The Legacy Of Humanity - A Splatoon Fanfiction

1.1 - The Rookie

Earth 2019 O.S.C. (14,019 A.D.)

"Marie! Wake up, Marie!" Marie's eyes slowly opened, as her consciousness returned to her. Irritated, she reached over to hit the snooze button, only to realize it was her younger cousin's shouting that had woken her up.

"Ugh, Callie? Why did you wake me up this early?" The grey and green tentacle inkling said, as she finally started waking up.

"This early? Take another look at the clock. You already hit the snooze button seven times!" The black and magenta tentacle cousin responded.

Marie, who was clearly not a morning person like her cousin, glanced at the clock. Callie was right. It was almost time for their broadcast, and Marie had to force herself out of bed. Callie, who was already in her stage clothes, turned on the T.V. "Hey, did you hear about the new fossil they dug up at Piranha Pit yesterday?" Callie said to her slightly older cousin.

"No, but I'm sure you're going to tell me."

"Apparently, it was another skeleton of the elder race. And get this, it had a few artifacts with it. Fully intact!" This caught Marie's attention. Much of the technology used in Inkopolis came from the elder race. Cars, aircraft, construction machinery, even everyday television and radios came from fossils dug up around the city and OctoValley.

"Do they know what kind of artifact it is?" Asked Marie.

"They think it was some kinda video game system. Isn't that exciting?!" Squealed an excited Callie, and Marie just sighed. She should have known. Marie liked video games too, but there was a limit on how childish one should be. Then again, Marie was always jealous of her cousin's innocent and energetic demeanor.

"I don't see why you're so excited. We have plenty of games of our own, thanks to Ancho-V labs. It probably doesn't even work."

"But what about that system with the brick shaped controller they found? The guy in-charge actually let me try it. It was a lot tougher than anything Ancho-V made."

Their conversation was interrupted by the stage crew. For the past few days, the two cousins had been living at the studio because of the energy crisis and the upcoming splatfest. "Squid sisters! You're on in ten minutes."

"We'll be right out!" Marie answered, as she finished changing into her stage costume. Callie was about to head out, when she stopped and turned to Marie.

"By the way, Gramps sent us a message last night."

"Oh? Did something happen?"

"Not yet, but he thinks he knows where the zapfish is. Turns out, there was a hidden transport kettle in Octovalley, and he wants to check it out."

Marie was surprised at this. "I thought we had already checked out all the kettles in Octovalley. They were all clean, save for the occasional Octotrooper. at least on our side, anyway."

"Yeah, but this one had some sort of cloak on it. Gramps would have missed it, had he not tripped over it." Callie's expression had been unusually serious for a while, and Marie realized what that meant.

"Wait, does he expect us to go on another expedition? Splatfest is today, and we're going to be busy all night."

"No, he said he was going to recruit some new people."

Marie's expression turned dark. "Where is he going to get these new recruits? Most of the adults have already been drafted into the army. He's not going to use the kids, is he?" Marie asked, and Callie's expression turned sad.

"I think so. He mentioned recruiting people who did well in splatfest today."

"But this isn't a game! If we do end up fighting the Octarians, there won't be any S.P.A.W.N. pads to save them!" Marie noticed the expression on her cousin's face, and regretted raising her voice.