I'm amazed how many reviews this story is getting. Also, there were two guests who had
conflicting opinions of how humanity would fare against Inklings and Octolings in a fight.
Here's what Inklings have going for them: They don't have bones, which means they can take
high falls, they can swim in ink, which humans can't, and they can respawn during Ink Battles.
Here's what they have going against them: Their weapons are laughable, compared to
humanity's. We have them hopelessly, hilariously, outmatched in this department. Even without
sci-fi, our weapons can KILL, while theirs can only Splat. While they can shift into their Squid
or Octopus forms to dodge our attacks, we can track their movements in their ink and take a
shot when they pop out. Okay, needed to get that out of the way. Here we go.
Chapter Three
Rematch and Upgrade
"Day Seven. The Mark Two armor is complete, and to be honest, it looks like the Mark Five armor Iron
Man built. Unlike the Mark One, this armor can fly on its own, and has more advanced weaponry. While
Matrix continues reenergizing the Facility, I'm going to take it out on a test flight tomorrow."
Shawn walked out of the docking door, and fired the thrusters. The Mark Two soared through the sky,
and Shawn flew around the Kalos Facility, scanning it for hull damage. Finding none, he smiled, then
noticed something. Four individuals were in a tower-like structure and seemed to be up to something. He
moved closer.
(Recommended music- Skillet- I Want to Live [Wait for the asterisk])
"Captain, it's been two days since we saw that thing, and it hasn't returned. Maybe it's not coming back."
The Elite faced the Basic soldier. "Even so, we have to keep an eye out for it. If we see nothing for the
next five days, we'll alert Commander Traegar, and see what she has to say. For now, keep your
mouth shut and your eyes open. Am I clear?" The soldier nodded. The other Basic spoke up. "Captain, we
have incoming. It looks like the first one, but it's different. The power levels detected are significantly
higher." The Elite faced the unidentified warrior. "Alert the Commander, and prepare for battle."
Shawn watched as the individual he guessed was the leader spoke to the others. They were soldiers,
clearly, but their weapons looked like squirt guns now that he had a better look at them. He killed the
thrusters, and landed in front of them. * "Matrix, engage universal translator." The bot responded,
"Translator active, sir." Clearing his throat, the human spoke. "Hello." They looked at each other, then
back at him. Then they opened fire. The liquid collided uselessly against the suit, disappearing almost
immediately. He could now understand what they were saying.
"Captain, he didn't Splat!" The Elite grimaced. She did a hand gesture, just in case this creature could
understand them, and dived to the side. Her troopers fired their Inkzookas, the shots causing him to get
pushed back a bit, but doing no damage. 'What is this creature?' She shifted into her Octopus form, and
swam through her ink, getting behind him, and shifted out, drawing her knife. 'Even armor can't protect
from a well-placed thrust.'
Shawn calmly took each shot, despite being pushed back a bit, before firing a repulsor, knocking one of
the weapons from a soldier's hand. The soldier, who appeared to be female, paled in fear. He spoke up. "I
don't want to fight any of you. Let's talk this out." As he said that, something collided with the left side of
the neck of the suit, and the targeting system went offline. Navigation was still active, but it wouldn't help
him in a fight. He shook the leader off of him, and she landed in front of her troops, getting back up.
"Captain, what did you do?" The Elite grinned. "I stabbed his neck. Armor doesn't protect from a well-
placed attack with a knife." As she said this, the creature pulled the knife out of the neck and tossed it
aside. It landed on the edge of the walkway they were on. She paled. "Captain, what do we do now?" She
sighed. "I just stabbed him with the sharpest knife I had. All it did was scratch the armor. He doesn't
even look phased by it."
Shawn disabled the translator, then spoke up. "Matrix, damage assessment." The bot spoke. "Mark Two
structural integrity is at 98%, sir. You are in no immediate danger." He sighed. "Can you repair the
targeting system remotely?" Matrix was silent for a few moments. "No, sir. Repairs must be initiated in
the Kalos Facility." Shawn grimaced. "Damn it. Got a lucky blow, then."
"Why isn't he attacking?" The Elite thought it over for a minute. "I must've done something to the armor
when I stabbed it. It must be a technological suit of armor, and I took out one of the primary systems."
The first Basic faced her. "Is that good?" The Elite faced her. "We'll have to wait and see."
Shawn thought his options over. "This fight isn't worth continuing. I'm coming back." He took off,
surprising the soldiers below him. "Matrix, scan those soldiers. I want to know more about them and their
biology, including how the leader got around me without setting off the proximity alert." Arriving at the
Facility, as the suit was being removed from his body, Shawn faced Matrix. "Repair the damage and
ready the assembly arms. We need to find a way to keep them from taking out the targeting system
again." Matrix nodded. "Yes, sir."
A/N
Now, my explanation for this chapter. Something I always noticed with Tony's suits is that he
never puts any kind of shield into his suit until the Mark 50. I'll explain the upgraded suit, the
Mark Three, next chapter. Now, the flaw of the Mark Two armor is that the Elite Octoling got
around him and cut the power cable for the targeting system. Okay, I'll stop the techno talk.