My Life in Slugterra 2
Summary: With the support and guidance from my team of best friends, I continue my journey to become one of the best slugslingers in all of Slugterra. Well, it's not me, but us. As more secrets are discovered and revealed, more challenges await us. We need to stay strong together if we have any chance in defeating more villains and protect Slugterra.
This is the sequel of My Life in Slugterra. And this chapter starts with Return of the Elementals.
Chapter 1: The Vision
It was night in The 99 Caverns. In a cavern, Phosphoro slugs could be seen sleeping upside down on a big mushroom. A campfire was lit up. Red Hook was telling a story to a boy, a girl and a few slugs. He was talking about how the Shane Gang and I defeated Dr. Blakk and sent him to The Deep Caverns. The kids and the slugs were awed by his story.
"Eli, his Shane Gang and Wen Jing thought their battle is over, but the brave heroes barely have time to take a rest!" Red Hook took a deep breath and continued. "Before a new enemy threatens Slugterra – the Goon! A Goon Doc slug that has mind-controlled powers!" The kids and slugs were horrified to hear it!
"And then suddenly... an unexpected Slinger came to the rescue. She challenged the Goon and was able to defeat him. She is a princess and her name is Charrize Antoinette Reyes. But she is called Khai. She is from another set of caverns called... Marinatopia. A mythical and magical cavern that no one knows about its existence." The kids and slugs were amazed again.
"With her assistance, Eli and his Gang defeated their foe, freeing the Dark Slinger from its evil fraud! The Goon lost the slinger, and the Shane Gang gained an ally – Junjie, the mysterious slinger from The Eastern Caverns." The kids and slugs could not help to wonder about the two newcomers.
"And there you have it! One of the latest tales of Slugterra's greatest heroes!" Red Hook concluded his story. He then asked the kids, "So, what do you think, kids? You wanna grow up and become a slugslinger? Yeah?" The kids nodded enthusiastically.
"Well, you gonna need guts! Do you have the guts?" Red Hook energetically questioned them. The kids nodded. "And the drive? The passion for it?" The slugs chirped happily, meaning that it was a yes.
"Well, it's a hard life, but it's exciting! Well, I bet what the Shane Gang are doing something right now, they will make your eyes explode!" Red Hook told them.
Meanwhile, in the Shane Hideout, Eli was sleeping in a hammock. His slugs were watching a Max Jackson movie on the television. Burpy, Joules and Digger were standing on a chair in front of the T.V., while Banger was lying upside down. Doc was lying on a cushion on the floor. Stunts was sitting under the chair. Spinner was sleeping in his hammock that was made of his webs. A box of popcorn could be heard close to Spinner. Eli's slugs were enjoying the movie.
All of the sudden, Eli began to move around and groaned. "No..." he muttered in his sleep.
In his dream, there was a pole shining with green light. The scene zoomed into the green light and a big eye appeared. The scene changed, showing me falling and Junjie yelled my name. Then, an enlarged Goon appeared and emitted his Ghoul Energy. The scene quickly zoomed into the huge eye and Will Shane appeared. "Eli," he called out.
"Dad?" Eli asked.
"You must gather the six together," Will told him after a Shadow Clan was seen. Will showed a symbol of a Shane Star that was surrounded by six different symbols.
The scene quickly changed to show a floor with glowing green patterns. The huge eye in the green light was showed again. A mysterious slug was turned into a ghoul. Eli, Burpy, Khai and Flare were in somewhere, and a clawed hand came out abruptly out of Dark Water!
Eli screamed and woke up! His slugs were startled by his scream. Burpy hopped towards Eli and the other slugs chirped, asking Eli whether he's okay.
"It's okay, guys. It's just a dream. I'm fine," Eli assured them. Burpy hopped into his left shoulder and Eli walked away.
Eli passed by the garage and saw Junjie and his slugs were doing Slug Fu. Eli leaned against the door while seeing them doing it quietly. He did not want to disturb.
"Couldn't sleep either, Eli?" Junjie asked while he was doing Slug Fu with his eyes close. Eli and Burpy were taken by surprise that Junjie knew about their presence even though he didn't see them.
"Uh... no? The T.V. here, it's a bit loud," Eli lied.
"I dreamed of fire and destruction," Junjie described his dream while doing Slug Fu, "the caverns in chaos under the shadow of the Goon, and a monstrous claw..."
"A claw?!" Eli gasped. "I have the same dream!"
