The New Scoutmasters

Chapter 1

Note: I am not responsible for the making of this story cover. I owe all of the credit to The Eds Rock, who not only made this story cover, but also gave me permission to use this story cover for my story. I just want to give a huge shout out and thank you to The Eds Rock for making this story cover.

Side Note: I also want to give a huge thanks and shout-out to The Eds Rock for coming up with the idea for this story.

One summer day at the park, Benson was at Mr. Maellard's mansion, having a meeting with Mr. Maellard regarding the park.

"So, how is everything going at the park so far, Beacon?" Mr. Maellard asked. Mr. Maellard did not know Benson's actual name, which is why he called him 'Beacon'.

"Everything is going great, sir," Benson replied, "All of my employees are exhibiting a positive and effective work ethic, and are continuing to do an exceptional job at keeping the park running smoothly. Though, two of my employees are still having problems with slacking off."

Benson was referring to Mordecai and Rigby when he said 'two of my employees'.

"Hmm, so you're still having problems with those two slackers, eh?" Mr. Maellard said, "Well, you better make sure to do something about it in order to keep them in tip top shape. You know what will happen if you DON'T keep this park running smoothly, right?"

"Yes, sir, I do," Benson said, "But believe me, I am positive that those two are out there, right now, working up a sweat, and not slacking off."

Over at another section of the park, Mordecai and Rigby, who were supposed to be working on their chores that Benson assigned them for that day, were instead slacking off.

Mordecai and Rigby were in an open grassy area at the park, and they had a model rocket with them, which they had already put together.

Mordecai and Rigby were going to light the rocket, and send it off into space. An astronaut action figure was strapped to the rocket, as well, and the action figure was holding a small video camera.

The astronaut and video camera were for recording footage of space.

Rigby, who was holding the rocket, set the rocket down in the middle of the area. Then, he pressed a button on the video camera that caused the camera to start recording some footage.

"Aw, man, this is gonna be sick!" Rigby exclaimed.

While Rigby was excited about blasting the rocket off into space, Mordecai was hesitant about it.

"Are you sure we should be doing this, dude?" Mordecai asked, "Benson's gonna be cheesed if he finds out we're doing this instead of working."

"Totally," Rigby answered, "Besides, Benson's at a meeting, so he'll never know. All we're gonna do is light this baby, watch it blast off to space, and then we'll get back to work while it records some footage of space for us."

Rigby pulled out a box of matches. He opened the box of matches, and took a match out of the box. Then, he swiped the match on a side of the matchbox, which caused a small flame to appear on the top of the match.

Mordecai sighed. "Alright," he said, "But you have to swear we'll get right back to work once we're done with this."

"Yeah, yeah, sure thing," Rigby said, "Now count us down, man!"

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1," Mordecai said hesitantly.

Rigby lit a small piece of rope that was attached to the rocket with the match. Then, Mordecai and Rigby backed away as the flame was burning through the rope.

Once the match burnt through the entire piece of rope, the rocket blasted off of the ground, and into the sky.

"BLASTOFF!" Rigby exclaimed.

Mordecai and Rigby, who were also wearing binoculars around their necks, looked at the rocket blasting off into the sky with their binoculars, amazed at the sight.

"I can't believe it!" Mordecai exclaimed, "It's actually working!"

"Best 20 bucks ever spent!" Rigby exclaimed.

"WOOOAAHHH!" Mordecai and Rigby exclaimed as they each waved an arm around in a circular motion.

Suddenly, the rocket went off in another direction, and started making a descent.

"What the!?" Mordecai exclaimed.

"Dude, where's the rocket goin'?" Rigby asked.

"I don't know," Mordecai replied.

Back at Mr. Maellard's mansion, Mr. Maellard and Benson were just finishing up their meeting.

"Well, it certainly was a pleasure to touch base with you on the park," Mr. Maellard said as he and Benson shook hands with each other, "You keep up the good work now, Ben-Ten."

"Thank you, sir," Benson said, "And trust me, I will."

Suddenly, Benson and Mr. Maellard saw the rocket heading towards the mansion.

"What in tarnation is that?" Mr. Maellard asked.

Benson quickly realized that it was a rocket heading towards the mansion.

