Riverdale Serial Killers - Chapter 4
by Archie Fan -  betty_cooper72@yahoo.ca 
Detective Glass gets FBI help in trying to solve the murders


The gap between murders hadn't lasted long. It had only been three days since
the boys at the school had been killed and till the event that the media was
calling "The Diner Disaster" occurred. There were only two victims, the diner
owner Pop Tate and a local teenager named Raj Patel.

As part of his job Detective Glass had interviewed dozens of people who had
known Raj. He never ate at the diner as his religion forbid eating beef and
the diner was known pretty much for its burgers. So Detective Glass had to try
and figure out why this boy had even been in the diner in the first place.

It didn't take long for him to learn that Raj had a habit of videotaping the
girls in his grade. He was known for always having his camera on and
recording. For a moment Detective Glass became hopeful that they might have
some video evidence. But after carefully combing over the crime scene Raj's
camera could not be found and the CCTV recordings from the diner's own
security cameras was missing.

But Glass did have another clue as to who was responsible. Since Raj was
always videotaping girls in his grade it could easily have been any of the
three girls he had singled out earlier. If he could place any of them in the
vicinity of the crime scene he might be able to get permission to question
them.

The media was still blaming Svenson for the murders, but the Sherriff had
finally agreed with Glass that at the very least there had to be an
accomplice. From what they had managed to recreate from the crime scene Pop
Tate had been attacked while Raj was being killed across the diner. It wasn't
possible for somebody to be in two places at once.

The Sherriff had asked the FBI for assistance and they had sent a member of
their Behaviour Analysis Unit to consult on the case. The agent, Special Agent
Ross had shown up that afternoon. After going over the crime scene as well as
the previous murders with Glass he'd come to many of the same conclusions.

The murderers consisted of at least two females. They seemed to suffer from
some sort of sexual sadism disorder, clearly the murders left them sexually
aroused. Ross was also confused by the forensic evidence of the deaths and how
the victims had been killed.

Glass shared his suspicions of the school secretary and the girls with Ross.
Ross wasn't sure how they could all be capable of the crime and there was no
evidence linking them to any of the crimes but after seeing the footage that
Glass had found earlier Ross came to have similar suspicions. He suggested
that Glass keep an eye on them while Ross took over the lead in the
investigation.

To make things seem even more believable the police department made it seem as
if Glass was being temporarily suspended, although he wasn't.

Glass did his best to keep an eye on the girls. But unfortunately they were
rarely all together. He was least concerned with Polly Cooper as she spent a
great deal of time with others at her job at the TV station. Of the others he
figured that the school girls were the ones more likely to slip up and leave
evidence, he and Agent Ross suspected that all of the bodies they had found so
far had belonged to them but that there were likely more who belonged to the
other two. Accordingly Glass focused his time on the three school girls that
they knew about. But then one night he lost track of Betty Cooper and Cheryl
Blossom he had no idea where they were.

The following morning a state trooper and his patrol car were reported
missing. Glass had a suspicion that the two girls were responsible for his
disappearance, but as with Svenson's disappearance there was no evidence.

The following day he attended a Riverdale High football game. Betty, Cheryl
and Ginger Lopez were all there cheering the football team on as members of
the cheerleaders. As he watched them he had a hard time seeing how these three
girls girl could be the perpetrators but the profile that Agent Ross had come
up with suggested that the killers were sociopaths completely capable of
blending in and appearing normal.

Riverdale High ended up winning the game which meant that they would go onto
represent their county for the state championship, it was a big deal after the
death of three players earlier. Afterwards there was going to be an impromptu
celebration out in the woods near Lake Jones. Glass was worried because it
would provide an excellent area for them to strike without having to worry
about being seen and he would have a hard time keeping watch without being
noticed.

He didn't want to draw any attention towards himself, his observation was
supposed to be secret, so he reluctantly decided not to go out to the party.
Instead Glass stayed home and opened a cheap bottle of Scotch as he went over
the case files for the umpteenth to see if there was anything he missed.

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The party out by the lake was in full swing. There was a raging bonfire and
copious amounts of alcohol. It was the first time that Riverdale High was
going to play for the state championship ever, as good a reason to celebrate.
They were also celebrating the memory of the three dead players.

