Two chapters in one day? I'm on a roll! The other reason is because I want to get this out of the way so I can focus on publishing my other stories.
I don't own anything, except the Oc
"Are you sure we should do this?" Jack asked with worry.
"Trust me, this is going to work," Vince assured.
It was early in the morning, and Vince had convinced Jack, and Raf to prank their camp counselor, Starscream. Soundwave and Starscream had pushed their beds near the door to create more room for the younger boys, resulting in their two beds being closer to each other.
"Now Jack, you know what to do," Vince said. Jack nodded, shaking the can in his hand. He squirted the shaving cream in Starscream's outstretched hand as Vince handed Raf a feather.
"Now it's your turn Raf," Vince said.
Raf looked uncertain as he tickled Starscream's nose. The man yawned before rolling over, his cream filled hand smacking onto Soundwave's face.
The boy's gasped as Soundwave sprang up from his bed, shaving cream all over his masked face. They could feel the glare he directed towards them as he looked at the boys.
"It wasn't meant for you Soundwave," Raf squeaked quickly as he was pushed forward. "It was meant for Starscream, please don't hurt us." The last bit came out in a whimper.
Soundwave stopped stalking towards them and glanced at the snoring Starscream, a plan forming in his mind.
Two minutes later.
"This plan is going to work, right?" Jack asked. Soundwave nodded his head.
Above Starscream was a bucket full of mud attached to a thin wire. Soundwave smirked beneath his mask. This is what happened when you took up part of Soundwave's bed and hogged up all the blankets. Righteous justice.
[Three, two, one,] Soundwave cut the wire as the mud fell on Starscream.
"Gah! What the…" Starscream yelled as he jumped out of bed and turned to see the giggling boys. His red eyes fell on Soundwave whose shoulders were shaking with silent laughter. "Why you little…" Starscream was about to pounce on them until….
"Good morning everyone, time to get a fresh start on this new activity," Breakdown's voice was heard over the stereo.
"Isn't it four thirty in the morning?" Jack asked, confused.
"I'm going to the showers," Starscream muttered as he marched out of the cabin, a glop of mud falling off his head.
Soundwave and the kids walked over to the mess hall to see Airachnid already there with Miko and Sierra.
"Hey Soundwave- Woah looks like someone works out," Airachnid said with a smirk. Sierra sat up the straighter, while Miko wiggled her eyebrows.
Soundwave looked down to see that he forgot to put on a shirt. "Soundwave put on shirt, modesty please!" Breakdown said as he threw a shirt at him. Soundwave grabbed the shirt and tried to fit the sleeves through his large arms, but a slight ripping sound caused him to stop. Glancing down, he saw that he had torn the sleeve.
"Hey," Knockout said sleepily. "Has anyone seen my favorite shirt?" He stopped when he spotted the torn shirt in Soundwave's hands.
"What did you do to my shirt!" Knockout shrieked.
Soundwave ignored him and walked over to the Breakdown. [Where are the showers?] he signed.
"Over there," Breakdown pointed towards the outhouse.
[That's an outhouse,] Soundwave signed.
"Oh no, that's a shower and an outhouse. That way you can go to the bathroom while taking a shower at the same time!" Breakdown said with a smile. "Saves a lot of time."
Soundwave shivered in disgust as he walked over to the outhouse/shower. He stopped, the sound of running water coming from the showers. He raised his hand to knock on the door until a horrible sound was heard. "There's nooothing I fear, and I knooww that the heart will, go oooooonnnnn," Starscream sang. It was if a pig was getting slaughtered, it was that bad. Starscream was not getting a reward for his singing anytime soon.
Soundwave stumbled back in horror, retreating back to the safety of the cabins. "I can survive a day without showering," Soundwave thought to himself. He opened the door to see the boys already dressed. [What are you all doing?].
Raf looked at him, "We all heard Starscream's singing, so we decided to not shower," he said. He nodded at Soundwave's surprised gesture. "Yes, I understand sign language.'
"Megatron!" a voice yelled. Soundwave looked out to see Knockout walking after a very grumpy Megatron. "You will not believe what Soundwave did to my-"
"Shut up, I didn't get my morning coffee yet," Megatron interrupted him as he walked to the mess hall.
