The captive Octoling awoke tied to a chair. The binds were too tight for her to just turn into an octopus to escape. Looking around, Callie and Marie stood in front of her, Agents 3 and 4 we're guarding the door, and Axel was pacing behind her with a beefy knife. She bent over her shoulder and tried to bite off a suicide pill before they questioned her. Instead, she chipped her tooth on the back of Axel's hand. He took to pill she went for and crushed it. Then he said "I would suggest you be cooperative, lest you want to see what color your innards are."

Callie led. "What is Octavio planning?"

"I'll say nothing." Said the octoling.

Axel glanced at Marie, with an asking face.

"Not yet" she mouthed.

Callie tried again. "What is your name and rank?"

The octoling didn't respond. Marie held up one finger. Axel knew what it meant.

Callie tried one more time. "What are your orders?"

The octoling stayed silent.

Marie nodded to Axel, who came around in front of the octoling.

"Resistance is futile, octoling. I suggest you drop the ploy, or I'll drop this here knife on your fingers." He said, grinning wickedly.

"Y-you don't scare me!" Yelled the octoling, obviously scared.

Axel just smiled, and held the knife against the octoling's hand.

The octoling said "nothing will get me to talk!"

Axel pushed the knife down, chopping of one of the octoling's fingertips.

She howled in pain, as Axel said hauntingly "this can end if you tell us what we want."

The octoling had never felt such pain before, but still stayed stoney faced. Until Axel took a second fingertip.

"Ok I'll talk!" She cried. "Please don't hurt me anymore!"

"That's better." Said Axel. "Back to you, agents 1 and 2."

"Let's try this again." Said Callie, who had covered her eyes during Axel's display. "What is Octovio planning?"

"He wants to make the inklings pay for putting us underground." The octoling got out.

Axel made a face that said "no sh*t Sherlock."

Maire said "that's hardly specific."

Callie continued. "What is your name, and rank?"

"Ivy. Sargent." Said the octoling. "Not that you'll survive to tell about it!" She slid an arm out, and reached to choke Callie when her arm was viciously bashed by Axel's arm.

She screamed in pain, as Axel said "care to try that again? You still have one functional arm."

The octoling whimpered, then actually started crying.

"Dude I think you broke her." Callie whispered to Axel.

"Well, her arm just about ceased to exist, but I stopped short." Said Axel.

"You aren't getting any pity octoling." Said Marie angrily. "You won't survive if you keep trying to hinder us, and the big guy there won't make it quick and painless either. It could take days."

Axel confirmed the fact by extending a small welder, and a small taser.

The octoling turned white, and stopped even trying to save her people. Something about Axel scared her so bad she couldn't think straight.

"Octavio plans to take the great zapfish and use it to power a missile to wipe out inkopolis. He has the missile built already, it is only missing ink I believe. He is using inkling prisoners to make black ink because there is no one who will resist that color. He told my squad to wipe out the agent squad when they came calling. I was ready to lose a few troops but then that murder machine came up and ended everyone in an instant!" The octoling bawled. "I can't believe that inklings were so ruthless. I have been doing salmanoid patrol until I got my promotion and was sent there! I have never even attacked, much less killed an inkling before. I thought they were kinda cute with their squisyness..."

Marie was at a loss for words. Agent 3 blushed, agent 4 just left, and Callie turned into a squid. Axel gave a look that said "that was random..."

Axel took a featherweight device off the octoling's neck. She hadn't even noticed it was there. Then, axel nodded and said "what she said is true, or she's a crazy good lier, which not even a robot is. I've checked."

"I just wanna go home..." Sobbed the octoling. "I didn't want to fight..."

Axel looked at everyone for confirmation. Marie nodded, and Axel slashed the ropes binding the octoling.

"You-your letting me go?" She said, still unsure.

"Yes. But not without this." Marie said, tying a blindfold onto the octoling.

Axel picked up the octoling, and took her to a far off drop zone.

"You are free to go. Pardon me for not giving up a good look at the base, but it's all standard procedure." Said Axel.

The octoling nodded, tears in her eyes, and ran off.

"Well, that was an emotional rollercoaster." Said Axel.

"I'm not sure what to say." Agreed Callie.

"Well." Said Colt. "Do we have a new mission?"

"Callie and I will scout this info out. We will call if you are needed again. Thanks for your help." Said Marie.

"Then we go home now, I guess." Said Shelly. "Someone still needs their beatdown in Squidio Kart Deluxe."

"I think not Shell." Said Axel.

2 hours later.

Axel and Shelly were at a tie for ages. Eventually Colt asked "did you have any hobbies in your lab?"

Axel paused the game, much to Shelly's irritation, and said "let me think,"

After a moment, he said "well, I played a few racing games, but I spent a lot of time making gadgets, and doing my only passion."

"Which was...?" Colt prompted.

"I could play an electric guitar like a champ." Said Axel. "I miss doing it, that was how I would unwind after a long day."

"Can't say I have ever heard of an electric guitar, whatever that is." Said Colt. "Could you show us?"

Axel pulled up a projector light in his eye, and put a picture of himself at age 13 with his prized instrument.

Colt and Shelly gazed at it for awhile, before Colt said "you know, that's the first I have ever seen of your previous home. What happened to it?"

Axel shed a single tear, and switched the image to the last recording he made of the city.

Colt and Shelly sat in stunned silence, and Edge stood by the door, also in shock at what they were seeing.

When the clip finished, Axel looked down in sadness.

"So why weren't you on the ship?" Asked Edge.

"My pod was knocked off by a large astroid. There was nothing that I could have done..." Said Axel.

"I-I'm sorry man..." Said Colt, lost for words.

"It's ok." Said Axel. "I was never friends with anyone in that lab, just another cyborg to relate to. But I was an oddball, so there were never deep bonds."

"But you have lost your passion." Said Shelly.

Axel sat up. "I don't think so. I may be able to..." He suddenly dashed out the window of colts apartment, and started jogging to Sheldon's shop.

"What is he...?" Edge started before Colt said "I think he is gonna try to build one of those 'electric guitar' things..."

"Should we..." Edge started again before Shelly said "he did the same thing when he was making that Arc from scratch. He's fine. Sheldon tolerates him."

"Ok..." Said Edge. "Goodnight, I guess."

"Night man" said Colt, and all the squids went to sleep.