Not Again, Part 3 By Littlesilverstar, silverstar222b@yahoo.com Can anyone stop Roxy? AUTHOR'S NOTE: Just wanted to give a little shout-out to all my loyal fans. I always appreciate the emails you send me, compliments and constructive criticism alike. Hell, even the non-constructive criticism has entertainment value. I got one email the other day complaining about the fact that all my heroines are beautiful. Well, anyway, thanks for the responses, keep 'em coming, and I hope you enjoy reading my stories as much as I enjoy writing them. * * * Melanie's phone rang at three in the morning. She rolled over, rubbing her eyes. "Hello?" she said sleepily. "Mel, it's me," came Sara's voice. "They found Candice. Or more accurately, what's left of her." * * * Sara and Melanie looked at the corpses of the elderly farm couple. Both the man's and the woman's skulls had been smashed into paste. "The coroner said each skull was destroyed by a single blow. That could only be Roxy," said Sara. "But from what I've heard, these guys got off easy compared to Candice," Melanie said. "Could we see her...er, corpse?" "Sure," the policeman showing them around answered. "Follow me. But I should warn you, several officers threw up when they first saw it." Upstairs, when they saw the remnants of Candice's body, both women's hands flew to their mouths. Both her arms and both her legs were broken. Ribs had been pulled out. Her head was missing, and there was a huge, fist-sized hole in her stomach. Although Sara and Melanie were used to violence, this was extreme even for them. "A human fist did that?" Melanie asked, staring at the hole in Candice's gut. "Not a human one," said Sara in a low voice. "Someone superhuman in strength but subhuman in soul." "Um...where's the head?" asked Melanie. A short while later, they were standing in the grass a hundred yards from the house, looking at Candice's decapitated head. Forensics experts were busy examining it. "Coroner's report says Roxy kicked the head off," said the policeman. "And it came this far. No one should be able to kick a head clean off, much less kick it a hundred yards. How far can you kick a soccer ball, Melanie?" Sara asked. "About 55 yards, probably." "I can do about the same. Roxy seems to be even stronger than when we fought her." Sara shook her brunette head. "Why would she kill Candice?" Melanie wondered. "She probably realized that Candice was no longer useful to her," Sara answered. She looked down at the decapitated head. "Candice was evil, but no one deserves to die like that. She didn't deserve any worse than a clean lethal injection. We've got to stop Roxy before she pulverizes and kicks anyone else into paste." "What's being done now?" "All airports, seaports, train stations, and border crossings have been notified to be on alert for Roxy in case she decides to flee the country. Also, all the people involved in sending Roxy to prison are being contacted to put them into witness protection. In fact, that's what I was working on when the call came in about Candice's...remnants being found." "You were working that late at night? Why didn't you tell me? I could have been helping you." "Melanie, that broken rib of yours needs *some* bed time for healing. But you can help me now if you want. I told my assistant to keep at it while I came out here. I'll call him right now and see how he's doing." She whipped out her cell phone and dialed. "Hey, it's Sara. How are you getting along with the names? Okay. You told them to flee immediately and come to the nearest FBI office, right? No telling when Roxy might show up for vengeance. Good. Okay, I'll be right there." Sara turned to Melanie. "The prosecuting attorney and eleven of the twelve jurors who convicted her are already on their way in. The judge from the case died of natural causes about a year ago, but Juror No. 8 hasn't been able to be reached. Hopefully she's just away on a business trip or something." "What about the defense attorney?" asked Melanie. "She might decide to kill him for failing to get her off." Sara went very pale. "Oh my God, what a blonde moment I had for not thinking of him!" Melanie tossed her blonde hair and gave Sara a reproachful (but teasing) look. "Sorry, Mel. You know what I meant." Sara whipped out her cell phone again and called the lawyer. "No answer. I hope..." Her voice trailed off. "I'm going right over to check on him. You check on Juror No. 8. Here's her address." * * * When Sara pulled into the lawyer's driveway and saw the door ajar, she knew she was too late. Drawing her gun, she went inside. His corpse was not hard to find. The trail of blood led right to it. He had been ripped in half at the waist. * * * When Melanie pulled into Juror No. 8's driveway and saw the door ajar, she knew she was too late. Drawing her gun, she went inside. Her corpse was not hard to find. The trail of blood led right to it. Her heart had been ripped right out of her chest. * * * "So what's going to happen now?" Melanie and Sara were seated in Sara's office at the police station. "The FBI is staking out all the other houses now. They'll be ready if she shows up. But I don't think she will. She killed the defense attorney and Juror No. 8 first because they were the closest. She must have gone to some other houses after that, thankfully after we warned them. When she started finding empty houses she must have realized the jig was up. I'm going to start combing police reports for any other crimes that could only