Here we go! Chapter 6! And are you all in for a big surprise! But what kind of surprise? Read it and find out! Enjoy!
Chapter 6: The Slug Run
"Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! It's the Slug Run! As always, a new deadly course with new deadly challenges! And a new deadly, awesome slug as a prize! So awesome it could kill you! DEATH BY AWESOME! This year, we've got one of the rarest slugs of all: A Crystalyd slug. One surfaces every hundred years! So, expect the most ruthless, wild racers on a course so dangerous, IT'S INSANE!"
Eli and Harley watch as the commercial played on the screen. "Um, that!" He said, with his brain completely shut down. "So awesome!" Harley squealed. "Yeah. The Slug Run is always amazing." Trixie said, seemingly not to thrilled. "Total mecha crush fest! I can't wait to watch it!" Kord excitedly said. "What do you mean 'watch'?" Eli asked, getting an idea. "Eli? What're you doing?" Harley asked, knowing the tone in Eli's voice. "No. No way! You've done a ton of crazy things since I met you, but when it comes to this race, you're gonna have to trust me." Kord said.
Eli just smirked as he and his gang were standing in the cavern hosting the race. "Or not." Kord sighed in disappointment. "This is gonna be-" Eli chuckled. "Awesome!" He muttered.
Intro
As other racers and spectators wandered about the area, the Shane Gang was prepping Eli. Pronto and Harley stared, Kord was tuning up Lucky and Trixie was documenting the race. "Come on, guys. It's a race! How bad can it be?" Eli asked, which he would soon regret.
The host for the Slug Run appeared and addressed the racers and spectators. "Welcome racers! Make sure your death and dismemberment forms are filled out! As always, when you lose limbs it's up to you to pick them up! Unless you lose both arms in which case, no high-fives for you." He said. Eli looked over to Kord confused. Kord just shook his head. "And remember: the slugging rule will be in event!" The host finished. "Oh! Okay, well that's good. I'm not bad with my blaster." Eli said in relief, twirling his blaster. "Um, the slugging rule is that you can't use your blaster against other riders." Trixie explained while documenting. "Shouldn't that be called 'the no slugging rule?" Eli jokingly asked. That made Trixie and Harley giggle. "Okay, you got me there." Trixie admitted while blushing.
"If you want to survive, you need to be like Pronto." Pronto exaggerated while trying to advise Eli on surviving the race. "Razor sharp focus. Nerves of steel. And never let anything get in your head." That is until he saw someone that made him gasp. It was another molenoid riding up on a mole themed mecha, waving to the crowd. "Sedo! My life. Long. Nemesis!" Pronto glared recognizing the other mole. Harley took notice on Pronto making his way towards this Sedo mole and followed him. They stopped at the mecha, avoiding a chicken mecha in the process. "So, Sedo!" Pronto called, making Sedo turn his head. "We meet again." Pronto announced, glaring at his nemesis. "Ah, Pronto!" Sedo said with an equal glare. "How have you been?" He asked in a friendly way, holding out his hand. Pronto immediately started shaking Sedo's hand. "Oh, I've been good as you might as well know but-" He stopped himself, realizing what he was doing. "Wait, wait! No! Don't you remember?! We're life. Long. Nemeses!" He said, reminding his foe. "Yes, I know. But just because we are nemeses doesn't mean I can't call you a friend." Sedo said handing Pronto an autographed picture of himself.
Pronto looked at it and started to boil like a tea kettle. "Hold that look! Thanks, Pronto. Got it!" Trixie said filming Pronto's mad face before turning to Sedo's mecha. "A mole mecha. That's cute." She said. "Yes. I take great pride in my roots. I am a mole on a mole. Doubling my moleness, compared to that of Pronto here." Sedo explained, insulting Pronto in the process. "Ooh. Pronto, your nemesis just claimed to be twice the mole you are. Any reaction?" Trixie asked, putting her camera back on Pronto. Pronto just ripped the picture in half and angrily walked away. "Seriously? That's just rude." She remarked. Harley stepped beside her. "Actually, rudeness can be an effective reaction if you think about it." He explained.
