Kate is given a skunk bath

"What in the heck happened in here?!" Kate's supervisor exclaimed as she and the other woman walked towards the examination room, the two women recoiling from the horrible smell.

"I-I-I'm sorry, Jennifer!" Kate squeaked in response, "A man came in with a cardboard box and told me that it was a cat he found on the side of the road. It was only after I opened the box that I found out it was a skunk!"

The supervisor, Jennifer, sighed as she shook her head. "Okay," she said, "this isn't the first time that the smell of skunk has lingered in the building. Come with me and well get you cleaned up."

"But what about my work uniform?" Kate asked.

"That is going to have to be thrown away." Jennifer said, "There's no way we can get the smell out of that."

"But I didn't bring any spare clothes with me!" Kate shouted hysterically, "What am I going to wear then?!"

"I'll go!" Kate's coworker volunteered, covering her nose. "I actually want to keep my lunch down, anyway."

"Thank you, Terry." Jennifer replied, "And please be sure to switch the sign to close before you leave."

Terry nodded as she turned to head towards the door, neither woman noticing Terry's wicked smirk as she left. It was no secret that Terry and Kate never got along, and she had the perfect plan to humiliate the little woman.

As soon as Terry left, Jennifer turned to Kate and said, "Well, let's get you to Room 7."

"Room 7?" Kate asked in surprise, "Isn't that the room that's used for - "

"'Grooming?' Yes, it is." Jennifer answered, "But if you want that skunk stench off you, than that is your best bet."

Kate could only let out a whimper as she followed Jennifer to Room 7, the little woman trudging into the room as she saw Jennifer putting on a face mask and a pair of rubber gloves.

"Okay," Jennifer said as she turned to face Kate, her voice slightly muffled by the mask, "I'm going to need you to take off your uniform and throw each article of clothing into the trash bag over there."

Kate whimpered once more, her face going red. Thankfully, she had left her wallet and phone in her locker in the back room, but the idea of being at work butt naked...

Kate closed her watering eyes as she removed her lab coat, throwing it into the trash bag. Next, she removed her shoes and socks, sitting them to the side. However, when she heard Jennifer clear her throat and gesture to the can, Kate whimpered yet again as she threw them away as well.

Kate took a deep breath (which resulted in her gagging as she accidentally inhaled the skunk fumes) as she lifted her scrub shirt over her head before tossing it away. Letting out one final whimper, Kate hooked her thumbs into the waistband of her scrub pants and pushed them down to her ankles, tossing them into the trash bag as well.

Kate was now at work in only her white, Care Bear-print bra and underpants. Jennifer stifled a giggle as she saw her employee's humiliating underpants before giving Kate a look, one that caused the little woman to blush scarlet. She didn't need to be told what was next.

Closing her eyes, Kate hooked her thumbs into her underpants and shoved them to the ground, exposing her scrawny butt and hairless privates as she tossed them away. Reaching up, Kate undid her bra and threw that away as well, revealing her flat, nonexistent chest.

Jennifer bit her lip behind her mask to keep herself from laughing. She and the other employees knew that Kate was small, but she didn't expect her to be THAT small! If she didn't know any better, she would have sworn that a toddler was standing right in front of her, not a twenty-five-year-old woman. She would've burst out laughing if it wasn't for the unpleasant smell in her place of business.

Without warning, Jennifer lifted Kate up by her armpits, the little woman letting out a yelp as she was placed into the sink that was used for bathing dogs. Kate let out another whimper as she saw Jennifer walk over to a nearby cabinet.

"Oh, stop your whining." Jennifer said as she reached for the handles of the cabinet, "This will be over before you - Oh, blast it! I thought Darryl said he bought more of the ingredients!"

"W-what happened?" Kate stammered.

"Okay, we have a slight problem." Jennifer said as she closed the cabinet, walking over to a nearby closet and opening the door. "We are apparently out of hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, and dish soap. AKA, the ingredients for instant skunk oil removal. And I'll be having a little talk with Darryl when he gets back from vacation."

"You mean that I'm not going to get de-skunked?!" Kate shrieked, blushing profusely. Did she just throw away her clothes for nothing?!

"I didn't say that." Jennifer assured as she returned with a bottle and a large bag in her hands, "But you will be getting yours the old fashioned way."

With that said, Jennifer sat the bottle and the bag on the counter. The bottle was a bottle of dog shampoo with a picture of a skunk with a big red X placed over it. The label read "Skunk Away". Reaching into the bag, Jennifer pulled out a can of tomato juice, popping the lid of the can as she removed the top.

Kate closed her eyes as she waited for the inevitable, shivering in disgust as she felt Jennifer pour the juice over her head. She soon heard Jennifer open and pour another can over her. Then another. Then another. Then another. Then another. Then another.

When she didn't feel anymore of the red gunk being poured over her, Kate opened her eyes to see that she was covered from head to toe in the slimy, red paste. After half an hour of just sitting in the bathing sink, Kate looked up and saw Jennifer reaching for the shower hose as she turned on the water.

Kate let out a yelp as she was hit with a jet of freezing cold water, Jennifer washing away the tomato juice from her body.

Once she was finished, Jennifer proceeded to grab the bottle of dog shampoo and squeezed, covering the little woman with the liquid soap. The supervisor then proceeded to scrub every inch of the little woman before spraying her again with the hose. Jennifer repeated this process ten times until she took a voluntary sniff.

"I think the smell is as gone as it's going to get." Jennifer said as she lifted the little woman out of the sink before sitting her down on a towel on a nearby table. "It's not as noticeable as before, at least."

Kate went to take a voluntary sniff of her arm when she was interrupted by Jennifer aiming a hairdryer at her, turning the machine on as she dried the little woman from top to bottom. Kate blushed neon red, not believing that she was being groomed like an actual dog. After about ten minutes, Jennifer turned off the hairdryer and removed her mask and gloves.

Kate sat on the table, shivering from the cold and humiliation of all that happened today. How could this get any -

A loud laugh stopped that thought in it's tracks as Kate looked over her shoulder, her face turning even redder as she saw Terry standing in the doorway with a shopping bag in her hand, laughing loudly at the sight before her.

But it was the name on the shopping bag that caused all the color to drain from Kate's face...