A Race Displaced
Chapter 12
The Refugees
"Ah... Splat..." Paprika grinned as the two sat in bed, "I didn't know it took that fast.."
"Well you know what they say..." Splat grinned, "The faster you are, the-"
POOM! The door crashed down, scaring the two.
"The faster you are, the better..." Starly walked through the doorway, "Though I wouldn't call what you did in here "better", especially for our mission."
"You were watching us!?" Splat yelled in shock, "What in the world, Starly!?"
"Oh no..." Paprika covered her face,
"Trust me, you've done much worse in your room." Starly muttered, "And it is not like I care about the reproduction of your species. I am a starfish." he reassured,
"Is the coast cl-" Calamaird paused, "Ah dangit!" he yelled, "We couldn't even be away from you 20 minutes without you taking your pants off! Have some decency!"
"We need to move." Starly informed them, "There's a new enemy in the hood..."
"Who could it be?" Paprika asked in concern.
"He called himself the Civil Protection Patroller #4!" Calamaird responded, "And he was a giant! He stood taller than even that Triton feller!"
"Impossible!" Splat spoke, "Triton's the largest thing I've seen in my entire life! Well... then there's an Octobomber..."
"Whatever it is... it splatter Triton." Starly muttered, making Splat and Paprika gasped, "Guillotine... One hit KO. No retakes, no restarts... No continues for him."
"Well, we're doing good if he's dead, no?" Paprika asked, "Now we can live in peace?"
"We still need that... Britannia gone." Starly responded, "She escaped just like us. Good part she's not as hardy as Triton, so we can take her out... If we hurry."
"At least let us put our clothes on." Splat grumbled, and Calamaird sighed and turned.
"Starly, turn around." Paprika told him,
"Why?" Starly asked,
"Because it's wrong to look at people when they're naked!" Splat yelled at him "Don't you know that!?"
"No." Starly shook his head, "I didn't know that was a wrong thing. Who said? I've known how you look like without clothes since the very day you bought me."
"You know what, shut up and turn around." Splat growled,
"Alright." Starly grunted and turned.
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"Are you all done?" Starly asked as Splat came back from the bathroom,
"Set and ready to go." Calamaird said as he fixed his tie and cocked his ink pistol,
"We would have been out here faster if you all wouldn't have gone to the bathroom." Starly grumbled,
"We needed to get clean." Calamaird told him,
"Yeah, aren't you gonna do the same?" Splat asked him,
"I have a self cleaning mechanism in my anatomy." Starly responded, "I can go without bathing."
"Oh great." Splat grumbled, "Man, no wonder you look down on us Inklings... We have all the sucky parts."
"I do not look down on all Inklings." Starly told him, "And though you are a very frail species, you still have very amazing capabilities."
"Like what..." Splat asked,
"Like now..." Paprika groaned, "Splat... Splat... I think I'm gonna lay... the eggs..." she started to sweat,
"Eggs?!" Calamaird said in shock, "What eggs!?"
"Hehehehe..." Splat rubbed the back of his head, "Well you see..."
"Splat!" Paprika started to yell, "Help me! Ah..." she started to groan,
"Are you serious!?" Calamaird yelled, "huh..." he gave a deep sigh, "You really had to do it when she was fertile!?"
"You don't know what you have done." Starly grumbled, " I strongly advise against proceeding."
"You mean stop laying eggs!?" Paprika yelled at him, "You know that's Impossible! Ha!" she screamed,
"What's going on?" a passerby asked, seeing the door was knocked down,
"Keep moving..." Starly turned to face the man, then converted his arm into a spike, "Go."
"Uh.. yeah..." the passerby said worriedly and bolted out.
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"My status... is critical..." Britannia muttered as she limped under an underpass, somehow, getting snapped by King proved more painful than it seemed., "My mission, yet to be complete..." she pulled out a folder, where her objectives were listed.
"Help!" a voice cried out,
"Shut up, girl..." another voice said, and Britannia turned to see a young female Inkling child being mugged by an older male,
"Get away from me!" the child cried, "Leave me alone!"
