New Ocelot Woman in Meet Tom Collins 19

Vreed en Hoop, West Demerara.
Guyana. 7 am.

Venezuelan billionaire business magnate Rey Corona fumed with rage as he read the morning edition of the Stabroek News newspaper..Guyana's leading newspaper..which was delivered to his private villa in Vreed en Hoop..a suburb located to the west of Guyana's capital city of Georgetown..across the Demerara. He had been sitting in the privacy of his villa's study..reviewing some reports from some of the many legitimate businesses which he owned in Guyana...when the paper arrived. Now he was thoroughly engrossed in the lead story of the Stabroek News..written by the paper's top investigative journalist...Kim Parmasar. The article..with photos by the paper's ace photojournalist Johnny Chan..spoke about the cracking of a major cocaine trafficking ring in New Amsterdam 24 hours ago by Guyana's celebrated champion of justice...the brave, beautiful and buxom masked heroine known as OCELOT WOMAN...with assistance from her teenage partner...OCELOT GIRL.

The article identified former actor and owner of the Cinema City cineplex...Guy Friendly as the mastermind behind this criminal scheme...explaining how he mixed cocaine into popcorn which was given to unwitting young people who came to his cinemas to watch movies. Corona became even more concerned as the article spoke about Friendly having links to corrupt police officers in Venezuela and allegedly..even to his right hand man and enforcer..Nestor Esposito. Corona glared angrily at the photos of the sexy Amazon of Guyana. which accompanied the article. Her curvaceous and muscular brown body..clothed only in a flimsy, translucent ocelot pelt leotard...gold bracelets on her wrists...a gold anklet inches above her left ankle.. a golden belt and lasso around her small, curvy waist...a thin ocelot pelt mask stretching across the upper part of her beautiful face which was framed by a long mane of glossy black hair which flowed from the top of her head..on to her broad shoulders..to the middle of her back.

Corona tossed the paper aside and walked over to the window of the study..which looked out on to the Demerara River and in the direction of Georgetown. Since he had been doing business in Guyana..Corona had heard many tales about the busty Guyanese crimefighter. That she possessed the strength of 20 men..had feline agility...and flew from place to place in a mysterious plane which had an unknown unlimited power source. The news article he had just read in the morning edition of the Stabroek News was cause for concern. While Corona was well known in Guyana's business and political circles as a wealthy businessman who was involved in many philanthropic activities...what most people did not know was that his corporate empire was actually a cover for the activities of a covert criminal cartel which he led.

"This big breasted woman is getting close...too close..." thought the 40 year old Corona..reflecting on how Ocelot Woman smashed the illegal dogfight operations which were being run by the Carine Canine...and now she had done the same thing with Guy Friendly's cinema-cocaine business. Canine was dead while Friendly was in police custody...his mind warped due to having ingested some of the very cocaine popcorn he was using on the young people of New Amsterdam and raking in a profit at their expense. However Ocelot Woman was just one problem he had to deal with..without revealing the fact that he was actually a crime kingpin. "That journalist..Kim Parmasar..and her photographer Johnny Chan...they have been prying into my affairs...since someone in my organisation sent them a letter..offering them hints of my illegal activities...I have yet to find out who that source is..." thought Corona.

His thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of the phone on the desk of his study. Corona walked over to it...saw the number..then punched in a sequence of numbers which ensured that the phone line was secure. "What is it Nestor?!..I told you I didn't want to be disturbed!...I already know about what the Ocelot Woman did to Guy Friendly!" snapped Corona. "We have other things besides Ocelot Woman to deal with...I just got word from our sources....that crazy woman is back in Guyana..and she's in Georgetown as we speak...looking for Tom..." replied Esposito to his boss. "Saphire?...Saphire Capernia....She is here?!" asked Corona in surprise. "Keep me informed Nestor..." replied Corona as he abruptly put down the phone. As he looked out the window...memories stirred in the Venezuelan crime kingpin's mind. Memories he thought he had suppressed long ago.

Saphire's younger sister...Tom's mother...was the most beautiful woman in the village in rural Venezuela where Rey Corona was raised as a boy.He had a huge crush for her but she rejected his every overture...choosing another man instead....Tom's father who took her away from the village..away from Venezuela...and away from him. For the first time in his life...Rey Corona had been denied what he wanted. However Corona got his revenge 13 years later..when he sent Esposito and some of his best men to the bar which Tom's father owned. They beat him and Tom's mother to within inches of their lives and then burned them alive inside of the building. Corona wanted to kill Tom too but something about the boy reminded him of the obsession he once had for his mother...and he kept him alive...adopting him as his own son..exposing Tom to both his legitimate and his illegitimate business activities.

