Arc 2 Chapter 11
Both squid sisters were flabbergasted at the sight of Cassie standing down the ramp after she had been missing for days without any contact. Marie and Callie were wide-eyed and speechless while Blake held his composure and turned his head so Cassie wouldn't be suspicious of his presence knowing she was the one who tried to apprehend him back in the alley.
"CASSIE! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN! ME, CALLIE AND GRAMPS HAVE BEEN WORRIED SICK! WHY DIDN'T YOU ANSWER YOUR DAMN PHONE! WHY DID YOU..." yelled a very agitated Marie when she was cut off by her cousin.
"Marie! What's it matter! She's safe and sound! That's all that matters," said Callie calming her cousin. She rushed down and pulled Cassie in a hug. "Cassie! I'm glad your ok!" shouted Callie.
"Ca...Callie...I can't... breathe," said Cassie getting squeezed by Callie.
"Ooopps...sorry Cass," apologized Callie as she let go of Cassie. Cassie gasped for air as she was bent over trying to catch her breath.
"(sigh) Cal, what am I going to do with you," said Marie as she shook her head.
As soon as Cassie got back her composure she faced Marie with an irritated glare. "I've been tied up with CAMPER AND HIS GANG! I COULDN'T CALL YOU IF I WANTED TO SO GET OFF MY BACK!" yelled Cassie in anger.
Marie was startled and moved back, away from Cassie as she was shocked by her outburst but chose to stay reserved and hear Cassie out even though she wanted to lay into her for her insubordination.
"Please you two stop yelling! Let's be glad that Cass is ok," pleaded Callie trying to cut down the tension.
Cassie started to calm down as well as Marie as she was rubbing her arm, feeling guilt for yelling at Cassie. "I'm glad you're ok too, Cass, and I'm sorry I yelled at you," apologized Marie to Cassie.
"I was trying to explain to you about my situation and yes Marie, I forgive you. I'm glad I escaped though but we gotta go back and free Izzy," said Cassie.
Just then Cassie noticed the hooded figure next to Marie and Callie. "Who are you?" asked Cassie with a demanding tone.
"It's...a long story He's...'" said Marie as she was cut off.
"Marie, don't tell her he's..." said a distressed Callie. Blake looked over and waved his arms to Marie to not reveal his identity.
"Cal, there's no one else around, now may be the best time to let Cassie know," said Marie.
"Know what?" asked Cassie raising an eyebrow.
"Cassie, please don't freak out to what you're about to see," said Marie with a serious look.
"Marie, what's going on?" said Cassie with concern.
"(sigh) Alright Blake, show her," ordered Marie.
"Marie, are you sure about this?" asked Callie.
"yes, Cal, we can't hide him from everyone forever," said Marie as she looked over to Blake nodding her head.
Blake nodded his head back and pulled over his hood and took off Callie's spare sunglasses.
"WAAAHHH! IT'S THAT CREATURE FROM THE UNDERPASS!" yelled Cassie in fear. She jumped back and aimed her weapon at Blake as he put out his hands to shield himself from the shot.
"CASSIE DON"T!" yelled Callie as she got in front of Cassie before she shot Blake. "He's our friend! Don't shoot him!" shouted Callie as she had her arms up shielding Blake.
"WHAT!? But he's the..." said a flabbergasted Cassie.
"She's right Cassie, lower your weapon. like I said it's a long story," said Marie.
The three of them gathered around with Blake away from the group relieved he didn't get shot by the inkling girl again like before. He watched the group as Cassie veered over to study him every so often with both curiosity and suspicion. Callie and Marie want over how they found Blake and how he was a squidbeak agent back in the day during the great turf war and what Blake had told them during his time with Cuttlefish. Cassie couldn't believe what she was hearing and was absolutely speechless of Blake's tales.