"Everybody meet at the docks in five minutes," Breakdown announced gleefully.
Five minutes later.
"Alright everyone. Who's ready for today's activity?" Breakdown asked.
Nobody answered, all too tired to say anything; the caffeine hadn't kicked in yet.
"Like maybe an extra hour sleep would help," Knockout grumbled.
"Okay, so today's activity is two hours of canoeing, and an hour of fishing, and three hours of swimming," Breakdown said.
"In there?" Airachnid asked looking at the murky water.
"Hey, why don't we go to Camp Autobot Lake?" Miko asked.
"Oh no We are not going over there," Breakdown said.
"Why not?" Megatron asked. The water didn't look really appealing with its murky green slime.
"Because it's haunted," Breakdown answered simply.
"I'm out," Starscream said, turning around.
"Wait a minute. How can a lake be haunted?" Shockwave asked, gripping Starscream's shirt. "It is highly illogical."
"Many years ago," Breakdown started, while Knockout rolled his eyes. "There was a kid named Mircronous. The other kids teased him because he was short. So he spent his days swimming in the lake. He spent so much time in the water that he grew gills, and fins, and then became know as the Fish Man, and he haunts Camp Autobot Lake to this very day," Breakdown said.
"And to this day, Breakdown still believes that," Knockout said.
"Besides, we've got a wonderful lake right here," Breakdown said as a frog disappeared in the lake.
"We're going to Camp Autobot," Airachnid said as she walked away, the others following her.
Breakdown sighed. "We're going to Camp Autobot," he said to himself as he followed them.
A couple of hours later…...
Shockwave and Sierra were in a canoe as Breakdown and Miko splashed them with water as the rode off.
"They are so immature," Sierra said.
"Fun is illogical," Shockwave said. He looked up at the rising sun, his one good eye squinting.. "But it would be logical to go swimming now while the sun is out."
Sierra remained silent as she stared at the lake. Shockwave huffed. He wasn't good with kids, or feelings. He believed in science, not emotion. But Airachnid had said he needed to open up more, and it didn't help that Megatron had agreed. Why not pick on Soundwave too while they were at it? The guy wore a mask for goodness sake! But it was not his place to say, really. "Are you alright?" Shockwave asked, the words tasting odd in his mouth.
"This wasn't what I planned for the summer," Sierra confessed. "My family wanted me to get a breath of fresh air. They said I spend too much of my time on the phone texting."
Shockwave grunted. That, at least sounded familiar to him. Though, the girl probably spent her time on her electronics to spend time with her friends, while he did it for work and science.
"I do not prefer the outdoors either," Shockwave said.
Sierra looked at him in surprise, pushing her red hair back. "Really? You don't look like the indoorsy type." She eyed his eyepatch.
Shockwave shrugged his massive shoulders. "Looks can be deceiving. It is illogical to judge a book by its cover."
Sierra sighed as she trailed her hand in the water, creating small ripples in the lake.
Meanwhile, Breakdown was trying to teach Miko how to fish. "Now the key is to-" Breakdown started until he heard a splash. "I got one!" Miko said, excited as Breakdown pulled his hat down in frustration. There was nothing he could teach this kid!
A engine was heard as a speed boat passed them, sending large waves that made the boat go sideways. "Hey watch it!" Breakdown shouted as a yell was heard. Breakdown and Miko turned around to see two kids water skiing behind the boat.
"Sweet!" Miko said.
"No! Not sweet! I'm sick of Camp Autobot," Breakdown raged. "With their speed boats, air conditioned cabins, and-" the speed boat pulled up. "And counselors who look like they came out of the army," Miko said.
Indeed, the driver of the boat looked like he could be an Army Ranger. His broad shoulders could be seen through his red shirt, his black hair wind-blown. "Sorry about that," the man said, his expression kind.
"Our fault, totally our fault," Miko exclaimed, interrupting Breakdown. The guy waved at them and drove off. Breakdown glared at Miko. "What?" she said innocently. "He seemed nice. Plus, he could be a spy! Treat people nicely."
Near sunset, Starscream had decided to go scuba diving. "Wow, Starscream. If I didn't know it, I'd say you look ready," Knockout said.
