-Dylan POV-
We got into a car and dove behind Chomp. Chomp's fin stuck out from under ground as she swam out in front of us. I was pretty amazed how she could swim in anything she wanted and left a magenta ink trail behind her fin. We gave her a headset so she could communicate with us.
"I smell something, but I don't think you'll like it" Chomp muttered, "Did you want me to swim ahead to scout the area?"
"Okay, go ahead," Callie replied,
"I have a bad feeling about this" Marie looked away.
"Yeah, you guys aren't going to like this very much" Chomp muttered
The car pulled over to a stop at the canyons. The canyon was in ruins. Chomp touched the green ink stain on the floor.
"It's pretty fresh" she rubbed her fingers, "Seem we just missed her… or she may have-"
"Don't you dare say she's dead!" Jazzy growled
Chomp just put her hands into her pocket. I opened the door and walked outside. Connie climbed on my shoulders. I looked around and walked up to Char's shell hair clip on the floor near the floor.
"That's hers isn't it?"Connie asked
"Yeah, she was wearing it before she left" I held it tightly in my hand
"Hey, there are burn marks here…" Chomp touched floor, "That means a they used a ship to leave. She was taken away to Octopia and probably to that tyrant..."
"No…" I gritted my teeth and fell to my knees
"We should head back… There isn't much we can do now…"
"There must be something we can do! I won't let Char die because of me!"
"Human, you will get murdered if you try to go there without a plan"
"But!"
"You need a plan, Human… Or you'll both die in vain."
I hung my head in defeat. Connie patted the top of my head. Chomp held out her hand and I took it. She pulled me up. We all got back into the car and drove back to Inkopolis. We got back to the lab. Callie and Marie went back to their studio to do the Inkopolis News. We switched on the TV and started watching. Chomp climbed back into bed and rested.
Callie and Marie did their usual intro, but it suddenly changed to an dark rust colored Octopus with a crown. Chomp glared at the screen. Connie held on to her sister tightly.
"Hello Inklings of Inkopolis… I am the new king of the Octarians, Luscas." He laughed, "I figured you may try to fight against me. So I figured I'll show you what I'll do to you if you fight against me"
He stepped aside and Char was strapped down to a chair. She looked exhausted and had cuts and wounds all over her body. Green ink was dripping from Erazer's hands. He happily licked his claws.
"Say 'HI' to the camera, Agent 3!" He grabbed her head and force her to look at the camera, "We are going to have a really fun time!"
The chair was lifted into the air and lowered into a glass box filled with some sort of liquid. She was slowly lowered into the liquid. When her leg made contact with the liquid, she began screaming. She began struggling as more of her body came in contact with the liquid. They dropped her into the tank. She struggled and writhe around in pain. She slowly stopped moving and lost consciousness. They pulled her out and she coughed out some of liquid. Erazor slashed the straps and kicked Char onto the floor. Char slowly got on her hands and knees. Erazor pulled her up by her tentacles.
"Time for you to say bye-bye, Agent 3" he raised his claws into the air
"NOO!" I cried out
A Octoling wearing a cloak stopped Erazor's claws.
"I don't think so…" she pushed him back.
"..You dare oppose me?!" Luscas growled, "You will be executed!"
"Erazor… Why are you helping the man truly behind Mimi's murder?"
"Mi-Mimi's murder? That brat did it!" he snarled at Char
"She died to save your life from Luscas, not from Agent 3!"
"LIES! SHE'S A LIAR!" Luscas bellowed, "Agent 3 murdered her! You saw the ink all over your precious Mimi!"
"No inkling has EVER made it into Octopia! That would be a breach of the treaty!" The Octoling shouted, "Of course, only every Octarian who wasn't banished knows that!"
"Erazor get her!" Luscas barked at him
Erazor only turned to face him.
"I don't take orders from you… TALK DID YOU KILL MIMI?!" His rings started brightly glowing.
"No! Of course I didn't!" Luscas backed up
"YOU ARE LYING… aren't you?"
"Back off Erazor…" another Octoling stepped between him and Luscas, "Come any closer and you will die too…"
"Briar… move it you aren't part of this!"
"I won't repeat myself again, Erazor…"
"I said it once and I'll say it again… GET IN MY WAY AND I'LL KILL YOU!"
