Slugterra: The Adventures of the Shane Gang! Chapter 9: Club Slug!, a slugterra fanfic

Hey, guys. Welcome to the next chapter of Slugterra: The Adventures of the Shane Gang! I hope that you guys will enjoy the chapter...anyway, I don't own anything except for my OCs as the OC Genji Fukuhara belongs entirely to 9655.

NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!

"Do you spend hours on tedious dueling and your slugs still aren't learning new moves?!" A Man says with two bored Slugslingers slinging a couple of Flatulorhinkuses as we see Pronto laying on his bed, late at night and watching a commercial on the TV as he ate chips.

"Why, yes I do," Pronto said with Stinky popping out of the bag as he ate a couple of chips.

"Are the other Slugslingers getting the best slugs and leaving you with Floppers?!" A Man says as one of the guys holds up his Flatulorhinkus, who makes a sick face as Pronto looks at Stinky with a glare.

"No good, lazy, stinking Floppers? Yes!"

"Tired of never knowing which Slug to use or if it's even worth using at all?!"

"It's like he's reading my mind!"

"Here at Club Slug, we know that you have better things to do than waste your time getting your hands dirty. Making your Slugs more powerful."

"Oh, you are preaching to the choir, my friend," Pronto says as he accidentally falls out of his hammock.

"This slug learned 5 new moves in a single weekend!" The Man says as he holds up a Tormato Slug. "And I didn't have to do anything, but sit back and watch while enjoying a relaxing massage at your fully equipped spa."

"I could use a pedicure..."

"Then what are you waiting for? I'm Sergeant Slug and I say get up, pack your bags and let me do the work so you don't have to!"

"Sir, yes, sir!" Pronto says while saluting as Stinky lets out a loud stinky purple gas that makes him faint from the smell and his Flatulorhinkus Slug snorted as he threw back his head and began laughing.

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~[Slugterra: The Adventures of the Shane Gang-Theme Song!]~

Slugterra!

A smirking Eli and Leroy Shane, who were wearing their casual Earth Outfits, can be seen hanging out in the Surface World before being swiftly warped over to Slugterra while wearing their Shane Uniforms as an evilly smirking Dr. Blakk appeared and quickly aimed his blasters at them, only to be surprised to see Genji Fukuhara, Pronto Geronimole, Beatrice 'Trixie' String, and Kord Zane appearing onto the scene as the Shane Gang aimed their blasters at the shocked supervillain and fired their Slugs at him as we then see Burpy, Thunder, Driller, and all of the Shane Gang's Slugs appearing on the screen with the title of the story appearing above them as they all waved at the readers cheerfully/cutely.

~[Slugterra: The Adventures of the Shane Gang-Theme Song Over!]~

"I will apologize now for what I'm about to do to you two later," Kord says with a smug grin as we cue to the next day and we see the Shane Gang having a Training Session with each other as Kord can be seen facing the Shane Twins.

"Too bad your threats aren't as strong as your breath."

"I'm a cave troll. What do I care about breath?"

"Uh, what are you guys doing?" Trixie asked while she and Genji could be seen cuddling with each other on a nearby rock.

"We're practicing the fine art of psyching out your opponent," Leroy explained as Genji grinned slyly.

"How about less psyching and more slinging?" Trixie asked with a cheeky grin while raising her blaster as she fired her Bluster the Tormato Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as he used his Slyphoon Supermove to spin in the air, producing a rampaging tornado as Leroy raised his blaster and fired his Arachnia the Arachnet Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as he used his Grappnet Supermove to shoot a web line that attached to a nearby cliff and propelled himself up into the air while Eli and Kord got caught by the wind as the Cave Troll then raised his blaster and fired his Bludgeon the Rammstone Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as he used his Rockhorn Supermove to fire himself as he held out his curved ram horns and collided against Trixie's Tormato Slug, sending him flying over to collide against Trixie's head to knock her down with a pained grunt.

"Hey, Kord! Why don't you chill out!" Eli says with a playful tone as he raises his blaster and fires his Chiller the Frostcrawler Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as he used his Freezard Supermove to blow a freezing wind to freeze Kord's blaster as Leroy can be seen running across various mushrooms and jumped off while lowering his blaster and fired his Jetstream the Aquabeek Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as he used his Seawee Supermove to shoot out a sonar blast just as Genji raised his wrist blaster and fired his Pyro the Flaringo Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as he used his Blastburst Supermove to fire a big fireball attack at Aquabeek, who was able to overpower his attack and flew over to knock down Genji as Leroy landed on the ground and both brothers whirled around to aim their blasters at each other.

