Chapter 25: The Gentleman & The Thieves

Trixie was filming herself with her camera. "Hey. Trixie Sting here live. And I don't need to tell you about the crime wave hitting Slugterra." She said. "It's been almost a week, and our mystery thieves are still stealing stuff all over."

She was right. For the past week, somebody has been stealing things from all over Slugterra. Mario's pizza ingredients. Drake's toenail jars. Even Millard Milford's security cards and blaster.

"So, I'm putting it out to all of you on the Slugnet. Eli and the rest of the Shane Gang are on the hunt right now." Trixie continued, not noticing someone swinging through the mushrooms. "So, if anyone knows where these thieves are-" "I do." A familiar voice boomed. "They're right here." Just then, Trixie's camera was snatched from her hands. "Hey!" Trixie called as the thieves swung to another mushroom. It was Dana and Deagan Por. Deagan had patches on his face from when he got burned at Magma Cavern. "Dana and Deagan Por?" Trixie asked in disbelief. "Aw, she remembers us, sis." Deagan said. "In that case, can you say that again? I want everyone to know who're the best thieves in Slugterra." Dana said, filming Trixie with her own camera.

Trixie was now really mad. She slung Pounder towards the thieving siblings. But Dana countered by slinging one of her Arachnets, trapping Pounder in a web. "Aw. Too bad, so sad!" Deagan called as he and Dana slung more Arachnets. Trixie fired Blizzard, blowing Deepfreeze at the siblings, but they dodged by swinging on their Arachnet webs as the attack froze the tree. "Grr! Get back here with my camera!" Trixie shouted as she took careful aim at the thieving siblings. She then slung Roller towards them as they perched onto a tree. "Bullseye!" She said as Roller hit the tree. But all there was, was a scorch mark from where Dana and Deagan were. "Hey! Where'd you 2 go? How did they do that?" Trixie asked herself, completely shocked from what happened.


(Intro (Shane Gang updated with Watts)


The Shane Gang took up a security position at Cavern Museum. After Trixie told them that Dana and Deagan were the thieves, they head for Cavern Museum after the Por siblings posted clues for them on the Slugnet with Trixie's camera. The entire museum was covered from head to toe with security lasers.

"Dana and Deagan aren't getting through all of that." Kord pointed out. "And if they do, they'll find us waiting." Eli said. "Yes. Well, let us hope that they don't keep us waiting too long." Pronto said as his stomach started growling. "Pronto needs a snack." "How can you even think about food right now?" Vance asked. Pronto was about to answer, but Lash grabbed his lips. "Don't answer that." Lash said. "We don't even know for sure if they're gonna even try to rob the Cavern Museum." Kord said. "They will." Eli assured. "How do you know, Eli?" Eliza asked. "They've hit pretty much every other high-security target in Slugterra." Eli explained. "And disappeared into thin air. Not to mention they've posted enough clues for us on the Slugnet. Using my camera!" Trixie said.

"Well, while we wait, I'm gonna dive into this week's crossword and win me some loot." Kord said, pulling out a book of crossword puzzles. Harley brought Eli to the side. "Eli, I think you should refrain from using Burpy if Dana and Deagan do show up." Harley said. Eli was confused. "You remember what happened the last time we ran into those 2. Deagan was willing to crush Torch to get Burpy. Who's to say he won't try anything else to get what he wants?" Harley said. "I know what you're saying, Harley. But don't worry. Burpy's too smart for Deagan. No way he'll get Burpy to listen either way." Eli assured. "I guess so. But still, best be careful." Harley advised. Eli nodded. Just then, they were interrupted by Pronto's stomach. "Sorry. Pronto still needs a snack." Pronto said. "And I need a 9-letter word for flimflam that starts with a B." Kord said.

"Try bamboozle." Dana's voice called. Everyone looked up and saw Dana and Deagan on the wall. "Dana! Deagan!" Eli said. "Long time no see, Shane. You still got my Infurnus?" Deagan asked. Burpy chittered angrily. "But how could they have gotten in?" Harley asked. "Less talking, more slugging those camera stealers!" Trixie said. "Trixie no!" Eli called. Too late. Trixie fired Rocks towards the Por siblings. They both jumped out of the way and swung around the security lasers. "Careful Trixie. You don't wanna set off the alarm system. But I do." Dana said, bringing her hand into the laser. An auto blaster came down from the ceiling and started to take aim. It fired a Frostcrawler. "Scatter!" Eli shouted as the slug hit the ground. Dana swung to the wall as more blasters fired more slugs. Kord, Pronto, Lash and Watts moved as a Jellyish hit their spot.