"I feel it is more of a premonition than a dream," Junjie said. He bowed to his slugs and they did the same to him. Their Slug Fu practice had finished.
Meanwhile, in my house, I had a very strange dream. I saw myself with the Shane Gang. Will Shane appeared and told Eli to "gather the six". Then I saw a mysterious slug being turned into a ghoul. The scene changed to show Eli, Burpy, Khai and Flare somewhere. A clawed hand came out abruptly out of Dark Water! They screamed! The scene quickly changed again. I was falling down. "Wen Jing!" Junjie yelled my name.
I screamed as I woke up immediately. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. "Wen Jing, are you alright?" a voice called out outside my room. It was Khai.
I unlocked the door and let her in. "Uh, yeah... why you ask?" I replied.
"I hear you screamed," Khai answered. "Is everything alright?"
"Well... I have a nightmare..." I explained.
"You too? I have a nightmare too," Khai said, which shocked me.
"What is it about?" I asked her.
"Well... slugs were ghouled... gather the six... a terrible claw... and you were falling..." Khai described her nightmare. "I gasped and woke up when I saw you falling."
"Wait... I had the same dream as you!" I exclaimed.
"I feel frighten and I am worry that Slugterra will be in grave danger soon," Khai said.
"Me too..." I agreed. "What time is it now?"
Khai took a glance at my clock. "4 o'clock in the morning," she answered.
I sighed. "Guess we won't be able to sleep since we had a strange dream," I blurted out.
"Yeah..." Khai agreed with me.
Morning finally came. Khai and I went to visit the Shane Gang at the Shane Hideout. Ha-Chan came along too, including Fairy, Khai's Nymphia pet. Ha-Chan was still in her child form. Once we got there, we saw Eli and Junjie were having a friendly duel. Ying, Junjie's pet, watched them. Eli and Junjie bowed down to each other.
Junjie activated his wrist blasters. He commanded his slugs using Cantonese, which he meant "get ready" and "start". His slugs showed off their moves, which surprised Eli and Burpy. He then threw five slug tubes into the air. His slugs jumped upwards and went into the tubes. With his eyes closed, Junjie caught all of the slug tubes!
"Excellent! Should we commence?" Junjie questioned.
Eli and Burpy looked at each other and then down. Banger and Rookie were still sleeping while standing. Spinner was still sleeping in his hammock that attached Banger and Rookie. Joules looked like he just woken up.
Eli and Burpy looked back at Junjie. "In a minute," Eli said and Burpy smiled sheepishly.
Eli turned to his slugs. "Rise and shine, guys!" he announced. Joules turned to him, fully awake. Banger, Rookie and Spinner were still sleeping.
Burpy hopped off of Eli's shoulders and turned to Banger. He was frustrated to see him still sleeping. Burpy screamed and Banger woke up suddenly! The hammock stopped swinging abruptly and Spinner was startled by the sudden jerk. He woke up and fell down from his hammock. Burpy shook his head.
Rookie was the only one who had not waken up. Joules shot out a bolt of electricity and shocked Rookie to wake up! Other slugs laughed at Rookie. "Haha, good one, Joules!" Eli chuckled. Joules laughed at Rookie. Rookie blew a raspberry at the Tazerling.
Eli faced Junjie again. The Slug Fu Master was unimpressed by Eli's lack of discipline with his slugs. He raised an eyebrow at the Shane. Eli chuckled nervously.
"Okay, tighten up, guys!" Eli commanded his slugs.
Rookie and Joules stared at each other but quickly laughed it off. Eli's slugs got into position. "Let's do this," Eli told them softly.
Spinner and Banger hopped onto Burpy's head. Rookie jumped onto Spinner's head while Joules jumped onto Banger's head. They all jumped towards Eli. Joules, Rookie and Spinner entered the three slug tubes on Eli's bandolier. Banger entered the slug tube held by Eli and he loaded his Armashelt into his blaster. Burpy landed on Eli's shoulder.
"Now we're ready!" Eli announced as he activated his blaster. Junjie nodded with a smile.
"Bring it!" Eli shouted and fired Banger. The Armashelt transformed and was charging towards Junjie.
Junjie shot his Frostcrawler. It became a yeti-like creature when it reached velocity. It speedily froze Banger and trapped him in an ice cube. Junjie proceeded to use Slug Fu on his Frostcrawler. He raised his arms and his Frostcrawler took a turn. It sent out an icy breath towards Eli.
