Lorna: part 3: Time for action.




Sure enough, the following morning, Lorna received a call on her cell-phone
from Lenny. He told her that he had managed to get her into an upcoming
tournament. It meant that she might have as many as two fights in the one
evening. Eight women fighters had been selected, by the end of the evening two
of them would remain. These two 'lucky' ladies would then fight it out in a
couple of weeks. This was when the big money would be around.

Lorna asked her sensei to be her corner man. He was sixty years old and was
originally raised in Hong Kong. He was known to his friends as Jimmy, he was
not connected to the police, Lorna found him through a friend and the two had
become very close. Of course he knew Lorna was a cop, but he had no idea that
this was a case that she was working on. But when Jimmy found out that the
fights were unlicensed, he pleaded with Lorna to change her mind. But Lorna
said that she could use the money and Jimmy knew how good she was.

Jimmy put Lorna through a gruelling schedule over the next few days, he was
well satisfied that she was ready, he pitied the women that came up against
her. But he also had strong reservations about these fights, there were no
proper rules and someone could use foul tactics to win.

On the night of the tournament Lorna and Jimmy arrived early. The fighters
were allowed to oil their bodies if they so wished and Jimmy thought it wise
to do so. He found a room where he could apply the oil in privacy; Lorna
looked amazing in her turquoise lycra cycle shorts and white sports bra. The
rules stated that the fighters must fight barefoot, this suited Lorna anyway,
her feet were probably her biggest asset.

Soon she was called and it was time for her first fight. There was quite a
crowd and her entrance into the ring provoked a noisy reaction from the crowd.
Her sexy, toned body drew appreciative responses from both male and female
spectators. But there was nothing too sexy about her opponent, she was a Cuban
girl who was obviously chasing the winner's cheque. Even though she looked
tough, her physique did not impress, her legs were covered in bruises and her
feet looked as if they had never seen a pair of shoes, let alone a pedicure.

Lorna never underestimated anyone, appearances meant very little, this girl
could be a vicious streetfighter and there were no rules. The contests lasted
fifteen minutes maximum, there were no rests or intervals. If both fighters
were still standing at the end, then a ringside judge would decide the winner.
But it was almost unheard of for this to happen, the brutality of the fights
usually took its toll long before this.

The bell rang and the Cuban girl moved forward, she was looking to get in
close, but Lorna was too quick for her. Lorna decided to get it over quickly,
and as the girl lunged for her, Lorna parried her strike and unleashed a
vicious kick that caught her opponent between her breasts. She was stunned by
the speed of the blow, even though it had not done any real damage. Lorna then
decided to slow her down, using her stiffened toes to strike her on each
thigh, causing a deadleg in each case. The girl knew she was finished and just
hoped that Lorna was not going to maim or kill her, a spinning back kick,
flush to her jaw knocked her out cold, there would be no lasting damage.

The crowd loved it, they knew a class act when they saw it, Lorna waved
briefly and then left the ring quickly. Lenny intercepted her on the way back
to the changing room, he was full of praise but said that her next opponent
would not be so easy. In the changing room, Lorna listened to the noise in the
arena, she could tell when a contest had ended by the cheers of the crowd.
Jimmy said nothing, he just applied more oil and massaged her muscles.

Less than an hour later, Lorna was called for action again, they sure didn't
like to keep the audience waiting. Again she received a rapturous ovation,
good looks and superb skills made sure of that. Her opponent then entered the
arena, her welcome was not quite as noisy, but she cut an impressive sight. A
tall blonde with close-cropped hair, she came from the Czech Republic and
looked quite imposing. She wore a gold silk gi top over a skimpy leotard, she
must have been at least six feet tall, with pale skin and piercing blue eyes.

The blonde girl performed a few stretching exercises and practised a few kick
and punches, before performing the splits in the middle of the ring. All this
time she never took her eyes off Lorna, this girl meant business and looked
capable of anything.

As the fight started, Lorna made sure that she kept out of range of the girl's
long legs. Several fast kicks flashed past her face, the bright red polish on
her toes got a little too close for comfort. Lorna made the mistake of keeping
her eyes on her opponent's legs and was caught by a vicious backhanded blow,
which caught her on her temple. Lorna went down and the blonde managed to
stomp on her stomach with her long powerful right leg. Badly winded, Lorna
rolled away but the girl managed to grab her and get her in a headlock and
began squeezing. This was serious and Lorna felt the energy being squeezed out
of her, but she kept calm until her opponent punched her in the mouth with her
free hand.

Lorna tasted the blood from her cut lip, she had to do something fast. She
allowed the girl to take all her weight in the head-lock and then swung her
legs up, the ball of her left foot caught the blonde flush under the chin,
Lorna then immediately locked her ankles behind the girl's head, squeezing her
calves round her neck.

Both girls went crashing to the ground, the crowd was getting excited, this
was a close hard fight. Again her tall opponent used her long legs to try and
inflict a damaging blow, but Lorna had regained her poise and used her
extended knuckles and toes to cause painful blows to the girl's upper arms and
thighs. Her blonde opponent was not about to give up easily and rushed forward
directly at Lorna. She succeeded in pulling Lorna's head down and began to
repeatedly bring her right knee up with great force. Luckily for Lorna, her
ample breasts cushioned the blow and protected her face, but the power of the
blows was still causing her a great deal of pain.

Lorna then used a judo technique to trip her, landing on top of her and
driving her elbow into her solar plexus. Rolling away from the girl, she
regained her feet and waited for her to do the same. Both girls were now tired
and sore, it had been a very bruising encounter and yet only four minutes had
elapsed, there was no way they would last for fifteen minutes at this
intensity.

The tall blonde attempted to charge forward again, but Lorna swivelled and
caught her at the side of the head with a stunning roundhouse kick. This would
have finished most opponents, but still she came forward. Again Lorna used her
stiffened toes to jab her thighs, causing the girl to cry out in pain. Then
Lorna decided to use her opponent's own tactics and charged forward head on.
She grabbed her between her legs and lifted her high into the air, swinging
her round in the process. Using all her strength, she tossed the girl over the
ropes and out of the ring, a fall of around seven feet scattering those in the
front row seats. The brave girl tried to get up, but she had been badly hurt
and could not regain her feet to get back into the ring.

The fight was declared over, Lorna climbed down to help her back to the
dressing rooms. No serious damage had been done and the two girls showered
together and began to converse. The girl was called Yana and she was a student
at UCLA, this was her idea of moonlighting to earn some extra cash. Her
martial arts skills had been learned in her home country. Lorna decided to try
and question her about the illegal tournaments.

Jimmy dropped them both off at a bar in Santa Monica, Lorna told Yana that she
was a freelance security officer and bodyguard, which was not hard to imagine.
They made quite a sight with their cuts and bruises, Yana was limping
noticeably from her injuries. Lorna learned all that Yana knew, which was not
very much, it was going to prove hard to prove anything against Lenny and his
backers. What Lorna needed was someone to help her work undercover on this
one, she did not want Jimmy to get involved in anything so dangerous. She
would have to ask for outside help on this one.