Splatoon: Chronicles

Chapter 7: Shadows

???: Clover!........Clover!!!

Clover opened her eyes, jolting awake while still laying in a pile of rubble. She looked up and saw Heather standing above her with a weapon in her hand that was wrapped in wrapping paper.

Heather: thank cod you're still alive!

Heather held the weapon with one hand and extended her other hand downstairs to Clover, to which she gladly accepted and stood up, coughing up more blood than before.

Clover: Heather?.......

Heather: I'm guessing something big went down with Gage.....

Clover:.....*nods*

Heather:.....I see....well, I see this as a good time to test this baby out.

Heather held out Clover's wrapped weapon, stunning her and allowing her to take it from her hands, but barely managed to hold it from it's weight.

Clover: J-Jeez....this thing is heavy....

Heather: it's a great sword. I remember you saying something about a dynamo roller, so I did some research on it and figured it out.

Clover: wait, really?

Heather: yup! You can think me later.

Clover removed the wrapping and saw the sword which was coated in pure black material and the edge of the blade was slim with a green tint that blended into the black.

Heather: that was the last of our materials. I used Malcore, which is known as one of the strongest materials that's pretty lethal to stream users. It is usually only found within the deepest darkest parts of a cave.

Clover: Well I already like it!

Just then, Clover coughed once again and leaned a little forward, and Heather got closer to her to support her from not losing her balance.

Heather: hey, hey...take it easy...

Clover:....*sigh*....t-thanks...

Heather: by the way, what happened to your shirt?

Clover: huh? Oh, I got punched by-

Clover looked down and noticed that her wound from earlier was completely gone, showing nothing but her bare skin under her ripped shirt....shocking her as she felt over her body.

Clover: what the hell?......

Heather: what?

Clover heard a dripping noise coming from behind her, and she turned around to see that her ink tank was completely shattered, making her take it off and stare at it with a worried expression on her face.

Clover: oh no, no, no!!! Shit! Where did it go!?

Heather: where'd what go?

Clover: don't worry about it! J-Just get out of here while you still can!

Heather: well, I have one last thing to give to you before I head off.

Clover stopped her search for the golden ink and turned her head around to see Heather walk over to her, grabbing her hand and holding it out to place down a triangle shaped metallic piece of gear in her hand.

Clover: what's this?

Heather: it's a nitro bomb....I was working on one when you first came to the shop. *smirks* yes, I know I'm a natural genius, so make sure to-

From behind Heather, Clover saw a metallic tentacle shoot straight for the back of Heather, and with enough reaction timing, Clover managed to yell and push Heather out of the way, using all of her might to pick up her sword just enough to allow the tentacle to hit the sword, dragging Clover high into the sky.