Squidbeak focus

"Ugh, what's taking them so long?" Whined Callie.

The agents had been sitting in a room for an extended period of time waiting for agents 5 and 6 (Pearl and Marina) to arrive.

"Be patient, Callie." Marie said gently. "They might be reporting the news right now."

Just as she said that, Pearl and Marina entered the room.

"Hey guys!" Said Pearl. "We got something cool to talk about!"

"That's great and all..." Said Cpt. Cuttlefish tiredly. "But we need to discuss a pressing issue first."

"What's that, captain?" Asked Marina.

"Octavio has been active again." Said Marie flatly. "Agent 4 and I stopped an attempted zapfish theft yesterday morning."

"So we need someone to scout it out." Said Cuttlefish.

"So why not send one of us?" Asked Pearl.

"Gramps says we need to be all on guard here." Said Callie. "So we need to find a suitable agent for the task."

"Well, can I tell you guys about the thing now?" Asked Pearl.

"What does it have..." Started agent 3 before Marie said "Sure. Why not?", knowing there was no force on the planet that would keep Pearl patient through the whole meeting.

"Well, Marina and I found a human!" said Pearl.

"Excuse me what?" Said agent 4.

"Stop joking around." Said agent 8.

"She isn't joking." Said Marina. "But we didn't 'find' him per se. He just turned up in turf wars one day with the 2 best candidates we have for new agents."

"Who are these candidates." Asked Marie.

"Their names are Colt and Shelly." Said Pearl. "They are reputable for being almost unhit across all the games they play."

"And the human looks to be just as good." Said Marina.

"He even built a custom weapon himself!" Said Pearl.

"Well, can you find these people and bring them here?" Asked Cuttlefish.

"Can do!" Said Pearl. "Agent 3, can you help us with that? It's hard to walk up to someone and say 'hey, follow me down this odd alley' in public as an idol, ya know?"

"...fine" said agent 3.

20 minutes later

"So what do you guys feel like today?" Shelly asked her squad.

"I could go for a snack." Said Edge.

"I could go for hang-gliding, but I don't have any gliders." Said Axel.

"What's that?" Asked Shelly.

"I'll show you later." Said Axel. "How bout you Colt?"

"There's an inkling staring at us over there." Said Colt.

"So?" Asked Axel. "Beside the idols up on stage, we are some of the most famous people around."

"No, it's like a creepy stare." Said Colt. "Wait, where'd she go?"

"Right here." Said the inkling in question, right behind them.

Everyone spun around in surprise, and faced her.

"Come with me..." Said the inkling, before heading to a creepy alleyway.

"Yeah, THAT'S not weird or ominus at ALL" said Axel, dripping with sarcasm.

"Let's go!" Said Shelly, following the other inkling.

"I guess I gotta make sure it isn't a trap..." Said Axel, following her.

Edge and Colt nodded to each other, and followed as well.

2 minutes later

Shelly slid into the room behind agent 3. The first thing she heard was Pearl saying "that's one..."

Axel came in after her. "That's two..." Said Pearl.

"What now?" Asked Axel.

Then, Colt and Edge came in.

"That's three. I didn't know they picked up a new recruit. He must be good." Pearl said.

"Why we're we asked here?" Asked Axel.

Before anyone could answer, a loud squeal was heard as Shelly realized Off The Hook was in the same room as her.

"Omg it's Off The Hook I am such a big fan what's going on?"

"She actually controlled herself there..." Colt mumbled to Edge.

"That's 'controlled'?" Edge thought to himself.

Cuttlefish let out a cough, getting everyone's attention. "We asked you here for a favor. We need comptant people to scout out Octo Canyon, and see what DJ Octovio is up to."

"So what is this?" Asked Axel

"This is the New Squidbeak Splatoon." Said Cuttlefish. "I am captain Cuttlefish, the leader of the squad."

"So it's like a secret agent group." Said Axel.

"Sure." Said Cuttlefish. "Now, I believe a round of introductions are in order."

"I'm Callie! Or agent 1." Said Callie.

"Marie. Agent 2." Said Marie.

"McPrincess, or Pearl. Agent 5." Said Pearl.

"DJ Hyperfresh, but please call me Marina. Agent 6." Said Marina.

Agents 3, 4, and 8 just stated their numbers.

"Ok." Said Axel. "Axel. Cyborg, and weapons engineer."

"Colt." Said Colt. "I lack a fancy intro.

