Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. So I just wanted to remind everyone that I am still accepting ocs so long as they are already in Slugterra. Also I want to apologise for the long delay on this chapter. Welp here goes chapter 3 Decision.

Jenna was sitting outside with her leg elevated, it had been over a week since she had arrived her leg had been healing quickly, Yoshii had said in another day or two her leg should be fully healed and she would be ready to leave if she wanted to. Despite her ankle not letting her run around she had kept herself busy, she would spend her time reading books on slugs, she would look up online to learn more about what was happening in Slugterra, reading maps to familiarize herself with the different caverns and spending time with the slugs that would often wander in and out of the house. Now she was like every morning watching Ken practice, he had quickly switched from regular targets to a training gauntlet during the week.

In the gauntlet random targets would shoot out of the ground or launch into the air. At first he had been clumsy and missed several targets along with the fact that a target may rise out of the ground where he was standing he had to learn to evade at a moments notice. But over the past week he had greatly improved and could usually hit 3/4th of the targets while never getting hit by any of the targets. She could see that he had just finished, she blushed when he walked away from the gauntlet taking off his sweaty shirt as he walked, her blush faded when her eyes wandered to the scars and burns on his chest, back, and arms, he then dropped to the ground and began his workout. His workout consisted of a cycle of push-ups, sit-ups, squats in reps, then he ended with a 3 mile run around the buildings.

The first time she had seen him do this once he had finished, out of curiosity she asked him how often he did this and just how much of each. He had blushed slightly when he answered he usually did 100 of each and the 3 mile run, as for how often, he said he worked out 3 or 4 times a week. She was surprised at his persistence but even more surprised at his embarrassed demeanor when he admitted to his workout regimen. She remembered in her previous school she met many guys who workout, usually boasting about how much they could lift or how far they could run. Of course she had also met others who were more humble but she couldn't recall meeting any that were actually embarrassed about such an impressive workout regimen.

Thinking about this made her realise she had been getting close to Ken, more so that she thought she could have given the short time they had known each other. She had grown to trust him despite herself, she had noticed he was reluctant to talk about his life on the surface, he was vague about his childhood and just about everything. What he had admitted to was that his parents had died and he had been sent to a foster family, after running away he had been taken in by a man who had essentially been like a father to him. And several months after he had turn 18 he had set off on his own to start his own life, but when he had gotten involved in helping someone he had been chased and he ended up in the sewer. That had been his explanation for how he had arrived in Slugterra, she knew there were things he was keeping from her but she wasn't sure what could be the real answers.

However from his tendency to avoid talking about his past and the scars on his body she would guess that he must have had a rough past and it was possible he had been a victim of abuse. She looked away and saw Luma having a conversation with some of Ken's slugs, they chirped animatedly and seemed to enjoy talking together. The smile on her face changed into a frown when she remembered that she had to make her decision soon. At first she had been determined to leave as soon as she could, but recently she had questioned if she actually wanted to leave so soon. Despite the secrets he kept she didn't want to leave Ken, during the week they spent together they had gotten closer. She had learned a lot about him that she liked, his kindness to the slugs that came around the house, his determination and perseverance with his training, his usual relaxed behavior that would sometimes seem to border on the edge of cockiness, and there was what she had seen when they first met. He had saved her without knowing who she was and when had shown kindness and concern to the pink haired girl. Sighing she got up and walked back into the house to the room she was staying in to lay down and think.

She woke up after a few hours, she didn't remember falling asleep. She got up and made her way to the front of the house, Kenford drove up to her on his mecha beast. "Hey Jenna you ready?" She looked at him in confusion and answered; Ready for what? Looking a little surprised he gestured to his mecha beast, "You asked me to teach you how to drive your mecha beast, come on let's go."

She smiled excitedly and followed him in to the garage where her mecha beast was, the pain in her ankle was almost gone so she wasn't afraid to run. Once they had gotten there Ken explained the basics and let her try on her own. Once she had gotten the hang of it in her excitement she challenged him to a race and he accepted. At first they were neck at neck before she started to pull ahead, she laughed and looked over at him expecting him to look frustrated, but to her surprise she saw him grin and wink at her. He sped up his mecha beast and caught up to her and when they got near the end he sped up and drove up a inclined rock using it as a ramp to jump pass the finishing point of the race.

