Alice, the Wonder Girl by M.C.   As Alice Johnson walked up to the scene of the fight she felt the anger building up inside of her. Although still very much a new student at Wilson High (Alice and her family moved to the East coast from California when her father received a big job promotion) the pretty, seventeen year-old high school senior wasn't one to hold back when she saw an act of injustice - and she especially abhored bullying. Alice didn't think it was right that just because a boy was larger and stronger than another he had the right to beat up on him. So when Bill Morgan, arguably the largest and strongest boy in her new school - not to mention it's league champion heavyweight wrestler - began pushing a much smaller boy around earlier in the day in front of his girlfriend, Alice became very angry. Steve, the boy in question, didn't want his girlfriend to think he was a wimp so, however unwisely, he challenged Bill to a fight after school. Alice knew the reason Bill had bullied Steve was to embarrass him in front of Sherry, his girlfriend. Bill had dated Sherry briefly a few months earlier before she broke up with him. Soon after the Fall semester began Sherry started seeing Steve (because she was new and they were neighbors, Sherry was the only friend Alice had in her school so far). She'd broken up with Bill because he was nothing more than a conceited jock and didn't treat her very nicely. Sherry felt he just wanted the pretty cheerleader as a trophy, not a real girlfriend. So when she started dating Steve, Bill became jealous."I'm so worried about Steve," Sherry said to Alice before their last class of the day."Bill can be a real bastard when he wants to be and I'm sure he'll hurt Steve just to get back at me." "Where and when is this fight going to take place Sherry?" Alice asked her friend. "Behind the gym right after school. Why?" "Oh, I just thought perhaps I'd drop by and watch," she answered. Sherry couldn't help but notice the strange look Alice had on her face when she said this. When Alice saw the worried look Sherry had on hers, she reached out and gently squeezed her hand. "Don't worry Sherry, I'm sure Steve will be all right." "How can you say that Alice? You've only been here a short time. You don't know Bill. He's mean and nasty. That's why I broke up with him...and he's also really, really strong. Steve's a great guy, but he's not a fighter. What chance can he possibly have against that bully?" Alice tried to reassure her friend with a pleasent smile. "Please don't worry about Steve Sherry," she repeated,"everything will be all right...I just know it. You can come and watch if you like (wink)." When Alice and Sherry reached the scene of the fight, Bill had already shoved the much smaller Steve back up against one of the walls of the gym. He was standing directly in front of the petrified boy, teasing him. "Come on you little chicken shit," the large boy yelled,"fight me!" Watching from the sidelines was a large crowd of students. Some of them were Bill's jock friends who were laughing. "What the hell does Sherry see in a pathetic wimp like you anyway?" Bill taunted. "Maybe Sherry sees a kind and sweethearted boy who knows how to treat her with the respect and dignity she deserves; not simply the trophy of a vulgur, pompous and conceited baboon!" a female voice yelled out from the crowd. Suddenly everyone stopped laughing and looked around to see who said this. Bill, who had his right hand drawn back about to strike Steve, stopped also. "Who the hell said that?" he barked out. The crowd of spectators parted making a pathway for a very attractive brunette to walk through. Alice boldly approached the large boy and stood before him with her hands on her hips."I did. And if you don't leave Steve alone this instant, I'm going to give you the beating of your life you big bully!" The scene that was unfolding now had a bizzare, surreal aura about it. There was Alice, all five feet- six inches and 130 pounds of her, facing off against Bill who stood six feet two inches tall and weighed nearly a hundred pounds more than she did. On top of that he was the school's champion heavyweight wrestler while she was, well...just a girl who nobody seemed to know too much about. "So what's it gonna be tough guy?" the intrepid girl continued after a pause,"are you going to leave Steve and Sherry alone, or do I have to teach you a good lesson?" Alice knew, as did Bill along with everyone else watching, that her question was rethorical. The large boy couldn't back down from her challenge now even if he wanted to, which he didn't. Backing down in front of a much smaller girl