Sorry for any delay. I was up in Manitoulin for a couple weeks. So, no Wi-Fi. I'm now at my Dad's place in Strathmore until the first or fourth of September. So, here's the 24th chapter for my version of Slugterra.
Chapter 24: Deep Water, Dark Water.
The Shane Gang were chasing one of Blakk's convoys, firing their Hop Rocks as they exited a tunnel. "Now we can see what we're chasing." Eli said as he picked up Rocky. "Which is?" Trixie asked. The convoy was carrying a big drill of some sort. "Kord, any ideas?" Harley asked. "I've never seen anything like it. But since Blakk's moving it, my technical analysis would be big machine that does bad stuff." Kord said, firing Bludgeon. "Not very big words for a technical analysis." Shimei pointed out. "Don't sweat it. He was just dumbing it down a bit for us." Mario said.
Bludgeon transformed, knocked down a Hop Rock and a Vinedrill, and knocked a guard off the transport. The gang hopped over the guard and continued their pursuit. Another guard fired another Hop Rock. Trixie fired Jelly, knocking the poor slug down with Loogi. The guard reloaded his blaster and fired a Polero towards Vance. Vance jumped his mecha beast high up, dodging the slug, and fired Blast, knocking the guard off the transport. Eliza came in, riding her new white stag mecha beast. She leaped up and fired her new Bubbaleone, Pimpy, deflecting another Hop Rock and Rammstone back at the guards, knocking them off.
"You guys really didn't bring your a-game, did you?" Eli asked as they closed in. Another goon fired a Vinedrill. Eli slung Joules, knocking the slug down and latching onto the cart, shocking the last 2 goons. The Vinedrill bounced off Lucky and dropped to the ground. "Hey wait. These guys aren't using any ghouls." Eli said with realization. Everyone was shocked at hearing this. "Why would Blakk be skipping on the ghouls?" Eli asked himself.
"Eli! Up ahead!" Harley called. Eli looked ahead, gasping at where they just entered. "Undertow Cavern?" Kord asked. "I didn't know it had a land-based entrance." Trixie said. "Well, all that matters is they're running out of land." Eli said, thinking that they had the transport trapped. "You got nowhere to run! You guys ready to surrender now?" Just then, a siren started blaring on the transport. The driver put on an air helmet and buckled in. The transport then drove off the edge of the cliff. The tires then changed into submarine turbines as it hit the water. The gang stopped in their tracks as they watched the bubbles in the water disappear. "I hate to say it, but that was kind of awesome." Eli admitted. "Yep. Leave it to Dr. Blakk to upgrade his vehicles for underwater travel." Harley said.
"So, what do we do now?" Kord asked. "You put your hands up, princesses." A familiar voice said. Eli turned to see that he was held at blaster point by their old enemy, Captain Mavolio Drake.
(Intro (Shane Gang updated with Eliza Shane)
"You have some brash showing your faces again in my cavern." Drake said. "And I see you lot have grown larger since last time." "Harley, do you know this guy?" Lash asked. "Unfortunately, yes. The last time we were here, he forced us into servitude. Had me stuck giving him a pedicure." Harley said, shuddering at the memory of filing Drake's smelly amphibious toes. Drake then noticed Trixie reaching for her blaster. "I wouldn't do that." He threatened. Trixie drew her hand back. "We're only here because your letting Blakk transport…stuff through the cavern sea." She said. "Huh! You think I'm working with Blakk? Oh, that's rich. Thanks to him, I'm not working with anyone. Not even my own crew!" Drake said. "Right." Eli said sarcastically. "Stay alert guys. They're probably gonna jump out any second." "No! This is no trick. My men have been snatched away!" Drake said. "By Blakk?" Eli asked. "By Brutale!" Drake corrected. "A scurvy rat Blakk hired to build a deep-water drill at the bottom of my cavern sea. Course, Brutale needed some underwater breathers to help him do that. So, the treacherous savage captured me crew." "But why would Blakk-" Eli started to ask until he realized. "Dark Water!" "He's looking to hit paydirt by drilling into the Deep Caverns!" Drake said. "That's why he's limiting the use of ghouls. He doesn't have enough Dark Water left to create new ones." Eli said.
