Arc 2 Chapter 17
Blake dashed inside a locker in the room he and Loppy had hidden in. He closed the locker and peered out of the vent holes to see who was coming in. The door opened and two inklings stormed in with their weapons drawn as they scanned the room. They looked around as they searched the room for the human. "Alright, I know I heard something," said one of the inklings.
Loppy was rushing to get her clothes back on as she bumped into a paint can knocking it off the crate. "Who's there!?" shouted the inkling.
It sounded like it came from over there!" shouted the other inkling pointing to where Loppy was hiding.
The inklings closed in on the pile of crates as Loppy nervously covered her mouth. she kneeled down trying to hide hoping that she wasn't discovered. The inklings were just about over the create as Blake watched the inklings, He was wanting to act. Loppy would soon be discovered and he felt sympathy for the inkling gal. So he decided he had no choice to reveal himself seeing that he would eventually be found but he didn't want Loppy to get in trouble.
Blake went to open the locker only for the door to jam. He punched and elbowed the door getting the inklings attention. The door finally came open and Blake fell down on the floor. He looked up and saw the two inklings have their ink guns drawn on him.
"Look at what have here," sneered one inkling with his ink gun pointed at Blake's face.
"Well Camper will be glad to hear about this, speaking of Camper, where's Loppy, if Camper hears you've done something with her, you're gonna be sorry!" said the other inkling.
"Let's get this human back to the boss, alright fossil let's go! So don't try anything!" shouted the inkling grabbing Blake with the other one jabbing Blake in the back with his weapon.
"No, Blake!" shouted Loppy quietly as she watched the inklings apprehend him from behind the crates. Loppy dashed out from behind the cover revealing herself to the two inklings dragging Blake out the door.
"Stop! Don't hurt him! I'm right here, he didn't take me!" explained Loppy to the two.
Loppy!? What do you mean?" asked the confused inkling.
I'm the one you knocked out Butch, I took the human and hid him away from Camper, This isn't right, Camper shouldn't give the human to those octarians!" exclaimed Loppy concerned over Blake. The inklings were utterly shocked by the revelation and felt indifferent toward her input while Blake had felt sympathy for the inkling.
"Why do you care?" asked one of the inklings.
"Yeah, and wait until Camper hears about this! You better come with us too!" commanded the other inkling.
Loppy slowly walked up to the two with her hands up and their ink guns drawn on her. All of a sudden she rushed and kicked the ink gun out of one of the inkling's hands, knocking it across the room. She then kicked him down on the floor. The other inkling let go of Blake and grabbed Loppy from behind.
"Blake run for it!" shouted Loppy as the other inkling had a hold of her.
Blake nodded and ran out the door down a corridor away from the group. "Dammit!" jeered the inkling that had a hold of Loppy.
The other inkling sat up and rubbed his head gritting his teeth. He looked back at Loppy with a glare and got up. He gave her a hard slap causing her to lose some resistance as she yelped from the slap. "You little squid! Camper will deal with you after he's heard what you did," he exclaimed to Loppy as he put his finger in her face.
"Take her to Camper! I'll go after the human!" shouted the inkling. He squid formed and chased after Blake while the other one drug Loppy out of the room and back onto the deck to face Camper.
Blake ran to the end of the corridor and came across another door. He opened it and ran inside locking the door behind him. The room appeared to be the communications hub with a radio on the otherside of the room. He ran over and studied the equipment. he saw what appeared to be a microphone hooked up to a radio channel scanner and he sat down and pressed the button on the side of it.
A square-shaped light display came that said recording when Blake pressed the button. "Hopefully I can get a hold of someone," said Blake.
He cleared his throat and grabbed the microphone close to his mouth and he began his message.
"Mayday! Mayday! This is the Saltspray Rig! Come In!" said Blake.
The inkling swam down the corridor until he arrived at the radio room which Blake locked behind him. The inkling changed forms and turned the knob, it was locked and he banged on the door. "Hey Human! Open this door and I won't break every bone in your body!" shouted the inkling as he continued to bang on the door.
Blake looked over to the door and started to panic as he put out another message.
"Please anyone hearing this send help!" exclaimed Blake.
The inkling got agitated and decided to run back away from the door. He got a running start toward the door and squid formed before he tackled the door down gaining access to the room.
Blake attempted to put out another quick message as the inkling got up and rushed Blake from the doorway.
