Nathan was surprised to see what was outside. It was an entire Octoling Camp, with nearly 200 tents and a few vehicles riding around it. But what really caught his eye was the all too familiar Octarian Airship, parked right next to the camp out in the open. It was obvious why it wasn't parked in the warehouse parking lot, it was much too big. There was a very tall tower in the center that looked almost like a windowless apartment building.

Nathan hid behind a large crate and did some recon. He noticed that several Octolings were simply talking to each other or hanging out doing nothing. But others were working, most of them carrying those empty containers that Nathan knew were used to handle Inklings.

"This is Agent 4," he said through his headset to HQ, "I've found an Octoling Camp."

"A camp? Above ground?" answered Cuttlefish, "Well I'll be!"

"Yeah. If they need a whole camp above ground, then that means they might launch an attack on Inkopolis soon. Or they need to-" Suddenly, Nathan noticed something: two Octolings restraining an Inkling boy, dragging him towards the large tower. "Whoa! Turn the headset's camera on!"

Cuttlefish turned on the camera to see what was going on. "They've got an Inkling!"

"What?!" said Agent 1 as she and Agent 2 ran up to the screen as well.

"What are they doing?!" asked Agent 2.

"I don't know," said Nathan, "I'm watching them closely, though." Nathan continued to examine the situation, with the call still active.

"Let go of me!" the boy yelled, kicking and squirming, "Please!"

"Shut him up!" said one of the Octolings.

"Yeah, yeah," said the other as he slammed the Inkling in the side of the head with a nearby metal rod, knocking the boy out cold. Nathan's eyes widened. Agent 1 gasped.

"I've never seen an Octarian do that before!" she said in surprise.

"Me neither!" said Cuttlefish, "And I was in the Great Turf War against 'em!"

"Hmm..." Nathan said as he watched the two Octolings drag the Inkling boy to a container and threw him inside. Closing the container, they transported it to a nearby truck.

"Bring him to the Tower with the other ones." an Octoling said to the truck driver as he drove off.

"Did you hear that?!" said Nathan, "He said bring him to the Tower with the OTHER ONES!"

"That tower where they're holding Inklings!" said Agent 1.

"If we can break into it..." said Agent 2, "We can finally figure out what's going on!"

"My thoughts exactly," Nathan said, "But it's likely very heavy guarded, and I can't handle that alone. I'll do some recon. Nathan out." He then moved to behind another wall and spotted more trucks carrying containers. Most were empty, but two or three had Inklings in them.

"Damn..." Nathan continued his reconnaissance, moving from place and trying his best not to get caught. He knew that if he did get caught, he would have to deal with likely everyone in the camp and would be vastly outnumbered at least 1 to 200. He then spotted Abigail and Edith yet again.

"What are those two doing now?" said Nathan as he got closer to the two. Examining a bit closer, he noticed Edith had an annoyed look on her face.

"Abby," said Edith, "You haven't done anything since we beat up that girl."

"I built the Aerospray XG!" Abigail replied.

"Aside from that! You've been...Are you sure you're not feelin' any pity?"

"Y-Yes! I'm sure!"

"Oy...you keep saying that! I'm starting to think otherwise."

"Would it be bad if I was?"

"Pretty much! We need those Inklings for...ya know what!"

"Why do you keep saying "you know what"?! Can't you just say-"

"Sis! Nero would kill us! He said not to say the plan out loud!"

"You know what, I don't wanna argue with you, Edith! And the reason I've been so quiet: Don't you think you took that beating a bit too far back there?"

"Ah, she'll be fine. The next time we'll do some serious damage."

"Really?! Don't we need to keep them in good condition?!"

"Abby, calm down! That orange Inkling was nothing. We'll use the other Inklings to help deal with her and her friend soon."

"That's all I needed to hear," Nathan silently. He then rushed out and fired at Edith and Abigail. Edith let out a roar of pure rage.

"Oh shit! THAT'S IT!" Edith pulled out her Octoshot, "ABBY! Sound the alarm!"

"Okay!" said Abigail as she rushed away with an angry look on her face. "I'll set the alarm all right!"

"As for you, Inkling! I don't wanna see you here!"

"You're the one who beat Diana, were you?" said Nathan.

"The one with the yellow eyes. The one who stupidly charged at us?! THE ONE WHO I REGRET LEAVING?! I should've taken her in...But no! I didn't!"

"I want answers! Why are you taking Inklings?! What is it that you want with us?!"

