Here it is! Chapter 11! Introducing the Enigmo slug! Plus, some extra surprises. Enjoy!

Chapter 11: Endangered Species

Trixie was speeding on Boomer through the caverns. Eli and the others were right behind her. "Trixie! Wait up!" Eli called to his girlfriend. "What's the deal?! One minute we're having breakfast, and then the next, you tear off on your mecha!" Kord said, not understanding. "Yeah. I said I was sorry! It wasn't my fault! It was Pronto's cooking!" Eli said, referring to Pronto being a bad cook. "Hey! It takes an iron stomach to digest Casserole a la Molenoid." Pronto boasted. "That's not the reason I took off!" Trixie called. "Well, not the main reason."

[Flashback]

At the hideout Pronto was sniffing his food. He took a piece it his fork and started munching on it. Eli, Kord, Harley, Mario and Vance were a little hesitant to try the food. Trixie, bored out of her mind, gently shoved her food aside and went back to reading articles on her computer. Until she got a glimpse of a very special article. "No way! The Enigmo slug actually exists!" She said getting up. Suddenly, Eli started groaning. "Oh, this isn't sitting well." Eli groaned, feeling his stomach turn. He then started gagging. "You might wanna clear out. Now!" He said as everyone started to scatter before he threw up.

[Flashback end]

"Enigmo slug? Never heard of it." Eli said. "Yeah. Dad never mentioned anything about an Enigmo slug." Harley added. "What's it do that's so special?" Eli asked. "No one knows. Everyone always thought the Enigmo was just a legend. This is probably the last one in existance! No one's ever seen one transform." Trixie explained. Eli smiled and rode up beside her. "So, if we hurry, we can be the first to fire it and find out!" He said, now getting intrigued. "Even better: we can be the first to get that on video!" Trixie said, holding up her camera. Eli smiled at her. "This is why you're my girlfriend. Because you always have great ideas." He said, making her blush as they continued to speed ahead.

The gang soon arrived at Jungle Cavern, home of the Enigmo. Eli glanced all around the cavern. "This place is incredible." He said. "It's nice to see parts of Slugterra that are still unspoiled." That is until an explosion knocked over a big mushroom. Everyone flinched at the sound and sight of explosions. "So much for being 'unspoiled." Kord said quoting unspoiled. Eli looked down to see 4 slingers, 3 males and 1 female, firing at the jungle. "And so much for being the first to get here." Trixie added. "Who are these guys?" Harley asked. "Slug hunters. And they're after the Enigmo." Eli guessed with a glare.


(Intro) (Shane Gang updated with Mario Bravado)


The slug hunters searched high and low for the Enigmo. One of them fired a Hop Rock at a mushroom, knocking it over.

The Shane Gang glared at what was happening. "We need to get down there before they destroy this entire jungle!" Eli said. "No way!" Kord said, getting off of Wyatt. "The second you get some of that mushroom salad in your mecha's gears, its gonna go 'imitates metal creaking and then explosion." "Then I guess we're going on foot. Come on!" Eli said.

As they made their way down, Pronto tripped on a small mushroom, bounced off some bigger mushrooms and landed on another mushroom, getting mushroom slop on his clothes. Pronto started groaning at his unfortunate accident. "Slug hunting on foot. So uncivilized." He complained, until he saw a rich couple relaxing under a big tent, drinking some nectars. "Now, this is how you do it." Pronto said impressed. "Yeah. If you really don't care about getting the Enigmo." Eli stated. "Oh, but we're very eager to have it." The woman said. "Yes. As soon as one of you finds it, we'll be here to buy it for a fair price." The man said, gesturing over to a chest loaded with gold. "I wouldn't exactly call that fair. More like a crazy insane mech load of money!" Trixie said. "Oh. With such riches, we could do much good. For Pronto." Pronto said.

[Pronto's imagination]

Pronto was sitting on a mole mecha. "Oh, I could finally get a new mecha beast, with a comfy seat and less attitude." He thought while getting comfy on his new mecha while glaring at a distant Fernando. "Or a bejeweled handbag. With a comb pocket." He thought as a handbag appeared in his hand and he took a comb out of it and started combing his moustache. "No. Wait! A new scarf." He thought as his current scarf switched to a new blue scarf.

[Imagination end]

"Pronto! Snap out of it!" Trixie said snapping her fingers, bringing Pronto back into reality and getting a glare from him.