"This is a recorded message! Hurry! Blake out!" shouted Blake as he got punched in the face by the angry inkling and fell down on the floor. The inkling then proceeded to kick Blake in the gut as Blake coughed up blood. He looked up at the pissed inkling and his vision got blurry.
Marie and Callie were waiting on Cassie to get to the wharf as they were ready to leave. Callie was sitting in the boat looking at her cousin. "Marie? You think Cass will get here soon?" asked Callie.
"I hope so Cal, we need to leave as soon as possible, I just hope it's not too late," said Marie.
Just then the two of them spotted a lime green squid heading toward the pier. She shifted back to her humanoid form with her agent gear on and her hero shot. "I'm here!" she exclaimed. "So what's going on!?" she asked anxiously.
"We believe Blake's in trouble. He sent a distress call from the Saltspray Rig on the radio at Cuttlefish's shack. We're going to head to the rig and rescue him," explained Marie.
"We're never gonna get there fast enough in this thing! Their's no other way to get to the Saltspray Rig?" asked Cassie as she looked at Cuttlefish's boat.
"I'm afraid not, It's our only option, let's just hope it can even get us to the rig, now get on, Cass," directed Marie.
Cass jumped on the boat shaking it with Callie fidgeting around startled from the boat moving. "Hey! Watch it!" she shouted. "sorry, Cal, I can't help this thing is little," said Cassie.
"Alright you two, ready?" asked Marie as she untied the rope from the wharf. They both looked at her and nodded. You could tell they were fearful of the journey as inklings couldn't swim and as a result, they would splat if they dove off into the water. Callie crossed her arms between her legs and Cassie nervously looked around for any leaks.
"Alright (deep breath), here we go," said Marie as she climbed in the boat rocking it. "ahhh! Marie don't do that!" shouted a panicked Callie. "Whoops, my bad Cal," apologized Marie.
The three started to leave the pier on Cuttlefish's dinghy when they saw an inkling run up on the pier waving at them. It was Izzy shouting and waving at them at the end of the dock. "Izzy?!" exclaimed Cassie in surprise.
"Cass!" she yelled waving at the three of them.
"Izzy what are you doing here?!" exclaimed Cassie looking back at Izzy.
"I wanted to wish you the best of luck on your agent mission! Please make it back!" shouted Izzy as she waved at the three of them.
Marie looked at Cassie with indignation. "So I'm assuming you told Izzy about the squidbeak squad and that you're an agent," said Marie with her arms crossed annoyed at Cassie.
"Marie, I'm sorry but back at the hideout, I didn't know what else to tell her," explained Cassie defending herself.
"(sigh) I guess she would've found out eventually," said Marie shaking her head. "Well, you didn't tell her about Blake did you?" asked Marie still annoyed.
"No, Marie! She doesn't know about Blake!" shouted Cassie getting annoyed herself.
"Well good! I wouldn't want anyone else to find out about him. I hate to know how Inkopolis would react if they found out a human has been alive all this time, I don't think anyone is ready to find out about him, He could be taken away by the authorities and we would never see him again. Gramps would kill us if that happened," said Marie with concern.
Cassie turned her head and looked down on the floor of the boat. Callie was looking at her with sympathy wishing her cousin wasn't so hard on her.
Cassie was stuck in thought as Marie directed the motor of the boat as the three of them slowly made it out further in the bay. Callie was freezing in fear being that far out from land as Marie tried to suppress her fear focusing on getting to the Saltspray Rig.
Cassie was recanting the evening when they left Camper's hideout getting Cleo to safety. When they left she and Izzy headed back to the apartment. The two remained quiet on their way there with Izzy having thoughts running through her mind about Cassie and the events that unfolded. They made their way to Cassie's apartment on the upper floors and went inside. Cassie laid her hero shot down and made her way to the fridge to grab a soda. Izzy just looked at Cassie with concern and wasn't sure what to say.
Cassie looked back at Izzy and gave a sigh. "I guess you're wondering what's going on," said Cassie. Izzy just stared at Cassie and nodded her head.
"(sigh) I'm... an agent for the squidbeak squad," said Cassie.
"Agent? Squidbeak Squad?" uttered a confused Izzy.
"We're a group of inklings that have made a vow to protect the city and everyone in from anything that threatens it. I'm the one who brought the great zapfish back from Octavio and the octarians," explained Cassie.
"I... heard about that, but no one knew who or why the great zapfish went missing. That was you?" asked Izzy with a look of shock.
