AN: Okay apparently there is some confusion between the two pregnant women in this story so allow me to clear it up just this once. Jessie is a petite brunette barely topping out at 5'2, eight months pregnant (Looks like she has a medium sized beach ball stuffed under her shirt.) Helen is a 6' even raven haired woman who looks alot like Joanie Laurer (R.I.P Chyna). She is the one who is eight weeks along with her eigth child. Hope this clears everything up.

The moment Kreese laid eyes on Silver his supposed friend, he knew he ordered the aborted kidnapping of his Carmen and Rosa.

"Ready for drinks?" Silver asked right before he nailed him in the face with a reverse punch, followed by a punch to the stomach.

"The hell...was that..for!" Silver wheezed as he weakly got into the cobra stance. Kreese got into his own before Barnes got between them.

"What's going on here?" His second asked with a healthy dose of suspicion. Kreese knew he was a double agent for Bobby Brown, but so long as he didn't outright defy him he wasn't going to have him killed.

"He ordered Rosa and Carmen's kidnapping!" Anger entered Barnes eyes. Mike was fond of Carmen, treated her like a little sister.

"It came from the boss!" Silver snarled as he whiped the blood from his busted nose.

"Why!" Kreese snarled, he was about to storm Chozen's stronghold and seek retribution.

"You've become weak!" Silver spat as he slithered off to satan knows where. He was about to follow when Barnes put his hand out.

"You need to cool off! Come up with a strong plan before you recklessly follow him!" Barnes threw one of his oldest codes back in his face. Much as he wanted to disregard him, he had to admit his protege was right.

"Besides you're not in your prime anymore, you'd need the weight of an army behind you before you can take down the rest of the syndicate." Kreese started to calm down. Dugan was a hardass but easily neutralized. But Li, now Li was worse than him. Li had his own protege's childhood friend killed and his rival kidnapped to keep Cheng at heel. Much as he blamed the Jap, and Larusso for the downfall of his dojo and reputation; he'd never stoop to using women or children as revenge.

Speaking of which, Barnes motioned the Mandarin boy out of the shadows. Barnes spoke in rapid fire Mandarin with Cheng who looked at him suspiciously before he spoke in surprisingly fluid English.

"I'll contact Mr. Brown and ask for a secret meeting between you three." Cheng then gracefully slipped into the shadows.

Cheng made sure none of his former master's goons followed him as he made his way to the...rooms his rival and rival's master were held in. His blood boiled at the fact he could do nothing for Dre and Mr. Han outside of be a double agent for the American Government. He schooled his face into a blank mask as he nodded to the guards who were almost loyal to him.

As soon as he entered he crossed to Mr. Han who was slowly recovering from the poisoned blade one of the guards loyal to Li used when Mr. Han and Dre tried to escape a week back. Mr. Han was still unconscious.

"Any changes?" he asked the dreadlocked boy, he ignored the way his heart skipped a beat as their eyes met.

"He came to briefly an hour ago." Dre still had the bruises from a week ago. Anger still boiled in his veins at the goons who roughed his ...friend up. Even though they felt his retribution for their actions the anger still remained, directed mainly at himself.

"How are you holding up?" He asked as he removed the bandages and cleaned the no longer festering wound. One of the doctors loyal to the American Government showed him how to care for the wound.

"Still sore as hell, I'd take getting beat up by you and the dragons over them any day!" He snorted at that. At first he thought he hated the American for taking Mei-ying's attention from him. It wasn't until after Mr. Han intervened when he was about to cross a line he could never cross back from; did he realize that he only viewed Mei-ying as a sister. It wasn't until after the tournament that he realized he felt something for the American. He still wasn't sure what he felt, but he knew it was at least friendship.

They lapsed into silence while he bandaged the older man back up. "Try not to piss the guards off Dre!" He playfully warned his friend as he got up to leave for his own room.

"Then I wouldn't be me!" Dre returned. They shared smirks as he left the room.

