Here we go, chapter 8! The secret of the ghouls will finally be revealed. Enjoy everybody!
Chapter 8: Deadweed
The Shane Gang were passing through a creepy nightmarish forest. "There it is." Trixie pointed to a cave. "Deadweed Cavern. I dare you to go near it." She jokingly dared Kord, who just flinched. "Sure, it's a little creepy looking. But, what's the big deal?" Eli asked. "Who knows, Eli. What with everything we've been through." Harley said. "We're passing by! Hold your breath or the evil spirits will get in your nose!" Trixie said as she, Kord and Vance took a breath. "Bah! A foolish superstition. Pronto holds his breath for nothing." Pronto boasted, until he looked at the doors with the skull and crossbones mark on it. "But, maybe just to be safe." He said, taking a breath himself. "Man! Are these guys for real, bro?" Harley asked in amusement. "Yeah. You guys crack us up. We're going in for a closer look." Eli said as he and Harley rode up to the cavern entrance.
The others tried to stop the brothers, but they were still holding their breaths. Knowing they had no choice, the breathed out. "Eli! Harley! Don't be fools!" Pronto called. "Hey Harley, isn't Deadweed where Frightgeist slugs come from?" Eli asked his brother as they hopped off their mechas. "That's what I heard." Harley answered. "Then let's go see if we can get some." Eli said. "Great idea! Come on, guys! Where's your sense of adventure?" Harley asked their team. "This is a place of unspeakable dangers!" Pronto said. "Only thing you guys will find in there is 'ghost sound." Kord said. "Sick owls?" Eli asked, making Harley snicker. "Oh, for the love of-" Pronto said, fed up with Eli and Harley's attitudes. "Eli, Harley, we're talking about ghosts!" "Well, we ain't afraid of no ghosts." Harley said. "That's because they don't exist." Eli said. "True that." Harley agreed, giving his brother a fist bump.
The brothers tugged on the door together, until they got it open. Trixie and Pronto shook with fear. "We'll be in and out before you know it." Eli assured his team. The 4 just stood right where they were. "Fine! You wait here. We'll be back in a minute." He and Harley walked inside. Kord and Vance did not like the idea that Eli and Harley went inside. Suddenly, the brothers started screaming. "Eli! Harley!" The gang called, running inside to help them.
Trixie peered in first. "Eli?" She called. But no reply. The rest followed her inside and they were scared to death. "Eh, I don't like this." Kord said out of fear. "Eli? Harley? Where are you, buddies?" He called. Just then, 2 shadows crept up behind the gang with an ominous orange glow. The gang slowly turned around. "BOO!" Eli and Harley shouted, making the others scream and fall on their butts. "Oh! You! I hate you both so much!" Pronto said very mad. Eli, Harley and Burpy, whose fire was the ominous light, laughed at the effect of their trick. "You should've seen the look on your faces!" Eli said. "Yeah. It was priceless!" Harley added. Everybody just looked at them with unamused faces.
The brothers continued to laugh until a big wind blew the door shut. Burpy relit his head as the gang heard a windy moan. Eli and Harley got a little spooked while their slugs shook in fear from inside their barrels. "Very funny guys." Eli said, thinking it was a joke. "Yeah. Now who're the jokers?" Harley asked, thinking the same thing. Another wind blew in from down the tunnel. "That wasn't us." Trixie said. "Let's get out of here!" Harley called as they ran for the door. They pushed it, but it was locked from the outside.
"It won't budge! We're trapped in here!" Kord said. They heard a bat screech from the tunnel, spooking them. "Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all." Eli said in regret. "Yeah. I think you're right." Harley agreed.
(Intro)
With the door locked from the outside, The Shane Gang decided to continue on into the cavern. "This is a mistake, I tell you! We should've waited by the door!" Pronto said in fear and protest. "It could be half past forever by the time somebody rescues us." Trixie said. "We'll see if we can find another way back out. And film some ghosts." She held up her camera and started filming. "I'd settle for some people." Eli said. "What exactly happened to the people here, Pronto?" Harley asked. "It used to be a busy goldmine. Then, years ago, abandoned." Pronto explained. "Many ventured in to see why, only to emerge screaming in fear. Or worse, never seen again."