Deagan dropped down and turned to face Eli. "Surrender Deagan. You and Dana aren't gonna get away this time." Eli said, aiming his blaster at the Por boy. "Oh, don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. Not without the Infurnus!" Deagan said, aiming his blaster at Eli and firing a Hop Rock. Eli ducked out of the way and slung Stunts. Deagan jumped and split his legs, dodging the Speedstinger. "You seem more eager than usual, Deagan." Eli said. "That's because I have this as a reminder of what happens when someone denies me what is rightfully mine." Deagan said, removing his patches, revealing his scars. His left eye all white and his cheek to his chin was all covered with burn scars. Eli and Burpy were disgusted. "Yes. You did this when you denied me the Infurnus. So, this is your last chance, Shane. Give me the Infurnus or you will suffer." Deagan said. "I already told you, Burpy belongs to me. You're not getting him. Willingly or otherwise." Eli said. "Then you will BURN!" Deagan said, firing a Lavalynx.

Meanwhile, Pronto noticed Dana crawl her way through the security lasers to the next room. This gave Pronto an idea. He charged towards the lasers and used his blaster to pole-vault himself past them, only to get himself stuck in a Hoverbug picture. "Oh. Hello." He said awkwardly. Dana just smiled and ripped off one of Pronto's eyebrows. "OW!" Pronto cried. Just then, Kord zipped in. "Gotcha!" He said, trying to grab Dana. But Dana slipped under him and fired another Arachnet past him. "Ha! Missed!" Kord said. "Did I?" Dana asked. Her Arachnet wrapped her web around a Thresher statue. Dana then tugged the web, pulling the statue onto Kord. "Oh Floppers!" Kord said, catching the statue and stumbling backwards. "Hey!" A voice called. Dana turned to see Shimei taking a stance. "Let us see how you fair against the granddaughter of the Unbeatable Master." Shimei said. "Oh, this will be fun." Dana said.

Meanwhile, Eli dodged another one of Deagan's slugs and slung his new Flatulorhinkus, Gasser. Deagan got hit by the slug's Blorfball. "OH! That really stinks! And it stings my scars!" He said. Eli walked towards Deagan as he dropped to the ground. "You had enough yet?" Eli asked. Just then, Deagan surprised Eli by sweeping his legs and knocking Eli down with Burpy falling off his shoulder. Deagan then walked over, grabbed Burpy, shoved him into a barrel and aimed it at Eli. "Finally. I have what is mine. And you are about to meet your end, Shane." He said. But Burpy started pushing the side of the barrel, knocking it loose from the blaster. "Hey! Get back in there! You're mine now! You obey me!" Deagan shouted, trying to put Burpy back in. "He's not gonna listen to you, Deagan. Know why? Because he would never turn on his family." Eli stated. "Speaking of which." Deagan heard a blaster being loaded. He turned to see and saw Harley slinging Masher, punching Deagan into the wall. Deagan dropped his blaster in the process. Burpy hopped out of the barrel, blew Deagan a raspberry and hopped back to Eli.

Meanwhile, Dana and Shimei were continuing their duel. Shimei slung her Vinedrill, Zeng, but Dana flipped out of the way and slung another Arachnet. Shimei swatted the slug aside and went in to strike with her staff. Dana kept evading the incoming strikes like a snake. Finally, Dana swept under Shimei's feet. Shimei tried to stand up, but Dana held her at blaster point. "Stay down. I'd rather not send you to join your grandmother with your life ahead of you." Dana said.

Just then, a slug zipped past Dana. She hopped from the wall as Trixie, Vance and Mario gave chase. "Give me back my camera!" Trixie said, loading and slinging Jelly, hitting the wall with Loogi. Dana stopped and started to compare the Loogi with a picture of a Loogi next to it. "Hmm. I like yours better. In fact, let me take a picture of it." Dana said, taking out Trixie's camera. "My camera!" Trixie cried, racing towards Dana, but Dana slung another Arachnet and pulled up to the top of the wall, causing Trixie to crash into her own Loogi. "Ooh! Now that is just messy." Vance said.

"That's enough, Dana." Eli said. Dana turned to the Shane leader. "When we first met, I thought maybe we could actually be friends. We gave you every chance to do the right thing. But you and your brother are just no-good thieves." Eli said. "Yep. And there's nothing you can do to stop us." Dana said, slinging another Arachnet and swinging off the wall, grabbing Deagan's unconscious body and a couple of giftshop t-shirts on the way. "Oh yeah? You're not the only one with an Arachnet slug." Eli said, taking Spinner's barrel and loading it. "There's nothing you can do that Spinner and I can't do better!" He slung Spinner and started to swing after Dana. However, Dana let go of one of the t-shirts, blinding Eli and causing him to swing into the wall. Eli dropped to the floor as his team ran up to him. "Eli! Are you okay, baby?" Trixie said. "Ow." Eli groaned.