The group eventually broke off with Cassie walking over to Blake. Blake instinctively stepped back and had a worry-filled face unprepared for what Cassie was going to do. Cassie had a serious look on her face as she scanned Blake. Blake gulped and gave an awkward smile and wave hoping the inkling girl wouldn't hurt him. "(sigh) I'm sorry... that I shot at you back at Urchin Underpass," said Cassie half-apologetic.
"We asked her to apologize to you for shooting you, Blake and we went over what you and gramps told us," said Marie.
"yeah Blake, now we can all be friends and this misunderstanding can be settled," said Callie with a smile.
Cassie turned back to Blake who had a curious look on his face.
"So you're a real human, I don't think anyone has seen one alive before. I'm sorry I shot you, but you did hit me with that squid badge," said Cassie crossing her arms.
"Speaking of which, I honestly can't believe a human was in the squidbeak platoon, this is amazing, I mean how could a human be in the Squidbeak platoon. Your not even an inkling, you can't produce ink or squid form, how did you battle the octarians?" asked Cassie unable to contain her excitement.
"Well, I had no say so in the matter, Cuttlefish I guess you could say drafted me in the squidbeak, I really didn't want to fight the octarians even though they started the war in the first place," said Blake.
"Sorry to hear that, I'm glad you helped out the inklings though, I guess the war couldn't be averted. I'm still just fascinated that a human is the first squidbeak agent, I just have so many questions," said Cassie in utter shock.
"Ok, Agent 3 contain yourself and show some discipline in front of the first squidbeak agent," said Marie from a serious to slight smirk as she looked at Blake.
"(Sigh) that's not necessary Marie, after all, I'm not a squidbeak agent anymore, as far as I'm concerned," said Blake before he slowly shook his head.
"Of course you are Blake, just because Octavio stuffed you in that pod-thing and gramps thought you were dead doesn't exclude you out of the squidbeak squad," said Callie.
"Callie...I...I just don't feel like I should join the squidbeak squad, I mean I didn't want to be in it in the first place but that doesn't mean I wasn't going to stop helping Cuttlefish and the inklings. I was still obligated to do my duty which was to protect the Valley like Cuttlefish. your gramps was like a brother to me and being thrown back into that pod, I feared I would never see him again and I felt I failed the inklings and the valley. Some agent I turned out to be. I couldn't even save myself," said Blake as he downed his head.
"Blake, that's not your fault, you fought with great honor and valor. Gramps and the inklings owe you a lot for what you did. You did your best and that's all that matters. When anyone joins the squidbeak squad they know they are putting their lives on the line to protect Inkopolis from any threats and are willing to sacrifice themselves for the greater good, I say you done just that, Agent Zero," said Marie giving Blake a smile.
Callie and Cassie soon got beside Marie and smiled back at Blake as well. Blake just gave a long sigh and smiled back as it seemed the girls were wanting him to stay in the squidbeak squad and it appeared he had no say so in the matter.
"I guess this means I'm agent zero again, Alright you guys, I'm in," said Blake.
"Yay! Blake's a squidbeak agent again!" shouted Callie as she rushed toward Blake giving him a tight hug.
"Ca...Ca...Callie, you're squeezing my ribs," said Blake suffocating for air, surprised by Callie's strength.
"Oh my gosh, Blake! I'm sorry!" said Callie in distress as she let fo of Blake.
Blake gave a deep breath as he was kneeling down on the ground. "I thought (pant)I was gonna (pant) die for a minute, wow your strong!" said Blake catching his breath.
"You'll have to forgive Cal, Us inklings are all muscle, after all, she forgot humans have skeletons, she didn't mean to hurt you," said Marie.
"It's...ok, she didn't mean it," said Blake pressing his shoulder with his hand.
"Hey! not to break up your little moment, but we gotta go save Izzy from Camper!" shouted Cassie.
"Oh... right, let's go! Blake, you're gonna have to stay here, here are the keys to the studio, we'll be back," said Marie pulling her keys out.
"No, I'm going with you, It's me they're after, I'm sure of it after all, they tried to steal the cryopod I was in," said Blake.
