The Great Splat
INTRO
Inklings, the humanoid-mollusk evolution of their squid ancestors, are now the most powerful race in the entire world.
They currently all reside in the mega-city known as Inkopolis, which is very vast and large, and contains various forms of anthropomorphic marine life.
However, before the Inklings had taken the world by the hand, there was another race, one that was vastly superior and intelligent than they were. In fact, it was by this ancient race that the Inklings and their compatriots could advance as rapidly as they did.
This ancient race laid the foundations for their successors, but it seemed they disappeared without a trace...
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"Let's do this!" a blue haired Inkling youth yelled as he and his squad ran towards the lobby, all of them sporting his blue colour, half male and half female.
"Looks like there's our foe." the blue haired girl in his team chuckled as they saw their opponents, a green colored team of all males.
"Nothing serious." the other youth said as he scanned them with his goggles, "I detect their blood pressure rising, they must be nervous, scared silly." he typed on his tablet like device, "I've also scanned their weapons, they're early level blasters."
"So tempuras?" the second female chuckled, "Newbies? Always getting fried."
"I would be careful nonetheless." the leader said as he looked at his L-3 Nozzlenose, "Tempuras have a tendency to bite."
"Look over there." the first girl pointed to the top part of a building, where two Inklings emerged and started to wave to two teams,
"It must be Callie and Marie." the second girl informed, "What do you think, Ink?" she asked her leader, "Callie is your favorite, no? She's there."
"Shut up, Maria." Ink growled,
"It's come to my attention that you and Callie are near the same age." the other youth laughed and once more typed into his tablet, "Yes, it says here she is your age, Ink."
"Tinker, you may be the brains, but you're not the brawn." Ink balled up his fist,
"We've been on the turf game since we were young." the first girl sighed, "I remember when we first got together."
"Enough nostalgia, Pacifica." Ink told him, "It's time to battle." he said as the two teams made their way inside the Lobby.
"Smile and wave, Inky!" Pacifica laughed at her leader as she pointed at Callie, "Smile and wave!"
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"Alright." Ink said as the match opened up on Moray Towers, "Maria, you have the Splatterscope, cover Pacifica and I as we go for the offensive. Tinker, you stay and defend the center with your Jet Squelcher, keep an avenue of escape open for us!"
"Will do, captain!" Tinker saluted and started to type into his tablet, "Hacking into their coms right now."
"Oh, what would we do without you..." Pacifica laughed as she grabbed her Aerospray RG and followed Ink for the assault.
"I guess it's just you and me, Tinker." Maria said as they started to ink the pathways of the building,
"I guess..." Tinker laughed as he helped Maria, setting aside his tablet in the process, "Coms hack will be done in about 10 seconds.."
"Alright, Splash!" Tinker's tablet sounded, the voices of the other team chattered, "We need to hold the center as fast as possible!"
"Will go, Fisk!" another voice said, and in the distance, the orange squids descended,
"You hear that, Ink?" Tinker asked Ink through his radio,
"Loud and clear!" Ink responded, "Tango spotted, engaging now!"
"You finish this, Tinker." Maria told him, "I'll go cover them."
"Alright!" Tinker nodded, but then his tablet beeped, "Huh?" he said in surprise,
"What's wrong?" Pacifica asked through radio,
"Oh ho!" Tinker laughed, "They're trying to hack us!" he saw his tablet get filled with static, "Oh, that's a new one!"
"Tempuras surprise me everyday." Maria told him through radio, "BOOM!" she added, scoring a splat,
"Thank you!" Ink responded,
"Oh ho!" Tinker exclaimed as he looked at his tablet, "Oh boy! Wireless Stinger Virus! Oh this guy is being serious!"
"What's that?" Maria asked,
"A program that disguises itself as something harmless, this one being the radio message of Ink!" Tinker said, "Once in, it bypasses communications near-instantly! I almost fell for it too! Now he's going for a full blitz attack!" he laughed and started to type furiously,
"Well make it quick, we need you!" Ink said as splat shots were heard through his radio, "Ah! I need backup!"
"I got you!" Pacifica came to his aid, and more shots were fired, "Booyah!"
