The team of six set up on top of a building. Their little campsite overlooked the restaurant that had been robbed. Nobody really thought the Octolings would hit up that place again, but fortunately it looked over other smaller restaurants. Hopefully, they would choose to hit the other places.
Marie and Shelly decided to be the first two to keep watch. They would switch out with Angela and Randy in three hours. They began keeping watch at 11 PM. The night was still, the only sounds were the occasional car driving across the roads.
Shelly yawned and looked back. Marie was still looking through her scope. The rest were sleeping. Callie had an arm slung over Michael, Randy slept leaning his back against a raised wall and Angela had fallen asleep while cleaning out the barrel on her gun.
Shelly took in a deep breath, the air of the mid-Autumn night cooled her insides. She looked at the stars in the sky and she thought about her situation.
'I can't believe I'm really on a mission like this. It feels so surreal.' Shelly had never really imagined herself going on something like this. She thought her experience with battle would be limited to Turf Wars. It felt weird using her gun for something other than covering up the ground and walls of an arena but nonetheless she'd keep steadfast and would carry out her role.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Marie shooting.
Inkopolis.
0125 hours.
Junko and Rin had once again been assigned to get food. They decided to not go to the restaurant they had went to two weeks before. They found a different restaurant close by, it was smaller but it was good enough.
The two made their way through the darkened city, their senses heightened for any incoming danger. They slowly sneaked across the streets and alleyways until they were close to the restaurant.
Suddenly, Junko was knocked down as Rin had tackled her.
"Rin, what are you doing!?"
"Look up there!"
"Rrgh! Missed my shot!" Marie grumbled. "Shelly, go wake up the rest!"
Shelly quickly shifted everyone awake.
"Michael! Take everyone with you down there! Shelly and I will help you!"
Michael nodded, swimming down the ink path Shelly had shot across the wall for him, followed by Angela, Callie, and Randy.
"Dammit! We've been spotted, defend yourself!" Rin yelled out to Junko.
The two pulled out their guns, Rin trying her best to take out Marie and Shelly while Junko fended off the four that had risen before them. Callie zig-zagged towards the two, doing her best to avoid the volleys of ink being sent her way. Angela did the best she could to support her advance, throwing down a Splash Wall to suppress Junko's incoming fire.
Shelly inked paths for Michael and Randy to take, they both rose up close to the two Octolings and began firing. Randy's Heavy Splatling hit few of its shots, Michael used his Splattershot to cover up for Randy's missed ink volleys.
Rin was still in a clumsy battle with Marie, being able to dodge Marie's shots but not hit her own, she'd need to be able to get to higher ground. She quickly surveyed the area, they were taking fire from all sides, and Callie was rapidly approaching and would flatten them both if they didn't get out of there quick. She turned to the building behind her and fired up the wall, she grabbed Junko by the wrist and dragged her into the ink.
Marie and Shelly were quicker than they were, though, shooting two splotches of their own Ink in front of and behind the two Octolings as they were swimming in their own. Surfacing would mean being put into the middle of enemy fire, but not surfacing meant the two of them being sniped. Rin thought quickly, communicating to Junko underneath the ink. The two jumped out and both threw down Splat Bombs below them, causing Michael, Angela, Randy, and Callie to scatter, just barely making it out before the bombs blasted apart.
Rin inked a path up the building Marie and Shelly stood upon, taking advantage of the confusion caused by the bombs. She and Junko swam up and took the two snipers by surprise, knocking Marie off the building. Shelly quickly shot ink below Marie to stop her fall. Marie landed in the ink and jumped out. Quickly taking aim at the Octolings as they put the pressure on Shelly, who had begun defending herself by rapidly throwing down Burst Bombs.
Marie took aim and fired. The volley hit Junko in the side of her head, knocking her down.
Rin noticed she had lost support and had to decide between helping her or abandoning her and the fight, it was her against six others, there was no way she would be able to fend them all off.
Rin decided on the latter. She turned, and ran, jumping off the building and landing in a puddle of ink she had shot down. Shelly tried to get a shot in but Rin had swam out of view. She lowered her E-Liter and walked to the edge of the building.
"One of them got away! Marie was able to get this one though, be sure to catch her." Shelly dragged Junko across the floor and tossed her over the edge of the building, where Randy caught her. Shelly followed and jumped down in to a puddle of ink she had shot on the ground.
"We should probably tie her up. Does Cuttlefish have any rope?" Angela asked the Squid Sisters.
"Yeah, we'll take her to gramps to get her restrained, we can question her when she wakes up." Marie responded.
The team, now with Junko as prisoner, made their way back to Octo Valley.