"MR. MAELLARD, GET DOWN!" Benson yelled as he tackled Mr. Maellard, trying to save him from the rocket.

Mr. Maellard was startled when Benson tackled him. He tried to break free from his restraints, but could not.

"Get off of me, Ben…." Mr. Maellard began.

Before Mr. Maellard could finish, the rocket came into contact with the mansion. When it did, there was a huge explosion.

Mordecai and Rigby saw what happened by looking through their binoculars. Mordecai was shaken when he saw what happened.

"Oh, man," Mordecai said.

"That was awesome!" Rigby exclaimed.

Mordecai punched Rigby in the arm. "Owww," Rigby moaned.

"Dude, we just blew up Mr. Maellard's mansion!" Mordecai exclaimed.

"Oh," Rigby said, realizing what happened, "Then that was so not awesome."

Mordecai moaned. "We're so getting fired for this," he said as he ran off to the mansion.

Rigby stayed behind, still looking at the mansion through his binoculars.

Mordecai came back to get Rigby. "Come on, dude!" he exclaimed as he grabbed Rigby.

Benson and Mr. Maellard came out from under the remains of the mansion. They were the only ones in the mansion at that time. Thankfully, neither of them were hurt.

Benson and Mr. Maellard let out a few coughs. "Are you okay, sir?" Benson asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Mr. Maellard replied, "Thank you for saving me, son."

"You're welcome," Benson replied, "But I wish I could say the same thing about your mansion."

Benson and Mr. Maellard saw the now destroyed mansion, and were both shocked by the results.

"My beautiful mansion," Mr. Maellard said as he sifted through the remains of his mansion, devastated by what just happened.

"Sir, I am so sorry for you loss," Benson apologized, consoling Mr. Maellard, "I'm not sure how this could have happened."

"Who did this!?" Mr. Maellard exclaimed.

As if on cue, Mordecai and Rigby approached the scene. They were also shaken when they saw the mansion up close.

"Oh my gosh," Mordecai said, "Are you guys alright?"

When Benson saw Mordecai and Rigby, he assumed it was them who were responsible for the destruction of Mr. Maellard's mansion.

"Oh, we're fine," Benson said, "How about you guys?"

"Oh, we're cool," Rigby replied, "And just for the record, it wasn't us who did this."

Mordecai punched Rigby in the arm.

"Owww," Rigby moaned, rubbing his arm.

Once Benson found out that his assumption was correct, he started breathing heavily, and let out a huge scream. He threw some debris from the mansion around in frustration.

Mordecai and Rigby knew that they were in big trouble.

"Both of you, in my office, NOW!" Benson exclaimed after his rampage, his face turning red when he said, 'now'.

Mordecai and Rigby were scared when they heard Benson say that. They, along with Benson, left the scene. Now, it was just Mr. Maellard, who was still sulking over his destroyed mansion.

"Don't worry, baby," Mr. Maellard said, referring to his mansion, "Daddy's gonna get you fixed up. Somehow."

Mr. Maellard sobbed over the loss of his mansion.

Mordecai, Rigby, and Benson were in Benson's office at Pops' house.

Benson was livid with Mordecai and Rigby for what they did. He was reprimanding the two for their actions.

"Now, Benson, I know you're mad, but…." Rigby began.

"MAD!?" Benson yelled, his face red when he said this, "I AM FURIOUS WITH YOU TWO! WHAT GAVE YOU GUYS THE IDEA TO SEND A ROCKET INTO MR. MAELLARD'S MANSION!?"

"We weren't even aiming for his mansion," Mordecai pointed out.

"Yeah, we just wanted to see what space looks like," Rigby explained.

"Oh, so you were just slacking off, as usual?" Benson asked, "You thought it would be okay to step away from your jobs for a moment just to light a stupid rocket into space, that ended up destroying an ENTIRE MANSION."

"Hey, building that thing wasn't easy," Rigby pointed out, "It took us an entire night to put together."

"That's not the point!" Benson exclaimed, "The point is that you two destroyed Mr. Maellard's mansion, and it's gonna cost an arm and a leg just to get it fixed, not to mention the amount of money it's gonna take to replace all his valuables, most of which are priceless!"

"Benson, I speak for both Rigby and I when I say how truly sorry we are for what we did," Mordecai apologized, "I knew it was wrong from the start for us to slack off like that."