Eli and the other racers, including Sedo, took their place at the starting line. Burpy looked really worried. "Don't worry, Burpy. We'll take it easy. We're just here to have fun. And if we happen to win, bonus." Eli assured his slug. Burpy gave a smile and hopped into his barrel, between Chiller and Rocky. Just then Pronto came up beside Eli. "Pronto! What are you doing?!" Eli asked in shock. "Sorry, Eli. But I have a score to settle with Sedo." Pronto said, pointing to Sedo. "He thinks he's more mole than Pronto? Pronto will show him who is the moliest of the molenoids!" Pronto than screamed a battle cry, making Trixie, Harley and Kord cringe, until Pronto started coughing. "And besides, this way we may both win today." Pronto explained. Eli only nodded, understanding Pronto's rivalry.
"Are you racers ready?!" The host called. Eli, Pronto, Sedo and the other racers. Prepped their mechas. "Set!" The host was about to start when another mecha was heard with the crowd cheering. Everyone turned to see a blonde man riding a horse themed mecha walking up to the starting line. "Yes, I know. I'm right on time." The guy said with a laugh. Trixie, Harley and Kord looked at each other unamused. "Who is this guy?" Harley asked quietly. "Vance Volt doesn't do standing around. So, if we could just, you know." Vance said to the host. "Sure thing Mr. Volt." The host said. "GO!" He fired a Flaringo from his blaster to start the race.
The racers took off. Though the chicken mecha was a bit haywire. A mammoth mecha swung its trunk at a bull mecha, and the bull mecha retaliated by charging at the mammoth's feet. Vance caught up to a female racer on a jackal mecha and kicked her down off her mecha. Eli hopped over the mecha and rode up beside Pronto. "Dude, what's with that Vance Volt guy? Who is he?" He asked. "I'm the 3-time champion. And the guy to beat." Vance said, riding up to Eli. "Not that any of you have any chance to do that." He gloated, making Eli glare. "Now that I've completely overhauled my mecha, thanks to my new sponsor: Blakk Industries." He activated some boosters on his mecha and sped ahead.
"Volt works for Blakk?!" Eli asked in shock. "If so, that could mean only one thing, Eli!" Pronto said. "Blakk is after the Crystalid." Eli finished. "Exactly!" Pronto agreed. "Now we have to win, so we can stop Volt from getting the slug." Eli said. "Great! A double win for us! You must defeat Volt, and I must defeat Sedo! Let's go!" Pronto yelled, riding ahead and battle crying. "Hey! Pronto! Wait up!" Eli yelled, racing to catch up.
The racers rode into a dark cavern filled with rock pillars. They started to ride around the pillars. The mammoth mecha bashed through the pillars, knocking one of them down on a snake mecha. Eli hopped over the pillar and continued on towards the exit. In the lead, Vance came up to a tar pit. He hopped on the mushrooms on the wall to cross. The bull mecha rider was anything but lucky. He knocked down the mushrooms, trying to cross. Eli hopped on the bull mecha and across the tar pit, racing after Vance.
Eli caught up to Vance. "Little young to be in a Slug Run, aren't you?" Vance asked. "Heh! I've been riding mechas since-" Eli stopped. "Wait. Has it really only been since January?" He asked himself. "You want some advice, newbie?" Vance asked. "What? Work on my racing banter?" Eli guessed. Vance was unamused by Eli's joke. "Don't follow me if you want to live." He said speeding ahead. "Who does this guy think he is?!" Eli asked himself, annoyed with Vance's attitude and racing to catch up.
Vance and Eli exited the cavern up to a ridge, loaded with skinny rock towers. Vance hopped off the ledge and onto one of the towers. Eli halted at the edge, looking on at Vance in shock. Vance gave a salute and continued hopping across on the towers. Eli looked back, noticing Pronto, Sedo and the other 2 racers taking the land bridge across. "That's gonna take too long." Eli said, trying to think. He looked on at Vance, still hopping. "If Vance can take a shortcut, so can I!" Eli said, revving Lucky and jumping to the first tower. They were a little wobbly at first. "Okay, this was a bad idea!" Eli realized looking down. He hopped to another tower and tried to climb another, but Lucky slid right down it, Eli trying to keep his mecha steady and the slugs catching the air from the speed. Eli slid down the rock slide and bounced off 2 more towers to another slide. As he backflipped off the slide, he collided into another tower, sliding to the ground.
