Melanin prison, Octo Valley
"Raaaaagh!" Bogs yelled as he tackled the first Octarian he saw.
The Octarian in question was in fact the captain of the prison guards, an Elite Octoling who looked just like any other Elite, and just like the other Elites, she was highly trained in combat, and had no sympathy for Inklings.
So it was unsurprising how she reacted to Bogs' head on attack.
Instead of panicked shooting like most Octarians would have done, the captain dropped on her back just as Bogs lunged at her, she drove her foot into his chest, turning Bogs' own momentum against him and sending him flying over her, out the cell and face first into the wall.
With no moments wasted she kicked her legs up, then threw herself back on her feet like a ninja.
If Kal and the other prisoner had any intention of fighting they lost it when they saw this demonstration of fighting skill.
The Elite and the other guards who accompanied her quickly turned to Bogs, who was still hurting from flying into the wall.
What happened next was too violent for Kal to watch, he turned away, trying hard to ignore the sound of Bogs crying in pain and five Octarian soldiers beating him down.
The small purple Inkling next to Kal also could not watch this, yet she was struck with fear and couldn't look away either, instead she covered her mouth to stop herself from screaming.
The soldiers; the captain, two Octolings, and two Octotroopers whacked Bogs with their weapons, and kicked him with their feet, more than a whole minute of endless beating had passed when they finally stopped.
"Take him to the infirmary." the captain said, and the Octotroopers dragged Bogs off.
The captain then stepped inside the cell, Kal was still turned away from her, so she let him feel the cold barrel of her Octoshot against the back of his neck.
Kal shivered as he felt death closing in on him.
"Do you have any big ideas too?"
"No" Kal quietly responsed
The captain then turned to the purple Inkling, who froze in fear.
She pulled the poor girl close to her, and stared deep into her eyes, striking even more fear into the already terrified Inkling.
"What about you short stuff? The door is right there, want to make a run for it?"
Tears began to stream down the purple Inkling's eyes, she shook her head quickly, and the captain backed away.
As she turned to leave, the captain made sure to give Kalus a good smack in the back of the head with her Octoshot, making Kal fall to the ground clutching his head, as the purple Inkling burst into tears.
"Now go to sleep, and don't any of you dare say a word until morning!"
The purple haired Inkling quickly obeyed and ran to her bunk, Kal was out cold so he didn't move, the captain smiled at this and left the cell.
"Good work you two." she said to the two Octoling guards, and the heavy cell door slammed shut.
When Kal finally regained consciousness the first thing he heard was crying, the purple Inkling must have really been terrified of what had happened and was sobbing away.
"Are you alright?" Kal asked
The purple Inkling didn't respond, and kept on crying.
"Don't worry, they won't lay a finger on you, you'll be fine." Kal wanted to comfort this poor kid, but then again he was a complete stranger to her, so he wasn't sure what to do, all he knew was that this little girl needed help.
But what could he do? He didn't know who she was, not even her name, how could comfort somebody who was completely unknown to him?
'Maybe she never expected something like this to happen and has a hard time dealing with it? Honestly I don't think anyone in Inkopolis would have expected this.' Kal thought as he remembered how he didn't want to open his eyes yesterday, it wasn't because he couldn't, but because he didn't want to see the truth: that he had been taken captive by the Octarian army.
'Why would the Octarians squidnap us? Maybe they know about Inker and want to lure him here? But that would only explain why I was captured, what do they want with her and Bogs?'
Kal was too deep in thought and missed the chance to comfort the crying Inkling, who at this point couldn't take it anymore and fell asleep, too tired to continue crying.
'Sigh, no use thinking about it now.' Kal thought
He remembered that there were Octolings guarding the cell at this time, maybe one of them could explain.
Kal went to the door and tried speaking to them
"Excuse me, can I ask you something?"
No response
"Can you hear me?"
Still nothing
Kal wanted to yell, but he didn't want to wake up the sleeping Inkling, nor did he want to end up on the Octarians' wrong side.
"You can't hear me can you?" Kal said again, acting as if someone was listening.
Once again, nobody replied.
Giving up, Kal turned back, but he believed someone had to be listening, there had to be a camera or something in the cell, right?
He wasn't sure if there was or not, but Kal decided to sit down in the middle of the room, so that if there was, they could see him.
Unbeknownst to him, the Octolings outside were aware of his movements.
"Now the red one is acting up too."
"Is he really trying to lure us inside like the orange one? Gosh these Inklings are dumb."
"We won't know unless we hear him." one said, as her hand went over to the two way button.
