Arc 2 Chapter 5
Blake and Izzy finally made it to Octo Canyon. Izzy was a little dazed from the trip from the kettle and shook her head to resolve the feeling. Blake made it out who was kneeling down on the ground trying not to throw up. "Blake are you ok?" asked Izzy with concern
"I...never want to do that again," said Blake as he slowly stood up holding onto his knees from the nauseating feeling.
After Blake recollected himself the two of them looked around. It seemed they were down inside the canyon seeing the surrounding area was covered by walls of rocks. They looked ahead and saw more floating platforms as they saw below was a giant chasm. They walked down the path and saw multiple obstacles and fencing surrounding the area. It reminded Blake of some kind of construction site of some sort with what appeared to be a sign with an octotrooper wearing a hard hat and octarian writing, probably a warning of some sort.
"What is this place?" asked Blake staring at the environment around him seeing what looked like abandoned mining equipment strawn about.
"You're in Octorock Quarry," said Sheldon on the radio.
"Octorock Quarry?" asked a baffled Blake.
"It's a large open mining site for the octarians. It's where they mine for sardinium until they started uncovering human artifacts and technology," replied Sheldon.
"Sardinium?" replied Izzy. "What's Sardinium?" she asked.
"Sardinium is an alloy found deep in octo canyon. It's very sturdy and was used for construction on their armor and the great octoweapons. I've always wanted to get my hands on some sardinium, think of the possibilities I could use it for," said Sheldon excitedly.
"Focus on the mission Sheldon," said Marie on the radio.
"Marie?" asked Blake.
"Yes, it's me and please refer to me as Agent 2, I wish to inform you two, that there's a zapfish down below, at the bottom of that chasm in front of you. I need you two to obtain it," said Marie.
Marie was back at the training grounds watching Blake and Izzy on a video feed on a TV screen sent from Sheldon's drone. Like Sheldon, she would watch Blake and Izzy's progress in the canyon from her station by the shack.
"Zapfish, but I thought we were here to find Callie," said Blake.
"You are, but retrieving that zapfish will help you. It's powering up the octoweapons and other defenses around the quarry. Plus I don't want those slimy octopi using them for their own diabolical means, They wanna take my cousin, we'll take their zapfish," said Marie in an agitated tone.
"Fine, we'll head down there and take the zapfish," said Blake.
"Good, Now hurry, I'm sure there are octarians patrolling the area. Watch each other's backs and Blake...please be careful, I don't wanna lose you too," said Marie.
"Marie, I can handle it. This is agent zero you're talking to. I fought in the great turf war with Cuttlefish, remember?" commented Blake.
"I know, but I'm sure this is different, the octarians have become more advance and smarter over time, just don't let your ego blind your judgment, now head down there and take the zapfish, Agent 2 out," said Marie getting off the radio.
"She seems concerned about you Blake," said Izzy.
"I'm sure she's concerned about both of us Izzy," replied Blake. "C'mon let's go," said Blake waving at Izzy.
"Well good luck you two, I'll be keeping an eye out," said Sheldon as he got off the radio.
The two of them continued on until the pathway ended. There was a launchpad near the ledge of the hovering platform they were on. "Blake, how are you going to get across over there, you can't squid jump from here," said Izzy pointing out the distance to the next area.
"Don't worry, Sheldon thought of that and built these shoes to allow me to jump over great distances, I just hope they work," said Blake as he looked down at the shoes.
"Wow! Really! I'll meet you there then!" exclaimed Izzy.
Izzy squid formed on the launch pad near the ledge and jumped over to the next platform. Blake was nervous and hoped that his shoes would get him across or it would be a long fall with no metal pod to save him. "(gulp) Well...here goes nothing!" shouted Blake.
He crouched down like an inkling would before they squid formed to gain momentum for his jump on the launch pad. He heard his shoes charge up, what sounded like liquid building up and the shocks above the heel glowed yellow to charge for the jump he was about to do. As Blake leaped up in the air with ink shooting out at the bottom of the shoes, ejecting him to the next platform. Blake was screaming as he landed back down in a burst of ink, much as Izzy did.
Blake fell on his knees bending over to catch his breath from the fear ride he had. "The shoes...worked!?" Blake exclaimed to himself with Izzy staring at him.
"That was so...COOL!" shouted Izzy excitedly as she jumped in the air. Blake stood back up once his legs quit shaking before Sheldon came back on the radio.
