"You're not going to fight her, are ya?"Harmon asked.
"That depends on her," Shallista said. "Either way, I will get justice for Penelope."
"L-let me talk to her first," Harmon said. "As the head watchman, I have ta try and maintain order."
Suddenly, three of Lady Grizelda's people walked out. "Wasn't it fun beating the crap out of that slut last night?" one as the other two.
"Yeah," another one answered. "That'll teach her to wear sexy armor. Freaking whore."
"Maybe she'll change her slutty ways," the third laughed.
Shallista clenched her fist and grumbled. "How dare you..."
They looked at her. "Well look who it is," one said. "If it isn't the lead slut herself. Come to get revenge?"
Harmon stepped in Shallista's way before she could move. "You ladies wouldn't happen ta know where Lady Grizelda is, would ya?"
"I don't know," one said. "Maybe she's in your bedroom."
"Ha, in your dreams," another said.
"W-what happened to those sweet ladies me and my boys were talking to last night?" he asked.
The third laughed. "Just the means to an end."
"Penelope's laid out in the hospital," Harmon said. "Don't ya care?"
One looked at the other two. "Hey, she's in the hospital. We really cleaned up, huh?"
Shallista had heard enough. She shoved Harmon out of the way, then ran up and punched one of them in the face, knocking her down.
"Lady Raven," one said. Then, she looked angrily at Shallista. "You'll pay dearly for that. Let's get her, Lady Vivian." She took a swing at Shallista.
Shallista blocked and kicked her back. She then blocked an attack from Lady Vivian and flipped her to the ground. Lady Raven had gotten to her feet by now but was kicked back down as Shallista delivered a spinning back kick to her torso. The third recovered and charged her, but Shallista grabbed her and whipped her into Lady Vivian as she was getting up, sending them both crashing to the ground in a pile of hair and armor.
"Hey!" Harmon shouted. "Everyone stop it!"
Lady Raven delivered a blindside tackle to him, knocking the wind out of him. As she stood and looked at Shallista, she said, "You're next, whore."
"Oh, you're so tough, knocking out someone who wasn't expecting it," Shallista said sarcastically.
Lady Raven attempted to draw her sword, but Shallista staggered her with a punch to the face and drew it herself, safely tossing it aside. Then, she blocked a few punches from Lady Raven before capturing her arm and delivering a number of her own brutal punches until she was knocked out and fell to the ground.
She turned her attention to the other two, who groaned as they started to stir. She ran up and kicked Lady Vivian, knocking her on her back. Then, she stomped on her head, knocking her out before she could do anything else.
The third woman could only cower in fear and wet herself. "P-please...don't kill us."
Shallista huffed. "Where's all that tough talk now? I bet you didn't expect to lose to a slut, huh?"
"S-sorry..."
Shallista grabbed her by the hair and stood her up. "When you do people wrong, you pay the price. You look down on me. You beat on my subordinates. You threaten innocent people. You toy with men's hearts. You've run up quite a tab and now the bill is due."
"Please," the woman begged. "It's going to hurt."
"I'll bet Penelope said something similar before you laid your filthy hands on her," Shallista said. "And I'll bet you laughed the night away as you beat on her. Then, the fun continued as you stripped off her armor and painted curses on her body. And I know damn well you didn't feel a bit of remorse as you dragged her into the middle of town and tied her to a bench naked. So, excuse me if I don't feel a single bit of remorse for what I'm going to do to you." Then, she delivered a number of vicious elbow strikes until the woman was knocked out before flinging her aside like a toy she'd grown bored of.
"What do you think you're doing?" a familiar voice asked.
She looked. It was Lady Grizelda. "Oh, you're just who I was looking for. I can't wait to get my hands on you."
"Same here," Lady Grizelda said. "If you think you're going to get away with beating on my girls, you've got another thing coming." She drew her sword. "It's the last mistake you'll ever make."
They charged each other. Shallista ducked a slash, then grabbed her arm and whipped her to the ground. After a brief struggle for the sword, Shallista won out and threw it aside. They both scrambled to their feet and stared each other down.
Shallista rushed in and delivered a vicious punch that knocked her down. Then she picked her up by the hair. "I'm not done with you yet."
Lady Grizelda fought free of her gripped and delivered a headbutt. Shallista retaliated with a headbutt of her own. The two of them exchanged a few more headbutts until they both fell to their knees. Lady Grizelda took the opportunity to grab a handful of dirt and throw it in her eyes.
"Argh!" Shallista cried out as the dirt stung her eyes. Then, she felt blow after blow as she was struck, unable to see where the attack was coming from. Eventually, she found herself on her stomach. With the attacks seeming to relent, she removed one of her gloves and cleared her eyes.
