028, feel the night
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CHRISTMAS IN the Valley and a brokenhearted teenager wasn't what Daniel or Amanda planned for their holiday, but here they were trying to help a clearly sad brunette get out of bed.

"Honey. Come on, you need to get up and shower." Amanda states entering Luna's room seeing said girl staring blankly at the wall not even acknowledging that she's entered.

"Your dad is going to the dojo and wants to know if you wanna tag along?" Amanda questions.

Luna huffs turning off to face away from her mother and covering herself with the blankets on her bed.

"Alright, honey. I'll be downstairs if you need me." Amanda explains leaving Luna's bedroom and the numb girl suffocating in the many blankets of her huge bed.

✹

FOLDING UP the sleeping bag he's currently been sleeping in out in the back room of Cobra Kai's dojo.

Robby frowns hearing grunts and thudding coming from the front of the dojo seeing Kreese punching the mannequin dummy with closed fists.

"He rises," Kreese voices noticing Robby standing behind him, "Sorry you had to sleep on the floor." Kreese utters while Robby walks closer to him to stand just ahead of the dummy.

"Slept in rougher places." Robby responds with a shrug, "Likewise. If you want some coffee... it's not great. But it's hot." Kreese explains gesturing to his office just behind them.

Robby sighs feeling a little twinge in his chest at the mention of coffee knowing Luna doesn't drink much of it and much prefers sparkling water or on occasions soda's.

"Thanks for letting me crash here. It was just for the night." Robby responds looking back at the old man, "You stay as long as you like," Kreese says.

"Come here. Maybe you'll learn something." Kreese suggests while the entrance of the dojo opens.

"This is the Cobra Strike. It consists of two moves, the lunge and the bite." Kreese explains getting in the position of sending a hit to the dummy.

Atlas and Hawk enter the dojo from placing their bags in the side room just beside the door noticing Robby standing beside their sensei.

"What the fuck." Atlas scoffs, "What are you doing here?" Hawk exclaims stomping his way onto the mats alongside Atlas as the two of them demand an answer off the teenager while glaring at him.

"Hold on there. Mr Keene is our guest." Kreese mutters with an explanation.

Atlas scoffs in disbelief sharing a look with Hawk before himself and Hawk find themselves standing in Kreese's office glaring at the older man.

"He's not one of us." Atlas exclaims annoyed, "With the All Valley back on, we need as much strength as we can get." Kreese responds.

"We don't need him. He put Miguel in the hospital. He's the enemy." Hawk mutters fuelled by his anger.

"You know, when I was overseas, it was hard to tell who was the enemy. A defenceless local one minute would pull a knife on your throat the next. But you know what I learned?" Kreese quizzes.

"What's that?" Atlas questions standing with his arms crossed against his chest.

"The enemy of your enemy... is your friend. And with Robby here... we're one step closer to getting that Azalea-LaRusso girl on our side." Kreese utters in response.

Tory walks into the back room where all of the training accessories are held seeing Robby folding his clothes neatly back into his overnight bag.

"Quitting already?" Tory taunts, "Never joined in the first place. I don't belong here." Robby explains.

"Oh, so you're running away? Worked out well for you last time." Tory mocks.

Robby stands up from his seated position looking at the blonde girl with minor annoyance laced between his green eyes, "I'm not running away." Robby lowly responds.

Tory sighs looking down at the mats before glaring back at the male standing in-front of her.

"I hated you for what happened to Miguel, you know. I hated Luna Azalea-LaRusso and her stupid sister, Sam LaRusso. I hated everyone. I hated myself the most. I didn't have the luxury of running away," Tory explains before continuing.

"Sensei Kreese taught me that if you take all that hate... and you channel it..." Tory states sending kicks into the punching bag beside them with grunts.

"It makes you stronger. And it feels good." Tory firmly mutters sending one final kick into the said punching bag breathing deeply.

"Listen, a bunch of us are getting together after class. You should come. Or you can run away again." Tory offers wandering out from the back area towards the main area of the dojo to train with the other Cobra Kai members.

Leaving Robby thinking about the offer she just finished with.

✹

AFTER CLASS, the Cobra Kai students gather around together just outside the national zoo's gates.

"Seriously?" Atlas questions with venom in his tone noticing Robby walking towards them and joining them in this little adventure.

