Alright, chapter 12! I tell you, my writings have no end! Enjoy!

Chapter 12: Undertow

The Shane Gang (minus Pronto) were on the run as a building behind them blew up with firework explosions. "You know, I thought about it. Blowing up Blakk's refinery without a plan wasn't smart." Eli said. "Now you're having second thoughts?!" Kord asked as a ghoul was shot from behind them. "Nope. Just that it wasn't smart." Eli admitted. "Maybe so but come on, the fireworks were awesome!" Harley said.

3 of Blakk's guards were on their tails, firing 3 Hop Jacks. As the gang turned a corner, Eli noticed Pronto waving to them. So, the gang turned down Pronto's alley before the guards made the corner. When the guards were gone, Pronto gave a thumbs up. Everyone sighed in relief. Even Burpy gave a big burst of flame. "It was pretty cool when the place went-" Trixie started until Kord started imitating a bomb couting down and exploding. "Yeah. That was awesome!" Mario whispered. "Now, we just need to quietly slip out of this cavern and we're home free." Eli said. "One problem with that, Eli." Trixie said. "How are we supposed to slip out with these everywhere?" She pointed to a wall filled with wanted posters of the gang. But the big difference was that the gang were drawn to look like rebellious punks. Pronto took a look at one of his posters. "Okay, you know what? This is unacceptable." Pronto said, feeling insulted. "Even Pronto thinks this is bad." Trixie said. "Bad? It's horrible!" Pronto said looking at the poster. "Where is the bravado? The genius?" He took out a marker and started redrawing on the poster, making himself look more devilishly handsome. "See? Now that is a wanted poster." Pronto said. Everyone just stared with unamused faces. "Well, it is an improvement over the real thing." Harley joked, giggling along with Vance and Mario, earning a glare from Pronto.

"Hate to rush an artist at work, but we need an exit." Eli reminded his so-called tracker. "Which is precisely why I, in my wisdom, have led us here." Pronto said. "Uh, to a dead end?" Kord asked in confusion. "No Kord! Not to a dead end!" Pronto said insulted. He walked over to Fernando and gave him a tap. The donkey mecha hind-kicked the dumpster behind him to reveal a hidden doorway. "To our daring escape route." Pronto said as the door opened. Everyone looked at it impressed.

They traveled down some tunnels until they reached an underground river. "What is this place?" Eli asked. "Why the Flumes, of course. The under river." Pronto said. "You know, I was quite the nautical mole in my day." "And what day was that?" Kord asked. "Mmm, I think it was a Tuesday." Pronto guessed. "I've heard of this place. A water way under Slugterra." Trixie said, filming the Flumes. "Most people stopped using it when I was a kid." "Why?" Harley asked. "No one knows, dude." Mario answered. Suddenly, there was a noise behind them. They turned to see a light coming from the tunnel. "They're coming!" Trixie called. "And we've got nowhere to run." Eli said, seeing no way to escape.


(Intro)


The gang got worried as their enemy got closer. "What do we do?" Trixie asked. "Leave our mechs and swim for it?" Eli suggested as Burpy jumped to his barrel. "I've got a better idea." Kord said pushing a button on Wyatt. The boar mecha then jumped to the water and its hooves turned into 3 water skis and zipped around the water like a jet ski. "Cool." Eli said. "Amazing." Harley agreed. "Wow." Trixie added. "Show-off." Pronto said. "I modded yours too. The yellow button." Kord said as the goons closed in, blasters ready. Trixie, Pronto, Vance and Mario jumped their mechas into the water, activating their skis. One of the goons fired a Hop Jack at the Shane brothers, but they jumped and activated their mechas skis, zipping away with the rest of the team down the Flumes. "The Shane Gang are headed South in the Flumes." The middle goon reported into a headset.

The gang continued down the Flumes. "I didn't know our mecha beasts could shred like this." Eli said, impressed with the new mods. "Oh, there's a lot these babies can do." Kord said, flinching from the water spraying him as Mario zipped past. "I just wish they could also keep me dry." "Dude, for real? You don't like water?" Eli asked in disbelief. "Let's just say I take 1 bath a year and it's under protest, alright?" Kord explained. "Yes. And I protest you taking only 1 bath a year." Pronto said in disgust. Kord smiled sheepishly. "So, hardly anyone uses the Flumes anymore? Why?" Eli asked. "Bah. Who wants wet wetty wetness, when you can ride in luxury on the Slugterran Express?" Pronto said dreamily. "I might've known." Harley said.