"Well now, you want to stop that rig, and I want to crush Brutale. A-And free my crew. What say we help each other out, eh? That's what you Shanes do right? Help people?" Drake offered. "People? Yes. Pirates? Not so much." Harley said. "Yeah. Like we would ever-" Trixie started to say, until she saw a familiar look on Eli's face. "Tell me you aren't buying this, babe." "I know we can't trust Drake, but if we stop Blakk from getting more Dark Water, we might be able to put him out of business." Eli said. "We've got no choice." Harley said as he and the others dismounted their mechas. "So, we got a deal?" Drake asked, holding out his hand. "Deal." Eli said, shaking it. "In that case, I hope you know what you're signing up for. Because to do this, you're gonna have to follow me all the way to the bottom." Drake said, leading the gang to the cliff as the remains of his wrecked ship came into view. "In that?" Kord asked. "Of course not! You're gonna use what's inside her." Drake corrected.
"I see your ship is just the way we left it." Eli gloated as they entered the cargo bay. "You got lucky in your first battle at sea! Now hop to and fetch me those, princess." Drake ordered, pointing to a bag of supplies. Eli glared and walked over to Drake. "Let's get something straight here. I'm not your servant or your princess." He said. "Oh my. Is the leader of the Shane Gang too important to fetch a little tiny sack?" Drake asked mockingly. "How 'bout you then, mole-face? Hop to like old times, eh?" He said to Pronto. "After the way you treated me and Harley when we were your cabin boy and cabin mole? Never!" Pronto immediately rejected. "Now, if perhaps you were offer me a promotion. Say to first-mate or-" Eli face-palmed himself. "Dude, are you seriously trying to bargain with the pirate who had me stuck giving him a pedicure?!" Harley asked in disbelief. "Why don't we each grab our own, huh?" Eli suggested. "What do you say, Burpy? You guys ready to get wet?" He asked. Burpy chittered excitedly. Eli then walked over to Drake's supplies. "So, how does this stuff work?" He asked, examining a helmet and a metal shell.
Later, Drake dived into the water, followed by the gang, now wearing dive-suits. Everyone looked around as they swam deeper into the sea. Different varieties of sea creatures swam about in the sea. Kord, being water-phobic, was feeling nervous. "These dive-suits will provide you gilless landlubbers with an air supply, and help you move through the water." Drake explained as they swam. Eli pressed a button on his wrist, activating his suit's turbo jets. "Sweet." He said, jetting around some jellyfish. "You'll need it to keep up with me and me Mimkey down here. Just remember to keep an eye on your air gauge." Drake instructed. Eli pushed another button, activating his air gauge. He had a full tank. "If you run out in the deep blue, it's 'imitating person gasping for air!" This was now making Kord more nervous. "W-W-We get it! We get it!" He said, switching on his gauge. Just then, the rest of the gang jetted around him, having fun with their suit's turbo jets.
As they continued, Eli caught sight of some AquaBeeks peeking out from their water reed homes. "Hey, those guys look just like you, Beeker." He said as his own AquaBeek, Beeker, popped out of his barrel and swam over to them. He greeted one of them with a head nuzzle and looked at the others, who suddenly shied back into their reeds. Beeker seemed confused. "Aw. Shy little guys." Trixie said as Eli bumped into Drake. "Not shy. Smart." Drake said, pointing up. A couple of cavern sharks were circling over them. The gang looked around as more swam into view. "Maybe if we stay still, they'll go away." Pronto said with fear. "Yeah. And maybe a barnacle will dance a jig for ya." Drake said with sarcasm. Just then, everyone's eyes went wide. There was a shark swimming right behind Pronto! Pronto screamed and jetted to the group before the shark could eat him. "Arm yourselves!" Drake called. Eli loaded Joules and slung her at the shark. But she didn't reach velocity. She swam back as the shark tried to eat her. Eli suddenly felt embarrassed. Pronto screamed louder as the gang spread out. "Most slugs aren't gonna reach velocity underwater like that. You got to use a torpedo shell." Drake explained. "Torpedo shell?" Kord asked, holding up a shell, then jetting out of the way of another shark. Drake slung a shell containing a Hop Rock at the shark. "Don't tell me you toe-scrubbers have never used a torpedo shell before." Drake said. "Well, we never saw any reason to!" Lash argued as he jetted away from another shark. Eli jetted upwards as another shark chased after him. "Burpy and I got this." He said, loading Burpy into a torpedo shell. But as Burpy was slung, his fire quickly died out due to being underwater. Burpy screamed and swam back to Eli. Eli jetted away as the shark continued to chase him. "I don't an Infurnus will be any good down here, princess." Drake said.