"No way! No way she could've gotten through there!" Kord said. "Yeah? Well, she did. It's like she disappeared into the shadow." Eli pointed out. Pronto struggled and grew back his eyebrow. "But how?" He asked as the gang examined the wall.


Dana and Deagan reappeared at their secret cavern, using the same Shadow Clan orb they took from the Shane treasure chest. "Yes! We did it again." Dana said, tossing the t-shirt with the other loot they stole. "Gotta say though. That one's gonna be hard to top." Dana said to the Arachnet on her shoulder, whom she named Webby. "And I think I know just the place." "Argh! Why are we bothering with wasting our new talents like this?!" Deagan asked as he slowly started to come around. "I had the Infurnus in my grasp, but it didn't even listen to me!" "Oh, get over yourself, dude. No way Eli's Infurnus was gonna listen to you either way." Dana said. "If you just give me the orb, I can sneak into the Shane's base, take the Infurnus without anyone being the wiser and make it obey me!" Deagan said, starting to sound mental. "No! We stick to my plan." Dana said as Webby hopped into her barrel and was slung, pulling Dana up to the big web. "One last job, then we can retire to best thieves in the history of Slugterra." Dana said. "Fine. And where's our next target location?" Deagan asked. "Blakk's citadel. If we pull off this heist, we'll be living the good life." Dana said. Deagan gave a small, sly smile, pulled out his phone and hid behind his personal rock. "Sorry sis. But my patience has reached its end." He said, dialing a number and putting it to his ear. "Blakk's citadel." Maurice's voice said. "I have a message for Dr. Blakk." Deagan said.


Back at the hideout, Suds kept the other slugs entertained by blowing bubbles. Joules accidently popped on with her spark, making Burpy laugh. Mucky hopped onto a bubble and rode it as it floated along the inside. "Come on guys. It may not have been our best night, but at least the museum wasn't a total disaster." Eli assured. "Yeah. Bamboozle. I never would've gotten that." Kord said, still working on his crossword book. "Is that all you can think about right now?" Watts asked. "More or less." Kord said sheepishly. "At least no one saw us flailing around like-" Trixie started to say, going through her computer until she saw something. "A bunch of Floppers!" Dana had posted the video of the gang's humiliating defeat at the museum on the Slugnet. "She posted it on the Slugnet! With my camera!" Trixie groaned. "Okay, your brother's fiancé is really starting to scare me a little." Lash whispered to Harley. "Yeah, me too." Harley whispered.

"I still don't get what Dana and Deagan think they're doing." Kord said as Pronto wolfed down a whole sandwich. "The only thing they took from the museum was a t-shirt from the giftshop." "Any opinions, boss?" Watts asked. "Well, aside from making us look bad, I'd say they're doing it for the fun of busting into any place they want. And the fact that nobody can stop them." Eli said. "In that case, their thrill ride's coming to an end. There's nowhere harder to get into than the museum." Kord said. Eli started to think and had a horrible thought. "No. There is one other place. Dr. Blakk's." He said. "You don't think Dana and Deagan are gonna try to break into Blakk's citadel, do you?" Harley asked. "I don't know, but we're gonna find out." Eli said. "Dana and Deagan won't know what they're walking into."

Eli was right. "Catch that Slugball game last night? Late City Brutes killed it." A couple guards chatted as they walked through the halls. Dana and Deagan used the orb to phase through the shadows into the building.


Dana and Deagan started to sneak around the citadel, looking for anything for them to steal. "Blakk's gotta have something worth stealing in here." Dana said. "Like what?" Deagan asked. "I don't know! Anything!" Dana said. Webby chittered, pointing over to a cabinet with Blakk's mark. "Well, well. What do we have here?" Dana asked. The 2 thieves walked over and Dana felt around for a way to open it. Then she found the button. "Got it!" She said. The cabinet opened, revealing Blakk's blaster. "Oh yeah." Dana said, taking the blaster. "Looks like we hit paydirt, sis." Deagan said.

"Can I help you?" Blakk's voice asked, surprising the thieves. Webby hid behind Dana's back, shaking in fear. "Who are you?" Blakk asked. "Just a couple of no-good thieves." Dana said. Blakk was unimpressed. "Relax. We just wanted to see the look on your face when we-" Dana started to say, until Blakk roared and charged at them, attacking them with punches. Dana and Deagan flipped over him, out of the way. "Okay, that's not the look I was hoping for." Dana said with worry. Blakk threw another punch, but Dana just flipped away onto a table. Before Blakk could attack again, Dana slung Webby. But Blakk uppercut her into a tube of Dark Water. "Webby!" Dana cried. Then Blakk came in and hammered the table, destroying it as Dana jumped out of the way. Dana continued to evade Blakk as her tried to crush her with pieces of the table. Deagan watched from the shadows.