"But, Blake I don't want them to catch you," said Callie in distress.
"I'll be fine, I'll stay out of sight unless y'all need me," said Blake.
"(sigh) Alright Blake, let's head out then, me and Cal already got our weapons and Cass has hers, Blake... you're not armed," said Marie with a concerned look.
"I'll be fine, I'll manage," said Blake reassuring Marie.
Marie gave a slight smile and then turned her head. "Alright, let's go," said Marie as the four of them left for Camper's hideout.
Izzy, Marina, Pearl were devising a plan to get past Camper's guards and make their way to free Cleo. Izzy had told Pearl and Marina that she had planned to make herself a distraction in order for the two of them to find Cleo hoping to lead the guards away in an attempt for them to recapture her before Camper made it back. "Are you sure this will work? what if you get caught before we find your friend?" asked Marina with uncertainty.
"I know it will work, I'll do my best not to get caught," said Izzy.
"you sure this is gonna work yo?" said Pearl who was getting a little loud.
"(shhhh) Pearl! Be quiet or we'll get caught," said Marina covering Pearl's mouth.
"Huh, who's there!" shouted the inkling as he heard Pearl.
The inkling walked toward the gang's direction as they were nervous as to what to do. Just then, Izzy had no choice but to jump out and direct the guard away and follow through with her plan. "Hey, squid! I bet chu' can't catch me!" shouted Izzy as she surprised the inkling guard. "Hey! It's that little twirp that escaped yesterday!" yelled the guard getting the attention of other guards.
Izzy squid formed and slithered away. "Hey get back here!" shouted the guard. He soon squid formed and chased after her along with three other guards. Izzy lured the guards away from the large room ahead while Marina and Pearl looked with shock.
Pearl shook her head as she grabbed Marina. "Alright, Rina let's go!" shouted Pearl as she had a hold of Marina directing her to move.
"I hope she'll be ok," said Marina as Pearl drug her to the next room.
Pearl and Marina ran into the large room the inklings were guarding. They looked around to see if they could find any trace of Izzy's friend. "Hey! Rina! Come here!" yelled Pearl startling Marina.
Marina turned toward Pearl who was studying a chair in the middle of the room. There were small puddles of purple ink around the chair.
Marina covered her mouth and slowly walked over to Pearl and the chair. "Wha...what happened? Is that?" pointed Marina with a horrified expression.
"Yeah, Rina, I'm not sure if her friend is..." panned Pearl as she was cut off by a terrified Marina. "Don't say that Pearl! She's gotta be here!" shouted a scared Marina.
"These sick squids, how could they do this to one of their own?" said an angered Pearl.
"Pearly...let's keep looking, I'm sure she's alive, we gotta find her and fast," said Marina as she placed her hand on Pearl's shoulder.
"(sigh) fine, but where do we even start?" asked Pearl.
"Let's check the surrounding rooms, maybe she's in one of them," said Marina as she rushed over to one of the rooms.
Pearl then gave a sigh and shook her head. She went over to the opposite side of the room and started checking the rooms like Marina.
Marina and Pearl went from room to room with no luck until Marina came across a locked door. Marina knocked on the door and could hear a faint voice on the other side. "Pearl! Their's someone in here! Give me a hand!" shouted Marina. Pearl rushed over toward Marina where the door was.
"Alright! Stand back Rina!" directed Pearl as she backed up away from the door in an attempt to charge and ram the door open. She hit the door and landed on her back dazed from the impact. "Huuuuhhhh..." moaned Pearl as she slowly sat up placing her hand on her head.
"Pearly! Are you ok!" asked Marina in shock.
"yeah...I'm fine...uuuhhh, my head," said Pearl as she was still feeling the recoil from the door.
"Pearl, I don't think you thought that through," said Marina trying not to giggle at Pearl.
"You got a better one!" said Pearl angrily seeing Marina was giggling at her.
"I'm sorry Pearly, I didn't mean to laugh at you it's just..." said Marina as she was cut off by Pearl's glare.
