The Karate Code ~Robby Keene~

Defend

Miraleigh walked around the room, humming to break the silence, Robby took her hand and got her to stop. The girl sheepishly grinned, sending a soft apology to everyone and stared at the boy as he rested a hand on her face. The brunette took a deep breath, staring at Robby with a gentle gaze in her eyes. He did all that he could to soothe her, he whispered cute-fluffy stuff in her ears, grinning widely as she blushed intensely and buried her face into his chest. 

Robby rubbed her back, and then took her to the side to discuss the other part of the plan that the two didn't know about. She slid down the wall to sit down, Robby sat next to her, took her hand in his and stared at her to reassure her of everything that happened. 

"I didn't know, sweetheart, you know I would've told you if I knew." 

"I know." She whispered. 

"I wish they told me, yes, I want William to go to prison and I've never wanted somebody to suffer more than I want him to suffer. But, with all the stuff that's already happened, with the media already following me for being Kreese's granddaughter, I can't handle them following me around for everything. I don't even get how they keep finding me, I'm not a celebrity. I don't want the Valley to know what happened to me, that's my problem." 

Robby kissed her cheek, running his thumb over her knuckles and whispered into her ear. The girl shied away as his breath reached her neck but quickly leant back into Robby. 

"Sweetheart, I love you, you know that, but you should know that you don't have to say yes. You can say no sweetheart." 

"I know, but, William is just as bad as the others, is it selfish of me to feel offended that they didn't talk to me first?" Robby shook his head, kissing her lips and making sure she felt cared for. Miraleigh hummed lightly and looked at Robby. 

"No, no, no. Not at all, this is your life, and you've suffered the most because of him. Miraleigh, tell them right now if you want them to know or not. No one will be mad or disappointed in you. I'll do this with you, tell us what you want to do." Robby watched the girl think, he could feel her conflict and the judgement she was placing upon herself. 

"I'll let them do it, we're gonna be fine in the end." The boy whispered, bringing her into his arms, cooing gently as he tried to keep her happy and comfortable. The girl took shaky breaths as she rested in Robby's arms, counting backwards from 20 as she tried to find the right headspace to be where she needed to be. 

"Miraleigh?" The girl glanced up to the others, she took a deep breath and pushed herself up, Robby followed after her and wrapped an arm around her waist, he kissed the side of her head and waited for them to talk. 

"Do you have any videos that could help us?" Tory gave the brunette a comforting look, she took a deep breath and nodded. She grabbed out her phone and sent a video to Demetri's email so he could upload that as well once they got the video of Stingray being attacked. Tory squeezed her shoulder giving her a reassuring smile and then walked back to look at the laptop. 

"What is it?" Samantha asked, Robby, glanced at his girlfriend, trying to think of the one that she would've used that could help them with their plan. 

"He attacked me outside my home, there were security cameras and I got the tape," Miraleigh spoke, crossing her arms across her chest. Robby subconsciously rubbed her back, remembering that was where she got injured after she got attacked. Robby kissed her cheek as she glanced down irritatedly. 

"We've got this sweetheart." The girl nodded, unable to look at him and sighed tiredly, Robby grabbed her hands kissed her knuckles and stared at the little marks on her hand. He traced each pattern, kissed a few of them and smiled as she blushed in response. 

"I got it!" Demetri shouted, everyone, gathered around the laptop to see the video and what was playing on the screen. 

"You wanna be Cobra Kai? Oh. So you wanna be Cobra Kai, huh?" The video phased out with an error coming up saying 'file deleted.' 

"What happened?" 

"That's all there is! The rest of it has been erased." 

"Silver covered his tracks." 

"Of course." 

"Well, we still have this," Demetri mumbled, pulling up the video Miraleigh sent him. Robby pulled the girl to his chest and rested his chin on her shoulder as they watched. Miraleigh fiddled with his fingers as a way to distract herself from reliving that moment again. 

"Wow, nice place, how do you afford it?" 

"How did you find me?"

"Not your concern, pack up your shit, you're moving. Now!" Miraleigh flinched away from him, then took a couple of steps back.

"Tonight, I need to do things before then."

"Listen here you little shit, you're gonna go back up there, pack up your shit and then I'm taking you home."

"Fuck off." She hissed, making sure as she walked off, she didn't turn away from him. He shoved her into the wall, causing her to hit it with a thud and fall to the ground, a groan escaped her lips and little bits of blood dripped onto the ground. William got her back up, she slowly stood up, William and the girl had a little bit of a stand-off the man got the upper hand, kicked her in the stomach and then shoved her once again into the wall. Only this time, she hit the edge of the wall, gasped in agony and struggled to get back up and once she did. The girl ran to her bag, grabbed it and then ran off, not once looking behind. - from the chapter called time. 

Miraleigh bit the inside of her cheek, frowning slightly and smiled nervously as the teens looked at her. Each had a gaze of pity and sadness, the girl clicked her tongue and took a deep breath as she moved to the side. 

"It's not enough," Miraleigh spoke up, thinking logistically about the situation. 

"We need more than just him, we need Silver as well." The girl added. 

"Well, what do we do now?" 

"There might be another footage we could use." 

"You wouldn't know the time and date?" Tory added the info in and the boys started hacking. They found the clip they wanted but as it was loading a call rang through the air. 

"Guys!" Sounds rang through the building, Miraleigh stepped back and glanced at Sam. 

"Stay here, we need that footage." All of them walked out but Hawk and Demetri, Miraleigh stared at the Cobras and crossed her arms across her chest seeing Kaylee. 

"So you're with them now?" 

"You knew what would happen if him and his friends ever stepped foot into this dojo again." Kenny threatened, Miraleigh rolled her eyes and stared at the girl who already looked ready to fight and hurt Miraleigh again. 

"How'd they know we were here?" 

"I don't know" 

"Mitch, come on, get your ass over here where you belong." They turned to the boy as he walked over, pulling down his zipper to show the merch. Blocking out the betrayal talk, she snapped her head to the boy as he spoke. 

"Our dojo doesn't even have a roof. Or, like, any chicks. No offence, Sam. Then there's just Miraleigh, but not even a piece to look at." 

"Really? Speak for yourself dickhead." Miraleigh snapped back, thinking to move forward but decided against it. 

"We got a traitor, y'all got a traitor, so that cancels out. So are we gonna throw down or what?" 

"I'm not a traitor. I'm just not buying what Silver is selling. And neither should any of you." Tory was trying to defend herself, leaving the others a little stumped.

"Silver lied. To all of us." 

"They beat children up," Miraleigh whispered. 

"Us? What 'us?' The only person who lied to me is you." Kenny shouted, staring at the brunette boy.

"Hey, Robby's right, you don't wanna do this." Miguel defended, stepping in the way. 

"Yeah, I do."