Nemesis: Chapter 15

Whilst the contestants were getting changed, Abi finally managed to corner Aiko for a brief interview. "Aiko, you're an up and coming star, why did you decide to introduce yourself to British audiences through a gunge-centric gameshow." "Well, the gameshow format is in my blood, my family have been involved in making gameshows for generations back home in Japan and I always used to enjoy watching the messy games the most when I was a child", Aiko replied, sensing that Abi wasn't really listening. Clearly the brunette wasn't the biggest wam fan, though she seemed to really enjoy Mia getting gunged. "So, have you ever got gunged yet yourself?" Abi asked mischievously. "Yes, as a child, but not yet as a TV presenter, though I'm sure to meet my comeuppance at some point during the series." Whilst answering this last question, Aiko swiftly glanced around her to ensure that she wasn't being set up by her crew.

"What do you say to those who accuse the show of being childish, or even worse cruel and exploitative?" Demanded Abi, changing the tone of the conversation. Aiko was taken aback, taking the criticism rather too personally. "No not at all. All our contestants know what they are getting themselves into. Yes, there are surprises along the way, but all four of these girls knew that before they came on." Fighting back, Abi swooped in for the kill. "But each of the contestants have revealed rather intimate information about their friends. The show is hardly suitable for the whole family is it?" "There have been many messy gameshows down the years for kids, but very few for adults. The show will be going out after the watershed. Many of our fans grew up watching gunge shows like I did as a kid, there is a clamour for what we offer", Aiko shot back, growing increasingly annoyed.

"With only a few weeks to go before the first proper broadcast, are you confident of ironing out all the mechanical and technical problems like the ones that you experienced this morning?" Abi began to gloat. Aiko took a step closer to Abi before replying, "Look, shows recorded in real time will always pose you with problems. It's true, you never know what might happen." Finishing her sentence, Aiko uncovered the cream pie that she had been hiding and slammed it into Abi's face. She gave the pie a quick twist before letting it drop onto her chest. Shocked, Abi inhaled her scream. She didn't want to embarrass herself further on camera. She had been concentrating on not falling for any of Mia's tricks that she had forgotten to take heed of the threat posed by Aiko. Still, it should make for good television. With the camera turned off, Graham threw Abi a towel. Gloating, Aiko laughed "Well I think that interview went well, don't you?"

The four girls re-entered the studio. Sophie and Emily were wearing light red sports bras and gym shorts, whilst Georgia and Mia were wearing light blue. Sophie and Mia were directed to sit down on stalls with Emily and Georgia standing beside them. Aiko began speaking to the camera. "In this round, Georgia and Emily will be competing against each other on an obstacle course. Whoever completes the course first will get to gunge their victim, one of these two lovely ladies here." Aiko smiled as the camera panned over Sophie and Mia. "But first, Emily and Georgia are going to answer a few general knowledge questions. Whoever buzzes in and gets to three correct answers first will get a ten second head start. For every correct answer, they get to pie their victim in the face. Plus, whichever victim gets to three pies first will also receive a bucket of slime."

Mia looked up at Georgia who rubbed her hands in glee before patting Mia on the head. Mia at least took comfort in the fact that Emily seemed fairly intelligent. Mia herself could never beat Georgia at a general knowledge quiz.

"First question, began Aiko. "What is eleven times twelve?" Both girls immediately hit their buzzers. Aiko listened into her earpiece before declaring that Emily had got there first. "Emily, tell me your answer" she declared. "one-hundred-and-thirty-two!" she shouted in delight. Sophie was going to get messy for the first time all show. The auburn-haired beauty picked up the first pie and slammed it into her best friend's face. She rubbed it up and down to ensure maximum coverage. Aiko asked "Emily, how did that feel, to finally get your revenge on Sophie here?" "Awesome!" Emily beamed in return. "Second question, never, monthly and always are all what type of word?" Georgia took a second to think, but she paused too long. Emily buzzed in, "Adverbs, I think" she said unsure. Aiko nodded approvingly. "Great answer Emily, I'm very impressed, now pie your friend." Georgia couldn't believe it, she was being outplayed; this never happened. Mia, still clean, smiled at her friend. Emily picked up the second pie and thrust it down on top of Sophie's head. She then dragged it over her forehead and cheeks. Emily was pleased to discover that the pie had a chocolate filling. Sophie licked her philtrum and shook her head.

