Splatoon: Old Hatreds

All Out Assault

Octo Valley

Inker, Victoria and Lynn trudged back to the lair Vale once directed.

None of them really knew what happened, why did Vale suddenly put them through so much training then throw herself into a lake?

She said something about leaving the rest to them, which would have made sense, but why throw her life away right after?

While all three of them were in low spirits, neither of them felt as much grief as Lynn.

Inker and Victoria tried to talk to Lynn, but she kept a blank expression and walked on.

Captain Vale had tossed away her Octoling goggles before her dive, which Lynn now held protectively against her chest and wouldn't let go.

Perhaps because Lynn spent the most time with Vale out of the three, Lynn had noticed what Vale was planning, but she didn't do anything to stop her nor did she tell Inker or Victoria.

She said nothing to either of them on the way back.

Guerilla hideout, Octo Valley

News travelled quickly when you lived in a cramped underground lair.

Elizza and much of the other Octarians knew that Captain Vale left with Inker and the others, but she didn't return.

In addition there was a devastated looking Lynn.

It wasn't hard to guess what happened.

Of course, that didn't stop Eliza from angrily hoisting Inker up by the collar and pinning him to the wall..

"What did you do!?"

Pinned to the wall, Inker lifted his feet and pushed them into Eliza's midriff effectively sending her stumbling back.

For a moment Inker was surprised, he had practiced such moves with Vale in the weeks of hard training, but he thought that Vale was purposely throwing herself, now that he had done it for real, he was surprised that it worked this well.

Worked well as it got Eliza off him, but it didn't calm her down in the slightest. She raised her Octoshot against Inker for the first time in a while.

Now that Captain Vale was gone, Eliza's grudge was beginning to resurface.

"So you've shown your true colours huh!"

"Why are you mad at me? I didn't do anything!"

"He's right." Lynn cut in "Neither of us did anything, but it's my fault precisely because I did nothing."

Eliza looked at Lynn, then wordlessly lowered her weapon.

"What are we supposed to tell the others?"

Nobody present knew what to reply to that.

After all if Eliza could immediately guess that Emily Vale was dead, then anyone else could too.

Inker, being earnest, would have suggested that they just tell the truth, but after his recent training with Vale, Victoria and Lynn, he understood that things aren't always that simple.

Seeing their current situation, Lynn turned to leave.

"Where are you going?" Victoria asked

"I'm going back to the army. Maybe Octavia will go easy on me if I confess everything..."

"What? You can't! Hey don't just silently walk away! Come on Eliza help me stop her!" Victoria turned to Eliza for help, but Eliza wasn't moving.

"To be honest, I was thinking the same thing..."