with all his friends watching? He'd never be able to live that down. Bill turned back towards Steve and said gruffly,"I'll finish with you later wimp...just as soon as I deal with this little upstart." Alice looked at Steve and smiled."Go to the back of the crowd Steve," she said in a soft, sweet voice, "Sherry's waiting there and she's very worried about you." "But...but what about you Alice?" "Oh don't worry about me honey - I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself." After Steve had safely left, Alice turned her attention back to the large bully standing in front of her."You know Billy (he hated to be called that), I think it's about time somebody taught you it's not nice to pick on people smaller than you are...and I'm just the girl to do it." As she spoke, Alice calmly kicked off the tennis shoes she was wearing and removed her socks. She then rolled up the sleeves of her sweatshirt and tied her long, beautiful dark hair into a ponytail. If Alice was concerned about her upcoming brawl with the mighty Bill Morgan she certainly hid it well."O.K. tough guy, I'm ready whenever you are." Alice assumed a martial arts stance and waited for Bill to make his move. She had no doubt that he would make a move as she had challenged him in front of a large group of students, many of whom were his friends. If he didn't accept her challenge it would be all over school the next day that the big, tough varsity wrestler was afraid of a girl. Slowly, with a look of extreme confidence on his face, the large, powerfully built boy began to approach her; and as he did so, Alice could feel her adrenaline level rising. For the pretty brunette this was an all-to-familiar scene. Ever since she recieved her first degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do at the age of 13 (she was the youngest in the history of her dojo - male or female) Alice had been taking on - and beating up - bullies. She felt that a sound thrashing from a girl was the best medicine for curing a tough guy's need to dominiate others. After all, how can a 'tough guy' remain so after being battered to tears by a girl half his size? Alice found her *therapy* (as she liked to call it) so successful that she seldom had to beat up the same boy twice...and NEVER three times. She now holds a second degree black belt in Korean martial arts as well as a black belt in judo. Truth be known, the pretty martial arts expert enjoys taking on rough, tough macho guys and battering them around. She finds it very, well...erotic - especially when the boys start to cry which most of them do sooner or later. So respected (feared) was the five foot-six inch, 130 pound girl in her previous high school that when she walked through the halls, even the strong, tough football players stood to the side to let her pass. It probably wouldn't be too long before that happened here too; but first she'll have to deal with Bill. "You've had this beating coming to you for a long time now Billy," she said as he closed in on her, "and I'm going to really enjoy giving it to you." "So you've had a few karate lessons, big deal," Bill said arrogantly."I've fought karate guys before and they never gave me any special problems." When he was within a few feet of her, Alice suddenly whirled around and slammed her right foot hard against the side of Bill's face. She moved so quickly that he didn't even have time to put his hands up to defend himself. Stunned by the surprising force of her blow, the large boy was driven backwards. Alice whirled around again and landed another solid kick to his face which was quickly followed by a third right underneath his jaw sending him flat on his back. "Karate *guys* maybe, but what about a karate *girl*?" she said with a laugh. While most of the spectators stood in stunned silence at what they had just seen, a few of the students began to cheer (Bill, outside of his circle of jock friends, was not one of the more likeable guys in school for obvious reasons). One of them even yelled out,"girlpower!"