Tuesday Jul 21, 2021
Dear Diary,
My head hurts, in the distance I could hear Marie calling my name. I tried to answer but I couldn't. Everything is pitch black. Suddenly, colors of pink and green fly by me. Marie continues to call my name. I run faster but I can't move. I wake up, It was just a dream. Just a dream. Still keeping my eyes closed, breathing hard, I try to focus. HOLY CARP! I have to get the Octolings today. I open my eyes to get ready for my mission. Marie and Cuttlefish are probably wondering where I am, but when I open my eyes, Marie's in my room, her hair is down.
"Hey," she says handing me a glass of water "You're up".
She has baggy eyes, looks like she hasn't gotten much sleep. I drink some water.
"Thanks" I say. "You ready to fight the Octarians?"
Her face turns into a grimace, "Cal, we already fought them." "What?" I say.
"It's Tuesday Jul 21" she replies picking up her phone. Sure enough the date on her phone confirms it.
"What happened? I can't remember the last few days." I say. She walks over and pats my head.
"That hurts," I say, rubbing the spot.
Marie smirks "Oops, sorry." She sighs "When we went looking for the Octolings everything was going as planned, we met them when they were about two days away from Splatsville, but they were too powerful. They had all their machines, weapons, and best warriors with them. It was too much for us. You got a hit in the head and we were getting beaten so we went back to base."
She looked sad, "in two days they will reach Splatsville and I am not sure there is anything we can do about it."
She stood up "Get some rest, see you tomorrow."
It took me a while to fall asleep. Octolings near Splatsville, and there was nothing we could do about it? How are we going to fix this?