"Third question, what is the longest river in the United Kingdom?" Aiko began. "But before she had even finished Emily buzzed in again. "The Thames!" she shouted, "Wait, oh no!" she cried realising her mistake. Sophie sighed in relief. "I'm afraid not Emily. Georgia would you kindly pie your opponent?" "Sure, why not?" she replied before picking up a pie with a custard filling. She saddled up to Emily and placed her left arm around her shoulder before launching the pie at Emily from point blank range. Georgia sure didn't like losing that was for sure. Aiko then butted in, "Georgia do you know the answer?" "Oh, it must be the River Severn then?" she surmised. "Correct", confirmed Aiko. Georgia then picked up a cream pie and gently massaged it into Mia's face. Emily noted the difference in delivery between the two pie hits and tutted. "The score is now two: one. Fourth question", announced Aiko. "The character of Ophelia drowns in which Shakespeare play?" Emily was just too quick for Georgia once again. "Hamlet", she shouted as soon as she pressed her buzzer. "Correct" Aiko confirmed. Emily picked up the third pie and sauntered over to Sophie. She threw the pie at the blonde's chest before rubbing it in to further the mess. She then picked up a bucket of orange gunge and slowly tipped it over Sophie's head. Amazingly, this was the first time that Sophie had been slimed on the show, Emily was going to make the most of it. The gunge cascaded over Sophie's body, dripping onto her bare legs and feet.

Once the gunging had finished, Aiko spoke up once again. "Mia, we still have two pies and a bucket of gunge left. What do you think that we should do with it?" Grinning, Mia jumped up and caught Georgia by the arm. She dragged her friend down onto the stool. Georgia shook her head and laughed. Mia picked up the two pies and gave Georgia an all-encompassing pie sandwich. Cream spurted out and hit Sophie sitting a few feet away. Mia then picked up the bucket of yellow gunge and overturned it over Georgia's head. Mia left the bucket over her friend's head and laughed. The tables had started to turn, but Georgia could still get her messy revenge. Emily would have a ten second head start, but surely Georgia's athleticism would give her an advantage? Mia removed the bucket from Georgia's head and gave the blonde a peck on the cheek. The production crew threw the four girls towels before directing Sophie and Mia to two gunge tanks, set above a massive pool of slime.

The camera panned over the course with Aiko providing a voice over. "The contestants, will first have to make their way through a series of stutter step tyres before climb over a large cargo net. Heading back down, they must then wriggle through a tunnel of gunge. They then have to shoot two basketballs into a net before walking over a balance beam situated over a pool of gunge. They then must crawl over and over a set of barricades before making their way over a set of monkey bars situated over another pool of gunge. Contestants finish by climbing over a large wall using a rope. They must then race to their friend's gunge tank and activate a lever. The unlucky victim will receive a torrent of gunge from above before being catapulted into the large gunge tank below. As Emily won the previous game, she has a ten second head start. So, let's see what happens. Three, two, one, go!"

Georgia and Emily were wearing protective head gear and knee and elbow pads for protection. Mia observed that she had no protection from the oncoming gunge. Emily set off quickly and had no trouble with the stutter step tyres. No longer too concerned about getting messy so dragged herself through the tunnel of gunge. Purple gunge covered her chest and stomach as made her way across the second obstacle. Georgia, meanwhile was too keen to make up for her lost time. She missed one of the tyres and was directed to start them again. Emily looked behind her, Georgia was nowhere to be seen. This was quite fortunate as Emily was no great shakes at basketball. She missed terribly with the first three balls before seeing the fourth luckily bounce in. Georgia meanwhile hauled her body through the tunnel of gunge and ran to the basketball nets as soon as Emily got her second ball in. Emily sensed that the blonde was catching up with her. Quickening up her pace she slipped halfway across the balance beam. The slime was deeper than she thought as she disappeared completely under the surface of the gunge. She spat out the gunge just as Georgia, who had scored with both of her first attempts at the basketball nets, took to the beam.