Marina gave a sigh and helped Pearl back up. As she contemplated how they could open the door.
Marina closed her eyes and bent down toward the lock. She pulled out an s-shaped hair clip and bent it to fit into the door lock. "Wait, isn't that the hair clip I gave you after we met at Mt. Nantai?" asked Pearl bewildered.
"Yeah, I'm glad you gave me it," said Marina as she was lockpicking the door.
"Rina? You sure that's gonna..." said Pearl as the lock clicked and Marina slowly opened the door.
Marina looked at Pearl with a snide look and Pearl just crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.
The two slowly walked in and saw a figure lying on the floor with their back turned. The room was dark so the two of them were extra cautious unsure if this was Izzy's friend or not. The figure appeared to be an inkling with long purple tentacles, It apparently was a female by the style of her tentacles. She had her arms crossed over toward shoulders and her legs bent. She had cuts and bruises all over her and had a pained expression on her face with tears in her closed eyes. The inkling had definitely been through a lot.
"Hey! Are you ok?!" shouted marina as she rushed over to the figure laying down. Marina shrugged the figure as she didn't respond. "C'mon, wake up!" shouted Marina.
The figure moaned and slowly opened her eyes. "huh? what's going (cough) on?" the female inkling said weakly.
"Pearly, she's alive, but she's injured. we gotta get her to a hospital fast," exclaimed Marina frantically.
"Who... are you? (cough)" asked the female inkling.
"I'm Marina and that's Pearl, We're Off the Hook," said Marina as she wanted to pose but knew was not the time.
"Off the hook? Wait? That...new pop duo?" asked the inkling trying to get her energy back.
The inkling's blurred vision came into focus as she sees Marina kneeling by her. Her eyes soon widened as she could not believe Marina was in front of her. "M...M...Marina? Pearl? wait, why are you (cough) here?!" asked the inkling as she clinched in pain trying to sit up.
"hold up, your hurt. We need to get you to a hospital, is your name Cleo?" asked Marina holding onto the inkling girl.
The inkling nodded and was still surprised by the appearance of Pearl and Marina. "How do you...know my name?" asked Cleo.
"Izzy told us about you two and how y'all got caught by Camper and his gang. She led us here to come and get you," explained Marina.
"wait, Izzy went to get you guys? Wh...where is Izzy?" asked Cleo with concern.
"She... lured the guards away... so we would come and get you," said Marina rubbing her arm in distress.
Cleo downed her head thankful that Izzy went for help but hoping that Izzy didn't jeopardize her life for hers. "Cleo...we gotta go before anyone shows up, and you're badly injured and looked like you lost quite a bit of ink," exclaimed marina.
Cleo looked back at Marina and nodded. "Th...Thanks you guys, I hope...Izzy's ok," said Cleo.
Cleo attempted to get up but she was very weak and Marina grabbed a hold of her before she fell back down on the floor. "Think nothing of it, I'm sure the squirt's fine, let's just ditch this place before any of those squids show back up yo," said Pearl.
The three of them made it out of the room with Marina holding Cleo's arm over her shoulder helping her walk even though she was badly hurt and weak.
"Just wait until I get a hold of that little..." said Camper bitterly as he was holding his gut from the blow Cassie gave him. Camper and some of his crew were walking back toward his base unable to find Cassie or the creature they've been looking for.
"What do we do now that the guys back at the base informed us about that purple headed gal that helped Cassie's little friend escape?" asked one of his crew members.
"I hated that we lost that little brat, but we got the one who helped her escape though, the sooner we find out who she is and who she's working for the better," said Camper.
"Sir, what about the octo rebels? They're still waiting for you to contact them, what do we say!?" asked the inkling concerned.
"I don't know! First her little friend now Cass, I'm goin' to splat both of them when I..." said Camper angrily as he was cut off by a burst of ink that shot in front of them. It was an octoling elite with a scar across her right eye even though you could make it out with her goggles on.
