It was a lovely day in Inkopolis. The sun was shining, the flowers were blooming, and Army was in a good mood. He strolled down the outskirts of Inkopolis, whistling softly. He was alone, and perfect prey for someone…

Keep it quiet, a small inkling, lying in wait in a bush, thought to herself. Then just do it.

Army heard small snaps from behind him. He looked over his shoulder with a look of confusion. However, there was nothing. He shrugged it off and kept walking.

That was a close one. The inkling thought. Ready… Now!

She leapt out of the bush. Army whipped around, only to have a blindfold thrown over his eyes. He reached for his N-ZAP '85, only to realize he didn't bring it with him. An elbow clasped over his throat, choking him and cutting off his vocal cords. Soon he fell unconscious.

The inkling wrapped a rope around Army. She dragged him away, leaving only his Special Forces Beret.

"Arrrmy!"

Goggles was searching for Army. It had been three days since his disappearance. The Police had only found his beret. No ink. No clues. Nothing. In this time, RIder had also gone missing. However, Goggles and most other inklings didn't know that yet.

Goggles and Team Blue, who consisted of Goggles, Bobble Hat, Headphones and Specs. They dragged the members of the S4 Skull, Aloha and Mask with them. True, the S4 were concerned of Army's disappearance, as he was a member of the S4 too, they didn't want to look for him. Anyway, Eight also came to search for "Captain Curry", as he knew Army as. (Seriously, Eight LOVES Army's curry.)

"Hyuk. At this rate, we'll never find him." Mask remarked. He let out a small "hyuk" because he had hay fever, but is mostly fine due to the mask.

"Why don't we split up?" Headphones suggested.

Aloha chuckled softly. "Why not?" He shrugged.

Everyone split off on their own, sweeping the area thoroughly. Everything was going well, until everyone heard a muffled scream, a small coughing fit, and then gurgling noises. It was quickly cut off abruptly, but everyone (even the S4 members) freaked out inside their heads. Goggles yelled, "Is everyone alright?"

They quickly grouped up together again. "Um, is everybody here?" Headphones asked nervously.

"Let's do attendance!" Bobble Hat suggested.

"Okay! I'll do it!" Goggles quickly volunteered.

"Specs!"

"Here."

"Headphones!"

"Here."

"Bobble Hat!"

"Here!"

"Army - er, Aloha!"

"Here! "

"Skull!"

"What?" He quickly looked up. Everyone laughed. "Still a funny man!" Bobble Hat cooed.

"Anyway… Mask!"

"..."

Goggles looked around, confused. He counted in his head, then again and again.

"M-Mask?"

Nothing.

"MASK!"