He had ordered Esposito to send men to kill Saphire but she disappeared before they could get to her. In the 13 years that followed...she threatened Corona over the years...vowing to expose him..not to the world..but to Tom...who had no idea that it was Corona who had ordered his mother and father to be killed. Even with his extensive business connections and links to the criminal underworld in Venezuela...Corona was unable to find Saphire...as conflicting reports from his subordinate could never pinpoint her location. From what Esposito told him...Saphire had returned..was here in Guyana and was determined to make contact with her sole surviving relative...Tom Collins. With an unknown informant inside of his criminal cartel leaking information to the press...Ocelot Woman having shut down the illegal operations of Carine Canine and Guy Friendly...costing him millions of dollars in revenues...Corona knew his first priority was to silence Saphire..permanently.

One week later

Water Street, Georgetown.
Georgetown, Guyana.
Noon

The Stabroek News' dynamic duo... investigative journalist Kim Parmasar and ace photojournalist Johnny Chan..were having lunch at a new place which had opened along the city's waterfront...Tom's Diner and Cafe. As Johnny sat across the table from Kim...he wondered why she had asked him to bring her to this particular place while they were on their lunch break from their work at Guyana's number one daily newspaper. For the last two weeks..Kim and Johnny had been investigating the contents of a mysterious letter which their boss...Stabroek News editor-in-chief Bruce Kandivas had given them. The letter claimed that Venezuelan billionaire business magnate Rey Corona was actually the head of a secret crime syndicate operating in Guyana. Information in the letter..whose author was unknown to them...led them to uncover an illegal dogfight scheme and then a drug trafficking scheme through a popular cinema franchise...both of which the letter claimed were part of Corona's crime syndicate.

This whole adventure started shortly after Kim and Johnny had eloped..unknown to family and friends. However their marriage was not the only secret that they had. Johnny looked at his 24-year old wife..who was wearing a white blouse...fitting a bit loose on her upper body..a grey work skirt which reached up to her knees..the end a bit split for better movement and silver high heels..her black hair tied neatly in a bun. Before he got to know her...Johnny thought Kim was attractive but something of a wallflower. He later came to realise that by dressing in this way..Kim tried not to draw attention to her athletic figure and make anyone suspect that she was secretly the celebrated sexy Amazon of Guyana...OCELOT WOMAN..defender of justice...protector of the innocent and scourge of evil. As they perused their menus..Johnny noticed Kim intermittently glancing over her menu..in the direction of the bar..where a handsome dark-haired 18-year old man in a tuxedo was giving the bartender instructions.

Johnny knew him as Tom Collins...ace bartender who worked at the Corona Inn Resort on Wakenaam Island in West Demerara...having seen him there when they started their investigation into his boss...Rey Corona. Knowing that Kim had a good reason for them coming to Tom's Diner and Cafe...Johnny waited patiently until his wife had finished watching Tom at the bar...before he made his departure through a nearby door which led to the kitchen. "So I got an email from David today...He tells me everything is fine in New Amsterdam...and he's gotten a lot closer to Britney since we were there..." said Johnny. "That's great Johnny...David's a good boy...and I know that he loves Britney very much...I think it took what happened to make Britney realise how important their relationship is...Everybody deserves to be happy with the person they love.." replied Kim with a smile as she set her menu down on the table.. and smiled at her husband as she took Johnny's hands in her own.

"You got that right honey...David has Britney...and I got you...I promise that once this story is all wrapped up..we'll spend a lot of quality time together..." said Johnny. "Yes...I'd really like that...very much.." replied Kim with a smile. "Okay...but we still have a story to do..and Bruce is really eager to know what's the next step after Guy Friendly..." said Johnny as their hands parted company. "I know lover...That's part of the reason why we're here...So far we haven't been able to find a common thread linking either Carine Canine or Guy Friendly directly to Rey Corona...but when I was tracking the cocaine Friendly was having shipped from Curiapo in Venezuela to New Amsterdam...I saw Tom Collins in New Amsterdam at the Ferry Terminal..inspecting the drugs from the same vessel..I tried to stop..unsuccessfully in Venezuela" said Kim in a low voice so that only Johnny would hear her. "So you think the kid is involved?" asked Johnny.

"I'm not certain as yet Johnny...but I get a strange feeling in my Ocelot Nipples about him...There's a lot more to Tom Collins than meets the eye.." replied Kim. Johnny nodded in agreement..knowing that Kim was referring to the famous puffy black nipples and areolas which capped the pair of large firm brown breasts underneath her blouse. Whenever they became aroused on their own...they warned her of the presence of evil and alerted her to the need to change into Ocelot Woman to combat that evil. However their effectiveness as an early warning system was dulled somewhat when she was not immediately threatened by evil. Unknown to Kim and Johnny as they planned their next move...they were being observed by the subject of their investigation...Venezuelan billionaire businessman Rey Corona.

