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Chapter 35
Minutes Later…
We were walking over to the Plaza.
Eeeuuugh…
Sylvia and I looked at each other, scared.
"Sh-should we tell them?" I whispered to Sylvia.
"I think it may be best…" Sylvia agreed. "Wait, maybe they aren't talking about the same person!"
I nodded my head.
"So-uh…who are we seeing?" I asked Sarah.
"Bad guy named Octavio." She answered.
Sylvia and I looked at each other, more scared.
"Is there something you aren't telling us?" Guyver could tell something was up.
Aaaaaaaaawww…
…
Well…guess I gotta admit it…
"You…know how I was looking for a DJ?" I asked and they nodded. "Well…we may have…borrowed one…"
"YOU LET HIM OUT?!" Sarah shouted.
"I'm sorry!" I crouched on the ground and covered my head. "I-I was desperate, George told me where to find him, and he said he agreed to teach me! All he's done so far is teach me! He hasn't done anything illegal! A-and he said he was running out of things to teach me, so we would've brought him back soon!"
"Do you know who you let out?" Sarah glared at me. "Do you know what he's like?"
"He's cranky, egotistical, and has high expectations, but that's about it." From my experience.
"Tim, he's the leader of Octarians." Guyver looked me in the eyes, well, goggles. "I lived in a crumbling, oppressive society. He's brainwashed and hypnotized people! I'll admit to being a fan of his music, but I wouldn't trust him anywhere near a turntable for a long while!"
"Please stop yelling at me…" I begged.
"Yeah, can you please stop?" Sylvia agreed. "My headache's coming back…"
Sarah put a hand to her face.
"Alright, we'll stop yelling." Sarah agreed. "Just…be prepared to get hounded by the other agents."
Great…
"D-does this mean...I'm going to be put in a snowglobe too?" I asked.
"I don't think they will." Guyver shrugged.
Inkopolis Plaza…
We made our way into the old Ammo Knights. Inside were...the Cap'n, Marie and I think that's Callie…Mr Shellendorf, and…?
"Ben?" I was surprised. "What are you doing here?"
"Tim!" He seemed relieved to see me. "Did you know your tentacles come to life? I know. We're taking care of them!"
"Wait…when Octavio said our tentacles make Octotroopers…" I remembered that lesson. "I'm a dad?!"
"Sort of…?" Guyver seemed to be thinking hard about it.
"Aw, now I need to think of names!" I couldn't believe it.
"You've got bigger troubles than that." Sarah said as she turned to the others. "Tim and Sylvia freed Octavio so Tim could have a DJ-ing teacher."
The group looked surprised before turning to me.
"Is this true?" Cuttlefish asked.
"Y-yes…" I admitted. "H-he's hardly done anything though. He's just been here teaching me. We said we'd bring him back though…"
"Why would he teach you though?" Marie asked, confused. "He doesn't really like talking to anyone."
I just shrugged.
"Well, Cra…your mom is in there." Ben told me.
…She is? I knew she was coming soon, but here? Now?
I opened the door to the training room and entered. The others followed me in.
"Mom!" I ran over to her.
"Tim!" She had a joyed expression that then turned into a furious one. "You are in SO MUCH TROUBLE!"
Oh no…
"I told you specifically NO INK BATTLES!" She shouted. "I told you, no DJs!"
"A-actually, you said maybe not a DJ…" I corrected her.
"Did..." She glared at me with a shocked expression. "Did you just talk back to me?!"
Oh dear...
"Ah, Tim!" Octavio finally spoke and pulled me over. "Likin' yer birthday so far?"
"At first…" I replied. "Now though…"
Mom then pulled me away from him.
"I am taking him far away from you!" Mom told him. "Come on, Tim. We're going back to Cirrina!"
"What?!" Did I just hear that right?
"Oh, no you don't!" Octavio grabbed me and pulled me over towards him. "Boy's got potential! You can't snuff out his dreams when he's young and impressionable!"
"Leave him alone, Octavio!" Callie shouted.
"Yeah!" Cuttlefish agreed. "That boy has nothin' to do with you!"
"Nothing?" Octavio stared at him. "Craig, I'm sure YOU of all people can relate to my situation…"
"What are ya talkin' about?" The Cap'n didn't understand.
"Come on…" Octavio rolled his eyes.
He then then pulled off my goggles.
Both mom and Octavio then released me.
…
"Can't an old Octopus hang with his grandson?" What?
…
"WHAAAAAT?!" I and almost everyone else shouted.
"Tim…" Sylvia looked at me. "You're his grandson?!"
"I'm his grandson?!" I was just as surprised as her.
"How could you not know?!" Sarah asked, shocked. "You have the same eyes!"
"H-he said talent's visible on the outside!" I explained.
"And you believed that?!" Guyver shouted.
"Stop yelling at me!" I covered my head.
"And that ain't all…" Octavio continued. "Should you tell 'em, Amphia, or should I?"
Mom looked unsure.
"…What?" I looked at her. "Tell me what?"
She sighed.
"…Octim…isn't your real name…" Mom admitted.
"But…you said I was named after my dad." I reminded her.
"Octim wasn't his real name either…" She told me. "...Tim…Your name is Octavio Takosawa the Third."
The whole room fell silent.
"BOOM!" Octavio shouted. "The shy-boy Octim is revealed to be the Grandson! The Prince! DJ Octim is DJ Octavio! YYEEEOOOWWWW!"
