This is it! Chapter 7! And Harley is about to get his own mecha beast! This is gonna be fun! I assure you! Enjoy, everyone!
Chapter 7: Mecha Mutiny
In the middle of a lush green cavern, an Arachnet slug was building a web, until he saw Eli and Harley riding Lucky at top speed, chasing a Hoverbug slug. "There he goes!" Eli called. The Hoverbug zipped through the web. The Arachnet, now sitting on a mushroom, saw Eli coming, got scared and tried to hop away, but she got caught by Eli. Eli smiled at the little slug and gently placed her in a slug barrel next to Burpy. Kord and Trixie were a little ways ahead, trying to keep neck 'n' neck with the flying slug. Vance was riding beside the brothers. And Pronto was bringing up the rear. "We're never gonna catch that thing, Eli! This is like a game to them." Kord explained. "Oh, so that explains why this is so much fun!" Eli said. "Trixie, Kord head him off! Vance, you're with me and Harley." Kord and Trixie sped up to keep up with the slug. "And Pronto will bravely take the rear." Pronto boasted, running into the Arachnet's web.
Trixie and Kord closed in on the Hoverbug, but the slug had a plan. As Trixie went in to grab him, the slug blew her a raspberry and zipped off. As the slug chuckled, Eli and Harley took the lead. "He's hard to catch now. Just imagine when he transforms." Eli said in wonder. "Oh, I can imagine, bro. I don't know if you were sick that day, but Dad told me about Hoverbugs." Harley said. "Really?" Eli asked. "Oh, yeah. These slugs are very crafty and also very childish, but they mean well." Harley explained. "Your brother's right, Eli." Trixie said. "I don't know any slinger whose ever used a Hoverbug."
As the gang continued to pursue the slug, they were coming up to a chasm. "This pusuit has doomed me! We'll never make it across the chasm!" Pronto called, fearing for their lives. "The mole's right! I've jumped some pretty big chasms in my racing days. But, never one that big!" Vance added. "We're totally gonna make it! I just put new upgrades into all our mecha beasts!" Kord assured, excited to try the upgrades. As they neared the chasm edge, they revved up their mechas, activating the boosters and leaping over the chasm. Eli was in range of grabbing the Hoverbug when Lucky's eyes started turning red. "Gotcha-" Eli almost had him when Lucky started shorting out, same with the other 4 mechas. The boosters shut down and they started to plummet towards the spikes at the bottom, screaming for their lives.
(Intro) (Shane Gang updated with Vance Volt)
The Shane Gang continued to fall into the chasm. "I just gave these a complete overhaul!" Kord called. "Did you happen to add any wings?" Eli asked. "Oh, that's a good idea." Kord said in fear. Eli then got an idea. He loaded his new Arachnet into his blaster and fired her at the bottom. She created a web and fired it at the bottom, creating a landing pad for the gang. She slid out of the way as the gang landed on the web.
"You know, I am unimpressed by these so-called 'upgrades." Pronto said rudely. The Hoverbug flew down to them with a concerned look on his face. He landed on Harley's shoulder and nuzzled his cheek. "Well, seems like we got our Hoverbug after all." Harley said, giggling at the tickling from the nuzzling.
Back at the hideout, Kord was finetuning the mechas with an angry look while Harley was playing with the Hoverbug, now being called Zipper. "Would you just- Stay still, Pronto- I'm trying to get it-" Eli struggled, trying to yank the Arachnet's web off Pronto's butt. Eli yanked it off, tumbling to the floor and slinging Pronto into his hammock. "There! You see?! I told you those Arachnet slugs are a pain in the heiny!" Pronto stated. "Yeah, but Spinner here also saved ours. Without her web, we wouldn't be here." Eli stated, petting his new Arachnet, now named Spinner on her head.
Lucky's engine started to sputter and smoke, making Kord groan. "I question your mechanical attitude, Mr. Cave Troll." Pronto said rudely, while reading a book. "Yeah, you're like a mecha beast guru. What happened?" Eli asked, sitting down to play a video game with Vance. "I don't know what happened!" Kord snapped as Lucky's engine sputtered again. "This wasn't my fault!" "Well, maybe if you and Harley spent less time playing the jokes on Pronto." Pronto said. "We don't waste time pranking you." Kord lied. "Well actually…" Trixie typed in videos of Pronto being pranked.