"Someone took their sweet ass time." Tory exclaims, "You invited him?" Hawk inquires looking at the blonde girl.

"I did. Why? You got a problem with that?" Tory wonders, "I mean.. isn't he dating Luna?" Atlas shrugs.

"'He,' is also right here. And no, I'm not dating Luna, anymore. We broke up last night." Robby explains shocking Hawk and Atlas with the recent news.

"Here you go, Keene." Kyler states offering Robby a can of beer, "Nah. I'm good." Robby states declining the can of alcohol.

"What... can't handle a sip of beer?" Atlas taunts, "Nah. I just don't need to drink to pretend to be cool." Robby shrugs in response.

"Yeah... that's funny." Hawk scoffs strolling his way towards the male ready to attack him.

"All right. Let's get going." Tory demands stopping Hawk from attacking Robby with unnecessary violence.

Tory holds open the gate letting the others to climb through leaving Robby behind looking at the sight in confusion.

"Don't worry. It's not gonna violate your probation. You got outta juvie... not Sing Sing." Tory states.

"You resorting to peer pressure?" Robby asks with a small smirk present on his face.

"Yeah. It's kinda my thing." Tory mumbles in response gesturing for the two of them to crawl through the missing part of the gate towards the others.

Robby looks at the entrance of the zoo in confusion once standing beside Atlas, "The Zoo? Why do we have to sneak in?" Robby curiously questions.

"You'll see." Tory responds with a smile, "Come on. This way." Hawk demands with him and Atlas leading the group into the reptile section of the Zoo.

"Welcome to the Ventura Zoo. Join us for our behind the scenes tour for a fun and informative view on how we care for..." A man's voice over the PA voices.

Atlas steps into the museum part for the public along with Hawk smirking at him since Hawk's plan is in action.

"All right, there's two cameras over there. The guard goes on break once every hour. We have less than five minutes." Hawk explains looking at Kyler and the others.

"Okay." Kyler whispers sprinting behind Atlas and Hawk while the two boys lead the others minus Tory and Robby towards the habitats for reptiles.

"Five minutes to do what?" Robby questions confused, "We're getting a little gift for Sensei." Tory mumbles following the others towards the said area.

Hawk, Atlas, Robby, Kyler and Tory enter through the small door leading the five of them into the back of the reptile room where only staff is allowed grabbing out the things needed for the next part of the mission.

"You got the snake pole?" Hawk questions looking at Kyler.

"Oh, shit! Snake pole, right." Kyler mutters disappointed with himself at missing one of the tools.

"Hawk orchestrated this entire plan and you don't do that one thing?" Atlas angrily asks.

"I forgot, Okay? I've got a lot on my mind. If I don't pass trig, my dad's gonna shit in my mouth!" Kyler exclaims receiving confused looks from all four teenagers surrounding him.

"What?" Atlas whispers confused sharing a look with Tory who shrugs shaking her head also not understanding.

"Just reach in and grab the snake!" Tory orders directly looking at Hawk— who looks at Tory like she's insane.

"Are you insane? I'm not gonna stick my hand in there!" Hawk exclaims shocked.

"Hey. Who's in there?" An employee shouts overhearing the voices from the outside, "Shit!" Hawk and Atlas simultaneously exclaim frightened by the sudden voice.

"Po-po! Let's go. We gotta go." Kyler orders in a panicked shout rushing out of the restricted area followed by the others except Robby who looks at the snake determined to prove his worth.

After doing the mission, Robby walks out from the same spot in the gate overhearing Kyler, Atlas and Hawk arguing, "We failed the mission 'cause of you!" Hawk mutters.

"Who said we failed?" Robby questions holding the snake in the brown bag shocking the others hearing the snake repeatedly hissing.

"No way!" Tory proudly chuckles, "Nice!" a Cobra Kai member exclaims stunned, "You got it? Unreal." Tory voices.

"Let's see it." the same member suggests while Robby laughs opening the snake bag revealing the snake inside of it.

"Hell yeah!" The group exclaim in excitement, "Wow." Atlas mumbles proudly.

"Hey, you the man, dog! He's a natural cobra, man! Hey, good shit, dog!" Kyler exclaims with heaps of excitement shaking Robby due to his adrenaline.

"Yeah, we got it, dude! Damn!" Kyler shouts chuckling with the other Cobra Kai members while Tory smiles at Robby with a twinkle in her eyes.

