The Bully Problem
by M.C.
Robert's bully problem is solved, by a 15 year old girl.

Robert sobbed as he came out of the gym. He'd been in this new school 
for only a week and already he was being picked on by the school bully. 
He had done nothing to deserve this treatment; he just happened to be 
the one Rick decided to push around. Rick was, simply, the biggest, 
toughest  kid in school. Eighteen years old, six foot four inches tall 
and 220 pounds, Rick ruled at Central high . He was the star wrestler 
and all - league middle linebacker on the football team. Because of his 
popularity, it wouldn't do any good for Robert to tell any of the 
teachers. Rick or one of his friends would simply wait for an opportune 
moment and then beat the crap out of him as punishment for tattleing. As 
Robert reflected on the hopelessness of his situation he began to cry; 
he almost didn't see the post on the bulletin board. 

" Are you bothered by bullies? Would you like to be rid of the problem? 
If you answered yes to these questions then I can help you;  K."  The 
message was followed by a phone number which Robert wrote down. All the 
way home Robert considered this note and what it meant. If this " K " 
person could solve his problem with Rick, he'd be the happiest boy in 
school. But what if it didn't work? Rick would make his life 
 a living hell. What was he to do ? When he got home, he made his 
decision; Robert picked up the phone and dialed the number. 

" Hello ", the voice on the other end of the phone said. It was 
definiately a female voice, a girl's voice in fact. "Can I help you ? " 
Robert hesitated before asking, " are you the person that left the note 
about bullies on the bulletin board at Central high ? " " Why yes I am 
", she responded. "Are you being bullied ? "  Robert didn't know what to 
say, this isn't at all what he expected. At length he answered, " yes, I 
am. How can you help me ? " " Why don't I come over to your house and we 
can discuss it ", came her reply, " what have you got to lose ? "  
Robert had to agree that he had nothing to lose in at least meeting this 
mysterious girl. He gave her his address and as he waited outside for 
her, he began to wonder why he had even bothered. 

About ten minutes later he saw a girl riding up his street on a bicycle. 
When she saw him she smiled and waved. " Hello, my name is Karen. You 
must be Robert ".  Robert stared down at her. She couldn't have been 
more than five feet, five inches tall; and perhaps 120 pounds at the 
most. How was she going to solve his problems with Rick ? " So, whose 
the bully that's making your life difficult ? " she asked matter of 
factly. " His name is Rick, and he's the toughest kid in Central high ", 
Robert answered. Karen simply shrugged and said, " I wouldn't know about 
that, I go to Monroe Jr. high ". Now Robert was really stunned. Not only 
was Karen small, but she was only in Jr. high school. " I'm fifteen 
years old ", she said. " Now, do you want me to take care of your 
problem, or don't you ? " " And just how are you going to do that ? " 
Robert asked. Karen smiled, she'd seen it all before....many times. " 
I'm going the beat the crap out of this Rick friend of yours -  so bad 
that he'll never even think about bothering you again. My fee is  $100. 
It comes with a guarantee; if Rick or any of his friends ever bother you 
again, I'll deal with them for free ". Robert could not believe his 
ears. This beautiful 15 year old girl was going to take on the toughest 
boy in school and guarantee that he'll never be bothered again. " Do we 
have a deal ? ", she asked him. Robert hesitated before answering, " 
deal ". " So, where can I find this tough guy ? ", she asked . Robert 
looked at his watch. " At this hour, he's probably working out in the 
high school weightroom with his friends ". "Good " Karen said, " then 
what are we waiting for ? " 

As they walked to the gym, Robert couldn't believe how nonchalant Karen 
seemed. She was about to fight Rick, and all she could talk about was 
how much she loved shopping. She laughed and giggled, just like any 
other normal 15 year old girl, and a very beautiful girl at that. Robert 
couldn't help but shake his head; it all seemed so surreal. But as they 
approached the gym, Karen's tone changed. For the first time she began 
to talk seriously. " Now Robert ", she began " I may as well warn you  
about this now. When we go inside you're going to see me do some things 
in there that you might find, well, rather messy. I have alot of 
experience in this sort of thing and I know how to handle myself. If you 
would rather not watch, you can wait outside ". At this point, Robert 
couldn't stay away, even if he wanted to. He couldn't believe that this 
girl was going to take on Rick, and possibly some of his friends, by 
herself. This he had to see it for himself. " Very well then ", she said 
comely, " shall we go ". Together, they entered the gym. 

When they entered, they saw several large, well built boys pumping iron. 
" Which one is Rick ? ", Karen asked.  Robert pointed to the largest, 
most muscular one and said, " that's him.......are you sure you want to 
go through with this ? ". Karen smiled and said, " he's big, but I've 
handled bigger . Now, you have yourself a seat and enjoy the show ". 
Robert sat down on a stool and watched as Karen approached Rick. The 
contrast between them couldn't have been greater. A five foot five inch 
120 pound girl was going to challenge a six foot four inch 220 pound 
boy, the toughest in the school, no less. " Hello Ricky, my name is 
Karen. I understand you've been bothering my friend Robert over there. 
I'd appreciate it if you'd go over to him and apologise to, and promise 
not to do that again ". As the huge boy stared down at her she added, " 
if you don't, I'll make you wish you had ". " What the hell are you 
going to do about it, girlie ? " he bellowed. " I'll  do whatever I want 
to  him - and you can't do anything about it ". Karen sighed. She always 
felt that she should at least give the bullies a chance to see the error 
of their ways; BEFORE  her  ' treatment '. As usual, it didn't work...it 
never does. " Well then, I guess I'll have to teach you a 
lesson.......you bullies never seem to learn ". 

