If you're just joining now, you'll notice an extreme quality difference between chapters. This is because a lot of them need to be seriously improved, and I plan to do so.
Thanks for your patience. I'll put a notice before every chapter I've "improved." Except for this one since it should be pretty obvious.
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The Rainmaker...
It wasn't meant to be held this long...
Agent 4 jumped over another spinning punch, then charged another shot.
The Rainmaker was growing hot to the touch, and it felt like it was going to explode in a burst of ink any second.
Octavio mistakenly charged a regular punch no his Octobot. Agent 4 smirked.
She released the charge, and it connected with the fist right as it left its holster. The metal fist spun around, and once the shot exploded, it sent it flying towards the robot. The Octobot's hull groaned under the stress of punching itself yet again.
A puff of steam left its exhaust pipes, then it fell, crashing against the ground with a air-shaking riff.
Agent 4 precisely leapt to the Inkrail in front of her, then the next. The Rainmaker was burning.
It took her closer to the Octobot King, with DJ Octavio flailing in the center. She jumped and threw it down, seeing her purple eyes in its reflection for a split second, but before it hit Octavio, it exploded, sending her flying backwards into the arena below.
The ink protected her from the explosion of the Octobot King. It floated upwards in a final attempt to escape, then something inside broke, inflating the entire machine until it blew up. Octavio said something, but it was lost in the deafening noise.
Agent 4 emerged from the green ink and stared at the completely green circle at her feet. She pushed a button on her headset. "...It's done... Marie."
Marie, up above on the flying truck, pressed a button on her headpiece, nearly unnoticeable among the elegance of her old uniform. "I know, Four. I'm right here."
Agent 4 brushed her lopsided hair aside, the walked forward, turning her head to try and find the Great Zapfish. It was flying, up and away through a hole in the roof.
The truck circled around once more before it landed on the arena. "We're good here, Agent 4!" said Sheldon, the master of Ammo Knights. "...I guess you're off for the rest of today?" He looked at the source of a loud conversation between the reunited cousins. They were both sitting down.
Before answering, she saw a glint in the corner of her eye. A black pair of sunglasses, designed differently than the rest she had seen in the past weeks, was sitting near the edge. She went over to them, picked them up, and examined the tool, careful to keep it a small far away from her face as possible. It was the pair of Hypno-Shades that Callie wore.
She took them back to the truck and held them up to Marie. "Sorry to interrupt... this, but what do we do with these?"
Marie squinted, studying them intently. Callie scooted back nervously. Marie took hold on them and stood up. "That's enough of that!" She said, throwing them as hard as she could down to the pit below. She exhaled once and giggled. "Four, can I ask your name now?"
Agent 4 shot her gaze around, looking for anyone who could hear. "Rose," she said once.
"Cod, Rose I can't thank you enough for this!" Callie said. "And, uh, sorry about the bombs."
Rose flashed a grin. "They were easy to dodge, if that makes you feel any better." She looked around. "Where's Octavio?"
"In the back, already in the globe," Marie answered. She tapped the top of the truck she sat on. "Sheldon somehow caught him up there while you were staring at literally everything else. And, uh, don't worry. It's soundproof."
"Alrighty then," Agent 4 said. "Am I off the hook for the rest of today? Like Sheldon said?"
"Go ahead," Callie said. "Unless Marie here has anything else for you."
"Leave," Marie said, crossing her arms and smiling warmly. "You're tired. Sleep."
"Good," said Agent 4. She super jumped back to the entrance of the area, a light shining through the kettle.
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Yeah, I know. Short. But it was how the original chapter 1 was, so I'll just leave it at that. The next chapters should be improved sometime soon.
Also, more of the later chapters wouldn't be changed as much since they weren't as bad. This one needed a complete overhaul.