What's going on ladies and gentleman? I hope everything is going well for you, and if not, I hope whatever it is that's wrong fixes itself.
Another chapter for you guys! I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
"So you're telling me..." My general, General Elizabeth, circled the chair I sat in. "That not only did the Inklings succeed in getting the zapfish, but Alpha, Beta, and your Delta squad were all killed? By THREE INKLINGS?!" And by the tone of her voice, anyone could tell that she was pissed.
"Ma'am, I can explain." I had to be as calm as possible during this process. Showing any kind of fear will get Elizabeth even more furious than she is now. "These Inklings...they were three of the four that killed DJ Octavio and took back the Great Zapfish, all the while killing off most of our forces." My revelation caused the General to pause with her pacing. I decided to describe their appearances for her. "One had white tentacles, another had black tentacles with pink dots towards the end, and the last had orange tentacles."
"Agents 1, 2, and 3..." Elizabeth muttered, turning to look me dead in the eye. "You went against all three of them?" I nodded at her question, and all of her anger suddenly transformed into relief, and a small bit of giddiness. "You made the right choice coming back here, commander."
"Thank you, General."
"Get yourself patched up. I don't want anymore blood on my floors."
"Yes ma'am, right away." I saluted to her and then bowed, taking my leave after that.
"Great job as always girls! Another mission successful!" Agent 1, 2, and 3 were in a line, getting praised by their commander, Captain Cuttlefish. The old squid had his back to the Agents and was smiling at the zapfish in his hands. "Now, does anyone want to give me the mission report?" He put the zapfish down, and the creature scuttled away to its brothers and sisters in another room in the cabin the four Inklings resided in.
Agent 3, Clarissa, stepped forward from the line and opened her mouth to speak, but thought against it, and stepped back into formation. Agents 1 and 2, Callie and Marie, also known as the Squid Sisters, looked at Clarissa in understanding and slight sympathy. How would they tell the Captain that they managed to let an Octoling retreat to their home base? In the midst of a 3v1 situation, no less. Seeing as neither Clarissa nor Callie were going to present a report, Marie took it upon herself to do the job.
She stepped forward, "Cap, the mission went as planned...for the most part. You see, everything went smoothly at the beginning. We took out the first line of defense to the Octarian Warehouse, without being spotted. We moved on to the second, and final line, but we didn't account for a couple of Octosnipers hidden behind a rock formation, scouting out for enemies. Once we were spotted, the whole place went into red alert, and we had to forcefully make our way in, instead of doing it stealthily." Marie took a breath before continuing. "Two of the Octarians seemed to be shouting into radio coms, so I assume they were commanders of a small battalion. We splatted the commanders, and the rest of their crew, before making our way inside. This is where things get interesting." She stopped again to see if the Captain was paying attention, and he was. In fact, he had his body facing her direction. He motioned for her to go on, and she complied. "There was one last team of Octarians inside the warehouse guarding the zapfish. There were four Octoslobs and two Octobombers, the easiest group to defeat out of the entire mission thus far. However, one member was missing: Their leader, an Octoling who's name we have no knowledge of. He looked to be as young as Agent 3."
Clarissa looked a bit embarrassed at having her name mentioned during the report, turning her head slightly. Callie giggled a bit, finding the action to be quite cute. Captain Cuttlefish let out a hum and stroked his beard.
"Is there more?" His question received a nervous nod from Marie.
"Yes, there is..." She looked to Callie, silently asking for her to finish off the mission report, but before Callie could move a muscle, Clarissa stepped forward.
"We fought...he escaped...alive." Nothing was said between the four, silence settling in the room. It lasted for all of five seconds before Captain Cuttlefish sighed and turned to the wall.
"Yes, I see. This Octoling must be a very experienced fighter, considering he escaped from you three trying to kill him at once. But at such a young age?" He shook his head. "What do the Octarians do to their soldiers these days?"
"Um, gramps?" Callie called out to her grandfather, causing him to turn to her. "Marie did manage to hit him before he got away completely unharmed. She should be able to still see where the Octoling is, if she puts on her glasses that is. She shot him with thermal ink, after all."
"That's what I was looking for. Great job Marie. Now, if the Octoling still manages to have the ink in his body, or at least on his clothes, we should be able to track him whenever we want. He's basically leading us to their base!" Captain Cuttlfish patted Marie on the shoulder. "Go see if you can spot him with your glasses." Marie nodded and went to her room to fetch her glasses. A few seconds later, she comes back with them on and points in the direction of the Kayde. "Perfect, thank you Marie. Now you all rest up. We head out in two days time." And with that, the old war squid went to his own room, planning on getting as much rest as possible for the days ahead.
Behind him, the three girls were beaming, excited for the chance to raid the enemy's home base, and kill off the Octarians that opposed them for over a century. "It's time ladies." Marie said to her partners, who nodded eagerly in response. "Let's go rest. I'm tired."
"Agreed."
"Ditto!"
That's all folks!
So, next chapter, as per request from a good friend of mine, I will add in an OC of hers that will get herself tangled into the mess that is the Inkling Octarian War. Stay tuned!