They stopped to look over the case files at Dunkin Donuts. Buffy systematically sorted them into three different piles based on the crime, bounty, and danger level of the FTA. She shook her head when she saw that Vinnie was double-crossing not only her, but Ranger as well. The thought of Ranger brought a soft smile to her lips for a mere second before it was gone. Giving herself a mental shake, she devoured another tasty treat, then looked at her two partners in crime. The questions they longed to ask were written all over their faces.
"Okay, you two, shoot. I know you want to know about something so get it off your chest."
Lula looked at Stephanie's cousin who had replaced Ranger as her number one hero. "How'd you do that to them tires? I never seen anyone be able to make the tires fall off a car before."
"Just a little trick I learned in my wild and crazy youth." Reaching into her pocket she pulled out a strange looking wrench then tossed it on the table between them. "We used to play pranks a lot on the bullies where I lived. I knew a guy who was into cars and he told me about this handy dandy doohickey. It pops the lug nuts off the tires, then all you have to do it give it a gentle jerk. The tires are barely holding on then when your victim gets in their car voila, tires go splat. Joyce has been messing with my family for a while now; I just thought that it was time for someone to mess with her. Maybe next time she will think twice before she opens her big mouth for something other than shoving a cock down it." Buffy smirked when her words caused Stephanie to spew her coke all over the table.
Lula's eyes glowed with anticipation and admiration for Buffy. "Girl, you gots to show me some of your other pranks; there are a few people that need a good talking to, in my opinion."
Buffy laughed out loud causing heads to turn in their direction. "Sure thing, Lula, you just point them out and tell me what they've done and to who and between us we will come up with some yummy payback."
Stephanie looked over the sorted piles and one caused her to turn a deathly white. "B-buffy, this can't be right. There is no way that Vinnie would have given this file to Joyce or me. This guy is bad news. The police have never been able to catch him on anything. I'm not even sure that Ranger could take him down without a lot of help and extreme force."
Buffy pulled the folder towards herself to reread the information. It stated that one Benito Salinto was wanted for Failure to Appear for a lists of crimes that would make Walker Texas Ranger shake in his boots. There were charges for rape, murder, extortion, and the list went on and on. She let out a soft whistle. "You think Ranger knows that Vinnie is undercutting not only him, but me as well. Maybe when I bring ole Saltines in, then I will let Ranger know that Vinnie is willing to cut both of us out for a very large piece of ass."
"Buffy, you can't mean that you are going after Benito? Ranger has a whole team to back him up and still things go wrong. How are you planning on pulling this off without his help?"
A feral grin crossed her face, which caused the hairs on Lula's neck rise. "I have a few things up my sleeves that he doesn't."
"Like what little gurl, a bazooka."
"No, I have used a rocket launcher before though. You see Lula sometimes it isn't about being bigger, definitely not that, or stronger, definitely that, but about what you bring to the game. I'm guessing in the past that Ranger asked for your help with this type of takedowns, then he would sweep in and take out the bad guys. Well, I can cut out the middleman and take care of it myself. See, when guys see little ole me, they think that I'm a push over, and it bites them in the ass every time. Stephanie, do you think that you and Lula can handle the easy cases today? I need to take care of a few things. I'll take these with me." Buffy's hand automatically took all the files with the higher profile FTAs including Benito Salinto. "Don't worry about dropping me anywhere I'll take a cab back to my apartment. If you have any problems let me know and I'll come a running."
She strolled out of the donut shop while Stephanie and Lula bent over to watch her with their mouths open in shock.
"Stephanie, your cousin is a whole lot of trouble in one itty bitty package. Do you think that we should let Ranger know about Benito? I know that Buffy is good, but she is still not from the Burg. She just doesn't understand how things work around here, and it could get her killed."
"I don't think that we have seen anything yet. Something tells me that we haven't seen all the tricks that she has up her sleeves. I know that I'm not calling Ranger, no matter how much I want to. Would you want to have her training you and pissed at you at the same time? Not me, no way."
