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Chapter 3 The Octoling Tower
{THEY ARE WITHOUT MERCY, RELENTLESS. BUT YOU. YOU WILL BE WORSE}
Aiming his double barrel splat gun on the head of an octoling against his boot, he pulled the trigger, splattering it's ink all on the concrete ground, around The Ink Slayer, the ink of many all around him, broken shades, pieces of clothing, and other ink guns all on the ground. He then looked at the massive tower that was close to him, that being his next place to go. He then got a call from Marie and Lilly, engaging the call. "So, by now I'm sure you know where to go next. The Octoling Tower. That's where they sky bomb those pad things that keeps making them appear all the time. But before you do, there's a radio store right next to you, turn one on, there's a broadcast you need to hear." Marie instructed.
He then walked to it, and turned one on, to see what she was talking about. The radio made a static, before it cleared up. "-nk Slayer, huh? Sounds like the hero this city deserves." A female voice was heard.
"Yup. And at the right time, coincidentally." Another female voice said.
"Pearl and Marina. The OTHER two show hosts that announced anything about news. Them and they're stupid catchphrase." Marie said, in a bit of a rant. The Ink Slayer continued to listen.
"Well, better later than never, right?" Marina said.
"Sure, but it would have been better if he showed up earlier. We'd still have spaltfest and everything." Pearl pointed out.
"Well, I'm just happy he showed up now. I mean, he's already cleared out a section of the city for us. With him around, we'll have our city back in no time." Marina explained.
"Yeah, I guess you're right. Hey, what about that suit of his? It's gotta be completely sweaty and smell like octopus." Pearl said.
"Well, when you're out there fighting to your heart's content, you don't really care for tha-" The Ink Slayer then turned it off, not wanting to hear any of it anymore.
"Pfft. 'Don't get cooked, stay off the hook.' Our phrase was better." Marie said. She then sighed. "Anyway, just do what needs to be done. Get in the tower and stop those pad things from being made." The call ended, and he looked at the tower again, to watch as there were more of those pads launching in the air, flying in the opposite direction. He needed to deal with it now.
It wasn't that much of a walk, and with the distance walked, he made it to the tower, seeing octolings swarming the place. Nothing he couldn't handle. Pulling out an ink grenade, he threw it at one where they were bunched together, and watching it explode on them, splatting them. He then ran into the street they occupied, double barrel in hand and splatted one to his left, and another in the same direction.
One charged at him with a paint brush, swinging at his face, but he ducked to dodge it, and he counted with a kick across the face, making it splat. He then turned around to see some firing at him, him getting out of range, to switch to his hero shot and fire back. He got one, and the other was still trying to get him, but The Ink Slayer was too fast for it. He then switched to his double barrel and aimed right at the face and pulled the trigger, leaving a puddle of ink all over the place.
With them dealt with, he looked up, to see the tower, and how high it was. But he wasn't running his way up to the top. There definitely has to be an elevator that can take him to the top. Going inside, seeing the entire place swarming with octolings, and seeing some that were crawling on the walls and ceilings, them being new ones, having rather boney bodies and one big eyeball. But still, new or not, there was thing he had to do. Splat them all.
He threw another ink grenade at one close together, watching them explode, and all of the octolings turning their heads to his direction. The crawling ones all shrieked at him, as they all crawled back then flung ink at him, showing what they did.
One charged at him, but he shot his double barrel, making it splat. One fired at him from the right, switching to his hero shot and shot back, splatting that one too. He ran for one that was hanging onto a wall, throwing ink at him, but he grabbed it by the leg, threw it to the ground and stomped right on it's head. One then lunged at him, knocking him down and it jumping on him. It was about to claw at his face, but he grabbed it's hand, twisted it, and used his other hand to grab it's head and slam it against his own, leaving an ink splatter on his helmet.
He got back up, seeing there were a few left around him. He ran after them, wiping the ink off. He then watched as one was spawning, a big, muscular one, with no eyes, and all oily. It ran at The Ink Slayer, being very fast. He pulled out the paint saw, and revved it as it made contact with the chest, tearing right through it, causing it to splat instantly. He switched back to the double barrel, and finished off the remaining few, each one getting a face full of splat shot.
With them out of the way, he looked to see there were elevators, saving him a long trek. He walked in, to see the many floors this tower held. From one, all the way to seventy. Seventy was the very top, and that's where he needed to go. He pressed it, but it denied him access, as he needed a certain level of clearance to get in. He then got a call from Lilly, him engaging the call. "Hmm, hold on, I've got an idea. Head back outside, I'll give you what you need." She said.
The Ink Slayer went back outside, to find another care package being dropped to him. It landed, and he opened it, to find some sort of device that had wiring around it, with a trigger. "Hacking device of my creation. It's got my logo and everything." She said, boasting a bit. He stood up and then went to the elevator, to try it out. "Trying aiming it to where the keycard is suppose to go." Lilly instructed, as he tried it, it made a holographic keycard, and he aimed it in the slot. "Access to floors, 60 and 70, granted."
"See? It works. Just, be sure to bring it back, alright? That thing was seriously hard to make." She said, as he then put it away. "Alright, good luck. There's probably a big one waiting for you at the top, so keep a coo-" He ended the call, knowing what was bound to happen. This was his purpose, and he planned to keep at it.
Going all the way to floor 70, he found himself not at the very top, but he was very close to it. He found more octolings crawling around, figuring this would happen. He charged out there to fight them all, grabbing it by the back of the neck and throwing to the wall, bashing his knee against it's face. He then heard all the shrieks, knowing they all knew he was here. He kept running, to find there were many. He then threw a grenade, hitting two that were on the walls. One appeared from the corner of his eye, turning and shooting it, splatting it.
He ran up some stairs and watched as an octoling threw a trash can at his direction. He simply just took it, not even flinching at all. He then fired his double barrel, making it splat. He then felt one of the crawling ones latch onto his pack, him jumping up and slamming down, pushing his weight down. With the help of his Splator suit, it added way more than enough weight to crush the octoling, leaving it as a pile of ink on the floor. He got back up, getting back to the fight.
Two more came his way, as he then switched to the hero shot, firing a line of ink for him to swim in, and came back out, to grab both by the head and slammed them together, leaving ink all on his fingers and knuckles. He ran forward, finding the last three, octolings holding guns, one with a sniper like weapon. He threw a grenade at them, as they scattered away. He then focused his attention on the sniper, seeing it run away. He pulled out the paint saw, as he then ripped right through the two of them, to get to the sniper as quick as he could.
The sniper aimed at him, firing a shot, but he swam in his ink to avoid it, and he threw a grenade behind it, to keep it from running. It tried to jump over him, but he grabbed it by the leg and slammed it against the stair case, stomping it's head against the case. He then looked at the sniper ink gun and picked it up, inspecting it. It was rather long for just a sniper, but he guessed that's what makes it fire the way it does. With a new firearm in hand, he made his way to the top of the tower.
Climbing a few more stair cases, he then saw something stand at the front of where all those pads were being sent. There stood a female octoling, but rather than having the glossy tentacle like hair like Lilly did, her's was rather wrinkly, and her stance was slumped. She looked at him, with an angered look.
"You never should have waken up. You'll ruin everything. We want a new home. On the surface." She said, then revealing she had a red glowing device, and threw it between them, it beginning to glow and float. "We'll both be gone, but they will continue to unite together." It then glowed brightly, as The Ink Slayer covered his eyes, as they were then gone, taken somewhere else.
