Splatoon: Fight for Freedom
Adventure/Romance
Rating: Teen
Disclaimer: Nintendo owns splatoon , some people have all the luck .
Chapter 3.
Meet the squid beak squad.
As Tony began to wake , he felt frustrated , this was twice he woke up after being knocked out and it was only the beginning of the week , this was getting old . When he tried to stand , Tony couldn't move hislegs . . . . or his arms for that matter , looking down at himself Tony growled , his arms and legs were tied .
" Finally awake I see ," said a female voice , Tony looked up and saw five octolings ; two young females , the green one he fought and one with blue tentacles , two young males ; a slightly older one with red tentacles and one who looked like the female with blue tentacles only his were pink , and finally an elderly looking octoling with a gray beard , a walking cane and a captain's hat and uniform , and they were all glaring at Tony .
Tony glared right back , no way was he going to show his fear to these octo - jerks no matter what they did to him . The green female stepped forward , wincing and limping a bit thanks to the bite Tony gaveher , she leveled a cold glare at him ,
" Nice try , " she sneered , " but it looks like you failed to free your boss , octoling , "
Tony raised his eyebrows at that , they thought he was an octoling ? Seriously, he didn't even have tentacles , the blue tentacled female spoke up ,
" Angie you sure he's an octoling , I mean he doesn't even have tentacles ",
The green female turned to the blue one and snarled , " don't say my name in front of him and second , of course he has to be one , what else could he be ? ,"
The green female stomped over to Tony , grabbed his hair and started pulling at it , " I bet this is some sort of disguise , " she said as she pulled harder , Tony yelped in pain then yanked his head back pulling hishair from the female's grasp , Tony then growled at the female who wisely stepped back ,
" Okay , maybe it's not a disguise ", she said .
" Agent 3 , " the elderly octoling ( ? ) said , " until we know what he is and what we are dealing with , its best not to antagonize him ,"
" No worries , Captain ," the green female replied as she aimed a smug look at Tony , " he's not as tough as he looks , if anything I went easy on him , "
okay that was it , Tony fumed , first that crazy green female attacks him , then they tie him up , the green female pulls his hair and now they're insulting him , yeah that was it ,
" Hey , " he shouted , " if you wanna go another round , just untie me sister ! ,"
The five octolings (?) stepped back in shock , their eyes so wide it looked like they would've fallen out of their sockets , the blue tentacled female stepped forward cautiously ,
" Y , you can talk , " ? She asked ,
Tony rolled his eyes , " as they say where I'm from , Duh ,"
The elderly male octoling ( ? ) stepped forward , " now we're getting somewhere , " he said , " my name is Captain Cuddle fish , commander of the squid beak squad , these youngsters right here are ,Agent 3 ; Angie ,"
The green female stepped forward , glaring at Tony , her arms folded over her chest .
" Agent 4 ; Carter , " the male with red tentacles stepped forward and nodded , Tony noticed he had tan skin .
" Agent 5 ; Melle ," the young female with peach colored skin and blue tentacles stepped forward , shyly waving her hand at Tony and smiling , too bad his hands were occupied at the moment or he would havewaved back .
" And finally , Agent 6 ; Pelle , her twin brother , " a young male stepped forward and gave Tony a thumbs - up , who smiled back , the male who looked like the blue female , same skin tone but his tentacles werepink Instead of blue . The elderly male octoling ( ? ) stepped closer to Tony , even though they were all outside , he could hear the old one's voice clearly ,
" Who are you , what are you and more importantly , why are you here ? ,"
The green female , Angie scoffed , " why is he here ? ," She snarled , " Captain , its obvious why he's here , he's here to free his boss , Octavio ,"
Tony felt his temper flare , " Octavio ," ? He growled , " you mean the octarian ? , he's not my boss , idiot ! , "
Angie stormed over to Tony and lowered herself till she was literally nose to nose with him , " then why were you trying to bust him out , huh ? ,"
" I wasn't trying to bust him out , " Tony snarled , " I was trying to bust him up ,"
The red octoling ( ? ) , Carter walked up to Angie and gently pushed her away , she gave Tony one last glare before she went back to the others . Carter then turned to Tony and sighed ,
" Look dude , we're not going to hurt you , " he said , Angie scoffed at that ,
" Speak for yourself , " she muttered , Carter turned and gave Angie a stern look , he was trying to be diplomatic and her attitude wasn't helping , with another sigh Carter continued ,
" We 're just trying to find out what business you got here and wether or not are you working for the octarians , "
Tony thought about what Carter said and considered his options , he could lie about why he was there but something told him it would be better if he came clean ,
" I didn't mean to come here , I was trying to find help for my people , " Tony said , Carter nodded his head , urging Tony to continue ,
" My name is Tony , " he said after sighing , " Tony Anderson , I 'm a human ,"
The five octolings ( ? ) gave him a blank look , " A what , " asked Pelle , a confused look on is face .
