an old friend

at the hideout

Eli's POV

I'm so glad Sara came with us back to the hideout. Right now she and Trixie are organizing her room while pronto makes dinner(I think) and kord arranges a visit to the mecha factory to get Sara a mechabeast. I'm just sitting down doing nothing. "Hey Eli, can you go see what type of mechabeast Sara wants? Since there rebuilding the factory we have to order it." Kord calls from the phone in the kitchen. "Yeah sure kord, one second" I call back, then I head to Sara's room. "Sara what type of mecha do you want, we have to order it" I say. "Umm.... A black horse mecha, if that's alright." She says, giving me a shy smile. Flame, who was sitting on her shoulder, started hoping up and down in excitement. It was cute to see a slug that likes the same things as its slinger, it means either they are exactly alike or the have a close bond. Or both. " Sure!! That will work Sara!! But why black?" I said. She gave me a knowing look and showed me her blaster, it was the same model as mine but black. It also had the Shane and Youngcross insignias on it. That explains it, she wants to put her insignia on it. And She probably wants to decorate it more. She has always liked to draw and paint. WAIT WHAT? That's impossible for her blaster to be the same as mine, Redhook only made two and my father had the other one. I shrug it off and leave to tell kord what mecha she wanted. He looked at me impressed. "And she picked it, or you told her she should. Horse mecha's are as good as wolf ones, but are easier to upgrade." "Yes she picked it. Go ask her yourself if you want kord." Nah dude, I trust you. I'm just surprised." He said, turning back to the phone. I sat down on the couch. Flame came down from upstairs and jumped onto my lap. She started chirping excitedly pointing at me then upstairs towards Sara's room. "You want me to go see Sara's room?" I say to the slug. She squeaked and nodded her head yes. I got up and flame jumped onto me shoulder beside burpy. I give a small chuckle. I walk up the stairs and look into Sara's room. I stand in the doorway gaping. Her room looked amazing. She and Trixie painted the walls a bright blue and Sara added white detailing that looked like frost. Her bed, desk and dresser were black, each with the Youngcross and Shane insignias. The girls were quietly laughing at my expression. Then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a flash. I looked over at the girls, Trixie had her camera out. "You better not share that on the slugnet Trix!!!" I yell. Sara went behind me and started tickling me. "S-Sara s-stop th-that t-tickles." I say laughing. Trixie runs out of the room laughing. "Kord! Kord! You have to see this!!!" I hear her yell going down the stairs. Sara stops tickling me. I was about to chase after Trixie when I saw Sara turn away. Going towards her desk. Burpy and flame seemed to pick on her sad mood and remain quiet. "Don't you want to go chase after Trixie Eli?" She says, pulling out a sketch pad from her desk. "I was going to, but you are upset and I want to know why" I say. She sighs and looks at me. Her blue green eyes were sad but she managed a smile. "How did you know? Am I that obvious?" She says. I know it was supposed to be a joke but I couldn't laugh. Not while she remained so sad. "The slugs picked up on it. They care about you almost as much as I do." I say. "Almost?" She says, a question in her eyes. "Yes, almost. No one and no slug cares about you more than me." I say. It was true. I fell for her when she was three, and twelve years made no difference. I sat down on her bed and motioned for her to sit. She sat down beside me, and when she did I pulled her into a hug. I felt her tears soak through my shirt. "What's wrong?" I ask quietly. "I've just been through a lot in the twelve years and I didn't know what happened to Will. I've missed him a lot but I always had the thought that I would have seen him here, but I guess not. She says quietly. We were about 2 years apart in age. I was 3 when I fell for her. I rub her back, trying to get her to stop crying. It took about five minutes but she stopped. You can't blame her, she is only 13 and she has been through a lot. I think she's been through more than she's saying. I went back downstairs while Sara had a quick shower. She came down about 10 minutes after. " I'm going outside to practice! " she said on her way to the door. "Oh no you don't!!" I say, grabbing and tickling her. "This is payback!!!" I say, laughing. "O-Ok, I-I'm s-sorry e-eli. She says through her laughing. " L-Let me g-go!!" I let her go and she hits me with an aqua beak and runs off, going out side. "Oh no you didn't!" I say, grabbing my blaster and heading outside after her. I found her waiting around the corner of the hideout with a armershelt in her blaster. I aimed for herbas soon as rounded the corner. My own armershelt, banger, in my blaster. We blasted at the same time. The others were watching from the window. I wondered who's armershelt was stronger, mine or hers? Apparently hers was, it knocked banger aside like he was a fly, an hit me straight on in the gut. I was knocked back, into the trunk of a tree. Sara came over and helped me up. "No hard feelings Shane?" She said. Then she walked back inside. I followed her.