Kareshi watched from the hillside into a room and he saw Iho laying down on a bed with her legs crossed. She looked like she was lost in her thoughts. "I'm on my way, Iho." He said to himself before grabbing his Heroshot and running to the building. He had absolutely no idea what was inside.
After a quick run, he got to the front door. Two octolings stood in his way so he quickly jumped into a bush before he could be noticed. How am I supposed to get in? Do I go in this way or do I try and find another way in? Kareshi thought to himself as he seen a van leave. They might be taking her somewhere else soon! It's this way or no way! He then jumped out of the bush.
Almost instantly the octolings aimed their Octoshots at him.
But before they had a chance to shoot, Kareshi had already splatted them both. Wow. Maybe I Can do this! He thought to himself as he walked through the double doors.
He walked into a waiting area with a receptionist desk which was packed with octarians.
The entire room went silent for minutes. No one spoke, no one moved. All of their eyes were locked onto Kareshi. Then one of the octarians broke the silence. "INKLING!" He cried as everything went downhill. All of the octarians broke into a panic as Kareshi dashed towards the desk.
The man ducked under the desk. "P-please don't splat me!" He cried.
Kareshi decided to use his fear to his advantage. "Tell me where she is and none of these people will be hurt!"
"W-who!?" the man asked.
"Iho! Where is she!?"
The man didn't reply.
Kareshi then shot ink at the wall behind the man. "C'mon. Speak!"
"In the basement! Take those stairs!" He reached out and pointed to some stairs leading down. "First left, fifth cell to the right!"
Kareshi nodded as he ran to the stairs. As he ran, he thought. Why did you have to ask!? You looked through the window, you know she's in the basement.
He then started to dash through a hallway with cells on each side of him. Some had octarians in them, others were empty. Every octarian stared at him with a look of hope.
"Hey! Help us!" A male octotrooper called out.
"No way! I'm only- Ah!" Kareshi as cut off by a female octoling yanking on his arm. He had gotten to close to one of the cells.
"C'mon. Why would you just leave us here?" She asked him. "You know we're innocent, riiiight?"
Kareshi jerked his arm away. "Sorry, octoling…" He held out his hand that had his wedding ring on his finger. "I'm here for one woman, and one woman only."
Before another word could be spoken, three octocopters shot around the corner in front of Kareshi. "Freeze!" They all cried.
Kareshi inked the ground, turned into a squid, and followed the trail he made. Are they still the same? He thought to himself.
"Wha- where'd he go!?" One of the octocopters yelled.
Yup. Kareshi thought before popping out of his ink, covering more ground, and continuing to make his way down the hall.
Once he made it to Iho's cell, he heard the sound of footsteps coming closer. It sounded like an entire army was coming after him.
Kareshi looked through the bars of Iho's cell. When he did, he stared. His blood almost froze solid.
The cell was empty.
Five minutes earlier...
Iho lid down on the bed with her legs crossed as she stared at the ceiling. She mentally sighed before thinking. Why didn't we just splat Shiraberu? Or just hide with Shino? I would be home with him and Kareshi, and we'd be happy. But no! I just had to listen to her.
As Iho was lost in her thoughts, an octoling walked up to the two guards outside her cell. "Freeze!" The first guard boomed.
"Who are you!? And why are you here!?" The second asked.
"Hmmm. Yelling at ME?" The octoling asked. "Guess Octavio trained you better than what I thought."
The second guard raised an eyebrow. "Who do you think you are!?"
The octoling chuckled. "So, Octavio never told you about the octoling who was nearly splatted to save him, and stood by his side during The Great Turf War?" He questioned. "He said I'm like the brother he always wanted! Yet he can't spare the time to tell his soldiers about me."
The second octoling didn't know how to reply.
The first octoling shook her head. "Just tell us why you're here before we toss you in with her!"
"Well, I came here to bring her to a higher security cell." The octoling replied.
"How do we know you're not just gonna take her and run?" The second asked.
The octoling chuckled. "So, you want me to get Octavio down here? Something tells me it won't sit well with him."
The two guards looked at each other.
The first one sighed before saying. "Fine! Take her!" He replied before swinging the door open.
Instantly the octoling detained Iho and walked out with her. He gave the guards a nod before walking down the hall.
As they walked, Iho looked back at the octoling with a look that could kill. "Let go of me!" She demanded through gritted teeth.
The octoling chuckled. "No need to act tough to me. I know you're not gonna do anything… Well… If you're smart that is."
Iho wanted to tell the man off, but she knew that it would be better to stay silent.
"Heh. Silent now are we?" The octoling asked as they walked up some stairs, out of the building, and into the parking lot. "Still think it was a good idea to mess up Octavio's plans? He could've beaten that little splat you call your boyfriend if you di-"
"Husband. He's my husband." Iho interrupted him, instantly feeling as though she should've stayed silent.
The octoling was shocked. "WHAT!? YOU MARRIED HIM!?" He tossed Iho to the ground. "YOU SICKO!"
Iho rolled her eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Look, can you just let me go so my HUSBAND doesn't have to embarrass you?"
The octoling opened the back of a van and tossed Iho in before hopping in the driver's seat. "He won't embarrass us."
"Okay first off, who in cod's name are you? I know for a FACT that you have nothing to do with Octavio. And second, who's 'us'?" Iho questioned.
The octoling looked back at her with a grin. "So, you have some common sense. You'll find out soon enough." He replied before driving off.
Iho had a terrible feeling about where she was going.