A/N This chapter takes place two days after chapter 6
Octo Valley Arc Part 1: Mission 1
Marcus was fast asleep having decided he'd needed rest especially with how hectic his weak was. This didn't last long however as he was startled by the sound of his phone ringing causing Marcus to fall of the edge of his bed."Shit!" Exclaimed as he crawled up in pain. He looked over to his desk and saw that his phone was ringing. He rushed over to the other side of his room to grab it almost tripping in the process.
"Hello." Suddenly he heard the faimilar sound of Cap'n Cuttlefish's voice.
"I've go some good news!"
"Oh yeah! What is it?"
"Ya see I've been lookin' at that map you've brought me; and I've found the location of several zapfish and need ya to get over here!"
"I'll be right there sir!" Marcus stumbled out out of his room then ran out the house and mounted his bike.
30 minutes later
Marcus swam out the manhole to find the other waiting for him."How did you get here before me Eve? You live so far away from here?" Eve smiled then began to speak."I hitched a over here."
Marcus facepalmed as he thought some along the lines of: why didn't I think of that!
"Never mind let's get back on topic you said you found some zapfish. Isn't that right Cap'n?
The Cap'n smiled and walked away from his cabin.
"Well ya see lots of em are can be found right here agents!"
Damien looked around him."I don't see anyplace where they could hid them here."
"I really should have been more specific."The old man sighed as he sat on a small stool. He sat up straight and began to speak."You see the zapfish can be found by super jumping from here." Everyone groaned realizing it would be more difficult then they thought.
He then motioned for the agents to follow him.
"Do ye see those launchpads?" All of the agents nodded.
"If ye use em you'll all be able to super jump to the zapfish locations." The three inklings walked until they found one.
"This is it this can take us to the zapfish!" Marcus said with a wide grin.
"Wait ye don't have any weapons! Don't go swimming down there yet, that place is full of enemies!" The old man ran towards them with some small weapons in hand."It wasn't easy but I convinced an old friend to make these for you."
The weapons where small black in lime splattershot. He then explained their objective of finding all the zapfish that where scattered accross Octo valley."Now there's no time to waste hop into that Ink pile and get over there!"
The agents swam into the Ink which then sent flying into the sky.
Seconds later
The agents immediately landed on building in a surprisingly empty city with their tentacles changing to green. Suddenly a voice was heard from their headsets.
"Agents do ye see a flashing light nearby?"
Damien looked behind him and grinned."I see it is that the zapfish?"
"Yes but you've got to hurry up and grab it before they capture you!"
"Sure thing we'll be back in no time!" Damien replied as the agents began to and shoot their ink.
It didn't take long before they saw an Octarian. Eve shot at it before it got the chance to attack.
Suddenly Marcus heard a woman's voice in his head.
"Always look for an opening!"
He immediately saw an opening and dived into the ink and swam behind it. He quickly shot it splating it instantly. He turned around to his staring at him with their jaws open wide.
"How did you stop him that fast!" Eve exclaimed.
Marcus nervously scratched his head and tried to think of an answer."Nothing much I just noticed that his back was unguarded.But we don't have the time to discuss this let's go to the next building!"
Marcus thought to himself. Either I was imagining that or I'm going insane.
The agents then dived into another swirling Ink pile and super jumped to the next building.
8 minutes later
For a quite a while the agents would fight Octarian , super jump to the next building, and sometimes search for a Eve saw something ahead of that was a bit different.
"There's no launchpad in do we get out off here?"
Suddenly the Cap'n spoke again.
"They know that yer here so their hiding them to stop you.There should be a large capsule nearby if you can find a key to open you can move on!"
Suddenly two Octo Troopers with balloons tied to their hover crafts shot at the agents from above. Marcus was immediately splatted. In retaliation Damien quickly shot one quickly splatting it.
Eve got more clever and threw a Splat Bomb where the other was landing quickly disposing of it.
Suddenly Marcus reformed and fell on his knees.
"Are you alright?!" Marcus and Eve said simultaneously.
"I'm fine it's just that shit really hurts." He said with a small smile.
The voice came back almost on cue. Always stay on guard you could get killed at any moment!
"Wait who are you?" Marcus asked receiving no response besides starting from his friends.
That voice sounds like the one I heard in the dream. Marcus thought to himself. I don't know why I hear it but for some reason I don't want to tell anyone.
"HEY ARE YOU GONNA KEEP US WAITING?" Shouted a pissed off Eve. Marcus blushed then responded.
"Oh shit I'm sorry I was lost in my thoughts!"
Eve tolled her eyes and pointed towards the launchpad."The zapfish isn't that far ahead. She paused then began to speak there's something you need to say wait until we're finished".
A few seconds later
After landing on the final building the agents were immediately met with fire from a large Octarian.
With no time to find an opening they were left with no choice but to dodge in squid form. Swimming around trying to avoid the enemies ink.
The Octarian smiled."Your not getting out of here alive."
Damien switched back to his humanoid form."Eve lets stun him!" She switched into her humanoid form and nodded.
Damien threw a splat bomb at her but got splatted in the process. Eve then kicked the bomb towards the Octotrooper before it could explode. The bomb exploded upon impact covering him with green ink.
The remaining two agents shot at him taking him out in seconds. Damien reformed and gave his friends a thumbs up.
"Looks like the zapfish is ours!" He said with a smile.
They found the zapfish caged inside a ball that was made of glass. Marcus shot the glass which left the small zapfish surprisingly unharmed.
The dark skinned Inkling grabbed it then looked back at his friends.
"Before we go I want to ask you two a question." They nodded allowing him to continue.
"Do you think we can beat them? We're outnumbered and surrounded bye our enemies,and any advantage we have now might not be enough for us to win." Damien's grin faded as he cleared his throat and began to speak.
"To be honest I really don't know, maybe today was a fluke but I'd rather fight then stand around and do nothing about it."There was a short pause until Eve spoke up.
"After what we've done so far I'm pretty optimistic about our chances." Eve said bluntly.
"Thanks guys —I really needed to hear that." He smiled then pushed a button on his headset.
"Alright Cap'n we got it!" Marcus shouted confidently.
"Great I'll send you all back right now!" The old man responded.
Suddenly a bright light flashed on their weapons. And before anyone could react they were sent flying back.
To be continued.