Key To My Heart || Slugterra

30| Missing Slugs

"You feeling better?" I whispered, my eyes barely able to look into Phoenix's room. She was still in her bed, with her daughter in her arms. Burpy never left her side, and the other slugs decided to squeeze another bed into the room for him, but I never saw him use it to rest.

Phoenix looked up at me and chirped, and shot me an assuring smile.

"We have some new friends today," I said as I held up the five new slugs on my palm. They hopped off and went towards the door to greet Burpy and Phoenix.

"This is Nade the Grenuke, Ash the Lavalynx, Twin the Polero, Bondi the Sand Angler, and Ivy the Vinedrill," I introduced the new slugs and softly poked their heads when I mentioned their names.

"This is Burpy and Phoenix," I said as I looked at Phoenix with a smile. "And their beautiful baby girl, Aurora."

Burpy and Phoenix greeted them and they welcomed the new slugs into the room. They spent some time with the newborn baby and got to know their leaders. After that, the five newbies wandered off and hangout with the rest of the slugs of the other slingers living in the Shane hideout.

I reached out to Phoenix with a finger through the tiny door and caressed her cheek.

"I'm so proud of you, Phoenix," I smiled at her. "You too Burpy. Thank you so much for taking good care of her."

He smiled at me and chuckled adorably. I gave him a pet on the head, before I retrieved my finger. It was time to give them their space and time, so I headed back to my room. I opened the door and walked in. Eli was already asleep on the bed.

I got in bed beside him and tried to go to sleep. The words he said earlier when we were heading back to the hideout replayed in my head. I sighed as I clenched onto my necklace under my shirt.

Maybe it's time to find out how to go back home. I wonder how life would be if I'm still back on Earth, and maybe, just maybe, I have found Blue.

Little did I know, the boy laying next to me was still wide awake. He too, with his hand clenching on his necklace, was thinking about his significant other, dreaming about a life where they could live happily ever after.

...
"ALESSIA!"

Someone yelled into my ear and shook my shoulders violently.

"Mia stop! I need more sleep-"

"Phoenix is missing!"

"WHAT!?"

I sprung up into a sitting position and grabbed Mia's shoulders, terror written all over our faces.

"What did you just say to me?" I asked in a low voice, feeling myself hyperventilating as I stared straight into her teary eyes.

"Burpy, Phoenix and Aurora are gone! Eli and Pronto are already out there searching for them! Come on! Get up! I still need to wake up Trixie and Kord!"

I rolled out of bed and raced to the bathroom. Didn't have time to properly clean myself up. I quickly changed into my slinging attire, sprinted out of my room and jumped down the flight of stairs.

"Get ready!" I ordered as my slugs came running to me and squeezed their way into my backpack. I grabbed my blaster and loaded up Slime and Funnel as I made my way towards the garage.

I slammed my hand on the button that ascends the garage door and hopped on Dalinda. Mia, Trixie and Kord came in and quickly mounted their mechas, and we headed out of the hideout without bothering to close the garage door.

Dalinda immediately leaped into the air and spread her wings, soaring high to search for the missing slugs.

"Mia?" I spoke through my earpiece. "What's our plan?"