Heishi thumbed the trigger of her weapon. To calm herself down, she used something she had been doing for a long time; she recited her name under her breath:
"Heishi Senso..."
Heishi Senso the Octoling, to be precise. 5th highest ranking in her squad of eight, particularly good at close-quarters combat. She wore the signiture goggles and armor required for this mission. Octavio had been defeated a couple months ago, and although it wasn't all that common, the remainder of his loyal troops, which were declining at this point, staged a big invasion attempt every once in a while.
This time, the target was Moray towers.
Heishi sighed. She didn't want to go on this mission. She questioned why they were using a zapfish as bait if Agent 3 was just going to take it back, leaving them with nothing. It was this sass that got her positioned right by the zapfish as defense.
The little yellow catfish was perched on top of one of the Inkling's spawn points for the map, which was on a platform above the rest of the map. Heishi had been positioned on the ledge two levels below it on the right and instructed to, in her superior's own words, "stop the Agent...if he even gets there, that is! BUAHAHAHAHAHA!"
She may or may not have exaggerated the maniac laughter.
Several sounds of ink being fired snapped Heishi out of her thoughts. Static filled her ears accompanied by vague cries of surprise and the sounds of splatting. Followed by an eerie silence.
Heishi became very, very eyes darted around. She decided on hiding behind a large, inflatable obstacle that was used to create a choke point and cover during the Inkling turf wars. The sounds of ink being fired came closer, and closer. She peeked out from behind the inflatable. The agent had his back turned and was looking around. This was it...
She took a deep breath, and tackled the Inkling.
He landed on the edge of the platform with an "oof", his Hero Shot went skittering along the edge. Heishi put her foot on his chest, pointed her Octoshot at his face, and spoke in the most commanding voice she could muster.
"H-Ha! Got you Agent 3"
She mentally winced at her words, but they seemed to get the point across. The Inkling glared daggers at her and growled.
Heishi was estatic. She had actually caught the agent who had been ruining their plans from day one. It wasn't one of those troopers without a humanoid form, it wasn't one of the Octostrikers who laze around in their UFOs, nope, it was her, she had don-
"Stupid octo-jerk"
"Eh?" Heishi gave a confused look.
"You!" The headset-wearing Inkling spat. "Stupid zapfish theives."
"Wha...you stole them first!"
"No we didn't!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Whatever!" The Inkling growled. "Are you going to drop me?"
"Huh?"
"You got me cornered on the ledge." He shifted, she pressed a bit more of her weight onto him. "If you're gonna drop me off the towers then do it already." He bared his fangs.
Heishi didn't notice. Her thoughts ran a bit slowly.
"Drop...towers..."
Out of curiosity, she glanced down, past the Inkling on the floor.
Moray Towers is very high up.
Heishi remembered why she didn't want to go on this mission.
"H-high..."
"Huh?"
"H-high..."
Heishi wobbled, then everything went black.