Edit: Made a small change to the final paragraph of this chapter.
Chapter 16: Saero's Ability
Saero's view
Each day that passed, I grew more and more worried about the missing Inklings. But as we were, we couldn't do anything. I kept trying to think of something that could help us deal with the predatorial creatures, but nothing comes to mind. I was so used to making ink weapons that trying to make one that didn't use ink became difficult.
Since I couldn't sleep, I decided to walk outside for a bit. I looked at the night sky, seeing the sea of stars above me. I then walked around until I heard something. I turned to where I heard it, but I didn't see anything. Even so, I could feel like something was watching me.
I closed my eyes and began focusing. I then heard footsteps, coming closer every second. After a few second I quickly opened my eyes and did a roundhouse kick behind me, making contact with something and sending it into a wall. When I turned to face it, I found that it was a female Octoling, but her tentacles were an unusual orange color.
I walked up to her, noticing that she had lost consciousness. 'Something doesn't seem right.', I thought. I then opened her eyelid and saw that her eye was partially orange. As I continued to look at her, I noticed that she also had a few inkling tentacles as well, and a realization eventually came to me. "It couldn't be...", I said out loud, "Is... Is that you, Anni?!"
*To be continued*