At that moment, the small plants began to light up the cave. "This is great! We can find a new slug and solve a mystery!" Eli said in excitement. "A 2 for 1 deal? I like it!" Harley said. "Either way, it's gonna make some great footage." Trixie said. "Of our gruesome demise!" Pronto cried. "Just make me look heroic when the hungry ghosts come to eat my molenoid brains." "Did you say 'brains?" Eli asked, hearing an S at the end of brain. "Yes, of course. We molenoids have 2 brains. Which makes me twice as scared and twice as tasty!" Pronto explained, now fearing for his life.
Pronto then stepped on a shovel and it threw itself up at Pronto's face, making him scream and ducking for cover, shaking in fear. "Pronto?" Trixie called. "It's just a shovel." She held up the digging tool, making Pronto giggle nervously.
As the gang continued on, fog started to form. "The fog is too thick. I can't see anything. We should turn back, while we still have our brains!" Pronto said, still scared. "Nobody wants to eat your brains, Pronto." Eli assured. "Hey! What's wrong with my brains?!" Pronto asked, feeling insulted. "Is that a trick question?" Harley asked, making a joke. Trixie was still recording when something ran past her. She flinched but shook it off, thinking it was nothing.
"I've got something that'll cut right through this fog." Kord said, putting a scope on his blaster. "Sonar scope." Harley got confused. "Wouldn't sonar be better used underwater?" He asked. "Not like this one. It sends an ultrasonic soundwave that acts like a bat's echolocation." Kord explained. He pointed his blaster out. "All clear. Oh yeah. This baby works like a charm." Suddenly, bats swarmed them. "Are you sure that thing's working?" Eli asked as the bats left. Kord chuckled out of embarrassment. "Sorry. I put it on backwards." He said, flipping the scope around.
Pronto was now fed up. "That's it! I'm leading us to an exit!" He said trying to walk away. Eli grabbed Pronto's shoulder. "Come on, this is fun!" He said. "Yeah. Reminds me of Halloween." Harley said. "What's a Halloween?" Trixie asked. Eli and Harley tried to think of a lie to keep their secret. "It's an old Shane tradition. Once a year we dress up in scary costumes and get candy from the neighbors." Eli explained. "Sounds like extortion." Trixie said. "I don't know. Sounds like fun. I should try this Halloween." Vance said, very interested.
"Wow, Pronto. I've never seen you so scared." Trixie said. "Pronto is not scared! Pronto is-" "Turn back!" A voice whispered in the air. "-terrified!" Pronto finished, shaking in his boots. "Uh, I could be wrong but, that sounded like a voice." Kord said. "Or a sick owl." Harley disagreed. "It was saying 'turn back." Pronto said. "It's the wind! Last time I checked, the wind doesn't say turn back." Eli assured his team. "Yeah. I guess you're right." Kord said. He then put a hardhat on his hand. "Hey Pronto. Look. Another brain-eating ghost." He said jokingly. Pronto was not amused. "Ha-ha! Very funny Mr. Cave troll man." He said. "Turn back!" Kord continued until something came up behind him. It was a ghost!
The ghost shrieked, making the whole gang scream. "Ghosts?" Trixie asked in shock. "I TOLD YOU SO!" Pronto said, now completely scared. "I don't think they wanna be friends." Eli guessed. "Let 'em have it, guys!" He fired Rammer from his blaster, but Rammer just flew right through the ghosts. "What?!" Eli said in surprise. The others fired their loaded slugs, ending with the same results. "We can't hit 'em!" Trixie called. Eli looked around and saw a mining cart. "This way!" He called, heading for the cart. The others followed him to the cart. Eli jumped in. "Everyone, get in!" He said. Harley, Trixie, Pronto and Vance jumped in while Kord gave the cart a push before jumping in himself. "Haha! Eat our dust, ghosts!" Pronto called. Trixie focused her camera on the ghost leader. "I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it with my own eyes." Eli said. "Well, do you believe it now?" Trixie asked. "Yes." Eli answered.