He smiled at her when she caught up and held his hand out to her, "good race, especially since you just learned how to ride. If next time we race you might beat me." She smiled and shook his hand, heh, you bet your ass I'm going to beat you next time.

He looked at her curiously; "Your going to stay? I thought you were going to leave and be with your cousin Eli and his group?" She blinked in surprise at his questions and realized that she had made it sound that she was going to stay with him. She frowned and looked away; I...I'm not sure, it's not like I don't want to stay it's just...for a long time I always dreamed of coming to slugterra and go on adventures protecting people and being a hero. And I always thought I would be doing it with Eli and his dad Will, but after uncle Will died my parents didn't want me to go. They even moved us away from our hometown so I wouldn't be able to go or be around Eli because they knew he would eventually go. But I always planned on making my way here even if I had to run away, and I thought Eli and me would make the journey together.

Ken leaned over and placed a hand on her shoulder; "It's okay, I can't say I fully understand where your coming from but if you want to go with your cousin then go. Besides it's not like were not ever going to see each other, if were going to be fighting against the same enemy it would only be a matter of time before we meet again." Not waiting for her response he drove away to put away his mecha beast leaving her alone with her thoughts.

(Time skip: next morning)

Jenna finished getting her bag ready, looking at herself in the mirror she admired the new clothes Yoshii had given her last night after removing the bandages from around her ankle. She was wearing a pink shirt with a pale blue hooded vest, skin tight blue pants, black boots, fingerless black gloves and her hair was pulled back in a ponytail, she put on her belt to hold her slug jars and blaster. She grabbed her bag and walked downstairs to the front of the house where Yoshii and Kenford were waiting for her with her mecha she nicknamed Stella. "Well Jenna I'm sorry to hear your not staying but I understand your desire to join your cousin, Kenford will take you to the Shane hideout. Be careful out there and may we meet again."

Jenna smiled sadly and drove away with Ken through the tunnel and into a alleyway. They drove onto the road, people were going up and down the road, the sight was almost identical to a normal city on the surface with a few exceptions such as the mecha beasts. "I recognize this city, it's the same city I was visiting when I found you. I know the way to the Shane hideout from here it should be a half hour drive from here." She nodded, as they continued down the road she felt herself questioning her decision, she kept glancing over at Ken who was looking ahead but his eyes where glancing from side to side.

Is something wrong Ken? He stayed quiet as he reached for his blaster, and loaded Steel. Ken what's wrong? He was staring at a small group of 4 men loading up cart full slugs in large cylinders. What's wrong with that? Aren't slugs used as currency? They could be just moving their supply of slugs from their business.

They moved closer using a building for cover as he explained, I saw them show each other a badge with the symbol Blakk's insignia, those are Blakk's men, probably not in uniform or using ghouls because of how close they are to the Shane hideout. Jenna didn't look completely convinced and looked in alarm when he took aim at the mecha beast attached to the waggon. Ken you can't be serious? What if your wrong and those are just regular people going about their business?

Ken looked her in the eyes, "Jenna listen you have to trust me, I have a good understanding on how these things work. You don't have to help if you don't want to just stay out of the way so you don't get hurt." Before she could respond he walk out from behind the building. He walked calmly closer to the group of men who quickly noticed him.

One of them walked up to him while reaching for his blaster, Hey fella keep walking this is our business. Ken smiled and crossed his arms looking relaxed, "Sorry to bother you, but I couldn't help notice all those slugs you have there. I was hoping I might be able to buy some of them from you, I would be willing to pay a fair price." Ken patted the bag on his belt making the gold clink to emphasize his point. The man smirked in understanding, Well then come take a look I'm sure we can spare a few for a fair price.

They walked up to the back of the cart, Ken noticed that the men had relaxed and kept their hands away from their blasters witch he noticed were the standard blasters for Blakk's men. Ken kept his face in a neutral business like expression as he looked over the slugs. His eyes were caught however on a slug that looked similar to Shard with a few exceptions, its color was a deep red with yellow flame markings, the fins looked more like small yellow orange bat wings. It was growling and pushing against the glass, until Ken picked up the jar it was in. once in his hand it calmed down and looked up at him curiously.

