"You sure you're all right?" Johnny asked his son, who was gulping down a jug of milk.
"Never better." Robby responded.
"I still don't know how you managed to eat that last chilli." Rae said.
"I didn't." The teenage boy smiled. He got out the shrivelled chilli to show the car.
"What were you chewing on then?" Johnny queried, clearly confused.
Robby then showed the bull sweets that Johnny had bought the siblings. Everyone laughed.
"That's gonna make for a hell of a story. Put it on reddit." Rae chuckled.
"That's about the most badass thing I've ever seen." The man complimented.
After this, Johnny's old flip-phone began ringing. He pulled it out and answered.
"Carmen?"
"He say anything?"
"They're going to El Hoyo Verde. Back the way we came." Johnny turned to his kids.
"Dad, can I speak to Mrs Diaz?" Rae pleaded.
"Fine." He passed her the phone.
"Hi Carmen!" She greeted.
"I can't wait to get back home, I could absolutely devour some of your cooking right now." Rae grinned.
Johnny signalled for his phone back, and Rae reluctantly passed it back.
"We're on our way." Johnny announced before hanging up the phone.
"I could absolutely devour some of your cooking right now? Seriously?" Johnny sighed.
"Hey, it's better than these shitty chips."
"True." Robby agreed.
"Okay, neither of you are being fed now."
"WHAT?" They both shouted simultaneously.
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The car pulled up at what seemed to be either a night club or a boxing ring. Rae was incredibly concerned.
"We're going in here?" Rae asked.
"Yes." Johnny answered.
"You two can. I'm not."
"Huh?"
"It looks sketchy."
"Okay, stay in the car. I don't care." Johnny said, although he did care.
"This is really where Miguel is?"
"Yep."
"Are you sure?"
"Think so."
"God, poor Miguel."
"Okay, we're going now. Come on Robby."
"See you soon, female body inspectors." Rae said before Johnny slammed the door and walked off with Robby.
Rae decided that while Johnny and Robby were gone, and she had some time to herself, she would call Demetri. She would've given anything to be hanging out with him and playing video games instead of being sat in a car outside a dodgy building in Mexico. After several minutes of ringing, he finally picked up.
"Woah, look who's actually alive." Demetri began.
"Oh yeah, missed you too."
"Okay fine, hi. How are you?"
"Good enough. Been better, been worse. What about you?"
"Oh, great. Mr LaRusso shut down Miyagi Do, so I've just been playing video games all day."
"Nice."
"Yeah."
There was an awkward silence for several moments.
"So, how's Mexico?" Demetri asked.
"It's nice. Very hot. Dad's already gotten in a fight."
"That's a given. Where are you now? How come you're calling?"
"Sat in the car. Dad and Robby have gone into what I think is a strip club."
"I'm surprised you're not in there."
"No. Never. Apparently Miguel's there though."
"What? I thought he was with Sam."
"Yeah me too."
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Eventually it had been an hour, and the pair were still chatting. The sun had set and it was very dark outside. Rae's eyes averted to a silhouette stood near the car.
"Wait hold up Demetri, there's some guy stood near me."
"Is it your new boyfriend? Wanna go kiss him? I'll hang up if you want."
"Fuck off."
"Rude."
"Wait, holy shit..." Rae muttered to herself upon studying the body. It looked like... a seventeen year old Ecuadorian teenager. "Demetri, I'll call you back." She hung up the phone and got out of the car.
The kid was on the phone to someone, and Rae didn't want to intrude. So she just watched. He looked to be crying.
"Hey." A voice said from behind her.
"Dad!" Rae ran into her father's arms.
Robby's shirt was torn. So was Johnny's. They looked to have been in a fight, which was quite common seeing who they were.
"Who's this?" Robby asked, pointing at the person.
"I think it's..." Rae began, until Johnny began walking towards him.
Johnny's arms were wide open, and in a blink of an eye, the body, identified to be Miguel, was inside of them. The embrace lasted several moments. Both Robby and Rae looked jealous.
Johnny walked Miguel back to the car and got him settled. Robby sat in the front and Rae and Miguel took the back.
Almost as soon as they started moving, Miguel fell asleep. Rae made sure to get a picture of it and put it on her story, before she went to sleep too.
Hours afterwards, they arrived back home. Robby woke up Rae and they both went home, whilst Johnny stayed outside for a few minutes to drop Miguel off at home and talk to Carmen.
"They're nice together, aren't they." Rae whispered to Robby, referring to Johnny and Carmen.
"Yeah." Robby nodded and headed off to bed.
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STRIKE FIRST - A COBRA KAI STORY
ActionRae Lawrence was a normal girl with a normal life. Well, normal-ish. She never knew her mom so her dad single-handedly looked after her, even if that meant he had to work several jobs. Home life was a bit of a struggle, but at least school was okay...