...it was Sherry. Slowly, the tough, 230 pound heavyweight wrestler got to his feet. "I underestimated her, that's all," he thought to himself. "Maybe she is better that those other guys I fought. But she's still just a girl and I'm not only much bigger than she is but much, much stronger - and a wrestler to boot. O.K. girlie, you may have won the first round, but now it's time for round two!" He charged at her with his arms wide open, thinking he could absorb another kick before wrapping them around her and throwing her to the ground. Once he got her on the pavement she'd be helpless against his superior size, strength and wrestling skills. All he had to do was tackle her and the fight was as good as over. Unfortunately for him, Alice had other ideas. As her powerful opponent approached, the beautiful brunette reached out and grabbed one of his outstretched arms. In what can only be described as a perfect judo move, the 130 pound girl maneuvered herself in such a way that she was able to flip her 220 pound attacker completely over her shoulder and toss him hard onto his back again. Still holding him by the hand, she then twisted it around, forcing Bill to roll over onto his stomach where she pinned his arm behind his back. The maneuver lasted less than five seconds."Gee, maybe I should try out for the wrestling team; tee, hee, hee," Alice giggled. This surprising event was greeted by even more cheers from the onlookers as well as more cries of "girlpower!" from the female students. Alice held the stunned Bill in this position for several seconds before releasing him. "You're not getting off this easy you bully," she said and added with a giggle,"and besides, I could use a good workout; tee, hee, hee." Enraged now, the large boy got up and hurled himself at his tormentor with savage fury in an effort to salvage what was left of his reputation. It was an effort as noble as is was useless. For the next ten minutes the beautiful, long-haired brunette used the powerful wrestler for a patsy as she demonstrated the various forms of martial arts that she had mastered over the past 14 years (her mother enrolled her in the self-defence class she taught when Alice was only three years old). Not only was Alice easily able to toss the toughest boy in her school all over the place, but she was calmly describing her moves to all those watching as she executed them. It was a sight few of those who witnessed it would ever forget. "Now this is a round house kick," WHAM!, Alice said as she sent her left foot slamming into Bill's jaw again. "And this is the standard judo flip," CRASH!, she said as she tossed him to the ground. While the battered bully slowly rose, Alice calmly spoke to the crowd - especially the females - about the importance of learning some self-defence."A girl should have at least some martial arts skills - POW! (she punched Bill hard in the stomach) - in order to be able to defend herself - CRACK! (an uppercut to his jaw) - against either attackers - WHAM! (another punch into his stomach) or over- aggressive boyfriends - SLAM! (another judo flip and Bill was on his back again). Billy here probably won't be bothering Steve for quite some time after this, (Alice grabbed one of his hands and twisted it again) or anyone else for that matter." She put her right foot against his face and tugged on his arm; Bill hollared out in pain. "You see girls, how a little ole me can force a big, strong boy like Billy here into submission without even working up a sweat?" Alice pulled harder and Bill - battered, beaten and humiliated in front of all his friends - began to beg her to stop. "Ahhh, there there now,"Alice teased,"is the little girl too tough for the big, bad wrestler?" At this point Roger Warren, one of Bill's friends and the middle linebacker on the football team, tried to intervein on his friends behalf. Without releasing Bill's arm, Alice thrusted her right foot deep into his stomach. The force of her board shattering kick sent the 225 pound boy reeling backwards."I'd remain there if I was you Roger." He did. Then, turning her attention back to Bill, Alice smiled,"so Billy, how does it feel to be bullied?" "Please stop this," he cried. "First, say 'Auntie'." "AUNTIE! AUNTIE!" "Do you promise to be a good boy from now on and not bully anybody anymore?" "YES, YES! Please stop...you're hurting me!" "And will you appologise to Sherry and Steve for being naughty?" "YES, YES! I'll do anything you say but please stop!" Bill was crying freely now. He had been completely battered by this new girl and now she was humiliating him in front of everybody who was watching. By tomorrow, everyone in school will have heard of this. He was ruined; destroyed. But right now all he could think about was getting her to release his arm before she pulled it out of it's socket. "Yes," he sobbed,"yes, yes...I'll do whatever you say." Alice released Bill's arm, it immediately fell to the pavement."Well now, that was fun wasn't it?" Most of the spectators began to cheer loudly now (except, of course, Bill's friends who quietly - and quickly - left the scene). All the females now yelled,"Girlpower! Girlpower!" The feared bully had finally met his match...in a 17 year-old girl! Not above a little bit of showboating, the