Slugterra Defenders
I don't own Slugterra!
A.Z: Why am I doing this again?! Can't someone else do it?!
Ben: Because no one else is available.
A.Z: Tinker did it last week!
Ben: He screwed up.
A.Z: What do you mean he screwed up!
Ben: He wrote the wrong title when he was signing off.
A.Z: He wrote the wrong title? So what!?
Ben: He's working on a personal project.
A.Z: He's busy with a project? Then how about Snipe?
Ben: He's practicing sniping without his scope.
A.Z: He's training? Good for him. But how about Rachel?
Ben: She's babysitting Mr. and Mrs. Oliver's kids.
A.Z: Since when did she start babysitting?!
Ben: Now.
A.Z: Then how about you!?
Ben: Um, uh, I'm busy.
A.Z: You're busy too? Doing WHAT!?
Ben: Giving WriterFanatic tissues.
A.Z: Giving him tissues? Why? I thought he was fine now!
Ben: Well, he's 90% fine. His nose is still stuffy and finds it hard to breath from time to time.
A.Z: Fine but I'm not doing it next chapter! Wait, is the laptop typing everything we're saying?
Ben: Cool, it's magical!
Tinker: Actually I was tinkering around with it.
Tinker: I upgraded it so it will type everything we say.
A.Z: You have way too much free time.
Ben: I think we've delayed the chapter long enough. A.Z?
A.Z: Ugh, I guess I should. Hey Reader or Readers. I'm A.Z, the Ice Slinger, and a member of Slugterra Defenders. WriterFanatic is still currently trying to breathe through his nose so I'm doing the intro this week. I like to apologize for Tinker's little mistake last Chapter/Episode. He meant to type The Slugterra Defenders Train Runner Show but heck you're going to read it right now. Also this Chapter/Episode is taking place a few days after "The Return". And, no, WriterFanatic does not own The Road Runner Show.
Chapter/Episode 7: The Slugterra Defenders Train Runner Show
"You sure we're in the place" A.Z asked through his headset as he scoped the railway out through his binocular while firing his Frostcrawlers repeatedly.
"Well according to the map that Raphael sent, Dr. Blakk's train should be passing through here any minute now," Ben explained as he took a closer look at the holographic map the S.P.D sent to them.
"How do we know that they're not secretly working for Dr. Blakk?" Snipe questioned through his headset while firing Hop Rocks, Hop Jacks, and Blastipedes at a pretty fast rate.
"I trust them, they just give this trusting vibe. You know?" Ben answered.
The Slugterra Defenders were waiting in the middle of one of Dr. Blakk's many train tracks. S.P.D was tipped off that Dr. Blakk had upgraded his express train major big time, so the Slugterra Defenders decided to "help" Dr. Blakk test how durable his new toy was. Behind Ben were the rest of the gang, setting up a huge detour. A.Z has been rapid firing his Frostcrawlers none stop to form a giant ice wall that reached almost the top of the cave. Behind the ice wall were a bunch of boulders and vines that Snipe and Tinker set up using their explosive slugs and Vinedrills and Vinedrones. Even further down the track, Tinker set up a bunch of mines using his Blastipedes and in front of the ice wall were a lot of Arachnets' web nets, all conducting electricity made from their Tazerlings and Amperlings.
"A.Z! How's the ice wall coming along?!" Ben asked.
"I think it needs to be thicker. Rachel, mind helpin' me out?" A.Z said.
"YES!" Rachel squealed but then slapped herself, "I mean, sure. Just let me finish up reinforcing the Electro Web."
"Big Bro, mind shooting some Blastipedes at the back more?" Tinker grunted through the headset. Tinker was lugging some big rocks and placing them on the track.
"Sure," Snipe replied. He aimed blaster towards Tinker's direction and fired. Four Blastipedes transformed and threw as many mines as they could before they transformed back into their protoform.
Ben closed the map and placed it back in his pocket. He then loaded Rammer into his blaster aimed him at the ground.
"Okay buddy, just remember how you did it when we trained," Ben said to his best friend. Rammer smiled and nodded. Ben fired Rammer and he transformed. He plunged his fist into the ground and started to create a wave of big chunks of rocks. (Think of the attack Rock Wave from Chaotic).
"Sweet!" Ben cheered.
"Do you think all of this will really stop Dr. Blakk's new express train?" Rachel asked worriedly.