Suddenly, 4 goons on 3 bull mechas caught up to them, making Pronto gasp in horror. One of the goons fired a Grimmstone ghoul past Pronto's head. Trixie fired one slug while Eli fired Rammer. The goons dodged. The same goon fired a Hop Jack at a stalactite, nearly crushing Trixie, who serpentined around. "Hey! That's my girlfriend!" Eli yelled, firing Tangles at the 2 goons, covering them with Itchypants. They got distracted by the itching, they failed to see a big rock in their path. They ramped off it and into the water.

The gang hid in a nearby cave. Eli shushed them as the other 2 goons zipped by. Eli motioned his team further into the cave. Kord looked back to see that the goons were at the cave entrance. "Eli?" He called. Eli readied his blaster. The goons just laughed and zipped off. "Uh, what's their deal?" Kord asked confused. Pronto took notice of something. "If we have stopped, why are we still moving?" He asked in worry. "Think we're about to find out." Eli said, seeing the problem. They were floating towards a waterfall. "Turn back! Go! Go!" They tried to speed away, but the current was too strong. They went over the waterfall, into an unknown cavern.

The mechas resurfaced first, drifting into the cavern. Eli surfaced, gasping for air. The rest soon followed, climbing aboard their mechas, panting and coughing from being underwater. "No need to worry." Pronto assured. "Pronto's brilliant nautical sense tells him the worst is over." That is until a boat horn was heard. Pronto turned to see and gasped at the sight. A ship was sailing towards them, stopping beside them. "Oh, you had to say it." Harley said, glaring at Pronto. Pronto just shrugged in innocence. "Hands in the air, princesses!" A voice onboard called. On deck, a bunch of fishmen called amphibanoids aimed their blasters at the gang. "You trespassers face Malvolio Drake, master of the cavern seas!" Their leader, a blue amphibanoid with a cyber eyepatch announced. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait! So, we didn't mean to trespass. We just kind of ended up here." Eli tried to reason. "Ha! Here is Undertow Cavern, princesses, where the business belongs to yours truly." Drake said. "What business is that?" Trixie asked. "What do I look like to you? An accountant? A basket weaver?" Drake asked, making his crew laugh. Trixie and Pronto looked at each other and back in worry. "I don't like where this is heading." Harley muttered to his brother in worry. "I'm in the pirate racket. And if you want to pass, the ransom is half your slugs." Drake explained. Burpy, Doc and Suds chittered angrily from their barrels. "And if we refuse?" Eli asked. "Then I'll be a few slugs more, and you'll be SHARK CHOW!" Drake yelled. That made Pronto flinch. "Not if they can catch us!" Eli said, speeding away from the ship, followed by the gang.

"That's the plan Eli?" Kord asked as the ship started to turn. "Come on! Our mechas gotta be faster than a huge, honking boat like that." Eli said. "I don't think the ship is trying to catch up to us." Trixie said, looking behind her. And she was right. The ship was stopping at its side. "Mr. Watts!" Drake called. "Yes Captain?" One of his shipmates answered. "Show them what a barrage of Frostcrawlers can do!" Drake ordered. 2 more shipmates readied a couple of cannons on their ship. "They got cannons?!" Eli asked in shock. "Please tell me they don't fire-" The crew fired the cannons. "Slugs!" Trixie yelled as a couple of Frostcrawlers transformed and hit the water in front of them. Ice pillars started to form where the slugs hit. Trixie fired her Thresher, Slicer, and Kord fired Bludgeon. But since they were so far from the ship, Bludgeon and Slicer landed in the water. "We put so much distance between us, we're out of range." Trixie said. "I think-" "Don't say it." Eli muttered. "-we're in the clear!" 3 more Frostcrawlers were fired in front of them, forming a wall. "We've got to stop saying that kind of stuff!" Eli said. "Sorry." Trixie apologized with an embarrassing blush.

Eli turned around and headed back to the ship. The gang looked confused at what he was doing. Eli readied his blaster, loaded with Burpy. "Ready Burpy?" Eli asked. Burpy chittered as he was fired. Drake looked shocked as the Infurnus came at them and destroyed the cannons. "Well, that was exactly what I was going to do." Pronto lied as he looked on. Harley and Kord looked at each other and rolled their eyes. Eli whistled and Burpy hopped down from the cannon. "Not so tough without your cannons, huh?" Eli taunted. But suddenly, 6 more cannons opened up from the hull. "Can I take that back?" Eli sheepishly asked as he sped off to his gang. "Give them everything we got!" Drake called as the cannons fired AquaBeeks. "Oh no." Pronto said. "RUN!" Eli yelled as the slugs hit the water. The AquaBeeks started to swim after them. "AquaBeeks! On our 6!" Mario called. The gang tried to get away, but the AquaBeeks were much faster in water. The slugs swam upwards and knocked the entire gang off their mechas and into the water with their Aquajets.


