Forever And Always

Chapter 39

The next day Callie was helping her dad sell a couple more Christmas trees. She was there for a couple of hours. She just sold a tree to a family, she then turned around to see Toni and the other Serpents standing there.

"Nice tree selling skills," Toni complimented.

" Thanks," Callie smiled.

" We are not here for trees," Fangs informed her. 

"Can you take a couple of hours off?" Sweet Pea asked.

" Yeah," Callie answered. " I will just tell my dad that I am leaving. What is it you need?"

"My dad advised me to come to you if I need a favor," Jughead stated. " And we need you for a favor?"

" It's better to not ask questions," Toni advised. " Just trust us."

"Okay," Callie agreed. She left them to go tell her dad that she was going.

" Just don't be out too late," her dad advised.

" I will try my best," Callie said. She then left with the serpents, they went all the way to some old warehouse. Jughead started towards the warehouse with a crowbar.

"Just stay here," Sweet Pea advised. " We will be quick." She watched all the other young serpents put on masks and follow Jughead. Minutes later they came out with a woman, who had a back over her head.

" What am I going to be doing?" Callie asked as she eyed the woman.

" You are not going to like it," Fangs admitted.

"But we need you to pull through with this," Toni pleaded. " We are about to take a long ride." They split up, piled a car, and a couple of motorcycles.

" I will break it down to her on the way there," Sweet Pea as they got ready to leave.

" Be gentle with the truth," Toni advised before they all took off. 

"What am I doing?" Callie asked.

"Cutting off her serpent tattoo," Sweet Pea answered,

"What? " Callie demanded. " You want me to purposely hurt someone physically like this?"

" Yes," Sweet Pea confirmed. " By law, a serpent can't harm another serpent. And you are not a serpent, and we trust you. Are you capable of this? Cause if not Jones will do it himself"

" I'll do it," Callie stated. " I don't want him or any of you kicked out." When they got there, it was dark, shined car lights in a certain spot. They had Penny on her knees and Toni took off the bag. The woman was blonde, blue eyes, lots of dark eyeliner.

"Where am I?" Penny asked.

"You're in Greendale," Jughead answered. " Your new home." Jughead got down and close to her. " But frankly, Penny, I don't care where you set up shop. But it's not gonna be in Riverdale and it's not going to be with Serpents. You want to deal drugs, you want to extort people, that's your business. But not on the Southside." Penny started laughing. " That belongs to us."

" You stupid, cocky kid," Penny laughed. "Serpent law says you can't hurt one of your own." She pulled up her sleeve revealing the Serpent tattoo on her sleeve.

" Oh, Penny, it's time you learned," Jughead stated. " She's not a serpent." Jughead walked away taking off his jacket. " Grab her." Everyone grabbed her and Jughead handed Callie a knife.

" Get off of me! Get off of me!" Penny demanded as she tried to get away.

"That tattoo doesn't make you a serpent," Jughead stated. All the young serpents looked at Callie, they saw she was looking at the blade in uncertainty.