Good News everybody! I'm back from the dead (as well as someone else in here) and schools over! Expect faster updates now...If the silver lining is that I wont be lazy throughout my vacation that is.

With me being preoccupied into finishing the other story you'd assume that I unmitigatedly ignored this one.

Well guess what? I decided to separate this story instead, but let this be a continuation of the previous one. Consider this to be the original and main storyline now while I consider the last one as the prequel for this.

Unlike my previous story however, I will now change this story's perspective into first person, So good luck to me I suppose.

With that said and done, I hope you'll enjoy this new story arc but before that let me do you guys an encapsulated recap first of what happened in the prequel just for the sake of your convenience.

Previously on Splatoon: The Otherworldly Agent...

In the year 20XX where Earths inhabitants are tainted by malice, crime and anarchy. Amidst the chaos were two salient rivaling organizations: the E.B.S. (Encroachment Behoved Syndicate) and N.Y.X.(Nihilist Yahweh eXecratory) battling for Dominance and Order in a world now bereft of it; Our protagonist was tasked on a mission to retrieve intel; Later we found out that this man is part of a three man squad (E.A.T.) working under the E.B.S. who goes under the alias "Rochsas"; Rochsas meets another elite agent who goes by the alias "Saxon"; Rochsas meets The Overseer his boss manifesting a shady complexion and demeanor; Rochsas is then given another top secret mission by the latter where he will be enjoined in tandem with his other fellow elite agents, this time to destroy certain intel; Rochsas rendezvous with both Saxon and another elite agent who goes by the alias "Desmond"; The three worked together to infiltrate yet another facility by eliminating all threats; After clearing all apparent threats, the two agents then found themselves in an expositional control room; the area suddenly gets overrun by mysterious gas masked soldiers ambushing the two; soldiers were later discovered to be one of their own mandated by the overseer to exterminate his own agents who were allegedly complicit since they compromised his intel and later found out the overseer didnt need them anymore;The two agents, namely Rochsas and Saxon attempts to escape but only Rochsas survives the ordeal; With no other choice Rochsas pairs up with Desmond and together they forged ahead towards the overseer in order to stop him for revenge and for the greater good;The pair infiltrates yet a different facility with floors of escalating difficulty; After reaching the top, the pair encounters the overseer who now names himself "Erebus" all while revealing that he was actually on a mission to find a godly artifact which he will use to rule the world; all thanks to the efforts of the agents themselves, Erebus was able to create an army of clones behind their backs while pinpointing the location of the aforementioned artifact, now that he's found it, he finally decides to get rid of them as their a nuisance and hindrance to his plan for world domination; Of course the two agents won't accept this leading to both parties into a small-scale bout; Erebus effortlessly conquered the battle utilizing the powers of the aforementioned artifact he was now wearing; Amidst the bout, Rochsas was able to successfully remove the artifact from its wielder but was left significantly injured which he unfortunately succumbed to it moments later; Overwhelmed and Overpowered Desmond retreats along while carrying Rochsas with him back to HQ; Desmond finds underground cryo lab inside; Desmond attempts to revive Rochsas using whatever he can find in the lab;After having Rochsas with the adequate treatment, Desmond leaves Rochsas in a cryo chamber to keep him safe and secured while he goes back to make a last stand;Just outside of HQ, Desmond gets ambushed and was mercilessly riddled with bullets with Erebus dealing the first blow;due to too much tampering with the godly artifact rendering it unstable, Rapture then ensues on the whole planet; The earth was flooded, everything was not spared from the destruction that fell and the whereabouts of everyone was now lost underwater; However...

Chapter 1: Genesis

Rochsas' spirit begins teetering on the precipice struggling with the dilemma for life and death.

A new beginning or a new means to its end? No life is without meaning when ones mere purpose is pulled into the nebulous gases of the void. The darkness is coming and its calling me...When it comes should I condone its embrace? The lives of others I've lost in vain, its all my fault. But...Is there still time to avenge them? I can see the void now...its reaching out to me, a piercing gleaming light pervading my deathbed, clutching on to me...I feel myself floating now upwards into the light, my one hand reaches for it while the other shields my own eyes as I brace for the blaring perpetual light...Should I accept my fate? my life was shortlived and wasted,Ive done nothing but kill for what I thought was good, Is there a chance that I can redeem myself?

...

