Chapter 3

"It will burn a little."

"Thank you, and thank you for helping me. Where did you learn Karate? In a short time, you faced more than one Cobra Kai simultaneously... "

"Do you always talk so much?"

"Yes always, especially when I'm nervous. My name is Demetri. I have Greek origins. My name means son of Demeter. Demeter was the goddess of agriculture, of wheat, of the seasons in general ... "

"If you are Demeter's son" the girl interrupted him, "Then as a sister you have Persephone and as a brother-in-law you find yourself Hades god of the pagan underworld."

Demetri laughed heartily.

"I like girls with the sense of humor."

"Are you flirting with me?"

"Actually, the girl I like is another, but at her not likes I."

"Oh, so I'm sort of a second choice."

The boy blushed visibly.

"My name is Alexandra Udinov."

"Udinov? Do you have Russian origins? "

"I am Russian-American. My mother is American, while my father is half and half. But I carry my grandmother's surname. "

"Didn't your father recognize you?"

"My grandmother was very keen on carrying forward on the family surname and my father was fine with that."

They were silent for a few minutes. Alex continued to heal the boy's wounds.

"Why did those guys attack you?"

"They hate me because I keep defending a dear friend."

"You are brave then. To face a group of karateka without having a minimum of preparation. "

"Actually, I have frequent a dojo. The Miyagi Dojo Karate. "

"You have frequent? Did you stop? "

"The dojo is closed for the moment."

"Aren't there other dojos?"

"Yes, but for me that place was special. Like the sensei who ran it, Daniel Larusso. "

"Why did the dojo close? Few students? "

"No, we had members and then Daniel taught for free. But in my high school a bad fight broke out that involved all the students and ended tragically. A friend of mine was seriously injured and my other friend is... is..."

Demetri could not finish the sentence. Big tears fell on his cheeks.

"It was an accident, just a damned, cursed accident and later, after ..."

"I know it Demetri. We didn't meet by chance. "

The boy looked at the girl in amazement.

"I have a story to tell, do you want to hear it?"

Demetri nodded.

"Once upon a time there was a child named Robby. Robby was never wanted, he just arrived. How a parcel post arrives. And such as parcel post he was treated. His parents were unable to give the child a peaceful and united family. Shannon was still too immature and Johnny was depressed about his beloved mother's death. To be honest I think he was too weak to become a father and maybe he never really loved his partner and his son. The only one happy about the baby's arrival was Lawrence's mother, Laura.

So Robby grew up with a baby mother. At first the ménage was also good. Shannon was above all a playmate. But Robby needed a mother. And the father was there and wasn't there. He didn't even recognize his son.

Over time, Robby began to take note of his family situation and somehow became the man of the house. The roles had completely reversed. He was the adult at the end. But he wasn't an adult, let alone a teenager. He was just a child who in the depths of his heart hoped his parents would return together. He have hoped for so long, for too long and he gave both his parents opportunities up opportunities to start effort with people who don't want to see and hear.

With adolescence, pain and anger took over. Robby had started seeing bad people, do petty thefts and small scams, abusing drugs... The shit he took gave Robby the serenity he always looked for. And it matters little if it was an artificial and not very lasting peace. At that moment he had a bit of happiness. It's something I do too... when I'm allowed.

Despite everything, Robby has always loved both his parents. He never stopped protecting his mother, he never stopped putting his father to the test. Just to see if Johnny cared about him.

In the end he found a sort of family surrogate in Larusso family. But Robby was not their biological son and it takes very little to make Daniel 'idiot' Larusso angry. That idiot never gave Keene the benefit of the doubt. No one did it. They simply pointed at him. Everyone made the simplest decision without wondering why Robby responded so violently to Miguel. Often towards people we do not love we become very easily judge and jury."

"Do you know my friend's motivations?" Demetri asked.

"Yes. You must know that Robby and other children like him at the age of 10 were subjected to an aptitude test. That test was needed to find future operational agents. The sample they took was not very numerous so Robby is turned out the only child who could serve his country in adulthood. From that moment he was monitored 24 hours a day. Waiting to find a way to take the boy and instruct him as a spy.

The first opportunity presented itself is with the horrible death of his mother, but he did not respond in the way they hoped: with violence. The second occasion came during his first day in the new school. Miguel's words: 'she doesn't love you, she loves me', you like your father taught me. They have marked him deeply. For him it was under understood only one thing: no one loves you, no one will ever love you ... not even your father. And when Diaz apologized, he felt like derided another time. One too many. But the Mother wanted to be sure she had the boy and she devised a devious and wicked plan to have him. He used Shannon's death to fuel Robby's anger even more.

Inside your school there was a sleeping operative who pretended to be a student. In the back of his right hand he had a design that reproduced the Cobra Kai mark. On the back of his left hand instead, a photo of Robby's mother appeared. She got a deep cut with a cutter to cover the photo of the woman with blood... "

Demetri was upset. He was with Robby when the boy found his mother's body in a pool of blood. Gutted and killed. He had promised his friend not to say anything to anyone. The woman did not have a good reputation. They would have spoken ill of her. But above all, his father didn't have to know anything. He didn't want her to judge the woman. He didn't want to hear malice about her from him. In the end they had succeeded, not without difficulty, in concealing and cremating his body.

"Do you know who killed Shannon?" Demetri asked, upset.

"No. But it was the Mother who made the boy find the body."

"Who the hell is the Mother?"

"The head of the Division. A secret organization that intervenes when CIA, National Security and other US intelligence groups and allied states fail."

"And you are part of this organization?"

"Yes."

"Why! Because all this badness!"

"Because for the Mother it is the only way to have personal totally under her control. Fake murders, false trials, false accusations, fake death sentences. And real blackmail."

"Why did you tell me all this?"

"Because I wanted you to join the big family of the Division. Of course you are not very gifted, at least not yet. But you are brave and I know that the friendship that unites you with Robby is profound and sincere. But unlike Robby you can choose whether or not to join us."

"And if I say no?"

"You can do it, but you will never have to tell anyone what I told you otherwise you died. Funny though, I thought you would send me to that place not believing the story. You didn't do it instead. You are a really curious boy. "

Demetri looked at Alex for a few seconds.

"If I accept?"

"If you accept Robby he will still have someone in his life and I will tell you my secret in return. Nobody knows, not even my dearest friend."

"Do you know mine?"

"Yes."

"Will I learn to kill?"

"Mercilessly."

"Do I have time to think about it?"

"I'll give you a week."

Sorry for my bad English. Alex is not a Nikita ally. Quite the contrary. Niki will appear later. In my story there are some of my views on the life of Robby (I love Robby) and on what happened that tragic day.