"Go, Banger!/Go, Floppy!" The Shane Twins exclaimed in unison while firing their Banger the Armashelt Slug and Floppy the Flopper Slug, which transformed from their Protoforms to their Velocimorph Forms as Floppy used his Stretching Supermove to wrap himself around Banger's body to defeat him.

"I win!" A smug-faced Leroy says as he then froze when a powering-up noise rang out behind him and slowly turns his head to see a sneaky Laura standing behind him as she has the Shane Gang's Symbol planted directly on her right breast.

"Actually I win," Laura says with an arrogant smirk on her face while firing her Thresher Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as he flew over to collide against Leroy's body harmlessly to knock him down to the ground.

"Damn, nice sneak attack, newbie," Leroy says with a soft smile on his face as he and the others get up from the attack.

"Yeah, way to go." Eli praised as Laura blushed and smiled as Genji tuned to a pouting Kord.

"Don't get so worked up, Kord."

"Yeah, it's just practice," Leroy says as Kord scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"For the Shane Twins, maybe. A few months ago, you two didn't even know what end of the blaster the Slug came out. Now I can't even get a shot in."

"Isn't that a good thing, though? I don't know about you, but I won't join a team where the Leaders of the group can't defeat their teammates." Laura pointed out as Kord grumbled but said nothing as they then noticed a grunting Pronto struggling with putting luggage on his mecha, only to have it fall on top of him as the Shane Gang walked up to him.

"Pronto? What's with all the luggage?"

"Ah, yes. Very good question. Allow me to ask all of you: are you tired of spending hours with tedious dueling?" Pronto asked as the Shane Twins shook their heads.

"Uh, no."

"Yeah, that's the best part about being a Slugslinger," Leroy says as Kord glares at him jealously.

"Yeah. When you win every time."

"Let it go, big guy," Laura says sarcastically as Pronto pops up between them.

"Are other Slugslingers leaving you in the dust?"

"Well-,"

"It's never bothered me," Genji says as Pronto glares at him.

"Yes, it does. Anyway, this is why I have paid for all of us to spend a luxurious weekend at Club Slug."

"Yeah, I'm a Slugslinger, not a dancer," Eli says as Leroy grinned smugly.

"That's an underestimate, bro. When you tried to dance with your crush, you nearly broke her foot." Leroy says with a laugh as an annoyed Eli elbowed him.

"It's not that kind of club," Trixie says as she steps forward. "They advertise on late night vid screen. It's like a boot camp for Slugs and a vacation for Slugslingers."

"Vacation, huh? We could all use a vacation, especially me since I have been working so hard lately." Laura bragged while placing her arms behind her and closed her arms as Genji stared at her dryly.

"You have only been with us for less than a week and we haven't gone on a mission yet..."

"That maybe but the Shane Twins could definitely use a vacation. They've both been working so hard, and while you two are sipping fresh squeezed nectars by the heated pool with your beach babes, your Slugs will be gaining power and experience. All in one weekend." Pronto says as the Shane Gang's Slugs look excited by this.

"...Well...the pool does sound like a great idea," Leroy says with a sly grin as Kord goes over to slap their backs playfully.

"If it helps me get a leg up on you two, I'm in."

"Wait...how much did it cost us?" Genji asked suspiciously as Pronto began to sweat nervously.

"Uh, can you put a price on our success?"

"...How much, Pronto?"

"Uh, heh-heh...did I mention that we got a group discount?"

"How much, Pronto?"

"...Only half our gold..."

"PRONTO!" The Shane Gang screamed angrily as Trixie fumed.

"Ugh, I can't believe you! I was saving for a new blaster!"

"We all worked hard for that gold, Pronto!" Genji pointed out as Laura looked away and sighed in relief.

"I'm thankful that I didn't gve any of my gold to you guys yet..."

"And that is why you need a vacation. You see? It all evens out." Pronto said, still sweating as an angry Kord now got into his face.

"If this doesn't work, I better get my gold back."

"Sorry. No refunds."

"Oh there will be refunds or else you will be working different jobs to pay us all back or else we will kick you out of the Shane Gang," Leroy says sternly as Pronto and the others do a double take.

"W-What?!"

"Yeah, I'm sorry, Pronto, but stealing all of our gold and buying something without getting our permission is a big no no. This trip better be worth it or else your ass is grass." Eli says with a firm glare, causing Laura to blush at how hot he looks as we then fast forward in time and we see the Shane Gang arriving at Club Slug as Trixie takes out her camera and starts filming.

