Splatoon: Old Hatreds

Gone

Part 4: The enemy of my enemy (chapters 16-20)

With her crimes confirmed and no reason to stay, Victoria plans to leave Octo Valley for good. Meanwhile a conspiracy brews in the shadows of Octo Valley, as the captain of the guard, along with Claire, Lynn and the rest of their splatoon, plan to remove Octavia from power.

Holter family household, Octo Valley

Flames rose in every direction

In one half of the dining room, lay what was once a team of Elite Octolings.

In the other, stood Maria and Robert.

They had planned for this to happen, as soon as Agent 3 left they knew it wouldn't be long before the Octarian army came for their daughter.

If they did, they would have to do everything they could to keep her safe.

Therefore, they had planned ahead, while Kal and Agent 3 convinced Victoria to visit, they had gathered every bit of flammable liquid they could find, as soon as Victoria was out, they had hastily poured it over every inch of the house on their way back to the dining room.

If the Elites came after them, they would all go down together.

That was exactly what happened, the Elites might have covered the house with Ink, but ink wouldn't stop things from burning.

The only place that wasn't flammable was the dining room, where Maria and Robert stood.

There was no way they could leave anyways, even if they did escape, the fire would have attracted lots of attention, they'd be caught within the hour.

Plus the room was completely blocked off now, there was nothing else to do, but see their final moments.

Maria sighed

"After sixteen years, we finally got to tell Victoria, a shame it had to end like this."

Both she and Robert were sweating from the heat, their eyes irritated by the rising smoke, but they still stayed as calm as ever.

They righted the table, which was starting to catch fire, and sat back down for the last time.

"Well this is it" Robert said, "Too bad we couldn't live a bit longer."

"Yeah, real shame, haha. I wish I could see what kind of guy our daughter would fall in love with."

"I wish we could see her on her wedding day, wearing a white dress, as happy as can be."

"I wish we could have held our grandchildren in our arms, telling them stories while rocking them to sleep."

"Oh man, we should stop, otherwise the regrets will start piling up..."

The two looked at each other, they both looked sad, as they have just lost something important.

"Do you think we made a mistake, reuniting right before this happened?" Robert asked

"No... Even if it was just for a moment, I'm glad we were able to sit down and have dinner like a family."

"You still miss your folks don't you."

"Of course I do, and now that we are about to join them, Victoria will miss us too, history repeats itself doesn't it?"

"Yes, hopefully Victoria won't feel devastated like you did."

"She will, but it's fine, she's found some great friends, they might be Inklings, but they are different from the citizens of Octo Valley, they'll look after her for us, especially Kalus."