Seeing that she had time, Georgia slowly tiptoed over the beam. She reckoned that she could increase her lead of Emily later. Emily, slipping, fell off the balance beam the second she got back on. Panting she finally made her way across the beam on the third attempt and looked up to see Georgia hurdling over the final barricade. Georgia, however started to tire. She lost her grip on the monkey bars and splashed into the pool of gunge. With such a big lead she purposely slowed herself down as she crossed the bars on the second attempt. Emily, sensing that she was catching up gained a second wind. She crossed the barricades like a flash and reached the monkey bars just as Georgia completed her last one. Emily climbed up the bars and reached for the first one. But with hands sticky with gunge lost her grip and fell into the pool of gunge.

Georgia wiped her hands on her shorts to get a better grip on the rope. She glanced round to see Emily fall into the gunge once again. Sophie looked over at Mia and smiled, Georgia was almost at the finish line whilst Emily looked to have run out of steam. Mia shouted words of encouragement at the brunette. Emily dragged herself out of the gunge and took to the monkey bars. To her great relief, she was just starting to get the hang of it. She was three quarters of the way across when she looked to see Georgia climb over the final wall. Giving up, Emily let go of the balls and fell back into the gunge. Georgia ran towards the tank to see Sophie cheering her on. Georgia ran over to Mia's tank and pulled the lever.

Mia screamed as dark blue gunged cascaded all over her. The deluge lasted for twenty seconds as gallons of gunge submerged the poor girl. Streams of gunge hit her head and her chest. Green gunge then began to pour from the sides. Georgia simply stood and cheered. The deluge finally came to an end. Suddenly, the front of the tank swung open and Mia's chair tilted forward. The chair journeyed down a ramp and into the massive pool of gunge. Mia disappeared head first into the red slime. Completely submerged she thrashed around in the slime. A stream of white gunge rained down on her from above. With her ordeal over she swam to the edge of the tank only to find Georgia waiting for her. Georgia slammed a chocolate gateau into Mia's face before finishing her off with a bucket of custard. Mia's attempt to gain her revenge on Georgia had backfired spectacularly. She was the one who had been left humiliated and covered in gunge. But not to worry, she thought to herself, it was Georgia's birthday soon after all. Mia already had many great ideas for presents for the blonde.

Stagehands released Sophie from her tank. Once again, she had barely got messy at all. She ran over to Emily who had taken off her helmet and protective gear and gave her a huge hug. "Hard luck", Sophie whispered in her friend's ear. The camera shot back to Mia just as another barrage of grey gunge fell on her from above. Aiko began to speak. "Well done to Georgia for gaining her messy revenge. But as for our loser, the time has come for her to receive her own messy forfeit." Emily looked shocked, she had forgotten that she would be gunged if she lost. Giggling, Sophie led her friend by the hand to a seat above a covered tank of gunge. Sophie was handed three pies. The first was thrust into Emily's cute face. The second splattered against her chest. Sophie put down the third pie as she was handed three buckets of melted chocolate. As Sophie poured the first bucket, Emily screamed in shock as the sticky chocolate stuck to her hair. Sophie then took hold of her friend's head and plunged it into the second bucket of chocolate. Her face and hair were completely covered. Sophie then threw the third bucket at Emily's chest before pieing her once again in the face.