The sun had long since set and it was approaching midnight but the party was
still going. Archie Andrews was near the center of attention. He had caught a
game tying touchdown pass and his friend and rival Reggie Mantle had ended up
rushing for the game winning touchdown.

Archie wasn't really much of a drinker normally, but he was completely wasted.
He couldn't handle another drink and he needed to sit down. He staggered away
from the party to where his car was parked. Archie had no intention of driving
home but he figured he'd just lie down in the back seat and hope the world
stopped spinning.

He had been lying there for about three minutes when Veronica Lodge came over.

"Archie-kins are you not feeling well?" Veronica asked.

"I'm... the world is spinning," Archie stammered. "Definitely had too much to
drink."

"Oh let's get you home," Veronica said. "I'll call Smithers to come pick us
up."

"Okay but can you find Betty," Archie said. "She wasn't drinking and she said
she would drive my car home. I just want her to know that you're taking me
home so she's not looking for me."

Archie's vision was so fuzzy he couldn't see the look of annoyance on
Veronica's face. But she ended up agreeing.

"Alright fine," Veronica said. "Do you know where she is?"

"She was hanging out with the other cheerleaders," Archie said.

Veronica had been a cheerleader the year before, but the cheerleading squad
had become more focused on having athletic and co-ordinated cheerleaders and
Veronica wasn't particularly athletic or co-ordinated so she hadn't made the
squad. Veronica figured that was there loss for not having the prettiest girl
in the school on the cheerleading squad, although several boys would have
debated that she was the prettiest girl.

Being cut from the squad had opened up a bit of rift in Veronica's friendship
with Betty because Betty was one of the co-captains of the cheerleading squad
so it had been her decision not to have Veronica on the team. Betty had said
that it wasn't personal but Veronica was certain that it was.

They still spoke and did things together but not nearly as often as they used
to. Especially since Betty's older sister had moved back to town. Betty seemed
to spend more time with her sister now than anyone else.

Veronica asked around to find out where Betty had gone and some people had
said that they had seen her go into the forest with a few of the other
cheerleaders as well as a few college aged boys. Veronica was a little
reluctant to follow having a good idea what she was going to come across, but
Smithers was going to be here soon to pick her up and she didn't want him
waiting or he'd report back about what was going on to her father and that
would be a whole other can of worms she didn't want to deal with.

Sighing to herself Veronica marched into the forest to try and find Betty. She
made her way through the forest, the light from the bonfire was enough for her
to see at first but soon it became too dark so she had to take out her phone
to use as a light.

She came across a rather muddy section with foot prints heading further into
the forest. Veronica could tell that it was both boys and girls from the size
of the feet and figured she was on the right trail. She continued on into the
forest as the light and sounds of the party faded away behind her. Soon she
could barely hear the sounds of the party.

"Geez where were you guys going?" Veronica muttered to herself. "Smithers is
going to be here and I'm going to be in crap with my dad."

She was just about to turn around and head back when she heard a terrified
scream that abruptly ended. Veronica froze where she was not sure what she had
just heard. It had sounded like a male voice that had been screaming and it
hadn't seemed that far away.

Veronica was torn between running back to the party and seeing what that had
been. She quickly decided to investigate, she would feel awful if somebody
needed help and she had just run away. Veronica turned off the light on her
phone so she wouldn't be seen and continued cautiously in the direction of the
noise.

As she got closer Veronica thought she could hear the sound of girls giggling.
Veronica wondered if perhaps Betty and whoever she was with had just been
playing some kind of joke. Still Veronica continued on carefully not wanting
to be seen immediately just in case. There was a nagging voice in the back of
her head telling her to run.

Veronica soon approached a small clearing. At the center of the clearing was a
small pond and Veronica could here splashing. As Veronica peered through the
darkness she could see three figures splashing about in the water. She crept
closer and could see that they were all girls. One of them was probably Betty.

Veronica stepped out into the clearing and was about to call out to them when
she tripped over something. Veronica got up and looked to see what it was and
quickly realized that it was a leg. However the leg was no longer attached to
a body but was just lying on its own like a fallen tree branch. There was
blood dripping from the top of the leg indicating that it had been severed
very recently. Veronica looked around and she saw a severed arm just a few
feet away and near that a large pile of gore that had probably been a torso.
Veronica held back the urge to scream.

