AN: Kinda Serious This Time Around: Sorry to all of the viewers of this story. Recently, I've been going through a huge increase in workloads and other stuff to do. Meaning, I will have less time to work on the story, so I apologize ahead of time. I will break this chapter up into two parts because of writer's block and workloads, so please bear with me. Also, sebastian830, I wasn't too sure how to implement a cameo, so I'll just try to input it in the next chapter, alright? Apologies again for the bad translation. I'll see what I can do, but in the meantime, enjoy (or dislike) this chapter as always.
Splatoon: The Bate Bros.
Waking Up To A Surprise Visit
Stretching her arms up with a yawn, Tai rose from her makeshift bed, really just a pile of comforters tossed around at this point, waking up from her impromptu visit. She paused mid-stretch suddenly, detecting an odor in the air.
"Sharq you're burning the eggs!" Splin cried out.
If she wasn't completely awake before, she was now. Eyes wide, she jumped up from the mattress, accidentally dropping her goggles in the process, and scanned the area for any threats. The only thing she saw that could pose a huge threat right now was probably only Sharq's cooking. Over at the kitchen, Sharq was fumbling around with two eggs in a pan while Splin was carefully watching over him and a waffle iron.
"Sorry!" Sharq yelled back, flipping the seemingly crisp eggs over, where the bottom white was swapped out with a charred black, and small egg shell fragments were lodged inside.
"Cooking up something for me? Aw… Arigato Inklings. Although you probably could've mentioned that they would be more... Crunchy than usual." Tai said, pointing to Sharq's masterpiece creation.
Sharq sighed. "I'll just make some bacon…" He turned and walked to the refrigerator, only to be stopped by a hovering Tele-Cube and Salty, both shaking back and forth as if to say, "No". Sharq stared back at the eggs, and nodded, opting to sit at the counter instead.
Splin sighed and walked over to the pan, turning around to see a group of hungry sea creatures (and cube) sitting at the counters patiently, blinking in disbelief. "One's company, two's a crowd, three's a party… What do I call this?"
"Hungry. Now make with the waffles Splin, I gotta get back to doing what needs to be done!" Tai said, sticking her tongue out for emphasis. "These batteries don't get charged on sleep alone!" Sharq nodded in enthusiastic agreement.
Splin sighed, before attending to the food. Sharq hopped over the counter next to the stove, and lifted the eggs carefully out of the pan using a nearby spatula onto a plate, and bit on the crunchy burnt food. Splin and Tai stared at him, causing him to stop.
"Wha? Don't knock it 'til you try it." Sharq mumbled with the burnt eggs in his mouth. Splin rolled his eyes, and went back to preparing foods.
"You sure she's in here 4U55-13?" Jerry asked.
"J3r-ry, of course I'm sure. We linked our goggles together in case of something like this happening, unless she threw them in there, which even T-41 wouldn't do." Aussie said, peering through the bush at the small abode.
Scanning the inside of the house using the small windows, she spotted a certain headphone sporting Inkling walk by with a plate of waffles, bacon, and eggs, struggling to balance the plateful of food.
"Typical Inklings, they always bite off more than-"
A couple of seconds passed, crumbs flying everywhere, and the headphone Inkling walked back into sight, looking down at the ground tiredly.
"Oh. I pity the poor guy who has to clean that up." Aussie cringed at the sight of crumbs everywhere.
The same Inkling came back with a small broom and a dustpan, and a slightly agitated face, and began sweeping some of the crumbs up. Aussie blinked. Two other figures came into sight, an Inkling wearing a cap and a satisfied expression, and a familiar Octoling mirroring his face.
"That's Tai!" Jerry shouted, rustling the bushes they used as cover.
"What? How? Oh, I get it… Tai has taken those Inklings hostage and is eating on their tab!" Aussie snapped her fingers. "Clever Tai."
Aussie looked over at Jerry, but he was nowhere to be seen. Looking back at the house, she lowered her goggles slightly, seeing Jerry hovering over to the house, and knocking on the door. Freaking out, she sprinted towards the house, hoping to stop him before he made things go sour, tackling him through the doors, onto the floor of the house. Landing roughly on the wooden floor, the Octarian duo looked up, straight into the glaring face of Tai.
Needless to say, Tai was not expecting her two fellow comrades/friends to bash through the doors of her cozy shelter provided from the two "good" Inklings. Normally she would be glad, or even laughing her butt off at the sight of the two of them crashing in, but considering her situation, she couldn't help but frown.
"Aussie, Jerry." Tai acknowledged them, walking towards them slowly.
"Oh no." Jerry shivered, slowly hopping away using his tiny Octo-feet.