"I told you those shoes would allow you to jump at great distances, my inventions never cease to amaze me. Now another thing I forgot to mention when you shoot ink, those shoes will allow you to move much faster and slide around either laying down or sliding sideways if you're stepping on your ink or Izzy's ink," explained Sheldon on the radio.
"Woah, really," said Blake.
"Yep, I thought about that too, since you can't squid form and hide in your own ink," said Sheldon.
"You think of everything, Sheldon," said Blake.
"Thank you, I do my best, I'll keep my eye out and observe your progress, I just hope those gadgets I gave you will make things easier for you while traveling through Octo Canyon and facing any octarians you come across," said Sheldon.
"I'll put them to good use, don't worry," said Blake.
"Looks like there are more obstacles ahead, remember what I told you and you should be able to get through with no problems, Sheldon out," said Sheldon as he got off the radio.
Blake and Izzy looked ahead and saw a pathway of more floating platforms leading toward the quarry. They continued on until they spotted a structure ahead. It looked like a small metal office, something you would see on construction sites. Inside was a desk and clipboard laying on it. On the clipboard was a document that reads:
A Notice to all octarians in the quarry.
Orders have been given to all rebel forces in the canyon to set up defenses and patrols to guard the zapfish that we've taken from the inklings and new octarian regime. We're limited on what zapfish we have so stay vigilant and ensure that the zapfish are defended at all times. Defeat is not an option and our rightful ruler Octavio expects that you keep the squid menace at bay. Our goals are not to be compromised to ensure victory over the surface and take back what rightfully belongs to us. That is all. Hail Octavio! Long Live the octo rebels!
- The Octo Samurai
Blake and Izzy finished reading the notice and looked at each other. "Well. I guess we know what to expect, Let's keep moving and get that zapfish," said Blake as they left out of the small office.
They continued to make their way to the quarry. The pathway ended but nearby was what looked like a large generator with a note taped to a sign. Blake walked over and pulled off the note and read it.
Due to the circumstances of the situation. We've closed off the pathway leading down below the quarry to halter any attempt by the inkling threat to take the zapfish. The three gushers that supply ink to the generator have been shut off to supply the generator that powers the platforms leading at the bottom of the chasm. The gushers are located at the corners of the upper section of the chasm and defenses and guards have been set up to ensure that no one is to reactivate them. Stay sharp my fellow tentacles!
"So what are gushers and how do we activate them?" asked Blake as Izzy just shrugged unsure herself.
"Gushers are devices that allow ink to gush out and cover the area around it like a geyser but be careful though, once they are hit with ink, you need to stand back so as your not carried up by the pressure," said Sheldon on the radio.
"So all we need to do is shoot the gushers and they'll activate?" asked Blake.
"Yep, once they gush out, they'll drain below it, into a pipe that appears to lead back to that ink generator that will power the platforms and allow you to continue down the quarry, but be careful as there appears to be octotroopers guarding them," said Sheldon.
"We know, Sheldon, we'll deal with them and turn the gushers back on," said Blake.
"Alright Izzy, let's bust those gushers!" shouted Blake.
"YEAH!" shouted Izzy as she jumped up with a fist pump.
Cassie and Cuttlefish returned to the shack so Cuttlefish could change his clothes. He remembered the clothes that were bought for him by his granddaughters over a month ago and decided to wear them during their mission. The clothing consisted of a green and white tracksuit. On his feet were black and white slip-on shoes and around his neck were some headphones. On his head was a white beret-like cap that covered his tentacles.
Cuttlefish took a moment to look at his new clothes. "I be digging these fresh threads yo," said Cuttlefish. Cuttlefish's squid slang threw Cassie off, unsure how to act by his "dialect".
"Uh...Captain, why are you talking like that?" asked Cassie baffled by his speech.
"Huh? What is it Agent 3? Hmm...not sure, maybe it's the new clothes or something, I am feeling different," said Cuttlefish as he seemed to return to his normal self.
"Uh...yeah, well what do we do now?" asked Cassie.
"Well, lass, I'm not sure what else to do," replied Cuttlefish shrugging his shoulders.
"How about we take a break, for now, since we can't do anything else, maybe Megan will let us know something," suggested Cassie.
"Alright squid, just call me if you hear anything, peace out," said Cuttlefish crossing his arms giving two upside-down peace signs with his hands.
