"Have you found him yet!?"
"No. I've checked the arcade, the mall, and the the cafe. He's not there."

Roy has gone missing. Again. And we need to find him before he gets hurt. Again. I'm not worried about what'll happen if the Inklings find out what Roy really is. Since the Squid Research team is gone, I doubt they'll do any freaky surgeries on him anytime soon. What I'm truly worried about is if the Octarians find him. They kidnapped the researchers, so there's no telling what kind of overkill they're being forced to invent for these monsters. So far, Gary and I have been looking everywhere, but we can't find him. Linny just finished up searching her areas.

"Maybe he's at the museum! Or maybe the resort?" Linny suggested.
"The museum is boring and Roy doesn't even know about the resort." I told her.

"Let's recheck the areas," Gary suggested, "Perhaps we can still find him while it's still day. With Inklings everywhere, the Octarians wouldn't dare to reveal themselves to the public." We all agreed, but we were stopped by two Inklings. It was the two agents, and they all had a look of unease.

"Don't tell me the worst has happened..." Linny uttered in anxiety.
"Yes," replied Agent 2, "The worst has happened: WE LOST!"
"Oh yeah, burgers for the win! Team Callie wins again!" Agent 1 bragged. She was promptly slapped on the head. "Ow! More importantly though, the Cap'n has been squidnapped!"

Cuttlefish? Squidnapped? This was huge news for the three of us. "When did this happen?" Gary asked. Agent 2 sadly shook her head. "We don't know. We thought at first that he wandered off someplace, but then we got a threat letter saying that Cuttlefish has been kidnapped and he'll make sure he never respawns if he dies!" The three of us looked at each other with worried glances. Gary stepped forth and asked the two, "How is that even possi-" He was instantly cut off by Agent 1 as she grabbed his arm. "There's no time for that! Come with us, you three!" Agent 1 urged as she made her way to the sewers, "We think we know where he may be, and we'll need your help!"

"Alright," I told my two friends, "You two go with Agent 1, and I'll continue looking for Roy." Agent 1 tugged my arm as well. "If you're looking for him, he's with us! We don't have anymore time to waste, so let's get going!" I was rather dumbfounded. We've checked almost every place in Inkopolis, as well as areas outside Inkopolis, but we never even bothered to check the sewers. How embarrassing... "How'd you find him?" I asked her. She smiled as she looked back at me. "We had a nice little talk."

"Wait, you actually talked to him!?" I asked, quite amazed.
"...It's a long story, but he's waiting for us at Octo Valley right now!"

The three of us were dragged into the valley and sure enough, Roy was waiting for us right in front of a kettle. "We've recently discovered a kettle within this area," Agent 2 went on. "For some strange reason, this one feels different." Just by looking at the kettle, I could tell that this was a special kettle; there was a #7 marked on this kettle, and strange circus music could be heard from within. "Call it a hunch," Agent 1 followed in, "...But we feel as if this is where they're keeping him!" Just by being near the kettle, I could also tell that there was much more to this kettle than a big 7 and some circus music. I'm not sure, however; I've only stormed one of their many hideouts, but I'm sure these agents have been in enough kettles to know the difference. Regardless, I could tell that something big was going to happen. I called everyone to drag their hands in. Linny and Gary followed in, along with Agents 1 and 2. Roy followed in last.

"Alright everyone," I told them, "If this is truly where they're keeping Cap'n Cuttlefish, then there's no doubt that the big boss is with them as well. Despite how little we know about the enemy, we know this for sure: our skills as a Turf War Trio (sorry to exclude you, Roy and you agents) will make the thin line between success and failure! Since we are well above the status of 'SO HAWT' (Or 'On Fire' for all you Euro Inklings out there) most of the time, I'm more than confident that we can do this! And we WILL do this for Cuttlefish! For Inkopolis! For everyone! BOOYAH!"

"Booyah!" everyone chimed in.
"Tsuyah!" Roy chimed in.
"You still need to work on that..." Linny sighed, disappointed with Roy.

We all proceeded to jump into the kettle, but the fall was way long. Heck, it might've been longer than the ladder we took to get to the valley. While we were still falling, I decided to ask a couple questions to the two agents.

"So what was so special about this kettle again?" I asked them.
"Other than the fact that it was invisible so that nobody will find it?" Agent 2 answered, "Well, it's the only kettle to actually have a name. Not sure what the number 7 has to do with anything, but it's just different."

And just like that, we finally landed. Every one of us hit the ground with perfect stance, ready to take on whatever threat that the Octarians would throw at us.

However, something was wrong with this one. Something was really off with this one...

"A carnival!? Are you freaking serious!?" Linny screamed.

As she stated, the surroundings did resemble that of a carnival. We were greeted with a 'Welcome!' gate right in front of us, doors wide open. The paths were littered with blinking lights flashing all over, giving the place some charm. Off in the distance were Ferris Wheels, Roller Coasters, and such attractions operating with what appeared to be Octarians on them. All seemed to be pretty peaceful under the artificial night sky, but we still cannot ignore the dangers; we were still upon floating platforms, keeping us from falling into the dark abyss of who-knows-what-lurks-down-there.

Now was not the time to speculate just whatever the heck this is, but we needed to find Cap'n Cuttlefish before he becomes sushi! The six of us darted through the main entrance and into the fray. We each took out the occupying Octarians within the area. Surprisingly, they were pretty easy. They didn't seem to plan their defenses well enough. We were able to catch most of them off guard and finish them with a couple shots. After some fighting, we reached the center of this wacky carnival. We found a huge map containing the several areas that were accessible for us.