"Not sure but we're setting a whole lot more detour for Dr. Blakk than the Shane Gang did," Ben said, "Come on guys. Lets move further down so we can prepare more detour. We cannot afford that mad man destroying any other part that is vital to Slugterra."
"Afraid that's a little too late Mate," Snipe gulped.
"Why?" Ben asked.
"Cause the train is heading towards us right now!" Rachel shouted. Ben turned around to see the big express train charging full speed, right towards the Slugterra Defenders.
"Guys, fire as many Crystalds as you can! Create a big gaping hole!" Ben barked quickly. He quickly fired Driller, Digger, Tip, and Crystal. The rest did the same. The Crystald all transformed and all dug a huge tunnel and the tracks started to fall. The hole was big enough for the train to fall through.
"Guys, get ready. When that train comes flying out of the hole, fire as many Slicksilvers you can," Ben said.
Everyone readied their blasters and aimed at the hole. The ground start rumbling just as Ben anticipated but what he didn't anticipated was the train plowing out of the ground from behind.
"That thing can dig tunnels! Oh come on!" Tinker groaned.
"Set off the Blastipede's mines!" Rachel shouted.
All the Blastipedes started to set off their bombs and explosion from the ground were happening from right to left and even on the train. The Slugterra Defenders watched closely and when the smoke immersed, the train was completely fine!
"You have to be kidding me," Snipe face palmed.
The train sped away, leaving the Slugterra Defenders in a cloud dust.
"ACK!" Rachel coughed, "I did not see that coming."
A.Z placed his binoculars to his eyes.
"The train is heading farther down the track," A.Z reported as he looked farther down, "aannnd it is heading down a freaking split in the train track. There are five tracks it can go and its heading down the…CRAP! Shoo! Go away!"
"A.Z, what's wrong?" Ben asked.
"A Hoverslug wanted to play and blocked my view. I missed which track the train went," A.Z said as he tried to shoo the Hoverslug away.
"Then I guess we're gonna have to split up," Ben scratched his chin, "When one of us finds the train, contact the rest of the gang."
The Slugterra Defenders all jumped on their Mecha and each took a route. Tinker took the first track, A.Z took the second track, Ben took the middle track, Rachel took the fourth track, and Snipe took the last track.
Snipe
Snipe rode on his Mecha down his route as fast as his Mecha would. He rode his Mecha to the top of a cliff to get a Hoverslug's eye view. He positioned his sniper blaster and started to scope all of the tracks.
"Now let's see where you're going," Snipe said as he scoped all five tracks. He spotted the train on A.Z's track.
"Hey guys, I spy with my little eyes, one metal train that's gonna go bye bye," Snipe joked through his headset, "The train is on your track A.Z."
"Got it," A.Z replied.
A.Z
"Got it," A.Z replied his headset. He revved up Arctic to speed up the wolf Mecha even more. He told Freezer to ready the other slugs and Freezer nodded. Freezer hopped into the Slug Pack A.Z was wearing and looked around.
Chill was chilling out in one corner while Frosty was napping on a bunk bed. Scarlett was sitting on a bench, singing a song she heard on the SlugNet. The other slugs were just up and about. Some were chatting, others were eating, and some were just playing.
Freezer cleared his throat and the whole pack went silent.
"Guys, we're near the train so get ready!" Freezer boomed. All the slugs started to run around, forming lines in front of the tube chute.
Freezer started to hop out of the pack when Scarlett stopped him.
"Um, Freezer, what are we doing?" Scarlett asked nervously.
"We're just trying to catch a train, Scarlett. No need to nervous," Freezer assured.
He turned around when Scarlett stopped him again.
"Do you think it's okay if I stuck with you?" Scarlett whispered shyly. She was blushing.
Freezer chuckled, "Sure."
The two hopped out of the pack and hopped onto A.Z's shoulder.
A.Z turned his head to his two slugs and raised an eyebrow.
"Scarlett, I thought you would be with everyone else," A.Z told his slugs.
Freezer started chirping an explanation and A.Z just shook his head with a smile.
"Time to stop them cold!" A.Z exclaimed.
"Lame!" everyone said through the headset.
"Shut up! You try to make up ice puns on the spot," A.Z snapped.
"Time to put you on ice!" Tinker said.
"Chill out," Ben suggested.