Eli gasped and tried to outrun it but to no avail. The Frostcrawler carried Eli! It continued to fly and let out its icy breath. Junjie lowered his arms and spread them out. The Frostcrawler responded and stopped the icy breath. It turned into its protoform. Eli fell and slid down from the ice slide created by it. The slug then landed on Eli's chest. Eli kept sliding on the ice until he stopped in front of Junjie.
"Hey," Eli said matter-of-factually. Junjie's Frostcrawler chirped in joy.
"Thank you for the invigorating duel," Junjie thanked him as he retrieved his Frostcrawler.
"Hi, Eli! Hi, Junjie!" Ha-Chan greeted them as she rushed towards them. Khai, Fairy and I followed her.
"Hi, Ha-Chan! Nice to see you all!" Eli greeted back. Junjie smiled as he helped Eli up.
"Hi, Ying!" Ha-Chan greeted Junjie's pet. Ying smiled and nodded.
"Nice to see you too," Khai greeted.
"Yeah~ And Junjie, you are amazing back there~" I complimented him.
"Thank you~" Junjie thanked me.
"Oh, he is~ She loves his Slug Fu~" Eli teased.
"She is just impressed by Junjie's Slug Fu," Khai told the Shane off.
Ying, on the other hand, just smiled as she read my mind.
"So... you've finally seen better after being under the Goon's control?" Eli asked Junjie and chuckled.
"Yes, and I am eager to use all of my abilities to repay you all for freeing me from the Goon's captivity," Junjie replied as he and Joo-Joo bowed down to us.
"I still don't get how you can control your slugs with that... Slug Fu stuff," Eli blurted out and stared at Burpy.
"Well, I have done nothing but practice since I was a child," Junjie explained.
Suddenly, a shot was heard. "Slug fired! That was a Rammstone!" Junjie exclaimed.
"Nah, it's cool. Follow me," Eli assured him and walked towards the vegetation of Wild Spores Cavern. We followed him.
"You can tell what sort of slugs slung just by the sound? Wow," Eli said to Junjie while we were walking.
While at the vegetation of Wild Spores Cavern, Kord and Pronto were playing a game that involved in racing their slugs around the vegetation of the cavern using remote control cars with the helmets on the slug's heads. Trixie and Roza were reading something on Trixie's tablet. John, Yamu, Zak, Nate and Falcon were watching them. Thunderoar was scratching his left ear using his left leg back hind.
"Come on, Bludgeon!" Kord cheered.
The cars that Stinky and Bludgeon were in hit each other. Bludgeon's car hit Stinky's car forcefully, causing Stinky to go out of control. Pronto managed to control Stinky's car just in time before he fell.
"Oh, so, you want to play dirty, huh?" Pronto asked Kord. He was determined to avenge Kord. He made Stinky's car to collide with Bludgeon's car three times. Bludgeon's car eventually went out of control after the third hit. Kord's Rammstone went towards a tree and slammed onto it! A second or two later, an airbag popped out! Bludgeon was dazed.
Pronto cheered as Stinky took the lead. Kord went over to his Rammstone, who was dazed due to the impact. "You can still win this, buddy," Kord said to Bludgeon. His Rammstone chuckled shyly. Kord loaded Bludgeon into his car and into Kord's blaster. Kord fired him and Bludgeon continued racing.
"Hi, everyone!" Ha-Chan greeted them. They greeted back. Kord and Pronto were too busy playing to greet back.
Junjie walked over to see them playing. "What... is... this?" Junjie asked Kord.
"Protoformula One Racing," Kord answered while playing.
"I... do not understand," Junjie replied.
"It's awesome. The slugs wear helmets to receive signals from the blasters," Eli explained.
In the race, Stinky's car went in front of Bludgeon's car. Pronto's Flatulorhinkus let out a disgusting gas in front of Bludgeon's face!
"Eat my stank!" Pronto cheered. Kord grunted in frustration.
"My half-younger brother is good in racing. He won a lot in the Slug Race Contest. And he has many medals in his room. There are many photos of him after he won the Slug Race Contest!" Khai said.
"Really?" Kord and Pronto were surprised. "We want a challenge with your half-brother!"
Khai chuckled. "Sure. Once you two meet him in Marinatopia," she responded.
"Forgive me, I understand what you are doing, but what I do not understand is... why," Junjie said to Eli.
