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The team sat in complete silence in the locker room. Johnny stands before them looking around, "What I saw from you just now, it wasn't karate. It was weakness. You fought like little lambs waiting for slaughter. We keep going like this, we get eliminated tonight. Some of you will put this behind you. But some of you are gonna carry this for the rest of your lives. Knowing you had this chance to make something of yourselves. But instead, you crumbled under pressure. And you're gonna go on to live shit lives in shitty apartments with shit jobs."
"And always have to live with this failure. So if you wanna save some humiliation, why don't we just skip the next round and catch the next flight home?" Johnny says. He looks around again, "What is wrong with you guys? Where's your fight? Aren't you gonna stand up for yourselves?"
"You keep blaming us like this isn't on you too." Sam says, "If my Dad had been there, we never would've lost like that."
"Yeah, well, he didn't show up."
"Probably because of you. You keep disrespecting him, trying to prove your way is better, when it's so clear that we should've been using Miyagi-Do. You shouldn't even be wearing that gi."
Devon jumps up, "Hey! Don't talk to my sensei like that."
"Your sensei got you knocked off the board in ten seconds. I would sit down if I were you. You're not helping us. I don't even know how you made this team." Sam snaps as Devon sits down wide eyed
Demetri sighs, "Well, I, for one, will be putting all of this behind me when I'm off to MI-"
"Shut the fuck up about MIT." Hawk exclaims, "Some of us care about winning the tournament. Be nice if you did too."
"You're yelling at all of us, but shouldn't your main focus be your captains?" Priscilla says before motioning towards Jamie, "Your female captain clearly isn't focused on the main reason she's here. She got knocked off because she was distracted."
Jamie looks over to her, "Were you not knocked down in under thirty seconds? That's not something you should be proud of. Although it is longer than you lasted in the fight to become captain where I kicked your ass for the sixth time, so I guess it's a huge accomplishment for you."
"Guys, can we cool it?" Robby says as Priscilla's face falls, "This isn't helping. We need to focus up."
"Maybe you should listen to your own advice." Miguel mutters
Robby's brows raise, "Got something to say?"
Miguel turns to him, "I already did."
Miguel grabs his bag and stands. Johnny steps in front of him, "Hey, I'm not finished."
"No offense, but I'm pretty sure we've heard enough from you." Miguel says before walking out. The rest of the team slowly follows behind him, "Guys, come on. Robby."
