In the last episode of Red Yoshi's Inkventures, Red and Abbie entered the shady Riverside Station. They are almost immediately attacked by a troop of Octarians, who they are able to best in battle. They continue their search, where Red finds a pair of Ultra Boots, allowing him to claim the second key to the elevator. Octowser is notified that they have gained access to the elevator, and are heading for him to claim the key to the basement, where the switch lies. Octowser sends his latest creations, the Octokoopas to defend the key from Red and Abbie. The upcoming battle is something you won't want to miss!
Red turned the key and obtained access to the elevator. "Here we go. What floor do you think the basement key will be on?"
"Where would anyone hide anything?" Abbie asked. "The top floor." Red nodded, pressing the button sent them shooting up in the elevator to the near top of the mountain. They stopped after about a minute of riding the elevator.
"Guess we're here." Red figured, as the doors slid open. Red exited first and turned right down the hallway to a large atrium. It was dark, but there were flashing lights seen in a room to their top-left.
"Well, well, well!" A voice looked them over. A large metal door slammed shut behind them, locking them in. "Look what the cat dragged in!" Octowser stepped forward, positioning himself on a high balcony straight ahead of them. "If it isn't my pal, Red Yoshi!" He snarled. "Hunting for Crystal Stars, friend? Well, you're not going to find it here, we've been searching here for a good few weeks now, and if we'd found it, we'd have it." Octowser's pupils moved quickly to his left and back to Red and Abbie. "Really, I'd take you both down myself, but my boys would rather have the honour of that. With that, I formally welcome you two to your demise! HA HA HAAAA!" He laughed very dramatically, before disappearing into the shadows. "Octokoopa Bros, have at them!" Four spiky magenta Koopa shells emerged from a large puddle of ink in the centre of the room. They all wore different colours, including red, black, yellow and green bandanas.
"So, this is the Red Yoshi, huh?" The Red Octokoopa stepped forward, presumably because of his position as the leader. "This is the guy that's kept us from opening the Thousand-Year Door? Wow, what a noob!"
"We can take this guy!" The Black Octokoopa proclaimed. The four mutated turtles had now surrounded Abbie and Red. "Even if he's got a buddy, there's two of them and four of us! We outnumber them good!"
"You got that right!" The Green Octokoopa agreed. "So, how we gonna take these clowns down?" He was looking them over from all angles.
"Why don't we just finish them up right here?" The Yellow Octokoopa suggested. "They're cornered, they can't fight back!"
"You sure about that?" Red asked, making both him and Abbie disappear.
"Hey!" Red Octokoopa realized. The four began to look all over for them. "Where'd they go?"
"We're right here!" Abbie emerged from the shadows, tackling the Green Octokoopa into a wall, jumping off of him and dropping another blow on the yellow one.
"Don't forget me!" Red struck the Black Octokoopa with a powerful Piercing Blow, sending him into the ink puddle.
"Finally!" The Red Octokoopa exclaimed. "An excuse to fight!" He disappeared into the ink to confuse Red.
"Oh?" Red asked. "That's it?" He swung his hammer over his head, before bringing it down hard into the ground, triggering a Quake Smash. The impact sent a wave of the obnoxious ink splashing everywhere, revealing the location of the Octokoopa.
"Uh-oh!" He realized he'd been uncovered. "Better juice!" He curled up in his shell, and dashed quickly into Red, doing a bit of damage. "How was that?" He turned to the others, and called an order. "Guys! Attack stack!" The Octokoopas stacked on top of each other, the Red Octokoopa at the top. "On my order- NOW!" The Octokoopas flew into Red and Abbie at random, catching them off guard.
"How you guys like that?" The Black Octokoopa taunted. "Hop on, the pain train's only just left the station!" He flew past them into the wall, ricocheting off of it with even more power, and rebounded off both Abbie and Red's backs, causing them to fall to their knees.
"Red?" Abbie asked.
"Stay strong!" Red urged. "Look for the key, I'll hold them off!" Red activated his wings, taking to the air. "GO!" Abbie nodded, running to a staircase to search for the key. "What else you boys got?" Red taunted.