After arriving back at the dojo, Kreese smirks seeing Robby setting the Cobra being set down in the glass box ready for its new home for a while.

"Well done. I'm impressed. You showed fearlessness, leadership. And those are the qualities you need to be a champion," Kreese voices before smirking directly at Robby.

"Good job. You're what Cobra Kai has been looking for." Kreese states.

"Do you see what you can accomplish when you work together? Alliances are important. For us and our enemy. Because you better believe that they are making alliances too." Kreese mutters, "What alliances?" Tory questions confused.

"Oh... you didn't hear? Uh, Diaz and the LaRusso girls. Yeah, they're working together. Yeah, they helped save the All Valley. They gave quite a speech. They make a pretty good team." Kreese states.

Tory and Robby share a look with one another both hurt hearing that Sam, Luna and Miguel are working together.

"Well, it's getting late. Dismissed." Kreese declares watching Tory stomp off out of the dojo.

✹

LUNA STROLLS down the stairs since Amanda and Daniel left for the annual Christmas party the club does every year.

"Oh good. You're up. Sit. Sit, now." Sam demands confusing the brunette girl.

"Okay? I'm sitting. What's going on?" Luna quizzes even more confused hearing the doorbell ring and Sam answers it letting the Miyagi-Do students waltz into the living area.

"We're having a movie night. Get comfortable. Luna, you too." Sam demands seeing Luna roll her eyes in annoyance before making herself comfortable beside Demetri.

Eventually, the Miyagi-Do members munch on popcorn and watch the movie in pure boredom together, "This is so boring. I'd much rather lay in my bed." Luna firmly states.

"Look, I get it. You're hurt that Robby ended things. But this... this needs to stop. We— I need my badass sister back." Sam mumbles.

"Trust me... she hasn't gone anywhere." Luna tiredly responds, "Well, this Christmas party's turning out to be ho-ho-horrible." Demetri utters.

"Yeah, Sam. I thought you said your parents were out for the night. So why aren't we throwing a rager?" Chris questions.

"There's a keg on the way. It'll just be a few minutes." Sam quickly explains noticing the way Luna is squinting at her figuring out something's going on.

"Can we at least put on a Christmas special? I'd even watch that creepy one with the little elf dentist." Demetri states.

"Wait, what?" Luna inquires beyond confused beside him, "Yeah. I'm that bored." Demetri confirms still not answering the girl beside him.

The door bell suddenly rings alerting Sam immediately, "It's here." Sam says making Chris excitedly chuckle.

Sam opens the front door revealing the Eagle Fang members, "What? Oh, dude." Chris mutters seeing their arrival, "What the..." Nate trails off confused.

"No way!" Demetri exclaims shooting up from the sofa beside Luna who's sharing the same look at the others.

"Oh, hell no! You gotta be kidding me." Chris exclaims stomping towards Mitch— one of his ex friends in anger.

"What the hell are you doing here? This isn't a keg party. I bought this hat for nothing?" Mitch exclaims slamming the Christmas hat onto the ground angrily.

"Wait. You Parent Trapped us? Why?" Demetri asks.

"Look... I know we haven't always gotten along. But Cobra Kai is the bigger threat now. To all of us." Sam explains looking at Miguel to continue.

"We think we'd stand a better chance if we joined forces. Two dojos are stronger than one." Miguel states.

"Johnny and our dad would never go for this. Ever." Luna tiredly states yawning still seated on the sofa.

"This is ridiculous." Chris whispers, "I know, right?" Demetri scoffs, "Look, I know we've all done shitty things." Miguel voices.

"Yeah. Like breaking Demetri's arm." Chris snarls looking at Mitch, "You started that fight." Mitch snaps.

"After you almost got me fired!" Chris states pissed off, "God, I hate your stupid face so much." Bert mutters aimed at Nate.

"If you died... I wouldn't attend your funeral." Nate responds, "Damn," Luna chuckles finding this all very amusing.

"Well, until everyone has this all figured out. I'll be up in my room. Listening to my playlist on repeat. Don't bother me. Peace out." Luna states leaving the arguing dojos downstairs and doing exactly what she said she was doing.

Listening to her playlist on repeat and staring blankly at the roof of her bedroom.

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TO BE CONTINUED...

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kinda a chapter just based on atlas.
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