"T-41, w-we can talk about this." Aussie backed up, still sitting on the floor.
Tai blocked the door, running towards it and slamming them shut, quickly turning back and grabbing her two Octarian peers by their equipment.
"Now, you came in for a visit. That's sweet of you two, but…" Tai leaned in closer. "You couldn't have come at a worse time." Tai pointed at the surprised Inklings, slowly walking away. "You two, stay, we're not done yet." Splin halted, Sharq bumping into him.
"W-We were worried. T-41, you left by yourself with a bomb capable of destroying cities, and you expect us not to try and look for you when you went missing? That's just crazy." Aussie said. Tai stared at her with a look that could pierce your soul, before sighing.
"You know what, fine. Thanks for looking for me, now you can go." Tai waved them off, only for Jerry to float up to her.
"H-Hold on! Tai, I'm hungry, we stayed up all night going across Inkopolis looking for you! I had to hide next to what these Inklings call, 'The Halibut' for a while to get some of the heat off my tail. They had soooooo many yummy smells coming out from there…" Jerry said, drooling slightly.
"You stayed next to The Halibut?! Man, I love that place!" Sharq smiled.
Jerry's eyes lit up. "Ooh! Maybe you could take us sometime?"
"I can see someone's already made a new friend." Splin stated, staring at the two.
Aussie looked over at Splin. "Inkling, quiet! This is official Octoling business, I wouldn't expect the likes of you to-" Aussie froze when Tai glared in her direction once again.
"These two are cool, Aus. No need to bother them. Besides, if they were like the 'other' Inklings…" Tai simulated a gunshot using her fingers. "I'd be dead."
Aussie looked at Tai for a while, relaxing. "...I'm still going to be cautious, would rather die in the battlefield than to a lowly surprise attack from the likes of you." Splin backed up, holding his arms up peacefully.
"So, I assume you two want me to come back to base, right?" Tai asked Jerry and Aussie, who said, "Yes" in response. Tai looked down at the floor, before speaking up, "Fine. I'll make sure to get back to Octavio and give him a piece of my mind. But first…" Tai turned to Splin. "Splin, could you be a dear and cook up more waffles for my two allies over here?"
Splin's eye twitched, and he threw his hands up into the air in exasperation. "It's always gotta be me, isn't it?" He walked back to the waffle iron, pouring batter into the machine and pressing down, ensuring fluffy tan waffles for the new guests, who were now eagerly awaiting their new breakfast.
Aussie sat at the counter, next to Tai.
"Hmm..." Tai murmured.
"What is it T-41?" Aussie asked.
"Aussie, we're not hooked up to machines listening to us on the air, you don't have to call me using that ridiculous codename."
"I just wonder how we're going to go through Inkopolis undetected. J3r-ry... I mean, Jerry and I had issues even at nighttime."
Sharq popped up in between the two young Octopus women. "I think I know a way..." Sharq grinned, only to get slapped by Aussie.
"I didn't say anything like that!" She yelled.
"Ow! No, I meant I think I know how to go through without getting spotted. And will you people stop slapping me?!" Sharq exclaimed.
This girl isn't very nice I can tell.
"You're telling me!" Sharq yelled at the ceiling.
Tai giggled, while Aussie stared at Sharq like he was mental.
"Right... Well what did you have in mind, Inkling?" Aussie asked, moving her seat back.
Sharq grinned. "Name's Sharq, other Inkling is my brother Splin, now you know."
"I didn't know you two were related, but okay." Tai shrugged.
"Anyways... I think I have a plan..." Sharq stared over at the Tele-Cube, which began to glow.
DJ Octavio grunted. Agent 3 was tough. The agent had already beaten him back two times, and the Squid Sisters backing him up using their song wasn't helping. He had barely kept the Inkling Agents away, along with the help of other Octarian forces. Octolings and Octotroops alike were thrown into the mix, but were ultimately stopped and/or splatted by other agents backing him up. Octavio fired a giant missile at the group of Inklings, who retaliated by sending the missile back. The battle quickly became a ping-pong game, the two sides of Inkling and Octarian battling to keep the missile away.
Finally, the Octarians slipped up. The Inkling garbed in Hero Armor fired a clear shot at the large projectile and the missile was sent barreling towards Octavio. He sighed.
"Cross-fade into black…" He thought, the rocket slamming into the robot and sending Octavio towards the Inklings, who were taking careful aim.
AN: The Boredom Hurts: Sorry: This chapter wasn't too eventful, but I have to put something out there to bridge the next chapter I'm working on. I'll try to make the next one better, I swear. Until then, this is ThePizzaLovingTurtle, love you guys for sticking with me! :3