Arc 3 Chapter 6
In Octo Canyon. Blake and Izzy, now agents 0 and 4 were navigating through Octorock Quarry to obtain the first zapfish being held by the rebels. They had both traversed through multiple obstacles and faced multiple enemies to reactivate the elevator that would take them down to the chasm below, where the zapfish was located but as they did they unintently awakened a new threat that proved to be a challenge for the two agents.
Blake and Izzy were evading ink missiles being fired from a pissed off Octostriker that had been disturbed from its sleep. Blake had run toward the left while Izzy ran to the right. "Blake! What do we do!" shouted a terrified Izzy.
"Just avoid the missiles! I'll think of something!" shouted back Blake.
As Blake watched the octostriker prepare another ink missile, he saw multiple floating debris and square-cut rocks hovering over the chasm around the octostriker. Blake stopped and turned toward the direction of Izzy. "Izzy!" he shouted.
"What!" she yelled back.
"Maybe we can hop and climb on the debris around the octostriker since our weapons are out of range!" shouted Blake.
"Are you crazy Blake!" yelled Izzy.
"It's the only way we can reach that fat flying tentacle!" yelled Blake as the octostriker got angrier hearing this as it launched a missile toward Blake.
"Blake! Look out!" shouted Izzy as Blake jumped up and grabbed a floating platform before the missile impacted.
Blake climbed up and jumped to another hovering piece of debris before the octostriker zeroed in on him. Izzy attempted to hop on a nearby floating platform and copied Blake hoping from debris to debris. The two them got level with each other facing the angered Octostriker. "Pesky inkstain and fossil! I'll splat both of you to next week!" It shouted in a deep gargled voice.
Blake and Izzy traversed through the debris as Blake was hopping from floating rock to rock as he shot at the octostriker. Using coordination and speed he evaded the missile fire from the flying octarian but he was having a hard time hitting it. Izzy on the other hand squid jumped from rock to rock in an attempt to flank the octostriker while Blake was trying to hit it. She got high and dove down shotting her heroshot at the octarian but it spotted the ink fire and almost got hit. It then lined it's shot on Izzy but Blake took advantage of the octarian taking it's attention away from him. Blake charged up his shoes and launched himself like a missile at the octostriker landing a powerful blow on it's stomach causing it to spin out of it's hover and hit a flying piece of debris.
Blake was now falling and Izzy quickly grabbed his hand and the two of them landed down on a close hovering platform. "Thanks Izzy, They may have been too risky," said Blake. Once the Octostriker recollected itself and turned it's attention back to the two agents.
It shot an ink missile at Izzy first. Izzy jumped up to another piece of debris and the missile struck the floating rock she was on. Blake moved in on the octostriker and it turned to see Blake moving towards it. "Oh no you don't!" shouted the octostriker.
It fired another missile at Blake before he managed to jump away while Izzy hopped closer to the fat octostriker. "Blake! I'll keep it distracted while you get closer to it," shouted Izzy. She turned toward the octarian and got its attention. She turned around and smacked her butt before sticking her tongue out other gestures toward the large octostriker. It flew up and flailed its arms and moaned as it's face got red from the taunts.
"Why you little inkstain!" growled the octostriker. It launched more missiles at the inkling girl as she hopped from platform to platform while Blake moved closer toward the octostriker. As Blake got in range, the octostriker caught him in the corner of his eye. Blake took the shot as the fat octarian shot a missile towards him. Blake hit him right in the goggles and the octostriker descended downward as it couldn't see. The last missile shot towards Blake, but as he jumped out of the way, it struck the platform and Blake caught the blast from it. He was knocked into the air and slung to a nearby platform. His body laid motionless.
"Blake!" shouted Izzy as she squid formed and made her way to Blake. When she reached him, she kneeled down and shook him. "Blake! Blake! Answer me!" she shouted in panic.
The octostriker shook it's head and spotted the two agents on the platform in front of it. "You're going to pay for that!" jeered the octostriker angrily.
Izzy panicked as she saw the octostriker ready for another attack. "Blake! Get up!" she shouted with deep worry as she shook Blake's body. The octostriker fired a missile at the two but it flew over them and Izzy aimed her hero shot at the fat octarian. She lined up her sights before the octostriker zeroed in on her position. Izzy pulled the trigger and shot the octostriker right in the stomach causing it to propel backward and strike a floating rock behind it. It splattered into yellow ink and the octostriker was finally defeated.
