The Tiger Lady
by Leslie Josette Gill
and Edited by Sapphire

Chapter 13

Regrets?

Mary was wanting to talk. I knew about what she wanted. She wanted to complain to me about my methods this night. She wanted a little more communications as to what I was going to do and when I was going to do it when I had a perp in my grasp.

"Mary, before you start, I never was going to hurt the guy beyond a little bruising. So before you start preaching about protocols, remember, I know the rules too. But this guy needed what I did to him. He needed to be degraded like he had done to the women he had killed. I just could not let the system let him go before I had a chance to teach him some of his own medicine. I didn't even go as far as I wanted....."

"YOU SCARRED the shit out of me. If I had been able, I would have stopped you as you started putting the dildos in. Please, next time, don't do that. We could have had our case thrown out of court and prosecuted for violating his civil rights."

"I know that."

"Then why did you do what you did?"

"Because I could.! Now listen Mary, Didn't you really want to really hurt that guy?"

"Well, yes. (She started to laugh.) But, I was worried about our case. I didn't want you to mess up a prosecution."

"OK, I understand. But you have to admit it was fun."

"OK, yea, it was fun." I never saw one of them get their just deserts."

"Now you have. And it will not be the last. But I DO UNDERSTAND about our court rules. So for the record, I will tell you the next time by saying something like "he's going to get the special."

"OK, but we have to really be careful. I don't want to become vigilantes."

"And you are in the CIA? You have no idea just how absurd that sounds."

"I do like the rules sometimes. I really like seeing assholes get theirs."

"OK. But I plan to give the special to several creeps. Just be ready."

The prosecution of this creep was iron clad. I was never identified as an FBI agent and as far as anyone was concerned, I really was a hooker. So, when it was time for court, I got called and testified in front of the grand jury. This was no big deal. So it was over quickly.

It would be a while before we had to go to court with the murderer behind bars. So I waited for my next assignment. This last one turned out to be incredibly easy. So Smith had to come up with something better the group, and myself to do. It didn't take long for something to break.

You have to remember that even though I could see into people's minds, I had to prove what I saw in a court of law. While I instantly knew who was guilty, I still had to prove it. Sometimes, this was incredibly easy. Sometimes, it wasn't.

Smith had some case in New Orleans that was stumping his computers and his other men. He had a drug pusher who was simply outfoxing every law enforcement agency sent to bust him. No evidence. When they busted one of his people, the evidence and the witnesses would disappear. No evidence, no conviction.

Smith had a score to settle with this guy and after looking into Smith's mind, I could see why. A good agent friend had been killed by one of this guy's men. Smith wanted to bend the rules and take this guy out. I may have started something with my last adventure. So he came out and asked me.

"Joe, I can't convict this guy in a court of law. I need to remove him from this business. Do you think you can pull another special operation like you just did?"

"I want to do something a little more conventional this time."

"I don't think you will have to play sex games this time. I think you will just have to get into the drug scene."

"I really don't think that would be a good idea either. If I become unstable, Kat will tear who ever is in the room to pieces."

"I was hoping for just that."

"Another words, you want an assassination?"

"Yes, but before I would let you do that, I would want you to see for yourself, first hand what was happening."

"Boss, I really didn't want to become an assassin. I wanted to remove people who were doing bad things, but I wanted the law to punish them. I didn't want to become the punisher, Don't you have someone for that anyway?"

"Joe, as you saw from the last case, sometimes, the law just cannot do it all. It needs help. That is what I have done for the last 25 years. I remove the scum from the planet. Let me make this promise to you. If you become my new enforcer, you will always have to option to let normal law enforcement take the case. You can gather the evidence and then let someone else take over. But if you do my work, you cannot ever be identified as my agent. You will always work for someone else. I cannot ever be identified as your command. Also, my Man who does that is busy right now on something else."

"You mean that you would let me decide who gets his plug pulled?"

