Splatoon: Behind enemy lines

The Return

Octo Valley

The Octarian troops had been working non-stop all night, the troops that had been at the manhole earlier had gathered dozens of fake Zapfish, which they used to power the mighty Octostomp.

While some Octarians felt that removing the lair's power source was a risk to the citizens of Octo Valley the others silenced them by reminding them that one of their own was currently stuck in Inkopolis, with no one but Inklings around them.

Being stuck alone in a place like Inkopolis could only be imagined as a nightmare to the Octarians, therefore they were determined to save the poor Octoling who had mysteriously ended up in such a place, while they were still unsure how the Octostomp would break though the manhole, nobody had any other idea and therefore they carried on with their orders.

The only problem now was that unlike the real Zapfish, fake Zapfish were more like batteries, they could power the great Octoweapon, but only for a short amount of time. If only they still had a real Zapfish, those produced a steady supply of clean energy. "oh well this would have to do for now" an Octotrooper said as the Mighty Octostomp roared to life.

The ground trembled as the giant bipedal stamp walked towards its destination, slowly, on two tiny legs, since they had activated the Great Octoweapon the Octarians who had activated it felt relieved of duty and either ran ahead to report to Octavia, or went home.

"What?! six hours!? The Mighty Octostomp is supposed to be fast!" Octavia yelled at the poor Octotrooper who had brought her the news.

"Sorry ma'am, but it will take at least six hours for the Mighty Octostomp to arrive."

"Tell whoever is managing that thing to speed it up, we are not waiting six hours!"

"Sorry ma'am but its the best we can do without any Zapfish, none of the Great Octoweapons were made to run on fake Zapfish."

The Octotrooper quickly hovered away after this last sentence fearing Octavia's wrath.

The Octotrooper wasn't wrong though, every once in a while the Octostomp would run out of power, and it wasn't exactly fast either so someone had to accompany it all the way back to the manhole, this was done by two Octocopters who would replace the batteri-ahem fake Zapfish everytime one ran out of power. Not only that, but when the Mighty Octostomp reaches the Kettle, they would have to add more power to the Kettle to get the Mighty Octostomp through. After that would be another bit of slow walking before they reached the manhole.

"Well, this is going to be a boring morning" an Octocopter said to his wingman.

Kalus' house, Inkopolis

Kalus awoke to the sound of a tap running and the clanking of dishes, Victoria had been awake for a while now and had made and finished breakfast without him.

"Your up late as always."

"With Inkopolis tower closed I have no reason to get up early." Kal said as he grabbed a bowl and made himself breakfast.

Today could possibly be Victoria's last day in Inkopolis, all depended on Cap'n Cuttlefish.

"What would happen if he still hates the Octarians? What will happen to me when everyone finds out what I have been doing?" these thoughts coursed through Kal and Victoria's minds, they were lost in thought.

They were worried.

They were nervous.

They weren't the only ones feeling this way.