Chapter 1: The Welcoming committee


Walking to the doors of the Lab, Ty couldn't help himself from being calm, and the coffee wasn't helping him at all. He was almost running to where his section of the lab was.

"Dasquid?! Ty, calm down a bit, you're making me worried!" a female, yet familiar, voice behind him said. He turned around and spotted the beautiful face he knows all too well: Cyan tentacles with light gray tips, light tan skin, green eyes, and a happy attitude that seemed absent today. She was 18 (a few months behind Ty), and only 1 or 2 inches shorter, but she was more beautiful than most inkling girls her age.

"Oh, hi there Vybe! Today is the day that we get that disk at least flying. Aren't you also exited?" Ty said.

"Well I'll be splattered if I wasn't, but something came up..." Vybe said with anxiety in her voice. "Um... where should I start... um..."

She started looking at the ground. Ty knew this wasn't a normal situation: Vybe never does this on a regular basis.

"It's ok to tell me." Ty said, preparing himself for the possible results. "You can trust me. We've known each other since we first met on that subway car."

"It's just so creepy, even I'm scared." She explains. "It just... activated... or something..."

Ty then had a wave of questions pop in his head. But before he could even try to speak, Vybe dragged him into the lab room. Ty noticed something odd about the craft's behavior; it was slightly leaning to one side, but the gyroscopes inside it would have stabilized it by now.

"Oh, I think I know why. Did you notice how it's leaning to the side a bit?" Ty said. Vybe nodded, looking confused. "The power cord got left in; it's tugging on the craft."

"OH! That makes sense! Why didn't I think of that?" Vybe said as she face palmed. "I am not myself today..."

"Relax mates!" a very loud and happy voice said.

"Rex, you dimwit! YOU LEFT IT PLUGGED IN!" Vybe shouts.

Rex is a male inkling, 17 years old, lime-green tentacles with green tips, green eyes, dark skin, and a fiery attitude that makes him way more stupid than he really is. He was quite happy today, more than he usually is.

"Wait, what? I know I'm retarded, but I'm not THAT stupid!" Rex tries to defend himself from Vybe's fury. Ty, knowing better, continues to ease the craft back down so that he can undo the cable to the wall.

"Vybe, calm down, it wasn't him." A female voice said. Vybe looks at the only inkling that will willingly stand against Vybe's fury. It was Coral.

Coral is only 16 years old, pink tentacles with white tips, pale skin, pink eyes, and a calm personality. What sets her apart from most inklings is her voice; just hearing it can change the mood of anyone, depending on the tone of her voice. In this case, she used it to calm down Vybe.

"Rex, I will let you go... for now..." Vybe said.

"Whew, thanks Coral." Rex said, relieved that he wouldn't die today.

"Don't you dare try to flirt with me... I will lacerate your throat in two if you even try." Coral said. Terrified, Rex ran to a corner of the room so he could hide.

"Hehehe..." Coral said mischievously. That's something else about her: never piss her off.

Ty sighed, and began to unplug the cable when he heard two running footsteps coming towards the lab.

"Damn it Felix! We are late again!" a female voice said. "We are going to be late for school because of you!"

"Flowix, chillax. We will get there..." A male voice said. The doors open and two inklings, both look like they are 14 and probably twins, stand in awe at the 4 other inklings that are messing with a large metal object in a lab. Both have dark blue tentacles with black tips, Amber eyes, and pale skin.

"Um... uh oh..." said who Ty could assume was Felix. "What... um... sis... why are we here?"

"This does not look like your average class room" Flowix said "but I swear we followed the map correctly..."

"Let me see that..." Felix said as he grabbed his sister's phone. "OH MY GAAAAWWWWSSSSSHHHHHH..."

"What?" Flowix asked. "What's wrong bro?"

"The map was upside down?" Ty said. Vybe was trying to hold in her laughter as the two young inklings jumped.

"Um... um... uh..." Both of the inklings were obviously startled at what they were seeing.

"You two lost?" Rex said.

"Yeah, we are. We wouldn't be if my bro didn't try to do another turf war!" Flowix said with anger.

"Hey! You were looking at headgear!" Felix said. The two then began to bicker back and forth.

"Hey Ty, should we allow them to stay? I have relations at the school I believe they go to, so I can ask for the day off for them." Vybe said.

"Yeah, go ahead." Ty said. "We will need the company of these two, they seem interested."

Felix and Flowix glared at Ty. "Hey, not my fault I can't teleport you guys."

Coral then proceeded to make them comfortable with the four scientists, Vybe left the room to contact the school, and Rex was helping Ty out with the hovercraft.

"I have to go see the Cap'n, don't break anything!" Ty said.

"OK! Can I come with you?" Vybe asked, brushing quite close to Ty."Please?"

"Sure, I guess..." Ty says while trying not to blush.

Ty and Vybe then walk out of the lab together to go find the cap'n. After they leave, Rex walks over to Coral with a concerned face. Coral notices it.

"What is it Rex?" Coral asked."It better not be a smart-squid response."

"Did you notice something about Vybe's hair?"Rex whispers."I swear I saw sparks..."

"Yeah, I did too. Why?"Coral said.

"I'm just making sure I'm not being stupid." Rex said.


Heyo, made another one. Figured I might as well do it as I have nothing else to do (except play splatoon, of course). This is why I should not write things at 23:00; I write worse than I do in the morning :P