THE CANNONS  PART THREE
by IRONMACK.


Both JOHN and MARY rose to their feet.
Both fired-up with determination and power.
The bell rang and husband and wife,both
iron-muscled and fueled with fury,charged
into battle.
They collided like oncoming freight trains and
stood toe-to-toe,banging at one another.
MARY'S punches were powerful,but JOHN,
with his new secret weapons,was getting the
better of the exchange.MARY began to wince
in pain as JOHN scored again and again,slam-
ming hard into her mid-section.
Suddenly,JOHN plowed an uppercut into MARY'S left tit,causing her to
scream and drop
her arms.
JOHN took advantage of the opening to drive
a guided missile of a right fist into her face.
MARY'S head snapped back hard.JOHN moved quickly,ramming several
bone-crush-
ing hooks into MARY'S side and stomach.
MARY could feel her ribs and kidneys caving
in.JOHN then drove an especially hard left
into MARY'S gut.She doubled over in pain,
almost spitting up blood.
An uppercut from the floor rocked her jaw and
sent her flying back,landing hard on her back.
"MOMMA,NO!!"squealed BILLIE.
JOHN rested against the ropes,waiting to see
if his beaten wife would get up.
Amazingly,she DID.
Slowly,in agony,turning over on her stomach,
crawling to the ropes,pulling herself up.Her
face was a bloody mess.More swelling had
appeared and her left eye was blackened shut.
She finally made it all the way up.But she was
now on weakened legs and could barely raise
her fists.
JOHN casually moved off the ropes and contin-
ued his attack.He charged into MARY,again 
hammering away at her face and tits.At one
point,after banging her against the ropes and
doubling her over again with a blow to the sto-
mach,he smiled down at her bleeding face.
"Sorry,Baby",he said."You may be a superwoman when it comes to your
boxing
career,but in THIS house I'M the champ!"
"F-Fuck you!"MARY managed to spit out.
"Guess you need to be taught who's BOSS!"
JOHN took his time,raising MARY'S chin with
one gloved hand while raising his other hand
back,preparing for another devastating upper-
cut.MARY was helpless to resist.
JOHN connected with her chin with a thunder-
ous cracking sound.The blow launched MARY 
off her feet,shooting her into the air AND OUT
OF THE RING.
She flew several feet,crashed into the basement wall,bounced off,and
smashed into
a wooden cabinet.
She lay DEAD on the floor.
"MOMMA!!"cried out BILLIE.
"WOW!"exclaimed JIMMY with excitement.
JOHN CANNON flexed his mighty biceps,then
rested against the ropes.
His work was done.
BILLIE rushed over to her mother's body lying
still among broken wood and dust.
"Just a minute,sweetheart",called JOHN.
BILLIE stopped and looked at her father in anger.
"Your mother hasn't been counted out yet."
"DAMMIT,DADDY!"snapped BILLIE.
JOHN smiled an evil grin."Just to make it
official.After I'm declared the champion,we
can pick up what's left of your mother.JIMMY?"
JIMMY began counting."ONE!------TWO! ------
THREE!----FOUR!----"
BILLIE was beside herself with frustration,not
knowing exactly what to do.
What she,JIMMY,and JOHN failed to notice was that as her brother was
counting,MARY'S
body started  to twitch.
Just slightly at first.A leg---then an arm----
"SIX!------"continued JIMMY."SEVEN!------
EIGHT!----"
Suddenly,MARY'S  fist knocked away a broken
piece of wood.MARY began to raise her head.
Everything got quiet.
JIMMY stopped counting.
The arrogant smile faded from JOHN'S face.
BILLIE looked over at MARY.
"Mom?"
MARY spoke.Her voice was faint,but had a strange steely menace none the
less.
'Just a GODDAMN MINUTE!" She snarled.
"I AINT FINISHED YET!"
"K-Keep counting,Junior",said JOHN with a
tremble in his voice.
"Uh---Where was I?---"responded JIMMY."Oh
yeah----SEVEN!----EIGHT!-----NI---"
"SHUDDUP,JIMMY!!!!"roared MARY.
JIMMY was instantly silenced.
Slowly,STILL in pain,MARY pulled herself up,
using whatever piece of furniture in the base-
ment she could find to support her.
She was steadily making her way back to the
ring.BILLIE approached her to help,but MARY
signaled her to stay put with a raised gloved 
hand.
Fueled by anger and fury,her body bulged with
even MORE MUSCLE.
Her husband and children watched in awe as
she climbed back into the ring.
She was finally standing in her corner,gripping
the ropes for support.JOHN was speechless.
MARY straightened up and began knocking her
fists together,glaring at JOHN with white hot
intensity.
"Iron in the gloves,huh?"she said.
JOHN was stammering."W-W-Whadda ya' mean,hon?"
"Oldest trick in th' book.Others have tried it on
me before in my boxing career.Big strong women----AND men.And for the
same reason.
They couldn't whip me otherwise.Well,honey,I
STILL BEAT TH' SHIT OUT OF EVERY ONE
OF 'EM.Th' same way I'm gonna BEAT TH' SHIT OUTTA YOU!You caught me off
guard in
that last round.Now I'm ready for you.I'm gonna
use a woman's best weapon.STAMINA AND
INNER STRENGTH.No more rounds,JOHNNY.
THIS IS A FIGHT TO TH' FINISH!

END OF PART THREE.