Camper jumped back landing on his butt while the inklings behind him were startled with their weapons drawn on the octoling.
"Shit, what now," said Camper recoiling from the hard landing. He got up and looked at the octoling uneasily. "great, what do you want?" asked Camper in a smug tone.
"Where's the subject?" asked the octoling elite brashly.
"(sigh) you see, we had captured an inkling named Cassie and she knew the whereabouts of the creature and we..." explained Camper as he was cut off by the elite.
"Just get to point!" shouted the elite harshly.
"We lost the agent and the creature, but it wasn't our fault! If it weren't for Cassie we would've..." continued Camper but was cut off again by an impatient elite.
"Excuses! Stupid ink stain! I should've never trusted you with something as simple as retrieving that metal pod from the institute," shouted a very angry elite.
"Hey! It wasn't that simple! How was supposed to know in the first place about that creature inside, what is that thing anyway and why is it so valuable to you octarians anyway?" asked Camper in an agitated tone as he was glaring at the octoling as she was glaring back behind her goggles.
"That's none of your concern inkstain, seems you couldn't have been entrusted with this job anyway, stupid inklings, I have no idea how you squids won the great turf war," said an irritated elite.
"You keep calling me inkstain and I'll splat you! right in the mouth!" yelled Camper angrily as he pointed his N-Zap at the octoling elite.
"Don't even try it! You'll be a puddle of ink before you even pull the trigger!" shouted the elite as a laser beam was pointed at Camper from an octosniper on the roof a building overlooking where they were at.
Camper slowly lowered his N-Zap and growled at the octoling elite.
"That's what I thought, you have one more chance to redeem yourself, squid," said the elite brashly.
Camper kept staring down the octoling elite with uncertainty on whether to trust the octoling or not. His crew was still ready for anything that the octoling might try staying mindful of the situation.
"We've caught wind that the new Octarian government is tracking the Octo rebel movements and has sent a detachment to spy on us and intercept all of our operations. We suspect that one of their operatives is posing as us and attempted to obtain the pod from you, I didn't think you dumb squids would ever suspect it though, so we've been keeping back waiting for your little mole to eventually come out," explained the octoling elite.
"That must've been that purple-headed brat that the guys captured, I knew I smelled a rat," said an angry Camper clenching his fist.
"Don't think she worked alone, she must be in contact with the operative, we need to head back to your base ASAP," demanded the elite.
"I'll handle this!" shouted Camper at the octoling elite.
The octoling elite didn't budge and just raised an eyebrow. "Hmpf, like you handled the other two," said the elite smuggly.
"Shut up octopus!" yelled Camper.
"Fine, but don't screw this up! Me and my team will still be providing overwatch once you reach your base, don't consider this a favor because it isn't, you still owe us squid!" said the elite harshly.
The octoling elite octo formed and shot out in the air out of sight with the octosniper disappearing too. Camper's crew members walked up to Camper who was brooding over the confrontation. "Sir? Are you sure we can trust her?" asked one of the inklings. "Yeah, I mean she's still an octoling," said another.
"We have no choice, let's just get back to the hideout and make our little birdie sing," said Camper as he and his gang rushed back to the hideout.
Cassie, the squid sisters, and Blake were rushing toward Camper's hideout in one of the rundown neighborhoods. The streets were empty and the buildings were vacant. Walls and dumpsters were riddled with graffiti and streets were littered with trash and debris.
"What is this place?" asked Blake.
"It's just an abandoned part of the city, no one knows why? Everyone just left all of a sudden," said Cassie.
"It's creepier than the plaza," exclaimed Blake.
"Yeah, how much longer until we get there?" asked a scarred Callie.
"Just a little longer if we could squid form then we would've done been there, but I know we can't leave Blake behind and get him lost," explained Cassie.
"Yeah, we don't want a human wandering around the city, talk about making the job harder," said Marie.
"Hey, before we get there, what do you suggest I do, since It's apparently me their after," asked Blake.