Soon Blake moaned and started to move. He slowly got up off his stomach and looked at Izzy. "Izzy? uhhh...what a headache," said Blake holding his head.
"Blake! You're ok!" shouted Izzy as she hugged him tightly.
"Ok! Ok! Easy!" exclaimed Blake as Izzy let go of him.
Blake stood up with Izzy and made their way to the elevator that would take them down further into the chasm below.
"Blake! Blake! Are you there!? Are you ok!?" shouted Marie over the radio. Marie watched their battle with the octostriker from the video feed and saw Blake was hurt during the fight.
"Yeah, I'm fine, just shellshock is all," explained Blake.
"I'm so glad you're alright, that was some good teamwork you two. I'm glad you defeated that fat tentacle, now you can move on and capture the zapfish," said Marie.
"Well Izzy did a great job of distracting that octostriker, I couldn't have done it without her help," complimented Blake.
"I'm glad you put those shoes to good use," said Sheldon cutting in.
"Yeah, they've been a huge help, I just hope we don't run into anymore octostrikers on the way," said Blake.
"Ok, you two get in the elevator and catch that zapfish. The sooner you obtain it the sooner you can get to Callie, now hurry!" said Marie as Blake and Izzy hopped on the elevator and headed down.
Back at the square, Flash was brooding over Izzy. His friends were unsure what to do and remained quiet trying to get his mind off things. "Flash, you need to quit dwelling on Izzy. She's probably just overwhelmed and needs some downtime is all," said Jazz.
"Yeah, bro, lighten up, it was just a turf war match, no need to get bent out of shape about it," said Ben.
"I know, It's just... (sigh)I feel bad for snapping at Izzy, I was just... I couldn't stand losing to Suki and her team," said Flash before banging his head on the table.
"Dude, you need to get this off your chest, I don't think it was only because of losing the match was it. You found out that Suki was telling some stuff about you to Izzy. I think you've got a crush on the little rookie," said Jazz giving him a smirk.
"WHAT! T...That's not true! I...guess I do, I just don't know how to tell her..." said Flash after his outburst.
"Bro, just let her know how you feel," said Ben.
"I don't know, It's just... I thought I saw her walk in Ammo Knights with another inkling. He had that phased out ponytail style and he was kinda tall for an inkling come to think of it," said Flash.
"Maybe it was her brother or something, you don't know," said Jazz.
"Yeah, man, I wouldn't fret over it, like I said just let her know how you feel," said Ben.
"You're right! But one thing, I never got her squidphone number!" exclaimed Flash as he panicked.
"Flash it's ok, I'm sure her friend does, what's her name?" replied Jazz.
"I think it was Cassie, I've heard her name before. She was a well-skilled turf war player back in the day. An S rank I believe, just ask her for Izzy's number," said Ben.
"I don't know where she even lives, how am I going to be able to get a hold of her?" asked Flash.
"Dude, just ask around I'm sure she's got friends in the square too," said Jazz.
"Yeah, Bro, Let's just walk around and ask," said Ben as he got up.
"Ok, then, I just hope I can get a hold of Izzy before she decides to not talk to me again," said Flash as he stood up.
"Don't think like that, Flash, I'm sure Izzy doesn't hate or anything," said Jazz as she stood up too.
"C'mon let's go ask around," said Ben as he waved at the two.
The three of them soon left and walked around asking all the inklings if they knew where Cassie was for much of the day. But unknown to them and the rest of Inkopolis something big was going to soon go down that would halt inkling society and the turf war games. Let's hope it can be stopped before it's too late. In which, a mysterious figure was hiding in the alleyway watching the inklings. They soon turned their gaze toward the great zapfish perched on the Deca Tower, looming over the square.
"Ha, those stupid squids won't realize their about to lose their precious zapfish. The zapfish that once belonged to the octarians that was taken from us years ago. Soon these wretched inkstains will find out how miserable it is to live without power. I can't wait to see their faces once we swipe the great zapfish, then no one will stop us," sneered the figure as it grinned.
