Red venom, Cobra Kai.

27. 'Dealing with it.'

After Taylor's Cobra Kai practice was finished for the day, Johnny told her to meet him at the juvenile center to pick up Robby. Taylor wasn't sure if she would go. As much as she wanted to see him again, he did what he did, and she was still a little mad at that. But since she was already on her way, Taylor decided to go.

Taylor got out of her car and ran over to shelter where her dad was to get out of the rain as fast as possible. "Hey, is he here yet?"

"Nah, not yet. I'll try the door." Johnny said before going over to the door and trying to pull the door handle open, but why would a juvenile center have open doors? It would be stupid.

"It's locked. They'll buzz it open when he's on his way out." Taylor turned her head as Daniel's voice echoed throughout the air.

"You gotta be kidding. They called you?" Johnny asked, stepping forward.

"I called them. With Shannon still in rehab, I just wanted to make sure someone was here to pick him up." Daniel explained, sensing Johnny's frustration. Taylor stood to the side, eager to watch the whole thing fall out.

"Well, I'm here, aren't I?"

Trying to avoid any arguments, Daniel spoke again. "I'm not looking for any trouble. I'm just here for Robby."

But, as usual, Johnny was eager for Daniel to just go away. "Robby doesn't need you. You've done enough. Thank you. Goodbye." He said, waving in the other direction.

"So, you got it all under control?"

"Yeah, I do."

"Just like you had Kreese under control, right?" Daniel bit back, making Johnny even more frustrated. "What did you think would happen when you summoned that devil back to Earth?"

"Kreese is my problem."

"He's not anymore. He's made it crystal clear that he is everyone's problem. As usual, I'm gonna have to be the one that's gonna clean up your mess," Daniel stated with a shrug.

"I clean up my own messes." Johnny retorted, stepping right in front of Daniel. "And I'm dealing with it."

Still standing to the side in silence, Taylor put a hand to the side of her head. She knew how this interaction would turn out from the start, and to be honest, Johnny was usually the one to start it.

"How exactly are you dealing with it? Gonna barge in there and beat him up? That worked out really great at the chop shop."

"Yeah, those guys deserved it." Johnny told him. Taylor glanced over at the two bickering, having no clue about this chop shop situation.

"That's your problem, Johnny. Your whole life you've been striking first. You never once considered maybe you should think first." Daniel remarked.

Johnny stepped a step closer. "You know what I'm thinking now?"

A smug smirk landed on Daniel's lips as he nodded. "Yeah, I got a pretty good idea." Taylor was too busy watching the whole interface to even hear the doors opening.

"Seriously?" Taylor's eyes darted back to the door to see Robby standing there. Even though his face had no black eye, he looked pretty pissed off already.

"Hey, Robby." Johnny said, stepping away from Daniel.

Robby looked at him. "I told you I don't want you here."

"You're my son. I wanted to be here." Johnny affirmed.

"And so did I." Daniel spoke.

Robby's eyes adverted back to the LaRusso. "Don't do me any favors. It's your fault I was here."