The Shane gang could barely take a break with all of Blakk's slug raids on the caverns. The current situation was an attack on Arcana Cavern. The entire gang was racing towards the place on their Mecha beasts.

"E! I got an update from Arcana!"

"What is it?"

"It's a video, I'm playing it!"

The gang had screens pop out as they rode on their Mecha Beasts. The video footage showed a young boy with brown hair and hazel eyes talking into the screen.

"This is Chase from Arcana Cavern. We need help now. We're trying to stop Blakk's henchmen but their ghouls are too strong! Our slingers are doing the best they can but-"

An explosion interrupted the video as the boy winced at the sound and impact. Static took over the audio. The video was cut off.

"Pronto, how long until we reach Arcana Cavern?" Their leader shouted.

"Thanks to my brilliant shortcut, an hour!"

"Good, step on it everyone!"

As they reached Arcana Cavern, the sound of blaster shots rang through the air. Blakk's goons were still terrorizing the caverns, loading the extorted slugs onto their vehicle. There were a few Arcana cavern slingers trying to put up a fight who got shut down almost immediately with a barrage of Hop Jacks.

"Get the slugs back to HQ!" A goon shouted above the rest, presumably the leader of the operation.

"Sorry but that's not going to happen!" Eli and his gang interrupted them. The Shane gang had their blasters ready while Blakk's henchmen prepared themselves for battle.

"Blast em!"

They opened fire and slugs were morphing everywhere. The group ran for cover as they strategized a method for beating Blakk's men.

"There's too many for me to get through to the slugs. Kord, Trixie?"

"We gotcha bro."

Kord fired a Dirt Urchin which released deadly spikes on their opponents, throwing most of them off. Trixie followed up by shooting Bluster to create a mini tornado to finish them off. Even so, more henchmen appeared.

"They just keep coming!" Trixie snarled as she reloaded her blaster with a Frostcrawler.

"The slugs are gonna be taken away soon if we don't do something!" Kord shouted as he saw the trucks holding the slugs just starting up.

"Not to worry! Pronto shall save the day!" The Molenoid shot his Flatulorinkus which released a cloud of stink to the goons.

"Wait!" They chorused.

Their words fell on deaf ears as he ran towards the truck of slugs either heroically or idiotically. Either way the rest of the Shane gang had to back him up. Kord and Trixie held off as many goons as possible while Eli went after the Molenoid.

Luckily, the guards stationed at the truck paid attention only to the battle crying Pronto. Eli was able to take some of them out by surprise from behind his cover of fallen rubble. He left the stragglers to Pronto and went ahead to take out the driver.

However, he was spotted and had a Grimmstone coming for him. Moving quick, Eli countered with his Armashelt. The driver started moving off as the Shane was distracted by the clash between the slug and ghoul.

"Oh, no you don't-"

Suddenly, a Phosphoro slug was fired in the middle of the crossfire, blinding the participants of the battle momentarily. Eli took the chance to fire Burpy at the driver, taking him out.

"Whoa, partying hard I see," A voice called out," Don't leave me out now."

A panther Mecha Beast stormed in with an auburn haired rider. Her wavy ponytail swayed as the Mecha settled, her dark blue eyes twinkling with a hint of mischief. Behind her, were a few other slingers on their own individual Mecha Beasts.

"Who are they?" Kord asked no one really.

"I have no idea but I think they're our allies. Whatever it is, just keep blasting those goons!" Trixie replied in a flurry, more focused on the ongoing battle.

The girl jumped off her Mecha, dodging a few morphed slugs.

"Smiley face formation! Sharpshooters stay on ground!"

"Smiley face formation?" Eli raised an eyebrow as he pulled the driver of the cart out of the vehicle.

Her team of six followed her lead, leaping off their Mechas in tandem. They organized themselves into specific positions. Three of them blasted a Hop Rock slug each at the goons leaving some of them severely injured. However, some the henchmen fired from their cover at the sides. Ghouled Rammstones were directed at the team.

"Watch out!" Trixie shouted as she aimed her blaster at the incoming ghouls, ready to shoot them. But before she could pull the trigger, another Mecha Beast came jumping out of nowhere. The rider used a Frostcrawler to freeze two of them while her Mecha Beast tackled away the last Grimmstone.

"Way to crash the party," The leader winked at the short black haired girl on the Mecha that had come bursting in.

"Talk less, blast more," The girl merely said as she loaded her grey blaster and leaped off the black Antelope Mecha. Black eyes scanning the situation carefully.

"First-liners with us! Sharpshooters take out threats from the side!"

The group repositioned slightly. The two girls led the front while another two were at each of their sides. Two were covering the group from the sides with sniper like blasters, aiming at the enemies who popped out from their covers. The last two slingers were at the back, taking care of stragglers. They moved forward together.

"Anything remaining-" The auburn haired girl started.

"Is fair play." Her counterpart finished her sentence.

The mysterious team worked together flawlessly. Though, their assault wasn't only towards Blakk's goons. Kord and Trixie who were at the opposite side, faced attacks from one of their snipers.

"Looks like Blakk's goons aren't the only thing they're trying to take out," Trixie leaned her shoulder on the rubble, peeking slightly to get a gist of the situation. A Thresher just barely missing her," Whoa!"