Seated in a private office inside the cafe away from prying eyes...Corona watched the Stabroek News dynamic duo over a closed circuit television monitor in the company of his deputy Nestor Esposito and the cafe's owner...ace bartender...Tom Collins. "Those two are like a recurring decimal..Popping up all the time and interrupting my business.." scoffed Corona as he sat behind a broad, polished mahoghany desk. Tom and Nestor sitting in chairs on the other side of the desk. "Want me to arrange for them to get whacked Boss?...Just say the word..." said Esposito who revelled at the prospect of killing Johnny and raping Kim before killing her. "No...it will attract too much attention..Parmasar and Chan are close friends with a troubleshooter with the Guyana Police...a former cop from New York called Karl Misawa...worse yet...they got ties to Ocelot Woman..We need to be prepared to deal with that big breasted bitch should she persist in sticking her tits into our business.." replied Corona.

"Well Ocelot Woman might have shut down Guy Friendly's operation...but Friendly's in no shape to talk...I'm told he ingested some of that same cocaine he was peddling...it made him wacko...so he can't tell the cops much...as for Ocelot Woman...I got a call from a company that's got business in New York...they say they have something which can subdue her...I'm meeting one of their reps later this afternoon..." said Tom. "Good work Tom...Let me know how that goes...We could use that item to make that reporter lady tell us what she knows...and nail her big breasted friend at the same time.." remarked Corona. "Yes sir.." replied Tom as he got up from his chair..grabbed his coat that was hanging from a nearby rack on the wall and left. "Have you mentioned anything about 'her' to Tom?" asked Corona to Esposito...ten minutes after Tom left "No way Boss.." replied Nestor. "Good....have the boys deal with her discreetly..I don't want Tom to know anything about this..In the meantime...the losses from Canine and Friendly's botched operations is costing us dearly.." said Corona.

However while Kim and Johnny sat at their table in the main area of the diner/cafe having lunch...and Corona conferred with Esposito from behind his desk in a private office inside of the same building....a 55-year old woman in a dark blue dress with shoulder length black hair which was turning silver at the sides walked into the diner/cafe..attracting no attention from either the staff or the customers. That was until she walked up to the bar. "I would like to get a Tom Collins please.." said the woman to the bartender..a Negro man in his 40's. "The boss' name's Tom Collins...Do you want the cocktail or to see the boss?" asked the bartender as he prepared to fix a drink for the woman. "Both!!..I must have both of them!!" insisted the woman..her tone of voice elevated slightly. From inside of his office...Rey Corona heard the woman's voice over the closed circuit television monitor and became livid when he saw her image on the screen.

"Saphire Capernia!!..She's here!!..What is she doing in here?!!" roared Corona as he jumped to his feet. "I don't know Boss...Looks like she just came in for a drink.." replied Esposito. This comment earned him a stinging rebuke from Corona. "Idiot!!..Fool!!.She's come to ruin me!!..She wants to turn Tom against me!!...Tom knows everything about our my legal and illegal operations!!..I trust him with everything like he was my own son!!" growled Corona. "Want me to take care of the old crow Boss?" asked Esposito hoping to redeem himself in his employer's eyes. Corona calmed himself and spoke again in measured tones to his deputy. "I don't want this woman in this place ever again..Throw her out..but do it discreetly...have her followed...I want to know where she's staying...then I want you to kidnap her..and bring her to me...alive..There is absolutely no way that she must ever be allowed to talk to Tom!!" instructed Corona. "Consider it done Boss" replied Esposito.

Sitting at their table...Kim felt her famous puffy black nipples and areolas stiffen underneath her baggy blouse and turned to her husband."Johnny...I feel a tingling in my Ocelot Breasts...Over there...that woman.." whispered Kim as she looked in the direction of the bar where Saphire was yelling at the bartender..demanding that she wanted Tom Collins. Johnny also looked in that direction and saw the commotion taking place there. Knowing that his wife and partner was getting the urge to slip away and change into Ocelot Woman..Johnny advised her to hold strain. "Stay cool honey...Too many people here...Let's see what happens..." said Johnny. "You know how handsome you are when you're right..." quipped Kim as she agreed with her husband to bide her time and observe the proceedings for the moment.


