It was a cool and silent night with city lights of Inkopolis lighting up the sky in the distance, and sounds of music can be heard as a concert took place in the main plaza. The ink battles were done for the day as the moon took the sun's place in the sky and everyone has gone to the plaza where all the fun was at for the night. Well almost everyone.
Three Inklings had snuck back into the Blackbelly Skaterpark just so they can have a whole splat zone to themselves, the group was made up of two girls and one boy, "are you sure this is a good idea?" one Inkling voiced his concerns, "yeah Alice, I don't wanna get in trouble," another voiced her's can't believing her friend talked them into it. The apperent leader of the three turned back to them and saw the flinching expression on their faces even though she is the most daring between the three, "relax guys, no one is gonna know we're here," she reassured them.
"But if they catch us they'll suspend us from the games for a whole year," her male friend reminded her for the millionth time, "they're not gonna catch us Ray, so cool it," she pressed on, "why did we come here again?" Alice's other friend asked once more. "Because how often do you get a whole splat zone all to youself?" Alice questioned her two friends, and before they could answer, "NEVER," she finished, but it didn't really gave her friends comfort. "And besides Evie we need all the practice we can get if we wanna win the next tournament," Alice provided until she heard a tiny little splash that came right under her.
She looked down and saw a puddle of ink, strange, did someone else had the same Idea to sneak back in? but Alice didn't think so, the only why in without getting caught is the same way they came in and it didn't look like someone have used it. However the most odd thing was the color of the ink. It was white. White as snow and it can even be seen in the dimly litted zone with the weak lights bouncing off it, "what is it Alice?" Ray asked seeing his friend turning her attention to the ground.
"It's ink," she told them, "ink? Is someone else here?" Evie asked filling more anxious as she turned her head frantically, "it can't be the only way in was still closed when we came through it," Ray reminded again, "I know Ray, but keep it down we will get caught if you don't shut up," Alice explained trying to keep her friends to calm down. That's when they heard something not too far away dash between ramps spooking Alice's two friends, "That it Alice we're leaving," Evie cried feeling like something was stalking them and her and Ray turned to the exit to leave, but Alice stopped them.
In about a moment the three were in a heated argument on if sneaking into an unoccupied zone in the middle of the night was a bright idea, bickering left and right on what is a good idea right now. They've argued so much that they didn't noticed something was creeping up behind them- "HEY! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THREE DOING HERE!? THE GAMES ARE DONE FOR THE DAY!" a man shining a flashlight at the trio shouted, demanding an explanation. The Inkling brought down his flashlight revealing to be the janitor and he did not look too happy with them.
The three traded nervous glances with each other as the two's fears had come true so they shoved Alice forward which was her falt to begin with, "well uhh," Alice scrambled to make up an explanation in her head with little drips of sweat rolling off the sides of her head. Only seeing that the girl in front of him just giving him a nervous smile and nervously scratching the back of her head the janitor was starting to get impatient, "if you're not gonna spill it then I'll just have to call the cops-" "CHOMP!" *SPLAT*
It all happened in a blink of an eye as out of the mysterious white ink a pair of jaws filled with razor sharp teeth lashed out and splattered the janitor in one go, sending him off to the nearest respond station. The trio looked down to the puddle of white ink and saw a fin sticking out of the ink and there rose a pair of shinny blue eyes looking straight at the three of them which it consider for a snack.
The three of them turn tail and run screaming in fear, they looked back and saw the mysterious creature was right on their tail, snapping its jaws at them with just inches away, and it didn't have to cover the ground with ink to go. Ray pulled out his splattershot to cut off the monster's path with green ink, but to his shock the thing just swam right through it still maintaining its neutral color while still leaving his shots untouched. Seeing that their ink wasn't gonna do much good against the monster the three shoot ahead of them towards the exit and changed into squid form to escape from whoever their pursuer is and there was a little difference because the thing that's chasing them looked a lot bigger from where they're at right now.
The three friends were almost out of the zone, but whatever is chasing them is almost right on top of them, it opened its jaws wide open just barely over the tips of their tentacles. However letting their instincs take over the three jumped out of their ink path just in time to avoid the creature's bite, the moment they've made it passed the exit they sealed it shut and the next thing they heard was a loud crash as the monster rammed into the wall.
The three didn't stop there they kept running and running as far as their feet can carry them until they were out of breath, so far they've made all the way to their apartment complex that was on the east side of Inkopolis, "what *huff* was that? *pant*" Ray spoke between breaths. Panting, Alice straighten herself up, "I don't know *pant*" Alice panted, "and I don't wanna find out," Alice finished walking into the building and her friends followed.
The three friends wanted to tell someone, but who will believe them? the janitor at the Skaterpark probably can't help on the count he didn't see the monster coming proved he can't be a witness, and even if they did they'll be in serious trouble for sneaking in the Skaterpark. The three just went to their apartment and turned in for the night.