Back in the cell, Kal was curled up in the center of the room instead of sleeping in the bunks.
The cold hard floor reminded him that he was no longer in the wonderful high tech city of Inkopolis.
"Please tell me this is a nightmare, please."
He hoped that maybe he would fall asleep and wake up in his own room the next day.
Why was he here? What had he done to deserve this? He couldn't help but wonder.
He let these questions slip out without noticing.
Suddenly a voice broke the silence of the room.
"Because ever since the Great Turf War, not a single one of you Inklings ever stopped to think about us." It was the voice of one of the guards.
Kal got up, someone was listening! He quickly went back to the door.
"That's not true, I know for a fact that many Inklings and even some of the Agents hope for the Octarians' well being."
That wasn't exactly a lie, he knew that Inker, as Agent 3 had indeed fought the Octarian army and yet he still wanted to end hostilities between the two races. But Kal could only speak for his experience, and he did not know how Callie, Marie or Cap'n Cuttlefish thought of the Octarians.
"What would you know about the Agents?"
"I know Agent 3 better than anyone, i'm serious."
"Yeah, and we totally believe you."
"I'm telling the truth, it's not that we don't care about you, but because hardly anyone knows what's going on down here."
"Then that just means the majority of Inklings are too ignorant to even think about others."
"No it doesn't, it just means that we haven't had a chance to see the truth."
"Even if that's true, it doesn't change the fact that you Inklings left us to rot underground for over a century, what have you got to say about that?"
"We don't know what really happened all those years ago."
"Well we do, DJ Octavio fought that war, and he as told us about the Inkling betrayal, how your race panicked at the thought of rising sea level, and stole all the Zapfish before we could react."
"Cap'n Cuttlefish also fought in that war, and he tells a different story, like I said, there is no way we can be certain of what really happened."
"Well, guess not, so we will stick to our story and keep you locked up until someone can prove us wrong, good night now."
The Octoling shut off the two way.
"You can't do that! We are innocent! we have never done anything to you! Why us of all squids?"
No response
Kal was quiet once again
He was squidnapped
He was beaten
He was thrown in jail without reason
And now he was ignored
All this was very unfair, and honestly it made him more than a little angry.
Octo Valley, Victoria's apartment home
"What do you mean?" Kal was as worried as ever.
"When you first saw me that day, you asked "How did the Octoling hunt go?" but then you said that you hadn't watched the news that day, so how could you have known it was an Octoling in Inkopolis? I think I know the answer to that!"
'Oh no!' Kal thought to himself
At this moment Victoria felt something pressed against the back of her head.
"Found youuuuu!" Neon said in a cheerful tone.
Victoria got up in a panic, she grabbed Neon's Splatterscope and pushed it sideways, making the first shot miss. Neon wasn't messing around, she kicked Victoria away and began charging another shot.
And what was different this time, was that Kal didn't shield her from impending doom…..
Victoria woke up, it was dark outside, but then again it always was in Octo Valley.
What was that dream she just had? It was like what had happened back in Inkopolis, only this time she was killed in an instant.
Victoria heard someone downstairs "Violet must be up already" she thought
Well it was 7:30 in the morning, so it was about time to wake up.
Victoria went downstairs and greeted her friend, and then went about making breakfast.
The phone rang halfway through their meal.
"I got it." Violet said as she reached for the phone.
"Hello? No, hold on i'll get her. It's for you."
Violet handed the phone to Victoria
"Hello?"
"Hi dear."
Victoria immediately set the phone down
"Who was it?" Violet asked
"None of your business."
"It was your parents then."
Violet knew that Victoria didn't exactly have the best relationship with her folks, they called every week or so, but Victoria always hung up on them.
"You know me well."
"You really should give them a chance, they obviously want to tell you something."
"I take back what I just said, you don't know me very well."
After breakfast Victoria and Violet went to their separate jobs, Violet took a tram to the nearby hospital, while Victoria took the subway to Nautilus base.
She might have hated what Octavia was doing with the army, but she still had to make a living, so she tried her best to ignore what she saw yesterday and move on.
Unluckily for her, all anyone seemed to be able to talk about was yesterday's announcement.
One of the Octolings from her squadron walked up to Victoria.
"Victoria! did you hear? The acting leader is choosing more and more candidates for positions among the Elites!" The Octoling was hopping with excitement
"Really! that's great!" Victoria said excitedly, despite not actually being excited.
"I know right! They say that the acting leader wants to send more squads through the manhole using the method they used last time."
