Chapter 11


Mint woke up to the crazy hysterics of laughter and threw on their equipment, rushing to the plaza and gasping. Tons, thousands of sanitized corpses being cleaned up by the salmonoids and salmonlings. "What happened here?!" They exclaimed.

"Yooo! It's Mint Leaf!" Tenta went up to her and grinned. "Like what we've done with the place? Looks so much better now!"

"What are you doing out here? You'll alert TarTar about our position!"

Boomer commented. "A little late for that."

They huffed, pinching the bridge of their nose. "We're not supposed to be pulling this sh-stuff..." They stumbled on their words, trying not to swear like Chili or Kira. "It's not right!"

"War's a dirty game. And it's also a good contest saying, 'This is gonna be you if you don't watch your shit.'"

"It's not what Kira wanted!" Mint retorted.

Tenta grabbed their chin and grinned, revealing their sharp incisors. "It's what I wanted~"

Mint gulped nervously and shook, sweating nervously. "B-But..."

"Listen, I know what I'm doing isn't right morally. But in the sense of war, I'm making the right call. I bet if Kira comes here, she'll be excited to have the city at last so that the people can return to their homes." Tenta explained. "So let's just see what the cap'n has ta say about it all and we'll act upon that. Kay Mint?"

Silence.

"I said..." She grabbed Mint by their shirt and spoke again. "Kay, Mint?"

"Y-yeah..." They yelped as they were dropped and they whimpered. "I- I understand..."

"Good, good. Now run along~ I got work ta do."

Mint straightened their clothes and headed back to the camp.

Trusting those salmon was such a bad idea... They're going against our demands and attacking the sanitized! If this continues, they'll over-run the city for sure.

BOOM! CRASH! BAM!

Up above, Mint screamed as Kira and TarTar were in the air, battling it out. Kira was stabbing at him and trying to disarm him, but was blasted back and thrown atop a mountain.

Kira coughed and shakily got up, eyeing TarTar with the intent to kill.

"Still inferior as ever, little squid." He cooed.

Kira raised her sword. "I'm ten times better than you'll ever be!" She summoned crystals and managed to land a few scratches, while the two duked it out, TarTar managed to lock her sword against his scepter and pressed the orb into her shoulder, making her howl in pain and biting his neck, where he screamed and let go, making Kira fall down and holding her shoulder as her wings were raised. "You fucker!.. Ack!"

He laughed maniacally. "Better see to it or else you'll be under my control sooner than you thought~!"

"I'll never bow to you!" She pierced his chest and he yowled in pain, growling.

"I'll be back!"

Mint rushed up to her and cradeled her injured body. "Kira! Are you okay!?"

"Just bandage me up and let me fuck him over!"

Mint shook their head. "No. You're going to the infirmary!"

"I refuse! I-" Kira immediately passed out in Mint's arms as they used their powers to make her relaxed.

"Infirmary. Now." They told her in a stern manner. The octoling carried her all the way to the infirmary and wrapped her up in gauze.

As Mint was about to leave, they were ambushed by two sanitized, they screamed and flailed, hoping to get free, but they were restrained long enough that they passed out and were dragged off.

Chili saw them and proceeded to approach and attack, but he was stopped short by a stun gun to the back and fell over, his vision blurring in and out.

"Get the injured one." Was all he heard before blacking out.

Akari tried fighting back, but was overpowered and taken as well, the sanitized leaving the camp with their prisoners in tow.


Kira groaned and sat up, her body heavy and head throbbing. The numbing sweet taste lingering in her mouth as her vision became clear. She was in a dungeon.

"N-No! No!" She ran up to the door but gagged and was pulled back. The cold iron pressed against her neck being a collar, with a chain attatched to the back. Her wrists were cuffed as well, their chains at the back of the wall. And her clothes swapped for the metro leather that smelled of heavy chemicals. She growled and pulled on her chains more, hoping they'd budge, but then she saw TarTar at the door, grinning like a mad-man. "Hello Kira. So nice to have you adorn in chains again."

"And it's nice to know you're still an ass... What do you want?"

"Just came to tell you about what's going to happen to your friends... You see, we thought about sanitizing them and decided not to since then, you wouldn't listen. But then my assistant came up with the best idea to just enslave the four of you!"

Kira roared and pulled on her chains. "I'd rather die than serve you!"

"Such a shame... Too bad Misery thought the same way.."

"What do you..?" Kira saw him holding her almost dead body and threw her in, Kira screaming bloody murder as tears poured out of her eyes as she stared at the mangled mess of skin and ink. "YOU FUCKING MONSTER!"

"And that will happen to your friends as well if you don't submit!"

Kira's eyes diverted to the three screens, each member dressed in leather and chains as they cried out for Kira, already wearing some nasty bruises. "Guys! No!" She gasped and shouted. Seeing the hooks on one of their rib-cages was Mint, who was screaming in pain as they hung there, a few inches off the ground and blood dripping onto the floor. "Please don't do this... PLEASE!"

"Let them go! Let them go now!" Kira begged.

"Their torment ends when you give in." He cooed.

Chili was having a substance poured onto his blotched arm, his screeches in pain echoed throughout his chamber as he struggled against his binds, his skin burning and his arm close to being severed off.

"You're hurting them! Please stop!" She sobbed.

Akari was crying in pain as she was being electrocuted and slowly being submerged in salt water. Her screams and sobs of agony piercing Kira's ears.

"Stop! STOP!" Kira cried as she struggled.

"Say it then! Say it now!" TarTar commanded.

"I surrender! I'm yours, you win!" Kira screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Good... You'll be here until you die." He laughed.

The trio of cephalopods have never screamed louder than they did at that very moment.


End of chapter