Eli looked at the gold. "That is a lot of gold. I don't know if I could sell it." He said, feeling unsure about selling a slug. "Oh. I doubt you'll have the chance. There's already a lot of competition. But, if you do manage to catch it first, we'll be here waiting." The woman said. Eli just smiled.

The gang trekked into the jungle. Suddenly, they heard an explosion. Then, a big mushroom started to topple towards them. "INCOMING!" Kord yelled as the ducked out of the way as the mushroom collapsed. As they recovered, Pronto fell from a smaller mushroom on top of Kord. Eli looked around and saw the 4 slug hunters walking towards the wreck, looking for the Enigmo. But all they found was a Flaringo, a Bubbaleone, a Thresher and a Dirt Urchin. "Nope. No Enigmo." The lead hunter, named Sid, said. The other 3 slugs hopped away, while the Thresher angrily chittered at the guy. "Yeah, yeah. Get going!" Sid said, giving a kick to scare the slug away. "No one's gonna pay 2 tons of gold for you!" Suddenly, an apple hit his head. "Hey!" Trixie called. Sid glared at the gang walking towards them. "You almost flattened us!" Trixie accused. "The Shane Gang?! Didn't expect you guys to be here." Sid said as his partners rallied beside him. Trixie was about to say something 'til Eli put his hand on her shoulder. "Let me do the talking, Trix." He said. Trixie nodded. "Look, we're all eager to find the Enigmo, but maybe there's a less destructive way to do it." He said.

Sid thought about it. "Hey, you know, the Shane kid's right." He said. Eli smiled at his team. "Instead of using Hop Rocks, it'll be quicker to use Flaringos and burn these trees down!" He and his friends loaded and fired their Flaringos. Eli, Kord, Harley and Trixie quickly fired Chiller, Iceberg, Frostbite and Blizzard and froze the Flaringos in blocks of ice. Sid got miffed and slung a Hop Rock at the gang. They quickly spread out to find some cover and fire back. Pronto bounced off a mushroom. Trixie swung around a tree and slung her Rammstone, Pounder. Sid dodged and fired an Armashelt. Eli tried to dodge but he got caught in the blast force. The hunters fired more Hop Rocks. One of them almost taking Kord's head off as he fired a slug of his own. Mario fired Ricochet and he bounced off one of the trees and into the back of the one hunter's head.

Eli and Trixie took cover behind a mushroom and 2 more Hop Rocks completely demolished it. Eli and Trixie were back to back. "How 'bout next time Eli, I do the talking?" Trixie asked. "Absolutely." Eli agreed as they ducked down from another Hop Rock. Vance slung his Vindrill, Bloom, at the female hunter, who was charging towards him, hitting her with Itchypants and making her itch. Sid and his partner fired a couple of Tazerlings, heading straight for Pronto. "Pronto! Tazerlings! Behind you!" Kord yelled. Pronto didn't even try to dodge them. He just kept running straight as he got hit with Tazerbolts. "On it!" Eli called as he fired Suds. Suds swallowed the Tazerlings, but the shocks caused her to float out of control and into Pronto, shocking him again. "Ooh! That didn't work." Eli muttered. Suds and the Tazerlings landed back into their protoforms. Suds shook off the shocks while the Tazerlings glared at her. "Sorry about that!" Eli called. Pronto stood up from behind a rock. "K, I want to go home now." He said in a dizzy state.

Sid glanced at a tree which Eli hid behind. "Look! I think I saw the Enigmo crawl under there!" He said as he slung another Hop Rock and his partners slung 2 Flaringos and an Armashelt. "Uh-oh!" Eli said as he was blown away. "Bro!" Kord called. A leaf gently floated down at Sid's feet. "Ah, never mind! Just a crummy leaf." Sid said.

Eli crashed back first, upside down into a tree and tumbled to the ground. "Okay. That was not cool!" He said, getting up. Burpy looked and chittered to Eli, pointing at a trap. "Whoa! And that is a serious trap." He added. He then noticed something rustling in the mushrooms. A little blue and black slug with a mushroom on his head was clumsily spinning on a red mushroom, then hung over the trap. Eli gasped in shock and grabbed the slug before it could fall in the trap. The mushroom on its head fell into the trap, clamping shut. "And that is really not cool!" Eli said, looking from the trap to the slug he rescued. "Huh. What kind of slug are you?" He asked with a smile.