"Please! Just take the blaster back!" Dana pleaded. "Oh, I intend to. You won't be leaving here with anything." Blakk said, advancing on Dana. "In fact, you won't be leaving at all!" "I- I should've known better!" Dana said, activating the orb from behind her back. "Afterall, having your blaster stolen, that's just about the most humiliating thing that can happen to a slinger." Dana disappeared as Blakk tried to grab her. Blakk roared at his failure.

Maurice then came running in. "Everything okay, boss? I heard-" He started to ask. "I…lost something." Blakk said dusting himself off. "I'll gather up the boys." Maurice said, but Blakk stopped him. "No. I'd rather keep this quiet." He said. "Leave it to me, boss. I'll find someone who can discreetly eliminate this problem." Maurice said, pulling up his phone. Blakk then noticed Deagan in the shadows. They both stared at each other before smiling slyly.

Dana reappeared at her cavern, almost in shock from what happened with Blakk. "Whoa. That was a close one. Not to mention it cost us Deagan." She said. "But even without Deagan, I'm still the best." She slung another Arachnet and pulled herself up to her web. She then started to examine Blakk's blaster, chuckling with success. "I bet Dr. Blakk is losing his mind right about now." She said. She was wrong.

Back at Blakk's citadel, Maurice brought in a bunch of bounty hunters. As they waited, they were stacking their slug barrels. The slugs inside the barrels all shook with fear. "I didn't realize this would be a competition." A voice came from the door. A man with a cyber eye walked in. "That's a pity. For you. Allow me to introduce myself. I am-" "Yeah, yeah. You're the one they call The Gentleman." One of the hunters interrupted, mocking the man. The hunters all then laughed and knocked the barrel stack down. The Gentleman caught the barrel containing a Thresher. "It's not polite to interrupt. I was going to say I am the chap who's going to get this job." He said. The hunters just chuckled. "You talk funny." The one said. The Gentleman turned out the lights, activating his cyber eye's night vision. He then loaded the Thresher and targeted each of the other hunters. He then slung the Thresher, bouncing off the walls and striking the hunters all at once. "You should not have doubted me, my friends." The Gentleman said as he turned the lights back on. The hunters were all in a big pileup. "A gentleman always keeps his word."

At that moment, Blakk, Maurice, Stalker, and a new slinger wearing a gas mask walked in. The 4 looked on at the damage the Gentleman had done. "I believe we have found our man." Blakk said with impression. "There are 2 things I need delivered to me. A blaster, and the girl who took it." "Of course, sir. As I said, a gentleman always keeps his word." The Gentleman said with a bow.


Back in the cavern, as Dana slept in her web, 3 sets of feet were walking towards them. Webby started to chitter with alert. "Relax Webby. We're safe up here. We covered our tracks." Dana assured her favorite slug. "But not your trail." The Gentleman's voice said, alerting Dana. "Who?" She asked as she looked around. "Oh, I think you know who I am. Don't you little thief?" The Gentleman said, making his appearance known, along with Stalker and the masked slinger. Dana just stared in shock, knowing what the Gentleman was capable of. "Then you know how this will end." The Gentleman said, loading his Thresher and locking onto Dana. Stalker and the masked slinger took aim as well. "You can have the blaster. Take it! It was only a joke." Dana said. "That would make this easier for me and my cohorts. But not for you, I'm afraid." The Gentleman said. "I promised our employer that blaster and you. And the Gentleman always keeps his word." He fired the Thresher at the web, knocking it loose and causing Dana to fall. She tried to grab onto a length of web, but she just slipped off. Webby pointed to the orb. Dana grabbed it, noticing the Gentleman, Stalker and the masked slinger firing Hop Rocks. Dana activated the orb, disappearing into the shadows just as the Hop Rocks it the ground.

The 3 mercenaries hopped down to the ground and ran towards the spot the Hop Rocks landed. But there was nothing there. "Now where could you have gotten to, my dear?" The Gentleman asked. "Forget where she is! How are we gonna find her?" Stalker asked. The Gentleman activated his cyber eye. "Let's follow the trail, shall we?" He said, taking off.

