Chapter 89
Lee watched nervously as Edyta slowly approached Lindsay's position, still shaken up by the realization that Edyta was the root cause of the misery her and her family had faced prior to moving to Peach Creek. Lee knew more than anyone that Lindsay was not a fighter, she appeared to lack the necessary skills, strength and stamina, due to her "girly" nature and refusal to take part in anything related to athletics. Accordingly, she was highly nervous for Lindsay's well being, especially her being pitted against an insane psychopath that had zero regard for human life.
As Edyta finally arrived an arms length away from Lindsay, she maintained an arrogant smile as she stared upward into the beautiful giantess' eyes. While Edyta maintained a wide-eyed, yet malicious grin, Lindsay remained completely stoic as she stared downward, appearing quite infuriated.
"So," said Edyta in a sinister manner, her ordinary sultry voice completely replaced by a malicious growl, "Let's see if your bite is as bad as your bark."
Lindsay remained completely still, not moving a muscle. Edyta giggled, believing Lindsay to be holding back due to cowardice.
"Thought so," said Edyta, "You are no Tiffany, just an Amazon Woman knock off. You best learn to..."
Edyta could not complete her sentence, for she was suddenly struck by a powerful punch to the face. The punch knocked the evil woman backward and to the left, causing her to turn slightly away from her attacker.
"Damn," said Lee under her breath, nervously watching the events unfold.
Edyta slowly turned back towards Lindsay. While maintaining a neutral expression, she lifted her forearm to her mouth, and proceeded to wipe off a drip of blood; emanating from her now split lip.
"So you do have enough balls to strike me," said Edyta, "How cute."
Suddenly, Edyta proceeded to throw a punch of her own; however, this punch was delivered directly to Lindsay's abdomen. The pain of a direct punch to her weak abdominal muscles caused the tall girl to keel over, bending slightly while collapsing to her knees.
At that point Edyta walked around to the back of the collapsed Lindsay. She reached toward the back of the blondes head, grabbing her ponytail in her injured hand. She then proceeded to pull down on Lindsay's hair, causing her neck to angle upwards in an effort to initiate eye contact.
Lindsay opened her eyes, her teeth clenched as she attempted to overcome the pain, to find Edyta hovering over her while staring down at her with a malicious expression.
"Now let's work on those nice little teeth you have," said Edyta, "You want to be just like your mother after all, right?"
Edyta lifted her fist high into the air, preparing to deliver a punch directly to the immobilized Lindsay. However, at the last second, Lindsay reached her left hand behind her head, and grabbed hold of Edyta's wrist; recognizing that Edyta was using her injured hand to restrain her, she squeezed the battered appendage with all of her might, causing Edyta to release her grip and recoil in pain.
As Edyta released her grip, Lindsay rose back to her feet and proceeded to deliver two more blows to her tormentor, one to the cheek with her right hand, and an awkward yet seemingly effective uppercut to the jaw with her left.
"That a girl, Liz," said Lee to herself, "Go girl, go."
"Alright you little bitch," said Edyta, "You want to play tough, I'll play though."
At that point, Edyta delivered a swift jab directly to Lindsay's nose, causing the tall girl to flinch backward. Edyta seemed to be quite the adept fighter herself, delivering somewhat powerful punches, more than enough to cause Lindsay a slight bloody nose.
"I'm sorry, did I hurt you?" asked Edyta, "Why don't you teach me a lesson, Tiffany J.R.?"
Blood, along with bugs and fire, was one of Lindsay's biggest phobias. After the punch, Lindsay touched her finger to her nose, developing an expression of distress for a few moments. However, upon hearing Edyta use her and her mother's name in a derogatory fashion, regained control of herself, and decided to deliver three punches to her tormentor.
The first of Lindsay's punches missed, due to Edyta ducking out of harms way. The second connected with Edyta's nose, drawing a slight drip of red connective tissue, and also caused the petite woman to flinch backward.
Lindsay's third punch however, proved to be a mistake; due to telegraphing her movement, Edyta was able to anticipate delivery of her left hook. This allowed the evil woman to take hold of her forearm and twist it, once again causing stress on her left rotator cuff. This action unfortunately immobilized the large girl.
Lee observed with nervousness as Lindsay collapsed to the ground in agony, screaming in pain as Edyta slowly wrestled her downward to a kneeling position.