"Ah. Cave corn." When he touched the basket, he got shocked by Joules as Kord popped up from behind the couch. "Ah. Comfy." He was about to sit down when Harley placed Mucky, Eli's Dirt Urchin slug, on the couch. Pronto yelped and bounced off the couch in pain. "Ah. Sandwich." As he took a bite, the whole sandwich exploded in his face. He collapsed as Rocky hopped up, smiling.
Everyone started laughing at Pronto's misfortunes. "Classic." Harley said, wiping a tear from his eye. "I don't know, Pronto. That looks like time well spent to me." Eli said. Pronto just opened his book and buried his face in it, growling. "But, back to the mechas. What caused them to stall on us like that?" Lucky sputtered and smoked again. "I'll take another look under the hood." Kord groaned.
Kord looked inside Lucky's engine. "Turbo connectors check out. Power transmission is optimal. Thermal couplers are up and running. Right now, I'm stumped. My buddy, Grendel's the head engineer at the Western Mech Forge. So, I get service upgrades before anyone. Our mechas should run perfectly." Kord explained. Pronto looked inside the booster pipe, only to get a face full of smoke. "Definitely not supposed to do that." Kord said with a sheepish smile. "Can't we just take them back to the forge? They could probably figure it out." Eli suggested. Kord just glared and stormed over to the fridge. "What'd I say?" Eli asked. "Eli, you know how proud cave trolls can be. He'd rather eat a Toxis slug then admit mechanic's defeat." Trixie explained. "And don't forget, he said he dropped out of his family's business to become a slug slinger." Harley added. Eli looked at Kord upset, worried that he might have hurt his best friend's feelings.
Kord began munching on a sandwich. "Kord, you've got to go face your shame for yourself." Trixie said. "Besides, wouldn't you be like a hero if you brought some big problem to the forge's attention?" Eli asked. "Uh, yeah. Yeah, maybe." Kord said, feeling a little better but still unsure. "Then it is decided! Though the way may be fraught with danger, brave Pronto will guide you to the Western Forge." Pronto boasted before getting blasted by more smoke.
The Shane Gang arrived at the Western Mech Forge. Eli and Harley looked on in amazement. "Wow! Now that's a factory!" Eli said, impressed. "Biggest I've ever seen in my life." Harley added. "You see? I told you I could lead you to the Western Forge." Pronto stated, feeling proud about himself. "Yeah. Well, there are signs everywhere pointing to this place. Plus, it's like half a mile high." Trixie explained. "Hmm. She does have a point." Harley said, looking up and down at the forge's height. "And yet, I found it." Pronto exaggerated. Trixie just shook her head, letting Pronto have his moment.
Kord walked up to a video lock and pushed a button. "Beast Forge." A voice answered. "Yeah. We're here to see Grendel." Kord explained. The doors opened and a man walked out. "Can I help you?" He asked. "I'm here to see the head engineer." Kord explained. "You're in luck! That would be me. I'm Darius Yorman, the new head engineer." Darius introduced. "What happened to Grendel?" Kord asked. "He's no longer with the company." Darius explained. "He's not?" Kord asked in confusion and suspicion. "Well, can somebody look at our mechas? They nearly killed us." Eli gestured to the now twitching mecha beasts. "Oh, really?" Darius asked.
Inside the forge, Darius' engineers looked over Lucky. "I recalibrated the interlink servos, flushed out the hydraulics, even replaced the pressure seals." Kord explained. "Did you try jiggling the on switch?" Darius joked. Kord looked unamused. "I'm kidding. You say these glitches started yesterday?" Darius asked. "I put in the recall parts last week and did a field diagnostic but-" Kord started to explain. "Wait, wait! You already upgraded?!" Darius asked in shock. "How is this possible?" "I'm the advanced field tester. New parts ship out to me automatically, way before anyone else." Kord explained. "Well, good for you." Darius said, trying not to be suspicious. "Give the mechas a level 3 diagnostic. Top to bottom." He told his engineers. "Yes sir." The engineers said and walked off.
