A Tale of Two Snakes

Disclaimer: I do not own any Riverdale and Cobra kai characters. This story is purely written for fun, not for any kind of profit.

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Chapter 26: Peroration

Johnny Lawrence was driving home from his work .Today; Fred gave all of them a half days leave. The demolition of the drive-in was going smoothly. But one could not say this about the life of the people.

The Riverdale town was literally upside down in the last five days. The final revelation of Jason Blossom's killer literally shook the people to their core. No one in the town was willing to believe that Clifford Blossom killed his heir. When the police went to arrest him, they found his hanging body in their barn. Clifford Blossom committed suicide.

Then the police started their investigation, and what they found was equally astonishing too.

It turned out that the maple syrup business of Clifford Blossom was a charade for his original business, which was drug. Clifford was a big kingpin of drug business. Sheriff Keller made the conclusion that the one of the reason of Jason's escape was probably this. He did not want to join in his father's drug business, so he decided to escape with Polly. Both Penelope and Cheryl denied any knowledge about Clifford's drug business.

Poor Polly was totally shattered when she found the real killer of Jason. Betty, Archie, Miguel and the others did their best to comfort her. Carmen and Rosa made their little contribution too.

Johnny was thinking about them when he saw the diner. He stopped his car in front of it and decided to grab a bite. Inside the diner, he saw Jughead typing in his laptop, while sipping a mug of coffee. The kid heard him coming, and looked at him.

"Good evening, Mr Lawrence.", He greeted him with a small smile.

"Good evening, Jughead." Johnny sat in front of him.

"Miguel told me that you are writing a book about the case." Johnny said after ordering his food.

Jughead nodded affirmatively.

"So, I think that your story is coming to an end. After all, the killer was revealed. "

"Yes, it is. But Mr. Lawrence, what Clifford did was really shocking. I still could not believe it.", Jughead said in a low voice.

"Truth is stranger than fiction, kid." Johnny smiled sadly.

Both of them were silent for a moment. It was Johnny who broke it again.

"Jughead, about your father..."

"He is held for perjury and tampering evidence. The sheriff told me to get a good lawyer." Jughead said.

Johnny silently took a bite of his burger when he heard voices. He turned his head and saw Archie, Betty and Veronica entering the diner.

"Hey Jug...Hello Mr Lawrence.", Archie greeted them with a smile. Veronica and Betty waved at them.

"Hey kids." Johnny greeted them.

"We had an early holiday today. Miguel called his mom. He went with her.", Veronica said.

"That's great." Johnny stood up," Enjoy yourselves guys."

He was just turning his head when he heard the simultaneous beeping of four mobile phones.

It was Archie who first took out his phone. He looked at the message.

"Oh my god!" He screamed.

"What is it, Archie?" Veronica came towards him.

Betty, who took out her phone, saw the message in it.

"It's Cheryl. 'Thanks for everything; I am going to be with Jason.'"

In the meantime, Jughead and Veronica also took out their own mobile phones.

"Cheryl sent this message to all of us. But where would she go to be with her brother?"

Jughead, who was silently listening, spoke for the first time.

"It will be the Sweetwater River. She will go there."

All four of them jumped from their seats and ran out from the diner, leaving a curious Johnny Lawrence behind. After a moment, he decided to follow them in his car.

"But that is insane." Miguel said with his eyes literally popping from the sockets.

Johnny just nodded.

"What happened then, sensei?"

"I followed them to the river, and saw Cheryl. She was wearing a white dress. The river was frozen. She was sitting on the snow and trying to break it with her hands. The kids persuaded her not to do that. She stood up, and in a moment the ice under her broke. She was under the water in a moment. The kids were scattered on the ice to search her. I went too. Then I could not believe what I saw." Johnny took a deep breath.

Miguel was getting impatient inside, but he did not say anything.

"Archie saw her first. But between them, there was the ice. Andrews started punching the ice. His hand was bloody; there was blood on the ice. Jughead was shouting for help, but all that blood literally hypnotised me. Archie broke the ice with his bare hands."

"He is a lionhearted boy. He will do anything to save his friends. But this is his Achilles heel too. He is trusting and helpful, but anyone can abuse his trust. By the way, how are they now?" Miguel was scratching his head.

"Archie fractured his hand. Cheryl nearly caught hypothermia. Both are in hospital now. But they will be okay." Johnny said.

Miguel became silent. His inner cobra formed a coil inside his mind. It started hissing,

"Miguel Diaz, don't be so happy. Because you can feel it in your guts, don't you? Something is coming, something more dangerous. Be ready for it."

"Yes, I will be ready." Miguel said in a low voice. Johnny looked at him curiously.

"You will be ready for what?"

"Oh, nothing sensei." Miguel brushed the conversation aside. But Johnny Lawrence did not miss the calculating look and the clenched fists of Miguel. The boy was obviously in fighting mode. But why?

Was there something that Miguel felt or noticed? The boy had some kind of sixth sense or something...he did not know what that was. But he saw the effects of that thing.

Sometime, he literally felt an unknown fear.

The Riverdale town was small and beautiful. But this town is like a predator which trapped its prey by luring them in its beauty. Johnny Lawrence was feeling it in his bones.

He closed his eyes, trying to calm himself. His mind became clear.

He will not lose before fighting till the end.

Miguel was curiously watching his sensei, who seemed to be in a trance like state. The man stood up from his chair and took the classic cobra kai karate stance.

Miguel smiled in his mind. He knew that he still had hope for his sensei. He would again mend his sensei's soul, he thought to himself.

There was only one way to do that.

That way was Karate.

He must pursue him to start practicing again. Karate and Johnny Lawrence are two sides of one coin. One cannot survive without other.

The small town of Riverdale had its own share of darkness. That darkness is slowly creeping towards all of them, forming a cloud.

Miguel clenched his fists hard.

He would be ready.

He would be ready for all upcoming evil and danger.

A/N: So this is the first installment of "A Tale of Two Snakes".

I will post the next part soon.

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