"I'm with you on that one girlfriend; ya think we have enough time for another crème filled?"
Buffy caught a cab and headed for her apartment. She knew the perfect person to help her find out the information that she needed to find Saltines. Randy gave her a number to call and leave the numbers 3355, then hang up. He would call her back on a secure line. Thanks to Giles and Willow, none of her calls could ever be traced. In fact, as far as anyone knew she didn't have a phone number, other than her cell. She slipped off her boots then padded into the kitchen for some White Chocolate and Almond Ice cream. Her phone rang exactly ten minutes later. "Hello Randy, how's it going in no man's land?"
"I'm laying low and moving every other day. So far, I haven't picked up any tales but I am running out of places to go and may have to move further out. It would be stupid to return to any place that I have already been. Have you been able to find out anything on the people that I told you about?" He voice sounded hopeful through the phone.
"I have a few feelers out and I think that I met your man. The information that we need should be here in the next few days. If you need a place to stay, you can stay with me. Let me know I don't want you too far away it will leave you too vulnerable if I can't get to you if you need help." There was no sound from the other end of the phone. "Randy, are you still there? Are you okay?"
"You would let me stay with you to keep me safe?" Randy's voice was a tiny whisper over the phone.
Buffy felt her heart go out to the tiny man who couldn't believe that anyone would care whether he was safe, or even alive or dead. It made her sad to think of him being that alone in his life. "We are friends now aren't we? I would do anything for my friends, Randy. You'll learn that about me once you get to know me better."
"Thanks Buffy, but I couldn't do that. What if I led them to you then you would be in trouble and these guys wouldn't care that you're a woman."
She laughed thinking of all of the demons and vampires that she faced and he was worried about some gangsters. "The bad guys always under estimate us little guys, don't they, Randy? Now, how do you feel about sticking it to another bully?" She explained to him all about Benito and what she needed to know causing him to chuckle over the phone. They hung up after he promised to call her back with the information in an hour.
Buffy padded barefoot around her apartment enjoying the peace and quiet. She liked getting to know the Plums, but the solitude was what she craved after all those months of cramped quarters. A song came on the radio that used to play at The Bronze which made her a little nostalgic, but all in all Buffy was enjoying getting a chance to make a life for herself. She grabbed a bottle of Yoohoo out of the fridge then sat down at the kitchen table to go back over her plan for one Benito Salinto. This was a little different than stopping an apocalypse, since she normally made sure the bad guys died, but she couldn't do that anymore.
The phone rang and it was Randy with the information that she needed. The light of battle entered Buffy's eyes and the Slayer peaked out. A vampire would have told Benito to run for his life. The repeat offender who thought that his wife was his number one punching bag, not to mention liked to use elementary aged children to run his drugs was about to find out exactly what a Slayer was all about.
She called the front desk to find out if her package was delivered as promised. The manager told her that it was waiting for her downstairs. Buffy thanked him then went to change her clothes and pick up a few special toys that she was dieing to try out. Thirty minutes later, she headed towards the rough side of Trenton. If Stephanie and Lula knew what she was doing, they would be calling Ranger, Joe, and the National Guard to find her. Her newest toy was a brand new Yamaha Warrior motorcycle. She may not be able to drive a car but she was hell on two wheels thanks to Spike. They didn't spend all their nights in his crypt. He would take her out riding and on a lark taught her how to drive his motorcycle. She saw the one she was currently riding when she was on the plane to Cleveland. Giles told her that she was an adult now and she had plenty of money to buy anything that she wanted within reason.
Buffy punched in the coordinates that Randy gave her into the GPS she special ordered. She spent the last few weeks studying maps of Trenton. Knowing the ins and outs of Sunnydale saved her life on more than one occasion and she wasn't willing to make a stupid mistake by not knowing her surroundings. She was going hunting just for a different type of big bad.