Vance stopped to look. "I told you not to follow me!" He called, annoyed with Eli and continuing. Eli stood up. "Everyone okay?" He asked his team. The slugs chittered, noting that they were okay. Lucky stood up undamaged. Eli got back on. "Looks like we're all good." He said, until he looked up. "Or maybe not."
Back on the land bridge Pronto managed to catch up to Sedo. "You think you out bested me, Sedo? But I have you right where I want you." Pronto gloated. "Oh, do you now?" Sedo asked. "Yes. Now feel the wrath of Pronto the Destroyer!" Pronto yelled as he leaped his mecha at Sedo, only to miss him and crash into the wall. Pronto slid down the wall, past the chicken mecha and towards the ridge. Vance, who was hopping from the last tower, noticed Pronto sliding towards him. "Hey! What are you doing?!" He called before Pronto smashed into him, sending him down the ridge. "Oh, my aching brains." Pronto said, dazed from the wall. He recovered and looked down the ridge. "Well, that's that for Vance." He said, before looking at Sedo, still continuing on with the race. "Now for Sedo." He gave his battle cry and rode on.
Vance slid down the rock walls like a pro. He swung from towers and slid down walls and slides before landing smoothly on the ground. Eli rode up to him. "Well, it looks like this race just became more of a challenge." Vance said, looking around. "You do know that this isn't the shortcut, right?" Eli asked. "I've gotten out of worse." Vance assured before noticing Eli slowly backing Lucky up. "I know Vance Volt is intimidating, but there's no need to-" Eli shushed him and pointed behind him. Vance seemed confused and slowly turned his head to see what was what. His eyes widened at what he saw. "Shadow Clan!" He whispered as 6 Shadow Clan crawled towards them.
The Shadow Clan shrieked as they got closer to Eli and Vance. "Something tells me they're not in the race." Eli said dead on. "Yeah. And something tells me you're right." Vance agreed. "Let's move!" Vance rode ahead, and Eli rode after him. The Shadow Clan chased after them. Vance hopped onto a small cliff and Eli followed, trying to climb the last bit. "Come on, kid, kick it! Go! Go!" Vance called to Eli. Eli made it up the cliff, with the Shadow Clan closing in. "They're not slowing down!" Eli called, looking back. "We have to get out of this canyon!" "Well eventually, this leads to a dead end. We're trapped!" Vance said.
The Shadow Clan took some Hop Rocks into their tails and threw them at Eli and Vance. The 2 serpentined around the slugs. "So that's the way it gonna be." Eli said, holding up his blaster. He fired Rocky and knocked down some of the foliage. He then fired Chiller and froze the foliage. Rocky and Chiller smiled at their progress, high fived each other and hopped away. Vance turned his head. "What do you think you're doing?!" Vance asked in shock. "Mostly just trying not to die so I can get back to the race!" Eli said. "This is the race! Everything's a race! And you just broke the slugging rule!" Vance explained and accused. "The rule is that I can't fire slugs at another racer!" Eli reminded him. "I don't think those things are trying to win a race!"
The Shadow Clan broke through the ice wall and continued chasing the racers. "After careful consideration, you're right." Vance said, nodding. Eli fired his new Tormato, Gust, ahead of them, creating Slyphoon. "Go!" Eli called. He and Vance made their way inside the Slyphoon, but the Shadow Clan grabbed Eli's mecha and pulled him back out. They surrounded Eli, but he revved up Lucky and knocked them away. Eli rode his way to the Slyphoon. "Here!" Vance called tossing Eli a cable cord from his mecha. Eli hooked it on Lucky and got pulled up to the top with Vance as Gust transformed back. "Well, now we're even." Vance said. "If you got any brains, you'll drop out of this race before it kills you." He rode off back into the race. Eli thought of what he said but rode after him.
