QUARTZ 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO TIME :3 MAKE SURE TO READ BOOK 1 B4 DIVING IN! i suggest reading quartz's squidmas too cuz it has a lil extra context! and for the ogs: welcome back~

as always:

Captain 3: Cerulean

Agent 8: Haru

Agent 4: Ember

Neo 3: Celeste

AND AGENT 5 IS QUARTZ NOW :D

WARNING: lime near the beginning! scroll past if ur young!

"We'll be back tomorrow!" smiled Haru, closing the front door. "There they go, off to try impregnating each other~" smirked Ember. The doorbell rang, and at the door was the most famous cephalopod duo, the Squid Sisters. "Hi! Ceru told us to watch over the '24 kids tonight!" greeted Callie. "Apparently he particularly had trust issues with Celeste." added Marie. "Said she'll burn the house down at any given moment."

"GUYS, CALLIE'S GONNA BE WATCHING YOU WHILE I GO OUT WITH MARIE!" smiled Ember proudly. "No." said Marie in an annoyed tone, giving Ember a poke with her iconic umbrella. Ember pouted dramatically. "I have plans with Flint anyway!" she sighed as she walked out the door. "Anyways, agent 8 and the captain are going on a short trip to the beach because 8 has been completely out of it since returning from the Memverse." explained Marie. "But I assume you probably knew that."

"Did you SEE that fire in Haru's eyes though?!" laughed Callie. "He said something about how the Memverse has helped with curing sanitization! Whatever that means!"

"I'm going to make lunch, since I'm the only one here who can cook." said Marie. "Don't get me in trouble with the captain."

A little bit later, Callie was watching TV with Celeste while Quartz played on his switch next to them and Marie was in the shower. Someone was at the door. "Hey, is Haru here?" asked the mysterious octoling. "They look like Akari…" thought Celeste. "Just left." answered Quartz. "Cold one, I see." shrugged the mysterious octoling. Quartz glared at them for saying that. "Shut up, it's not like we know who you are!"

"I'm Acht, a friend of agent 8." said the octoling. "Who's that weird inkling behind you?" they asked. "That's…Callie." responded Quartz. "You good?" Celeste asked her. "They're so pretty, they're so pretty I CAN'T FUNCTION!" Callie said internally.

"It seems that he isn't here. I'll come back tomorrow, then." said Acht. "I'm trying to get popular in Splatsville." is all Acht said when they handed Callie a CD before leaving. The pink idol looked down at it, her cheeks turning pink. "Oh my cod…" she muttered.

"You look like Quartz when he came home after meeting Baykai!" snickered Celeste, getting a rise of embarrassment out of Quartz. "Hey, it's because Bay was so embarrassing." he responded. "Also, it's Bay AND Kai, not baka or whatever you called them…"

"I'm sure I'm just starstruck!" chuckled Callie. "Girl, you didn't even know them!" laughed Celeste. "Well, you know what I mean!" pouted Callie. "They were just super cool!"

At the beach house, the lights were low and soft yet sleazy music played. Cerulean's bare body was exposed to the air after his white sweater hit the ground. Haru was already just as exposed as he was. The octoling's mouth found itself on the inkling's collarbone, a few heavy breaths escaped Cerulean's tongue. "I'm the captain here, princess~" whispered the octoling.

"You know how much I hate that nickname!" squeaked Cerulean, his cheeks flushed and hidden in his hands. "Then prove to me that it's unfitting." replied Haru firmly. "I'll be gentle."

Akari, Haru's twin sister who recently recovered from sanitization, walked in the room unfazed. "What are you doing?" she huffed. Cerulean blushed brightly, and Haru also felt a bit embarrassed himself. "Just loving each other..." smiled the octoling boy. "You know Ceru, I always knew you couldn't even top a bug." remarked Akari. "W-What's that supposed to mean?!" stuttered the blue inkling.

Suddenly, a brief scream was heard by the water. "I'll go ahead, you two get a shirt on!" Akari boomed as she grabbed her octobrush and ran out the door. At the shore, she spotted a lone salmonid.

"Why are you here?" Akari asked in a firm tone. The chum retreated into the water, but the octoling girl noticed the end of a peach tentacle left behind. "This is someone's hair?" she mumbled to herself. Finally, the boys caught up to her. "There was a salmonid, and it left behind the end of an octoling's tentacle." Akari explained.

"I really hope they aren't targeting someone." replied Cerulean. "What if the octoling's like Celeste, who's friends with the salmonids?" asked Haru. "Our hair doesn't easily rip off so violently, I highly doubt this is something innocent." said Akari.

That night, Quartz was resting in front of the back door while everyone else was either asleep or partying upstairs. He faintly heard Callie and Celeste singing karaoke, severely out of tune. With Octavia gone, being alone outside at night was no longer something to be afraid of.