A streak of red and black sped by Ranger's black Bronco. He admired the sleek motorcycle and the slender body that handled it so expertly. There was something about the driver that reminded him of someone but he couldn't quite place who. The bike quickly moved out of sight heading towards the bad side of town. Ranger shook his head hoping the idiot that was riding the bike was smart enough to stop before they got too far into parts of Trenton even he wouldn't go without back up.
Stephanie and Lula spent the morning wondering what Buffy was doing. She wasn't answering her phone. They had a bad feeling she was going after Santos. Vinnie didn't have many skips for Stephanie, and Lula said she was to upset to file, so they did the only thing they could in a situation like this - they went to lunch.
After placing an order for an extra large pizza and a pitcher of coke, the girls slid into a booth. Pino's wasn't too crowded yet since it was still early. Lula beat Stephanie for the seat that faced the front of the restaurant. She proceeded to give a running commentary of each person that walking in from the way they walked to the clothes they wore. When her eyes grew wide then a slight sheen of sweat broke out on her brow, Stephanie knew it had to be Ranger.
No matter how sexy he was, both girls ignored him completely when the waiter put down an enormous pizza in front of them. They each snatched a large piece and shoved it into their mouths as their eyes closed while a look of bliss came over their faces.
Ranger stood watching this strange ceremony. No matter how many times he saw Stephanie eat, it still astounded him at the way she forgot everything else but the food. She treated it like a friend, a lover, well like a man she wanted, he stopped his thoughts because a beautiful blonde popped into his head at that moment. Ranger could see Buffy devouring the food they had on their date. The low moan she made at the back of her throat when the flavors burst in her mouth still echoed in his mind. He could see her laid bare beneath him making that exact same sound. All of a sudden, his camo pants felt uncomfortably tighter.
Stephanie called out again. "Ranger!" She glanced at Lula with a worried look on her face. Neither woman could ever remember Batman ever zoning out before to tell the truth it scared the shit out of them.
"What!" He snapped out of his daydream pissed at himself and everyone else.
"Don't snap at me. I didn't do anything." Stephanie told him off while Lula tried to squeeze all 200 plus pounds of herself underneath the table.
The bolts that held the table down for over thirty years began to squeak and groan. Now, Lula tried to sit back up and couldn't. Her back hip was part way wedged under the table while two large breasts rested on top. "Help me I'm stuck." Her eyes were as big as saucers and the table was groaning with each move that she made.
Stephanie grabbed the pizza and coke careful to make sure they were out of harm's way. She looked at Ranger, who was trying not to laugh. He shrugged his shoulders when she glared at him then walked over to help Lula out from under the table. They looked like a circus act as he pulled and she yelled that he was killing her but she finally popped free at about the same time that the table toppled over onto its side with a loud crash. Lula and Ranger were both breathing heavy while Stephanie tried hard not to laugh.
"Where is Buffy?" Ranger pulled up a chair after putting the table back in place. He looked around but didn't see the tiny blonde anywhere much to his disappointment.
Lula eyed the table wondering if she wasn't better off back where she was and now that the table wasn't bolted down maybe, she wouldn't get stuck. Stephanie was wondering if there was enough room for both her and Lula underneath the table. They caught each others eye. Each woman nodded at the other indicating that the other should be the one to tell Ranger what they suspected Buffy was doing. They looked like a couple of rabid chickens their heads were bobbing back and forth at each other at such a rapid pace.
Ranger didn't like what he was seeing. "Babe," his voice was soft whisper.
Stephanie sighed; she knew that he wouldn't let her get away without telling him. "Vinnie gave her Benito Salinto. I tried to tell her that he was a bad guy and that she shouldn't even consider going after him."
Ranger didn't say a word to them. He pulled out his phone punched a button. "Tank, suit up. Benito, yeah, Vinnie gave him to Buffy, and she went after him. Wait a minute." He looked at Stephanie with coal black eyes. "How long ago did you talk with her?"
