The Serpent Queen

Obstáculos | Part Two

Phoebe stepped into the cafeteria and immediately noticed her cousin at the head of the lunch line barely able to hold him lunch tray. He managed to balance it on his cast and hold it properly on one side with his good hand. She went over to help, but was stopped by the other cheerleaders crowding around her to talk about the latest gossip.

The blonde didn't pay much attention to them, it was mostly on Demetri. She cringed when he accidentally bumped into Kyler, who was quite proud of himself by wearing a red Cobra Kai t-shirt.

"Oh, crap." Demetri sighed, knowing what was coming.

"Oh, you thought I'd knock down your tray?" Kyler said with such feigned sincerity. Clicking his tongue, he continued, "Come on. I'm better than that." He took the tray from him and patted his shoulder, then through the tray and perfectly edible food into the bin next to them. "Hey, what else do you need help with? Want me to sign your cast? Say no more." He took the pen from Demetri's shirt pocket and opened the cap.

Phoebe also noticed Mitch, formerly Assface, walking with his lunch tray over to the Cobra table, not wearing anything dojo affiliated.

"Incoming." Big Red said.

Hawk put his feet up on the back of the empty next to him so he couldn't sit down. "Sorry. Party's full."

"Where am I supposed to sit?" Mitch wondered.

"The rejects' table. Over there." Hawk motioned to a table on the other side of the room with a sad looking Bert and Joe.

The Cobras just laughed at him.

Phoebe broke away from the girly athletes and strolled over and went up to Mitch, "Hey, go sit at our table." She said, meaning the cheerleader's table with the usual addition of Demetri, Yasmine, and Sam who weren't cheerleaders. "Take Bert and Joe with you."

Mitch gave her a small smile and did just that. They would be sitting at the other cool popular table. The better one because it had all the hot cheerleaders.

She went up to the Cobra table and rose an eyebrow at her boyfriend, "The reject table? Really? How cliché."

Hawk just shrugged.

"Does that mean I can't sit here either?"

"Well you weren't rejected, you quit-"

"And we don't allow quitters at the table!" A Cobra sniggered.

"Shut up." He noticed that Phoebe wasn't holding a lunch tray but something far more nefarious. "Why do you have that? How'd you even get it?!" Hawk didn't get an answer as Miguel with an unamused expression on his face stormed up to the table. He quickly stood up from his feet. A respectful action for his friend and possibly returning top student of the dojo. "Hey, man."

Miguel skipped the pleasantries part of the conversation, "I heard about what happened with Demetri. How could you do that?"

"You should thank me for getting revenge on Miyagi- Do. And they started the fight. We finished it."

"That's not what Sensei taught us." Miguel reminded him.

"He's not my sensei anymore."

"After all he did for you, you betray him?"

"He betrayed us."

Miguel breathed in deeply, "This isn't you talking. It's Kreese, he's got in your head. You can change that, leave Cobra Kai and join Sensei's new dojo. If you come, others will follow. Okay? We can show everyone we're not bullies. It could be like before."

His flickered over to Phoebe, "He has a new dojo?"

She nodded in response.

Hawk knew that she was loyal to Johnny and wouldn't pass up the opportunity to join a new one with Miguel whether she was medically fit to or not. Before he could say anything, Kyler's voice boomed through the cafeteria.