025 — king cobra

season three —
episode six

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A FEW DAYS LATER, Luna sits up from her slumped sleeping position hearing soft snores coming from Sam beside her.

Since the horrific arcade attack that ended with Demetri's arm being broken.

Sam and Luna both agreed to stick together which resulted in Sam sleeping in Luna's guest room at their grandmothers for the last two days due to both of them having recurring nightmares.

Luna gets out of her bed leaving Sam sleeping on the opposite side walking towards her ensuite bathroom hoping to refresh her unpleasant memories from the nightmare she's just awoken from.

"Is Dad home yet?" Luna inquires walking into the kitchen noticing Lucille preparing breakfast.

"He's home, he'll come by later on." Lucille responds while passing Luna a cold glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.

"Good. I missed him." Luna mumbles taking a seat at the table hearing Sam and Anthony joining her for breakfast at the table.

"Did you sleep alright?" Sam asks taking a seat beside Luna, "Same old." Luna explains shaking her head while sipping on the orange juice.

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ATLAS AND HAWK STAND together while Mitch praises the Mohawk boy on what he did at the arcade.

"Man, it was so sick! Tory was just kickin' ass. I took care of Chris. Atlas distracted Luna. Hawk got that beta Demetri in an arm bar like Chris Jericho and just..." Mitch explains using his hands to gesture snapping a bone in half.

Atlas takes notice of Hawk's guilty expression while looking around the Cobra Kai dojo.

"Cold-blooded. No mercy!" Mitch chuckles, "Way to go, Hawk." a student voices doing a hand shake with the said male.

Tory walks towards Hawk and Atlas, "I didn't think you were actually gonna do it. And you, Atlas, I didn't think you'd actually distract Luna like that." Tory smirks.

"They got what they deserved for what they did to Miguel." Hawk responds.

Tory avoids all eye contact with the two males hearing Miguel's name, "You still haven't seen him, have you?" Atlas curiously questions.

"I don't wanna talk about it." Tory utters walking off towards the opposite side of the dojo.

"You all good, man?" Atlas quizzes seeing Hawk's panicked face seeing the newcomers walking into the building.

"Yeah. Fine." Hawk responds lowly still continuing to look at Kyler and the newcomers.

"Class. Welcome our new students." Kreese states walking into the main area from his office.

"I'm gonna call you guys... Chodenose and Taintbreath." Mitch says with a chuckle.

"What the hell did you just say?" Kyler snaps offended by the nicknames.

"Oh, uh, nothing. It's just this thing we do around here sometimes." Mitch mumbles flinching as Kyler goes to move at him.

Hawk strolls towards Kreese alongside Atlas, "Sensei, I don't think these guys are Cobra Kai material." Hawk explains.

"Weren't you the one saying that we should get new recruits?" Kreese inquires.

"Well, yeah. But... Look, I know some of these guys and they're..." Hawk mumbles.

"Natural athletes," Kreese interjects looking at the Mohawk boy and Atlas.

"Which is exactly what's been missing in our dojo." Kreese mutters looking up towards the rest of the members of Cobra Kai.

"Everyone, fall in." Kreese orders snapping everyone into forming lines to listen to the oncoming demands from their sensei.

"Joining Cobra Kai is a privilege. It's not a gift. Which is why our recruits must earn their position in this dojo. Prepare yourselves for combat. Only the strong will survive." Kreese explains.

"Hey. You've got this alright? Just don't let him win." Atlas utters sensing some tension between Hawk and the male in the blue sweater.

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LUNA LOOKS AT HER phone alarmed seeing unread messages from Miguel and missed emails from Robby from the correctional centre.

"Um. I gotta go. Miguel's waiting for me. Call me if you need anything, all right?" Luna demands looking at Sam receiving a slow nod processing what her adoptive sister just blurted out to her while being half asleep on the sofa.

Luna rushes out of her grandma's house while responding to Robby's emails first and then Miguel's explaining that she's on her way and not to be embarrassed since he explained Johnny's doing a technique he doesn't necessarily enjoy.

"Alright. Okay. I'm here. Why are you in a massive baby holder?" Luna exclaims confused at the sight of Johnny holding up Miguel in the said baby holder machine.