Eli walked back to the battle field, where the gang and the hunters were still slinging their slugs at each other. "Hey! HEY!" Eli tried calling, but they just ignored him. Eli slung his new Phosphoro, Glimmer, into the sky, getting everyone's attention with Arcalyte. "Lots of slugs live here! Not just the Enigmo! You're tearing their cave to shreds!" He then showed them the trap he found. "And look at this! It could've killed this slug!" He said as the little slug he found fell from his shoulder to his hand. "Uh, Eli? That's the Enigmo." Trixie revealed, making Pronto gasp. Eli looked at the slug in shock. "And that is my trap." A voice came from the jungle. 2 big dogs came from the foliage as a big man with scars on his arms, a mohawk of sorts and a crossbow blaster on his right arm jumped down to the ground. "Stalker?! D-Didn't know you were here too. W-We won't get in your way." Sid said in fear. "Leave! Now." The man growled, making the hunters run away screaming.

Eli looked at the guy. "So, you wanna do the talking this time?" He asked Trixie. "Are you crazy?! That's Gerhard Stalker, the deadliest game hunter in all of Slugterra!" Trixie said. "He doesn't do talking." "Yeah. Last person who tried standing up to him, became dinner for his slug hounds." Mario said. "Or, so they say." Vance corrected. "They also say if you see him, it's already too late." Kord added. "Hence why he's called SBD. Silent but Deadly." Pronto finished. Eli and Harley started laughing. "Sorry guys. But where we're from, silent but deadly means something else." Eli said. The Gang began to shrink in fear. "He's right behind me, isn't he?" Eli asked. Pronto shook his head. The hounds began to growl, making Harley cower behind Kord. 'Big dogs. Big dogs!' He thought out of fear. "The Enigmo slug and my trap. Now." Stalker demanded. "Hey. I found him fair and square, before he fell in your trap!" Eli said tossing the trap at Stalker's feet. "I didn't come here to play fair." Stalker said, prepping his crossbow. "I came for the slug with the 2-ton payday. And no one, not even a Shane offspring is gonna stop me." He fired a Thresher at the gang. They dodged as the slug shredded up a mushroom. "I knew you should've done the talking." Eli said to Trixie. "Yeah, maybe I should have." Trixie agreed with a blush. Kord and Pronto tried slinging Sploder and Stinky, but Stalker whistled for his hounds. They caught the slugs in their mouths before they could reach velocity and tossed them away. The hounds started to chase Kord, Mario, Vance and Pronto.

Eli looked back at Stalker, who slung a Flaringo. "Split up!" Eli said. He and Trixie split up as the Flaringo hit the ground between them. Eli rolled to face Stalker. "You want this slug?" He held up a barrel and the Enigmo toppled into it. "Ok. Well, here it comes!" He loaded the barrel and fired the slug. Stalker fired an Arachnet and bounced it right back. The Enigmo transformed and hit Eli in the face. "Eli!" Harley called. The Enigmo fumbled to the ground and Stalker started to walk to it. But then, Trixie fired Twirl at Stalker. The deadly game hunter saw and ran, making the Polero wrap around a mushroom. Eli sat up and groaned from being hit. Harley and Trixie ran up to him. "You okay, bro?" Harley asked. "I missed it when you fired the Enigmo. You gotta tell us what it looked like when it transformed!" Trixie said eagerly as Harley helped Eli up. "I can't." Eli said. "Why not?" Trixie asked. "Because I kinda couldn't see it!" Eli answered. His sight was messed up. Doubles of Trixie and Harley were swerving around.


Kord, Vance, Pronto and Mario were still being chased by the hounds. The hounds heard Stalker whistle and broke off to rejoin their master. The 4 regrouped with Eli, Harley and Trixie. "Where'd they go?" Kord asked. "Don't ask me." Eli said. "Guys, Eli git hit by the Enigmo and now his eyes aren't working right!" Trixie said in a panic. "Actually, I can see plenty." Eli said. "In fact, I think I'm seeing twice as much as I should." Suddenly, the hounds ran straight for them. "Here they come!" Pronto called. Harley ducked behind a rock. "Big dogs! Why'd it have to be big dogs?!" He whispered out of fear. Eli readied his blaster, but with his sight a blur, he couldn't tell where the hounds were. So, he fired Rocky, but his aim was a little too high. The hounds moved aside as a Flaringo was slung. "Did I get em?" Eli asked. Trixie shoved Eli out of the way before the Flaringo could hit him. "I'll take that as a no!" Eli said as Trixie fired Bluster. Bluster created a Slyphoon, scaring the hounds away. Bluster morphed back and blew the hounds a raspberry.