The cart went down a slope. "Well, at least we lost them." Eli said. But then, the cart drove up another slope and drove back the other way towards the ghosts. Then the cart stopped in the middle. "Oh no." Pronto said as the ghosts closed in. The gang held on to each other for dear life. Suddenly a train whistle blew, making the ghosts leave and leaving the gang confused. "That's right! Run you ghosts! Fear me!" Pronto exaggerated. "Why'd they leave?" Trixie asked. The train whistled again. "Hide! They're coming back!" Pronto yelled. "No, listen!" Eli said, looking down a tunnel. "This is something else."
The gang walked through the tunnel and hid behind some rocks as the whistle blew again. Down at the bottom was a train track. "What is this place?" Eli asked. "Why is there a train track down here?" Harley asked. Just then, Dr. Blakk's train pulled in. "The Slugterran Express? What's it doing all the way down here?" Kord asked. "Did Deadweed ever have a stop?" Harley asked. "Never. This is new. Like really new." Trixie said. Down by the train, a familiar demon man emerged from the train. "Is that who I think it is?" Eli asked. "Dr. Blakk's most feared enforcer: El Diablos Nacho." Pronto whispered.
Eli looked on as 2 of Blakk's guards walked up to Nacho. "You have one hour. Put your suits on and get to work!" Nacho ordered. The guards nodded in fear and walked off. "What is going on down here?" Eli asked. Trixie turned her camera and noticed the ghosts walking to the train. "They're back." She said sing-songy. Blakk's men, scared out of their suits, ran for their lives. One of them fired a loaded ghoul at the ghosts, but it passed right through. "Turn back!" The ghosts said. Nacho stood his ground. "My answer is still no!" He said, holding up a ghoul barrel, containing a ghouled Frightgeist.
"Is that a Frightgeist slug?" Eli asked, taking notice. "It used to be. That one's been ghouled! Now it's a Nightgeist!" Trixie said. Nacho loaded the ghoul into his blaster and slung it at the ghosts. The ghoul hit the ghost in the middle with its Paranoyd attack. Nacho shouted at the ghosts and sent them running away. "It turns you into a quivering coward until the effects wear off." Trixie explained. "How did his slugs hit while ours went right through?" Eli asked. "Maybe because his slugs were ghouled. Who knows what happens when Blakk changes them?" Trixie guessed. "You mean other than those freaky looks?" Vance asked. Trixie nodded. "Did you hear the ghosts? They told him to turn back too. Turn back from what?" Eli wondered.
"Alright men! We're going in! Open the doors!" Nacho ordered. A goon in the control room pressed a button, opening a gate to another part of the cavern. Nacho hopped on as the train rolled right in. "I need to know what these guys are up to." Eli said, heading for the gate. "Right with you, bro." Harley said, following. "So am I." Kord said. "Me too." Vance followed. "It would safer to stay here. Or run as fast as we can in the opposite direction. That way!" Pronto tried to protest as Trixie ran after the others. "Okay! Why doesn't anyone listen to Pronto?!" He asked, annoyed at the team's disobedience. The gate shut as the gang reached it. "Too late! We're gonna have to get into that control room!" Eli said. "Leave that to me." Kord said.
"Trick 'r' Treat!" Eli called, knocking on the door. The goon walked over to the door. "What's the password?" He asked. "Uh, ouch?" Kord guessed before slamming the door into the goon. "Yep. That worked." Kord said, feeling proud. "Now what?" Vance asked. "Look for anything unusual. And see if you can find a switch to open that tunnel door." Eli said. As everyone looked around, Trixie came across a billboard with pictures of miners. "Take a look at this guy." She said, pointing at the picture at the end. Eli took a look at it. "What's unusual about a miner?" He asked. Trixie opened a replay hologram of the ghosts chasing them. "He's one of the ghosts we fought earlier. It's the same guy!" She explained. "See? He was once alive, now he's a ghost. Case closed!" Pronto said, wanting to leave. "Case not closed, Pronto. We need to find out how the ghosts even became ghosts." Harley said, making Pronto growl.