They rode up to Pronto, who was still a little dazed. Eli slowed down beside him. "You're okay!" Pronto said in shocking relief. "Yeah. Are you okay?" Eli asked. "I will be once either one of us wins this race and when I best Sedo!" Pronto said charging after his nemesis. Eli rode after them too.
The racers soon entered a cave loaded with crystals. Some in a loopy shape. Vance rode up a ramp and hopped over one of the crystals. Eli rode up to Pronto. "What ever you do, do not touch those crystals!" Pronto warned his friend. "Why? What do they do?" Eli asked, confused. "It's best you don't know or find out." Pronto assured. "Now less questions and more crushing our enemies." He cried his battle cry and caught up with Sedo, coughing in the process. "Bet you didn't expect to see me again, huh?" Pronto rhetorically asked. "Must you always make a fool out of yourself while trying to best me Pronto?" Sedo asked jokingly. "Why you-" Pronto's mecha tripped on some little ground crystals, sending him flying.
Pronto soon got his underpants caught on one of the looped crystals. Pronto quivered in fear of what was about to happen as Sedo rode under him. The crystal started to glow and move. Pronto slid off as the crystal went underground. It came back up, revealing it to be a giant crystal worm. Eli stopped in his tracks, in front of the worm. "And that is why we don't touch the crystals." Pronto said in a daze. Eli looked on in shock at the beast in front of him. The worm caught eye of the chicken mecha, still haywire, and dove on after it. The rider looked back and screamed. The worm dove in the ground, knocking the mecha down. Vance continued on as other crystal worms in the cave started to wake up.
One of the worms knocked down the bull mecha as two others chased after Vance. He dodged them left and right, hopping from ledge to ledge, making his way to the exit. Eli tried to hop to the edge the same way but ended up having to climb the rest of the way. "Man! I have got to learn how he does that!" He said. He continued as another worm got ready to attack. Eli loaded and fired Rammer at the worm. Rammer uppercutted and slammed the worm down, allowing Eli to get through. "Nice work, Rammer! Now get back home safe!" Eli called. Rammer nodded and hopped away.
Eli loaded up another slug and fired it at a pillar on a land bridge where another worm was waiting. The pillar got destroyed and the part of the land bridge with the worm on it fell into the canyon. Burpy hopped on Eli's shoulder as he hopped across the gap and looked on at his work. He rode to catch up with the others. Sedo and the chicken were neck 'n' neck with Vance following close behind. Eli brought up the rear, eyeing Vance. "Gotta find a way to catch up." Eli muttered. Burpy chittered and pointed to a slide. "Great idea, Burpy." Eli said, turning to the slide. He went down the slide and ended up near Vance. "Hey. How's it going?" Eli asked. Vance rammed Eli, almost knocking him over the edge. But Eli picked himself back up. "Give it up, kid! I'm gonna be the winner." Vance said as the continued to bash each other. "Yeah. You're a real winner alright, racing for Blakk!" Eli said ramming Vance into the wall. "Mecha beasts are expensive! And I go through a lot of them! I don't care who's sponsoring me!" Vance explained. "You should care! Blakk is not a good guy! I won't let you win and get that slug!" Eli said as they bashed into each other again, causing their mechas to hook. "We're hooked!" Eli called.
Eli looked behind Vance and readied his blaster. "Wait! What're you-" Vance started, thinking Eli was gonna slug him. But Eli fired Joules past Vance's head. Joules fired her Tazerbolt at a nearby worm, knocking it down. "I thought you were gonna slug me!" Vance said. "I just saved your life! Besides, there's that no slugging rule so I wouldn't shoot you even if I wanted to." Eli shot back. "You're nuts, kid! You're willing to risk your life just to get a slug?" Vance asked. "I'm a Shane! It's my duty to fight against Blakk and his ghoul slugs! If you win that slug, he's gonna turn it into one of his ghouls!" Eli explained. Vance's eyes went wide-open. 'This kid's a Shane? Eli Shane? Of the Shane brothers?' He thought. "So, I can't let you win that slug for Blakk! But that doesn't mean I have to cheat to win. Besides, so far I haven't seen anything I can't handle!" Eli spoke too soon. Sedo slammed the chicken into another worm. Only this worm was bigger than the others. "Until now." Eli said in regret. Eli and Vance attempted to stop but ended up sliding towards the big crystal worm.