As the chase continued, Eli saw another shark coming right at him. He jetted upwards, causing the sharks to crash into each other. Eli tried to prepare another torpedo shell. "Ugh! No time for a torpedo shell! Use your AquaBeek!" Drake called, grabbing onto a passing shark and punching it. Eli loaded Beeker's barrel and slung him. Beeker transformed and blasted his Seawee at the sharks, scaring them away. The other AquaBeeks chittered cheers as Beeker transformed back and swam back to Eli. "He doesn't need a torpedo shell?" Eli asked. "You have a lot to learn about slinging slugs underwater, princess." Drake said as he continued his assault on his shark. Burpy chittered and pointed towards the others. Eli saw that they were having trouble and jetted towards them.
Trixie tried to sling her slugs at the sharks, but the kick from the blast was pushing her backwards in the water. "This is a lot harder than it looks!" Vance said as he slung Legs, webbing the shark's mouth shut. Kord was still a little nervous, but he drew his blaster as slung Bludgeon from a torpedo shell, punching another shark in the face. Kord and Trixie bumped back-to-back. "Kord, I thought you hated the water. How are you-" Trixie started to ask. "Fighting helps me forget I'm swimming." Kord said, firing Trip at 2 more sharks. But Trip went right in between the sharks. He glared as he transformed back. "But you just reminded me. Thanks." Kord said. Trixie smile sheepishly. Just then, they screamed as the sharks started to swim towards them. Luckily, Eli fired Chiller and froze the sharks with Deepfreeze.
"Alright guys. Circle up and cover each other from all sides." Eli said as the gang regrouped. The gang went back-to-back, blasters ready as 4 more sharks circled them. "What're you doing, you cowering cods?!" Drake asked as he swam towards them. "You'll never beat these things as a scaredy ball! Now break up and spread out!" He barked. "Stop giving us orders! You're not our captain and we're not your crew." Eli said. "You couldn't even handle a cavern shark without me!" Drake said, lightly pushing Eli. "So, unless you and your chums want to be chum-" Suddenly, a loud noise scared the sharks away. "Come on guys!" Eli said. "What was that?" Trixie asked as they swam into a cave. "Who cares if it got rid of the sharks?" Kord asked. "You do realize that if the sharks are scared of it, then it has to be scarier than the sharks." Pronto said with fear. "Well, he's not wrong there." Harley admitted as he and Eli sped ahead.
The gang came up to a cliff and peeked over the edge. They saw a huge tower with the drill from before connected, drilling downwards and crawling with Blakk goons. "That's the huge machine we were chasing." Eli said. "Only now it's part of an even huger machine." Kord said. "What is that?!" "That's the drill. Looks like they haven't hit Dark Water yet." Drake said. "Well, that's good news." Mario said. "And who's that?" Kord said, pointing to a light blue amphibanoid in the tower's control room. "Let me guess. That's Brutale." Eli guessed. "Aye. That's my brother." Drake revealed. Everyone gasped from hearing this.
