Arriving the second area's first dome, Nathan and Diana examined the place. The giant light was much dimmer, and the screens showed a dark dark blue night sky, almost black.

"I feel like its nighttime again," said Nathan. The dome even had street lights that lit the path forward. It seemed that this dome was a very small city, more like a town. It seemed that no one was around except for a few Octolings that guarded the place.

"Looks like we'll have to take 'em out." Nathan sneaked up to behind a wall, with Diana following him as usual. Nathan activated a seeker and sent it towards an Octoling. The Octoling wasn't quick enough the realize it, and was splatted. Hearing the explosion, many of the other Octolings, eight of them, appeared to examine the situation.

"They're here!" one of them said, "Stay alert!" The Octolings surrounded the puddle of ink, looking in all directions.

"Dammit..." said Diana.

"Guess we have no choice but to ambush," Nathan told Diana as he equipped his weapon and converted his color to orange.

"Are you sure? I-It's eight of th-"

"Diana. We can do this. Just be careful and think strategically."

"Right." The two then launched their attack, firing at the Octolings.

"There they are!" said an Octoling and they fired. Both Inkling and Octarian ink were quickly splattered over a large area. Nathan and Diana had much trouble dealing with eight Octolings at once, but apparently the Octolings had trouble deciding who to shoot.

"You four take out the girl," said the leader, an elite, "You three, you and I will take the boy." The Octoling team split up, with one half heading for Nathan and the other for Diana. Both were concerned about how they would fare, as Diana had lost against just one elite, and Nathan was dealing with one and another four.

But they soon remembered something Nathan himself said just yesterday, "You just have to have faith in yourself." Diana remembered something else that she herself said, "Until my blood runs dry and my heart stops cold, even as my blood seeps out of open wounds and I have Octarian ink all over me, I will not give up!"

Remembering these quotes, the two sprang into action. Nathan knew that if he could defeat several different Turf War teams when the rest of his team was splatted and respawning, he could take down ambushing Octolings as well. Putting all his weapons to good use, he dealt with the attacking octopi one at a time.

Diana used her own skills to her advantage as well. She was quite agile, as she often played other sports aside from Turf War in her spare time, she even used to take a gymnastics class. She used her agility to dodge attacks, something she forgot she could do in her fight with Edith. At one point she even splatted an Octoling behind her by performing a small backflip to dodge an incoming attack and throwing a Splat Bomb right as she landed.

"It's easier to fight strategically when you remember what you can do!" Diana said, her morale quite high.

"Told you!" Nathan replied. After about a minute of fighting, a loud bang was heard and one of the Octolings was splatted by something. The fight temporarily stopped as an Inkling jumped from a rooftop, landing a few meters away from the action. He fired his charger weapon, launching paths of orange ink.

As two Octolings charged at him, he yelled to Nathan and Diana,"Well don't just stand there! I'm here to help!" The three proceeded with fighting the Octarians, using their strategies and best efforts. They eventually dispatched the Octolings as the ink vanished.

"Yeah!" said Nathan. The mysterious young man walked up to the two, changing his color to one he was used to, in this case purple.

"Who are you?" Diana asked.

"I'm Jason," the Inkling said, "Leader of the Elite Five. I was here for recon."

"So the Elite Five IS here," Nathan said.

"Yep. We are!"

"Who's the Elite Five exactly?" said Diana.

"Why don't I just show you?" said Jason. Four more Inklings emerged from the shadows. They each had different ink colors, including lime green, red orange, yellow orange, and dark blue. Each of them were holding a different weapon, which they unequipped.

"We are the Elite Five!"

"I remember you guys!" said Nathan, "You visited Starfish Stadium back where we used to live!"

"Hey! I remember seeing you, kid! What's your name...Nathan! You've gotten a lot better, I've heard. Who's the girl?"

"I'm Diana," she said, "But I've never really heard of you...surprisingly."

"I guess we need a good intro then." He introduced his members one by one. He started with the yellow orange one, "That right there is Jessica, my first lieutenant and second in command."

"Yep!" said Jessica, holding a Forge Splattershot Pro, "When he's not around, I take over for him for the time being."

Jason moved on to the dark blue one. "This here is my weapons expert, David."

David pulled out two Blasters and pointed them at Nathan and Diana. "Ya feelin' lucky? Punks," he said.

"Easy, David."

"Hey, I was just squiddin'! I just wanted to show 'em my sick customized Blasters."

Jason turned to the lime green one. "This gal is the technology nerd, Sarah.'

Sarah was wearing pilot goggles, which she lifted to on top of her head. "Hmm...you two seem to like each other." Diana blushed, causing Sarah to chuckle.

Jason turned to the last one, the red orange one. "And this guy right here is the scientist, Tony."

"I study a lot of things," said Tony, "But I like biology the most."

"Together, we are a power team of Turf War players. We're the best of the best...well, besides Champion X of course. HE'S the best of the best. We're just...the guys in 2nd place, y'know? We're here for recon duties. We're allied with Cuttlefish, but he don't really do much else, since so many people request us to be at some kind of Turf War match or Ranked Battle to challenge us."

"So...you're just the recon team?" said Nathan.

"Yeah. But when it's time to fight...Hehe...We can FIGHT!"

"Especially me!" said David, "Look at these muscles! And these blasters, man! They ain't even my main! My super Heavy Splatling gun is my true main! It's such a-"

"David, shut up!" Tony said, "You've given this speech like...a hundred million times!"

"A hundred million?" said Sarah, "Oh please, I'm sure it's more like...at least a hundred BILLION." She chuckled. David responded by elbowing her in the side. "Ow! Hey! That hurt!"

"Stop it you guys, we're in the middle of something, here!" Jason ordered, "Listen, Nathan and Diana. We'll keep an eye out for suspicious activity whenever and wherever we can, both here in Octo Valley and in Inkopolis. We'll do the best we can to help out. But for now, I think we should go up and see what's goin' on in Inkopolis."

"Yeah," said Jessica, "Might be a good idea to make sure no more Inklings have gone missing."

"We have to go. We wish you luck. There's an area over there that seems like something was going on there. I would suggest heading that way." He pointed to the north.

"Okay," said Diana, "Thank you for your help."

"No problem, kid. We'll see ya soon." Jason and the rest of the Elite Five left.

"Alright," said Nathan, "Well, at least we know that the New Squidbeak Splatoon has a recon team."

"Yeah...I'm ready to move on now," said Diana, "What about you?"

"Ready as I'll ever be! Stay close to me so we don't get separated."

"Got it!" The two continued on with their mission, charging onwards. They followed the path towards what seemed to be a large Octarian work station, similar to Inkopolis's Walleye Warehouse. The Octarian army logo was placed right on the door. Nathan and Diana knew that trying to enter through the front door would be extremely stupid and dangerous.

"How are we gonna get inside without being noticed?" Diana said.

"Hmmm...Another way in?" Nathan looked around and spotted an air vent. "Up there! There's a vent!"

"Of course! We can travel through the air ducts!"

"C'mon!" Nathan turned into squid form, slipping through the vent bars. Diana did the same, and the two crawled through the vents to see what they could find and hoped for a glimpse of the interior of the building while in the vent.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey guys! This story has a Tumblr page now! The reason is so I can show you a better representation of what the characters look like, and I'll be posting art of the characters on there from time to time! I'll put a link to it on my profile page if I can.