Cassie raised an eyebrow. "sure, captain, I'll let you know if I hear anything," she said unsure how to make his new behavior.
Cassie left cuttlefish's and headed down the drain pipe. "Geez, ever since he put on those new clothes he's been acting funny, oh well, maybe its just a phase," said Cassie before squid forming and heading back to her apartment.
Later that evening, Cassie was reading, catching up on a story she hadn't read in a while to get her mind off things. She'd wanted to get in contact with Izzy, but knew she was out in the field facing enemies. She was deeply concerned but knew Blake would watch over her. After 10 minutes she closed her book and her eyes sitting on the couch thinking about Izzy and how to find out more about Kamabo.
After a moment passed her squidphone rang. On it was an unknown number and she decided to answer it, unsure who the caller was. "Hello?" asked Cassie answering her phone. A moment passed of silence until a deep broken voice responded.
"I hear you've been trying to track down the Kamabo company," said the voice.
"Who is this? How did you get this number?" asked Cassie sternly.
"I'll go into the details later, If you want to know more, meet me at Sturgeon Shipyard...alone," said the voice before they hung up.
"Hey wait...!" shouted Cassie to the voice but it was too late. "Who was that? And why did they want me to come alone, I guess I better not inform Cuttlefish about this but..." continued Cassie pondering on the voice's demands.
"Well, I guess I'll go at this alone, I just hope this isn't some kind of trap," said Cassie.
She grabbed her ink tank and hero shot before she ran out the door. She rushed out of her apartment and headed toward Sturgeon Shipyard.
Hours passed by as she made her way to the shipyard on the other side of the city. It was starting to get dark. Foghorns and machinery could be heard echoing through the large shipyard. Cassie could be seen walking down a large road lined with stacked containers on each side. She was cautious and scanned her surroundings looking for anyone or anything that could pose a threat. She had her hero shot ready for any kind of ambush that might have been planned for her. Things were slowly getting quiet and it seemed the further she went into the dockyard the darker it was getting. At the end of her path, she walked into a large yard surrounded by containers.
"Hello?!" she yelled. There was no answer as her voice echoed down the large yard. Then after a moment, something caught her eye, she spotted a shadow moving alongside one of the large containers. She aimed her weapon at the direction of the shadow. Then she heard footsteps approaching until a large figure walked under one of the street lights in the yard.
"Good evening," greeted the figure.
Cassie lowered her weapon and stared at the figure. "Who or... what are you?" she asked studying the large creature that revealed itself under the street light.
"My name is Iso Padre," It said. The large figure appeared to resemble an isopod. It's named a play on to what it was based on as it had long whiskers and six arms. It wore a black classy shirt with a white-collar. A gold chain was around its neck. It was also wearing round shaded glasses in front of its eyes.
"Iso Padre?" asked a bewildered Cassie never seeing a creature like him before.
"I work with the Kamabo company. I'm what you may call a salesman. The company has allowed me to walk on the surface for any subjects that may be willing to work or participate in our specialties. I've watched you and that elderly inkling visit and ask our two employees about the company. If you two are willing to know more about us then take this card," said Iso Padre as he pulled out a business card and handed it to Cassie.
She took the card and studied it. It had the company's logo on the front with the words deepsea metro as its address. "Where is this deepsea metro at?" asked Cassie as she looked back at the large isopod.
"The deepsea metro runs deep underneath Inkopolis from its main station to the company headquarters, The main station is located at the cape of Inkopolis in a secluded area of the city," said Iso Parde.
"Why are you telling me all this?" asked Cassie.
"You and that elderly inkling, seem fascinated by our existence. If you want to know more then head to the main station," said Iso padre before he turned and walked away in the shadows.
"Hey wait! I have more..." shouted Cassie as it was too late. The giant isopod disappeared in the darkness. "questions," finished Cassie giving a long sigh afterward. She looked back at the card and then grabbed her squidphone.
She called Cuttlefish who was hoping he'd pick up the phone or wasn't asleep. After a moment he finally answered. "Hello, lass?" asked Cuttlefish.
"Hey Cuttlefish, I just came in contact with this giant creature that says it works with Kamabo, He gave me the location of how to get to the deepsea metro," said Cassie.
"He said his name was Iso Padre," continued Cassie.
"Iso padre? And he told you the whereabouts of the company? Odd...but great news though I've never heard of the deepsea metro," replied Cuttlefish.