" A human , " replied Tony , " you know , homo sapien , a primate , " again , blank stares , Tony moaned in frustration , " my species has been around since before the Great Flood , we used to rule the planet , " .at those words , the five octolings ' ( ? ) eyes widened in both shock and realization , the Angie ' s eyes narrowed in suspicion , " yeah right ," she snarled , " pull the other nine tentacles , you liar ,"
Tony gave her an indignant look , " I'm telling the truth , " he said .
" Then how did your species remained hidden for the last 14,000 years , huh ? ," Angie asked as she folded her arms over her chest and glared at Tony .
Tony glared right back , this girl had trust issues , not that he blamed her , he basically said he was a member of a race nobody heard about or encountered , under the circumstances he'd be suspicious too .
Tony closed his eyes and sighed , " did any member of your race bothered to check across the sea for other continents ? , " he asked ,
Angie and the other octolings ( ? ) were silent , truth be told , the inkling race had explored only this land and the islands close to it , because of inkling kinds' fear and weakness to salt water very few ventured farfrom land unless by plane or boat and even then never across the big blue , taking note of their expressions Tony got his answer , with a sigh he began his story ,
" The continent where I 'm from is mostly above sea level , so when the great flood hit , only the coastlines suffered the worst of it , many homes , towns , and cities along the coast were washed out to sea , the surviving humans moved further inland , but the floods also brought changes to the ocean currents and an unforeseen problem for the humans , brutal changes in the weather ," .
" Brutal changes ? ," asked the blue female , Melle , " how so ? ",
Tony shifted a little , his arms and legs were getting cramped from being tied up , " my grandparents told me about it , they called the changes the Great Catastrophe , a series of devastating storms ranging fromhurricanes to blizzards with tons of snow and ice , droughts that left the land scarred and barren , the Great Catastrophe nearly finished what the great floods started , the end of humanity , but my people aresurvivors , the remaining humans came together to form a colony made up of two groups ; the settlers and the time sleepers ," .
" Settlers ? ," asked Melle , curiously ,
" Time sleepers ? ," asked Angie , raising her eyebrows questioningly .
Tony blinked and sighed , he forgot these octolings ( ? ) didn't know anything about his people ,
" Before the Great Flood happened , human scientists saw signs of rapidly rising sea levels so they tried to warn the human world leaders of the danger , but sadly , according to my grandmother , majority of the leaders wouldn't listen , after trying several more times to warn them , the scientists came up with their own solution ; gathering up their families and friends who would listen , the scientists built communities onmountains and other high ground so when the floods had struck , they where spared , their descendants are called settlers , my grandfather was one and he taught me all about my races' history , " .
Tony paused to let his tale sink in , that and to move his arms and legs a bit , these ropes were starting to cut off circulation ,
" what the scientists didn't know was some of the human world leaders did listen and launched an investigation of their own , when they learned the scientists were telling and the ocean levels were rising superfast they also realized it was too late to stop it , so they came up with their own solution ; gathering together the most able-bodied soldiers , single men and women who were skilled , tough , and smart , and freeze them solid in cryo-chambers until the flood waters lowered back to safe levels , their mission ; to re-populate and bring the human race back from extinction , the soldiers were nicknamed time sleepers ,
my grandmother was one , she and my grand dad met when a bunch of settlers found an abandoned military base with her and her squad still frozen inside , got my military training from her ", as Tony finished his peoples' back story , the five octolings ( ? ) became silent , lost in their own thoughts ; Angie was still uncertain about their prisoner , he could have lied about why he came to inkopolis , it was obvious he was on that octarian saucer that crashed , but what was his races' true intentions , not one to take a chance she vowed to keep a close eye on their prisoner until she learned if he was a threat or not . . . The bite wound on her leg proved to her he wasn't harmless , he better had his shots . Melle began to grow excited , she'd never admit out loud but she loved learning about the past , anything to do with science always fascinated her , but ancient history was her favorite subject and now they were in the presence of a member of a race that were living fossils , Melle couldn't wait learn everything there was to Tony and the rest of his species . . . Plus Tony was totally hot .
Pelle unknowingly rub his stomach , he was getting hungry , skipping lunch can do that , he began to drool as visions of crab cake sandwiches with tartar sauce danced through his head ,
' GRROOOOAARR ' Pelle blushed , his stomach growled so loudly everybody , Tony included , heard it and was staring at him , " I skipped lunch , okay ! ," he shouted with irritation .