"Here we are at Club Slug. We're about to put this non-traditional way to power up your slugs to the test." Trixie said while pointing her camera from the sign of Club Slug to her teammates. "But first, let's meet the other guests." Trixie says while whirling around to walk over to three guests named, 'Waylon', 'Croesus', and 'Desdemona'. "Hi, I'm shooting a short documentary of our stay here. What's your name and why are you at Club Slug?"

"Name's Waylon and I'm here to power up my slugs! Duh! On the weekend, me and the boys like to kick back and sling a few! After this, my slugs are gonna rule! WHOOO!"

"That's...nice..." Trixie said, feeling uncomfortable around this egomaniac as she then turned her camera to a blonde dude looking at his nails. "And you are?"

"You must be the only person in Slugterra who hasn't never heard of the Croesus clan. If Club Slug is all that it claims to be, I may just buy the place."

"What a snob," Genji says to Kord, who chuckles as Croesus glares at them and Trixie then turns her camera to a punkish girl.

"What about you?"

"If you must know, I'm Desdemona and I'm here to power up my Slugs to get back at my brother! Now get that thing out of my face!" Desdemona says angrily, not liking being recorded as Trixie respectfully puts away her camera.

"ALRIGHT!" A loud voice rang out as everyone turned their heads and spotted a blonde-haired man emerging out of Club Snug with a stern glare on his face.

Standing before them is a 7-feet-tall, 45-years-old Man with blue eyes, slick yellow hair, thick yellow eyebrows, a small nose, a sharp chin, Caucasian Skin, a tall muscular build, and his outfit consists of a green armored vest with black accents, a short-sleeved light gray shirt underneath, a black strap wrapped around his chest filled with multiple Blue Slug Shells, a pair of fingerless forearm-length black gloves, a black utility belt wrapped around his waist, long brown jeans, and a pair of ankle-high black combat boots. His name is Sergeant Slug, the owner of Club Slug.

"LINE UP AND STAND UP STRAIGHT!" Sergeant Slug ordered as everyone lined up. "YOU FLOPPERS READY TO DO SOME HEAVY LIFTING?!" Sergeant Slug says before calming down as he then turned to Waylon. "At ease. The only Floppers that are going to be working here are your Slugs. They do the work, so you don't have to." Sergeant Slug says he then turned to the Shane Twins. "I see we have a couple of Shanes with us today. It'll be an honor to train up your Slugs, sons."

"Oh, we're just here for the waterslide," Eli says as Leroy nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, no offense, sir, but we think this sounds too good to be true and suspicious as hell," Leroy says apologetically as Sergeant Slug goes over to wrap his arms around the Shane Twins' shoulders.

"No offence taken, young man! I hear it all the time, but, by the end of this weekend, you and your brother are gonna be believers! Come on, everyone! I will show you how it's done!" Sergeant Slug says while leading the Shane Gang and the guests over to a special high-tech cannon as Waylon and Croesus look eager to see what it does. "Without giving away any trait secrets, here's how it works. First of all, who's got a Slug I can use as a demonstration?" Sergeant Slug says as Pronto runs forward and hands Stinky over to him eagerly. "Look how eager the little guys are. They know what's good for them." Sergeant Slug says with a grin while loading Stinky into a big slug barrel and drops some slug food in it as Stinky eats it.

"My special blend of slug chow allows for a quick recharge, and here's why they'll need it." Sergeant Slug says while loading the barrel and starting up the cannon. "Once a Slug is loaded in the machine, it's slung to velocity." Sergeant Slug says as Stinky is fired. "Transforms. Fired into the target tube and shuttled back into the magazine. Where it's fired again. And again. And again. And again. Keeping them going all day and all night. This gives them the experience they need to learn new moves, faster than you can imagine, and the slugs love it. Hand over all your slugs, everybody, and we'll give 'em all a spin." Sergeant Slug says with a sly grin on his face as everyone, minus the Shane Twins and Genji, walks over and drops their Slugs into the barrel as he loads them up and fires them back and forth from the cannon. "Look at 'em go, and without anybody lifting a finger, so, what do ya say, boys? Ready to give my method a try? Your Slugs sure are." Sergeant Slug says to the trio as Banger, Floppy, and Obsidian look excited by this.

"Our Slugs and we like powering up old school," Leroy says with a tense smile on his face as Eli nods.

"We're all on vacation this weekend." Genji says as the Slugs grunted in disappointment.

"Sorry, guys, but this isn't who we are. We train the traditional way." Eli says as Sergeant Slug hums thoughtfully.

"You Shanes are famous for being traditional. Well, I've already got your gold." Sergeant Slug says with a shrug as he then turns to the others. "Okay, everyone, go out and relax! That's an order!" Sergeant Slug says as everyone perks up and nods as we then fast forward in time as we see everyone hanging out at the pool with Pronto and Kord getting a pedicure while Genji and Trixie sat by the pool as Leroy can be seen swimming inside and Eli and Laura are making their way up the water slide.