The gang were dropped on deck. Eli tried to draw his blaster, but 2 of the crew aimed their blasters at him and motioned him to give them his blaster, which he did. "Okay! We've considered your offer and we'll happily give you some of our slugs now." Pronto said, trying to reason with the pirates. "Ha! Nice try mole-face, but the price has gone up." Drake said in amusement. "Now, it's all your slugs!" That made Pronto gasp. "And your enthusiastic servitude. Nothing personal princesses." The crew dropped some mops and buckets at the gang, making them glare.

Soon enough, the entire Shane Gang were cleaning the entire ship. "This can't get any worse." Trixie said, scrubbing the plank. "Yeah it can" Kord groaned, hanging from one foot on a hook, cleaning a porthole. "I can't feel my toes." Eli, Harley, Pronto, Mario and Vance were mopping and scrubbing the deck. "I'd much rather be scrubbing pots in the galley." Mario complained. "And my mecha." Vance added. "I'm pretty sure some these barnacles have barnacles." Eli said. "Eli's right. This is impossible!" Harley added. "Well, that is because on a ship, you must scrub counter-clockwise." Pronto said, accidently smacking Harley with his mop. "Now listen to me, and I will tell you in excruciating detail exactly what you're doing wrong and how I know better." "And you said this couldn't get any worse." Eli muttered. "Day's still young." Harley muttered. "Attention deck monkeys! Captain Drake on deck!" Watts called as Drake marched on deck. The crew stood at attention. Eli and Harley were bumped by a big red amphibanoid named Fang, who growled at them. "I thought you said this wasn't personal." Eli said, recalling Drake's words. "Don't flatter yourself princess. Making you do my chores for me is just another day at the office." Drake said. "Must be quite the office if he's living in this cavern." Vance whispered. "Doesn't seem like you're doing a good job though." Drake quoted on Eli's poor work. "That's what Pronto was saying." Pronto complained. "It should be done counter-clockwise." "Oh, will you SHUT UP!" Harley yelled, shoving Pronto into some barrels. Drake and his crew laughed at the sight. "Now these 2 are wasted on deck monkey dutites." Drake said. "You see? A man who recognizes seafaring skills." Pronto boasted. "Yeah, I do, and you don't got any." Drake said. "He's got that right." Harley muttered. Pronto growled and stomped on Harley's foot. "OW! HEY!" "But on the cold empty sea, good distractions are hard to find. How would you 2 like to be my new cabin boy and cabin mole?" Drake offered. "A promotion!" Pronto gasped with excitement. 'I don't like where this is going.' Harley thought.

Pronto and Harley walked with Drake. "So, what sort of perks come with the titles?" Pronto asked. "The perk of not being tossed to the sharks over that there plank!" Drake referred over to the plank where one crew member was about to be tossed overboard. "Give him the heave ho boys." They shoved the crew member into the water. "Oh, that's cold!" The crew member said, landing in the water. "In that case, we humbly accept." Pronto accepted. "For now at least." Harley muttered. Drake opened up a door to the cargo bay. "Now then, the reason I graced you lot with my presence, it's time to get down to the real business." Drake said going down the stairs. Eli, Trixie, Kord, Vance and Mario watched, until Fang appeared behind them and motioned them to follow.

The cargo bay was loaded with crates and cells with slugs. "Of all my ill-gotten treasure, this is the prize of my collection." Drake said, walking up to a closet. He opened it, revealing dozens of jars of toenails. "Behold! Every toenail clipping I've had since pirate school. Beautiful ain't it?" Eli just shuddered. Mario averted his eyes. Harley was about to puke. "Why would you do that?" Trixie asked in shock. "Because every part of me is special. Toenails are no exception." Drake answered. He moved away from a cell door, revealing Burpy, along with Doc, Sparky, Charger, Suds and Rammer. "Burpy! You guys ok?" Eli asked in worry. Burpy sadly shook his head. The other slugs looked just as sad. "You've got hundreds of slugs in there! What do you even need them all for?" Eli asked. "For? For having the most slugs. That's how you play the pirate game. The guy with the most slugs wins." Drake explained. The slug on Drake's shoulder hopped down and glanced at the slugs in pity. Eli grabbed the slug. "Don't!" He yelled. Fang growled. "Stay away from my Mimkey, princess." Drake warned, snatching his slug back. "This little guy's more valuable then all you deck monkeys put together." Mimkey just shook his head. "And don't even think about trying anything other than cataloging my collection! Fang will be watching you." Drake said as he walked away. "Now get to work deck monkeys!" "So, uh just deck monkeys then. Not cabin moles or cabin boys." Pronto said. "Oh no. I've got something better for you and your friend, mole-face." Drake said. "Ooh. Better?" Pronto asked intrigued.