"Well well," said Edyta, "It seems we have a similar situation as before. Except this time your friend is in my sights so she can't sneak up on me. Not that she would anyway, she's too busy trying to beat the voices."
Edyta tightened her grip once again, causing Lindsay to wince. At that point, Edyta's eyes scanned he surface of the parking lot, her eyes widening as she spotted a particular object.
"What do we have here?" asked Edyta as she reached downward with her free hand, picking up a discarded glass bottle of Snappy's iced tea, obviously left there by a litter bug, "Snappy's in a glass bottle, one of your favorite drinks, and as I recall your mothers too."
Edyta examined the bottle, maintaining her death grip on Lindsay as she did so.
"Oh yes," said Edyta, "Made of glass, a quality bottle don't you agree?"
Edyta giggled at her own joke for a few moments, at which point she adopted a malevolent expression. She then proceeded to suddenly smash the bottle onto the hard asphalt, shattering the bottom half; she had effectively created a weapon, the shattered end of the top half the bottle acting as a blade, with the neck as the handle.
"Hmmm, what to do what to do?" asked Edyta, "Let's see...you want look like Tiffany, so we could chop off tacky bangs for start. You like to take those big earrings off to fight? Well how about we take the ears off too, that way you won't have anything to hang them on. Or maybe we can put nice little scars on face, it's like blank canvas and it would be shame if I didn't do my part to help make it pretty."
Edyta leaned downward, bringing her lips within inches of Lindsay's right ear as she dropped her sarcastic tone and adopted a serious, sinister tone of voice.
"But I think I'll just make one little slice over throat," said Edyta, "Don't worry, in about ten seconds you'll be able to see that whore you call mother again...I know how much you miss her. And that loser of a father, he'll be there in around an hour. It will be like a family reunion, how touching, perfect for you Little Bitch."
Edyta began laughing maniacally as she proceeded to lift the bottle; however, while the sinister woman thought she had the last laugh, her previous statement seemed to spring a proverbial trip wire within Lindsay's psyche. Her cries of pain suddenly ceased as her wincing face disappeared, replaced with an expression of determination.
"How dare you," said Lindsay in an angry tone, as she began to rise to a standing position. In a flash, Lindsay suddenly jerked her shoulder backwards, and with a slight popping sound, voluntarily dislocated her shoulder joint. The new hyper mobility allowed her to regain her footing; she suddenly spun around, delivering Edyta a punch in the face as she did so.
Taken off guard by Lindsay's sudden escape, Edyta released the glass bottle, causing it to fall into the ground and shatter. As Edyta stumbled around on her feet, stunned by the sudden the and powerful strike delivered to her face, Lindsay lifted her right arm towards her left shoulder; with a brisk forward motion, another small pop sounded as she relocated her humerus into its socket.
"You invade my home like a parasite," said Lindsay as she began moving toward the dazed Edyta, "You treat my condition as a way to enslave me, attempt to destroy my best friends life, use my fathers depression over the loss of my mother to manipulate him, and worst of all you dishonor my mother's legacy. You attempted to destroy her husband and daughters life, but you have failed. You forgot that I am my mother's daughter, and while I've never met her, I've heard countless wonderful stories about her compassion, about her determination, about her willingness to stand up for what she believes in. Those traits are what make her my model of womanhood, and every single breath you take is an insult to her!"
As Edyta began to regain her bearings, Lindsay suddenly lunged towards the seemingly helpless woman. For the first time, Edyta's facial expression seemed to transform to one of fear.
Lindsay screamed at the top of her lungs as she delivered a powerful left hook to Edyta's left cheek bone. Lee watched as Lindsay then proceeded to deliver a flurry of powerful punches to the much smaller woman, placing all of her weight into each one. As Lindsay struck the now helpless and fearful Edyta, the brown haired woman's head whipped back and forth as if it were the ball in a game of ping pong.
After delivering a series of three powerful punches to her nemesis, Lindsay paused for a brief second, allowing Edyta to regain her footing. The small woman stumbled around, dazed and barely able to stand due to being punch drunk. Two of the punches managed to knock free her upper lateral incisor, as well as one of her canine teeth. Her nose had been broken, and her right eye seemed to be quite swollen and black.
A few seconds passed at which point Lindsay stepped forward towards the barely able to stand Edyta, looking upon her in a fit of rage.
"NO MORE!" yelled Lindsay as she proceeded to deliver a powerful, knock out punch to Edyta's right temple. In a what seemed like slow motion, the woman plummeted to the ground face first, smashing her chin on the asphalt upon impact.
