Did any of you guys figure out the meanings of the names of Ezra's slugs? If you did, great job!

Hope everyone's having a great summer! I am- I just came back from surfing!

So what'd you guys do this summer that might make me jealous?

Enjoy the chapter!

"Kanan?" Ezra asked as he walked in with the rest of the crew.

"You called us?"

The Jedi sighed.

"We just got a message from Vizago. He's got a job for us. On other circumstances, I'd turn it down, seeing our current situation,"

Kanan briefly glanced at the Shane gang.

"But, we're kind of in the need for credits right now."

"So, what we're just going to let them tag along on the op?" Zeb leaned up against the wall impatiently.

"It's a grab and go mission," Kanan said.

"It might just be best that they do."

"Uh, isn't their heliophobia going to be a problem?" Sabine asked.

Eli looked at his gang nervously.

They haven't even gotten as close as sticking a toe into the sunlight, nevertheless standing in it.

"We'll have to go by night, then." said Kanan.

"Vizago will have to understand."

Ezra looked over at his brother.

"What do you guys say?"

Ezra wore a small half-smile on his face.

"Are you guys in?"

Eli looked back at his gang.

"Guys?" Eli asked.

Junjie hesitated for a moment.

"If it will help your cause," said he.

Junjie pressed a hand to his chest and bowed his head slightly.

"Then I would be honored."

Trixie put her hands to her hips and smiled.

"Then I'm in too."

"That makes three of us," Kord grinned.

"Then it's settled." Ezra said, turning towards Kanan.

"So what's our plan?"

"We'll be stealing an Imperial shipment of crates and delivering them back to Tarkin Town." Kanan said, making motions with his arms.

"Our intel says that it'll have a pretty heavy escort, so it'll have to be important."

"Doesn't sound too hard," Eli said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Not any different from any other op, isn't it?" Ezra crossed his arms.

"I should hope not," Kanan sighed, rubbing his neck.

"It's been a rough couple of weeks as is."

"You guys better get some rest while waiting for the sun to go down," said Hera, turning to follow Kanan.

"We all might need it."

Eli sighed as the silence settled upon the room.

"Eli."

Eli felt Ezra's hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah?" asked Eli.

Ezra lightly jerked his head towards Junjie's direction.

Junjie was leaned uncomfortably against the wall, his eyes flittering with uncertainty towards the ground.

Eli sighed once more.

"I better go talk to him," Eli said.

"You mind?"

"Nope. Do what you have to do."

Eli felt a heavy drag in his step as he approached Junjie.

"Hey."

Junjie looked up.

"Please excuse me for my behavior, Eli," said Junjie, straightening up.

"It's just... difficult to understand everything at once."

"Yeah," Eli rubbed his neck.

"I know how you feel."

The two remained quiet for some time.

"Listen," Eli started.

"I know you're probably wondering why I never told you about... about all this..."

Junjie shook his head.

"I know that the Surface should be kept a secret from Slugterra, Eli." He said.

"What I don't understand is... why?"

"If anyone on the Surface were to suddenly find out about a world beneath their feet, the whole world would be trying to dig deep enough to find it."

Eli exhaled deeply.

"Same goes for the people of Slugterra. I hope you'll understand."

Junjie nodded silently.

"I just hope Pronto's got things under control down there," Eli sighed.

BOOM!

Pronto squealed in fear as another shower of dust rained down.

"Can't we just talk this one out?" Pronto shouted from his cover behind a boulder.

"You're hidin' something, mole!" Locke yelled, firing another Rammstone.

Pronto screamed and dove out of the way as his cover was blown to bits.

"I don't like how this story goes!" Pronto cried.

Too bad.

Pronto scurried across the cavern as quickly as he could, with Locke and Lode close on his heels.

"There you are!" Lode sniggered, raising his blaster to fire.

"Easy, brother," Locke said, puling his mecha beast to a stop.

Pronto snorted.

"... You guys are twins..." The molenoid giggled nervously.

"Ironic..."

"Shut it, mole," Locke growled.

"We 'ought to kick your little..."

The twin slowly trailed off as he noticed three large shadows looming over the three of them.

"Uh oh..." Lode said.

"Run for it!"

The (other) twins hopped onto their mechas and quickly sped away.

"Ha! That's right, you better run!" Pronto laughed haughtily.

"Hm! Even with the Shane gang missing, Pronto still saves the day-"

Pronto froze mid-sentence as he felt the heavy breathing on his neck.

"Hehe..."

Pronto slowly turned around, and came face-to-face with a snarling slug hound.

"What's this I hear about the Shane gang missing?" A hoarse voice growled.

Pronto laughed nervously.