"Scuba diving, here I come," Starscream said as he dropped into the lake. He kicked his feet, letting his eyes adjust behind the mask. He watched as fish swam by and the tall reeds underwater swayed below. A large catfish swam by, prompting Starscream to follow it. It wasn't long before he noticed something odd. It looked like there was a tower underwater, poking out of the sand.'
A building?' Starscream thought as he swam towards it. He was so fascinated with his new discovery, that he did not notice the large, oddly shaped shadow following him.
A clawed hand grabbed his leg, causing Starscream to look down and wish he hadn't. It looked like an alligator had merged with a fish to create this terrifying monster. Starscream shrieked, his mouth filling with water. Giving a swift kick at his captor, he swam to the surface, feeling as if his lungs were about to burst.
He grabbed onto the side of the boat, pulling off his mask frantically as he gulped in lung's full of air. "Fishman!" he screamed finally as he pulled himself onto the boat.
"Fishman?" Knockout and Airachnid say in unison. The sound of something large emerging from the water caused them both to turn and witness the large creature swim towards them.
"Fishman!" They all screamed, grabbing their oars and paddling away as fast as they could.
"Where's Vince?" Shockwave asked Sierra as she shrugged.
"Fishman!" three voices screamed, causing Shockwave to look up as Airachnid, Knockout, and Starscream paddled past them.
"Did they just say-" Shockwave started until Sierra pointed at something. "Fishman!" She cried out. Shockwave looked to see a fin cutting through the water towards them. His scientific mind already knew that there was no creature like that which should be dwelling in a lake like this; he immediately grabbed his oar and paddled away with swift, strong strokes. But he wasn't fast enough. The creature caught up to them and pulled at the canoe. Shockwave pushed Sierra back as he used the two oars to poke and jab at the creature with deadly accuracy. The Fishman let go of the boat, but that didn't stop the boat from becoming half submerged in the water.
Shockwave kept his watchful eye out on the waters when the Fishman jumped out. But the Fishman wasn't interested in them anymore; instead, he headed towards Breakdown and Miko. Shockwave watched helplessly as Breakdown's small boat was cut in half, Miko's terrified screams echoing around the lake.
Airachnid, Starscream, and Knockout paddled over to Shockwave and Sierra. "Come on," Airachnid ordered.
Breakdown and Miko started waving to catch their attention. As the almost full canoe passed by, they quickly jumped in. The four boys began to swiftly row.
"Breakdown," Airachnid started, looking around. "I think we're going the wrong way." Indeed, they were approaching the tip of the dam that led to the camp below.
"Tell that to fish face!" Breakdown shouted, looking back to see the fin of the Fishman following them.
"We're gonna fall down a hundred foot dam!" Starscream shrieked, gripping the sides of the canoe.
"Technically, it's a one hundred and fifty foot dam. I read it in the brochure," Shockwave said.
"And that's supposed to make us feel better?" Knockout snapped.
"Well, now you know what killed you," Shockwave replied.
Before Knockout could make a comment, the canoe tipped forward, towards the edge of the dam. Next thing they knew, they were falling.
Everyone screamed, and true to his name, Starscream was the loudest of all. Through some amazing twist of fate, the small canoe flatly hit the Decepticon Lake, took on water, but still remained upright. The canoe floated to the edge of the lake, right near the mess hall. As Shockwave stumbled out of the boat onto the shore, he felt like he was going to pass out from the illogical escape from death. They had just defied all the Laws of Physics.
Everyone else scrambled out of the canoe and ran toward the mess hall. Starscream was pale and still shaking, but he managed to pull the entrance door open.
"Hey guys. How was canoeing?" Vince asked through a mouthful of ice cream. H he had missed the fall of the canoe since he and Jack were busy taking ice cream from the freezer.
"Terrible!" Starscream blurted. "The Fishman tried to kill us!"
Vince raised an eyebrow but decided he didn't want to continue that conversation: Starscream could be so melodramatic. He turned to look at Breakdown, who was watching him intently.
"Where did you get that?" Breakdown asked, pointing at the ice cream.
"From the freezer," Jack answered.
"We have a freezer?" Starscream asked.
