The spotlights, the atmosphere, the pressure, the final! This was the big event that many people were looking forward to. Yes, the martial arts tournament and the turf wars are the biggest events at the fall splatfest, but by no means did it lower the importance of the Track event. The Track event final was crucial in letting scouts know who'd be representing their countries in the Inklympics, and was also a very entertaining event to watch as the fastest girls in the country race at full speed to be crowned the fastest girl in Inkopolis, as well as help their team win the splatfest.

All Eight girls are introduced to the audience as the hype begins to increase, with many people beginning to gamble on who may be the victor at the end of the night: Bianca, Machi, or Sally? The three headliners who became known as the triple trouble after their insane victories and unstoppable performance in their respective heats, were finally about to share the same track.

Callie and Marie were discussing the top stories from the splatfest so far-as well as the main headlines of the event, which included: Team Trick grabbing the first victory of the festival, Bianca attempting to get payback at her adversary Machi in final, Machi looking to repeat for a third straight time as the winner of the final, newcomer Sally stealing the event from the two veterans…this event had so much to talk about!

The event would be the same as the heats, only more chain barriers and a bigger puddle of black ink awaiting them just before the home stretch. As everything settles down, the girls take their lanes. The loud and nervous beating hearts of all of them beat loudly as the audience is silenced. They all get in position as they wait for the starting mark, ready to swim to victory. Sally looks around the stadium, nervous and searching about for reassurance from her friends that she'd be fine; She spots Reice, who gave her an "OK" sign with the others all filing behind him waving hello to her before getting into their seats.

Sally smiles as she sees them all, don't worry everyone, this race is mine!

The girls dart forward into their ink as the airgun shot is fired; Bianca and Machi lead everyone as they enter their first turn with a set of chain barriers! Both Bianca and Machi are unreal in their disturbing pace, leaving everyone but Sally behind! They exit out the turn with only those three girls being at a competitive speed; the other five were too far behind to have a chance. The trio climbed over their first wall with ease, leaping over the chain barriers with precision in their timing.

"This is unbelievable! These three are showing us their absolute best right out the gate! We're almost a half of the way there as Bianca charges through to the second wall." Callie commented, getting out of her chair as her pick was out in the lead.

"One has to wonder if she'll be able to hold it though, she's neck-and-neck with my two girls…" Marie said, pointing a thumb at herself.

The three girls bulldoze past the second wall and the third wall, making a heavy push for the final wall and barriers and the dreadful Black ink; the crowd rises as the three reach the final turn, meeting the final set of barriers. If I can't take them on the main strip, then this corner will be my ticket to the lead! Sally thought as she approached her barrier, sitting in the third spot close behind the two leaders.

As they leap through the barriers, Sally begins to spurt on, cranking down more and more power as she surges to equal stance against Bianca and Machi. They make it to the fourth and final wall, after this giant wall stood one last obstacle before the finish! This is it! This is my chance to rewrite my failure! Bianca thought as she plowed her way up the vertical wall, inching ahead for the lead-dropping over the wall and darting for the Black ink that ruined her chance for the win two years back . Don't think I'll let you get away so easy! Machi thought as she closed ground on Bianca; they all arrive at the Black ink puddle.

The Black ink splatters everywhere as the girls furiously bolt through it! All three girls fight their way through the tumultuous obstacle as the finish line lies in their wait! Only this ink stood in the way of their goals, Revenge thought Bianca, three-peat thought Machi, one and done thought Sally; all three girls knew this was the first and last time that they'd have an opportunity to win the event in a manner of this drama. All three girls escape the sticky wrath of the Black ink and passionaltely dive into their ink once more-the finish line in sight! Inch and inch they get proceed as the crowd noise begins to rise as another exciting finish is about to occur! The three girls feel their hearts thump out their chest as they all leap across the finish line-a photo finish!

All three of them crash to the floor, completely exhausted. Callie and Marie are out of their seats screaming with excitement! Never before has there ever been a finish like that in any event in history!

"It's a tie! It's a tie!" leaped Callie, shaking Marie, who was doing the exact same action; the rest of the competitors finish.

The picture is displayed of the big screen for everyone to see for themselves who the victor was; the crowd gasped as they saw the photo-finish. It was indeed an actual tie! All three girls had their heads reach the finish line at the exact same time! For the first time in Inkling sports history, there was an actual tie! People were buzzing at the result, no one knew what to do…it's the first time something this crazy has ever happened. The crowd chants "Sudden Death" as they hand the competitors something to drink. Whispering can be heard by the Squid Sisters off the microphone as they speak with their committee on what should be done with the result, they all nod their heads with the same conclusion…a sudden death race between the three exhausted girls!