"Come on." Trixie said, taking Eli's hand. Harley was still quivering behind the rock when Mario came up. "Are they gone?" Harley asked. "Yeah. They're gone." Mario said. Harley sighed in relief and stood up. "I would suggest we move along. Stalker could be anywhere." Pronto said. "I'm with him." Vance said. "Yeah. Right behind ya." Kord followed as the gang walked away.


They trekked deeper into the cavern. "Stalker is almost as legendary as Pronto." Pronto boasted, falling down a slope. "Yeah. But for entirely different reasons." Trixie joked. "Of course." Pronto said, popping up from some mushrooms. "Pronto is known for his undisputed magnificence. And Stalker is known for his traps. He's probably seeded this very cave with them. That is why you all must walk in the footsteps of Pronto's expert-" He triggered a cage trap and hung by a tree. Everyone giggled at his misfortune. "You see? I found one." Pronto said, trying to be positive. "That's some trap." Harley said. "Kord?" Kord walked up to the cage and examined it. "This locking mechanism's way high tech. But I think I see how to engineer a work around." He broke the branch off the tree and started to swing the cage against the tree, breaking the cage. "Thank you." Pronto said in a dizzy state. "Well, that was fun." Harley whispered to a snickering Vance and Mario.

Pronto got up and shook off the dizziness. "Well, I suggest that with Eli utterly and completely useless-" Pronto started to say. "Dude! I can still hear you know!" Eli said insulted. "Uh sorry." Pronto quickly apologized. "Anyway, I would still suggest we leave before Stalker could find us." "We can't leave! The Enigmo did this to Eli! And there's no telling if it will ever wear off on its own!" Trixie said, very worried about her blind boyfriend. The last part made Eli gasp. "We have to find the Enigmo to figure out how to cure him." "Yeah. If Stalker doesn't have it already." Kord said. "Oh, I assure you he does not." Pronto said. "And what makes you say that?" Harley asked. "Because it is right over there." Pronto said, pointing to the left. The gang turned to see. The Enigmo was walking on a tripwire, with little cannons aimed at it. "And it's playing on a tripwire!" Kord yelled. The Enigmo fell on the wire, triggering one of the cannons, which fired a little dart. "I got it!" Kord yelled, leaping at the slug. The dart hit his backhand. "You okay?" Eli asked in concern. "Just a slug tranq dart." Kord said, pulling out the dart. "You know how many of these it would take the bring down a cave troll?" The Enigmo, who was on his hand, slid from his hand and landed on the wire, triggering the other cannons and hitting Kord with more darts. "Yeah! That's about right." Kord said before passing out into tranquilized slumber. "Kord!" Eli called. The wobbling wire slung the Enigmo into the distance. "Come on! We've got to get the Enigmo before Stalker does!" Trixie said, taking Eli's hand. "But we can't just leave him!" Eli said in concern for Kord. "Stalker wants the Enigmo, not Kord! He will be here when we come back." Pronto assured.


As they continued, Pronto sniffed around. "Ah. The Enigmo is close! Keep your eyes peeled." He said. "Currently the wrong guy for that job." Eli said, regarding his condition. "Maybe a little zoom action will help." Trixie said, pulling out her camera. "Good idea." Harley agreed, pulling out his binoculars. They looked around, noticing the Enigmo on top of a mushroom. "Yes! There it is!" Trixie said. Harley took a look at the Enigmo's movements. "Man! Look at the way it moves! It's like it's drunk!" He pointed out. "Is this the dumbest slug in history?! No wonder there's only one of them left." Trixie groaned.

The Enigmo looked down from the mushroom. It was poised above another bear trap. "It's gonna fall!" Trixie called. "We got it!" Mario said. He and Vance ran towards the mushroom. But Mario tripped off a tree root and landed on Vance, triggering another cage trap. The Enigmo fell, bounced off some other mushrooms and slid into the tree, avoiding the trap. Vance and Mario sighed in relief as the Enigmo waddled off. "Vance! Mario!" Eli called. "We're okay kid!" Mario said. "It's all on you guys now. Go!" Vance said. The last 4 took off after the Enigmo.