The Next Morning
The three didn't get any sleep last night, they were too scared to sleep as if they closed their eyes the monster will sneak into their rooms and gulp them up in their sleep. On the dinner table Ray was trying to eat breakfast, but he missed the bowl and all the cereal landed onto the table instead, Alice was at the kitchen counter trying to make coffee while struggling to keep her eyes open only for the ding of the coffee maker scaring her awake.
Evie was the only person capable enough to carry out a simple task by flipping through the channels of the T.V. Flipping through movies, reality shows, cartoons, and history, until she came to the news channel, "y'all know what time it is?," Pearl questioned the viewers, "it's Off the Hook coming at you LIVE from Inkopolis Square," Marina announced backing up her Inkling friend.
"Marina tell everyone the shocking news that happen last night," Pearl requested. "A janitor in charge of taking care of the Blackbelly Skaterpark was attacked last night by a mysterious creature. Let' go to him LIVE." The screen then switches over to the shot of the janitor that the trio had ran into last night showing him surrounded by news reporters, "I was just doing my job taking the night shift until I saw these three punk kids sneak in past hours, but while I was yelling at them that thing came up from out of nowhere and had me for lunch, but luckly I got away with one of the respond stations," the janitor told his side of the story.
The screen then went back Pearl and Marina in the station, with Marina continuing, "we even have video footage of the monster," the screen then cuts to the surveillance footage that was installed in the Skaterpark showing Alice, Ray, Evie, and the monster chasing them. "The three Inklings that broke in last night are still at large," Pearl informed, "anyone with any information of the three's whereabouts please inform us by calling the Off the Hook news station, here's the number at the bottom of the screen," Marina provided.
In the apartment the trio were now fully awake from the evening news and them being put on the screen for all of Inkopolis to see, but they didn't worry too much because the camera didn't get their faces. "Let's take a closer look of the mysterious creature in question," Marina proposed and the picture zoomed in onto the monster. "*eep* it looks scarier up close," Pearl commented a little afraid of the picture, "the monster uses strange white ink to traverse through the park, despite its large size it's quite fast showing the three inking just barely making it out just before they were next on the menu," Marina explained to the viewers until they heard one of the lines going off. "Hey we got our first caller for the day," Marina announced, "answer it Marina," Pearl cheered.
Marina then forwarded the call to the speakers for all to hear, "this is Off the Hook, are you calling about last night's incident?" Marina asked, "yeah!" the caller on the other line boomed sounding to be a young man. "So what can you tell us?" Pearl asked the caller, "that handsome fella on the screen is me," he answered straight forward kinda confusing the two news broadcasters, "uhh? so you're the male individual in the video," Pearl pointed to Ray. They can hear the other person on the other end of the call laughing as Pearl asked him if he was Ray, "heck no, I'm not that noodle limb wimp," he remarked which in turn made Ray flex his biceps.
The girls saw him flexing and chuckled a bit to themselves after seeing him get insecure, "so wait, if you're not the guy on the video, who are you?" Pearl questioned starting to get suspicious, "I'm the guy chasing those jackasses," the caller bluntly told them. Both the newscasters and the viewers watching were quite speechless, not really sure if they're getting punked or not. "You're the monster on the video?" Pearl continued, "yep," "so why are you calling us?" "I wanna ask if you green friend over there is single?" there was a moment of silence when the caller asked making Marina blush a shade of green, but then she noticed Pearl growing a devious grin.
"Why yes she is, why you ask?" Pearl spoke, "PEARL!" Marina gasps getting more embarrassed, "because she looks FEAK'N HOT," the caller yelled out and to Pearl's and Marina's surprise in came tromping a rather larger gentlemen with his arm wrapped around a security guard's neck (which tried to stop him) and cellphone in the other hand to which Alice recognized it to be her phone, which he was using to call the news station with. "That's my phone," she screamed which got her two friends worried, "I thought you put a password on it?" Evie spoke, "I did," Alice confirmed, "he must've hacked it," Ray suggested, "oh no he has all my photos with our faces on it (and my porn stash)," "what?" "nothing."
They then turned their attention back to the T.V. worried that if he tells them that the phone belongs to Alice they will probably be suspended from the games for a whole year. "So, care introducing yourself to the viewers at home," Pearl requested actually quite interested in their unannounced guest, "love to. Name's Bruce Dwight. And I'm a Sharkling," he proclaimed to all to hear. To everyone who did had their jaws drop and eyes popped wide open in shock upon hearing the word "shark".
Bruce gave a menacing toothy grin towards the camera revealing all of his razor sharp teeth and chuckling darkly to himself.
Author's note: Really hoped liked it and let me know what you think.