Cathy : The Life of a Superwoman by M.C. The Story of an Extraordinary Girl Cathy Thomas sat in her dressing room and brushed her long, beautiful blond hair. As she would soon be performing before a packed house of over 15,000 people, she wanted to look her very best. The powerfully built, muscular woman loved what she did for a living and would not trade it for anything else. It was fun, very healthy, gave her a great sence of satisfaction and paid extremely well. She also felt that, through her choosen profession, she was making a very important statement about women's equality. Cathy stood up and flexed her muscles. As she admired her physique - which came as the result of years of hard work and intensive training - there was a knock on the door. " Cathy, it's almost time ". She opened the door and smiled at Rick, the only man she had ever loved. He entered and they embraced, the feel of her powerful body against his never failed to arouse him. " Later honey ", she said softly to him; " after I finish working tonight ". He looked at her lovingly. " Do you want me to tie your hair back in a ponytail or will you ' perform' like this tonight ? " She knew her long hair, falling halfway down her back, excited him no end; " I think I'll wear my hair like this tonight.... I'm in a sexy mood ". She giggled, playfully tweeked his nose and then held out her hands to him. He grabbed her pink boxing gloves and put them on over her hands. He then began to lace them up. When he finished tying on the gloves, Cathy wacked them together a few times to make sure they were on tight enough. Satisfied that they were she began to shadow box in front of him. Her punches came within a few inches of his face but Rick knew there was no way she would strike him. Her hand speed and accuracy never ceased to amaze him however. After a couple of minutes Cathy smiled at him and said," I'm ready, let's go." Arm - in - arm they left her dressing room and headed towards the boxing arena. Before entering Rick kissed her and said, " good luck ". She lightly tapped him on the chin with her boxing glove and replied, " thanks, enjoy the show ". He then let her enter first as it was really her domain; he would follow a few feet behind. As Cathy entered the arena, the large crowd took notice. About half of them were women who suddenly broke out into rapturous applause. She was, afterall, their heroine. Cathy made her way down to the boxing ring and climbed through the ropes .She smiled and waved to her adoring fans. Almost unnoticed, Rick took his ringside seat next to her corner. After the applause had died down, a well dressed man entered the ring with a microphone. " Ladies and gentlemen, " he bellowed out, " it's now time for the main event ". He pointed to the corner opposite of Cathy, " in this corner, at six foot four and weighing 240 pounds, we have the challenger, unbeaten in 40 fights, winning all by knockout, the one and only, slugger Jim Morgan !!! " The large, powerfully built, very mean looking man stood up and flexed his huge muscles as the men in the crowd cheered. " And in this corner, standing five foot ten and weighing 180 pounds, we have the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world, Cathy Thomas !!! " Again the women in the audience yelled . Cathy acknowledged her fans with a wave and, looking over at Rick, a wink. For the first time Cathy eyed her opponent. He was big all right, but she had fought larger. The fact that he was undefeated didn't seem to bother her too much as all of his opponents were men. Ever since she had won the heavyweight boxing title, two years before, the powers that be were looking for a "great male hope" to regain the title they they felt rightfully belonged to their gender. But every man they had sent out to face her ended up the same way, battered and beaten by this georgous blond superwoman. Now, they thought, they had found their man; a tough, rock hard pugulist who claimed never to have lost a fight in his life. Cathy had lost count of the number of men they sent out against her since she won the title; was this the 15th...or the 20th ? It really didn't matter. She enjoyed boxing so much. Her only fear was that she would run out of men to fight - although given their machismo, and the affront they felt that a woman was the heavy- weight boxing champion - that didn't seem likely anytime soon. The bell for the first round rang and, with a serenity that only supreme confidence can give you, she calmly strode out to meet the mighty Jim Morgan. As they met in the center of the ring Jim glared down at the smaller woman. Dressed in a sexy, leopard skin bikini with her long hair flowing down her back, she was an insult to everything he thought boxing stood for - strength, power and maculinity. He felt he had to put her in her place, his gender was counting on him. Cathy just smiled up at him. How many times had she seen this ? Tough, macho man ; determined to prove that the male of the species is the stronger, that women are the weaker sex. Haven't they learned anything over the past two years ? Well she shouldn't complain though ; it's this outdated myth that keeps supplying her with a steady stream of opponents. Still, she couldn't help releasing a somewhat pathetic sigh," well Mr. tough guy " she said comely, " are you ready to get it on ? " Jim Morgan attacked her with a series of powerful punches that few men could have withstood. Cathy, however, easily avoided his blows by ducking or sidestepping them. Every once in awhile, when he would leave himself open, she would fire off a lightning quick jab to his face or midsection, but mostly she was content to fight on the defensive for the time being. She enjoyed this type of cat - and - mouse game; allowing her opponent to attack while she patiently waited for openings. She was in no hurry; afterall, the crowd paid good money to see a show, so why not give them one. For the entire three minutes of the first round, Cathy grace- fully danced around while Jim tried, in vain, to land even one single blow. Frustrated, after the bell to end the first round sounded, he threw a wild punch at her. Cathy raised up her arm and blocked it in mid - air. " Now, now big boy, if you don't fight fair, I 'm going to have to teach you a lesson ", she teased. Rick placed a stool in her corner and she sat down. " Well honey, enjoying it so far ? " " I always enjoy watching you box...you know that". She took her glove and brushed it on top of his head," you're sweet ". As they exchanged loving glances, the bell to begin the second round rang out. As with the first round, the larger man charged her and attempted to land his mighty punches. As with the first round, Cathy was content to simply try to block or avoid them. Only occasionally would she strike back with a jab. She began to tease him though. After a wild haymaker missed her by six inches, Cathy giggled and remarked, " boy, I'll bet they felt the wind from that one way back in the last row, tee, hee, hee ". And after a furious series of punches - all of which Cathy blocked - she smiled up at him and said, " Oh come on big boy, surely you can do better than that ". As intended, this tactic infuriated Jim into trying even harder, but nothing he tried had any success; Cathy was simply much too quick and agile for him. Just before the end of the second round, Cathy fired off ten punches in rapid succession at his face, all of which connected. Jim's nose began to bleed and there was a slight swelling under his right eye. Stunned, he returned to his corner where his trainer began to work on him. Instead of sitting down, Cathy spent the break in between rounds signing autographs for her many fans. She knew she had become a role model for many young girls who, instead of wanting to become secretaries or nurses, now wanted to become boxers. By the start of the third round, the arrogance that Jim had shown in the first two was gone. Gone was that smug look of male superiority. Now it was replaced by something else...fear. Fear that this beautiful woman could beat the crap out of him. Fear that she would give him the beating of his life, that she would humiliate him as she had so many others. After two rounds of furious fighting he hadn't landed one single punch. She seemed to be toying with him, easily avoiding his blows, while hitting him whenever she wanted too. As he became more cautious Cathy became more aggresive. She began to throw more punches, lightning fast jabs mostly which he found almost impossible to stop. Her punches had a surprisingly strong sting , where does her strength come from ? She began bully him around the boxing ring in a way nobody ever had done before. She began to take complete control.... As Rick watched the love of his life begin to batter yet another powerful man, he couldn't help thinking back seven years to that fateful day when he and Cathy met; they were just 15 years old. He had seen her a few days earlier, when she and her family moved into the house across the street. He hadn't really paid too much attention to her then but he did notice that she was beautiful - which presented him with a problem. He knew that only the popular boys, the jocks, got the pretty girls in school and he was neither. He knew that, even if he did introduce himself to her, it wouldn't be long before some athlete would take her away from him - it had happened before, why risk getting hurt again. He knew he was just a ' regular guy ' and girls like Cathy don't go for regular guys. Rick didn't see the point of even trying to get to know her. At the Jr. high school Rick attended, there was a gang of tough boys that always extorted money from the weaker ones. They demanded their lunch money and woe to the boy who didn't hand it over. If you complained to the teachers, then sooner or later, one - or several - of these boys would catch you alone and beat the shit out of you. Rick had been beaten up several times already. On this particular day, Rick didn't have any money with him when three of the largest boys demanded their ' payment ' . " Well then, it looks like we're going to have to take it out on your hide, wimp ", one of them said. Rick began to run but the bullies cornered him against