"Zinka!" Tinker exclaimed, "Hack avoided, counter-hacked!" he laughed, "I made whatever beacons they think to set down fail!"
"Alright, cover me h- BWAH!" Maria yelled, and the splat of a roller was heard,
"Oh no!" Tinker looked over the rail and saw an enemy roller threaten her, "I'm coming, Maria!" he said and turned into squid form, then rapidly swam down.
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"Repeat, we've taken the high ground!" Ink said as he finished splatting a small area, "Pacifica, we should hold our own and hopefully ride this out."
"Alright." Pacifica nodded and swam under their ink,
"Hm..." Ink kept watch, noting the news helicopter broadcasting the fight was hovering overhead, "Are we on TV?"
"Yes." Pacifica reemerged a few meters away, "Your girlfriend should be broadcasting this game live."
"She's no-" Ink growled, but the landing of a splat bomb stopped the argument, "Pacifica, get down!" he yelled and tackled her,
"OOF-"
"POOM!" the splat bomb exploded,
"Ah!" Pacifica wiped the enemy ink from her eyes, "Ink?" she called out to her partner,
"Come with me if you want to live!" Ink called out from the side, "They're gonna blitz us!" he pointed at the two rollers and supporting assaults heading their way,
"Ok!" Pacifica nodded and placed an Ink mine under her, "Let's go!"
"Keep your distance from their rollers!" Ink said as they raced down, "Hah!" he fired his Nozzlenose, but scoring no hits,
"Ah!" one of the assaults fell for the mine, getting critically injured,
"Take this!" the other assault fired his Splattershot, no hits were scored,
"Hrah!" a roller released his wave of ink, this blocked the path of the blue fighters,
"Heph!" Ink jumped over the enemy ink, "Pacifica, co-"
"AH!" Pacifica was pounced on by an enemy roller, instant splat!
"Woah!" Ink fell back and fired upon him, getting a revenge.
TOO! TOO! TOO! Shots were being exchanged, TOO! TOO! TOO!
"I need Alpha support!" Ink yelled into his radio, "I'm taking heavy fire! I rep- AGH!" he was hit by a Splattershot blast,
"WAH!" one of the enemy assaults was sniped by Maria, being in range,
"I got you, man!" Tinker told ink via radio.
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"What are you doing, Tinker?" Maria said as she peered through her scope,
"You'll see..." Tinker typed into his tablet really fast, a missile appearing on his back, "Ink! Look to the sky, boy!" he laughed, his tablet beeped, target was locked on... Fire.
SHWOOOO! The inkstrike engulfed all the enemies.
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"Purr-fect game!" a white and black cat said as the team emerged from the Lobby, "73.4% Domination!"
"Thanks, Judd.." Pacifica smiled and stretched,
"How does it feel being the num-purr one team?" Judd asked, "You're at the top of the Inkopolis teams!"
"Defeating Cherno Fire last week must have helped us in the rankings." Tinker looked at the ranks online, "We are number one!" he cheered,
"Alright!" Maria said, "This is great!"
"After so many years." Ink sighed, "Finally..."
"You truly deserved it." Judd said, "You made your mark on hiss-tory! You'll be on the news!"
"And that means." Pacifica sneered, and they all looked at ink,
"Looks like you'll finally meet your crush." Maria chuckled,
"Shut up." Ink growled,
"Callie will be very much happy to see you." Judd laughed,
"How'd-"
"I know everything..." Judd mumbled, "That's how I decide the winning team..."
"Look!" Pacifica pointed to a group of inklings and jellymen arriving, "Fans!"
"Ink! Ink!" a young inkling called out, "Can you please sign my Splattershot Jr.?!"
"Oh.. this is how the Squid Sisters must feel like..." Maria sighed, "Oh no..."
"Mom! Mom!" another inkling came up, "Take a picture!"
"Underwater Demolition!" the crowds chanted their team name, "Number One!"
"Well, I'll leave you all to this claws-trophobic situation!" Judd laughed and returned to his pillow, "I hope you are ready to defeat the KAZE Clan tomorrow."
"Oh my, they're in the top ten." Tinker looked at the leaderboard, "They'll try to take us down!"
"We have this." Ink nodded, "Now, I guess it's our time to shine." he pointed at the cameras that were arriving...