They watched as a pair of bodybuilder type men in waiters' uniforms emerged from a door behind the bar and approached Saphire who was still arguing with the bartender..demanding to see Tom Collins. "I must see Tom Collins!!..I have to talk to him!!" yelled Saphire. Before the bartender could say another word..one of the brawny men spoke. "All right that's enough lady..You're disturbing the customers..We'll have to ask you to leave!!" said the man as he extended his right hand to grab hold of Saphire's left wrist. "Get your hands off me!!"..I'm not leaving until I speak to Tom Collins!!" cried Saphire as she pulled her left hand away from the first man. "That's enough lady!!..You're leaving now!!" snarled the second man as they each grabbed Saphire by her arms and dragged her out of the diner/cafe..literally kicking and screaming.

"It's all right ladies and gentlemen..Please continue to enjoy our service...We apologise for the disturbance..." said a waiter as Saphire was taken outside of the diner/cafe. Kim and Johnny exchanged looks as things settled back down inside of the diner/cafe and the other customers went back to doing what they were doing before the commotion started. As the two men who had dragged Saphire outside re-entered the diner/cafe...Kim and Johnny stood up from their table in a manner that would not arouse any suspicions from either the customers or the staff. Johnny left some cash on the table..including an over-generous tip for the waiter on the table...as he followed Kim outside of the diner/cafe on to the street outside. "Where is she?" asked Johnny as he joined Kim on the pavement outside.

Kim was already searching the crowd...using the heightened vision which the ancient Amerindian magic had endowed her with as Ocelot Woman. "Over there Johnny!!..Let's go!!" cried Kim as she sprinted off through the crowd..running as fast as her high heels would allow her. Johnny followed hot on the heels of his wife and partner as they saw Saphire walk down a nearby sidestreet. "Miss!!..Wait!!...Stop!!..We can help you!!" cried Kim as she caught up with Saphire and placed her right hand on her left shoulder. The older woman turned around abruptly and pulled back. "What?!!...Who are you?!!..Did he send you?!!" cried Saphire as Johnny caught up with them. Despite being fit and athletic..Johnny did not have the speed of his superheroine spouse. "I'm Kim Parmasar...I'm an investigative journalist with the Stabroek News...This is my partner...Johnny Chan..." said Kim as she pulled her press id out of her hand bag and showed it to Saphire.

The older woman's demeanor calmed as she looked at Kim's id and then Johnny showed her his Stabroek News id as well. "We saw what happened inside of the cafe...We heard you wanting to speak to Tom Collins...We've been working on a story involving information a source gave us about his employer... a Venezuelan businessman by the name of Rey Corona...We have reason to believe that Tom can provide some critical information about Mr Corona...We think we can help you...and we think you can help us..." explained Kim. Saphire warily eyed the Stabroek News duo and then the few persons who passed them along the side street. "Yes...Maybe we can help each other...but it's not safe to talk here.." said Saphire in a low tone. "Tell us how to contact you...We have friends in the police who can keep you safe..." said Johnny.

Saphire nodded in agreement. Pulling out a pen and a small notepad from her purse...she scribbled something on a page..tore it out of the pad and gave the page to Kim. "I'm staying at the guest house near the Sacred Heart Church on Carmichael Street..The priest is a friend of mine...If you come there tonight at midnight...I'll answer whatever questions that you have...." whispered Saphire as she walked briskly away from Kim and Johnny. "I can feel it in my Ocelot Breasts Johnny...This woman knows something about Rey Corona...and Tom Collins could be the missing piece to this puzzle that we've been working on..." said Kim as they walked back on to Water Street and headed downtown in the direction of the Stabroek News building where they worked.

"I'll call Karl...Tell him to rendezvous with us and we'll go to the guest house together..." said Johnny..referring to their friend Karl Misawa..a former New York City police detective who came to Guyana four years ago following the trail of Guyanese businessman Bill Wilkins who was actually a Neo Nazi and head of a powerful crime cartel who had committed crimes in New York and murdered his former partner Sandra Lee. Karl remained in Guyana after he helped Kim..in her alter-ego of Ocelot Woman to smash Wilkins' criminal organisation..working as a special police liasion from the US Embassy working with the Guyana Police Force..much to the chagrin of Guyana Police Chief Martin Cain.

As Johnny took out his cell phone and called Karl....Kim pondered the events which had just transpired in her mind. "Whoever you are Saphire Capernia...You definitely know something about Rey Corona and something about Tom Collins...something I'll want to know a lot more about..not just as Kim Parmasar..journalist...but as Ocelot Woman" resolved Kim. As Kim and Johnny got into a taxi cab and drove off..a couple of thugs who Esposito had ordered to follow Saphire from a distance watched them leave. Back at Tom's Diner and Cafe..in the private office...Nestor Esposito took a call from one of them on the secure line in the office. Esposito smiled as they related to him everything which they overheard Saphire tell Kim and Johnny...including the place where she was staying and the time she asked them to meet her there. "Good work...You earned yourselves an extra bonus...I'll round up some men to get the old broad..and deal with that nosy lady reporter and her photographer boyfriend....No word about this to Tom.." said Esposito as he ended the brief conversation.

