"Whaaaaaaaaat!?" yelled Sky to Azule; they were at Duncan's Donuts, Sky's eating a White marble donut and Azule's drinking an iced Coffee. Azule was explaining all the events that had happened
"Azule, what the hell?" she responded with complete shock,"Why did you get involved in this kind of mess, do you even know who the Black Urchins are? Even you can't take them on by yourself." She said, taking a bite out of her donut with an upset look.
"I know, my Martial arts aren't enough to take down a gang like them, but my mission here is to rescue my friends." Said Azule with determination, "I won't be alone or anything, Reice will be there, he has some experience with Squidjutsu and, Cobalt, we just met him but he's really good with a sword…" Sky stopped eating her donut and looked at Azule with Question
"Cobalt, Sword..?" interested, taking another bite of the donut.
"Do you know his last name?" squinting her eyes.
"No, I never asked him." he responds.
"Hair color?" closing her eyes shut.
"Cobalt blue, of course." drinking his iced coffee.
"Sis, do you know who he is?" He asked, putting the drink down and steepling his hands together.
Sky looked at him "yeah, I'm not sure if we're talking about the same one, but the one I encountered was a kid from the projects, he was a hit man for the Black urchins." Azule's face was in total shock.
"In fact, I'd say he's the reason they got so huge in turf and reputation since he assassinated many of the top kingpins in the underground, but I'm deeply in debt to him for what he did to me." Taking off her signature Sporty bobble hat and showing Azule the scar on her forehead, which were covered by her bangs. Azule was horrified to see that his sister had a scar like this.
"Why..?" he asked, with a concern, "why do you have a scar like that there, what were you doing there?" he demanded, slightly enraged by the sight of that scar.
"I can't tell you too much, and it really pains me that I can't, but for this scar I was battling some of the Black urchins and nearly died that day. He came out of nowhere and slashed me on my head during that fight, he claims he did it so that I wouldn't continue getting bombarded by their numbers and took me to a hospital far from there and even paid for my medical expenses. When I asked him why he went so far for me, he said he couldn't stand what the Black Urchins were doing but at the same time he had to take care of someone that was under his care, so he couldn't leave." Azule connected the story together with the Cobalt he just met.
"He said his name was Cobalt of the legendary samurai family: the Tokugawa's." she concluded, folding her arms.
"If it's him, will you be willing to help?" asks Azule; she's impressed with Azule's persistence for the hit man.
"I planned on helping from the beginning, you idiot." giving him a light karate chop on the head, "but I'll be bringing someone along with me, you guys will need some support if you're planning to take on a massive gang organization." grabbing her purse.
"Spyke said we have to be there by 7 pm."
"And of course we aren't going to pay back this Spyke guy, right?" looking at him for confirmation.
"Right, we're only going there to rescue the girls and get out of there."
"Cool, I'll meet up with you guys at the school entrance." giving him a fist bump and driving off in her car.
"Good thing she remembered to ask if I wanted a drop." he mumbled walking back to the dorm to meet up with Reice and Cobalt.
Sky brought Pearl with her; Pearl was a member from her team. She had platinum hued tentacles and wore them tied in a large bow on the left side with the ends wrapped around to the other side with purple tinges on the end of them; Azule and the others were waiting at the entrance of the school.
"Oho? We meet again Zule, I hear you and your friends are in quite a predicament with the urchins gang, of course I'll be helping you but in return you have to give me something as a reward…" she said giving a wink and blowing a kiss; Sky gave her an unbearable flick on the side of her head.
"Don't try anything lecherous on my little brother, I'll finish you." in a plain tone.
"Cobalt, do you remember me?" said Sky turning to him.
"Sorry, I'm afraid I don't recall you from anywhere…" responding politely; She frowns at him and then smirks.
"Tokugawa, Cobalt Tokugawa, the Midnight Samurai" speaking sharply towards him; Cobalt immediately drew his sword and rushes at sky at full speed. Although futile since Sky drew out her sidearm and had it aimed at his head before he could strike.
"How do you know my name?" with confusion.
Baffled by his response "you really don't remember?" lowering her gun; he shook his head no.
"Then I guess there's no point in trying to make you remember." putting her gun away; he sheathed his sword and placed it back in his carrying bag.
"Guys, do we have a plan on how we'll rescue the others?" asked Reice impatiently; everyone looks at Azule expecting him to lay down the plan, but his attention was elsewhere.