It was not better. Pronto was holding to the plank for dear life as the crew tried to shake him overboard. "Pronto does not want to be cabin mole anymore! Make it stop! MAKE IT STOP!" Proto shouted in a panic. Harley got the worst of it. He was stuck giving Drake a pedicure. "How'd I get stuck doing this?" He asked in disgust. "Because you've got meatier hands than mole-face there, princess." Drake answered. "And besides, he was taking up space on the ship anyway." Drake suddenly took notice to a ship from Blakk Industries pulling up.

"Okay, so even if we got past Fang, our mechas are locked away and we're surrounded by sharks and pirates." Trixie said holding up a jar of toenails. "Yeah. And worst of all, while we're down here, your brother and Pronto are up there partying." Kord said writing on a clipboard. Fang just watched, annoyed with their talking. "This isn't neither Pronto or Harley's fault. It's mine. I got us into this by attacking that refinery without a plan." Eli said regretfully while stacking another jar. "YOU ARE HARBORING PERSONS WANTED BY DR. BLAKK. TURN THEM OVER AND YOU WILL NOT BE HARMED." A voice on an intercom called from Blakk's ship. Fang shut the door and locked it before heading up on deck. "Sounds like an opportunity to make an exit." Trixie said. "I'm ready to blow this joint." Mario agreed. "Wait! Maybe we should come up with a plan first?" Eli suggested. "What do you have in mind?" Vance asked. "Fire cannons!" Drakes voice called from on deck. "How's this for a plan: HANG ON!" Kord yelled, bracing himself. The vibrations from being fired on rocked the ship, sending everyone tumbling to the ground. As Eli recovered, he noticed the cell doors deactivating. Kord tried to open the door. "It's locked. We're trapped. "Burpy! You guys alright?" Eli asked, entering the cell. "Burpy?" His slugs were gone. He looked through the crack in the wall, seeing Blakk's ship firing ghouls. "It's one of Blakk's ships." He said.

Burpy led his teammates up the hull onto the deck. After avoiding getting stepped on they made their way to Harley. "Burpy!" Harley said in relief. "Listen, the others are locked down the cargo bay. Down there." He whispered, pointing them in the right direction. The slugs made their way down the stairs. "The only way we're getting out of here is if they blast us out." Kord said. Suddenly, a jingle came from the door. It opened to reveal Burpy and the others standing on each other. "Well, guess we can go now." Trixie said.

On deck, the ships were still firing at each other. One of Drake's cannons fired a Flaringo. One of Blakk's fired a Hop Jack. The ghoul knocked the slug down and impacted on the ship. Pronto looked on worried as another Hop Jack and a Terrarix were fired at them. The blowback sent Pronto backwards, accidently activating the crane, hooking his underpants and pulling him up, leaving him dangling by his underpants. "Uh, Mr. pirate? Get me down!" Pronto called. "Why? You're drawing their fire perfectly from up there." Drake said. Pronto whimpered as 3 more Hop Jacks were fired towards him. Pronto swung around to avoid them and grasped onto the post. "But I'm your cabin mole!" Pronto cried. "Yeah! And you're doing what cabin moles are good for: providing a distraction." Drake said as Blakk's cannons took aim at Pronto and fired more ghouls at him. The cannons on Drake's ship's hull prepped up and fired more slugs at the ship, sending Blakk's goons into the sea. "Your boss can't put Big Daddy Drake out of business with that trade of his! What makes you think you can start now? You losers better learn that what's mine stays MINE!" Drake yelled. "That's not exactly true sir." Watts said, seeing something in his spyglass. "The prisoners are escaping and they've got our treasure." The gang ziplined down to Blakk's ship, carrying the slug cages. "Well, except for the toenails." "They pirated me?! You don't pirate a pirate! That's a double pirate! BLAST THEM!" Drake ordered angrily. "We have to reload before we can fire." Watts said regretfully. "Then DO IT! NOW!" Drake yelled, making Watts flinch. As Drake walked away, Watts glared. 'I really hate working for that guy.'