The Shane gang stood in awe as they watched the ship fly high above the mountains and plains of Lothal.

"I never even knew this was possible..." Trixie said as she sat next to Hera in the cockpit, leaning towards the window.

"You'll get used to it eventually, hun." Hera said as the ship started to descend.

Eli was still trying to get over being in a flying spaceship for the first time.

The Shane sighed as he looked over his home planet.

Well, the first time he could remember.

"Okay, we're nearing the drop point," said Kanan as they landed in a grassy field.

"Remember the plan?"

Everyone nodded, hopping on some 'borrowed' speeders.

"Get the crates, get out alive." Ezra said, cracking his knuckles.

"Exactly," Kanan said.

"Without drawing too much attention to ourselves." The Jedi shot a look at his padawan.

"Understood?"

Everyone nodded again.

"Good. Let's go."

Without hesitation, the group sped off in the direction of the Imperial transport on speeders.

There was a familiar thrill, riding through the fields of Lothal together, that neither Eli nor Ezra could place their fingers on.

Weird, Eli thought.

Ezra stole a brief glance towards his twin, but said nothing.

Maybe it was simply woven deep into their past.

Sabine's voice snapped the twins from their thoughts.

"I see it!" Sabine said through her helmet.

"Spectre 4," shouted Kanan.

Zeb nodded.

The lasat quickly drew his bo-rifle and sped up to the front of the carrier's escort.

Gunfire, shouts, and screaming could be heard as Stormtroopers were roughly thrown off of their speeders and into the fields.

"Whoa!" Eli yelped.

The Shane quickly swerved his speeder out of the way of a Stormtrooper hurled in his direction.

The soldier bounced and tumbled a couple times before disappearing in the tall grass.

"That was real close!" Eli thought out loud.

"Spectre 7!" Ezra yelled to Eli.

Ezra motioned towards the carrier.

"Got it, Spectre 6!" Eli shouted back.

As if on cue, both twins made a leap towards the moving carrier, with Eli falling short

"Come on!" Ezra gritted, pulling up Eli as he grasped at the carrier's roof.

"Tough business, huh?" Eli panted as he tried to catch his breath.

"You'll get used to it." Ezra said.

"Stop right there!" A Stormtrooper shouted at the twins, raising his blaster.

"Wait. Two of you?"

Eli and Ezra looked at each other.

"Not this guy again," muttered Eli.

The trooper shook his head and prepared to fire before a giant ball of flame struck his back, knocking him a good distance away from the carrier.

"Thanks, J- er, Spectre 8," Eli corrected himself.

Junjie grinned and waved his blaster, speeding up towards the front of the transport.

"Come on, help me out," Ezra said. Eli nodded, still overwhelmed from the new action.

With a flick of their wrists, both twins ignited their lightsabers at once.

"Nice," Ezra commented.

"Buuut... isn't that your blaster?"

"Yes. Yes it is," Eli smiled, waving his saber around.

"Kid, just get the door open, would ya?" Sabine shouted from below.

Ezra chuckled and rolled his eyes.

"I got it!"

Leaning out over the edge of the carrier, the twins swiftly sliced at the metal door, shearing it clean off.

"What the-!" An Imperial stuttered at the twins hanging upside-down at the door.

"Surprise," Ezra grinned, firing a stun shot from the hilt of his lightsaber.

The twins climbed inside as the Stormtoopers knocked to the floor unconscious.

"Mine doesn't do that!" Eli half-whined.

Ezra grinned as he took the controls of the carrier.

"Nope."

"Guys," Trixie yelled from outside.

"The crates!"

Ezra frowned as he started pushing at a button.

Eli sensed his tension.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Crates won't release," Ezra grunted.

"Hey- the steering's jammed, too!"

"What?!" Kanan pulled into view with his speeder.

Ezra spammed the controls some more.

"Nothing's working!" Ezra shouted.

"This thing's not gonna stop!"

"What?!" Eli shouted back.

"Eli, Ezra!" A voice said from the outside.

Junjie's speeder came into view.

"I don't wish to alarm you, but we're getting awfully close to those boulders!"

The twins whipped up their heads.

The 'boulders' were more like mountains, growing closer and closer by the second. They wouldn't survive if they crashed.

"Any chance rocks are soft and fluffy on Lothal?" asked Eli, his eyes widening.

Ezra pulled a face.

"Of course not!" He said in a panicked voice.

Eli's heart began to race as the boulders grew bigger and bigger.

"Then we might have a situation!"

Might? No, they DEFINITELY have a situation.

Note: Be honest, is this as good as the first fanfic? Yay? Nay? Okay?

Also, I'm thinking about a name change. Would you guys we okay with that? Feel free to suggest new names if you like!