"I gotta admit, Pronto, I could get used to this," Kord says while a woman was giving him a pedicure with a power sander as he wore his white tank top and black swim trunks.

"Pronto agrees," Pronto says while wearing a blue and white striped one-piece swimsuit and a pair of black flip-flops.

"Looking nice, babe," Genji says to Trixie with a wink while wearing purple swim trunks as she blushed and cuddled up to him on the lawn chair.

"Thanks, Genji. You look handsome too." Trixie says with a sultry tone while rubbing his muscular chest and her boyfriend blushed as she wore a white sunhat, a pair of black sunglasses, a green bikini top and bottom, and a pair of white flip-flops.

"Don't get too handsy now, guys, there are people around," Leroy says with a teasing grin while wearing a long-sleeved white swimshirt, and dark blue swim trunks as we then cue over to Waylon, Croesus, and Desdemona.

"This is a sweet deal! Daddy always said, 'Why do something you can pay an underling to do?' And I can pay plenty."

"When I get home, my brother's gonna be the one that pays. With a stinker slug right in his rotten face." Desdemona said with a glare as we see Eli and Laura appearing at the top of the waterslide with their slugs.

"See? Who needs some crazy machine when you have this?" Eli asked while wearing a short-sleeved green swimshirt, green swim trunks, and a pair of green flip flops as Laura wore a two-piece purple bikini top and bottom.

"Agreed, but are you sure that we are allowed to go two at a time down the waterslide?" Laura asked worriedly as Eli reached over to grab her hand reassuringly.

"Definitely, let's go," Eli says with a warm smile on his face as Laura blushed and smiled as she nodded and they and their Slugs went down the water slide as the lovebirds splashed down into the pool and resurfaced as a laughing Laura wrapped her arms around Eli's head and shoved it in her chest.

"Man, that was fun. Right, Eli?"

"..."

"Eli?" Laura asked confusedly while glancing down, only to blush heavily upon realizing that she lost her bikini top and had a red-faced Eli shoved into her E-Cup Breasts and quickly separated from him as one of her Slugs waddled over to hand her owner her lost bikini top and the rest of the Slugs began whistling and chittering at the blushing lovebirds cheekily.

"Hey, this isn't a love hotel, guys." Genji teased with the rest of the Shane Gang having bemused looks on their faces as an awkward and blushing Eli scratched his cheeks while appearing in front of Laura to help her cover her nudity as she quickly put on her purple bikini top and went over to him from behind in gratitude while kissing his left cheek as Eli blushed brightly.

"Listen up, everybody!" Sergeant Slug says as he appears out of nowhere and everyone turns to him. "It's been a few hours now. How'd you like to see firsthand how your slugs are progressing?" Sergeant Slug asked as everybody gave a big cheer. "Thought so. Who's up for a friendly duel?"

"Did someone say duel? Count me in." Eli says eagerly while getting out of the pool as Sergeant Slug smirks widely.

"That's right, Eli. Who wants to test their new and improved slugs against a Shane?"

"Yeah. I'll do it." Kord says with a smug grin while getting up from his lawnchair as we then fast forward in time and we see everyone by the Training Field as the Shane Gang and the Guests are back to wearing their normal outfits.

"Okay, boys! One slug, one shot!" Sergeant Slug called and tossed a yellow-eyed and twitching Bludgeon the Rammstone Slug's Barrel to Kord.

"I am taking you down! You are Slug meat, Eli Shane! You hear that?!"

"Keep talking, Kord! That's about all you can do." Eli psyched back as he loaded up Banger.

"Enough talk! Get ready, slingers! On my mark! Duel!" Sergeant Slug called as the boys instantly raised their blasters and fired their Banger the Armashelt Slug and Bludgeon the Rammstone Slug, which transformed from their Protoforms to their Velocimorph Forms as Banger readied his claws to attack Bludgeon, only for said slug to use his Rockstorm Supermove to shoot projectile rocks from his fists that collided against Banger, knocking him out as the attack created an explosion that knocked back Eli, much to the surprise of the Shane Gang as Sergeant Slug turned to give Leroy a smug grin.

"So, Leroy Shane, do you and your brother still think my system's a joke?"

"..." Leroy said nothing as he and Eli glanced over at Bludgeon the Rammstone Slug, who still had those yellow eyes as he looked rabid.

"Eli, you okay, buddy?!" Kord asked as he went over to help out one of his Co-Leaders.

"Yeah. I think so. You beat me." Eli said, still dazed but impressed.

