Inkopolis Down
Chapter 4
Who is Arnie?
"A little bit of this, a little bit of that.." a lone figure chuckled as he poured in a glowing green liquid into a flask, "Hopefully this will work..." he said as he held up the vial,
"You'll never get away with this!" a fat inkling grumbled, "I thought we were supposed to make a vaccine for ink poisoning!"
"That's old news, fatty!" the figure laughed, "You yourself told me that you saw what my formula did 16 years ago! This is meant for destiny!"
"But many people will die!" the fat inkling groaned,
"For a worthy cause." the figure grinned, revealing his inkling teeth, "Test subjects for our new super weapons!" he said and poured it in an aquarium, "Hopefully this will work with this species the same as the other!" he laughed.
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"I think it's down this way, Arnie." Cepha told her friend as the two walked down downtown Inkopolis,
"He's still out of it." Arnie looked at Tint, whom he was holding like a sleeping child in order to avoid suspicion,
"I don't like this part of town." Cepha commented as they entered a more slummy part of downtown, filled with smoking Inklings, strange women inklings wearing pantyhose, and inkling men wearing bandannas.
"Say... dawg." a voice called out to them, and some gangster inklings gathered around them,
"Eh..." Cepha muttered as they were surrounded and pushed into a dark alley, "we... don't want any problems."
"Well we do." one of the gangsters said, "Give us all you have or we'll make sure you'll never make it to your mommy!" he pulled out an ink pistol,
"Ah!" Cepha screamed,
"Hey!" Arnie yelled, sensing Cepha was in danger, "Leave her alone."
"What you gonna do, holmes!?" another gangster pulled out an ink pistol,
"Ah!" Cepha screamed when a gangster took her bag, "Stop!"
"HEY!" Arnie roared and kicked that gangster, sending the poor inkling flying and crashing into a car!
"Splat that idiot!" one of the gangsters yelled and they all started to fire on Arnie,
"Cepha!" Arnie yelled and covered both she and Tint with his body, taking all the shots on his back.
"Huh!?" another gangster said as he noticed Arnie wasn't being splatted,
"What's going on!?" the lead gangster yelled and looked down his pistol, "Didn't we ace this fool?!" he yelled,
"Hmph..." Arnie grunted and stood up, then shook all the ink off of him, "No one messes with my friends." he clenched his fists.
POOM! He punched one of the gangsters, sending him crashing to a wall,
"Take this!" a gangster came up to punch him,
"Hah!" Arnie blocked his punch and raised him up, "RAH!" he threw the inkling to two of his friends, knocking all three out.
"Ha!" a gangster pulled out a brush, "Ha ha, come here, Holmes!" he yelled and stabbed wildly in the air,
"Haha.." Arnie chuckled, grabbed the brush and snapped it, "HUAH!" he kicked said gangster, sending the poor man crashing to a dumpster.
"What are you, holmes!?" the gangster leader said as he held his ink pistol to Cepha's head, covering her mouth with his hand,
"Cepha!" Arnie yelled,
"I'll splat her before you punch me!" the gangster leader laughed,
"Ah..." Arnie mumbled, "No... Cepha..." he growled, "AH!" he held his head,
"Touch me, I'll cap her!" the gangster leader yelled,
"No you won't..." Arnie seriously said and extended his arm,
"Ha ha! What, you hailing Squidler?" the gangster leader laughed, seeing his gesture,
"HA!" Arnie yelled, and his arm turned into a large spike, striking the leader in the gun arm's shoulder as it expanded.
"AH!" the leader screamed in pain as a light green liquid dripped from the wound,
"HA!" Arnie punched the leader, sending him crashing to the back of the alley.
"Ah.. Ah..." Cepha panted, "How did you.. How did you do that!?" she yelled, seeing Arnie's left arm was still a long spike,
"I... I... remembered how to do it..." Arnie said, "It seems when you are in danger... I remember... self-defense..." he mumbled,
"What are you?" Cepha asked,
"A... A..." Arnie tried to recollect, "A... I don't know..." he sighed,
"Well... whatever you are..." Cepha mumbled, "Thank you, Arnie... for saving me."
"No problem, Cepha." Arnie said, "You are my friend."
"You are mine too.." Cepha smiled, "Come on, let's go leave Tint."
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"Huh?" Tint woke up, "Huh!?" he looked around, "How'd I-"
"We brought you here, Tint." Cepha told him as she sat next to him,
"Cepha!" Tint looked at her, "Am I glad t-" he saw Arnie standing near them, "Ah!" he yelled,
"Relax, Tint!" Cepha said, "He's my friend!"
"What is he!?" Tint looked at Arnie, who was checking out his spike arm mechanism.
"I don't know.." Arnie responded, "But I did help you for Cepha's sake."
"He's a friend, Tint... No need to be afraid." Cepha reassured him, "we brought you here..."
"Thanks..." Tint regained composure, "You too, Arnie?"
"Yes." Arnie nodded, "Tint, that is your name, no?"
"Yes." Tint responded, "So... You're saying you don't know what he is?" he asked Cepha,
"It seems so." Cepha mumbled, "What a shame.. I really want to find out."
ZZZ! A sound was heard,
"AH!" Cepha screamed in horror as a flying bug flew inside,
"Cepha!" Arnie was put on alert, "Ha!" he stabbed the bug midair with his spike arm.
Droop! A light green liquid dripped from the impact point.
"What the?" Tint looked at the liquid, "This isn't ink..."
"I know.." Cepha mumbled, "It's odd... Well, it is Arnie." she chuckled,
"Hahahaha." Arnie chuckled,
"It smells horrible!" Tint groaned after he gave a whiff, "Agh!"
"Are you settled down, dear?" Tint's mother walked in, "You friend and her uncle brought you back."
"Your uncle?" Tint looked at Cepha,
"Shh..." Cepha growled,
"Oh yea- Oh!" Tint's mother looked at the liquid on the ground, "I'm sorry, Tint!" she said, "I was killing bugs all night, I guess I dropped some of the poison on here." she sighed, "It'll dilute in a couple of minutes." she told him and left.
"Poison?" Tint looked at the liquid, "Hmm..."
"Well, I really need to go..." Cepha sighed, "Come on Arnie."
"Alright." Arnie said,
"Bye, Tint." Cepha said, "And don't faint next time." she giggled,
"So long, Cepha." Tint chuckled, "Hm... Spines and poison..." he muttered to himself as he turned on his computer...
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