Eli had a thought. "What if the miners of Deadweed didn't leave? They said 'turn back'. Maybe it was a warning to us to get out of here before what happened to them happens to us." He guessed. The gang put it into thought. "Very good advice. I suggest we follow it." Pronto said. "Not until we figure out what Dr. Blakk is taking from this place." Eli said. Pronto, very upset that no one listens to him, slumped back onto a lever, pushing it back and opening a door. "Nice work, Pronto." Eli said as the gang walked in. "Guys. Check it out." Eli said, looking out the window. The cavern the train entered had a well pumping the same red water substance Blakk used at the forge. "They got a full-grown mining operation going on here." Kord said.
Trixie noticed some goons in hazmat suits loading barrels onto the train's baggage cars. "What is that stuff?" She asked. "You don't bust out the safety suits for nothing. They're handling something dangerous here." Eli guessed. "Probably whatever's pumping from that well over there." Harley added. "Dark Water!" Kord said in realization. "You know what that stuff is?" Eli asked. "I think so, yeah. And it ain't good. The old trolls used to call it Karum-Zanul. Means Dark Water. Our home cavern was about as deep as this one. Sometimes a little bit of that stuff would seep up through the cracks. Strange would happen around it. Unnatural things." Kord explained. "So, what do they want with Dark Water?" Trixie asked. "Guys." Eli said, noticing something.
Nacho walked up to an unloaded barrel holding a cage. The goon opened the barrel. Nacho nodded to the goons. One of them took a scoop of Dark Water into a ladle and poured it into a little tube on the ghouling machine. Nacho took the Hop Rock in the cage and placed it into the barrel. The barrel sunk into the machine, trapping the slug in it. Another goon pushed a button and dark clouds started forming around the poor slug, draining the Dark Water from the tube. Nacho smiled at the progress. The clouds faded, revealing a Hop Jack ghoul. The ghoul fell the floor and came out in a ghoul barrel. Nacho took the barrel and nodded. He then noted to the goons to load the barrel.
"This is how Blakk changes regular into ghouls. He uses Dark Water." Eli said, figuring out Blakk's secret. "With a well like that, Blakk could turn every slug in Slugterra evil." Kord said, making the slugs quiver in fear. The others looked on as Eli began to think. "If we cut off Blakk's supply of Dark Water, we stop him from ghouling slugs. We need to take out that well." Eli said. Burpy chittered. "Burpy's in." He added, knowing his slug. "So am I." Trixie said. "Me too." Kord added. "Right with you bro." Harley said. "Count me in." Vance followed. "No thank you!" Pronto rejected. The others looked at the mole. "Come on, Pronto." Eli said, annoyed with Pronto's cowardice. "Don't you 'come on, Pronto' Pronto. I refuse to let anything unnatural happen to ME!" Pronto said as he turned to leave, only to find Trixie standing in front of him. "You can't leave." She said. "You can do anything if you put your mind to it." Pronto said. Eli and Harley looked at each other, smiled and nodded. "You're right. The odds are not in our favor and yeah, you're afraid of ghosts. But I know something you're not afraid of. You're not afraid to do the right thing." Eli said. "Especially if it means fame and glory." Harley added. That got Pronto thinking. "Yes. Glory. Okay! Pronto is in!" He said, convinced. Eli and Harley fist-bumped. "How did you-" Trixie began to ask. "Reverse psychology. Works everytime." Eli said. Trixie smiled at Eli's smarts. "But we cannot attack. There is a better way." Pronto said looking at the spare hazmat suits.