"Azule, Do have a plan?" Snapped Sky, "I thought you were the captain, what kind of captain can't even come up with a plan!?" lifting her eyebrow and yanking on his cheeks.
"Ouch sis, gimme a break here, I'm not used to a situation like this." trying to gain her empathy; She sighed and drew up a plan of how they'll attack.
"First Pearl and I will be on the roofs of nearby buildings sniping, Azule and Reice will brawl with the remaining grunts that aren't sniped and Cobalt will finish off Spyke and rescue the girls, should there be any time you guys are in a pinch, we'll come down to assist you and, if you don't reach in time take this…" handing the boys a gas bomb.
"Whoa! Aren't these illegal? I thought only military personnel were allowed these things…" inspected Reice.
"Well, what we're about to do isn't very legal either buddy" joked Pearl, putting on her military goggles.
"I am not very good at hand to hand combat!" declared Reice, sweating bullets; Pearl tossed him a Splattershot.
"Take this, you know how to program it to use your ink right?" handing one to Azule as well.
"But isn't it also illegal to be in possession of any kind of weapon outside of turf wars? Stalled Azule, trying to reject the gun; Pearl and Sky looked at him with clueless faces.
"Yeah, but we are given special permission." said Pearl.
"We're not supposed to tell them that." whispered Sky to Pearl.
"I can't tell you now but maybe sometime in the future I can tell you everything, for now just trust your big sister OK?" she said patting him on the head; They got in Pearls' Barracuda B25, a sedan modeled after the BMW 325i.
They all stood at a distance from Urchin underpass, this place was a popular area where Inklings would participate for turf wars in the daytime and even sometimes for a splatfest at night; but tonight, the urchins were running the place.
"Here, I had a couple of these so you guys can borrow them for this rescue." handing the boys little ear buds that allowed for communication between them; They all went to their locations and began the plan.
"I see two guards at the front…" notifies Reice looking through the binoculars, "we'll need Sky or Pearl to snipe them or else we'll risk getting caught with guards being all over the interior of the underpass!" turning to Azule.
"Got it." confirmed Sky, immediately, she snipes the two guards with precision; their face covered in sky blue ink; Cobalt whistled, impressed with her amazing ability. The three proceeded forward with Sky and Pearl behind them; Azule spots three guards in the side alleyway towards the left and Pearl mercilessly snipes the three guards without hesitation or before he could even say anything.
With a sadistic look on her face, "I'll take the left alley, Sky you can grab the one on the right. When we reach over by Spyke, I'll give you boys cover while Sky takes care of the right alleyway, you guys will handle the central plaza. I'll take care of whoever's on this side, wait for my signal when I reach close to the Central plaza." pointing to the central ramp to take cover while she deals with the guards nearby "Once I finish with the alleyway, it'll be time to show me if you guys are worth the trouble." swimming up the ramp and into the secret alley in her ink. "I'll join afterwards." through the ear bud.
Azule and the others waited, watching the guards on the corners drop one by one and hearing the ear rupturing splats of Pearl's custom Kelp splatterscope and the groans of urchins in pain. The boys spotted her, waving her hand to move forward and the boys began their attack. Cobalt zipped through the grunts slashing them all like paper, Azule dished out a flurry of punches and kicks, dodging all the urchins' attacks and countering them with his own. Reice shot down the remainder with the splattershot but by the time they finished, reinforcements arrived.
"Uraaagh" yelled Cobalt, knocking them unconscious and proceeding forward; Azule and Reice followed. They finally reached Spyke's location, he was by himself but he had a large knife with him; the girls sat on the floor with a bag over their head with their hands tied behind their back. "Tangie!" screamed Cobalt in anguish at the sight of her being held a hostage. His expression turned cold and sinister towards Spyke, gripping his blade even tighter.
"Oi love, I don't see my money or food anywhere, you didn't think I wouldn't be prepared for somefin like this now, did ya?" He said pulling out a gun to along with his knife and aiming at the girls.
"Don't hurt them!" Yelled Reice, Azule kept quiet slowly shifting away from them.
"I'll kill you on the spot if you dare harm one of those girls." said Cobalt calmly, going into a stance with his blade, ready to attack.