Dana reappeared in town, scaring a passing couple. "Don't mind me. Just passing through." She said. Suddenly, another Hop Rock zipped past her head. She took off as the Gentleman, Stalker and the masked slinger chased after her. Dana ducked into an alley and used the orb to disappear again. The mercenaries ran into the alley and looked around for her. The Gentleman tracked her trail with his cyber eye. "Up there!" He said, pointing to the rooftops. He slung an Arachnet and pulled himself up. Stalker and the masked slinger did the same and followed. Dana reappeared and ran across the roofs. The Gentleman swung onto the roof first and fired an Armashelt. Dana evaded the slug and continued to run. Then she fired another Arachnet onto a stalactite, swung and disappeared again. The 3 mercenaries caught up to the edge. "Where'd she go now?" Stalker asked. The Gentleman tracked her trail. "Interesting." He said, walking away. "What? Where is she?" Stalker asked. "Why the last place we'd ever think to look of course." The Gentleman answered. "The Shane Hideout." The masked slinger said with a deep mechanical voice.


By then, the Shane Gang walked back to the hideout. "What a waste. 10 hours in the bush staking out the entrance to Blakk's cavern." Kord groaned. "Not one trace of Dana or Deagan." Mario said. "Maybe they had another way in." Eli guessed. "Bah! Trust me. If a tracker as keen-eyed and sharp-nosed as Pronto cannot find them, then a Por cannot be found." Pronto said, unlocking the door. As he walked in, he got a big surprise in sight. "Aha! You see? Apparently, I'm even better than I thought." He said. Dana was sitting right there on their couch. "Yeah, yeah. You caught me! Now hurry up and close the door!" Dana said out of fear. "Whoa, whoa, whoa! What?! You had us chasing our tails like a bunch of Floppers!" Trixie said. "And now I'm turning myself in." Dana said, tossing Trixie back her camera. "My camera!" Trixie cried, hugging it tight to her chest.

"I don't get it. Why would you just give up?" Kord asked. "And where's Deagan?" Harley asked. Suddenly, the alarm blared. The security cameras picked up the Gentleman, Stalker and the masked slinger approaching the hideout. "That's why." Dana said as the Gentleman slugged out the cameras. Webby ducked back into Dana's purse. "Stalker? And who're the other 2?" Harley asked. "The one guy calls himself the Gentleman. I don't know who the other guy is. They're working for Dr. Blakk." Dana explained. "So, you guys did try to steal from Blakk!" Eli said. "Try? I did." Dana said, pulling out Blakk's blaster. "And now Blakk wants payback. He's already got Deagan. And now he wants me dead."

The 3 mercenaries rode up to the hideout. Eli, Harley, Kord, Vance, Mario and Watts were waiting outside. The Gentleman dismounted his mecha and walked up. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am-" He started. "Dana told me about you. And the blaster." Eli interrupted. "It's inside. You're welcome to it." "Unfortunately, we'll have to decline your offer. Unless the girl comes with it." The Gentleman said. "Can't do that. I don't like what she's done, but I'm not just gonna hand her over to Dr. Blakk. I gave her my word." Eli said. Stalker growled. He forgot how stubborn and annoying Eli could be. "Now that I can literally appreciate. So, it appears we will have to find another way out of this impasse." The Gentleman said. Kord suddenly started to think on that word. "Impasse. 23 across! Thanks!" He said, pulling out his crossword book and writing the word down. Harley groaned and swiped the book. "Kord! Seriously?! You're doing this right now?!" He asked. Kord just chuckled sheepishly.

Stalker noticed something below them. He tapped the Gentleman's shoulder and pointed down. Trixie and Dana were trying to get away on their mechas. "Not very polite to leave without saying goodbye!" The Gentleman said, pulling up his blaster and firing his Armashelt. Stalker fired a Thesher and the masked slinger slung a Rammstone. Eli fired Joules, Harley fired his new Bubbaleone, Bubbles, Vance fired Blast and Kord fired his Phosphoro, now named Glint. The Armashelt knocked down Joules, the Thresher deflated Bubbles and the Rammstone punched Blast aside. But Glint pushed through and blinded the mercenaries with Flashbang. The attack even messed up the Gentleman's cyber eye. After resetting it, the Gentleman fired a Hop Rock at the gang and took off after Trixie and Dana with Stalker and the masked slinger right behind him. "Hey, I thought it wasn't polite to leave without saying goodbye." Eli called.

The 3 mercenaries trailed Trixie and Dana into Canyon Cavern. As they caught up, the Gentleman aimed a Hop Rock at Dana with his cyber eye and slung it, knocking her off her mecha beast. Dana managed to recover by slinging one of her Arachnets. The Gentleman fired another Hop Rock as Trixie and Dana split up. The mercenaries kept after their target as she swung through the canyon. Finally, she stopped at a dead end and turned to face her chasers. "I'm afraid you're trapped." The Gentleman said loading another slug. "No. You are." Dana turned out to be Trixie wearing Dana's clothing. The 3 looked up to see Pronto, Eli, Harley and Eliza aiming their blasters at them. The Gentleman slung his loaded slug, a Speedstinger, knocking the gang's blasters out of their hands. "A mere distraction." The Gentleman said. "Exactly!" Kord called. The cave troll flew in and tackled the Gentleman right off his mecha, knocking him out. Stalker was about to strike. "Ahoy there!" Watts called, firing his MakoBreaker, Scourge, trapping the game hunter on the rock wall with Razorstorm. Harley noticed that the masked slinger wasn't around. 'I wonder where that other guy went.' He thought.

