Darkness.
Where am I?
Darkness.
Nothing.
Warmth?
A heavenly jingle plays with it.
Where am I?
I try to move.
I can….
But I feel like something is keeping me.
I try to move again.
I fall.
"Ah!" My eyes open. I glance around the unfamiliar room in panic, right, right, this isn't the metro. I take another glance around the room, its filled with old posters of the Squid Sisters, old sub and special weapon cans, different variations of hero styled weapons and armor, a few dressers, cabinets, and trunks filled with gear, and finally a concerned figure standing at the door.
"8?" The figure asks."You okay?"
"Huh?" I take another glance at the figure. "Oh, I'm fine 3."
"8," She starts again. "You know I can barely understand Octarian."
"Oh, uh, sorry, I'm fine." I explain to her. "I'm just used to talking to Captain Cuttlefish in Octarian…"
The Inkling looks at me with concern in her mismatched eyes. Her eyes weren't always mismatched, both of them used to be a vibrant orange of 3's favorite ink color. But since she got hijacked by Tartar, the goo it used to control her was placed on the right side of her face. When I shot off the goo, it left a messy green and blue blotch scar on that side of her face, and it seems to have permanently changed her eye color too.
"Okay, if you say your fine I'll take your word for it." She turns around to leave out of the room, "Just so you know, I think it would be a good thing for us to talk to Pearl and Marina early today before they start the news, as we can't have you walking around with that crop top and skirt. Or as the 4s would put it. 'WE GOTA GIT YA SOME FRESH KICKS!' I still can't believe they do that." She shakes her head with her eyes closed. "So you up for some shopping and talking to an old superior again?"
"Uh, sure."
"Okay then. So if you want to get something to eat we can stop by Crusty Sean's food truck on our way to the 'Off the Hook' studio."
"REALLY 3!" I jump up, eyes wide open with glee.
"Heh, yes really," She starts to exit the room. "Also 8, my name's Alani."
A name, I don't remember mine. Maybe Marina can help me with one. As I sit on Alani's bed my thoughts are broken by her yelling.
"AZUL!"
"WHAT NOW!"
"WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY CAPE!"
"I put it in the washer. Along with your other set of hero armor."
"YOU DID WHAT!"
"I. put. It. In. The. Washer."
I hear the sound of a special being ready after hearing a can being opened. "Was that a bad thing to do…?"
"REALLY BAD! I TOLD YOU NOT TO TOUCH IT!"
"NO, NO, NO, YOU CAN'T USE THAT!"
"WATCH ME! KRAKEN TIME!"
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH."
And 3 says she can't stand the 4s. Where as she can barely stand her own brother.