Carter , for his part , made a decision , walking over to Tony he began to untie his ropes , when the others saw what he was doing , Angie began to protest ,
" Carter ! ," she shouted as she stomped towards him , " what are you doing ?! , "
The red octoling ( ? ) stopped long enough to give her another stern look , then continued to untie the prisoner , " like I said earlier , we are not trying to hurt him ,"
when Carter finished untying the ropes Tony quickly stood and stretched a little , even jumped in place for a bit , the four other octolings held their breath , Angie tensed up in case round two was declared .
They all waited for Tony to make the next move , what he did next surprised them all ( except Carter ) , leaning against the wall behind him , Tony folded his arms over his chest , looked up at the sky and sighed ,looking back towards the group in front of him Tony gave a nod , " thanks for undoing those ropes , they were really starting to chafe ,"
" No problem , dude ", Carter replied as he smiled , Tony nodded and smiled back ,
" But like I keep saying , we're not going to hurt you , you can trust us , so please don't lie to us , okay ," Carter said ,
Tony shook his head , " I wasn't lying , I snuck onto an octarian and stole one of their messed - up flying saucers since we didn't have any aircraft of our own thanks to the octo-jerks , "
" Seriously ? ," Carter asked , his eyes wide in shock , the others had similar looks on their faces , Melle looked at Tony stars twinkling in her eyes , Carter gave a whistle out of respect , this guy went into an octarian base all by himself ? , seriously ?
" We were hoping there were other human colonies in the world , someone who could help us since those of us who can fight are out numbered , problem is I got shot down and must have crashed close to your city , cause the next thing I know I'm waking up in a hospital bed ," Tony replied , as he looked at each member of the group .
" And you 've wondering around inkolopolis all this time ? ," Carter asked ,
Again , Tony nodded , " ever since I escaped from that hospital I wore a disguise to blend in and go unnoticed ," Tony then put on his shades and pulled up the hood of his shirt and Angie and the others saw what
he meant ; with his eyes , ears , and hair covered , Tony looked any other inkling on the street , they probably walked right by him and didn't suspect a thing , this only made Angie more suspicious of Tony , he wasan unknown variable and could easily be making this story up , for all she knew his race could be allies of the octarians .
Tony gave the group a strange look , " you know , you guys aren't like the octolings I'm use to , " he said ( and HATE ) he thought ,
Pelle shook his head and smiled , " that's cause we not octolings , dude ,"
Tony gave the pink . . . Octoling (?) a confused look , " you guys aren't ? ,"
" Nope ," Pelle replied , " we're called inklings , we're squids , not octopi , "
Tony remembered his fight with Angie , how she turned into a green squid to sneak up behind him , " so , you guys are squids ? ," he asked ,
" Yep ," Pelle replied as he turned into a pink squid , " I'm a squid now ," he shifted back to humanoid form , " I'm a kid now ," then he began shifting back and forth between his forms shouting ,
" I'm a squid now , I'm a kid now , I'm a squid , I'm a kid , I'm a squid , I'm a kid , " he did this for five minutes , to the point his sister and friends looked ready to kill him , when Pelle finally stopped Tony gave him an irritated look , " that was possibly most annoying thing I ever heard ," he said , " it made me want to bash my head against a wall ,"
Pelle fell over in shock , " but it was suppose to be a funny gag , " he whined , Tony shook his head ,
" that was anything but funny , I think you need better material ," Pelle hung his head , nobody appreciates good humor anymore , while the rest of the group tried to avoid laughing at this conversation ,
Pelle then chuckled , at least Tony was honest , the others would've stared at Pelle like he grew an extra pair of tentacles , this human was alright .
Captain Cuddlefish stepped forward and cleared his throat , " so what are your plans , lad ? ," he asked Tony , the human looked off into the distance , after awhile he turned back to the elderly inkling ,
" I'm going to continue my mission , I'm going to search for other human colonies and ask for help to free mine from the octarians , " Tony then bowed his head , " sorry about misunderstanding and all ,"
then he turned and glared at Angie , who glared back , Tony held up his arm , the one with the bite mark , " not sorry about the bite I gave you , " Angie hissed at the tone of his voice , those teeth of his were deceptively sharper then they looked , it was like being bitten by a pair of scissors , " likewise , you jerk ," she growled , the two teens , inkling and human , began to glare at each other so fiercely lightning seem to flash between them , Cuddlefish cleared his throat again , causing the Two teens to look at him , preventing another brawl from breaking out , " no need for that youngster ," he said as he placed a hand on the young human's shoulder , " we'll lend you a hand ,"
" WHAT ! ," both Tony and Angie shouted , turning to look at the old inkling , shock written on their faces , shock soon gave way to relief for Tony as the odds of finding another human colony were not in his favor , now there was hope , " thank you , sir ," he said with a smile on his face .