"We saw her this morning but she hasn't been answering her phone for the last couple of hours." Lula supplied.
"What! How come you didn't tell me before now? Don't you know how dangerous Benito is? He is a high dollar skip for a reason. Buffy is good, but she is still only one person and she doesn't know Trenton or how things work here. Why didn't you call me and let me know so I could have stopped her or helped her."
"Huh, that girl is one bad little mama. I mean you are Batman but I'll be damned if she ain't Catwoman and Electra all wrapped into one."
He stood up shoving the chair across the floor. "Did she go back to your house after she left you?" He looked at Stephanie.
"Uh, yeah, she went back to the house. She said that she wanted to look over the file and make some calls or something like that." She muttered not looking him in the eye. Ranger didn't notice since he was already headed out the door.
"Girl, you are bad. How come you let him think that she still lives with you and Joe?"
"When my cousin wants Ranger to know where she lives then she will let him know herself, until then she lives with us."
Buffy parked her bike in the warehouse that Randy's friend owned. She left her helmet and bike jacket behind while she threw a lightweight bag over her shoulder. A freight elevator took her to the top floor then from there she took a short flight of stairs up to the roof. The warehouse gave a perfect view of the all four city blocks that surrounded it. Randy's friend was a well connected with the mob and used it for hiding out err items that needed to stay out of sight. No one in this part of town bothered the warehouse, and the mob left it alone. It was an arrangement that worked for all parties involved.
The other information that Randy got for her was what wasn't in Benito's file. These four blocks were his; where he distributed drugs, used elementary kids as runners, ran runaways as hookers, and much, much more. It turned out that the information highway at his tiny little fingers told Randy that something large was going down this evening.
She settled in to stalk her prey. For the first time since coming to Trenton, Buffy felt the thrill of the hunt. She let the Slayer out with each breath that she took, each sound that she identified, and each piercing glance of her eyes at the area below. Her head snapped around as her target was spotted.
Benito Salinto stood one block over making a drug deal. Beside him was a badly beaten teenager who whose long dark hair reminded Buffy of Dawn. He kept a firm grasp on the too thin arm, even though the teen didn't try to resist or move away. Benito turned to her and with an evil smile slapped her with his other hand. The girl's thin body would have crumpled without the vice-like hand to hold her. The man that controlled her life, and the lives of many others was of medium height with dark, greasy hair, cold black eyes, a body that would run to fat in a year or two, if he lived that long, and a bright red bandana around his head.
Buffy eyed her prey with a malicious glee that any vampire would have known meant they were dust in the wind. She took out a crossbow, loading it up with ammunition made especially for this purpose. After taking careful aim, the trigger released, and a swish could be heard as it hit its mark. A figure crept around the side of the building moving closer to its target. It faded into the bricks, shadow and doorways.
A small boy no more than ten years old acted as a lookout. Benito paid him fifty dollars a week to run errands for him and not ask questions. Tommy knew how to do as he was told and his family needed the money. He felt something touch his shoulder, and he turned around slowly, scared of who was behind him. Tommy's eyes grew large at what he saw. There, crouched low hidden in the shadows was a beautiful lady with pretty green eyes. She motioned for him to come closer. He knew he shouldn't, but his feet moved all by themselves.
"I want you to go on home now, sweety. No one will look for you, and no one will know that you aren't here I promise. You need to go home and be safe, okay?" Tommy nodded his head. "What's your name?"
"Tommy Martin." He mumbled looking down at his feet.
Buffy put her finger under his chin. "Tommy, my name is Buffy. I want you to make me a promise that you won't do this anymore." She saw him start to protest. "If you do then I promise to help you find a job that won't get you in trouble or hurt, deal?" Her hand went out for him to shake which he hesitantly did. They smiled at each other then Buffy turned him around to push him toward home slipping her card in his back pocket.
