Inkopolis Down
Chapter 7
The Skirmish
"Today a major bank heist has taken place!" the anchor came on the TV, "Police report a lone individual attacked Atlantis Bank in Eastern Inkopolis, they say there are probably no survivors."
"Isn't that the bank we just passed a while back?" Tint asked them,
"Yeah, I think so..." Cepha mumbled, and a passing police car erased all their doubts, "Hey, let's go see!" she stood up,
"Don't you think it's gonna be dangerous!?" Tint asked,
"No way! There are police officers!" Cepha laughed and ran out,
"Cepha! Wait!" Arnie followed her out,
"Ah... Leave me with the check, why don't you?" Tint growled and left some cash on the table, then bolted to follow.
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"Stand back!" a police inkling told the curious masses as they blocked the entrance to the Atlantis Bank, "this is an active crime scene!"
"Wow..." Cepha was mesmerized by the scores of police officers that had all their pistols out, "What do you think is going on?"
"Nothing good..." Tint mumbled, "Come on C-"
SPLATSPLATSPLAT! The windows broke with fire from the inside,
"FIRE!" the police officers yelled and released their ink, and everyone started to dash.
"We have to go!" Tint pulled Cepha,
"No! I want to see!" Cepha argued,
"We need to go, Cepha." Arnie grumbled, "This is too dangerous."
"No it's-"
POOM! An inkzooka blast shot out of the bank, taking out three cars and a splatting a handful of police officers. Successive inkzooka blasts took out the rest of the police...
"Now can we go!?" Tint screamed,
"This is what you call defense?!" a voice yelled, and out came the female figure, she was light-pink skinned, had braided hair but a regular ponytail, and thin. Her height was short, but still taller than an Inkling, around the height of an Octarian, and her eyes were light orange in color, as was her hair.
"Fire!" the last cops shot her, but the blasts proved ineffective.
SPLATSPLATSPLAT! The female figure shot her Aerosprays, splatting all those police officers, she then turned her eyes on any strays.
"Now we can go.." Cepha mumbled once the woman caught sight of them,
"Come here!" the figure laughed as she ran to them, guns blazing,
"Give me your Splattershot!" Arnie yelled, and Cepha passed it to him,
TRAKANTRAKAN! Arnie fired at the woman,
"Ah!" the woman was knocked back, but not splatted, "What!?" she yelled in shock, "I am Britten! This cannot be!" she growled and fired at Arnie.
SPLATSPLATSPLAT! The hits struck Arnie, but he did not budge, shocking Britten.
"HA!" Arnie continued his assault and fired on Britten, but he was out of ammo,
"Ha ha!" Britten laughed and pulled out her weapons, but she also was out of ink, "Why you!" she ran to confront him.
"Hmph." Arnie grunted,
"Take this!" Britten converted her arm into a spiny whip- WASHA! It cracked the air.
"HMPH." Arnie blocked the attack with his arm, but the spines did penetrate, "HA!" he yelled and made his arm a thorn, then sought to stab Britten.
"Woah!" Britten avoided his attack, then backflipped to get room, "Take this!" she fired one of her Aerosprays again.
SPLATSPLATSPLAT! The ink struck Arnie, but did not faze him once more.
"What... What are you?" Britten yelled and threw her weapon aside, "I'm the only one who can do that!"
"Think again." Arnie muttered and punched the woman, sending her to a car.
"Ah!" Britten yelled in pain and became dazed for a few seconds,
"Give me your E-Liter." Arnie told Tint, who quickly did,
"Argh..." Britten groaned as she stood up,
"Boom... Headshot." Arnie said as he aimed the E-Liter 3K.
POOM! The shot fired, completely knocking the head off Britten!
"Woah!" Cepha said in shock,
"Nice shot..." Tint said in awe, then took back the E-Liter 3K,
"Let's go." Arnie told the two, "It is too dangerous.."
"But she's splatted." Cepha told him, "How is sh-"
BLORP! A mass of cells started to fill the empty space that was once Britten's head.
"What in the world?!" Tint said as he caught a fleeting glimpse of the sight, since Arnie had picked both of them up and bolted.
"AH!" Britten yelled as she regenerated her head back!
"Ha... Ha..." she panted and looked around, "Where... Argh!" she groaned and ran off at the sound of more police arriving...
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"Who was she!?" Cepha yelled as the three rode the bus back, "How did she do the thing!?"
"Maybe she's another starfish humanoid.." Tint shuddered at the thought, "Starfish can regenerate, you know?"
"Regene-what?" Cepha asked in confusion,
"It means one can rebuild their body.." Arnie muttered, "I can do the same..." he informed.
"You are a starfish." Tint mumbled,
"Yes, but she regenerated faster." Arnie told them, "She may not be the same kind as me."
"What did you notice different about her?" Cepha asked him,
"She didn't have any thorns like me." Arnie responded, "She had a whip filled with spines... It was thin..."
"A thin spiny arm from a starfish?" Tint muttered, then looked it up on his phone,
"She struck me." Arnie grumbled, "But it did not hurt."
"That's a relief." Cepha grinned, "Are you sure you're not hurt?"
"Absolutely." Arnie said, "I am not hurt at all."
"I found it!" Tint informed as he looked at his phone, "Well.. It's not a seastar..." he told them,
"What is she then?" Cepha asked,
"I need to know what I'm dealing with." Arnie told him,
"She is..." Tint looked, "A Brittle Star..." he looked at the two...