Collateral Damage ▻ Riverdale [1]

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THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
June 20, 2017

⚠️ Warning ⚠️Triggering Events

  Queenie ended up going to her dad's trailer to get her motorcycle. SHe could have just walked, but she had hidden her pocket knife and brass knuckles in the helmet that rested on the leather seat of the bike.

Queenie promised herself that she wouldn't ride her motorcycle now that she was pregnant, but she didn't want to walk all the way to the house of the dead this late at night. She might have been a Serpent, but she didn't want to fight anyone at the moment. She was never afraid of getting a couple bruises while fight, but now, there were consequences to her impulsive actions.

Queenie took the pocket knife and brass knuckles out of the helmet and placed them in her leather jacket before putting on the helmet. She revved her engine once before driving off in the direction of Malachi's Ghoulie den. She couldn't help but feel a rush of adrenaline when she rode her bike. She missed it. She missed it more than anything.

After a few minutes, she finally arrived at the Ghoulie den. She took off her helmet and turned off the engine before getting up from the bike's leather seat. Queenie looked around at the perimeter to see nothing sketchy. She knew there would be consequences for entering the House of the dead without permission, but she did it anyway.

That's when she heard a couple people laughing and couple grunts of pain that sounded like Sweet Pea.

Queenie kept her hand in her pocket, grasping her pocket knife tightly in her left hand just in case anyone tried to attack her. She walked down a set of stairs before finding Sweet Pea being beaten up by one of the Ghoulies as many other laughed. Sweet Pea was badly beaten but took the punches as if it were nothing. He was clearly trying to show them that he had no fear. But Queenie knew that he had to have been scared. Scared for his life. She wondered what had gotten him into this mess.

She closed her eyes tightly and took a deep breath before finally the courage to speak up, "Hey, assholes!" She shouted out, causing the group of men and women to turn around.

There were about five men and two girls, all looking like they were ready to charge at her all at once, "What are you doing here, Serpent?" One of the male Serpents asked.

"More like Serpent Slut. I heard she ran off with some random Northsider and left the gang." One of the female Ghoulies corrected him.

"Then why is she still wearing her Serpent Jacket, stupid bitch," Sweet Pea muttered as he stood up from the ground.

He was taller than the rest of them, but they still looked like they were ready to kill him, "What did you just call her?" One of the male, who must have been her boyfriend, asked.

"He called her a stupid bitch," Queenie spoke up, "Because that's just what she is. You might want to get your hearing checked. Might have something going on in there." Queenie couldn't help but smirk as he began to charge at her.

Queenie didn't even bother to stab him with her pocket knife, she punched him in the stomach, then the face. It only took that to have him lying unconscious on the ground. Another Ghoulie was going to go after her, but Malachi then entered the basement with a smirk.

"Queenie, Queenie, there's my girl. Come to save your little friend?" Malachi asked her with a large, sly smirk on his face.

Malachi stood next to Queenie as he looked over at Sweet Pea, who had a badly bruised face and blood all over his blue t-shirt, "Your buddy over tried to pick a fight with one of my boys. He caught him flirting with his girl," Malachi stated, contently pointing to the guy on the ground and the girl who Sweet Pea called a 'stupid bitch'.

Queenie sighed as she looked over at Sweet Pea, "You flirted with a Ghoulie? How idiotic can you be Sweet Pea!" Queenie groaned and Sweet Pea scoffed.

"Hey, she never told me she was a Ghoulie! How was I supposed to know? She told me she was new to town." Sweet Pea argued as the girl smirked.

"Smirk a little more, I dare. I'll smack that fucking smirk right off your face, you bitch." Queenie growled at the girl and Malachi laughed. Sweet Pea couldn't help but smile at her, but it didn't end well for him, of course, "Sweet Pea, stop smiling before I punch you in your damn face, it's not something to be happy about."

Malachi laughed again, "And who got your panties in a twist, princess?" he asked her and Queenie sent him a death glare.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know that I should be in a good mood while picking my friend up from the rival gang's hangout." She told him sarcastically before sighing, "Look, you had your fun beating his ass. I think it's time you let him go." She said sternly.

"And would I get in return?" Malachi asked Queenie.

"You get jack shit, that's what you get," Queenie replied with an attitude.

"Hmm, I have an idea," Malachi trialed off as he placed his right hand on Queenie's back and began to move down to her butt, "How about we take this somewhere else?"

"Get your filthy hands off of her, asshole," Sweet Pea shouted, clearly becoming protective over his friend. Sweet Pea was about to go forward, but some Ghoulies pushed him back.

"Haha, I don't think so."

"Ah, you're still hooked up on that Northside boy, aren't you?" Malachi asked before looking down at the necklace she had on. He saw there was something hanging off of it, but it was under her shirt. Malachi picked up the necklace that was around her neck and looked at it to see it was a ring, "Ooh, looks like your relationship is pretty serious. Too bad. I'm not letting you and your buddy leave until you give me something in return."

Queenie had a tear fall down her cheek as Malachi grabbed her by the arm and pulled her away from the group. It all went by so fast and Queenie could only remember small glimpses of it. Sweet Pea tried to stop them, only to be pulled back by five Ghoulies. He tried his hardest to get out of their grip to help Queenie, but nothing would budge. She remembered Sweet Pea yelling, 'Let go of her!' and many other things in protest as Malachi pressed her up against the wall.

   He didn't even bother to go somewhere private. He did it with her right in front of everyone. Queenie was helpess through it all.

   For once, she was frozen in this traumatic event, unable to react and fight back for some odd reason.

AN: Sorry this was so depressing. I didn't got into much detail at the end for a reason. Too much for some people.

  Poor Queenie though.