The day started when a counselor rung the morning bell and so we all got up and had a little snack. Link, had a few frogs from the swamp. Insecto had a few trees. Bob had a fw boulders from the rocky field in the back of camp. Dr. Cockroach had some trashfom the dining hall. Susan and I had some small amount of apples from the dining hall.
Then we went to the old Dining Hall to see what Dr. Cockroach had whipped up.
Here we have a Sonar Scanner, A net launcher, a few scuba tanks along with scuba gear and a huge magnet with a metal detector to remove all of the hooks from the pond without even going into the water!, He says proudly, And all I had access to was an old stove, an old dishwasher, an old fridge, silverware, a radio, a few mountain boarding supplies from the old dining hall being a storage unit now and a car battery! he adds in his mad scientist laugh. Muahahahahahahahaha!
Insecto fly over the pond in a sweeping motion to remove the hooks while we went and got to see the boat and capturer container. He opened the door and we all gasped
The boat was enormous and had all of the things we needed and the capturer was on the back of it all.
The containment cell has a function to de-mutate any substance it contains so once we get Oscary we can de-mutate her, Dr. Cockroach explains, If she breaks out, I have also a serum that will be able to do the job just as efficiently. And I believe if we de-mutate her, the eggs will de-mutate as well in a chain reaction.
Bob said in a parody quote, We won t need a bigger boat (Jaws)
Nice, I say to both Dr. Cockroach and Bob, Now let s do this!
Once Insecto had flown over enough and Dr. Cockroach s metal detector was confirming the water was hook free. I had an idea with the hooks.
Bob, I start to say, Do you want a snack?
Yes I do, Bob starts pleading, Please oh please!
Ok Bob, eat all of the hooks so no one else gets hurt.
Ok! he says in agreement and then he starts to eat them while the rest of us get ready.
Susan, you have to keep a watch on the waterfront for Oscar. Insecto you have the shore at Roskin. Bob, you have to patrol Witches Trail and don t eat anything there! Dr. Cockroach, Link and I will go out on the boat and try to lure her out, by diving down and finding her. I conclude, Susan if you see Dr. Cockroach red flag waving violently, dive into the pond and find us cause the situation will be dire if you see the flag.
Everyone goes to their positions and then the three of us get ready to go onto the water. I don a pair of scuba gear and then we get to the middle of the lake.
Alright Dr. Cockroach, Link starts up, Where is Oscar?
According to my calculations, Dr. Cockroach says while tuning the instruments, She is right in front of the waterfront
Alright, see you there Paul, Link says as he jumps in.
I don the gear, put on the tank, get the net gun and ask doc if he has any last advice.
The snapping turtle is extremely territorial about her nest so if she attacks you first, you are near her nest. Other wise just calmly capture her. Dr. Cockroach tells me.
See you later Dr. Cockroach, I say before diving into the water and hope everything goes according to plan.
The water is very murky; hence the ponds name Black Pond. Luckily I faced my fears about the water darkness last year at camp.
Suddenly a large object swims behind me. I spin around in a panic. But see it is only Link!
Sorry Paul, I just had to do that he says laughing as he can talk underwater. He quickly stops and gasps.
Suddenly he turns me around to see a large green snapping turtle-like humanoid-like monster! It is Oscar! She is munching on a fish and her back is turned.
I sneak up on her and then I pull the trigger on the net gun and success! We had captured her! And she was still calm because we apparently weren t near her nest.
We pulled her up to the water front where Susan was cheering and she called out to Bob and Insecto to get over here.
She picked up Dr. Cockroach s boat like it was as heavy as a large pocketbook and placed it on the main camp field while we hung the net with Oscar in it on a tree waiting for Bob before we de-mutate Oscar.
Hey you guys, Bob calls out from far away, Look what I found!
He was holding a large amount of eggs! Oscar s eggs!
No Bob stay away, Dr. Cockroach shouts, She is territorial when it comes to her eggs. If Oscar sees her eggs in trouble she ll go
Dr. Cockroach didn t have to finish his sentence because Oscar suddenly roared and broke the net. She ran at Bob but Link stood in her way. She just plowed through Link who went unconscious and swiped at Bob who was staring at the bell tower. A part of him flew off in the direction of Dr. Cockroach who became stuck in Bob s slime. She stole the eggs and right there dug a new hole and put the eggs in it and then growled at us. Susan was going to step in.
No Susan, I start up, Oscar may be an icon of Camp Woodstock but she has damaged Camp and so now it s personal. I ll handle this one.
Alright, Oscar, I say to Oscar, We can end this peacefully or I will have to use force. She roars at me. Alright, force it is. I reply.
I get into a pose from my days in karate and then charge at her. She swipes at me but I dodge her and then shoot a few string shots at her face and some stick at her eyes and she is stunned trying to swipe at the string blinding her. I move in and did a flying round house kick at her and sent her flying. She finally got the string out of her eyes and then tries to scratch me and succeeds and leaves a huge gash in my arm but I step back as it heals and then I step back in and try to trick her by swinging around her by the strings I continue to shoot out of my hands and then soon she is dizzy but still fighting.
I try to stun her in one big final move. I start running around her and then she keeps her eyes on me. I start shooting string and soon she is being cocooned in string and can t break the bonds. I finally make a bond around her mouth so she can t bite the string off and then she is wrapped up like a Christmas turkey.
Susan is cheering and then Link comes to and Bob realizes that we caught her. Dr. Cockroach finally gets out of Bob s ooze and then he runs over and administers the serum to Oscar and then she starts to de-mutate and soon all there is, where there once was a monster, now there is a regular snapping turtle. He checks his scanners and then he confirms that all of the eggs are de-mutated.
Out of nowhere Monger appears with the plane and tells us, Good work Monsters!
Then all of the counselors come out from the cabins they were hiding in and then they start cheering saying they want us to stay for the opening campfire in a few days for the beginning of Camp. And if we want to be temporary counselors for the first week of camp and help out with the activities.
Well sure only if you guys are up for it. I ask my friends, Hey guys, do you want to be here for the opening ceremony for camp this summer?
They all agree.
--End Chapter 11--