I opened my eyes, Where am I? I thought. I surveyed my surroundings, Inkopolis. It was dark; I was covered in my own ink with my Aerospray MG clutched in my hand, my right leg appeared to be bruised and bleeding. I dragged myself onto my feet and started to walk, staggering with each step. I walked along taking glances at what appeared to be a very damaged and dilapidated Inkopolis, a scream pierced the night, and not just any scream, Ellie's scream. I quickened my pace honing in on the sound of the scream. I have to save her! I thought desperately. Another sound passed through my ears, this time it was a shout. I realized that it was Sizz.

"Stay back!" I heard him yell, "Run Jazz! Run Ellie! Get to safet- Argh!" I tightened my grip on my Aerospray at the sound of his voice being cut off abruptly. Suddenly Jazz started screaming, but as quickly as her screaming had started it ceased. I broke out into a full on sprint, limping on my right leg that oozed purple ink with each step. I heard another one of Ellie's screams and directed myself towards the sound. I found Ellie almost immediately after that, huddled in a corner with what appeared to be the black creature I had seen in the plaza looming over her. It had long black arms that ended in large black claws, the legs were very similar except longer, and the head had a massive horrible gaping maw that dripped with the ink of its unfortunate victims. It lowered its head towards Ellie and opened its mouth wide to consume her.

"No!" I shouted and instinctively threw a seeker at the monster, but it did nothing but distract it. It turned its grotesque head towards me and released an ear splitting roar. I started to run; I knew that it was following me because I could feel its hot breath on my back. I tripped over a rock and landed on my side, as I turned over the creature leaped right on top of me knocking the wind out of my lungs. I could only watch in horror as it opened its mouth full of razor sharp teeth and whimper as it proceeded to devour me.

I awoke from my nightmare drenched in sweat breathing heavily. This has gone on long enough. I thought. This was the third night in a row I had dreamt this nightmare, today I was going to go and find out what that black thing was! I got up out of bed and hopped in the shower. It sprayed ink of course, seeing as water would actually hurt us or if we were exposed to it for too long, kill us; Grim thoughts for one to be having in the shower right? Well anyways back to the story. After bathing myself I brushed my teeth and got dressed, hmm let's see, what should I wear today? I thought, How about white anchor tee, pilot goggles, and blue moto boots? I would have eaten breakfast but that nightmare had left me felling kinda nauseas, so instead I sat down and started to watch some TV; But it wasn't long before my thoughts drifted to Ellie. How I had splatted Eelias and his goons for her, and how in my dream I had sacrificed my life for her. It then occurred to me that these weren't things I would normally do for a girl. And how I kept on thinking about how beautiful she was definitely was not normal for me. Wait, I thought, does this mean that I… Like her? The moment that thought came into my head I instantly started coming up with half hearted reasons why that couldn't be true. And yet, hmm. It was in that moment I decided that I needed the help of an expert, so I called someone with some expertise in that area, Sizz. After waiting a few minutes I heard a knock on my door, lifting myself from the couch I opened the door and proceeded to greet my flirtatious friend.

"So Dae, what is this so called 'emergency' that you needed my help with?" Sizz asked suspiciously.

"Well to put it simply, I think I have feelings for Ellie." I responded bluntly. Sizz just laughed knowingly.

"Pfft, everyone knows that!" He said making a raspberry with his mouth.

"What do you mean?" I said defensively.

"Well let's see, you blush around her, you smile at her as often as possible, and being around her lately makes you act like you're uncomfortable. You might as well be walking around with a big sign on your forehead that says 'I like her'." I blushed at this having not realized how obvious it was that I liked Ellie.

"But how can I tell if she feels the same way?" I asked desperately, already knowing the answer but just hoping to hear something different proceed from Sizz's lips.

"Well there is really only one thing you can do, ask her out on a date, reveal your feelings, and see if she feels the same." He responded with the exact answer that I knew he would.

"And if she rejects me?" I asked anxiously.

"Then you move on, and try to find someone new." Sizz responded sounding depressed as he said it.

"Sounds like you have some experience with this." I replied glumly.

"Yeah, but that's all right! There are always more squid in the sea!" Sizz said enthusiastically. Noticing that my head drooped at this, he said, "Look Dae, from what I've observed I think Ellie likes you too."

"Really?" I asked.

"Really, you just need to ask her out and hopefully everything else will work itself out." He finished. "Well speaking of dates, Jazz finally said yes to me and I have a date with her in about fifteen minutes, so I better be on my way!"

"See'ya Sizz!" I said.

"Later playa!" He responded. Well, I thought, I'd best be asking Ellie out on that date.

AUTHORS NOTE

So yeah, I actually have had this chapter for a while but was never quite satisfied with it. But after making you guys wait so long I figured I should just post it. Sorry for the wait, I will try to be more punctual next time! Shiranui400 out!