"Let's split up here," I told the group. "Linny and Agent 2, you two head over to the Coasters area and see if you can find his whereabouts." The two looked sour, but reluctantly agreed as they walked off. "Agent 1 and Gary, you two search around the Ferris Wheel and find any clues." the two nodded at each other and instantly darted off. That only left me and Roy to search around the Midway to find any leads.

"Roy, you're with me. Let's go search the Midway!"
"Yaoghiie?" he replied, completely unaware to the plan I just laid out.

We looked around the Midway. It was a simple straightway that had tons of buildings on the side. There were theaters, restaurants, carnival attractions, and such. Roy gave off a funny look, as if he knew the entire layout. "Heh. Disney," he chuckled. Before I could ask what he even meant by that, he instantly gushed down the road, taking out every Octarian within his sights. I decided to leave him to it while I looked for any leads of Cuttlefish.

I entered a building, filled with Octarians. The moment I pulled out my Splattershot, they all ran in terror. I managed to tackle one down, and lay the nozzle right near his face.

"If you don't want to be splatted, you better tell me where you're keeping Cuttlefish," I threatened him.
"I-I-I have no idea what you're talking about!" he panicked. I pressed the nozzle down his face even harder.
"Too bad, I guess that means a free splat for me. Hope you like ink."
"WAIT! If it'll make a difference, I can tell you where Octavio is!"
I eased my gun a bit, but made sure to keep my grip on him just right. "Who's this Octavio?"
"He's our leader! He knows everything, I swear!"
"Tell me where he is."
"I-I have no idea! But if you leave me alone, I'll give you this!"

As soon as I loosened my grip on him, he handed me a key. "That's the key to the secret passageways! Use it in the alleyways located between the arcade and the ice cream parlor!" I took the key and walked off, but just as I was about to step outside, a glob of purple ink barely grazed my ear. I turned around and saw the Octarian armed with his weapon.

"...But you'll never get to him! When the Octo-Elite Splatoon gets here, you'll be sorry you messed with me!" he said with a menacing tone.

I instantly aimed at him pulled the trigger.

"AW, CRA-"

I walked out the building with the keys in my hand. If I could access the passageways, I could probably meet up with this "Octavio" guy. Chances are he has Cuttlefish captive. I contacted the rest of the group to gather them at the alleyway.

"Hey gang, I got a lead!" I spoke out.
"Cool!" Linny piped up, "Where do we meet?"
"Meet up at the Midway, I think I know where he may be!"
"...Perhaps it vould be better to just give up right now, ja?" an unfamiliar voice called out.
"What the-"
"Ochtung!?"
"It's been a long vhile, Gary. Such pleasure to see you again, and much less pleasure to see Linkopf again."
"It's Linny!"
"Bah, hardly vorth remembering such selfish Inkly who can't make bold sacrifices."
"What are you doing? How did you hack into our communications?" Agent 2 asked.
"Got a lit' help from the research team, we did!" an all too familiar and annoying voice replied.
"Bill!" I growled.
"Wrongo, missy! It's Bob!"
"Does it sound like I care!?"
"Just kidding, I'm Bill."
"Stop screwing around, and let ME do the talking!" a female voice picked up.
"Who... Just who are you, hacking into our system?" I asked her, rather intimidated by how she got our line.
"Ah yes, allow me to introduce myself; my name is Octricia, head Octoling of the Octo-Elite Splatoon!"
"Octo-Elite Splatoon!?" Agent 1 replied in disgust, "Complete rip-off, girl! Not fresh!"
"I don't care what you think of our group. We've already gotten what we needed."
I was a little scared to ask, but I did so anyway, "What do you mean?"
"Tell me Lyra, have you been keeping tabs on your human friend?"

In an instant, my heart dropped.

"What the!? HOW DID YOU ALL GET HERE!?" I heard Linny scream.
"Linny? What's happening!?" Gary asked rather worried.
"We're surrounded!" Agent 2 replied, "We can't fi-"

Static was interfering with our conversation. I couldn't make out what any of them said.

"Lyr.. .he..re com...g f.r ..u! Do..t ..t the. ..rn.r y..!"
"L..a! L.r.! LY..."

A communications error has occurred.

This was bad. I lost all communications with the group, and now Roy's missing too! I needed to regroup as fast as possible. I made my way down the path and I've managed to locate Roy. When I saw him however, something was wrong with him. When I looked at his face, he was completely frozen! He had headphones attached to his head, and they were emitting a strange tune that seemed to keep him in some sort of trance!

"Surprised?" a voice called from behind. It was an Octoling, along with tons of Octarians surrounding me. "At first, I thought that this brainwashing tool was a rather crappy waste of time. But look at him now, unable to act on his own will! He is completely under our control! Who knew that this piece of junk actually did something for once?" The Octarians stepped in closer and closer, leaving little room for me and Roy. "You won't get away with this, Octricia!" I yelled, "Even if I go down, I'm sure the others will do just as fine!"

"You wish," she scoffed as she pulled out a Disruptor. She instantly shattered it all over me and Roy. Slowly, everything began fading to black.

"YYYooouuu wwwooonnn'ttt gggeeettt aaawwwaaayyy wwwiiittthhh ttthhhiiisss..."

Every part of my body was already going numb. The last thing I remembered was seeing Roy completely mind-controlled under the hypnotic headphones he had on.