Chapter 4: Rescue Mission
Saero's view
After a few weeks of balancing my work with being Agent 4 of the Squidbeak Splatoon, me and Nira have currently managed to save twenty zapfish in total and taken out three of the reactivated Octoweapons. Along the way, the Octoling leader managed to squidnap our captain, but we finally had Agents 1 and 2 helping us. But something about Agent 1 seemed familiar for some reason.
We were currently working through another area when I overheard a conversation between two Octolings. "Did you hear?", one of them said, "They managed to capture the traitor that ran off a few weeks ago." 'Traitor?", I thought, 'Do they mean Dorea?' "Yeah.", the other one said, "I heard they're keeping her prisoner at area 19." "The news says that she'll be publicly executed tonight for betraying us.", the first one said. 'Executed?!', I thought, no longer focusing on the conversation, 'Darn it! I can't spend anymore time here! I have to get to Area 19 now!' I started running off to return to the main area.
It took more time than I would have liked, but I finally found Area 19. "Any particular reason for leaving me alone back there?", Nira asked from behind me. I turned around in surprise, seeing the angry look on her face. "N-Nira, I-", I said, unable to think of anything to calm her down. "What kind of partner leaves in the middle of a mission like that?!", Nira shouted at me, "Do you know how difficult it was after you left?! If you're not going to take this seriously, then just turn around and go home!"
At this point, I knew that I'd have to explain everything eventually. But for now I have to hold back some things. "They've captured a friend of mine, and if we don't save her soon, they're going to kill her." "W-What...?", Nira asked, surprised, "But how did they manage to... Nevermind, let's hurry." "Right.", I replied. The both of us then went into the Kettle.
It took a while, but we managed to get to the end. Noticing the rope tied to the Lightbulb cage the Zapfish was in, I ran over to try to pull it up before I heard a voice from behind me. "It's a trap!" I slid to a stop to see Dorea, with her hood up, but then I heard a beeping noise. Turns out I activated a hidden mine, and it blew up before I could react, knocking me back and knocking me unconscious.
Dorea's view
"Agent 4!", Agent 3 called out, running up to him and kneeling down. I also ran up, noticing as the Octoling ink seemed to vanish. "Poison Ink!", I said, "He needs medical attention right now!" Agent 3 then put her hand to her headset, pressing down on a button on it. "This is Agent 3!", she said, "Agent 4 has been poisoned!" "What?!", a female voice came out from her headset, "Abort mission! We need to get him to a hospital right now!" "Understood!", Agent 3 said before carrying Saero on her back. "Come on!", Agent 3 said to me, "We should get out of here!" I nodded, trying not to let her see my face, before following her out of the area and back to the shack.
After reaching the shack, I watched as Agent 3 opened the grates and jumped in. I then turned to who I believed to be Agents 1 and 2, who were standing by the shack. "Why aren't you going with them?", the silver-haired one asked me. "I can't.", I said, walkin up to a wall and sitting down. "Why not?", the other one asked me. "I have my reasons.", I told her, trying to keep what I am hidden from them. The two then looked at eachother, confused, but decided not to ask further. "Agent 1, We should be going.", the silver haired one said, "We still have our day job, remember?" "R-Right.", Agent 1 said before the two of them jumped through the grates. I then looked up into the fake sky. "This is my fault... If I hadn't told him what I did, this wouldn't have happened."
*To be continued*