a fence. As they were converging on him they heard a voice coming from behind. " Three against one, that doesn't seem very fair to me ",...it was Cathy. The three large boys turned around and one of them said, " this isn't any of your business so get the hell out of here ". To their surprise Cathy just smiled and said," my, my such language. If you boys apologise to me and promise to leave Rick alone, I' ll let you off with a warning ". The three boys looked at each other and began to laugh. " And if we don't ? ", another asked. " Then I guess I'm going to have to beat you up", she answered comely. Rick couldn't believe his ears. Was this girl, perhaps 120 pounds, really going to take on three of the toughest boys in school...for him ? He didn't have long to wait for an answer. As the bullys began to approach her, she suddenly attacked them. With a speed that none of them had ever encountered before, she hit them with her small but surprisingly powerful fists. She moved so quickly, and hit so hard, that in less than five minutes all three boys were on the ground, sobbing. Cathy then grabbed the largest of the three firmly by the hair and started to slap him hard across the face until he begged her to stop. " Do you promise to leave Rick alone from now on ? " she demanded. " Yes ", he said, in tears. " If I ever catch you or any of your friends bothering Rick again, then I'm going to take the whole lot of you across my knee and paddle your bottoms raw in front of the whole school, is that clear ? " Needless to say, it was. Cathy then forced them to apologise to Rick before letting them go. When the humiliated ex - bullies ran off, this new wondergirl comely walked up to Rick and said, in a voice as natural as can be, " Hello Rick, my name is Cathy; I believe we're neighbors ". The bell ending the third round sounded. Cathy had backed Jim into the corner and was playfully punching him at her leisure. She wasn't hitting him too hard, she was having too much fun to want the fight to end so soon. She smiled at him and in her cutest voice said, " rest up sweetie pie, tee, hee ". Jim staggered over to his corner where his handlers began trying to stop the bleeding from his nose and the swelling around his eyes. Cathy sat down on her stool and said, " Rick honey, could you please hand me my hairbrush ? " The scene had a look of surealism about it. In one corner sat the mighty Jim Morgan - the great male hope. Bloody nose, swollen eyes, a look of total despair all over his face. His trainer was working hard to stop the bleeding while his manager screamed out instructions as to what he should do to counter Cathy's vastly superior boxing ability; as if it really mattered. On the opposite side sat Cathy, not a mark on her, comely brushing her beautiful hair. She looked across the ring at Jim and blew him a kiss. Then she turned to Rick and asked, " do you remember the day when I told you that I was going to be the heavyweight boxing champion of the world ? " Remember..... how could he ever forget ? It was the greatest day of his life. After she beat up the bullies, and ended their reign of terror at the school, Cathy introduced herself to Rick. At first he was extremely nervous around her, after all what would such a magnificant girl want with a wimp like him ? She was so beautiful, so awesome. She sensed this in him but there was something about Rick that she liked right away, she didn't know what it was but she didn't give up on him. She persevered and, within a short peroid of time, succeeded to break down his defences that he had put up to hide his lack of self - confidence. Cathy and Rick soon became the very best of friends. He liked her because she was, quite simply, an amazing girl. There seemed to be nothing she couldn't do. Not only was she an incredible athlete, had a lovely personality and was - of course - beautiful; but she was also kind and compassionate. She liked him because he was honest, intelligent and didn't have an ego that had to be stroked. It didn't matter to him that she was a much better athlete than he was - she could beat him 6 - 0 , 6 - 0 in tennis and he wouldn't have minded ( though she always did let him win a game or two ). He was easy to be around and she didn't have to pretend to be anything or anyone other than who she was when she was with him. She never had a relationship like that before. Usually, when a boy found out just how good an athlete she was, his attitude would never be the same towards her - it would ruin the relationship; but Rick was different. In high school, she was the star athlete in every sport they allowed girls to play in. She was so much better than the other girls that by the end of her junior year, she was bored. She' d already led her team to the State basketball title two years in a row as well as swimming, track & field and tennis. She held just about every woman's record for running, jumping, shot put, discuss, etc. For her senior year she looked for a greater challenge...she wanted to play on the boy's football team. At first the coach laughed when he heard about it. But when the