Collateral Damage ▻ Riverdale [1]

3.7

THE SECOND TIME AROUND
CHAPTER SEVEN 

  Queenie sat in a metal chair at Shankshaw Prison, a phone placed to her ear as she sat across from her father, the glass window separating them, "Jughead has gone full blown psycho since his transfer." Queenie complained to her father, causing him to let out a small laugh.

  "How so?" He questioned and Queenie looked up at him with an annoyed look.

"He's refusing to sit with the Serpents at lunch," She explained to him, "And that's not even the worst part, he went to go see Snake Charmer! That's how he got your case to be revisited."

  FP seemed both shocked and concerned by this news, "Does he owe her a favor now? Please, don't tell me he owes her, Queenie."

  Queenie shook her head, "No, he doesn't," She assured him and FP seemed relieved, "But sadly, I do." She told him and FP's eyes widened in shock.

  "What?" He muttered quietly, "Queenie, you can't do the favor."

  "I have to.I'm only telling you this because I promised you no more secrets and I also don't want you finding out from someone else," Queenie stated before looking around to make sure no one was listening, "I did the job, it was a delivery to Greendale. Wasn't too bad, but I'm still going to be stuck as her bitch for a long while." Queenie noticed the worried look FP was giving and he seemed to be in deep thought. He was probably trying to think of a way to get his daughter out of this mess, "Don't even think about getting involved, Dad. It's not the first time I've had to do this before, I can handle myself with Penny."

  FP frowned when he heard her words, "This wasn't the first time? Queenie, what the hell are you talking about?"

  Queenie let out a sigh, "I've had to do favors for her before. Some had to do with the Ghoulies? Remember that time with Malachi when Jason beat him up and you were questioning me about it?" She asked him and FP nodded, "I was delivering to Malachi for Penny. I was out of her radar for a while until captain dumbass went to go see her. I made a deal with her, she keeps Jughead out of it and I take his place. And also, no involvement with the Ghoulies." She explained to him, "Don't freak out."

"Don't freak out?" FP shouted out before becoming quieter, "My daughter is stuck doing favors for a Snake Charmer while I'm stuck behind bars. How am I not supposed to freak out? Wait until I see Jug, I'm going to give that kid a piece of my mind off."

  Queenie couldn't help but laugh at this, "I already did, I pushed his ass into a wall." As she told him this, it brightened the mood a bit, which made things a lot better.

  Before the conversation could continue any longer, a guard came over, telling them that their time was up, "Don't get into too much trouble, Queenie, okay?" He warned her and Queenie chuckled.

  "I think it's too late for that," She commented and FP gave her a stern look, "Fine, fine, okay. I'll stay out of trouble. Bye, Dad."

"Bye, Queenie," FP told her goodbye before he was hauled back in by two guards.

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  That night, Queenie had gotten a text from Jughead, telling her that he was just getting to leave Southside High after spending his whole afternoon cleaning up the Red and Black's roo. She could almost sense that the Ghoulies would use this time to beat up Jughead. After all, the same exact thing had happened to her when she first started at Southside High during her sophomore.

  Queenie entered Southside High through the side exit, the only exit that would open as of that moment. Queenie sighed in frustration when she entered the school to see the Ghoulies cornering Jughead from a distance. Before she could even react to it, they were beating him up.

  This continued and Queenie felt bad for doing it, but she took her time getting over there. She felt the need to let him learn his lesson a bit about not sticking with the Serpents. This was the best way she could think of at that moment. After about a minute, Queenie stood in front of the Ghoulies, "Hey, assholes!" She spoke up, gaining their attention.

  They stopped beating up Jughead and stared up at her with an angry glare, "How about you get lost and call it a day, hm?" She questioned in a mocking way.

   One began to walk over to her, ready to fight. Before he could even start to throw a punch, Queenie kicked him in the private parts before swinging a punch to his jaw. She roughly pushed him to the ground before another came at her. She smirked, shaking her head as she punched him in the face once before grabbing him by the neck. With her arms wrapped around his neck, she kneed him in the stomach before pushing him backward, just like the other guy.

  She extended her arms out, looking over at the two remaining Ghoulies, "Don't you think it's pretty sad that you let yourself getting beaten up by a teenage girl who is six months pregnant?" She asked them curiously with an amused look on her face. They just stood there, hesitant to make their attack on her, "Come on, have at it. I dare you."

   One of the Ghoulies took this time to lunge forward at her, which landed with a punch to the throat. He landed on the ground and Queenie quick him twice, making sure he stayed on the ground.

  She glared at the last Ghoulie, gritting her teeth, "You better get going before I do the same to you."  The Ghoulie slowly nodded before running off, leaving his fellow members, laying on the ground injured.

Queenie walked over to Jughead, who was just starting to get up. She grabbed her brother by the arms and helped him up, "You okay?" She asked him with a concerned look on her face.

  Jughead nodded as Queenie grabbed him by his arm and started to walk away. He glanced down at the Ghoulies laying on the ground, "How did you do that?" He gasped, "You beat three of them up like it was nothing. Not to mention, you're pregnant. I couldn't even do that."

  "You should listen to yourself talk," sometimes, Jug," She commented, "You just admitted that you got your ass beaten by four Ghoulies and had to have your big sister, who happens to be almost six months pregnant, save your ass, which I did a pretty good job at, might I add," She told him smirking, "You should learn a thing or two from me, I've had a lot of practice."

Jughead couldn't help but laugh at her comment as they both exited the school and made their way back to the trailer.