-Three-

Eli

"Lily and Junjie have been gone too long. I don't like it." I said.

"I know." Trixie added. "Knowing them, they should already be back. It just doesn't-" the alarm went off in the middle of Trixie's sentence.

Kord went over to check the computer. "It's Lily. She's sending a distress call from Hamina Cavern."

"Then let's saddle up, guys!"

In Hamina Cavern…

Hamina Cavern was quiet. The faint sounds of slugs conversing drifted through the wind. "Like I said, I don't like it." I said faintly. Camone and Shardmine Slugs were running about.

"I'm getting the signal from Lily's mecha. We're really close!" Kord exclaimed. Then two screams came from behind some trees. Tree branches clanged against my mecha as I raced towards the screaming. It was Lily and Junjie!

"Guys, hang on! We're coming!" LK-E, WY-8, BOOM-R, and FRND-0 suddenly started to spark and smoke.

"What?!" Pronto yelled in surprise as he fell of his mecha. Pronto's Flatulorhinkus, Stinky, cocked his head at his startled slinger.

"That's it for the mechas. I'll fix them before we go home." Kord said. I saw an Infurnus with sad eyes and a worried Flaringo slide over to me.

"Flare, Joo-Joo, what happened?" I asked. Both started squeaking.

"Why don't you just show us?" Pronto said. I put Joo-Joo on my shoulder with Burpy and Flare sat on my head. We walked around a clearing and saw a Makobreaker with a scar on its stomach.

"Jaws? Did Lily send you too?" The red shark-like slug nodded sadly. I picked him up and put him in a slug tube. After we passed a forest, I saw a Negashade jumping and flailing his arms.

"You too, Darkie?" Trixie said. Then Darkie started pointing furiously.

"This way? Alright."

Later…

We came to a dirt road. There was nothing

there, except for a busted blue wolf mecha…

Busted blue wolf mecha!

"No doubt Lily and Junjie were here. That's his mecha beast!"

Then Kord said, "But…I don't see Lily's mecha anywhere!" We all looked around. V1P-R was nowhere to be found. All that was there was Junjie's broken mecha and a rock with blood on and around it. I shuddered at what could have possibly happened in our absence.

"Where are they?!" Trixie yelled.

"I'll try and reach one of them!" I put my hand to my ear. "Lily, do you read me? Do you read me?!" I yelled into the earpiece. I heard some static, then a familiar voice.

"I hear you loud and clear, Eli!"

"Where are you?! We found Junjie's mecha beast but we can't find yours!"

"We've been taken prisoner by the Scrap Force. Boss Ember attacked us and now Junjie is injured. They took my mecha but left his. Help us!"

"We're on our way!"

I turned to my friends. "To the Scrap Heap!"