"See? I hate this. This is ridiculous." Miguel groans in annoyance.

"What's ridiculous about it?" Johnny asks, "Just like Luna said. I look like a giant baby!" Miguel exclaims.

"Um. I didn't say you look like a baby at all? I said and to quote myself, 'Why are you in a massive baby holder?'" Luna shrugs receiving a glare off the Diaz male.

"Don't glare at me!" Luna mutters pointing at Miguel with a scowl on her face.

"The way you're whining and not walking, you might as well be a baby." Johnny responds, "For once, I actually agree with grumpy over here." Luna mumbles.

"I am not grumpy!" Johnny irritatedly snaps hearing Luna chuckle in response, "Whatever you say. Grumpy." Luna says.

"Isn't there a more badass way we can do this?" Miguel wonders, "You think tapping your foot at a concert makes you ready for badass training? Your legs are still pussies! Now, you ready to stand?" Johnny questions holding onto the rope.

"Yes." Miguel responds while Luna sits on the couch with a grimace praying that there's no cockroaches around.

"Okay. One, two... three, go." Johnny voices letting go of the rope sending Miguel into the floor with a loud thud.

"Ouch." Luna grumbles imagining the pain herself, "All right. Better fall that time. Let's take five." Johnny suggests walking into the small kitchen grabbing a beer from his fridge.

"Here. I'll help." Luna explains gently helping Miguel scoot closer to the couch, "Thanks Lun." Miguel murmurs with a smile.

"Of course." Luna responds taking a seat again while hearing her phone ping with an incoming email from Robby.

"You know, uh, Mom's been talking about you a lot recently." Miguel states, "Oh, yeah?" Johnny wonders perking up hearing the mention of Carmen.

"Ooo, does someone have the hots for Carmen?" Luna smirks, "You. You, shut up. You little runt." Johnny mutters taking a seat beside her.

"That wasn't a no." Luna responds with a smirk secretly loving teasing the older blonde man.

"Gross! That's my mom," Miguel groans in disgust.

"But she says thank you for taking me to that concert." Miguel explains.

"She say anything else?" Johnny questions noticing Luna's smirk on her face, "No." Miguel says shaking his head.

"Damn. Never pictured you as a writer." Luna voices seeing the long paragraph on Johnny's laptop screen.

"Me neither. You writing a novel?" Miguel quizzes motioning to the said computer screen.

"Oh. No, it's a Facebook message." Johnny responds.

"That? To who?" Miguel curiously asks, "I, uh... Babe from high school." Johnny explains.

"Oh." Miguel utters, "You got it bad." Luna says.

"Goddamn. You're so annoying. Do you know that?" Johnny questions facing the brunette.

"Oh. Really? Says you. Mr Alcoholic." Luna snaps hearing Johnny scoff in response.

"I'm not an alcoholic." Johnny mutters, "Damn. So who's this 'babe'?" Luna asks curiosity getting the better of her.

"Ali." Johnny mumbles, "Ali? Like, the Ali?" Miguel exclaims receiving a nod of confirmation off the blonde man.

"Wait. The Ali... my dad 'stole' from you?" Luna asks perking up.

Johnny nods once again before snapping his eyes back to Luna seeing her use her fingers in a quoting motion at the word 'stole'.

"He did. He stole her from me." Johnny declares, "I didn't realise she belonged to you." Luna mutters.

"Oh. Be quiet." Johnny demands annoyed at the Azalea-LaRusso brunette.

"This is huge. This is huge! This is so... But I mean, you're not gonna send that, right?" Miguel asks alarmed, Johnny nods in response.

"Oh bro. You cannot send her that message." Luna states firmly receiving a confused glance off the Lawrence man.

"Why not?" Johnny quizzes confused looking at the two teenagers.

"Because it's, like, 80 pages." Miguel explains, "And in all caps." Luna adds looking at the message horrified.

Johnny grabs the laptop from Luna's lap and placing it on the coffee table not understanding the big deal over the long paragraph message.