"More squads, is that why she is recruiting more Octolings for the ranks of the Elites?"
"Yeah, I heard that we plan on forcing the Inklings to attack us, so we will be squidnapping more and more of their people until they have no choice but to fight!"
'How can you be so excited about this?' Victoria wondered "Well then, I guess we better get ready, these Inklings aren't going down easy!"
"There we go! I knew your time in Inkopolis wouldn't ruin your Octarian spirit! If I become an Elite, I want you watching my back in Inkopolis, you know the place better than anyone here so you would be the best octopus for the job!"
"Thanks, but I don't think I would be of much help anyways." Victoria replied, hoping to end the conversation quickly
"Nonsense! I already recommended you to the acting leader! You can thank me later, right now I gotta get to the weight room, a war will start soon so I gotta be in top shape!"
Victoria waved goodbye to the excited young Octoling, Victoria was once just like that, so she didn't know how to break it to her that real fighting was not as it cracked up to be.
Her whole day was spent moving from training facility to training facility, from running, to weapon assembly, to target practice, and everywhere she went, she saw more Octarians excited about going to war.
'Am I the only here with any sense of reason?' Victoria wondered 'Going to war is nothing to be excited about, why is everyone so pumped up!?'
Later during lunch, Victoria found herself in the middle of another conversation.
"These Inklings are walking right into our trap!" and Octotrooper said
"I can't wait for them to come! I want to get a triple splat!" an Octostriker said
"Good luck, by the time your saucer gets to the front they would be completely wiped out!" an Octosniper said.
"What by you? I could shoot better than you while half asleep!"
"No way, I'm a sniper for a reason, I never miss."
"Then what were those low shots in the firing range earlier? Were you aiming for the ground!"
Conversations like this were going on all around.
Victoria didn't say anything to anyone, she just stayed quiet and ate.
"Hey Victoria! What's wrong with you today? You haven't said a word!"
It was that big and loud Octostriker called Kevin again
"Oh nothing, just don't feel myself today."
'Actually now that I think of it, an Octostriker has a higher security clearance because of how rare they are.' recalling this, Victoria decided to pump information from him.
"I wonder what happened after yesterday's assembly." Victoria said
"Huh? Well everyone was really happy don't you remember?"
"Not that, I mean what does Octavia plan to do now?"
The Octostriker called Kevin always loved talking to someone, and knew almost everybody, in fact he loved talking so much he often forgot that he was supposed to keep some things secret, so when Victoria asked this he began mouthing away.
"Ahh you see, Octa- I mean the acting leader, has been keeping one of the splatoons at Melanin prison."
"What? What would she want with that dump?"
"I was getting to that, she is keeping all the Inklings we capture there, I heard she even brought the old war prison back to working condition."
'Just as I thought, this big mouth will easily tell me everything I need to know, I should make note of that.'
"Melanin prison, maybe I should apply for guard duty there."
"I doubt you would be accepted, they already have all the guards they need, plus I heard Octavia appointed one heck of an Elite to be the captain of the guard."
"Who did she appoint to captain?"
"I don't know her name, all I know is that it was one of the Elites who went on the first squidnapping mission."
"First? You mean there's more?"
"Yep! Just yesterday Octavia sent two more teams of Elites to Inkopolis, she is really a octopus of action, even DJ Octavio didn't order that many attacks! Actually those aren't really attacks but they are similar, oh I can't wait! When we get to invade Inkopolis i'll see the sun come up for the first time in my life!"
"So will all of us! We better stay in good shape though, otherwise we might not be allowed to enter combat."
"That doesn't matter I just want to see the sky someday, I read a bunch of Octavio's old books and they say the sky changes color all on it's own when it goes from day to night!"
"And now he's blubbering about the sky, is a bunch of colors really that exciting?" Victoria wondered, after all she saw the sky when she was in Inkopolis and thought nothing of it.
"Wow that sounds incredible!" Victoria said, now wishing that she did not start a conversation with Kevin.
Luckily an Octotrooper cut in
"Don't believe that mucus, there is no way something like the sky can change color on it's own."
"Yes it can, there is a scientific reason behind it!"
"No way, I bet the sky is an Inkling creation and someone changes its colors when they want the Inklings to sleep, just like here in Octo Valley."
Victoria used this distraction to slip away.
At least now she knew where Kal was being held, now all that was left was to decide whether to tell Inker or not.
Inkopolis plaza
Walking out of a local cafe was Inker, Neon and Sky, as always the friends had a great day, but the fact that Kal is missing worried them.