The punch, while powerful, was not enough to knock Edyta out. The thin woman remained in her position, attempting to crawl with her able hand while moaning in pain.
Without hesitation, Lindsay made her way around to the front of Edyta. She proceeded to kneel down, and place her right palm on top of Edyta's head; curling her long pink fingernails towards Edyta's scalp in an attempt to grip onto the woman's short hair. After gripping a tuft of her hair, Lindsay slowly lifted Edyta upward as she raised to a standing position, bringing the woman's face to eye-level.
Lee watched as Lindsay cradled Edyta's body as if she were a marionette; the foreign woman's limp limbs hanging towards the ground as Lindsay stared angrily into her still open eyes. Despite being beaten to a pulp, Edyta maintained an evil glare, her eyes remaining locked with her ex-victims.
After a few seconds, Lindsay adopted a stoic expression as she leaned towards Edyta's face. Much to Edyta's ultimate surprise, Lindsay had one final statement to deliver, a statement that she decided was best served in the polish language. The slim woman's eyes widened, as she heard the sounds of her homeland echo from the blonde girls voice box
"You are a disgrace to this earth, Edyta Babik." said Lindsay, "The devil in disguise...and you don't even care. I can tell by merely looking into your eyes, you have absolutely no remorse, the only thing you are thinking about right now is how you can gather enough strength to try to kill me again."
"You little cunt," said Edyta in the English language using a weak breathy voice, "How the fuck you learn Polish."
Lindsay pulled Edyta towards her face, stopping when Edyta's eyes were around a foot away from here.
"My name is Tiffany Lindsay Statorowski." said Lindsay, "I carry the name of two of the strongest, noble and beautiful women that ever walked this earth. Remember my name for the rest of your miserable existence, as the woman who stripped you of whatever power you thought you had. The woman who overcame your vicious cycle of violence, and played a pivotal role in bringing you to justice for the crimes you have committed against the Kankers and the Statorowskis."
Lindsay paused for a few seconds to catch her breath, at which point she continued to speak in an aggressive manner.
"That first punch was for Tabitha Kanker," said Lindsay, "The second was for Kate Kanker. The third was for Annalee Kanker. And last but not least, the fourth that knocked you on your ass was for the greatest man in this earth, Charles Statorowski."
Edyta watched in fear as Lindsay adopted an angry glare, while simultaneously elevating the petite woman's body a few inches higher.
"AND THIS IS FOR MY MOTHER YOU FUCKING BITCH!" yelled Lindsay as she suddenly released her grip of Edyta's hair, causing her to begin plummeting to the ground. As she did so, Lindsay lifted her right foot behind her, and in an instant brought it forward in a swift kicking motion. The result was a direct impact with the bottom of Edyta's jaw, which effectively launched the petite woman on a parabolic trajectory; landing around ten feet away from Lindsay's position.
Lindsay stood still, breathing heavily as she stared at Edyta's mangled body; despite all of her injuries, the woman was still quite conscious, attempting to crawl away as she moaned in pain.
"Wow," said Lee, "Go ahead Lindsay, nice touch."
At that point, Lee noticed movement in her peripheral vision. As the tall red headed turned towards the source of her visual disturbance, a sly smile appeared on her face.
"Right on time," said Lee, "Hey Liz! Sorry to break up the party, but it looks like play time is ova! Looks like Edyta's mommy is here to call her home for dinner!"
Lindsay turned her attention away from the bruised and battered Edyta, focusing her gaze on the street lining the edge of the parking lot. Directly outside of the gate, a large black SUV with tinted windows had pulled up, idling ominously as of observing the events occurring within.
As Lee completed her statement, Edyta slowly lifted her head off of the ground. She placed her hands in the ground, lifting herself up onto her knees, coughing twice as she did so. As she lifted her face upward to scan her surroundings, she spotted the black SUV, at which point her face transformed to an expression of absolute terror.
Edyta watched as the driver's side window of the SUV lowered slightly, obscuring view of the driver, but allowing a thin hand decorated with long red fingernails to emerge. The hand extended its index finger to a vertical position, and began repeatedly raking it backwards, as if the individual were saying, "come here Edyta, we need to talk."
In an instant, Edyta suddenly rose to her feet. Her flight-or-fight response seemed to have kicked in, providing the beaten woman with enough strength to hobble towards her vehicle in a desperate attempt to escape capture.
