Jughead Jones, starting to be known as "the serpent prince" knew he needed to do something about Penny. His dad was right, they had no leverage, they were tapped. Jughead rallied all the younger Serpents together. They were starting to see Jughead as a leader, even though he was the newest member of The South Side Serpents. Jughead told them about how Penny was making FP deal drugs, and how Tall Boy and Sweet Pea were involved now too.

"Man, if you're pissed because your old man tapped me instead of you" Sweet Pea started to say.

"No, Sweet Pea. I'm pissed because I don't want the Serpents to end up like the Ghoulies, And I doubt that any of you became Serpent just to be at the beck and call of a drug queen pin. I know where this ends. Death. Jail. Which is why in the interest of self-preservation, we have to take out Penny." Jughead spoke authoritatively.

In the end all of the younger Serpents agreed to follow the first law? No Serpent stands alone. Everyone was going to help get rid of Penny.

The younger Serpents kidnapped Penny, blindfolded her, and drove her to Greendale. Once there Jughead cut off Penny's Serpent tattoo, and left her.

Once the teens got back to Riverdale and went there separate ways toward home, Jughead decided to get some food for him and his dad. Jughead picked up some Chinese food and headed toward home. When Jughead was setting the food on the table his dad came in. "Hey, Dad."

"What's all this?" FP asked

"This is a celebratory dinner." Jughead exclamed.

"Penny didn't show up for your pick up, did she?"

" No. No, she didn't. Why? Do you know something about that?" FP said suspiciously.

"She's gone, Dad. I rallied the younger Serpents, we drove her out of Riverdale. And I got my pound of flesh in the process." Jughead told his father.

FP couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Are you nuts?" He yelled. Jughead could see the anger and worry in his father's face. "Boy, would you like to sit comfortably through dinner, or would you prefer to get your whippin over now." FP asked sternly. Jughead instinctively backed away a few steps. "I asked you a question boy."

Jughead was surprised by his father's anger. He expected to celebrate with his father, not be punished by him. "After dad, I'll take it after dinner."

"She will be back, you better believe that." FP said fixing himself a plate. "Jug, I understand that you were trying to help, but I told you to stay out of it, and for that you will be punished."

"Dad, She won't be back. I was very persuasive. And even if she does, we will take care of it. You and me, and the other Serpents. In unity, there's strength." Jughead argued

"Oh, God." FP said. He couldn't believe how deep Jughead was in

"That's the sixth law." Jughead continued. "While you were in jail, I recited that every day, I lived by that. You want to take my jacket? You wanna spank me? You want to relegate me to Toys for Tots, fine. But I am still a Serpent, Dad, and this, this life that you wanted to protect me from, I'm proud of this. I'm proud of who I am. You can't take that away from me."

"Jug, I'm not giving you a whippin because you tried to help, or because you joined the serpents. You are being punished because I told you to stay out of all this Penny stuff, and you didn't listen. You disobeyed me, and have continued to ignore what I have told you ever since I got out of jail." FP lectured

"Dad-" Jughead interrupted.

"No son, I'm not done yet. I love you Jughead. I want more for you than this life. You can keep writing, and be a Serpent. You can go to college, and be a Serpent. I want opportunities for you that I never had." FP continued to lecture.

"Dad, I'm sorry! I just got you back. This Penny thing is my fault. I screwed up your fresh start. I had to clean up my mess." Jughead said.

"I understand why you did it Jug, but it was stupid and reckless. Not to mention I told you to stay out of it. For that reason I am going to take you over my knee, and ware you out." FP said calmly.

"Dad, I don't regret it. I got rid of Penny. That is something we should be celebrating."

"Jug, I already told you that she will be back, now finish eating so we can get this spanking over with."

Jughead ate more slowly to delay being punished. FP quickly caught on to what Jughead was doing. "Boy. You are getting three extra swats now. Finish up or it will be more." FP said sternly.

Jughead finished his dinner, and put his plate in the sink. FP pulled Jughead over his lap, and started spanking him with his hand. Jughead felt the heat spreading with every swat his dad delivered. He couldn't believe how much this was hurting already, and his dad was only using his hand. FP helped Jughead stand up, and Jughead wiped his tear streaked face on his sleeve. FP stood up and took his belt off. "Bend over the counter son." He bellowed. Jughead bent over, waiting. He didn't have to wait long before the first WHAP landed on his butt. After four Jughead was reacting to every swat. Jughead jumped on the sixth swat, it landed a little lower than intended. WHAP TWAP. "Owww..." Jughead screamed. "One more Jug." FP said landing one more hard smack in the middle of Jughead's butt.

FP retreaded his belt and sat back down at the table. Jughead sat in the seat across from him. Jughead was still teary eyed, but was the one who broke the silence. "Soo, how long am I grounded?" He asked.

"How long do you think you should be grounded Jug?" FP asked his son.

Jughead shrugged as more tears threatened to fall.

"Have you learned your lesson?" FP asked. "Are you going to mess with things that are none of your business?"

Jughead didn't say anything, he just stared at his father.

"Because if you haven't I can pull back out the board of education... or rather the belt of education." FP told his son.

"Dad, I'm sorry. I respect you, so I took my punishment. Plus you would have whipped me whether I consented to it or not, but I'm not sorry I did it." Jughead admitted

"Well boy, that answers your question. You are grounded until further notice?" FP said.

"Are you going to spank me again? For not being sorry about it?" Jughead asked nervously.

"No son, I whipped you for your behavior." FP said. "Jug, I love you, but I'm at a crossroads here. You keep defying me. Until that stops you are grounded, and every time you defy me you will be punished. Understand?" Jughead nodded. "Good, get to bed boy."

Jughead stood up mumbled a "night dad" and went to his room. He wasn't going to change his mind about Penny, and did honestly believe this was the last he had seen of Penny Peabody.