The Shane Gang dressed up in the hazmat suits. "This isn't gonna work." Kord said, trying to get a feel for the suit. "Yes, it will." Eli assured. "I don't see Nacho around and everybody's busy doing their thing." Trixie looked at the well. "Kord, you said that strange things would happen around this stuff. Like what kind of things?" She asked. "Well, it was like the life was sucked right out of you." Kord guessed in realization. "No wonder they have protective suits! The miners aren't ghosts! They just got exposed to the Dark Water!" Eli said, putting the pieces together. "Maybe if we shut down the well, the miners might un-ghost." Harley thought out loud.
"How do we shut this thing off?" Eli asked. "I say we just blow it up." Trixie suggested. "And flood the cavern? No thanks." Eli said, not wanting to risk a Dark Water flood. "We're just gonna have to get up to the pump and shut it down manually." Kord said. "What about the guards?" Vance asked. "Oh please! All this needs is a little persuasive charisma." Pronto said walking towards the goons, while the others tried to protest. As Pronto walked up to the goons, one of them held up his hand, noting him to stop. "Get out of my way, you ugly pigs!" Pronto shouted, making the goons glare. "Smooth." Kord said in worry. Eli decided to back him up. He ran up to them. "You heard him! Move it, ugly pigs!" He repeated, making the goons confused. "We have a potential leak here! Look what happened to this guy." He lied. Pronto felt insulted. "Unless you wanna go for a swim, get back to the train!" Eli ordered. The goons felt unsure, but they just shrugged it off and did as Eli said.
Eli motioned the others to the well. "You see? Was there ever any doubt?" Pronto asked. Harley just shook his head. "Alright. Let's shut her down." Eli said, looking for a shut off button. "I don't know, man. Easier said than done. It's not like there's an on/off switch." Kord said. "Load up another car. Move! Move!" Nacho barked at the goons, until he noticed the gang near the well controls. He prepped his blaster and moved in. "Come on. Think troll. Think!" Kord chanted to himself. "Think faster! Their going to realize we're up to something eventually." Pronto said in worry. And he was right. He heard a blaster being fired as a Hop Jack flew right at them. They got clear as Nacho rode down the hill, firing another ghoul.
The Shane Gang ran for cover as Nacho fired another ghoul at them. "Quit standing around! We've got intruders!" He called. The goons armed themselves and fired ghoul after ghoul at the still running gang. Nacho hopped onto a cart load of barrels and fired another ghoul. Eli tried to fire back but dodged the incoming ghoul. One of the goons fired another Hop Jack, while Trixie fired her Bubbaleone, Balloon. Balloon swallowed the ghoul and it exploded in her stomach. Balloon belched out the ghoul as she deflated out of relief. Another goon fired another ghoul at Eli, but he dodged it and fired Joules, shocking the goon with her Tazerbolt. Kord fired his own Tazerling, Jolt, at Nacho, but the demon man shook off the shock from the Tazerbolt.
"Harley! We'll hold them off! You guys figure out how to shut this thing down for good." Eli said taking off his suit's mask. The others snuck their way back to the well. Eli and Harley waited as Nacho walked closer looking for them. Eli popped up and slung Rammer. Nacho slid aside and the slug hit a barrel. Nacho fire another ghoul at the brothers. The brothers jumped out of the way and fired both Chiller and Frostbite, putting Nacho in their Deepfreeze attack. They seemed like they won, but the ice started to crack. Eli loaded Burpy for precaution. Nacho broke free of the ice and fired the Nightgeist at the brothers. It hit them with Paranoyd before they had a chance to fire back. "Eli and Harley just got hit by a Nightgeist!" Kord said in worry.
When the brothers came to, the Paranoyd attack started to take effect. They started screaming in fear as the Nightgeist hopped towards them. "It's after me! Make it stop!" Eli screamed as he ran into the tunnels. "Eli! Wait for me!" Harley screamed, following his brother. Nacho reloaded his ghoul and walked after them. The rest of the gang were held up by 3 goons. "This will flush them out." Pronto said loading a slug. The goons fired their ghouls at the barrel Pronto hid behind. Pronto kicked the barrel away and slung his Rammstone, Bruiser, at the pipes behind them. Bruiser broke the chain holding the pipes and they toppled down, sending the goons running for the train. "That's right! You better run ack to your mother and tell her that Pronto sent you!" Pronto taunted.
