Silver: Sensei Barnes, can you come to my office for a minute?
Mike: Yes sensei Silver, wait here Tory, I'll be right back.
Tory: Okay...
Mike enters Silver's office and they start talking, however, after a while, Tory hears her name being mentioned by Silver, so she decides to get closer to hear what they were talking about...
Silver: So how's it going with Nichols?
Mike: By now I thought I would have figured something out, but so far nothing, I don't think you have anything to worry about, she's totally loyal, but I'm going to her house in a bit.
Silver: Excellent, anything you find out, let me know.
Tory was shocked to hear that, Mike was actually just spying on her on Silver's orders, but soon she would hear something even worse.
Mike: Well, so far all I've found is that she's wanting me to fight her aunt for custody of her brother, who isn't even my son.
Silver: But, you don't plan on taking care of her and that boy, do you?
Mike: Nah, I'll just let this end, then I'll... I don't know, send that kid to boarding school, ha, that's a good one, as if I was born to take care of children, they mean nothing to me.
Tory was heartbroken to hear that, just when she started to trust Mike, everything he told her was a lie, when he said he wanted to be a father to her and Brandon, that was all a lie, he was just trying to gain her trust to betray her in the end, this only made her angrier not only at Silver but also at Mike, Tory then swore she wouldn't rest until she destroyed them both.
After a while, Mike leaves Silver's office and goes back to talk to Tory.
Mike: Okay, I'm done, we can go now.
Tory: Okay, let's go then...
Tory was quiet all the way home, she couldn't even bear to look Mike in the face, there was only one person she wanted to talk to right now, Robby.
When she got home, she went to her room, took out her cell phone and started talking to Robby.
Tory: Hi, how are you?
Robby: I'm great, I had a excelent day.
Tory: Good for you, my day wasn't very good.
Robby: I... I'm sorry, is there anything I can do?
Tory: I hardly think so, but thanks anyway.
Robby: Look, I don't know if it's a good time but... it's been a while since we've done something just the two of us, maybe tomorrow.
Tory: Sure, that looks great, see you tomorrow night then.
Robby: Alright... look, I know you have reasons to be at Cobra Kai, but I really wish we could train in the same dojo, just like that time.
Tory: To be honest, I miss that too, but believe me, just like you, I just want this war to end, and in Cobra Kai is where I can do my part, I'll keep the other students under control as much as I can... not to mention that I also don't want to train in the same dojo as... that girl...
Robby: Okay, good luck keeping them in check.
Tory: Thanks...
They talked for a while longer, the next day Robby and the other students arrived to practice.
Miguel: Look, I don't know about you, but I'm kind of worried.
Demetri: I agree with you, the Cobra Kai guys are very quiet, even after what I did to Kyler.
Robby: Well, I spoke to Tory yesterday, she said she's going to try to keep them under control.
Samantha: And you believed HER? Robby, I can't understand why you're dating her.
Robby: Look, I know you two have had some issues in the past, but trust me, she's not that bad.
Samantha: Well if by issues you mean trying to rip my face off with a spike bracelet or breaking into my house to attack me with a nunchaku then yes, she and I had some issues.
Miguel: As weird as it seens, I have to agree with Robby on this one, if you guys keep this up I think it will happen something similar to what is happenning with Daniel and Johnny.
Samantha: Look, I think it's hard for her and I to make up, even 30 years from now, after all she's done to me.
It was then that Chozen appeared.
Chozen: Who are you talking about?
Samantha: It's a long story...
Chozen: Well, we have time, (he looks at Robby and Miguel) Guys, can you excuse us?
Robby and Miguel nod and walk away.
Samantha: Look, I know you'll think this is another "rivalry over a karate tournament" story, but no, my problem with Tory is something much bigger than what my dad had with Johnny. .
Chozen: If you say so, alright, tell me what happened.
Samantha: It all started when we were at a beach club, she and I had a mutual friend, but then I heard Tory openly telling everyone who wanted to hear, that she stole a bottle of Vodka from the bar, later my mom's wallet disappeared and i thought she stole it so i confronted her and she pushed me.
Chozen: I see, but was your mother's wallet with her anyway?
Samantha: Well... it wasn't, ok, I made a mistake, but...
Chozen: You at least apologized to her when you found out the truth?
Samantha: Actually... no... but I should...
