Sun Lin moved into the center of the
room. She had no choice but to
try to fight from the position of least
advantage. She was now surrounded
by about two dozen men. None
of them were carrying weapons. It
was apparent that they meant to take her
prisoner.
Slowly the circle of men closed in on
her. Despite their superior numbers,
they showed undue caution. It
was obvious that her reputation was being taken
seriously. Suddenly, as if on
a signal, several men lunged for her
simultaneously. Sun Lin jumped
high in the air. The room had
a rather low ceiling, no more than seven
feet. As a result she was forced
to limit her powers. Her leap,
however, still took her level with the height of her opponents’
heads. Then, spinning magically
in the air, Sun Lin kicked in all
directions. She struck so quickly
that the human eye could not follow her motion, but each kick found a target,
smashing into the heads of the onrushing
mob. Suddenly bodies were flying
in every direction as the force of her blows hurled men
back. Other men staggered away
from the action, clutching shattered noses or bruised
jaws.
Watching from the far corner of the room, Boss Crunch was
thunderstruck. Two dozen
men, and they couldn’t even handle one
woman! “Get
her! Get her!” he
screamed.
The circle of toughs advanced once more.
The result was the same, almost.
This time fewer men were injured, because fewer men had chosen to
expose themselves to Sun Lin’s
counterattack. Most of them held
back, afraid to get within her deadly
range.
Crunch’s eyes almost bugged out of his
head. This couldn’t be
happening! If it kept up the
Oriental bitch would defeat every one of his
men. He grabbed Brick’s
arm. “Get in there
Brick. Distract
her. I’ll try get behind
her.”
Brick lunged forward. If anyone
could take a punch, he could. The
remaining men saw him coming and took
heart. They had seen Brick take
on half a dozen men at once and beat them all
senseless.
Sun Lin saw the new threat coming.
She was impressed by the huge hulk that was lumbering toward
her. She didn’t think that
she had ever seen a man his size before.
The huge man stopped just out of her
range. He crouched, extending
his arms in front of him and began to circle to his
left. Sun Lin followed him, turning
as he circled her, keeping herself attuned for any movement from the other
men that surrounded her. What
she did not see was Boss Crunch moving into position just out side the circle
of henchmen. He was carrying
a boathook. He had not allowed
his men to carry any weapons for fear that they would use them against the
Jade Dragon. He wanted her
alive. But he had picked up the
boathook from the wharf just in case.
Brick was edging closer. Sun
Lin noted that as he crept forward the rest of the horde was creeping closer
as
well.
“Aaaarrrrggghhh!!!” With a maniacal scream, Brick charged
toward her. With a chorus of
yells the rest of the mob closed in too.
Sun Lin could not afford to try her former
defense. Brick was too big and
menacing. She had to concentrate
on him first. She ducked under
his arms and drove her foot straight into his solar
plexus. She struck so fast and
hard that her blow actually knocked the lumbering giant
back a step. But more
importantly, she knocked the breath clean out of
him. Brick dropped to the floor,
clutching his midsection, temporarily out of the
fight. But now the rest of
Crunch’s men were upon her.
There was however, one chance.
She jumped straight forward, landing on Brick’s
shoulders. His great bulk provided
her with a perfect launching ramp.
She spun like a top, and struck half a dozen times in less than a
second. Crunch’s thugs went
flying as if thrown from a centrifuge.
Crunch made his move. As Sun
Lin completed her deadly pirouette he swung the boathook catching her flying
cloak in its sharp point. Pulling
with all his strength, Crunch jerked on the
handle. That was all it
took. The Asian heroine was jerked
off her feet. She landed heavily
on her back, caught off guard by the unexpected tactic.
Instantly, what remained of
Crunch’s men swarmed over
her. She
had disabled over a dozen men, but those that remained were more than enough
to hold down the 125 pound girl.
In terrible desperation Sun Lin fought to break free, knowing that she was
doomed if she did not. She injured
several more, but their sheers numbers
triumphed. Two men grabbed each
of her powerful thrusting legs, and two others immobilized her
arms. As their hands closed on
her, she almost panicked. A terrible
fear surged through her and she heaved her body frantically, jerking her
captors back and forth like so many rag
dolls. But there were just too
many of them to shake loose. A
heavy hemp rope was produced and dropped over her
arms. As it was pulled tight,
it pinned her arms against her torso.
After that, it was a simple matter of adding more
rope.
Her eyes wide with apprehension, Sun Lin felt her arms drawn behind and then
bound at the wrists. Then her
legs were bent up and her ankles were bound to her wrists, effectively hog-tying
her. Sun Lin strained every muscle
in her body, but the heavy rope would not
budge. She was helpless and at
the mercy of a brutal gang lord!
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