The cover over the gunge tank was then removed. "Oh my God!" exclaimed Emily as she looked down upon the tank of molasses. "Anything but this", she cried. "Sorry Em", jested Sophie as she pulled the lever sending her friend to her messy doom. Emily fell into the pool of molasses with an almighty splash. This was without doubt the worst gunging of the entire day. Emily screamed as the treacle seeped under her bra. Emily stood up with the molasses up to the bottom of her shorts. There was not one inch of skin left clean. Just then, a bag of feathers was released over the poor brunette. Sophie doubled over in joy; it was not long since Emily had done something similar to her. "That's weird", Aiko thought to herself, "I didn't realise that feathers were part of that stunt. Good idea though, I must congratulate Parvati about it later." Ava, no longer hiding in the shadows chortled at the fate of her bitter rival.

Abi meanwhile had sent over the last of her video reports. The TV executive was quick to ring her back. "It's absolutely fabulous what you've done, this will go down a storm. I have no doubt that you'll get the job permanently now. There's just one problem. On the contract that you signed you promised to do a gunge scene. All I have so far is a pie to the face. I've contacted Parvati and she's said that she'll organise one for you." With that the TV executive put down the phone. Abi was speechless. Just then Parvati made her way towards the reporter. "So, you've just heard the news then" she gloated. "Fortunately, we still have a tank of gunge left unused." Abi was led over towards the tank that Sophie had been sitting in during the game. Mia, still sitting in the tank below gave the brunette two thumbs up. Abi scowled as she was positioned into the tank. Aiko pulled the lever releasing orange gunge over the twenty-six-year-old. Yellow gunge hit her from the side before the tank door opened and she plunged into the pool below.

Abi sputtered and shrieked as she thrashed around in the gunge. Sophie handed two pies to Mia who then waded her way through the gunge to Abi. Abi was still wiping gunge from her eyes when Mia hit her with the first pie. Cream ran down her face onto her blouse. Mia then took too long gloating over the first hit. Abi grabbed the second pie off her and slammed it into the younger girl's face. Mia wiped the pie from her face just as Abi pushed her back under the surface of the gunge. Dave and the rest of the TV show cameraman switched of their cameras. They had all that they needed, they were running late, it was time to go home. Graham on the other hand, ensured that he got a perfect view of the catfight that ensued and vowed to send it off before Abi could have the chance to delete it. The taller, stronger, woman, Abi pushed Mia under the slime once again, only to be hit by a stream of light green gunge from above. Finally deciding that he had enough material, Graham switched the video camera off and went to upload his video to his boss.

Back in the gunge tank, Mia tried to grab at Abi's blouse, but the brunette, horrified at the prospect of going topless fought back. Pushed onto her front, Mia was now staring face down into the gunge. Abi sat on top of her and unhooked the left side of Mia's bra. Mia clawed at the older woman, desperate to retain her dignity. But Abi proved too strong. Following words of encouragement from Ava, she unhooked the second strap and threw Mia's bra out of the tank. "Go on," Ava shouted, "don't stop there." Mia had no choice but to wrap both of her arms across her chest. This meant that she had no protection from Abi who pulled down her shorts, before throwing them at Ava. Georgia, realising what was happening all too late ran to the side of the tank, but there was now nothing she could do. Sitting up in the gunge in just her knickers, Mia's modesty was saved by a wave of blue gunge from above. Ava then handed two pies to Abi who thrust them at Mia's chest. Mia, defeated, fell back into the pool of gunge.

One minute later, Mia stood up, with her arms still wrapped around her chest. Her blue knickers gave her barely any protection. She was glad to see that most of the men had left the studio, giving her at least a modicum of privacy. Georgia threw her a towel, but it simply plopped into the gunge. Now returned, Graham helped an irate Abi out of the tank. She was not pleased to find out that he had already sent on the footage. Mia wrapped the towel around her body and headed for the changing rooms. She sat down next to Emily, who was fresh out of the shower. She told her that Ava had helped Abi humiliate her. "Why would she do that? She barely knows me." She cried. Not caring about getting messy once again, Emily wrapped her arm Mia's bare shoulders. Mia spoke up once again. "Please, tell me, what exactly did she do to Sophie? Is she always this cruel?" "Well", Emily sighed. "It's a long story, go and have a shower and I'll tell you afterwards, over a cup of warm coffee and a cake."