victorious brunette put her right foot on top of Bill's large chest and flexed her muscles for the cheering crowd, giggling as she did. The pretty wondergirl then called Sherry and Steve over whereupon Bill was further humiliated by being forced to apologise to them. "O.K. tough guy," Alice said after he had done so,"you can go now. But remember this, you're bullying days are over. If I ever hear of you picking on a weaker student again - SMACK! (she slammed her right fist hard into her left palm) - understand?" "Yes," he muttered meekly. Then Bill Morgan, until this afternoon the most feared boy in school, limped away as fast as his battered legs could carry him. "Well, I certainly enjoyed that," Alice said to Sherry and Steve as they began walking home. "Maybe I'll give him a rematch someday; he was fun to beat up." "You can Alice, anytime you want," Sherry replied,"he only lives a few blocks away from you." "Is that so?" "Yes. In fact I can show you where he lives on our way home from school today." Both Sherry and Steve noticed the wide grin on Alice's face when she heard this. The next day (Tuesday) Alice was the talk of the school. She instantly became famous as 'the girl who beat up Bill Morgan'. People who hardly took notice of her before, now smiled and stood to the side as she passed them in the halls. Not surprisingly, Bill didn't come to school that day, nor the day after that. By Friday, when he still hadn't shown up, Alice began to get concerned. Usually after she batters a bully it takes him a day or two before he gets up the courage to return to school. But it's been four days now and nobody has seen him. Alice asked his friend Roger if he had heard from Bill since the day of the fight. Reluctant to answer her at first, he finally admitted that he hadn't (it's amazing what a girl can accomplish with a few hard slaps across the face). "I'm worried about Bill," she said to Sherry and Steve as they walked home from school that afternoon. "He hasn't been to school since I smacked him around. Perhaps I was a bit too rough on him." "I beg to differ Alice," Sherry replied,"he deserved everything you gave him. But if you'd like, we can walk past his house on our way home." "Yes...let's do that." Twenty minutes later Alice, Sherry and Steve were standing on the sidewalk in front of Bill's house. The curtains were drawn so you couldn't see inside but they did hear the sound of a television on. "What are you going to do now Alice?" Steve asked. "I think I'll invite myself inside and have a little talk with Mr. Morgan. Why don't the two of you go on home, this may take awhile." "Are you sure you'll be O.K.? Bill's probably still pissed off after what you did to him." "Like I told you before Steve, don't worry about me. I'm a big girl and, as I think I proved to you last Monday, I can take care of myself (wink). You guys can go...and have a nice weekend." Alice watched her two friends walk off for a minute, then headed up towards the door of Bill's home. KNOCK! KNOCK! "Who is it?" someone asked from inside. "Special delivery for Bill Morgan," Alice replied in a voice deeper than her natural tone. "Special delivery? What special delivery?" The door opened and Bill found himself staring down at the smiling, pretty face of the girl who had humiliated him only a few days before. "Me," Alice said with a giggle. Before the stunned boy had time to slam the door in her face, Alice pushed it wide open and entered Bill's home. "Where's mommy and daddy?" she asked. "They're away on vacation for two weeks and what the HELL are you doing here? Get out of my house this instant!" "Now now Billy, is that any way to talk to someone who came over here to see how you were? I noticed you haven't been in school since our little *encounter* last Monday so I just wanted to see if everything was O.K." "O.K.? O.K.? You beat the crap out of me in front of everybody, then humiliate me and you ask if everything's O.K.? Of course it isn't." "Well, you shouldn't have picked on Steve in the first place. And, in addition to that, you're a big bully who needed to be taught a good lesson." "Get the hell out of here before I..." "Before you what, tough guy?" Alice calmly removed her backpack with all of her school supplies and stood before the large, strong high school wrestler with her hands on her hips. "Before you what?" she repeated. Despite the severe beating Alice had given him earlier in the week, her presence - right here in Bill's own home - so enraged him that he threw caution to the wind and blurted out,"before I throw you out on your ass!" "Oh really (giggles)? You and who else?" Alice knew she