Chapter 7

I'm sorry

Jughead paced impatiently as he waited for FP, and Alice to show up. "I need to find Betty." he said. He walked toward his bike. Toni ran in front of him and put her hand on his chest. "No, you need to stay here so we can figure out our next move." said Toni. He looked at her.

"No, I need to find Betty. She's in danger." Toni pushed against his chest. "No, you need to stay here and wait for FP." Jughead sighed angrily. "Jug." He turned and there was Alice and FP.

"What the hell happened? You sounded so frantic on the phone." said FP. Jughead looked at his father. "Dad, something happened. Jellybean was taken." Fear coursed through FP. "What? What do you mean that something happened to Jellybean?" Jughead sighed. "Somehow Hal Cooper got her."

FP shook his head and started to pace. Alice looked at the Jones men. "That doesn't make sense, why would Hal want Jellybean? It makes no sense." said Alice. "Hal was blackmailing Betty. She was being threatened by him. She wasn't allowed to..." he trailed off and he looked at Alice and his father in horror.

"What boy?" asked FP. Jughead looked at him. "Hal was blackmailing Betty with all of our safeties, but she told me that he recently threatened mom and Jellybean. And if that's the case, then that's got to be why she took off."

Alice looked at Jughead. "What do you mean? Betty is missing!?" she shrieked. Jughead sighed and nodded. "Yes, she must have been contacted by him when I was gone." Alice looked at him.

"Where the hell were you!? You told me that you wouldn't leave her!" she screamed. Jughead flinched. "I got angry with her and I left." He sat down on the back porch and he ran his hands through his hair.

"I am so sorry, Mrs. Cooper. I didn't mean for this to happen." he said. "What's done is done." said FP. Alice and Jughead looked at him. "Okay, we need to figure out where Hal has Jellybean. If we can figure that out then we can figure out where Betty is. Let's get the Serpents and we will take care of this."

"I agree." They all turned and there stood a bruised Gladys Jones. "What the hell happened to you?" asked FP, walking over to her. "JB and I were attacked. We don't know by who. But whoever he was, he took JB." she said full of anger.

"It was my soon to be ex husband Hal." said Alice. Gladys looked at her and FP. "Nice to see that you went back to your precious high school sweetheart." sneered Gladys. "I didn't go back to her. And besides you left, so why should it matter?" shot back FP.

"I don't care. But I want to know why her psychotic ex kidnapped my daughter." Gladys spit out. "She's my daughter too." Gladys looked at him. "Yeah, like you ever treated her like one."

"ENOUGH!" yelled Jughead. Everyone looked at him. "We don't have time for this right now. We don't have time for you guys to get into a pissing contest. We need to focus on finding Jellybean and Betty."

"We will all split up. We will work together to find them safely. Everyone will keep their phones on them and will call before we do anything rash. Agreed?" They all nodded. Jughead called the Serpents and they all agreed to look for Hal, Betty, and Jellybean. Gladys went with Alice and FP.

Cheryl was with Toni. And Archie was with Veronica. Jughead continued to look by himself. No luck. No one had seen anyone.

...

Betty ran through the cemetery. "I'm here. Where are you?" she called. She walked all over the cemetery, looking behind her as she did it. She stopped when she saw disturbed ground. She raced over. Her blood ran cold when she read what it said. In red spray paint it said 'Jellybean Jones'

Betty raced over and she began to dig through the dirt. "Jellybean! Jellybean, can you hear me!?" She screamed. She heard knocking. "Jellybean! Keep knocking." She finally made it to the coffin. She wrenched it open. There was Jellybean, tears streaming down her face.

"Betty?" she asked. Betty nodded. "Yeah, come on sweetie." She helped her out of the hole. "Are you okay?" She nodded. "Okay, we are going to get out of here." She nodded. A gun cocked behind her. She turned and there was her father. Betty pushed Jellybean behind her.

"Dad, you have me. Now, let Jellybean go. She's innocent. She's a child. Let her go and you can have me." Jellybean whimpered.

