Voices

A voice, that was all I heard at first. The single voice, one that I didn't quite recognize kept talking, about me I think.

"Do you think she's alright?" the female voice asked.

"She's breathing," a husky male voice responded, "so I guess she is."

"Maybe she is taking a nap," replied a strange, unrecognizable voice.

"Look!" the female, I assume, squealed as I twitched my hand to signal my consciousness. "She's awake, and moving!" I slowly opened my eyes and saw three other staring at me. One was a girl, about my age, with reddish pink hair that was up in pigtails, there was also a blue skinned guy who was huge; I assumed he was a cave troll, and then there was a small, portly guy who kind of looked like a molenoid. The three continued to look over me silently with wide eyes. I leaned up and saw a small Cyclops-like green creature resting on my gut, and I immediately wanted to scream. It squeaked and hopped towards my chest, causing me to pale over.

"It's alright," the blue man said as he picked up the Cyclops thing. "This little guy won't hurt you." I was about to ask what it was that was on me, when the door opened and a handsome male walked in. He was tall, had black hair, and was a little muscular but not like the blue person. He smiled at me and I felt my face heat up. I looked away.

"Eli!" the redhead chirped. "The girl you found finally woke up!" She pointed over to me and once again the cute boy, Eli, looked over to me. My face started burning when I felt his eyes on me. He walked over to where I was resting and knelt down next to me.

"Can you speak?" he asked. His voice was smooth, kind of like velvet. I nodded. "Do you remember what happened to you before we found you?" I shook my head, a sad look on my face. "That's okay," he said while looking me over once again. "Do you have any slugs?" I gave him a confused look. He held out his palm and a small orange creature, a slug, rested in the center. "This is Burpy, he's my slug." I reached out to pet it, when its head started emitting small embers. I jerked my hand back, frightened. I looked around to make it seem like I wasn't scared.

"Where am I?" I asked, finally using my voice.

"You're in Slugterra," the girl spoke softly.

"Who are you people?"

"I'm Eli Shane," the cute guy said as he stood.

"I'm Kord," the tall blue skinned man said.

"I am the magnificent Pronto!" the molenoid guy proudly announced.

"And I'm Trixie," the redheaded girl said sweetly.

"What's your name?"

"I think my name is Astrus..." I thought for a minute, "Astrus Quinn."

"It's very nice to meet you Astrus!" Trixie chirped.

"Like-wise," I said while looking down at my hands. This was all very confusing. Slugs were kept as pets? Everything was confusing to me, especially the others that were in the room with me. "What do you use the slugs for?" I asked to break the nervous tension. Eli walked over to where I was laying and sat down on the bed, next to my feet. Half of me wanted to hug him, but I remained still.

"Do you want to be a slugslinger?" he asked caringly.

"I guess, but I'm not sure what I'll need to do."

"Then I'll teach you. But first, you'll need to catch your own slug."