Crawling through the vents, Nathan and Diana explored to see what they could find. Knowing that there had to be at least one more vent somewhere, they looked around for some kind of opening so they could see the inside of the building without getting caught, while safely in the vents. Eventually, they found a split in the path.

"Looks like it goes two ways," said Nathan.

"Should we split up?" Diana asked.

"It would help us cover more ground quicker."

"Alright then." Diana took the left path while Nathan took the right. Nathan was the first to find something odd. He found another vent. Looking through it, he saw a room inside the building. It was large, with stainless steel walls and a floor that seemed to be made of stone. There was a large work station by the north wall, with lots of tools and blueprints.
Nathan spotted an Octoling enter. It was Abby, the one who was suspected to be on the good side. Abby was developing what looked like a variation of the Splattershot Pro, only it had a dark metallic color. She had multiple blueprints with her of both the normal Splattershot Pro and the Forge Splattershot Pro. She also had blueprints for the original Splattershot as well.

"Dammit Edith," Abigail said to herself, "I told you not to mess with my blueprints!" She started looking around for another sheet. She sighed as she searched for them and eventually found what she was looking for. "I swear to-" The door suddenly flung open and Edith entered.

"ABIGAIL!" she yelled angrily, "You freaking abandoned me! You let those two damn punks beat me!"

"Really? I heard Nero intervened before they beat you."

"Where were you?!"

"Working on new weapons, like WE were ordered to BEFORE we were ambushed!"

"You said you'd sound the alarm!"

"I did. I told Nero."

"So...you did help?!"

"I didn't want to, but I did anyway."

"DIDN'T WANT TO?! Abby, what's wrong with you?! Not only that, but you haven't harmed an Inkling since the battle with the little orange bitch!"

"Ugh! Fine, I'll confess!...I think this whole is ridiculous! I mean, come on! We could have shared the land, it's been a hundred years since the Great Turf War and sea levels have dropped since then! Why couldn't we have just asked for a truce and shared the land?!"

"Share the land? Like the old days? After what they did to us?! You want to make peace between us?! That's impossible! Abigail, get your head straight and keep it straight. I'm reporting this to Nero."

"He already knows!"

"So what?! I'm gonna tell him, anyway!" Edith prepared to burst out the door when she was hit in the back with a Splat Bomb that then exploded into purple ink rather than the usual dark fuchsia Octarian ink. When Edith looked to Abigail, her anger turned into shock and surprise.

Abigail had turned her hair color into the same shade of purple that the Inklings could turn into. An Octoling being able to change hair color or ink color was unheard of. Edith backed away a little bit. Nathan was also shocked, he contacted Diana immediately, telling her to get to a vent as fast as she could to see what was going on. She eventually found one and saw everything.

"What the hell?!" Edith said.

"I'm guessing you're surprised," said Abigail, "I'm no ordinary Octoling, if you can even call me that. I appear to be an Octoling, but I'm actually not entirely."

"What are taking about?!"

"I am an Inkling/Octoling hybrid! I look like an Octoling and can fire and produce the dark fuchsia ink of Octarians, but I have the color-changing powers of an Inkling. And did you never notice the two small extra tentacles on the back of my head? I'm your HALF sister, not a full sister. You came first from two Octoling parents, but then Mom somehow married an Inkling or reason I don't even know. You were left with Dad, don't you remember?"

"You mean this whole time...you've been a hybrid and you never told me?! I had no idea Mom remarried until she came back with you, but I thought it was just another Octoling she married to. I was wrong!" Edith sweep-kicked Abigail, knocking her down. Edith jumped onto Abigail, pinning her down. "And now, I don't care anymore!"

"Should we intervene?" Diana said as she contacted Nathan.

"It may be a good idea," said Nathan, "She might be able to help us out."

"On it!" Diana bust out the vent, which Nathan doing the same. They aimed their weapons at Edith, who was shocked and angered even more.

"Wha- How-" Edith said, "URGH! THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD IT! YOU'RE ALL ON MY TO-KILL LIST!" Edith went on a rampage, stealing an Inkzooka-like weapon and blasting the Inkling wildly. Abigail was stunned for a minute, but quickly reentered reality and stood up. Realizing Edith's berserk behavior, she charged at her.

Edith fired at Abigail, but being part Octoling, she was able to turn into the Octarian ink color and charge through the ink tornadoes unscathed. Using tricks she learned from Abigail, she delivered a blow to the face, knocking the giant weapon out of her hands to the ground. She then converted her ink color to green and fired at Edith.

Abigail was a creature unlike any other, a hybrid between Inklings and Octolings. It was thought to be impossible, but it was. Abby's appearance was that of an Octoling, though she had two extra tentacles on her hair. they were small like an Inkling's, placed between the two normal back hair tentacles.