"First ya betray me-after all I did for ya, then ya run off my food and sell it eh? And now ya makin' a threat ta KILL ME!?" shouted Spyke, loading his gun and still aiming at the girls, specifically Tangie. Azule inched closer and closer to Spyke as he continued his attention on Cobalt. Suddenly out of nowhere, the gun got sniped out his hand; Sky came over the ear bud and said "you're welcome". Reice began shooting at Spyke, but he dodged all the Ink shot at him and blocked Cobalt's strike with his knife.
"Jus cus ya sum samurai's kid aint mean ya anything special" said Spyke, overpowering Cobalt; Azule was freeing the girls.
"I HATE YOU!" He screamed, powering back against him.
Azule gave him the thumbs up after freeing all the girls; the girls were in shock by the events that were unfolding before them. Reice continued his shooting, coming a little too close to the action; Spyke swiftly turned his direction to Reice and hit him with a slash to abdomen.
"AGHH!" screamed Reice in Agony; Sally ran over with tears in her eyes, "REICE!"
Cobalt lunged forward, trying to land a hit, but Spyke knocked the blade out his hand and stabbed him. Pearl shows up with her Splatterscope ready to end this mayhem, but when she looks over at Azule, she saw a dark look in his eyes and backed off and instead went over to aid the girls and Cobalt while Sally aided Reice; Azule sprinst toward Spyke, leaving Tangie and Violet to Pearl. Spyke turned toward Azule trying to jab him with the knife, but Azule was one step ahead and did a forward roll kick, knocking the knife out his hand; Sky showed up, witnessing everything. Azule grabs Spyke by the waist and performed a German Suplex; Spyke landed head first. Azule grabs the nearby sword and pinned Spyke down, with the sword right at Spyke's neck.
Spyke saw the murderous look in Azule's eye and began sweating in fear, "Oi love, if ya kill me, this place will become a war zone, faster than the Octarians can make it." looking at Sky and Pearl; they walked over and calmed Azule. Azule got up and walked over to the others, who were sitting against the wall, resting; they were stunned by what they just saw from Azule.
"Well Spyke, we hope you can send this message to your leader for us?" Sky aimed at his legs while Pearl pinned him down.
"OI OI, What ya think ya doin!" he screamed, struggling to break free.
"If you want a war with us, we'll finish you off without hesitation." blasting a round into his legs and then walking away; Spyke cries in anguish, grabbing both of his legs and scooting back.
"You'll pay for this!"-shouting- "And that Blue haired boy there will get the worse of it!" he added, waving a fist in the air; Sky and Pearl turned around and looked at him with a cold stare, sending his bright orange complexion into a freezing pale one
"Guys, can you do us a favor and not say anything about this?" asked Sky, tending to Reice and Cobalt's wounds.
"Yeah, we can't afford to get in trouble right now." Added Pearl; she'd been keeping her eye on Spyke from the moment they left
"Sure, we got you" said Azule.
"Are you sure you guys don't need a ride back?" pointed Pearl to the car.
"Nah, there's too many of us...and I think the others would prefer to walk back together anyways" looking back at his friends.
"I guess" shrugging her shoulders; Sky gave Azule a hug.
"Great job back there." she whispered, leaving with Pearl. Azule, Reice, Violet, Sally, Cobalt and Tangie all walked back to the dorm; no one said anything. Azule led the way back, stopping periodically, to let Cobalt and Reice rest; Sally and Tangie helped assist them. Azule stopped suddenly looking forward, adjusting his hat.
"Cobalt...Tangie" calling them, they looked up at him.
"Yeah?" said Tangie, holding Cobalt up.
"Are you guys interested in joining any clubs?" he asked, still looking ahead; Sally, Reice, and Violet had a sneaky idea what Azule might be up to.
"No, not really…" responded Tangie, unsure why he was asking them this all of a sudden.
"After everything that's gone down today, I feel like there's something special about the six of us…" turning around to look at them, "I feel like it's only right to ask you two, will you join my splat club? I believe the six of us should all be together…" with a sparkling look in his eye; Tangie didn't know what say.
"I'll join…" Struggled Cobalt, "I'll join this club, I'm forever in your debt." with more resolve; Azule grinned and looked at Tangie.
"Will you join us? This club isn't a normal one, as we grow through our experiences; we become closer like a family. I want you to be a part of that family." with wisdom, "What do you say? Will you be our 6th member?" holding out his hand
She looked at the others, who all gave her an encouraging look, "Sure, count me in." shaking his hand. From the this night, the club had been formed with their six members: Azule, Reice, Sally, Violet, Cobalt and Tangie.
