Through It All... (Agent 8 x Agent 3) [FINAL BOOK]

Chapter 22 ~ It Nears

Agent 8's (Mike's) P.O.V:

"Agent 8? Do you copy?!"

The sudden voice coming through the Hero headpiece startled me, though I quickly realized it was Agent 7. "Ah-! Y-Yeah! I'm here, is everything ok?" I responded quickly avoiding a couple of shots taken at me by distanced Octarians.

"We're fine, I'm here with Agent 4! There's a lot of them-!"

I could hear a couple blaster shots go off with what sounded like Octoshot's shooting back at him.

"I heard that there were multiple Octoshowers here? Do you think we'll be able to handle it? I see one not far from here."

What sounded like the crashing and crumbling of a building played through the headpiece.

"I think we'll be able to! We just have to take them down ASAP or else they'll cause more troubl-"

Sarah suddenly jumped backwards without me realizing it and bumped into her by accident. An aggressive roller had apparently made a trail towards us and swung aggressively in the spot where Sarah would've ended up on if she didn't react. "Crap.." She muttered softly under her breath stepping aside and quickly opening fire as the Octarian prepared a trail straight towards us. Sarah continued to shoot, but had trouble hitting the rapidly moving submerged Octarian. I prepared to swing forward in front of me in order to catch the approaching Octarian and splat him immediately as Sarah quickly painted a trail along the wall and swum in order to refill her tank.

However, I was caught off guard with this Octarian's speed and both of our rollers managed to crash into each other, both of them releasing a spray of ink upon colliding. "You? An Octarian siding with these inklings?" She muttered, both of our rollers struggling to gain the upper hand. My breaths got heavier before I managed to shove her roller aside, throwing her off of her stance, and giving Sarah enough time to get off the wall and get the Octarian from behind.

She let out a pained cry as her body turned into a puddle of purple ink right before me. I glanced up at her, both of us catching our breath again. "Thanks.." Was all that managed to come out of my mouth as Sarah once again turned back to the direction she was originally heading in. I managed to get 3 more splats, as she managed to get 2 more afterwards.

Agent 7's (Jake's) P.O.V:

I set my blaster down next to me, peeking over into the warfare filled streets through a shattered window. We were currently located I believe on the 10th floor of some hotel hallway that looked over outside. There was an Octoshower a street or two away from us, and it had managed to breakdown a couple of small buildings in its way.

"H-Hey, be careful. You could get sniped from peeking out too much." Isabel warned, resting her hand down on my shoulder, gesturing me to go back down. I nodded and crouched back down to her level, giving myself to think. "Did Agent 8 respond..?" Isabel asked, her voice sort of muffled due to the several ink bombs going off at the same time outside.

"Y..Yeah, I did. Though his voice cut off before he finished his sentence. I hope he's okay." I stated softly, concerned over his safety and whereabouts. "What about Agent 3? Is she with him?"

I shook my head, unsure as to whether or not the pair were physically together at that moment.

"I'll try to get through to him again, and I'll double check as to whether or not they're together." Isabel nodded understandingly with a worried expression resting on her face. I extended my hand and arm out and rested my palm on her head. She looked up to me to which I smiled and reassured her, "It'll be fine."

"Hey, Agent 8? You there?" I began to ask through the headpiece in hopes of getting a response. Isabel occasionally glanced down the hall every now and then as if keeping guard. "Y-yeah, is everything o-" Mike's voice cut off once again, though I managed to understand it. "Yeah everything is fine over here with us, is there anyone with you currently?" I wasn't sure how much of my message got across to him, but Mike did end up responding again.

"I'm following Agent 3 ahead of me, we're trying to find any of the other Agents-" It cut off for a second. "-We fought a couple of Oct-Where are you guys right no-?"

Luckily I was able to make out what he was saying and took a glance around.

"Hey Isabel, can you help me figure out the name of this hotel?"

Isabel stood up and sprinted into the open room not far from where we were. The Octoshower's whistle was heard at a distance as she rummaged through the room. She then came back with a sheet of paper that was meant to give the wifi password to the hotel, but had its logo on top. We heard another rush of the high pressured ink, followed by the destruction of a couple of buildings once again.

"Seafloor Hotel." I tapped back into the conversation, "Do you happen to see where it is?"

"Yeah I can see it a couple streets away from-Jake. JAKE GET OUT OF THERE AND MOVE NOW!"

"Huh? What do you mean, what's going on?!"

That's when I heard that dreaded whistle again, and now that I'm paying attention to it, it sounds a lot closer to us. "Isabel! Get down!" I leaped forward and tackled her down, covering her body with mine. My eyes were shut the entire time, but all I could hear was the zipping past of the Octoshower, followed by the loud hissing noise of the pressured ink and the ripping of concrete and other materials of the building itself.

I glanced up with Isabel, who was also beginning to lift her head up to see.

The building was parted before our eyes.

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A.N. As of writing this, I am on my plane ride back to NY from Las Vegas with no wifi and stuff, maybe I'll go ahead and start the next chapter since I have nothing to do lmao.

Word Count: 1055