"Your brother?!" Eli asked. "You and Brutale are brothers?!" Harley asked. "Yes! I know it's hard to tell because I'm so much better looking." Drake said. "Even though they're both frog-faced." Harley muttered, making Vance and Lash snicker. Suddenly, someone was heard shouting. "I think he spotted us." Kord said. Brutale was swimming towards them! "Take the tower!" Eli called. "Smash my brother in the face!" Drake ordered. Brutale slung a Hop Rock at the cliff and rammed into Drake. Eli looked down, seeing that Blakk's goons were joining the fight. Eli jetted down and took cover behind a rock as 2 goons swam up. Burpy chittered. "You want another shot?" Eli asked. Burpy nodded. "Okay buddy." Eli said, loading Burpy into a torpedo shell and firing him. Burpy transformed, but still couldn't conjure any fire. Burpy transformed back and bumped into a goon's chest. The goon just flicked poor Burpy aside. "Uh oh." Eli said as the goons fired at his cover. "Home turf hero! Help me out!" He said, taking Beeker's barrel. As 2 more slugs hit the rock, Eli slung Beeker, blinding the goons with Inksting.
"You took my crew!" Drake said, kicking Brutale. "You started this years ago, when you stole from your own blood!" Brutale said. "That's a load of bilge!" Drake yelled, firing a Rammstone. Brutale dodged and fired a Hop Rock. "I never stole from you! The Drakes have never stolen from family, until you took my crew!" Drake said, firing another slug. He then chased Brutale up to the tower. "It ain't stealing when you offer more gold, and they decide to take it." Brutale stated as Drake's former crew came out from hiding. "He pays much more for our loyalty then you ever did." Watts said, making the others laugh. "You treacherous leech lickers!" Drake screamed, firing a Hop Rock in the middle of the crew.
The Shane Gang saw what was happening from afar. "Anyone else get the feeling that there's actually no one to save here?" Eli asked. Everyone nodded. "Well, that's a pirate's life for ya." Harley said. Suddenly, a goon came up from behind Trixie and grabbed her. "No, you don't!" Kord said, grabbing the goon, punching him and triggering his turbo jets. "I think you're starting to like it down here." Trixie said. That made Kord cringe. "Will you stop reminding me where we are?!" He asked with a snap.
Eli looked at the rig and eyed some high ground. "There! Quick, now's our chance!" He said. "Follow me! To Brutale!" Drake called. "No! We're heading for the high ground to take out the rig!" Eli said. "Oh, no you're not princess! You're gonna listen to me!" Drake argued. "Let's go!" Eli said, jetting up for the high ground. The rest of the gang followed. Drake just growled and followed. As they turned a corner, 2 goons and 2 pirates fired a Vinedrill, a Hop Rock, a Polero and a Rammstone. Just then, Drake zipped in front and slung Mimkey. Mimkey mimicked the Vinedrill's transformation, grabbed the slugs with his tentacles and threw them back at their slingers. "Drake's good." Eli admitted. "He's real good." Harley added. 4 more goons were jetting towards them. "This way! Quickly! That is if you don't mind taking orders from me!" Drake said. He led the gang into a small cave and blocked the entrance as the goons swam by.
"You know nothing of the perils of the deep! Yet you continue to endanger your crew by defying my orders!" Drake scolded. "Thank you for your concern, but when this crew has an issue, we will take it up with our captain! Which is not you, good sir!" Pronto said. "And while we're on the subject of crews, yours wasn't captured! They left you!" Trixie said. "This is all some sibling rivalry thing with Brutale! You lied to us! About everything!" "Well, of course I lied! I'm a PIRATE!" Drake shouted. The gang groaned. "Dude, you really need to come up with a better excuse than that." Mario muttered. "But I was telling the truth about wanting to get my brother." Drake admitted. "I need you to get what I want, and you need me to get what you want. So, if we can work together-" "Dude, we already tried that and we ended up here." Kord said. "Because I didn't listen to him." Eli said. "Because we can't trust him." Kord said. "Kord is right. One can never trust someone filled with lies and deceit." Shimei said. "I know. But we're out of our element down here. And this is our shot at really hitting Blakk where it counts." Eli said. "I know working with Drake is a huge risk, but he's got skills we need. I think it's worth it" The others felt unsure about this. "Heh. Real predicament you lot got there. I'd be happy to chat about it all day, but you can't." Drake said. Eli looked at his air gauge. He was already down 2 bars. "We're with you, Eli." Trixie said. "Always." Pronto added. "Good choice. Because I have a fantastic plan." Drake said. Eli glared. "Don't smile, princess. You'll like this one. It involves us splitting up." Drake said.