Sacred Heart Church guesthouse
Carmichael Street, Georgetown
Midnight

Kim and Johnny arrived outside of the guest house in Johnny's Land Rover jeep. Detective Karl Misawa arrived at the same time on his Kwasaki motorcycle. Kim..dressed in a black sweater..matching slacks and sneakers alighted first from the jeep and walked over to meet Karl as he climbed off his motorcycle. "Thanks for coming so quickly Karl" said Kim to the former NYPD cop as he removed his helmet. "Not a problem Kim...When Johnny called he told me it was urgent...Knowing you guys as I do..I know it's something serious..." replied Karl who was wearing a brown leather jacket..slacks and moccasins. They were soon joined by Johnny..who was wearing a black leather jacket, blue jeans and boots joined them.

"You better believe it Karl..The woman I told you about is staying here..She could have some valuable information which could identify Rey Corona as the real head honcho behind Carine Canine's illegal dogfight business on Tiger Island and Guy Friendly's drug trafficking racket in New Amsterdam. "I hope so Johnny...both of those cases have gone cold at the moment...Canine's dead and none of the players in that scam are giving us anything to go on...Friendly's mind has gone on vacation since he accidentally sampled his own coke when Ocelot Woman and Ocelot Girl busted his scheme...I don't need to tell you how happy this is making Chief Cain...knowing how stumped I am..." replied Karl as they walked towards the gateway to the guesthouse.

Just as they were about to enter the gateway...Kim felt her puffy black nipples and areolas shoot swiftly to attention under her sweater..warning her of imminent danger. Before she could tell Johnny what she was feeling...the still night air was shattered by a piercing scream coming from inside of the two storey wooden guest house. "What the hell was that?!!" yelled Karl as he instinctively reached under his jacket and pulled out his Beretta semi-automatic pistol. "That came from inside of the guest house!!...It's got to be Saphire!!..She's in trouble!!" said Johnny. "Stay here Kim and call for back up!!..We're going in!!..Come on Johnny!!" replied Karl as he kicked the gate open and ran towards the guest house. "I'll be okay Johnny...This is a man's work...and I'm just a feeble woman.." quipped Kim as she winked at her husband and partner. "Be safe Kim.." said Johnny before he followed Karl into the guest house.

Once Johnny and Karl entered the building to help Saphire...Kim ran quickly to the church which was located a few feet away from the guest house. Concealing herself in the deep dark shadows cast by the stone pillars near the church's entrance...Kim started to spin on a single spot..causing an aura of golden light to engulf her body and her clothing as she hurriedly began her amazing transformation. As her sweater, slacks, shoes, bra and panties..vanished from her body...Kim sighed softly with pleasure as her large firm brown breasts bobbed and swayed freely for a second. A flimsy and translucent ocelot pelt leotard slowly snaked over her.. covering her body which became increasingly curvaceous and muscular. Her breasts were increased by several inches... becoming largely firm and barely protected by the thin fabric.

As it worked down her body.. the leotard formed a thin sliver in between her large, muscular thighs...exposing a few wisps of black pubic hair. Her erotic feet were bare save for a golden anklet..tied inches above her left ankle. Her trademark golden belt and lasso and twirled themselves magically around her small, curvy waist. Kim's black hair loosened..becoming long and glossy as it cascaded on to her broad and virtually naked shoulders. Gold bracelets snapped onto her wrists and Kim closed her eyes.. letting an ocelot pelt mask caress her face, concealing her identity. "Johnny and Karl need back up..but not from the police!!" resolved the sexy Amazon of Guyana as she sprinted towards the guest house. Her big brown breasts bobbing and swaying sexily from side to side under her thin translucent ocelot pelt leotard.

Her slender muscled arms working in tandem with her long muscular legs. Her mane of long glossy black hair flailing in the air behind her. Inside of the guest house...inside of her room which was now littered with broken furniture after some uninvited guests in ski masks paid her a late night visit...Saphire Capernia's screams were silenced and her struggle was coming to an end. "Mmmmm...Mmmmmm..Mmmmmmmm" moaned Saphire into a thick cotton pad that was clamped over her nose and mouth by one thug in a ski-mask. Her brown eyes fluttering rapidly as she succumbed to the copious amount of chloroform that had been soaked into its fibres. "Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.." conceded Saphire as he eyes closed and she slid out of the grasp of the thug...losing consciousness within seconds of hitting the wooden floor of her room.

