Slugterra: Twisted Ends

Episode 12: Till Ghoul Do We Part PT 2

The Shanes and Shadow Clan all took the offensive, blasters and snarling slugs aimed at Twist. He threw his hands up and turned pale.

"What are you doing here Twist?" Eli interrogated him.

"How did you even get here?" Will doubled down.

"I got sucked into that teleporting thing too. Look, I'll drop my blaster so you can trust me," Twist pleaded.

Mrs Shane loomed around the boy, snatching his blaster from his belt. "He's unarmed now."

Eli narrowed his eyes, "What's the reason Twist... I thought you were on Dr Blakk's side."

Twist looked to the ground, "I don't want to see the caverns fall. I felt horrible seeing that woman in crystal. That was messed up, even for Dr Blakk."

"Yeah, that was Mira's mom," Eli bluntly spoke.

Will dropped his arm, a guilt washed over his face.

"Dear?" his wife gazed at him.

"It's... that was Marie... She was the lady I spoke to you about who married the man that fell down here."

She held a sharp gasp, "Oh my-"

Eli put his attention back to Twist, "Okay, prove it then. Let Doc cure Loki and then I'll believe you."

The blonde boy looked to his ghouled partner perched on his shoulder. He sighed and asked, "Loki..."
Before he could even ask, the Smugglet nodded.

"You're sure, Loki?" He sighed and held out the ghoul to his rival.

Eli called for Doc, his healer slug, to his hand. The Energy Elemental stood next to Loki. The ghoul closed its eyes as Doc started to glow, sending out his good slug energy. It cured him of the ghoulish curse laid upon him. Loki opened his eyes and looked down at his redish-orange nubs. A tear dripped down the slug's cheek.

Twist took Loki back, eyes wide. "He's... he's back to being a Thugglet. I... I haven't seen Loki as a Thugglet for... years."

"You see the harm that ghouling has on slugs? They forget themselves and we forget them," Eli spoke.

"Do you trust me now?"

Eli nodded, "Well, what's your way in then?"

Hours passed by as Twist had called in a favour. He andt he Shane family sat in the back of a trailer. Twist and Eli against one wall and the Shane parents along the other. All of them were in standard Blakk employee uniforms. The blonde boy was speaking to their driver through the barred window.

"Thanks again for this Trip."

"Hey, you know I'd do anything for you Twist," the heir of Lewis's Hauls replied. "It's just a drop off inside the facility, right?"

"Yeah, as deep as you can get us."

"I heard that M- the Slug Healer got ghouled," Trip's voice shuttered.

Eli scrunched his hand, "Yeah, it was messy."

"You let Mira get ghouled... You let her get hurt."

"I didn't know she'd be there. We did our best to save her. But everything came tumbling down on us," he feebly tried to explain.

Trip grunted back, "Shut up Eli. You Shanes are all the same. You know, if I wanted to, I could just hand all three of you to Dr Blakk."

Eli glared at that pink hair, "She would never be cured if you hand us over. You still care about Mira. Then do it for her."

"I don't have to listen to you."

Twist sighed, "Yeah, I know Eli's full of it. Least you didn't have to live with him for a few days."