"Yeah, but we're sworn to keep our agency and identities a secret. I just violated that oath telling you all this but I knew you wanted an explanation and I couldn't keep it a secret forever," said Cassie with remorse bending her head down.
Izzy walked over to Cassie placing her hand on her shoulder. "Cass I...I think that's...AWESOME! yelled Izzy jumping up with her fist in the air with excitement.
"Huh?" said Cassie with confusion.
"A secret agent! That's so FRESH!" shouted Izzy.
"really? I thought you might have been... I don't know... worried or something," said Cassie relieved by Izzy's reaction.
"What! No way! I think finding out you're a squidbeak agent is cool! How did you join? What's it like?" asked an anxious Izzy.
"Whoa, Izzy! slow down! It's not as cool and exciting as you think it is, It's dangerous and I fought a lot of Octarians getting the zapfish back as well as facing up against Octavio. It wasn't easy, to say the least. I joined soon after I lost the splat tournament match and broke up with Ross or should I say Camper. I didn't know what I was getting into but I had a job to do and the inklings needed the zapfish back," said Cassie.
"You're the one that got the great zapfish back! And you stopped Octavio!" shouted Izzy with overexcitement.
"Well with some help from the other agents," said Cassie blushing and rubbing the back of her head.
"I wanna ba an agent, Cass! How do I join?! Please! Pretty please Cass!" said a pleading Izzy with puppy-dog eyes.
"What?! Izzy no! It's too dangerous and besides, you've haven't even been in turf war match," said a critical Cassie who displeased that Izzy would want to even join.
"But Cass..." started Izzy only to be cut off. "No buts, I don't want you getting killed Izzy,It's way to dangerous and I couldn't bear losing you, you just came to Inkopolis and haven't even competed in a turf match yet, how are you gonna make it doing fieldwork for the squidbeak squad if a threat arises again, then what!" said Cassie with concern as she gave a long sigh.
Izzy laid her head down in disappointment. "You're... right, Cass... what was I thinking..." said Izzy depressingly.
Cassie rubbed her arm and turned her head feeling remorse about the conversation but she didn't want something to happen to her best friend. Cassie looked back at Izzy who still had her head down and walked over to her.
"Izzy I... don't want anything to happen to you, It's just you've been my only friend lately and I... couldn't live with myself if you got killed. I know it sounds exciting and all but it's very serious and dangerous, I'm fortunate to make it back from retrieving the great zapfish, I was terrified that I wouldn't see my friends or family ever again," explained Casie consoling Izzy.
"I know, I just thought... I wanted to be an agent like you, we could do missions together and watch each other's backs," said Izzy looking up at Cassie.
Cassie gave Izzy a smile and hugged her. "well how about this, focus on training and competing in the turf war games, then maybe you could join the squidbeak squad, ok," said Cassie.
"ok then, thanks Cass, I'll do my best at the turf matches and then I can be an honorary squidbeak agent!" shouted Izzy with confidence as she hugged back Cassie.
Izzy let go of Cassie and gave her a toothy smile. "Well, speaking of which, I gotta run and meet up with the other squidbeak agents. I'll be back Izzy. And another I wanted to ask before I leave. I know today has been exhilarating and I'm still sorry about Camper and all but would you like to go to the square opening and see Off the Hook play? asked Cassie rubbing her arm.
"You know I would!" shouted Izzy as she jumped in the air.
"Alright then, As soon as I get back we'll head to the square," said Cassie as she was walking out the door.
"Ok Cass, see you back!" shouted Izzy as she waved at Cassie going out the door.
Blake felt a sharp pain in his stomach from the kick that inkling gave him back in the radio room. He was half consciense looking around with his vision blurred. He was being dragged back to the main deck to face Camper and the elite. The inkling shoved him down and he looked up and saw Camper giving him a death stare. Loppy was being restrained by the inkling that had her back at the room with a red handprint on her face from when she was slapped.
"Your little game of hide and seek is over fossil. What I understand is you sent out a distress call on the radio. It doesn't matter, we'll be long gone before anyone decides to come and rescue you. Your fortunate the octo rebels want your ass or I'd drop you in the water and feed you to the sharks," jeered Camper.
Camper looked back at Loppy and walked over to her. "And as for you, I outta turn you into a puddle of ink for even helping the fossil, I thought you were better than that babe, it's too bad," said Camper.