"You have an ice train," Rachel joked.
"Ah…" Snipe started.
"I get it already!" A.Z shouted.
"I just wanted to say the train is right in front of you," Snipe finished.
"Oh," A.Z said. He looked in front of him and sure enough he was behind the train.
The first tube shot out of his pack and he loaded it into his blaster.
"Alright Chill, give it all you got," A.Z encouraged. He shot his Frostcrawler and it transformed. Chill took a big deep breath and blew with all his might. His breath started to freeze the track and a big cloud of frost started to form. Once the cloud dispersed, the train looked completely fine.
"What?" A.Z frowned.
The train's back started to split into two and out came two rocket boosters.
"Oh FLOOPERS!" A.Z screamed.
Freezer grabbed Scarlett by the waist and jumped into the Slug Pack.
The rest of the Slugterra Defenders who were following the four other tracks turned when they heard a huge explosion from A.Z's track and a saw a giant cloud of smoke.
"A.Z! Are you okay!" Rachel gasped worriedly.
Arctic was flipped on its side and A.Z was lying on the ground with his legs hanging in the air. His face was covered in soot and he saw Hoverslugs flying around him.
"I think I'm okay," A.Z muttered with a silly smile, "I'm just going to take a nap now. Ugh!"
Tinker
"Guys, the train switched tracks. It's on your track now Tinker," Snipe said through the headset.
"Okie Dokie!" Tinker replied and sped up Mr. Speedy, his cheetah Mecha.
He saw the train in the distant and smiled.
"Ready or not, here I come!" Tinker laughed. He pressed button on Mr. Speedy and springs popped out of Mr. Speedy's claws. Tinker started to bounce toward the train and landed on top of one of its hatch. Fortunately it was already opened, so Tinker landed inside the train. Unfortunately, Tinker didn't recall Mr. Speedy's springs fast enough.
"Oh Floopers," Tinker said, "AHHHHHHHH!" Mr. Speedy jumped back out of the train and Tinker flew half way across the track.
A henchman walks into the cart that Tinker was just in. He looks around a shrugs. He then notices the hatch opened.
"That's dangerous. Something could fall into the train," the henchman said. He went to the hatch and closed it back up and went back to his station.
Rachel
"Rachel," Snipe reported, "you're up."
"You can count on me," Rachel nodded. She sped up Tiffany, her leopard Mecha.
"I see the train!" Rachel exclaimed, "Webber I need your help!"
She loaded her Arachnet into her blaster. She fired and the Arachnet stuck a piece of string inside her blaster and Webber flew Rachel towards the train faster. Webber was about to stick onto the train when a giant robotic hand came out of the back and flicked Webber. Webber flew backward and accidently latched herself and Rachel's face.
"MMMPH! MMMPH! (I can't see! I can't see!)," Rachel screamed with Webber on her face. She started swerving and crashed into a bid piece of rock.
"Rachel, you okay? What was with that muffled scream?" Ben asked.
Rachel was lying on top of her turned Mecha and she looked up. She blew a strand of her hair out of her face and spoke through her headset.
"Yeah. I'm okay. I just didn't know that train had a giant robotic hand in its trunk!" Rachel complained. In front of her, Webber was wandering aimlessly in circles and fell down from dizziness.
Ben
"I'm guessing it's on my track isn't it?" Ben said.
"Yup," Snipe answered.
Ben revved up Wolfy his wolf Mecha and sped closer to the train.
"Okay Rammer, tell everyone we're going rapid fire," Ben told his slug. Rammer saluted and jumped into the Slug Pack.
"Guys! Attack Pattern RF-21!" Rammer ordered. Everyone started to scurry, jumping into the tube chute. One after another tubes shot out of the pack and ben loaded them and fired them at the train. One by one his slugs transformed and they all charged at the train.
Rammer shot his energy fist, Shocker shot an electric current, Kimi fired a giant ice ball, Razor started to spin, Spike shot a bunch of needles, Flare blew fire, Blasty threw a bunch of bombs, Boomer and Sargent readied themselves to explode, Hermit braced for impact, Hover flew directly at the train, Driller began spinning his drill very fast, and Spidey fired a Web at the train.
All of the slugs and their attack were about to collide with the train when a giant trampoline popped out of the train's trunk and all the slugs and their attacks ricocheted back at Ben.
"Oh FLOOPERS!" Ben screamed.
