3:01 PM IST

"Circe!"

"Reed?" Circe turned slowly, responding to the call. Circe looked pretty fresh and harmless in her combination of a Visor Skate Helmet, Dark Urban Vest and Punk Cherries, but she looked tough once her messy hair and war painted face was considered. "What are you doing here?"

"Gal wanted to make his Turf War debut today." Reed gave his girlfriend a hug as he explained. "I was surprised he had the energy to after what happened this morning."

"Oh, right!" Circe remembered. "I heard about your efforts this morning, Galahad. Great job taking control of the situation, Major-General Inkiford told me he was quite impressed. Speaking of him, remind me to tell you something after we battle."

"Sure thing, Lieutenant." Gal recognized.

"Tell you what, I'll make a deal with you." Circe stopped. "You call me Circe outside of I.N.F.R.A.R.E.D.D. and I'll call you Gal outside. Deal?"

"Sounds good to me, Circe." Gal acknowledged. "We starting soon?"

"Just waiting for my teammates." Circe explained.

"I know this might be out of line, Circe," Ignaticus began, "But could we get an idea of the Yoshi sisters levels?"

"Normally I'd leave this as confidential, but I'll be real with you, you'll can as much info about them as possible, but it won't help." Circe explained. "They're the best I.N.F.R.A.R.E.D.D. soldiers I've ever seen compete at Turf War. Allie is level 11, Emily is level 17, Lea is level 6 and I'm level 19."

"You guys got better since last time." Bellerophor admitted.

"I'd same to you guys, but you guys had Samson and Greggory last time." Circe reminded. "Anyway, here comes my teammates now." The Yoshi sisters exited from the streetcar that ran on the 8-lane Plaza Circle road. Allie was carrying her Inkbrush, and sported a Takoroka Mesh, Black Squideye and White Kicks. Following close behind was Emily with her Splat Charger, and combining a Bobble Hat, Green Zip Hoodie and Moto Boots to form her outfit. Lea had to run to catch up to her sisters. She carried her Splattershot carelessly, and her outfit consisted of Studio Headphones, a White Tee and Pink Trainers. "Hey, girls! Reed and Bell's team want to take us on in a Turf War. What do you say?"

"Sure, whatever." Allie rolled her eyes, pulling out her phone to avoid conversation.

"Sounds fine to me." Emily pointed her weapon at Bell.

"I'd love to battle!" Lea cheered, enthusiastically. "I have to work on my technique, this would be great!"

"It's a plan." Gal coolly pumped his fist. "Let's get started!"

Gal, Ig, Bell and Reed emerged from the pink ink of their spawn point. The stage of Walleye Warehouse surrounded them on all sides. In the distance, Circe, Allie, Emily and Lea spawned into the light blue ink of their spawn point. "You ready, team?" Bell confirmed.

"Let's go!" Ig cheered.

"Good answer!" Reed agreed. "Match begins in 3…2…1…BEGIN!"

"Wait!" Gal realized. "What weapon does Circe use?"

"You'll find out soon enough." Bell winked. "Let's get out there!" Gal swam through the ink is teammates had lain before him. He emerged and inked a trail to the large area to the right of the boxes stacked in the middle. He covered the area effortlessly, and got into position to intercept anyone who would try to enter. He spotted Lea inking up the large middle territory with Burst Bombs and Splattershot fire. "Let's see what you can do!" He told his RY Splattershot. He tossed a Disruptor high into the air, landing it right behind Lea, hindering her movements.

"Sis!" Lea yelled. "HELP!"

"Too late!" Galahad flew out of his ink, unleashing a blitz of fire onto the Inkling Girl, successfully splatting her. "First kill, boys!" Gal cheered. Suddenly, a sub weapon Gal had never encountered flew above him, landing on him. It wasn't a Disruptor, but he was surrounded with some sort of tagging device.

"There he is." Circe emerged from the ink in the area he had inked earlier. She had another on ready to fly. "Emily, pin him down." Emily turned her Splat Charger to shoot down Gal, who had realized what was happening when he saw the tracking laser of her charger aimed for him. He ducked behind the wall in the area left of the stacked boxes, but noticed he still hadn't lost her.

"Stupid tagger!" Gal cursed, waiting in a pool of ink for Emily to focus on the battlefield ahead of her. He peeked from behind the wall, and saw Bell leading a blitz with his Inkzooka, leveling Emily from her post and vanquishing Circe. Reed moved in to cover the new turf, rolling quickly. Allie appeared from an uncovered puddle and swiftly splatted him, moving to face Bell, who was aiming to fire off a Seeker. As she bore down on him, he escaped through the Seeker's trail. A Splat Bomb from Ig sent Allie packing. At that moment, Gal realized the talent of his teammates.

"Great work, guys!" Gal cheered. As he did that a Burst Bomb pelted him from behind. It did damage, but not enough to return him to the spawn point.

"Get out of there, Gal!" Ig advised. "We lost track of Lea, she could be anywhere!"

