The Great Splat
Chapter 8
The Facility
"Wake up! Wake up!" Marie told her crew, "Look! Land!"
"Alright!" Tinker looked outside the window, "That's great!"
"That must be the America the human was talking about." Maria observed, "It looks like a New World."
"Far different from Inkopolis." Pacifica said, "At least Ink is still with us." she said as she looked at Ink's plane on the right.
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"Look at that." the Octoling captain pointed to the ruins of a great city, "You think those small-ears live there?"
"Looks deserted from here." Ink responded, "What's that sign say? Hol- Hol- HolWood?"
"These coastal towns must have been the first to go." the Octobomber hypothesized, seeing the ruined city was still half flooded, "The small-ears must have left this place a long time ago."
"We're getting closer to that dot." the Octoling captain observed, "Who knows what's there?"
"We might find out..." the Octobomber said as several jet fighters zoomed passed, however, they did not pay regard to them.
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"We're almost there..." Marie muttered, "But these planes are becoming like birds!" she said, since jets were flying and going in great numbers,
"Good thing they haven't noticed us." Tinker sighed, since the jets continued to ignore their presence.
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"What in the Holy Mackerel?" the Octoling captain looked outside the window to see a large sprawling city sticking out of the desert, next to a mountain,
"That must be the realm of the small-ears..." the Octobomber said,
"Albatross 6 and 2, prepare to land." a voice spoke through the radio, and the planes were seized from their control,
"Huh!?" the Octobomber said as the pilot wheel froze in place, then the plane started to descend,
"We must be landing." Ink observed as a runway came into view,
"It's the armored boxes!" the Octoling captain pointed to dozens of small vehicles zipping on the ground,
"This is it, alright." the Octobomber gulped, "we'd best prepare ourselves."
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"We'll never tell you anything!" the co-pilot of Albatross 6 yelled at Maria,
"Where are we!?" Marie yelled, "Tell us where we are!"
"I'll tell you where you are." the pilot chuckled, "You're in trouble." he said, and the plane slowed to a halt, signaling that they had landed.
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"I want you to help the guards of Albatross 6 and 2 unload the prisoners." a human soldier told his underlings, "Pronto!" he pointed to the two planes that had landed,
"Yes, sir!" the soldiers saluted and walked off.
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"Here they come..." Ink mumbled as he saw the soldiers walk towards them,
"I'm ready to blow!" the Octobomber said as he pumped up his head, "I can take them out from here!"
"And blow the cockpit away!" the Octoling captain growled, "Wait!"
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"What do we do now?" Tinker asked as he saw another group of soldiers walk towards their aircraft,
"I think we're gonna have to play it slick." Pacifica said, "We can pretend we're chained up to throw them off."
"That sounds smart." Callie agreed, "We should do-"
SHWEOOO! The sound of a missile alerted them, and the subsequent inknado stunned them,
"Wah!" various yells of humans pounded their ears,
"Look!" Tinker pointed to the soldiers which were headed towards them, now changing directions towards the scene of the crime,
"It looks like Ink is fighting back!" Maria told them, "This could be our chance!"
"Alright!" Pacifica yelled, "Come on guys."
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"Fire fire fire!" Ink yelled as he and his force released ink against the human soldiers,
"We can't keep our aim if we get splattered!" one of the soldiers told a captain, "They're keeping us back!"
"Just keep goin'! That ink won't kill ya!" the captain yelled, and the soldiers charged and fired their weapons.
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"Augh!" an octoling yelled as he was struck by a stray bullet,
"We're falling left to right!" the Octoling captain alerted Ink,
"Not for long!" Tinker appeared, "What's up, man?"
"Oh, is it nice to see you!" Ink grinned as he saw some reinforcements arrive,
"Ink!" Pacifica ran up to him, "Oh! I'm so glad you're alive!"
"Nice work, boss." Maria said as she fixed her goggles, "I knew you would be ready to fight."
"Not without my team, though." Ink told them, "Now let's get back in action!"
"We'll hold them off, Ink!" the Octoling captain said, "They seem to be coming from that hole in the mountain face!" he pointed to a concrete arch, "You and your team stop 'em!"
"Are you sure we can do that?" Tinker asked,
"Sure we can!" Ink reassured them, "As a team, we can do anything!"
"But what about them?" Pacifica pointed to Marie, Callie, and Judd, who were standing behind,
"You need to stay here." Ink told the three, "Keep back and stay low! I want you all to be safe!"
"Are you going right into the Human stronghold?" Marie asked,
"Yes." Ink plainly responded,
"Ink!" Callie gasped, "No! Ink! You can't!"
"I can, and I will." Ink said, "But what I will not do is die and leave you alone." he told her, "I'll be back, hot stuff." he nodded, "Ready guys?"
"Ready!"
"Let's do this!"
"Let's go!" his teammates responded,
"Alright!" Ink said, "Octobomb, give me some cover!"
"I got you, boy!" the Octobomber said and fired a missile,
"Go go go go!" Ink used the blast as a distraction to advance, "Let's move it!"
The four team members ran past the fray and into a large fence,
"Ink, stay safe." Callie called out to him as they all turned into squid form and entered...
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"Commander, we have helped the Koreans regain all Tango locations." a man came up to a distinctly clad human, "We are ready to start."
"How are the casualties?" the commander human asked,
"Bad..." the soldier told him, "We did get pushed back, but managed to get devastating results with our surprise blitz."
"Very well." the commander muttered and turned to a large screen, where a map of the world appeared.
