Becky waited excitedly for the cue to make her entrance on the series finale and what was to be her final show. She knew that a pie in the face, or possibly something even worse, awaited her. But she didn't care as from next month she'd be hosting her own magazine programme.

"And for the final time, please welcome my assistant Rebecca" Gina announced.

So, dressed in her usual showgirl costume of white leotard, headdress, gloves, heels and black fishnets, Becky strode out into the studio. The audience cheered and applauded her appearance, with a few wolf whistling at her. She grinned and gave them a friendly wave.

Gina waited impatiently for Becky to reach her and gave her a false smile as she did so. Meanwhile the plasma screens at the rear and to the sides of the studio were showing various scenes of Becky getting messy or otherwise being humiliated, usually at Gina's hand.

"Do you remember your first appearance and the gift I gave you?" Gina asked.

Becky nodded as a stagehand came out bearing a custard and cream pie upon a silver tray. The audience laughed knowingly as Gina took the pie from the departing stagehand. She waved it in front of Becky, teasing both her assistant and the audience.

It didn't come as a surprise to anyone when moments later Gina thrust the pie into Becky's face. She accepted the pie without resistance and just stood there with cream dripping off her face as Gina waved over another stagehand.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, let me clean that up for you" Gina said.

Gina took a soda syphon from the second stagehand and directed a stream of water at Becky face. After washing most of the cream from her face, she redirected the stream at her assistant's chest, turning her leotard transparent in the process.

* * *

Becky was a little upset. She'd expected the pie, in fact her job almost demanded it, but she wasn't so keen to have been exposed on national telly. If she'd wanted that she would have entered a wet t-shirt competition. Still, it wasn't the first time it had happened, and it was her last show.

Ideally, she'd love to retaliate against Gina and get her messy for a change. She suspected many of the show's audience would also be in favour of the host getting her just desserts. But unfortunately, the producers had expressly forbidden her from doing so, in fact it was written in the small print on her contract.

So instead Becky took the opportunity to tidy herself up a little, there was no point cleaning up too much as undoubtedly, she'd soon get messy again. She then met with today's contestants and ushered them into the studio to the welcoming applause of the live audience.

"So, who do we have with us today?" Gina asked.

"This is Ralph, and he's an apprentice tree surgeon" Becky responded.

Ralph looked like the outdoor type dressed as he was in white t-shirt and black cargo trousers. Gina greeted him and he then went to stand behind his assigned podium.

"And this is Ashleigh, and she's a naval cadet" Becky said, finishing the introductions.

Ashleigh was cute as a button and dressed in a dark blue minidress. As Gina welcomed her to the show, she received more than a few wolf-whistles. Then like Ralph, she took up her place behind a podium.

Before Gina started questioning the contestants, Becky walked to the wings and returned moments later wheeling on a trolley laden with a dozen cream pies. She then selected a pie from the trolley and took up a position halfway between Ralph and Ashleigh.

"Let's get started" Gina announced.

Ralph immediately got his first question wrong resulting in Becky hitting him with a pie in the face. Ashleigh got her question right and avoided the forfeit. This was repeated for the second set of questions, as Ralph received a second pie in the face whilst Ashleigh escaped clean.

Both contestants got their third question correct meaning that Becky just stood their pie in hand waiting for the next incorrect answer. Ralph once again got his question right and for the first time Ashleigh struggled with her answer.

"That is incorrect" Gina stated.

Becky took the pie and smashed it into Ashleigh's face. When she'd started on the show Becky had been slightly embarrassed to be messing up the contestants. But she'd quickly got used to it, after all they should know what they'd sign up to.

The fifth set of questions resulted in a return to the earlier results with Ralph getting his wrong and Ashleigh getting her's correct. Becky slapped another pie into Ralph's face before smearing the case up his face and leaving it resting on the top of his head.

Both contestants got their final question wrong and Becky took great delight in simultaneously delivering a pie to each of their faces.

"After round one Ralph is on two points, whilst Ashleigh is leading with four" Becky declared.

"Thank you, Rebecca," Gina said, "but as you seemed to take such delight in pieing our contestants, I think it's only fair they get to use the remaining pies on you!"

