Chapter 3

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*Drip... Drip*

I slowly open my eyes letting them adjust to my new environment 'So it's not going to be a one-time thing, he? I wondered where the other slugs went this mushroom is empty... now that I think about it how much time passed here while I was gone... was I even gone for all I know I could just be hanging here for weeks. But by Dazai's intel my body diapered... ... ... WAIT A DANM MINUTE, if I'm here that means my body is also gone. Don't tell me all that new furniture was for nothing. I just got a new cough.

'He better keeps his ass down if he knows wats best for him. I won't let him go so easily next time' Putting my thoughts back on the road in front of me I have been hopping using my ability to go ten times faster but I still haven't seen any other slug. The other time I was here there would be one in every bush or mushroom now it's completely deserted.

Now that I get a better look around this is the place I first woke up in. But something is different it's like the color is drained and it's a bit darker and gloomy. I came to a sudden stop as I almost fell into a big crack in the ground. I look over the edge it is pretty deep there is some kind of red substance underneath slowly making its way up.

A loud noise can be heard as I look up It is a bunch of people on those robotic animals one has a cart behind it. When they stop a tall small guy steps off ¨now what?¨ ¨realize the fandangos, they will find somewhere to roost and then this will all be over¨ The tall kind of big blue guy picked up some kind of containers which opened and similar slugs from before jumped out. I jump to them greeting them with a wave of my- never mind just a wave.

They hop over to me before changing their mind and dragging me with them hoping the other way giving me a lot of sad chirps. Witch I understand as there is a danger I better not get into contact with. The group's voices become nothing but whispers with the newly made distance I hoped with the others

My attention is turned to the left as an explosion happens. Two big guys walking out of a newly made tunnel in the wall. Because of the distance, I can't hear what they are saying but I got a bad feeling about them.

Suddenly they are shooting at each other with what looks like a really weird shape for a gun putting different kinds of slugs in them which transform into... what even is that!? And how can I even see that from so far away? Wait now that I think of it I have a better vision than back home. I really need to buy a book on slugs.

¨stop in the name of pronto!¨ hu? o the weird molenoïde one way is he chasing us? Trying to get one of us he face first kisses the ground. It's kind of funny to see him miss all the time some even start teasing him¨Run all you want pronto can do this all day!¨ I scoff at that, coming from the guy- moll-man who is about to collapse. ¨your- your only tiring yourself out!¨

Now that he mentions it I don't feel so tired anymore while jumping around my best guess is I'm adapting to needing to jump to get forth. While in my thought one of the others gets picked up by the girl. 'wow and he can't even get close' he had the same opinion looking at his face ¨how did you do that¨ while still failing to catch the one next to him no wonder ¨whaa~ kurse you beasts!¨

¨...¨ What did he just call me?... Oh, he is going to eat those words! I chirp to get his attention and use my ability to throw a nearby rock right in his face. His wining is just the desert, that's what you get for calling me a beast!

This got him fuming enough to finely catch one of us. It's funny that he has a bright red mark on his head that surfs him right. Laughing he runs off to the other people. I still do not know what they are doing and those other two are nowhere to be seen guess they won the battle or so.

There is a light coming from the gap in the ground which gives off a nice shooting sense of energy, I look at the others as they nod and we jump towards it. It's a nice feeling almost peaceful. Like a walk under the sun with the summer breeze on you're face.

I jumped on the back of the tall guy Eli if I heard right getting a nice few of the dark red water below that was turning blue with the number of slugs being shot down some even jumped down themselves transforming into I don't know what giving off a bright light.

With a powerful energy burst the collar returned together with a bit of the light that hat vanished. The others who exited the gap jumped around a tiny green slug who had been the source of most of the light saying all kinds of compliments and thanks.

¨what I don't get, way of all caverns did black want to empty out this place?¨ good question but who is black? ¨ Because this is the exact center of Slugterra-¨oo so this place has a name... of course it does... hm, Slugterra is not bad even if I say so myself ¨-get it, bulsay~¨ ¨This was nothing but a land grab and black was taking his claim with dark water¨ ¨He, looks like we figured everything out¨ while saving that he slings an arm around Eli making me slip at the sudden move ¨Not everything, I can't stop thinking about the way the Shadow clan let us go!¨

An orange-colored slug jumps next to me his body is orange and yellow from the front he has a fairly flame going down his head he also has atenes-like things on his head. He begins talking to me giving away my position! Traitor!

¨Looks like one stayed behind¨ Eli said letting me jump on his hand followed by the other. ¨Speeking off, now that I get a closer look I have never seen this kind of slug before ¨ he added as an afterthought. ¨Now that you mention it, WAIT A MINUTE I have it here somewhere, ha found it¨ the grill puts out her hand showing a hologram of some kind of newspaper. ¨I wanted to go look for him but we got this mission so I saved it ¨ taking a closer look myself it's a picture of me with some scribbles around. The longer I look the more it looks like letters.

*NEW KIND OF SLUG FOUND!!*

*IS IT THE ONLY ONE!?*

*WHAT KIND OF POWER DOES THIS ONE POSESES!?*

*COULD THIS BE A ONE IN A MILLION!?*

Never mind that but I never got a proper look at myself I'm a dark orange shade with some lighter shade at the front and dark red markings over my little slug body which kind of made me look mystical.

¨Hu!? that is the slug who threw the rock at Pronto's beautiful face¨ The mole-man said while pointing at the red spot on his face. To say the least, I am proud of it. With was probably to see as his face was speechless. The slug next to me raised his hand- yes I have decided to go with hands even if there are not- for a high five and who am I not to? Racing my own hand giving a high five.

¨You two seem to get along what do you say, wane join the team?¨

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What now? They all look at me with anticipation are they expecting me to respond... even so they won't be able to understand me. I look at the slug next to me for help but all he gives me is a smile, traitor!

What is there to lose I will just disappear or be in a coma when I'm back home so why not? I jump forward a bid with a happy chirp hopefully getting the message across with it did. ¨Welcome to the team.. um no what would be a good name for you¨ ... you're going to name me? ye, nope doing my best to spit out my name only for it to backfire as it sounds like a chuirp ¨you already have a name little one?¨ 'You little shit if you call me little one more time your face is next' ¨Chuu is your name Chuu?¨ guess this is as far as it's going to get I nod my head ¨ Then Chuu it is, welcome to the team¨

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