As her sight came back, she saw Lady Grizelda approaching with a 2x4. She hurried to her feet, but Lady Grizelda was already in mid-swing by the time she was standing. She guarded high, but the attack hit her on the side of her left knee. "Urgh!" she cried as she was forced to down to her hands and knees. She wiggled her foot to test whether or not it was broken.
"Heh, if only you'd worn proper armor, you probably still be on your feet," Lady Grizelda laughed. "But no, you chose to be a slut and look at you now, on your hands and knees. Right where you belong." She prodded her with the 2x4. "So much exposed skin. So many vulnerable spots. Where should I strike next? Shall I break your back? Perhaps I should break that leg I just softened up. Or maybe I should just finish the job and break your head."
"Right now, the only thing you're breaking is my eardrums," Shallista shot.
Lady Grizelda struck her in the back several times until she was lying on her stomach again. "You're tough, I'll give you that. But you can't win."
"You're right about one thing," Shallista said, as she worked her way back to her knees. "I am tough. And I've fought people a lot tougher than you." She spat out some blood, then rose to her feet. "I'm a mountain girl. This body doesn't break so easily."
A look of incredulity came across Lady Grizelda. "What? How are you able to stand?"
"Because I haven't lost yet. And I won't lose until I make you grovel at Penelope's feet and beg for forgiveness." She caught an incoming 2x4 strike and ripped it out of Lady Grizelda's hand. Then she sent Lady Grizelda stumbling back with a punch to the chest.
Lady Grizelda looked down at her breastplate and saw it was dented. "Huh? With her bare hands?"
Shallista hit her in the chest again, making the dent bigger.
"W-what kind of monster are you?" Lady Grizelda stammered.
"Surely you didn't think this body was just for looks, did you?" She threw a punch, which Lady Grizelda blocked but still made her stumble. Then she threw a kick, catching her in the side.
"Oww!" Lady Grizelda said. "How did I feel that through my armor?" Then, she grumbled. "I won't lose to you!" She charged and tackled Shallista.
Shallista rolled through and flung her into a bench, which broke from the impact.
Lady Grizelda was conveniently next to the sword Shallista had tossed away. She picked it up and said, "I'm going to do what I should have done before."
Shallista ran in and disarmed her before she could swing it. Then, she picked up Lady Grizelda and slammed her down on her head. She scooped her up from the ground and ran her into the side of a building before picking her up and slamming her down on her head again.
"Ungh!" Lady Grizelda groaned as she tried to crawl for the nearest weapon she could find.
"Nope," Shallista said, grabbed her by the hair and standing her up.
Lady Grizelda fought free and they traded punches. After about twenty punches, Lady Grizelda stumbled back and dropped to her knees. "This can't be happening."
"You aren't going to beat me," Shallista said. "Just give up."
"No..." Lady Grizelda grumbled. "I can't accept that. I won't lose to a slut!" She hopped up to her feet and tried to rip off Shallista's top.
Shallista stifled laughter. "What do you think you're doing?" She punched her in the face until she let go and fell. Shallista then mounted her and rained down punches until she cried out for her mother. Shallista stopped, her fist raised and shaking as she did everything she could to restrain herself.
Lady Grizelda looked up, a look of fear on her bloodstained face. "Y-you win...damn it..." Then, she passed out.
Shallista stood and noticed a number of people, including the watchmen, looking on in shock. She raised up an arm in triumph and roared, "Sexy Warriors!"
The crowd broke out into applause and cheers.
Harmon walked over, a heartbroken look on his face as he looked down at Lady Grizelda.
"You really fell for her, didn't you?" Shallista asked.
"I thought she and her girls were better people than that. I mean, I'm kind of a lonely man and here she was, this woman around my age with a bright smile. I just thought...I don't know what ta think anymore."
"I'm sorry...but I had to do it for Penelope."
"Yeah...I know..."
"So, what are you going to do about her and her group? I mean, for punishment?"
"I don't know."
"Lady Victoria has agreed to stay and pay Penelope's hospital bill," Shallista said. "Maybe we should force the others to join her. At the very least, we can't let them leave until they've groveled at Penelope's feet and begged for forgiveness."
"That sounds like a plan ta me. What's ta stop 'em from runnin' at the first opportunity, though?"
"Leave that to me. I'll take custody of them and if they try to run, I'll simply beat the crap out of them again." She forced a smile. "And maybe there will be something in it for you, too."
"Hmm...I'll trust ya if ya say so," he said, turning and waving back over his shoulder. "Well, I'm gonna tell Epsley the good news. I'll see ya soon."
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