Chapter 25: Saero's Hidden Truth
Saero's view
I woke up, finding myself in the hospital again. After I sat up, I checked my body for any problems, but I seemed to be doing alright. Just then, I heard the door open. I turned to it to see Anni. "Hey, Saero.", Anni said. "Hey, Anni." I said back, "So, how did the mission turn out?" "We managed to capture that Octoling, Terano.", Anni said, "Kareo even showed up and helped us." "Kareo did?", I asked her. "Yep.", Anni said, "He recovered his memories like I did."
Just then a nurse walked into the room. "I see you're awake.", she said. "Yeah.", I said back, "I'm feel like I'm pretty much ready to head back to work." "I see.", the nurse said. "Did you get the results of the DNA test Nira asked for?", Anni asked. "DNA test?", I asked her. "We just finished testing it.", the nurse said, "We did in fact find traces of Octoling DNA in his system"
"O-Octoling DNA?!", I asked, surprised. "That's right.", the nurse said, "It was mixed with Yellow Inkling DNA." "That explains why he survived Terano's ink cannon.", Anni said. "B-But wait, how am I not a Hybrid?!", I asked, "Why do I still look like an Inkling?!" "Your Octoling DNA only accounted for five percent of your total DNA.", the nurse said, "It only affected your ink color and the length of your hair." "I-I see.", I said, surprised.
A few weeks later, I was standing by the train station of Inkopolis with Nira, Dorea, and Anni. "You know, we're going to miss you.", Nira said, "You're the first friend I ever had." "I know you will.", I said, "And I'm glad I met you. All of you." "I really had fun hanging out with you.", Dorea said, "And the missions we went on were a blast as well." "Yeah.", I said back, "And to think, if it weren't for you, I never would have become an agent of the Squidbeak Splatoon."
"Saero.", Anni said, catching my attention, "Will we meet again?" I paused for a moment before giving a small chuckle and nod. "Of course we will.", I said, "One day, we'll all meet again." "Yo red!", I heard a voice say. I then saw as Kareo, Nikka, Taera, and Tenno ran up to us. "What are you guys doing here?", I asked them. "We wanted to thank you for what you did back at that lab.", Kareo said. "We also wanted to see you off.", Nikka said. I then gave another small chuckle. "Good luck out there, Saero.", Kareo said, holding his hand out. "Thanks, Kareo.", I said as I grabbed his hand, "You too." I let go and walked onto the train, which shortly departed. 'We'll meet again.', I thought as I sat down, 'Eventually.'
*The End*