Chapter 2: canoeing part 1

It was a nice warm morning, the birds were singing and the frogs were croaking. And the campers were sleeping in their cabinets. What could ruin this perfect morning.

"BEEP"

MORNING CAMPERS I HOPE ALL OF Y'ALL SLEPT WELL PLEASE STEP OUTSIDE OF YOUR CABINS SO WE CAN BEGIN OUR ACTIVITIES FOR THE DAY."

"BEEP"

Chilli turned off the microphone, And waited for all the campers to line up in front of her. Today she wore a blue hat with a green tree logo on top of it. She bought it 3 days ago in a gas station. Thinking it looked nice on her. Because of her summer job.The majority of the campers were half asleep, Since they were not used to getting up at 6:30 in the morning.

"OK are we missing anyone" she asked the campers

"Where's Gumball, He didn't come into the cabin last night?". Questioned darwin

"Or teri" replied carrie

"Hey did anyone lose a paper bear and a blue cat?" said Gaz the cook, holding a sleeping gumball and teri with her hands. She was a 34 year old woman. About 6'3, wearing a kitchen gown, black boots and a dark purple shirt. And missing her bottom jaw. She had it replaced with a dark gray mask with 3 holes for breathing. Her hair was also dark purple and short, resembling a predator's mouth. She had large black bags under her eyes, anyone could tell she barely slept. She was the lunch lady, it was the only job she could do. Ever since an incident that happened in her last job as a game designer.

"They were both sleeping on the ground. Near a whiteboard discussing why gorilla meat should be distributed around the world". She put them on the ground and slapped them right behind their necks.

OOWWW

WHAT WAS THAT FOR, yelled teri.

"For being idiots both of you"

Gaz whispered into teris ear. "Also why were you grabbing his butt"

"EEWWWW, your breath stinks. It is like smelling down a sewer hole".

"Ooohhhh rrreeaallllyyy she took out a long breath, right in her face".

Teri was about to throw up but she held it in, and ran away from her.

"And you, what's your name." she ask the blue cat, her breath getting in his face.

It's Gumball sir- *GAG*

Gaz had him by his neck and looked deep into his eyes. She had been referred to as a man before. And like always, it angered her beyond belief.

"Listen here boy, I always give people who call me a male a second chance at life. If you call me sir again I will rip your kidneys out and make you eat them, with extra barbecue sauce" Gaz threatened.

"ENOUGH, that's not how you treat campers Gaz" Chili was mad that she even dared to touch one of the campers. This could cause problems with the parents.

"Whatever Gurley, here have the blue kid" gaz threw him on the ground and left, walking really slowly. While everyone just watch her.

"Are you alright kid" she leaned next to him.

"Cough cough, yeah it wasn't too bad but why is she so mean" questioned gumball.

"She lost her jaw, when she was 29 years old. Because of chewing tobacco. Shes been addicted to it ever since she was 16." Chilli explained. " Her father was never there for her and her brother was considered a nut job. So put two and two together, and what you get"…..

"A lunch lady" answered Gumball

Gaz was walking near the whiteboard where Teri and Gumball were arguing whether or not gorilla meat should be distributed around the world. She read the whole thing and was surprised at how much detail it had.

"Hmmm the blue kid has a point, distributing gorilla meat could save the gorillas." She remarked as she went to the kitchen to get breakfast ready.

"Alright kids I know what you ust saw might have been a bit traumatizing. But just head into the lunchroom to have some brekkie."

"I'm sorry mrs heeler but what's brekkie?" Asked masami.

"Oh it's just how I say breakfast, ok n-"

"It sounds stupid" masami exclaimed

………..

"Well isn't that a bit rude" chilli said while twitching her left eye.

"I just think you should say it the right way, and not make breakfast sound like what a 3 year old would say" Masami stated.

"I DON'T DESERVE TTTTHHHHIIIISS" Masami yelled as she was cleaning the plastic tray with a hairnet on. Obviously the worst punishment for a rich girl.

"Hurry up Gurley, I need more trays. And Chowder, hurry up on the burgers." Yelled Gaz as she was putting food on a tray it had, a carton of milk, with fries, orange slices, And a burger.

"I'm going Gaz these burgers take time, I want the kids to have a delicious meal." Said Chowder, he was a weird looking adult purple raccoon, 28 years old, and living in the camp with his wife and 50 kids. All because he left the stove on in his old house. Luckily he found this job in the newspaper. Enough to pay him,His wife, and his 50 kids.

"NEXT" yelled Gaz.

Gumball and Darwin were walking up the lunch line where Gaz was serving the food.

Oh would you look at that if it ain't mister tight checks and uuuhhhh….who are you gaz asked the orange fish.

I'm darwin watterson adopted brother of gumball. Sworn best friend of gumball, And gumballs sidekick, for now because I feel like I'll get tired of being his sidekick in the future..

That was specific, anyways here's your food, Go sit wherever you want.

"Thank you sir, you are a very kind man." Complimented Darwin, as he left the lunch line.

Gaz was pissed beyond belief you could see a vein forming on her head and her pupils were constricted. She grabbed a spatula and was about to give Darwin the lesson of his life.