Angie , however , was skeptical , " are you sure , Captain ? ," she said as she gestured to Tony who soon had an irritated look on his face , " we know nothing about him or his race , can we really trust him ? ,"
Cuddlefish gave Angie a stern look , " we 're the squidbeak squad , youngster , we help those in need and right now ," he pointed towards Tony with his cane , " this lad and his whole race needs our help ,"
Angie was about to say something else but a hand on her shoulder stopped her , she turned to see her cousin Carter's face , " Angie , the captain's right ," he said , " this guy needs our help ,"
" Yeah ! ," the twins shouted in agreement , pumping their fists in the air , Angie sighed in defeat , she knew when she was out-voted , she once again resolved to keep an eye on the human .
Tony , though glad to have help for his people , realized a new problem , " but how are you going to get to my homeland ? ," he asked , " even I can't remember which direction to go ,"
Angie and the other teens looked at Tony in shock but he quickly explained himself , " when I snuck onto that octarian base , it was at night , when I escaped with that saucer I was flying blind until I got the monitors to work ," Angie face-palmed , that bit of information is so helpful , " how can someone not remember which direction their homeland is ? ," she snarled ,
" Well excuse me for getting all turned around while I was trying to survive ! ," Tony snarled right back , what was this female inkling's problem ? She'd be totally hot if it wasn't for her attitude .
" No worries youngster , " Cuddlefish gave a reassuring wave as he spoke up , " those saucers have homing beacons built into them in case the pilots get lost , all we have to do is see if it still works and if its busted , fix it up , it will lead us right to that base ," All the teens ( Tony included ) gave Cuddlefish an incredulous look , " can you do that captain ? ," Melle asked impressed , Cuddlefish scratched the back of his head , then gave a sheepish look , " well , with my grand-squids help , especially Agent 2 , I can , it shouldn't take too long ," the teens nodded at that .
Cuddlefish then turned back to Tony , " in the meantime , you youngsters need to find our friend here a place to stay ,"
" Why can't he stay here captain ? ," Angie asked , still a little suspicious of the human , Cuddlefish shook his head , " can't have our young friend here trying to splat Octavio again , can we ? ,"
" Why not ? ," the inkling teens all muttered , that octarian was more trouble then he was worth .
" Okay captain , we'll find him a home for a bit ," Angie replied , Cuddlefish smiled and nodded in approval , then Angie turned to Tony , " but one thing's bothering me ,"
" Only one ? ," Tony said as he smirked , Angie narrowed her eyes but continued , " what do the octarians want with your people anyways ? ,"
Tony 's smirk disappeared and was replaced with a scowl and he clenched his fists , " to build weapons for them , "
" What ! , " all the inklings shouted , their eyes wide .
" My race is , technology wise , advanced , we even have our own renewable power source , given enough time we can build anything ," Tony said , anger seeping into his voice , " the octos want us to build and or upgrade machines they call Great Octo-weapons for them ,"
" Are you serious ? ," Carter asked , his eyes wide in fear , Tony noticed the same look on the other inklings' faces and came to a realization , " you guys faced those things before , didn't you ? ,"
Cuddlefish stepped forward , " It's true youngster , years ago we inklings got into a war with the octarians for land to live on , we called it The Great Turf War and those Octo-weapons are war machines from that war , " Cuddlefish then turned away and hung his head , " lost a lot of friends and some family because of that war ,"
Carter then spoke up , when me , my cousin Angie and the twins were recruited into the squidbeak squad by Cuddlefish , our first assignment was to retrieve the Great Zapfish and all the other zapfish ,"
" The what ? ," Tony asked confusion all over his face ,
" The Great Zapfish , " Melle explained , " it as well as all the smaller zapfish are our source of power for all of inkopolis ," Tony nodded in understanding then turned to Carter and waited for him to continue ,
" It was our first assignment and almost our last thanks to those Octo-weapons ," Carter said , he and the other teen inklings shuddered at those bad memories , Pelle started to rub his stomach again ,
remembering those near death experiences was making him hungrier , suddenly, Pelle remembered something else , fishing around in his back pocket he pulled out a candy bar , he forgotten he had this , as Pelle unwrapped the candy Melle looked over and saw what her brother held , " Pelle ! , " she shrieked , enraged , " that's my last chocolate bar , where did you find that ? ,"
Pelle shrugged , " in your clothes drawer , " he replied causally .
Melle's left eye twitched , " you went through my dresser drawers and stole my last candy bar ? , " she said , her voice eerily calm , Melle then held out her hand , " give it back ! ,"
Pelle looked at his sister ,then at the chocolate in his hand , then back to his sister , then he stuffed the whole bar into his mouth , chewed , and swallowed it ,
" You can have it back in a bit , but I don't think you'll want it afterwards , " he said with a smug look on his face , that quickly changed to fear when he saw the look she gave him ,
" You're dead , " Melle said as she stalked towards Pelle who , in this situation did the smart thing , he ran , Melle gave a war cry as she charged after him .
