Bughead Oneshots ~request open~

Soft underbelly (part 2)

Betty wakes in the moving van, She must have passed out in the warehouse. She turns her head looking up at Malachi who is on his phone. He looks up at Penny.

" we're here" he says as the van does a sharp turn making Betty's head pound. Her eyes move quickly, looking for any sign of escape. But her look soon comes to an end. Penny quickly grabs her arm whispering into her ear

" say hi to Jug for me" she says before sliding open the door and throwing Betty out onto the dirt. Betty lands with a moan as she writhes on the floor. The van speeds away so quick it takes a minute for Betty to process all that's happened. She lays slightly on her side, her left arm stretched out above her, her head leaning on the arm, the other hand clutching the wound on her stomach, blood seeping through her sweater. It hurts but she needs to apply pressure. Betty's heart beats with anxiety as she slowly pulls up her sweater to see the words carved into her flesh. She hisses as tears flood her vision. She quickly put the sweater back down and looks up to see were she is. The neon light of the Whyte Wrym's sign leaving a green tint to her skin. She can hear the commotion from inside, Jughead's in their, and she needs help.

Betty slightly rolls over, so she's not craning her neck to look at the entrance. She knows trying to stand would be useless. Suddenly a figure steps out of the bar on their phone, the small screen shining light on her pink hair.

" t-Toni!" Betty whispers, her fingernails digging into the ground, her perfect nails becoming chipped and dirty. Toni looks up, her eye squinting against He darkness. She takes a few steps forward before realizing who she's looking at. She drops her phone, taking quick steps back, walking backwards into the building, a loud yell for Jughead leaving her lips. 

" Jughead!" She yells, shoving pasts serpents to try and get to Jughead who was playing pool with Sweetpea, a smile on his lips. He looks up and his smile falters seeing Toni's ghostly appearance. She talks quickly.

" Jughead, it's Betty-" Jughead's pool stick clattered to the floor with a thud as he walked past her muttering a " where is she". Toni runs through the bar, Jughead at her toes fear building up inside him. They both exit the bar, Toni quickly going to Betty who lay a few yards away from the entrance. Jughead takes in a sharp breathe, hoping the figure on the ground wasn't his Betty.

" Betty?" He yells jogging over to her, getting on his knee to look at her face. " oh god" he whispers taking in her battered appearance, her eye was shaded a light purple, blood that had dripped down her face from a cut over her eyebrow was now dried leaving a streak of red, her nose was crusted with blood and her bottom lit was split, still a little shiny with wet blood. He gently placed a hand on her arm wanting to adjust her to examine her further when his eyes land on her hand shaking pushing down on a bloodstain on her sweater. It seems all the air was taken from his body. He grabs her hand, not only to try to stop her shaking but try to examine the wound.

" Toni- go get my dad ok?" Jughead says in a soft and shaky voice. Toni nods hastily before running back inside.

" Betty- Betty what happened, let me see" he says quietly going to the bottom of her sweater. Betty's eyes shine with tears and she shakes her head.

" jug don't" her voice is hoarse, yet strong, but she can't help the shake that comes through. She desperately grabs his hands but it's too late; she hisses as he peels back the sweater, her wound open to the cool air. Jughead doesn't know how to react. Immediately it's anger as he reads he words:

Serpent slut

His hand comes up to cover his mouth, muttering obscenities into his fist before banging it on the ground, tears coming to his eyes. But then there's pain, pain when he hears Betty's cries as she asks him to say something. He doesn't need to ask, he knows who has done it, and knows this was for him. This was to get back at him, this was his fault. He pulls her sweater back down before taking her face delicately in his hands, " it's gonna be okay" he says placing a kiss on her forehead, heart breaking.