The Serpent Queen

Pulpo | Part Two

Miguel and Tory drank for a few rounds outside until he fell off the stool and onto the stone.

The party had already stared, but it seemed to be in full swing. Several of the Cobras disappeared back into the house to another part of the gathering before the school year. While some others stayed out with the drinking game.

Hawk was one of the Cobras that went back inside and he had to think of a plan to get close enough to Phoebe and win her back. However, Xander was in the way. He watched from the couch as Phoebe took a soda outside and then a few seconds later come into the room with the Topanga student in tow. He seemed to be around her so far during the party, probably because he didn't know everyone else. He could have been the oldest teenager here.

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Sam slammed the door of her white BMW shut as she got out of it. Robby did the same as he got out of the passenger side. She then locked the doors.

The rest of the Miyagi- Dos including Demetri, Chris, Little Red, Nate, and the others came up behind the car and began walking up Moon's driveway.

Daniel's daughter heard another girl shout amongst the sea of teenagers entering her friend's house about the location of the front door. She could also hear loud music blasting from part of the house. Sam glanced to Robby, who walked next to her, "Sure you're up for this? With your mom and everything"

"Definitely, I could use a distraction."

Chris looked around him, "There's a lot of people out here already."

"Yeah, I guess Moon must've invited other kids from school." Sam replied to him.

Demetri caught up to them with a board game in his hands, "I only brought Trivial Pursuit. I'd known there'd be this many people, I would've brought Balderdash."

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As the Miyagi-Dos had stepped into Moon's living room, the music had gotten louder and more and more guests were standing around socialising and holding red and blue cups.

Sam's smile left her face as she noticed that the Cobras were also in attendance. Hawk, Mitch, and Aisha sat on the three seater couch. Phoebe sat on the arm of it next to Aisha, with Xander Stone next to her talking. Another Cobra sat on the arm of the piece of furniture to Hawk's side. While the others stood around the side and the back of it.

Daniel's students spread out into a line. The tension in the room had heightened as multiple rivals were a few feet from each other face to face. The talking between both dojos had died down. They all stared at each other and sized each other up, as if they were in an old western stand off, daring the other to making the first move.

Big Red stared at his little brother.

Hawk glared at Demetri.

Assface stared at Chris.

Bert stared at Nate.

Phoebe stared at the entire rival dojo. Feeling Xander's breath in her ear, she turned her head to him.

He whispered, "What's going on?"

"Rival dojo stand off." She whispered back. "We don't like them and they don't like us."

Miguel and Tory came in through the side door from finishing their drinking game when it finally finished. "I got you."  She smiled.

"I'll get you next time, okay?" Miguel finally noticed that the other dojo had arrived and his eyes immediately found Sam.