"You're right, I did! I beat ya!" Kord said, feeling proud of himself as he pulled Eli into a bro hug.

"With a whole new move," Trixie says as Laura nods in agreement with starry eyes.

"That was amazing."

"I know, right?!" Kord asked, getting over-excited as Sergeant Slug turned to them.

"Now are you three convinced?"

"That was pretty convincing," Genji admitted as Eli bent down to grab a disappointed Banger.

""Are you okay, Banger? What happened?"

"You got owned is what happened!" Waylon says as Kord notices that Bludgeon looks tired and pants heavily as Sergeant Slug reaches over to grab him.

"Alright. Back to the machine, tough guy. Takes them a few sessions to get seasoned like old Butch here." Sergeant Slug says while gesturing at his Thresher Slug as he and Bludgeon begin hopping over to the cannon. "Anyway, how 'bout it, boys? Ready to get off the sidelines and into the game?"

"Okay, sure," Leroy says with a shrug as Kord turns to an unsure Eli curiously.

"Are you sure you're okay, buddy? I really thumped you good back there."

"No, it's cool. I'm glad you finally got a shot off on me." Eli said, happy for Kord's victory over him as Leroy glanced over at the cannon suspiciously.

"Yeah, it's just hard for us to wrap our heads around the idea that a machine could do all this."

"Yeah. And it's hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that I just kicked your brother's butt, but there's his butt and here we are. How much proof do you two need? Even your Slugs looked convinced." Kord says as Banger, Floppy, and Obsidian look excited.

"They may just be slugs, but they know what they want." Sergeant Slug said while walking over to them with the machine's barrel. "Hand them over and I'll fire 'em up." Sergeant Slug says as Eli, Leroy, and Genji stare down at their Slugs concernedly before handing them over to Sergeant Slug, who loads them into the machine and fires up the machine.

"Don't worry, guys, we'll be right here," Genji says assuringly as Kord turns to him.

"They don't look worried. They look pumped."

"Everything's fine, kids. I've trained hundreds of Slugs in this thing." Sergeant Slug says as he grins at them. "Just wait 'til morning. I'll make believers outta you three yet." Sergeant Slug says with the cannon firing Banger, Floppy, and Obsidian repeatedly as we then cut to the next morning and we see the Shane Gang and the Guests standing in front of Sergeant Slug as he holds out Banger, Floppy, and Obsidian as they all had yellow eyes and were twitching like crack addicts. "What did I tell you, kids?"

"Okay. I'm a little impressed." Eli says as Leroy glances down at their Slugs.

"How do you feel, guys?" Leroy asked as the three slugs shrieked at them angrily, worrying their owners as Genji and the Shane Twins reached over to grab their respective slugs.

"I think they've had enough."

"Suit yourselves. Guess it's time for breakfast, guys. All you-can-eat buffet." Sergeant Slug says while he and the others turn around to leave.

"Excuse me! Coming through! On your left! Molenoid!" Pronto called while shoving his way through as Banger, Floppy, and Obsidian jumped off their Slugslingers' hands and tried to hop over to the cannon machine but were stopped by a stern Leroy, Eli, and Genji.

"Come on, guys, you've had enough," Genji says while he and the others reach down to try and grab their Slugs, only for said Slugs to try and bite their fingers angrily as the trio looks stunned by this, and the Slugs then grow guilty as they frown.

"...All you can eat buffet. A noble concept." Pronto says with a smug grin while holding out a plate of wiener dogs as we fast forward in time and we see everyone at the buffet with the Shane Gang sitting by a booth as the Guests sit in another booth. "Pronto must fuel the flames of his soon-to-be even greater greatness with wieners."

"Banger and the others would never try to bite us," Eli stated with a glare as Leroy nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, that machine is making them crazy and is hurting them."

"Hey, the crazier the better for what I'm planning to do with them," Desdemona says as Genji turns to give her a dry look.

"Hey, private conversation, so please don't butt in," Genji says as he then turned back to the others. "Anyway, did any of you see how deflated Bludgeon was after the duel between Eli and Kord? And how Sergeant Slug hustled him out? He's hiding something."

"He said it takes a while to season them." Waylon reminded them as he turned to them. "Look at Butch. That slug is buff. Whoo."

"Look, maybe something is going on, guys, but this has cost us half our gold. We gotta see it through." Kord said, eating a wiener as Trixie turned to them. "Graduation is in a few hours. We'll stick around until then and keep an eye on the slugs."

"Hmmm, I don't know, I'm with the boys on this one. Something strange is going on and we should check it out." Laura says as Eli smiles and nods.