The gang regrouped. "I guess Dana bolted." Trixie said angrily. "Guess again." Dana called. Everyone turned to see her in Trixie's clothing. "So, what do we do with her now?" Kord asked. "I got some ideas." Trixie grumbled. But Eliza just blocked her. "If I can take back all the stuff I did, trust me, I would." Dana said. "And we should just take your word for that?" Trixie asked. "Especially with the things Deagan tried to do?" Lash added. Eli, Harley and Burpy looked at each other. "No. You should take mine. I trust her." Eli said. "Thanks Eli. For everything." Dana said putting her glasses back on. "Don't thank me. Prove me right." Eli said.

At that moment, the Gentleman started to come around, seeing that Trixie, Mario and Pronto were aiming their blasters at him. "I believe I know what happens next." He said. "I don't think you do. We're letting you go." Eli said. Everyone was shocked at what he just said. "We are?! Bro, this dude's one of the bad guys. And he's good with words." Kord said. "And he's also tight with Stalker over there." Vance said, gesturing to their other prisoner. "What're you planning, Eli?" Harley asked. "Even if we return his blaster, Blakk is still gonna hunt Dana down. This is what we have to do to protect her." Eli said. Dana and Webby looked at each other. "You're gonna go to Blakk and tell him to meet me and Harley in Chillbore Cavern. Alone. And this is exactly how it's gonna go down."

Eli and Harley entered Chillbore Cavern, meeting Blakk face-to-face. "So, here we are." Blakk said. Eli and Harley just glared.


Eli and Harley continued to glare. Their slugs growled from in their barrels. "Well, do you have it or not?" Blakk asked impatiently. Eli reached behind him and slowly drew Blakk's blaster. "Then give it to me! I'm here as you asked. Alone. Unarmed." Blakk said. "Can't believe you actually kept your word." Eli said, sliding the blaster to Blakk's feet. Blakk picked it up and smiled with a sneer. "You should've trusted those instincts." He said. Eli and Harley noticed the Gentleman, Stalker and the masked slinger aiming their blasters at them. "Guess we should've known you'd lie." Eli said. Blakk chuckled. "About several things." He held up a slug barrel containing a Hop Jack ghoul. He loaded it and slung it. Eli and Harley took cover. Eli loaded and slung Rocky. Blakk fired a Greneater. The ghoul knocked Rocky aside and hit the ice block Eli took cover behind. The ghoul exploded as Blakk started to advance on Eli.

Harley kept his focus on Stalker, who slung a Thresher. Harley ducked down, dodging the slug, then popped back up, slinging his new Polero, Polo, tripping the game hunter. Stalker just growled and slung a Hop Rock, sending Harley back towards Eli.

The Gentleman saw his chance and aimed at the brothers. Suddenly, Dana appeared and aimed at the Gentleman. "What?! You!" Blakk shouted. The Gentleman ducked out of the way as Dana fired her slug. "Her name's Dana. She's a friend of ours." Eli said as he loaded and fired Joules. Blakk fired a Grimmstone. Joules fired her Tazerbolt, but the Grimmstone moved out of the way and knocked her down. Eli and Harley flipped over the ghoul as it broke through the ice. The Shane brothers landed, only to see that they were standing a floating ice block.

As Dana prepared to drop in, the Gentleman aimed his blaster at her. "No!" The masked slinger yelled, dropping in front of the Gentleman. "She's mine." The slinger said. The Gentleman stepped aside as Dana and the masked slinger took their stance. Then they started to sling Arachnet slugs back and forth. Dana slid under the slinger and slung another Arachnet, but the slinger dodged and slung another Arachnet of his own. Dana dodged and looked at the slinger in disbelief. "You know all my moves! How is that possible?!" She asked. "You should know. We trained every day, using the same moves, Dana." The slinger said, removing his mask. "Deagan?!" Dana gasped, recognizing the face of her own brother. "Hello sis. Surprised?" Deagan asked. "But why? How?" Dana asked, close to tears. "Well, you see, after you left, me and Blakk made a little deal as we hired the Gentleman here to take you out. I help him to get what he wants, and he helps me to get what I want." Deagan said. "Eli's Infurnus. Burpy!" Dana guessed. "Yes. You held me back long enough, Dana. Always denying me what should be mine! Well, that all ends now!" Deagan shouted. "No. As soon as Blakk finishes Eli and Harley, he'll finish us both as well for stealing his blaster." Dana said. "Us both?" Deagan just chuckled. "Fool. I told Blakk we were coming." He revealed. Dana was now in shock. "You- You sold me out?!" Dana asked, letting her tears fall. "Yes. And so, as of today, you are no longer my sister." Deagan declared.