have been done by someone with Roxy's superhuman strength. Looks like that's all we can do now...try to clean up and catch her after she kills again." Sara sighed in frustration, furious with herself for not thinking of the defense attorney in time. Melanie stroked Sara's dark brown hair affectionately. "Here, let me help you search on the second computer." "Thanks, Mel. I'll log you in." * * * FOUR HOURS LATER Sara stood up, yawning and stretching her athletic body. "I'm going to get something from the vending machine. You want anything, Mel... Mel?" Melanie was staring at her screen, her mouth wide open. "I think I've found something!" She suddenly slapped her forehead. "Shit, I didn't put the dates in right for the search parameters. This is from several months ago, when Roxy was in prison." "Wait a minute," said Sara, hurrying over to look. "This is better. In fact, this is much better. It means that there's someone else out there with that kind of strength. Someone who might be able to help us. So what have you got?" "Check this out. A few months ago, a man was found dead in his home. He had been beaten and stomped to death, but get this. His penis was pulverized into paste. The coroner's report says that from the directional trauma of the penis cells, the only way it could have been done was if someone had squeezed his cock in his or her fist. No human is strong enough to do that... except...And since Roxy was locked up at the time..." "Any leads on the case?" Sara asked. "Nope. Since the dead guy was some sicko child molester, the cops didn't pay much attention to it and just filed it away." "It's good that the guy was a child molester. If it was a regular person that would mean that the killer is just another psychopath. But a child molester...Maybe it was a vigilante who wanted to do the right thing. Of course, it could always have been a drug deal gone bad or something like that, but I'm hoping not. Now, where did this take place?" "Not far. Couple towns over, about fifty miles away," Melanie responded. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get out there." In the car, Melanie leaned over and looked at her friend. "Do you think this person will be willing to help us?" "I don't want to put on any rose-colored glasses or anything, but I think our chances are pretty good. Of course one can never be sure, but I think the person who killed that guy was playing vigilante. Justifiable homicide." When they arrived at the house where the murder had taken place, Sara parked the car right across the street from it. "We'll split up and start questioning the neighbors. See if any of them saw anything significant on the day of the killing. Of course the cops should have done this already, but because of the circumstances I don't think they did a very thorough job." The girls got to work, Sara taking one side of the street and Melanie the other. When both ventures proved fruitless, they moved on to more distant streets. * * * Melanie rang yet another doorbell. When the man answered, she went through the words she had recited seemingly a thousand times, although in reality it was only twenty. "Yeah, I did see something weird that night," he replied. Melanie stood up straight, her heart beating faster. "I was just letting the cat out when I saw this car park right over there and this beautiful woman in a red dress got out. She walked over around that way. People don't usually dress like that around here. And I thought it was kinda weird that she'd park so far from wherever she was going." "Did you get the license plate, by any chance?" "No." He snapped his fingers. "But I do remember that the last two digits were 78. I remember because I was born in '78." "Remember what the car looked like?" "Black four-door sedan. Don't remember any more details." "How about the woman?" "About your height or a little taller, but she was wearing high heels. Long dark brown hair, olive skin, maybe mid or late twenties." "Was she by any chance muscular?" "Funny you should mention that. Yeah, she was. She was wearing a sleeveless dress with elbow-length gloves, and I remember how powerful her upper arms looked. That's what made her so attra- oops." He stopped in embarrassment upon realizing that he was describing his fetish to a complete stranger. "Hey, it's okay," said Melanie reassuringly. "If it wasn't for guys who like muscular women, I'd never get a date." He smiled in relief when she said that. "Thank you very much," she went on. "You've been very helpful." Grinning with success, she darted back down the driveway and called Sara on her cell phone, quickly explaining everything. Back at the police station, the girls sat in Sara's office. The brunette began clicking away at her computer as Melanie read the information from the notes she had taken. "How many cars in this area have license plates ending in 78?" "Five hundred and ninety-seven." "Of those, how many are black four-door sedans?" "Seventy-six." "How many of those are registered to women between the ages of ...say 21 and 32?" "Nine." "How many of those women have brown hair?" "Four." "How many of those are between...say, 5'5" and 5'10"?" "Two." "What about their weights? We know our target has an athletic, healthy weight." "This one weighs 230 pounds. Can't be her. So that just leaves ..." "Her," said Sara and Melanie at the same time, smiling at each other in triumph. "Miss Juanita Martinez. 