was baiting him, and relished every moment of it. "If you want a rematch tough guy, here I am. There's nobody else around, just you and me." Bill's anger against the girl that had so completely humiliated him just a few days earlier, destroying his reputation in the process, boiled over. Furious, he charged her. Alice, however, was ready for him. Grabbing his outstretched arm once again, the 130 pound brunette easily judo flipped the 220 pound heavyweight wrestler onto his back (she had to be careful though so as not to slam him on the coffee table near-by). Bill rose to his feet and attacked again - his blind rage overcoming his sense of good judgement. THUD! The pretty girl tossed him down onto the carpet again, taking care not to throw him too close to the large, plasma T.V. SLAM! Alice judo flipped him again; this time onto the sofa where his momentum knocked it over and he fell to the floor. She then gracefully leaped over the sofa and smiled down at the large boy who was struggling to get to his feet."I can do this all day Billy," she giggled,"what about you? It's probably harder on you than it is on me." He threw a hard punch at her but she easily ducked under it. Alice drove her surprisingly hard right fist deep into the pit of his stomach and playfully slapped his across the face several times,"wachy, wacky, wacky; tee, hee, hee." After he missed with another wild right hook Alice nailed him with her left foot underneath his jaw, driving him back against the wall. She stood in front of him with her hands on her hips and began using him for target practice for her kicks. First her right, then her left, then her right, then her left. All Bill could do at this point was put up his arms in an attempt to protect himself. But her kicks were coming at him so fast - and were so accurate - that most of them were getting through. In desperation the large boy started to run away. The beautiful brunette chased him all around the house, giggling and teasing him as she did. "What's the matter Billy, afraid of a little girl? Tee, tee, hee." Bill managed to reach his bedroom and lock the door behind him. "Oh Billy, Billy, Billy; do you really think you're safe in there?" "Leave me the hell alone you bitch!" he yelled from the inside. "My my, such naughty language; and here I came over to see how you were. That's the thanks I get. I'll tell you what Billy, if you open the door right now and let me in, I won't punish you too harshly for what you just said." "Get the hell out of my house or I'll call the police!" "And what will you tell them? That the big, tough Bill Morgan - the heavyweight wrestler of Wilson High - is being beaten up by a little girl and locked himself in his room to escape from her? Really. How would that look in the local newspaper? 'Big, Strong Wrestler Hides From Little Girl'. I don't think so. Now just be a good boy and open the door." "No fucking way!" Alice sighed."Very well then, we'll do this the hard way. But please don't stand too close to the door." Bill took a few steps back. There was a moment of silence...and then he heard, "KI AY!" CRASH! Bill stared in disbelief as Alice's fist came smashing through the solid wooden door about a foot above the handle. She reached down, unlocked it and, smiling, entered his room."See what you made me do you naughty boy? Ruin a perfectly good door. I think a good spanking is in order, I haven't spanked a boy in quite some time." Alice sat down on the edge of Bill's bed and, in a calm but firm tone of voice, said,"come over here Billy, mommy has to punish you." It was at this point that Bill Morgan broke down. "Please," he begged,"please just go away and leave me alone. You made your point, you're tougher than me." Gone was the arrogance, the macho self-assurance that had characterized Bill's personality for the better part of his life. Two severe beatings in a week at the hands of this pretty 17-year old girl had reduced the strong, tough high school champion wrestler to a helpless little boy. "Please just leave me alone," he sobbed. Alice looked up at Bill as he stood there crying. This is what she wanted to see - a large, rough, tough bully wimpering like a child before her. She'd seen it before of course, many times; but she never tired of it. It tingled her inside, turned her on."I'm sorry Billy, but you must be punished for calling me a bitch. If you drop your pants and come over here now, I'll be lenient with you. But if I have to get up and get you...well, I'd come over here if I were you. An awkward moment of silence followed as the muscular, 220 pound wrestler looked down at the 130 pound long haired girl sitting