"Exactly, thanks, Laura, and you know what? We are about to do that right now." Eli says while he and Leroy get up from their booth as they walk out of the building and spot one of the guys from the commercial as they walk over to him.

"Hey, dude, can you tell us if anything shady is going on here?" Leroy asked seriously as the guy perked up and nodded.

"Yeah, this whole thing is a big scam. I fell for the claim same as you two. Now look at my slugs. That machine makes them crazy." The Guy from the Commercial says while holding out a tray of tired and yellow-eyed Slugs.

"We knew it. How so?" Eli asked as he and Leroy crossed their arms.

"Well, the machine gets them all pumped up and then they collapse after a few shots and you gotta pay for another round. Sarge calls it 'maintenance'. His Slugs seem fine, but they're always charging up."

"That's just what we needed to hear," Leroy says with a glare as we then fast forward in time and we cue over to Graduation as we see Sergeant Slug handing back the Slugs to their rightful owners.

"Congratulations, grads! As promised, here is your new and improved ammo!"

"Best slugs money can buy!" Croesus said looking at his Slugs as Waylon beamed.

"Can't wait to try them! Whoo!"

"Don't forget to tell everybody you know what Club Slug did for you!" Sergeant Slug says just as the Shane Twins appear as they glare over at him angrily.

"You mean rip all these people off?!"

"These artificial level-ups don't last you guys. And you're gonna have to keep coming back for more." Leroy says with a scowl as Sergeant Slug glared at them socially.

"Dude! I like coming here!" Waylon said, not listening at all as Croesus nodded with a scoff.

"My money, my slugs. Why do you two care?"

"We care when it hurts the slugs. We care when it's dangerous for all of you." Eli explained as Leroy nodded seriously.

"There's a reason it takes a long time to train a Slug. It's that you'll have the experience to handle it. This way, someone's gonna get hurt, and bad."

"The Shane Twins are right. These Slugs are no better than Dr. Blakk's ghouls." Genji added as Sergeant Slug scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"You two might be Shanes but you both are also bad for business." Sergeant Slug said before turning to his guests as he stepped forward. "Anybody who's with me gets a free month's maintenance." Sergeant Slug says as this caused Waylon, Croesus, and Desdemona to instantly run over to Sergeant Slug's side. "Looks like we got ourselves a deal, and a duel." Sergeant Slug said with a sinister smile as the Shane Gang ran over to stand by the Shane Twins' side.

"We got your backs, boys," Kord says as he and the others pull out their blasters as Sergeant Slug and his forces do the same.

"We're telling you guys, you do not wanna fire those slugs!" Eli warned as Croesus scoffed and rolled his eyes.

"I paid good money for these slugs and I'm gonna use them," Croesus says as he then fires his Tormato Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as he used his Slyphoon Supermove to spin in the air, producing a huge rampaging tornado that caused the Shane Gang to turn around to run away as Sergeant Slug aimed his blaster at them and fired his Butch the Thresher Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as Genji and the Shane Twins quickly raised their blasters to fire their Chomper the Makobreaker Slug, Burpy the Infurnus Slug, and Thunder the Tazerling Slug, which transformed from their Protoforms to their Velocimorph Forms as they collided against Butch and send him flying away as he went over to saw through the rocks uncontrollably, causing one of them to nearly fall down towards Pronto if Laura didn't ran over to tackle him away as Waylon fired his Rammstone Slug and Kord did the same with his Bludgeon the Rammstone Slug, which transformed from their Protoforms to their Velocimorph Forms as they collided against each other and caused a huge burst of energy that knocked them away as Bludgeon landed on the ground, victorious as the Rammstone Slug was dizzy and even lost a tooth.

"Ha! I love that these slugs are crazy! Tear it up, guys!" Desdemona cried out as she loaded and fired her Tazerling Slug at Laura and Pronto with Trixie raising her blaster and fired a random slug that collided against her foe's slug and sent him flying up into the air as the Tazerling Slug transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form and created a huge lighting storm that fired off multiple lightning bolts.

"Look out!" Genji yelled worriedly while raising his blasters and firing his Shocker the Tazerling Slug and Spade the Diggrix Slug, which transformed from their Protoforms to their Velocimorph Forms as Spade used his Tunnelsneak Supermove to dig a tunnel under a stunned Desdemona, allowing her to drop down and narrowly missed being killed by getting shocked by lightning as Shocker used his Slugshield Supermove to create an electric defense shield that protected everyone from the lightning storm and Sergeant Slug dodged another crazy slug as it bounced of the rocks, breaking them and sending them down to the ground as Croesus managed to dodge one and started running as another rock nearly crushed him, but Kord grabbed him out of the way.

