A Tertiary Perspective

Splatfest Strike

Axel was in the middle of a heated Rainmaker fight. He was pinning down the opposing team, trying to get his killer wail ready. But he couldn't hit them without a curling bomb, and nobody had one. Suddenly Edge dropped down and sent an inkling storm to fish the targets out. All 4 were splatted.

"That's a quad splat!" He said.

"Noice." Axel nodded. Edge grabbed the rainmaker and the pair started running. The opposing team tried to stop them, but they had no cover this time.

"Quad splat for me too!" Axel said.

"Pretty sure these guys are massive rookies." Shelly said over the com.

"I mean, there's 2 humans, so that's at least 2 with minimal practice." Said Colt.

"I guess. And I packed this bad boi, which I haven't used too often. Just wait, I have several crazy weapons I wanna make, that'll shake things up." Said Axel.

"Please, enlighten us." Said Edge, as he slammed down the rainmaker.

"Well, they are a surprise, but y'all are my team. Ok. The current work in progress is a type of charger, but obviously a bit OP." Said Axel.

"A bit? That's always an understatement." Said Colt.

"The other?" Asked Shelly.

"It'll be like the sword, but definitely with some unique features. And it's not a sword." Said Axel. "That one will take a while to make, but I'll be even scarier."

"Oh boy just what we need." Said Edge sarcastically.

"Well, team Riptide ain't gonna win without effort. Worry about my weaponsmithing later, let's rack up the Ws." Said Axel

"Yes." Said Colt. "But why did you say the letter W out loud, and not the word win?"

"The humans from my time said it all the time. Eh, I'm old, remember?" Said Axel.

"I'm shook. What other letters did they say?" Asked Shelly.

"They said L, they said F, they said X, they said uwu and owo, kids were strange." Said Axel.

"The more you know..." Said Edge.

The team played 7 more matches, easily smashing everyone.

"Ok, let's get some food." Said Shelly.

"Of course you're hungry." Said Colt.

"Hold up, what's that?" Asked Edge, looking up.

"They're hardly slick. Why's the Octarian army here?" Said Axel, loading his fist.

He hadn't said it loud enough to be heard, but at least 15 other squids saw the airships, and promptly lost their minds. Hysteria was imminent.

Axel grappled up the Turf War Tower, and from there grappled the lead ship. He boarded and asked "what are y'all doing?"

No one answered, unless raising guns was an answer. One Octarian slammed a heavy chunk of metal over Axel's head. He was decked on the spot, and the machine half took over. It pummeled many octarians with the riptide and fist strikes, but it was clumsy, and got shoved off the ship. Meanwhile, the center ship had.taken the great Zapfish, and was running.

Axel hit the ground hard. Several bones were broken, but he wasn't bleeding. The robot parts prevented that. Shelly and Colt shoved through the crowd to get to his unmoving body.

"No! How could they!" Shelly screamed, and started sobbing.

She stopped, when Axel twitched, and changed to a rational thought process.