MOMENT OF TRUTH¹ eli moskowitz

nature vs nurture

Amara was at the dojo and Kreese had the students fallen in as he was telling the kids a story from his past about how he began to go into the military.

"Life isn't always fair. Sometimes the world can be cruel. And that's why you have to learn to be cruel yourselves. Weakness is unacceptable." Kreese yelled to the children. "The fight at the school was an embarrassment. You lost soldiers and you lost the battle. But you will not lose again."

Cobra Kai didn't just lose Miguel, Chris, Nate, Tory, and a bunch of other students. Amara lost one of her friends, Aisha. After the school fight, Aisha's parents moved her over to a private school. Like they think fighting won't happen there.

"Diaz was one of our own. What they did to him, they did to all of us." Amara took a breath as she had anger drawn on her face as she listened to Kreese. "And it will not go unanswered.

"We will show no mercy. We will show no weakness. We will strike back and we will strike hard! Is that clear?" Kreese asked his students.

"Yes, Sensei!" The students exclaimed.

"I can't hear you!"

"Yes, Sensei!" The students yelled louder.

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After the lesson, students went over to pack their things and/or hang out for a while. Amara had taken a look at her phone to see a missed call from Carmen.

"Shit." She cursed as she called Carmen back.

"What's wrong?" Hawk asked, taking a sip of his water. "It's it Miguel?"

Miguel had finally come out of his coma a few hours after Amara had gone by the hospital. When she first heard the news she was so happy that she cried.

"Hang on." Amara stepped outside of the dojo to have a little bit of privacy.

"Hello?" Carmen answered.

"Hey, Carmen. How's Miguel?" Amara asked.

Carmen laughed softly. "He's Miguel." She said, "Listen, he's been asking about Johnny and I don't know how I feel about that."

Amara nodded. "Yeah, that's perfectly understandable."

"Do you care to swing by in a few?" Carmen asked. "Try to keep his mind off things?"

Amara smiled. "Of course I can."

"Thank you so much."

Carmen hung up the phone as Amara walked back into the dojo. The group began to work among themselves.

She walked over to Hawk as he and Bert were sparring. "So, how's Miguel?" Hawk asked as he blocked a hit from Bert.

"He's still in the ICU, but he's awake." Amara told him. "Carmen said he was acting more like himself."

She watched as Bert was struggling to get a point on Hawk. Hawk drew back his arm as Amara stepped in front of Bert and grabbed Hawk's arm. She twisted it and threw him over her shoulder, putting him in an arm bar on the mat.

She looked over at Bert. "You're welcome."

Hawk groaned as his face was laying against the warm red mat. "Ok, you can let go now."

"Oh, darling, I'm making it hurt." Amara said, smiling.

Amara decided to let go of Hawk. He immediately stood on his feet and looked at his girlfriend. He began to swing his arm, throwing a punch but Amara painted the house and blocked it.

"Whoa." Bert said in shock of Amara's fast reflexes. "How did you move your hand so quickly?"

"Practice." She told him.