"I have 35 years' worth of stuff to say, all right?" Johnny exclaims, "Okay, yeah, yeah. Yeah." Miguel nods.

"But shorter messages are way cooler. Trust me, in this day in age, that looks incredibly desperate. And this is coming from a female. And I forgot to mention it also looks a little creepy." Luna explains, "Agreed." Miguel says agreeing with the brunette.

"Sending her this would be like if you... like if you liked all of her photos." Miguel says.

"Oh, no. You didn't?" Luna shrieks seeing the look of worry cross Johnny's face.

"Oh, no!" Miguel groans closing his eyes in embarrassment for his sensei.

"What the hell, man... and I guess lady? I enjoyed the photos! And there's a button for that, why wouldn't I click it?" Johnny questions.

"Because she can see that." Miguel and Luna simultaneously explain at the same time as one another.

"All right, I got amped-up, okay? Look, she put a smiley face. It's even got little red cheeks. Is she gettin' hot? Feelin' hot? What am I supposed to do with that?" Johnny quizzes pointing at Ali's message, "Um. I think it's just a smiley face." Luna responds with a shrug.

Miguel leans forward moving the laptop to sit in-front of him, "Let's see..." Miguel murmurs while himself and Luna read the message from Ali to see if they can help the man out and not get anymore second hand embarrassment.

"Okay, she says she wants to know what you've been up to. Good. This is good. We can salvage this. Let's just make you a kick-ass profile. You'll be sending your message from a position of strength." Miguel explains.

"I know I'm gonna regret asking this but... uh, first we need to get some pictures. Do you have any photos?" Luna questions turning to make eye contact with the man.

"Yeah, photos?" Johnny asks nodding his head, "Yeah." Miguel confirms.

"Yeah, don't move." Johnny states placing his beer on the small coffee table and walking towards his bedroom.

"Okay." Luna nods adjusting her sitting position, "I said "don't move!"" Johnny orders from the bedroom.

"'I said, don't move'" Luna mimicks making Miguel laugh at her playfulness.

"Hey. Thanks for doing this." Miguel voices after a while or silence, "Of course, Migs." Luna responds.

"Have you heard from Robby at all?" Miguel questions, "We don't have to talk about him. Don't worry." Luna responds, "No. No. No, it's okay. I want to." Miguel reassures.

"Um.. we haven't really spoken lately no. But that's because he was banned from any outside life contact." Luna explains, "Oh. I'm sorry, Lun." Miguel softly says.

"Don't apologise, Migs." Luna smiles hearing Johnny's heavy footsteps rushing back into the living room.

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HAWK AND ATLAS WALK towards their side of the dojo preparing themselves for the next few hours.

"Class, prepare for combat." Kreese orders loudly while students move towards the side of the mat.

"Holy shit! You remember? Look, it's the kid with the lip! Yo, I thought he moved." Kyler exclaims noticing Hawk standing from beside Atlas.

"Oh, shit. You're right! Right. The hair kinda distracts you from it." Brucks chuckles.

"Didn't you hear Sensei, get in line and prepare for combat!" Atlas orders noticing Hawk hiding his lip away from their sights.

"Hey. None of that. You're a badass. Teach them a lesson!" Atlas demands with a wink seeing Hawk's confidence blossom again having Atlas cheering him on.

"All right, class. Let the games begin." Kreese voices walking towards Kyler and Brucks.

"You." Kreese demands pointing at Kyler, "God. I just want to punch this kids face." Atlas mumbles quietly knowing no one can hear him except Tory who smirks with a short nod.

"You." Kreese laughs pointing towards Mitch watching as the two boys walk onto the mat preparing themselves for a fighting match.

"Man, I'm so pumped!" Brucks exclaims leaning closer to Hawk only for Atlas to glare at him. Making the boy shrink away from the Mohawk boy.

"Ready?" Kreese questions as Mitch bows and Kyler gets into a fighting stance.

"Ai!" Kreese exclaims signaling for the round to start, Mitch immediately grunts kicking Kyler in the face angering the Korean male.

"Now you're dead." Kyler taunts taking in the punches and using them to his advantage which results in him sending Mitch onto the mat with a pained groan and cough.