As Robert and Rick's friends watched, Karen slapped Rick hard across the 
face; first with her open hand, then she backhanded him. Enraged, he 
threw a punch at her but she easily ducked below it and landed several 
hard blows to his unprotected stomach. " I hope you can at least give me 
a decent workout ", she teased; " I'm giving up my aerobics class for 
this ". Rick staggered back from her surprisingly strong punches. Karen 
didn't press her attack for the moment. She was, after all, just warming 
up. After a few seconds Rick resumed , throwing punches wildly - 
swearing as he did. " You bitch, I'm gonna smash you're little ass into 
the ground ". "My my, such language. You really do need to be taught 
some manners. It's a good thing I happened to come along ", Karen 
laughed. She moved with a grace and a beauty that none of the boys had 
ever seen before. The smile never left her face as she easily avoided 
Rick's feeble attempts the hit her. When an opportunity came to 
counterpunch, she did, with such speed and accuracy that Rick was unable 
to block her fists. After several minutes of this, Rick was bleeding 
from the nose, and one of his eyes was closing. " You really should try 
to protect your face Ricky boy ", Karen giggled after landing ten 
straight punches to his head. As he brought up his hands to do just 
that, she blasted several shots into his unprotected mid - section. 
"Oops, I guess that wasn't such a good idea afterall, tee hee hee ". 

Robert and Rick's friends were in shock as they watched the much smaller 
girl batter the mighty Rick around the weightroom. She didn't even seem 
to be trying that hard as she laughed and teased him. Every once in 
awhile she would look over at Robert and wink. After knocking Rick down 
for the fourth time, one of Rick's friends decided to intervene on his 
behalf. As he snuck up from behind her, she suddenly whorled around and 
caught him on the side of the face with a vicious roundhouse kick. She 
quickly followed it up with several hard punches and one more kick. As 
the 200 pound boy collapsed on the floor, Karen put her hands on her 
hips and smiled at the rest of Rick's friends. " Would anybody else like 
to join it - the more the merrier ". Needless to say, nobody else 
volunteered. 

Rick was getting up slowly. Karen walked over to him and began to slap 
the now helpless boy back and forth across the face. As she did so, she 
lectured him on the evils of bullying other people smaller than himself. 
" Ricky boy - SLAP - you need to learn - SLAP - how to behave yourself - 
SLAP. It's not nice - SLAP - to pick on others - SLAP - that are smaller 
than you -  SLAP. This went on for a few minutes until Rick - the 
toughest boy in Central high - broke down and began cry. " Please stop 
hitting me, PLEASE; PLEASE stop ". For good measure Karen slapped him 
around a few more times, then dragged him over to where a very stunned 
Robert sat. " Robert, I believe Ricky boy here owes you an 
apology....don't you Ricky ? " She grabbed him by the hair and squeezed 
with surprising strength. " Robert, I'm sorry I pushed you around, I 
won't do it again....I promise ". Karen looked at Robert and said in a 
soft sweet voice, " Robert, do you accept his apology, or should I work 
him over some more? ". Robert looked at Rick -  crying like a baby in 
Karens masterful grasp - and he actually felt sorry for him. " I think 
he's had enough, Karen ". " Very well then ", she said. Karen then held 
Rick's pathetic face a few inches from hers and said," now Ricky, listen 
to me and listen good because I'm only going to say this once. If either 
you or any of your friends bother Robert again, then what I did to you 
now will seem like a massage compared to what I'll do to you when I get 
a hold of you...is this clear ? "  Rick, now merely a shadow of his 
former self, meekly agreed to leave Robert alone. " That's a good boy, 
Ricky ", Karen said as she patted him on the head. " I hope, for your 
sake, that you remember that ". Karen let him go and the once mighty 
Rick dropped to the floor, sobbing. 

As they walked back to Robert's home, Karen explained to him how she 
discovered her interesting "hobby" as she called it. When she was five 
her mother, a martial arts teacher, began to give her lessons. By the 
time she was ten she was a black belt in Karate. One day, when she was 
twelve years old, she was playing with some of her girlfriends in the 
park when some older boys tried to push them off the field they were 
playing on. When the girls protested that they were there first, the 
boys became very rude; so Karen beat them all up and sent them home 
crying. As the girls were leaving the park, one of her friends said to 
her, " Karen, you're so good at karate, you should hire yourself out, 
you could probably make a lot of money ", -  and the rest is history. 

When they returned to Robert's home, he went into his room. He came out 
and handed five $20 bills to Karen. " Karen, why don't you stay for 
dinner ? " he asked.  Karen smiled , " Thanks, but I'm afraid I can't 
today. There's another boy that's being bothered by a bully at 
Washington high. I promised him I'd  ' take care ' of his problem. 
Perhaps another time ". She kissed him on his cheek and smiled. " Good 
luck, Robert ", she said; and then she was off. Robert watched her  as 
she rode down the street  until she turned the corner and vanished from 
his sight.