his face and body, while Johnny pitched in with kicks and blows of his own. The man, helpless at the attack, just covered himself with his arms and whimpered with each blow he received. "Stop!" yelled Rick. "Man, Rick, forget this dude!" growled Net angrily. "Let's just take what he's got and get the heck out of here. 5-0 could be on their way already!" Bleeding profusely from the nose, mouth and head, the man sputtered something unintelligible. Then coughing out a large amount of blood, he gagged, and sputtered again, this time what he said came out clearer, "Why?" "Why what, sucker?!!" said Net. "Why attack me? I told you I'd give you anything you wanted." "What'd you think, we're going you to ask you for permission or something?!!" "Oh, you're a real MAN, beating a guy while he's down," said the man, wiping his mouth with his coat sleeve and starting to feel a little bit mad at his situation. "Rick, man, did you hear him?!! I'm tellin' you, man, I'm going to waste this sucker here and now if he don't shut the heck up!""Back off! The boy s'got some huge balls talkin' like that, don't you old man?" said Rick, beginning to have a little respect for the man. "I just don't like getting the heck beat out of me, especially when I said I'd give you anything you wanted. And it doesn't take a genius to figure out you'd get more out of a willing victim than a beaten one. But I guess you wouldn't understand that." the man said, tempting his fate a little, hoping to gain more of an edge with the leader, the more reasonable one of the pack. That was all Net could take and began beating the man again, this time with more ferocity than before. Rick jumped in trying to restrain him, but Net was strong and determined. "Rick, let me go, man, let me go!! I'm going to kill this sucker!!""Get off him, Net. GET OFF!" Rick struggled but managed to gain more control over Net and was finally able to restrain him and make him back off. "Heck, man! You heard h...
