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Blackmailed
A security slinger walked around the Slugterranian History Museum making sure no one is sneaking around. A figure ran behind him, he turned around, & aimed his flash light around trying to see what ran by. He figured it was just the wind, but little to his knowledge there was a thin intruder hiding behind a statue of a Thresher slug.
The thief was wearing a full mask with black goggles, he also has black & dark blue shirt, pants, gloves, & boots. He also has a black & dark blue blaster at his side along with a blue backpack.
The guard walked off, the intruder snuck by him & made his way to a room with a large gem encased behind a glass exhibit. The intruder made sure no one was around, he slipped past the alarm lasers, he got to the case, & pulled out an all too familiar Toxis slug. The Toxis seemed worried & troubled by being there, the intruder nodded in reassurance, the Toxis sprayed acid on the glass creating a hole, big enough for a hand to slip in. The intruder slipped his hand in, he grabbed the gem, & cautiously pulled it out. When it was out he sighed with relief, but a charge of a blaster was heard behind him. "Put your hands up." ordered the guard, who had his blaster aimed at the intruder.
The intruder put us hands up & turned around. "Who are you?" demanded the guard
But the intruder pulled out his blaster & fired an all too familiar Arachnet. The slug shot webbing at the guard pinning him to the wall, but as he was pulled back he activated the security system. An auto cannon popped out & began slinging slugs at the intruder. The intruder easily dodged the slugs as the guard struggled to get free, the intruder then fired a very familiar Frostcrawler that froze the cannon. The intruder sighed with relief, but the guard had freed himself & fired a Rammstone who punched the intruder in the face, & knocked away his googles. The intruder easily shook it off, he ran for the window, & picked up his goggles. The guard fired a Phosphoro so he can properly see the intruder, but all he saw was a metal eye patch on the left side of the intruder's face as he jumped through the window & escaped with the gem. "I am so fired." complained the guard
About an hour later the intruder snuck through the window of a home. He climbed the wall to a bedroom, he stepped to the floor, & just as he was about to enter all the lights turned on. "Leo where have you been?!" demanded Eli, with a drowsy Burpy on his shoulder.
"Nothing!" responded Leo trying to enter his room.
Eli stopped the door from closing & forced it open "Tell me right now!" he demanded
Leo sighed "Fine, that guy messaged me again & told me to steal this from the museum." answered Leo, holding out the gem he stole.
"You stole?" asked Eli "From the museum!"
"I'm sorry," apologized Leo "but what do you want me to do? If I don't do what he tells me to do then he'll send those videos to everyone & blow my secret."
Eli sighed "I know, just make sure no finds out about this, ok."
"Ok." agreed Leo, as a worried Save hopped over to him. Leo bent down & picked him up "How are you holding up Save?" asked Leo
"I'd be better if you'd let me come along." answered Save
"Sorry, bud but you're too recognizable for me to take along." apologized Leo. He then asked Eli "Has Aunt Karina figured out who is blackmailing me?"
Eli shook his head "She hasn't found anything yet, but don't worry this will all be settled soon." assured Eli
"Dad, it's been almost an entire week." said Leo "And that is what you said when this guy first messaged me that he has the videos. I can't keep doing this, I mean just tonight a guard knocked my goggles off & I'm pretty sure he noticed this." said Leo, tapping his eye patch.
"I know just deal with it until we can find a solution." said Eli, trying to cheer up Leo with no success.
"I'm off to bed." yawned Leo, he closed the door, threw his eye patch on his desk, he switched into P.J.s, collapsed on his bed, & passed out.
Leo slept for about 4 hours before he woke up to the sound of his computer receiving a call. Leo stretched & was about to answer when Save chirped "Wait!"
"What is it?" asked Leo
Save pointed to a mirror, Leo looked at it to see marker drawn all over his face. "Jokes!" growled an annoyed Leo, as Jokes laughed at his prank.
Leo wiped off the marker, Save pushed his eye patch to him, he placed it on, & answered the call. Christi appeared on the screen. She laughed "Hey...Leo...how's it...going?"
"What's so funny?" asked a confused Leo "Is there still marker on my face?"
"No that's not it." chuckled Christi
Leo looked back at he mirror to see a giant google eye pasted on his eye patch. "Jokes!" yelled a furious & embarrassed Leo, as his slugs laughed their heads off.
Leo ripped off the pasted eye "Hey Leo." called Christi
"Yeah?" asked Leo
"Nice PJs." she teased, pointing to Leo's fire patterned pajamas. Leo shrugged down in embarrassment. "Anyway, are you coming to the SlugIt today?" asked Christi "You haven't been hanging out with us lately. I something the matter?" She looked worried as she asked this.