"Wooohoooo I love that flurry special!" Neon said
"You seem way too excited when Kalus is missing." Sky reminded her
"Oh yeah, thats sad, but that's not stopping me from having fun in sad times!"
"You must think funerals are fun too."
"Hey don't say things like that, you might jinx someone!"
"Sometimes you amaze me with how endlessly happy you are all the time."
Sky had become friends with Inker because he was cool, calm, collected and reasonable, he also seemed to know the answer to everything, Neon on the other hand could possibly be his polar opposite, always smiling and energetic even when she should not be and literally saying whatever was on her mind.
"Hey! Life is too short to be sad, so I'm always looking for ways to have fun!"
"And all those ways include Turf Wars or some sort of game."
"Nah, not if Inker lets me go to Octo Valley again, Whaddya say!?" Neon said as she gave Inker a heartly smack on his back.
"No way, you aren't ready for something like that, plus I told you not to mention that while the blues are watching us!" Inker replied
The blues in question were the officers who seemed to be watching them everywhere they went.
"Seriously what's with these guys? Why won't they leave us alone?" Neon wondered
"Maybe we are suspects." Inker replied
"Hey you tell me, you're the secret agent here."
"Okay, well then we definitely are suspects, so let's just carry on as normal until the whole thing blows over."
"But won't they never stop following us until they find Kal and the others?" Sky asked
"Yeah they won't, kinda sad actually, if I had to do an investigation I wouldn't be putting tails on everyone."
"I thought you were an Agent and not a detective."
"Well I guess some Agent skills can be related to detective work."
Neon spoke up as well
"Yep, it's like a real pro watching a wannabe pro, I would never follow random squids around just because of a suspicion."
"I thought you said you didn't remember what you did when you searched for Victoria."
"I don't, but I know that I never followed Kal around until I had solid evidence that he was hiding something!"
Sky stopped the two for a moment "Should we really be talking about this here? I mean they can probably hear us."
"There is at least thirty other Inklings between us and them, they can't hear a thing." Inker replied, pointing out that the officer watching them was doing so from a great distance, and in the middle of Inkopolis plaza too.
"Hey look! Now there two of them!"
A second officer was spotted near the first, but he was looking in another direction.
"Who is he following?"
"I don't know."
"Sounds fun! Wanna find out!"
"Seriously Neon, how is that fun?"
"Mysteries and detective stuff! How is that not fun!"
"I thought you only liked Turf Wars."
"No I just like Turf Wars and fighting, they are an important part of me."
"Hey i'm up for it." Inker said "Let's see who else is a suspect, who knows, maybe we can find Kal before the cops do."
And that was how Inker, Neon and Sky ran into Laven for the third day in a row, they followed the officer's sight and saw the familiar purple haired Inkling, since he had been to the precinct yesterday too he was likely the other suspect.
"Hiya Laven!" Neon said
"Ahhh!" Laven screamed, startled by Neon's sudden greeting.
"Are you always this jumpy?"
Laven recognized the group, and calmed down.
"Oh it's you guys again."
"Were you expecting anyone else?"
"No, but someone keeps watching me everywhere I go, it's freaking me out."
"Oh you mean the cops? Yeah they are following us too."
'Wait you brought them to me?"
"Umm there was one following you already."
"What? Why would they do that?"
"My best guess is that they don't have any suspects so they are following us on the off chance that we know something." Inker replied
"But why? We have nothing to hide, we told them everything they wanted to know."
"Give them a break, nothing like this ever happens so the IPD probably has no idea where to start."
"Hey speaking of the IPD." Neon cut in, her eyes watching someone approaching.
Det. Vert had shown up again, he put his arms on his waist.
"Well, well, it's you four again."
"Why are you following us? We didn't have anything to do with the missing squids!" Laven asked
"What are you talking about?" Vert said sarcastically
"Don't give me that, I see those officers watching us in the distance."
"Well aren't you observant, makes me wonder why you are so worried if you say you are innocent."
"You really shouldn't be putting a tail on us," Inker spoke up "It's a waste of time, we are innocent."
"No, see that's what you tell yourselves, but are you really?"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Well I don't expect you kids to know this, but it is very possible convince yourself to believe in false facts, so I can't exactly take your word for anything."
"So you're saying that we only think we are innocent because we tell ourselves this, that's a bunch of rubbish."
"Well, trying to avoid our sight doesn't exactly help your case here, Inker."
"Who wouldn't try to find some privacy!? You even had people watching my house last night!"
"As a detective I cannot afford to let any suspects out of my sight."