"Very well…" He threw knives at Erazor
The cloaked Octoling blocked the attack. The gust from the attack blew back her hood. There was a white Octoling with blue rings on her long tentacles.
"A-Aria…" Erazor stepped back.
"Th- th- the princess?!" Luscas stammered, "NO, you were thrown into the sea!"
"Yes, I was… I can't thank you enough for it…" Aria's rings started glowing and a rain storm started inside the room
"R-rain?!" Briar stepped back from Aria, "How is this possible?!"
"When you tossed me into the sea, I absorbed some of the water and instead of splatting I swam over to a rock above water. I started experimenting and working with water. I can't use ink anymore, but I do have power over water"
Char started writhing around in pain as the water touched her. Erazor snarled and ran for cover. Another hooded Octoling covered Char's body and lifted her up. The camera started shorting out and the broadcast ended.
"CHAR!" I ran and put my hands on the screen.
"Sh-sh-she's alive? How? That's not possible!" Chomp muttered
"Who was that?" Marigo asked
"That was the true heir to the throne… Ariana Octavio..." Connie answered,
"Nevermind that!" I shooked the TV, " What are they going to do to Char?!"
"I haven't a clue… Char did defeat her father, but she never killed him. So I don't know if she'll harm Char, but I doubt it."
"Can you take us there? Is there any way to contact Aria?"
"Well… I guess Wind could take us there"
"That or Chompie can call her majesty…" Connie smiled mischievously
"Oh, right… She did give it to me for some reason…" Chomp pulled out her phone, "More like forced it into my phone… "
"Why don't you call her, Chompie?"
"No."
"Maybe she came back to see you Chompie!"
"WHAT?!" Chomp turned bright red, "Th-that's not funny!"
"Maybe she came back to ask you to marry her! She always visited Mommy's store just to see you after all!"
"N-no! She just liked our… tea!" Chomp was practically steaming red now, "She's stupid!"
"But if you two get married maybe we can have little baby hatchlings running around!"
"CONNIE! THAT ISN'T HOW IT WORKS!" Chomp was now even redder.
"Heheh…"
Chomp hid her face into a pillow. Marigo ran out for a bit, but came back with a whistle. She blow into it hard, but no sound came out of it. A huge gust of wind blew the window open. Wind chirped as she pecked Marigo's nose. Jazzy jumped and hid behind Chizel. Wind cooed as Marigo grabbed hold of her antennae.
"All right get on" Marigo got on Wind.
"I-i-it's f-f-for Ch-char" Jazzy whimpered as she shakily sat on Wind
I got on Wind. Connie climbed on Wind and Chomp followed. Everyone else got on and Wind flew high into the sky. We were flying very quickly as the puffy clouds passed us by. The clouds got darker and darker, until it randomly started raining. Wind did a sharp drop. Everyone besides Marigo and Chomp started screaming. Aria was splashing up water at Briar. Briar was defending the King. Wind flew up to prevent the rain from hitting us. Chomp and Connie went to back up Aria, by attacking in coming Octarian troops. Erazor tried to slash at the Octoling carrying Char.
"GIMME BACK MY PREY!" Erazor snarled as he caught her cloak
"BACK OFF!" I threw a rock at him.
He yipped and snarled at me. He chased after me. Leon splashed ink at Erazor. He hissed and broke his roller. Erazor hooked his claws into his ink tank and threw him against the wall. Chizel tossed burst bombs at Erazor. Erazor cut right through it and grabbed him by the face and slammed him against the floor. Jazzy tried to blast him, he grabbed her hand and forced her to drop her luna blaster. He bit into her shoulder and she loudly screamed.
"Erazor!" Marigo shouted at him
He growled as he glared at her. Marigo took off her ring and she changed back into a striped octoling. He instantly stopped and started backing up from her. She only glared at him
"I-I Y-you… d-died… I carried your limp body… This isn't real!" He screeched as he charged at her, "I'LL KILL YOU!"
She stopped his claws and changed into him. She took a fighting stance as he snarled and attacked her again. Her claws clashed with his creating sparks. While he was distracted, the Octoling holding Char was attacked by other Octolings. She did her best to dodge their attacks but dropped Char in the process. I ran over to her and shook her.
"Char! Char!" I pleaded as I took her hand, "Please wake up…"
"...Dy...lan… why… did you come… they'll… hurt… you…" Char's breathing became raspy, "Save… your...self… please"
"Char I was wrong! We ARE friends… I don't want you to die.. This was all my fault!"