"Oh, we've got plenty more, gramps!" The Yellow Octokoopa yelled to him. "Try this on for size!" He swerved around the arena in his shell, gathering all the magenta ink in a puddle again. He bounced in it a few times, before activating a super jump that he converted into an uppercut, knocking Red to the ground with a splash.
"I'll finish him!" The Green Octokoopa called, leaping into the air and delivering a vicious blow with his shell to Red, leaving in the ink puddle. "And you're OUT!" He laughed. "Black! You catch the girl?"
"Yeah!" The Black Octokoopa threw Abbie beside Red. "Red Octo called the boss already."
"This was too easy!" The Green Octokoopa laughed. "Wasn't even a challenge!" The Octokoopas began to high-five, not noticing Red activate an Inkstrike missile.
"What are you doing?" Abbie whispered.
"Filling this thing with smoke." Red explained, filling it with a thick haze from his gauntlet. He aimed it at the locked door. "When I fire this and the room fills with smoke, get to the bottom and activate the switch, okay?"
"What about you?" Abbie asked. "I'm not going to leave you here!"
"Abbie, I'm not discussing this!" Red whispered, angrily. "You guys have to get the Garnet Star, that's all that matters!" He finished filling the missile with smoke. "Guess you guys got us good!" Red yelled.
"Oh, yeah! You know it!" The Red Octokoopa rejoined his colleagues. "You got your Inkling behind whipped!" He continued laughing with his teammates.
"You know, there's an old saying about Inklings and being down, eh?" Red continued. "You guys heard it?"
The Octokoopa Bros. stopped immediately and gathered by Red. "No, we haven't How about you share it with us?"
"Fine." Red agreed. "Here it is." Red smacked the side of the missile, sending it flying into the door, filling the room with smoke. "Never count them out."
Abbie bolted out the big hole in the door, but she looked back. "RED!" She called, to little success.
"Let's get her!" One of the Octokoopas yelled, and Abbie bolted to the elevator, turned the basement key and was gone. The Green Octokoopa caught sight of the elevator door close.
"She's in the elevator! Let's go!"
"No!" The Red Octokoopa ordered. "We've got a surprise for her down there. Right now, we've got a present for Octowser." The Octokoopas gathered around the hapless Red. "Octowser will enjoy beating the ink out of you."
The Octokoopas stood outside the control room. Powerful punches could be heard, and groans from Red as he received them from Octowser. "You stupid, puny Inkling!" Octowser landed a punch right on Red's stomach. "Planting the Crystal Stars and the map on your slave!" He punched again, landing the hit on Red's chest, causing Red to spit out some inky blood. Octowser was infuriated. "What an idiotic thing to do! You already know that she's going to demolished by Octo Grubba, and still you decide to play the hero and put all your trust in some girl!" He punched him square on the face, leaving a bloody bruise. Red was too worn-out to even speak.
Octowser motioned for an Octoling to get back to work. "That's your problem, you little pain in the tentacle! You blindly trust anyone on your team! What's your thinking behind that? And yet, you still put your trust in someone who could be the Octoling double-agent!"
Red's head snapped up. "What?" His energy was suddenly restored when he said that. "That's ridiculous!"
"No, it's the truth." Octowser continued. "It's so secret, even I don't know who he or she is. Only Grodus and Dr. Phun have knowledge of this. And only Dr. Phun and I have knowledge of this little discussion we're having right now."
Red hung his head, and did not say a word. He let out a sigh of disbelief.
"What a puny little wimp!" Octo Grubba threw Abbie into a wall as he emerged from the elevator.
"You took her down?" The Red Octokoopa and the Bros. had met him on the ground floor.
"OOOO-EE!" Octo Grubba cheered. "This was easier than stealing the Gold Star! I men, look at her! A few hard blows from lefty and righty and she was out like a light!"
"Good, good." Octowser emerged from the elevator, tossing Red at the wall and staring a pile. "Did she manage to let the Smorgs out?"