on his bed. Then, slowly, the mighty Bill Morgan lowered his pants and drappped himself across her thighs. "A wise choice Billy," Alice said as she began to spank his behind her bare hand. After twenty moderate spanks (during which Alice had an organism) she stopped. Bill was sobbing like a baby. Alice let him cry for a few minutes while she gently patted his sore rear end. "There there now," she began softly,"has Billy learned his lesson?" "Yes," he sobbed. "Good. I really enjoyed this Billy. I think I'll come over here and beat you up from time to time; just for the fun of it." Alice felt him shudder when she said this and smiled to herself; she had him right where she wanted him. After a lengthy pause she added,"of course, I do know of a way out of this for you." "What?" he asked meekly. "Well, you could become my boyfriend. It wouldn't be right for me to beat up my boyfriend all the time now would it? And I understand you haven't been seeing anyone since Sherry broke up with you before the summer vacation." It was then that Alice noticed something on the far side of Bill's bedroom that made her break out in giggles."Why Billy, I see you collect Wonder Woman comic books; tee, hee." He began to blush. "Gee, I wonder what your friends would think about that." "You can't tell them Alice," he pleaded,"please don't tell anybody." Alice didn't respond right away, she just sat there giggling like a little girl on Bill's bed with the battered, humiliated and now very embarrassed boy drapped across her thighs."Please, don't tell anybody Alice," Bill repeated and, in tears, asked," why are you doing this; why? First you beat me up and humiliated me in front of all my friends. Then you barge into my house and beat me up again, smash my door and spank me. Why?" "First of all because you were a mean and nasty bully, and I hate bullies. You needed to be taken down a few notches so I did exactly that. Now all the other 'tough guys' in school are on alert: if anyone picks on another student they'll have to answer to me! Second, I was generally concerned about you, that's why I came over here today. But you were very rude to me so I decided you needed to be taught another lesson. And third (she reached over and playfully tweeked Bill's nose) because I think you're a cutie pie. All you needed was to have that macho attitude beaten out of you, so that's what I did. You can get up now by-the-way." She looked over at his collection of Wonder Woman comic books again and smiled. "Bill, there's nothing wrong with your liking Wonder Woman and collecting her comic books. I was just teasing you, I would never have told anyone. And besides, I collect them too; I've been reading them ever since I was a little girl. Maybe we can compare our collections someday." Alice paused for a few moments, then popped the question,"so what's it going to be big boy? A beating every week, or do you agree to become my boyfriend?" (Alice is nothing if not persuasive). "Since you put it that way, I'll...I'll be your boyfriend." "Excellect choice Billy, although I was kind of looking forward to kicking your ass a few more times (giggles). I don't know about you but I'm getting hungry. There's a new Chinese restaurant that just opened up at the mall. Sherry and Steve said the food there is really good." "I'm actually in the mood for pizza Alice." "So, we've been girlfriend/boyfriend for all of two minutes and already we have our first disagreement. I'll tell you what Billy, let's wrestle for it. If I win it's Chinese, you win it's pizza. To make it more fun we'll wrestle in the nude and I promise I won't use any Tae Kwon Do on you, that would be cheating (wink). What do you say big guy?" Bill looked down at the five foot-six inch 130 pound girl. She may be an expert in martial arts but wrestling one-on-one? He stood eight inches taller than she did, outweighed her by nearly 100 pounds and was probably twice as strong. "You have a deal," he said, confident that if Alice didn't use her martial arts it would be no contest. Twenty minutes later the strong heavyweight wrestler was lying on his back, beaten and exhausted. Alice was calmly sitting on his chest and giggling."Well Billy, I guess this makes me the champion wrestler of Wilson High; tee, hee, hee." She had his head in-between her thighs and her crotch was only an few enticing inches from his face. "Where...where did you learn to move like that Alice?" the stunned boy asked as he stared up at her in disbelief. "I've been wrestling for over ten years and I've never fought anyone who moves as fast as you do." The pretty brunette flexed her muscles. "Fourteen years of