"I would suggest you stay out of sight, I know you wanna help Blake but you're too valuable, me and Callie would hate for you to get caught, we don't what their intentions are for you, I don't think gramps would want to lose you again, your practically family," said Marie with a slight smile.
"Awww, Marie that was a nice thing to say, I don't wanna lose Blake neither to those jerks," said Callie happily.
"ok, you guys, keep your minds on the mission, we're almost there," said Cassie with seriousness.
The four of them made it outside Camper's hideout watching the front doors in a side alley. They saw multiple inklings guarding the front door and the roof. "That's the place," said Cassie.
"How do you wanna do this Marie?" asked Cassie.
"If we do a frontal attack, Camper may getaway and we don't know how many inklings we'll be dealing with, not to mention their's only three of us not counting Blake," said Marie.
"So what do we do Marie?" asked Callie.
"Hmm... We should see if there's another way in and catch Camper by surprise," said Marie.
"I'll go scout out for another way in, Marie," said Cassie as she squid formed and went toward the side of the hideout undetected.
"Be careful, Agent," said Marie as Cassie left.
Cassie slithered in her squid form as she looked for any other way in the building. She eventually came across a storm drain beside the building and saw it sas possibly a way in. Cassie went down the drain and landed in an underground small tunnel. It was big enough for the four of them to crawl through. She decided to go further down the tunnel and see where it leads. When she reached the end it was blocked by a vent grate. She passed through in her squid form and slithered to the center of the basement.
It was cluttered with old wooden crates and barrels. She scanned the room and didn't see anyone inside. She walked toward a staircase that led upwards and she heard voices emanating from on top of the staircase. She decided to investigate and slowly walked upwards toward a doorway. When she reached the top she peered out of the corner of the doorway and saw a few inklings walk away chatting about turf matches. She decided that this would be the best way in and that the gang could probably sneak past the inklings while they too busy talking with one another.
Cassie squid formed and retraced her steps back out of the hideout and back to Blake and the squid sisters.
"Alright, agent, what did you find out?" asked Marie.
"Well, Agent 2, I found a storm grate going into a tunnel that leads down to a crawl space going into the basement. once there I went up a staircase going back up with a handful of inklings occupying the next room, I think we can sneak past them," reported Cassie.
"Good work Agent 3, that maybe our only option," said Marie.
"Alright, Agent 1 you ready to do this?" asked Marie to Callie.
"Yep, I'm ready," said Callie energetically.
"How bout' you, agent 0," asked Marie to Blake with a slight smirk.
"good I guess," said Blake giving Marie a displeasing look, but soon smiled.
"Ok let's do this and remember agent 0 to stay out of sight unless we absolutely need you," said Marie.
"Got it," said Blake.
The four of them made their way to the storm grate. Cassie, Marie, and Callie squid formed when they jumped in. Blake pulled up the grate and hopped in after them. Once in they crawled to the other end of the tunnel and made their way in the basement. Cassie led the three up the stairs and to the doorway. Cassie peered out of the corner again and saw no inklings.
"Huh, we're in luck, they're gone, we don't have to worry about sneaking past them, especially with Blake with us," said Cassie.
"That's good then, let's keep going, lead the way agent 3," said Marie.
The four of them walked into the large room and Cassie lead them down a hallway. They slowly walked down the hallway being cautious as not to run into any of Camper's gang. As the four were walking they heard voices coming towards them around the corner of another hallway.
"Oh crap!" said Cassie quietly.
"What do we do?" asked Callie as she panicked.
"Quick! Run into one of the rooms," ordered Marie.
The four of them frantically went to the closest door near them. "It's locked!" shouted Cassie.
"Mine too!" shouted Callie.
"So, is mine!" also Marie.
"This one's open, quick in here!" directed Blake as the group hurried into the room. The room was very small and appeared to be a cleaning closet. There was no light and the gang was stumbling among one another.
"Cal, your tentacles are in my face!" shouted Marie.