Her smiled faded away the minute that she saw that Tommy was out of sight. Looking around the corner, the prey was only a few hundred yards away now. It was time to see how it liked to be hunted, frightened, helpless. The Slayer was just below the surface. Surprisingly, the protector of humankind had no qualms about teaching this "human" a lesson. They were more at ease with one another could slide in and out when needed. "Time to play, Benny boy. Let's see you like it when there is someone who makes you feel helpless and scared." She moved closer then crouched down opening her bag.
The street erupted into chaos as car alarms went off in every car along both sides of the streets and sirens blasted. Benito took off running down the street leaving the girl behind him. He headed off down one street, but the minute he headed that something whizzed by his head that sounded like a bullet. It had him spinning back around the other way to head down another street. Another 'bullet' sped by him, this time it creased his arm causing him to cry out. Clutching his arm, Benito turned again to move away from the cross fire. He couldn't figure out who was doing this, how many of them there were, or even where the bullets were coming from. A dark alley was ahead which should give him some cover, and he thought he remembered that was where Max's warehouse was, and he could hide out there. The minute he stepped into the alley behind the warehouse, a shiver raced up his spine.
A rope with a large loop tightened around feet, hauling a shrieking body into the air. The body twisted and turned trying to get free, while another rope looped out to catch the flailing arms. It was tightly around the torso, effectively disabling any movement.
"Who are you? What do you want? Do you know who I am? I will kill you when I get free from here. I am Benito Salinto, and I own these streets." He was startled when he heard the soft laughter of a woman. He cried out in pain when something hit his back.
Buffy walked around him slowly. Her staff tapped against her leg as she decided just how she would teach this lesson. "You have been a very bad boy. Not only did you not appear in court when you were supposed to, no that isn't the real problem. In fact, I want to thank you for that because it gave me this chance to have a little quality time with you, Benny. No, you need to learn not to pick on women and children. What is the matter aren't you man enough to handle a woman without beating her up first? It is because your dick is so little that she has to be scared of you so, she won't laugh at you?"
He started cussing her and trying to twist his head around to see her. "Bitch, puta, I am more man than you could ever handle. Let me down from here, or I will kill you."
The staff came down on his back hard. "Didn't your momma teach you that you shouldn't talk like that? I guess that I will just have to help you remember your manners." Buffy went inside the building then back up to the roof where she hoisted Benito up into the air. He screamed the entire time.
"Let me down, dios mios. Let me down, I will give you what you want. You want money, I have lots of money; or drugs, I have the best in Trenton. Ask anyone."
She dropped him down almost to the street; his head almost brushed the pavement. Buffy could hear him praying and cussing all in the same breath. "Are you going to ever hit your wife again, Benny?"
"She is my woman. You can't tell a man what he can do to his own woman." Before the last word left his mouth, he was dropped again. This time he only went half way and stopped with a hard jerk. The journey back up was slow, painstakingly slow.
Buffy only heard prayers this time. "I don't think that you understand how this works. This is what you can call an attitude adjustment. Until you adjust your attitude, you won't get down from here and it will only get worse. I haven't even started."
"I will not touch my woman."
"Somehow, I don't believe you. Let's try this." Buffy put a spin on this trip shooting Benito all the way to the ground. His head only an inch or two above the ground then it began to bounce against the hard pavement.
"Please, I will do what you want just being me up and I will do what you want." His voice shook and a trickle of blood dripped into his eyes. Benito couldn't ever remember feeling this scared before, this uncertain about what would happen next. His was pulled up slowly, too slowly until finally he reached the roof.
"Now, that wasn't too hard now was it? You are going to have plenty of time to think about all of the people that you have hurt while you are in jail, Benny. I promise that this time no one will post your bail. You are going to plead guilty and do your time and if I hear any differently then I'm going to show what real pain is all about." Buffy pulled his swinging body close so that he could see her eyes.
Benito had faced a lot of ruthless people in his life but none of them scared him the way this small woman did. Her eyes were like pieces of green ice but it was more than that. There was something about her that told him she would do exactly what she said she would.