As the 4 looked everywhere, the Enigmo noticed a worm and crawled over to it. The worm ducked back into its hole, making the Enigmo sad. "There it is!" Pronto pointed as the Enigmo tried to crawl into the hole. Suddenly, growling was heard as Stalker's hounds appeared. "Big dogs!" Harley whispered with fear. "Be still. Slug hounds track only frightened prey." Pronto explained. "So, if we stay still and show no fear, they will not menace us." Harley started to sweat. "That's gonna be hard for me." Harley said. "Why's that?" Trixie asked. "Because Harley's afraid of big dogs." Eli said. "It happened when we were 6 years old." "I had a very bad run-in with some strays. Would've been dog chow if Dad and Eli hadn't come to my rescue. Left me scarred for life." Harley explained. "Just give it a try! This is our one shot at getting the Enigmo." Pronto whispered.

Harley looked back and forth from the Enigmo and the hounds. Knowing Pronto was right, he took a deep breath and stood his ground. The hounds stopped in their tracks, not sensing any fear. "There! You see?" Pronto asked. "I can't!" Eli whispered. "Right. Sorry. Now, we go for the Enigmo. Uh, with confidence." Pronto was about to move when the hounds started growling. "Just ignore the hound's razor-sharp teeth. Their piercing eyes. Their claws that could so easily rip you to shreds." He chuckled nervously. The hounds growled even more. Pronto screamed, causing the hounds to charge. "Okay! That proves it! I'm outta here!" Harley screamed following Pronto as the hounds chased them. As Pronto and Harley ran, they fell into a pit trap. "Help! Let us out!" Pronto yelled as the trap sealed up. "Let us outta here!" Harley shouted. The hounds stopped at the trap and started scratching it.

"Pronto! Harley!" Trixie cried. "What happened? Did they get the Enigmo?" Eli asked. "Yes." A voice came from behind them. Eli and Trixie turned to see Stalker. And he was holding the Enigmo. "I did." Eli and Trixie glared.


Stalker placed the Enigmo in one of his empty barrels, whistled for his hounds and started to walk away. "So that's it? You're just gonna walk away?" Eli asked. Stalker stopped. "Finish them." He ordered. His hounds turned on the 2. "Uh wait. I wasn't complaining. I was just asking." Eli protested. The hounds charged. "Eli, what do we do?" Trixie asked. Burpy chirped. "Don't worry guys. Just gotta show them we're not afraid." Eli said, taking Burpy's barrel from his belt, but had trouble loading it due to his sight. "Course, that'd be easier if I wasn't quite so scared." As the hounds closed in, Eli finally loaded the barrel and fired Burpy at his feet, creating a fire ring. When it died down, Eli and Trixie were gone. Stalker and his hounds looked for them. One hound suddenly started barking up a tree. Stalker looked to see Eli and Trixie zipping on a web onto a limb. Stalker smirked.

Eli and Trixie had their backs to the tree. "Good thing dogs can't climb trees." Eli said in relief. Trixie was about to say something but got interrupted by the sight of the hounds climbing. "Yeah. Actually, slug hounds can." She said. That shocked Eli. "Chiller! Spinner! I need you." Eli called to his slugs. He loaded Chiller and fired him towards the ground. Chiller used his Deepfreeze attack to create an ice slide. "Spinner? You're up." He loaded Spinner and fired her at Chiller. She latched onto Chiller and shot her web at Eli's blaster. "Hold on tight, Trixie." Trixie wrapped her arms tightly around Eli's waist as Chiller and Spinner pulled them. The hounds followed them onto the slide, while Stalker chased after them on foot.

Fortunately, the hounds slid right off the bridge, right into a tree. As he chased them, Stalker fired a Rammstone, smashing the part of the bridge in between Eli and his slugs. Spinner took notice and hopped off Chiller onto a mushroom. Eli and Trixie swung from their spot, but Stalker fired a Thresher and sliced through Spinner's web, sending the 2 falling. Eli and Trixie slid down some big leaves towards the ground, losing their blasters and slug barrels in the process. Eli looked around. "Burpy? Trixie? Guys? Anybody?" He called. He stopped, looking at Burner, who in Eli's vision was giving off some kind of aura. Eli tried to crawl to his slug but stopped when he grabbed Stalker's boot. Eli looked up. "No slugs. No friends." Stalker kicked Eli away. "Eli!" Trixie cried. "Give it up kid. You're done!" Stalker said as Eli got up. He grabbed Eli and pulled him close. "Can't you see that?" "Nope. I can't really see much of anything thanks to the Enigmo." Eli said before Stalker shoved him back down. Trixie raced over to him. Burpy growled from on top of a tree branch.