In the mine tunnels, Eli and Harley were still quivering from the Paranoyd attack. But soon enough, the effects wore off. "That thing scared the snot outta me!" Eli said. "Me too. I nearly wet myself." Harley added. "We gotta get back to the team." Eli said. "Good call." Harley agreed. As they made their way down the tunnel, something ran behind them. They jolted around to see, but there was nothing. "The effects of that ghouled Frightgeist slug must still be playing on our nerves." Eli guessed. "Maybe. I'm still a little shaky from that." Harley admitted.
Suddenly, a slight moaning came from the tunnel and 2 little ghosts appeared, making Eli and Harley stop in their tracks. "I don't like the sound of that, guys." Eli said, unloading the barrel from his blaster. "Neither do I." Harley said. Burpy growled and hopped in the barrel, which Eli loaded back into his blaster. Harley loaded Matchstick's barrel in his blaster. They aimed at the 2 little ghosts, until the ghosts dropped their trick, revealing a couple of Frightgeist slugs. "Whoa!" Eli said impressed. "You 2 must be Frightgeist slugs. That was quite the trick you guys just pulled." He said, kneeling down to the slugs. "Me and Harley could use guys like you on our team." He and Harley held out their hands to them and the slugs hopped into them. "Think I'll call you Spooker." Eli said. "And you Frights." Harley said. The Frightgeists smiled.
Just then, the Shane brothers got surrounded by the miner ghosts. "Oh boy!" Eli said, putting Spooker on his shoulder before getting up. Harley did the same with Frights. "Wait! Wait! We're on the same side!" Eli said, trying to reason with the ghosts. "All of this started when Blakk dug that Dark Water well, Didn't it?" Harley asked. "All this time, you were just warning people to stay away so the same thing wouldn't happen to them." Eli guessed. "My brother, friends and I are trying to put an end to all this. Will you help us fight?" He asked. The ghosts looked at each other then back to the brothers.
Back at the slug fight, Blakk's goons were overwhelming Trixie and the others, firing ghoul after ghoul. Kord slung his Polero, Trip, at the goons' legs, tripping them. "We need to find another way to shut this place down." He said as Trixie fired another slug. "We're completely outnumbered. Where are Eli and Harley?!" Pronto asked as the goons closed in on them.
Nacho walked through the tunnel, still looking for the brothers. "Where are you, Eli and Harley Shane?" He called. Eli hid behind some barrels. "Bring the heat, Burpy. Firewall!" He called as he fired Burpy from his blaster, creating a firewall in front of Nacho. "You wanna fight, Nacho? Well, come and find me!" Eli called, taking off down another tunnel. Nacho looked around and took off down the left tunnel, only to run into the ghosts. "You do not frighten me." He stated. "No?" Asked Eli's voice as the ghosts stepped aside for the Shane brothers. "Well, we can change all that." He said holding up his blaster, loaded with Spooker. Nacho just growled as Eli slung Spooker at Nacho, hitting the demon man with Frightningrod. "No!" Nacho yelled as the attack took effect, getting scared of the ghosts. Eli and Harley watched as Nacho screamed and ran out of the tunnel.
As the goons closed in on the gang, Nacho came running out of the tunnel, still screaming. "To the train!" He yelled out of fear. The gang looked confused until the heard Eli and Harley yelling and saw them charging out of the tunnel with the miners. Nacho made it to the train as the Frightningrod's effects slowly started to wear off. He looked back at the brothers and the ghosts before climbing onto the barrel car. "Take us out of here! NOW!" He barked. The other goons made it back to the train as it started to leave.