Onboard Blakk's ship, Kord was trying to start up the engines, while Eli and the others kept watch. "Gotta get these running or we're not going anywhere." Kord said. "We'll cover you." Trixie said. They looked up at a still dangling Pronto. "Whadaya say? Think he's suffered enough?" Eli asked. "Yeah." Trixie said, firing Slicer to cut the rope. Pronto landed on a cannon. The crewman on the cannon smiled wickedly and shot Pronto off the cannon. Pronto landed on his head and rolled towards Eli, standing with a salute. "Cabin mole Pronto reporting for duty." He said in a daze before falling unconscious.

As Kord continued to fix up the engines, Drake stared off at them. "Cannons reloaded sir." Watts reported. "Mr. Watts, you know how I always say 'it's a waste to sink a ship when you can capture the crew?" Drake asked. "Yes sir." Watts said, knowing what his captain was planning. "Feel free to waste this one! None of them are getting out of this alive." He ordered cruelly.


"Ready. Aim. And fire!" Watts ordered. The cannons fired 2 Hop Rocks at the gang's ship. The impacts caused Kord to hit the engine with his head. As he was dazed, the engines activated. "Hey! We've got power!" Kord called in amazement. "Then let's go!" Eli said as he started the ship and sailed off. Drake saw this through his spyglass. "Blast them into pulp." He ordered. The ship fired its forward cannons, hitting the gang's ship from behind. Trixie fired her Hop Rock, Rocks, while Kord and Pronto fired their Flaringos, Scorch and Flame, sending most of the crew overboard. Eli cheered as he steered the ship starboard. Fang followed. Drake walked up to his helmsman. "Haven't seen a battle plan this poor since pirate school. Bring us 3 degrees starboard and we got them!" He ordered. Drake's ship closed in fast and prepped the left hull cannons. "He's gonna slug us to pieces!" Kord called as the cannons fired at the gang. "Alright. We're out gunned, out manned and facing a ship half our size. Don't worry, this time I've got a plan." Eli said. "Oh great! What is it this time bro?" Harley asked. "We lose them in that fog bank ahead. Hang on!" Eli called as he steered into the fog.

Watts saw the ship heading into the fog. "He's headed for the Breakers." He reported. "He'll never make it through. This fool is even more clueless than I thought." Drake said. "Put us around the other side. We'll clean up after." Watts continued to stare into the fog. 'Those kids are something else.' He thought.

As the gang steered deeper into the fog, Eli was feeling good about his new planning thing. "I should've tried this planning thing years ago." He said proudly. "Rocks!" Kord shouted. Rocks were coming into view. Eli tried to carefully steer around them, but the ship got scratched off the rocks. "Eli?" Kord called in worry. They were coming towards a big rock. Eli steered as hard as he could, but got grazed by the rock making everyone lose their balance, but also landed safely back into the water. Everybody shook off the shake as Harley checked the hull. "Oh, that definitely left a scratch." He reported. Eli turned to see that Drake's ship was dead ahead. Everybody gasped at the sight. "Oh man." Kord said worried. "What?!" Drake said in disbelief. Eli just grinned and sped up the ship. "Oh dear. That is not how you captain a ship." Drake said. "Seems to work for him." Watts said somewhat impressed.

Eli rammed the ship into Drake's, sending himself flying onto the deck. Eli looked up to a glaring Drake. "Uh, how's it going?" Eli asked. "Well, let's see: you stole my treasure, you broke my ship, but here's where I out-pirate you!" Drake said, pointing his blaster at Eli. Just then, the other ship pulled away, leaving a big hole in Drake's ship, with water pouring in. "Sir, she's going down." Watts called. "If we want to live to play the 'pirate game' another day-" "If my ship goes down, I go with it. And so does he!" Drake yelled, pointing at Eli. "Well, Captain's off the deep end boys. Unless you fancy being shark food, we've got to take that other boat." Watts suggested.

The rest of the pirates hopped down to the other ship and attacked the gang. Kord threw one overboard while Trixie flipped another. Vance and Mario push tripped another. Another jumped for Pronto, but he ducked down out of cowardice. Pronto looked to see that the crewman grabbed the cannon, but his weight dropped him down into the water. Pronto smiled and went on like he planned that maneuver. Kord just sighed, until he felt someone tap his shoulder. He turned to see a growling Fang.