"Finally..the old broad is out...Get her outta here...the Boss wants her real bad!" said another thug who stood guard at the door with a silencer-tipped pistol in hand. The thug who chloroformed Saphire..slung her over his left shoulder and headed for the door of the room..while his partner stepped out into the corridor. As they emerged...they came face to face with Johnny and Karl..who were now coming up the staircase. The pistol-wielding thug raised his weapon while the thug carrying the unconscious Saphire Capernia..ran down the corridor away from them. "Johnny!!..Get down!!" yelled Karl as he raised his gun. Johnny however ran past Karl up the staircase..inadvertently distracting the thug with the pistol who had lined Karl up in his sights.

Karl fired his Beretta..nailing the gun-toting thug in his left shoulder..sending him crashing against a wall. As Johnny leapt over the thug's falling form in pursuit of his partner who was making his escape with Saphire as his prisoner...the thug raised his weapon to shoot Johnny in the back. "Freeze!!!" yelled Karl as he shot the thug three times in the chest..putting him down permanently. By this time Johnny was far down the corridor..pursuing the other thug and Saphire. Reaching for his walkie-talkie that was attached to the left side of his belt...Karl radioed for Guyana Police reinforcements. "Thought they'd be here by now since Kim called them.." thought the former New York city cop as he ran down the corridor after Johnny who was closing in on the thug carrying Saphire.

Following the thug down another stairwell..and through a door at the bottom of the stairwell...Johnny pursued him into a dimly lit alley behind the guesthouse where a black unmarked van was parked. However as he closed in on his quarry...he was ambushed by six other thugs..their faces concealed by ski masks as they emerged from behind two dumpsters...armed with knives and blackjacks. Johnny laid one thug on the ground with a right fist to the jaw. However another thug dazed him with a blackjack blow to the back of his head. "Unnghh!!" groaned Johnny as he fell dazed to the ground. "Finish this punk off and let's get out of here!!" snarled another thug as he approached the dazed Johnny Chan with a knife in his right hand.

"Not if I have anything to say about it!!!" declared Ocelot Woman as she entered the alley..her big brown breasts bobbing sexily under her flimsy, translucent ocelot pelt leotard as she hurried to the aid of her husband. Flexing her large muscular thighs...Kim leapt towards the knife-wielding thug who was approaching Johnny. As he turned to face her...he tasted the ball of the erotic right foot of the sexy Amazon of Guyana as she planted it squarely in the middle of his face. As the balls of her erotic bare feet made contact with the cold asphalt surface of the alley...Ocelot Woman felled another thug who rushed her..with a left hand karate chop to the throat. Spinning around...she drove the ball of her erotic left foot hard into another thug's groin...leaving him writhing in pain on the ground.

The beauteous Guyanese Amazon's timely intervention not only saved her husband's life but gave him a chance to recover from the cowardly blow he received and rejoin the fight. Well timed punches by Johnny to the gut and head of another thug..sent that thug to the ground. A right jab from the Stabroek News photojournalist rocked the head of another thug...putting him out of action. Johnny smiled as he saw Kim knock the final ski-masked out by driving the ball of her erotic right foot into his gut. Terrified by the sudden intervention of Ocelot Woman and by her fighting prowess...the thug carrying the unconscious Saphire Capernia dumped her and ran away into the surrounding darkness.

"You really seem to find yourself in trouble a lot Mr Chan" quipped the gorgeous Guyanese superwoman as she assumed her trademark heroine pose in front of her husband. Johnny marvelled at the wonders of his superheroine spouse's curvaceous and muscular brown body as she stood before him. Her hands on either side of her small curvy waist...her long muscular legs slightly apart..her erotic bare feet flat on the ground...her large firm brown breasts pushed towards him with confidence. Before Johnny could reply to his wife's witty remark...the moans of Saphire Capernia as she lay on the ground of the alley caught their attention. Ocelot Woman and Johnny ran to her aid. Johnny stood beside the sexy Amazon of Guyana as she knelt beside Saphire on the balls of her erotic bare feet...in a way that made her large firm brown breasts bunch together under her flimsy, translucent ocelot pelt leotard. He watched with awe and pride as Kim massaged Saphire's temples gently..slowly bringing her out of the chloroform-induced slumber she was in.

"Ohhh...You...I know you...You're...You're Ocelot Woman...!!" gasped Saphire in relief as she saw the beauteous and buxom Guyanese superwoman kneeling beside her. "Yes Miss Capernia...Do not worry..You are safe now..." said Ocelot Woman as she helped the older woman to her feet. "Do you have any idea who these men are?...Why they tried to kidnap you?" asked Kim as she stared at the unconscious thugs lying on the ground around them..close to their getaway van. "Yes...He sent them after me...He doesn't want me to see Tom...He doesn't want Tom to know the truth about him...How he murdered Tom's mother and father...How he's made Tom work for him...Help him to keep his criminal empire alive and growing.." blurted Saphire.

