The Legacy Of Humanity - A Splatoon Fanfiction

3.5 - Paradise Lost

Authors Notes: The first few scenes of this chapter is based off an idea pitched from Wattpad user ZachSmithyay, and was partially co-written by him.

"How do you even know about this place, anyway?" Gull asked, as he followed Neptune down the ladder to where the rest of the squad had assembled.

"Because I've been here before. Dra-, the human brought me here once. Back when I was still with Squidbeak," Neptune responded. They exited the hall, and entered the old launch bay control room. Gull stopped, and looked around the wrecked room that was covered in overgrown fungus.

"This place is a dump! Is there even anything here we can use?" Gull said, as he observed the ruined part of Eden.

"Don't be fooled. This is just the exterior. Their real hideout is past that large door," Neptune said. The group came to a halt when they reached the heavy airlock doors. Gull stepped forward, and tried to use the keypad that was next to the large door.

"Okay, so how the hell do we get inside? This thing is obviously broken."

"Oh, you figured that out all by yourself, did you? Step aside," Neptune responded. She ignored the death glares that Gull was giving her, and reached down towards a small hatch on the opposite side of the keypad. After opening the panel, Neptune pulled as small lever, and the airlock door slowly opened. "After you."

"You'd better pray the weapons are in there, like you said they were," Gull growled in response.

"Don't you worry about that." As the squad stepped inside, Neptune hit another button to cycle the airlock, the same way she had seen Drake do.

"This is more like it! I can't wait to finally have the tools we need to crush those upstarts!" Gull said, with a smirk. "Promotion, here I come!" The door started to open, and a bright light entered the airlock, which partially blinded them for a moment. Neptune made out the figures of three armed humans in front of the door. One of which, she recognized.

"You there! You are trespassing on private property! Why have you come here?" Matt yelled with his autotran.

"Bah! Get these fossils out of my way!" Gull sneered, and nodded to two Inklings carrying rollers.

"Drop your weapons and hit the floor!" Matt yelled, and the three guards raised their rifles. Ignoring their warnings, both Inklings raised their dynamos, and flung a wave at the human guards.

"SHIT!" Matt yelled, and rolled to the right. The two guards with him weren't so lucky, and took the wave of ink to their chests. Coughing and sputtering, the two fell backwards. Matt quickly fired a burst at the head of the nearest dynamo Inkling, and he dropped dead. The other dynamo flicked another wave at Matt and hit him in the face, knocking him on his back.

"That's two for me. Hope the rest of you can keep up," the dynamo said while smirking.

...

"W-what... the... hell?" Matt said, as he lay on his back.

"There has been a breach at the entrance. I repeat, there has been a breach at the entrance. All security and volunteers, engage immediately! Proceed with caution," came a voice over the PA system.

"This is... officer... Black... Officers Niwa and... Allen are down. Intruders have... breached the airlock..." Matt said with his radio, while struggling to stay conscious.

The rogue Inklings and Octolings had entered the base, firing upon any humans within sight. Those that fled, tried to make it to safety at the motor pool. In the armory, the remaining guards and a number of other people that were called on to help, put on armor and equipped sub machine guns, rifles, and shotguns. The facility was put on lock down, with much of the civilians hiding, say for those experienced with firearms.