The camera shows Char and her friends waiting in the lobby. Leon was sobbing loudly on the floor.
"Whhhhyyyyy…. WHY HAS THE WORLD FORSAKEN ME?!" the poor squid curled into a ball, "My mom's gonna kill me. She's gonna stuff me and grill me alive!"
"I'm sure… um you be fine?" Char patted his back.
"Char, I pretty sure we lost him…" Jazzy shrugged.
"Oh boy, I didn't think this would happen…" Chizel scratched the back of his head.
" Hey Char!" a voice called out to her.
"Hey Quil!" Char brightly smiled and ran over to hug Quil.
Jazzy, Chizel, and Leon glared at him. Jazzy pulled Char back.
"Quil, what do you want?" there was a slight growl in her voice.
"Hey, what's wrong with wishing your friend good luck?" he sneered, "She's MY friend too."
"It's never good when it's with you!" Leon snapped back, "Leave Char ALONE!"
"Shut it, Mama's boy! You aren't the boss of me!"
"Enough! He just wants to say hi" Char interjected, "Geez, what's up with you guys?"
"See? Char's okay with it. Now scram, I need to talk to her ALONE"
Her friends looked at each other concerned, but gave them some space.
"Char," Quil began, "We have known each other for a long time right?"
"Yeah… What about it?"
"We are as close as can be so I wanted to ask you a big favor for my old childhood friend…"
"A-a favor? But our match starts soo-"
"Yes, it's about our match together. Can you let my team win?"
"Wait, what?"
"I want to keep my winning streak intact, you understand, right? After all we were friends for SO long!"
"Quil, that wouldn't be fair to my teammates!"
"Char, who cares about them? We known each other much more longer!"
"I can't do that to them!"
"Humph, I never thought that my childhood friend would choose winning a match over our friendship."
"Quil! That's not-"
"I'll let you choose. Let me win or we wouldn't be friends anymore."
"Quil, that's, that's just not fair! If it were just a match between the two of us, it would be fine. But Jazzy, Chizel, and Leon worked hard to get this far! It wouldn't be fair to them!"
"Fine, you made your choice," he started walking away.
"Quil, come on! Don't be like that! Let's just have a fair game, okay?" She placed her hand on his shoulder.
He swiftly slapped her across her face. She fell onto the floor caressing her cheek. Her friends rushed to her.
"What the splat did you do that for?!" Jazzy snarled at Quil.
"Char, are you okay?" Chizel knelt down beside her.
"Apologize. NOW!" Leon glared at Quil
"Humph," Quil walked away.
Leon was about to go after him, but Chizel stopped him. Char just sat there, stunned. Jazzy helped her up.
"Oh, Char… I told ya, he was bad news" Jazzy hugged her, "Come on. Let's get ya cleaned up."
"Just seeing him makes my ink boil over, to see this happen just bring this to a whole new level." Leon muttered as he kicked a pebble.
"We'll get back at him if we ruin his winning streak."
The two girls went into the bathroom. Char washed her face. Jazzy fixed up Char's clothes.
"Don't be sad, Char. I'll make sure he'll pay." Jazzy patted her back as they walked out, "Cheer up, aright?"
"How can I? I just lost my childhood friend…" Char looked away.
"What type of friend hits their friends for no reason?"
"You don't understand! I'm known him my whole life."
"Char, we really do care about you." Chizel replied, "Maybe we weren't friends as long as Quil was. But that doesn't change the fact that we are your friends."
"Chizel is right." Leon agreed, "I watched you get played by Quil long enough! What kind of friend would I be, if I let you hurt yourself over and over again?"
"We have known each for a good amount of time! We came a long way too!"
"Let's stop worrying, about this" Jazzy suggested, "Let's go out there and just do our best. You can at least do that much right, Char?"
"I- I guess…" Char muttered.
"What was that?!" Leon pointed Char's side causing her to jolt, "Come on leader! Loud and proud!"
"Okay, I'll try my best," Char smiled rubbing her side.
"Now, that's the Char we all know and love! Let's hop to it then."
Everyone walked to their Spawn Point and dove into the bright pink ink. Quil's team dove into a bright green Spawn Point. The crowd cheered as Callie and Marie took the night stage. The turf war arena light up so everyone could see.
"Is everyone ready for this?!" Callie shouted out.
The crowd cheered and tossed confetti into the air. The idols changed into the teams' respective colors and spun around. The screen showed a countdown. Everyone counted along and buzzer started the two teams off. Callie and Marie began performing "Ink Me Up" as the two teams started inking the field.
Char finished covering the back alley and searched for areas that were not covered yet. Chizel swam up to Shan and splattered him with ink. Shan retreated and Chizel chased after him. Easelle splashed up green ink. Chizel yelled, he popped into green ink, and a small ghostly squid floated to the spawn point. Jazzy jumped out and blasted the two. Their ghostly squid floated away. Quil aimed at her and she quickly dove into the ink and swam around to dodge his fire. Char swam past Quil and painted around the area. Quil instantly took his attention off of Jazzy and onto Char. He fired at Char and tossed burst bombs at her. He cornered her and charged his E-liter. Leon jumped out from behind him and squashed him with his roller.
"OH YEAH! THAT FELT SOOO GOOD!" Leon laughed.
"Too soon for gloating!" Char pulled him to dodge Easelle's swipes.
