Sneaking around in Kelp Dome, Kaden slowly stepped on his tip-toes to not have the Octolings around him know where he was. He was dressed in the Hero Clothes, an ink tank was attached to his back and he held his Hero shooter in his sweaty hands. A helmet was upon his head, as he found a set of armor a little while back.
Cap'n Cuttlefish had messaged him to follow the Power Egg trail to the zapfish. So as he picked up each of the orange eggs one by one, he saw movement in the corner of his magenta eye.
"Octoling!" He whispered to himself before charging after it. A sinister giggle sounded throughout the air. "Yep, definitely an octoling," the cyan colored inkling groaned.
Spraying his goopy ink against the ground, Kaden swiftly changed into his squid form and hid inside the small octoling came into view soon after, spraying their ink in every direction they could, but not noticing the puddle. Their four tentacles bounced with each step they took, almost a blood red. Seemingly confused, they turned their back towards the inkling.
Now's my chance! He thought, springing up out of the puddle and aiming his shooter towards the octoling. Suddenly, they whipped around and shot him straight in the face, making him yelp and pause in his advance. The young inkling staggered backwards, trying to rub the purple ink off his face as quick as possible. He felt himself bump into someone, before his arms were forced behind his back, causing him to cry out yet again.
"Wow, why would that old man send out such a rookie like you?" a voice in front of him asked, no doubt the octoling that just tricked him. "That was such an old trick in the book, I'm almost surprised you fell for it! Then again, you are just a dumb little inkling."
Kaden struggled vigorously against his captors grip, "Let me fucking go! I have to get that zapfish! And I'm not a dumb inkling, you guys are the dumbasses!" he kicked his legs angrily, doing all he could to get out of his captors tight hold.
The octoling giggled maliciously in reply. "Aw! The tiny little inkling used curse words to try and scare us! You-" they pointed to the octoling holding Kaden, "-Smash his ink tank and give me his headset, I'd like to have a word with the old coot."
The other octoling nodded their head, using one hand to hold the inkling and the other to unbuckle the ink tank from the teenager and smash it against the ground, the glass shards making a sharp noise and spreading out across the floor. Kaden glared at the octoling behind him to the best of his ability, his tan ears lowering just a tad bit. The octoling then slid the headset from his head, which Kaden just now realized was giving off the scratchy feedback of a worried Cuttlefish.
"Give that back!" he demanded, once again struggling against the octoling's grasp. The octopus humanoid snickered, bringing up a leg and kicking him to the ground, earning a pained whimper from the young teen.
Looking up from the ground below him, the cyan boy noticed at least 10 other octolings coming into view. The first octoling, which he assumed was the leader of the group, pointed at all of them. "Take him underneath, he's now our hostage. Contact me if there's any hinderance."
Nodding, two of the ten octolings went and grabbed him by the arms, hoisting him into the air. He snarled, trying to fight back with his weak, scrawny form. They acted as though they didn't notice, starting to march forward with barely audible steps. The other eight octolings surrounded the two holding him, all keeping guard. Two of them brought out their octoshots and pointed them at Kaden, lest he make a wrong move. Turning his head, he could barely see the other two octolings that paired up against him, one tinkering with the headset.
"Hello, old man!" One octoling snickered, sticking out their tongue in a teasing manner.
Cap'n Cuttlefish was furious, "Where is that young whipper snapper? If you lay one hand on him I'll-"
The other octoling shook their finger, "Ah ah ah! If you threaten us, that dumb rookie of yours will never see the light of day again! So if you just listen to what we gotta say, all of us will be happy and content, mmmkay?"
The old inkling was silent.
"Good! All you need to do is politely return each and every zapfish you stole from us thus far! If you fail to comply, we will hunt you, as well as Agent 1 and 2, and kill you!"
Cuttlefish shook his head in anger, "You really think I'm old and forgetful enough to just hand over the zapfish?! We'll destroy your race to get them all, as well as take the youngster back!"
The two octolings shook their heads in mock sadness, then one of them shrugged. "Alright then, we'll torture the rookie you sent us, and we'll come and get you other 3 as soon as possible! We gotta get those zapfish, orders from upper ranks! Buh-bye!" they turned off the headset before Cap'n could reply.
"Man, why couldn't he just listen to us? I bet both of us would've been happy had he just agreed." the first octoling groaned, slumping their shoulders.
The other one crossed their arms, "Meh, at least we get what we want. The inklings can go die for all I care, they don't care about us so why should we care about them?"
The first one nodded, "True. Let's go ahead and head back to the base, I can't wait to mess with that little rookie!"
The octolings then walked over to a purple puddle of ink they had set down a little earlier, which was actually a launchpad to their base. It usually faded away after a couple of minutes, so they never had to worry about inklings finding their way in there. Both octolings turned into their octopus forms and went into the puddle before being launched to their base.
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