The time is 6:25 in the evening at the Inkopolis university hospital was out in the hillside with the forest surrounding the perimeter; it's a private hospital after all. The members of Squidcom stand guard around the hospital, ready for the final battle with the Black Urchins. Clouds being forming in the sky as evening approaches, everyone's anxious to know how the final went, but most importantly, will they make it in time to defend the hospital.
Violet patrols the hallway, thinking about the doctor's words. "Even if you're evacuating the hospital, your friend must stay there. He is in critical condition at the moment, if you pull the plug, he will surely die."
Violet shuts her eyes in frustration, regretting the fact that Azule truly is at death's door, knowing full well that after today, there's a possibility that he still might die. No…trust your captain, your friend, family…trust that Azule can make it!
Saya arrives at the hospital entrance with her small army of 200 men; Tangie tenses up as she recognizes her. Saya walks over to Cobalt to exchange greetings, glaring at Tangie from the side.
"Ao…I see that you indeed have been with the Orange girl…is it not wise to simply leave her home so that she doesn't endanger her life?" trying her best to avoid eye contact with her; Tangie looks at Cobalt, wondering why he went to his family of all people for help.
"No…I want Tangie to be here. Simple as that." Responded Cobalt plainly, his eyes looked like they were possessed, ready to devour some souls.
"Well…it's just that with my services, having her would be unnecessary…" remarked Saya crossing her arms, being colder to Tangie; Tangie begins to get annoyed, knowing Saya quite well from her days at the orphanage.
"Saya, I believe you are terribly mistaken…Cobalt doesn't need your services, isn't that right Cobalt?" Hoping Cobalt would take her side.
Tension grows between the two girls as Cobalt focuses on the task presented in front of him. Saya's men surround the hospital, Saya Decides to stay at the front entrance and guard alongside Cobalt and Tangie.
20 minutes pass by, the Elites and Kidvel arrive with both teams silent. Sky tells everyone the result of the match and quickly switches gears. Sky, Pastelle and Pearl go inside the hospital to secure a proper spot to snipe and quickly join up with Violet. The rest go to the lobby, Sally switches spots with them, heading outside to Cobalt and the others.
"So it seems I'll be out here…" said Sally, immediately feeling the awkward tension from Saya and Tangie.
"Cool, this is Saya. She's my cousin…" pointing to Saya; Sally greets her.
"the plan is this: We're the outside defense of a heavy splatling and two sword users, inside-scattered on different floors are the four snipers, our melee team will be Reice, and the others along with Aaron and Taylor. Sky said to expect some reinforcements later too…" she explained, trying to figure out the reason why Tangie and Saya were glaring at each other.
The Sun sets as loud footsteps can be heard, no doubt-the battles about to start with signs of foot soldiers and ninjas beginning to faintly be seen; Everyone gets into position, the showdown with the Black Urchins.
An army of ninjas and grunts march through the forest, playing on loud drums to announce their arrival singing a chant of, "We show no fear, we show no mercy. Can you hear? this battle will be bloody?"
Cobalt unsheathes his katana blade, pure vengeance in his eyes, exhaling loudly as his opponent drew near. Kida Hayama, the leader of the Black Urchins came forward, he had the power of a hundred men and rumored on the streets to be the most power sword wielder in Inkopolis.
"No need for me to only face you…Cameron! I know you're up there guarding that boy! Come down here and be my first victim!" he yelled, unsheathing his sword and completely over looking Cobalt and Saya; his army had to be the entire Black Urchins, all of them were geared with guns.
Cameron opens the window, looking down at Kida, "I won't have any need to use my strength against you! I won't be your opponent for this battle!" yelled Cameron from Azule's window.
"Huh? The hell you saying..? No one here is worth my energy…" he detects a sniper and dodges out the way; the sniper strikes one of his grunts and blew up about 100 of his men on the spot.
Kida looks up, "who did that!?" shaking a fist in the air; Sky shows herself with her signature weapon, blowing a bubble with her bubblegum.
"Yo!" she yelled, making a "V" sign with her fingers.
"So the Midnight Sky…you're taking part in this battle! That's marvelous!" said Kida jubilantly; Sky sticks her tongue at him.
"It's the Sky Sniper to you, idiot! Now stay there and get blown to smithereens!" she yelled, taking aim.
Cobalt charges at Kida with immense speed, forcing Cobalt to block on instinct-exchanging looks with the angry samurai. Those red eyes…He's far too buried under his anger to defeat me…Kida breaks away from the locking of swords, taking a deep breath.
"Cobalt, I'm disappointed! You're supposed to be the calmest one here…" trying to calm down the angered inkling.
Cobalt rushes forward again, trying to jab Kida with his sword. Kida avoids each jab, predicting Cobalt's next attack. Cobalt takes a big swing, but Kida does a back flip to avoid it.
"Boys…attack these scrubs and seize the hospital! Kill if you have to! Leave the swordsmen to me!" ordered Kida; his men run forward.
"Oh no you don't!" said Sally, shooting them down with her Heavy Splatling, the gun had been specially modified to do more than splatting, now it could pierce through the body instead of simply splatting, although it's illegal to do so.
Tangie sprints forward, taking down every grunt in her range with her martial arts. Tangie had spent the last few weeks training in martial arts; she'd been a top martial artist at the orphanage until her sickness.
