Epilogue
The next Day…
Marie heard her phone ringing.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Marie!" It was Sarah. She sounded panicked.
"Oh, Agent 4, what is it?" Marie wondered.
"There are Octolings outside!" She almost shouted. "Are we being invaded?! Don't worry; I'll splat as many as I can before going down!"
"W-wait, wait! Sarah, it's Okay!" Marie stopped her from doing something stupid. "They're friendly."
"Th-They are?" Sarah was confused.
"Yes, they're just Octolings who've heard the Inkantation." Marie assured her. "They've just come to live here, turf, and make friends like everybody else."
"F-friends?" Sarah's tone changed. "…You think they'll want to be friends with me?"
"I'm certain they will." Marie reassured her. "Now put down whatever weapon you've picked up and come over. Callie's back and Arnold's woken up. They'd like to thank you and Otis."
"Alright, we'll be there!" Sarah said. "I'll go get Otis!"
Sarah knocked on Otis's door. After a few seconds, he came to the door.
"Hey, Sarah." Otis greeted her. "What's going on?"
"Marie wants us back at the Cabin!" She told him. "Also there are Octolings in Inkopolis now!"
"Yeah, I know." Otis said. "I found out after my first day on the job. I asked one with a weird afro about it."
"Well, come on then!" Sarah urged.
"I'll catch up!" Otis yelled to her. "I just woke up!"
At the Cabin…
Marie was standing in her usual spot. Callie and Arnold were on the bench.
"Ah, you're back." Marie said.
"Oh! Uh, hey, Agent 4…It's Callie…Remember? I tried to kill you?" Callie said.
Sarah nodded.
"Yeah…Sorry about that." Callie apologized. "But I'm back on the up and up! Promise!"
"Me too." Arnold finally spoke after sipping some coffee. "Cod, my ears hurt…"
"In any case…The Squid Sisters and the NSS are ready to roll!" Callie cheered.
"I gotta hang out here until Gramps and Agent 3 come back from…whatever it is they're doing." Marie explained. "Seriously, where did Gramps wander off to…?"
"Well, at least you'll have help." Arnold said.
"Yeah, because you were much help…" Marie commented. "Especially when on guard duty."
"I dozed off for a minute!" Arnold defended himself.
"So anyway, where's your brother?" Marie asked. "Is he coming?"
"Yeah, he'll be here soon." Sarah said. "I'm sure he can't wait to properly meet Callie."
"Oh, really?" Callie asked. "He a fan?"
"Oh, let me tell you…" Sarah started.
A Few minutes later…
Otis finally came. The others were waiting for him.
"Hey, sorry I'm late!" Otis apologized. "Sarah just woke me up and I had to scratch Li'l Judd's ears..."
"Heya, 4.5!" Callie waved.
"Sup." Marie waved too.
Otis waved back, then turned to Arnold.
"Hey, Arnold. How're ya holdin' up?" He asked.
"Well, I'm tired, still a bit hungry, bruised up from Octarian captivity, and my ears have a painful ringing in them," Arnold told him. "But other than that, I'm fine."
"Well, that's good to know." He turned to Callie. "So how about you? It's good to see the Squid Sisters back together."
"Yayer!" Callie cheered. "So you must be Otis, huh? Sarah told us all about you!"
"Really?" Otis asked. "What…did she say?"
"That you've been a fan since back when we did the news." Marie responded. "So, whose team were you on that last Splatfest?
They both leaned in, awaiting his answer.
"I was on Team Callie." Otis answered.
"Ooooh, bad choice…" Marie quipped.
Callie and Otis shot her a look.
"Why my team?" Callie asked.
"W-well, I always thought you were the best." He tried keeping his cool. "I just liked your personality more."
"I mean, last Splatfest said I wasn't the best…" Callie mentioned.
"Eh, I never cared about Splatfest results." Otis shrugged.
"Really?" Callie was intrigued.
"Heresy!" Marie jokingly pointed an accusing finger.
"Eh, I just stick to what I like and I don't really care what other people think." He shrugged again.
"Does that mean you like…me?" Callie asked in the most innocent way possible.
"Uh…well-I, umm…" Otis wasn't sure how to answer.
Suddenly Sheldon came through the entrance. "Greetings, agents!"
"Oh, hey! Sheldon! How're ya doing?!" Otis dodged Callie's question.
"Haha, I like him already!" Callie laughed.
"Hey, Otis!" Sarah called.
"Yeah?" Otis turned to her.
"Now that we have the time, we should do some ink battles together!" Sarah urged.
"Yeah, 'bout time I watch ya level up." Otis agreed.
"Why don't you two go play some matched and we'll meet up again later?" Marie suggested.
"Okay!" The siblings said in unison.
"Oh, let's get pizza to celebrate a job well-done!" Callie cheered.
Marie, Sarah, and Otis groaned at that suggestion.
"What? What's wrong?" Callie was confused.
"We've had pizza the past three days." Sarah explained. "I think we're ready for something else."
"…How about Sushi?" Callie suggested.
"That sounds good." Otis agreed.
"Then it's settled." Marie said. "Have fun and Stay Fresh!"
She and Callie struck their iconic pose as the siblings waved them goodbye.
"…Can I get some sushi too?" Octavio asked.
"Why should you get anything?" Arnold asked back.
"…I'll bring wasabi." Octavio said, holding one of his wasabi sticks up.
"…Maybe…" Marie told him. "As long as you don't cause a fuss…"
Sarah and Otis then played Turs Wars together until Sarah got to level 10, and then spent half the day splaying ranked battles before returning to celebrate their victory. They chatted a lot and shared many laughs. Sarah and Otis were confused as to why Octavio got some food as well, but they shrugged it off. Sarah had fun. Otis, not as much as he was distraught to find out Agent 3 was apparently someone he knew for less than satisfactory reasons. What didn't help was Callie purposefully making him feel nervous throughout the entire party.
Eventually it started getting late and they all waved each other goodbye. Tomorrow was a new day, full of new adventures for our heroes.
And like that, my first Fanfiction is finished. I hoped you liked it. Right now, I'm working on my next story: "The Octoling's Trials," and I hope you like that one too. So far it's been fun using the story of Splatoon 2 as a basis for the story while writing my own situations, characters, and their interactions. I hope to do that more in my next story and hope to expand more on my characters in their own side-stories.
