It was still sunrise when the team arrived on top of Moray Towers. Many of the surrounding building had just opened, and their were citizens all over the place, on the streets and in the buildings. It was the perfect place for Octarians to strike, but it was strange to Nathan that Edith wanted to fight on Moray Towers specifically. The team made their way to the center of the stage.
"Alright Edith..." said Callie once the team arrived at the center, "Where are you?"
"She's likely not here yet," said Marie.
"She could be hiding, but yeah," said Nathan, "Stay on your guard!"
"Smith, how's your team?" Abigail asked over the headset.
"We're stationed and ready for battle!" Smith replied.
"Good!"
"You must keep both your offense and defense up as high as possible!" Leo said as he performed tricks with his Inkbrush, "Be aware of your surroundings, and use the environment to your advantage."
"What the hell are you talking about?" said Abigail, "That's the first samurai-like I've heard you say since we met you!"
"Is that so? You must've not been listening to my past quotes. I speak both samurai and modern day, octosquid! You better keep your ears open!"
"Okay settle down guys, we're in the middle of a mission!" said Nathan.'
"No, you hold on a second! This Octoling/Inkling hybrid is not experienced with knowledge of my samurai skills!"
"Ugh, for the love of calamari!" said Abigail with a look of extreme annoyance and anger, grabbing Leo by his shirt, "SHUT THE HELL UP!"
"GAH! Okay, okay, okay! Settle down, shōjo!"
"Guys..." said Diana.
"Yeah?" said Nathan.
"I think they've decided to show up! I just got a distress signal from an agent!"
"They're here!" said Cuttlefish over the headset, "Nathan, do you and your team see anything?"
"No," said Nathan, "Not yet." The team suddenly heard a loud roar and saw something headed towards them at high speed. "Hit the deck!" The team ducked, narrowly avoiding the object. It stopped in midair in front of them. It was giant robotic dragon, with Edith riding on it.
Edith held two long electric reins connected to the beast's head that looked more like whips attached to the head. She was standing on the back of the creature and was wearing special armor over her torso, arms, and foot. She was not wearing goggles and her expression showed pure extreme anger.
The beast itself was enormous, twice the size of the Octoscorpio. It was silver with glowing purple patterns all over it. It had bright glowing purple eyes with white pupils. Its silver teeth were razor sharp and it had a large metal snake-like tongue colored purple. The claws on its two legs were also glowing purple and were incredibly sharp, sharp enough to break flesh with no effort and tear through even titanium. It had huge, purple wings and a long tail with a very sharp end. This machine clearly wasn't designed to fight Inklings, it was designed to kill them.
"Ya see?!" Edith sound with a smile on her face and in a tone that sounded like she was insane, "This is what happens when you foil our plans! This baby is the third New Great Octoweapon, the Octodragon! This beast may not be THE Ultimate Weapon, but it's MY VERSION of what I would design it to be! You have no idea what's in store for you, and you never will...BECAUSE I'M GONNA KILL YOU ALL!"
"You may try!" yelled Leo, "But we cannot be defeated!"
"We'll see about THAT! I'll be having calamari on the menu tonight!" Edith pulled the reins and the battle began. The dragon was airborne, making it extremely hard to hit. But the truth came quickly that this beast had no tentacles inside like all the other bosses had. This one was powered by Edith herself, specifically the reins.
The end of reins, more like whips, were connected to the beast, but the other end of them had wires connected to a metal box on Edith's back, which was likely producing the electricity. Multiple ink weapons, including Splatlings and and other rapid-fire guns, appeared on the sides of the creature and fired frantically as it swooped down over and over tried to hit one of the team's Inklings.
"She ain't gonna stop until she hits something!" Diana said.
"She's not gonna stop until she KILLS something!" Abigail said, "She's gone insane!"
"Well that would explain the extremely angry look in her eye!" said Leo, "And the creepy smile on her face! She's become sadistic!"
"She's always been like that! From the minute she was born! She always seemed to like it when others got hurt back when we were children."
"You can forget about our childhood, bitch!" Edith yelled, "The past is gone! If I had known you were a hybrid, I would've killed you the moment I first saw you!"
"Is that so? Well I'm glad I decided to join the other side, then!" Edith rammed the beast into one of the towers, tearing half of it apart. The beast then fired a Killer Wail laser at the team, but missed. She fired again, but missed again. The dragon fired one more time, and missed yet again, but nearly hit Nathan.
"NATHAN!" Edith yelled as she flew towards him, a claw nearly decapitating him. Nathan showed no fear and fired back. As it flew over him again, he noticed an enormous circle faintly glowing red with an "X" labeled on it, located on the beast's belly.
"How do we take that thing down?!" Diana exclaimed.
"There HAS to be a weak spot!" said Leo.
"There is no weak spot!" yelled Edith, "Better give up while you still can!"
"Really?" said Nathan, "Then what's the X on that thing's stomach?!"
"That's not a weak point!"
"Sure it is..." Nathan said silently. As the beast flew over him again, he throw a Suction Bomb at the "X", and it stuck on. When it exploded, nothing really happened.
"Told you!" Edith dove down again, and Nathan realized that the belly had opened up, and a large was where the "X" once was.
"Guys!" yelled Nathan, "I'm going inside that thing!"
"How?!" Diana asked.
"Like this!" As Edith swooped down again, firing a Killer Wail as she did so, Nathan managed to super jump straight into the hole, and landed inside the machine. Since the body of the dragon was so huge, he could easily stand up inside. He show the machine's core, which was a red sphere that glowed similar to the beat of a heart.
"Hey! Where'd he go?!" Edith yelled.
Meanwhile, Smith and his team were dealing with the invading army below the towers. The Octarians were slightly outnumbered 3 to 1, but that didn't stop them from trying to invade the city. Smith and Cuttlefish were dealing with a squad of about eight elite Octolings, while the others dealt with the rest of the Octarian army that had come, including Octotroopers, Octobombers, Octocopters, and even other Octolings.
"This better be the final battle!" yelled an agent.
"It's not even close!" yelled Smith, "Whether they're gonna do AFTER this, it'll be ten times more than just an army! Just take down as many as you can!"
"Don't give up!" yelled Cuttlefish, "Fight them all! Have faith in yourselves! And have faith in Nathan's team while they're dealing with Edith, too!" At Moray Towers, the dragon kept firing its Killer Wail shots and multiple weapons, but never severely injured anyone much to Edith's dismay.
"Argh!" she yelled, "Why can't I just freakin' hit 'em?!" Inside the dragon, Nathan tried damaging the core, but its shield was unbreakable.
"Damn!" Nathan said. He looked beyond the core to find a lot of wire connected to something moving in the wall. Nathan realized it was the beast's Killer Wail and figured that disabling it would help a great deal. He started removing wires and realized the weapon starting to get loose. He removed wire after wire until there were no more wires left. He kicked the weapon, and it come loose. The dragon tried to fire, but nothing happened at first.
"WHAT?! Edith yelled. The Killer Wail suddenly fell out of the mouth, landing on the ground below the tower, crushing multiple Octarians. "NO?! Wha- IS HE INSIDE-!?" Edith was consumed by rage and insanity. "THAT'S IT! I'M GONNA KILL ALL OF YOU!" The dragon then landed on the center of the stage, and chomped away, firing its weapons as fast and frantically as it could.
It swung its claws and tail around, trying to slash the heroes to shreds. It roared and growled and acted like a mad bull. Edith had been driven to near-insanity, and she was now hellbent on obliterating all Inklings from the world. The movement of the beast shook Nathan back and forth inside it, and eventually he accidentally deactivated a layer of the shield protecting the core.
"Aha!" Nathan said as he opened a nearby vault and started pulling wires out, causing sparks to fly. Nathan got electrocuted for a few moments, but let go immediately afterwards. The other layers of the shield deactivated and Nathan slammed it with his roller, damaging at greatly. The beast let out a roar of pain.
"NO! DAMMIT!" yelled Edith. She did all she could to maneuver the creature towards another location, and would take Nathan with her.
"Nathan!" yelled Diana she super jumped and grabbed the tail of the creature as it wildly flew away.
"Shit!" yelled Abigail, "It seems to be heading for Saltspray Rig!"
"Again?!" said Callie.
"We have to tell the others!" said Leo.
"And there might be a Turf War match happening there, too!" yelled Marie.
"Then we REALLY gotta tell Smith! We need to get there ASAP!" said Abby. As the four rushed to get to Saltspray, the massive dragon flew towards the rig, losing control more and more every second. Players were in a heated Turf War when they spotted the monstrosity heading right for them.
"Forget this!" yelled Edith as the reins disconnected and she jumped off the beast. Nathan did the same, along with Diana. The monster crashed into the sea, exploding in the process. Edith landed in the square area of the rig, where the Octoscorpio was fought earlier. Nathan and Diana landed in front of Edith, glaring at her.
"It's over, Edith!" said Nathan, "You're done!"
"Turf War players! Evacuate the area! NOW!" yelled Diana.
"Oh I don't want them..." Edith said in a tone of voice that showed she had reached complete insanity. "All I want...IS YOU!" The reins were now electric whips, and Edith was ready to roast the two. "You're gonna be my DINNER!"
"Electric whips?!" Nathan said in shock. "Alright then, Edith! Bring it on! We're ready for you!"