Eli and Harley walked over. "So, how about a tour while we wait?" Eli asked. "Yeah. We'd love to see how this place works." Harley added. "Well-" Darius tried to say until Kord cleared his throat. "Grendel always gave tours." Kord said. "I suppose a quick walkthrough the plant would be okay." Darius nervously said.
Darius toured them through the foundry. "And all of our raw materials are imported from the Eastern Caverns now. Over 400 tons of steel smeltered every month. And not a drop goes to waste." He explained. Pronto, being stupidly curious, tried to press a button on a panel, but Darius slapped it away. "Don't touch that! Unless you want a wave of molten metal dumped on your head." Darius said. "I am happy with my head just the way it is, thank you. Handsome." Pronto boasted as they entered an elevator.
As they went down, they witnessed a claw place a glowing orb into a bull mecha. "Oh, cool! That must be the mecha's heart." Trixie guessed. "Mecha's have hearts?" Harley muttered. "Beating with the same power that flows through our slugs." Darius explained. "Beautiful isn't it? I still don't know how they do it." Everyone looked at Darius with suspicion. "Molecular transference?" Trixie reminded him. Darius felt uncomfortable and laughed nervously. "That was a figure of speech. You're a pistol." He said, dodging a bullet.
"So, the Western Forge builds all of Slugterra's mecha beasts?" Eli asked. "Every single one of them." Darius answered. "Wow! I hope what happened to our mechas doesn't happen to anyone else's." Eli hoped. "Almost makes me relieved that I don't have a mecha beast." Harley admitted with disappointment. "Don't worry, we'll get to the bottom of this." Darius assured. "Without mecha beasts, Slugterra would be without reliable transportation and everyone would have to find other ways to get around, like Dr. Blakk's Slugterran Express. We wouldn't want that now, would we?" Eli and Harley looked at each other. "I'm getting a bad vibe about this Darius guy, bro." Harley whispered. "I know, me too. But we'll keep our eyes open if something happens." Eli planned. Harley and Burpy nodded.
At Blakk's citadel, Blakk stood outside as the express train arrived. A young man wearing a hazmat suit carried a canister of red water substance. "You're late! The last person who made me wait became dinner for my ghoul slugs." Blakk said, making the man look nervous. "Was there a problem with the shipment?" "Oh, no problem! Except me almost getting killed. I don't ever wanna go back there again, Dr. Blakk. That place is-it's unnatural!" The man explained. Blakk groaned at the man's cowardice complaining. "Where do I find these people? Take it inside!" He ordered. The man took the canister in as Blakk turned to see Nacho standing by the train.
The canister was loaded up into a machine where a bull mecha was standing. "Let's test the potency, shall we?" Blakk asked himself, pushing a button. The red water substance was transferred from the canister into the machine. A needle attachment injected the water into the mecha's heart. "Another fine batch. I'm beginning to think that our possibilities for ghouling may be endless." Blakk said impressed as the mecha was being ghouled.
Back at the forge, Darius was finishing the Shane Gang's tour. "So, I hope you all feel secure knowing the quality, care and, darn it, love that goes into every mecha beast we build." He said. "That's it? Aren't you gonna show us the final assembly area?" Kord asked in confusion. "Uh, closed for remodeling." Darius lied. "I can show you kids to commissary. All the cave berry shakes you can drink." He offered. "Hoo-hoo! Well, if you are challenging Pronto to break his shake drinking record, I accept." Pronto accepted. Eli stopped him. "There's something about this Darius guy. I don't trust him." Eli said. "Neither do I." Harley agreed. "Bah. Anyone who offers delicious shakes, is a friend to me!" Pronto assured the brothers. Eli and Harley were unsure but continued to follow Darius. "So, what exactly happened to Grendel? He loved this job." Kord asked, curious about Grendel. "You kids ask a lot of questions, don't you?" Darius asked, slightly annoyed with the questions.
