"Well, That Was Quite An Exit !"

Diane shooed away the staff and students who had been entranced by the remarkable and unexpected spectacle they had been witnessing. There were a few groans of disappointment but these were tempered by the realisation that there probably wasn't going to be very much more to see now anyway. Diane held onto Aditty, indicating that the Asian girl should stay behind.

Meanwhile, Debbi and Carol had overheard via the intercom all that had just transpired. Debbi stormed towards the door. "Let us out now" she demanded. As the door to the decontamination chamber opened, she rushed at her boyfriend, poking Andy violently in the chest. "You fucking idiot" she yelled. "It's only a fucking sprinkler system and the only thing we were sprayed with was fucking water. You put us through all that fucking humiliation for fucking nothing !" Andy was nonplussed but he could not fault the logic of Debbi's colourfully expressed argument. "Get our fucking clothes now" she shouted.

The plant manager cleared his throat nervously. It was a toss up whether he was more disconcerted by the proximity of Debbi's spectacular nudity or by her uncharacteristic and unladylike outburst. "Er, I'm afraid that isn't possible Debbi" he said. "Anything that goes down that chute is immediately incinerated to destroy any contamination."

"What ?" yelled Debbi. "Oh well, that's just fucking great" she railed. "I can go and get a fireman's jacket for you from the fire engine" Andy offered. "Piss off" retorted Debbi. "Don't fucking bother." And to everyone's surprise, she turned on her heels and marched proudly out of the door, right past the astonished office workers, down the stairs, across reception and straight out to her parked car, where she wrapped herself in the emergency blanket that she always kept in the boot and drove off furiously in a screech of tyres !

"Well, that was quite an exit" remarked Diane mildly. "Um, I wouldn't mind that fireman's jacket" piped up Carol, who was belatedly trying to cover her own nudity. "Yes, yes of course" Andy replied, hurrying out the door. "Ah, they had their first lover's tiff" Diane said sarcastically. "Never mind, it's good it was only water. No real harm done." Carol looked daggers at her. Diane saw the hostility but that only caused her to smirk even more. Maybe this will teach Carol not to cross me thought Diane but in any case, she was now grooming a new sidekick. "Well, I had better go and write a report" said the plant manager with one last look at Carol.

Diane took Aditty to one side. "How would you like to come to our company on work experience ?" she asked. "Is it always like this ?" the excited girl wondered. "More often than you might imagine" Diane laughed. "We'll have a lot of fun !"