"Hey, stand up slowly!" Maggie ordered, "No funny, business or I'll shoot!"
The kid slowly stood up and stared at the two. Maggie nudged them with her Octoshot to follow Maroon. Mary stopped and took out her Octoshot.
"We have company" She pointed them at a group of Inklings approaching them.
"What are YOU doing here?!" Maggie growled, "Did you forget that this our territory?!"
The kid took this opportunity to run away as fast as they could. The Inklings just quietly watched them dash off, and decided to distract the Octolings.
"What are you Octo pies going to do about it?" One of the Inkling mocked them, "If you try anything, I'll make sure Agent 3 hears about it."
"Look, we aren't here for a fight alright?" Mary lowered her weapon, "We are just taking this- WHAT?! WHERE DID IT GO?!"
The two Octolings quickly looked around and chased after the now far away human. One of the Inklings called Agent 3 and told her to investigate. The kid ran into the bushes and quietly hugged their knees. They listened to footsteps and angry muttering from one of the Octolings. They waited until everything was quiet before running again.
Meanwhile, Agent 3 muttered to herself angrily as she walked towards the group of Inklings.
"I was having such a good time and then I get a call from Captain. I'm missing my game," she slightly growled, "This better be important"
"Sorry, Bucko. Some Octolings were sighted chasing a… thing. The scientists insisted on getting you to investigate" Captain Cuttlefish patted his back.
"What?! You guys made me miss my game for something this stupid?!"
"Bucko, that thing is pretty hurt. It had a pretty bad tumble down that cliff. It's hurt and confused. Probably, wouldn't be long before it dies."
Agent 3 grinded her fang as her ears lowered. She sighed in defeat and rubbed her arm.
"You are a good kid, Bucko. They ran towards the cave over there." Captain Cuttlefish patted her back.
Agent 3 ran off if she can save the human. She ran through the forest until heard some leaves rustle. She saw the kid coming from the bushes. When they heard twigs crackle, they dashed off. Agent 3 quietly tailed them. The kid was running around the forest until they ran into the cave. They were becoming weaker and weaker, and the Octolings were catching up to them. Agent 3 wrapped her hand around their mouth and pulled them behind a rock. The kid tried to fight her, but they weren't able to break away. She just shushed them as the Octolings ran past the two. The kid froze up as they watched the two stop and search farther into the cave. Agent 3 quietly pulled them out of the cave.
"Whew, that was close…" Agent 3 released them, "You okay?"
"St-stay away from me!" the kid backed up away from Agent 3.
"Whoa, I don't mean any harm! Hey, wait you speak Inkling?!"
They just continued to glare at her. Agent 3 just scratched her head, thinking about what to do next.
"Not friendly are you? Well, hey, I just wanted to help, but if you wanna hang with Octolings then by all means be my guest"
The Inkling started walking away and the kid walked the other way. They took only but a couple steps before they collapsed on to the dirt. Agent 3 looked back and ran.
"Hey! Are you okay?! Hey, wake up!" she lifted their body and shook them.
They weakly opened their eyes as their tears ran down their face. Agent 3 started to freak out. She gently pulled their arms around her neck, and gave them a piggyback ride.
"Hold on, I'll get you some help. Just stay with me okay?"
The kid meekly moved as an attempt to escape. Agent 3 ran as fast as she could back to Captain Cuttlefish. The other Inklings quickly gathered around them. The kid started to tense up the closer they got.
"It's dying! DO SOMETHING!" Agent 3 laid the kid down.
"You caught it?!" Captain Cuttlefish's eye nearly popped out of his head, well more than usual.
"This is amazing!" One of the inkling touched the kid's head and hair, "it has like thousands of really thin tentacles. We gotta examine it and look at EVERYTHING about it!"
"THERE IS NO TIME FOR THAT! IT'S DYING!"
"It's dying? Well, if it does die we can always dissect it"
"THAT'S NOT FUNNY! DO SOMETHING!"
"HEY! BACK OFF!" an orange Inkling demanded, as she made her way towards them.
She knelt down to be at Agent 3 and the kid's level. She held up a stuffed long floppy eared bunny.
"Please… give… it back…" The kid weakly moved to attempt to grab the bunny.
"I figured it was yours," she pulled it away, "I will give it back, but only if you come with us. Understand?"
The kid dropped their hand and slowly nodded.
"Well, you'll be okay, now. Maybe I'll see you around?" Agent 3 smiled as she patted the kid's head.
"Okay, Agent 3 why don't you carry it to the truck?" she stood up.
"Wait what?!" Agent 3 exclaimed, " I have a turf-"
"That's an order..."
"Pft, fine. Come on."
The two say next to each other on the truck. The kid slowly began to drift off as the car ride went on. They soon fell asleep leaning against Agent 3. Agent 3 looked at them. His body was actually very warm. It was like her heated blanket at home, she would cuddle with it as she fell asleep. She unconsciously leaned over rested her head on the kid. The kid's even breathing lulled her to sleep. The orange inkling poked Agent 3, causing her to jolt a bit and become more aware.
"Seems it's taken a liking to you… It's actually kinda cute." she giggled.
"What? It's just tired. With all the running and everything it's been through," she rubbed her side, "It's only normal…"
"Sure, but you on the other hand seem to like it just as much,"
She turn a slight shade of pink on, but before she could argue the orange inkling shoved a crabby cake into her mouth, and patted her head.
"Don't get too comfortable with it. It will be experimented on and there maybe a chance, it'll die."
"Wait, what?! You can't do that! It's a living thing!" she dropped the crabby cake.
"Sorry, science is science. We probably see what it knows first then we'll dissect it to learn about its anatomy."
"I DIDN'T AGREE TO HELP YOU TO MURDER A- A LIVING THING!" Agent 3 growled.
"Hehe, that's what I wanted to see. You really do have a heart of gold. I was just yanking your tentacles. Of course, we're, well at least I'm, not going to harm a, thing on it. That'll just be a waste."
"I hate you… Marigo"
"Whateves, it's so fun to tease you, Char" she wrapped a blanket around the two, "rest, you guys earned it"
She sat there, just staring at the kid's chest move up and down. The kid rubbed his face on Char's shoulder. She leaned closer so the kid could sleep more comfortably. They were strangely about the same height. At first, she looked out the window and tried to stay awake. The warmer she got the sleepier she became. Finally, she fell asleep resting her head on the kid's. Marigo snapped a picture of the two on her phone.
-Author's Notes-
Hey, so 2nd chapter up. So how am I doing and should I fix anything? Thanks for reading!