"No, no, I just have some other responsibilities to deal with right now." answered Leo
"So are you going to join us today?" she asked
Leo was about to answer yes when a message was sent to him from his blackmailer. "I'm sorry, but I won't be able to go today here." apologized a depressed Leo
"Oh I see, well I guess we'll see you around." responded a disappointed Christi
"Sorry." apologized Leo, Christi just hung up.
Christi sat in her room after hanging up on Leo. "Why won't he tell me what's wrong?" she asked Jinx who just shrugged. "Is it something I did?"
Back in Leo's room an annoyed Leo forwarded the message to Karina so she could track its signal. He then switched into his stealth cloths, he grabbed his blue & black blaster, & he placed the mask & goggles over his head. "Lets go guys." said a depressed Leo picking up his temporary black bandolier.
Save tried to hop into a slug tube, but Leo grabbed him & placed him in the bed. "Sorry, buddy. But like I said before, you're dead giveaway." apologized Leo, he walked out his room, & he told Eli that he was off for another mission but he didn't tell him where.
Eli sighed "Fine just be careful." Leo then left for Botton & Spinx Cavern.
He didn't bother to take Walker, instead he used the Shadow Walker (the same one hide in the bushes in Ch.3) to get to Botton & Spinx. He teleported on top of a building. "I just saved this place," said a depressed Leo "now I have to raid it."
He made sure that his mask & goggles were on, he then snuck into the air vent of the building he was on top, he crawled through the vent, & made his way to an office with a small safe inside. Leo exited the bent, he snuck over the vault, he placed a silencer mod on his blaster, & fired Venom at the safe. She melted the safe to allow Leo to steal all the funds inside, he groggily placed the money in a bag, he took a little of it & placed in the desk so the people still had something, & then he snuck back through the vent & moved onto the next building & did the exact same thing to next 4 buildings.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Shane Strikers were passing through Botton & Spinx because they wanted to get some new blaster mods. "Somebody help!" screamed a woman "I've been robbed!"
The Shane Strikers rode up to her. "What's the matter?" asked Garo
"Somebody stole all my gold!" explained the woman
"So a thief." said Christi
"Maybe, it was Snatch." suggested Quiver
"Maybe." said Christi
"Look up there!" shouted a passerby, pointing to a rooftop.
The Shane Strikers looked to the roof to see a thief (Leo) hoping from roof to roof with a full bag of money. "There's the thief." said Christi, she loaded a Hop Rock & fired it at the thief (Leo). The Hop Rock smashed into Leo & exploded sending him falling to the street, but he was able to land on his feet. Leo looked up to see his friends on their mechas, loading slugs, & charging at him. Leo he's rotated to react allowing his friends to hit him with their Rammstones. "This is so not good." said Leo, as he rubbed his head & he picked himself up.
He then leaped out of the way of Logie, but then he was hit by CaveIn. Leo quickly jumped back off & fired Weaver. Weaver spun around Quiver & Garo trapping them in webbing. Christi loaded a Tormato & fired it at Leo. The Tormato blasted high winds at Leo pushing him backwards & crashing into a wall. Leo shook his head, he loaded Trip & fired him at Christi, who easily fmdodged him but she did notice that the Polero was very familiar. "Was that Trip?" asked Christi to Jinx, who was perched on her shoulder, she just shrugged to give the message that she was not sure. "No it can't be." she said but then she was drenched by Soaker.
"Sorry." mumbled a sorry Leo as he pulled out his Shadow Walker & disappeared.
"Where'd he go?!" asked Garo after he had freed himself & Quiver.
"Not sure." answered a suspicious Christi. "Hey guys lets go pay Leo a visit."
Meanwhile, Leo had teleported himself to Bullseye Cavern, where Slugterra University is located. Leo looked around to see tons of buildings, he took of the mask & goggles. He then spotted the teachers' office building, he then teleported himself into the basement of the building, where Karina's office a located or rather the entire basement is hers. Leo looked around to see tons of shelves filled with books. Leo spotted his Aunt Karina Shane, Eli's younger sister, fiddle on her computer with Jake by her side. "Have you figured anything out yet?" asked Leo as he approached them.
Karina stood up so now Leo could see her. She has black blue hair, her bangs cover her right eye, her hair only gets to her shoulders, but is shaped in "V". She is tall for her age, same skin color as Eli and blue eyes like Eli. She also has a scar over her left eye. She' wearing the same outfit as Eli, but also uses a red shirt, a black jacket over top with white outlines, dark blue pants and black combat boots, fingerless black gloves that are almost like Eli's, her bandoleer is strapped over her chest, & she has a backpack like Eli's. She also has a female Infurnace, named Saphira, perched on her shoulder.