"We're...friends?… I'm… so happy…to... hear you… say that… I'm... so... tired..." she
"Char! No… Wake up!"
Char looked up him, she rested her head against his chest. I gently picked her up. Char winced a when I moved. Erazor managed to throw his imposter off of him. He looked at me and growled. He started walking towards us. I started backing up. He sprinted towards me and raised his claws up. I covered Char's body and waited for him to hit me.
"GET OFF OF ME TWERP!" he snarled as Leon held on to his back
"I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU HURT MY FRIENDS ANYMORE " Leon pulled on Erazor's tentacles
"FINE I GUESS I'LL JUST KILL YOU FIRST" Erazor slammed his back into the wall.
Leon released him and Erazor stabbed his claws into Leon's stomach. Erazor threw Leon into another wall. Leon's body was in a small puddle of his blue ink. Erazor snarled and turned his attention back to me. Chizel tossed burst bombs at Erazor. Erazor roared and glared at Chizel.
"Dylan! I'll distract him run!" Chizel splashed his
"I'LL KILL YOU TOO!" Erazor charged at him
"Chizel No!" I shouted
"I'll protect you just go!" Chizel jumped over him.
Erazor grabbed his leg and threw him on the floor. Before Erazor could sink his claws into him Jazzy tackled him to the floor. Erazor gripped her tentacles and started crushing them. Jazzy cried out as he started choking her. Chizel jumped at him. Erazor hit him with the back of his claws and sent him into the wall. He hit his head, and passed out. I couldn't stand there and do nothing anymore. I gently laid Char down.
"HEY! LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!" I shouted at him
He turned towards me, snarled, and then lunged at me. Before he could slash at me I grabbed his claws. He tried to get his hands free, but failed. He tried to bite me. I headbutted into his head. He stumbled back and I punched him.
"Ow… that actually hurt" Erazor rubbed his cheek, "You aren't an Inkling or Octoling are you?"
I just glared at him. He laughed and stretched out his claws. He dashed at me again. I rolled and ran to grab a metal pole. He jumped at me and I whacked him with it. He went flying as more octolings started surrounding me. Chomp rammed into them and spiked them into Luscas. Aria looked exhausted, but happy to see Chomp.
"Akkie, what would I ever do without you?" Aria catching her breath
"Don't you EVEN start." Chomp growled, "I told you that name's off limits!"
"Well fair enough… we can catch up later. I am looking forward to it...Akkie."
Chomp splashed ink at her and swan off. Aria just smiled. She could probably sense Chomp's blushing under her shark armor.
"There are just too many of them" Luscas said under his breath, "Retreat for now!"
One of the Octoling tossed flash bombs and everyone got blinded for a while. When my eyes finally a figure stood before me.
"GOTCHA!" Erazor slashed his claws in the air and sent a wave of blue ink at me.
The ink knocked me down. He cut into my side and I yipped. His claws couldn't cut through my ribs.
"What? Why can't I? What the ink are you?" He snarled
He was about to cut into me again, but Char hit him away with the pipe. He snarled at her.
"I guess I was right about the bait…" He had a growl in his throat, "But who would have thought they would be as annoying as this… Oh well I only had one goal anyways… KILLING YOU!"
He jumped at her. Char tried to deflected his attack with the pipe, but he knocked it and her away.
"Char!" I shouted
She struggled to get up. Erazor stepped on her head and pushed it into the ground. She weakly struggled for a bit until she stopped moving. He flipped her on to her back. He lifted her up by her neck. He was about to bite into her neck. I struggled to make my way to her. Wind hissed at him and wrapped her body around him. He broke free and threw Wind to the side. Wind blew him away. He grabbed Char before he blown off. He bit into the back of her neck and stuck his claw into the ground. Char left out a whimper and he just dropped her body.
-Author's Notes-
Juggercelick, Sure if I decide he needs to die. I'll see what I can do if I should change it to rated M. Whether I do or not I hope you still like the story.
STR1K3, I'm not Australian, lol. I just do my research about different species. I can make a box jellyfish Octoling. Look for it later, okay? Thanks for both of your supports!
Well this chapter's a bit long, but what do you think? Is it too violent? Should I fix anything? Thanks for reading! Have a great summer!