Suddenly, I felt myself moving moments later, I noticed as I look around that I was actually falling down; as I look below I saw myself falling into a body of water. I braced myself prior from the impact but somehow I realized that I was magically floating downwards. Much to my surprise I gently landed safely on to the apex of the water without getting myself wet.

I see ripples belows as I step forward and asked myself "Wait, what's this? Am I levitating? No this is me walking on water...Where the hell am I?"

I heard the sound of my voice echoed throughout like I was stuck inside a small and empty room.

I looked up and briefly scanned the area but it was of no use as the place was seemingly surrounded by darkness giving me quite an unnerving vibe.

"Am I subjected to wander in this god forsaken place?"

"Huh?" I see ripples emerging that are not of my own. Curious, I bent down to get a closer look.

Looking closer I saw some kind of reflection. But it wasn't me I'm looking at, it was someone else. I realized I was currently seeing a posthumous image of Saxon. His eyes were closed, His features all burnt, his clothes were tattered and ripped, his skin abrasive with a complexion as gray as smoke. The only thing noticeable from him is his smile.

"Saxon..."

I reached out and touched the image but alas, the water rippled again, jarring the imagery.

I stood up when I heard something. It was a faint but familiar voice trying to speak to me. I focused on intently listening to this voice. Moreover its utterance became more clearer.

(-goodbye...When you wake up just remember who saved you. Me? I have no place to be here anyways, they'll soon find you in here with me and I don't want to risk that. I...I'm sorry about Saxon just promise me you'll avenge him for me) *Desmonds Last Message to Rochsas*

I know that voice, it can't be...

"Desmond is that you?"

As I quickly turned to my back I was dumbfounded to see no one around suddenly...

"Argh!"

I clenched my fist as I inexplicably exclaimed in pain.

This gruesome burning pain im getting in my stomach...Its akin to getting stabbed with a sword.

My muscles started to contract and tense up in response to this fiery sensation, due to this I knelt down, struggling in agony.

As I knelt, I noticed the pool of water I'm floating on started to change...the color shifted to a brightly bloody hue.

"What is this...burning feeling...Ugh."

I started coughing up blood afterwards, spitting it out as I do. Apart from that I saw an image forming from the pools reflection.

This reflection started flashing me series of imageries as it glitches out intermittently.

To name a few I saw: Saxon's hook clad in a mix of dripping blood with hues of yellow and red, Desmond's blue hat with blood on it,A long sword with some blurry numberings inscribed on its blade, A halo artifact with a golden aura but turns to a shade of red seconds later,some odd mutated sea creatures with humanly features, and last but not least what I saw this time, greatly disheartened me. The angle of the view was looking up while closing on Desmond's lifeless bloody hand and beside it was Saxon's hook dripping with what I believe is Desmond's own blood aside from that I suspected the culprit of this murder was none other than Erebus as I witness him walking nonchalantly away from him.

I remarked the last image as I started precariously fall into unconsciousness while I sniff a tear back into my eye realizing and remembering their valiant deaths "Desmond...Saxon...The two of you, your admirable sacrifices, was it mostly an effort to save me?...*cough*...But why?...*cough*...Whatever it is I...don't know how to repay you guys...And sad news is...I'm dead...There is no going back for me...I...I'm sorry I couldn't finish the job...It was all my fault that your...deaths were...in vain...*sniff*...I wasn't...I couldn't..."

I stopped as I can't tolerate it any longer as I began succumbing to the pain, dropping dead flat on to the pool of water.

Just before I completely lose all consciousness,closing my eyes to embrace my impending death I heard a faint sound of a pair of footsteps getting closer.

Then all of a sudden a familiar voice uttered in exuberance "Just What do you think you're doing down there?"

As if my body regained some of its strength my eyes opened again. looking up to see where this familiar voice was coming from.

From out of the blue It was none other than, Desmond. He was in his regular outfit but I could see an eminently white & blue aura around him.

I tried to say something but my strength seems to be tottering and unsound, keeping me silent, leaving me no choice but to be tacit unfortunately.

Desmond continued, oblivious to my dying condition "This is not a time for you to slack off, get up!"

"You don't want Saxon to see you like this can't we? Here I'll help you up."

Desmond started carrying me, resting my arm on his shoulders the same way I carried my wounded partner Saxon, out of the tunnels before.

Desmond started walking me towards... nothing...I see no clear path to take but Desmond is still dragging my sorry arse to it regardless.

I look at him and he seems to be smiling, looking like a happy-go-lucky fella, strange.