"Leo!" said a surprised Jake
"What are you doing here?" asked Karina
"I wanted to see if you guys figured anything out yet." answered Leo
"Well we have some good news & some bad news." responded Jake
"What is it?" asked Leo
"The bad news is that mom hasn't figured out where this guy is sending messages from." answered Jake
"But the good news is that we have a plan to find him." finished Karina
"Really, what is it?" asked Leo
"We'll use this." answered Jake, holding out a plain gold coin.
"We'll bribe him?" asked a confused Leo
"No," snapped Jake "you see this coin is actually a tracking device."
"So when you have over the gold & gem you stole we'll stash this device in there." finished Karina
"Wait, how did you know that I stole that gem & gold?" asked Leo. Karina changed computer screen to show a new article about a gem burglar & a notice about the situation that happened minutes ago in Botton & Spinx. "Oh, that's how you knew."
"Yeah, you're more famous as a thief than as a Shane." teased Jake
"And what is that supposed to mean?" asked an annoyed Leo
"Oh nothing." answered Jake, as Speedy his Speedstinger laughed.
Meanwhile, Christi, Garo, & Quiver rode their mechas to the Shane Hideout. They stepped off their mechas & they knocked on the door to have Eli answer. "Hey guys how's it going?" greeted Eli
"We're fine, Mr. Shane." answered Garo
"We were hoping that we could talk to you real quick." added Christi
"That's fine," said Eli "please come in." He had them sit down. "So what is it you need to ask me?"
Christi looked around to see the garage door open & Walker parked inside. "Is Leo here?" she asked
Eli shook his head "Sorry he's not here right now."
"Then why is Walker here?" asked Christi pointing to the garage & Walker.
"Oh well Leo didn't need to take Walker with him." answered Eli
"Then where is he & what is he doing?" asked Christi
Eli hesitated to answer. "Well you see I have him running around with Kord to run some errands." he lied
"He hasn't hung out with us because he had to run errands?" asked Christi, who was not buying the story.
"Well I also had him take care of some Shane business." lied Eli
"But we're the Shane Strikers," snapped Christi "we're the junior Shane Gang & if one of us has a mission then we all have a mission." Eli was getting a bit nervous now. "I'm sorry Mr. Shane, but I do not buy your lie, I mean Leo hasn't been talking to any of us & if nothing was wrong than why is Save here!" snapped Christi as she stood up in anger & pointed at Save who tried to stay out of sight by hiding in a mug.
Eli was very surprised by this, he sighed "Alright, I'll tell you the truth. Leo has been blackmailed for the last week now, & if he doesn't do what he is told then his secret will be revealed to everyone."
"Secret?" asked a confused Christi "What secret?" she asked as Save cowered down into the mug.
Leo walked out into the middle of a clearing, he placed the bag of gold & the gem down by a boulder. Leo then teleported away back to Karina's office. "Are we good?" he asked Karina & Jake.
"Yup, the tracker is in place & we're ready to go." answered Jake
"Great." responded Leo
They waited a couple of minutes before they got a notice that the tracker was on the move. They waited for the track to stop. "Alright we have our location." said Karina
"Then lets get going." said Leo, he pulled out the Shadow Walker, Jake & Karina grabbed it as well, & they teleported about a mile away from the tracker's location. "We're here." said Leo looking around to see them surrounded by trees & rocks.
"Alright get going Leo." ordered Karina
"Wait, you guys aren't coming?" asked a confused Leo
"Don't you remember the plan?" asked Jake "You are going to go over there, fire off X, & disable all technology. And we are going to stay out of the blast radius so if anything goes wrong, we can have working blasters to help you."
"And since you can sling slugs without a blaster, you should be fine." added Karina
"Alright then, time to get done payback." smirked Leo, as loaded X, & teleported away to the tracker's location.
He found himself inside a giant warehouse, he snuck through a dark hallway following a device that showed the location of the tracker. He followed it until he came up to a opened door. Leo peered through the door to see a giant computer & someone seated in a chair, with the bag sitting on the ground, but Leo could not see the person because of the tall seat. Leo then heard the growling & chirping a slug, but he actually could not understand a single word that the slug was saying. Leo didn't wait for anything to happen he fired off X who blasted a surge of energy through the entire warehouse shutting off all the electronics in the building & the all the lights. Leo grabbed Magma & he approached the person. "Surrender before you get melted." threatened Leo, but he actually couldn't see the blackmailer.