"I'll take this guy he seems to have taken a liking to me." He placed the jar on his belt and held reached for his bag that was next to his blaster. "I hope won't mind the missing slug." The faces of the men immediately lost color and they reached for their blasters but before they could Ken had grabbed his own blaster and shot Steel in the middle of them causing an explosion knocking them off their feet. Ken quickly loaded Crystal and ran into the group of men as they were getting back to their feet he rammed his shoulder into the stomach of one the men, turning he shot one the men covering him in ice the other three shot their slugs at him. He rolled to the side and kicked himself forward, the next few seconds he stopped thinking and just reacted instinctively. He dodged, punched, and kicked until all the men were on the ground unconscious.

He closed his eyes and took deep breaths to calm down, he heard something and looked down and saw a walkie talkie in the hand of one of the men. "Shit! Jenna come on we have to go now before their back up gets here!" He whistled and his mecha came running along with Jenna. She tried to ask what was going on but but seeing the blasters and the badge with Blakk's she understood Ken had been right. She helped him hitch his mecha beast to the wagon and secure the slugs. She got on her mecha beast and they took off aiming for the Shane hideout, for a few minutes it seemed that they would be able to get away. The sound of mecha beasts gave them a few seconds of warning before the barrage of ghouled slugs started.

Jenna had never seen a ghouled slug but she did know about them from her reading and the explanations given to her by Yoshii. There was an explosion next to her where a ghoul had landed. Ken gritted his teeth as blakks men began to gain on them. He fired Crystal and Flurry who created the biggest ice wall they could, his mind racing trying to come up with a plan. Looking at Jenna and remembering how much she wanted to join Eli he made his decision. "Were not going to make it! Jenna listen to me I'm going to get them to follow me so you can get to the Shane hideout I'll take the slugs with me back to Yoshii once I've taken care of these guys!" She looked at him stunned and began to slow down, Y-you can't be serious you can't take on all those guys on by yourself! He didn't say anything just pull up his hood and facemask just as the barrier broke a large amount of smoke keeping the goons from seeing them. "Hide Jenna!" The tone in his voice made her do as he said, she drove into a patch of plants and hid just in time. She watched as several men chased after Ken, she watched them then looked down the split in the road. She had to decide now, go after them and help Ken or go join Eli. She got back on her mecha beast and taking one last look down the road she whispered, Sorry Eli I promise we will meet again soon but for now Ken needs me.

She felt something on her leg and to her surprise a Blastipede was jumping on her leg up to her slug jar and to her astonishment it jumped in. She smiled and drove after Ken, as she got closer she could see that the men were almost on Ken. She loaded and shot luna, the bright light stunning them, immediately she loaded the blastipede and fired into the middle of the men. Transforming the blastipede released several small round blue orbs all around them, it touched it's antennas together causing all the orbs to explode.

Ken seeing what happened smiled, he grabbed his new slug and fired, it's transformation was similar to Shard's but this one was more dragon like with a set of claws and fire coming off its wings. It's flames were darker than those of any flaringo he had seen, the slug roared and flew around Blakk's men surrounding them in flames before flying back to Ken and transforming back and landing on his shoulder next to Shard. "I think I'm going to name you Hellfire." Hellfire chirped and nodded his head, Ken smiled and raising his hand he gesture for Jenna to follow him. She nodded and they quickly drove of before disappearing into the black tunnel going back to Yoshii's home. As they drove she smiled at Ken and he smiled back at her, they didn't need to say anything, he understood she had made her choice. He felt his heart speed up and he felt a fluttering sensation in his stomach. He looked forward at the end of the tunnel, he had a partner now and he couldn't help wonder if anyone else would join them.

(On the surface)

A young girl with mid back length brown hair, average height, and a bandana tied around her forehead was walking down a familiar street a chirp came from her backpack. "Shhh, Jet you can't let people hear you, don't worry we'll be there soon. I bet you're excited after all your finally going home." Inside her backpack was a hoverbug slug looking excited.

(On the other side of town)

A young man of average build, slightly above average height with short spiky red orange hair was in a taxi. He was drawing on a Sketchpad, looking up he he whispered to himself. "Well Eli I wonder if you've already left, either way i'll see you soon my old friend." The drawing was an infernus slug on Will Shane shoulder.

(In the sewers)

A young girl with light orange hair with gold highlights in a dutch lace headband and silver eyes was making her way through the sewers.

Well everyone that's it i'm so sorry I took so long to write this. Life hasn't been to kind to me. Anyways I hope you guys have enjoyed it, I promise I will try harder to get the next one out faster.