Eli, Trixie, Kord, Vance, Mario, Lash, Shimei and Eliza hid by some rocks, investigating the side of the rig. "Kord?" Eli asked. "There." Kord said, pointing to a vent. "If we can get that vent open and fire some sploders in there, that should bring the rig down." "But first, we have to take out Blakk's henchmen, which shouldn't be impossible, if Drake does his part and handles his brother and the pirates." Eli said. "Well, at least we have an insurance policy to make sure he does." Trixie said. "Yeah, not sure if Pronto was a good choice." Vance said. "I know. Why else do you think I also sent Harley too?" Eli asked.
Drake, Harley and Pronto were positioned near the entrance to the bridge. Pronto was holding a nasty looking eel. "Why does Pronto have to hold this thing?" He asked in disgust. "Because I'm a captain! And you're the first mate." Drake said, patting Pronto's head. "And I-" Pronto gasped. "You did promote me!" He said with heavenly glee. "Don't be too excited. You're still one step under Kord and Mario in my book." Harley said. Pronto just glared disappointedly. "Now, release that thing, mole-face!" Drake said. Pronto tossed the eel towards the entrance. The eel swam behind the one guard. Startled, the guard looked to his right, staring into the face of the eel. He got so scared, he swam backwards to get away. But then he turned to see Drake raising his fist and punching him, knocking him out.
As Drake, Harley and Pronto entered, Drake closed the door and drained the water from the room. They peaked around a corner, seeing 2 pirates guarding the door to the bridge. "How do we get past these guys?" Harley asked. Drake took out a small coin and tossed it in between the pirates. The 2 dived for it. The one on the right grabbed it first, but the other one pounced on him. As they fought over the coin, Drake slung a Frostcrawler, freezing them with Deepfreeze. The one pirate, whose hand was still free, dropped the coin. Pronto noticed it as Drake stepped over it. Pronto picked it up and bit down on it. He chuckled as he started to continue. Harley just shook his head. Suddenly, Drake punched Pronto, knocking him out. "Hey!" Harley said, until Drake backhanded him, knocking him out too. "Sorry lads, but this is between me and me brother." Drake said, taking the coin back and continuing. Mimkey looked back at Pronto and Harley, feeling a bit of guilt.
"It's now or never." Eli said drawing his blaster. The group swam out from behind the rocks, blasters at the ready. Eli fired Banger, and Trixie fired her own Armashelt, Roller. The 2 Armashelts rolled into the 2 guards. 3 more came out. Kord swam in and bashed the first one, then swung him at the other 2. The gang then started to brawl with the guards.
Inside the control room, Brutale sensed Drake entering with his blaster aimed at him. "So, have come to beg for forgiveness for stealing from me when we were lads?" He asked, drawing his blaster. "You're gonna kiss my fist with that lying mouth!" Drake shouted. "I never took anything from you!" "Oh, yes you did." Brutale said. "Did not!" Drake argued. The 2 brothers then started to brawl with each other. "Did too!" "Did not!" "You did!" "Did not!"
The gang fired their Hop Rocks at the guards, blasting them away. Trixie then fired Blizzard, freezing the one guard in an ice cube. "Alright Kord, let's get that vent open." Eli said as they swam towards the vent.
Meanwhile, Drake and Brutale were still struggling with each other. "Did too!" Brutale said. "What was it that you think I stole from you?!" Drake asked. "My Mimkey!" Brutale said. "What?! I didn't steal him! You gave him to me for my birthday!" Drake said. "I did?" Brutale asked. The brothers looked at Mimkey standing beside the blasters, who nodded. "You know, you're right. I did." Brutale said, now remembering that he gave Mimkey to Drake for his birthday. "So, now what?" He asked. Drake started to think. "Say brother, how close exactly are you to hitting Dark Water?" He asked. Brutale grinned nastily. Mimkey felt a cold shiver in his spine. He knew what they were planning.