As they slid towards the worm, Eli held up a barrel loaded with his new Thresher slug, Buzzsaw. "Do it, Buzzsaw!" He said, firing the Thresher from his blaster. But the worm deflected Buzzsaw back at them. Buzzsaw sawed right through where Eli and Vance were hooked and they split apart before they hit the worm. As they ran off, the worm curled up and rolled after them. Sedo had the chicken pinned down under the foot of his mole mecha as Eli and Vance raced by into the last cave. Sedo looked and saw the worm coming. He and the chicken took off into the cave after Eli and Vance. The chicken mecha got ran over by the worm and Pronto shouted his battle cry, bringing up the rear. The worm came up behind Sedo and smooshed him and his mecha, leaving him dazed.
Eli looked back to see that the worm was closing in on him. He revved up Lucky and sped up to catch up to Vance. "Are you crazy?! You're not fast enough to stay ahead of that thing! You wanna get squashed?!" Vance asked, now thinking Eli was really crazy. "Uh, no! You wanna let me win?" Eli asked. "Sorry, kid. Vance Volt loses to no one, not even a Shane." Vance said, activating his boosters and going for the win. Burpy was now getting really worried about the worm. "I'm beginning to think Kord was right about this race." Eli said, regretting his choice to enter the race. "If we get killed, he's totally gonna rub it in our faces! So, I hope this works. Do your thing, Webs!" He said. He borrowed Webs from Harley before the race started. Eli slung Webs towards the worm, creating a big web that caught the worm. "Hang on, guys!" He said as the web with the still moving worm caught Lucky's hind legs. "Wait! I'm the one that needs to hang on!" He said in realization.
The web slung the worm back towards Pronto, snagging him off Fernando. The web than slung Eli straight towards the cave exit, where the finish line was located. As Eli flew through the air, people cheered and took photos of the air-born Shane. "You hear that, Burpy?! We made it!" He shouted, thinking he got ahead of Vance. Eli slid Lucky across the finish line. "And here comes Eli Shane! Sliding into second place!" The host announced, making Eli shocked. He saw the people surrounding Vance, praising him and taking pictures. "Eli!" Harley's voice called. Eli turned to see his brother walking towards him. "Sorry, bro. Looks like Blakk won this time." Harley said, climbing onto Lucky. "Yeah. I guess there are times when a Shane has to admit when he's beaten." Eli said in disappointment as he slowly rode away. Vance saw the Shane brothers leaving. "Excuse me folks." He said, riding after the brothers.
Eli was still sulking as he rode Lucky with his head down. "Sorry, Eli." Vance said, catching up to them. "No prize for coming in second. Except this time." He held out the Crystalid to the brothers. "Really? Are you sure?" Eli asked, surprised that a Blakk agent was giving them the rare slug. Harley held out his hand and the Crystalid jumped into it. "I won. That's a good enough prize for me. Like I always say: I'm a racer, not a slinger." Vance said. But, what about Blakk?" Harley asked, concerned about Vance. "Yeah. He'll be expecting you to give the slug to him." Eli added. "Well, seeing what you put on the line just to stop him from getting that thing and after you mentioned about Blakk turning slugs into ghouls, something's telling me he shouldn't have it." Vance said. The brothers smiled, now knowing that Vance is really a good sport.