From the other four tracks, Rachel, A.Z, Tinker, and Snipe looked at Ben's track to see why did he scream. But when they a huge cloud of hailing ice, lighting, and fire with some explosion on the ground, they knew Ben's attempt probably failed.
Ben's Mecha was lying on its side, twitching. Ben grabbed onto Wolfy to balance himself on his feet but ended up just resting on it. His slugs were all wandering in circles, on the ground, or seeing little stars above their heads.
"Sorry guys," Ben groaned through the headset, "Didn't know they had…a giant net…agh!" Ben then passed out.
Tinker
"Guys, the train is on my track!" Tinker cheered.
"Tinker be careful," Snipe warned.
"I know, I know," Tinker sighed, "It's not like I'm not a fast learner."
"Activate target system," Tinker commanded. Mr. Speedy's ears perked up and a holographic screen appeared. A targeting square started to move around the screen, trying to find a weak spot.
"There has to be some kind of weak spot on this tin can!" Tinker grunted. The screen finally locked on something and Tinker pressed another button on Mr. Speedy. Mr. Speedy opened its mouth and fired a ghoul. The ghouls transformed into a Grimmstone and roared.
"Let's go Grim!" Tinker cheered. The ghoul nodded and smiled. He pulled his fist and readied to punch the train when a gattler popped out and fired an Attacknet. The Attacknet fired a web net at Grim and ensnared him. Grim fell on the ground and the Attacknet landed on top of him.
"This is what you get traitor!" the ghoul hissed.
"Yeah but at least my slinger actually cares about me," the ghoul countered with a smirk.
The Attacknet punched Grim in the face out of anger when something punched the back of his head.
"No buddy hurts my teammate. Ghoul or slug," a voice grunted.
Grim looked to see Rammer, Webber, and Chill standing over him.
"Thanks," Grim smiled.
"No prob. That's what friends are for silly," Webber giggled as she tore the web off Grim.
"Well it doesn't seem like he's going to wake up any time soon," Grim stated as he got up and looked at the knocked out Attacknet.
"What should we do with him?" Rammer asked.
"Isn't it obvious? We take him with us," Grim proposed.
"You're really fine with this?" Chill asked.
"You guys accepted me with open arms even though I'm a ghoul so I don't see why can't we accept him either. Besides, the reason he acts the way he does is just the way he was trained and raised," Grim explained with a pitiful look, "After all I was like him once too."
The trio looked at each other and looked back at Grim. Chill smiled, "You sure have grown since the day we met."
"Sounds more like you're growing soft," Webber laughed.
"Am not!" Grim spat.
"Sure," everyone laughed.
Evening
The Slugterra Defenders road home, tiredly on their Mechas and once they were in they flopped in onto the couch.
"We spent all day and we didn't even make a scratch," Rachel groaned.
"Well that was a waste of time," Ben grumbled, "I guess I should start cooking dinner."
After the gang had dinner and they went to bed, one of the gang members was still awake. The member opened a video chat and on the screen was Dr. Blakk.
"How were the 'tests'?" Dr. Blakk asked.
"They were good. Not a single scratch was on the train," the member confirmed, "And the train recorded everything so you have footage of their combos, and slugs."
"Good," Dr. Blakk said with please, "Now if you excuse me, I have business to attend to."
The video chat closed and the member lied on their. The plan today was for the gang to try to destroy one of Dr. Blakk's new trains but while the gang shot their slugs and ghouls and shooting combos, the train would be recording all this. But the member found himself tampering with the footage to replace all the ghouls they fired into slugs. And he made sure the cameras had a bad angle when recording. Why does he keep doing this, he has a job to do, to finish. What was this feeling he has in his chest? Why does he keep helping them? Is he...feeling love?
HEY GUYS! I'M ALIVE! Forgive me for not updating in like...two months? I'm so sorry! But thanks for waiting! It's just that my teachs are giving homework, projects, guizzes, tests every week and with mid term around the corner, I haven't exactly got any time. But I'll do my best. By the way, I'm going to update a Halloween special and some funny misadventures that puts Ben and his friends in some quite funny and awkward situation. I am also starting a new serious called League of Legends: Warriors. This series will be based on my Summoner and my Champions with little tweaks! So lookout for the new serious so this series might be postponed or just take a long time to update. Well see ya!
WriterFanatic66