29 years old. 5'7", 140 pounds. Let me see if we have anything on her...hello!" "What is it?" Melanie asked. "No criminal record for her, but according to the police report, this Juanita here was involved in a self-defense incident. Some guy broke into her house and she killed him...with her bare hands and feet." "It is SO her!" said the blonde excitedly. "Agreed, but let's not get too excited," said Sara. "First of all, we have no actual proof that she's the one who crushed the child molester's cock. Second, I'm not sure she even knows the full extent of her own strength. And finally, there's no guarantee that she'll help us." She paused. "But we've taken a big step today. No doubt about that." "So what next?" asked Melanie. "Let's print out an eight-by-ten picture of her and take it to that guy you were talking to. We'll see if he can identify her. And if it does turn out to be her...we need to go and talk to her. We'll go after dinnertime, when she'll probably be home from work." "Think there'll be any danger?" "I doubt it. We should be able to convince her that we're on her side." * * * THAT EVENING Sara and Melanie stood on the porch of Juanita's house. Earlier, they had shown the witness Juanita's picture and he had identified her as the same woman he had seen on the night of the murder. The girls looked at each other and took deep breaths. Sara rang the bell. An attractive, muscular brunette answered. She was dressed in simple jeans and white shirt and looked just like her picture. "Yes? Can I help you?" "Miss Juanita Martinez?" Melanie asked. "Yes, that's me." "I'm Lieutenant Sara Ramos." Sara flashed her badge and noticed Juanita grow visibly alarmed. "This is my friend Melanie O'Connor. We'd like to ask you a few questions." "May I ask what about?" Juanita's voice was refined, but had a distinct tint of nervousness about it. "About the death of a local child molester a few months ago," said Sara boldly. Juanita opened her mouth, but Sara shushed her. "Just hear me out, and then you can decide what you want to do or say. I'm not investigating the case and I'm not here to get a confession. In fact, I don't even want you to confess. We need your help for something much bigger than that." Sara explained the whole story of Roxy's escape and killing spree. "We're sorry for dropping this on you, but will you help us?" Juanita touched her head. "Wow. This is all so much. I think we should all sit down. Please, come in." The three sexy women sat down on a couch. Juanita looked at the other two. "I've always been strong and athletic. But I never realized I was that strong until the day I crushed that child molester's cock into paste...oops." Her hand flew to her mouth when she realized she had just confessed. A look of alarm appeared on her elegant, high-cheekboned face. "Are you going to arrest me now?" "Of course not!" said Sara. "Like we said, that's not what we're here for." "Plus, you could probably kill both of us easily," Melanie added. Juanita tilted her head. "I don't think I'm THAT strong. And I don't think I'm a match for this Roxy. Not after what you say she did. Ripping a man in half? Ripping a woman's heart right out of her chest? Crushing a person's skull with a single punch? Kicking someone's head clean off and sending it flying a hundred yards? I'm strong, but I'm not THAT strong." "From everything we've researched, I think you're underestimating your own strength," said Sara. There was silence in the room for a few moments, then Juanita said, "So, what's the plan?" "Does that mean you'll help us?" Melanie asked. "Of course. My sense of justice is similar to you guys'. If I can stop that psycho bitch, I guess it's my destiny," Juanita answered. "Oh, thank you so much, Miss Martinez," said Melanie and Sara at exactly the same time. Juanita laughed. "No problem, and please call me Juanita or Nita." "Okay, Nita. The plan is for you to be there when we find her and take her down, just in case things get out of hand. You'll need to be on call and stay with us. We'll pay all your expenses, of course, and make arrangements with your boss so everything is okay with your employment. Now remember that this is strictly voluntary. You don't have to do this." Sara paused and took a deep breath. "Oh, I know. But I want to do this," said Nita. "You may not after we tell you the next part," said Sara, letting her breath out. "What about it?" "Well," Melanie spoke up, "we do need to...um...test your strength to see just how you would measure up against Roxy. So we've...acquired a bunch of criminals and degenerates. Rapists, murderers, child molesters. The worst of the worst, real trash. So you can...you know." Noticing the look on Juanita's face, Sara said quickly, "Remember the part about this being completely voluntary. If you don't want to do this, you can just forget we were ever here." Juanita smiled wistfully. "Well, I've already done one. I guess I can say that now since I stupidly confessed earlier. And you know what they say. After the first one, the rest are free." "So you're in?" asked Melanie. "I'm in." The three attractive women gave each other a tight group hug, then got ready to leave. "Pack a bag," said Sara. "And bring a gun, or guns, if you want. We'll have weapons for everyone at the station but you're always welcome to bring your own too. You do know how to shoot, right?" "Oh yes," answered Juanita. "I learned in the Girl Scouts. Not to brag or anything, but I'm pretty good." "Great," said Melanie. "And don't be shy about bragging. Sara and I both do it." * * * THE NEXT