Frina opened the file labeled "Contacts". She downloaded the contacts into the computer. The contacts were the other Denekks. She clicked on Rithol. Rithol had his gem in a pendant and his power was controlling water. He was Frina's best friend.
"Frina!" Rithol's image emerged on the computer screen. "Long time no see!"
"Yeah, it's good to see you too," Frina said.
"Where are you?" Rithol asked.
"You won't believe it," Frina explained the story of how Eli found her.
"Wow!" Rithol said. Eli walked in the room.
"Who's that?" he asked.
"Eli this is Rithol, Rithol, Eli Shane," Frina introduced. Eli waved to Rithol, and Rithol waved back.
"Oh, Frina, I almost forgot. Thad was spotted with the Shadow Clan," Rithol reported.
"What? Why?" Frina asked.
"I don't know," Rithol answered.
"What tribe?"
"Ikan."
"What? Rithol, meet me there!" Frina said. Rithol agreed and they hung up. "C'mon, Eli." Frina grabbed Eli by his arm.
"Shouldn't we get the others?" Eli asked.
"No time!" Frina said. Eli went to his Mecha, but Frina said no. She turned to a dragon and lowered her now healed wing so Eli could climb on. He held on to one of the ridges on her neck and she took off. She sped off, and she could hear Eli screaming. She flew over to the spot where the entrance to the Ikan tribe is and roared. Nothing happened. A portal should've opened at the sound, but it didn't. Something blurred her vision so she shook her head. The blur didn't go away. She landed next to Rithol. Eli got off. Rithol poured water all over the ground. Nothing happened. Frina roared as loud as she could. A small hole appeared. Frina put her claw in it before it disappeared and pried the portal open.
They jumped into the portal into the Ikan tribe.
"Tolkan?" Frina shouted. "Tolkan? Tol- Tolkan!" She ran over to a young Shadow Clan lying on the ground. There was a gash in his leg. "Are you okay?" she asked. Tolkan shook his head. Frina draped his arm over her shoulder and Rithol draped the other arm over his shoulder and they carried him to shelter. There was cold laughter behind them.
"Frina? Rithol?" Blakk said. "I sealed the entrance, how did you get in? Never mind that. You won't get out." Blakk put on noise-canceling headphones and loaded a Ghoul and aimed upwards.
"No, please don't tell me you Ghouled that slug," Frina said. Blakk fired. A very loud, high-pitched screech filled the air. Frina covered her ears. The sound was so intense; the world seemed to spin around her. Getting dizzy, she fell to her knees.
"We have to go," Frina said quietly.
"What?" Eli said, firing slugs.
"We have to go," Frina said, louder this time.
"But-," Eli began.
"We have to go," Frina repeated, "now!"
"How?" Rithol said from behind them. Tolkan handed a Shadow Walker to Eli. Frina gasped.
"Are you sure? That Shadow Walker has been in your family for years!" she said. Tolkan nodded. The screeching was now gone, but the pain still lingered. Frina tried to stand, but lost her balance and fell down again, unconscious.
She woke up in the hideout. Instinctively, she covered her ears.
"What happened?" Trixie asked.
"I have no idea," Eli said. "Blakk fired a slug that I didn't see do anything, and Frina flipped out."
"It didn't do anything?" Trixie asked. "What exactly happened?"
"That slug was a Ringer slug. It's called that because it leaves ringing in your ears. When Blakk waged war against the Shadow Clan, the other Denekks created a new slug that only affects Denekks. It produces an extremely loud screech, so intense it can knock a Denekk out. All the Denekks had one. It was extremely hard to make one Ringer slug, imagine making 6! Anyway, they can only fire once. They become so tired after one shot; they lose their ability to transform. I just figured out why Blakk attacked the Shadow Clan!" Frina explained. "He knew we would come, and he went to the Shadow Clan because being with the Shadow Clan when a Ringer is shot, it doubles the sound. And since I have an animal's hearing, it's really bad. On a normal day, my hearing would double the screech. On a day with Shadow Clan, it triples the screech. Not only that, but it was a Ghoul. Quadruple the screech. If we hadn't left when we did, I would've died. I have no idea where he could've gotten a Ringer slug; I thought we fired them all in the war and he doesn't know how to make slugs." Rithol walked out of the guest room, rubbing his head.
"So, what now?" Trixie asked.
"Nothing, I guess," Frina said.