" C ' mon sis ," Pelle begged as Melle closed in , " is one little candy bar worth your brother's life ? ,"
" YES ! ," Melle screamed as she gave Pelle a flying tackle , the two of them going down in a tangle of limbs , Tony watched as Melle pinned her brother down and then started to strangle him , while Pelle began flailing about trying to get her off , Tony then pointed to the twin inklings and turned his head to Carter , " do they do this often ? ," he asked .
Carter shook his head in exasperation , " unfortunately , " he replied , then he and Angie went to pry the twins apart before Melle killed her brother , who was starting to turn blue in the face .
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A few minutes later ( after stopping Pelle's murder ) the group was making their way back through the sewer towards inkopolis , it was getting late and Cuddlefish suggested they head home and turn in for
the evening , the walk back was almost silent as the only noise was the sound of their footsteps echoing in the darkness . Right now , Tony was totally hating the sewer , the first time through here he saw
light at the end of the tunnel and thus could see where he was going , but with the sun setting in octo-valley ( the name confused him until the inklings pointed out the octopus shaped rock formation over the valley ) the sewer was near pitch black , he couldn't see his own hand in front of his face , so he stuck both of his hands out in front of him to guide himself , thankfully the sewer tunnel was a straight line .
As he went , Tony suddenly tripped over . . . Something and he fell forward with a yelp , he crashed into someone , one of the girls as whoever it was screamed in a female voice , the two of them fell in a tangle of limbs , as Tony tried to push himself back-up , one of his hands landed on something soft and firm , curious he gave a little squeeze , the girl screamed , then her voice , Angie's voice echoed in the darkness ,
" YOU PERVERT ! , " she roared , the sound of someone getting slapped followed soon after .
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As the group emerged from the sewer , Tony blinked as his eyes adjusted to the bright lights after being in the dark for so long , he'd complain if he wasn't nursing a stinging with a hand print on it .
Tony shot a glare at Angie , who glared right back , her face red in both anger and embarrassment , " what did you think you were doing down there grabbing my butt like that ? ," she demanded as she tapped her foot .
Tony blushed at his mistake , " sorry , I couldn't see where I was going and I tripped , " he grumbled , Angie scoffed , she wasn't buying it ,
" You expect me to believe that , we inklings can see in the dark , " she snarled . ( AN : don't know if inklings really can see in the dark ) .
Tony gave her an indignant look and snorted , " well excuse me , " he replied , " in case you forgotten , I'm not an inkling , we humans can't see in the dark that well unless we have some sort of equipment , like a flash light or nightvision goggles or something , its pitch black down there ! ,"
Angie , in the heat of the moment , forgot Tony was from a different species , the other marine lifeforms of inkopolis could see in the dark as well , so she could see Tony 's point , not that she 'd ever tell him that ,
" Psycho squid , " Tony muttered to himself , problem was Angie heard him , she turned towards Tony , mouth hanging open in shock , eyes blazing ,
" What did you call me ! , " she growled as she started towards Tony , who got into a fighting stance , Angie stopped when Carter stepped in and put his hand on her shoulder ,
" Angie , let it go , " Carter said in a calm voice , " it was an accident ," then he turned to Tony , " dude , seriously it's getting too late for a fist fight ,"
Tony nodded is head in understanding , Angie growled and turned her back to the group , mostly to hide the blush on her face from the memory of what happened in the sewer , maybe Carter was right , it was an accident and maybe she did overreact . Melle was a little upset herself , why couldn't had been her that Tony fell on when he tripped ? The image of Tony 's hard body on hers , groping her behind , Melle fought desperately to keep her face from turning red .
After an awkward silence , Tony cleared his throat and spoke up , " so , who am I going to stay with ? , "
" Can't you afford your own place ? , " Angie asked , still a little irritated , Tony shook his head no , " I thought you guys were the enemy , remember , wasn't planning on sticking around ," he replied .
" You can stay with me , " Carter said , the others looked at him , " you sure ? ," Pelle asked , Carter nodded , his place had plenty of room , Tony couldn't stay with Angie , one wrong move or word and they'd try to kill each other . . . again , the twins had no room at their place unless Tony was willing to share a bed with one of them , Melle had the same thought and turned red in the face at the idea of sharing a bed with Tony , unknown to the others she even drooled a little , Pelle saw the expression on his sister's face but decided against teasing her about it , didn't want to risk his life a second time .
Tony gave Carter a smile , " thanks , wasn't looking forward to sleeping on a park bench ," he said , felling relieved .
