Chapter 9: Octavio

Saero's view

For another week I balanced my work at the Ammo Knights with the Squidbeak Splatoon, but we finally had enough Zapfish to take on the Octoling leader. The three of us gave a nod to eachother before going into the Kettle. We then landed on the starting base, where the captain noticed us. "Agents, look out!", he said, "There's an Octoling with you!" "Don't worry, captain!", I said, "She's on our side!" "Be careful, you two.", Dorea said, "Octavio's not going to be easy to beat." "Right.", I said before walking forward.

When I got close to the Great Zapfish, I noticed that there was a green light that appeared to be going upward. The Great Zapfish then got sucked into some kind of giant robot, manned by a single Octoling. After an overdramatic sequence, he started using Kelp to spin some CDs. "So you've finally shown up!", he said, "And you brought the traitor with you!" "That's right, Octavio!", Dorea said, "The three of us weren't going to just stand around twiddling our thumbs!" "Well it won't matter!", Octavio said, "I'll finish you all here and now!"

Over the course of the battle, Octavio used missiles and 'spawners' as I called them to attack us, and sent the robot's fists at us as well, which we deflected back at him with well-timed attacks, though he sometimes threw in a Killer Wail, making it a bit difficult. After a few cycles of hitting him with his own weapon, he send a giant bomb at us, and it basically ended up being like a game of Volleyball. The cycle repeated a few times, getting harder each time, but after the fourth time, the music suddenly stopped, only for another song to start playing.

"Wh-What's going on?!", Octavio asked, "Where are my beats?!" "Agents, come in!", Carrie said. "We're here, Agent 1!", I replied. "Radio Override has been activated!", Marie said. "Th-This song!", Cuttlefish said as he suddenly burst out of the ropes and started dancing, "It's the Squid Sisters!" "So this is... Callie's and Marie's song?", I asked, listening to the music, "Sounds nice." "Yeah, it does.", Dorea said, "But don't lose your focus! Octavio isn't beat yet!" "Right!", I said before the three of us took the Super Jump platform. The rest of the fight was harder than before, but it was basically the same thing. After the last bomb exploded on him, we were finally able to take him out, causing his mech to crash.

We returned to the shack, where Callie and Marie were waiting. "Listen, everyone.", Cuttlefish began, "There's something I want to say." We all then looked at the captain, not sure of what to expect. "I want to thank you all for saving me and the Zapfish.", Cuttlefish began before turning to Dorea, "That includes you." "Th-Thanks.", Dorea said, scratching her head. "I also want to apologize.", Cuttlefish said, "I had believed that nothing good could come out of Octolings, but you showed me that it's possible for Inklings and Octolings to get along. I would be happy if you could continue being a member of the Squidbeak Splatoon."

"Me and Marie will also try to tie up loose ends between Inklings and Octolings.", Callie said, "After everything that happened, it should be possible for us to put our differences aside." "Thank you, Callie.", Dorea said, "And you can count on me anytime. After all, I am Agent 5, and I always will be!" "That's great!", I said, "Glad you're on board!" "We should get going.", Callie said, "We have some business to take care of." "And I need to get some rest for tomorrow.", I said, "Weapons don't develop themselves, after all." We all walked up to the grates before Callie, Marie, and Nira jumped through them. I then looked back at Dorea. "Thanks a lot, Dorea.", I said to her, "We couldn't do this without your help." Dorea gave a chuckle while scratching her head before I jumped through the grates myself, returning to Inkopolis.

Later that night, I turned on the TV. As expected, Callie and Marie were on it. They reported the Great Zapfish's return and started singing and dancing. I turned the TV off and jumped onto my bed. "A lot of crazy things happened, but I'm glad everything worked out.", I said before closing my eyes and falling asleep.

*End Of Arc*