"Finish him." Kreese demands looking at Kyler, who does as told throwing a punch into Mitch's face while surrounding students stare and gasp in shock.

Mitch gets up from the mat with a pained grimace on his face moving back towards his spot on the sidelines, "Where you going?" Kreese quizzes.

"To my spot." Mitch responds frowning, "You lost to an untrained fighter. He's going to take your spot on the team." Kreese states shocking the surrounding students.

"Sensei, Assface has been loyal to the dojo." Hawk voices looking at his friend noticing him looking at both Atlas and himself hurt at the loss or Cobra Kai.

"I'm afraid he's not... Cobra Kai material. I told you, only the strong will survive." Kreese explains.

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JOHNNY COMES BACK OUT from his bedroom noticing Miguel back in his wheelchair, all thanks to Luna.

Said male smiles handing Luna and Miguel the photos he has, "Well, I wish I never saw these." Luna groans.

"Those are my only photos. Don't have much after high school." Johnny explains.

"Oh. Okay, um... do you have any where you're wearing a shirt maybe?" Miguel questions sharing a look with Luna.

"Yes." Johnny nods grabbing a photo from the shoebox, "Here you go. How's that?" Johnny questions.

Luna tilts her head with her lip tucked away in a grimace looking at the photo Miguel's holding.

"Okay. Uh, that's, um... you know, we're probably just better off going with some new photos." Miguel explains.

"Oh. I agree." Luna voices with a confident nod.

"Yeah, like present day?" Johnny inquires looking at both teenagers, "Mmm." Miguel nods.

"Not sure I want you to grease me up right now. Baby oil gets over everything." Johnny explains.

"Oh. Gross." Luna groans shaking her head, "I'm not gonna grease... I was just thinking maybe we could go with something more contemporary. Yeah?" Miguel suggests smirking at Luna's grossed out look currently present on her face.

"Yes! We'll look at what Ali's into, take pictures of me doing the same stuff!" Johnny exclaims motioning to his laptop screen where the photos of Ali would be on her Facebook page.

"Not exactly what he meant." Luna mumbles.

"I'm not doing yoga." Johnny states, "No." Miguel mumbles, "I will pet a dog." Johnny says making both teenagers groan in slight annoyance.

"Think the aquarium will let me get in with the dolphins?" Johnny questions, "I don't know." Miguel responds.

"You know what? We could Fotomat it." Johnny suggests clicking his fingers looking at Luna and Miguel.

"What?" Luna and Miguel simultaneously asks confused, "All right. Let's go, Hot Wheels. C'mon." Johnny demands.

"Right. Let's do it." Miguel sighs while Luna stands up crossing her arms.

"Have fun." Luna winks receiving a shocked but yet playful look of betrayal off Miguel.

"You're seriously leaving me to deal with this? Alone?" Miguel quizzes.

"I sure am. I have plans." Luna responds lying about having plans part but continues to smirk at her close friend while driving away from the apartments back towards her grandma's to rest for the rest of the day and hopefully design a couple upcoming paintings.

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ATLAS SMIRKS WATCHING TORY win her round of 'combat' along wide chipping the girls tooth in the process.

"You chipped my tooth, bitch." the girl snarls looking at the dirty blonde.

"You needed braces anyway." Tory responds with an evil taunt, "Good job, Nichols." Kreese voices.

"You know the drill. Off the mat." Kreese orders looking at the other girl stomping off the mat and out of the building leaving Tory sharing a smirk with Atlas standing beside her still.

"Damn, girl! You see that?" Brucks mumbles shocked at Tory's fighting talent.

"You. Big boy." Kreese demands looking straight at Brucks hearing the boy cheering himself on.

"Oh, yeah! All right, who's going down next? Come on. Let's go." Brucks exclaims rubbing his hands together.

Atlas looks at Hawk with a small amused smile nodding onto the mat seeing the gears switching in Hawk's head before said male hands off the flag to Atlas.

"You got this, man." Atlas encourages with a confident look on his face.

"He's mine." Hawk shouts alerting Kreese and the others who nod in agreement seeing the Mohawk boy stomping onto the mat prepared for this fight.