They swam away from her. Shan and Nami stood in the way. Leon smirked and activated his special. He turned into a large Squid. He chased after Nami and splatted her. Char shot at Shan. Easelle came up from behind Char and splatted her. Char cried out before her ghost returned to the spawn point. Quil tossed burst bombs at Leon. Leon swam away and Jazzy swam up behind Quil and splattered him. Chizel brought down an ink strike and the two squid were wiped.
"Come on, we need to ink over their ink too!" Chizel shouted to Jazzy and Leon.
"You got it!" Leon grinned and went off to cover more ground.
"Wait up!" Jazzy swam after him.
Chizel looked around and noticed someone from Quil's team made a mad dash to the other side. He changed into a squid and sucked in some ink and blasted off to the spawn point. Char was standing behind a wall and Quil was calling out to her.
"I'll give you one last chance Char!" Quil shouted at her, "Let us win!"
"...I…" she bit her lip, " I can't! I could have ask you the same thing. Is our friendship worth winning this tournament?! Years worth of friendship, just for a small amount of fame?!"
"Our friendship means something, but not as much as you would think."
"I-I… can't believe it… I was always there for you…" she stepped out from the wall, "I tried my best to make you happy… I willingly let you walk all over me… When I finally stand up for myself and we suddenly can't be friends anymore…"
"It is what it is…" he aimmed his E-Liter at her.
He was so focused on splatting her, he didn't notice Chizel. Chizel tossed two burst bombs at him. Quil hissed and he turned around to try to hit Chizel. Char swam right at Quil and splatted him. His ghostly squid floated up and away.
"Char are you okay?" Chizel ran up to her
"I'll be fine… Let's just get this over with…" She muttered.
Jazzy and Leon's ghost squid returned to the spawn point.
"Oww, they got us good…" Leon rubbed his head,
"Well come on! We can't just stick around here! We need to get back lost turf!" Jazzy grinned, "Right leader?"
"Let's give a final push and give it all we got! So whether we win or lose, we can be proud of the fact that we tried our best! " Char smiled,
"Yeah!" her team cheered.
Callie and Marie switched to sing "Now or Never". They set out and regained a lot of turf. No mattered how much they got splatted, they came right back. They worked together, and splatted and got splatted together.
Finally a whistle was blown and the two teams gather to the stage. Char's team was trying to catch their breaths. Judd did his dance with Callie and Marie. The map looked about even covered. The atmosphere was tensed as everyone shifted to the edge of his or her seats. The lights turned off and turned back on. Judd and the idols pointed to Char's team. The score was 49.6% to 48.6%.
Jazzy squealed and hugged Char. Leon stuck out his tongue at Quil. Chizel quietly smirked and cleaned his glasses. Char patted Jazzy's hands to let her go.
Quil was shouting at his team. Easelle and Shan sighed and stood there annoyed. Nami argued back at him.
Char carefully walked to Quil and held out her hand. Her friends stopped celebrating and stared at them.
"Good game" she looked at him.
Nami motioned Quil to go shake Char's hand. She smiled at Char as Quil made his way to her. Char instantly flinched, when he was in front of her. He struck at her so hard that she skidded across the floor. Nami and everyone's expression changed to shock. The audience gasped and clamored.
"QUIL WHAT THE INK?!" Callie exclaimed.
"THAT WAS TOTALLY UNCALLED FOR!" Marie helped Char up.
"You'll pay for that, jerk!" Leon rushed at him.
"Leave some for me too!" Jazzy followed right behind him.
"STOP! NO FIGHTING!" Callie stood in front of them, "We'll deal with this. Quil, we need to talk."
The idols walked away with Quil. Nami, Easelle, and Shan ran over.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry Char! I had no idea that would happen." Nami dusted Char's clothes.
"Actually, I guess it was not too surprising…" Easelle suggested, "I'm just sorry I didn't tell you guys sooner. I just didn't think he would go that far…"
"I mean he was serious about winning, but to hit his best friend like that… It's just unbelievable…" Shan rubbed his head, "Anyways, is there anything we could do?"
"It's okay, I guess you guys didn't know this was going to happen." Char rubbed her cheek, but cringed from the pain.
"It's not your fault, Quil is a jerk." Leon replied.
"You got that right," Nami agreed, "He would get on our case if the other team lost by a couple points. To be honest, I'm tired of him. So I think I'm quitting this team."
"Yeah, same here." Shan and Easelle nodded.
"But how about we treat you guys to some food after this? It's the least we could do for you guys. We insist."
The Squid Sisters returned with a shiny trophy. They step up on to the stage.
"Sorry for that, folks! We had fixed that up." Callie grinned.
"Without further ado, LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE STORM STRIKERS!" Marie applauded as the crowd went wild.
The team walked onto stage. Jazzy, Chizel, and Leon nudged Char to get the trophy. She looked back at them, confused. They gestured her to get the trophy. She pointed at herself and they nodded. They happily smiled and cheered behind her as she accepted the trophy. She smiled and rushed back to her team and gave them a big hug. The crowd roared with cheer and applause.
-Author's Notes-
This one is kinda longer, but it is the least I can do since I haven't updated in a while. This actually did happen to me, not the slapping, but I did have something like this happen. It's nothing important now. So what do you think? Should I fix anything? Thanks for reading!
