Page 2: Trust

Akari was shaken from the sight, clinging onto Mint and Mint clinging on to her.

Chili glared at Misery. "All the more reason I should splat you too!" He pulled his dynamo and she pulled the splatterscope.

"I wouldn't recommend doing that." She said coldly. "I have this Splatterscope aimed directly at the central nerve point. I shoot that and you'll collapse like a row of dominoes. Don't try me when all I'm trying to do is help you."

He growled lowly and stepped down.

Mint and Akari both calmed down and Mint smiled. "Thanks so much for that Misery. We owe you big time." They told her.

"Save your breath for right now, Peppermint." She said in a stressed way. "I heard about your friend. Can I see her?"

"No you may not." Chili growled.

Mint elbowed him in the ribs, making him grunt. "We need your help, please." They begged. "Kira's never acted like this before and we need to figure out what's wrong with her."

Misery grinned. "Leave it to me!" and ran into the lab, making the others follow.

Kira had broken the enclosure she was in and was holding her Hero Replica Roller. "You little fuckers thought you could keep me, eh?!" She pointed it towards the group with her eyes glowing bright and baring her teeth at them. "I'm not having it!"

Misery switched the ink she had in the Splatterscope's chamber to low-tide ink, something Chili recognized from the Callie and Octavio fight.

How'd she even get a hold of some of that ink?

"One shot of this into your friend's head and she'll be out like a light in ten seconds flat." She commented and aimed.

Kira swung the roller and almost hit her friends. "You fucking demons can't hold me!" FOR I AM AN AGENT OF THE SQUIDBEAKS!"

Misery shot the ink at Kira, but she leapt out of the way and threw a bomb.

"Get down!" Chili yelled and pushed them out of the bomb's way.

She laughed. "What?! You fucking scared of me now?! Come at me you little assholes and fight me like men!"

Mint clutched their octoshot tightly and shivered. "What do we do?!"

Chili handled their dynamo and got up. "Stay here and I'll deal with her."

He got up and faced her. "Kira, listen to me... This isn't like you. Settle down and we can work things out."

She laughed. "You think you can win me over using your so-called "reasoning?" Well, I'm not having it!"

Chili looked at her with sad eyes and swung his dynamo. "I'll try and not splat you, Kira... But if I have to fight you to get you back to your senses...

"So be it."

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