Eli and Kord pulled the vent open. "Let's bring this thing down!" Eli said. "No longer any need for that, princesses!" Drake called. The gang turned and saw Drake, Brutale and the other pirates shoving Harley and Pronto at their feet. Drake slung a Lavalynx, sealing up the vent with a cooled Geyservault. "I wouldn't want to harm that drill now it's so close to hitting Dark Water. And belongs to the brothers Drake!" He revealed. The entire gang was shocked.
"Well, if it's any consolation, I fully intended to stick with our plan. But a better offer came along. That's just how pirates roll. You should've learned that much about us by now." Drake said. "Oh, I have. Which is why I'm offering your crew 10 times their pay to join up with me!" Eli said. "Really?" Watts asked intrigued. "No." Eli said, slinging Rammer into the pirates and brothers. The gang took cover behind some rocks. "Sick 'em, boys!" Brutale barked. "I was gonna say that!" Drake argued. The gang and the pirates slung their slugs back and forth. "That drill could hit Dark Water at any second! And it doesn't look like Drake's in the mood to give us fresh dive suits with more air." Eli said, checking his air gauge. He was down to 3 bars. He fired another slug. "We need to get that vent open now!" "I got just the mod for the job." Kord said, placing a new torch mod on his blaster. "Cover him!" Eli called, firing Rocky towards the pirates. The gang fired more of their slugs as Kord swam over to the vent. He activated the torch and began to cut into the cooled magma.
Eli jetted in and fired Rocky at 3 more pirates, sending them floating away. Harley followed in, slinging Twister and trapping 2 more pirates in a whirlpool. But then, they stopped at the sight of Drake and Brutale. Brutale was about to blast them, but Drake stopped him. "I got this one, brother. Won't be hard. These princesses are hopeless down here without me telling them what to do." Drake assured. "We're pretty fast learners." Eli said, firing Spinner from a torpedo shell. Harley followed by slinging Frights. Drake fired a shark-like slug called a MakoBreaker. It knocked Spinner and Frights aside and fired Razorstorm. The brothers dodged the incoming teeth and swam into a forest of seaweed. Suddenly, the seaweed started to wrap around the brothers, grasping them tightly. "Nice move there, taking cover in grasping seaweed!" Drake mocked, laughing maniacally. Eli and Harley struggled to get free as the seaweed grasped even tighter.
The rest of the gang were almost pinned down as the pirates continued their assault. Eliza quickly noticed that her sons were in trouble. "We have to hurry! Eli and Harley are in trouble!" She called. "Unfortunately, so are we!" Lash called as he fired Goat. As the pirates began to advance, Watts also noticed the Shane brothers trapped in the seaweed. Knowing that it was time for him to change careers, he fired a Hop Rock at a nearby pipe, causing a leak of jetting water.
Burpy noticed the leak and chittered to Eli. "Burpy, I know you wanna help, but your fire doesn't work down here." Eli said. "Eli's right. Fire's useless under the water." Harley agreed. Burpy knew that they were right, but he wouldn't give up. He swam to Beeker and chittered his plan. Beeker popped out and swam with Burpy towards the leak. "Burpy wait! Where are you-" Eli started to ask. "Ah, ah, ah. Drop it, princess." Drake threatened. Eli dropped his blaster. Harley did the same. "Nice to see you take an order properly." Drake said. "Care to do the honors?" "With pleasure." Brutale said, loading a torpedo shell. Mimkey was very displeased with the Drake brothers' attempts.
Burpy and Beeker made their way to the leaking pipe. Mimkey sensed them, which also alerted Drake. Burpy and Beeker made their way down the jet line. "Oh, no you don't! Match him, Mimkey!" Drake called, holding up a barrel for Mimkey. Mimkey just shook his head and turned to swim away. "Oh, no you don't!" Drake said, grabbing his slug. "You're my slug and you will do as I say!" He shoved Mimkey into the barrel, loaded him into his blaster and slung him towards Burpy. Burpy transformed and Mimkey mimicked him, but with both being underwater, they couldn't conjure any fire, so they transformed back. Beeker transformed next and blasted Mimkey with Seawee, blowing him bachwards. Mimkey shook off the shock and chittered with respect. Just then, Mimkey got eaten by a shark! Drake and Brutale gasped. "Whoa!" Eli said. The shark swam into the caves. "No! Come back here with me Mimkey!" Brutale cried. "Your Mimkey?! That was my Mimkey!" Drake argued. "AFTER THAT SHARK!" They swam after the shark.
