Hey, Thanks for checking out my fanfic. This is my first one, so any comments are welcomed.

Our story start during the final boss fight of Octo Expansion, so mild spoilers ahead.

Inkling Octoling

"Nice Work! I'll fire at the neck next! Gimme a sec..." Marina says as she sets up the next volley of Hyperbombs to be launched.

"Agent 8! Take a break near the point on its neck" Cap'n Cuttlefish instructs Agent 8.

"Got it Cap'n!" Agent 8 cheerfully responds.

"Uhhhhh, my head"

"Agent Three! Are you alright?"

"What happened Cap'n?"

As Agent 8 detonates the Hyperbombs that had launched onto the statues neck, Cap'n Cuttlefish explained to Agent Three what had happened after he got knocked out and was minded controlled.

"Ok- time to aim for its back! Calibrating…"

"Watch your back Agent Eight! You got Octocopters incoming!"

"Octarians. Why is it all ways Octarians."

"You got to lay cover fire for Agent 8 and take out those Octocopters Agent Three!"

"Why?" Agent Three growled as his left eye turned red.

"Because she's preventing the end of the word!"

"Fine, a TEMPORARY truce."

"I think you would have a better time using this."

Cap'n Cuttlefish passes Agent Three his Bamboozler. Agent Three, as his eye changed to lavender, just waves it away, instead turning a dial on the side of his Hero Shot. In an instant, the Hero Shot was swapped for a Hero Charger that Three had added a scope to.

"We'll need to get closer to get you in range then Agent Three"

Before the helicopter could move closer, Agent Three fired what looked like a condensed blot of ink and it took out two octocopters that were behind Eight and detonated the next hyperbomb while narrowly missing Eight herself.

"Hey! That almost hit me!"

"If I was allowed to hit you, I would have done so, next one could go right between your pretty little eyes if you want."

Both Marina and Eight were taken back by how fluently Agent Three spoke Octarian.

"Oh, Preparing to fire at its arm! Hold on a minute…"

"Yo, Eight! Get to the satue's right arm. Stay focused and don't mess up!"

Agent Three continued to pick off the sanitized Octocopters as Agent Eight went around the other side of the statue. As Three took aim at a sanitized Octosniper that was peeking from the side of the statue, Marina had notice the faint sound of singing, different to her and Pearls song that was blaring from the big speakers. She realized that Agent Three was singing Tide Goes Out, and she was filled with fear.

"How can you snipe and sing at the same time? Wouldn't it be distracting?"

Instead of responding to Pearls questions, Agent Three continued to pick off sanitized octarians.

"Hey! I asked you a question!"

"Quiet pigmy, I'm trying to concentrate."

"WHY YOU- "

"Please excuse Agent Three, he gets... irritated quickly if he gets interrupted while trying to concentrate. As for the singin', he says that helps him concentrate."

"I-i-it's you, isn't is? Y-y-y-you're the- the"

"Siren of the Surface. Nice to hear you still fear my songs, Octarian." Agent Three finishes with a smirk. "Shouldn't you be deploying more of those bombs, to finish the task at hand?"

"O-oh yea. This is it Agent 8. Dropping 10 on the head!"

"Watch out Agent 8, ya got Octocommanders takin' aim."

"You know Cap'n', since getting separated from you underground, the Octarians that I faced don't look like regular Octarians."

"Hmm, that is true Agent 3. I have noticed that as well. We can talk about that later though."

The Cap'n responds, hoping to get 3's full focus back to the fight.

"Five remaining, ready there pigmy."

"Almost. AND STOP CALLING ME PIGMY! … There's one hyperbomb left Agent 8."

As 8 reaches the final hyperbomb, she gets knocked off by an octocopter that managed to slip by Agent 3's shots.

"NO!"

"Slippery bastard." Three says as he shoots the octocopter and the final hyperbomb. "Can't have you getting all the glory Octarian."

As Agent 8 superjumps back to the main copter's platform, Marina runs some quick calculations on her computer.

"The energy reading don't indicate a full charge, but it looks like it's going to fire anyway!"

"Number 10,008… No test subject has worked so hard to spoil my plans. But now you will blend into… the perfect world the professor envisioned. Farewell 10,008. Farewell to you and that worthless cesspool of a ci-tzzt"

Everyone jumps back a bit.

"Shut the fuck up you stupid ready yet… Pearl was it?"

"I just need a bit more time"

"We don't really have much of that Pearly."

"Oh ye of little faith Octarian. Cap'n, Got the key?" Agent 3 says as he turns a dial on the side of his Hero Charger and it swaps to his Hero Shot.

"Yea, I think so."

"Permission to use it?"

"Use what?" Marina asks, as Pearl, 8, and her are a bit confused at what they are talking about.

"Well you see, 3 is a bit of a"

"Cap'n we don't have time for an explanation. If you won't let me use that I can just use a normal one to buy some time." Agent Three says, verging on yelling as he left eye turns red.

"Yes, you have my permission Agent Three." Cap'n Cuttlefish reluctantly says as he pulls out a small key and hands it to Agent Three. As Three's tentacles start glowing, indicating a special is ready, he inserts the key into the diale on the side of the Hero Shot and turns it summoning what looked like a giant missile.

"Is that an Inkstrike?"

"No." Three replies with wide eyes, a wicked smile, and a wild laugh as he inserts the key into a slot on the side of the missile. As the key is turned, the body of the missile begins to glow with a lavender glow.

"InkNuke Test number 1 ready to launch. In 3."

"Wait! Test 1!" Agent 8 realizes.

"2.."

"THIS IS UNTESTED!?" Marina questions."1…"

"YOU'RE CRAZY!" Pearl yells.

"We know. LAUNCH!" Three yells as he slams a button on the side of the missile.

At the same time the InkNuke is launched, Pearl deploys her Killer Wail. As the beam from NILS Statue collides with Pearls Killer Wail, the InkNuke continues toward the statue. The InkNuke flies past the cannon and into the "mouth" of the statue and detonates. A sphere of lavender ink expands out from the point of impact, similar to a Booya Bomb. Then, as the ink sphere reaches the "mouth", it compresses and becomes a violent beam into the sky and water, much like a normal Inkstrike. Three is wide eyed and laughing like a mad squid while the others look on in shock. Cap'n Cuttlefish notices that Three's left eye is green and gives a light smile as the NILS Statue sinks in to the depths.

"IT WORKED! IT ACTUALLY WORKED! HAHAHA"

"You had no idea it would work!? You used this LIFE AND DEATH situation to TEST that thing!?"

"Why are you complaining? It worked didn't it?"

Pearl, fully irritated with Three, winds up a punch as Marina tries to stop her, having read the reports of those unlucky enough to do physical combat with the Siren. Three easily catches Pearls punch and lifts her up by her hand to his eye level. Pearl is surprised by this feat of strength from such a scrawny squid.

"Just because you're an Inkling we'll give you this warning. Try that again, and you won't be singing for a while." Three says as his eye and ink turn blood red.

"Now Red, you need to settle down. The fighting's over."

"The fights never over Cap'n, you know this." He says as he drops Pearl and super jumps to one of the hanging speakers a ways away.

"Just give him some space, he should calm down, eventually." Cap'n says, wishfully.

And that was Chapter one. Hope you liked it and, again, comments are greatly welcomed. :)