It removed it's cloak revealing to be an octoling soldier with dark red tentacles. She turned back to the alley away from the square and got on her comms. "Sergeant Major to base, come in, over," she said on her headset.
"This is base command, report," said another octoling rebel on the headset.
"I've spotted the target, it's located on top of a tower in the middle of Inkopolis Square, over," said the sergeant-major.
"Confirmation, nice work, return to base and we'll begin preparations to take the zapfish," said the octoling over the headset.
"Wilco, Me and my team are headed back to Octo Canyon, I'm getting tired of watching these inkstains. I'll be glad when start crying over their precious zapfish once we steal it," sneered the sergeant major. Three more octolings jumped down from their positions from taking overwatch, making sure they weren't spotted. "Alright, let's move out! I can't stand being here anymore!" exclaimed the sergeant major in irritation.
"Yes, ma'am," the octolings saluted as they all octo formed and shot out of sight but the noise grabbed the attention of another figure on the other end of the alleyway, walking by. They turned and looked and only saw multiple blurs of figures disappearing. "Huh...what was that?" asked the figure looking down the alley. It was Spyke the urchin vendor. He was confused at what he saw and shook his head. "What's with these alleyways," he said to himself. "first the plaza now the square, I think I've been hanging around here too long and I'm starting to see things. Glad I quit selling gear for the turfers, I think that job was getting to me, I was starting to talk to the snails," said Spyke as he struggled his arms and continued on.
Further down Octorock Quarry, Blake and Izzy hopped out of the elevator. They could see the bottom of the chasm below them. Another pathway led further down a structure that could be seen ahead. It was guarded by three octotroopers and one twintacle sitting on top of the structure. "Oh, great more of those talking tentacles, well let's get going Izzy," said Blake with slight irritation.
The two of them made their way to the structure until they were spotted. The twintacle shouted "Stop them!" as it glared angrily at the agents. Izzy inked the area ahead of her and dove in the ink. Blake sprayed ink towards the octotroopers as they fired back. Izzy jumped out of the ink and shot two of them while Blake got the third as he slid sideways through the ink hitting it. All that was left was the twintacle that had vanished out of sight. "Hey! Where'd that fourth one go off to?" asked Blake.
Izzy looked around and saw a purple splat bomb land between them. "Watch out!" she screamed. Izzy dove back into her ink and Blake jumped away from the blast. The twintacle jumped down on its platform and shot it's blaster rapidly coating the area around it causing Blake and Izzy to take cover.
"Watch out for that twintacle! They're faster and stronger than your typical octotroopers!" shouted Sheldon on the radio.
Blake shot at the twintacle but avoided his fire and shot back. Blake quickly took cover while Izzy moved through the ink. The twintacle spotted her movement and shot towards her, in turn causing her to jump out. The twintacle hit her and she was knocked back on the floor. "Izzy!" Shouted Blake. He gritted his teeth and jumped out of cover and into the air. He aimed down at the twintacle who was not paying attention and took a couple of hits incapacitating it. Blake finished it off once he landed back down and shot it off its base.
Izzy sat back up and shook her head. "Ow, that hurt," she said holding her stomach. Blake gave a deep breath once he saw Izzy was ok.
"Good thing you're wearing the hero suit, It'll protect from getting shot at by enemy ink, but it'll only hold up for three hits, after that it won't protect you anymore," explained Sheldon.
"That's good to know," said Izzy as she got up.
"Blake, unfortunately, I didn't make your outfit resistant to enemy ink because well, you're a human and not as affected," said Sheldon.
"Not affected, It still hurts, I remember my body going numb from Cassie shooting me in the back!" exclaimed Blake in irritation.
"I didn't think Ink would be that effective on a human, sorry about that, note to self," said Sheldon rubbing his head on the other line.
Blake gave a deep sigh while Izzy just remained quiet. The two soon continued on until Sheldon interrupted them. "Hey! before you two head to the next area. My flying eye in the sky had spotted some Octosniper sentries scanning the quarry. Since you two killed that Octostriker, the quarry has been put on high alert. I've decided to airdrop you another weapon for the task. So heads up! Literally!" shouted Sheldon. Just then a shadow appeared over in front of the two agents. They jumped back and watched a case land in front of them with an intertube on the bottom of it to break its fall.
