A Tale of Two Snakes
Disclaimer: I do not own any Riverdale and Cobra kai characters. This story is purely written for fun, not for any kind of profit.
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Chapter 22: Wound
Miguel was sitting in the small veranda. The morning sun and the calm, cold wind were clearly giving him peace.
He was missing Polly Cooper. That girl brought a new kind of joy in their supposedly bland life. His mother's mind changed, thanks to the pregnant girl. His grandmother was so happy taking care of her. Now it was two days, since she left that house. The house was literally feeling empty without her.
The whole town was literally shattered to its core after the news of Polly's pregnancy got public. Miguel heard from Archie that the Blossom patriarch was literally pissed off after the Cooper's press conference. He, along with his wife and daughter, left angrily from that place. But in the evening, Cheryl approached Betty in the Pop's diner. Apparently, she was eager to have Polly in her family. In her words, 'Jason's baby changed the whole situation.' She promised Betty that she will help her.
Then, yesterday, something happened in the school. Alice Cooper, who got the news about Polly and stormed inside a class room, the class that was occupied by Betty, Veronica and him.
"Elisabeth Cooper!" Her mother screamed," How dare you do that to your family?"
Then she turned towards Miguel.
"You! Who the hell you think you are? "
Miguel decided to play dumb.
"Excuse me, auntie?"
That seemingly innocent comment literally fired up the Cooper matriarch.
"Don't you 'excuse me' boy! The sheriff told me every single thing. My daughter was inside your house for the whole time, and you kept it a secret. We have to conduct a futile search of the forest, all because of you. She is my daughter. How dare you too keep her, without even informing us? I can drag you and your whole family in the court, you know that?"
"Mom," Betty tried to say something, but Alice did not stop.
"Elisabeth, I will deal with you later. But first, I will deal with this brat."
Then she looked at Miguel, who was calmly reading his textbook.
"Hey boy, speak up."
"It's Miguel, Mrs Cooper, not 'brat' or 'boy'. What did you say, oh, drag me and my family in the court? Well, do whatever you do; I do not give a damn. You asked who I to do all these am. Well, I am a friend who would stand in front of his friends. I am a friend who will protect his friends from people who did not keep her nose out of other people's lives."
Alice Cooper was so much shocked that her expression became literally funny. It was Betty who spoke up next.
"Well, mom, we are having a baby shower for Polly. Now, be a good grandmother and a part of Polly's life with her twin babies, or leave outside of this matter, and about Miguel and his family, you could not touch a single hair of any single one of them. Because, they fed, clothed and most importantly, loved my sister. They took the greatest care of her, unlike that godforsaken sister's home. So, both you and dad have a clear cut choice, either accept her with her babies or get out of her life. The choice is yours."
Alice was gobsmacked. She literally stormed out of the room. Betty was looking at the disappearing figure of her mother, and then she sat on a bench. She was crying silently. Veronica was coaxing her.
"Thank you Betty, for standing with me.", Miguel said in a soft voice.
"No, thank you Miguel, for what you have done for Polly."
"Hey, Diaz, what's so funny?" It was Johnny's voice that forced Miguel in the present.
"I was thinking about Mrs Cooper. But sensei was there any news of Robby?"
Johnny heaved a sigh," No. But the police are searching for him. They will find him as soon as possible."
Miguel nodded. He prayed silently to the almighty for both Robby and Johnny. Johnny saw the facial expression of the kid. He knew a praying face. He smiled and sat beside him.
"Today is the baby shower, sensei. Get ready."
After an hour, both Johnny's and Carmen's car stopped before Veronica's house. All four of them came together to attend the baby shower. Rosa specially made a box of sweets for Polly.
Johnny rang the doorbell. In a moment, Veronica opened the door and warmly greeted them.
"Good morning to all of you. Please come in. Welcome to my humble home."
"This house is nothing but humble, Veronica." Miguel smirked. Veronica smiled too.
All of them entered the hall room, where they say a lot of people. The room was nicely decorated. Polly was sitting in the middle of the room. Betty was sitting beside her.
When Polly saw them, she gave each of them a loving hug. Johnny was a little bit embarrassed about that gesture, but he took it bravely. Rosa gave her the box of sweets.
Then, a few moments later, they saw Cheryl Blossom entered the room, along with her mother Penelope and grandmother, Rose. Rose Blossom was also in a wheelchair like Miguel. Just after them, Alice Cooper entered the room.
Every single one in the room saw a teary union of mother and daughter. Polly and Alice hugged each other, both of them were crying silently. Miguel saw Johnny intensely looking at both of them. His eyes were wet too. Silently he stood from his chair and went outside of the room.