Buffy flipped open her phone. "Eddie, could you come and pick up a prisoner for me, I don't have any way to transport him;Yeah, it's Benito Salinto;Yes that is what I said;Here is the address. We will be waiting in the alley;See ya in a few, thanks, Eddie."
Ranger sped back to Rangeman Enterprises with all types of horrible scenarios running through his mind about what could be happening to Buffy. An inhuman growl burst from deep in his chest. He swore right then if even one hair was harmed on her head, that after he took care of Benito, he would personally kill Vinnie Plum.
Tank, Carlos, and the rest of the Rangeman team were ready to roll when he pulled into the parking lot. They took one look at his face and didn't say a word more for their own sense of preservation than anything else.
"I found out where his area is, and if she is any good at all that will be where she is headed." Tank got into the Bronco with Ranger giving him the information.
"She is good, but she doesn't know Trenton and she has no idea what kind of slime she is dealing with. I can't believe that Stephanie knew and didn't call and tell so I could have stopped Buffy before she even went after Benito. What is wrong with that woman? She isn't bulletproof." Ranger's fingers raked through his hair.
Tank looked on not used to seeing his normally calm boss so frantic. "Boss, Buffy is pretty good about taking care of herself. Sure she doesn't know Trenton, but maybe it won't be as bad as you think."
Ranger shot him a look that could have curdled concrete then flipped on the police radio. His foot pressed to the floor as he took the corner on only two wheels and shot around cars causing cars to honk then slam on brakes. Tank grabbed the handhold and prayed that they would make it in one piece.
This is DR34 we are in route to East State Street for a FTA pickup. ETA is fifteen
The two men looked at each other in shock. Ranger said several choice words in Spanish and Tank tried not to laugh. There wasn't anyway that they could beat the police. They would be rolling up right behind them.
Eddie pulled into the alley that Buffy told him, but what he saw made him doubt his own sanity. There was Buffy, pretty as a picture leaning against the building, while beside her quiet as a mouse sat one Benito Salinto. She nudged him with the toe of her boot and the drug dealer got up and walked to the police car to wait.
"Hey, Eddie, thanks for coming. Don't worry about ole Benny; we had a little talk, and he promises to be real good boy. I'll come by the station to pick up my receipt." She stopped talking when a familiar black Bronco slammed to a stopped, followed by no less than three more almost identical vehicles. Buffy's eyes narrowed because she knew who were in the cars, and it pissed her off. She turned back to Eddie. "Take off, Eddie, I have this covered, and I'm not sure that having you on the scene will be a good thing."
Eddie gulped at the hard edge in her normally friendly voice. All he knew was the he was happy that he wasn't Ranger right now. "Okay, Buffy, but if you need me all you have to do is call."
She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "You're the best, Eddie; if you weren't married, I might make a play for you."
Eddie locked Benito into the cruiser's backseat, then got in, but not before giving Ranger a wary look. He pulled out, taking off with an uneasy feeling. The only problem was he wasn't sure if it was for leaving Buffy there with Ranger, or leaving Ranger there to face Buffy.
Buffy leaned back against the building not bothering to go to Ranger, knowing that he would be in her face in the next few seconds. She wasn't wrong, because she only got to about ten in her head before she felt strong fingers grabbing her arms. Emerald green faced brown eyes so dark there was no discernible pupil.
The fear he felt previously was replaced by anger. "What, the hell, did you think you were doing going after Benito like that on your own? You don't know anything about Trenton. Hell, you barely know even know the town, otherwise you would know that this is the worst part of it. The police don't even like to come down here and you, a girl who has only been here a few weeks, just wanders down here to take down one of the worst high dollar FTAs on the books. What are you stupid?"
Tank looked at Carlos. "Uh oh, he done screwed up now. Even I know, that you don't say that to a woman, but especially not one who just might be able to kick your ass." The two friends nodded their heads.
