Chapter 11: An Extreme Situation

15 days had passed since Robby started school at West Valley High. He was doing pretty well there so far. Every night before showering and going to bed, Robby would exercise in his bedroom by performing 60 knuckle push ups, 60 ab crunches, 60 palm push ups, and 60 sit ups.

Now, back at the dojo.

" Bow." Sensei Lawrence says to his students. His students bow. All of his students now have Gi's.

" Fighting Positions."

His students get into their fighting positions. Johnny walks up to Hawk and kicks his leg.

" Stabilize your base, Hawk!" Says Sensei Lawrence. " Keep your balance for rotation when you strike."

" Yes, Sensei!" Replies Hawk.

Sensei Lawrence walks up to Virgin. Virgin flinches.

" Did you just flinch, Virgin?" Sensei Lawrence asks Virgin. Virgin doesn't respond. Sensei Lawrence than walks up to another student. The student flinches as well.

" Holy shit, we've got a room full of flinchers!" Says Sensei Lawrence.

" Yes, Sensei!" Says the class.

" THAT WAS NOT A QUESTION!" Replied Sensei Lawrence. " Raise your had if you've never been punched in the face."

All the students, with the exceptions of Robby, Aisha, and Miguel, raise their hands.

" Put your hands down!" demands Johnny. " All your lives, you've been avoiding fights, So you don't break your nose or lose a tooth. This concussion nonsense. So there's only one solution, and that is before you leave this dojo, each and every one of you is going to take a punch, very hard, to the face. Robby, line them up. Un flinch this group!"

" Yes, Sensei." Says Robby.

Robby walks over to Virgin and punches him in the face without any hesitation.

Meanwhile, In Sensei Lawrence's office.

Sensei Lawrence is looking at the latest issue of Black Belt Magazine.

" 450 bucks for nunchucks, what a rip." Says Johnny after seeing an ad in the magazine for nunchucks. He turns the page while drinking his beer and he finds an advertisement for 2018 All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament. Miguel walks into the office.

" Hey Sensei, I need to ask you something." Says Miguel.

" First aid's under the counter. We got a bleeder?" Asks Johnny.

" No, well I mean, yeah we do, There's a lot of blood, but this is about something else." Replies Miguel.

" What is it?" Asks Johnny.

" Well, there's a girl at school." Says Miguel.

" Is she hot?"Asks Johnny.

" And she's super smart." Says Miguel.

" Hot?" Johnny asks again.

" Funny and Cool." Says Miguel.

" Hot?" Johnny asks for the third and final time.

" Yes, she's hot, super hot." Answers Miguel.

" Nice." Says Johnny.

" I think that you would really like her. She likes karate, and I mean, I want to ask her out, but I just don't know." Says Miguel.

" Don't know? What is there to think about? She's hot and all those other things!" Johnny says while he gets out of his chair.

" Yeah, but what if she says no?" asks Miguel.

" Never Accept Defeat, Diaz. There is No No." Replies Johnny.

" Pretty sure No Means No." Replies Miguel.

" Yeah, if things are getting physical, No Means No, but if your just asking her out. You're a Cobra Kai! All the babes want to date a Cobra Kai." Says Johnny.

Miguel looks at the magazine that Johnny has in his hand. He reaches for it and Johnny lets him look at it. Miguel sees the ad for the 2018 All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament.

" Are we entering this tournament?" Asks Miguel.

" I don't think were ready yet." Answers Johnny.

Hawk falls on the floor in the Dojo after being hit.

" He's Okay." Says Robby.

" I'm Okay, just a tooth." Says Hawk.

Later that day, around night time, back at home.

" Hey Dad, Can I go skateboarding?" Asks Robby.

" Sure." Answers Johnny.

Robby goes over to the local outside skateboarding place, which happens to be closed, He thinks that he is the only person there, so he sneaks in. Luckily, this place is one of the few places that does not have security cameras. He skateboards there for about 10 minutes. Suddenly, he hears a familiar voice.

" Hey Robby!" the voice says.

Robby turns around and discovers that the voice belongs to none other than Trey, his former partner in crime. Trey is with his buddy Cruz, Robby's other former accomplice.

" Why the hell have you been ignoring us?" Asked Trey. " You won't answer any of our calls or texts and you blocked us on Facebook and Instagram."

" Sorry, I don't hang out with losers like you anymore." Replied Robby.

" WHAT DID YOU CALL US?" Trey and Cruz both asked angrily.

" Losers." Replied Robby.

" And your dad isn't?" Replied Trey.

" He's way cooler than you." Replied Robby.

" I thought you hated him? Why did you move in with him?" asked Cruz.

" That was then, this is now." Replied Robby.

" Come on Robby, you know how much of a loser your dad is. The guys runs a Strip Mall Karate School for a living." Says Trey.

" It's called a Dojo, not a school, And what do you guys do? You sell drugs and steal shit. You know where you two will end up? PRISON!" replies Robby.

" And if we ever get caught, you will be arrested too. We will name drop your ass." Says Trey.

" The prosecutors will offer me immunity in exchange for testimony. I know how the system works, jackass." Replies Robby. " Besides, what are you guys doing out here?"