Eli and Drake prepared to duel. "Alright Mimkey, this one's all yours." Drake said, holding up a barrel for Mimkey. Eli loaded Burpy as Drake loaded Mimkey. They fired at the same time. As Burpy transformed, Mimkey mimicked the transformation and they fired Flashfire at each other and ended in a firey stalemate, with Burpy laying on the ground. Eli looked on in confusion. "How did you-" "That's what a Mimkey does, princess. Perfectly mimics anything a slug can do." Drake explained. Eli sighed, thinking of a plan.

Meanwhile, Kord and Fang repeatedly threw punches at each other. Kord then threw himself under. Fang just laughed until Kord actually lifted Fang and threw him overboard. "Whoo-hoo!" Trixie suddenly shouted. "Look! There's our rides!" She pointed to the 7 mecha beasts floating out of the wreck. But then, Watts jumped in the way. "You're not getting away that easy." He said. Harley stepped forth. "Pardon me, but do you have a nose?" He asked. "Yes, I do actually." Watts answered confusedly. "Well, SMELL THIS!" Harley shouted, firing his own Flatulorhinkus, Smelly, in Watts' face. Watts went pale from the smell and fell backwards into the water.

"Relying on a powerful slug like that Infurnus is normally an excellent battle plan. But not when you're up against my Mimkey." Drake said. "Yeah? Well, I'm kinda new at this whole planning thing. Let's go." Eli said. He loaded Suds into his blaster. Drake reloaded Mimkey, thinking Eli was gonna try Burpy again. They fired and the slugs transformed. Suds and Mimkey bounced off each other's balloon-ish bodies, sending Mimkey back at Drake, trapping him in Mimkey's belly and bouncing into the water. "Get me out of here!" Drake yelled, struggling to get out. "Oh, did you honestly think I'd use Burpy again? Huh, I guess I'm getting better at this planning thing after all." Eli stated as Drake glared. "Hey, Eli!" Kord called as he rode up, dragging Lucky. Eli hopped down on to his wolf mecha. "So, what do you think of Drake's new boat?" He asked. "Cute." Trixie giggled. Pronto tapped the slug with his mop to get Drake's attention. "Your despicable behavior brings shame to the tradition of cabin moleling. So, I quit." He said, tossing the mop at the trapped pirate. "Remember: counter-clockwise." "Nothing personal, princess." Eli joked as he and his friends zipped away. Drake glared, noticing that they still had his captive slugs. "No! Me slugs! Come back with me treasure! You can't pirate a pirate!" He shrieked as sharks started to swim up to him as his crew.

As they continued, Eli noticed Harley wasn't with them. "Hey. Where's Harley?" He asked. A horn blared. The gang turned to see Blakk's ship, with Harley steering it. Harley noticed everyone staring at him. "What? You think I was gonna let this fine piece of equipment drift off to sea for Blakk to find? No way José." Eli just shook his head with a smile, knowing that the ship could be of help. Trixie sped up to Eli. "You know Eli, with all of Drake's captured slugs, you and Harley could have one heck of an arsenal." She said. "You're right. I could." Eli said, staring at the slugs in the cages. "But, that's not how I play the pirate game."


In Quite Lawn Cavern, a small boy was playing with a ball, until he noticed his Tormato slug hop over to him. It jumped into his hugging arms and nuzzled him. The gang looked on. "So, how do you wanna get back home?" Eli asked. "I guess we could take the Flumes now that those pirates are out of business." Trixie suggested. "Oh no! No way!" Kord protested. "I've had enough water to last me 5 years with the showers. You really wanna smell what happens when I don't shower for 10?" Eli and Trixie looked at each other. "Let's take the road." Eli said quickly. "Yeah. Road." Trixie agreed. "I'm good with road." Mario added. "Me too." Vance said. "Road sounds good." Pronto agreed. "Road beats having to smell like a Flatulorhinkus." Harley said. Smelly insultedly chittered from his barrel. "Oh! Sorry Smelly." He quickly apologized. As the gang turned to head home, Eli waved at the boy, who waved back.

That's it for this chapter. I swear, I thought I was never gonna finish this one. But I did. So, Malvolio Drake strikes and the Shane Gang gets a new boat, curtesy of Blakk Industries. What other surprises await our heroes? Wait and see. Leave a review if you'd like.

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), Smelly (Flatulorhinkus)

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

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

Pronto Geronimo: Stinky (Flatulorhinkus), Slimey (Jellyish), Soapy (Bubbaleone), Bruiser (Rammstome), Flame (Flaringo)

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

Mario Bravado: Ricochet (Speedstinger)