"Hey guys, are you okay?" Megatron asked as he rushed in with Raf and Soundwave following, Soundwave carried binoculars.
"What is Soundwave doing with the binoculars?" Airachnid asked. She had just cheated death and was still in a bit of shock. Ice cream would be good for her blood sugar, she decided. So she headed toward the freezer, grabbing a spoon as she was determined to find some type of chocolate ice cream.
"We were doing birdwatching when Soundwave happened to see you..."
Flashback.
[And there's a canary, and there's a…. Holy Cow! There's a canoe coming down the dam!] Soundwave signed as he dropped his binoculars in shock.
"That's a bird?" Raf asked, confused. Raf knew his bird species and that one struck him as odd.
"Let me see," Megatron snapped as he grabbed a spyglass and looked through it. "Oh my gosh! There is a canoe coming down the dam!"
Flashback ended.
"You guys fell down a one hundred foot dam!" Megatron exclaimed.
"Technically, it was a one hundred and fifty foot dam. You guys are so unprepared for nature," Shockwave said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I will be running some tests on this canoe. I'm going to find an answer to our illogical escape from death." And with that, he marched away, dragging the canoe, which was still in one piece, behind him.
"It's like he's disappointed that we even survived," Knockout muttered.
Fifteen minutes later...
"And then I saw it coming down a mile a second," Sentinel told Officer Sally, the same one who had come to examine the burned down boat house.
"Could you tell me about this Fishman you saw?" Sally asked.
"Fins," Starscream interjected. "Huge teeth, and about a mile high!"
"A mile, huh?" said Officer Sally. As she looked at Soundwave, she thought that she wouldn't even bother wasting her time writing a police report.
"That's the exact description of the Fishman from the stories!" Sentinel said. "First the Woodsman, now the Fishman. It's like all the campfire stories are coming to life."
"Oh, and there was also this underwater building," Starscream added.
"Underwater building, got it!" Sally said as she walked to her truck. "I think you guys should all head to town for your safety. Including you, hot stuff," she said, winking at Soundwave as she drove off.
[Did she say what I think she said?] Soundwave signed, confused.
"Yeah, she thinks you're hot!" Knockout said excitedly as Soundwave silently groaned.
"All right guys, if we want to get to the bottom of this, we're gonna have to capture the Woodsman," Breakdown said folding his arms, Miko doing the same thing.
"No way! I'm heading into town," Starscream said. "You heard the officer."
Megatron grabbed Starscream by the collar. "If we're all doing it, you're doing it as well. Just make sure you don't die."
At Night...
A figure was walking in the dark of night as it stepped on a hidden tarp, springing a trap.
"We got him!" Breakdown shouted triumphantly as he and the others, minus the kids and Knockout, appeared.
"Ladies and gentleman," Breakdown said smugly. "I introduce to you...the Woodsman!" He pulled on the rope that releasing the tarp. The figure in the trap fell down with a grunt. The man rose to his full height, removing his hat to reveal black hair and blue eyes that shimmered with annoyance.
The stunned silence was soon broken by Breakdown. "You're not the Woodsman," he said with surprise. "You're that counselor Miko thought was soldier."
"I'm Orion," the man said, dusting himself off.
"Wait? Orion!" Megatron said, shining his flashlight in Orion's face.
"Michael!" Orion exclaimed in shock.
"What are you doing here? And it's Megatron, not Michael," Megatron said.
"Still going by that name given to you in highschool," Orion said with a smile.
"You still haven't answered our first question," Sentinel said.
"I didn't mean to scare you," Orion started, glancing at a shaking Starscream. "It's just that, some off our camp equipment went missing, and we thought you Decepticons were playing a prank."
"Stolen equipment and ghosts," Shockwave muttered to Soundwave. "What is going on?" The mute man nodded in agreement.
Before anyone could say anything, a low growl could be heard, followed by the large figure of the Woodsman. He held his axe between his two hands, his beady eyes glaring at them all.
"What do we do?" Airachnid asked fearfully.
"The same thing you would do when an axe wielding maniac comes toward you. Run!" Breakdown said as everyone scattered.