"The man who you are speaking about...That man is Rey Corona..." deduced Ocelot Woman. "Yes...That's right...He will soon know that his plan to kidnap me has failed...Rey Corona will stop at nothing to silence me...Miss Parmasar and Mr Chan promised to help me to speak to Tom...Please Ocelot Woman...You have to help me too.." pleaded Saphire. "You have my promise Miss Capernia...I shall do everything in my power to help keep you safe...You will speak with Tom Collins..and Rey Corona will be brought to justice.." said Kim as she took Saphire's hands in her own. At that moment...Karl Misawa emerged from the guest house and into the alley. "Ocelot Woman!!..Thank God you're here!!...Is everyone all right?!" asked Johnny as he looked at the masked thugs lying unconscious on the ground around them.

"We are fine Detective...but you and Johnny must keep Miss Capernia in a safe place...while we can gather the evidence needed to expose Rey Corona as the head of a secret criminal organisation...I will be on the lookout for any other attempts by Corona and his minions to harm her...but for now I must go...I am certain that the police will be arriving shortly..." said Ocelot Woman as she turned on the balls of her erotic bare feet and sprinted swiftly out of the alley. Minutes after the sexy Amazon of Guyana made her exit...the sounds of police sirens were heard and Kim Parmasar joined Johnny, Karl and Saphire in the alley. "Is everybody all right?..I heard the gunshots...I was worried.." said Kim as she came up to them.

"Everything's okay now Kim...Thanks to Ocelot Woman..." said Karl as he led Saphire back to the guest house. Kim and Johnny smiled briefly at each other...both of them knowing a secret which Karl did not. As they left..and the six thugs were hauled off by Guyana's finest...the lone thug who got away...watched from another alley close by. Taking out his cell phone...he made a call to Nestor Esposito to tell him what happened. Esposito in turn relayed the information to Rey Corona at his private villa in Vreed En Hoop..located across the Demerara River to the west of Guyana's capital city...Georgetown. Coincidentally...Tom Collins was with him when he received the call.

"Well Tom..it seems that the Ocelot Woman is once again interferring in our affairs...Nestor has informed me that she interrupted an important transaction of mine..." said Corona. "She's already shut down the businesses which Canine and Friendly were running for us..that's cost us millions in profits...I'd like to introduce her to one of my special creations...that would certainly take the fight out of her..." replied Tom. "So you shall..but we need to catch Ocelot Woman off guard...get her into a position where we have the advantage...but first..we need to take care of that big breasted bimbo's friends...once we get to them...we get to her..." said Corona as he outlined his plan to his young apprentice...and virtual heir to his criminal empire.


Three days later

Stabroek News building. Georgetown.
Guyana. 5 pm.

Kim Parmasar was at her desk in the corner office of the newsroom which she shared with her husband and partner Johnny Chan. She was typing up the information which Saphire Capernia had told her during an interview at the safehouse where she was being kept under police guard. Kim was amazed by the details which Saphire had furnished her with. What was unfolding before her was an intricate web of criminal activity..concealed by legitimate businesses...with Rey Corona at the heart of it all. Saphire told her about Corona's deep connections within Venezuela's Policia Nacional..including those links which allowed him to smuggle cocaine from Curiapo in Venezuela to New Amsterdam in Guyana.

She also filled in gaps involving patrons of Carine Canine's illegal dogfight scheme..who were actually partners in several of Corona's mainstay criminal activities..namely drug trafficking, gambling and money laundering. "This story is finally coming together...Saphire's information is proving invaluable...Rey Corona's criminal empire is second only to the one Bill Wilkins had..but just like Wilkins..Corona is soon going to be history..." thought Kim with confidence as she typed up the story. Just at that moment...the phone on her desk rang.

"Kim Parmasar.." said Kim as she picked up the receiver. "Kim...Hi..It's Petal Phatelle...."said a woman's voice on the other end of the line. Kim's eyebrows raised in curiosity. Petal Phatelle was a reporter at a rival paper..the Kaiteur Chronicle. "What's going on Petal?..I'm really busy.." said Kim as she continued typing."Don't be so rude Kim...I know our papers are rivals and all that but..I just came into some info...and it's way over my head...my editors don't want to touch it...it has to do with Rey Corona..and he's one of our biggest clients..." replied Petal. Kim saved her story and turned her attention to the phone call. "All right Petal...You've got my attention..

