Chapter Two
To Do List!
"Whoa Carbon! This is amazing!" Chiro said.
"Yeah I know. And it's my favorite store! Here put this on." Carbon said handing Chiro a belt.
"Alright." Chiro took the belt from his sister and put it around his waist. There was a flash of light and Chiro had changed.
On the other side of the store…
"So what do you think about this shirt?"
"I don't know Antauri. I mean it's not you. Oh, here try this one."
"Alright. But I still don't understand the reasoning for this." Antauri said stepping into a fitting room.
"Everyone is getting new clothes to wear. But you don't want all attention set on you, do you now?"
"Well, no but-"
"Antauri!"
"Yes Chiro?"
"Look what Carbon did to me!"
Antauri poked his head out from the fitting room and looked up. But he didn't see the human boy, he looked down and saw a black fur and blue eyed cybernetic monkey.
"Chiro?"
"Yeah, Carbon did this."
"Carbon? Oh, that old thing again? It's nothing." Melodie reassured.
"What if I'm stuck like this?" Chiro asked.
"You're not. Just take off the belt, silly." Gizmo said, overhearing the conversation.
"Yeah, and watch this." Carbon put a necklace on and she changed into a purple fur, gold eyed cybernetic monkey. "See. It's the device."
"Device?"
"Yeah, I had Gizmo build us these on the way here. After an hour or so, you can take this off and you'll be in that form until the end of summer camp." Carbon explained.
"Alright. So what do you think?" Antauri asked stepping from the fitting room.
Antauri was wearing black jeans, a black short sleeve, and a black stripped purple jacket.
"You look great. And it fits prefect!" Melodie said.
"Yeah, you look good." Chiro said.
"I didn't think you'd get him to try those on." Carbon said.
"How do you feel?" Melodie asked.
"Well, I think I actually like this outfit."
"Good. Cause I got an outfit I wanna try on now." Melodie said stepping in the fitting room Antauri just got out from.
After about an hour of shopping for clothes everyone walked out of the store. Gibson was wearing a black short sleeve, black stripped blue sweater, and black jeans. Sprx: red jacket vest, black short sleeve, black jeans, red finger-less gloves. Otto: green short sleeve, black jean vest, green finger-less gloves. Chiro: red short sleeve, orange hoodie, and blue jeans. Nova: jean mini skirt, pink leggings, pink short sleeve, jean vest (fringed), pink hat, and pink gloves.
As for the MegaForce: Seala wore a pale blue tube dress with a black wide neck underneath, black flats, and a blue rose headband. Elella: hot pink short sleeve with gold stars, grey jeans, gold star headband. Gizmo: gold wide neck shirt, green mini skirt, gold leggings, black knee high boots, goggle headband. Blaze: orange short sleeve, brown jacket vest, tan jeans. Melodie: yellow tube dress, orange wide neck underneath, orange leggings, and yellow flats. Carbon: blue capris, black short sleeve, black stripped purple hoodie, gold cloud headband, on the right hand-purple finger-less glove, on the left hand-black finger-less glove.
"You guys look great and ready for camp!" Gizmo said.
"Gizmo, they have the looks, but do they have the attitude?" Seala asked.
"In teenager, you can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk?" Carbon said.
"Oh that sums it up perfectly. Wha-huh?" Sprx asked.
"What Seala said. You have the looks, but do you have the attitude?"
"Are you ready to rock? Are you ready to roll?" Elella asked.
"Then head to Camp Jam to Rock n' Roll!" The MegaForce cheered.
"What the heck?" Sprx asked.
"That's the Camp cheer. You gotta learn it!" Gizmo said.
"That's right. If you want to go to Camp Jam, you gotta know the cheer and traditions." Carbon added. She looked up at the sky. "It's getting late. Not enough time to get to camp. Let's hang at the hotel for the night."
"Alright. Come on. Room for boys and room for girls." Gizmo said.
The twelve entered a huge building about thirty stories high. The lobby was huge! At the front desk there was a woman in her twenties and had brown hair. She smiled to hard, everyone got sorta freaked out, but Carbon ignored it.
"Two rooms please. One for the boys and one for the girls. One night and everything included." Carbon said.
"Right away Mistress." The woman at the desk typed on the computer and printed out a receipt. "Here you are. Two rooms for one night only with everything included. Have a nice day."
"Thank you." Everyone walked to the elevators and waited. "Here. This is the key to your room. Don't lose it." Carbon said handing Antauri the pass card.
"Why'd you give it to him?" Chiro asked.
"Because I trust him a lot more than I could even trust myself. Which is also why I am giving the girls' pass card to Melodie." Carbon explained.