"Camper please don't! It's just I... felt bad for him, He's the last of his kind. He doesn't deserve this! You don't know what those octarians are goin' to do to him," exclaimed Loppy.
"do I flippin' care, and why should you? he's a human, a fossil, he doesn't belong here anyway, he outta be like that fossil back in the Institute," said Camper insensitivity.
"He's not a fossil! He's a person! And he could've been a better boyfriend than you!" shouted Loppy.
"What! You would go out with this... HUMAN! That's disgusting! I can't believe I would hook up with a squid like you, get her outta here. I'll deal with her later!" shouted Camper as Loppy got taken away by the inkling.
Camper glared back at Blake and then looked back at the rebel leader. "Take him! Before I change my mind and throw him overboard! I just want the rest of my payment!" demanded Camper.
"Very well squid, he's the rest of your payment," said the elite as an octoling walked over and gave Camper a briefcase.
"Alright, restrain the human," ordered the elite as her two guards walked over and placed cuffs on Blake's hands. They got Blake up and guided him over to their leader. "Well, you've made things more difficult than they should've been but I do love a challenge," said the elite looking over Blake while being held by her two guards.
Blake just glared at her and gave a sigh. "So, should I ask what you plan on doing with me?' asked Blake with a displeased tone.
"You'll find out soon enough, then after that, I can't guarantee I'll keep you alive or not, it all depends how useful you are," said the elite snidely.
Blake looked down and was unsure what his fate would be with the octarians. "Now get the human loaded up in the sub and..." ordered the elite as she was cut off by one of the octoling soldiers.
"Major! We have company!" shouted the octoling as he pointed to an approaching octozeppelin.
"It's the octarian army! To your battle stations!" shouted the elite.
The octo rebels scrambled behind cover and got ready to attack the zeppelin when it got close enough. Camper and his gang panicked as they were frozen in fear unsure what to do.
"Camper what do we do?" shouted butch holding Loppy.
"Shit! Let the octopi deal with their own, we got the money! Gather up the guys and let's get the squid outta here!" exclaimed Camper as he headed back down to the boat with butch gathering up the rest of the crew to escape.
As the inklings squid formed and headed toward the boat the octozeppelin was within range of the rebels. "Fire! Shoot down that ship before the octolings jump on the rig!" barked the elite.
The rebels fired at the octozeppelin but was doing little damage until the bay opened on the ship and octopi could be seen jumping out and landing torward the rig below. "Shoot! Shoot the octolings!" shouted a octoling rebel.
The octoling unit managed to make it onboard the rig with no casualties as one last octopus jumped out as the octozeppelin banked and steering away from the rig.
"It's my old friend the sarge, hmpf, I didn't expect her to show her face again, especially after that cut I gave her," sneered the elite.
Even though the octoling unit and the rebels use the same ink, the octoling army had tampered with its ink properties so that it would have harmful effects on the opposing rebels. The octarians in the army and the octarians in the rebellion put out different biological readings and opposing ink would harm one another.
The rebels opened fire on the octoling unit as they scrambled for cover. They exchanged fire with the rebels once they got ready to attack. rebel octotroopers on their platforms scurried toward the octoling unit in an attempt to keep them gunned down but failed as the octotroopers got close enough making themselves easy targets.
The octosniper on a high platform aimed down on the unit trying to pick off as many octolings as it could. The octolings had managed to get behind cover as it shot at them with one octoling getting shot in the shoulder and was critically hurt. One octoling managed to get a shot lined up on the octosniper and shot it when it targeted another octoling. The octosniper was plated, which allowed the octoling unit to advance.
Blake was being taken to the octo rebels sub while the battle was ensuing on the main deck of the rig. They made it to the staircase heading down toward the sub.
"ok human, get a move on!" shouted an octoling shoving him down with her weapon. Blake nervously looked down the stairs and then back up to the deck. "Hurry it up!" shouted the octoling again shoving him with her weapon. 'Hey watch it!" shouted Blake back at the octoling.
Meanwhile, Camper and his crew were making their way to the boat. They could hear firing being exchanged between the rebels and octoling unit that jumped from the octozeppelin. "Alright! Let's get outta here! Before..." said Camper as he panned off when he saw a small boat approach the rig.
"Wait, that look's like... Cassie!" exclaimed Camper in utter shock. Just then Cassie spotted Camper and squid jumped to the rig's little pier. As she landed she formed back and kicked Camper down hard enough to knock him into some inklings behind him before he could touch the ground. "Going somewhere Camper?" jeered Cassie.