" No problem , " Carter replied , with that , the five teens began making their way across Booyah Base , Tony looked around himself , now that he wasn't fearing for his life he took in the sights , the place was
mostly empty save for a few young inklings going into a tower across the street , as they walked by the tower Tony looked up and what he saw made him stop dead in his tracks and gasp ,
" What the hell is that ," !? he shouted pointing up, the others looked at what he was pointing at , " oh that ," Pelle replied , on the top of the tower was a giant creature that looked like a cross between a catfish and an eel , it had long yellow curly whiskers , the top half of its body was black , its under belly was tan and it had orange lips , it was wrapped around the top of the tower and its whiskers were glowing ,
" That's the Great Zapfish ," Pelle continued , " it's what we fought the octarians for ," Tony 's eyes widened as he stared at the giant fish , he looked at the sewer gate , then back to the Zap fish , how in the world did the octos manage to steal that fish without anyone seeing them and how did the squidbeak squad get it through the sewer ?
After leaving Booyah Base , the group bid each other good night and went their separate ways ( though Angie limped a little thanks to the bite on her leg , silently cursing Tony ) , as he and Carter walked down the street , Tony looked around himself , the light coming from the buildings and street lights was so bright it was almost like day , yet as he looked up into the sky Tony could barely see the stars , the colony he lived in was more like a town than a city and yet he was starting to like inkopolis , this place was fascinating .
The two teens stopped in front of a large white building with palm trees in large pots in the front of it , a sign over the door , lit up in bright neon lights read , HOTEL DELFINO , it gave off a tropical vibe , so much so that Tony had a vision of a tropical resort with sunny skies , beautiful beaches , calm seas , and large weird looking creatures with huge feet , big noses , large bellies , wearing grass skirts and had palm tree leaves growing from the top of their heads . Tony shook the vision out of his head when Carter spoke to him , " HOTEL DELFINO , " he said , " not the most luxurious place around , but for now its home ,"
" For now ? ," Tony asked as he followed Carter inside , the red inkling turned and smiled at the human , " sure ," he replied , " see , when we inklings reach the age of 14 , the age where we finally have enough
control over our bodies to permanently change into humanoid form , as a rite of passage we travel here to inkopolis , so we can compete in Turf Wars , the best sport in the world where the goal is to use your
ink to claim more Turf before the opposing team does ,"
Tony cringed , " you guys have Turf Wars here ? ," Carter raised his eyebrows at the tone of Tony 's voice and made a note to ask him about it later ,
" yeah ," he continued , " when an inkling arrives in inkopolis , they 're given a kit with a splattershot ; an ink gun , and some money to rent a hotel room at any place they can afford , "
" But what if you run out of money ? ," Tony asked , " aren't you guys worried about being put out on the street ?,"
Carter merely shook his head , " as long as you compete , you'll always receive money even if you lose a game , not as much if you win though , but at least you still get a roof over your head and money to get food ,"
Tony blinked at that , impressed , with a system like that there was probably very few homeless people in inkopolis . The two teens walked through the lobby , it was large and spacious with some easy chairs ,
a few tables with various magazines and brochures , a few pots with tropical plants growing from them and a large flat screen T.V. with a sofa in front of it , two inklings ; a boy with blue tentacles , a white shirt , black shorts and red sneakers and a girl with orange tentacles , tan skin , a yellow shirt , also a black shorts and sneakers , were watching a news program being hosted by two older female inklings , one had black tentacles and was wearing pink and black clothing , the other had white tentacles and was in a green and black dress , tuning out the T.V. Tony and Carter made their way to the front desk where an older female inkling with yellow tentacles and glasses sat , when they reached the desk Carter leaned on the counter and gave the female a smile while she immediately began to lose patience ,
" Hello pearl ," Carter said with a flirtatious smile , " you're looking lovely today , is that a new perfume ? ,"
" What do you want Carter ?," Pearl replied in a bored tone , she wasn't a stranger to Carter's flirting , it was one of the reasons why she had a can of mace under the desk counter , undaunted , Carter placed his
hand on pearl's hand , " for me , nothing beautiful , except maybe a date ," he said, his smile widening , Pearl gave Carter a blank look then placed her other hand on Carter's and gave it a hard pinch , hissing in pain , Carter pulled his hand away and shook it , " again , what do you want Carter ? ," Pearl said , her patience was wearing thin , realizing this Carter held his hands up in surrender ,
" Honest , nothing ," he replied , then he gestured to Tony , " but my friend here needs a place to stay for a bit , mind if he crashes at my apartment ? ,"
" Sure , no problem ," Pearl said without a second thought , Carter nearly fell over in shock , " really ? ," he asked , Pearl gave Tony an appraising look , then she turned back to Carter ,
" Yeah , he can stay ," she replied , " he looks like the type who doesn't cause trouble , " Pearl then gave Carter a scathing look , " how 'd you get someone like him for a friend is beyond me ," .