principal, Ms. Jones, reminded him that his team had only won three games in the last two years - and if they didn't improve this year he'd be looking for a new job - he agreed to give Cathy a tryout ; what did he have to lose. But he was determined to make it as difficult as possible for her. He told his ' boys ' not to go easy on her because she was a girl. By now Cathy had grown to her full height. At five foot ten inches tall and weighing 160 pounds she was still dwarfed by the much larger lineman, some of whom outweighed her by 100 pounds. The macho coach already stated that she would recieve no preferential treatment because of her gender - which is exactally the way she wanted it to be. Because she came on late - due to the coaches reluctance to even give her a tryout - she wasn't even issued a uniform; Cathy would tryout in a sweatshirt and shorts. Rick kissed her for good luck before taking a seat in the grandstand. Though he knew she was an excellent athlete, he couldn't help feeling apprehensive as he watched his beautiful girlfriend standing there among the giant football players. He also knew - as did Cathy - that a lot of the boys didn't want a girl on their team and would try to make it as difficult as possible for her. He discussed this with her before the tryout but she simply smiled and said," don't worry honey, it'll be O.K.; I've been working out you know ". She flexed her 17 inch bicept for him before heading out onto the field. Rick was right to be worried, many of the boys did not want her on the team; and none moreso than Bill Walker, the team's star fullback. He was determined to make it so rough on her that she would " leave the field crying ", he boasted. The coach divided his team into two squads, offence and defence. Cathy was put in the middle linebackers position on defence, where she was sure to see a lot of action. On the very first play, Bill Walker, the arrogent 210 pound fullback, took the football and charged right at Cathy. There was a loud " CRACK " heard throughout the stadium. Rick in the stands as well as all the football players stood in amazement. Cathy was standing there smiling with her hands on her hips. Bill was lying flat or his back...stunned. She helped him up and said with a giggle," gee that was fun. I think I'm going to like playing football tee, hee, hee ". Enraged, Bill returned to the huddle and growled," give me the ball again, this time I'm going to smash her !!! " Once again Bill took the ball and headed straight for Cathy. Once again she flattened him. " Oh poor baby, maybe you should try running at someone else ". The coach dropped his whistle and just stared. '' All right guys, give me some blocking this time!!! ", Bill roared. This time he was led by two large linemen, each weighing over 250 pounds. Cathy charged at them, pushed the linemen aside with surprising ease, bent over and grabbed Bill around the legs. She then lifted him up over her shoulder and carried him to where the stunned coach stood. Cathy dropped the humiliated Bill Walker at his feet and said, " I think Bill here needs a lesson in manners. If you can't teach him, then I will ". Bill Walker, the teams's star fullback, left the field crying, never to return. " What will I do now ? ", the coach asked, " he was our best player ". "Not to worry coach ", Cathy said, " I ' ll replace him ". And replace him she did. With Cathy at fullback and middle linebacker, the team began to romp over their opponents. On offence she was unstoppable, on defence she was like a brick wall. Scores of 49 -0 were not unusual as Cathy led her team to one rout after another. The day that will be forever etched in Rick's mind, however, was the homecoming game, when they played the defending city champions. Cathy was elected homecoming queen and Rick was her escort. Dressed in her evening gown she was beyond georgeous. And after the homecoming ceremony was over she comely changed into her football uniform and demolished the best team in the city. Cathy scored eight touchdowns and sacked the opposing quarterback eleven times leading her team to a 56 - 0 victory. At the homecoming/victory dance after the game Cathy, who, despite her great achievements, never even looked at another boy , told Rick her secret desires. One: that she and Rick would get married; and Two : she wanted to be the first female heavyweight boxing champion of the world. After she graduated high school, Cathy turned down dozens of football scholarships from major universities to play football. Unstead, she devoted herself to training for her ultimate goal, to win the heavyweight boxing title. To this end, she began a training regimen that could only be described as incredible. Weights, running, boxing; ten, eleven, twelve hours a day she would train. Rick watched in awe as Cathy turned herself from being a tremendous athlete into a superwoman. After a year of unbelieveably hard work and training she was ready to begin her quest. The bell to begin the fourth round rang. Cathy handed her hairbrush back to Rick, looked down and smiled. There was a large protrusion coming from his pants. She knew