"Then why did you go along with it?" Benson asked.

Mordecai did not know how to answer that question, as there was no valid excuse for him to go along with Rigby's plan.

Benson sighed. "You two are going to be SO lucky if I don't get fired from this. I know you both think that being a boss would be awesome and all, but you wouldn't want to be in my position, at this point."

"But you get to have all the fun," Rigby complained, "You get to go around, tellin' us what to do, sit back and watch us do all of the work, and yell at us when we do something wrong. You get to live the good life."

"Oh, so you think it's easy being a boss?" Benson asked, "You think it's not so difficult having to be the one in charge, dealing with people like you two, who not only push me to my limit with your immaturity, but also put me in jeopardy of my own job? You really think it's that simple? Well, it's not. You have NO IDEA how easy you guys have it."

"Pffft. Whatever," Rigby said, "I still think you have it easy, though."

Benson was getting sick of Rigby's attitude.

"You know, I should really fire you two for what you guys did today," Benson said, "I know I've said that before, and never have, but this time, I'm being serious."

"Come on, Benson, don't fire us," Mordecai pleaded.

"Yeah, we've done stuff MUCH worse than this," Rigby added. "There's gotta be somethin' we can do to make up for it."

Benson thought about what Rigby said. He remembered a few times when Mordecai and Rigby had done stuff that was worse than what they did earlier.

Benson sighed. "I suppose it's only fair that I let you two have a second chance in order to redeem yourselves," he said, "Let me think on it, and I'll let you both know when I have come up with an opportunity."

Mordecai and Rigby were glad to know that they were not going to be fired, and that Benson was going to give them a second chance.

"Now, unless you wanna get fired before that second chance happens, I suggest you two get back to work, which you guys should have done TO BEGIN WITH," Benson said, pointing to the door.

"Yes, sir," Mordecai said.

"Right away, Benson," Rigby added.

Mordecai and Rigby exited Benson's office so they could continue working.

Benson face palmed himself, and shook his head. "I have got to stop being so soft on those two," he said.

Later that day, Benson was at his apartment. He was on a computer, looking up leadership opportunities for Mordecai and Rigby. He wanted the two to be in a leadership position as a second chance for them to keep their jobs at the park.

Benson also wanted to use the leadership opportunity as a way for Mordecai and Rigby to see what it is like to walk a mile in his shoes.

Benson was getting frustrated trying to find the perfect leadership opportunity for Mordecai and Rigby, because he wanted to make this challenging for them, and could not find something appropriately challenging.

Benson groaned. "Man, there has to be something that will make Mordecai and Rigby realize how hard it is to be in a position like mine," he said to himself, "But what?"

Suddenly, Benson saw an advertisement for Camp Kidney.

"Wait a minute, what's this?" Benson asked himself, "Camp Kidney?"

In the advertisement, Camp Kidney was looking for two people to take over a Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster Assistant position for a week while the Scoutmaster and Assistant were going to be away on a vacation.

When Benson saw the advertisement, it made him think about Mordecai and Rigby, and how they sometimes act like kids with their immaturity and antics.

Benson wanted the two to see what he had to put up with on a daily basis, and having them work at a summer camp for kids, and dealing with any possible misbehaviors from those kids, would be giving Mordecai and Rigby a taste of their own medicine.

Benson smiled with delight. He finally found the perfect leadership opportunity for Mordecai and Rigby.

"Perfect," Benson said to himself.

Benson pulled out his cell phone, and dialed Camp Kidney's phone number.

Over at Camp Kidney, Slinkman was at Lumpus' desk, working on some paperwork. Scoutmaster Lumpus was supposed to be doing the paperwork, but he was slacking off.

Suddenly, the phone in the office rang. Slinkman picked up the phone.

"Thank you for calling Camp Kidney," Slinkman said, "This is Mr. Slinkman. How may I help you?"

"Hi, there," Benson greeted, "I'm calling because it has come to my attention that you are looking for two people to take over a Scoutmaster and Assistant position at your camp for the next week."

"Yes, sir, we are," Slinkman said, happy to hear that someone was interested, "Are you interested?"

"Hmm, hmm," Benson said, "I'm not interested, but I DO know two people who ARE."