Ignoring the comment , Carter thanked Pearl , who merely grunted then opened a book and started reading , as Carter walked by Tony he turned to follow but as he walked past the flat screen , Tony stopped to watch as the two female inklings were wrapping up their broadcast ,
" And that's all for the show today guys ," said the female inkling with black tentacles , with a nod the female inkling with white tentacles continued ,
" And remember ," the two females then struck a pose , " stay fresh ! ," they said at the same time , then the black tentacled female got a serious look on here face ,
" And don't forget to watch out for aliens ," she said , the white tentacled female then shot her partner an irritated look , " CALLIE ! ," she shouted , " we talked about this ,"
" Tough splat ! ," the black tentacle female , Callie responded , " our viewers need to know what's out there , Marie , especially since the alien escaped from the inkopolis state hospital ," .
The two females then got into a heated argument about using the airwaves more responsibly , aliens , Tony thought with a amused smirk , seriously , then he realized that the female inkling , Callie , was talking about him , suddenly nervous , Tony began backing away , fortunately , the two inklings on the sofa didn't notice , unfortunately , Tony wasn't watching where he was going ,
" Hey , careful there ," a voice with an Italian accent sounded out , startled , Tony turned and saw a pair of male inklings dressed like plumbers ; one had a red cap , a red shirt , blue overalls and brown shoes ,
the other inkling , who was a few inches taller , wore the same clothes except his shirt and cap were green instead , both were carrying plungers .
" Sorry about that , " Tony replied , " I need to watch where I 'm going ,"
" Its -a okay ," said the inkling in red , a smile on his face ,
" O-yeah , " the inkling in green nodded in agreement , both inklings walked past Tony heading for the front desk , when they got there the two inklings began shouting at Pearl , something about getting paid extra for having to deal with giant flies , monster crabs and large snapping turtles while cleaning the hotel pipes , as the argument grew louder , Tony hurried after Carter , who was waiting by an elevator , when the elevator door opened , Tony almost knocked Carter down as he hurried inside , Carter chuckled as he climbed in after Tony , " chill dude , " he said , giving Tony a reassuring smile , " when you live here long enough , you get use to this sort of thing ," Tony gave Carter a ' are you serious ? ' look , seeing the look , Carter laughed even harder as he pressed a button .
When the elevator stopped , Carter stepped off and headed to a room down the hall , Tony followed glancing out a nearby window , it look like they where on the sixth floor ,
" Welcome to my humble abode ," Carter said as he and Tony entered the apartment ; the place was really spacious , the living room had a large sofa , a coffee table in front of the sofa , a flat screen T.V. Hanging
from a nearby wall , the remote was on the table , Tony saw a kitchen to the left , a bathroom in the back and a bedroom next to it , there was large window to the right of the living room ,
" Well , what do you think ? ," Carter asked as he went into the kitchen , " it's not much but it has an awesome view of the Mahi-Mahi swimming pool ," Carter chuckled , " especially during spring break and
summer time , shame its sometimes used for Turf battles , no inkling babes in swim suits to admire then ," Tony shook his head and smiled , figures he 'd be staying with a girl crazy inkling .
Carter came out of the kitchen carrying a plate with two sandwiches , " here you are , dude ," he handed one sandwich to Tony , " hope you like peanut butter ,"
Tony 's stomach growled , it had been a long time since he last ate , gladly taking the sandwich , Tony began to demolish it , heading into the back room Carter came out carrying some blankets and some pajamas ,
" Here you go ," Carter handed Tony the p.j.s , " figured you were my size , you can change in the bathroom ," Carter gestured , after finishing the sandwich Tony headed in the room to change , when he came
out Carter had already set up the blankets on the sofa , " thanks ," Tony said as he climbed onto the sofa , it had been a long day , Carter nodded and yawned , " time to turn in ," he said as he headed in the back ,
he stopped and turned back to Tony , " good night ," he said before disappearing into the back room , Tony soon drifted off to sleep , wondering what tomorrow would bring .
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As most of the city settled down for a good nights sleep , one individual was wide awake .
The sound of a light being turned off made Octavio open his eyes , from his snow globe prison he watched as the lights in Cudlefish 's shack were turned off one by one , after the last light was turned off he waited a bit until the sounds of snoring could be heard coming from the shack , Octavio narrowed his eyes , time to make a call .
Heading over to a small treasure chest with a bubble maker attached , Octavio paused to listen to the old inkling snoring away , he looked at the treasure chest in mild disgust , he was a proud octoling not some goldfish , just one more insult that old splat Cuddlefish will pay for , Octavio had to keep from growling in rage , after calming down he opened the lid of the chest , inside was a specially designed two-way radio complete with vid-screen so the callers could see each other . Octavio chuckled as he remembered installing the radio after his defeat , Cuddlefish never stopped to check Octavio for such a device , the old inkling was too trusting for his own good , Octavio was in a perfect position to spy on the octarians hated rivals .