"I could!" Lea whispered from behind Gal. He spun around, quickly. She blew him a kiss before unleashing an unstoppable force of Burst Bombs from her Bomb Rush. "Move in, girls!" She ordered. Emily and Allie ran in to briskly unite Ig and Bell with Reed and Gal.

"This battle is ours for the taking, team." Circe informed. "Let's deliver the knockout punch." Her team began to cover the stage with Splat Bombs and Burst Bombs, while Allie fired a decisive Inkstrike in front of the pink team's spawn point.

"Let's get our act together, team!" Reed ordered. "We've still got a minute and 45 to go. We can turn this around!" After this pep talk, the boys darted out of the spawn point, eager to get the job done. Bell flowed his Seeker into the battle, while Ig gathered a few extra points and initiated an Echolocator to track down their enemies. Emily expertly tracked where the tags came from with her eyes, and when Ig entered the main field she calmly picked him off. Reed had locked into combat with the emotionless Allie again, and used a Suction Bomb to create some distance. He used the time to launch the Killer Wail, which narrowly missed its mark. Bell jumped to his location to repel Allie, who had left a Sprinkler and fled. Gal looked around and was filled with motivation. He picked up some points to obtain a Killer Wail. He jumped to Reed's location, and took the tight lane to blue team's spawn point. He reached the bottom of the ramp to the spawn point. He turned and got ready to finish off the opposition, before the sound of respawning caught his attention. As he turned, he faced a figure that looked incredibly intimidating and powerful. They held two weapons that had tubes connected to the ink tank. The weapon in the right hand looked like a Range Blaster that could be swapped out for the three elongated barrels of the Hydra Splatling. It had a long metal tank like the back of the E-Litre 3K, giving it range, precision and power. The weapon in their left hand had the cord and tank of the Aerospray RG, but was attached to a Dual Squelcher painted gold, giving it a high fire rate and range. Gal noticed Point Sensors were ready, along with an Inkzooka. After piecing this killing machine together, Galahad came to a conclusion.

"Circe?"

"Took you long enough, silly!" Circe giggled. She aimed both her weapons at Gal, finishing him with quick blasts from the left and right weapons. She moved on to join her teammates in the main field to waste Bell, Ig and Reed. As she completed this task, the time expired. "That's game, guys! Let's see how bad we beat you." Judd waltzed in to deliver his verdict. He counted the points on each side, and declared a victory for the blue team. As Gal returned to the lobby, he met his three panting teammates there.

"Whew!" Bell gasped. "We got wrecked!"

"I picked up 800 points, right on the mark." Reed sighed, relieved.

"I picked up…263?" Gal realized, shocked. "That's terrible!"

"Hey, I picked up 324, which isn't much better." Ig added. "Bell?"

"Never knew my girl had so much firepower." Bell stood, frozen. "I picked up 546 points, but still. She got me… 8 times."

"Whoa." Reed raised his eyebrows. "I though I did bad when died 5 times."

"This is really helping." Ig growled. "After I fired the Echolocator, I got hit 10 times."

"Let's face it, guys." Bell stepped forward. "They're the best team I.N.F.R.A.R.E.D.D. has seen in a while. And they would still be if Circe didn't pack that Inkling Eliminator."

"You guys have gotten worse." Circe walked in, snickering.

"Hey, we didn't know you were packing…that!" Ig pointed.

"This thing?" Circe looked surprised. "Don't worry, it's not for Turf War. It's a prototype of a weapon Mekk wanted me to test. You know I'm a straight-up Dual Squelcher girl, Reed."

"I thought you final decided to switch it up." Reed sighed.

"This was all Mekk's idea?" Gal stammered. "I'm not surprised. Give him anything broken, he'll make it run like new."

"We're gonna use this thing on Octarians?" Bell assumed. "Awesome."

"We could have a chance if you hadn't used that thing." Gal excused, walking over to Lea. "You got a lucky shot in on me."

"Hey, if I got a lucky shot, so did you." Lea clarified.

"Deal." Gal agreed. "I'm Galahad."

"I know." Lea giggled. "I'm Lea Yoshi, nice to meet you."

"So, when can I get a rematch?" Gal inquired.

"Not anytime soon." Lea admitted. "I have to go back to school next Tuesday. I'll be busy with studies for the next months. I'll tell Emily to tell Bell to let you know if I'm free." She packed her things up, waved and left.

"Good move, Gal." Ig whispered.

"Thanks." Gal winked. "Bell, we should get going. I have to see Mekk before he heads home for the day."

"Oh, you're going to see Mekk?" Circe repeated.

"Yeah." Gal confirmed. "Busted my bike earlier, gonna take it to him so it'll run like new."

"You can just tag along with me." Circe offered. "I'm taking the streetcar there to I.N.F.R.A.R.E.D.D, they'll let you bring your bike on board."

"Thanks, Circe." Gal expressed his gratitude.

"Just remember when we get there, it's Lieutenant like before." Circe reminded.

"I'll keep that in mind." Gal smiled. "We have to get there, first."