"Hey." Inkling said.
The inkling poked at Lee, a 14 year old boy, 5 ft 10in in height and 165lbs in weight. Lee slowly got up. His hair was a mess. His clothes, that used to be a dark red long sleeves shirt, is torn from multiple places. His right arm sleeve completely torn off, though his left has slight tears in the forearm area. His black jeans seemed in perfect condition, except for what looked like dried blood stains around the bottom of it. His ankle socks and tennis shoes didn't get damaged, luckily. He just noticed the squid in front of him. The...squid kid.
"Um, who are you?" Lee asked.
"I'm Riley." Riley said.
Lee backed up slightly. He just noticed the kid had 3 sharp teeth. Whatever this squid kid is, he and his kind must be deadly. Maybe even...carnivores. Riley had orange hair. He had orange eyes, really tan skin, if not light brown, and was pretty curious. He seemed to be around 5 ft 6. He had a black hoodie on, white shorts and bright blue shoes.
"Something wrong?" Riley asked as he walked towards Lee.
"N-No." Lee said as he backed up with larger steps.
The inking boy noticed Lee's teeth.
"Hey, you 4 sharp teeth! Cool!" Riley said, clearly amazed at Lee's teeth.
Lee did have four teeth sharper and longer than normal human teeth. Speaking of which, Lee wondered where other humans are.
"Do you know what humans are?" Lee asked cautionously.
"Humans? You mean those evolved apes? They have been extinct for over 12,000 years old. But I don't know how." Riley said with slight laughter.
Lee was shocked. He wondered what happened and how he went through 12,000 years without noticing it.
"Come to think of it, you look pretty human. But if you are human, how could you live that long?" Riley said.
"I am somewhat human. I am like a cyborg now." Lee explained.
"Cyborg?" Riley asked.
"Nevermind that, kid." Lee said.
"Kid? I'm 14!" Riley said.
"I am 14, you look like you're 10." Lee said.
"I am 14. Us inklings don't exactly look like, man." Riley said.
"Inklings? Us inklings?! There are more of you things?" Lee asked.
"First of all, I'd rather me and my race not be called, 'things'. Second, an inkling is basically a mutated squid that has the intelligence and creativity, if not more than, humans had. Finally, yes, there is millions of inklings existing up to today. We are the dominant species now." Riley said in irritation.
Lee turned in utter fear. He can't believe what has happened over the years.
"I-I got to fin-find others. There has to be survivors!" Lee said as he ran down the narrow alley.
Riley yelled as he took out his paint gun. He fired down the alley, trying not to hit Lee. He started to run as he turned into a squid and swam through the paint. His speed was unbelieveable. He caught back up to Lee in less than 4 seconds. Once in front of Lee, he held his paint gun towards Lee.
"Hey, hey! Stop there! I got some questions, you know!" Riley said.
Lee laughed.
"Oh you have a little paint gun. That's intimidating." Lee joked.
Riley frowned and shot Lee until his ink ran out.
"W-What? How come you aren't splatted?" Riley asked.
"It's fucking paint. Don't make me hit you." Lee said.
"Answer my question. Exactly how did you get here?" Riley said.
"I don't know. I was unconcious." Lee said.
"Ok. But-"
"No more questions. Out of my way." Lee said as he pushed Riley aside.
Riley stared at Lee while he walked off.
"I will find you later." Riley told Lee as he shot paint up a wall and swam up it.
Lee turned around to see Riley gone and paint on a brick wall.
"The hell?" Lee asked himself.
Lee shook his head and went down the crude alley until he reached outside, where he saw other inklings interacting. Lee decided to hide and creep around until he found the next alley. He doesn't want more noticing him. Once he reached the end of the alley, Lee saw nothing else except a park and several stores filled to the brim with inklings. Like Riley, they spoke a different language than English, but luckily Lee can automatically decrypt foreign language and change it to his native tounge. Ever since Lee had been changed into a cyborg and given these features, he wondered why he was chosen for such a change. He had no time to think of that now. He saw a small tunnel leading out of the park.