Eli, Harley and Pronto stopped noticing a man go into a room with the doors closing. "What's down there?" Eli asked out of curiosity. "Just spare parts." Darius lied. "Hey! Who wants those shakes?" Trixie, Kord and Vance followed him. "Oh! Me, me, me! Me, me, me, me!" Pronto called, waving his arm. Eli took his arm. "Come on guys. I wanna check this out." He said dragging Pronto down the hall. "Aw, but-but the shakes!" Pronto whined. "Oh, come on, Pronto!" Harley said, shoving Pronto down the hall, following Eli. They peeked through the door, looking at a red eyed mammoth mecha. "Hey!" A voice called. The 3 turned to see 3 of the engineers. "What are you doing here?" The one in the middle demanded to know. Pronto noticed a scrap chute next to them. "Quickly! This way!" He called, getting stuck in the chute. Harley gave him a shove, going down himself. Eli followed after, escaping the engineers.
The 3 landed on a conveyer belt loaded with scrap and trash. "If there is one thing Pronto is good at, it is escaping danger." Pronto exaggerated. "Especially when it's escaping into something worse!" Eli panicked, pointing behind Pronto. All the trash and scrap was going through an incinerator. The 3 looked on in shock, and looked over the edge of the belt, seeing nothing but a bottomless drop. They looked at each other as Pronto gave a scream and started running back up the belt, only to be blocked by a big metal cube. Eli and Harley tried to push Pronto up it, but the cube was too tall. Pronto slipped out of their hands and nearly fell off the edge. But Eli grabbed him by his moustache. "The pain is unbearable!" Pronto said in pain. Eli pulled him back onto the belt.
As they neared the incinerator, Pronto lost all hope. "Goodbye, my friends." He said to the brothers. Burpy chirped, getting an idea. "My thoughts exactly, Burpy." Eli said, having the same idea. "What are you doing?!" Pronto asked, thinking Eli went mad. "I know what he's doing." Harley said, knowing his brother. Eli loaded Burpy into his blaster. "Fighting fire with fire. Backdraft!" He called, firing Burpy at the incinerator. Burpy transformed and absorbed the fire from the machine. Eli, Harley and Pronto followed as Burpy blasted a hole into the wall. They hopped through the hole and landed on the floor. Pronto picked up Burpy. "I could kiss you!" He tried to kiss Burpy, but Burpy zipped away, leaving a small flame on his moustache. Pronto shrieked as he patted out the flame. Eli, Harley and Burpy laughed at the mole's pain. "Slug! How you vex me!" Pronto muttered. Burpy just snickered and gave a smile.
The 3 found their way to a room full of bull mechas and one of Blakk's ghouling machines. They snuck in on the railing to get a closer look. One of the engineers was working the controls. "Tech log alpha G recording. Initiating auto-ghouling sequence." He said activating the machine. The machine started ghouling the mechas. "They're ghouling the mecha beasts!" Eli whispered. "That means Blakk is behind this!" Harley added. "Oh, yeah." A voice came from behind them. They turned to see 2 more engineers holding them at blaster point. "Welcome to the future of ghouling. Too bad you won't be around to enjoy it." One engineer said.
Darius led Trixie, Vance and Kord straight to commissary. "Here's the commissary and all the cave berry shakes you can drink." He said, 'til he noticed Eli, Harley and Pronto were gone. "Wait. Where are the other 3?" Suddenly an alarm started to blare. "Attention! We have intruders on level 8!" A voice announced. Darius pulled out his own blaster on the 3. "You're not really an engineer, are you?" Trixie asked rhetorically.
