… still nothing… I can't remember anything… what happened this morning? Right when I visited the Shrine with Hunley…? … this is getting troublesome… if I don't find any plausible reason, I don't think I'll be able to sleep… nnggghhh! Wh-why I'm getting myself into those ridiculous situations?!
"Hunley, I'm not sure to be hungry… right now I'm thinking about the Squid Jr."
"But you have to eat! Don't make me worried, please…"
The Squid Jr… what they have done to it?! I-I dedicate almost all the nights for creating the ultimate vehicle, full of perfection! Yet… yet… it was thrown away like a piece of rubbish.
"Hey…"
"Grina, you and Bars began eating dinner without us?"
"Sigh… sorry… I-I wasn't thinking…"
"Girl, leave us alone… like, I'm hungry and all…"
Today, those two… they looked so cold. I don't think I have ever seen Bars and Grina like this… for some reason, I felt shivering a bit.
"Bars? Grina?"
"… uhm… yes…?"
"Grina, are you feeling alright? Did that fall"
"Miss Perfection, today is not the day for playing psychologist with me… really…"
"… is it because of the Squid Jr.?!"
"Gggghhhh…"
"Girl, like stop it! I said to leave us alone!"
They wouldn't talk to me… nor they wouldn't do anything in particular, other than eating and moving
Knock knock.
Mirii immediately rose her back, turning her head to her left, while her eyes grew and her irises shrunk.
"Th… the door?!" Mirii jumped out from her bed. "Who could possibly knock on the door in the middle of the night?!"
The girl walked, surrounded by the darkness.
"As if I'm not already frustrated by the fact I can't remember the previous events… the fact that my friends are suffering like this, is making me even more frustrated! I wish I could help them… even Hunley…"
The girl stopped.
"… he seemed as sad as the others…"
Her ears rose: sobs were coming from behind the door.
Knock knock.
"… eh?! Sobs…?" Mirii's right hand grabbed the door handle.
Some light came into the room: Grina was standing still, with her eyes full of tears. Her head lowered, as her mouth released another sob.
"… can I talk to you for a moment…?" She sniffed loudly. "I-I can't hold it anymore… if I don't get it out of the way, I'm going to explode! Besides, you have to know about this… a bit sooner than I wanted…"
Mirii's mouth opened wide. Her left hand pulled the door, as she walked alongside it.
"I'll be quick, don't worry…" Grina sighed, as she took some steps forward. "I just hope you don't start complaining to us…"
"That will depend from the statement you are about to say." Mirii's left hand pushed the door, closing it, as the girl turned behind. "Nevertheless, I don't think I'll utilize violence... said method is rather childish, I have to say."
"Uhm-uhm…" Grina sits on the bed, with her hands on her legs.
Mirii's right forefinger pushed a white button, as the ceiling lamp's bulb lights up.
"Then, begin talking." Mirii's arms folded. "I'm listening…"
Grina nodded, as she took a loud sigh.
"Do you remember when you said that me and Barsy have the car under our responsibility, while you rushed back towards Hunry?" Her head rose a bit, facing the girl.
Mirii nodded.
"Well… we brought the car to the mechanic, as you know… and" Grina's head turned to her right. "… of course we received a visit from two Agents…"
"Two Agents?!" Mirii frowned, as she bended forward. "And you two refused to warn me"
"Pl-please!" Sweat jumped out from Grina's head, as her hands went in front of her chest, as her downturned mouth opened. "L-let me explain! It's going to make sense later on! Please!"
Mirii snorted, as her posture lifted.
"… and why those Agents were around the Squid Jr.?!" Her eyes squeezed a bit.
"Th-they were trying to find us, since they received the urgent mission of taking down that huge goo monster! When they were coming, they stated to have seen us flying up in the air together with the car!" Grina's hands went in between her legs, as her eyes expanded.
"Yes… luckily, the Squid Jr. is rather resistant. You two were stuck inside the car, as far as I can remember…" Mirii's irises went to her right and down. "Although, the Squid Jr. took a large damage… too large to ignore, at least for me." Her irises pointed at the girl.
"Th-they sent a Jet, from what I gathered… and Hunry finished the monster down!" Grina nodded. "Did they told you this?"