"Oh, but he will have it." Sedo said, appearing right in front of them. He activated a cannon on his mecha and fired a Hop Jack ghoul at them, knocking them off their mechas and the Crystalid out cold. "I'll give him the slug myself." Sedo said with an evil chuckle. "What?" Eli asked in shock. "Sedo's working for Blakk!" Harley deduced. "Did you really think that Blakk would entrust everything to a showoff like Vance Volt?" Sedo asked pointing at an unconscious Vance. "I was his hidden 'mole' in the race. You could say that I'm a mole who's a mole on a mole! Tripling my molitude to unfavorable awesomeness. Which is way more mole than your idiot friend, Pronto." Eli and Harley glared at the evil mole. "Blakk plays all the angles. That's why he always gets what he wants." Sedo said looking at the Crystalid, who was now asleep. "Well, he doesn't have what he wants yet, Sedo!" Eli said. "Yeah. You want the slug, you gotta go through us." Harley added with a dare. Sedo chuckled. "You 2 really think you're both that fast?" He asked, readying his cannon. "I don't know. Let's find out." Eli dared.
Sedo fired another Hop Jack, while Eli drew his blaster and fired Suds at the same time. Suds caught the ghoul in her tentacles and swung it down. Harley then drew his blaster and fired his new Jellyish, Gels, at Sedo, splattering his perfect hair with slime. That made Sedo really mad. He fired 4 more ghouls at the brothers, making them duck for cover. Sedo rode his mecha over to the Crystalid, still asleep. He flipped it from his mecha's clawed foot into his hand. Eli and Harley jumped out from their cover and aimed their blasters at Sedo. "Alright, mole. Hand back the slug or we'll-" Eli started to say before Sedo interrupted. "Hold that thought for a second." Sedo pushed a button and 4 more blasters formed from his mecha. The slugs cowered back into their barrels. "You were saying, Shane?" Sedo taunted. Eli and Harley glared with fear. "I can see by your faces that you're both impressed. Blakk compensated me quite well to be his backup plan." Sedo explained. "Now, drop your weapons! Pretty please."
Eli and Harley didn't know what to do, until the ground started shaking and a familiar battle cry could be heard echoing off the walls. "That cry! It couldn't be!" Sedo muttered, looking around in worry. Just then, the giant crystal worm came up from the ground. With Pronto riding it! The worm slammed into Sedo's mecha, causing the slug to fly out of his hand and into Pronto's. Sedo recovered and stared in shock. "Pronto?! I thought you were worm chow!" He said. Pronto held up the Crystalid in a slug barrel. "Oh, you can't get rid of me that easily. Know why, Sedo? Because I am Pronto! Your life! Long! Nemesis!" He said, loading the slug into his blaster. Sedo charged and Pronto fired the slug. It transformed and drilled under where Sedo's mecha landed. The mecha struggled to hold on but was slipping fast. "You can't bury a mole!" Sedo called, knowing he was doomed. "I will dig my way back up to get you, Pronto! Just you wait! One day!" And with that, Sedo and his mecha dropped into the tunnel.
"And so, it will be read that Sedo was defeated by Pronto, worm rider!" Pronto declared. The Crystalid hopped back up from the tunnel it made and towards Eli. "Oh, sorry I had to do that, boys." Pronto said, knowing his rivalry with Sedo nearly cost them the slug. "Are you kidding? Just as long as Blakk doesn't have it, it's cool." Eli said, picking up the slug. "That's some trick you can do, little guy." He said to the slug, who smiled at the boy. "How about we call you Digger?" The slug nodded and hopped into an empty slug barrel.
Harley walked up to the worm. "Nice shooting, by the way." He said to Pronto, who gave a big smile and tried to look dashingly heroic. "Nice worm too." The worm lowered its head and rubbed up against Harley. Eli laughed at this. "I think someone likes you." Eli said. Harley laughed along, petting the worm alongside Pronto. "Can we keep it, please?" Pronto pleaded. Eli smiled, thinking of an idea for the worm.