Miguel was talking with Archie in a far corner. The redhead told him about the adventure of him along with Veronica. Miguel was totally shocked at his friend's daring mind.
"Andrews, do you know what the hell you did?" He angrily hissed.
"I totally know that." Archie said in a low voice.
"Do you know how much risk both of you took? That was serpent's den. Not only you broke in there, but you took Veronica with you?"
"Ok, Diaz, I am sorry. But will you listen to me now?"
Miguel took a deep breath and calmed down.
"We searched F.P's trailer but did not get Jason's jacket. He probably removed it." Archie said.
"Does Jughead know about it?"
"No. Not even Betty. Jughead pretends to be estranged, but deep down he still loves his dad very much."
"Just like Robby..." Miguel muttered to himself. Then he said to Archie, "Do not take this type of risk Andrews, again. I mean it."
Archie nodded, with a smirk.
"You just took my advice from one ear and took it outside from the other, don't you?" Miguel smirked too. Archie Andrews was one of those persons who would cross the ocean of fire for the people he cared for. He is one in a million. Miguel only had one line for him, which he said to him again.
"Be safe, Archie Andrews."
Archie looked at him. He felt the pure concern in Miguel's voice.
"I will be safe Diaz. After all, I have my friends with me."
"What about Valerie, Archie?" Miguel asked.
Archie's smiling face changer into a frown.
"We broke up two days ago."
Miguel patted his back," Cheer up brother."
Archie nodded. Both of them then came to Betty and Jughead. Veronica joined them also. All of them were chit-chatting when they suddenly heard loud feminine voice.
Both the Blossom and Cooper matriarchs were engaging in a verbal battle. In a moment, their respective daughters engaged in that battle too. After a few minutes of screaming, Penelope Blossom took her family members and left.
Miguel calmly watched all of the fiasco. But inside of his calm facade, he was burning like a volcano. Jason's killer must be caught at any cost, he thought to himself. Just one clue, just one lead, he would catch that bastard. Fate was a very funny thing. Who was Jason Blossom to Miguel Diaz? But he was still trying to find his killer with an unknown passion.
What was this passion? What was this insane urge to nab the killer of an unknown boy? Why was he doing this?
"Because, Miguel Diaz, you have to prove yourself. You were the all valley champion. Your legs might be paralysed, but your mind and will are not. Your inner cobra is not weak. Sensei Lawrence awoke the snake inside you, the snake who was brave and a fighter. Your fight is not over. Your fight is just beginning. ", His inner voice told him.
"Cobra kai never dies!" He mumbled to himself.
His will was now getting stronger like iron. That jacket, the whole investigation was now converged on that jacket. It had to be found, at any cost.
Johnny Lawrence was standing in the passage outside the hall room. His mind was heavy with multiple emotions, but all of them were pointing towards his son. Robby was missing and there was no trace of him. Bobby Brown was upset. He was blaming himself for not taking good care of Robby. It took Johnny literally a lot of yelling to convince his buddy that it was not his fault.
But one thing he could not understand was the cause. Why did his son run away? Could it be something related with...
"Mr Lawrence?" He heard a voice behind him.
Slowly, he turned around. Kevin Keller was standing behind him.
"Hello, Kevin." Johnny greeted him.
Kevin smiled. That boy still had a lot of innocence, Johnny thought to himself. Miguel's face had the same innocence once.
"Why are you standing here, alone?", Kevin asked him.
"Um..having some air, I guess."
Kevin looked at Johnny, as if he wanted to say something. Johnny also saw that expression.
"You have something in your mind, isn't it?" He asked the boy in front of him.
"Umm...some days ago, me and my dad saw you breaking concrete slabs, with your bare hands.", Kevin blurted.
Every single cell in Johnny Lawrence's body was at alert mode. His eyes were focused, just like in a fight. He did not say anything, just listened to the boy.
"I asked Miguel, and he told me about you being a karate teacher. Can you teach me too?"
The seemingly innocent question hurt Johnny Lawrence the most. But he was determined not to show it.
"Kevin, I appreciate that you found me eligible to teach you. But I must decline your offer."
"Why?", Kevin was a little upset. But there was something in Johnny's voice that fuelled his curiosity.
Johnny looked at him. He took a deep breath.
"The last time I taught karate, a lot of bad things happened. I do not want to make those blunders again. I am sorry, Kevin, but my answer is no."
With the line, Johnny left that place, leaving a dumbfounded and curious Kevin Keller behind.
A/N: So this is chapter 22.
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