Suddenly a Hero

Chapter 5 From Someone Else's Eyes

(Musala)
   I walked into the Octoling base after my talk with Mira. Mira sat on her throne waiting impatiently. Two bodyguards, Veleno and Bellezza, guarded her, looking at me like they were secretly judging me.
   I stepped in front of the steps leading up to my leader. "Musala Lancing! Signing in!" I stated and Veleno raised an eyebrow.
   "Don't say your name!!" Veleno scolded. "You must say your code."
   I sighed and in a monotone voice said, "Agent 539. Signing in."
   "Better." Mira said. "Now, 539, you have made sure all the zapfish have been hidden and guarded?"
   "Yes ma'am."
   "Good. You may leave."
   "Well, even after our talk, I'm still having second thoughts on this. Why are we doing this? The inklings did nothing wrong."
   The bodyguards started to snicker. Mira shot up out of her seat in anger. "Why?" She started walking down the steps until she was in my face. "WHY?! THEY PUT US DOWN HERE. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SCREWED US. WITH THEM LOOSING POWER, THEY'D SOON BE LIKE US. THERE'D NOTHING GOOD THERE LIKE THERE IS HERE IN THIS HELL HOLE!" She took a deep breath. "You need to shape up if you want to be promoted to elite, cause you're far from it."
"Yes. M-ma'am." I whimpered and took off to my room.
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I slammed the door behind me and ripped off my mask. Tears spilled all over my face. I looked at the mask and threw it at the wall. This is dumb! Oh of course I won't be an elite. I'D NEVER BE. Snatching a pillow, I shoved it in my face and let all my sobbing into it.
"Why are they so mean?! I miss Zanix." I cried but as soon as I said that, I shot up from the pillow. Zanix. My old leader. Much better than this so called leader Mira. Everyone loved Zanix. Until, that day.
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Few months ago
"Citizens of Octo Valley!!" Mira yelled to the crowd. "I present to you, this so called leader!!" Next to her, was Zanix, all tied up.
"Mira. Why are you doing this?" Zanix said with a pleading tone. I struggled to break loose from one of Mira's group members' grasp. At the time, I was just a new recruit.
"Why Zanix? The Octolings deserves a new leader! Am I right?!" Boos echoed through the crowd.
"See Mira. You were wrong."
"Was I?! How about I tell your people a little secret? That you have a husband and kid..."
"Yeah. I love them. What about it?"
"That I know they're not Octoling. In fact they're INKLING, OUR ENEMIES!!" Gasps now echoed through the crowd.
"Wha- how'd you know?"
"I broke into your room. I saw the pictures, your pendent, everything." She said and whipped out a syringe with pink liquid in it.
"Mira, you should be banished. Breaking in and invading my privacy?! You're just a power hungry- GAHH!!" Mira stabbed the syringe in her arm and dispensed the liquid. Instantly, Zanix's hair turned bright pink. "Wha. What did you do?!"
"The liquid changed your ink in your blood into a different color. So I could do this." Mira picked up her Octoshot and held it right in front of Zanix. "Any last words, traitor?!"
Zanix looked down and tears streamed down her face. "Yes. I'm sorry my people for lying to you and my family for endangering you. I hope you understand."
*SPLAT!*
"NO!!" I scream and I break away from the fiend's grasp. I rush over to Zanix but, it's too late. She lay lifeless on the ground and I hugged her. "No." I sobbed. "NO!"
Mira walked over to me and put her hand on my cheek. "Quit your whimpering. You are mine now, 539."
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That day. Was the worst day of my life. The crowd when she was executed was full of cheers knowing that there's a new leader that wasn't associated with the enemy. I was still sniffling and held the pillow in my arms when there was a knock at the door.
"Hey kid! You're needed at the leaders command room in 10 minutes! It's an emergency!!" That was another one of Mira's bodyguards, Fidèle.
I stood up and brushed the tears from my face. "Yes. I'll be there."