"I...WON'T TELL YOU!" Edith charged at Nathan, who shot Edith in the face with ink. Temporarily blinded, Edith stopped. Nathan quickly got behind her and kicked her in the back. Wiping the ink off her face, she immediately returned to battle. "I'll kill ya, ink boy!" She yelled and the two continued to brawl.

Meanwhile, back at HQ, Diana was recovering from her injuries. She was most surprised by the fact that they weren't as bad as they seemed. She thanked squids' ability to regenerate, as she was already feeling better. She could walk and run, but not fight. Risking more injury would be a bad idea.

She was upset that she couldn't help Nathan with his mission. She blamed herself, however, as she had decided to fight the two Octolings alone. Thinking back, she remembered that only the elite one, Edith, had been fighting her. The other barely contributed to the battle except for the Triple Blaster.

Diana was stuck in a vortex of guilt and sadness. She didn't know what to do. She couldn't help Nathan until the pain healed up a bit more, which to her meant she was useless until then. The door suddenly opened and Agent 1 stepped in.

"You okay, Agent 5?" she asked.

"Yeah...but please call me Diana," she replied.

"Sorry."

"It's cool."

"What are you doing all alone in here? You haven't said a word since you got back!"

"I just feel like what I did was stupid. I should've had Nathan help me."

"Don't feel like that! We all make mistakes. Heh, I sometimes accidentally splat innocent bystanders in Turf War!"

"Sure...'accidentally'..." said Agent 2, who seemingly appeared out of nowhere.

"Where did you come from?" said Diana.

"I was just walking by and then I heard THAT." She walked away.

"Anyway," said Agent 1, "I'm sure Nathan's gonna be fine."

"I'll try to call him,' said Diana, "Just to be sure." Diana put on her headset and contacted Nathan, who was still in the middle of the heated brawl with Edith. "Nathan, you there?"

"Diana?!" Nathan responded, "Why are you-"

"Just making sure you're okay, is all."

"Uhh...let's say I've got my hands f-" Edith suddenly delivered a surprise uppercut to Nathan's face. The devastating blow somehow blew the headset right off Nathan's head as he was launched upwards. He landed hard on his back. Edith then leaped up in the air to pounce on Nathan's chest as she did to Diana, but Nathan quickly rolled out of the way, evading the attack.

Diana heard static over her headset. "What the-?! Nathan?! NATHAN!?"

"What is it?!" asked Agent 1, "What happened?!"

Diana suddenly stormed out of the room, with Agent 1 following her. "Dammit, Nathan! I shoulda been with you!" she thought to herself. She burst into the main base room with the supercomputer, with Agent 2 on one of the smaller computers. The room was otherwise empty.

"Hey, what's the rush?" said Agent 2.

"Nathan's in trouble!" said Diana as she panicked by the supercomputer, "Oh...which one of these buttons is for the headset cameras?!"

"It's this one!" said Agent 1 as she pushed a blue button with a white circle on it. The supercomputer screen showed the brawl between Nathan and Edith. With the headset on the ground at just the right angle, the three agents saw the battle unfold.

"Nathan!" Diana gasped.

"Holy mackerel!" said Agent 1, "There's in one brutal brawl!"

"What is this, Super Smash Bros?!" said Agent 2.

They watched as Nathan was grabbed by the throat, and heard Edith say, "Once I'm done with you, your little orange friend is next!" She then threw him towards the camera, effectively breaking it and causing the screen to go static. Nathan ignored this and kept fighting, wishing he didn't have to use violence.

Diana's shock turned into boiling rage in a fraction of a second. She growled and rushed for the weapons and armor department.

"Diana, wait!" yelled Agent 1 as she and Agent 2 followed her. Diana busted open the door to the room and looked around. She grabbed a suit, a sturdier version of the Hero Suit with some chest armor and shoulder guards, and equipped it. "Diana, what are you doing?! You haven't fully recovered yet!"

"I know," said Diana, "But forget that! I'm not gonna let that Octoling scum beat up Nathan." She grabbed her E-Liter 3K Scope and rushed back to the base room. "He saved me from being splatted back during that Inkopolis ambush. Now it's my turn to save him!"

"Diana you're gonna get yourself killed!"

"...Then so be it!" Diana activate the elevator. She was so eager to get out that she punched the button. The door closed, and she was off.

"...She's SO dead!" said Agent 2.

"We gotta go after her!" said Agent 1 as she grabbed her weapon. Agent grabbed hers, and the two were off as well.

"What's going-" Smith said as he entered the room, "What the-?" He noticed the camera screens on the supercomputer were static and labeled as Nathan's, and then noticed Diana was gone. "Oh no..."