Arriving at the right spawnpoint at Saltspray Rig, away from the invading Octarians and Octolings, they immediately looked for a place to safely hid behind before entering the action. They headed for down the main pathway and made a right towards the path that lead to the Top Area.

They stood behind the wall, peeking to see two Octolings aiming their weapons at a group of five Inklings sitting against the wall with their hands up. They had terrified looks on their faces as the Octolings pointed their Octoshots at their faces.

"We know you're out there!" yelled an Octoling elite by the entrance to the square-shaped platform in the Top Area.

"If you don't show up soon, we'll start executing hostages!" yelled Edith next to the other elite.

"Damn..." said Nathan quietly, "If we attack one group, they're all gonna come after us!"

"I'll try and get those two from up here," said Diana, "An Aerospray's fire rate should deal with 'em quickly." Diana aimed her weapon at the two Octolings, who were right next to each other, looking at the Inklings. Diana fired, splatting one. The other tried to sound the alarm, but Diana splatted her before she had the chance.

Nathan went down towards the hostages, who calmed down. "Hurry, get yo the lower floor of the rig!" Nathan said quietly, "But be extremely quiet!"

"I'll escort 'em to safety," Diana told Nathan, "You take out the other Octolings."

"...Okay. Stay safe!" Nathan headed for the stage's Bottom Area towards the rectangular platform, where three more hostages, who were in a Turf War match, were being kept by two Octolings. Between two of the hostages was a puddle of Octarian ink, meaning that one of them was already splatted. Nathan was quick to realize that the Inkling spawnpoints had been shut down, and that the one he and Diana used had only been on for the short time they stood on it.

Nathan was as stealthy as he could be, converting to the color the players were. He tossed a Seeker and it silently headed for the Octolings. Before they noticed the device, they were both splatted by the sub weapon's explosion. Nathan rushed to the aid of the Inklings, instructing them to get out of the rig, showing them the way they had to go in order to get out safely.

Following his instructions, they rushed for the path to the lower area of the rig. Nathan continued his search for hostages, and eventually found yet another group of five Inklings. This time, however, there were three containers and three Octolings rather than two. They were huddled up, discussing something.

Nathan took it as an opportunity to dispose of them. He tossed a Splat Bomb at them, which landed by an Octolings foot. He noticed it, but it went off before he could analyze what it was, splatting all but one Octoling, who was dazed. Nathan used his roller to finish him off. Just then, Agents 1 and 2 arrived at the scene.

"What are you doing here?" Nathan said.

"We came to escort the Inklings to safety," said Agent 2, "Gramps, or Cuttlefish as you know, says he wants us to do that while you and Diana take on the boss...wherever it is."

Diana arrived as well. "Hehe...sorry. It was pretty hard getting all those people down there. One of 'em passed out just as they arrived at a boat heading away from the rig."

"It's cool." Nathan activated this headset, "Smith, what do you want us to do?"

It was silent for a moment. Smith looked at Cuttlefish, who nodded. "Nathan, I think you got this," Smith answered at last, "You're in charge of this mission.

Nathan was wide-eyed for a moment. "What?"

"You have the determination to be a leader. Now see if you can put that faith of yours to the test."

Nathan hesitated and then nodded slightly. "Yes." He ended to call. "Agent 1, I want you at the Top Area and I want Agent 2 on the bottom. Look for any more hostages and try to free them. If you need backup, let me know. Diana, you're with me. We're gonna take out the boss."

"Why are you giving the orders?" Agent 2 questioned.

"I'm putting Nathan in charge," Smith said through the headset, "He seems to be fitting for a team leader."

"Oh...okay. Thanks for clearing that up."

"I'm sure he'll do great!" Agent 1 said.

"Alright," said Nathan, "Let's move!" He and Diana headed for the square platform area while Agent 1 took the rest of the Top Area and Agent 2 took the Bottom Area. Nathan halted, stopping Diana as well, when he spotted Edith and the other elite guarding the one way into the now cleared square area.

"How are we gonna get past them?" Diana said.

"We take the alternate route." Nathan answered.

"The walls over there?"

"Yep!" Nathan and Diana inked a wall and climbed up it in squid form. Peeking out of the Ink puddle atop, they spotted Edith and the other elite simply talking to each other. Nathan threw down a Splat Bomb, which landed right by the two elites. Edith managed to jump out of way of the blast, but the other wasn't as quick and was splatted. Nathan and Diana jumped down, facing Edith.

"Looks like ya came!" Edith said, "Great! We got a big surprise for you two! I don't have to fight ya this time, our little pet with deal with that!"

"Little pet?" said Nathan.

"Oh you'll love it!" Edith threw some Splash Walls, blocking the two Inklings from attacking her.

"Looks like we don't have a choice!" Diana said as she and Nathan entered the square area, only for the path out to be blocked off by falling crates, trapping them on the square platform. The Octarian Airship was hovering above, with Nero at the edge, smiling down.

"Release the first New Great Octoweapon," he ordered. A large trapdoor opened on the bottom of the ship and the boss machine dropped onto the platform. Diana was instantly horrified by the sight, while Nathan backed up with a look of shock on his face at the behemoth of a boss.

It was a large, robotic creature that looked like a scorpion. The claws of the machine were huge, with ink blasters inside the claws. It had six legs and a long scorpion-like tail, with a head with two glowing purple eyes and a Killer Wail inside its mouth.

"What in the name of-?!" Diana yelled.

"What is that?!" Nathan said.

"That..." said Edith, "Is the first of the New Great Octoweapons, the Octoscorpio! You are fresh meat! Are should I say...fresh SQUID! Ha!"

Nathan faced the creature, glaring at it. "Bring it on!" he yelled. The Octoscorpio roared in Nathan's face, but it didn't effect him very much. Nathan circled the beast as he tried to find its weak spot. He looked carefully, but the beast didn't seem to have a visible weak point.

It opened its claw, charging a powerful shot. Nathan looked for Diana, who was heading his way. He noticed the weapon was glowing red, so he figured they should try shooting at it as it was charging and see what happens. Diana arrived and, figuring the same thing, fired at the scorpion's claw.

After a few seconds of firing, the blaster got jammed and the entire machine was "knocked-out" for a moment as a tentacle-like object sprung from the back of the creature.

"That's it!" said Nathan. He ran up and slammed it with his roller weapon, obliterating it. He super-jumped away as the tentacle regenerated and popped back into the Octoscorpio. This time, the beast was more aggressive and used its Killer Wail. Its mouth opened and it fired the laser, which Diana just barely dodged.

"Aim for the blasters in the claws!" Nathan used his roller to spray a ton of ink at the blaster in one of the claws. Unlike the last time, the beast didn't fall after one of the claw blasters were taken out. Diana quickly fired at the other opened claw, and once both were taken out, the machine was KO'd once again.

Diana took the opportunity to fire at the tentacle, which appeared again. Taking it out, she super-jumped away as the tentacle regenerated again. The Octoscorpio's tail sprouted a Splatling gun and roared loudly. Nero and Edith were surprised the two Inkling had made it this far into the fight already.

The creature rampaged and flailed its claw at Diana, hitting her and launching her almost of the edge of the platform. Hanging on for dear life, she yelled for help. "Nathan! Help me!"

"Diana! Don't worry I'm coming!" He rushed over, but the creature grabbed Nathan with its claw and pointed its Spaltling gun at him. Charging it, it seemed the fight was over. However, the creature forgot to restrain Nathan's arms, and Nathan slammed the Splatling with his roller, destroying it. The creature lost its grip and released Nathan, and he quickly dispatched the claw's blaster.

Diana's grip quickly gave way, and she fell. Nathan caught her arm just as she lost her grip. "Thank goodness!" said Diana as Nathan pulled her up to safety. She breathed heavily as she recovered. The Octoscorpio tried to grab Diana, but she ducked and fired at the claw, destroying the blaster and once again KO'ing the creature.

"This better be it!" said Nathan as he super-jumped upwards and slammed the tentacle as he landed, destroying it and finally defeating the Octoscorpio, which exploded into blue ink. Nathan shielded Diana as she converted to blue so she wouldn't be harmed.

"What?!" said Nero in anger, "They actually WON?!" He growled in extreme anger and frustration. "All Octarians retreat. We need a new weapon to take down those two." The Airship left with all of the Octarians that raided the base on it. Nathan and Diana met with Agents 1 and 2, who congratulated them for their victory.

"Alright buckos," said Cuttlefish over the headset, "You can head back to your homes now. That's all for today! I'll see ya in the mornin'!" The four headed back to their homes in Inkopolis, happy about their victory.