Once Cheng left Dre willed his heart to return to normal. When did he begin to see Cheng as a friend, let alone potentially more? He asked himself as he worked through one of the kata's Mr. Han taught him before they were kidnapped.

Did he even like guys? He never noticed any particular feelings for his other guy friends. Or guys in general. He always thought he liked girls, though Mei-ying aside he never felt any particular feelings for a lot of the girls he knew in Detroit or Bei-jing. Where was his mentor when he needed advice? Oh yeah he's currently unconscious because he wanted to escape against Cheng's advice.

Double agent or not, Cheng was working for a major, international crime syndicate; he worried for him. Yes he said it, Cheng is his friend and aside from Mr. Han the only one he can count on to get out of this alive. He knew his mother was beside herself. He took deep breaths to calm his chi.

"Shao Dre.." Mr. Han's whisper brought him out. He rushed over to his mentor who regained consciousness.

"Water?" Mr. Han asked, Dre smirked as he got a glass out of the cupboard from the kitchenette they had and filled it with cold water. He mentally thanked Cheng for convincing the syndicate to at least give them rooms that were more like an apartment.

"Easy now, Cheng just cleaned your wound. How are you doing?" Try as he might he couldn't keep the concern out of his voice, he almost lost his mentor; he'd dare anyone to not be emotional!.

"Weak! But my chi is slowly returning to normal, what have I missed while out?" Dre spent the next hour recounting what little he knew of the last week.

"No more escape attempts until we know for sure when were going to be rescued." Dre nodded his head, much as he wanted to get back to Beijing where his mom was worrying herself sick; he didn't want to risk it. Next time Cheng may not be able to convince Li to spare their lives.

"Ready?" Johnny hesitated at the doors to the church that held the weekly AA meetings. He turned to his charge who had one hand on her belly the other had her clutch. He saw a sad understanding in her eyes.

"No...but i...can't go back to how I was. Does it make me sound like a pussy?" He asked his friend who shook her head.

"As you'll find when we go in, everyone has been in your situation or worse. Now not going in would make you a pussy." Oddly enough he felt relieved by her words as he opened the doors and let her in first.

"You Cobra's know how to treat a lady right!" Jessie grinned at him as she waddled in ahead of him.

"One of the very few good things Sid did was put me through ettiquete classes, ballroom classes as well. Kreese beat it into our skulls that women and children were to be treated with respect at all times." Johnny felt weird saying anything good about the bastards; but with the briefing Bobby gave him before he left to the meeting with his double agents, now including Kreese he kept thinking of the good things he learned from the man. Admittedly they were few, but they were still there.

"It's good to know that he did somethings right. I'm not a fool, im not seeking him out; but the brief interaction I had with him last night, I get the feeling that while he's mostly bad, there is some good in their somewhere. Now I'm rationalizing." Johnny chuckled as they walked to the back of the church where the meetings were held.

"No, he's an evil bastard, but he does have some good in him I'll give him that." He said as they entered the meeting room. Jessie froze in shock as Dutch was greeting everyone as they came in. He was surprised at how...approachable his old friend was.

"He and Helen usually run these meetings together. I better go see if everything is alright with Helen." Jessie said as she waddled up to Dutch, instead of following blindly; he watched everyone else in the room. They were the 'upper crust' he grew up around but never fit in with. Some of them nodded to him with a smile, they were the ones that utilized his handyman services.

"What a slut!" a familiar, if bitter voice spoke behind him. He remembered how shallow she was.

"Jealous Susan?" He sneered, as he turned around to observe the greying brunette. She'd be beautiful if not for the bitter jealousy in her eyes. he remembered the brief time the bitch dated Bobby and cheated on him several times in their Junior year. Once Bobby found out he dropped her like a bad habit. She scowled at him.

"Of that no account housekeeper?" She skoffed, but he could hear it was false.

"Oh you are jealous of her!" Even though he only knew her a couple days, Jessie is like a kid sister. So naturally that meant he felt protective of her.

"No I'm not!" But she didn't sound sure of herself. His grin was particularly savage as he scented her weakness and went in for the kill.