"WHERE IS THAT BASTARD?!" shouted a deep voice. Quartz froze, worrying if the figure was referring to him. Loud footsteps rocked his ears, the only other thing Quartz heard was the figure muttering "Fucking bitch." Quartz wanted to quickly get inside, but something pink sparkled on the other side of the house. He knew he had to see what it was.

As he slowly got closer and the glimmer faded away, he noticed a figure shaking in fear. He looked a lot like Quartz, the main differences were his pastel pink tentacles and his heterochromia– His eyes were purple and green.

"Hello." Quartz said in the softest tone he could muster. The pastel pink octoling looked up at him, instantly recognizing the dark purple one. "That guy…Was he chasing you?" asked Quartz. The other boy nodded. "I don't have much to defend myself with, please let me stay…" said the pink octoling with a tear in his eye. He shakily extended his hand. "H-Heliodor…" he mumbled, his last name being completely inaudible.

Quartz took his hand gently. "I'm Quartz. I'll ask Marie if she could make you dinner or something." The two went into the house. Heliodor looked around, the house was clean and quiet. The change of pace made him feel at peace, for once.

"So, you're Heliodor?" asked Marie. "You look helpless, so I'll quickly make you toast or something." said the green idol. She took a slice of bread out of the cupboard and slid it into the toaster. "Haru can make you something better tomorrow." As Heliodor sat down and began happily eating the toast, Quartz wondered who that figure was and what he wanted from the pastel pink octoling.

"Whatever it is, I'll make sure he's sent to hell. I'm not who I was before, dad gave me the Agent 5 title. I don't want people like him hurting others like Octavia."

"Aren't you Auburn's son?" asked Heliodor. "I am." answered Quartz, a bit surprised by the question. "That means you're as strong as she is, right?" added the pastel pink octoling. Quartz looked down, feeling a bit put off. "A lot of strong and caring inkfish live in this house, they fought to the brink of death to protect me." replied Quartz, secretly forming a soft smile.

"The guy who was chasing me is the son of a mad scientist. I have something he needs in order to achieve his dream of a new world." said Heliodor. "But…Extracting it would result in my death…"

Quartz hugged the other octoling. "I know how it feels to be wanted by someone who's nothing but pure evil." he said in a comforting tone. "The former elite octarian Octavia held me captive and used me as something to torture for fun. Every last one of my scars is from her."

Heliodor kept hugging the other octoling. To him, Quartz felt like the protective brother he never had. "We'll all protect you." smiled Quartz. His smile quickly faded, though. "When I first came here, I quickly began learning how to use a weapon."

"I used to have an octoshot, but I wasn't very good with it." replied Heliodor. "Sheldon sells tons of other weapons, you'll find one that fits you best." responded Quartz. "He's such a damn nerd about them too, it makes me sick."

Heliodor chuckled, then Quartz led him upstairs. He didn't have many spare clothes in his drawer, so he went into Celeste's room. "Ooh, who's that?" asked the purple octoling. "This is Heliodor, he's taking refuge here." replied Quartz. Heliodor quickly explained his story to her.

"Is abusing teenage boys the new trendy thing or something?!" groaned Celeste. "Well don't worry pink boy, my closet is full to bursting!" she exclaimed, opening the large closet. "Pick what you want, I don't really give a squit!"

He picked out a coral wreath, an Annaki yellow cuff shirt and jeweled DC Toejamz. Celeste smiled when he saw the pastel pink octoling admire himself in the mirror she gave him. "My old jacket was really uncomfortable, thank you." smiled Heliodor.

"I really hope our dads let another runaway live here." Quartz whispered to Celeste. "Why wouldn't they? They accepted you because they cared about you and didn't want you to get hurt." replied Celeste. "I'm sure they'll be no different with him!"

Quartz nodded, but felt anxious to talk to his dads. When they got through the door, he froze. "We're home!" called Cerulean. Haru went to hug his son, but his smile quickly faded. "You feel tense, are you feeling alright?" asked Haru.

"Can we talk?" asked Quartz. "Of course." answered Haru. Quartz led the two his room and opened the door, revealing a pastel pink octoling they've never seen before. Heliodor shyly glanced at them.

"This is Heliodor." introduced Quartz. "He's hiding from a mad scientist out to kill him, and needs a place of refuge. I found him in our backyard, but I know you two already have Celeste and I, and…"

"Of course he can stay." smiled Haru. Cerulean looked at the unfamiliar face again. "In a way, he kind of reminds me of when we first met you, Quartz…"

Heliodor smiled sweetly. "Thank you."

Meanwhile, a peach octoling stood in front of an older octoling donning a lab coat.

"You LOST him?!" growled the older octoling.

"Look, he ran into a neighborhood okay?! Some sorry inkfish living there could've taken him in when I wasn't looking!" shot back the peach octoling.

"You're too fucking soft. Get your ass to sleep, I'm waking you up bright and early tomorrow to continue this search..."

To be continued...

BOOK 2 IS HERE~ heliodor is adorable but who is he and why do ppl need him? what does he even have thats so important? STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT :3