Dedicated to AbbyWatson4

“I’ve been waiting to do this since I came here!” exclaimed Johnny angrily as he stepped through the smashed hole in the wall.

Mike was getting to his feet, dusting the debris over his shoulders.

“I wonder how good of a fighter you really are,” questioned Mike, sarcastically.

Johnny lunged at Mike, his foot colliding with his arm. Mike merely slid back on the balls of his feet, unflinchingly.

“My turn,” smiled Mike, cracking his neck intimidatingly.

Does he really think he can intimate me? I’m the one who does the intimidating!

 It was a flurry of punches as both fighters covered each other's bodies with bruises. They didn’t care about blocking each other’s attacks because they wanted to inflict as much pain on one another as they possibly could. While Mike tried striking for a forward punch, Johnny was able to grab his arm and flip him on his back.

“How could you do this to your own son!” shouted Johnny as he held Mike in a tight wrist lock.

     "How could you hurt Miguel!"

“Oh, shut up about the father betrayal! We both know he was yours before he even showed up here!” retorted Mike as he struggled to get free.

“What are you talking about?” questioned Johnny.

Mike elbowed Johnny in the face, freeing his arm in order to tackle him onto the ground. He couldn't get out from under Mike’s firm grasp.

“What are you a wrestler for a living or something?” commented Johnny, sarcastically as he unsuccessfully tried throwing Mike off of him.

“So I was thinking, maybe I’d try again on the whole recruiting Miguel for Cobra Kai thing because he’s got some real potential, even if he's had a bad Sensei,” smirked Mike, teasingly.

Johnny head-butted Mike before throwing him onto the ground next to him.

“How’s that for a challenge?” retorted Johnny, proudly.

He stood up, panting followed soon by Mike.

“Dad, stop!” shouted Miguel as he and Robby rushed into the room.

They looked battered and bruised, but at least they won.

“I’d hate to see what the other guys look like,” muttered Johnny.

“What now!” demanded Mike, agitatedly.

“You still have time to fix this. Whatever Cobra Kai’s giving you, it’s not worth it. Nothing good can come from their promises (Robby and Johnny glanced at one another in understanding as he spoke these words). But you can change, like I changed,” offered Miguel, hopefully as he took a few steps closer to his dad, looking him in the eyes.

If he’s thinking about this for more than a second then, he’s stupider than I thought.

“That’s just it, kid. I want to do this,” whispered Mike, leaning in close before wrapping his arm around Miguel’s throat in a tight chokehold.

The way Mike held Miguel, it was the same way Kreese had choked Johnny years before. The same look of contempt on his face

No, Miguel’s better than this. I won’t let this happen again.

“Let him go,” said Johnny, clenching his fists.

“Or what?” threatened Mike, gripping harder as Miguel struggled.

Honestly, Johnny didn’t know. The only way he knew how to beat an enemy was by force and he couldn’t risk Miguel getting hurt in the process.

I’m starting to wish I actually listened to some of LaRusso’s training.

But out of the corner of his eye, he saw Miguel slightly gesture to Mike’s side. 

“So you’re just going to do nothing? Wow, you’re more of a coward than I thought,” commented Mike, mockingly as his grip around Miguel tightened.

But in the mere seconds it took for Mike to say this, Miguel used his free arm to elbow Mike in the side. Releasing his grip, Mike clutched his side. Then Johnny front kicked Mike directly in the face, knocking him to the ground, unconscious.

“Now that’s how it’s done!” shouted Johnny, satisfied.

“Hey, they’re attacking the boss!” they heard Mike's men exclaim from a few rooms away.

“We need to get out of here,” warned Robby.

Johnny looked around for an exit and spotted the locked door in the kitchen which he proceeded to kick open. And without a second thought, Johnny rushed out the door, Robby and Miguel following closely behind.