They approached the case as it opened and inside was a long weapon almost resembling a sniper rifle with a scope and tank on the back of it. Blake picked it up and studied it. "What is this thing exactly?" asked Blake.
"It looks like a charger," said Izzy.
"You're right, it's the hero charger! That weapon will allow you to hit your targets at long range. Just look down the scope and aim the crosshairs on your target," said Sheldon.
"kinda like my bamboozler," said Blake.
"Not exactly. Chargers have a longer range than those old primitive bamboozlers and unlike a bamboozler, those weapons can charge up. The longer the charge the longer the range. But I warn you they take a lot of ink so be sure to spend your shots wisely," said Sheldon.
"Appreciate the information, Sheldon," said Blake.
"You're welcome, remember to make your shots count," said Sheldon.
Blake looked at Izzy who was staring at the hero charger. "Izzy, no offense but I better use the charger, you still need practice with your shooting skills," said Blake.
"What! I'm not that bad!" exclaimed Izzy puffing out her cheeks and crossing her arms in frustration. "But fine," she said with her irritation resolving.
Blake took point with the charger in hand as he scanned the area. They both headed down a catwalk that hugged the wall of the quarry, just as they were walking Blake spotted something on the ledge of a platform ahead of them on the far side of the quarry wall. They ducked down behind some cinder blocks and saw an octosniper scanning the chasm. Then Blake saw another octosniper further out on the opposite side of the chasm from where he was at.
Blake lined a shot on one of the octosnipers through the scope. When he had the crosshairs on the large tentacle he pulled the trigger. A stream of ink launched out of the barrel and splattered the octosniper where it was perched. "Nice," sneered Blake.
"Let me try!" shouted Izzy.
But just then the Octosniper jumped seeing one of its comrades get splattered and turned toward Blake and Izzy. It glared at the two and lined a shot on them. A stream of ink flew past the two agents. "Oh, carp! It spotted us!" shouted Blake as they dove for cover.
Another Octosniper joined in on the fray and lined up a shot toward the walkway. Blake and Izzy were pinned down when all of a sudden more octotroopers appeared on the ledge wondering what was going on. Blake soon thought of a strategy. "Izzy!" shouted Blake.
"Huh?" responded Izzy. "I want you to ink up the path ahead and ambush those octotroopers before they decide to head in our direction. Ink the area around and jump out when they least expect and splat them! I'll cover you and focus on those Octosnipers, we can't move ahead until they're dealt with," said Blake.
Izzy nodded at the idea and did what Blake asked her. Blake sat up and aimed at the second octosniper and missed. "Dammit, it!" jeered Blake.
The octosniper shot back followed by the third. Meanwhile, Izzy slithers behind a wall not far from the octotroopers who were making there way toward them. Izzy splatted one of the first octotroopers followed up by the rest of them retaliating from their fallen comrade. Izzy inked up the area in front of them and dove in while in her squid form, jumping out and splatting them at every given opportunity.
Blake lined up another shot and was successful. The octosniper burst into yellow ink with the third lining a shot on Blake coming close to hitting him. "Shit! That was close!" shouted Blake ducking down.
Izzy finally finished off the last octotrooper and jumped up with her fist up in the air. The octosniper spotted her and lined up a shot on the inkling girl. Blake popped up and saw a laser lined on Izzy from the octosniper. "Oh no, Izzy!" shouted Blake as he lined another shot. Two shots could be heard echoing through the quarry. Izzy stood and froze with a stunned look. She spotted a fresh purple splatter on the wall in front of her and a little bit of octarian ink alongside her cheek. The feeling of the ink stung as Izzy wiped it off.
On the catwalk on the other side of the quarry. The last octosniper's eyes were rolled back and a yellow splatter of ink was on its forehead. The octosniper fell on it's back and splattered into yellow ink. Izzy turned from the slain octosniper to Blake who had his hero charger aimed at the tentacle. Blake gave a deep breath and set the hero charger down and stared at Izzy who stared back at him.
"You...ok, Izzy?" asked Blake who had an exhausted look on his face. "Yeah, thanks for saving me...again," said Izzy after she gave a slow nod with a blush.