"I just loved how he desperately tried to pry my legs apart," Veronica heard
one of the girls say. "As if his puny little arms could do anything to my
thighs."

Veronica immediately recognized the voice as belonging to Ginger Lopez,
another cheerleader.

"I still find it better to just suffocate them with my tits," another girl
said. "Right before crushing them to pieces."

Veronica recognized the voice as belonging to Cheryl Blossom. Veronica wasn't
exactly sure what they were talking about.

"Looks like what Betty is trying is fun though," Ginger said. "How's he doing
down there?"

"I don't know let's ask him," Veronica heard Betty say.

As Veronica watched the silhouettes in the pond one of them reached underwater
and pulled something up from underneath. At first Veronica thought it was a
somewhat large doll but then it started coughing and spitting out water and
Veronica realized that it was a person.

"Looks like he's still alive," Betty said making all three of them laugh.

Veronica was confused the boy in Betty's hands looked like a child compared to
Betty.

"Fuck you bitch," the guy said spitting water on Betty.

"Oh you shouldn't of done that," Cheryl said happily.

As Veronica watched Betty grabbed the man by each shoulder and growled. The
growl turned to a roar as she literally tore his torso in two. Organs and
blood spilled out from the two halves of the body splashing onto Betty and
into the pond. Cheryl and Ginger cheered the scene of carnage while Betty
moaned with pleasure as she held the two halves of the body aloft the blood
dripping down onto her.

It was then that Veronica finally noticed just how muscular Betty, Cheryl and
Ginger all appeared. They were absolutely massive, far bigger than anybody
that Veronica knew even big Moose. Veronica then realized that they were
probably responsible for the locker room murders and for Raj and Pop Tate.

Veronica had no idea how they had grown so big. She had seen them probably
less than an hour ago and they had just been normal teenage girls. But
Veronica knew that she had to get back to the party and she had to tell the
police what she had seen. Veronica scrambled to her feet and began running
back towards the party.

"Did you hear that?" Veronica heard Cheryl say.

"Sounds like we've got a witness," Ginger said.

Veronica ran as fast as her legs would carry her. She stumbled over a tree
root and nearly fell on her face but she was able to keep her balance. She
glanced back to see if they were chasing her but Veronica heard nothing. But
as soon as she turned around she ran smack into a tree and fell to the ground.

Veronica groaned as she got to her feet and then the tree in front of her
moved. Veronica looked up and suddenly realized that it wasn't a tree, it was
Betty's leg. Betty towered over Veronica standing at least seven feet tall,
obscenely large muscles bulging from every part of her body.

"Well, well, well, look who it is girls," Betty said as staring down at
Veronica with a frightening grin on her face.

Veronica heard footsteps behind her and saw Ginger and Cheryl approach, both
of them just as tall and muscular as Betty.

"Veronica Lodge," Cheryl said almost gleefully. "This is just too good."

"I... I won't tell anyone," Veronica stammered. "I promise I'll keep my mouth
shut."

"Oh that's rich, you keeping your mouth shut," Ginger said with a laugh.
"Everyone knows you're the biggest gossip in the whole school."

Veronica couldn't exactly argue with that. She had blabbed secrets about every
girl on the cheerleading squad after she had been cut as a way to get revenge.

"I... I... please..." Veronica pleaded. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for what I said.
I'll never say anything about any of you ever again."

"I believe you Veronica," Betty said.

Veronica smiled up at Betty. She knew that she and Betty were still friends.

"Because dead people don't talk," Betty added.

The smile vanished from Veronica's face.

"No, please, we're friends," Veronica said. "I mean people will be looking for
me."

"Do you think we really care about that?" Cheryl asked. "We know that you've
seen what we can do."

"Cheryl please no you can't do this," Veronica said. "You can't kill me."

"Oh I most certainly can," Cheryl said. "But I won't."

Veronica had hope for a second.

"Because the pleasure will all be mine," Betty said.

Veronica didn't get a chance to scream or say anything before Betty's huge
hand wrapped around her throat. Veronica weakly tried to pry the hand off but
she soon blacked out. The last thing she saw was the sadistic smile of
pleasure on the face of the girl that she thought was her best friend.

To be continued...