Mom then snatched my goggles from Octavio and put them back on my head.
"We're going home!" Mom shouted as she pulled me away. "We're going home and you're never coming here again!"
"But I have friends here!" I protested.
"Friends would care for your safety!" Mom assumed they didn't. "They wouldn't let you risk your life fighting Salmonids for money! You left a frying-boy job for that?!"
"He left?" Sarah was confused. "Tim, you told us you still had the job…you burned yourself using one of the fryers…"
"Burn…?" Mom's eyes widened. She looked at my left arm.
Mom then looked at Octavio.
"What did you do…?" She asked him. "What did you do?!"
"I gave the boy what's rightfully his." Octavio stated.
Mom then grabbed my bandages and tore them off.
I was confused while everyone but Octavio, Ben, and Ivan gasped.
What I and everyone else saw was a large, green X on my forearm.
"YOU MARKED HIM?!" Mom yelled.
"I marked Junior, so it's only natural that Junior Jr gets marked too." Octavio crossed his arms.
"I don't get it…" I was confused. "What does that mean?"
"It meant yer the heir!" Cuttlefish shouted. "Yer next in line to rule the Octarian Menace!"
"Please don't call it that…" Guyver groaned.
Me?
A king?
Wait…
"That's why you were teaching me about that non-DJ Octarian stuff!" I realized.
"Duh…" Octavio shrugged. "Octo, you're a ditz sometimes...at least you'll have advisors..."
"He's not ruling anything!" Mom pulled me again. "We're going home and I'm never letting you out of my sight again."
"Wait!" Sarah got in her way. "Sure, Tim disobeyed you, but he's made friends and had the time of his life here!"
"Yeah!" Guyver got in front too. "Tim Saved my and a lot of people's lives, actually! Some crazy guy was about to kill me, but Tim saved my life!"
"Tim…or Octavio 3, may have disobeyed you," Sylvia joined in. "But he lived life! He made friends! He had fun! He learned how to make music! He made a song all by himself even!"
"Look…" Ben walked over too. "I'll admit I haven't been the best to him, but if the shiner he gave me is a sign of anything, it's that…whatever his name is…is tougher than he looks."
"And I've had one...no…" Marie seemed to be remembering. "Two! I've had two conversations with the kid, and I can tell he's happy here."
"And I've never met him before now," Callie admitted. "But he looks like an adorable mini-Octavio and I don't want him to leave just yet!"
"Ya can't keep him cooped up forever." Cuttlefish shook his head. "He's gotta learn to be on his own sometime."
Mom looked as if she was thinking, possibly considering it.
"…I…" She seemed hesitant. "I'm sorry…but my son's safety comes before everything else...I can't lose him..."
"…Fine…" Cuttlefish sighed. "Can't get between a mother and her son…we'll just get Octavio back in is snowglobe..."
She continued to pull me towards the door.
"Noooo!" I struggled.
"Tim, don't make it harder than it has to be!" Mom begged.
"Hold on, I'll help ya!" Octavio started scratching disks.
"What are you-" Sarah's body then froze.
Callie and Marie then blocked the door.
"Whaaaat's going ooooon?!" Callie was freaking out.
"All-o-y'all are puppet's on ma strings!" Octavio chuckled.
I broke free from mom's grasp.
"DJ?" I looked around. "What's going on?"
"Ma little pet project!" Octavio boasted, and then pressed a button on a squidphone.
Nothing happened…then we heard something…a noise that got louder…then almost crashing in here came a giant floating machine with fists on it.
"The Octobot King?!" Cuttlefish shouted.
The machine turned towards me, and then one of the fists launched out, grabbed me, and threw me into the cockpit.
"Tim!" Mom shouted.
"Get in, Amphia!" Octavio ordered her. "I can only hold 'em off as long as I'm playin' the music!"
"Th-the music…" I heard Sylvia say. "I...I remember...He…he said he wanted help…Oh Cod…I couldn't remember what I was doing…I helped him make this!"
"You what?!" I couldn't believe it. "DJ, why?!"
"I'm thinkin' of yo future, boy!" Octavio told me. "If yer gonna pick up where I leave off, the least I can do make it easier for ya!"
"Don't hurt them!" I begged.
"They ain't hurtin'." Octavio assured me. "I'm controlling their bodies with ma beats, but they're fine…"
"GAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Sylvia grabbed her ears and screamed before passing out.
I stared, wide-eyed and jaw-dropped.
"That…wasn't supposed to happen…" Octavio remarked. "Must've been the prototype songs…"
"Sylvia!" I tried jumping out, but a weird energy shield stopped me.
Guyver then Superjumped right into Octavio, knocking over him and the DJ equipment, but face-planting in the process.
Mom rushed over and tried taking the Squidphone from Octavio
"Stop!" Octavio shouted.
"Give me back my son!" Mom shouted. "I can't lose him too!"
"Stop denying my grandson his destiny!" Octavio spat back. "I'm thinkin' of the future here!"
The Inklings regained control over themselves and started to rush over to Octavio.
Come on, guys!
I don't want to leave you just yet!
I want to-
*Boop*
"Oops…" Octavio accidentally pressed something on the phone.
Suddenly the Octobot King rose up and started spinning rapidly, faster and faster, then launched off.
From inside I could see Inkopolis getting smaller and smaller…
What just happened?!
…
Where am I going…?
...
To Be Continued…