It was only then, after that conversation with Chozen, that Samantha realized that she wasn't right either, after all, she was the one who started it all, maybe things would have been different if she had at least apologized to Tory after discovering the truth, but even then, that doesn't justify everything that Tory did.
Samantha: But it didn't end there, when we fought at school she attacked me with a spike bracelet, she almost ripped my face off, I literally had PTSD after fighting her, so what did she do? she broke into my house with other students, and attacked me with a nunchaku, look, I wasn't alive in 1984 but I don't think my dad and Johnny ever did things like that to each other.
Chozen: Chozen understands that you are angry with her, but can you answer me a question, do you know anything about her life?
Samantha: Well, not much honestly.
Chozen: Well Chozen heard that she has to take care of her sick mother and younger brother alone, I'm not saying that it justifies her behavior, but think about what I'm going to say now, a rivalry never brings problems just for two people, many people who have nothing to do with this story may end up getting hurt, luckily this can be avoided, but for that, someone has to take the first step.
Samantha kept thinking about what Chozen had said, on the one hand it was true that she had started things with Tory, and she had never thought of all that Tory had to go through taking care of her mother and brother, she even regretted the day that she didn't want to allow Tory to go back to school, but on the other hand, she still hadn't forgotten all the stuff Tory had done to her.
Some time later, they continued training, Samantha and Devon were on the sparring deck, Devon attacked Samantha with a kick, but Samantha blocked the attack, Devon jumped to hit Samantha with a kick to the face, but Samantha dodged, grabbed her opponent from behind and knocked her down.
Devon: DAMN IT!
Johnny: Way to go Larusso!
Later, Demetri and Hawk were fighting Miguel, Chris and Mitch, Hawk hits Chris with a punch and Demetri knocks him out with a kick, Mitch tries to hit him from behind, but Hawk elbows him.
Miguel then tries to attack, he goes towards Demetri and hits him with some punches, but Demetri manages to push him away, when Miguel tries to attack again, Demetri dodges the attack, Hawk then grabs Miguel, but he manages to free himself, but then, Demetri hits Miguel with a kick to the chest, knocking him down.
Johnny: Nice moves Hawk, well done, you were great too Geek.
Demetri: Well... it's still better than Penis Breath.
Miguel then goes to Demetri and Hawk and congratulates them.
Miguel: Damn Demetri, I knew you'd gotten stronger, but I didn't even imagine you'd gotten THAT strong.
Demetri: Thanks, I've been training a lot.
Miguel: What about you Hawk? how is your leg?
Hawk: It's getting better, I think I'll be 100% on time for the tournament.
Miguel: Well, that's great, you have to defend your title.
Robby: Yeah, but you'll have to go through me.
Daniel: Johnny, Chozen, can you guys take care of the class alone? I have to go to work.
Johnny: Sure, leave it to us.
Robby: Mr. Larusso, I'll go with you.
Anthony: Dad, since you're using the car, can you drop me off at Lia's? I bought tickets to a movie for the two of us.
Daniel: Sure son, come with us.
Meanwhile, at the main Cobra Kai dojo:
Silver: All right guys, you are all great, unfortunately sensei Barnes and I have to leave early today, Nichols, do the warm up.
Tory: Yes sensei.
Silver and Mike leave and leave Tory in charge of the class.
After the warm up, Tory sees some students talking.
Kyler: So is everything ok for today?
Kenny: Yeah, I've talked to my friends from the other dojos and they're in.
Tory: Talked to the guys from the other dojos about what?
Shawn: Our ultimate move, now the Miyagi-Fang are screwed.
Tory: What are you all thinking about?
Kyler: We could say, we're going to pay a visit to that traitor Robby.
Piper: At his workplace.
Shawn: Even if he calls the other students to help him, we'll still have at the very least 10 times as many students over them.
Tory: Wait, so you guys are thinking about... no, no, I can't allow that.
Kyler: Well, I'm sorry, but I don't remember anyone asking for your permission.
Tory: What?
Shawn: Open your eyes Nichols, you're not in a position to make decisions here.
Kenny: That's right, you're becoming soft.
Shawn: And that's why I am going to lead this attack.
Tory: You think you can lead this dojo? you've been here for 8 months, I've been here for over 2 years, and the last time I checked, I was still the champion.
Shawn: In that case it's time to dethrone the Queen Cobra, I challenge you to a fight, tournament style, whoever wins will lead the dojo from now on.
Tory: I accept, there's no way I can lose to you.
