Lorna, undercover and dangerous.




LA is not the easiest place in the world to be a police officer, too much bad
history and too many psychos on the streets. For an undercover female officer,
it was even tougher, there was danger in every shift and the money did not
nearly justify the risk. But Lorna Shearer loved her work, her colleague's
thought she was crazy and maybe they were right!

She worked on vice cases, drugs busts, illegal immigration surveillance,
bodyguard duty for witnesses, anything that required a tough dedicated and
trustworthy officer. There was no doubting that she was all of these, with a
number of commendations for bravery and dedication to duty.

Her basic training had helped her in the early days, but she took things
further by spending countless hours on the target range. She also held black
belts in three different martial arts, Tae Kwan Do, Hapkido and Aikido. She
was now twenty-eight years old and still single, her job was too dangerous for
family life. She dated guys frequently, but more to relieve the boredom than
for any other reason. Her fellow officers liked her and more importantly
respected her.

The case that was taking up her time at the moment was a series of rapes, they
occurred all over the region and were extremely violent in nature. It seemed
to be the work of two or three men, but there were not many clues, other than
DNA samples and in a city this size they were not really much good unless
there were suspects. It then became clear that the victims were always leaving
trendy, expensive nightclubs alone, so Lorna used this angle to try and set a
trap. She looked good in the short skirts and high heels, with her ample bosom
barely concealed. After about three weeks with nothing happening, her bosses
were just about to pull her off the case and then one night it all happened.

She was leaving a club alone, after a couple of minutes she sensed that she
was being watched, although she could see no one. Then a man appeared suddenly
and pointed a huge knife at her throat, he motioned towards a nearby alley and
she complied with his orders. In the alley two more men appeared from behind a
couple of rubbish skips. They jeered obscenely and told her what was about to
happen, she was carrying a concealed wire in her bra, so her backup knew the
situation. The men all made a grab for her, one of the men had a bear hug on
her from behind. She used the leverage to kick the second man with her right
foot, the stiletto catching him on his left temple and sending him crashing
against the skips.

Then she butted the man holding her with the back of her head, breaking his
nose, although he did not let go of her. She backed up quickly, pinning him
behind her against the wall, her left foot, stiletto first arcing up into his
balls, he let go and her right elbow shot back and broke his right cheekbone.
The third man was transfixed by her skills and never saw the swerving
roundhouse that lifted him off his feet and dumped him in the rubbish skip.
The sound of screaming sirens was nearby, when the cops arrived, Lorna was sat
on the floor, rubbing her aching feet, the three would-be rapists were not so
lucky.

She received another commendation for this one, but her next assignment would
be much more dangerous, she would be trying to infiltrate an illegal- fighting
ring, known to have led to several deaths, both male and female. She would
take a couple of weeks off and train with her Japanese sensei, it looked as
though she might need it!


Lorna. In the Lion's Den.


Lorna studied all the available information that the LAPD had about the
illegal fighting tournaments that were taking place. There seemed to be a
large amount of money coming in from Asia, the gambling paid for the
fighters. Then there was the "invitation only" entrance fee of $500 per
person. For this kind of money, the stakes were high, too high for some of
the fighters that had died as a result of these vicious contests.


Full contact fighting was not illegal, but these were licensed and
controlled by recognised sporting bodies. Medical expertise was always on
hand and there were rules to the fights. But these illegal fights were
barbaric, victory only came when one competitor was either unconscious,
crippled or dead. The bodies were disposed of, but they had been sloppy and
some were found. Relatives knew what was going on and in their grief spoke
to the cops.


Female contests attracted the punters every bit as much as the male
fighters, especially if some of the ladies were attractive, which many of
them were. Lorna managed to follow up a lead and was given the name of
someone who might give her access to this seedy and dangerous world, of
course the only way in was as a participant. The risks were incredibly
high, but she knew that she was good, her sensei had said she was as good
as he had ever seen in a woman, she would need to be!


Her contact, Lennie Dudek, was suspicious at first, he needed to ensure
that she was a genuine fighter, not just some wannabe Cynthia Rothrock. But
she had the looks that meant that people would pay good money to watch her
in the ring. There were two Asian guys sparring in the ring, both wore
nothing except gi bottoms and they were heavily muscled and extremely quick
and agile. "Do you think you could last thirty seconds with either of those
guys?" asked the shifty-eyed Lennie. "I'll tell you what, leave them both
in there and see if they can last thirty seconds with me", said Lorna
calmly.


The two guys heard the exchange and laughed at her cocky attitude, Lorna
kicked off her sandals and jumped into the ring in her jeans and soccer
shirt. She stood in the centre of the heavily padded ring waiting for
someone to make a move, one of the young men obliged and quickly moved
towards her aiming a couple of punches and a roundhouse kick. None of them
got near her and she punched him once in the small of the back, it seemed
quite innocuous, but he was hurt and his buddy realised that he would have
to sort her out. She walked over to him as he pondered his next move,
suddenly she leapt high in the air and a stunning axe kick landed on his
left shoulder, her heel made a sickening contact with his flesh and the
bones in his shoulder shattered. The first guy rushed her from behind; her
foot shot back and the ball of her foot connected flush with his balls. She
swivelled quickly and her right knee came up and connected with his jaw, he
flew out of the ring and was unconscious long before he hit the floor.


Lorna calmly got out of the ring and slipped her sandals back onto her sexy
feet, complete with turquoise painted nails. "Well, I think I'm good
enough, do you agree?" Lennie was dumbstruck, he had never seen anything as
quick in his life. "Leave your cell-phone number in reception, we may be in
touch". Lorna left the building satisfied that she had done enough to get
an invite into one of the upcoming tournaments. She wondered if the LAPD
would let her keep the prize money!