Eli, Harley and the miners stopped to notice the train leaving. "Stop that train!" Eli ordered. "Too late! Look!" Harley said, pointing at Nacho. Nacho drew his blaster and fired a Hop Jack at the control room, destroying it completely. The train made it out as the tunnel caved in. "That ghoul took out the control room! And that took out all of the fail safes!" Kord said. "This thing's gonna blow!" Trixie added. Everybody took cover as the well blew up. And Dark Water started spurting from the pipe. "WE NEED TO PLUG THAT PIPE!" Eli called.
Kord looked around for something to plug the pipe with and noticed Pronto stuck in another pipe. Kord had an idea and pulled his mole friend free. "You're perfect!" He said, holding up the molenoid. "Of course I am!" Pronto said not understanding what Kord said. "Wait. Perfect for what?" Kord sat Pronto on the pipe, causing a rumbling noise from the pipe being blocked. Pronto braced himself for whatever came next. But the rumbling stopped, which meant the Dark Water stopped flowing from the pipe. "Once again Pronto has saved the day!" Pronto boasted.
A while later, Kord was welding a lid onto the pipe, permanently sealing the well. "Alright, guys. That should just about do it. This well is sealed up for good." He said, finishing up. "And we'll make sure it stays that way." The one miner actually said. "Hey. Look!" Eli said, pointing at the miner. The miner looked at his hand. "The effects! They're wearing off!" He said. The same thing happened to the other miners. They cheered for joy as Pronto looked on. "There! You see? What did I tell you? There's no such thing as ghosts." He said, taking credit for what Eli and Harley said. "You told us nothing whatever. Go on! Dance a little jig for us. You've once again taken credit for something my brother and I said." Harley accused. "I did not!" Pronto shouted. "You did too!" Harley shouted right back. Eli shook his head in amusement and Burpy just chittered in embarrassment.
"What happened here?" Eli asked. "Well, it's hard to explain, but this place used to be a goldmine." The miner explained. "Then Blakk Industries bought the company and the business changed. Blakk made us dig the well. Had no idea what it was for until it was too late. We've been trying to stop them. But with those ghoul slugs and our weakened state, we were just no match. If it weren't for you and your team, I'm not sure what would've become of us. What brought you here anyway?" He asked. "This guy wanted to go on a slug hunt." Trixie said, sliding next to Eli, making him blush. "For what? One of these?" The miner asked, holding out a Frightgeist slug. "Take one. You can all have one. Call it a thank-you gift for helping us." Trixie took the slug and started petting it. "Thanks. But me and Harley already have our own." Eli said, bringing out Spooker.
Eli began to think. "What's wrong, Eli?" Trixie asked, worried about Eli. "This wasn't exactly a victory. Sure, we shut down the well, but Blakk's men got away with a ton of Dark Water. Who knows how much he's already stockpiled?" Eli explained. "And if he somehow made a deal with whatever's down in the Deep Caverns, no telling what else he could do."
Eli was right. At Blakk's citadel, Blakk and Nacho had tons of barrels loaded with Dark Water stockpiled. As they walked into Blakk's throne room, Nacho looked around and shut the doors.
Finally done! Sorry I couldn't continue writing any sooner. Laptop problems. But I was lucky I didn't lose any of my progress. I may have to switch to a new laptop soon, but everything's all good for now.
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), Spooker (Frightgeist)
Harley Shane: Matchstick (Flaringo), Squirm (Flopper), Frostbite (Frostcrawler), Webs (Arachnet), Gels (Jellyish), Zipper (Hoverbug), Ivy (Vinedrill), Masher (Rammstone), Frights (Frightgeist)
Trixie Sting: Bluster (Tormato), Blizzard (Frostcrawler), Spider (Arachnet), Twirl (Polero), Balloon (Bubbaleone)
Kord Zane: Bludgeon (Rammstone), Sploder (Hop Rock), Jolt (Tazerling), Trip (Polero)
Pronto Geronimo: Stinky (Flatulorhinkus), Slimey (Jellyish), Soapy (Bubbaleone), Bruiser (Rammstone)