"Yes you are, and you don't understand why the cobras are so protective of her. And here's a hint it isn't because she's the love of Bobby's life. It's because she is compassionate, loyal, fierce, intelligent, hard working, cunning, sneaky and best of all trustworthy. Once she warms up to people that is. All those qualities you sorely lack. And are the reason you'll never keep a man for longer than a couple years!" He spat as he approached a worried Dutch, he shot him a look that said he'll explain later; and a concerned Jessie who had her eyes focused on a spot behind him.

"That was positively savage!" Dutch congratulated him.

"She's crying now you jerk!" Jessie hissed as she moved to comfort the bitch when Dutch stopped her with a hand on her shoulder.

"Jess, that...woman has been talkin smack about you behind your back ever since you started hanging out with us. Hell in front of you she has been catty and mean. Bobby is close to making her disappear, because of the way she's wronged you, him, Barbara and Tommy over the last 30+ years." Dutch patiently said to her. Jessie visibly calmed down but still had a displeased look on her face.

"If he does that it'll wound him deeply, he always swore he'd never be like my bio dad. But Dutch much as I love being brutally honest with people, I also know that even people like her have feelings!" Hell now he was beginning to feel bad for Susan as he knew that Jessie was right.

"And sometimes people need to hear the brutal truth before they can heal and find happiness in their lives. As you well know from experience!" Jessie flinched but fully calmed down. Though his words were harsh he had a soft smile on his face as he pulled Jessie into a one-armed hug.

"I know you're right, and it's mainly the pregnancy hormones talking." Dutch shook his head.

"No you are as compassionate as you are fierce. I'm proud to call you my little 'sister'." Dutch fondly kissed the top of her head. "Same goes for me, I'm glad you sent Bobby over to the dojo two days ago. It's helped me decide to get clean." Which was true. Most of the last 30 years he felt like no one would care if he died. That maybe he'd merit a 30 word obituary at most. But no one would truly mourn him. But since he decided to reopen Cobra Kai it felt like things were changing for the better.

"And I consider you my brothers." Jessie had a scarlet blush on her cheeks. Before she looked at Dutch sternly. "Let's get the meeting started, and I expect a full explanation for my 'big sisters' absence later on!" She declared as Dutch chuckled before calling the AA meeting to order.

Bobby never felt so on edge as he did when he attended the meeting with his double agents with SecNav's assistant by his side. While a small part of him was relieved that Kreese wanted to cut a deal with him, he knew it wasn't out of the goodness of his heart.

He nodded to Barnes and Cheng as he entered the safehouse he used to conduct such briefings. He noticed the wariness in Kreese's eyes, and understood how he felt.

Regardless of how he felt about the man personally, he couldn't deny this was the perfect way to permanently shut down the syndicate. If it also guaranteed a way for his woman to get to know her dad without him being behind bars for the remainder of his life; then that was the price he'd have to pay. Ever since he pulled her to safety when she was so hungover she almost stepped into oncoming traffic, he'd felt this need to protect her at all costs.

"I'm offering you the same deal I gave Barnes seven years ago and Cheng two years ago. Total immunity from crimes committed while under the syndicate, in exchange for information that will lead to Chozen's death or incarceration." As much as he hated Kreese, he really was small fry compared to Chozen. Chozen had many terror cells in Japan, Europe, and connections with Al Qaeda and here in the United States.

Kreese furrowed his brows for a moment before he sighed. "I'll…" Kreese hesitated before he looked to Barnes who nodded his head firmly before he continued. "Take the deal." Bobby kind of hoped it'd be the other way, so that he could take the old bastard into custody while he had the chance. But he was a man of his word, unlike his...sensei.

"We'll need names…" The next few hours was spent with Kreese giving details that neither Barnes or Cheng had access to. When it was over Barnes, Cheng, and the Assistant SecNav left he stopped his old mentor.