Aaron and the others rush out of the hospital lobby, overwhelming the grunts. Aaron and Taylor shoot down some grunts, Parker takes down his set of enemies, Reice defends the front doors-beating up anyone who came near him. Austin body slams some of the grunts; Nelson wrestles the guns away from other grunts. Explosions continue to fall as Sky takes more of the grunts down; luckily they couldn't be heard since they were quite far from any residencies or likewise.
Pastelle and Pearl release their shots, taking out grunts as well. Some grunts begin taking shots at Azule's hospital window, forcing Cameron to block all of them with his sword. Violet runs into the room to give Cameron some cover, neutralizing all the shooting grunts.
Unfortunately, The Black Urchins had the numbers to keep this battle going, forcing the battle to a test of endurance. Explosions continue as Sky takes down loads of grunts; everyone's making an effort to defend the hospital. Saya unsheathes her sword, joining in the fight between Kida and Cobalt. Saya leaps in the air and lands a scratch on Kida's face, something Cobalt couldn't do.
"So I have to fight two you now? Bring it on!" charged Kida with murderous intent in his eyes, pulling out another sword.
An hour goes by of this madness, casualties rise for the Black Urchins as more of their grunts die from the wounds suffered. But even so, Kida continues the battle selfishly wanting the head of Azule Royale. Kida continues his fierce fight with the two Tokugawas.
"I knew you samurai were ridiculously strong but come on!" he said sweating like a pig, it's very clear that the Black Urchins couldn't keep this up. One more crushing blow would end this for good, but sadly Kida would have to accept it, and he showed no signs of giving up.
"If you guys want this to end, you'll still need backup!" laughed Kida, using more force in his slashes.
The sky turns black as night falls, a certain duo of Octolings spring into the action, followed by a certain ninja led by his subordinates. Everyone turns their attention to the newcomers; Kida's face turns red with anger as he realizes the ninja and busty Octoling Princess.
"Fuchsia!" cheered Tangie, knocking out two grunts with one strong kick.
Sky breathes a sigh of relief, knowing that her tag team partner finally showed up, and with an unbelievable amount of reinforcements. Han came forward, unsheathing his sword and taking out a matching 3 shurikens.
"Dammit…now there's 4 of you!" yelled Kida in frustration as Han, Shiva, Cobalt and Saya surrounded him; Fuchsia ran inside to check on Azule as she let the rest of the ninja run free and take down the remaining hundred grunts.
"I'll kill you all!" screamed Kida, increasing his speed in his futile attacks; Shiva knocks him out with one blow from her gauntlet punch.
"The Octoling princess doesn't play…you're under arrest!" she said, taking out handcuffs with Sky coming down to retrieve him.
The mess was finally over! All of the Black Urchins bodies were recovered, Sky delivered Kida to the police and everyone spent the night at the hospital getting rest from the bloodshed that they just experienced.
The weekend arrives with the hospital filled with all the patients and staff that had evacuated. The hospital was cleaned up during the week to make sure no trace was left of the horrific battle. Everyone from Squidcom to Shiva were packed in Azule's room today, it was rumored that he might wake up.
Everyone's palms are sweaty-heart racing, ready for that boy to open his eyes and show everyone his clear Blue eyes that stayed hidden for the past month. Everyone had their flowers, presents and food ready for the celebration that should come as he wakes up.
Violet thinks about his handsome features, Fuchsia remembers his innocent smile he showed when they played basketball, Reice and Sally remember the savage comments he said at the orientation, Tangie and Cobalt remember the bravery he displayed against Spyke. Sky remembers the promise he made to her of winning his match against Cameron, Aaron remembers the resolve he showed when questioned if his team could win, Pastelle remembers the striking similarities between him and Verde-her deceased little brother, Shiva remembers the shyness he showed when they first met, and Parker remembers his clueless face on the first day of school. Everyone already had a favorite memory of him in the short time that they knew him.
Everyone begins to get anxious as his left foot begins to twitch a little, his head moving just a bit, he's almost there! He closes his fist and then releases, opening his mouth slightly!
He's waking up! They all thought with strong hope in their eyes you can do it Azule! Come back to us…come back to your family!
Azule slowly opens his eyes; the entire room erupts with cheers as the man of the hour finally beats the coma, he's back, he alive, he's returned! Everyone hugs each other, jumping for joy at the beautiful triumph of Azule's return. Beaming smiles brighten the room with the beautiful sunrise in the background through the window
Azule shakily takes the breathing mask off his face, looking around at all the people jumping for joy. Azule exhales faintly as he pushes up mouth-raising his eyebrow too, trying to understand the situation at hand.
"Who…are you people..?" he said bluntly; the cheering stops as everyone looks at Azule, stunned.
Sky came forward, "Zule? Don't you recognize us?" she asked with tears welling up; each member of Squidcom also began to have tears coming, having the terrible feeling fate become a reality in their mind.
Azule shakes his head no, "I'm sorry; I don't know any of you strangers…"
Sky falls to her knees, unable to hold back her tears any longer; Squidcom also break into tears. All the memories we made…they thought, each feeling their heart ripped away All of them are gone!
The room is dead silent, no one moves a muscle. Azule looks around at all the strangers staring at him with sad looks and hearing the hurtful cries from the people that were once his family. Although he survived the coma, it was pretty clear that the Azule that everyone had come to love was very much dead after all.