"Hey why did you call me mister tight cheeks." Questioned gumball.

"Oh right when you and Teri were sleeping on the ground. I saw her squeezing your butt. At Least she tried, and now you'll be known as tight cheeks. Not gonna lie there was something going on their" Answered Gaz.

"Foods ready," said chowder.

"Alright here ya go tight cheeks, there's your food and go away. I have more mouths to feed."

Gumball would have said something but he was too scared to even tell her to stop bothering him. And he was right, because after he left, Masami dropped the plates on the floor. And all Gaz said was.

"Oh you think you can make a mess on my floor huh, I'll show you a real mess when I'm done with your face Gurley."

All that was heard was masami screaming and in-between those screams. Was the recognizable sound of a spatula being slapped upon something soft? So while Gaz was busy giving Masami a lesson of a lifetime. Chowder went upfront to serve the last kid on the line who was teri.

"Oh hey kid, here's your food." Said chowder as he offered teri her plate.

"Oh um thank you but I was wondering if you had anything healthier than this." Teri asked

"What do you mean you have orange slices, milk, fries, and a burger. You don't have to eat the burger if it's too much for you but you still have orange slices, fries and milk. Which are pretty healthy"

"Well it's just orange slices that have too much acidity in them, and I could choke on the fries if I'm not too careful. And even though my mom says I'm nor lactose intolerant. I'd rather not risk it." Teri complained

"You're joking right, not even the orange slices." Chowder questioned giving Teri an annoyed look

Yes, especially the orange slices. She said

CRASH*

"Oh you want some more Gurley. This time I'll use THE DOUGH ROLLER" yelled Gaz

"NO ANYTHING BUT THAT" yelled masami in the background.

"OK well you're gonna have to deal with it, Because I have to go stop her before she gets a second idea of how to use the dough roller." Chowder said as he left in a hurry.

"Wait i-... *sigh* No one takes me seriously.'' Teri complained.

She was looking for a place to sit, she really didn't know anyone at camp. Her parents thought it would have been a good idea to let her go outside. And let her get used to the wilderness. So that she may lose her fear of fearing everything. She complained in every way she could get hurt but her parents. Refused to listen, they too were germaphobes. But even they both agreed she was a little too overactive.

Teri saw Gumball and Darwin talking about their milk cartons, which had the funniest joke.

"Oh come on how isn't this funny, How do cows stay up to date….they read the moos paper. It's literally the best cow joke anyone can say." Stated gumball.

"Oh yeah mine says, what did the cow say when she gave up her 7th born child to the farmer. who later turned him into a hamburger, And used his other parts to make him into glue…..That was moo-riphic"……

Darwin just stared in the light thinking deeply of what he just read.

"Hey guys, is it ok if I sit here with yall." Asked teri

"Oh hey teri, yeah you can sit with us. You don't mind that right Gumball." Darwin asked his blue brother.

"I don't mind, I just want to make amends, and forget the accident. That happened yesterday." Gumball said

"IT WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE. I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT YOU DID IT, AND YET YOU REFUSE TO ADMIT IT."

Teri yelled at the top of her lungs but since she was normally silent it wasn't too loud to attract anyone's attention in the lunchroom.

"Oh come on, it was a mistake, would you just forgive me." Gumball complained

NO, what I want is for you to stay away from me and stop killing me. She said,

"Then why are you here" questioned darwin

"Well…I… I mean..*sigh* I have no real friends, ok." Teri said as she looked down upon her food.

"But what about the girls you hang out with the majority of the time in school." Said darwin

"I know but that's what girls do, we stay together even if we aren't truly friends. It's like being in. A school of fish you don't know or care who is in it, it's just some form of protection."

"From what" questioned Gumball.

"Well it's kinda hard to expla-"

chili bursts into the lunchroom with a megaphone*

BLEEP*

"ALRIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS, TIME TO GO CANOEING. WHOEVER FINISHES THE FINISH LINE. WILL GET ANYTHING THEY WANT TO EAT FOR DINNER TONIGHT. MEET ME BY THE LAKE IN 5 MINUTES, WITH YOUR PARTNER.

BLEEP*

"Alright, You and me darwin, let's win this," said gumball.

BLEEP*

"EXCEPT YOU GUMBALL, DON'T THINK I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN. YOU'RE STILL GONNA BE TERIS PARTNER."

BLEEP*

She left the lunchroom, And went to wait for everyone on the lake.

…………………………

"WHAT ARE YOU KIDS STILL DOING HERE, GET OUT" yelled Gaz

The camp had a medium size lake that had a small current that stretched for 300 feet. It wasn't a deep lake, the deepest part was probably 6ft. But at the end of the lake was a waterfall that had a 50 feet drop.

And upstream from the cliff was Chilli explaining to the campers. on how to row a Canoe.

"Alright mates, nothing too complicated, just row together. And when you're 100 feet down the river make sure you head to land as close as possible. If you don't you will go off the cliff, it's not a small drop and you'll most likely die, But the current is not going fast. So you should have enough time to paddle up to land. But just to be safe I'll drive down the road to the finish line. Waiting there to make sure nothing goes wrong. So put on your life jackets, and get on the canoes. I'll tell you guys when the race will start. And remember to have fun."