Turning the volume down so it wouldn't make a lot of noise , Octavio switched the radio on , after awhile the screen turned on to reveal a female octoling wearing goggles , when she saw Octavio 's face she saluted , " Lord Octavio , sir ,"
" At ease , hipster ," Octavio said , the octoling nodded and relaxed , " I need you to patch me through to Delta base ,"
" By your command , sir , " the octoling replied , as the screen went blank , Octavio waited patiently , Delta base was located in the humans' homeland , only the toughest octarians were stationed there so the apes could be monitored and kept under control , right now Octavio needed to have words with the base 's commander .
A few minutes later , another female octoling 's face appeared , she had a black mole on her left cheek and her tentacle were longer then the average female octoling 's , they reached all the way to her shoulders and she wasn't wearing goggles , like all octolings her eyes were green and her pupils were purple like her tentacles , when she saw Octavio her eyes widened in surprise ,
" Father ? ," she asked in confusion , Octavio narrowed his eyes in irritation ,
" Octrina , " he spoke in a commanding tone , " I maybe your father , but I 'm still your commanding officer , you will address me by rank ,"
" Sorry my lord ," Octrina replied sheepishly , she was so surprised to see him she forgot herself , Octrina lowered her head in shame .
Glad that was settled , Octavio got down to business , " Octrina ," he said , the female 's head snapped up and she saluted , " how are the plans going ? ,"
Octrina smiled , " better than we hoped , sir , with things going the way they are , we 'll be done ahead of schedule , "
Octavio growled , " hate to splat your parade , hipster , but we got a problem ,"
" sir ? ," Octrina replied confused ,
" A human got out , " Octavio snarled , Octrina 's eyes widened again in shock ,
" Are you sure , sir ? ," she asked , Octavio 's eyes filled with rage ,
" The ape was here earlier today ," he almost shouted , then Octavio settled down , he looked towards Cuddlefish ' s shack and was relieved when he could still hear snoring , that old splat could sleep through another Great Turf War , Octavio looked back to the vid-screen , " he tried to smash through the globe to get to me ," Octavio gently beat one of his tentacles against the glass , " first time I was glad to be stuck in this thing , otherwise you 'd be an orphan ," .
On the vid-screen , Octrina growled , how dare that lowly primate try to hurt her father , " sorry sir , I received reports that a young male human snuck onto the base and stole one of our saucer crafts , reports said he was shot down , " Octrina said , Octavio snarled in disappointment ,
" Well he survived , he 's in inkopolis and he 's getting help from Cuddlefish 's squidbeak squad ," he all but shouted ,
Octrina blinked at that unsettling news , the same group of inklings who defeated and imprisoned her father were aiding the human ? That 's not good .
" We need to stop this , now ," Octavio stated , " those wretched inklings will provide the humans the one thing that could ruin everything ,"
Octrina nodded her head in agreement , Ink . Humans , unlike octarians and inklings , can 't make the stuff themselves , lucky for the octarians , for that coupled with the human race 's natural resistance to ink would make the apes an even greater threat the those wretched inklings ,
" Understood sir , " Octrina replied , " what do you need ," Even though they don't admit it out loud , the octarians needed the humans , so they can defeat those inklings when the next Great Turf War erupts , the humans skills with technology were second to none .
" I need you to send some soldiers from your base ," Octavio said
" My base , sir ? ," Octrina replied , confused .
" Correct , hipster ," Octavio said , " your troops are use to dealing with the apes , send your toughest , most skilled soldiers , they are to hunt down that human and make sure they are equipped with heat visors ,"
Octrina understood , humans give off a stronger body temperature , with those visors that ape will stick out like a sore tentacle , even in a crowd of inklings , she smiled and saluted ,
" At once sir ," she replied , then signed off , with that out of the way , Octavio settled down to wait .
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The sound of a distant whistle jolted Octavio awake , it had been two hours seen his conversation with his daughter and he fell asleep while waiting , he quickly looked towards Cuddlefish 's shack but the lights were still out and he could still hear the old inkling snoring , good , Octrina 's troops must have used a kettle that was a good distance from his location , no need to wake the host , at least not yet .
Some movement caught Octavio 's attention and he turned to see four figures creeping towards him , moving along the shadows in order to avoid detection , when the four octolings , their forms were humanoid in shape so what else could they be , reached him one of them , a tough , pretty looking female octoling stepped forward , she looked no older then 18 , had a scar going down her right cheek and a tentacle on the left side of her head was missing , she leveled a steely gaze at Octavio and saluted , " Medusa Kraken ," she said , " of the Barracuda Squad , reporting for duty , sir ,"
AN ; sorry about being late with the chapters , sometimes I get distracted and forget the story , I hope you enjoy this chapter and during the following chapters I am going to write the Bios on Tony and my other
characters if anyone wants to borrow them , plus I may start writing shorter chapters , see you next time .