Buffy's eyes turned into chips of green ice. "If you don't take your hands off of me, and step away I won't be responsible for what I do." Her voice was low and soft, but held enough menace to make Tank and Carlos want to step back.
"What are you going to do? You may be good, but I'm no push over, and from where I stand I hold all the cards." To prove his point, Ranger pressed his lower body against hers to keep her from being able to kick him. He smirked at her, thinking that he had her immobilized and planned to make her listen to him.
She closed her eyes took a short breath, then head butted him. A loud crack echoed in the alley. Ranger saw stars as his eyes crossed, and he took a step back. This was what Buffy was waiting for as she crossed her arms then threaded them over the top of his arms, effectively breaking his hold on her. Her body launched off the wall in a perfect dive into his chest. She was like liquid fire when her fists hit him they arched backwards pulling her body into an arch, and her feet into perfect alignment with his head.
Ranger felt like he'd been hit by a Mack truck. How the hell did she do that with her body that fast and what does she have in her boots - cement? He stumbled backwards, working hard to stay on his feet. If she wanted, a fight, then Ranger decided it might be the only way to teach her that there are bigger and tougher men out there that won't pull their punches and won't be caught by surprise.
He assumed a fighting stance, which only made Buffy smile. This wasn't exactly the response he expected, but he was confident that when it was all said and done she would learn her lesson.
"Let's get a few things straight here, Ricky. First, I'm not a girl. Second, I don't need you or anyone else to tell me how to do my job. I may be new but I am not STUPID. Blonde yes, stupid, no. If I had wanted your help, then I would have asked for it. Third, I happen to know all about how to get around Trenton. Like I said, I'm not stupid. I knew that I would need to know the area, so guess what I did huh; I looked up the city map and memorized it. Who would have thought of something like that? Now, to my all time favorite that I am only going to tell you this one last time, and then I won't be responsible for what I do to you. If you ever put your hands on me like that, again I will kick your ass so bad that they won't call you Batman, it will be more like the Invisible Man because there won't be much left of you. Are we clear?"
"Sure, let me see if I get this right." Ranger threw a punch at her head and the fight was on.
Buffy's face held a feral grin. This reminded her a little of dancing with Spike, if she weren't so pissed. She knew she had to rein in the Slayer so that she didn't hurt Ranger too much. He tried to sweep her feet, but she easily jumped over them. One of her feet hit his head, while the other hit him square in the chest.
He was getting angry and finally was able to clip her when he spun around in time to bust her lip. She licked the blood, then grinned at him. Ranger's eyes grew wide at that. He expected her to want to stop by then, thinking that she must be getting tired, but what came next would really surprise him.
"How bout this, Ricky? Whoever wins this wins the bet? I can tell you right now that you aren't going to be saving me anytime soon so, what do you say? Are you up to it or are you too tired?"
"Let's do it."
They went at all out then as the rest of Ranger's men watched. The blows were fast, but they were blocking whatever the other person sent at them. Tank and Carlos started taking bets. As soon as the last bet was made and Tank held all the money, it happened. Buffy jumped over the top of Ranger's head landing behind him. She swept his feet out from under him, then placed her foot on his neck.
"I think this means that I win." Her laughter was pure and sweet, echoing in the alley.
Ranger cursed where he lay on the ground, while the others just looked on in disbelief. "What do you want?" She bent over and whispered in his ear. His normally mocha skin turned pale. "You have to be kidding me. I'm not doing that."
"Then you are a liar? You make a bet, but don't have any intention of paying if you lose."
"Fine, but I am going to make you pay for this just you wait."
"Ooh, I am so scared. I'm shaking in my boots. Well, I will see you tomorrow night, I can't wait. Ta, boys let me know who the big winner was." She waved her hand at them, then stepped into the warehouse. Minutes later they heard an engine rev up, then a black and red motorcycle zoom away.
"Well I'll be damned," Ranger said when he realized that it was Buffy that he saw earlier in the day.