Dana froze in place, feeling too betrayed and heartbroken to move. Deagan moved aside as the Gentleman took aim at Dana and fired a Geoshard slug. It fired Crystallist at her stomach, crystalizing her body. "NO!" Eli cried as Blakk laughed maniacally. Dana struggled, but couldn't move. Deagan walked up to her. "Goodbye Dana." He pushed her over the edge and into the water. Eli and Harley dove in and swam after her as she sank.

Blakk, Stalker and Deagan walked up to the Gentleman. "You're certain that Geoshard did its job?" Blakk asked. "A gentleman always keeps his word." The Gentleman said. Deagan glared at the water. 'Next time, you Shanes won't escape alive!' He thought.


In the Flumes, Eli, Harley and Dana emerged with the help of Suds. The gang rushed over to help. Kord, Vance and Lash pulled Eli, Harley and Dana out with a leash pole. "It's okay bro! We got you." Kord said. Pronto fished Joules, Suds, Rocky, Polo and the Geoshard out of the water with a bucket. "And your slugs are safe too thanks to Pronto." Pronto boasted. Trixie and Eliza covered Eli and Harley with big blankets to dry them off. Kord gently set Dana down. She looked like she wasn't even breathing. "Dude, if he crystallized her heart or her brain-" Kord started to say. "He didn't." Eli said, nodding to Pronto. Pronto slung his own Slyren from Snowdance Cavern, Doozey, into the air. Doozey sung his Whistleer attack and shattered the crystal, waking Dana up. "What happened?" Dana asked as she coughed for air. "Exactly as we planned." Eli said.

[Flashback]

"You're gonna go to Blakk and tell him to meet me and Harley in Chillbore Cavern. Alone. And this is exactly how its gonna go down. We're going to convince Blakk she's taken care of. Even with the blaster back, Blakk won't let this end without drawing blood. So, you're gonna use that eye of yours to hit Dana in just the right spot to make it look like she's finished." Eli instructed. Dana flinched at this. "Without, you know, actually hurting her. We got a deal?" Eli asked. "It looks as if I have no choice but to agree." The Gentleman said, gesturing to Trixie, Pronto and Mario still aiming their blasters at him. "But I am a man of my word. I promised Dr. Blakk I'd bring him the blaster and the girl." "And you're gonna do exactly that. And then, you're gonna keep your word to me." Eli said. The Gentleman just smiled.

[Flashback End]

Everyone returned to the hideout. "So, now that Blakk and Deagan think I'm at the bottom of the Under River, that's it? I'm in the clear?" Dana asked. "As long as you lay low. Which means no more stealing." Eli said. Dana looked at Webby, who nodded. "Thanks." Dana said. "Don't thank me. Prove me right." Eli said, repeating his earlier words. "I will." Dana said, pulling out her orb, activating it and disappearing, shocking the gang in the process. "Whoa! Where'd she go?" Trixie asked. "She 'bamboozled' us." Kord said. "But how'd she do that?" Lash asked. "I thought I could trust her." Eli said. Just then, Dana reappeared. "You can." She said, showing them the orb. "Is that what I think it is?" Vance asked. "Shadow Clan tech." Eli said. "So, that's how you did it." Trixie said. Even the slugs were surprised. "It's called a Shadow Walker." Dana said. "Where'd you get this?" Eli asked. "Inside your father's treasure chest. The one with the Shadow Talkers? The Shadow Walker lets me walk through the shadows just like the Shadow Clan." Dana explained. "And you just took it?" Trixie asked. "As your share of the family treasure no doubt." Harley guessed. "That's what I do. What I used to do." Dana said. "I'm giving everything me and Deagan stole back. Including this." Dana gave the Shadow Walker to Eli. "No." Eli said. Everyone gasped. "What did you say?" Vance asked. "Excuse me, but is that some sort of code where no means yes? Because this seems like the kind of extremely powerful device that Dr. Blakk would love to get his hands on." Pronto said. "I actually agree with the mole. If Blakk were to learn of Shadow Clan tech, he'd stop at nothing to get sample to try and replicate for himself." Watts said. "And that's why Dana's gonna keep it. As her share of our family treasure. Safest place for it is with someone Blakk no longer thinks exists." Eli said. "Besides, I trust her with it." The slugs chittered in agreement. "So do I." Trixie said. "Me too." Harley agreed.

