"Ouch! Trixie, that hurts!"

Chapter One: Ouch~!

It was a calm night in SlugTerra. Blakk had been inactive for some time so Blakk's henchman had days off.

Night-time slugs were playing in silence, daytime slugs, slept.

As for the Shane Hideout, I wouldn't say the same thing…

Kord Zane and Eli Shane were fighting hand to hand. Pronto Geronimole, probably hiding. As for poor Trixie Sting, she was desperately trying to stop the two boys from fighting any longer.

Trixie's POV

This night is just so twisted.

Kord and Eli are fighting and I'm trying to stop this whole stupid mess!

But what angers me most is that Eli and Kord's arsenal are also fighting! Slug Fighting is illegal if slugslingers make their slugs do so.

But the slugs where also enjoying the fight between their slingers. Each arsenal was cheering their slinger to keep going. They kept doing this until they ended up arguing, that's when the entire fighting thing started.

The weakest and strongest of each arsenal fought against each other.

The last couple to fight was Burpy and Bludgeon. Burpy had won the fight, but had a black little eye, bites, scratches and bruises. Bludgeon had several burns and deep bites. Half of each arsenal where badly wounded, I hate to see slugs like that. But I also need to know their behaviour.

My camera had captured everything in video, from the start, to the beginning.

I turned my head towards the boys, I thought I heard them stop fighting, but I was so wrong.

Both where badly injured and Eli was underneath Kord, just struggling to keep breathing. Then the cave troll stood up and grabbed Eli by his shirt.

I saw Eli tremble slightly and grit his teeth.

Kord growled and brought the Shane down to the floor with a loud thud. This caused Eli to gasp and cough.

"ENOUGH! BOTH OF YOU HAVE TO STOP!" I shouted as I kicked Kord in the stomach. This caused him to back away and slight pain while I helped Eli up gently.

Kord had frowned and ran over to both me, and Eli. He was to punch Eli again. "I'M BETWEEN YOU TWO FOOL!" I shouted again making Kord back away once more.

Eli looked dizzy and pale, his eyes where unfocused. I turned to look at Kord and I saw him hold his head with both hands and a terror look was on his face.

"What the heck if wrong with everybody?! First you two start fighting for no reason! Second, your slugs start fighting too! Third… I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE PRONTO IS!" I growled. "Everyone will go to their room in this INSTENT!"

The look on their faces was unforgettable; they walked/limped back to their dorms accompanied with their slugs.

I sighed as my fingers made small circles on my forehead. My head ached with so much pain that it was almost unbearable.

I put my camera beside my computer to edit videos later and went to get the medical supplies.

I went to Eli's room first, he was already sleeping. He looked peaceful, but the injuries on his face and arms made a whole new difference.

I sighed and crept in quietly, my step ever so quiet. My fingers opened the lid softly and I took out cotton balls and alcohol to clean the blood and disinfect any bad wounds.

As I passed the cotton over Eli's pale and wounded skin, I saw him flinch and let small whimpers of pain in his sleep.

I tried to be careful and gentle, but when it comes to wounds, it hard to do so.

I kept doing this on all his body and I bandaged his wounds. I crept out silently as I left a few medical leaves for the slugs to chew on.

I tiptoed to Kord's room and it was the exact same routine with him. He also let out sounds of pain and almost wakes. I left the same kinds of leaves for his slugs and I left his room.

I sighed and yawned, my eyelids where barely open now. But a question still wandered in my head; "Where was Pronto?" I was guessing that he went to hide at his home cavern; Molemount Cavern.

I struggled to get to my own room and once I got to my bed, I just plopped into it and covered myself with the warm covers given from my parents. I soon felt my eyes close completely and I drifted off into sleep…

Next Morning…

Eli's POV

Oh man… I woke and my head was pounding, my skin was 'burning' with pain. My eyes opened and I saw bandages covering my body. I moved my head to look around and I saw Burpy sleeping on my chest.

Poor thing, Burpy had a black eye. My best buddy was injured, so was I.

My finger passed ever so gently over his little head and the orange slug woke up slowly. "Hey buddy… Morning." I mumbled as I saw Burpy yawn and sit up.

As Burpy put more weight on the spot of my chest, I felt pain spring up; causing me to hiss in pain and grit my teeth.

Suddenly, the door opened and Trixie came in with medical supplies. My eyes widened and my face was instantly covered my dark blue covers.

"Morning." She said.

"Morning…" I was giving my back to her; it was actually hurting to be in that position.

"Come on Eli. I need to see it. You won't die because I see your face, will you?" she said as she put her delicate and small hands on my shoulder gently.

"No…" I said hoarsely.

"Then why can't I see your face?" she asked gently and I blushed a bit.

"Because I'm ugly…" I muttered acting a bit childish.

"No you're not Eli… you're cute– you-you look just fine. I won't laugh at you." She said.

Did she say cute? Me? I blushed slightly at the… 'Complement'.
I took the covers off, but my face wasn't looking at her.

"Eli…"

I sighed and turned around.

Trixie smiled slightly. She put my bangs aside as she examined my eye. "You'll look better afterwards…" she said gently with a soft and motherly smile.

I smiled myself. Trixie always makes my day, don't ask why. She always makes my smile one way or another.

She put and ice pack on my eye and I flinched. "Ouch! Trixie, that hurts!"

She chuckled. "It's because it's cold silly." She said as she tried to make the ice pack more confortable for me.

"Hehe… Yeah, I guess you're right." I said with a smile.

"Have any injuries under your shirt?" she asked suddenly.

"U-uh… I-I'm not sure." I replied with a slight blush.

Trixie nodded. "I-I'll get out, then tell me what you see." She said and walked out of my room slowly.

I turned tried to get out of bed and go in front of the mirror. But it was hard and painful to do so.

Trixie's POV

I had asked Eli if he had any injuries under his shirt. I could do that last night, it was way too complicated and I didn't want to wake him up.

I walked out and 'closed' the door. Okay, I admit it, I didn't close it completely. I needed to see, I just had too.

He back was looking towards me and I bit my lip. He turned around, still trying to look at the mirror. I saw his chest and abdomen, and wow… he was well muscled to have such a young age.

I looked away as quickly as I looked at him from a start.

"T-Trixie! what-what's this?!" I heard Eli say slightly worried.

I 'ran' inside worried and a blush formed on my cheeks.

His chest had a purplish colour and a blue colouring to it. "Uh oh…" I mumbled.

"What?" he asked.

"You've got a few broken bones. Better be careful and breath normally, don't run or jump. Just breath in deeply." I said.

"…" Eli said nothing; he looked somewhat scared, as if he had never broken a rib or so. Perhaps his 'friends' had told him bad things about a broken rib.

"Calm down." I reassured him as I applied some cream to his chest. I bandaged his chest gently. "You'll be okay. Don't worry,"

He smiled. "Thanks Trix, for-for helping me." He said.

"No need to thank." I said with a smile. "Be careful when changing. We'll go to the doctor today." I added.

Eli nodded.

"If you don't mind, I'll treat your slugs and Kord's too." I said as I took the slugs that were in Eli's room.

A few slugs had broken arms. Doc had tried his best to immobilize their arms, and I'll say he did a good job.

Today is to be a long day. Next stop, the doctor.