MORNING After a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast, Juanita, Sara, and Melanie were ready for the next step. They went into a large basement. Five men were locked in individual cages in the big room. They glared in anger and fear when the girls came in, not knowing what would happen to them but knowing that it wouldn't be good. "How, exactly, did you get these guys?" Nita asked. "Sara and I went online and cherry-picked five convicts who had committed the vilest and most hateful crimes," Melanie responded. "I'm a former professional assassin and I've done some...favors for some higher-ups in the government. They owed me one and they released these guys into our custody." "Wow," said Juanita. "You guys don't mess around." Sara stroked Juanita's long dark hair affectionately. "Are you ready?" Nita nodded. She was wearing black leather boots, skintight black pants, black leather wrist-length gloves, and a tight black top with three-quarter length sleeves. The pants were tight enough to show how developed her leg muscles were, and the top was tight enough to display the outline of her large biceps and six-pack abs. Her thick, tanned, hyper-muscular forearms were bare. "What the fuck is going on here?" demanded one of the men in the cages. Melanie smirked coldly. "Since you're a loudmouth, you get to go first," she said. She pressed a button and the loud man's cage opened. Turning to Nita, she said, "This one raped and murdered a 13-year-old girl." Juanita nodded, her initial hesitiation developing into a desire for vengeance. She moved forward. The convict looked at the beautiful woman advancing on him. She was smaller than him, but very muscular. Still, she was just a girl, right? He began advancing, wanting to rape and kill all three of these women. Juanita suddenly threw herself into a tumbling pass. She did a front tuck, roundoff, back handspring, whip-back, full twisting layout, two more back handsprings, and finally finished with a kick-full. As she went through her final flip, she crashed into her victim, who had frozen helplessly like a deer in the headlights as soon as she had started tumbling, and knocked him to the floor. She landed perfectly on her feet, then jumped on top of him. "Try just bashing his skull in," Sara called out. Juanita drew back her massive, leather-gloved fist and punched him in the head with all her strength. His skull exploded into pieces and blood, bone, and brain matter flew everywhere. "Wow, I *am* that strong!" she cheered. Sara and Melanie applauded. The four remaining convicts trembled in fear. Some pissed or shat their pants. Juanita stood up and sneered at them, enjoying the power she had over them. Sara pressed a button to release another criminal. "This one molested and sodomized eight boys, all under eight years old." The convict tried rushing Nita, but she simply grabbed him by the throat, holding him up with her left hand. She plunged her right into his chest. She withdrew it with a squishing sound, holding an object. It was his heart. He collapsed, blood pooling everywhere. Juanita disdainfully threw the heart on top of him. "Next," said Melanie, pressing another button. "This one murdered his pregnant wife, then cut out and ate the fetus." This convict approached Nita more cautiously, in a fighting stance with his fists up. It did him no good, however. She simply lashed out with a cheerleader-style high kick, taking his head clean off. It sailed across the room and crashed into the far wall. "Wow, I really underestimated my own strength," she said. "Let's do the last two together," said Sara, releasing them. "These two robbed a convenience store. After they got the money they rounded up the clerk and all the customers and executed them all. Two seven-year-old children were among the murder victims." This time both men began running away in fear. Juanita laughed. Using her fast running abilities, she caught up to them easily. She grabbed one and threw him against the wall, stunning him. Turning on the second man, she suddenly did a handstand and grabbed him around the waist with her legs. Lifting him into the air, she began squeezing. A few seconds later, she had ripped him in half with her thighs. The other man was now on his knees begging for mercy. Juanita glared at him. "I bet those guys at the convenience store begged for mercy too," she growled. "I'm going to show you the same mercy you showed them. Now get up and take your death like a man." Worshipful of her strength, beauty, and femininity, he found himself obeying. As soon as he finished standing up, Nita kicked him in the chest as hard as she could. Her big black boot went right through his chest, leaving a huge, boot-shaped hole as she withdrew her leg. As his body began falling, she backflip kicked his head off. She looked over at Sara and Melanie. "Did I pass?" Despite expecting and even planning all this, both Sara and Melanie were a little stunned at Juanita's brutal feminine strength and the sadistic pleasure she had taken in slaughtering the helpless males. Finally Sara said, "Oh yes." "With flying colors," Melanie added. Juanita smiled sassily. "That was fun." Sara and Melanie looked at each other a little nervously. "Well, what are we standing around for? Roxy's waiting." Juanita tossed her long dark beautiful hair and started out of the room. Sara and Melanie looked at each other again before following her. TO BE CONTINUED... 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