"What makes you think that I care about whether or not she's innocent. I don't care about that anymore. I just want my daughter back. You have the same darkness that we have all had. I want you to join me so you can meet your destiny."

Fear coursed through Betty. "Fine, if I go with you, leave Riverdale. I will leave with you. All you have to do is let Jellybean go." Hal looked at his daughter. He lowered his gun. "Fine."

Betty turned and hugged her. "When I say, run." she whispered. Jellybean looked at her. Betty nodded and walked over to her father. Betty walked ahead of her father Hal stopped and looked at Jellybean.

"Dad, we have a deal. Leave her alone." Hal looked from Betty to Jellybean. "Get out of here. I don't need you here anymore." Jellybean looked at Betty. Betty nodded. She took a rock from her jacket pocket and threw it at her father, it knocking him in the back of the head. He fell, dropping the gun.

"GO! Run!" yelled Betty, pushing Jellybean ahead of her. They both took off. They heard a gunshot. They both stopped and turned. Betty suddenly heard running. Betty turned back and pushed Jellybean again.

"Run! Keep going!" she screamed. They heard another gunshot. They kept on running. "Keep running!" Betty suddenly felt a piercing pain through her leg. She went crashing to the ground.

"Betty!" yelled Jellybean, stopping. Betty picked her head up. "Keep running." she said. Jellybean shook her head. "I can't. I can't leave you." she said tears running down her face. Betty looked at her. "Jellybean, you have to get out of here. I can't be the reason you get hurt too. Now go!"

She yelled. Another bullet whizzed through the air, hitting a tree close to Jellybean. "GO!" yelled Betty. Jellybean looked at Betty. "It's okay sweetie." She whispered. Jellybean started to run.

She turned around and saw Hal stand over Betty. She turned back around so she could see where she was going. Another gunshot was heard. Jellybean stopped and turned. Silence. She took off again she ran into someone. She let out a blood curdling scream. "Let go of me! Get your hands off of me!"

"Hey, hey! Jellybean, it's me." said the figure. "Jug?" she asked. He turned his flashlight back on. "Jug!" She hugged him tightly. "Are you okay? Are you alright?" asked Jughead. She nodded.

She pushed him away. "Betty." she said, fear coursing through her. "What about Betty? You know where she is?" he asked. She nodded. "Show me. But stay behind me." Jellybean shook her head. "Jug, I don't think that she's alive."

Jughead looked at her. "What do you mean?" he asked. "Those last two gunshots." Jughead shook his head. "No." he said, anguish in his voice. "No, please." he said, backing away from her.

"Jughead!" he turned and there was FP. "Dad!" yelled Jellybean. She ran over and she hugged her father. FP hugged her tightly. "I am so glad that you're safe." said FP. "Okay, Dad's here. Let's go." Jellybean looked at her brother.

"Jug-Please!" he yelled. "Nothing is going to happen to you." Jellybean nodded. "What is going on?" asked FP. "She was with Betty." FP nodded. They followed Jellybean as they walked though the woods that surrounded the cemetery. Jellybean stopped as she went to the spot where Betty fell.

"Jug..." she said. Jughead walked over and he gasped. There on the ground was a trail of blood. There was a lot of blood. "No, please god." he said, backing away. FP walked up and looked at the pool of blood.

Jughead's fear and pain turned to anger. "Come out here Hal! Come out here and fight me you son of a bitch! Fight me like a man! FIGHT ME!" he yelled. Silence. Black silence. He walked over to a tree and he began to punch in.

"Dammit! Dammit, dammit, DAMMIT!" He yelled. FP ran over to his son. "Jug, stop! Stop, stop." he said, trying to get Jughead to stop. "Son, it'll be okay." Jughead collapsed against his father, sobs shaking him, his hand with bloody knuckles limp by his hand. Jellybean went on the other side of her brother and hugged him. "I am so sorry Jug." she said lowly. Sobs continued to shake Jughead.