"He said it was secluded at the cape of Inkopolis, I've never been there," said Cassie.
"The cape huh? Hmm...The only thing that I know that's located at the cape is a lighthouse. Are you sure that's where the deepsea metro is located at?" asked a baffled Cuttlefish.
"That's what Iso Padre said," replied Cassie.
"Well, I guess we no other choice agent, meet me back at the plaza and we'll make our way there," said Cuttlefish as he hung up.
Cassie put the squidphone back in her pocket and headed back to Inkopolis plaza to met up with Cuttlefish. Still baffled as to why that large creature was willing to give up information about the Kamabo Company and it's whereaouts. Cassie was suspicious and knew something had to have been up. She hurried back to the plaza as she didn't want to stay any longer in the dark eerie shipyard.
The two agents headed toward the first gusher, but the road there wasn't easy. The gushers were located along the edges of the chasm below and the only to get to them was through floating platforms that went around the chasm wall and a fall would definitely prove fatal for Blake anyway, being he couldn't respawn on a pad above the chasm that was activated by Sheldon. Ahead of the pathway were small floating blocks that looked like sponges. "Well, I'm not sure what to do?" said Blake. "Those little blocks are too small for us to land on," He continued.
"Wait, I think those are sponge blocks," said Izzy.
"Sponge blocks?" said Blake who was baffled.
"Yeah watch," said Izzy as she shot at the block and it grew as it absorbed the ink from her hero shot. She rushed up and jumped on the block and repeated the sequence on the next sponge block until she reached the next platform.
"Woah, seems easy enough," said Blake. Blake copied what Izzy did and reached the platform with Izzy. There were 3 sponge blocks the two had to cross until they eventually made it to the other side on another platform.
The two continued until they saw another obstacle ahead. It looked like a long skinny roller that was moving back and forth covering the platform with octarian ink. Izzy looked at it nervously and decided to coat a portion of the surface with her ink. She slid across before the roller came back and hopped on the next platform. The roller covered her ink back with the purple ink. Blake saw this and copied Izzy before the roller came back around.
The next obstacle was a roller spinning vertically around in the middle of the platform in a circular motion. Izzy took her time and coated the surface with her ink. She saw the roller coming back and jumped out of its path and decorated the surface and jumped to the next platform like before. Blake also copied Izzy like before.
the path to the first gusher was lined with defenses but proved not too difficult for the agents. They finally got near the gusher but not before spotting two octotroopers guarding it. Blake and Izzy were soon spotted and the octotroopers opened fire. Izzy hid behind cover as well as Blake and returned fire when given the opportunity. Izzy splatted one octotrooper while Blake got the other.
Finally, Izzy shot at the gusher with a few hits and the valve flew off causing the gush to erupt with octarian ink. The two jumped back and saw the ink coat the surface and drain down the pipe toward the generator.
"Well, one down two to go, but I don't expect it to get any easier," said Blake.
The two spotted another path leading to the next gusher and made their way toward it. The pathway like the last one was lined with different obstacles and defenses and both of them made their way through until a new obstacle appeared in front of them. It was a platform like the other but it seemed different. It was in two sections, one clean side and the other beside it, covered in octarian ink.
"Watch out! That's a pressure block! Step on the clean section and it triggers the inked section to slam on top of it, crushing you! But there's a 3-second delay before it shuts on you, so be quick!" shouted Sheldon on the radio.
"Got it!" shouted Blake.
Blake was the first one. He jumped on the clean section and as he did the inked section shook, Blake rushed across as fast as he could until it snapped shut. Blake barely made it as he jumped to the next platform.
"Alright Izzy, your turn!" shouted Blake.
"Blake, I can't do it!" she shouted in fear.
"Yes, you can, trust me!" Blake shouted again.
Izzy took a deep breath and hopped on the large block. like before it shook and snapped as Izzy jumped off but she missed landing on the platform with Blake. "Izzy!" shouted Blake as he rushed and grabbed her arm. "I got ya!" he shouted. He pulled her up, scarred out of her life as she caught her breath. She hugged Blake and looked up at him. "You saved me! I thought I was done for Blake!" she exclaimed gratefully. "We're partners, we look out for each other," said Blake as he gave her a smile.
The two of them continued through more of the spreaders and reached the second gusher which was guarded by two octotroopers and one with a shield on its platform.
