Instant Annihilation by brooksie brooksie@pacificcoast.net A working girl provides her own protection Author's note: This is not the type of subject matter that appeals to me particularly and definitely not typical of my stories. But when you're a writer, an admirer of strong, muscular women and you happen to witness an incident like this, well...I'm sure some people will find it interesting. I was being absent-minded, I guess. Somehow, not paying attention, I had gotten stuck in the exit only lane and was now going to have to go over the bridge and wind up downtown. That meant I'd have to, due to a convoluted maze of one way streets, go several blocks into the downtown core before I could turn around. Two blocks into the downtown area was the main hooker stroll and I'd have to go right through it. Normally not a big deal, but this was Friday night, the busiest night on the stroll. Traffic would be bumper to bumper for two blocks and it would take 20 minutes minimum to make it back over the bridge. Damn! What an idiot, I thought. Oh well, nothing to do about it now. I resigned myself to my fate and eased into the long line of traffic. At least the scenery wasn't bad. Cars in front of me were stopping constantly while the girls leaned into the windows trying to attract business. I inched along, looking for an opportunity to get out of the curb lane, although traffic wasn't moving much faster in the other lanes, either. Boom cars blasted, competing with one another for volume. The car ahead of me stopped and a girl stuck her head into the passenger side window, discussing business. No sense hitting the horn because the guy two cars up was stopped as well, and so on. I sighed and glanced over to my right. I noticed a tall, exotic-looking prostitute engaged in an animated discussion with a guy on the sidewalk. She was a mulatto-skinned woman with shiny black braids, very broad shoulders and large, firm-looking breasts. She wore black tights and a sparkly silver tube top that showed off a muscular, six-pack abdomen. She seemed about six feet tall, although at least three of those inches were stiletto heel. Since I was still stopped in the curb lane, I had time to observe the discussion grow more heated. The hooker looked exasperated. She rolled her eyes, shook her head and finally waved the guy away. He didn't move and continued getting in her face until she turned abruptly and began walking away. He took a couple of quick steps and caught up with her, grabbing the back of her shoulder. She took one more step forward then spun around and chopped the guy right in the adam's apple. He clutched his throat while her other hand slammed into his nose, causing blood to begin spurting out of it. Without letting up for an instant, she toook hold of his ears and pulled his head down, smashing her knee into his face. He staggered back while her foot shot out and nailed him right in the crotch. The guy collapsed in a heap, writhing on the sidewalk. The woman stared down disdainfully at him, then calmly straightened her hair and top and lit a cigarette. She looked up and saw me gaping open-mouthed at her. Smiling slyly, she flexed an impressively-sized bicep. I hadn't noticed the car in front of me was now a half block ahead until the guy behind leaned on his horn. I stepped on the accelerator and when I glanced back in the rear view mirror I saw her climb into a car a few lengths behind me.