were also on the hunt for Hal Cooper for what they did to her. They practically treated her like their Serpent Queen.

Alice was staying with FP a lot because she hated being in the house. Polly was also staying in the Cooper house with her sister and her children. Betty woke up and she looked over at Jughead. He was sleeping soundly. He had come home late after searching for Hal.

She was grateful that he went through all this trouble to keep her family and her safe. But she also worried about the strain that it put on him and the other Serpents. Her phone started to vibrate. She picked it up. Unknown number. Fear coursed through Betty. She answered.

"Hello?"

"Betty."

"What do you want?"

"I want you to join me. You are my daughter after all. I want you by my side."

Betty looked over at Jughead still sleeping. "And I told you that I wasn't going to join you and your crazy destiny. And I am not going to let you terrorize me into doing your bidding again."

"Then your boyfriend will pay. Tell me, Betty, do you think that Jughead will do anything to keep his mother and sister alive?"

Fear coursed through her.

"Jughead has nothing to do with this. He and his family are innocent in this. This is between you and me." Jughead started to wake up.

"He's involved with you. So, he's a part of this, and so is FP Jones. He's with your mother." Jughead sat up and looked at the horror in his girlfriend's face. He looked at her and mouthed 'Who?'.

"I won't let you do this. No more." She said. They heard an explosion outside. Betty looked out of her window. Her mother's car was in flames. Toni, Fangs and police were swarming the streets.

"This will end when you come and join me. Your mother is going to be next. I'll be in touch." The line went dead.

Jughead rushed over to her. "Are you okay?" She looked over at him. "Juggie, we need to talk. And you are going to hate me for this." He looked at her in confusion. "What?"

She took a shaky breath and she sat him down. "I have been keeping something from you." He looked at her. "A few days after I was attacked...my father called me." He looked at her in shock. "And I stayed quiet because he told me to." Jughead shot off the bed and started to pace.

"So you're saying that you are keeping the Black Hood from me again because he told you to!?" She looked down and nodded.

"Betty! Why didn't you say anything!? I told you that you could tell me anything and that would have helped us find him! He almost killed you and you are still doing his bidding! Why!?" He yelled.

"Because of the threats!" She screamed. "He threatened Polly, the twins, you, your father, Archie, his dad. I can't be responsible for anyone else getting hurt because of me!" Jughead looked at her.

"And I told you that we could handle ourselves. We are Serpents and we aren't going to let anything happen to you or your family."

She looked at him. "Jug, he threatened your mother and Jellybean." Jughead stopped. "What? He threatened Jellybean?" She nodded.

"He threatened that he was going to do something to you and he was going to do that by going after your mother and sister." Jughead nodded. "And you didn't want to mention that either!?"

Betty looked back down at her fingers. "Why?" asked Jughead. She looked up at him, tears streaming down her face.

"Because I just wanted to keep everyone safe." Jughead nodded. "Right." He stormed out of her room. She heard the front door slam. Betty laid on her bed and sobbed.

Her phone vibrated and she opened the message. She shot up. This ends now. 'Come now and join me or this blood will be on your hands.'

She shot up and changed into clothes. She had to figure out how to get away from the house. She looked around and saw Toni and Fangs standing watch in the front. She had to do this. She opened the front door.

Toni and Fangs turned. "Betty, how are you feeling?" asked Toni. " I'm okay, thanks." Toni nodded. "Well, I am just gonna go and sit in the backyard." Toni and Fangs nodded.

Betty nodded. "Betty?" she turned to Betty. "I don't know what happened between you and Jughead, but just give him a chance to cool off. You know boys have tempers." Betty nodded.

"Yeah, thanks, Toni." Toni nodded. "It's going to get dark soon. So don't stay out too long." Betty nodded. She walked to the back of the house. She looked at the deputy car and saw that the deputy wasn't in the car. That meant he was doing a parameter of the house and she only had a few minutes to get clear of the house before the deputy saw her.

She groaned in pain at the wound in her stomach and she walked very low to the ground. She was able to get free. She ran, ignoring the pain in her side and she looked around to make sure that she was alone. Her phone rang.

"I'm out. Where are you?"

"Think. Where did you meet me face to face?"

"The cemetery,"

"Then get here. Alone. If you come with anyone else, she dies. You have 15 minutes." The line went dead.

Betty nodded. "Okay." She looked back in the direction of her house. "I am so sorry Juggie." She whispered. She started to run. Jughead paced his dad's trailer.

"She kept all of this from us, from me. I thought that she would tell me everything especially after what he put her through the last time."

FP sighed. "Jug, I am sure that she had her own reasons. It's not as if she's trying to protect him. You need to go back to the house and talk to your girl." Jughead sighed and looked at his dad. "Jughead, she needs you. Her whole world is falling apart. She has lost so much. Don't make think that she's going to lose you too."

Jughead sighed heavily. "Okay." He left and jumped on his bike. He arrived back at the house. He nodded to the Serpents and walked into the house. He walked up to her room and tried to open the door. Locked. He put his head to the door. "Betts, please. I am sorry for storming off."

No answer. "Betty? Please, let me in so we can talk." Still no answer. No noise. He knocked on it more. "Betty?" Stillness. He jiggled the doorknob. "Betty!?" He threw himself against the door. "Betty!" He did it again and he knocked it open. Betty was nowhere to be found.

He raced outside. "Fangs! Toni! Where's Betty!?" he yelled. "Relax man, she's in the back." said Fangs. Toni looked at the fear in Jughead's eyes. Jughead took off running to the back, Toni and Fangs following him close behind. Betty was nowhere to be found. "Betty!" yelled Jughead, looking around frantically. The deputy rushed over.

"What's the problem?" asked the Deputy. "Where is she!? Where were you!?" yelled Jughead. He looked over at Fangs. "Call Sheriff Keller, NOW!" he yelled. Fangs nodded. Jughead's phone rang. It was FP. "Dad, Betty's gone!" he yelled, frantically. Fear coursed through Jughead. "What?" he asked.

He dropped his phone. Toni walked over to Jughead and saw the fear, anger, and guilt in his eyes. "What's the matter Jughead?" asked Toni. He looked at Toni, tears filling his eyes. "Hal Cooper has Jellybean."