that she was turning him on. " Be patient little man " , she giggled, " first things first ". Cathy now turned her attention to the final destruction of Jim Morgan. She wasn't a vicious or cruel person. In fact, away from the boxing ring, she was as warm and friendly a person as you'd ever want to meet. But she did have this ' thing ' about her, her opponents always had to acknowledge her superiority. Whether it was schoolyard bullies, arrogent football players or her boxing opponents; they all had to be broken. Nobody would ever say that she won by some ' lucky ' punch. Before she knocked out her opponent, he knew she was his superior. When she first began to box professionally her opponents looked at her as something of a fluke. But after she began pounding her male opponents into submission, her reputation grew; as did her following. Women - as well as men - began to flock to her matches. And as she easily battered one fighter after another, it was only a matter of time before she would get her shot at the title. Although the controlling bodies of the sport wanted no part of her, Cathy's successes made a championship fight inevitable; the public demanded it. Jim Morgan backed up as Cathy stalked him. His earlier confidence had long since left him. Despite his much larger size and apparent strength, he was scared, very scared." Come on loverboy ", Cathy teased; " I'm not quite finished with you yet ". She backed him into the corner and began to pound the helpless man with lefts and rights as the women in the crowd cheered her on. Rick, swelled with pride as he watched his wife - to - be destroy yet another macho man, thought back to that glorious night when she won the heavyweight boxing crown. Rex Johnson was considered unbeatable. His strength and speed, was considered second to none. But after five rounds, Cathy had battered him to a pulp and was playfully teasing him. So complete was his humiliation that he actually broke down and began to cry in the middle of the ring. Cathy felt so bad about it , that she went to visit him in the hospital the next day to apologise ( he retired from boxing soon afterward and is believed to be running a hunting lodge somewhere in northern Montana now). Since then it's become a very familiar scene but one Rick never tired of seeing - watching his gorgeous girlfriend bring another macho man to his knees. Totally crushed by the smaller woman, Jim Morgan begged her to stop." Do you admit my superiority ? " , she asked him. Head bowed, the humiliated man nodded. Cathy smiled," well then, pleasent dreams ". She reared back and landed a solid right cross to his jaw which spun him around several times before he fell to the canvess, unconscious, on his back. Once again the well dressed man entered the ring. He held up Cathy's arm and said in a loud voice, " The winner, once again, by a knockout in 2:35 of the fourth round, and still undefeated heavyweight champion of the world...Cathy Thomas !!! " She put one foot on Jim's massive chest and flexed her muscles for the crowd; again they went wild. As the medics loaded the semi-conscious Jim onto a streacher and were carrying him out of the ring - to a waiting ambulance - Cathy couldn't resist one last dig. " I want to thank you for a lovely workout, I really enjoyed it - tee, hee, hee ". So he would never forget that it was a woman who had done this to him, she took her long, beautiful blond hair and fluffed it in his face while she giggled. Jim Morgan never fought professionally again. He was last seen mining for gold somewhere in Alaska. Rick entered the ring and embraced his magnificant girlfriend." Honey, you were totally awesome...as usual ". Cathy squeezed him tightly, " thank you Ricky ". She then bent over and lifted him up over her shoulder. Effortlessly, she carried him out of the ring and up the asile towards her dressing room; smiling and waving to her adoring fans as she went. Rick was smiling also, he knew what she had in store for him. Another rough, tough macho man had been totally destroyed by his superwoman. " Cathy, let's get married soon, I want to be Mr. Rick Thomas. " Very well then " , she responded with a laugh, " but first let's take care of our little ' friend ' here". Cathy gently stroked his bulging penis as she carried him into her locker room, closed and locked the door behind her. Epilogue Cathy and Rick were married soon afterwards. She continued her boxing career - defeating every man that dared to challenge her - for the next 20 years. The only time she took off was for maternity leave. When she reached the age of forty Cathy decided it was time to hang up her pink gloves. With a record of 210 - 0 (all by knockouts) Cathy retired from the sport she had dominiated for so long. A boxing tournament was held between all of the top contenders; the winner would be Cathy's successor. Male chauvinists, hoping to finally return the heavyweight crown to their gender, were soon to be disappointed however. For the winner of the tournament, and the new heavyweight boxing champion of the world, was none other than Cathy's 18 year - old daughter, Susan.