"You can't do this! This is harassment!"
"Yes I can, and I know for a fact that soon one of you will confess." Vert said, his finger darting between Inker and Laven.
"Why would any of us confess to anything?"
"Sorry but my time is valuable, I can't afford to argue with you kids, see you around."
Vert walked away, waving goodbye to the four Inklings.
"Kraken, I hate that guy already." Sky said
"Is it true though?" Laven asked
"What's true?"
"That we can force ourselves to believe something false?"
"Well certainly, I mean lots of people have trouble believing facts right?"
"Huh….. Well nice seeing you guys again, I need to go."
Laven hurried away
"Maybe you shouldn't have said that, that guy is already blaming himself." Inker remarked
"Right sorry I wasn't thinking, I just don't like lying."
"That's fine, we don't know him very well yet, so who knows what will happen now."
"Still I don't like the idea of someone following me everywhere I go." Neon added
"Don't worry, he doesn't suspect you."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Well that so called detective seemed to be implying that either me or Laven were guilty of something, so that means those officers are only following me and him."
"Well then that's a load of my shoulders."
"Which is why I gotta ask you for a favor."
"Sure! What do ya need?"
Inker lowered his voice so that only Neon and Sky could hear.
"I want you to go to Octo Valley and ask Cap'n Cuttlefish if the Octarians had been doing anything suspicious lately."
Neon jumped with excitement "Gimmie ten minutes to run home and grab my E-Liter!"
"On second thought Sky, you should go alone."
"Okay."
"Why can't I go?"
"Because I don't want you running off starting a fight with the Octarians."
"I won't! I'll just be bringing along an E-Liter just in case something happens."
"She has a point Inker, this is Octo Valley we are talking about."
"Yeah, plus last time I went there I didn't shoot a thing till you told me too."
"But i'm not going with you this time, with Vert's officers following me I can't have him following and finding out about the New Squidbeak Splatoon."
"Don't worry, Ill be fine without you."
"You just really want to go don't you?"
"I'm not going to let you stop me."
"Sigh."
Inker finally gave in "Alright, but both of you are going okay?"
"Okay!" Neon happily replied
Inker turned to Sky "Sky, watch Neon for me alright, we both know how she can be when it comes to fighting."
"Just leave it to me."
As his two friends left, Inker pulled out his squid phone to let the Cap'n know that he had visitors coming.
Cap'n Cuttlefish's shack, Octo Valley
Munch munch munch
Cap'n Cuttlefish gleefully munched on his seemingly endless supply of Crabby Cakes.
Why it seemed like an endless supply was obvious to a certain few (including you).
Octavia's Crabby Cake distractions were working perfectly, the Cap'n had no idea what was going on around him.
Like before, a team of four Elite Octolings slipped past, this time a second team followed shortly after.
A third team remained close by, ready to place another distraction when it was time for the teams to return.
Half an hour had passed when two beings passed through the manhole.
At first the nearby Elite Octoling team thought something had gone wrong and prepared to dive into combat, but then they noticed it was two normal looking Inklings, although one of them had a Charger slung across her back.
"Hiya!" Neon said giving Cuttlefish a fright as well
"What in tarnation!?"
"You need to stop greeting people so loudly." Sky remarked
"Oops my bad." Neon apologized
"What are you young'uns doing here? It's dangerous in Octo Valley."
It was almost as if Cuttlefish hadn't been expecting company.
"Our friend Inker told us to come, didn't he tell you?"
"Hmm? Oh you mean Agent 3, hold on let me check…"
Cuttlefish pulled out his phone and noticed that Agent 3 had indeed sent him a message about twenty minutes ago.
"Ahh okay, I see now, say, I remember seeing you before, well why are you two here? Don't tell me ya plan on becoming Agents as well."
"Ohmygosh yes I'd lo-" Neon began but Sky cut her off
"No, Inker just wanted to know if the Octarians had been doing anything suspicious lately."
"No siree, everything is nice and peaceful around here."
Not to far away, the Elites in hiding wanted to laugh upon hearing this, the old fool had no idea what they had been doing under his nose.
"But anyways, why did Agent 3 send you when he just ask me over the phone?"
"It's kinda complicated, he is kinda busy, and also I don't think you would have picked up the phone anyways."
"Ahh ya got me there kiddo."
"Well anyways if nothing's going on then we'll be leaving now."
"Aww, but we just got here." Neon complained
"Look around, do you see anything worth staying for?" Sky replied
Neon's gaze focused on several kettles close by
"Yup, I think we should take a look in one of those!" Neon said, drawing her E-Liter
"Nope nope nope, we are going back to Inkopolis."