Demond started saying "I always ended up cleaning up your mess whenever Saxon's away. It was because so that those AAAA bastards wont track us down. But man oh man how tedious it was to clear up all that evidence you keep leaving on in your trail of mayhem."

"You know it was supposed to be just the two of us, Me and Saxon. The moment you joined us we thought you were just looking for trouble but you showed some exceptional skill. You even made it past to elite status pretty fast with flying colors. The overseer even admires your skill so much that he trusts you to do top secret elite missions alone. huh, you had me jealous there."

(Desmond was jealous of me?)

Desmond began explaining himself while reminiscing as the scene shifted to a flashback on a bleak rainy afternoon, back when there was no AAA to begin with, back when there was chaos still in spur but in a more disorderly fashion, with constant riots and hysteria still prevalent along in the cities. The scene plays out where we see a little Desmond and Saxon.

"You know, we really weren't that loyal to the overseer, me and Saxon. Saxon was like an elder brother to me, although he is quite reckless and a joker at times he still means well. Back then we were just two orphans kids loitering around the streets begging for food and money. We even ended up stealing at one point cause we were so hungry at the time. One time after escaping our attempted robbery, we saw a mysterious man, this guy was actually the overseer in disguise trying to find recruits for himself.

Even though we were kids he saw our potential as he pointed out to the mess we made, with knocked out bodies littered behind us. Due to this, he gave us an offer we can't refuse. And that's how we came to be, joining his organization just so we wont starve to death. We had no choice. The time we were at our ripened age of maturity. Saxon was scheming something, he wasn't just in it for survival in this mad world, he was actually-"

"Planning to expose that son of a bitch's shady shit." An older voice rang out nearby catching us by surprise. I look up and saw it was none other than Saxon, in his regular attire unscathed.

I was up in tears seeing my only friends and partners alive and well but I still couldn't express my joy as I am still weak.

"Buddy how's it going!? I knew that you're still staying strong." Saxon beamed.

Saxon looked curiously at me "Hm, must be one of those days huh?" he said.

Saxon grimaced then decided to land a punch right on to my face.

Ow! What in the...

"HEY! Wake up sleepy head! you're not done yet!" He bellowed.

That random punch actually worked. I slightly feel more alive now as I opted to stand by myself, yet I still haplessly couldn't speak.

My eyes blinked a few times and was surprised that we made it somewhere where I can see something besides darkness.

Here I saw a spotlight right under our noses. As I look up, I saw an aperture of light right above us with a hanging ladder hung up pretty high, similar to that time when I was escaping through the tunnels with Saxon.

Saxon smirked, noticing me looking up at the ladder and the aperture above.

Desmond said "Were gonna need you to get up there."

"Yeah its not over for you yet." he reiterated then said "You're the only one out of the three of us who's still got some fight left in em."

I was confused to what they were needing me to do. And what do they mean its still not over for me?

"Finish what we started, find him and end this once and for all buddy."

Saxon shifted his weight and bent down a little as his palms reached down offering me some kind of boost.

Should I go? Might as well, I'm curious to see whats above.

I ran and I precisely hopped on to Saxon's palms then he proceeded to boost me high enough so that I could reach the ladder up top.

As I held on to the ladder, I looked down and saw both of them smiling one last time waving at me goodbye before my partners disintegrated like sand flying through the wind.

I patted myself down to see if I too, would disintegrate like them. But I didn't.

So its true? I'm still alive?

I looked up and continued climbing the ladder into the light.

As I reached the apex of the aperture, the light inside seemed to be fast approaching. The light! Its getting too bright for me, My eyes! I...I can't see...No!...AHHHH!-

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"AAAHHHHhh-"

"OW!"

My near death experience was shortlived as my own frozen head suddenly jolted upwards in a knee jerk reaction going out of my borderline eternal slumber smacking headfirst onto the glass container thus giving it a slight crack.

I blinked.

(what the...So...Cold...Where am I?)

That was pretty fun! Although it took me a long time to write it, it was still fun nonetheless. I tried to make it a bit more emotionally driven in this first chapter. Subtly eluding some sentiment from you between Rochsas and the other two agents, Saxon and Desmond.

So yeah this is now the mark of a new universe which will be true to its name. I hope you were waiting for this because, I have.

Oh by the way...Guess what universe this will be in ;)

Thanks for reading! See you again next chapter...Whenever!

P.S Sorry about the length if it was a tad bit irksome.