"And if you leave with the Enigmo, you're taking the best shot I have to fix that and find my way out. And find my friends and my brother." Eli continued as Burpy hopped over to Stalker's crossbow. Burpy chittered to the Enigmo to switch barrels with a Thresher at the front. "I know that slug is worth a ton of gold to you, but it's worth more than that to me." Eli said as he stood up. "So, as long as I can stand, I'm not giving up." Trixie stood by him. "Neither am I." She said. Stalker just sneered. "You talk too much." He said as he prepped his blaster. "And who knows? After I get paid for the Enigmo, I wonder how much Dr. Blakk will pay for your head."

Eli turned to Trixie. "You should get out of here, Trix." He said. "No! I'm not leaving you!" Trixie talked back. Eli shook his head, knowing when her mind was made up. "Then I guess I'm glad the last thing I see, or kinda see, is you." He said. Trixie was about to tear up. She was also about to lean forward to kiss him but stopped to notice what Stalker had loaded. She jumped out of the way as Stalker fired the Enigmo.

The Enigmo transformed and hit Eli in the face again. Burpy chittered in success. "What?! That's not what I wanted!" Stalker said in disbelief and shock. Trixie ran over as Eli sat up. "I can see!" Eli shouted. Trixie happily pulled him into a tight hug. Eli felt happy, until he noticed Stalker prepping his blaster again. "Maybe too much." He muttered. Trixie pulled away to see what he meant. Eli and Trixie saw their blasters behind them and Stalker aiming a Rammstone at them. They made a break for their blasters as Stalker fired the Rammstone. It transformed and sent its Slabhenge attack right towards Eli and Trixie. They got their blasters as the Slabhenge knocked them down. Stalker saw his chance and ran for the Enigmo. Eli and Trixie saw that their blasters were empty, and that Stalker was going for the Enigmo. Eli ran towards the Enigmo. Stalker saw Eli, prepped his blaster and aimed at Eli, but Burpy hopped onto his wrist and ignited the blaster in flames. Stalker tried to shake off the fire but got thrown back by the blaster's kick.

Burpy skidded onto the ground and hopped over to Eli, who was picking up the Enigmo. Stalker sneered. "You may have traps hidden all over, but I've got the best secret weapon in this cave." Eli said, giving Burpy a barrel to hop into. Stalker looked at Burpy and smiled slyly. "If I can't bring Blakk your head, then I'll give him your Infurnus." He said prepping his blaster. Eli did not like that. He loaded Burpy into his blaster and fired him. Stalker fired a Hop Rock. Burpy brought the Hop Rock down with Flashfire and bashed into Stalker, trapping him in his own cage trap. Stalker started shouting in anger. "Whoa! Sure glad you make good traps there, buddy." Eli said. "Now, got anything to say to Enigmo before you never see him again?" Stalker just grunted, trying to bust out of his cage. "Didn't think so. Come on guys. Let's grab our friends and get out of here." Eli suggested. "Right behind you, Eli." Trixie said, putting her arm on Eli's shoulder as they walked away. "No one traps Stalker! I'll get out of here Shane! And when I do, you and your team will pay!" Stalker shouted. "Oh, they will pay, Mr. Stalker." A voice assured. Stalker turned his head to see the last person he expected to see. "Dr. Blakk!" He said in shock. "It would appear that not even the most feared and dangerous game hunter can beat a Shane." Blakk pointed out. "But I can help you change that. Join me and revenge will be yours." Stalker thought about this offer. "I'm listening." Stalker said.


Soon after freeing the others, the gang were on their way back to their mecha beasts. "So, wait. The most legendary slug of legend basically just messes your eyes up? And then fixes them when it hits you again?" Kord asked in disbelief. "But, imagine hitting the other guy with it first. It would totally take him out of the fight!" Trixie said, spazzing out on the effects the Enigmo would have in a duel. "And even though I couldn't see straight, it was almost like it was letting me see more than normal. Like it was showing me something else." Eli said. "Like what?" Harley asked. "Like when I was staring at Burner from afar, he gave of some kind of energy aura or something." Eli explained. "Ah. So, you're saying that there's more to Enigmo than meets the eye?" Kord asked, making a joke. Trixie shook her head and Harley facepalmed himself. "Well, yeah. If you wanna put it in the lamest way possible. Sure." Eli said, making Burpy giggle.

