The Serpent Queen

The Good, The Bad, and The Badass | Part Two

Two days later, Demetri was training with the Miyagi-Dos in their outside dojo. He guessed they and Eagle Fang had that in common. He still couldn't believe that the Cobras went out of their way to chase and attack him and Phoebe. His fellow students weren't impressed when they heard. He feared what they would do next and how far they would go. He knew Phoebe wasn't okay. How could she be after everything? She took most of the hits that night because he just had his sling off, not that the Cobras had a very long chance to get a lot of hits in before they ran out of the park. He was grateful to her.

The students stood on the wooden decking doing defensive blocks.

"Okay, let's do it again from the top. Keep going. Let's go." Daniel called out. He noticed one student struggling. "Come on, Chris. You know these moves."

"Sorry, Mr L. I'm just trying to keep up."

The Sensei also saw that Demetri wasn't doing it correctly either, "Did you like having your arm broken, Demetri? Because if you defend like that, you'll be right back in that cast." He said insensitively.

Amanda popped her head out of the house, "Uh, okay, guys, let's, uh... Let's take five. Yeah? There's iced tea and lemonade inside."

"Oh, man." A student sighed.

"I'm just so tired. That was brutal." Another complained.

"Take it easy." Amanda told her husband after watching all the students file into the house. "It's their first week back."

"They should know this stuff by now. It's my fault they're in this position. One day, they may find themselves alone and they'll need these techniques to survive."

"Okay, so this is about Robby, right? Look, Daniel, you need to let him figure it out. If he wants to come back, the door's always open, but... if he doesn't, you're gonna have to let him go."

"I can't just let him go. He has no one!"

"Wow! Would you look at this?" A man came through the house amazed by the tranquil set up. He was one of the members of the All Valley Karate Committee.

"Hey, Ron." Daniel geeeted.

"Why are we holding board meetings at the rec center when you have the Enchanted Tiki Room here? Are those real koi?" Ron pointed to the pond.

"What's up?" Daniel wondered why a fellow committee member had arrived at random. "The All Valley is still months away. Is there a problem with the committee?"

"There's a problem with the whole tournament." Ron replied.

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In the park, the Eagles were there as class was currently in session.

Johnny held out a red frisbee as a kicking target. Bert was the first one to try it and he savagely kicked it.

"Good, Bert. Remind me not to piss you off. Assface, you're next."

Mitch stepped up next, "Does my nickname gotta carry over from the previous dojo?"

"You wanna be Penis-Breath?

"Assface is fine." He kicked the frisbee out of the Sensei's hands.

"Good, Penis-Breath!" Sensei Lawrence praised. "All right. Phoenix. Come on."

Phoebe had zoned out too busy staring at the play park in the distance.

"Phoebe!"

She jumped a little from being startled, "Huh? What?"