"What do we do?" Kord said as he ducked his head down. Explosions from morphed Hop Rocks pounded on the slab of rock.

"We'll go around them and join back with Eli at the other side. No point in trying to reason with open fire!" The red head replied. With that, the two escaped into the alleys of the buildings.

The team continued with their assault. Until a ghouled Grenuker was shot in the middle of the group.

"Divide!"

They split in separate directions. The black haired girl reacted quickly, jumping to the side as she just closely missed an incoming Hop Jack. Unfortunately, she lost her balance and her grip on her blaster.

"Not so tough without your blaster now," One of the henchmen towered over her, aiming his blaster at point blank range.

"Blake!" Her partner yelled.

Just then, a morphed Rammstone knocked down the guard. Blake watched as he was knocked unconscious.

"Are you ok?"

The sudden voice jolted her. She grabbed her fallen blaster, loading it with a Tazerling and pointing it at the source of the voice in one swift movement. The dark blue haired boy held a hand out in panic, "Stop! I'm an ally!"

Adrenaline still pumping in her veins. She steadied herself enough to take a proper look at her saviour. The new Shane of Slugterra. Her frown deepened.

Scowling, she slapped his hand away," Just fine."

She charged back into the fray after gathering herself. Eli shrugged it off and continued on with the battle. Soon enough, all the goons were flushed out of the cavern with nothing in hand to bring back to Blakk.

"Going home already? Well, you're welcomed here anytime for a swift kick to the butt!"

"Really?"

"What? They are."

"Fine."

Blake turned to the team of slingers," Aid any casualties and assemble at town hall once you're done."

They nodded and fanned out in search for the injured.

"Hey?" Eli waved his hand unsurely at the two girls who were presumably the leaders of the team. However, their first reaction was to pull out their blasters and aim it at the Shane gang.

"Whoa! Whoa! We aren't going to hurt you!" He held his hands up in surrender.

The auburn haired girl cocked her head. She stared at him for a moment before realisation dawned on her, "Wait! You're the new Shane!"

She immediately lowered her blaster. Though, she did a double take when she saw her partner's blaster still aimed at him. Nudging her counterpart, the black haired girl gave the Shane a once-over and reluctantly holstered her blaster.

"Yeah. I'm Eli Shane. This is Pronto, Trixie and Kord," He introduced the rest of the gang who waved at the two," Someone sent us a distress call."

"Oh, so you guys were the unconfirmed enemies. My sharpshooters were informing me about a red head and a cave troll."

"Yeah, except we weren't enemies." Trixie deadpanned, clearly upset at the misunderstanding.

"Whoops," She grinned sheepishly and shrugged her shoulders, "Better safe than sorry?"

Trixie flashed her an amused smile. While Kord waved a hand to dismiss the thought," Hey, no hard feelings. You guys were just trying to protect your cavern."

"I appreciate that. Thanks for all the help."

"Yeah, greatly appreciated. The exit is that way," Blake gave an insincere smile and jabbed her thumb to the end of the road.

"Blake," The other warned.

"I'm just saying. That way."

"I'm Carmen Steele. Arcana Cavern's chief. The unwelcoming girl over there is Blake. She's the unofficial vice chief-"

"There's no such thing as a vice chief."

"Well, I just declared a vice chief as a real thing. Now, shut up."

Carmen let the girl scoff before continuing," And we had another cavern to help. We didn't expect to find out that our own cavern getting raided. If it wasn't for you guys, who knows what would have happened to Arcana."

"Exitisthatway,"Blake fake coughed.

Carmen ignored it. Though, most of the Shane gang heard it clearly.

"Why don't you guys stick around? You can stay for dinner or something, it's the least we can do for you guys after you saved Arcana."

"They helped. They didn't actually completely save Arcana," Blake stated.

"Helping is better than doing nothing," Carmen retorted.

This made Blake roll her onyx eyes in annoyance.

Before Carmen could say another word, Eli cut in. "Hey, thanks for the offer but we need to get back. Just to be prepared for any other attacks."

"No problem, maybe we'll see you guys again some time," Carmen nodded.

"Yeah. Come on guys," Eli gestured to them as he whistled, signalling their Mechas to come to them.

"If you need any help, just call us," He said before they rode off.

"I highly doubt we will," Blake muttered under her breath, earning another nudge from Carmen. Though, they had already rode off far enough to be unable to hear her.

"You know they really helped Arcana. Try to be a little grateful."

"I was grateful. Doesn't mean I have to like him." Blake countered.

"Well, this isn't going anywhere. But…" Carmen looked back at the ruined town,"We've got a lot of work to do."

"I'll check the emergency shelters for everyone," Blake said.

"Things are looking a bit...discouraging. We better be prepared for more attacks."

"Discouraging is an understatement."

"Try to be a little optimistic."

"I'm just being realistic."

Author's note: Hey! So, I actually rewrote this chapter. In all honesty, I didn't know where I was going with the introduction when I first posted the story. Now, I've got a clearer view. I'm sorry for the confusion of all the nameless slingers. I didn't want to introduce too many characters. Plus, the main OCs are Carmen and Blake. I hope you enjoyed this revised version! Please tell me if there's anything I can improve on:)