martial arts training sweetie pie. I've been studying various forms of hand-to-hand combat since I was three years old. Did I tell you that I won the martial arts championship in the 18-and-under division in my city when I was only 15? I beat the two-time defending champion who was considered unbeatable." "Will...will you replace me on the wrestling team now that you've beaten me fair and square?" "Of course not honey; I wouldn't dream of it. What kind of girlfriend would I be then? To the contrary, I can help you become a better wrestler by working on your quickness and coordination. You rely too much on your strength to win. In fact I think I'll enroll you in the martial arts class I'm going to start teaching next month. My mother, who's a master in Tae Kwon Do, just opened up a dojo here and asked me to teach the beginning and intermediate classes. And after our little, err...*encounter* last Monday, many of the girls in school asked me if I could teach them self-defence." "You mean you want me to take a class with girls?" Alice reached down and pinched Bill's cheek. "Bill, I think you're going to have to get used to the fact that the rough, tough, macho image you had of yourself is over...I ended it on Monday. Now you're going to have to re-define yourself. You're a boy who reads Wonder Woman comic books and has a girlfriend who can kick your ass anytime she wants to (Alice playfully punched him in the nose). It may take some getting used to at first, but if past experience is anything to go by you'll come out of this a much better person." "What do you mean by that?" "Simply this. I've been beating up bullies in school for many years now and nearly all of them turn out to be better people afterwards. I guess getting beaten up by a much smaller girl removes the chip from their shoulder. I've even had the parents of kids I battered come up to me later and thank me for doing it; telling me I helped straighten their children out in a way that they never could. I'm not a psychologist but it seems that once I've beaten the *tough guy* out of a bully he then becomes a more mature and responsible person." "Anyway Bill, I'm hungry. But before we go out on our first date though, let's have ourselves a little *appitizer* first." With her free hands, Alice grabbed Bill by the back of his neck and forced his head into her vagina. "O.K. Billy, let's see if you can do anything with this tongue of yours other than brag about yourself; tee, hee, hee." Alice was surprised - and delighted - to find out that indeed he could. So much so that they almost missed out on their Chinese dinner that night. One Month Later. Bill stood outside Alice's home and patiently waited for her to get ready. Although he never understood why it took girls so much longer than guys to get dressed for things, he knew better than complain to her about it (his arm was still sore from the friendly wrestling session they had the previous evening). Besides, it was the annual Halloween dance and Alice was probably putting on her costume. In the month they had been going together a lot had changed. Not only was the once feared bully actually liked by the other students now, but he felt much better about himself. As difficult as it was for the proud boy to admit, the beatings Alice gave him may turn out to have been best thing that ever happened to him; irony of ironies. Not only had this *Wonder Woman* changed his life, but also many aspects of his school. Bullying, once rampant throughout the school, has virtually ceased to exist. Even the toughest football players behave themselves now - least word of some transgression get back to Alice and she decideds to have a little *chat* (her euphemism for a good beating) with the unlucky transgressor. Her last chat was the previous week with Rick, the school's heavyweight boxer, after he had slapped his girlfriend around. Alice invited him into the weightroom and *invited* everyone working out there to leave. Half an hour later when Rick emerged, he had a black eye, a bloody nose and a badly swollen jaw - and went straight to his girlfriend and apologised. Yes, things certainly had changed since Alice arrived. "Hello sweetie pie," Bill heard as the front door opened,"I'm ready. What do you think of my Halloween costume?" The large boy turned around, and his jaw dropped. For there, standing right before him, was the girl of his dreams. With her pretty face, her long, beautiful dark hair and her mastery of martial arts, Alice needed only one more thing to become the woman of his fantasies; and now she had it. For standing before him in her costume was the perfect female - Wonder Woman.