Due the rather quick response to this story, I have decided to write the second chapter already. Also, the first chapter was short because I wanted to see if anyone would even read it.

"Hello! Can everyone hear me?" A man with a megaphone stood on a picnic table to address the assembling campers. "Alright! Welcome to Camp Yellowjacket! Your cabins are along the path. Let's start walking!"

"Camp Yellowjacket?" Wally whispered to Dick. "Who came up with that?" Dick snickered but silenced himself under Artemis's glare.

"I feel so...exposed without my bow." Artemis grumbled.

"Oh, cheer up! This could be fun!" M'gann said gleefully. "Horse riding, canoeing, fishing, hiking-"

"Yeah, we get it. But I'm a city girl. I'm not starting a fire or sleeping outside." Raquel (Rocket) added. M'gann, or Megan, as she want to called at camp, was annoyingly cheerful.

"That won't be a problem. Look." Dick pointed at the first cabin. It was more like a miniature spa. It held ten girls, a hot tub, and had obviously been built within the last two years. Everything was new, and no expense had been spared. "Each cabin is boys or girls only. No members of the opposite gender are allowed at any time. There are ten cabins, five for girls and five for boys."

"How is this camping?" Connor asked. "I thought camping was supposed to be...I don't know. An adventure?"

"Sure, camping is an adventure. Summer camp for rich kids is just one big line of fun stuff." Wally replied.

"It is hard to believe-" Kaldur was cut off by the man with the megaphone.

"Now remember, these cabins are your new home for the next week. Respect them as you would..." He continued to speak, but it was obvious that few were listening. Many kids actually had their cellphones out and were trying to find a signal to no avail. "Your counselor is in charge. They will lead you to activities, wake you up in the morning, and make sure you have three meals a day. Breakfast is at eight tomorrow, you have the rest of the day to wander around and get familiar with your new cabinmates."

"Breakfast at eight?" Wally couldn't believe it.

"Aww, Wally has to wake up at a decent hour." Zatanna giggled. "Maybe you'll actually turn into a normal teenager."

"Normal teenagers sleep until eleven." He grumbled.

"Me and Zatanna are in Cabin...oh my god, really? Cabin Fire Ant." Raquel rolled her eyes. "All of the cabins are named after insects."

"Well, no one ever said the owner was creative, just rich enough to have an exclusive camp for 100 campers." Robin answered. "I'm in Cabin Dragonfly with Wally."

"Ugh, me and Meghan are in Cabin Ladybug." Artemis mimed puking. "It's so cute I think I'll puke."

"Yeah, me and Kaldur are in Cabin Grasshopper. I guess it's better than Cabin Mosquito." Connor shrugged.

"We should all settle in to our cabins, and meet up here in an hour to explore the site." Kaldur said. "If this place is truly in danger, then we will need to know our way around." Everyone agreed and split up to their respective cabins.


Artemis and Megan walked into Cabin Ladybug and were greeted by a flurry of activity. They went to their assigned beds that were right next to each other and set their bags down. Artemis couldn't help but notice that they were the only ones without designer bags. They placed their clothes in the drawers provided and straightened out their other possessions. The other girls around them were just as excited as Megan, or completely bored out of their minds. Artemis saw an older girl walking towards them with a huge grin on her face.

"You must be our counselor." Artemis said.

"How did you know?"

"Lucky guess."

"Well, I just wanted to give you a big Camp Yellowjacket welcome and tell you my name is Sarah. I am here to make your experience here go as smoothly as possible. If you ever need anything, you can come to me. Now, are you excited?" If it were possible, Sarah's smiled expanded.

"Yes! I'm so excited!" Megan practically jumped up and down.

"Well that is just wonderful. You must me Megan." Sarah checked her clipboard. "Yes, Megan. And that makes you Artemis? I love that name."

"Um...thanks?" Artemis shifted. Cheerful people scared her. This was going to be a long week for nothing if it turned out the camp was safe.


"Why are you wearing long sleeves? It's over eighty degrees outside!" Kaldur and Connor's counselor, Mike, asked.

"I am...um..." Kaldur couldn't think of a good excuse. Truthfully, it was to hide the tattoos on his arms, though it was very hot outside. With his Atlantean physique, the heat was very uncomfortable for him. He just had to remember to drink a lot of water. Insane amounts of water. Thankfully, Camp Yellowjacket had a lake that he could swim in.

"Well, no matter. We're going swimming tomorrow after breakfast. Maybe by then you'll be convinced to bear your arms." Mike walked away to talk to other campers.

"Come on, there are others here with tattoos." Connor said.

"That is true, though I still wish to wait to reveal mine. It is considered inappropriate most times for a sixteen year old to have tattoos." Kaldur checked his watch. "We still have a little time before we meet back up with the others."

"I'm new to this whole summer camp thing." Connor admitted.

"As am I. It must be hard to believe." Kaldur waved back to a group of girls who had passed by his window. They giggled and ran away. "Why do they do that?"

