Hello, luckily, I wasn't flooded(almost), so no delays! Brief warning, near the end might feel like a lecture, so you might fall asleep.

After returning to the institution, Clay was chosen by both Lela and Edward to show Callie around the institution, as he knew her the most (even if he was with her for a short while). Kari also told them about improvements that could be done in the Main Cracker (translator box, in case you forgot), and wanted them to test it out. The improvements would allow for more accurate communication with the Inklings. Currently, the Octoling language was being studied, which was pretty much Oceanic with a different accent. In Tentakeel Outpost however, Callie was bothering Marie and Agent 4 about her excitement of the trip. It wasn't long before Agent 4 left and Marie was trying her best to stop Callie from speaking anymore.

The Next Day at 2:30 P.M.

Institution Assembly Room:

Clay, Edward, and Lela are sitting, talking about what they (really Clay) should show Callie about the humans. While in the middle of the conversation, Kari walks up to them and begins telling them about the improvements that have been done to the Cracker. She also told them about the rooms that he was not allowed to show Callie, the Biological Research Room, the Data Management Room, the Armament Storage Room, the Power/Electrical Room, and the Experimental Testing Facility.

"Did you get all of that Clay?" Kari asked.

"Of course I did. Just don't be surprised that I forget about it when I actually do the tour."

"I am serious, there is confidential information that they shouldn't know. You being head of the biological research team, should know the best why I am telling you this."

"Wait, what DO you know about them that you haven't told us?" Edward asked to Clay and Kari.

"We are not allowed to disclose that information...for...security reasons. But there is one really important thing we should All know about their biology. We have found that their body is made up of a ink-like substance that is hypotonic when in contact with water, especially fresh water. Yet, they seem to produce a substance that can pretty much neutralizes that effect in their salivary glands that allow them to eat many foods that we do. Long story short, pour water on them, they die, so don't do that."

"There is ONE other interesting thing that Clay found out that he can tell y'all!" Kari said, making Clay look rather uncomfortable. "Go on, tell the what you are so embarrassed about."

"No U" Clay responds

"Well shit, got me there." Kari responded, getting confused looks from both Lela and Edward. "But on a serious note, make sure she doesn't touch too many things, as we haven't completely found what is and isn't harmful to the Inklings. That way, she doesn't get any diseases, poisoning, allergy, or something along those lines."

"Understood" Clay responded "To sum it all up, I shouldn't do anything that can get us or the Inklings killed."

"Yes, precisely, in a weird way." Kari said.

"Well, I'm going to get some stuff to show Callie." Clay said, suddenly making Lela laugh.

"Like what, Clay?" Lela said.

"Shut up Lela."

"Luckily for Clay, you can't reproduce with them, but have similar organs to perform it." Kari interrupted, immediately giving both Lela and Edward an indescribable look on their face.

"Hey, I didn't do it because I wanted to, she told me to do it."

"I was just following the directions you always tell your trainees."

"O-On second thought, I think someone else should show her around." Edward said

"Well, too late for that. Clay is the only one allowed to do it now, and I don't feel like changing anything." Kari said. She then waved and walked away. The three stood in awkward silence for a few second until Edward decided to say something.

"You should probably go get whatever you were going to show Callie."

"And I'm going to go...do...something." Lela said, with a whole lot of awkwardness in her voice.

The three went away in separate directions, leaving the assembly room empty once again. Clay returned to the assembly room a while later to go bring Callie, although feeling weird doing so, thanks to the conversation he had recently. Clay headed to the opening, and began to put on his suit, finishing off by putting on his helmet.

Inkopolis Square

"Callie, why are you here half an hour early? You know how much I need my sleep." Mare complained

"Then you should fall asleep BEFORE 1 A.M. " Callie responded

"I have things to do. I have to protect Inkopolis from threats, which makes me wonder why we don't have a military to do this."

"You're right Marie. I mean, it's not like there's something big threatening Inkopolis, besides whoever sent those robots."

"I think they're called Troopers. Yet, I'm not sure where I heard that name (she didn't)." Callie then takes out a small notebook with writing in it.

"What's that you have Callie?"

"Oh this, it's just a list of what I should ask Clay about the humans. But this is just the things that I will probably forget. The rest is in my head."

"Because you must have a lot of space up there."

"Meanie." They stood in the shade, waiting for Clay to arrive. A few Inklings passing by told them how much they looked like Callie and Marie (the irony). Then, Marie spots Clay reaching the city, and begins to tell the crowd that Off the Hook is giving out free tickets for their concert outside the city limits. The Inklings then rush out, leaving Inkopolis all to themselves.

"He's here!" Callie yelled, rushing towards him. Clay gets startled, causing his hand to go to his holster by reflex, but stops as he remembers that Callie is very energetic (by what Lela told him).

"Oh, sorry. You startled me for a second." Clay said. "Now, get ready for your tour about the institution. Damn, that sounds painfully boring."

"Yeah, LETS GOOO!" Callie yells in excitement. Clay tells her to follow him, and Callie turns around to wave at Marie. "Ooh, is it true tha-"

"How about you save the questions for when we actually get there?"

"But I really want to ask you! Pleassse!"

"Fine, what is it?"

"What happened to your species?"

"Of course you would ask that. Anyways, four things caused our demise, well, almost demise. First, there were rising tensions between many superpowers, basically the most powerful states on Earth. This caused for people to be paranoid about a nuclear holocaust"

"What's a nuclear holocaust?"

"Just imagine a weapon brighter than the sun that can destroy a city in a single blow, and sends particles that kill you inside-out. All of that times 10,000."

"Wow."

"Yeah, secondly, there was an experimental thermonuclear warhead, or an anti-matter bomb prototype, that made our most powerful bomb look like a toy. There were apparent miscalculations in the storage of the warhead, and it ended up detonating, speeding up the Antarctic ice melting process to incalculable levels. This added to our third problem, which was global warming. This was the process of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere preventing heat from escaping, heating up the Earth. Ice helps to reflect the sunlight from the Earth, but with over an area of 5 million square miles of ice gone, the temperature began to skyrocket, melting more ice. Finally, a mad scientist/professor created a computer virus, called the HELL virus, which shut down many existing nuclear shelter, except ours, and launching all of mankind's nuclear arsenal on the world. After this catastrophe, the institution, Or V.A.L.H.A.L.L.A., began cryostasis. After that, we can only guess." Callie looked extremely perplexed of all the information he gave her.

"Wow. Give me a few minutes to process all of that, ok?"

"I'll continue when we get to the institution."

They walked the rest of the way in silence. Clay began to think about what happened to the remaining population that did not go into cryostasis.

HAHA! Left it at a cliffhanger! Don't worry I won't do this very often (unless necessary).