Camper was moaning from the kick on top of crew members. Loppy was lying behind the group. She slowly got up and realized that she could get away. She looked at the dog pile of Camper and the other inklings then saw Cassie. She panicked, so she took this time to squid form and get away, going back up the stairs and onto the main deck.
"B...Boss, Loppy got away!" exclaimed the moaning Butch next to Camper.
"Forget her!" shouted Camper holding his stomach.
Camper slowly got up off the inklings and shook his head. He saw Cassie stand in front of him with her hero shot pointed at him. He growled and glared at Cassie. "I'm assuming you didn't come back here to hook back up with me, did you?" sneered Camper with a slight smirk.
"Can it squid! What makes you think I would ever get back with a person like you. You're gonna pay for what you put me and Izzy through and kidnapping Blake!" exclaimed Cassie.
"Hmpf, still the same old Cassie, persistent and nieve as always. Well, you're too late for your fossil friend. The octo rebels have him and their gonna take him back to Octo Canyon and you're never gonna see him again," said Camper snidely.
"Give me a good reason why I shouldn't splat you right now!" shouted Cassie furiously as she had her finger on the trigger.
"Haaa! You don't have the guts squid! I know you too well Cassie, we both know you're not gonna do it!" sneered Camper with a grin.
Cassie growled and bared her fangs at Camper as she got ready to shoot him.
"Cassie Stop!" shouted a voice behind her. "Don't Do it!" shouted another.
She turned and saw the squid sisters rush up towards her after parking Cuttlefish's boat. "Cassie, that's exactly what he wants you to do, He's pulling your tentacle so you do something so low as him. I know he's done some terrible things but he needs to be taken in and think about all he's done," said Marie.
"Cass, I know he's a jerk, but listen to Marie, don't stoop to his level," pleaded Callie.
Cassie looked at the squid sisters' reasoning expressions and her anger started to resolve. She downed her head in remorse for even thinking of killing Camper. "You're... right you guys... I could've done something drastic... I don't know what came over me," said Cassie.
"Cass, me and Cal both know you, you wouldn't live with yourself doing something like that," said Marie.
"yeah, Cass we're friends and think about Izzy and what she would think about what you would've done," said Callie.
"you guys... thank for snapping me outta that. we are friends and we..." said Cassie in resolve as she was interrupted.
"Well isn't this touching moment but I gotta be leaving so get outta my way!" shouted Camper in indignation.
"You're not going anywhere!" yelled Cassie turning back to Camper.
"Don't think we've forgotten what you've done. Now you and your crew are going to stand down and surrender, you have no way out so end this peacefully now," ordered Marie.
"Yeah, you Jerk! Now tell us where Blake is!" shouted Callie.
"As I said, the octo rebels have the fossil. As far as I'm concerned they've probably done left and are heading back to Octo Canyon right now, good luck getting him back, alive that is," sneered Camper.
"No! Blake!" shouted Callie with grave concern.
"That's not gonna happen, Cassie take him in while me and Callie go hunt for Blake," said Marie.
"With pleasure," jeered Cassie.
While they were talking, Camper had his N-Zap behind his back ready to shoot at the three of them at the given chance. "I love to see you try!" shouted Camper as he pulled out his N-Zap and shot at the group. Callie and Marie squid formed to evade the fire and Cassie jumped up in the air landing right in front of Camper. She knocked the N-Zap out of his hand into the water. "You little!" yelled Camper rubbing his hand.
"It's over Ross!" shouted Cassie with her hero shot on him.
"Not yet it's not!" jeered Camper before he squid formed and rushed back up the stairs to the upper deck. The two inkling crew members stood back and drew their weapons on Cassie shooting at her so Camper could getaway. She dodged their shots and splatted both of them at the opportunity. The squid sisters changed forms and rushed behind Cassie. "Go after him Cass, we'll find Blake, hopefully before it's too late," said Marie.
Cassie nodded and squid formed chasing after Camper to the upper deck of the rig. "Let's go, Cal," said Marie as the two left to the upper deck to find Blake.
10 minutes earlier not long before the fighting between the octarians started Blake was being guided to the octo rebel sub. He and the two octolings that were with him had just about reached the sub when all of a sudden a figure could be seen running down an adjacent walkway near them watching the three head for the sub.
"Inform the major that we've reached the sub and that we're ready to fall back to base," ordered one to the octolings.
"Yes, Ma'am," said another octoling as he hopped inside the sub.
