Chapter 43

"Are we going to fight these dolls?" Emma asked, stepping into the ring with Katy.

"No, let's learn to hit them." Katy replied, positioning one of the dolls in the center. "come here." called Emma.

Emma glared at the dummy and landed a merely hard slap across its chest.

"Really? After that slap you would be grabbed and taken to an alley. Try to think of something more coherent!"

Emma bit her bottom lip thoughtfully.

"Come on princess, by the time this actually happens you won't have time to think!"

Emma then nodded, giving the puppet a firm punch in the stomach.

"Good… but you still don't get it right."

"How not?"

"There's one thing that makes any man fall, no matter what size he is. And that thing is balls. When a jerk like that comes at you, you grab his shoulders, and…" Katy demonstrated on the doll, giving a knee so firm that the sound of impact startled Emma, causing her to laugh. "Either you make an omelette, or you send the guy s