Ahato's POV
"Guys, get your weapons," I said. "They're gonna attack!"
Everyone readied their Hero gear. Shiver and Frye kept trying to call their animals back, while Big Man just kind of...tried telepathy with his shadow.
"NOW!" The shark lunged at Four, but she threw a bomb into its mouth. It flopped on the ground, so we all hit it as much as we could. It retreated into the ink, and the shadow swam across the floor towards us. We kept shooting it, but it kept making copies of itself! Luckily, it had limits, so we were able to make it disappear for a short amount of time to recover. With the shark and the shadow out of the way for now, all we had to do was stop the eels and grab the last piece of treasure.
We ran to the treasure. Well, we tried. There was a huge gap between this arena and the treasure platform, so we would have to try our best to Superjump. This was risky, though. It's incredibly difficult to not over/undershoot. And by that, we mean that if you don't have a target, you might as well be playing pin the horn on the narwhal but without the narwhal poster.
Of course, no one wanted to do this. I knew I wasn't a part of their group, their plan, their Splatoon. The best I could do for them was make sure this was safe...I would...I would do this...
Even if...
I shrunk down into my Octo form, got ready to jump, and-
???'s POV
I watched as the Agents panicked. Their beloved friend was completely fine with dying if it meant she could help everyone else get to their "treasure" safely. I do not understand this. Why let everyone go through the trouble of reviving you if you will just throw your new life away?
This does not matter.
I only care if I can finally get my rocket into space long enough to cover Earth in Fuzzy Ooze. And to do that, I only need the strange energy the Inklings and Octolings gained from the Alterna crystals.
The problem? Even with all the crystals I have, it's not enough. I will not be able to make the trip back if I leave like this. I need to take the strange energy from an Inkling or an Octoling.
Hmm. It may have been an inconvenience at first, but maybe...that strange group...
Yes. They will do...
Hm?
The "useless" one has made it across. Well. Her friends are all reacting differently, some are panicking, some are worrying, some are yelling how stupid she was and to "never do that again."
Oh well. They will all die sooner or later...
Big Man's POV
Aay. Aay aay ay ayay aaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy!
Aay...
*Sigh*
Aay.
Ayyyyay. Ay aay ay.
"Ay..."
Frye's POV
Big Man was clearly very concerned about Ahato's decision. I'm not very good at emotions or decisions, but... Ahato was clearly not thinking right... I wanted to run up to Ahato and tell her something like, "You helped us, you're not useless!" or "C'mon, don't do shit like that!" but I'm afraid it might be weird. Like...we're not even friends...are we?
Shiver's POV
"Ahato!" I yelled. "Why would you do that?"
Maybe this was a poor choice of words. I do admit that I could have said better. But we were merely acquaintances, no more or less. What would I say, what would I do...?
Three's POV
I...
...
Ahato...don't...please, don't do that...
Please...
Four's POV
"W-why did you do that, Ahato?! That was a stupid decision! Please...please, don't do it again...!"
She stared at me with a blank look. "Come on up," she said. I don't think she realized what she did yet. She was shaking, but I think it's from landing so hard, not her thoughts. I'm...
I'm a little worried, Ahato...
Eight's POV
Wh-why did she do that? Why would she say that?
D...during the Superjuump, she...
"I...I know I'm useless. I don't belong here. If I die, just learn from my mistake...okay?"
Why would she...
No, I know what it felt like. To lose hope. She was the last one left in my life. She's the one who stopped me from... kaing that shitty decision, thinking those dangerous thoughts in Octo Canyon, all those years ago. I...wish...I wish I could repay her now. Now I see. Her mind was broken, again and again, she went through so much pain, and yet...she still kept...
Or...I guess she didn't. And...I...
I don't know how to feel now.
It was going so well, or so I thought.
She remembered, she laughed with us, she fought alongside us.
And yet...
She still feels she doesn't belong.
...
We should talk later...
When this is all over.
I'm sorry, Ahato. For not noticing sooner.
Ahato's POV
Okay, I'm- holy shit... I'm alive.
"Come on up."
All the agents looked at me, different thoughts going through all their heads, through their minds. They sighed and Superjumped up to me before Deep Cut's creatures could attack again.
I looked at Eight. She looked worried. Cod, now people are worrying over me. Why couldn't they just...do their agent work...? Why couldn't they just leave me already? I don't even know anymore. I feel like I took everything from them, somehow. I'm just selfish. A burden.
But we kept walking together anyway. We got to the treasure and silently carried it out. But then we put our plan into action. We shoved the three pieces of treasure together, gave the device to Three, and let her hack away at the Fuzzy Ooze surrounding the center island in Alterna.
We entered the rocket-thing in the middle of Alterna. I cleared my head. Alright, Agent time. No matter how bad of an Agent you are, you can probably still kill, like, one enemy, Ahato...I guess. Even if that's all you're good for...
Author's Note: IT IS HERE! ZELDA MUSIC IS THE KEY TO CREATIVITY! I WILL TRY TO WRITE BETTER NEXT TIME! I CANNOT WRITE FILLER CHAPTERS FOR THE LIFE OF ME DEAR GOD. I have the ending planned out tho, only one more filler for the rocket/Mr. Grizz meeting!
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#7 - Sanitized
Fiksi Penggemar(I wrote this before Side Order!) Mizuta Ahato: An Octoling DJ with no free will or information about who she is except for her DJ name, Dedf1sh. Applicant 10,008 (Otherwise known as Agent 8): An Octoling who somehow managed to defeat Commander Tar...