"No… hmpf, what a terrible service they did." Mirii's back leaned on the wall, as her eyes closed. "If it wasn't for Hunley, those Stingrays would had occupied Inkopolis in no time!"
"Well… aside from that good news…" Sweat was forming on Grina's forehead, as her irises went up and right. "Th-the Agents were asking many questions to us… and they managed to force us into revealing our treehouse…"
Mirii's eyes opened, as her eyebrows went down.
"WHAT?!" Her teeth gritted. "YOU TOLD THEM ABOUT THE TREEHOUSE?!"
"W-w-w-wait! Wait!" Grina rolled backwards, landing on her feet resting on the floor. "Yo-you must understand"
Mirii's hands went on her head, as multiple veins formed on her forehead.
"Curses! CURSES!" Her right foot stomped the floor. "WHAT DID YOU SAID TO THEM?!"
"Ehm… n-nothing much… just its existence…" Grina fell on her knees, as her hands landed on Mirii's bed and her head went in between her hands. "… however, they said that someone might be sent there for inspecting purposes…"
Mirii's face went pale.
"… n-no… th-they" Her irises shrunk.
"THEY ARE GONNA CONFISCATE THE TREEHOUSE!" Grina let two sobs out. "IT'S DONE FOR! THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT!"
"Nnngggghhhh…!" Mirii's right hand covered her mouth. "… no… no, that's not true…"
"It's… and I'm so desperate because of it!" Grina's fists hit the bed, as her head rose back.
Her eyes were watery.
"I fought hard for letting the Inkinators have their own Headquarters… and its existence is about to be erased! COMPLETELY!" Her fists hit the bed. "WHYYYY?! WHY THEY HAD TO COME OF ALL TIMES?! WHYYYY?!" She tilted backwards, as her eyes closed, her head rose and sobs kept on coming out of her mouth.
Mirii's head tilted a bit down, as her mouth opened slightly.
"… Grina…"
"Uhm?!" Grina's head returned forward, as her watery eyes were pointing at Mirii. "Wh-what?!"
"… let's go immediately to Tonna…" Mirii's face darkened.
"At this hour?! She's sleeping!" Grina stands up, as her right wrist drenched her eyes. "And I really don't want"
"Grina, Tonna is the Inkinators' only hope!" Mirii's head rose back, showing her frowning face. "We cannot talk directly to the Agents, ordering them to stop those operations!" She shook her head. "Tonna is a chief, as you know! Her powers could possibly stop any Agents from snooping around that treehouse!"
"Wh-what she can do about it?!" Grina's arms opened. "The other Agents are going to suspect her!"
"… hmpf." Mirii turned behind. "Hypocrite…"
"Huh?!" Grina sniffed loudly. "Me?!"
"Yes. You." Mirii's head rose. "You who keep on saying good things about that treehouse… yet, you surrender at the first apparent obstacle." Her shoulders turned to her left. "Is this what the great Greta would do?! Give up, when there could still be another chance to solve this predicament?!"
Grina's mouth opened gradually.
"If you think it's all over… then, you can return in your room, crying about a failure you wanted." Her shoulders returned forward. "I'll be the one saving that treehouse… with the help of Tonna. I'll try more and more, until I succeeded."
Mirii's right hand was moving towards the door handle.
"That treehouse holds different tools which I cannot bring in this room… tools I'm sure they will be fully utilized, if the situation calls for that." Her hand grabbed the door handle. "It can also act as a temporary location, if I must move out from the Agent Headquarters… in other words, I prefer keeping something valuable instead of letting it being confiscated."
"... wait."
Mirii's right hand kept on grasping the door handle. Grina's head was down, as her face darkened.
"The great Greta never gave up… only Grina."
"… so, is this Greta speaking?" Mirii's head rose, as her eyelids went to the middle.
"Yes." Grina rose her head back, as her eyebrows were down. "And Greta says that no matter all the bullship they are gonna send to us, the treehouse is a treasure she will never give to her enemies!" Her right thumb rests on her chest.
"… very well." Mirii's head turned to her right. "Then, come here quickly. I want to start this fight now… I'll not give them any room to fight back!"