Dana sighed. "Actually, I was thinking." She said. "About what?" Eli asked. "I'm not gonna lay low. I've decided that I wanna join you." Dana said. Everyone looked at her with surprise. "But Dana-" Eli started. "Eli, you said you gave me the chance to do the right thing. To me, this is the right thing I want to do." Dana said. She sat back down as she started to shed tears. "Besides, since my dad passed way, and after what Deagan said to me, I have nowhere else to go now." Everyone now felt sorry for Dana, especially Eliza. Eli stood up. "You were always welcome to join our table, Dana." He said, holding out his hand. Dana dried her tears a bit, stood up and shook the hand. "Thanks Eli." She said. "No problem. And I have a feeling that we're gonna have to use the Shadow Walker again someday." Eli said. "I have one question. I need a 4-letter word." Kord said, pulling up his crossword book again. "S-L-blank-G." "Slug!" Everyone said. "Oh, that fits! Thanks guys." Kord said, writing the U down. "Oh brother." Harley groaned. "Uh Dana? Can we talk in private for a few minutes?" Eliza asked. "Yeah. Sure thing, Mrs. Shane." Dana said. They both walked away to speak privately. When they were gone, Eli turned his attention to the Geoshard they brought back. "Now then, how would you like to join our team?" He asked. The Geoshard chittered with interest. "Then I think we'll call you Crystal." Eli said.

Later that night, Eli sat outside, staring at the view. Then he noticed Harley, Eliza and Dana talking at the door and pointing at him. Dana then nodded. Eliza then kissed her forehead and Harley patted her shoulder before they walked back in. Dana then looked at Eli and walked over, sitting down next to him. "Hey." She said. "Hey." Eli said back. "Some day huh?" Dana asked. "Yeah. Some day. You'll experience lots of days like it with us in the future." Eli said. "I look forward to it." Dana said. They both stared at the night view for a while. "So, what did you and my mom talk about?" Eli asked. "Well, it may actually come as a surprise to you. It did for Harley." Dana started as she stood up. "What?" Eli asked. "She wants to adopt me." Dana revealed. Eli was surprised to hear this. "You see, I knew your father when I was little. And whenever we visited him, he treated me like I was his own daughter." Dana explained. "And now that your father's gone, Mom wants to make it official." Eli said. "If it's okay with you, Eli. It would mean all of Slugterra to me to call you my brother." Dana said, about to cry. Eli smiled and brought Dana into a hug. "Welcome to the Shane family…sister." He whispered. Dana let her tears as she tightened her hug with happiness.


Back at Blakk's citadel, Deagan was furious when he found out that the Gentleman had actually left Dana alive on orders from Eli. "Those Shanes! They mock me! I'VE HAD ENOUGH!" He ranted as he kicked a table over. "Relax Deagan. There will be other chances." Blakk said. "Indeed. I plan to seek vengeance against the Shane Gang myself. Especially since I've offered my full-time services to Dr. Blakk." The Gentleman added. "That doesn't help my case. My traitorous sister still lives and I still haven't claimed what is rightfully MINE!" Deagan shouted. Blakk stood up and walked over to Deagan. "Then maybe I can give you what is rightfully yours, in exchange for your services." He said. "How? How can you give me what is rightfully mine?" Deagan asked. "No one has ever proven that the Shane's Infurnus slug was the only one of its kind in existence." Blakk said, holding up a ghoul barrel. Deagan gasped at what was in it. An Infurnus! A ghouled Infurnus!

Whoa! Pretty heavy events that happened here. Deagan betrays his own sister and joins Dr. Blakk. Dana makes up for her thieving crimes and joins the Shane Gang. But where did Blakk get another Infurnus? This and more surprises await! Leave a review if you want.

And let me know if you like my special surprise for this chapter. Eliza wanting to adopt Dana into the Shane family. I really hope you like it.

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), Gasser (Flatulorhinkus), Crystal (Geoshard)

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), Bubbles (Bubbaleone), Polo (Polero)

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), Glint (Phosphoro)

Pronto Geronimo: Stinky (Flatulorhinkus), Slimey (Jellyish), Soapy (Bubbaleone), Bruiser (Rammstone), Flame (Flaringo), Loogie (Lariat), Windy (Tormato), Squeaky (Flopper), Blocky (Hop Rock), Freezie (Frostcrawler), Doozey (Slyren)

Vance Volt: Blast (Hop Rock), Bloom (Vinedrill), Crust (Lavalynx), Legs (Arachnet), 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), Zeng (Vinedrill)

Eliza Shane: Ellie (Flaringo), Min (Jellyish), Tink (Phosphoro), Pimpy (Bubbaleone)

Watts: Scourge (MakoBreaker)

Dana Por: Webby (Arachnet)