Starscream had watched enough horror films to know that it was a bad idea to get separated from the group. Too bad he remembered that at the last second. Deciding that height would be his advantage, he quickly climbed a tree and jumped onto the flagpole, holding onto the top with his two hands.
"I think I lost him," Starscream said to himself, sighing. Until the pole started to shake. "Or not," he squeaked as the Woodsman started to cut down the flagpole. The sound was deafening as the metal axe chopped at the rotting metal of the flagpole. Letting out a shriek, Starscream clung to the pole, already regretting his life choices; he hoped the metal flagpole was stronger than the axe metal. Suddenly the shaking stopped. "Maybe he gave up," Starscream thought hopefully, until the flagpole fell onto the roof of the mess hall.
Starscream scrambled up and ran across the roof with the Woodsman trying to get onto the roof. Starscream slipped down the roof and hung onto the gutter to stop from falling. "I can't hold on much longer!" Starscream yelled to no one in particular. One of the gutter's screws popped as did another and another, until it fell off and dragged Starscream into a bush. Starscream's head poked out of the bush as he looked at the mess hall roof. "Where did he go?" Starscream asked himself.
Meanwhile, in the mess hall, Breakdown, Airachnid, and Orion were heading under a table.
"So, what's the plan?" Airachnid asked Breakdown.
"We just wait here until it's gone," Breakdown said firmly, putting on a brave face for the lady.
"That's your plan?" Orion asked with a raised eyebrow. "That so Decepticon."
"Well, I suppose you have a better idea," Breakdown snapped.
The table was suddenly turned over to reveal the Woodsman. "Yeah! Run!" Orion shouted as he, Breakdown, and Airachnid ran out the door, slamming it shut.
Orion, Breakdown, and Airachnid ran, only to run straight into the Woodsman again.
"I told you to get out!" The Woodsman hissed, raising his axe.
"Hold that thought woodsy!" a voice said, causing everyone to turn and see Megatron, Soundwave, and Sentinel coming towards them on zipline. Megatron grabbed Breakdown, Soundwave grabbed Orion,and Sentinel grabbed Airachnid.
"Don't worry, I got you," Sentinel said to Airachnid.
Unfortunately, the weight made the zipline lower down and zip in some bushes. Soundwave soon came out with Starscream holding onto him.
"Like, thank you for rescuing me," Starscream said. "But why a zipline?" he demanded as he clawed his way up Soundwave. The tiny little rope couldn't hold all that weight, and it suddenly snapped in front of the cabin, and everyone fell on top of each other.
"Get out!" The Woodsman yelled, maybe a little bit too loud.
"What is going on out there!" a voice shrieked as the door opened.
"Holy cow!" Starscream shrieked. "There are two monsters!"
"What is that thing?" Orion asked.
"That would be Knockout," Breakdown answered calmly.
Knockout had on some face cream which was a sickly shade of green. His hair was in hot pink rollers, he was wearing a blood red satin robe and pink fuzzy bunny slippers. And he did not look happy; his face was all scrunched up so that the cucumbers popped off to reveal bloodshot red eyes.
"I knew his curls weren't natural," Breakdown muttered.
"You!" Knockout growled, stomping down towards the Woodsman who looked confused. "You can scare me in the morning; you can scare me in the afternoon. You can even scare me when I'm getting coffee! But do not interrupt my beauty sleep!" Knockout screamed. Out of nowhere, a chainsaw appeared in Knockout's hands as he chased the Woodsman.
"Remind me to never interrupt your brother's naps," Megatron whispered to Breakdown.
Knockout came back muttering something about Woodsman and beauty sleep as he went into his cabin and slammed the door. A few minutes later the sound of light snoring was heard.
Back at the cabins, the signs of the words 'Get Out!' were written all over the camp buildings.
"What's going on?" Jack asked, coming out of his cabin.
"Yeah, we're trying to sleep," Sierra muttered, rubbing her eyes.
"Seriously? You guys slept through all of that?" Starscream asked. "I'm impressed."
"Not as impressed as I'm going to be," Airachnid grumbled, stomping off the the cabin she shared with Sierra and Miko. "We can talk about this whole monster thing in the morning."
"I doubt the Woodsman will come here after meeting Knockout tonight," Megatron said.