Her octopus form was rather odd as well. It too was a hybrid, it was like an "octosquid". It had ten limbs but had a head that looked like a mix between a squid and an octopus. It was very weird-looking, but it allowed Abigail to get out of certain situations related to Inklings.

"I ain't gonna let you guys destroy the Inklings over a problem that could've been easily fixed decades ago!" Abigail yelled, "You could've tried to make more room yourselves along with them, but you just HAD to try n' kill em, huh?"

"It wasn't my decision!" Edith yelled back, "It was Octavio's! If you want to blame anyone, blame him!"

"I know, but your encouraging that you keep capturing them! You may have stopped kidnappin' em for now, but I won't let you take another one!"

"How dare you?! You're speaking like an Inkling!"

"Well technically, I AM half Inkling! I'm an octosquid, you could say. And I'm not alone in my quest to restore peace either!"

"What do you mean?!" Suddenly, a squad of about fifteen full-blood Octolings appeared in the building, surrounding the brawl. They all had golden colored armor with a symbol on the breastplate of the Octarian and Inkling symbols together. None of them were wearing Octoling goggles. "What is this?!"

"This is my new squad. Turns out that not all of us are so heartless for the Inklings."

Nathan and Diana looked around them. "What...the hell?! What's going on?!" Nathan said.

"This is probably very confusing to you, Inkling. I'll explain later."

"URGH! ARGH! URRRRRRGH!" Edith yelled, "I'M REPORTING YOU AND YOUR STUPID SQUAD TO COMMANDER NERO! IMMEDIATELY! HE'LL SHOW YA WHAT WE DO TO TRAITORS LIKE YOU SONS OF BITCHES!" She used a grappling hook to burst open a vent and headed for the roof. She summoned an aircraft and flew away, engaged. "I'll get 'em! I swear I'll make 'em ALL pay!" she thought to herself as she rushed away.

"Alright, she's gone!" Abigail said to her squad members, "You can go back to what you were doing!" She turned to Nathan and Diana. "Sorry if that was confusing."

Both Inklings were wide-eyed. Diana's jaw had dropped in shock. "Wh- What th-" she said.

"Not ALL of us are heartless. Unfortunately, at least 90% of the Octoling population is, and 10% of it is only about a hundred. But I found as many as I could, about 75 or 80. Our organization is simply called the Squid-Octopi Peacemakers, due to the lack of ability to think of a better name..."

"...I...am so shocked!" said Nathan, "This is crazy!"

"Tell me about it!" said a voice over the headset.

"Smith?" Nathan responded.

"We all saw the whole thing! It's incredible as it is surprising! Cuttlefish wants you to ask her if she'd be willing to join us!"

"Okay." Nathan hung up. "The captain of our Splatoon has requested an alliance. Would you-"

"Of course!" said Abby, "I've been waiting for you to ask that! One of the reasons I formed the organization was to align with you and help you out. They're capturing Inklings for a horrific purpose."

"What?! WHAT?!" Diana said.

"...I'm afraid I can't explain it here. If Edith is true to her word, which she always is, we can't stay here. They'll catch us! We'll need to retreat. I want to show you something." She walked out of the building to the back, showing some vehicles. They included motorcycles and car-like machines built for warfare and traveling at high speeds. Some even had Inkling symbols on it.

"I made these for a fast getaway. Some of 'em have weapons as well. Just...pick your favorite!" Nathan headed for a four-wheeled vehicle that looked similar to a dune buggy, but had two Splatling guns on it, one on each side of the vehicle, and even an Inkstrike launcher. Diana picked a three-wheeled ATV, equipped with ink cannons similar to Aerosprays by the front and an Killer Wail on the back to act as both a weapon and a speed boost when needed.

"Whoa!" said Diana, "So you make vehicles, too?"

"Yep!" Abigail said as she got on her own vehicle, a motorcycle equipped with a roller-like weapon on the back that could be lowered to spread in ink trail, as well as some blasters on the sides.

"Alright," said Nathan, "I'll lead the way!"

"Fine by me! I'll be in front to lead you to where to go. You can give the orders though."

"Okay...let's convert to the same color so we don't accidentally kill each other!" They all decided on blue, and converted to that color. "Now let's ride!" The three started their vehicles.

"Oh ho ho ho!" Diana said, "I'm actually pretty nervous!"

"Don't worry," said Abigail, "I promise they're perfectly stable!"

"Good," said Nathan, "Now let's roll out!"

"It's this way!" Abigail headed forward with Nathan and Diana behind her, and the three set off on a road that headed through a tunnel to another dome.