{ Splatoon } My Colorful Life

The First Mission

{Nathan's POV}
"Alright... Where is this guy?" I asked. Me, Isabelle, Ellie, Max and Orlaith were all standing in front of a manhole over by Inkopolis tower. Orlaith replied, "Follow me!" She turned into an octopus and slipped into the manhole. "WHAAAT?!" Max yelled. "WAIT FOR MEEE!" He turned into a squid and followed Orlaith. Ellie and Isabelle jumped in afterwards. I sighed and said to myself, "How has my life come to this...?" I just shook off my confusion and turned into a squid and hopped into the grate.

"PFWAAAA!" I loudly inhaled. Dang, it was hard to breathe in there. I stoop up and looked around. "Quick question, Orlaith. WHERE ARE WE?!" I yelled. Orlaith answered, "My former home... Octo Valley. There should be someone here who can help us..." Soon after, an old-sounding voice boomed from behind a wall. "STATE YER BUSINESS, INTRUDERS!" Orlaith replied, "Can you come out from behind there? We kinda need you help." An old male Inkling stepped out from behind the wall. He took one look at Orlaith and totally lost it. "AAAAAAAAUGH! GET OUT OF OUR PEACEFUL WORLD, OCTOJERK! DESIST!" Orlaith rolled her eyes. "...Right. Okay. We really, really need your help, sir." The old man snapped, "I ain't helping no Octojerks! Never ever!" I spoke up, "Sir, we need you to help us. And just to make things clear, she isn't an enemy." The old man sighed and replied, "Whatcha need me for?" Orlaith explained everything. Nami, my parents, and our plan. The old man chortled, "Sounds serious. Alright, I'll help you..." Isabelle and I cheered, "All right!"
"...On one condition."
"Whuuuuh? Isabelle replied. The old man said, "I need a couple of things first. Then I'll help you." I asked, "What do you need?" The old man pulled out a piece of paper with a picture of a small fish on the front. "This is a Zapfish. They got stolen by those Octojerks. Can you get 'em back for me?" I nodded. "No problem." The old man replied, "Great! By the by, I never caught yer names."
"I'm Isabelle. Pleased to meet you."
"Hey. I'm Nathan.
"Salutations! My name is Ellie."
"M-my name's Orlaith."
"I AM MAX THE MIGHTY! MAX IS MAH NAME, BATTLIN'S MAH GAME..."
"Pleasure. I go by Cap'n Cuttlefish. Do you seem them kettles over there?" I turned my head and saw a huge kettle-like object. There was a grate over it, which someone could slip through in squid form. "What about them?" I asked. Cap'n Cuttlefish replied, "One of the Zapfish is in there. I want you to go in an' get it.

{Isabelle's POV}
"Why do we have to go get the Zapfish?" Nathan whined. I asked, "And why the fancy suit?" Max chimed in, "Hey, guys. That Hero Suit really... SUITS you! AAAAHAHAHA-" Ellie stomped on his foot and said, "We'll help you from back here." Max mumbled, "Why do we have to miss turf wars for this? Laaaame..." Orlaith shot him a look and whispered, "Do you want to help your friend?" Me and Nathan stepped over to the kettles. We both took a deep breath, turned into squids, and hopped in.

"PWFAAAA! Nathan, you weren't lying when you said it was hard to breathe in there!" I gasped. Nathan helped me out and we ran over to a field of orange ink. Three creatures resembling octopus tentacles were wandering around. I heard Orlaith's voice through my headgear say, "Those are octotroopers. You should be able to sneak past them." We slipped into the ink and soundly snuck past. We came across one that haas a shield covering its face. "Sneak up behind those guys and shoot them, or distract them with a bomb." Nathan tossed a bomb over the edge as I swam up behind the Octarian. "BOOM!" I yelled. "We got this in the bag!" Nathan smiled. Eventually, we ended up at a large area filled to the brim with magenta Octarian ink. There was a locked case nearby and something shiny above us. "There's a key around you. It's in a box...I think." Ellie said. I busted open a crate and picked up a key. "This is too easy! Let's go-" There were three Octotroopers standing in our way. One of them noticed us, and shot us with a heavy barrage of magenta ink shots. "Auuugh! Bomb! Throw a bomb!" I yelled at Nathan. Nathan tossed a bomb over the edge and I took them all out. "This is too hard..." I whined as we jumped to the upper platform. Up on the platform was a small fish. Cap'n cuttlefish yelled, "That's the Zapfish, kiddo! Bring it back here!"

I handed over the Zapfish. Cap'n Cuttlefish said, "Thanks! You must be tired. We can get the second one tomorrow."
On the walk back, I asked, "Do you guys really think this whole Zapfish thing is okay? It's much more dangerous than I thought..." Orlaith nodded. "It'll be fine. You only have two more Zapfish to retrieve." Ellie cheerfully replied, "I know you guys can do it!" Max didn't say anything. He was half-asleep. And to be honest, so was I.
Today was a long day.