THE CHALLENGE 
by Sundaram Ramchandran, Zenkalidas, Indiaguy



(sundarramchandran@hotmail.com,zenkalidas@yahoo.com)

THE CLUB

Peter had just gotten admission into grad school (Masters cum PhD program) at
one of the Ivy League Institutions along with one of his closest friends ,
Robert (from the story of "Wrestling Poker') who, if u remember, had been
humiliated by Peter's mom (her name was Susan Stone)

Both Peter and Robert were trying to enroll themselves with one of the
fraternities (This was somewhat similar to the Greek fraternities with the
difference that there was a lot of interaction with members of their parents
generation and the parents and professors and their spouses as well as the
professional colleagues of both).

This gave the opportunities to interact with older women from various walks of
life which was much more interesting than teaming up with girls their age.

And what they had heard was that contrary to what they had expected, the
graduate level fraternities were much wilder , both in terms of drinking and
the sexual shenanigans where , unlike the undergrad parties, the women
involved seem to be the instigators / conspirators / actors rather than
victims.

To get enrolled, the new students had to pass a test (an equivalent of one of
the initiation rites of societies such as freemason's etc). In this case, the
women who had chosen the theme of "Scythians and Amazons" had proposed that
each student had to choose a woman from amongst those present as partner and
at the end of the night (or rather, by dawn the next morning), presumably
after having spent time with her, had to present her undergarments/panties to
a senior member of the society along with his partner who would present his
undergarments to the senior member.

Now, what most students had planned was the following stratagem :

- having chosen a partner who was hopefully not the mother of any of the other
students, the student would buy a set of undergarments both for himself and
his partner. Both of them would change into their new undergarments and in the
morning, change back into their old undergarments and exchange the new
undergarments with their partners, both presenting the other's undergarments
to the senior member.

Now Susan (who was a brain surgeon ) who had come to the party along with
senior members of the local women's rugby league after a particularly violent
and bruising game, was separated from her husband who had left them for a
younger woman, had seen to it that the separation had not affected either
herself or Peter.

After having a great time, and firmly believing that women should take the
initiative, she chose Robert for her partner in such a way as not to be
noticed by Peter. Now, Robert and Susan had a special relationship in that
though each of them had affection for the other, Susan was the person who wore
the "pants" or rather the "mini-skirts/knights armor" in the relationship
(Again, a reference to the ending of wrestling poker)

Now, Peter suddenly noticed the absence of his friend. He was also surprised
to find his mother missing. Of course, it would never have occurred to him to
connect the two.

He spend time in the club bar with his partner and come morning, he along with
others sauntered off in the direction of the senior member of the club to
finish the ritual..

He was still trying to find the whereabouts of his mom (she had not returned
his call when he called home) when towards closing time, he was flabbergasted
to see a woman (yes, it was a woman) clad in leather armor (that looked like
mini-skirts !!) up to the waist and riding boots that reached up to but did
not cover the knee. She wore something strange around the head (as a bandana),
yes it was male undergarments and around her waist, she wore trousers as if
they were belts. She carried a placard carrying "The Amazons have won and
taken away the Scythian king. The king is dead !! Long live the queen" She
dismounted and removed her belt as well as her headgear and handed them over
to the senior member who was speechless but could not frame a sentence. He
just accepted the above when she removed a shield like frame from her back.
And lo and behold, there was Robert tonsured ( except for patches running
across his scalp as in the manner of defeated Scythians ), naked , dyed and
tattooed all over. She removed something from his head and handed it over to
the senior member who was nonplussed but accepted it. It turned out to be her
panties. She then told the senior member "I have something extra". This turned
out to be Robert's locks of hair .

She then told the assembled gathering "I have some unfinished business". She
mounted the horse, picked up Robert gently, kissed him and seated him behind
her and was about to ride off when she seemed to remember something. She got
down, saw Peter and embraced him. In tones of shock and embarrassment, he
finally managed to frame the sentence "What the hell happ, happ, happened ?"
in stuttering tones.

Susan's face was suffused by a mischievous / naughty smile as her thoughts
went back to the previous night.

THE PREVIOUS NIGHT

On leaving the club, they had gone off to a downtown pub to join her Rugby
league friends and ordered drinks and food . At some point, somewhat irritated
with Robert's almost bovine placidity and struck by a prevalent mood of
mischief , she started pouring food and drink into his mouth. It would have
been force feeding but she did it so expertly and with strength and skill that
it seemed very natural. At the same time, she started punching him in the
stomach. He was powerless to resist and his cries and sobs only encouraged her
further. At last, his bladder emptied itself and she undressed him. Somewhat
shocked and embarrassed, he went in to the toilet and came out after washing
himself. The bar tenders and the waiters could not hide their smiles as they
handed him a towel to cover himself.

Meanwhile, after about 10 or 15 minutes, she came carrying a new set of
undergarments and trousers. She hugged him lovingly and they went to a hotel
room which she and her friends had booked for both of them. They had talked
for about 2 hours in the most intimate settings possible when she suddenly
said "let's have a no holds barred fight. You should be furious with me at
what I have done" But having had experience of what she was capable of, he
declined. But she was not to be deterred. She told him "If you are chicken,
then I have something for you". She stripped down to her panties and wore
fighting gloves. They seemed to have something sticky. Later he realized it
was a tar-like substance. She tore the pillow which was stuffed with bird down
and started hitting him in the face and scalp with it. He was simply helpless
to stop the barrage of blows. In a few minutes, he looked like a clown who had
been tarred and feathered though in a somewhat gentle fashion

She then finally hit him with a blow to the chin which knocked him out cold.

When he woke up, he was shocked to find himself on a 100 foot pedestal. What
is more, he was astride a horse !!!. Things started going from bad to worse as
he found he was naked, dyed and tattooed. As a matter of reflex at such times,
his hand went up to his scalp when to his shock, he could feel the bare scalp
with tufts running across. He seemed to have been stripped naked, tonsured and
dyed and tattooed. It would have been surreal except for the fact that it
seemed like a scene from a nightmare What's more, his head ached , both from
the punch and the drink that he had imbibed. And Susan was not to be found
anywhere. He just broke down with helplessness when suddenly, as if in answer
to his prayers, she descended from an helicopter hovering overhead and
descended on the horse. She was clad in what seemed like a mixture of waist
length Knights armor and mini-skirts as befitted an Amazon !!! After posing
regally for photographs, she beckoned to her Rugby league friends who drove,
wheeled a construction site ramp that had been hired by Susan and her friends
for this purpose (They had ascended the pedestal using the same ramp) and
Susan rode her horse down the ramp in triumph. After hugging Robert whose
frame was racked by sobs, she proceeded to strap him to a harness that was
attached to a shield which she wore on her back.

THE CLUB

She was jolted out of her reverie by Peter. She told him "We went to a punch
and punch (sic) and Judy show and let's just say that he had one punch and
Judy too many for him to handle" .

"No prizes for guessing who was Judy" she told a shocked peter as she rode off
with Robert into the sunrise !!!

Footnote : Robert who was a keen student of history had formulated a
hypothesis

(he now felt it should be "her story" !!!) that some such event would have
been behind the dilution of the role of the king in chess coinciding with the
Queen assuming an all important role.