Swiftly, he crept in the bushes that provided a great cover. He was several yards away from the tunnel. He saw no inkling walking inside or out. He slowly crept closer until he was close enough to run in without being seen. He ran as fast as he could down the tunnel. He abruptly stopped as he saw two inkling girls walking to the tunnel. He looked around and tried to find somewhere to hide. No place to hide. He could run back up the tunnel, but he would get spotted by way more than two. He decided to hastily walk down, soon meeting up with the two girls. The girls instantly noticed he wasn't an inkling, but a human. They smiled and saw his face as he walked by.
"Where you going in such a rush, cutie?" One of the inkling girls said while the other giggled.
Lee slightly blushed, but kept walking.
"It's nothing!" Lee called out as his voice echoed in the tunnel.
Lee wondered why those two didn't act surprised in his existence. He ignored the thought and started running. He saw orange and blue paint on the floor and a somewhat small ramp. On the other side had the same color paints and another ramp. In between was a gap that was about a foot deep and the gap was 3 feet wide. It seems like this is just something to skate over. Lee avoided the paint to prevent slipping and jumped to the other side. He jogged down the tunnel and then saw an opening about 20 yards away. He approached the outside, but quickly jumped back into the tunnel. There were hundreds of inklings, slightly overcrowding the window of a store. He heard a voice on the TV. He looked and saw two squid girls, whom looked like they were news reporters. He then heard two names: Callie and Marie. Lee put two and two together and heard the irony of their names.
"Yes, inklings. We have reports that a human eariler today was seen in an alley in Squid RD NW by multiple inklings. As me and Marie have traveled down to the alley, the human was not there. Only paint along a wall and the ground of the alley. We have one piece of evidence sent in by a random inkling. It is a recording from the inkling's phone, showing the human in the alley, supposedly sleeping." Callie said.
"So, if you see this human, alert us at 1-8ST-AYF-RESH or local authorites. This is the only human of its kind and while it can live, we need to find out about his past and human history. He could be the one to fully explain his kind and provide us the technologies of his time. He could help advance us into better technology!" Marie said.
"From what I hear, he could be heading into Inkopolis. Just in case, be on the lookout for him there. Authorites are searching for him as we speak. If you have any information of his whereabouts, please alert us or authorities. And if he proves to be hostile, ink him down with your weapons." Callie said.
"Now, onto upcoming splatfest. The theme has yet to be decided-" Marie said.
That was enough for Lee. Sounds like they are trying to imprison him. He had no intent of being caught. As the inklings were distracted, Lee dashed across the area to to the next. This area was empty of inklings and he decided to rest here for half a hour. Soon enough, he walked to the next area. He saw multiple platforms of different shapes and sizes, some of which curving. As his luck increases, the platforms were barely low enough so that he could jump and reach them top of them. He jumped and climbed multiple platforms for about 5 minutes. Afterwards, he wondered how skaters could skate up here. He ran and ran until he reached a plaza. He tried to hide around a corner as he saw thousands of inklings gathered at this one spot.
"This must be Inkopolis." Lee said.
Lee then heard a high pitched squel. Almost like a fangirl to a popular boy band. A girlish voice called out.
"It's him! The human!" An inkling spoke out.
Everyone turned to see Lee. They started running towards him, crowding him. As they all settled an stared at him, some girls blushed at the sight of Lee. Some boys were confused and some slightly amazed.
"And there he is folks! The human!" Callie said into her microphone.
"He's kinda cute." Marie said laughing.
"What do you have to say?" Callie said, holding the mic to Lee.
"Ugh..Fuck me.." Lee said, slightly frowning, muttering to himself, but was loud enough for all the hear.
The inklings laughed while Callie blushed.
"Sorry, but I don't have sex with strangers." Callie said into the mic.
"That's really funny, Callie." Marie joked.
"Shut it, Marie!" Callie said, with the mic turned off, clearly embarrassed.
Lee didn't care about her misunderstanding and just hoped they don't try to probe him.
Well, interesting start to this new story. I felt like with the other stories, I got stuck with it and uninterested with. So for now I will try to focus on this story. I cannot promise quick chapters. Sorry if this was a little short.