"Probably because you covered your gills with that weird stuff Batman gave you." Connor sighed at Kaldur's confused expression. "They think you're good-looking."

"Oh." Kaldur said. Kaldur pulled at the collar of his shirt. It really was hot outside.


"This is going to be awesome. Have you been here before?" Wally asked.

"No, but I did my research before we came. Rich guy with too much money opens a summer camp for kids whose parents have too much money. Makes a pretty good profit for now."

"You know, you would count as a rich kid." Wally laughed.

"That's true. But even rich kids need somewhere to go during the summer." Dick finished placing his perfectly folded clothing into his drawers. Wally finished throwing his clothing into his drawers.

"So...what do you think? About this place? Think anything...bad's going happen?" Wally asked.

"Well...Hi!" Dick poked Wally, and the taller boy turned around. "You must be our counselor."

"Yes, that's me. I'm Jake, and I'm in charge of this cabin. If you need anything, you can talk to me. So, is there anything-Hey! Stop that!" Jake ran off to break up a pair of boys who were in the beginning stages of a fight.

"Well, that is a great indicator of this week is going to go." Wally whispered. "Hey, how did you manage to be in my cabin? It's supposed to be fourteen to sixteen."

"I'm Dick Grayson. Ward of Bruce Wayne. They do whatever he says."

"Oh really."

"Partially. I turn fourteen this week. They let it slide." Dick grinned. "Even though we're here on business, I still think this'll be fun."

"Right. Fun. Waking up at eight."

"Breakfast is at eight. Wake up is at seven." Jake said as he walked past. Wally groaned.


"Zatanna, can I ask you something?" Raquel asked.

"Yeah, sure." Zatanna was a little surprised. Raquel was the newest member of the team, and they hadn't spent a lot of time together.

"How are you? I mean, how are you really?"

"I'm fine." Raquel raised an eyebrow. "It's just that...this is the first summer I've spent without my dad dragging me on some ridiculous educational trip."

"Oh. You know...you can learn a lot here."

"Really?"

"Sure. Didn't you read the brochure? Leadership and friendship and all that crap." Raquel smiled as Zatanna giggled.

"Or how to find a signal for a cellphone against all odds." Several girls in their cabin had managed. Zatanna smiled. Maybe she and Raquel could get to know each other better now.

'Hey guys. Welcome to Camp Yellowjacket and all that. Look, you don't cause trouble for me and I don't cause trouble for you. My name is Amanda. Don't come to me with stupid questions." The blonde girl in front of them popped her gum. "That's pretty much it." She walked away.

"Well isn't she just a bundle of fun?" Raquel said. "Figures we'd get the counselor who got the job because mommy and daddy are rich."

"Whatever. Sounds like she's pretty lenient though."

"By the end of the week, she'll be crazy."


"Boy are we glad to see you." Raquel said, mostly to Kaldur.

"Bad cabin?" Dick asked as they all started walking.

"Our counselor isn't exactly...enthusiastic." Zatanna said as she fell in step next to Dick.

"I like ours!" Megan said.

"Yeah, because she's just like you." Artemis said jokingly. "If she smiles much longer her face will get stuck that way."

"What about yours, Connor?" Megan asked as they linked hands.

"He seems nice. A little nosy, though." Connor shrugged.

"Why'd you change shirts?" Wally asked Kaldur. "I thought you wanted to wait to reveal your snake tattoos."

"They are eels. But I decided that it was inevitable, so why suffer in this heat." He took a drink from his water bottle.

Suddenly, they heard a screaming voice. "Get out of the way!" A jeep was barreling towards them. "The brakes don't work!" Wally pulled Artemis out of the way as it went speeding by. It hit an incline, but it wasn't steep enough to stop it before it ran into a thick tree.

"Guys, we have to do something!" Megan said. She focused without letting her eyes light up, and the truck slowed and stopped right in front of the tree.

"Perhaps there really is something going on here." Kaldur pointed at the ground. "Brake fluid."

"So the brake-lines were cut?" Connor knelt to examine it.

"Most likely." A loud siren noise sounded, summoning the campers to dinner, after which they would once again be free to explore. "We will speak later."

As they walked away, Artemis pulled Wally aside for a moment.

"Thanks."

"For what?" Wally said affably.

"You know...Pulling me out of the way of that car."

"You probably didn't need my help." Wally shrugged.

"Maybe. But...Thanks anyways." She started walking again.

"So...does this mean you owe me one, Arty?"

"No. And don't call me that." Artemis rolled her eyes. Wally laughed, and sped up a bit to catch up with Dick again. In doing so, he brushed against her bare arm. The contact of her skin made him shiver, but he shook it off. Even if he did feel that way for her, which he didn't, Artemis had made it clear that she did not reciprocate. At least, that's what he told himself.

So...yeah. I loved summer camp. Leave a review, leave a suggestion, leave a shout out. Whatever.

Also, if you like, you can send me creative death situations at camp in the private messages. I haven't watched many scary movies like this, so until I can do a little "research"...