The 2 engineers still had Eli, Harley and Pronto at blaster point. "Don't try anything clever." The one engineer warned. "Clever?" Eli chuckled. "Not to worry there. Our partner here doesn't know the meaning of the word." Harley knew what Eli was up to and decided to play along. "In fact, he barely knows the meaning of anything." He added. That made Pronto gasp in anger. "We should've known our 'scout' would lead us into a pickle like this." Eli continued. "Yeah. And the last pickle he led us into, was at the bottom of a jar." Harley joked. "You forget yourselves, sirs." Pronto muttered, feeling insulted. "In fact, I don't think this mole could his butt with both hands!" Eli said. That made Pronto snap, stepping in front of the brothers. "Firstfully: I do know where my butt is!" He snapped, grabbing his butt. "Secondively: you 2 would be wise to choose your next words carefully!" As Pronto ranted, blocking the sight of the engineers, who have no idea what all of that is about, Eli and Harley secretly loaded their blasters with their new Vinedrill slugs: Tangles and Ivy. "A mole can be pushed only so far." Pronto finished. Eli pushed Pronto aside, and he and Harley slung Tangles and Ivy at the engineers. The Vinedrills hit the engineers with their Itchypants attack, making them scratch like crazy. "It gets worse the more you scratch." Eli warned them. Pronto cleared his throat. "I suggest that we run away as calmly as possible." He said, taking off. "For once, I actually agree with him." Harley said, following him, with Eli bringing up the rear. "Oh, that itches!" The engineer said still scratching
"You and Harley are quite the actors, Eli." Pronto said, as they continued running through the halls. "This way!" Pronto called, pointing to the right. Suddenly, he stopped. He started sniffing the air. "Listen. Do you 2 smell that?" He asked. Eli and Harley took a sniff. "Nope." Eli answered. "Me neither." Harley added. "Well, that is because you 2 can hear with your noses like I can." Pronto explained. He sniffed some more. "It's coming from-" He sniffed until he pointed down the hall. "-that a way!" He started sniffing door to door and deducing the smells. "Cleaning supplies. Yeuch! Spoiled meat storage. Axel grease. And…ah, yes." Pronto stopped at the last door. "I think you both may find something of great importance behind that door, my sniffless friends." Eli and Harley looked through the door's window. "Nice work, Pronto." Eli said. Behind the door was Grendel and his troll engineers.
Darius had cuffed Trixie, Kord and Vance and stuck them in a bowl in the foundry. "You just had to barge in here asking your nosey questions! Why couldn't you have just crashed and burned like everyone else is going to?!" Darius asked, completely miffed. "You're working for Blakk, aren't you?" Trixie guessed. "Very good." Darius said, impressed with Trixie's deduction. "Then you've probably also figured that Dr. Blakk doesn't like to leave any loose ends. And that's exactly what you 3 are: a loose end. Tour's over!" He pushed a button on his control pad and molten metal started to pour from the cauldrons and into the bowl, surrounding Trixie, Vance and Kord.
Trixie, Kord and Vance were about to be burned alive, until Eli and Harley burst through the door. Harley fired his new Rammstone, Masher at Darius, knocking him aside and giving Eli the chance to sling Chiller, freezing the molten metal. Eli and Harley ran over to their friends. "Eli! Harley! Oh, you found us just in time buddy boys!" Kord said, happy to see the brothers. Darius quietly slipped away. After Eli uncuffed Trixie, she threw her arms around him and hugged him tight, making Eli blush. "But that's not all we found." Harley said, uncuffing Vance. "That's right." Eli said as Trixie pulled away. "Look who was locked up in the basement." Kord looked up to see Grendel and his engineers come up behind Pronto. "Grendel? Boy am I glad to see you!" Kord said in surprise. "No time for hugs and howdy-doos, youngster. We've got to move fast, before they send those mecha beasts to all of Slugterra!" Grendel said. "Grendel's right. We gotta hustle!" Eli agreed, uncuffing Kord. "Oh, you're much too late for that!" Darius called. Him and 4 of his engineers turning up and blasting ghouls at the group.
Eli, Trixie, Harley, Vance and Kord jumped out of the way. "Grendel! Can your guys buy us some time?" Eli asked. "They'd like nothing better." Grendel said. The trolls gave a battle cry and charged in at the evil engineers, deflecting the ghouls with their tools. Darius noticed the Shane Gang and Grendel heading off. "You! With me!" He called to 2 of his engineers to follow the group.
"Okay! Okay, what's going on in this place?" Kord asked as they ran. "Darius ghouled the mecha beasts!" Eli said. "What?! How can you ghoul a machine?!" Kord asked in shock. "It's the energy inside the heart unit that they get at. I've seen them do it." Grendel explained as they entered the elevator. "So, what's gonna happen to our mechas?" Eli asked, putting Chiller back in his barrel. "First, they start acting funny, then they go completely bonkers, and then PLOOOOM!" Grendel explained. "Funny. My mecha beast never acted like that when it was ghouled last time." Vance said. "Maybe because of all the advanced upgrades Blakk gave your mecha." Harley thought. "Only this time, your mecha got a stronger dose." Vance thought about it. "That could be it." He said. "Those creeps made me look like a fool! Worse, they made me look like a bad mechanic!" Kord ranted. "Uh, then there's the whole exploding thing." "They're going to send those upgrades to everyone." Trixie said. "No, they're not! We're gonna shut this place down! But first, we're gonna save our mechas." Eli assured his team.
