Chapter 17: H06: Break & Bounce Station/Remember #8
Aimed with a Splattershot, Owen enters the station.
"This must be where the final thang could be," said Owen, walking through the hallway.
"This room is pretty small…," Pearl transmits.
"Maybe your room is too big," Marina transmits.
"Thang located and splatted free," said Owen, finds the thang and shots.
As she collects it, she takes a selfie with it and loads it into the subway car.
"Excellent work, Agent 8. To the phone," said Cap'n Cuttlefish.
Back at the Telephone, Owen gave it the final thang.
"WHOOMP-THERE IT IS! You have found the final thang! I am, like, totes impressed. I was not sure you had the [ERROR] to pull it off! I will now [ERROR] you to the promised land. Let us bounce to the ounce," said the Telephone.
"I wish I could but…. I need…all of my memories…back," said Owen, getting tired.
"Oh! It's memory trance time. Let's get you in the subway, Agent 8," said Cap'n Cuttlefish, who escorts Owen back into the subway.
"NO! WAIT! COME BACK HERE," said the Telephone angrily.
Inside Owen's mind, she flashes back to…. The day with her last conversation with Elliot. He and she are at a treehouse in their regular clothes.
"How did the Prince know about us, but not our names," said Owen.
"As he said, walls have ears," said Elliot.
"How did you know he said that?"
"….. Everyone knows that. But that doesn't stop me from staying in the army. I will continue my dream. That song changed me from being scared and shy to independent and free willing. What's your dream?"
"To meet the Squid Sisters and live somewhere that doesn't have any silly rules."
"You should try. You inspired me to reach my goal. Now, it's time for me to inspire you to get to your dream."
"Agree. I'll go up to the surface and meet them."
"But the way to Inkopolis is Mount Nantai. And a reminder, disappearances happen there. What if something happens to you?"
"I can take care of myself. Thank you for the words. They are intelligent as hearing the words of a wise man."
It made Elliot blushed and smiled. Owen hugs him and kisses him on the cheek. She then leaves the treehouse while leaving Elliot smiling and blushing with a red kiss mark on his left cheek.
When the flashback ends, Owen wakes up lying down on a seat in the subway car.
"Aah! You're awake. You fainted into your memory trance," said Cap'n Cuttlefish, as Owen getting back up.
"What happens in that memory of yours, Owen Eight," said Pearl from the walkie-talkie.
"I was talking to Elliot about achieve my dream to meet the Squid Sisters and live free on the surface. Elliot told me I inspired him to reach out to his dream, and now he inspired me. So, I decide to go on Mount Nantai to go to Inkopolis," said Owen.
"That explains everything. Terry (Agent 3) and I thought you were trying to spy on the Inklings for weaknesses. Sorry for the misunderstanding," said Cap'n Cuttlefish, apologizing.
"That's alright, Cap'n. Everyone makes mistakes. That's what makes us who we are."
"Owen, you still have Lines I and J before you can go to the promised land. So, keep it up," said Marina from the walkie-talkie.
"You got it, DJ_Hyperfish."
