Chapter 3: The Krakken

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Max had driven all of them to a lake. While it was late, Ben and Glitch were messing around in the lake, while Gwen was standing nearby, not looking very impressed. Ben jumped into the lake, making a large splash, making Glitch yelp and try to dodge the splash.

"Cannonball!" Ben shouted, "Judges score... Yes! Perfect 10! Yeah! The crowd loves it!"

"A perfect dweeb is more like it." Gwen scoffed, shaking her head.

"Come on, dive in!" Ben shouted to his cousin.

"...Please! Who knows what nasty, slimy things are slithering around in there." Gwen huffed, shining the torch so that they could see the surface more clearly, before shining it back on Glitch and Ben.

"What's the point in camping by a lake if you're afraid to get wet?" Ben asked, sounding annoyed.

"Just don't get any of the water in your mouth and you'll be fine!" Glitch added, watching as Ben splashed some water on Gwen.

"Knock it off, midget!" Gwen yelped.

Ben suddenly smirked, watching as Gwen turned around to go back to the Rustbucket, only for Ben to start violently splashing in the water. Shocked, Glitch began to back away, watching in confusion.

"Hey! What's happen-" Ben was cut off when he disappeared under the surface.

"Very funny, Ben... I'm not falling for it." Gwen sighed, hesitating as she slowly crept forward to shine a light on where Ben went under, "...Ben?"

All of a sudden, a creature lurched out of the spot, snarling at Gwen, who screamed. She dropped the torch on the floor and even Glitch yelped, jumping out of the lake. The torch rolled on the ground, showing that the creature was just Four Arms covered in seaweed.

"Four Arms?" Gwen asked.

"You should have seen the look on your face!" Ben laughed, popping up next to Four Arms, "Ah, priceless."

"Seriously Four Arms?" Glitch asked, groaning in annoyance as he shook his head, "I can't believe you actually went along with that prank..."

"Aw, come on! It was fun!" Four Arms chuckled.

"You are so busted when I tell Grandpa!" Gwen snapped, rushing over to the RV.

"I can't believe she fell for it! A monster in the lake! How dumb can you be?" Ben asked, laughing as he turned to Glitch, "And I got you as well! Hilarious!"

Glitch didn't say anything else, just staring as the water bubbled and splashed behind Ben and Four Arms. Out of nowhere, a gigantic silhouette of some kind of monster rose up out of the water. Stumbling back, Glitch stared in horror as the creature grabbed Four Arms with a tendril and threw him across the water. Unable to help, Glitch watched helplessly as Four Arms struggled to break free from the tendrils - eventually succeeding and rushing back to the Rustbucket. Ben and Glitch quickly followed after him.

"I was just attacked by a giant lake monster!" Four Arms shouted.

"Hello? Current events? You already got me with that one." Gwen scoffed, rolling her eyes.

"But I'm not kidding this time!" Four Arms complained.

"Come on champ, joke's over." Max sighed, glancing at Glitch and Ben. Glitch scowled, obviously a little unhappy nobody was believing Four Arms - he had been there and seen the whole thing.

"But I-" Four Arms was cut off by Max.

"Get some sleep, remember we have an early day tomorrow for our fishing trip," Max told them.

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