Sprayed and Dazed

Amilia couldn't believe this. On top of everything else that had happened to her in the span of two days, she was now being hunted by a couple of wackos! How had her dreams of freedom turn into a complete nightmare?!

Right now though, she had no time to worry about that. She had to find a place to hide!

The girl looked around desperately. There was a cave just big enough for her to squeeze into, but that also meant the hunters could also squeeze in, too. Not to mention, who knew what was living in that cave? The last thing she wanted was for a bear or a mountain lion to be thrown into this problem!

There was a log just ahead of her, but it looked like it would be a very tight squeeze, making the girl unsure if she'd even be able to get out.

That was when she looked up and saw what appeared to be an abandoned cabin, darting towards it as she decided that that would be perfect! Racing up the stairs to the porch, Amilia yanked on the doorknob, surprised to see that the door was unlocked as she swung it open and ran in, slamming the door behind her.

Taking a minute to catch her breath, Amilia reached to her rear and yanked, hissing in pain as she pulled out the dart from her butt cheek. The girl sighed. At least they weren't firing live ammo at her.

Letting the dart fall to the ground, Amilia plopped herself down in a nearby arm chair, leaning her head back as she wondered how things could possibly get any worse.

She immediately wished she hadn't thought that as a familiar noise caused her eyes to widen. Slowly sitting up straight, the girl saw about ten skunks in the living room of the cabin. How she hadn't notice them before now, Amilia didn't know, but right now she was too preoccupied with the fact that all ten of the creatures were staring up at her.

"Oh no..." Amilia whimpered, immediately closing her eyes as she waited for the inevitable.

"Are you sure you saw the thing go this way?"

Mark, who had just finished putting a new dart into his rifle, stopped in his tracks as he turned to his brother. "Am I sure?! You're the one with the hunting dog!"

"Princess isn't a hunting dog, she's a guard dog!" Steve argued, "There's a difference! Besides, Dolores would kill me if Princess got hurt!"

"You know, every time you say anything about you and that wife of yours, you make me glad that I'm still a bachelor." Mark muttered in annoyance.

"Just what are you implying?" Steve asked, narrowing his eyes. He snarled as, in response, Mark imitated cracking a whip, complete with sound. "Oh, that is it, you stupid -"

Just then, a loud shriek took them by surprise as the door to the cabin a few yards away burst open, a figure coughing and gagging as it raced down the steps and attempted to sprint in the opposite direction.

"I got it now!" Mark shouted as he raised the rifle and pulled the trigger.

Amilia coughed and gagged as her eyes watered. She did not remember reading anywhere about this place having a surplus skunk population!

And while she was able to avoid getting the juice in her eyes this time, she was still covered head to toe. And to make matters worse, she now stank over a hundred times worse than she did before!

Suddenly, Amilia let out a shriek as a familiar pain poked her in the butt again. Turning around, the woman saw the two wackos from before, the larger one shouting that he "got it". As they slowly began to approach, Amilia decided that maybe she could try to reason with them, and try to explain, to the best of her abilities with a swollen tongue, that this was all a misunderstanding.

However, just as she took a step, the girl felt her head began to swim as her vision blurred. Her legs began to feel like jelly as she swayed back and forth with a stupid grin on her face before finally falling to the ground, out cold.

"I got it! I finally got it!" Mark cheered, pulling out his phone. "We're gonna be filthy, stinking rich!"

"Speaking of 'stinking'," Steve began as he gagged and held his nose, "is it just me, or does this thing smell even worse then the last time we saw it?"

"Well, it's called 'skunk ape' for a reason." Mark said nonchalantly as he put the phone to his ear. "Hello? Channel 18 News? I need you to send a team down here immediately! I've got the story of a lifetime right here!"

As Amilia snored from the dart in her butt, the girl was unaware of what was to come when she did wake up.