Blake walked toward Izzy who in turn gave him a hug. Blake patted her head before she let go and gave him a grin. "(sigh) I'm glad I took the shot, I hate to lose you," said Blake.
"Blake...you do know, that I would've spawned back if I got hit right," explained Izzy.
"Yeah, but...It just brings back memories of the great turf war...spawn pads didn't exist back then," said Blake as he clutched his Hero charger and downed his head. He slowly walked away and continued down the path.
Izzy had a concerned look on her face. She picked up her weapon and followed Blake worrying about him as he remained quiet. Shooting at the octosnipers and facing the octostriker reminded Blake of his dark days back when he was fighting the octarians during the great turf war with Cuttlefish and the inklings.
Deep in Octo Valley at the rebel base Octavio was in front of the masses of the octo rebels about to give a speech. He was perched in his octobot king hovering DJ booth surrounded by octarians standing around him in a giant chamber. The chamber looked like a concert with Octavio giving the performance. In the center of the chamber was a large circular platform that was propped up from the bottom. Below was a large vat of Octarian ink powering parts of the chamber.
"Fellow, Octarians!" roared Octavio. "Now is the time to strike Inkopolis and those inkstains once in for all! We will take the great zapfish from them and watch those miserable inklings perish without their precious power supply! They will soon know how it feels to live with power as the helplessly try to survive. Once they're weak and vulnerable we will attack their precious city and enslave the inklings then we'll be dealing with those hipster traitors back at Octo Valley! We will reduce those inkling-loving turncoats into nothing but pools of ink as they will soon know the wraith of DJ Octavio!" sneered Octavio in front of the cheering crowd.
"Now go and take what rightfully belongs to us!" shouted Octavio as the audience of octarians gave him a standing ovation. They rushed to exit the chamber and headed to their stations and massed into the Octozeppelins to prepare to swipe the giant zapfish from Inkopolis.
As the crowds left one octoling elite stood back and octo jumped on the platform that Octavio was hovering above. She approached Octavio with him looking at her. She bowed in front of him. "My liege, I have a message from the Red Queen, sir," said the major.
"The Red Queen, what does she want?!" asked the giant octopus who gave her an irritated glare.
"She wishes to inform you about the continuation of Operation Teal Dawn. I know grabbing the great zapfish is of utmost importance but she has ordered for you to send some of our forces over to "the vault", said the major trying her hardest not to anger Octavio.
Octavio's eye twitched and his expression grew discontent. He grabbed the major with his tentacle and stared at her face to face. "See here squirt, I don't take orders, I give them! This Red Queen may have decided to release me but I'm the one in charge down here! Got it!" roared Octavio as he dropped the major.
The elite caught her breath and looked back up at the towering octopus. "I don't exactly what the goal of this Operation Teal Dawn is but I want no part of it! "The Vault" is to remain sealed at all costs. All I know is that it was constructed by humans long ago like the domes we dwell in. The domes we've been banished too long ago by that hipster Cuttlefish and the inklings! And speaking of humans, I want that fossil caught and brought to me immediately! I'll make sure he dies this time!" sneered Octavio.
"Y...Y...Yes my liege, I'll make preparations to take the great zapfish," said the major as she octo formed and jumped out of sight.
"Hmpf, who does this Red Queen think she is giving me orders! Once we invade Octo Valley, I'll confront this Red Queen, being that she did release me, I'll spare her life but I'll be sure to make her my personal servant. Operation Teal Dawn... Hmpf... more like commence Operation Red Storm once those traitors know what happens when you turn on your ruler!" sneered Octavio in the middle of the platform as he laughed.
The major was hiding out of sight listening to what Octavio had said. "This isn't good, the Red Queen isn't going to like this one bit but he is our ruler and I have to obey his commands... for now," said the Major as she rushed away but not before running into the rebel Sergeant Major that was watching the great zapfish.
"Sergeant Major, you're back sooner than I thought," said the major as the octoling approached.
"You seem nervous about something, that's not like you," said the sergeant-major examining the major.
"(deep sigh) It's Octavio...he's not following the Red Queen's plans. That stubborn overgrown octopus, this will put a damper on our operations. We have to do something," said the major.
