Octavio Jr made his way to the base. The Octarians stood clear out of his way as he walked down the halls. He headed to his dad's room to speak with him.
"Dad, can I speak with you?" Jr asked.
"Sorry, Jr. I really gotta go deal with something. You're in charge while I'm gone. Later." DJ Octavio was hurrying out of the room.
"But dad-" DJ Octavio left already. Jr sighed, irritated at his dad's 'amazing' listening skills. He went to his room and began changing. He put on a black, sleeveless wetsuit that had a deep red stripe running down both sides. The metal plate he put on his chest was different from the standard plate, in the sense that it had the logo on his dad's Octoweapon engraved on the left side. He slipped on his black boots and gloves; the gloves having a red band around the end closest to his elbow. Finally he put on his helmet, which was modelled similarly to that of his father's, only that it was less intricately designed. He was ready to take down Inkopolis.
Charlotte, despite all the chaos, managed to reach her home. Upon seeing it, she knew it wasn't a good sign. The door was broken down and she ran inside. It was a mess. Furniture knocked over, dark purple alongside yellow and orange ink splattered everywhere; it was just a mess.
"Teuta! Erink! Are you there?!" she yelled. There was no reply. She searched around the whole house and they were nowhere to be found. She slowly and sadly began walking through the halls, he until she heard a soft whimpering coming from their mom's bedroom. She followed the sound and knelt down to look under her mother's bed. Cephine was there, softly crying.
"Cephine, come here." Charlotte said, gently. Cephine reluctantly crawled out from under the bed and into Charlotte's arms. Charlotte hugged her tightly and rocked her to calm her down. Once she calmed down, she asked, "Cephine. Do you know where Teuta and Erink went?" Cephine whimpered and pointed. Charlotte looked in the direction the toddler was pointing in. She walked over and saw that Cephine was pointing at a poster of Octarians from the games Teuta played. Her heart dropped.
'I need to save them.' she thought. She prepared Cephine for bed, and once she was all tucked in, she began preparing. She put in her agent gear and grabbed her Aerospray RG. Once she was all set and ready she made her way out. She headed to the Inkopolis Plaza where it was swamped with Octarians. They raided the stores, where hanging out all about, and were also keeping watch for any rogue Inklings. Instead of the usual music playing around the Plaza, it was music similar to that of DJ Octavio's. She groaned. She finally came out of the shadows and began splatting as much Octarians as she could. Unfortunately, there were far too many and they overpowered her. She got captured and was being taken to the base.
Jr was brooding while waiting for something to happen. An Octocopter came to report to him.
"Um, your highness sir?" he asked meekly.
"What?" Jr replied somewhat harshly.
"Um, we have Cap'n Cuttlefish, agents 1, 2, 4, and 5 all accounted for. What would you like to be done to them?"
"I don't know... Hang them over one of the ink pits. We can use it as bait for agent 3, if she shows up soon." Jr suggests. He was completely disinterested in the evil plans and just said that to be left alone.
"Uh, yes sir." the Octocopter said, while quickly leaving the room. They got that all set up and continued prepping the Octoweapons. They had more than enough Zapfish to power them. Eventually an hour or so passed and an Octoball rolled into his room to report something.
"Um... sir?" she asked.
"What is it?" Jr asked back.
"We've got agent 3. Should we bring her in?" Jr hesitated to answer. He was heartbroken and still had feelings for Charlotte. He wanted to at least try talking to her and if that failed, he would continue with the Octarian plans.
"Yeah, bring her in. Is the bait set?" he asked.
"Yes, sir. I'll go inform the others." She rolled out the room and to the area where Charlotte was being held. They brought her into the room. She squirmed out of their grasp and they were about to grab her again, but Jr waved his hand as to say leave her. They backed off and waited outside the room. She was glaring him down.
"Octavio..." she growled.
"Charlotte... I need to-" He took a few steps towards her.
"I don't wanna hear anything you have to say!" she snapped. He reeled back. "Where are all my friends and my sister? Did you do anything to them?" She stomped up to the desk. His face darkened.
"They're not hurt. At least not yet." he said, while pressing a button on his desk. A TV turned on revealing her friends and sister in a cage hanging above Octarian ink. She gasped softly, but kept her moxie.
"You better not hurt them, or else I'll-"
"You'll what? I wouldn't be making threats, Charlotte, since their lives are in my hands right now. You wouldn't want something to happen, would you?"
"You wouldn't." He immediately presses a button which lowered the cage closer to the ink. They all screamed. "No! Stop!" she pleaded. He takes his finger off the button. They cage stops and was hanging only a few feet above the deadly ink.
"Just go quietly and they won't be harmed. You know what will happen if you don't." She bit her lip and was holding back tears.
"Ok... I'll go quietly... Just don't hurt them..." she murmured.
"Good." He pulled out his walkie-talkie to page some Octarians. "Take the Inklings to the dungeon. Make sure they're unharmed." He motions for the Octarians to come take her. She begins quietly heading towards the door with them, but before she goes she looks back.
"I really thought you were different Octavio... I really thought you had a change of heart and that things could work out. I was wrong..." She turns to leave. He wanted to say something, but no words formed. She finally left with them and Jr let out an exasperated sigh. He slumped onto the floor and buried his face in his knees. He sniffed and wiped away some tears, but they just kept coming.
"I made a mistake..." he softly sobbed. He stayed curled up and continued crying.