Fly Like A Hawk

Chapter 107 - The Race For The Park

I lay in the sun for a while, the heat drying me out after my dip in the pool to save Sam's brother. I lay with my legs crossed and my sunglasses down over my eyes but I could see Sam and Miguel talking from the corner of my eye. I smiled, it was nice to see them getting along, especially after Miguel had told me all about their makeup through a series of interesting text messages.

"Hey Yas...." I mumbled on instinct then froze, realising I'd referred to her as I do with Demetri, "Sorry Yasmin."

She didn't even move to look at me, "It's fine, you can call me Yas. We're supposed to be friends now."

I nodded slowly, "Great, well, since we're such good friends do you want to come on the lazy river with me or maybe a slide?" I smiled expectantly at her as she rolled her head to look at me and lifted her sunglasses to squint at me in disgust.

"Uhm, no." She mumbled then smiled sweetly and resumed her sunbathing position.

"Ok great." I mumbled, getting to my feet, "Guess I'm going alone." I set off across the park, rounding the pool only to be stopped by a wall of chaos in front of me. Cobra Kai was yelling at Miyagi-do and they were pushing and shoving.

I rolled my eyes and walked over, pushing between them as Tory and Robby arrived, helping me to pry them apart. "Stop! Hey, stop this!" I yelled as I pushed Mitch and Bert back out of the grasps of a Cobra Kai.

"Hey, stop, what are you doing?" Miguel accused Robby, appearing from nowhere with Eli in tow.

"You stay out of this." Robby sneered back, stepping into Miguel's face.

"Don't-" Miguel began to respond but he was cut off by a shrill whistle that cut through the chaos.

"Stop it. All of you. Or you're all getting kicked out." The lifeguard warned, staring round at the opposing groups as we all fell into silence.

As he walked away Miguel began to speak again, "Ok, clearly we can't co-exist in peace so let's find a solution."

"Well, we can't fight or we'll be kicked out so what are we supposed to do?" Mitch asked, flapping his arms round in defeat.

"We need to go." Robby tried to convince Tory and I nodded at him thankfully for trying.

"How about a race?" Bert suggested, looking up a twisting racer slide.

"Sounds good." I replied to him as I looked over to cobra Kai, "Fair too, since it could go either way."

"Yeah, I'll go." Eli volunteered, pushing forwards to face down Cobra Kai.

"So will I." Tory replied, meeting the challenge by stepping forwards.

"Alright, champ versus champ!" Kyler cried.

"Whoever wins gets the park." Tory announced and I looked over at Miguel as Eli made the deal.

"Deal." He stared her defiantly in the face, "But you won't win."

And with that we split off in two different directions to get to the slide.

I found myself a spot by the side of the splash pool, one where I could see both tubes and the top of the slide where they set off, that way I could help determine once and for all who had won since I was trusted by a few of the Cobra Kai's to be fair.

"Y'all ready for this?" Kyler asked, standing in between the two groups, "This is to decide the champion of all champions."

Miyagi-do started cheering, rounds of 'Hawk' yelled at the top of their voice but I wasn't here to cheer him on, I just wanted to stay at the park and that depended on the outcome. The Cobra Kai's cheered for Tory on the opposite side and the calls clashed in the middle.

"Three....two....one.....let's go!" Kyler cried and I watched them push off from the top. Every now and then I would get a glimpse of Tory coming round a corner and then she shot out of the end of the slide, hitting the water and coming up victorious with a cheer. Eli came a little behind her, flopping into the water then holding up his tube with a disgruntled look on his face.

"What the hell! You guys cheated!" He yelled and felt myself frowning as I looked over at the Cobra Kai's, "There was a hole in my tube." I looked it Tory and found her just as confused as I was and then I remembered back to who gave them the tubes. My eyes settled on Kenny as everyone began to yell, "Cheaters! Cheaters!"

Through the ruckus I saw Eli get out of the water and face up to Kenny.

"Hey dipshit, I know this was you." He grumbled.

"What are you gonna do about it?"

"I'm not gonna strike first if that's what you think." I made my way over carefully, weaving through the Miyagi-do crowds, "You don't have the balls to anyway." Kenny swung. Eli dodged. Then they fought.

By the time I'd got there, Eli had been punched in the face and was just about to retaliate when a Cobra Kai blazed past me and pushed him into the water, then I got a better view of who had pushed him only to find out it wasn't a Cobra Kai but Robby. Then to make things worse Miguel arrived and started to push Robby, all of them leaving Kenny open for attack.

I strode over normally, stopped beside him as he looked up at me then shoved him sideways into the water as the lifeguard blew his whistle, "hey, everybody get out and leave the park immediately. I mean it! Everybody out now!" I shook my head in disappointment as Kenny swam for the edge and Miguel bent down to help Eli out of the water, then I headed back for the sun lounger for my stuff, pushing between Robby and Miguel and Eli and trying to avoid being angry about how it all went down.