The blackmailer laughed evilly "Very impressive that you found out my location."
"I didn't come here to impress you." said Leo, as he grabbed the bag and tied it to his belt.
"Let me guess you came to arrest me." jeered the blackmailer
"I came to take you down." answered Leo
The blackmailer laughed "I don't think so."
He pulled out his blaster & fired a slug, but all that happened was that the blackmailer disappeared. Leo looked around but then he was hit an Armashelt that blasted him out of the room, but something felt weird about that slug to Leo it felt very dark to him but it appeared t be a normal Armashelt. Leo picked himself back up "How are you able to use a blaster?" asked Leo "I fired an Xmitter your blaster should be shut down."
He was then hit by a normal looking Hop Rock but it too felt strange & dark to Leo. "I have my tricks, you have yours." answers the blackmailer.
Leo picked himself up again, he grabbed Star in his other hand, & threw her. She light up the entire room, Leo looked around the warehouse but he could not see his blackmailer. "Who are you?" demanded Leo
The blackmailer laughed creepily "I am your worst fear." he answered as he fired a normal looking Bubbaleone at Star who trapped it in its stomach, but like the other slugs something felt off about that slug too. "But if you really want to know, they call me Eclipse." declared the blackmailer, as a Thresher, it also felt strange, zoomed at Leo but he blocked it with his temporary blaster rendering it useless.
Leo was then hit by a strange Rammstone, he was knocked against the wall, Eclipse then fired a strange Lavalynx at Leo, but just before it could hit him a megamorphed Saphira flew by & knocked away the slug. "Leo are you ok?!" calked Karina as she entered the warehouse with Jake.
"I'm fine." answered Leo
Karina helped Leo to his feet as Jake aimed at Eclipse. "Keep away from my cousin you creep!" ordered Jake
Eclipse didn't answer he just fired off his normal looking Thugglet, that also felt dark, that made Eclipse disappear. Jake looked around & he put his blaster saying "I guess he got away."
"I guess so." said Leo.
They walked out the warehouse to be met by Eli & the rest of the Shane Strikers. "Hey bro. What are you doing here?" asked Karina to Eli, as Leo tried to hide behind Jake.
"We're here for Leo." answered Eli.
Leo was worried he pulled out his Shadow Walker & he was about to teleport away when Christi spoke up "Leo we know your secret!"
Leo was stunned, ready to panic, & ready to flee. "It's alright Leo." said Eli "You don't need to hide."
Leo took a breath & nervously stepped to his father & his friends. "Hey guys." said Leo, as Save hoped over to him. "Hey buddy."
"Hey Leo, steal any god or gems lately." jeered Garo
Leo was really freaking out now. "But it's not your fault, it was that blackmailer was yours." added Christi "I mean being part Shadow Clan is a big secret to have,"
Leo was stunned "You actually told them?!" he asked Eli
"Yes, I did." answered Eli
"Why?!" asked Leo "Why would you tell them, when all my life you told me to keep it a secret! So why would you tell anyone?!"
"Because they can be trusted." answered Eli
Leo was still confused "Your dad told us everything." added Christi "He told us about your accident, his the Shadow Clan saved you as well as Save, & that you had to train with them."
"Yeah now you guys think I'm a complete freak." said Leo
His friends laughed "Are you kidding?!" asked a chuckling Quiver
"Yeah, being part Shadow Clan only makes you that much cooler." complimented Garo
"Really?" asked a hopeful Leo
"Really." answered Christi, assuring that Leo's secret is safe with them.
After they promised not to spread the secret Leo showed them his glowing green left eye & his black and green patterned left arm, & then told them about Eclipse and that his slugs seemed normal but they felt dark & evil.
Meanwhile, Eclipse watched Leo & the group from afar. And now anyone could see how he looks. He has black hair, green eyes, & he only appears to be about 15 years old. He's wearing a white zipper hoodie, long black pants, a black backpack, a bandolier that makes an X shape across his chest, he has slug tubes in his bandolier & belt, he has a black with white lined blaster, a necklace with many velacimorphed Thresher teeth on it, & a Thugglet perched in his shoulder. "Enjoy your victory for now Leonardo." he sneered. "For it won't last long." He then faced his Thugglet. "Isn't that right, Shadow?" he asked the slug. The Thugglet jumped off & returned back into a Smugglet ghoul as well as turning all the slug tubes back to red, & turned all the normal looking slugs back into ghouls. He loaded Shadow, his Smugglet, into his blaster, pulled the trigger, & he disappeared as Leo & his friends headed for home & to return the gold & the gem.