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"Ow!" The woman's voice was coming from the bathroom. "What the…?"
Her right foot rose.
"… eh… …"
Her right foot went back on the floor. Mirii's right ear went on the door: snoring was heard faintly, from behind it. Her eyes squeezed a bit.
"… this time I'm guaranteeing a successful escape from this lab." Her head rose, as she walked towards the bathroom's entrance door. "If I didn't, I would had gave up and expose my position…"
The girl pulled the door, as her eyes watched the large hall. Her head slightly turned to her right, seeing some Inklings walking either on the hallway or away from it. Her pace increased, as she walked towards the hallway.
"I haven't noticed any security cameras around here…" Her irises bounced left and right. "I must be away from the entrance and from important areas… if I find one, I should definitively explore said area more."
The girl passed several scientists, as well as humanoid Shrimps and Jellyfishes.
"Hey you!"
Instantly, MIrii's head turned to her right, as her eyes grew and her irises shrunk. An Inkling scientist man wearing a beard and glasses was watching the girl back, with his arms folded.
"Can you come in here and help us?"
"I-I must go, sir…" Mirii nodded, as her face went paler.
The man sighed, as his head turned to his left.
"You over there!" He walked a bit forward. "We need some help, do you want to come" His voice gradually gets lower, as closer voices covered his.
"Phew…" Mirii turned forward, as she resumed her walk. "… I assume that scientists aren't strict in one role, if that man called me as if I was good enough for the task." Her head rose. "Interesting… perhaps, their lab system is quite similar to the Headquarters…"
Her eyes tracked two Inkling scientists sitting on a bench, next to the left wall. The woman on the left was holding a can of beer. Mirii grimaces a bit, as her sight returned forward. The end of the hallway was coming closer: another hall was in place, with a stair going upwards while attached to the wall.
"This lab must be rather large…" Her right hand took her right tentacle, as she caressed it. "If I happen to learn its entrance"
Suddenly, loud yells were coming from behind. Mirii turned in that direction, as her mouth opened slightly. Scientists were running towards her, all with their eyebrows up and their mouth wide open. She took some steps backwards…
The Stingrays are here!
Help! Heeellp!
To the entrance! To the entrance!
Mirii's face went paler: she returned forward and sprinted. Some Inklings passed here, reaching the end of the hallway before her. Mirii's shoulders turned to her right: her right iris caught the glimpse of a Stingling walking inside the previous hall.
"Curses! They managed to get in here!" She returned forward, with her head down. "But how?! … AH!"
Her mind was seeing herself pointing the floor with her smartphone. Her teeth gritted, as her irises shrunk.
"… I-I accidentally helped them discovering the lab!" Sweat covered her forehead.
The girl entered inside the hall, watching the Inklings running up on the stairs. She swallowed silently, as her pace increased and reached the first stair step. Her posture lifted immediately, as she gasped loudly.
"NO!" Her mind was seeing her smartphone shooting a dart at each Inkling scientist. "NOOOOOO!" Her mind was seeing the Stinglings grabbing each Inkling scientist.
Her mouth flattened, as she stumbled at the last stair step. Her feet were still following the crowd.
"… what I have done…" The girl stopped, turning her shoulder to her left, as her head lowered. "… no, I have done nothing wrong!" She frowned, as she turned behind. "I'm going to save"
"What are you doing?!" An Inkling man took Mirii's right hand with his right one, pulling the girl with him. "They are splatting us all! Come on!"
"NO, SIR!" Mirii pulled her hand, as her eyes squeezed. "THERE ARE INKLINGS WHO"
"It's too late for them! Don't risk your tentacles like this!" The man kept looking forward.
"PLEASE!" Her eyes opened wide. "I MUST SAVE THEM! I-I"
The man pulled the girl a bit more, while increasing his pace. Her eyes watched his neck, as they got slightly watery.
"… he's right… it's too late…" Her eyebrows went up. "… I'm the culprit of this whole problem…"
Her head lowered down, as she left a faint sob. She stopped, as her head rose back: the girl was surrounded by scientists, all inside a large room. The elevator door closed, as the platform began raising.
We are safe!
I don't want to be splatted!
Th-the electricity is not running out, right?!
Wait, what if there are Stingrays even at the entrance?!
Mirii's irises were seeing her own feet.
"… how I'm going to explain this to Hunley…?" Her mouth downturned. "He will be mad at me, for this…"
Ding!
Mirii's irises returned to the middle, watching the elevator door opening. The Inklings rushed forward, as the girl's feet were still on the middle. She began walking forward, as she sighed silently…
"Everyone to the Meeting Point!" A female voice was coming from the crowd.
Mirii's mouth opened, as her irises shrunk a bit.
"Follow me!" A right hand rose from the crowd, going forward and down.
The girl's teeth gritted, as her irises turned left and right. Her sight rested on a rail in the distance, standing on the right side of the stone road. She sprinted towards it, as her eyebrows were down. Her hands grasped the rail, as her head looked down: the sidewalk was under her irises, covered by the wall's shadow. Her head rose.
An Inkling man turned behind, as he watches the girl climbing on the rail and going on the other side. His eyes expanded.
"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" The man sprinted, as he frowned a lot. "ARE YOU CRAZY?!"
His hands grasped the rail, as he bended forward and looked down: Mirii's feet and right hand were standing on the wall, sliding slowly towards the sidewalk. She jumped out from it, landing on both her feet and bending down with her left hand touching the sidewalk.
She sprinted along the sidewalk, as the man's mouth opened wide.