Girl Meets The Protector
Author's note: Alright everyone so this chapter will be shorter than usual, Lucas is in the hospital getting his nose fixed and waiting for him are the Golden Tigers, Farkle, Maya, the Matthews family, and the Lucas' parents! Let's see how this goes
Disclaimer: I don't own Girl Meets World, I only own the story line and some of the characters that are made up by moi.
Lucas was with Dr. Andrea Reinhardt to fix Lucas' nose and put on some stitches for the cuts he has. His parents and Master Dominic just pulled into the hospital meeting up with the Matthews Family, Farkle, Maya, and some of the Golden Tigers who helped Lucas. They all sat down together to discuss what had happened.
"Ok Riley, explain to us what happened just after you left the dojo?" Master Dominic asked Riley wondering what happened.
"Lucas and I got onto the subway, and as we got off at Bleeker Street and made our way back to the surface so that Lucas could walk me home, these guys that knew Lucas: Joseph Romero and two creepy guys named: Eddie and Tanner seemed to have followed us and challenged Lucas to fight them." Riley stated recalling the events as they happened.
"How did Lucas get his nose broken Riley?" Mr. Friar asked.
"Well your son protected me as long as he could! Really! But then the numbers game caught up to him, he was already tired from facing DJ at practice then he got punched by Tanner and I saw the blood come out and his nose just didn't look right!" Riley cringed as the vision of Lucas' broken nose left a bitter taste in her mouth gagging on what Lucas might've been feeling.
Master Dominic placed his head down in shame, he had trained Lucas for a little over a year. He was almost like a son to Master Dominic and like most Filipino families, the rule was everyone in the family takes care of each other and sticks up for each other. "I failed him…"Master Dominic said in shame as he placed his head down starring at his knees.
"Sir you didn't don't put this on yourself!" Darryl said.
"Ya Master Dominic, Lucas is a tough kid but it's three on one I bet even Tetsuro would've lost in that fight and he's a 3rd degree black belt!" Jordan commented trying to defend his master.
"Jordan, Darryl I appreciate you defending both myself and your fellow Tiger, but I guess now I need to create some scenarios where you are in a three on one situation and you're the smaller person." Master Dominic stated as he began to ponder on what could be done if he was in Lucas' position.
"Mr. De La Cruz, my son loves you like another father, he always looks forward to going to karate whenever he can but please don't beat yourself up like this. He's still just a boy and like Riley said he was already tired!" Mrs. Friar stated looking at Master Dominic.
"Thank you all I very appreciate it, I'll make it up to Lucas, it's the least I can do for him after what he's been through, knowing him…He's wants me to show him how to defend himself in a three on one because this whole time, I've done with him one on one or two on one scenarios." Master Dominic said to everyone recalling what he's taught Lucas.
"Sir, we'll all help Lucas, he's one of our brothers!" Tetsuro said volunteering to help being the most experienced black belt among the Golden Tigers except Master Dominic.
"Thank you Tetsuro, he'll need it! But for now, let's all focus on the most important matter, Lucas' well-being." Master Dominic stated as he tried to switch the topic.
Maya got a text message from her phone from Zay. A look of disgust came upon her face as she read the text.
"Hey Maya, you're not gonna believe what happened! Joseph is gloating on social media on how he beat up Lucas single handedly and got his revenge on Lucas!" Maya said reading over the text.
"He's a liar!" Riley replied as she stood up with anger knowing the real truth.
"Honey, calm down you've already had a long night." Topanga said as Riley sat down just as her mother told her.
"Well we need to tell everyone the truth! Nobody black mails my best friend!" Farkle chimed in.
"Kids, remember the truth can sometimes get you into more trouble than you hoped for." Cory stated as he remembered his lesson to them last year about telling the truth.
"C'mon Matthews we need to do something! We all know Lucas was fighting not just Joseph but some back up as well!" Maya said trying to help Lucas' cause.
"Remember though, the victor writes the history. Just like in war. We now know what happened!" Farkle said trying to defend Lucas.
"I got an idea! So this Joseph fellow claims he beat up Lucas single handedly right?" DJ said as an idea came to him. "So why don't they fight each other again but this time, it's one on one during the March Break! Nobody fights but them, you can bring friends to support but that's it!"
"DJ, you're playing a very dangerous game here." Master Dominic cautioned his student not liking the sounds of his idea.
"Sir, we all know the real truth as to what happened tonight! It's like you said "If you and someone in the gym don't like each other and can't get along, then settle it in the gym in a full-contact sparring match" It's exactly like that but it's a street fight! C'mon sir Lucas can beat him and you know it!" DJ said trying to push Master Dominic into supporting this idea.
"Umm no this will not happen! My baby boy will not be a street fight!" Mrs. Friar commented not approving DJ's idea crossing her arms in protest.
"I know this sounds like a bad idea, but it's the only way the truth can be revealed and answer who the better fighter is." Tetsuro said placing his opinion on this.
"Ok then better idea, all those in favour of Lucas challenging Joseph to a one on one fight, raise your hand!" Cory said trying to decide the outcome of this decision.
Riley, DJ, Darryl, Tetsuro, Jordan, Maya, Farkle, Master Dominic, Topanga, and even Mr. Friar raised their hands allowing Lucas to fight.
"NO! NO! This is not happening! I don't want this to be the reason my boy gets expelled again!" Mrs. Friar said beginning to worry about her son's safety.
"Honey, we need to let Lucas do this…Sometimes what people believe is the truth is actually a lie, the real truth must be revealed. Mr. Friar said trying to comfort his wife by placing his left arm over her shoulder calming her down and trying to re-assure her everything will be fine.
The room was silent for a minute, mostly everyone agreed that Lucas had to fight Joseph one on one except Mrs. Friar. "…Alright then but kids, please I beg you, take care of my son when he fights! Master Dominic, please prepare him as best as you can!" Mrs. Friar said finally giving in.
"I won't let you all down. Lucas will be more than ready when they fight. All we need now is for Lucas to agree and see Joseph's comments." Master Dominic said as the doctor and Lucas came out. Lucas had stitches for his cuts and a bandage for the broken nose.
"Hi everybody!" Lucas said smiling showing everyone he's ok.
"Lucas!" Everyone called out as they made their way towards him. Riley was the first one to give her warrior a hug and even greeted him by kissing him on the cheek. Cory saw this and reacted in the only way he knew how.
"Ahhhh!" Cory screamed in shock seeing how fast his baby girl is growing up.
"Daddy! Not now!" Riley said laughing at her father's reaction.
"Good to see you buddy!" Darryl said giving Lucas a bro hug.
"Ya man you got off lucky that's for sure!" Jordan said laughing.
"Ya I know eh?" Lucas said trying to impersonate Jordan knowing Jordan is Canadian.
"Alright Lucas, you should be set to go remember I wanna see you again back here in six weeks so we can see how your nose has healed, take it easy for now and until then no karate and no baseball!" The doctor ordered as she was warning Lucas about what not to do.
"Ya Ranger Rick you gotta heal up" Maya said nudging him in the ribs.
"Ouch! Hey that's still pretty tender!" Lucas said trying to get away from Maya.
Lucas was back in good spirits, everyone exchanged goodbyes. Lucas went home with his parents, Master Dominic drove the Golden Tigers home, and Cory and Topanga drove home Farkle, bringing Maya with them for a sleepover with her best friend Riley.
Author's Note: Well how about that eh? (Yes I am Canadian too) Ok so Lucas doesn't even know about Joseph chirping him on social media! How will Lucas handle this? Tune in next time and see his reaction and more! Enjoy your day everyone!