I woke up in a bed covered by the white sheet. I looked around the room was empty and cold. I got out of bed and made my way to the door and opened it. I made my way to the ER and found the operating table had a white cloth over someone's body. There were blue stains and smudges on it. The body was no longer connected to the machines and there wasn't signs of life. The room was so quiet. I opened the door and walked to the bed. I gently pulled off the cloth to reveal, Leon's lifeless body. He had become pale and his tentacles lost their colors. His eyes were closed. I shook his lifeless body. I noticed my hands were stained with his blue ink, and it wouldn't come off.

"Hey wake up!" someone shouted

I jumped and latched onto Chizel. He stumbled back and fell down with me on top. He flashed pink. I quickly jumped off of him. He sat up and dusted himself off, and handed me a handkerchief for my tears.

"Well that must have been some dream…" Chizel cleaned his glasses, "You were tossing and turn so much. I kinda got worried"

"Leon! where's Leon?!" I glanced around.

"His surgery was a success, despite his hearts stopping on many occasions. Why did you want to see him?"

"Yeah, I-I do…" I wiped my tears

"Okay, come on" Chizel led me to the recovery wing.

He stopped in front of Leon's bed. Leon's tentacles weren't as bright, but he was sounded asleep. He still had an oxygen mask covering his mouth and nose. There were IVs and the heart monitor with all three line moving at a pace. I walked up to him and touched his chest. There were two separate beats, and he felt lukewarm. I hugged him and started crying. He stirred a bit and opened his eyes.

"Hey...buddy…" Leon gently patted my back, "why… are you crying?"

"Leon?" I sniffled as he wiped my tears

"I… like you... so squishy and warm…"

"What?"

"Huggies" he hugged me

"Leon's a bit loopy…" Chizel replied, "Don't mind him"

"Kiss me, Mommy!" Leon rubbed his face on my shirt

"No! bad Leon!"

"Kissy" Leon pecked me on my cheek

I turned red and he stupidly laughed.

"I like to eat Char's food when she's not looking" Leon started biting on his tentacles, "I sleep with no clothes on! Mommy always tell me to put my clothes on. I walked into the girl's locker room. I like hugging Dylan. It's so funny you like look kinda like him… I like you..."

"Leon… aren't you tired?" Chizel asked

"Tired? Nah I don't really know...Heheh… Can I eat you? You look like flan..."

"No! Bad! Go to sleep!"

"Aww but I wanted bacon with chocolate, waiter!"

Chizel pressed the button and some chloroform sprayed into Leon's mask and he quickly knocked out.

"Sorry, Leon woke up earlier so we wouldn't worry about him." Chizel scratched his head, "The doctor says he should rest for a while, so he can recover. He was so determined to wake up and staying up. We had to knock him out like that a few times."

"So will he be okay?" I asked

"Yeah, if he takes it easy for a while, and rests a lot"

"So where's Char? How is she?"

"She's over there. She caught a fever and needs to let her wounds recover"

I pulled the curtains and Char was fast asleep. She was connect to a heart monitor and IV too. She would sometimes cough as she breath in. I walked to her and touched her forehead. She was indeed warm. Her body was wrapped in bandages. She moved her hand out of the blanket and onto the pillow. I took her hand and rubbed the back of it with my thumb.

"You shouldn't get too close to her…" Chizel cautioned me, "You could get sick too."

"She will be okay right?" I asked

"She should, but she will have to stay in bed for awhile"

"I see… So um where's Marigo?"

"She's having a talk with the staff. She pretty mad at them for handcuffing Char to the bed"

"They what?!"

I pulled the sheet slightly and she was handcuffed to the bedrail. I touched her hand and she moved again. She coughed a bit and pulled her hand back under the blanket. I covered her with the blanket again.

"Okay I guess we better go back to our room" Chizel pulled me away

"Our room?" I raised my eyebrow

"Oh, that's right you don't know… Marigo owns this hospital. She has set up a living quartering for us."

"She can do that?!"

"Well she did so come on let's go back"

We made our way and rested for the night. I was so happy and relieved that they were going to be just fine. I hope I could talk to them tomorrow.

-Third POV-

Somewhere in Octopia, Luscas, Briar, and the tyrant's army sat around thinking of a plan. Mary and Maggie secretly made it back from Inkopolis, and stood before the tyrant.

"Aria is alive, that is impossible?! How is this even possible?!" Luscas shouted as he pounded at the table.

"W-well… the queen was part of an experiment that enable her to control water and swim through it…" Maggie nervously answered, "We just got the reports…"

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU JUST GOT THEM?!"

Luscas slammed her into the wall. He held her by the neck and she squirmed trying to get free.

"It's the truth! It was a top secret project! Only those in Octavio's royal court knew!" Mary shouted at them.

"You were part of them weren't you, Maroon Pani?" Luscas dropped Maggie, "I have seen your cat… That was a project of yours wasn't it?"

"I don't know what you are talking about…"

"You don't? I sure you know too well… I can't have someone with that much power here… I hope you understand… Kill her."

A clear octoling jumped down and smiled at Mary. She took off her gloves, and walked towards Mary. Mary backed up and Cauldern jumped between them. Cauldern's body lit up on fire and roared at the Octoling.

"Back off Cubi!" Maggie ran beside Mary

"Oh you do have a cat" Cubi laughed, "I know how to fix it"

The sprinklers turned on and sprayed everyone with ink. Cauldern roared as her flames extinguished. She stumbled and and fell on to her side.

"Cauldern!" Mary ran to her.

She growled and tried to get back on her feet. Cubi just smiled as she casually walked over to Cauldern. Cauldern snarled at her as she grabbed onto Mary's neck with her gloved hand.

"Time to die, Maroon… Bye!"

"NO!" Maggie shouted

Cauldern pounced on her and Cubi touched her belly. Cauldern cringed but she picked up Maggie and Mary onto her back. She blasted a hole into the wall and dashed away. Soldiers tried to attack Cauldern, but she plowed through them.

"Stop! Let them go. Cubi's poison will be sure to kill that beast" Briar raised his hand

"Hehe… I was in the experimental soldier group." Cubi stretched out her body, "Just like Erazor… Though, I was spliced with a Sea Wasp, the deadliest venom there is."

"What was done to Erazor?"

"Him? I believe he was able to go into berzerker mode."

"Berzerker mode?"

"It's something that changes him into a rampaging speed demon. He will lose all control of himself and rip everyone to shreds. Friend or foe."

"Ah, I see…"

"It was based on another earlier experiment… Spark...Charge? Something that has to do with electricity..."

"Hmm… Whatever, let's just worry about them later..."