From the moment Karen's vision cleared, she knew it was going to be a bad day. She found herself lying face down on the pavement. Getting up, she saw that she was in an alley. Her pants and underwear were down around her ankles. Apparently somebody had had some fun with her. She pulled her pants up and left the alley.

Not recognizing any of the buildings, her car parked nearby was the only familiar thing. She looked around, trying to find a familiar building or landmark. There were none. She got into her car, and was relieved to see that the keys were in the ignition switch. She started it up and drove off.

Karen hastily parked her car and ran to the front door of the laboratory. She yanked it open and ran inside. Doctor Nechetohontoquatl stood near the door, impatiently looking at his watch.

"You're 4 minutes and 27 seconds late!" the doctor said.

"I know! I'm sorry. I woke up in another city with no idea how I got there. I had to drive all the way back home, get changed, shower, all that stuff." she replied.

"That's no excuse for being late. Anyway, no big deal, just don't let it happen again." the doctor said.

"O...kay..." Karen blinked in surprise. Then she remembered something she wanted to ask.

"Uh, say I've been meaning to ask you: Do you have something to help capture people with? It's kinda hard for me to drag somebody kicking and screaming back here."

The doctor went into another room. He soon returned carrying an oversized butterfly net.

"Uh, That's not what I had in mind..." she said.

He went back into the room, and soon returned carrying an old fashioned bear trap.

"I don't think that'll work either. I heard those things can break legs." she said.

He went back into the room again, and soon returned carrying a 12 guage shotgun.

"Don't you need your victims to be alive?" she asked.

"Oh yeah. Forgot about that." he said with a sheepish grin. He went back into the room, and came out pushing a large cage on wheels.

"That won't work. It's too big to fit in my car." Karen said.

"Well, what did you have in mind then?" the doctor asked, looking a bit frustrated.

"You're a mad scientist. Don't you have, like a ray gun or something? Something that could stun somebody?" she asked.

The doctor went back into the room, and returned with something that looked like a futuristic pistol.

"I found this in the dumpster outside the laboratory of another mad scientist. I'm fairly sure that one of the settings on it is a stun setting." he said, handing the pistol to her.

Karen studied the pistol closely. It had a small dial on it with multiple settings. "I guess I'll have to see what it does..." she said, looking dubious.

The brunette woman exited the store, and was walking to her car. Hidden in a corner, Karen aimed the pistol, and fired. A green beam of light came out of the pistol and hit the brunette. She immediately shrank to the size of a Barbie doll.

"Shit. Well, that setting's no good!" Karen said as she listened to the brunette's tiny, high pitched screams.

She soon saw a sexy blonde woman walking down the street. She hid behind a dumpster, adjusted the setting on the pistol, and fired. An orange beam of light came out of the pistol. It hit the woman and caused her to age at least 40 years. The woman immediately began complaining about inflation and high gas prices, as well as how much her hip ached.

"SHIT! That's definately not the setting I want!" Karen said under her breath.

A short while later, another sexy brunette was waiting all alone at a bus stop. Karen hid behind some bushes, adjusted the pistol's setting, and fired. A beam of yellow light came from the pistol and the brunette turned into a marble statue.

"Damn. Almost..." Karen said.

A little wandering around, and Karen spotted her next potential target. Drop dead sexy was an understatement. She had a tall figure, sandy blonde hair that was just a little messy, and a face that was quite memorable, in a good way. Karen began to follow her.

After nearly a half hour of stalking, er, following that example of feminine perfection, Karen finally saw her opportunity. She adjusted the setting on the pistol and silently prayed that it would either work, or at least not screw that woman up. She aimed it and fired.

A red beam of light came out of the pistol. It hit the woman, and she instantly transformed into an overweight, middle aged man. Karen angrily banged her fist against a nearby wall, and cursed silently between clenched teeth. Her bad day had just gotten worse.

She was about ready to give up, when she saw a rather cute looking latino woman. "Hell, one last try..."she said. Then she looked at the pistol. "If you fuck up one more girl, I'm smashing you with a hammer!"

She adjusted the dial once more, aimed and fired. A white beam of light came out of the pistol. When it hit the woman, she immediately dropped to all fours and started bleating like a sheep or a goat, Karen wasn't sure which. She checked the woman carefully for physical changes. She could see none. Smiling, she walked over to her target.

"Here girl, come here." Karen said, as if calling a dog.

The woman went over to her, walking on all fours. "B-A-A-A-A-A!" she said.

Back at the lab, the woman that Karen had brought back was busy rooting through one of the garbage cans. She lifted up her head, and Karen saw that she was chewing on a large piece of crumpled paper.

"Doctor, I don't think this ray gun is going to work out." she said, handing the pistol to him.

"Well, I do have a gun that shoots tranquilizer darts." the doctor replied.

Karen nearly exploded. "Why didn't you tell me that in the first place?!"

"You asked for a ray gun, and for something to stun people with, not knock them out!" the doctor said.

"Oh..." Karen replied, looking embarrassed.

The woman went up to the doctor and started chewing on his labcoat. "STOP THAT!" he said as he pulled his coat away from her.

"B-A-A-A-A-A-A-A!" the woman replied.

"Help me get her into the brainwashing machine." he said to Karen.

The woman was stripped naked and put into the brainwashing machine. The two latex sheets sealed around her body, creating the familiar skintight, shiny black bodysuit.

The woman looked down at her latex covered body. "B-A-A-A-A-A?" she said.

Doctor Nechetohontoquatl ignored her, and lowered the helmet over her head. He then proceeded over to his console. Karen took her seat at the console that didn't actually do anything, and began to tap some buttons on it. The doctor activated his console, and the brainwashing machine came to life.

The brainwashing process completed, Doctor Nechetohontoquatl went over to the woman and removed the helmet.

"Who do you obey?" he asked.

"I o-B-A-A-A-A-ey Doctor Nechetohontoquatl." she replied.

"Good enough." he said.

It was 5 PM and quitting time. Karen decided to head to the bar. She had woken up in another city, had arrived late for work, that damn ray gun had screwed up several perfectly good women, and the one woman she had successfully brought back to the lab, had the mind of a goat or maybe a sheep. If she ever needed a drink, it was today! Just as she thought her bad day was finally over, her car sputtered to a halt. She was out of gas.

"Son of a bitch! I filled up only three days ago!" she banged on the dashboard with her fist. "Stupid gas guzzling piece of shit! I shoulda traded you for something smaller!"

After pushing her car to the nearest gas station, and realizing that the price was $3.85 a gallon just for regular, she went inside the gas station, grabbed a tire iron that was for sale, and knocked the gas station attendant unconscious. She then helped herself to a free fill up.

Arriving at the bar, she saw that it was closed. A notice on the door from the Department of Health said that the bar would be closed for several weeks until certain violations were corrected, or some crap like that. Karen didn't read much more of it, because she smashed the window with a rock, and unlocked the door.

After loading her car up with various bottles of alcohol, she left the bar before the police could arrive. Her mood had considerably improved. Her gas tank was full, and she had enough liquor in the back seat to last a whole week. She turned the radio on and was greeted with a song that she liked. The day hadn't been that bad after all. Sure there had been some issues, but at the end of the day, she was driving home with a good $60.00 in free gas, and several hundred dollars in free liquor.