"No matter, we'll play along for now. He is still valuable and hopefully he'll have a change of heart and if not well...not to change the subject but I heard that you caught a little birdy," said the sergeant major as she gave a devious smile.
"You must be referring to that thorn in my tentacle sergeant Maxie and yes, she has been apprehended. Must be losing her touch...due to her weakness," said the major.
"weakness? Didn't figure her to have a weakness, shame she couldn't have joined our cause or the rest of those turncoats. She and those valley traitors can join the inkstains once we achieve victory," said the sergeant-major.
"So what do you have to report?" asked the major.
"Nothing more than watching those wretched inkstains and locating the great zapfish. It'll be easy pickings. It's on top of a tower overlooking the square. Our troops will have no problem locating it. Stupid squids aren't even guarding it. Their only power supply and it's out in the open for us to take," said the major.
"I'm not surprised, too busy worried about being "fresh" and those stupid turf wars, we'll give them a turf war alright, go and rally up the troops to prepare and take the zapfish," ordered the major.
The sergeant-major nodded and headed to the exit waving up her cape as she walked out. The major was still trouled that Octavio wouldn't follow through with Operation Teal Dawn and hoped that things would change and waited for more orders from the Red Queen and play along with Octavio's plans.
Izzy finally caught up with Blake still carrying the hero charger. He appeared focused on getting to the zapfish at the bottom of the chasm. The pathway dropped down with Blake and Izzy hopping from platform to platform running through any obstacles or traps they came across until the finally reached the bottom. At the bottom was a large open area filled with mining equipment. Blake and Izzy scan around for any more enemies until they spotted something ahead. It was some fairly large octarians wearing what appeared to be roller skates and a construction helmet strapped to its head concealing its eyes.
"What are those?" asked Izzy.
"I'm not sure, I've never seen those kinds of octarians," said Blake as slowly made his way toward them. Blake got ready to attack then when he and Izzy were soon spotted. The octarians were startled and jumped up from the sight of the agents. They ran away leaving a trail of ink and dropped splat bombs around the open area and fled.
"I guess they didn't feel like fighting," said a stunned Izzy as the octarians disappeared.
"Those were Tentakooks, They were probably the mining crew down in that quarry. They're not known for directly attacking their adversaries but I wonder why they retreated?" pondered Sheldon on the radio.
"Guess they were smart enough not to tangle with the squidbeak squad," said Blake proudly.
"Yeah, we showed them!" shouted Izzy.
"Ok, you two, hurry and grab the zapfish and make your way down to the domes," said Marie sternly on the radio.
"Got it, Agent 2," said Blake as he and Izzy headed for the zapfish in the middle of the pool of ink the tentakooks left behind. The little electric fish was contained in an orb hooked to a machine powering the area around them. floodlights shined on the area were the zapfish was and on the floor was a metal circular large hatch that was covered by the octarian ink. "Let's be careful, remember what Marie said before. that if their's a zapfish, then there's an octoweapon guarding it," said Blake reminding Izzy.
Blake slowly made his way to the pool of ink. He walked through the ink forgetting that the enemy ink would slow him down. He soon got stuck in the ink and couldn't move as he got near the zapfish. "Oh carp! I'm stuck!" shouted Blake as Izzy started to fret when all of a sudden a loud mechanical noise emitted from under the ink. "What was that?" said a startled Blake.
Izzy looked around then when she turned back to Blake, soon sharp jagged metallic teeth appeared around Blake and the zapfish around the pool of ink. Blake looked around and knew exactly what it was and he stared back at Izzy with a horrified look. Soon the teeth closed and snapped shut as the large octoweapon ate him and the zapfish out of the pool of ink.
"BLAKE!" screamed Izzy. The octoweapon then raised it's head and stared at Izzy with it's glowing purple eyes. But all of a sudden Blake shoot out of its mouth, busting some of its teeth when he jumped out. He landed on the ground catching his breath. "That was too close!" exclaimed Blake before he turned back to the machine. It was an Octomaw, but it had augmentations built on it. It had large tubes being fed into its head and what looked like electrifyied wiring around it as it sparked. Instead of a mesh screen hiding its eyes it was clear glass one revealing the inside of its head and its glowing eyes.
"What is that thing!" shouted Izzy.
