Cobra Kai Halloween: Day 25 - Home Invasion
It’s 10:25pm when the call comes, it’s mid-summer so it’s not fully dark yet. Dusk, just on the hazy side of sundown. It’s a beautiful Saturday night to spend sipping - yes, sipping.. he’s got responsibilities now - some Coors Banquet and enjoying the sunset at his favorite lookout over the city. He’d just opened his second.
Johnny answers Sam’s call without hesitation. She may have only been one of his students for two and a half months now, but she’s already worked her LaRusso charm on him. Just like Daniel. She’s one of his kids now, the same way Robby became Daniel’s. The same way any of the kids in Miyagi-do or Eagle Fang have became.. theirs.
Johnny and Daniel’s. Guess that’s what happens when you’re dating your co-sensei.
“Sensei, HELP,” she sounds panicked and his heart rate speeds as soon as he hears the fear in her tone, “please, can you come get me? Tory Nichols just broke into my house!!”
“What?? Is this a prank call?”
“No sensei,” she retorts immediately, “I swear. Sh-she attacked me.. we fought and I kicked her down the stairs. Then when I went to get my phone to call an ambulance or the cops or something, I came back and she was gone!! I shut myself in dad’s room and I don’t know what to do, please can you come help!!? I don’t even know if she’s still here..”
She’s talking a million miles a minute and he can tell she’s losing her breath, “woah woah, okay kid. Your parents are at that autosales convention this weekend aren’t they?”
“Yes and Anthony’s at grandma’s. This is the first time they let me stay alone.. they won’t answer their phones though and it’s two hours away.”
“Okay okay, yeah I’ll be right there Sam. I’m about five minutes out, sit tight.”
‘This isn’t over LaRusso, show yourself!!’
He hears Tory’s ominous voice call out through in the background and Sam’s breath audibly shakes as whimpers into the phone.
His blood runs cold, this is John Kreese’s doing. He’s sure of it.
“Please, Johnny!! HURRY!” It was the first time she’d addressed him as anything other than ‘sensei’ since the dojo merge.
He stays on the phone with her as he drives to the LaRusso home as fast as he can, assuring her he’d be there soon as his own panic sets in. He hears things break in the background and asks every time if Sam’s okay.
Some sappy part of his brain stuns him with the news that he’s now number three in the lineup of people his boyfriend’s daughter calls when she’s in need, causing him to stop short for a moment as he cuts the engine to his car.
A window breaking in the home snaps him back into reality.
“I’m here, now get under the bed if you’re not there already and don’t come out of your dad’s room until I call for you.” He abandons his phone on an entryway table and runs into the house.
It doesn’t take much, as soon as he calls Tory’s name she bolts. Though it’s not until he chases a sound at the back door that he sees her, he barrels outside just in time to watch Tory’s jacket rip as she hops the privacy fence in the backyard and runs off.
He’ll get that for proof later. Right now his concern is Sam.
Johnny wastes no time getting to her, taking the stairs two at a time and running as quickly as a home full of expensive broken shit will allow.
“Sam? Samantha?? She’s gone, I’m here.”
He’s pounding on the door of the master bedroom as he tries the door knob. She must have locked herself in. Smart girl. There’s clear signs that the door’s been wailed on with something like a baseball bat, a couple places are almost broke through…
He doesn’t even want to know what kind of The Shining fantasy Tory just tried to play out.
The thought turns his vision black with rage until Sam opens the door to him, makeup staining her cheeks from crying.
“Johnny?” Her voice trembles as she practically dives into his arms.
“I’m right here, it’s okay,” his large frame encircles her as he pulls her to him protectively, rubbing her back gently, “she’s gone Sam, she’s gone. You’re okay.”
“Th- thank y-o-ou,” her words are barely audible as she begins to sob into his tshirt, hugging him tighter.
“Shh.. shh, it’s okay Sammi,” he uses the girl’s family nickname for the first time, “I’ve got you.”
Cobra Kai has messed with his family for the last time.