Once they got to top level, they got a shocking surprise: all 5 of their mechas were red-eyed and now acting like they've gone feral. "It breaks my heart, Fernando. But I must leave you to your explosive fate." Pronto said with a sort of broken heart. "Maybe not, Pronto. What do you think, Doc?" Eli asked, holding up his Boon Doc. Suddenly a rumbling sound was coming right at them. Darius was riding the ghouled mammoth mecha they saw earlier. "Finish those kids!" He yelled. The others ducked out of the way, while Eli stood his ground. "Trixie! Kord! Vance! I need cover!" Kord slung Bludgeon and Trixie slung Blizzard. Vance pulled out his own blaster and slung a Hop Rock. But the mammoth just swatted the slugs out of the way. "Our slugs aren't even scratching that thing!" Kord said. The big mecha chased after Eli, crashing through the columns.
As Kord and Vance fired slugs at the engineers, Pronto snuck down into the vents. Pronto crept up behind the engineers, who were firing ghouls at Kord and Vance. Pronto readied his blaster and fired his Bubbaleone, Soapy, at the back of the one engineer's head. Soapy inflated himself and floated up with the engineer in her tentacles. The engineer accidently slung an Amperling ghoul at his comrade, shocking him. Kord and Vance gave Pronto a thumbs up. "Ha ha! It's good to be little." Pronto said, ducking back into the vents.
Eli loaded Doc into his blaster. "We've gotta even the odds!" He said. He dodged the mammoth and fired Doc into Lucky's mouth. As Doc was making his way towards Lucky's heart, Eli continued to dodge Darius 'til he got caught in a blast from a ghoul. The mammoth prepared to stomp on Eli, but he jumped out of the way and the shockwave from the stomp caused the floor under the mammoth to give out and break apart, trapping Darius and his mecha.
Eli seemed to be in the clear, but he soon found himself in the face of his beloved mecha beast. "Easy fella. Easy boy!" Eli said, trying to calm his mecha. But Lucky pinned him down and was about to kill him, but Doc reached the heart just in time and cured the wolf mecha. Lucky stepped off of Eli and Doc popped out of the wolf's nose. "Ha! You did it!" Eli said. "Can you do it again?" Doc nodded and hopped off. The others were surrounded by their own mechas. "Easy, Boomer." Trixie said to her mecha. Eli reloaded Doc and fired him at Boomer's mouth, curing the saber's heart. Doc hopped back into Eli's passing hand and was slung again, curing Wyatt and Vance's mecha. Trixie mounted Boomer. "Let's ride!" She said. Doc hopped from the horse to his slinger. Eli reloaded Doc and slung him at Fernando as he got on Lucky.
Darius's mammoth managed to climb out of the hole and Eli charged into the fight. Pronto happily mounted back on Fernando as Doc popped of the ear. An engineer charged at Trixie with a ghouled bull mecha. Trixie fired her Polero, Twirl, at the mecha's legs. She jumped over as the bull slid across the floor. She then dodged a ghoul being shot at her from the left, glaring at the 2 engineers. But Grendel appeared behind them and bashed their heads together, knocking them out. Eli fired slugs back to back at the mammoth, but none of them were even denting it. The mammoth swatted Eli down and stepped on top of him and his mecha. "Eli!" Harley called. Eli looked to find his blaster, but it was out of reach. Darius stepped of the mammoth to the ground. "You fixed your mecha beast. Good for you." He said sarcastically, pointing his blaster at Eli. "This doesn't change a thing! In the end, Dr. Blakk cannot be stopped!" "You're gonna feel pretty embarrassed when we prove you wrong!" Eli disagreed.
Suddenly Pronto came charging in. "Stand aside! Pronto will save you-" He would have said 'til Fernando halted to a stop, sending Pronto flying into a column. Darius just chuckled and looked at the donkey. "What a pile of junk." He said. Suddenly, the tail flag went up and blew smoke in Darius's face. He coughed and walked blindly around, until he felt someone's chest. He looked up and saw Grendel chuckling. "I'm gonna enjoy this, wee man." He said, punching Darius over to another column. Darius then looked up to see Eli, Trixie and Harley standing over him. "Now then, you were saying?" Eli rhetorically asked, aiming his blaster at Darius as more smoke blew in his face.