"Why what?" Eli asked.
"Why would one play a game for... fun?" Junjie was puzzled. "Which will take away time for training?"
"Uh, wait. You never played a game? Even as a kid?" Trixie asked the Eastern Champion. She found it surprising.
"I was born to be my cavern's greatest protector, and it is an honor with many benefits," Junjie explained proudly. "One being that I do not need modified blasters and technology to control my slugs."
Junjie took his Tazerling and loaded it into his right wrist blaster. He slung it and his Tazerling quickly traveled the space between Bludgeon and Stinky, shocking the two slugs.
Pronto gave Kord a facial signal. Kord immediately understood it. They pushed the triggers on their blasters. The cars of Bludgeon and Stinky moved backwards in opposite directions. Their cars then traveled back to Junjie's Tazerling. They were going to ram it!
However, Junjie, using Slug Fu, commanded his Tazerling to jump! Bludgeon and Stinky missed their target and instead, rammed into each other! They groaned as their cars spun out of course and control.
Junjie's Tazerling landed on the ground and chuckled. It crossed the finish line and a few slugs were cheering.
"Hey! But that... that is cheating!" Pronto protested.
Junjie's Tazerling returned back to his owner. "Forgive me, Pronto. Allow me to undertake the maintenance of your mecha-beast for the next week," Junjie apologized and offered a way to amend his wrongdoings.
"Oh, no, no, no, I insist. Make it two weeks!" Pronto replied.
Khai was very surprised when her shooting star and moon crescent pendant suddenly reacted and glowed, which was the sign of danger. All of the sudden, Xiangmao, my Flatulorhinkus, began to twitch and acting strangely. I wondered why he was acting like that. Suddenly, a flash of red and he was turned into a ghoul!
"Xiangmao! What has happened to you?!" I shouted, shocked to see that he was now a Flatulo Rex.
Kord's Hoverbug, who was in his bandolier, also turned into a ghoul! "Something is ghouling our slugs!" Kord shouted.
I also found my Tormato, Taifeng was ghouled too! Besides Taifeng, my Slyren and Gazzer, Huangli and Dandan suffered the same fate as the Hoverbugs around the cavern! However, Bluster, Stinky and Beat remained normal. The slugs of Khai, Yamu and Zak were totally fine.
"Cure 'em, Doc!" Eli told Doc as he loaded him into his blaster. He shot Doc and it emitted a healing wave on Xiangmao, turning him back to normal. I sighed in relief, but it was short-lived. Xiangmao turned back into a ghoul a few seconds later.
"It didn't work!" Trixie said.
"Wait, if the bunch of slugs here turned ghoul, then what about those down in..." Eli realized and we rushed to the Shane Hideout. "...the clubhouse!"
We were shocked to see all of the Air and Toxic slugs were ghouled! The ghouls were causing chaos! "This is bad. This is real bad!" Eli exclaimed and shot Doc again. Doc used his healing wave to cure a Tempesto into a Tormato. However, the results remained the same. It quickly turned back into a ghoul.
"It's still not working! What's going on?" Eli was confused.
"Everyone, I receive some distress calls from Wind-Farm Cavern," Roza announced. "I will send it to the computer."
The distress calls were immediately sent to the computer. Eli and Trixie looked at it. "Wind-Farm Cavern is overrun!" Eli exclaimed.
"That place's particularly run by Hoverbugs and Tormatos!" Trixie added.
"That's any good place to start figuring this out," Eli said. "Let's settle up!"
The garage door opened and the Shane Gang hopped onto their mecha-beasts. Roza activated her thruster boots. Falcon transformed into a falcon. Khai and I went to our mecha-beasts that were outside the garage. We started the engines.
"Let's go!" Eli said and we drove off. Roza, Ha-Chan and Falcon followed us by flying. Fairy, Ying and Thunderoar joined us too.
"At least today won't get any crazier," Kord blurted out.
We gasped and stopped our vehicles. Flashes of black appeared in front of us. Suddenly, Shadow Clans appeared!
"The Shadow Clan!" Trixie exclaimed.
The Shadow Clan Leader spoke and Eli put on his Shadow Talker.
"I... uh... didn't quite catch that," Pronto said.
"He says we need to go, now," Junjie translated, "to a Shadow Clan Village near..."
"Xanadu Basin," Khai cut in.
"You two speak Shadow Clan?" Kord asked and then he face palmed himself. "Of course you two speak Shadow Clan." It turned out that he had forgotten that they spoke the language for a while.
