Slugterra: Twisted Ends

Episode 3: Everything Blakk

Within Blakk's collapsed and disarrayed facility, Twist was squeezing himself through fallen pipes and twisted metal beams. The boy huffed and groaned as he ventured into the remains of the facility's terradrill room. With a hand tight on a bag strap, he pulled a slip of paper from his pocket. His eyes read the words of the note, slipping it back into place.

"This must be the place," he said out loud as he inspected the sturdiness of a metal beam nearby.

Satisfied with the state of the beam, Twist dropped his bag to the ground and unzipped it. The bag's contents included his trusted blaster and a ghoul tube. The ammo tube housed a Tempesto ghoul.

The ghouled Tormato hissed and growled at Twist as the boy loaded the ammo round into his blaster. He held onto the beam with his secondary hand and aimed his slinger arm at the floor where the terradrill had dug into before.

"Let's hope this still works," Twist muttered, firing the ghoul.

The Tempesto darted towards the floor, swooping around the room as it velocimorphed. It screeched as it circled faster and faster, a dark and hellish vortex forming over the floor. The pure speed of the ghoul and gravitational pull of portal swept Twist off his feet, his only fail safe the beam. He hung on for his life, his body wiping in the air. The bag he had brought was unlucky, being sucked into the formation.

From the vortex, two massive forms escaped. The loud drumming of giant wings filled the room.

The Tempesto began to slow its flight, the portal closing as it returned to its proto form.

Twist's feet met with the floor, relieved to have ground under his boots once more. He looked to the figures in front of him, two megamorphed Hoverblade ghouls staring back at him. The ghouls demorphed into their proto forms and dropped their passengers.

One of them was Dr Blakk, who straightened his back with a crack. His skin turned to a more pale green with spikes protruding his arms and legs. His back had also seen the growth the spikes. "Finally free of that cursed place," Blakk growled.

"Welcome back, sir," Twist greeted the man before him.

The second figure, Tad, was in the same state as Blakk, pale skin, dark eyes and body decorated with spines. He snarled and panted, "I want to kill that Shane!"

Dr Blakk looked to Twist, a smirk appearing on his face, "You did well following my instructions, Twist." He glared down at Tad. "You however, are going to learn from your betters. A son, what a pathetic child to have."

Perched on his shoulder was the ghouled Boon Doc. It hissed at Tad, "I must agree, you are underwhelming for a Blakk."

Tad grunted and turned his eyes to the ground, muttering, "I was the closest to destroying him..."

Dr Blakk began to walk towards the exit of the room, "Come. We have to do and discuss."

Twist nodded as he and Tad followed him, "I will fill you in right away Dr Blakk."

The Goon snarled, shaking its body, "This is disappointing, I do not feel much ghoul energy in this cavern system."

Twist kept pace with Dr Blakk, pulling a tablet from his belt. "I did my best with the instructions you left for me," he explained as he opened the tablet. "I also found out that the Shane Gang have a new ally you would interested in knowing about."

Blakk groaned in annoyance, "A new ally?"

"Have a look for yourself," Twist said, skimming through pictures of the Shane Gang on the screen. He zoomed in on the person in question.

Tad peered over Twist's shoulder, making a hard laugh, "What? Some random girl? Oh no, she's gonna hit us with her hair."

Blakk's eyes narrowed on the new member.