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Chapter 4: Chosen One

Hailey sat on her bed, drawing in her sketchbook. It was a dark cityscape with nothing but a moon illuminating the tops of the buildings. After signing her work, she put down her pencil and flopped onto her side. Hailey was still pondering whether she liked Twila or Zoe better, after their reveal the night before. But she already knew she was going Team Nighttime. She's always been a night owl, staying up late until her eyes couldn't handle it anymore. Suddenly, there was a knock on her door. Hailey quickly got up and answered it.

It was her sister, Tessa. "Oh my god. Hailey, you need to see this." She held up her phone. The article Hailey was being shown read: "Octarian Takeover- Commander Lita in danger!" She laughed. "Is this from one of your videogames? Who's Commander Lita?" Hailey asked smugly. "Listen, Hails. You gotta watch the video." Tessa said, pressing play on a video below.

In the video, it showed a huge army of Octarians, lead by one tall Octoling in front. Facing them was a thin crowd of Inklings, but strangely, with a couple Octolings here and there. "You see her in the front?" Tessa pointed at the person who seemed to be leading the inklings. "That's Commander Lita. An ex-Octarian. Just like us." Hailey looked up at her sister. "Is this live footage?" She asked. "Yeah. This is happening in Inkopolis Square, right now. If you don't believe it, we can go put our lives in danger and see for ourselves." Tessa said, pausing the video. "There are rumors that the tall, pink Octarian has some cool weapon. A weapon that kills us. Permanently."

Naomi

"Even if I let this entire city down, at least I got to wear a cool outfit." Naomi whispered to herself, running back to the thin crowd while helicopters circled above. She wasn't sure whether to be scared or excited.

"Look, Lita. Your little servant is here." Corren smirked. Naomi turned to where the commander's tiny octopus ghost was, but what she saw was different. Much like in the movies, she looked just like who she used to be, except light blue-white, and translucent. Like an actual ghost. "Thank goodness, you're finally here." She said. Corren approached them. Lita suddenly pulled Naomi very close. And whispered in her ear. "Run. Use the Hypershot to splat any in your way. Run to the manhole near Grizzco. I'll meet you there." Lita hissed, and proceeded to run unbelievably fast through the crowd of Octarians, until she couldn't be seen anymore. It was now that Naomi realized her name doesn't matter anymore.

Agent 5 turned to Eight, who simply said "Don't worry. I'm coming too." In the Octoling language. Five wasn't sure why he said it in her language, but she rolled with it anyway and replied with "If I die, tell Tyde she's a bitch." And bolted straight toward the crowd of Octozons.

"You know what to do, ladies!" Corren yelled. "Get her! And her boyfriend too!" As Agent 5 began to pull the Hypershot 230 out of her bag, she could already hear Eight eliminating the enemies behind her. "Time to test this baby out!" She exclaimed, shooting a couple lines of blue ink in front of her, swimming through it before jumping out and shooting the Octarians around her. "Thanks for the guidance, Lita." She snarled, realizing Eight's back was against hers. "So which way is the manhole?" Five asked Eight, slaying any approaching enemies with her fast and hard-hitting weapon. "You see that big sign over there that says 'Grizzco?' Go there. You'll find it." He replied.

Agent 5 ran, shooting anyone on her way. "Almost there… Almost there!" She panted, shocked at how easy this was. Finally, the manhole was in sight. Just a few more steps…

"Oh no you don't, you little ass!" Corren's huge hand grabbed Five by her tentacle, holding up the giant Splatling. "There's just enough left to kill both you, and your partner here, too." She growled. "I've been waiting for just the moment. Soon, this city will be defenseless. Inkopolis… Ours. You might as well already say you're in Octopolis." Corren said to the terrified Agent 5.

"Put. Her. Down. You damned lump of coal." It was Eight, of course. "And what will you do to stop me? Yell at me?" General Corren turned around. "Yes. Yes I will." He said calmly, shooting at the ground. Suddenly, his hair lit up, glowing and pulsing like blue flames. In the blink of an eye, he pulled it out. A Killer wail! "E-Eight! How do you even…?" Five exclaimed. "Watch out."

Next thing Agent 5 saw was Eight screaming into the large device she barely recognized. Corren's back was hit with the blast of dark blue ink. Her huge body was knocked down, and she let go of Five's hair. Corren's body exploded into her own pink ink as her small ghost floated up and disappeared.

"She'll be back, but we'll be safe for now. As long as her army doesn't kill us first." Eight said, grabbing Five's arm and dragging her into the manhole.

Hailey

"Are we seriously going to go there? Hailey, you'll die!" Tessa exclaimed, while getting pulled into Hailey's car. "There's something I need to see." She said, pulling out her phone. "Ziri, show me the directions to Deca Tower." She said. "Here are you directions to: Deca Tower." The robot-y voice replied. "Alright. Let's go."

The sisters found themselves in an alley. "This used to be my secret way to the square without using the launchpad." Hailey said, getting out of her car. She grabbed her Splatterscope from the trunk. "Hailey! Since when was your hair blue like that? It's naturally yellow, isn't it?" Tessa exclaimed, following her sister through the alley. "It's blue? Huh." She shrugged. "Wait. Tess, do you smell that?" Hailey suddenly dropped to a whisper. "Yeah. I smell smoke, and the earthy scent of Octarians. We're close."