As everyone cheered in victory, Buzzsaw and Shredder hopped out of their barrels and cut Eli and Harley free. Eli looked at his air gauge. He was almost out of air! "Kord! We're almost out of time!" He called. Kord finished cutting, gave the magma a pound and the cut part opened a hole. "I got it!" Kord called. He loaded Sploder into a torpedo shell and slung him into the vent. Sploder trailed the vent and exploded. "That should do…it?" Nothing was happening. The entire thing was still standing. "Why isn't it working?" Trixie asked. "Looks like it's gonna take more than Hop Rocks to bring her down. We need something that can pull it from the inside and collapse it on itself. I tell ya, if this weren't so exciting, I'd be really freaking out right now!" Kord said. "I think someone's a little air crazy." Vance whispered.
Beeker chittered. "You think you can do it?" Eli asked. Beeker nodded. "Okay Beeker." Eli said, loading Beeker into his blaster and slinging him into the vent. Beeker blasted his Seawee into the vent. The vibrations from the sound started to cause the entire place to collapse into the trench where it was drilling. As everyone started to cheer, their air gauges went full red, meaning that they were out of air. Eli loaded a torpedo shell as everyone started coughing and slung it downwards. Then Suds came up, swallowed the gang and started to float up to the surface. Everyone quickly got their helmets off and gasped for air. Beeker swam up to the hole in the vent and Eli gave a thumbs up. But then, the facility started to crash around the vent, trapping Beeker in the vent. "Beeker!" Eli cried as Suds continued to float up. Watts, who saw everything, looked towards the remains of the facility.
Suds finally reached the surface, hovered over dry land and popped, dropping everyone onto the ground. Everyone recovered and resumed their cheer for victory. But not everyone was happy. The gang turned and saw Eli and Burpy looking very sad. "Taking out Blakk's drill was important. But nothing's more important to me than this gang. Including you, Beeker. I'm sorry." Eli said. Trixie and Eliza moved over to comfort Eli as the others sighed with despair. Suddenly, there was a bubbling sound. Everyone looked to see bubbles in the water. Then, a familiar face popped out of the water. Beeker was alive! Everyone cheered as Beeker swam over to them. Beeker hopped into Eli's hand and nuzzled him. "But how'd he get out?" Harley asked. "You can thank me for that." A familiar voice said. Everyone turned as Watts jumped out of the water and onto the land. The gang quickly drew their blasters and aimed at the former pirate. "Relax kids. I'm not here for a fight. I'm here to accept your offer to join you." Watts said. Everyone was surprised to hear this. "Uh, you do realize that I didn't actually mean that, don't you?" Eli asked. "Maybe. But I've had enough of being a mistreated pirate. I want to start fresh. Do what you guys do." Watts said. "And to prove that, I have a peace offering for you." He brought out several slug barrels containing MakoBreakers. "Whoa." The gang said as Watts passed them to each of them. "They're called MakoBreakers. You'll never find any other slugs like them in any other cavern." Watts explained. Eli's MakoBreaker hopped out of its barrel and into Eli's hand and chittered. "Thanks Watts." Eli said, petting his new slug. Watts nodded. "Oh! And if that's not enough, I also got you this." He said, holding out…Mimkey! Everyone was surprised to see Drake's own slug. "But how did you-" Kord started to ask. "Passed by the shark that ate him on my way up." Watts explained. Eli held out his hand and Mimkey crawled onto it, up his arm, onto his shoulder next to Burpy. The 2 slugs shook hands respectively. "Well Watts, I think you've earned your place. Welcome to the team." Eli said as he and Watts shook hands. "Wait. What about Drake and Brutale?" Trixie asked. "Oh, I think they'll have their hands full for a while." Eli said.