Sky had to practically drag Neon back.
"Ow ow ow, okay okay, let go of me jeez."
She waved goodbye to the Cap'n as she was dragged away
"Good seeing you again! If you ever need an Agent 4 I'm the squid for the job! Remember that!" Neon yelled before turning her attention to Sky
"There, I said goodbye and now we are leaving, so let go of me."
The two returned to Inkopolis safely and called Inker to let him know that the Cap'n saw no Octarian do anything suspicious in Octo Valley in the past month.
With no one left to suspect, Inker and his friends tried to return to their normal lives for a while, and hoped that Det, Vert could maybe find their friend again someday.
Inkopolis, Five days later
It was now night time in Inkopolis, Inklings everywhere had gone to sleep, however throughout this entire city, some squids stayed wake.
Some had to finish up with work, others stayed up late because they liked the night, for Laven though it was because he couldn't sleep, not with so much on his mind.
He was seated in front of his computer, the screen illuminating his face in his dark room.
He knew that someone was outside his house watching, it had been like that for days now.
He had been trying to find out about what Vert had said, about how someone may believe something that is false if they keep telling it to themselves, he ended up reading an article about repressed memories.
Supposedly memories associated with a high level of stress or trauma could be blocked off.
He began asking himself questions, and answered them in two ways, as if he could not make up his mind on what he really was: one part of him felt guilty, the other tried to maintain innocence.
'So maybe I did do something that day? No way, I love and care deeply for Lila I would never. Could I? It is my fault that she is missing in the first place, maybe I did more then just bring her to turf wars too early. No mom and dad agreed too and they are equally worried. Why am I the only one feeling so guilty over this? Maybe I really am guilty of something, no Lila would never go off on her own, wait but that means that I would have done something to make her go missing, no I couldn't I have no reason to do such a thing. After all she is an amazing little sister, she grows up so quickly, she is so smart, she is always at the top of her class, heh I might even feel jealous of her someday. Wait! Maybe I was jealous! No way I'm proud not jealous, or maybe I only think i'm proud because I tell myself that but I'm really just jealous? Or maybe the other way around?'
Nobody could see it coming, but with Lila's disappearance, Vert's suspicions, Sky's confirmation of the possibility followed by the knowledge repressed memories drove Laven towards the breaking point.
Melanin prison
"Why didn't you help you damn cowards!"
Bogs had recovered from his beating and was put back in the cell with Kal and the purple Inkling, as soon as he got back be blamed Kal and the other one for his plan's failure.
"If any of you had helped I wouldn't have been beaten so badly, as a S rank I feel humiliated!"
"Calm down" Kal said "There was way too many guards, it wasn't your fault."
"You're right it wasn't my fault, it was yours!"
"Excuse me, my fault?!"
"Yeah you heard me, I said we all fight our way out, I didn't say standby and watch me get beaten up now did I?"
"You expe-"
"DID I!?"
Kal was getting pissed too
"Don't blame me for your stupid plan."
"At least I had a plan."
"Yeah a plan to get us all killed!"
In the back of the room, the purple haired Inkling remained quiet and kept her distance from Kal and Bogs.
'Those two are scary.' she thought
"I have had enough of you!" Bogs was furious, he then turned to the door "And you two, come fight me one on one, you eight tentacled pieces of ****" he yelled, pounding on the door.
'Great now i'm stuck with a meathead who thinks brute force is the only way out.' Kal thought.
Of course this was the least of their problems, in another part of Octo Valley Octavia had just issued a new order.
Octavia had expected the Agents of the New Squidbeak Splatoon to immediately assume the Octarians were responsible for the squidnappings and charge into Octo Valley to rescue the captives, allowing the Octarian army to set up an ambush, but it had been a week and nothing happened.
"Looks like the Agents haven't noticed our activities yet, and at this rate Melanin prison will fill up." Octavia said, she turned to one of the Elites "Tell the captain that she may do whatever she wants with our current prisoners."
She knew that the captain of the guard hated Inklings as much as she did, plus in Octavia's mind all the Octarians wanted to see Inklings suffer.
"Understood, I shall inform the captain of the guard that she may now ignore the well being of our prisoners." an Elite replied
When that order arrived the captain of the guard grinned evilly.
She already had a idea in mind.
She turned to a monitor showing live footage of the cell from the outside
'If you thought the beatings were bad, wait till you find out what I got in store for you.'