Everyone stepped out of the elevator and walked to the rooms they were assigned. The boys stood there pondering how to open the door.
"Oh! Give me the card, Antauri." Blaze demanded.
Antauri handed Blaze the card. Blaze took the card out of the pamphlet and swiped it on the door. The red light turned green and Blaze walked in followed by the other five boys.
Girls room…
"Wow! Five beds!" Gizmo said.
"Yeah and I'll sleep on the fold up, unless someone else wants to." Carbon suggested.
The room was huge! There was a room with the beds in it, a living room like place, and a bathroom!
"Nah, you get it this time sis." Elella said.
"Alright!"
Boys Room…
"Whoa! This place is big!" Otto said walking in last.
The apartment is just like the girls'.
"Alright so I'll get the fold up bed. You five come put your stuff over here." Blaze said.
The five boys did as told and piled their bags in a corner.
"So, you're stay here for the night and go to camp tomorrow?" Chiro asked.
"Yeah, and camp doesn't really start until tomorrow anyways." Blaze said unfolding the spare bed.
"You want some help?" Sprx asked.
"Please." Blaze answered. Then Otto and Sprx got on the same side as Blaze and Chiro, Antauri, and Gibson got on the other side. Each side started pulling and finally got it to open. "Hey thanks guys. Man, these are harder to open than usual."
"It has been a few years since you've been, right? Well, maybe something changed." Chiro said.
"You could be right." Blaze said. Then Blaze noticed everyone still wearing their outfits. "Hey, don't those to bed. You'll mess them up. And Chiro?"
"Yeah?"
"Don't take off that belt until tomorrow. Makes the effects work better."
"Alright."
The boys put their clothes on a chair and went to sleep, unlike the girls.
Girls' room…
"Yeah so then we'll set up this whole trap for them. Won't that be great?" Elella said.
"Why are we doing this again?" Nova asked.
"One: because it's funny." Elella started.
"And two: because they need to be initiated into camp." Gizmo finished.
"Alright. I guess it's worth it to see Sprx scream." Nova said.
"I thought you liked him." Elella said.
"I do. It just, that's how I show my love for him. It's what I do." Nova said.
"Alright, we have a big day tomorrow. Let's get some sleep." Melodie said.
The girls stacked their clothes on a chair and went to sleep. The next day, everyone met down in the lobby for breakfast.
"Morning boys. What the haps?" Carbon greeted.
The boys were confused.
"She means, what's happening? Or how are you?" Nova cleared.
After breakfast everyone walked out of the hotel with everything and started walking.
"So where's Camp Jam?" Sprx asked.
"It's down by the lake. In the country part of Tennesse. We're going to take a shuttle bus." Carbon answered.
"A shuttle bus?" Gibson asked.
"It's not a shuttle at all. It's a plain old Earth bus that we take up to the camp. Don't worry. That's what I thought at first too. We all did." Seala giggled.
After an hour of the shuttle bus ride, the bus drove into an area that the entrance said, "Welcome to Camp Jam!" Everyone stepped off the bus and the HyperForce looked around amazed. There were kids from all around the cosmos and everyone dancing, drumming, or strumming their own beats everywhere in the area.
"AH! Amy!" Carbon shrieked.
Carbon ran over to a girl with pink hair, yellow eyes, and very pretty for her age.
"Carbon! OMG! I thought I'd never see you again!" the girl, Amy, shouted.
The two tackled each other in a hug and started talking.
"Look at you! You've grown!"
"Can't say much for you though." Amy teased.
"Yeah." Carbon rubbed the back of her head.
The two walked away talking and catching up.
"Cloud, we'll meet you in the lunch hall!" Melodie called.
"Alright Music Note!" Carbon shouted back.
"Cloud? Music Note?" Nova asked.
"Our camp names." Melodie said.
"Yeah Bubble. Get with it." Gizmo said.
"Bubble?"
"Yeah, I just came up with it. Bubble, as in bubble gum. Because your eyes are bubble gum colored." Gizmo explained.
"Oh, hum…Bubble…it's got a nice ring to it. Bubble it is." Nova said.
"One down, five to go." Seala said.
"It's gonna be pretty hard to get them names before tomorrow, don't you think Chem?" Gizmo asked.
"You're probably right, but I'm sure we'll come up with one, Saw."
"Chem?" Gibson said, taunting.
"Yes, as in I like to mess with chemicals and such."
"What about Gibson? We can't call him Chem, because you already got that covered." Elella said.
"I do not know yet. We'll come up with one. It's still pretty early." Melodie answered.
"Not for long. We still only have sixteen hours until we have to wait for tomorrow." Elella joked.
"Good one Elella." Carbon said.