Pronto struggle through the jungle foliage. "I believe that our mechas should be right through there." He assumed. But they found the rich couples camp. "Oh. Now this is a surprise." The man said. "I could say the same." Harley said. "Let me guess: you were expecting Stalker?" Trixie asked. "Heh! He might be a while." Kord said. "You're welcome to wait for him, but he doesn't have this." Eli said, holding up the Enigmo. The couple were impressed. "Well done! Name your price." The man offered. "Well, considering what me, my brother and all of our friends just went through, I don't think I'm leaving one of them behind." Eli decided, putting the Enigmo back on his shoulder, shocking the couple. "And as one of those friends, I say you're completely WRONG!" Pronto said. "Think of what that money could do! For Pronto." "Our card. For if you change your mind, Eli Shane." The woman said, giving Eli their calling card. "Thanks. Though you maybe waiting a while for that one too." Eli said walking away and pocketing the card. The couple looked on with smiles, knowing that Eli would never give up such a valuable slug or any slug for anything. "Uh, no you won't. I will convince him." Pronto assured with a sheepish smile. "Uh, Eli! Stop! Think of all the things we could buy." He called as the gang continued to walk away. "Foot massagers. Neck warmers! Ruby plated pimple poppers! Fluffy stuffed tushy pillows?"

As the gang prepared their mechas to leave, Trixie saw Eli sitting by the cliff. "Harley? You and the others head back to the hideout. We'll catch up." She said to Harley. Harley nodded, knowing what she meant. He led the others out of the cavern. Trixie sat next to Eli. "That was very sweet, what you said about Mo back there." She said. "I know. Slugs are people too, you know." Eli reminded. "And Mo here's the presumed last of his kind. No way I was gonna sell him either way." Trixie smiled, looking at the jungle. Eli then remembered something. "Hey. Can I ask you something?" He asked "Sure." Trixie said. "Before Stalker hit me with Mo, were you about to-?" Trixie blushed, knowing what Eli meant. "Well, uh, that was before I knew Stalker had Mo loaded." She said. "You could've got away with it, what with my sight and all." Eli said. "I know. But, didn't want to. Because it wasn't perfect." Trixie said. "Perfect?" Eli asked. "Yeah. If it ever came to that, I'd want that moment to be perfect." Trixie explained. Eli chuckled and looked out into the jungle. "Well, this seems perfect to me." Eli suggested. "Yeah. I guess it is." Trixie agreed. And without another second thought, they leaned in and kissed for the first time.

Aww! Wasn't that moment with Eli and Trixie romantic in the ending? And also, the gang's got one of the most legendary slugs in the world in their arsenal. And Stalker is now in league with Blakk. More surprises are on the way. Leave a review if you want.

Oh! And sorry I didn't add Vance's slugs in the last chapter. Didn't have names yet. But, here's a couple names 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), Charger (Fandango), Stunts (Speedstinger), Glimmer (Phosphoro), Mo (Enigmo)

Harley Shane: Matchstick (Flaringo), Squirm (Flopper), Frostbite (Frostcrawler), Webs (Arachnet), Gels (Jellyish), Zipper (Hoverbug), Ivy (Vinedrill), Masher (Rammstone), Frights (Frightgeist), Shredder (Thresher)

Trixie Sting: Bluster (Tormato), Blizzard (Frostcrawler), Spider (Arachnet), Twirl (Polero), Balloon (Bubbaleone), Haunter (Frightgeist), Pounder (Rammstone)

Kord Zane: Bludgeon (Rammstone), Sploder (Hop Rock), Jolt (Tazerling), Trip (Polero), Flycatcher (Arachnet), Floatie (Bubbaleone), Iceberg (Frostcrawler)

Pronto Geronimo: Stinky (Flatulorhinkus), Slimey (Jellyish), Soapy (Bubbaleone), Bruiser (Rammstone)

Vance Volt: Blast (Hop Rock), Bloom (Vinedrill)

Mario Bravado: Ricochet (Speedstinger)