"That's an Octomaw! But's it's different from the one agent 3 faced back in Octo Valley 2 years ago. It seems to have been fitted with some upgrades since it was last deployed," said Sheldon in a troubled state.
"I've should have known grabbing that zapfish would've been too easy. I guess the octarians decided to improve their mechanical guppy after it was destroyed by agent 3 years ago, be careful you two, It seems to be electrified, their's no telling what else that thing has in store for you," said Marie.
"Meet the improved Shocker Octomaw!" shouted the octoweapon in a robotic voice as it glared at the two them. "Prepare to be shocked!" It shouted again as it gave a mechanical roar and dove back into the large pool of ink.
"It swallowed the zapfish! We're going to have to beat it if we're going to get it back," said Blake as Izzy held her hero shot up and nodded.
The two of them looked around the ink for any signs of movement. Izzy spotted a metal fin headed for them out of the ink. Then its teeth appeared around the two ready to shut. "Oh, no you don't!" shouted Blake as he grabbed Izzy and jumped away before the octoweapon snapped it's mouth shut. Blake turned toward the giant fish and shot it's teeth out. It was dazed and dropped back into the ink exposing the tentacle. Blake shot the tentacle and it spewed purple ink and disappeared back into the floor.
"Izzy! Just follow my lead! I've faced an Octomaw during the great turf war. Just avoid being eaten and aim at its teeth until the tentacle pops out then shoot at it!" explained Blake.
"Ok, shoot at the teeth then the tentacle, got it!" said Izzy.
The two looked around again and spotted the fin heading towards them but the fin was sparking and the ink behind it was electrified. As Blake and Izzy avoided the sparking fin they got shocked by the ink behind it. "AAAHHH!" they both screamed getting jolted. They both sat down on the floor and soon its fangs appeared around them again, but they were glowing. Blake and Izzy jumped out as fast as they could and the teeth shut causing them to spark.
Izzy shot at the teeth as they sparked and busted away. The Octomaw spun and dove back into the ink exposing the tentacle out of its mouth. Izzy took no time and rushed toward the flailing tentacle, shooting at it. It burst into ink like before and Izzy squid jumped out of the way and back onto the floor near Blake.
The octomaw stood up and stared at the two of them as a new set of chompers popped up. It roared and flopped around before diving back in the ink. "Stay vigilant Izzy! Their's no telling what it's going to do next!" warned Blake. The two agents watched in anticipation as to what the octomaw would do next.
After a moment the fin emerged and swam around them in a circular motion like a shark circling its prey. The fin vanished and soon the ink under the two agents and around the area was electrified. Blake and Izzy were jolted and couldn't move. They were stunned from the electricity and were jeering from getting shocked. All of a sudden the teeth around them appeared and the two of them couldn't move. Blake took action and aimed his weapon at Izzy fighting the current running through his body. Izzy was stunned and didn't know what Blake was doing. "Blake!...what are doing?!" jeered Izzy who was both confused and stunned by Blake aiming his weapon at her.
"For...give me Izzy," jeered Blake fighting the electricity coursing through his body.
Blake fired his weapon knocking Izzy back out of the mouth of the octomaw before it closed. The teeth shut and it's body rose. Izzy was flung out of the way by the shot and laid on her back, looking back up at the octoweapon. She stared at the giant mechanical fish with horror seeing Blake get eaten and saving her before its jaws shut.
She gasped and covered her mouth. "BLAAAKE! NOOOOO!" she screamed. The octomaw turned its body and stared at her with an evil grin. The giant metallic fish was going to make a meal out of her just as it did Blake. It started to lunge at the inkling girl who was frozen in fear when soon the octoweapon stopped and stood back up with a confused expression on its face.
The octomaw started jerking around and making noise. It's expression turned from confused to utter disbelief. Blake was inside of it, blasting at its mechanical innards and filling its stomach with his ink. The octomaw sputtered and sparked and soon exploded into yellow ink. pieces of metal flew about and the little zapfish was flopping around in the giant puddle of yellow ink. Izzy rushed over to grab it before it swam away. She frantically looked around for Blake. "Blake!" she shouted.