"Kord, Trixie, Laura, keep the others safe," Eli instructed as Leroy nodded.

"Those slugs will lose power in a few minutes," Leroy says just as Sergeant Slug fired his Butch the Thresher Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as Genji quickly raised his blaster to fire his Magneto the Slicksilver Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as Magneto used his Metalhead Supermove and whirled around to slam his large spiked metal tail to whack him away.

"I got a whole army of amped-up Slugs, kids! What do you get?!"

"Friends I've fought with! Friends that I can count on!" Genji and the Shane Twins exclaimed in unison just as Sergeant Slug fired his Butch the Thresher Slug, which transformed from his Protoform to his Velocimorph Form as Genji and the Shane Twins quickly raised their blasters to fire their Cobra the Pieper Slug, Blizzard the Frostcrawler Slug, and Sparky the Grenuker Slug, which transformed from their Protoforms to their Velocimorph Forms as Cobra used his Whistleer Supermove and flies rings around Butch, creating a sustained ear-splitting scream that hurt him as Blizzard used his Winterhorn Supermove to shoot a hail of jagged icicle projectiles at his foe and Sparky used his Nuklock Supermove to grab and hold tight of Butch before exploding as a defeated Butch was sent flying over to crash down into the ground.

"Your pumped-up Slugs are deflating, Sergeant." Eli gloated as Sergeant Slug fumed and then grinned evilly.

"Funny, I have just the solution to that problem." Sergeant Slug says as he then turned around to run away.

"Don't let him escape, guys," Leroy ordered as he and the others ran off and were able to track down Sergeant Slug, who powered up the machine cannon and aimed it at them.

"You stupid kids are gonna shut me down?! I don't think so! Your slugs are beat! Mine are pumped!" Sergeant Slug says while firing multiple Slugs at the Shane Gang and laughing manically as Genji and the Shane Twins went over to take cover behind a rock.

"Let's do it, guys!" Genji says while he and the Shane Twins quickly raise their blasters to fire their Banger the Armashelt Slug, Floppy the Flopper Slug, and Obsidian the Geoshard Slug, which transformed from their Protoforms to their Velocimorph Forms as Obsidian used his Crystallist Supermove to collide against the cannon machine, crystalizing it as Banger used his Cannonbolt Supermove to tuck his arms in to form a large cannonball and collided against it, blowing it up into a billion pieces as an angry Sergeant Slug raised his blaster and tried to fire a Slug at them, only for Floppy to use his Stab Fire Supermove to collide against the nozzle of his blaster, causing it to backfire and attack its own owner as Sergeant Slug was sent flying over to crash down into the ground, knocked out as, after having Sergeant Slug arrested for his crimes for life, we see everyone reuniting outside of Club Slug.

"Well, our Slugs didn't exactly power up, and we almost got violently killed...but at least no one else will get scammed." Trixie pointed out with a cheeky grin as Desdemona sighed heavily.

"As much as I hate to admit it, you were totally right about this bogus boot camp. I never would've gotten the drop on my brother with all the bunk slugs they barf out here."

"Maybe I'll try the old-fashioned way next time, and when I say I, I mean our butler and perhaps the cook and chauffeur," Croesus said snobbishly as he and Desdemona walked away.

"That was still pretty awesome though. You know, the way our slugs went totally nuts! Whoo!" Waylon cheered as an annoyed Laura turned to him.

"Waylon, not awesome!"

"Oh yeah. In case you haven't noticed, I'm not exactly a fast learner."

"Ugh..." Laura says while facepalming as Waylon walks away and Pronto can be seen digging through the rubble from the battle panickedly.

"Oh, please be there, please be there! Please be there!"

"What's wrong, Pronto? Is one of your slugs under there?" Trixie asked worriedly as Pronto rolled his eyes and scoffed.

"Slugs?! Blah! Don't be stupid! I'm trying to find-Our money!" Pronto says happily with wide eyes as he reaches over to grab a bag filled with gold.

"Now we can take advantage of an interesting opportunity, I have recently become aware of-,"

"Yeah, no." A blank-faced Genji says as he walks over to snatch the bag filled with gold. "Permission to buy a high-tech safe and only have you Shane Twins know the password to prevent Pronto from ever stealing our money ever again?"

"Permission granted." The Shane Twins said in unison with Pronto pouting a bit as the Shane Gang then went over to get on their Mechas and ran off at high speeds.