"Give me that bread, girl!" the man, who was homeless (as well as the little girl), tried to snatch a small piece of bread from the child,
"Help! Help!" the girl screamed,
"That is not part of my mission." Britannia mumbled as she looked at the scene, "My mission is to destroy Triton, and nothing else..."
"Give em that!" the man shook the girl violently,
"My mission is to destroy Triton." Britannia repeated, "My mission is to destroy Triton. My mission is to... But he's dead..." she looked at her objectives, then back up.
"My mission is complete..." Britannia mumbled, "My mission is complete!" she glanced over to the scene, "Hey you!" she stood up, catching the attention of the man.
"Get out of here!" the man told her, "Or do you want trouble as well!?"
"You do not want to give me trouble." Britannia told him, "Let go of the girl."
"Or wh- AH!" the man yelled in pain when he was whipped,
"Ah!" the little girl said in shock,
"Are you ok?" Britannia asked, seeing the threat was eliminated,
"Y-Y-Yeah..." the little girl stammered, "What.. happened to him...?"
"He wanted trouble." Britannia told her, "and he got it. Stay safe." she mumbled, then started to leave,
"Wait!" the girl ran up to her, "Are you leaving?"
"Affirmative." Britannia said as she kept walking, the girl following close behind,
"Can I go with you?" the girl asked, "I'm.. I'm Caci."
"Negative." Britannia responded, "You have parental units that can provide for you."
"Actually, I'm an orphan." Caci sighed,
"What is an orphan?" Britannia turned to face her,
"That means I don't have any parents." Caci told the brittle star,
"Impossible, everyone has parental units." Britannia said to her, "Then you wouldn't be born."
"Well, it's kinda hard to explain." Caci said, "I was born... but my parents aren't with me."
"If you do not have a parental unit, how are you meeting your substantial needs?" Britannia continued,
"I look for food, and ask for money." Caci mumbled, "It's really hard... Please, can I go with you?"
"I don't have a home or money." Britannia told her, "But... maybe I can find you one, and it seems you need protection." she turned to face her, "Come with me if you want to live." she extended her hand.
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"What a day..." Tinker sighed as he looked up to the sky as the group walked down a dusty road, "What a lovely day..."
"You'd think this day wasn't hectic enough." Marie groaned, "But hey..." she grinned.
"A motel." Pacifica pointed, "Maybe we can get some rest?"
"We don't have any money." Ink informed, then saw four figures exit the area.
"I'm telling you, Paprika..." Splat said told his partner, "I won't let anyone mess with our eg-" he paused when he saw Ink's group arrive.
"Say Splat..." Starly said when he caught sight of the blue inkling, "That Inkling looks and awful lot like you..."
"Ink." Tinker said, "That must be the Splat guy the cops were talking about!"
"Who are you!?" Splat yelled at Ink, "Why do you look exactly like me!?"
"I can ask the same thing!" Ink growled as the two came face to face, "What's your deal!?"
"Do you know him?" Paprika asked Splat, "Is he like a brother?"
"No!" Splat responded, "I'm an only child!"
"So am I!" Ink grumbled, "But why do you look e-"
"If I may, Ink." Tinker interfered, "Remember when we were sent here? The humans were speaking about a Parallel Universe?"
"Yeah, and?" Pacifica came in, "Does that have anything to do with it?"
"Well I studied a bit of Quantum Physics in school." Tinker grinned, "And I may have come up with the conclusion that Splat and Ink are the same person."
"What!?" the two Inklings in question yelled in shock.
SO Splat and Ink are parallel copies of each other! Gasp! Stay tuned for more!
SM'S Time:
For Reviewer Dark(Death)Star248: Did you read Inkopolis Down in its entirety? If not, it would help a lot to understand the beginning.
For Reviewer Kitkatt(Paddywhack give a dog a bone)Attack: Thanks and glad you're still here!
For Reviewer ReviewBro: I loved MM: Fury Road! It was a good movie!