After that, Trixie and Kord met up with them. Kord was fixing up Vance's mecha, while Pronto retold the events of the race and after. "And then Pronto saved the day." Pronto said with a bow. "Yeah, whatever. I'll eat my wrench if that's what really happened." Kord offered, not believing a single word of Pronto's 'fairy tale'. "Well, you'll have to take Eli's word for it. I was out like a light." Vance said. "Actually, that's exactly what happened." Eli said. "If you still don't believe us, Kord, ask Pronto's new pet, Wormy." Harley said, pointing to the big crystal worm behind Kord. The beast gently growled, making the troll jump. "You mean this thing is Pronto's pet?! Like, literally?!" He asked. "Ha-ha! Yes! So, start eating, cave troll!" Pronto barked. Kord looked at his wrench and groaned, taking a big bite out of it.
Trixie walked over to Eli with sorrow in her eyes. "Sorry we didn't make it to the finish line in time." She apologized. Eli put a hand on her shoulder. "Yeah. But the important thing is-" "Pronto crushed Sedo!" Pronto yelled in victory. "Yeah that. And we also stopped Blakk from getting Digger here." Eli said pointing to his new teammate. "I'll take that as a win any day." He finished. "Even though you lost. To me." Vance said. "Yeah I know. But it was close." Eli said. "Yeah. I guess it was." Vance agreed and walked over to Kord, still working on the mecha. "How's it look?" He asked. "She's good as new. Plus a few extra touches." Kord answered. Vance got on and revved it, happy that his mecha was okay. "You've got quite the team here, Eli." He said turning to Eli and his friends. "And you have quite a leader." He held out his hand to Eli and Eli shook it, earning each other's friendship.
Eli then decided to make Vance an offer. "You know, Blakk's gonna be looking for you. If you wanna join up with us-" He offered. Vance gave it some thought. "I know I said that I was a racer and not a slinger." Vance started. "But, now that I know why Blakk wanted the Crystalid slug, how could I refuse?" The gang were happy to hear that Vance Volt was joining them. "And besides, if Blakk wanted to find me, he would have to catch me first." Vance stated. "Now come on, Eli. Let's you and me have a little rematch back to your hideout." He was about ride off, until Eli stepped in front of him. "You think it's as simple as that?" Eli asked. "No way you're getting a head start on us. At least, until you teach us some of your moves." Vance smiled. "So long as you teach me some of yours." Vance bargained. "Deal." Eli accepted. "You could stand to learn a few new moves." Trixie said, gently elbowing Kord. "So could you." Kord shot back. "Try to keep up, teammies!" Vance called as they raced off back to the hideout with Wormy following close behind.
Pronto, however, was completely unaware that his teammates were gone. "Well, if you really want to learn a truly awesome move, watch as I demonstrate how I rode Wormy, the mother of all crystal worms." He said. "I rode up to her and said "Worm! Prepare to be tamed! I am going to ride you and you are going to like it!" I could tell by the smell of her underbelly, she knew who was boss. Now, here's the best part. Eh-" He stopped, finally noticing they were gone. "Hey! Where did everybody go?!"
To be continued…
Well, how's that for a surprise, huh? Vance Volt has joined the Shane Gang. An even more surprises are on the way. I know Vance said that he's a racer and not a slinger, but the truth is: to me, anybody in Slugterra can be a slinger, if they try. I also didn't like Sedo's original personality towards Pronto. Leave a review if anyone wants.
Slug Arsenal:
Eli Shane: Burpy (Infurnus), Joules (Tazerling), Noodle (Flopper), Banger (Armashelt), Bolo (Polero), Rammer (Rammstone), Rocky (Hop Rock), Chiller (Frostcrawler), Burner (Lavalynx), Suds (Bubbaleone), Goober (Jellyish), Sparky (Grenuke), Doc (Boon Doc), Larry (Lariet), Gust (Tormato), Buzzsaw (Thresher), Digger (Crystalid)
Harley Shane: Matchstick (Flaringo), Squirm (Flopper), Frostbite (Frostcrawler), Webs (Arachnet), Gels (Jellyish)
Trixie Sting: Bluster (Tormato), Blizzard (Frostcrawler), Spider (Arachnet)
Kord Zane: Bludgeon (Rammstone), Sploder (Hop Rock)
Pronto Geronimo: Stinky (Flatulorhinkus), Slimey (Jellyish)