"Xanadu Basin? It will take us days to get there our mecha!" Trixie said.
"We can't go," Eli told the Shadow Clan Leader, "almost all of our air slugs were ghouled and we need to head to Wind-Farm Cavern so..."
"No, once you hear the message, I think it will change your mind," the Shadow Clan Leader cut in.
"Message? What message?" Eli got interested.
"The message... from your father..." he answered. Eli's eyes went wide in surprise.
He spoke something to Eli again. Eli's friends did not understand him, aside Khai and Junjie.
"What? My father said that?" Eli questioned in surprise.
"We have little time. You must come with us now!" he told Eli.
"Let's go, Shane Gang!" Eli shouted. "Junjie? Khai? You two in?" he asked them.
"It will be my honor to accompany you," Junjie replied.
"I'm with you, Eli," Khai said.
Eli turned to the Shadow Clan Leader. "So... how do we get there?" he asked him.
The Shadow Clan Leader took out a Shadow Walker and threw it upwards. It emitted a green flash that blinded us for a while. It seemed to have open a portal. Our mechas began to lift up. Roza, Falcon, Ha-Chan, Fairy, Ying and Thunderoar were lifted up too. He spoke something.
"What did he say?" Trixie asked concernedly.
"He said..." Eli started.
"This is going to..." Junjie continued.
"...hurt," Khai finished the sentence.
"Oh, Floppers," Pronto moaned.
A few seconds later, we were sucked into the portal. We entered a green vortex and were forced into a dizzy ride! We screamed as we were spinning around! "Best. Day. Ever!" Kord cheered.
"Woohoo! This is awesome!" Khai cheered. The ride reminded her a roller-coaster. Our slugs in our bandoliers were also enjoying the ride.
At the Shadow Clan Village near Xanadu Basin, a wild Fandango was eating a leaf. It was startled by the arrival of the Shadow Clans. The Shadow Clan Leader threw the Shadow Walker up into the air and opened a portal for the exit. We fell out of the exit and landed hard. We were dizzy as we were lying on the ground, groaning.
"In... my... brain..." Kord groaned as he was dazed.
"Ugh, my stomach is inside out..." Trixie complained.
"Uh... I have swallowed my brains... and my stomach is not digesting that well... uh oh," Pronto threw up in front of the Shadow Clans! They were disgusted by it, including the slugs.
"Excuse me," he apologized after that.
Eli groaned as he stood up. "You okay?" he questioned Junjie.
"I will be in a moment," Junjie responded and stood up. "No amount of training can prepare one for that. And... forgive my earlier shrieking." He avoided his sight, feeling embarrassed.
"You are so cute when you shriek," I told him, which made him blush. I blushed lightly too after realizing what I said.
"Ha-Chan is very dizzy..." Ha-Chan groaned as she had a headache after the dizzy ride. Trixie helped her to make her feel better.
"Man... that was a cool ride! I wanna do it again!" Yamu cheered.
"No way! I don't wanna ride it anymore!" Zak denied. John and Nate nodded as they agreed with him.
Falcon was still in his falcon form as he was lying on the ground. Then, he recovered his dizziness and returned back to his human form, much to the Shadow Clans' surprise.
We slowly stood up as we recovered from the dizziness. Roza stood up too, but her head was turned backwards. We screamed in terror and shock! The Shadow Clans had their eyes wide open!
Roza turned her head back to the right position. "Sorry for making all of you shock and freak out," she apologized.
"You were like an owl since you can turn your head," I said.
"What is an owl?" Roza asked me.
"It is a predator bird. It can rotate its head," I explained.
Roza searched about it and she quickly understood about owls. "Oh, I have searched for it. Thank you," she replied.
"You're welcome," I replied.
The Shadow Clans spoke to us, getting our attention. "Slugs are turning into ghouls all through the caverns! So, what about my father's message?" Eli asked them.
The Shadow Clan Leader showed Eli a Fandango in his palm. The energy slug landed on the ground and emitted its slug energy. The patterns on the ground slowly glowed green. We went backwards slowly, amazed. We found the ground had a huge glowing circle with Shadow Clan patterns.
A large statue came out of the center of the circle. It opened and a pillar came out of it. All of the Shadow Clans had a Fandango and they lifted the slugs up to the air. The top of the pillar shone with a blinding white light. An eye appeared in the light, then another.
