The Taverns Below

Chapter Five

*Danny's POV*

After the seme akward encounter, warming up a little bit but still 'on my toes,' I asked her, "Ummm... Do you know where I am?" "Oh! You're in Slugterra. A wonderfull place I do say so myself." I looked at her, well she seemed cheerfull about this place, is it good as her tone of voice describes it.

"But I mean, I dont know what uniberse I'm in..." The women just looked at me for a solid minute before I continued. "Oh, I mean, ah... Just nevermind..." "Okay, um... Oh! My names Trixie sorry for not introducing myself ealier." She spoke with a smile on her face. It saddened me because it reminded me of Sam.

"Sorry! I didn't mean to make you sad." She said as she noticed my frown placed upon my face. "My bad I didn't mean to make you think i was sad. You just remind me of my friend, Sam. She's one of my bwst friends." I told her trying to reassure her by changing the mood. "That's nice." E

"If you want, you can borrow Eli's bed to sleep in, you look like a wreck." Trixie said while chuckling. "Okay..." I watched her leave the room then went over to the bed. It had my blood stains on it, saddened that I ruined perfectly good bed sheets, I slowly began to strip the bed. After doing that, I didn't know what to do.

As if perfect timing, Trixie popped her head through the door again, "Hey, is it okay if my friend Eli comes to speak with you?" She asked me as if I were a child. "S-sure." I mumbled, cursing myself for stuttering. With that she swung open the door slowly as I saw another figure walk in. "Trixie over here told me your name was Danny." He said smiling.

I just stood there akwardly in tense silence engrossing the room, I slowly nodded at 'Eli.' "Um... Sorry for getting your sheets all dirty." "Oh it's okay! Here do you want me to take the sheets from you?" He asked carefully. I nodded again. "It feels like I'm asking for too much but, do you have a shower?" I cheekily grinned at the other teen. "Yeah, we do, want me to show you?"

Looking around I noticed Trixie had left. Nodding for the 4th time I think this day, he led me to the washroon in the hallway quickly grabbing me a towel and putting it in my hands.

"Is it okay if you borrow my clothes? Yours are all clotted in blood and dirt..."
After a few seconds he continued, "It's okay if you don't, I mean they might not fit you." He said rubbing the back of his neck, I internally snickered because Eli reminded me of myself.

"It's fine by me. If you don't mind me asking, but, where am I? I know I'm apparently in a place called slugterra but not sure other then that. I mean, what is this place like?"

*Eli's POV*

Startled by this question, thinking to myself, is he really not from here, but how did he accidently stumble across this place if he was. Burpee for the first time in this whole conversation decided to speak up, mostly grumbling noises trying to ask many questions. Danny just stared strangly at the Burpee on my shoulder, as if he had two heads.

"I can't tell you that bud, you're just going to have to find out yourself." I said with a warming smile on my face. "That's not that helpfull but, thanks anyways." "No problem. Call if you have any troubles." With that I walked off to the living area. "Hey Trixie, did yeah tell Kord yet?"

"Yeah, says he wants to meet the boy. Where is he anyway? Is he still in you'r room?" "No, he's in the shower." I said walking to the laudry machine. "It's funny actually he seems sorry for getting my sheets all dirty." I said shoving the dirty sheets into the machine. "Hey Trixie, Kord, and Pronto, I'm going to do the laundry right now, so go grab all your clothes." I asked

"But I don't want to. The great Pronto has better things to do." I looked at Pronto shaking my head, he can sometimes be a handfull. Oh well.

"Kay whatever Pronto." I heard Kord say as he finished fixing his mecha "humph." He made as he stopped bending over then started to crack his back. "Kay, Imma go grab my clothes." "Same" Trixie replied to Kord's words.

We all went back to our rooms retreiving our dirty clothes carrying them in big balls in our arms, then waddling down the stairs and to the machine. "If you guys have any clothes that can be easily ripped I suggest putting that aside because I'm going to put the machine on big load, heavy." I told them. "Kay, I don't think we have any clothes like that after all the adventures we've been on." Kord said chuckling a bit. "True that." I said.

Looking over at Pronto, he was asleep covered in popcorn, "Ah jeez, whoes on vacuum duty this time?" I asked. Both of my friends pointed to eachother. "If you don't fess up you both have to do it." I warned. "Actually, I think it's Pronto's week to do it." Trixie told me with a smile.

I was about to reply as Danny stepped through the door, wearing my clothes of course, his hair dripping wet. "So you're name's Danny?" Kord asked, the boy just nodded. "Well come here, yell us about your self, and we'll tell you about us!" Kord continued walking to Danny slowly pushing him towards our kitchen table. "Um...Okay." Danny said. "Yeah! Tell us about were you came from!" Trixie butted in.

Sitting down we all went in to listen to Danny answer. "Well, I came from a place called Amity Park from America. It's a very nice town, but a bit hard to find on the maps because it being so small." "Huh, makes sense, I've never heard of it before." I say. "Oh shoot! What about the town, how are they holding up without me!" The boy whispered as he bolted up. "I need to leave, do you know how to get out of here, like an exit?" I looked at the boy, worry plastered on his face.

"Hey! Don't worry we'll help you! Just sit back down so we can." I told him, Danny looked at me then slowly sat down. "Anyway, do you have any questions for us?" I slowy asked. "Um yeah, what's that thing on your shoulder?" Yeah this boy is definitely not from here. "Oh! This is Burpee my inferno slug!" I said happily looking at Burpee, Burpee just grumbled at me going back to sleep in the crook of my neck, sometimes he can tire out after a long day, and this was one of them. " So... Why do you have a slug on you'r shoulder, and what do you mean by inferno, does everybody have slugs?" Wow he asked alot of questions, before I could answer Trixie did before me. "Because in Slugterra, slugs here have special powers and can do certain things, take Stinky, Pronto's slug for example." She said bringing him on the table. "When shot from a sling at a certain speed, he transforms and releases a very bad smelling gas to confuse the opponent." Kord added in.

Again Danny just nodded. "You don't look like you're from around here, so how about we run you through the basics of slugterra and slug slinging!" I said. Danny just nodded again.

1283 words! Published on 05/15/2019.