"Shelly!" Said Shelly. "A heavy weapons pro."

"Call me Edge." Said Edge. "I hate my real name."

"Ooookay then." Said Callie. "Now that that's out of the way, will you do it?"

"K. Why not?" Said Colt.

"But Colt!" Said Shelly. "If we get hurt, we won't respawn!"

"Shelly, my special places a spawn pad, remember?" Said Axel flatly

"You can do that!?" Exclaimed Marie. "How?"

"Oh yeah," Pearl said. "He has a full custom loadout."

"Lemme see!" Said Callie.

Axel grinned, and unsheathed the Arc.

"So is it like a brush?" Callie said, poking it.

Pearl cut in before Axel could speak.

"It shoots a huge wave of ink that ignores height changes, and his sub needs no ink. He said what his special does, but it has a long charge time."

"I guess we might see it later then." Said Marie. "We will drop you close. Good luck, squad."

2 hours later

"I could fly this in my sleep." Axel told Cuttlefish, who was piloting a helicopter to the drop site. "I've flown weirder things before."

"Well I feel safer not letting someone who doesn't fit in the cabin without slouching fly my livelyhood." Replied Cuttlefish curtly.

"Duely noted." Said Axel.

"We are landing in 1 minute!" Said Marie. "Get ready!"

When they landed, Axel got out the side door while Colt, Edge, and Shelly shakily got out of the back.

"That was fun, but in a painful way." Said Shelly, looking kind of green.

"You ca-call that f-fun?" Gasped Edge.

"Remind me NOT to take you hang gliding if that was rough on your guts." Laughed Axel.

"Let's go, guys." Said Colt. "Axel, please charge your special before we go down. I know it takes a while."

5 minutes later

"Ready to go." Said Axel. "I'll drop this at the first sign of danger. And they stack, so I can have several."

"I feel better knowing you got our backs." Said Shelly.

"Down. The. Cave. Please." Said Colt.

"Yes captain!" Said everyone else sarcastically.

They started wandering around. Axel had gotten his eyescreen hooked up to Marie's phone, so she could see what he could see.

"The screen thing was smart." Commented agent 4. "We don't need any communication gear on him because of that."

Just then, Callie called into the earpieces of the team "get down!"

A shot of Octo ink flew over Edge's head, missing him by a millimeter at most.

"Crap!" Axel said. "There goes stealth."

He tossed his spawn pad down and shouted "excuse me you douche!"

The octoling put a dozen rounds into Axel's chest. He stood there, smiled wickedly, and blasted with the Arc, entirely wasting the ambusher, and his 11 hidden squadmates.

"Well that escalated quickly." Said Marie. "So much for sneaking in."

"That. Was. So COOL!" Shouted Callie excitedly. "You actually made that?"

"Please save drooling over the meme machine for when I'm not in hostile territory." Axel groaned.

The squad proceeded, when out of nowhere a charger shot hit Shelly straight in between the eyes. Colt turned ghost white, and Axel faked terror. Then, he slammed the Arc down, splatting everything in the building that fired on Shelly. One single Octoling survived, and saw Shelly walking over the hill, unscathed. She half fainted, and fell off the building. Axel caught her as she fell.

"Hey Callie, is this one like important or something?" Axel asked over his mic.

"She's a captain. Bring her in for interrogation." Responded Callie.

"Aight. We are on the way back." Said Axel.

The octoling in question had heard this exchange, and started to wiggle around in an attempt to escape. Axel slapped her, and she passed out entirely.

"Damn dude. How hard did you hit her?" Asked a concerned Edge.

"Hard enough to crack a boulder." Axel responded. "If she weren't so squishy I would've been gentler."

"Well, let's bring her back." Said Colt.

"Yep" said Axel.

3 hours later

Axel respawned himself to remove the evidence of the squads presence, and everyone had gotten back to Squidbeaks base.

"One free P.O.W." said Axel.

"And that is...?" Agent 8 prompted.

"Prisoner of War." Axel said flatly.

"Well, get her into a cell, and ready the interrogation." Said Cuttlefish.

"Can do!" Said Callie.

"Can I keep her?" Whispered Axel to Marie.

"In your dreams, robot boy." Responded Marie.

Axel laughed, and then started picking at his arm. A large ice cutter popped out.

"I never used this before." Said Axel. "But if that captain stays quiet, we can resort to pressure."

Marie was mildly concerned about how sane Axel was, but went off to ready the interrogation quietly.