Edyta jumped into her vehicle, closed the door, and placed the transmission into drive. She floored the accelerator, ultimately exiting the parking lot and proceeding down the street out of view at a high rate of speed. Immediately the black SUV, (piloted by Edyta's "boss", and her cohorts) followed suit, proceeding to give chase to the devilish woman.
Lindsay watched as the vehicles sped away, disappearing around the corner as the sound of their racing engines dissipated.
"You've brought it all on yourself," said Lindsay to herself, "Your fate is in Gods hands now."
Lindsay continued to stare in the direction of the street for a few moments, after which she turned her attention back to Lee. The slim redhead stood as still as statue, and appeared to be in quite a bit of distress; for the last five minutes she had unfortunately been combating the malicious voices that occasionally filled her head, brought about by Edyta's malevolent monologue. Accordingly, she had once again lifted her hands toward her ears, covering them in a futile attempt to make them stop.
Upon witnessing Lee's distress, Lindsay immediately rushed to her aid.
"LeeLee," said Lindsay as she placed her hands on her shoulders, "Are you alright?"
Lee continued to stare forward as Lindsay attempted get her attention.
"LeeLee," said Lindsay, "Look at me LeeLee."
Lee turned toward Lindsay, keeping her hands over her ears.
"I'm fine," said Lee, "But they're back, and saying bad things."
Lindsay nodded, at which point she made her way over to her scooter. She proceeded to open the center console, retrieving Lee's designer hand bag from within. She then made her way back towards her friend, unzipping the bag as she did so.
"Here," said Lindsay as she retrieved Lee's bottle of medication from the bag, "Take two right now!"
Lee calmly obliged, opening the bottle to retrieve two of the relatively large tablets. Despite not having any fluid to take, Lee managed to swallow both with ease, at which point she placed her hands back over ears while collapsing into a seated position. As Lee placed her head in a downward position, shaking it back and forth, Lindsay joined her friend in a seated position, wrapping her arms around her and patting her back as they awaited the end of the storm and Lee's medication to take effect.
After around ten minutes of waiting, Lee had finally regained control of herself. The two girls sat in complete silence, staring towards the hills in the distance as they recovered from the tumultuous showdown with their nemesis. Finally, after a few moments Lee decided to break the silence.
"Well, well look at this," said Lee, "After all that about you being afraid, and how you could never be as brave as me, here you are taking control and comforting me back to reality. I'll admit, she broke me, but not you. You have some amazing will power Liz, putting up with that for ten years of your life and not snapping mentally, I have no idea how you do it. You handled that like a boss! I never thought you had that much fight in ya girl!"
Lindsay giggled.
"I really hate fighting and violence," said Lindsay, "But I did what I had to do, I'm sorry."
"What the hell are ya apologizing for?" asked Lee, "You were defending yourself, your family, and your friends. And if ya ask me, ya did a damn good job of it!"
"Thanks," said Lindsay, "It did feel good to stand up for myself...and my family."
At that point Lindsay glanced down towards her hands, currently resting on her knees. As she gazed upon the tips of her right hand, she adopted an expression of utter distress.
"OH NO!" yelled Lindsay.
"What, what!" yelled Lee, thinking Lindsay to be in some sort of pain.
Lindsay held her hand up in the air, spreading her fingers out as she pouted.
"I chipped two of my nails during that last punch!" said Lindsay in long drawn out, yet distressed manner.
Lee stared at Lindsay with a stoic expression, at which point the two girls decided to share a brief laugh. This was followed by a period of brief silence, during which time a small sliver of light began to penetrate the heavily overcast sky. Within seconds, a small portion of the grey clouds began to open, revealing a portion of blue sky, while allowing a small amount of sunlight to pass through. The golden rays of the warm sun bathed the entire parking lot; however the bulk of them seemed to be concentrated on Lee and Lindsay.
Both girls proceeded to glance upward in the direction of the sky. As they observed the rays, Lee decided to comment.
"Looks like the sun decided to appear after all," said Lee, "How fitting for such a great victory! All the weather stations said cloud cover all day. Those dumbasses are always wrong."
Lindsay remained completely silent for a few moments, staring up toward the bright rays shining down on her with a radiant smile. As her eyes began to tear up, she decided to utter a few words to herself, in response to her interpretation of the sudden break in cloud cover.
"I love you too Mommy."