What's this information you have?" asked Kim. "No..I can't tell you over the phone...Can we meet someplace?" asked Petal. "Of course..Tell me where and when..." said Kim. "Tom's Diner and Cafe on Water Street...at six...I'll see you there..." replied Petal and the call ended. Just at that moment...Johnny entered the corner office following his meeting with their boss Bruce Kandivas to update him on their story.
"Ready to go sweetheart...Fred's waiting at home for us...Then I'll go and check in on Saphire..." said Johnny as he placed his hands on her shoulders and gently massaged them. "Mmmm..that sounds good..." sighed Kim with pleasure as she enjoyed his massage. "But..." added Johnny...knowing that one was coming. "But...I have to meet a source..." said Kim as she stood up and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"That came up pretty sudden...I'll go with you..." said Johnny. "Don't worry Johnny...It won't take long...Just give Freddie a big hug for me..make sure he gets fed and walked...I'll meet you later at the safehouse..." said Kim. "Promise?" asked Johnny. "Promise.." replied Kim as she kissed him on the lips before leaving their corner office and heading towards the elevators.

Tom's Diner and Cafe
Water Street, Georgetown.
Guyana. 6 pm

Kim Parmasar entered the diner/cafe...which seemed to be sparsely populated with customers that evening. Before the lady journalist could ponder that thought...her source called out to her. "Kim!!..Kim over here!!" cried Petal Phatelle as she stood up at the corner table where she was sitting. Kim's heels echoed off the tiled floor as she walked over to the table where Petal...a 22 year-old East Indian woman with pointy tipped glassed and short black curly hair was sitting. The table was partially hidden from view by some large plants and it was next to a large glass window overlooking the Demerara River outside. "I'm here Petal...This had better be important...There's some place I need to be very soon.." said Kim as she sat down at the table.

At that moment...a waiter arrived at the table to take their drink orders. "Red wine for me.." blurted Petal..who Kim knew had a penchant for anything with alcohol in it. "I'll just have water please.." said Kim to the waiter. The waiter nodded and went back to the bar to get the drinks. As the waiter approached the bar...none other than the diner/cafe's owner Tom Collins emerged from a back door to meet him. "The target ordered water Boss..." said the waiter..who was on Rey Corona's payroll. Tom grinned at those words. He figured that Kim thought she'd be smart by picking water..because she thought any other drink could have been spiked..and there was no way that could happen with water.

"Not a problem..the lady's very particular with her drinks...that's why she's going to like the special ingredient that I'm putting in her water.." replied Tom as he placed a glass of ice water on the waiter's tray..and then the glass of red wine for Petal Phatelle next to it. The waiter promptly carried the drinks to the table as instructed by Tom and left the two female journalists to talk. "All right Petal...What's this information you found out about Rey Corona?...I don't have all night for this.." said Kim bluntly as she took the first sip of her water. "Patience Kim..Patience...it's not something I can tell you in just two seconds...You see I was down at the Parliament building the other day.." began Petal as she took a sip of her red wine...beginning what turned out to be a long winded talk.

Kim did her best to keep a straight face and remain calm as Petal rambled on..hoping that at some point she'd get to the point of why she asked to meet her here at Tom's Diner and Cafe. Intermittently..Kim would check the watch on her left wrist..and take slow sips of her water..remembering that she told Johnny she'd meet him at the safehouse where Saphire was being kept. As time passed by and Petal kept spewing out a lot of information which she already knew about Corona..Kim yawned every now and then...as she felt her eyelids slowly becoming heavy. "I'm sorry Kim...Am I boring you?" asked Petal with a strange smile on her face.

Kim looked at Petal and found it difficult to focus..as her vision became increasingly blurry..with each passing second. "Ooooohh..No..All of a sudden...I...just...feel..I..feel...so..sleepy..getting...sleepier...and sleepier...and..sleepier..." sighed Kim as her head swayed slowly from side to side as the effects of the drug in the water became more pronounced. "What's wrong Kim?" asked Petal with an evil grin on her face as she stared at Kim. "The water...there was something in it...I've been drugged...head spinning....feeling..so..dizzy....so sleepy...too sleepy...to think..too sleepy..to move...fallen into...a trap....going to..going..to..Uuuuhh..Uuuhhh..Uuuuuuuuuuuuhhh.." moaned Kim as she fell limp in her chair..her head resting against her right shoulder as she lost consciousness within one second.

"Cheers Kim" quipped Petal as she finished her drink and walked off..as two waiters approached the table which was strategically located so that no one would see what happened there. One grabbed Kim under her arms..and the other grabbed her by her ankles as they carried her towards the back of the diner/cafe... making their exit through a hidden passageway in the wall. The first phase of Rey Corona's plan had been successfully executed.

To be continued