"Yes. You are uniquely qualified to make the determination. You can look into the minds of those who you are investigating and then you can make the judgment right then. I will never question your actions except to make sure that the mission is fulfilled. So, if your mission is to stop a crime from continuing, then, you deal with it any way you wish, except that the crime stops. Your decision as to how to deal with the criminal."

"So if I want to take him or her out, I can. But if I want the law to have him or her, then I could do that too. Right?"

"Yes."

"I might be able to live with that. Smith, I really don't like the sex business. I found that last mission more than my senses could take. I know I did that voluntary, but, I still didn't like it. Lets keep that kind of assignment to a minimum please."

"I wasn't too happy about it either. But you got a good look at what kind of work we do. So it served its purpose."

"OK, I will try this and see. But, don't force me to do anything that would hurt innocents. That is one of my worst fears. I don't mind taking out someone who needs it, but if I accidentally kill a good guy, then I may have to take a long vacation."

"I understand and agree. But for this assignment, I want you to take this guy out. He has killed too many of my people and friends."

I agreed to look into it and if I saw what he was talking about, I would turn Kat lose. Smith and I had an agreement. I was to be his new enforcer. Smith wanted me to do more than I was willing even this soon. So, I would have to be very careful with what I went out on.

Strange how I found myself as the chief enforcer of a secret organization which I had only been with for a year. My life was going way too fast. I didn't know if I could do any of this "Spy Vs Spy" stuff. I was going to try and slow him down. I was not ready to do anything like he wanted and my mind was not geared to kill. But Smith wanted to train me in the ways of this art.

I was to meet the legend himself.

Seems that all I was doing here lately was training or doing a small job which lead to a bigger job. Everything was for experience. I knew something was up, but Smith was very careful. He let others deal with me and avoided me so that I would not read him.

(If I wanted to, I could have locked onto him but, I was learning to control my curiosity. I had too much to do to be looking into things that might scare me.)

This average looking guy was looking for me. He was normal except for his arms and hands looked larger, or was it his wrists? They were unusually thick.

"You TL Gill?"

I was in Tigerlady mode.

"YES, who are you?"

"The name is Williams. I was sent here to show you some moves."

"Did Smith tell you anything about me?"

"Only that you were unusually quick and that if I showed you something once, you could pick it up. I don't really think you can do everything I show you, but we will see."

I stuck out my hand knowing exactly who he was and shook his hand. The minute we touched, I started downloading his mind. I was looking for his moves. There was way too much to learn in one touching. But, I would get him by surprise.

We stood there holding hands when He looked at me with a questioned look. "He said you were special. I don't fully understand how I know, but are you reading my mind?"

As a mater of fact, I was looking at all the things you have done and learned and I have new respect for Emperor Smith.

He took his hand out of my grip and stepped back.

"Lets see just how special you are."

Too bad that I had locked onto him and had sensed just what he was going to do. I just moved out of the way.

"You are good. See if you can stop this?"

He pulled out one of his crafty moves. Again I just moved out of his way.

"What kind of training have you had?"

4th degree Akito and what you just gave me.

"I just gave you?"

"I am reading your thoughts and moves and know just what you are going to do before you do it. I am the chief freak here. I just do that kind of thing."

"You are spookier than Chung."

I saw him in your mind. But I am just a paranormal. I learn from people like you. It takes me very little time to learn your abilities and use them. I would not profess to be a master in your art. But, I know enough to be very dangerous.

"Damn Smith. Well, I hope you learned what you needed."

"I did. I am going to be doing the same thing you are doing, but I am not going to be an assassin. I am going to try to use the law and set these assholes up. I prefer to not kill if possible."

"That is an honorable goal. But be sure to kill the ones who the law cannot touch."

"Yes, you can be assured that I will."

And so the meeting of the TigerLady and Remo Williams ended. It was to be the last time I would see him. He liked it better that way. So did I. But, he had no Idea just how deadly I could be.

I liked it that way too.......

TigerLady Continues with the Next Chapter!