"Get him, Lip!" Kyler calls out mockingly, "You'll be crying in all of ten minutes when Hawk fucks up your best friend. So if I were you. I'd shut my mouth." Atlas orders with a menacing smirk plastered on his face.

"Okay, all right. Let's see if I can fix that lip of yours then." Brucks taunts quickly shutting his mouth seeing Hawk's tattoos.

Hawk looks at Kreese seeing the man look away urging for him to strike first.

Hawk doesn't hesitate in striking Brucks across the face with his foot making Brucks grunt in shock trying to hit Hawk but being unable to do so while being knocked onto the mat.

"Wait. Stop." Brucks pleads bleeding from the mouth shocked before Hawk gets on-top of him.

"Finish him." Kreese demands resulting in Hawk sending repeatedly punches to Brucks face while students look away at the grim sight shocked.

"Now think about who you're messing with." Atlas warns seeing Kyler's shocked expression while Hawk walks up closer to him staring him down making the Korean boy back down in fear.

"Good job, man." Atlas smirks tapping Hawk's shoulder before the two of them do their usual handshake smirking at one another, "I told you, you've got this." Atlas shrugs.

"All right, class. I think we can call it a day. Somebody pick him up." Kreese demands ending the lesson while students help Brucks who's groaning weakly on the mat out of the building.

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THE NEXT DAY, LUNA finds herself back at Johnny's apartment watching as Miguel falls repeatedly onto the floor harshly.

"Focus! Come on, this is worse than yesterday! You aren't trying," Johnny voices helping Miguel stand up in the harness once again.

"What's the problem? You saw your ex. Big deal." Johnny says.

"Big deal? Dude, look at you. We spent all day doing bullshit for your ex, making you look like someone you're not. At least I told my ex how things really were!" Miguel snaps annoyed.

"All right, are you done with your little hissy fit or are you just giving up?" Johnny questions.

Luna looks up from the sofa shocked hearing Miguel's mumble, "No, you are." Miguel mumbles, "What'd you say?" Johnny inquires.

"You're the one giving up." Miguel mutters, "I don't know..." Johnny explains confused.

"Quiet!" Miguel shouts shocking both Luna and Johnny.

"You let Kreese take your dojo. You let Hawk, Tory, and everyone else think you're weak." Miguel snarls.

"Because it was a mistake to begin with. I shouldn't have brought back Cobra Kai, look what happened." Johnny responds.

Luna looks at Miguel shocked rubbing her tired eyes thinking she's possibly imagining things due to being so exhausted.

"What happened is you helped people then walked away like a pussy. You're a sensei. It's who you are. If you can't see that, you're blind." Miguel explains.

"Mr Lawrence.." Luna voices gaining the man's attention and motioning to what she's seeing seeing Johnny's eyes widen in surprise, "Miguel..." Johnny mumbles.

"What?" Miguel tiredly asks watching as Johnny takes a step back gesturing to him standing on his own, "Huh. Am I doing it?" Miguel gasps shocked.

"You're doing it." Luna confirms with a smile plastered on her face happy for her best friend.

"Holy shit! I'm doing it." Miguel whimpers tearfully looking at himself standing still attached to the rope, "You're doing it!" Johnny cries out happily.

Miguel doesn't hesitate in wrapping his arms around both Luna and Johnny who sniffle proudly.

"Thank you. Both of you." Miguel mumbles, "Nah. No, thank you." Johnny responds with a relieved sigh.

"I'm so proud of you." Luna sniffles once Johnny breaks free from the hug leaving the two best friends hugging one another.

"I meant what I said, Lun. Thank you." Miguel says smiling at the brunette, "It was my pleasure." Luna responds.

After a while of letting Miguel stand, Johnny suggests that both of them should head home since it's getting late.

In which Luna nods in agreement leaving the apartments once again returning back to the house seeing her adoptive parents in the kitchen.

"I missed you, Dad." Luna says embracing Daniel and Amanda in a tight hug before walking upstairs and returning yet again Robby's emails saying how much they miss one another and they can't wait for the next few weeks to fly by.

Since Robby's being released in less than a month's time.

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