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Chapter 2: Obverse

Miguel Diaz was sitting on his wheelchair in front of the cottage. In the house, Carmen, Rosa and Johnny were setting up the mere belongings they had with them. The house agent was very helpful; he provided some good quality furniture in a nominal price. They have to sell all of their furniture before leaving Reseda. Now Johnny, the former handyman was putting them into their places.

He again tried to concentrate in his novel. He got the reading habit from the hospital. At first he was depressed when he found out that his legs have no sense. In the age of seventeen, now he was in a wheelchair. For two days, he did not speak to anyone, not even Carmen. He was angry on Robby, but then he realised that the major fault was his, not Robby. If he just had some control over his teenage feelings, none of these have ever happened. He just has to make a strong decision, flatly refuse Tory or forget about Sam.

Then it was Aisha Robinson, who was the bearer of the worst news. Kreese backstabbed Johnny and took over his dojo. Hawk and a lot of student were now under his wing. Kreese was using the injury of Miguel to spread the 'no mercy' doctrine.

NO MERCY.

Two small, but impactful words. But now he knew the real meaning of the words. He understood the real meaning of Cobra Kai philosophy.

"Diaz?", He heard Johnny's voice behind him.

"Sensei." He greeted him with a light smile.

"How are you adjusting here, kid?" Johnny sat on the grass beside the wheelchair. He looked the same Johnny Lawrence, but deep down Miguel knew that the man was shattered. He lost his dream, his one chance of redemption.

"The town is fine, just a bit cold." Miguel said.

"Yes...that is a thing. But don't worry, it will be fine." Johnny said in a tired voice.

"My mom isn't giving you problems, does she?" Miguel asked, slightly worried.

"No.", Johnny curtly answered. Miguel sighed.

"You are a bad liar, sensei."

Johnny looked at him. His eyes were sad.

"She has no right to blame you for this. What happened was neither your fault, nor Cobra Kai's fault. It was entirely mine. It was you who saved me from those bullies, not her."

"Now listen kid." Johnny's voice was low but hard," She is the reason for your existence in the earth. So she has every god damn right to get angry on me. After all, Robby was my son. You will not say anything to her, got it? I deserved her anger because I failed you, Robby, Hawk, Aisha and all the kids. If you have anything for me, you will not say anything to her, understand?"

"But sensei...."

"I think I made myself clear, Mr. Diaz."

"Yes sensei."

"Good, now it's time for your physiotherapy."

After half an hour, Johnny went out to buy some food. Both Carmen and Rosa were tired, so he offered to go. He saw a diner while coming to the town, some pop shop or something. So he drove towards the diner.

The women in the house decided to take a nap. Miguel was not tired, so he decided to read some more. He drove his wheelchair to the veranda and start reading. After a few minutes, he got a call from Aisha. They happily chatted for sometimes. Aisha told them that she, Bert and Virgin were quitting because "We are loyal to sensei Lawrence, not to Kreese."

After finishing the call, he tried to put the phone in his pocket. But the phone slipped from his hand and fall on the floor. Cursing himself, he bent down to pick up the phone, when he suddenly felt his wheelchair slipping. In a moment, he found himself falling on the veranda; from there he rolled to the ground. He felt the taste of blood on his lips.

"Damn you Diaz." he thought to himself. The wheelchair was toppled over on the veranda, and he was on the ground. His lower lip was bleeding. He started to crawl over the ground when a voice stopped him.

"Don't worry, pal. We are coming."

Miguel turned his head and saw a familiar red-headed figure practically jumped over the fence of the cottage. But he was not alone. Two more people were with him. One was a tall blond girl, dressed in simple attire. Other was a pale, thin boy, wearing a beanie cap. Archie and the girl ran towards him, while the other boy went to the veranda to pick up the wheelchair.

"You ok man?" Archie asked him in a concerned voice. He and the girl helped him to sit on the ground.

"Yes. Thank you guys for helping me. Sometimes I forget about my legs." Miguel cleaned the blood from his lips. Then he looked at the other two people, who were watching him with intense gaze.

"Betty, Jughead, meet Miguel Diaz. His family just moved here today. Miguel, this is Elisabeth Cooper, and the fellow with the beanie is Jughead Jones."

"Betty Cooper. Welcome to Riverdale.", Betty shook his hand. Jughead gave him a light smile and waved his hand.

"Don't mind Jughead. He is that type, you know the less speaking and more thinking type.", Archie said, clearly embarrassed about his friend's lack of social skills.

"It is nice to meet you Betty."Miguel felt the power in Betty's grip. The girl is a cobra material by physique. Some coaching from sensei and she will be formidable.

Then he looked at Jughead. He drove his wheelchair to him and extends his hand.

"Mr. Jones, it's nice to meet you too."

Jughead took his hand.

"Please, call me Jughead or Jug. Mr. Jones sounds like ultra formal."

"Okay Jug, by the way, you don't have school today?"

"Yeah, but after the murder, today we got a holiday."

"Murder?", Miguel could not hide the shock from his voice.

"Yes. A boy from our school, Jason Blossom was killed. His body was found on the Sweetwater river, yesterday morning. Someone shot him in the head."

"Not only that, Jason was the son of Clifford Blossom, the richest man in Riverdale. His murder shocked the whole town.", Betty said.

"Come on guys. You don't have to freak out him in his first day.", Archie, being the optimistic, said.

"Don't worry guys. I am not freaked out, trust me. So we are friends, right?" Miguel Said to them.

All four of them smiled. Smile is something that can blew out any tension. The three of them promised Miguel to meet him again, with their other friends. Then they bid him good bye and left.

All alone, Miguel heaved a sigh. The small, picturesque town of Riverdale was not what it looked like. It was like one side of a coin, which had a dark and mysterious other side. He could feel in his gut that something was very much wrong with this town. But he did not know what. This is the only one thing that was running inside his brain from the moment they set foot on Riverdale.

A/n: So here is the second chapter. Please read, vote and especially comment. Feel free to give me suggestions. Adios amigos.