After they all put on their life jackets, Everyone was getting in on separate canoes

Darwin, went with Tobias,

carrie, went with masami, (who had multiple bruises)

Alan went with cartman.

banana joe, went with clayton.

And jamie went with bobert

Gumball got on the last Canoe, and he waited for Teri to get on. But she refused to move away from the small pier they used to get on the canoes.

"Come on teri get on the boat I want to win this game." Complained gumball

"There is no way I'm getting on that boat. Water is like acid to me. And you want me to be above it, There are too many possibilities of this going wrong. And the worst part is. That we are too close to a waterfall. Where we could drop off and DIE!" teri explained

"Alright listen, we can do this two ways. One you can get into this Canoe willingly. And I can have fun while you complain. Or two I'll throw you into the water, whats it gonna be?"

WH- why would you say something like that. Why do you have to be so evil? Can't understand that I'm scared of water" she exclaimed

"Oh no I understand, and now you have 3 seconds to get on this boat. Or I'll shoot you with this water gun" explained gumball.

"OK OK FINE, but if anything happens to me. You're gonna be held accountable, got it." She yelled

"Ugh fine just get on the stupid canoe." The frustrated cat said.

Teri got on the boat and it didn't move at all. She looked on the edge. And into the water. It wasn't deep but it could still kill her. While she was shuddering at the idea of the boat going overboard. Chilli got on the small pier and began yelling the instructions.

"Alright you lot, whoever crosses the red line down the river will get to choose what we eat tonight." She yelled at them.

"The race starts at 3…2….1 GGGG OOOO"

The campers started rowing they're boats down stream, Tobias and darwin were in the lead, banana joe and clayton were second, bobert and jamie were third, teri and gumball was fourth. 2nd to last at the end of the line was Carmen and Alan. And lastly was Carrie and masami. Who haven't even made an effort in rowing the boat.

"Aren't you guys gonna atleast try" questioned chili

"What's the point in winning? I'm a ghost, I can't eat food." Carrie said

"And I'm not going back to the cafeteria Mrs heeler. I'm sorry for what I said about you." Masami said she was just playing in the water. With her hand.

"Oh well, apology accepted. Now if you excuse me I have to drive down the road to the finish line. It's unlikely the kids will go downstream to the waterfall, But you never know."

Chilli left the pier and went to the jeep on the road that led down to the finish line, the way down the road was covered by large trees. Chilli got on the right side of the jeep and then realized she wasn't in Australia anymore. It's hard getting used to driving on the right side of the road. She got out and went to the left side of the car.

"Sigh I'll never get used to this. I never get why can't we all just drive on the same side of the road. It would be a lot easier."

She tried to start up the car but it didn't turn on. She keeped on trying but it still wouldn't work. She got frustrated and got out of the cat and opened up the front to see what was wrong.

"The battery must be dead. I'm gonna have to go and get the starter. Shouldn't be less than 20 minutes." She said, leaving Masami and Carrie in the water. As the current took them down the river.

"Hey is it me, or is the current is getting a little faster"

"Come on sweetie pie if we put a little more effort we could we atleast win 3rd place." Alan said.

"Oh alan, I don't care if we get last place just as long. You and as I have you beside m-"

Cartman was interrupted as a rock flew past her hitting Allen in his Ballon head killing him instantly. "ALAN NOOOOOOO" she yelled his name out. As she crashed into a fallen log in the river. She was out of the game.

Gumball and Teri saw what happened, Jamie told Bobert to throw a rock at Alan and Cartman to take them out of the game. Which is cheating but they knew she couldn't care less.

"Hahaha, I knew putting rocks in my shorts would come in handy. Took about 3 weeks but it was worth it" Jaime stated as she took another rock out of her shorts.

"Is that why it look you defecated in shorts for 3 weeks" questioned bobert

"Hey shut up, you never know when you need rocks in your shorts. And today I have proven how useful it can be in the right situation." She stated

"Still though, this is cheating and cheating is never fun. We should be following the rules to give everyone a fai-"

Bobert was cut off as Jaime pushed him into the water. He started to short circuiting and in the end exploded, because we all know what happens when water and electricity meet. He slowly drifted behind Jaimes boat.

"You got annoying, Everyone knows what happens when I get annoyed. Now time to deal with goofball and his germaphobic fr-"

Jaime was hit with Gumball's paddle. And fell into the water. She floated away from his boat yelling profanities at him.

"Was that really necessary" questioned teri

"No but,I bet she was gonna throw a rock at us. So I wasn't gonna take the chance." Said gumball.

Back upstream chilli was trying to start up the jeep but the front screen was saying flat tire. Which didn't make sense since she could have sworn the tires were filled with air. When she went to get the electric starter.

"Now I gotta get the pump to fill the tire up." She groaned

Luckily she knew since the river wasn't fast today. She had enough time to get the pump.

Back at the river with Carrie and masami.

"No seriously, why are 50 feet away from the pier? It hasn't even been 50 minutes."