"A couple things to know about Jessie. 1. She doesn't trust easily or at all in certain cases. If you are lucky enough to earn her trust, don't break it or she'll be out of your life before you can blink. 2. She has zero filter, and zero tolerance for bullshit." Kreese had a surprised look in his eyes before he quickly blanked and nodded his head.

"You're not going to stop me from getting to know Jessica." He stated in a carefully neutral tone.

"My woman is her own person, I couldn't stop her from getting to know you if I wanted to. But she won't seek you out, so you need to be creative. Because deal aside, i'm not going out of my way to help you get to know her." His good deed done he left the safe house and nodded to Barnes and Cheng.

Ali nervously waited for her flight out to Encino. While she hashed a lot of things out with Daniel over Facebook; she needed to see Johnny in person to get closure on that chapter of her life. She learned from Daniel that he worked a lot of things out between them; including combining their dojos.

Ali's heart hammered in her chest as she boarded her flight. She'd be lying if she said she ever stopped being attracted to her first love. It was easier to convince herself that he was a bad guy so that she could avoid feeling guilty. But Johnny was surprisingly vulnerable once you got him to open up to you; that wasn't enough to keep her with a boy who lost his cool every time he saw her with another guy though.

Before her flight took off she did a mobile check-in (using her phone or app to check in ahead of time to make sure her room was ready.) at the Encino Inn. She heard Bobby bought that resort a few years back and put it through much needed renovations. Once it got in the air she decided to get some much needed rest.

When the plane touched down, and she went through baggage she walked out to the parking lot and froze in her tracks. There waiting for her, leaning against her porche was Barbara Wilson. Lets just say Barbara didn't take it to kindly when she sided with Susan over her when Susan's affair with Tommy went public in med School.

"Get in!" Barbara snarled as she grabbed her luggage and loaded it into the trunk before she got into the drivers side. Ali gulped as she did what the normally sweet woman said. Of the three of them Barbara was the quiet, observant one who was slow to anger; but man could she hold a grudge. It's been 26 years since she heard from her.

"So how have you been?" Ali asked after several moments of tense silence. The chilling look Barbara gave her told her this ride wasn't her idea.

"The only reason I'm giving you a ride is as a favor to Jessie. So keep your mouth shut or I'll pull over and permanently shut it for you!" Ali paled and if it wasn't for the fact that she realized she was in the wrong long ago, she'd keep on trying to make things right with her friend since they were in diapers. Though she wondered who this Jessie was.

Once they got to the hotel, she saw a heavily pregnant brunette with a luggage rack. The brunette gave her a cautious smile. Once Barbara unloaded her trunk and pulled away after reminding the brunette to keep it easy, Jessie nailed her with sharp blue eyes.

"Hi I'm Jessica Benson; I regret to inform you that our normal rooms are fully booked." Ali was about to demand that she talk to Bobby as she was a platinum premier member when Jessica continued.

"However my man gave permission for you to stay in his penthouse for the duration of your stay here in L.A.; He is currently busy so I'll help you get settled in." Jessica's voice was light but her subtle glare told her how Jessica really felt about her task.

She allowed Jessica to lead her into the newly renovated Lobby and spoke to the night time M.O.D. (Manager on duty) Once she got the keys; Jessica led her to a bank of three elevators, as they rose through the floors until she couldn't stand the silence.

"You don't seem to like me." Ali commented. The look Jessica shot her chilled her to the bone.

"I've heard many things about you Dr. Schwarber, almost none of them are complimentary. However I've always been one to hold judgement until I've actually gotten to know people. You've got one chance to earn my respect." Ali got the feeling that if her trip was to be pleasant she better get on Jessica's good side.

"I understand Ms. Benson." It felt wrong to call her Jessica without her permission for some reason. Jessica sighed before she spoke again.

"Call me Jessica, Ms. Benson makes me feel old." The elevator dinged as they made it to the top. She saw only two doors.

"The one on the left is reserved for my mother and older sister when they visit. The one on the right is for Bobby's friends or business associates." Jessica opened the penthouse and handed her the key. After giving her the rundown on the amenities, restaurant hours of operation, etc. She left her alone to unpack.