" Looking for you, Jackass." Replies Cruz.

" Shouldn't the two of you be at home counting your welfare checks?" Asks Robby.

" You racist piece of shit." Replies Trey.

" Wow, assuming I made my statement because I'm white? You're the racist." Says Robby.

Robby walks up to Trey and delivers a roundhouse kick to his face.

" Oww. God Damn that hurt." Says Trey.

" You're daddy teach you some karate or something?" Says Cruz.

Trey attempts to punch Robby, but Robby successfully blocks him. Trey grabs Robby by his shirt and Cruz tries to attack Robby as well, but Robby successfully gets away from him. Robby punches Trey right in the nose while Cruz is standing behind him, punching through the bone, causing the back of Trey's head to hit Cruz's nose, breaking both of them. They both scream out in pain. They both try to attack Robby some more, but he keeps successfully blocking everything they try to throw at them. Cruz grabs Robby by putting him in a chokehold but Robby successfully gets away by slithering and and Trey tries to hit Robby, but accidently hits Cruz instead.

" Are you okay?" Trey asks Cruz but before Cruz can answer, Robby attacks Trey, punching him in his broken nose and also his teeth, knocking some of his teeth out.

Robby also punches Trey's ribs very hard, breaking them as a result. Cruz and Trey( despite his broken ribs) both get up. Cruz pulls out a Switchblade, trying to stab Robby, but misses, and ends up stabbing Trey in the heart instead.

" Oh my God, Trey!" Says Cruz.

While Cruz pulls the knife out of Trey's heart, which kills Trey instantly, Robby comes after Cruz, attacking him in the face with his skateboard. Cruz gets up after 30 seconds and comes after Robby with the bloody knife, causing Robby to accidently drop his skateboard.

" You son of a bitch! You made me kill Trey!" Says Cruz.

Robby is dodging Cruz's knife movements.

Cruz thinks that he now has Robby cornered, but he is wrong.

" Any last word before you die, Keene?" Says Cruz.

Robby delivers a wheel kick to Cruz's face, quickly picks up his skateboard, keeps hitting Cruz with his skateboard until he gets him to the wall of the skateboarding arena, places the skateboard on the arm of Cruz that is holding the knife, and says " My name's not Keene, It's LAWRENCE." And delivers a hard right handed punch to Cruz's throat, crushing his windpipe, killing him almost instantly. Robby backs up as Cruz falls to his death.

" Holy shit, I cannot believe that this just happened." Robby says to himself.

Robby then takes their cell phones and throws them in a nearby dumpster, so that the authorities will not be able to tie him to them.

Later that night.

Robby has just came home. Johnny notices blood on Robby's shirt.

" Holy shit, Robby, is that blood on your shirt?" Asks Johnny.

" Yes." Answers Robby.

" What the hell happened?" Asks Johnny

" Well, remember those two losers I used to hang out with before I moved in with you?" Asks Robby.

" Yes." Answers Johnny.

" Well, I ran into them while I was out skateboarding. And I got into a fight with them." Says Robby. " And it happened pretty fast. I blocked, I anticipated, I slithered, I broked their noses, I knocked some of Trey's teeth out, I attacked them with my skateboard, I punched and kicked, and most importantly, I was the only survivor."

" They are dead?" asks Johnny.

" Yes. Cruz had a knife, At one point in the fight, he tried to stab me but he ended up stabbing Trey instead, so that is how Trey died. And as for Cruz, since it was an extreme situation, I punched him very hard in the throat, just like you told me to if I was ever in an extreme situation like that." Answered Robby.

" The cops are going to come after you." Says Johnny.

" Well, they would if they knew. After the fight ended, I took Trey and Cruz's phones and threw them away in the nearby dumpster. The garbage truck comes by at 4 am, by the time the bodies will be discovered, it will be too late. Also, the place doesn't have any security cameras, and there were also no witnesses. They won't have any evidence tying me or anybody else to the scene." Says Robby.

" So let me get this straight, You took all the lessons that I have taught you, and you used them to straight up kill those punks?" Asks Johnny.

" Yes, Dad, I damn well did." Replies Robby. " I struck first, I struck hard, and I showed no mercy!"

" Follow me." Johnny says to Robby.

Robby follows Johnny to his bedroom.

Johnny opens the drawer and pulls out his headband.

" My High School sweetheart gave this to me for Valentines Day back in 84. I want you to have it." Johnny tells Robby.

" Really, Dad?" asks Robby.

" Hell Yeah, You've earned it, plus, since I gave Miguel my Gi, It's only fair that I give this to you as a gift as well." Says Johnny.

Johnny gives Robby the headband. Robby puts on the headband.

" Thank you so much, Dad." Says Robby.

Robby and Johnny hug.

" I'm so proud of you, Robby. I know I wasn't there for you all these years, and I will regret that until the day I die because" Johnny starts to tear up " You are the greatest son that any father could ever ask for and I am so proud of you. You are a Natural Born Cobra."

" Thanks, Dad. You are the best, and like I've said before, You are hear for me now, and that is all that matters."

Robby and Johnny stop hugging and they give each other high fives.