"That one's got a shield in front of it, we have to think of a different plan," said Blake.
"Oh, I know", said Izzy pulling out a splat bomb.
"good thinking Izzy," said Blake.
She lobbed the bomb taking out all the octotroopers except the shielded one. "Carp! There's still one left!" shouted Blake in irritation. The shielded octotrooper saw them and fired at them. Izzy dove in the ink left behind by the bomb while blake slide sideways to dodge the ink shots. The two of them fired at the little octotrooper but it's shield protected it from the ink shots but its backside was vulnerable.
"Izzy! It's rear!" should Blake as he pointed at the octotrooper.
Izzy nodded and dove into the ink behind the octotrooper as it shot at Blake. She popped out but when the octotrooper spotted her it was too late as she splatted the little tentacle.
"Way to go, Izzy, now let's shoot that gusher!" shouted Blake.
Izzy like before shot the gusher and it erupted like the last one. The ink traveled down the pipe and to the generator.
Blake and Izzy headed toward the last gusher eager to complete the task. They maneuvered through obstacle after obstacle. Jumped from platform to platform. Some of the platforms had fencing around them but Izzy went through in her squid form. The fence was too tall for Blake to try and climb over. "Hey, Blake...try you're wall running ability to get around the fence. There's a floating wall on the left side of the platform you're on," said Sheldon through the headset.
"You sure about this Sheldon, I don't wanna fall to my death. No pressure but I can't respawn! Remember?" exclaimed Blake.
"You'll be fine, trust me," said Sheldon.
"(deep breath) Ok...here goes nothing, I just hope this works," said Blake before rushing towards the wall. He managed to jump on it and the shoes allowed him to hold traction on the surface until he jumped onto the platform where Izzy had watched him. "Whoa...I wanna wall run too, you get all the cool stuff," said Izzy as she pouted.
"Believe me Izzy, I can't tell how scarred I was at least you can respawn. I'll be glad when we open all the gushers," said Blake. The two of them looked ahead down the path and saw the last gusher at the end, along with more obstacles. "One more to go," said Blake as they both continued.
After they got through more spreaders and another pressure block they saw the last gusher. It was still a distance away but Izzy spotted a propeller sticking out of the next platform.
"I wonder how we're going to get over there?" asked Blake.
"With this!" she said. Izzy shot the propeller which in turn allowed the platform to move toward the gusher. "Whoa, now this beats jumping and wall running any day," said Blake as the platform transported them over to the other side. when they got close enough they noticed that it wasn't being guarded. Blake was baffled and the two of them hopped down near the gusher. "Where's the guards?" asked Blake. Izzy shrugged and shot the gusher making it erupt and filling the surface with ink but it wasn't draining.
Why isn't it draining?" asked Izzy.
Wait, their's something swimming around in the ink!" shouted Blake. Just then octotroopers popped out of the ink wearing scuba masks and snorkels. "Octodivers! watch out they can hide in their ink," shouted Sheldon over the headset.
The octodivers surfaced and fired at Blake and Izzy. They jumped out of the way and the octodivers submerged back into the ink but Blake noticed that the end of the snorkel was still sticking out and moving around in the ink.
"Izzy shoot toward the snorkels!" ordered Blake pointing.
Izzy splatted one octodiver while Blake got a second one. The third got shot up at the top of the gushing ink and shot down at the two of them. Blake shot at it but had a hard time hitting it. Izzy's weapon couldn't reach it so she decided to lob another splatbomb. She threw it into the gushing ink and it surfaced next to the octodiver splatting it on top of the geyser of ink.
"The ink filled the pipe once the octodivers weren't obstructing it. The generator soon came on once the ink came up the pipe and powered the machine up. An elevator-like platform traveled up from the chasm allowing the agents to continue their journey deeper into the quarry. When they reached the elevator the sound of the generator woke up an octostriker napping in a pool of ink on his flying saucer above the quarry.
His slumber was broken and he got angry. "Huh?" responded the octostriker. It looked down and saw Blake and Izzy about to enter the elevator. "Intruders!" shouted the octostriker as it hovered up and launched an ink missile toward the two. The two heard the incoming missile as Blake looked up. "Izzy! look out!" shouted Blake as he grabbed the inkling girl and jumped back. The missile landed between them and the elevator. Once the shadow from the octostriker covered them. Blake and Izzy looked up and saw the octostriker glaring at them.
