Chapter 13: A Brother's Wrath

Fushia transformed back into her octopus form and swam blindly through the palace until coming across an arena-like area usually used for splat battles.

"Why..." Fushia started to wonder.

She headed through it and used her Octoshot to make another path once she left the arena. However, the ink ran out before she could finish, and she just stared down at it.

"This isn't right." Fushia muttered.

She dropped the Octoshot, transformed back into her octopus form, and went on without it. However, as she crossed another entryway, she was grabbed by Octavious, who had been hiding behind it.

"Gotcha!" Octavious sneered.

He tossed Fushia to the ground. The Octarian Princess yelped as she hit the ground, forcing her back into her humanoid form. Fushia started to sit up, but froze when Octavious pointed his Jet Squelcher at her.

"Traitor." Octavious growled.

Suddenly, Taffyta came falling out of an air vent in the ceiling, holding a Slosher. Octavious leaped back as she landed between him and Fushia. The Strawberry themed girl glared up at him.

"Leave her alone." Taffyta ordered angrily.

Octavious just glared back and pointed at her.

"Stay out of this!" Octavious ordered angrily.

Taffyta stood up and held the Slosher, before leaping at Octavious and trying to hit him with it. He blocked with the Jet Squelcher, but Taffyta tried hitting him again with more force. Octavious was thrown back a few feet, and he shouted angrily before charging towards her and slamming his weapon into Taffyta. The Strawberry themed girl was thrown back, and she curled her limbs and rolled into a ball, leaped onto Octavious and whacked him on the head, and leaped back into a standing position behind him. However, the Octarian Prince was unaffected by her.

"That didn't work." Taffyta thought.

She turned around, but Octavious was ready for her and slammed the Jet Squelcher into the Slosher, knocking it out of the girl's reach. He then slammed it into Taffyta, sending her crashing back into a wall in an unconscious heap.

"No!" Fushia cried. She then put her head in her hands and thought "This is all my fault!".

With Taffyta out of the way, Octavious turned around to deal with Fushia. But before he could advance towards her, a Super Sea Snail was thrown and hit his head. Octavious dropped the Jet Squelcher and just stared out for a few seconds, before his eyes rolled back and he fell onto the ground, unconscious. Moira and two other Octolings, a light skinned red tentacled Octoling named Skarlet and a tan skinned purple tentacled Octoling named Luna, in a private squad she owned were in the entryway. Skarlet shot Octavious a few times with an N-ZAP '85, before Moira went over to check on her younger sister.

"Are you alright?" Moira asked.

Fushia ignored her and went to check on Taffyta.

"Pink?" Fushia asked.

Taffyta didn't reply. Fushia thought she was dead and just hugged her, while the others just stared on.

"Hey, can you maybe let me go? Your grip is really tight." a voice asked.

Fushia opened her eyes and looked at Taffyta. The girl opened her eyes and smiled. Fushia smiled in relief and hugged the racer, while Moira and the two Octolings just looked on with smiled. Fushia helped Taffyta up.

"Um... you never actually told me your name." Fushia said.

"You can call me Taffyta." Taffyta said.

Fushia shook her hand.

"Fushia." Fushia introduced.

She then introduced Taffyta to Moira, Skarlet, and Luna, before the group left, with Taffyta leading them all towards the rest of Sugar Rush and the Agents. They would join the fight with them against the Octarians, as Moira, Skarlet, and Luna became unsatisfied with Octavio's goal and felt best to stop him.

A few minutes after they left, Octavious regained consciousness and bolted up into a sitting position. He cried out and held the side of his head that had been hit and then looked down at his Jet Squelcher. He picked it up and then got to his feet.

"I never leave a job undone, you traitor." Octavious growled.

He then looked up to see the Super Sea Snail a few feet away. It's eyes shrunk under his glaze.

"Hey, little one." Octavious said calmly.

His pupils then went full light green, and he slammed the Jet Squelcher onto the Super Sea Snail, shattering it instantly.