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"Hey look, there's somekind of lodge there, afterall!" Jasmine was the first to speak since the wind incident.

She war right; the lake had approached them mighty quickly, until now, they were standing only yards away from it's shore. There was a huge door made of stone at the end of a long dock. The door stood at least ten feet high and about six feet wide.

The six ran across the wet, creaky dock until they reached it.

"What the hell is this about?" Gers asked. "Why would they put a huge ass door in the middle of the lake?"

Justin looked behind the door. It's stone curved downwards, and sloped into the depths of the lake.

He went back, "I think it's a tunnel that leads to the other side of the lake underwater."

"Why?" Paff asked.

"Like we said before, there could be creepy things in that water," Samus said. "It's probably to keep the animals from getting you!"

"Are you insane?" Yvon exclaimed. "Nothing dangerous could live in a lake!"

The irony of that was, that a tentacle was creeping onto the docks from underwater. The tentacle was a deep purple, and had small suction cups on it. The teenagers didn't notice it; they were caught up watching Samus argue with Yvon.

"How would you know?" Samus asked.

"I know everything about all bodies of water!" Yvon exclaimed.

"Really?" Samus crossed her arms.

"Yeah!"

The tentacle was then creeping towards the ankles of the teenagers. Still, nobody noticed anything until it was too late.

It grabbed Paff's ankle, and she looked down in surprise. "Hey-"

All at once, she was tripped forward, face first into the dock, and then, screaming, was pulled into the water.

"OH MY GOD!" Jasmine screamed. "PAFF! PAFF!"

"What the hell?" Gers exclaimed. They all looked into the water, and then Paff resurfaced, gasping.

"THERE'S SOMETHING DOWN THERE!" She screamed.

"What?" Samus asked her. "A squid? Or an octopus? Or-"

Then, more tentacles sprouted from in the water. There must've been at least thirty- maybe fourty- of them. They all looked identicle in every way except length. Paff swam quickly to the dock, but before Jasmine and Samus could pull her up, she was dragged back in again, but she took the others with her.

The three were pulled under by the incredibly strong arms. They quickly got loose after a struggle, and came to the surface.

Justin and Gers pulled the others up, while Yvon tried in vain to open the giant door.

"IT WON'T BUDGE!" He yelled.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE THOSE THINGS?" Samus shouted.

"They look like-!" Jasmine tried to exclaim.

But, then some heads began to sprout out of the water; the teens were tunned.

They were like octopi, except much bigger, and had much more tentacles. Each one had at least fifty identicle tentacles sprouting in all directions from it's round head. It's eyes and mouth were huge, and all were perfectly pasted on the six teenagers.

"WHAT THE HELL?" Yvon shouted.

Paff screamed, and that's when the closest monster attacked.

It's front tentacles smashed through the dock, shooting wood chips everywhere. It continued to smash the wooden bridge, and the water, too.

The teenagers jumped to the other end, but the monster was able to knock Samus and Justin into the water.

Yvon grabbed a wooden beam from the water and slashed at the monster. It growled... sort of... and then hit him into the lake.

They all resurfaced. Justin and Samus were pulled underwater. They saw the monsters down there, too. They struggled out of their clasps easily, and then resurfaced.

Yvon was pulled under next. He had a more difficult time getting free. But, he was able to kick a monster's face, making it's grip loosen enough for him to get free.

Then, there was a shout, "NEED HELP?"

Then, out of nowhere, a creature jumped onto the docks beside Jasmine, Paff and Gers. It was...

A KOALA BEAR! YAY!

But seriously, a koala bear was sitting on the docks there, but, as quickly as it had appeared, it revealed the contents in it's mouth.

Almost like magic, huge fangs and razor sharp insizors were shown. It growled, and then pounced. The monster nearest it was attacked first. The koala bear ripped open the creature's face, and clawed off the tentacles.

When the first monster fell, the koala bear continued to pounce from monster to monster, killing each one in a matter of seconds.

But then, as Yvon, Justin and Samus resurfaced, a green coosh-ball sort of creature appeared beside them. It's tiney, beady eyes stared at them, and then it turned, and hopped into the water. The creature was about as big as a ordinary crystal ball, and had long cilia that riddled it's body.

Then, strangely, the thing started to expand. When the teenagers noticed that, it was already four times it's original size. Then, the creature propelled water as fast as possible to the monsters. The water was propelled at such a rate, that the water actually pierced through the monters' skin, and then even further.

After the creature was it's regular size again, the monter it had attacked was dead. All the teenagers watched in awe as each monster fell to the two wierd creatures. After it was all done, and the lake was riddled with blotchy, thick blood, a boat appeared.

A woman with dark, red hair, black, leather jacket and shades was driving it. Her speed boat rode up to the docks, and she got off it. She looked at the teenagers (they were with each other now.), and then smiled. The two creatures came to her side, and then climbed up her legs to each of her shoulders.

All the teenagers stared at her, her creatures, and all the dead monsters. One thought instantly came through Justin's mind. At first he refrained from asking it, but, the woman remained quiet.

He knew that she wanted them to speak first, so, he summed up the courage. He knew it wasn't a smart idea, but he said it anyways.

"Ummm..." he started. She looked at him. "Are you from the MUM?"

Justin's companions looked at him darkly, as though he had asked something evil.

The woman chuckled.