She turned around with the zapfish around her arm hoping for any sign of life but to no avail. Izzy assumed the worst and sat down on her knees starting to cry as the zapfish rested on the floor. When soon she heard some moaning. "Huh...Blake, Is that you?" she said. She spotted a moving hump in the puddle of ink and saw that Blake was still alive. "Blake!" she shouted. She rushed over wiping the ink off his face. He coughed some ink out and looked at Izzy. "Izzy? I... thought I was done for," said Blake in exhaustion.
"Blake I thought you were gone too when I saw the Octomaw explode," exclaimed Izzy glad to see Blake alive. He looked over and saw the little zapfish sleeping. He gives a deep breath and stands up still covered in ink. "Well, at least we got the zapfish, Agent 2 is going to be happy," said Blake walking over and grabbing the little yellow fish.
"That was quite a performance you two, taking on that Octomaw like that! I was worried there for a while, especially for you Blake!" shouted Sheldon on the radio.
"Outstanding agents! I'm glad to see you required the zapfish! I have to admit I'm impressed by you Agent 0, sticking your neck out and protecting Agent 4 like that! You've shown what it takes to be a squidbeak! Keep up the good work you two!" congratulated Marie.
Afterward, the floor under them revealed a large hatch leading down to the underground domes once the ink cleared. "Ok, you two, before you go any further just be sure to check your gear and weapons. It's getting dark as well, you two may want to get some rest. You deserve it, especially you Blake," said Marie.
"Yeah, I'm pretty beat after facing that giant guppy, some sleep sounds good right about now," said Blake as he headed over toward another area away from the hatch. Izzy yawned and stretched before following Blake. The two of them found a place to lay down to gain their energy back up before going down into the dome. Blake sat up against a wall looking at Izzy. "Well it's been a day, I'm proud to call you my partner, you've shown a lot of skill and bravery Izzy, Cassie would be proud of you," said Blake.
Izzy blushed and looked back at Blake. "Thanks, Blake, I'm glad you're my partner too. I wouldn't have made it this far without you, I'm just a scared little squid and I'm glad you've saved me back there," said Izzy.
"Scared? Izzy, your one of the bravest people I've known. You helped face all those octotroopers and octostriker. You helped defeat the Octomaw and got the zapfish back. If anything I couldn't have done it without you. As far as saving you goes, that's what squidbeak agents do. We look out for each other," said Blake shooting Izzy a smile.
"I wish Flash thought as you do, but he...seems focused on winning the game. I wish you could play turf war matches and I could be on your team Blake. I think we'd be unstoppable," said Izzy.
"Well, I'm not so sure of that, Callie and Marie were explaining to me about turf war matches. I'm not so sure it's my thing even if it's just a game. I just... wouldn't feel like playing a game that dedicated itself to the inkling's victory of the great turf war. I'm kinda conflicted about it, I wish the war never started in the first place. So many lives and friendships lost," said Blake as he started to get depressed on his past.
"It's sad to hear what happened to you and the inklings that fought in the war. I just wish you wouldn't dwell on it. You need to look to the future Blake. Things are different now even though the octo rebels don't want peace. I just hope Inkopolis would accept you once you quit hiding from everyone," said Izzy.
"Izzy, Inkopolis would go into a full panic if they saw a human alive and not all inklings may accept me. I mean look what happened with Camper and his gang. I was nothing but an insignificant fossil in their eyes. Camper could care less if I was dead or not," said Blake. "I'm just not sure if I'm ready or not. I'm still trying to figure out where I came from and where my family is... if they're still alive," said Blake dropping his face.
"Blake, don't think like that, I'm sure their around somewhere and you have me, Cass and the squid sisters to look after you while you do find them," said Izzy trying to cheer Blake up.
"Thanks, Izzy, you remind me so much of Callie, I'll be glad when we find her," said Blake.
"Well I'm tired, goodnight Blake and remember what I said," said Izzy as she turned over on the ground.
"Goodnight Izzy, I'm proud to call you a partner and a friend," said Blake as he slowly shut his eyes.
As the two of them fell asleep; above on a rocky ledge. Two figures can be seen looking down on the two of them. "So, that inkling and fossil defeated the octomaw, huh," said one figure.
"We better report this back to the major immediately," said the second figure.
"Roger that, let's go," said the first figure as the two of them octo formed and swam away out of sight as it was getting dark.