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iolaus_dw"If you don't mind," said Iolaus conversationally as he politely tapped the brawny shoulder. "I believe the lady said she wants to be left alone."
"Buzz off, Shorty," growled the bully, "A'fore I really cut ya down ter size!"
"No, really," continued Iolaus, as if the ruffian hadn't spoken at all. "I think she's serious." He turned to the quaking woman. "You're serious, right? You'd really like him to go somewhere far away, wouldn't you?"
Eyes wide with fear, she vigorously nodded her head then cried out in pain as her uninvited guest clamped a meaty hand on her slender wrist.
"She's stayin' here," he snarled. "And we're gonna have us a good time." Black piggy eyes in a broad skulled face glowered at Iolaus. "Now get lost!"
Iolaus sighed and sadly shook his head. "I did try," he apologized a fraction of a second before he slammed the heel of his hand in the bully's nose, knocking him backward off the bench and onto the floor. Filling the gap by interposing himself between the roaring giant and the fair maiden, Iolaus lashed out with his feet in a blur of motion.
"WhooooooooHAHH!!" Snap-KICK! Left foot to the chin then quick spin and, Snap-KICK!! Right foot to the chest!
The bully fell onto his back like a felled tree and skidded across the floor. He slammed head-first into the far wall and went limp, blood trickling from his broken nose.
Iolaus dusted his hands on the seat of his leather trousers. "If only you'd listened," he admonished his unconscious opponent. Turning with a bright smile to the grateful maiden, he said, "Now then. Could I treat you to lunch?"
"Buzz off, Shorty," growled the bully, "A'fore I really cut ya down ter size!"
"No, really," continued Iolaus, as if the ruffian hadn't spoken at all. "I think she's serious." He turned to the quaking woman. "You're serious, right? You'd really like him to go somewhere far away, wouldn't you?"
Eyes wide with fear, she vigorously nodded her head then cried out in pain as her uninvited guest clamped a meaty hand on her slender wrist.
"She's stayin' here," he snarled. "And we're gonna have us a good time." Black piggy eyes in a broad skulled face glowered at Iolaus. "Now get lost!"
Iolaus sighed and sadly shook his head. "I did try," he apologized a fraction of a second before he slammed the heel of his hand in the bully's nose, knocking him backward off the bench and onto the floor. Filling the gap by interposing himself between the roaring giant and the fair maiden, Iolaus lashed out with his feet in a blur of motion.
"WhooooooooHAHH!!" Snap-KICK! Left foot to the chin then quick spin and, Snap-KICK!! Right foot to the chest!
The bully fell onto his back like a felled tree and skidded across the floor. He slammed head-first into the far wall and went limp, blood trickling from his broken nose.
Iolaus dusted his hands on the seat of his leather trousers. "If only you'd listened," he admonished his unconscious opponent. Turning with a bright smile to the grateful maiden, he said, "Now then. Could I treat you to lunch?"