Ralph quickly grabbed a pie from the trolley and thrust it into Becky's face. Ashleigh took two pies and sandwiched Becky's head between them. Ralph then deposited a pie on top of Becky's head. Ashleigh rubbed her final pie over Becky's chest whilst to loud encouragement from the audience, Ralph spun Becky around and slapped his last pie against her bottom.

* * *

Becky and the two contestants had cleaned themselves up during the break. As they rendered the studio, they noticed that the podiums from round one had gone. Usually in their place would be a pair of perspex booths for the contestants to sit in, but not today for some reason.

One of the stagehands indicated for them to all stand near the centre of the studio where there were six buckets of gunge had been placed. Becky was always wary when the producers played with the show's format as it was always a good indication that she was going to get messy.

"In round two if you get a question wrong Becky will empty one of these buckets over you" Gina explained.

Becky was relieved that for once she wouldn't be getting messy. But that relief was short lived.

"However, get the question right and you not only get two points but also get to empty a bucket over Becky" Gina stated.

Gina asked Ashleigh the first question which she got right. She selected a bucket of pink coloured gunge and tipped the contents over Becky's head. Ralph also got his question right and poured a bucket of green gunge all over Becky.

The second set of questions didn't work out so well for either contestant, as Becky got to empty a bucket of blue gunge over Ashleigh and orange gunge over Ralph. All three of them looked quite a sight much to the amusement of Gina and the audience.

Ashleigh got her final question wrong and had a bucket of yellow gunge poured over her by Becky. Ralph on the other hand got his question correct and got to use the lot of gunge, this a grey colour. He took the bucket and pushed it down over Becky's head.

"As my assistant seems to be preoccupied," Gina announced "let me tell you that that Ralph and Ashleigh are level pegging on six points each."

* * *

They'd never had a draw before on the show and Becky didn't know what that meant. Did both contestants win, did they both lose. Maybe there would be a tiebreaker question to determine an actual winner.

As a relatively clean Becky escorted Ralph and Ashleigh back they could see that a pool of horrible looking brown sludge now dominated the studio. Above the pool was suspended a single seat, so it was clear that both contestants wouldn't be getting dunked.

"As you've both done so well, we've decided to reward each of you with a holiday!" Gina informed Ralph and Ashleigh.

Both contestants celebrated their good fortunate whilst the audience cheered them. However, Becky was getting a sinking feeling as she could well guess who would soon be dropping into the pool. So, she wasn't surprised when Gina told her to take her place above the sludge.

Accompanied by more cheering from the audience, Becky reluctantly climbed into the seat. Looking down she could see how think and revolting the sludge looked, it didn't help that it gave off a slightly odd smell too.

"I've been waiting a long time for this" Gina proclaimed.

Becky looked down at her domineering colleague and wished it was her suspended above the pool instead of herself. Becky would have loved to see Gina, with her quaffed hair and smart suit rolling around in the sludge but clearly that wasn't going to happen.

Gina seemed to take great pleasure in taunting Becky as she slowly walked over to the chain beside the pool and mimed pulling it. Then after getting the audience to give her a countdown, Gina gave the chain a good pull.

Nothing seemed to happen. Then there was a loud clanking sound from the studio rigging above. Both Becky and Gina looked up. Becky couldn't see what had caused the noise, but Gina saw a brief flash of something green before the host was drenched in green gunge.

"Nooo..." Gina screamed.

Becky had never laughed so heartedly as she saw what had happened to Gina. In fact, she was laughing so much that she almost fell into the pool. Luckily a couple of stagehands helped steady her before assisting her to get down from the seat.

Gina on the other hand wasn't so lucky as three stagehands grabbed hold of her and lifting her up, threw her into the pool. Gina disappeared below the surface of the sludge only to emerge moments later completely coated in the filthy brown stuff.

"As Gina seems to be preoccupied," Becky stated "let me thank today's contestants Ralph and Ashleigh and all of you for watching. Goodbye!"

Becky, Ralph and Ashleigh waved at the audience whilst Gina floundered around in the sludge. Then just as she managed to grab hold of the edge of the pool, one of the stagehands discreetly passed Becky a cream pie. Becky thrust the pie into Gina's surprised face before walking off.

The end.