Micheline began firing, the team was taken off-guard and took cover behind the machine. Micheline swam up the line of ink she had shot and jumped out firing again. Angela threw down a splash wall and Shelly tossed out Blast Bombs from behind the wall.

Micheline was quick and dodged all of them. She took a screwdriver out of her pocket and punctured the ink tank on the Splash Wall and began firing again. Callie jumped up and flicked her roller at Micheline, who dodged the ink flung and fired at Callie, knocking her out of the air and making her hit the floor. Micheline then ran over, jumped, and threw her fist down towards Callie. Callie somersaulted away, standing herself back up straight. She strafed around Micheline as she was firing, distracting her enough for Randy to rev up his Splatling and start firing too. Micheline was hit and dived down into her ink, being faster than Randy could turn the Splatling. Angela took initiative and dove down into the ink Randy shot, following Micheline.

Noticing she was being tailed, Micheline jumped out of her ink and spun around, throwing down a Disruptor at Angela, slowing her down immensely. Angela jumped out of her ink and began firing. Two shots hit but Micheline dodged a third and continued to dodge the rest.

Angela's .52 Gal jammed, indicating she had run out of ink.

"What the!? This weapon isn't supposed to use ink that fast!" She hit her weapon a bit, not noticing that Micheline was running towards her.

"Disruptors, sweetie!" She said as she roundhouse kicked Angela, knocking her down. Angela clutched her side in her hands, as she cried out in pain.

Shelly fired at Micheline, taking her by surprise and almost knocking her down as well. Micheline picked herself up off the ground quickly and grabbed her Octoshot equally as fast. Marie responded by firing just as she got up. Micheline sidestepped the combined fire from both snipers. She hit a button on the side of her mask. Its light intensified, creating a sighting laser like that of a charger. She focused while dodging and started firing, most of her shots hit the two, who had to dive down into their ink to escape being splatted. They both swam away to hopefully get a higher vantage point and get out of Micheline's range.

Micheline focused on Randy now, who had started revving up his weapon once more. As she approached he threw down another Splash Wall, blocking Micheline's fire. Micheline retreated into her ink again, swimming around the conversion machine. Randy, expecting her to appear behind him, turned around. He waited, aiming his Splatling on the other side of the machine. The Splash Wall fell, out of fuel.

Micheline jumped out behind Randy, and started firing at him. Randy was about to get splatted.

Callie jumped out of her ink too and slammed her roller into Micheline, knocking her away.

"Thanks Callie!"

"No prob, Randy!"

Callie started running towards Micheline, who was recovering from being hit.

She was about to squash Micheline with her roller.

"STOP!" Michael yelled out as he threw himself between the two.

Callie pulled back her roller, stopping its path in mid-air.

"Michael, get out of the way! She's vulnerable!"

"She's my sister! And I know that there's a way to save her, I know it! We don't need to fight her!"

Callie drew in her breath. She sighed, and put down her roller.

Michael turned and held out a hand to Micheline.

"Sis, please."

Micheline looked at Michael's hand for a moment, then to him. She paused.

She grabbed Michael's arm.

Then the other.

She then forced her feet forward against him, pushing him away while pulling at his arms. Michael screamed in pain.

"You IDIOT!" Micheline said, laughing. Michael's arms felt like they were going to be torn clean off.

She released his arms and kicked him away. Michael tried to stand himself back up, but his arms quivered and couldn't support him.

Callie ran over and tried to help him up.

"Michael, you, of all people, giving someone mercy. I would have expected you to learn one of the fundamental rules of this world." She picked up her Octoshot with one hand and pointed it at the two.

"It's KILL or BE KILLED."

Angela jumped out of her ink from in-between the two, grabbed Micheline's arm and lifted her up. She then slammed Micheline into the ground.

"Kill or be killed, eh? I guess you do have some good ideas in that head of yours!" Angela moved quickly, grabbing Micheline's Octoshot.

Micheline jumped up to her feet.

'Dammit! I need to think of something!'

She threw down a disruptor and dived down into what was left of her ink. She swam towards the room's exit that lead into her office, when her ink trail ended she leaped out and started running.

"After her!" Angela cried. The team chased after Micheline.

Micheline grinned. 'Those idiots don't know what's coming for them.'

The door to the massive room was opened. Micheline ran to the edge of the platform and turned.

The team stopped, all of their weapons pointed at her. Micheline put on her best 'concerned' face.

"Give up, Micheline, we have you cornered." Marie said, looking down her scope.

"Surrender now, and we'll get you fixed up." Randy said, revving his Splatling.

"Sis, please! Listen to them. I don't want to fight you." Michael said.

Micheline paused for a moment. She stood up straight, glancing to the side.

"Please, sis. Enough of this, let's just go home, okay?" Michael took a step forward in front of his team.

Micheline breathed deep, then sighed and looked to the floor.

"You…" She paused. "You IDIOTS. You haven't cornered me!" Micheline then leaned back, falling off the platform and into the abyss.

Michael rushed over and tried to reach out a hand for her.

"SIS!"

There was silence.

Then, a faint, distant sound.

And then, the feeling of a rumble.

A huge, circular machine rose up from the inky blackness.

It was DJ Octavio's Octoweapon.

And Micheline was piloting it.

"Quite the opposite, actually." The pathway that connected the platform to the door slid away.

The team was trapped.

Micheline hit a button on the Octoweapon's control panel. Multiple doors opened across the room, passageways slid out from under them and connected to the platform.

Hundreds of Octarian guards flooded out of the doors.

"I'VE CORNERED ALL OF YOU!"