#7 - Sanitized

Finale.

Ahato's POV

Quickly, the Agents and I swam up Frye's eel ink stream. And by "the Agents and I", I mean me, Three, Four, and Marissa. The others decided to go back for Octavio's Octobot King, since it would probably be very useful, and Deep Cut had to stay behind for Frye's eels, but they were probably just paranoid or something since the big fight against their eels, shark, and shadow.

When we got to the rocket, Grizz immediately noticed us. "I see you've found a way up. How rude to show up uninvited," he said as he emerged from a huge puddle (pile?) of Fuzzy Ooze. We started running everywhere, frantically avoiding his and the Fuzzy Octarians' attacks as we gathered Golden Eggs. "Wh-what are we doing with these?!" Marissa asked, yelling over the radio. "I don't know," said Four. "But we should just follow Ahato's lead! I know that look, and she's thinking about something to do!"

I examined the golden eggs as I jumped around the rocket. Wait...was he still...? Yes, he was! I pulled my Smallfry out of my bag, and he instantly knew what to do. He gulped down the eggs we had collected, and absorbed enough energy to destroy a ton of the Fuzzy Ooze. Yes!

We splatted more Fuzzy enemies, and shot at the other weird glowing point on Mr. Grizz. He roared in a mix of rage and annoyance, and maybe even pain. We watched as he melted back into the Ooze, and reappeared further down the rocket. We kept gathering golden eggs, splatting enemies, and dodging, but then Mr. Grizz started...rolling? Then I understood. He was trying to make the rocket spin so we would fall off! We kept running as fast as we could, but the future wasn't looking too bright.

"Ahato!" Marissa cried. "I don't know if I can keep up!"

"Just-just try! The others still aren't here yet..." Finally, the rolling stopped. We took a moment to catch our breath, but Grizz was already preparing attacks. I was able to dodge them, but Four was hit, and her Hero Suit was damaged. "Carp! I'll be back! Gotta fix thiiiis!" Four ran way back, where Grizz's attacks couldn't reach. "Come on, guys, I found a spot where we can get to Grizz!" said Three. We followed her footsteps almost exactly as she led us through the barrages of attacks, slowly making our way to Mr. Grizz.

Once we were at the front, there was no hesitation. We all knew where his weak point was, so we shot at the next glowing blob again and again, until Grizz roared again and jumped back. But he quickly recovered and knocked us down with one of his powerful claws! 

"Oh, you thought I would be done that quickly?" He laughed, pointing at the last glowing spot on him. "Well, now there is a 0% chance of victory for you. But I'm afraid I'll have to stop monologuing...so I can kill you once and for all."

I braced myself, but when a few seconds passed, nothing had happened. So I opened my eyes...and saw...

Deep Cut?!

Finally, they had come! They were attacking Grizz all at once, and when everyone realized we weren't gonna die, they got up and started attacking too. Grizz roared in pain as the glowing blob exploded. "Yesss!" said Frye. "What now?"

"Now...WE GET IN!" Callie, Marie, and Octavio flew over in the Octobot King. "Sorry we took so long. We realized we didn't know how to use this thing, so we had to get Octavio."

"Thanks! Now let's goooo!" Four jumped in, and we followed her. "Time for Grizz's final hour!"

The Squid Sisters started playing Calamari Inkantation in the Octobot King, singing along. Soon enough, Deep Cut joined in. It was a new version of the song, brighter and more beautiful than ever... Suddenly, my Smallfry started to glow!

"Huh? What's he doing?" asked Four. "I think...he's..." I quickly got on top of the Octobot, since my little Smallfry seemed to be growing! And he did. He grew, grew, and grew to nearly the size of Mr. Grizz. "Go, HUGEFRY!" cried Four. The Salmonid "swam" right up to Grizz to attack. Mr. Grizz and the "Hugefry" were fighting. The perfect distraction!