"Well, Marie is elbowing me!" shouted Cassie.
"Someone's, on my shoulders," moaned Blake.
"Shush!" They're getting closer!" directed Callie.
As the four of them tried to get situated they were losing their balance as they soon fell out of the closet and landed in front of the figures that were walking down the hallway.
"AAAHHH!" the gang shouted as they burst out of the doorway into a pile.
When the dust cleared and the gang tried to recollect themselves. Callie and Marie were rubbing their heads and moaned. (Gasp) CALLIE?!" yelled the figure. (Gasp) MARIE?!" yelled another figure. The girls turned their heads to see who called their names and when they saw the figures that called their names they went wide-eyed and speechless.
Izzy was slithering down a hallway on one of the upper floors toward the roof. She planned to squid jump off the building once she got to the roof in hopes to get away from the inklings chasing her and Rendevous with Pearl and Marina. The inklings were closing in on her as they yelled at her. One of the inklings in squid form attempted to pounce on Izzy but Izzy managed to speed up and avoid the squid.
"Almost there," said Izzy to herself as she had almost made it to the door to the roof. All of a sudden a squid jumped out of nowhere and blocked her way. Izzy scrambled as she attempted to stop but it was too late. The squid grabbed her and squeezed her. "Gotcha! Twirp!" yelled the squid snidely.
Izzy attempted to squirm free but it was futile. "Let go!" Izzy shouted.
"With pleasure!" replied the squid who had a hold of her. He flung against the wall and she fell down on the floor half dazed from the impact.
The inklings turned back to their bipedal form and grabbed Izzy still in her squid form.
"Looks like we got ourselves some calamari, time for her to join her friend," said the inkling with a sinister smile as he had a hold of Izzy.
The inklings made they're way back to the lower floor with Izzy being held. As they were walking down one of the hallways all of a sudden a shot had rung out and magenta-colored ink burst in front of them on the floor. The inklings jerked back from the ink burst almost getting struck. "What the!" shouted the inkling in the lead.
The inklings frantically looked around for the shooter. "Who fired that shot!?" yelled another inkling scared out of his wits.
Then in a split second, an octopus jumped out of the ink in front of them and tackled the lead inkling. "WAH!" shouted the inkling as he was thrown back into the rest of the group. The group stumbled and fell to the floor unsure what had just happened. The inklings turned in front of them and saw the small octopus jump up in the air and turn to her bipedal form. She had red tentacles and wore goggles like other octoling regulars as she stared down at the inkling group who was still in shock.
"What!? Hey! What's the big idea!" shouted the lead inkling still trying to recover from the tackle.
"Hey! Ain't she supposed to be with the octo rebels, why did she shoot at us!?" asked a bewildered inkling.
"I don't know, but I don't care! stupid octopus! you're gonna pay for tackling me to the floor!" jeered the tackled inkling.
Just then the octoling jumped and flipped up in the air. She had done a flying kick against an unprepared inkling that was behind the lead inkling knocking them back onto another inkling. The lead inkling whipped out his splattershot but it was knocked out of his hand and soon felt the octoling punch him in the face making him fly back from the hit. The three inklings were knocked out while the fourth inkling held a splattershot jr. to Izzy's squid form.
"Get back! Or I'll shoot! You and Her!" shouted the scared inkling holding the weapon up to the octoling then back to Izzy still unconscious in squid form.
The octoling just smirked and cut a flip in front of the inkling, landing right in front of the inkling. The Octoling pressed toward the inkling's face and yelled "BOO!"
"AAHHH! Don't splat me!" yelled the inkling as he dropped both Izzy and the weapon. he squid formed and fled down the hall out of sight.
"Wuss," said the octoling as she approached an unconscious Izzy. She picked her up and examined her. After a moment Izzy's eyes opened up. Her vision was blurry for a second but as her sight cleared up she could make out the figure that just saved her. "Huh? An...OCTOLING! AAAHHH!" shouted a panicked Izzy facing an octoling who had a hold of her.