When the light died down, an Enigmo slug came out of it! It stepped onto the tip of the pillar. It lost its balance and fell down. Fortunately, it recovered from the fall fast.
"A slug," Pronto blurted out. The Enigmo slug chirped at Pronto, like it was saying hi to him. "That's it?!"
Eli bent his knee down and took a closer look at the slug. "It's an Enigmo slug!" Eli said.
Mo, Eli's Enigmo came out of his backpack and hopped onto Eli's shoulder. He was surprised to see another Enigmo slug.
"I thought we have the only one," Trixie said.
"Besides Khai," I corrected her. Emily, Khai's Enigmo slug, came out of Khai's Magical Belt Bag and hopped onto her shoulders.
Upon seeing the other Enigmo, Mo became entranced in its beauty. He showed off, which caught her heart. They ran off to meet each other. They were in love! We watched in adoration.
"Aww, so adorable!" Trixie complimented.
"Very cute~" Khai added.
"I'm cuter," Pronto claimed as he got jealous.
The two Enigmo slugs accidentally hit each other. The Shadow Clan Leader picked up the female Enigmo.
"An Enigmo slug messes up your vision and make you see stuff," Trixie explained.
"So why would my dad leave one for us?" Eli questioned the Shadow Clan Leader.
The Shadow Clan Leader spoke to him. "Over there? Okay," Eli replied and moved at a distance.
"Alright, now what?" Eli asked.
The Shadow Clan Leader lifted the female Enigmo. He was prepared to shoot her to Eli.
"Oh, Floppers," Eli moaned.
The Shadow Clan Leader threw the Enigmo slug with his tail. The slug reached velocity and hit Eli! A blinding white light was produced from the impact and surrounded us.
"We will leave you to the message, and trust that it holds answer to our problems. Now, we must go, and do what we can to attend to the ghouls that plague the caverns of swear," the Shadow Clan Leader told Eli and left.
"Wait, aren't you-" Eli was about to say something to the Shadow Clan when a sound caught his attention. An image of Will Shane appeared in front of us.
Burpy smiled. "Dad?" Eli was shocked.
"Eli... I hate to tell you this but that is not your father. It is... a hologram," Pronto explained.
"Oooohhhh... thanks, Pronto," Eli thanked him. Burpy rolled his eyes.
"Anytime," Pronto replied and winked.
"Eli, I recorded this message in the hopes you would never hear it. By now, you are The Shane, and I am no longer here for you," the hologram of Will Shane said to Eli. "I imagined we have some amazing adventures together, and I am sure that you have made me proud of the man you have become." Eli and Burpy grew sad. "By now, I have taught you about all the different slugs that exist in The 99 Caverns."
"I wish you had," Eli blurted out.
"But there weren't so many kinds of slugs," he said and something formed in his palm. He then raised the symbol to the air. "Long ago, there were only the six."
The symbol was a Shane Star. Five symbols, which were the symbols of earth, air, energy, water and fire, appeared in each ending of the Shane Star. The sixth symbol, which was a six pointed star, was at the center of the Shane Star. "Earth, Air, Energy, Water, Fire and Quintessence," Will listed it down.
"Quintessence?" Khai was surprised that he mentioned that word because it was part of the Elements of Harmony.
"Every slug that exists came from these six Elementals. If anything were to happen to an Elemental, something terrible will happen to the slugs related to it," Hologram Will told us.
He showed us an example using the symbol of the Earth Elemental. The Earth symbol was surrounded by the pictures of the descendants of the Earth Elemental Slug: Armashelt, Rammstone, Arachnet, Thresher, Polero, Dirt Urchin, Crystalyd and Neotox. They were the Earth, Metal and Plant Element Slugs. Then, the Earth Elemental Symbol turned red, meaning that it was turned into a ghoul. The pictures of the slug's descendants were changed into their ghoul counterparts.
"It has to be what happened to Taifeng and the others," I stated.
"The Air Elemental must have been corrupted somehow," Trixie said worriedly.
"If you are seeing this message, something terrible has already occurred. Together, the six Elementals have incredible power, that's why they had been scattered across The 99 Caverns. You must gather the six together, only that will cure the damage that has been done. I'm sorry I can't be there to help you, son," Hologram Will said.
"Dad, I-" Eli was about to speak.
"This map will lead you to where the six were hidden," Hologram Will showed us the map. "And this map, as well as this recording of me, are stored within this Enigmo Slug." He showed the Enigmo Slug that the Shadow Clan fired to Eli.