Shawn: Great, our fight is scheduled for noon.
Kenny: Bro... it's 4 pm.
Shawn: Okay, so... we'll fight at 4:10.
10 minutes later, Tory and Shawn were on the mat, ready to fight, Piper was in the middle, she was the referee.
Piper (while she was speaking they did what she said): Facing me, bow, facing each other, bow, and... FIGHT!
Shawn goes towards Tory, and tries to hit her with a punch, but Tory dodges the attack, Shawn tried to attack again, but Tory blocked all his attacks, she then hit Shawn with a kick in the face.
Piper: Point, Nichols! score 1-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
Tory tries to hit Shawn with a kick, but Shawn blocks the attack, Shawn tries to hit her with a punch, but she dodges, Shawn then manages to grab Tory, he throws her to the ground and tries to hit her, but she dodges, she then hits Shawn with a sweep, which knocks him down and when he's on the ground she hits him with a punch.
Piper: Point, Nichols! score 2-0, get ready and... FIGHT!
Tory only needed one more point to win, so she waited for Shawn to attack, when he attacked she blocked his attacks, Shawn went towards her, but she dodged the attack, she was then about to hit him with a kick in the chest, when Amanda's words came back to her mind.
Amanda (in Tory's head): I think I was wrong about you.
Hearing this she got distracted and Shawn hit her with a punch.
Piper: Point, Payne! score 1-2, get ready and... FIGHT!
Tory goes towards Shawn, he tries to hit her with a kick, but Tory dodges the attack, she then tries to hit Shawn with several punches, but he blocks all attacks, Tory then trips Shawn and prepares to finish the fight hitting him with a punch, but again, she hears Amanda's voice in her head.
Amanda (in Tory's head): It's a shame you know, throwing your future away after someone worked so hard to save it.
She is then distracted long enough for Shawn to pull her off of him and kick her.
Piper: Point, Payne! score 2-2, next point wins, get ready and... FIGHT!
Tory (in her head): Focus Tory, you have to win this fight.
Tory attacks Shawn with a punch, but he dodges, she attacks again, but Shawn blocks the attack, Shawn counters with a kick, but Tory blocks the attack, she then jumps and tries to hit Shawn with a kick to the face, but he dodges, Tory is then about to hit Shawn again, but this time she hears another voice in her head, it was Mike Barnes.
Mike (in Tory's head): I wasn't born to take care of children, they mean nothing to me.
She gets so distracted that she loses her balance, so Shawn kicks her and knocks her down.
Piper: Point, Payne! winner!
Shawn: All right, it's decided, all right folks, time to attack!
All the other Cobra Kai students go with Shawn, all except Tory.
A few minutes later, Anthony was at the cinema with Lia, they were going to watch a movie.
Lia: So what movie are we going to watch?
Anthony: I don't know, it premieres today, I just know it's something with werewolves.
Lia: No need to say anything else, let's go.
They were about to enter, but suddenly they hear another voice, it was Kenny.
Kenny: Sorry guys, no werewolf movies today.
Lia: Oh no, him again.
Anthony: Get the heck out of here Kenny.
Kenny: Oh sure, I'll get the heck out of here IF you take care of all of us.
They then realize that Kenny has nine other Cobra Kai students behind him, Anthony was scared to see that, he was especially afraid they would do something to Lia.
Anthony: Lia, run! I'll try to hold them.
Lia runs away, and Anthony tries to face the Cobra Kai students, but he's no match for ten guys at once, so he runs away too.
Kenny: Great, they got away, just like we planned.
Meanwhile, at Larusso Auto, Daniel had left for some reason, so Amanda was tending the store and Robby was working outside, when he heard a familiar voice, Shawn Payne.
Shawn: Hey Robby.
Robby prepares to face Shawn, but he sees that he has several other guys along with him.
Shawn: You chose the wrong side my friend, now you're gonna regret it.
Robby tries to escape and text the other students to help him.
Okay, now I think we all know what's going to happen, there's going to be a big fight inside Larusso Auto, how far will Cobra Kai go this time? I bet a lot of people who are not involved in this story will end up getting beaten up too, including a person who helped Tory not long ago, what will be the reaction of Daniel, Johnny and especially CHOZEN when they find out what happened? what do you think will happen? Find out IN THE NEXT CHAPTER.
(And yes, there's a reason I capitalized Chozen, you'll understand why)