"Nope, she didn't there, boss." Octo Grubba confirmed.
"Whatever." Octowser smiled, evilly. "Now, we roast these two alive. It was fun, but we now have the Crystal Stars and the map in my right hand, but the map is no use to us, seeing how we already have the Crystal Star." Octowser taunted. "I'll see you two in hell." He warmed up a powerful fire breath to take the Inklings' lives.
"You stop right there!" Gyanna had sidled up behind Octowser and was holding her Aerospray RG to his head. "You light them up, I'll fill your head with the deadliest ink ever." Octowser dropped the Crystal Stars and map, which were recovered by Paul.
"Eeeeeeeeh, Ma'an!" Robbie spotted Abbie and Red. "Get up, Ma'an! We've got work to do!" He helped them both up.
"Thanks, Robbie." Red thanked him. "Help me to the elevator. We've got them all up here, so we can go hit the switch now."
"I'll take Red down there." Aimee offered. "You guys watch these losers." This confused Red.
"What's the deal, Aimee?" Red asked. "Thought you were Zip Toad's lap dog now?"
"Real funny." Aimee rolled her eyes. "Zip Toad was actually that freak in a sheet Doopliss." She explained. "Sorry about being such a…"
"Traitor?" Red offered.
"…Yeah." Aimee admitted. "I'm real sorry about that. I mean, we're best friends, right? I shouldn't have done that."
"Save it." Red dismissed. "It's in the past, let's just worry about the future and the Thousand-Year Door. The elevator swung open to the basement. "There's the switch up there." Red pointed.
"Wait!" Aimee stopped Red. "What are these little monsters?" She pointed to the fluffy monsters. They looked like Fuzzies, except without the deranged teeth and eyes. Their eyes were narrow and yellow.
"SMOOOOOOORG!" A few yelled.
"I don't know, but they don't look friendly." Red agreed. "Let's send them packing!" Red pulled out his hammer and began to clear them out. After a few minutes of bashing and inking, the switch was revealed.
"Jackpot!" Aimee agreed. She rushed up to it and gave it a good pound, causing the ground to begin to shake. A rumbling was heard in the background.
"That should have done it." Red guessed, assuming that the rumbling was the bridge being lowered. "Let's go meet up with the group again." The elevator took them back up to ground level, and the group reunited.
"Bridge has been lowered!" Paul reported. "We can head off!"
"Good." Red confirmed. "Let's move, team. We're pulling out." The Inklings filed out of the station quickly.
"Octo Grubba." Octowser ordered. "Are the Smorgs still in the basement?"
"Nope, boss!" Octo Grubba confirmed. "They fell right into our trap!"
Octowser smirked. "This is pleasing." He remarked. Will strolled into the room, relaxed. "Where were you?" Octowser demanded answers. "We could have taken down the Red Yoshi and his dopey friends, but you didn't even show. Dr. Phun will be displeased."
"Relax, Octowser!" Will placed a hand on Octowser's shoulder, promptly removing it after a dirty look from Octowser. "There's still the return trip. They will bring us the Garnet Star from Mushroom City, and our double agent will present it to us, and then we will have all of the Crystal Stars. Show a little hope for him."
"Him?"
"You catch my drift?"
"The bridge has been lowered!" One of the Toads yelled. "ALL ABOARD!"
"Get on, passengers!" Pennington called. "Smashing work, Red!" He pulled Red aside. "You really came through, boy!"
"It wasn't all me, Pennington!" Red clarified. "If it weren't for my friends, I'd be a pile of ashes!"
Pennington pulled Red into him. "I heard what those Octo-fellows told you," he whispered. "I know that there's a double agent on the train. Red, we can't risk this. There are too many people aboard to risk lives. Find out who they are and get them off the train."
"Well, how do suggest I do that?" Red asked. "They're my friends! I can't exactly accuse them of being X-Nauts!"
"You'll figure it out." He patted him and entered the train, leaving Red outside. Red sighed.
"I really do wonder who it could be."