"Where do you two think you're going!" sneered the octostriker in gargled speech.
"Oh great, now we got to deal with that flying tub of lard!" shouted Blake in aggravation.
"I heard that!" shouted the octostiker angrily as it launched another ink missile at the two.
Back at the Octo rebel base, Sergeant Maxie was doing push-ups on the floor while still shackled to her bed. She still had that dream on her mind and it bothered her that she didn't know what it meant. She heard footsteps approaching and stopped as she got off the floor and sat back on the bed. The door opened and the elite walked in staring at the sergeant. The sergeant bared her teeth and wanted to pounce and maul the elite that she personally knew.
"I was informed of your capture, good thing our little agent managed to catch you off guard. I think you are losing your grip Maxie," scoffed the elite with the scar over her eye.
"Why don't you face me right here right now, unless your afraid you'll lose another piece of your tentacle," said the sergeant taunting her, reminding her of the wound she got from their last fight back on the Saltspray Rig.
"Don't think I've forgotten about this, an eye for an eye...and a tentacle for a tentacle they always say," said the major pointing at her scar. "But I have other pressing matters to attend to, like preparing everything for our true leader, Octavio and initiating our new addition to our army," said the major snidely.
"Octavio! But he should be imprisoned! What are you..." said the sergeant as she was cut off.
"We managed to get him out on early release and brought back a new recruit," explained the major.
"New recruit? Wait, You don't mean...Blake! If you do anything to him so help me I'll..." said the angered sergeant as she clenched her fist and attempted to lunge toward the sergeant, only to be stopped by the shackle.
The major sneered at her reaction and seen the sergeant was on a tight leash unable to reach her.
"Blake? You must mean that human...I wish it were him, but unfortunately, we had to settle for his girlfriend, that oughta motivate him to rescue her. Then we'll have him right where we want him," scoffed the elite.
The sergeant held back her anger and frustration toward her old commander. The word girlfriend stuck in her mind and bothered her for a bit, remembering the inkling girl that almost splatted her back at the Saltspray Rig, only to be saved by Blake, who blocked the attack.
"Why so quiet all of a sudden?" asked the elite. "Wait... you haven't fallen for this human have you?" asked the elite as the sergeant flinched from her question.
"You have, I don't know what you've seen in that human but don't count on ever seeing him again, I wouldn't think an octarian soldier would even show even a slight bit of affection toward anyone especially a human. We're soldiers sergeant, and we're bred to fight not to love, this just shows me how weak you've become, I can't even stand to be your presence right now," scoffed the elite.
"The feelings mutual," sneered the sergeant looking back at the elite.
"Hmpf, That won't be a problem anymore, I'll deal with you once we have all the preparations ready for the operation and after we catch that human," said the elite as she turned and walked out. She locked the door behind her as the sergeant gritted her teeth and bent down on the floor in anguish.
Just then her a small device fell out of her pocket. It was the octopus-shaped communication device that she used to track Blake. She remembered giving him one after they left the Saltspray Rig. The sergeant picked it up. "They must have not found this on me when they searched me, I wonder..." started the sergeant before she shook her head.
"I got to warn Blake...but, what if the rebels intercept this message, If they find this on me, They'll be able to locate Blake, I can't I..." said the Sergeant frustrated on what to do.
The sergeant hopped on her bed and laid there, unsure whether to inform Blake or risk getting him captured. The sergeant rubbed her face and took a firm grasp on the device. She went into deep thought and pondered on what to do.
"Girlfriend...that squid, the one that tried to splat me with that roller," thought Maxie to herself. She stared at the ceiling of her cell in silence before giving a deep breath.
"Why should I care, I can honestly say that major is right...I'm a soldier, bred to fight not love, but I...(growl)...(deep sigh), who am I kindin', I should be focused on getting out of here, but how?" asked Maxie to herself trying to get out of her anguish.
She sat back up and looked at the octopus-shaped device. "I...can't...not now anyway," said Maxie before placing the device back in her pocket. "I hope Blake knows what he's doing...I don't want him getting captured. (deep breath) stay focused Maxie, you'll get through this and kick that major's ass when I get out of here," she said before getting back on the floor and continuing her push-ups.
Thoughts were running through the sergeant's head as well as mixed feelings for the human. She managed to get her mind off things and focused on escaping and continuing the mission. Still troubled by what the major had said as it continued to eat at her as she continued her physical training inside the cell.