Mo affectionately nudged the female Enigmo, showing that Will was talking about her.
"Sorry, but, someone will have to slug you every time you want to use it," he apologized. Pronto got frustrated by the fact.
"Son, there is one more information I have to tell you about the Quintessence Elemental," he said to Eli.
"What is it?" Eli asked.
"If anything were to happen to the Quintessence Elemental... all slugs will be corrupted along with the five Elementals," he added, which shocked us.
"Hmm... the Quintessence Elemental seems to be the most important of them all," I blurted out.
"It seems that the Quintessence Elemental is the most powerful Slug compared to the five," Khai blurted out.
"It needs to be protected at all costs," I added. Khai nodded to me in agreement.
"Also, there is one more information I have to tell you, son," he said to Eli.
"What is it, dad?" Eli asked again.
"I need to say something to the Protector of Marinatopia. I have left her a message," he replied.
Khai was surprised to hear that, along with us.
"Khai... it has been a long time since I last saw you when you were a child. I know you're wondering where and why I disappeared, causing Team WFRG to disband. I know you missed me a lot since you take the liking on me as if I am your father. I can tell that you already have grown up and you are very much like your mother. However, you still have your real father's dark brown eyes and thick black hair. I know you are searching for him and wonder why he left my team. He is a very mysterious man. But I have to tell you something very important. Do you still remember the story about your ancestors? Your ancestors are connected to the Elementals. The Elementals had befriended with them every generation. However, they hid the Elementals for safety due to their enemies, who were seeking the Elementals. Khai, you are the only one who can control the Elementals. The Elementals might immediately bond you due to your striking resemblances of your twin ancestors. I most warn you, Khai: protect Flare at any cost and stay close to Eli and his team. Good luck, my little princess," Hologram Will told Khai.
"Only you can access the map, Eli, by supplying answers to the questions you and I share," Hologram Will explained to Eli. "Just say "Locate Earth Elemental", and I will ask you a password question. Good luck, son." The hologram faded away.
"Dad! Wait!" Eli called out.
"Ugh..." Pronto sighed. "Eli, for the last time, that was not your father, it was a mere hologram, okay?" Pronto explained again to The Shane.
In Pronto's bandolier, Stinky, a Bubbaleone and a Frostcrawler were in the slug tubes. Suddenly, his Bubbaleone and Frostcrawler turned into ghouls! Pronto screamed!
"Not again!" Pronto shouted.
Eli's AquaBeek, Beeker, who was in Eli's bandolier, turned into an Aquafreak! "Beeker, no!" Eli yelped.
"It's happening to our water slugs!" Kord stated when he noticed his Jellyish being turned into a Jollyfist.
"And ice slugs!" John added as his Frostcrawler was turned into a Frostfang!
However, Glace and Chiller, despite being Ice Element Slugs, were not affected, including the slugs of Khai, Yamu and Zak. The ghouled water and ice element slugs escaped from our bandoliers and ran off.
"Whatever befell the Air Elemental must be happening to the Water Elemental," Junjie explained. "We must hurry to the location and stop this corruption before it spreads further."
"Agree. We gonna fix this, and get our slugs back to normal," Eli agreed.
"Yes. We have to find the Water Elemental first," Khai stated.
"The map is due to you, Eli. Can you find the cavern?" Trixie asked him.
"Yeah. I can find it," Eli replied and turned to the screen of the map. "Locate Water Elemental," he said as he pressed the map.
The hologram of Will Shane appeared again. "You and I used to love racing down the hill during winters of the cabin. What was the name of our sled?" he questioned Eli.
"Oh boy... Poppy Pants," Eli answered in an amusing way. Burpy laughed at him. "My sled was named... Poppy Pants."
Kord, Trixie, John, Falcon and Nate found it amusing as well. Pronto, Yamu and Zak were giggling. "Poppy pants," Pronto laughed breathlessly.
"Hahaha! That's the funniest name I have ever heard," Khai said it with a smile. Ha-Chan laughed when she heard that.
"...What does that means...?" Junjie and Roza were confused.
"You two don't need to know that," I said.
"...Okay," they replied.
"Access granted," Hologram Will replied. "Location..." A picture of a cavern popped out of the screen.
"Undertow Cavern!" Eli and Will said at the same time.
"That's real close! Settle up!" Eli told us.