She was running through DeadWeed Cavern. Hundreds of thundering footsteps could be heard behind her, and not too far off either. She just closed her eyes, pumped her legs faster, and continued on. Then she hit something solid. A dead end! Her head turned as she stared in fear at the many guards pointing blasters at her.

"Did you miss me?" a cold voice asked from behind her. SHe turned back towards the wall. And she screamed.

"NOOOOO!" a voice suddenly shrieked. Pronto dropped his water, Eli almost chocked, Kord fell out of and dropped the video game controller, Trixie jumped out of her seat, and Burpy got so scared he set fire right on Eli's shoulder. "Ow!" he exclaimed. "Finishing Blow?" she said, more as a question than a statement. "What in blazes was that?" Kord asked. "I don't know," Trixie said.

"Uh guys?" Eli called.

"Yea?" they answered.

"I think that was our new guest."

All of them promptly turned around to look at the girl they had found two days ago. "HA! No silly girl's screams would ever scare the mighty Molenoid, Pronto!" he declared, as if he wasn't scared five seconds ago. they all got up and crowded around her. She stirred, and her silver eyes opened. Eli was taken aback for a second. Her eyes were a magnificent shade of silver, even prettier than to Moon above the Surface. When you looked at them closely, you could see that they had small flecks of golden color in them, making them shine more.

Her eyes widened at her surroundings. They dashed this way and that, finally settling on Eli. She was shocked too, at his handsome features and charming teen looks. She liked his eyes, the cool shade of blue they were and the way they shined when the light hit them just right. She also took notice of his hair, jet black, straight, and she even liked how the way his bangs swept to the right. All in all, she thought one word described him. HOT.

"W-Where am I? She finally asked.

"You're at the Shane hideout," Trixie answered.

"Wait, so you guys are the legendary Shane Gang?" she asked, her eyes lighting up.

"That we are," Kord said, smiling.

"The big guy's Kord," he nodding to him. "The pigtaills with a temper-" "Hey!" Trixie cut in. "- is Trxie." "That's Pronto," he said pointing over to him. "Pronto the greatest, mot fearless, most feared Molenoid in all of Slugterra! Please to meet you," he said grinning. Eli thrusted a thumb towards himself. "And I'm Eli. What your name?"

She hesitated. She had just got here, plus these guys were the Shane gang! They couldn't know her real name! "Roxanne Wenxia," she stated quietly.

"Well Roxanne, nice to meet you."

They stood in silence for a few moments.

"So umm….I was wondering….what exactly happened back there? Near the Deep Caverns?" Kord asked scratching his head. "You gave us quite a scare when we found you there unconcious."

"Oh, well…." Roxanne started. She bit her lip. She couldn't tell them the truth, or they wouldn't trust her. Okay. I'll tell them, but I'll leave out some details. That's technically not lying, right?"

"So I was inside Blaak's base…"

She ducked as a Grimmstone slug aimed it's Grimhorn attack at her. It missed and hit a few boxes of Blakk's slug cartridges. She mad a quick left, down the hall that leads to the main exit. She was almost there. She dodged a few more slug attacks, and ran through the exit. Outside, she came face to face with Locke and Lode. "Digger, Go!" they shouted and shot a slug at her. She dodged both explosions, and turned back to them. "You'll have to do better than that, boys!" she shouted. She loaded her cartridge with an orange slug that was on her left shoulder. She put the cartridge into her blaster.

"Hicca, go!" she said. As soon as it hit 100mph, it grew into its true form. It flew around Locke and Lode, encasing them in a tornado of blue fire. They both screamed and shouted curses at on another as they tried to escape. She laughed and picked Hicca up off of the ground. "Good job, Hicca! Nice work!" Suddenly, an explosion knocked her off of her feet. She fell backwards and hit her head, and the last thing she saw was smoke, then she blacked out.

"Wow, Trixie said. "That's quite a story."

"Yea….." she trailed off, glad they had decided not to dig in further. Well….one of them anyway. She looked over to Kord. He didn't seem to have anything to say, so she looked over to Eli. He was frowning at her. She got a little nervous.

"What were you doing in Blakk's lab?" he asked. She thought for a moment. Now she could tell the whole truth on this one.

"I was trying to get my slug, Hicca, back before she got ghouled." Where was Hicca anyway? She started to look around. She didn't see her. She started to break out in a nervous sweat. Kord seemed to notice her, so he said, "Relax, she's right over there," while pointing over to the slug's usual spot.

She got up and walked over to them. She picked Hicca up and rubbed her on her side with her finger. "Aw jeez, for a second there I thought I had lost you back there." The Shane Gang watched them for a few moments, and then Trixie popped a question. "Hey, what type of slug is that?" "Oh, Hicca?" she said. "She's an Infurnus Slug." "Yea, that's what I thought, but she's aren't Infurnus Slugs extinct?" Trixie asked. "Well yes, but Hicca is a rare type. Her ancestors originate from the Cerulean Cinder Rapids."

"Cerulean Cinder Rapids?" they asked. She wasn't surprised. Not many people even knew they existed, yet heard of them. "It's an ancient slug cavern that got destroyed many years ago."

"Ooohhh," they said simultaneously. "Oh! " Eli suddenly exclaimed. "I can't believe I almost forgot!" He picked up his right hand slug and presented him to her. "This, is Burpy. He's been at my side for as long as I can remember." Burpy waved with his tiny slug arms. "Aww….he's so cute!" she exclaimed with a squeal. Eli chuckled. They stood in silence one more, but then something happened. The alarm was going CRAZY! "Guys," Kord said while looking out the window.

I think we have trouble."