"Alright, Human get in!" demanded the octoling as she had her weapon against Blake.
Just then a shot could be heard hitting the octoling with her weapon on Blake. She yelped and dropped in the water dissolving instantly. The other octoling popped to the hatch of the sub from the yelp he heard and was shot and splatted instantly. Blake was shaken up and was unsure what had happened and who saved him. He turned and saw an octopus come down the stairs toward him. Blake feared that he was about to be apprehended again and put on the sub.
The octopus got in front of him about 3 meters away and changed back to her humanoid form. "Stay back!" yelled a startled Blake still in restraints. The octoling stared at him behind her goggles as Blake was studying her spotting a cut mark on her cheek. After a moment she pulled out her knife and approached Blake. "Wait, I didn't kill your comrades, please don't kill me!" pleaded Blake as he backed up. He soon stumbled backwards landing on the small pier by the sub. The octoling was right over him as Blake clenched and closed his eyes waiting to be beaten or worse. Just then the octoling walked behind him and kneeled down using her knife to pick the cuff lock.
"Huh?" said a confused Blake hearing the lock click and feeling the cuffs being removed.
He looked back with a look of both compassion and confusion. "What? But why... are you freeing me?" asked Blake looking at the octoling.
The octoling put her knife back in its sheath. She gave the human a serious expression and took off her goggles. "My name Sergeant Maxie, I'm here to rescue you and take you back to our base," she said plainly.
"umm... what? But those octolings, you aren't with them, sorry but I'm a little confused," said Blake unsure about the situation.
"I'm not part of the octo rebels it that's what you're thinking, We're part of the new octarian army and I'm here to bring you back to Octo Valley so you didn't fall in the hands of the rebels. Don't worry we're not going to hurt you, it's just simply amazing that I would meet a human for the first time, I'm honored to be in your presence," said the Sergeant as she gave a bow to Blake.
"well, thank you for rescuing me, my name's Blake, Blake Carter and I'm pleased to meet you, sergeant," said Blake giving her a quick bow.
"I have so many questions to ask you, but we need to hurry and get you outta here, let's head back up to the main deck, we'll find a safe place while we get ready for the octozeppelin to return once the area is clear," said the sergeant.
The two cautiously made their way back up the stairs but on their way, Blake's curiosity got the best of him about his predicament as he looked over to the octoling that saved him.
"Hey, sergeant, what do the octo rebels want with me anyway?" asked Blake.
"We're not completely sure, we're still trying to figure that out, but we knew it couldn't be good," said the sergeant.
Just as they made it to the top a figure jumped out with a large paint roller and swung down toward the two. "Don't you dare hurt Blake!" the figure shouted as the roller came down on them.
10 minutes earlier, Just as the battle had started, the octarian forces landed down on the rig exchanging fire with the octo rebels. One last octoling landed on the deck behind them and dove for cover. A group of Octotroopers moved toward the octarian forces in an attempt to suppress their assault but failed as the octotroopers were put down quickly.
The last octoling that jumped out of the octozeppelin followed behind her unit that was slowly pushing the rebel octolings back while splatting any octotroopers that covered their backs. The octoling behind the unit saw their plan was succeeding and decided to pull off and headed down to the right side of the rig to where the octo rebel sub was parked in pursuit of something.
The octo rebels were pulling back while waiting for further orders from their commander. The major was watching from a high platform watching the fighting. She soon spotted her old friend and nemesis Sergeant Maxie. She narrowed her eyes and glared at the octoling. "Don't you worry Maxie, we'll be meeting one another very soon. You can count on that and we'll finish our little "discussion" with a knife in your back," said the elite coldly.
Just then an octopus hopped on the platform and changed back. The octoling stood and looked at her. "Major, waiting for further orders, we're losing ground and the octarian forces have taken the main deck and are closing in on us," said the octoling soldier in a panicked tone.
The elite just gave her an indignant look as she turned towards her. "Radio to the base to send in some octostrikers to cover our rear while we fall back to the sub but I want you to assemble a task force to ensure the human stays in our possession as we hurry back to Octo Canyon, I won't leave here without that human!" said the elite as the octoling saluted and hopped back down.
The elite turned and looked back at the octoling sergeant. She was eager to defeat her old friend. Tha major rubbed her scar that went across the eye remembering how she had got it. "(sigh) old scars never heal," is all the elite said as she continued to watch the two while the battle had gone on.