Meanwhile, back under water, Drake and Brutale were still searching for Mimkey, not knowing that Watts took him. "Mimkey!" Drake called into a shark's mouth before punching it away. "Come here you!" Brutale said, grabbing another shark. "They all look the same!" Drake pointed out. "Ignore the ones with punch marks in them!" Brutale said as he punched his shark. "Mimkey? Not this one." Drake swam over to another shark. "Come here you!" He yelled. "Nothing personal." Brutale said, punching his shark away.
That's finally done with. Blakk hires pirates to build a drill in Undertow Cavern, Eli and his gang team up with Mavolio Drake to thwart their plans and Watts and Mimkey join the Shane Gang in the aftermath. What other surprises await our Shane Gang? Stay tuned and leave a review if you want.
I hope you like the name I gave Mimkey's species: Mimickreas
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 (Crystalyd), Spinner (Arachnet), Mucky (Dirt Urchin), Tangles (Vinedrill), Spooker (Frightgeist), Charger (Fandango), Stunts (Speedstinger), Glimmer (Phosphoro), Mo (Enigmo), Dazer (Hypnogrif), Urchin (Sand Angler), Dozer (Slyren), Jinxer (Hexlet), Torch (Forgesmeltor), Yang (Negashade), Beeker (AquaBeek), Mimkey (Mimickreas), Jaws (MakoBreaker)
Harley Shane: Matchstick (Flaringo), Squirm (Flopper), Frostbite (Frostcrawler), Webs (Arachnet), Gels (Jellyish), Zipper (Hoverbug), Ivy (Vinedrill), Masher (Rammstone), Frights (Frightgeist), Shredder (Thresher), Smelly (Flatulorhinkus), Claws (Armashelt), Splatz (Lariat), Twister (Tormato), Lucky (Hexlet), Sizzle (Grenuke), Quill (Dirt Urchin), Ping (White Boon Doc)
Trixie Sting: Bluster (Tormato), Blizzard (Frostcrawler), Spider (Arachnet), Twirl (Polero), Balloon (Bubbaleone), Haunter (Frightgeist), Pounder (Rammstone), Slicer (Thresher), Rocks (Hop Rock), Jelly (Jellyish), Blossom (Vinedrill), Spotty (Flopper), Dunes (Sand Angler), Zaps (Tazerling), Roller (Armashelt)
Kord Zane: Bludgeon (Rammstone), Sploder (Hop Rock), Jolt (Tazerling), Trip (Polero), Flycatcher (Arachnet), Floatie (Bubbaleone), Iceberg (Frostcrawler), Scorch (Flaringo), Jetstream (AquaBeek), Spitz (Lariat), Chuckles (Gazzer), Floppy (Flopper), Pincer (Armashelt)
Pronto Geronimo: Stinky (Flatulorhinkus), Slimey (Jellyish), Soapy (Bubbaleone), Bruiser (Rammstone), Flame (Flaringo), Loogie (Lariat), Windy (Tormato), Squeaky (Flopper), Blocky (Hop Rock), Freezie (Frostcrawler)
Vance Volt: Blast (Hop Rock), Bloom (Vinedrill), Crust (Lavalynx), Legs (Spider), Swimy (AquaBeek), Hardcase (Armashelt), Squish (Jellyish), Blow (Tormato), Cheep (Flopper), Punch (Rammstone)
Mario Bravado: Ricochet (Speedstinger), Slide (Frostcrawler), Crawler (Arachnet), Echo (AquaBeek), Mess (Jellyish), Breeze (Tormato), Kate (Flopper), Porky (Dirt Urchin), Dunk (Rammstone)
Lash: Zing (Tazerling), Speedy (Speedstinger), Hopper (Hop Rock), Bubba (Bubbaleone), Stinx (Flatulorhinkus), String (Polero), Goat (Rammstone), Sleepy (Slyren), Webber (Arachnet), Ice (Frostcrawler), Spark (Flaringo), Winger (Tormato), Witch (Hexlet), Phlegm (Lariat), Peep (Flopper)
Shimei: Mong (Hop Rock), Jin (Rammstone)
Eliza Shane: Ellie (Flaringo), Min (Jellyish), Tink (Phosphoro), Pimpy (Bubbaleone)