And done. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, and I can't wait to write the next chapter. Also, before I go, here are the Shane Gang's Slugs:

A) Eli Shane's Slugs-

1) Burpy the Infurnus Slug

2) Noodle the Flopper Slug

3) Joules the Tazerling Slug

4) Banger the Armashelt Slug

5) Buzzsaw the Thresher Slug

6) Suds the Bubbaleone Slug

7) Rocky the Hop Rock Slug

8) Bolo the Polero Slug

9) Mucky the Dirt Urchin Slug

10) Rammy the Rammstone Slug

11) Chiller the Frostcrawler Slug

12) Burner the Lavalynx Slug

13) Goober the Jellyish Slug

14) Doc the Boon Doc Slug

15) Sparky the Grenuker Slug

16) Spooker the Frightgeist Slug

17) Spinner the Arachnet Slug

18) Digger the Crystalyd Slug

19) Tornado the Tormato Slug

20) Charger the Fandango Slug

21) Torch the Forgesmelter Slug

22) Dazer the Hypnogrif Slug

23) Larry the Lariat Slug (Debut)

B) Leroy Shane's Slugs-

1) Thunder the Tazerling Slug

2) Floppy the Flopper Slug

3) Arachnia the Arachnet Slug

4) Double Down the Rammstone Slug

5) Digger the Armashelt Slug

6) Wrecker the Hop Rock Slug

7) Chomper the Thresher Slug

8) Whirlpool the Tormato Slug

9) Drillbit the Crystalyd Slug

10) Toxon the Flatulorhinkus Slug

11) Blizzard the Frostcrawler Slug

12) Jetstream the Aquabeek Slug

13) Foam the Bubbaleone Slug

14) Healer the Boon Doc Slug

15) Explosivo the Grenuker Slug

16) Nightmare the Frightgeist Slug

17) Bola the Polero Slug

18) Steel the Slicksilver Slug

19) Flames the Flaringo Slug

20) Light Saver the Fandango Slug

21) Slime the Jellyish Slug

22) Forge the Forgesmelter Slug

23) Hypno the Hypnogrif Slug

24) Lenny the Laria Slug (Debut)

C) Genji Fukuhara's Slugs-

1) Driller the Crystalyd Slug

2) Shocker the Tazerling Slug

3) Demolisher the Armashelt Slug

4) Pummeler the Rammstone Slug

5) Silky the Arachnet Slug

6) Poison the Vinedrill Slug

7) Jaws the Thresher Slug

8) Bomber the Hop Rock Slug

9) Magma the Lavalynx Slug

10) Hurricane the Tormato Slug

11) Reek the Flatulorhinkus Slug

12) Leviathan the Aquabeek Slug

13) Chomper the Makobreaker Slug

14) Pyro the Flaringo Slug

15) Spade the Diggrix Slug

16) Cobra the Pieper Slug

17) Ensnare the Polero Slug

18) Solar Flare the Phosphoro Slug

19) Goop the Jellyish Slug

20) Cooler the Frostcrawler Slug

21) Goofy the Flopper Slug

22) Blaze the Infurnus Slug

23) Surgeon the Boon Doc Slug

24) Exploder the Grenuker Slug

25) Scarecrow the Frightgeist Slug

26) Arrow the Dirt Urchin Slug

27) Scorpion the Sand Angler Slug

28) Venom the Neotox Slug

29) Obsidian the Geoshard Slug

30) Soap the Bubbaleone Slug

31) Slimer the Lariat Slug

32) Lantern the Fandango Slug

33) Welder the Forgesmelter Slug

34) Jester the Gazzer Slug

35) Magneto the Slicksilver Slug

36) Mesmer the Hypnogrif Slug

D) Pronto's Slugs-

1) Stinky the Flatulorhinkus Slug

2) Slimy the Jellyish Slug

3) Rammstone Slug

4) Frightgeist Slug

5) Fandango Slug

E) Beatrice 'Trixie' String's Slugs-

1) Bluster the Tormato Slug

2) Arachnet Slug

3) Polero Slug

4) Rammstone Slug

5) Thresher Slug

6) Frostcrawler Slug

7) Hop Rock Slug

8) Bubbaleone Slug

9) Frightgeist Slug

10) Fandango Slug

11) Jellyish Slug

F) Kord Zane's Slugs-

1) Flopper Slug

2) Phosphoro Slug

3) Tormato Slug

4) Bludgeon the Rammstone Slug

5) Bubbaleone Slug

6) Polero Slug

7) Frightgeist Slug

8) Arachnet Slug

9) Fandango Slug

10) Hop Rock Slug

11) Frostcrawler Slug

G) Laura Kingsley's Slugs-

1) Armashelt Slug

2) Flopper Slug

3) Thresher Slug

4) Rammstone Slug

5) Arachnet Slug

6) Tormato Slug

That's about it. Anyway, as always, I will catch you all next time.