Pronto gasped. "Fernando! I thought you were cured! EVERYBODY RUN, BEFORE HE EXPLODES!" He panicked. "Actually, that one was me and Harley." Kord said, holding up a button. "We were saving it for a special occasion." Harley added. Pronto started to laugh. "You 2 and your wonderful pranks! Oh, I could kiss you. I could kiss you!" He said 'til the tail flag went up again, making him flinch. Kord threatened to push the button. "I mean-uh-perhaps another time." Pronto said.
Eli held up his Boon Doc. "Doc, you did a really great job out there. Thanks for saving our rides." He said. Doc bowed as if saying 'your welcome.' The Shane Gang cheered at their victory at the forge as Grendel's engineers rounded up Darius and his engineers. Darius just growled at being beaten by a bunch of kids.
In the mecha beast assembly room, Doc had just finished curing the last of the ghouled mecha. "That's the last one." Eli said as Doc hopped from the mecha's ear and into his hand. "Nice work, Doc." Doc yawned in relief at being done at last. Trixie was filming the entire thing on her camera. "Once this story gets out, people are gonna start to realize the truth about Dr. Blakk." She said. "I'm just glad to see that Slugterra has Shanes once again." Grendle said, putting both of his hands on Eli and Harley's shoulders. "Aw. It was Pronto's pleasure to save the day." Pronto exaggerated. Kord slipped next to Eli. "One more stink blast? Just for fun?" He pleaded. "Save it for the ride home." Eli said. "Done and done." Kord accepted.
"What if Blakk tries again?" Eli asked in concern. "My engineers are already on it." Grendel said. "Blakk may have a new trick, but I can assure you it will never find it's way into one of our mechas." He then looked to Harley. "Oh, which reminds me: we have something for you Harley." Harleys eyes widened. "For me?" He asked. Grendel led the gang to a tarp in the room. "Your father had this specially ordered the day before he disappeared. He said it was for you, Harley." He said pulling down the tarp, revealing a red-orange velociraptor mecha. Everyone was wide-eyed. "A raptor mecha?! I thought those models weren't due for years?" Kord said in shock. "We made an exception for Will Shane." Grendel explained. Harley felt like crying. "My own mecha beast. Thank you, Grendel." He said happily. Grendel nodded. "And if you ever need our help, here we'll be." He said.
At Blakk's citadel, Blakk just got the news from Nacho about the forge. "It appears that our 'improvements' to the mecha beasts have been discovered. Disappointing." He said. "We'll just have to try a little harder next time. Won't we?" He stuck his finger in a cage, scratching the chin of a Thrasher ghoul, who tried to bite the finger. "That's the spirit! They can enjoy this victory, but I'm a patient man. Very patient." He said. "Increase our production! I'm going to be needing more ghouls. A lot more ghouls." Nacho nodded, knowing what Blakk was planning.
To be continued…
There you go, everybody! Harley final has his own mecha beast! A Velociraptor! I was gonna go with another wolf, but one of my reviewers changed my mind. I also colored the raptor red-orange because it's one of my favorite colors. I also felt bad for the gang not getting that Hoverbug slug at the beginning. And who knows who else is in league with Dr. Blakk. Leave a review if you'd like, because more surprises are on the way.
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 (Lariat), Gust (Tormato), Buzzsaw (Thresher), Digger (Crystalid), Spinner (Arachnet), Mucky (Dirt Urchin), Tangles (Vinedrill)
Harley Shane: Matchstick (Flaringo), Squirm (Flopper), Frostbite (Frostcrawler), Webs (Arachnet), Gels (Jellyish), Zipper (Hoverbug), Ivy (Vinedrill), Masher (Rammstone)
Trixie Sting: Bluster (Tormato), Blizzard (Frostcrawler), Spider (Arachnet), Twirl (Polero)
Kord Zane: Bludgeon (Rammstone), Sploder (Hop Rock)
Pronto Geronimo: Stinky (Flatulorhinkus), Slimey (Jellyish), Soapy (Bubbaleone)
