"Oh my Squid Colt I gotta tell you about something Axel did!" Shelly yelled, crashing through her apartment door.

"What is it Shell?" Asked Colt.

"Get this." Shelly said, breathless. "Axel was talking about his past and then he had an idea so he started poking around in his head again and then he got this little antenna out and called his old friend!"

"Shell, you know that even if the human race is alive, no living thing... hold up. Was it another cyborg?" Asked Colt.

"Yep! And he sounds so cool!" Said Shelly.

As Shelly continued to tell Colt about Rick, Axel was almost done with his new weapon.

"Just gotta load these strings, and... that's one, that's two, and done! Sweet!" Axel said. "Hey Sheldon! I'ma go test this thing out real fast, k?"

"If it works, it's 90000 coins." Said Sheldon.

"That's fine. I've got just over 100000." Said Axel.

Axel stepped into the training area. He didn't need to test his sub or special this time, he had seekers and the killer wail.

Another inkling outside saw him, and poked his head in.

"Hey dude, did you actually make another weapon?" The inkling asked.

"Yeah." Said Axel. "I'm testing it now. Feel free to watch, but please don't tell anyone before I use it in a real match."

"Sounds good to me." Said the inkling, taking a seat.

Axel turned to the targets, and flexed his fingers. He flipped a switch on the side of the new weapon, to turn it on.

"I call it the Riptide." Axel said.

"It looks like an instrument." Said the inkling from behind him.

"I based it off an old instrument I had a long time ago." Said Axel. "It's called an electric guitar, and if I turn the Riptide off, it acts like a normal electric guitar. But when I turn it on..."

Axel played a short beat from an old game, and a barrage of ink shot out, mowing down the targets.

The inkling watched jumped at the firepower.

"I guess one could say it's a souped up splatling." Said Axel. "But that takes a lot of ink. I have to stand still to keep shooting. And it takes work to play a good tune for better firing."

"Are you using that in a match today?" Asked the inkling.

"Probably." Said Axel. "Depends if my squad isn't busy, not that they usually are."

"Cool!" Said the inkling. "Can't wait to see it in battle!"

"Can't wait to use it in battle." Said Axel.

"Before I go, does it have unique a special or sub?" Asked the inkling.

"Just seekers and killer wail." Said Axel. "I'm saving my other special idea for another day. And Sheldon charges really steep for these."

"Cool. Well, see ya!" Said the other inkling.

Axel nodded, and started walking home.

20 minutes later.

"So that's cool." Said Colt, now that Shelly was finally done talking about Rick. "Especially how they remembered each other."

Just then, they heard a knock on the door.

Colt opened it, to see Axel holding a large contraption.

"The heck is that Axel?" Colt asked.

"It's an electric guitar, doubling as a new ink weapon." Said Axel.

"We gotta try it out!" Said Shelly. "Did you test it yet?"

"Yep. Works just as intended." Said Axel.

"I'll get Edge, then let's go." Said Colt.

30 minutes later.

A crowd had gathered again by the turf wars tower, as Axel was inside again. Pearl and Marina were up on the balcony again, to spectate. There were rumors that Axel was going to bring a new weapon into turf wars. Again. Obviously this was cause for a lot of hype.

As the match before theirs ended, The squad pulled out their weapons. Colt's dualies, Shelly's splatling, Edge's E-liter, and Axel's riptide. The match was called, and both teams took their positions. Pearl instantly noticed the riptide, and asked Marina "why does Axel have a guitar in turf wars?"

Her question was just as quickly answered as the fight began, and Axel started playing a short melody, and quickly covered a large area around d his base. Then he started running to center.

"Looks like Axel packed another arguably overpowered weapon." Said Marina. "But we will have to see."

Once in center, Axel tossed some ink down behind a wall, and started refilling his ink. Once it was full, he yelled "I'm about to rock you into next week!"

Axel started playing a long, complicated song that reminded many viewers of the secret boss in Delta Ink. Any inkling that got even close to center that wasn't wasted by Edge's E-liter was mowed down by Axel's onslaught of ink.

"Looks like if he wants to really fight, he has to stand still, like with that other weapon." Pearl said. "I swear, the whole ink overuse is the only reason that his weapons are permitted at all."

"That's probably true Pearl." Said Marina.

"Hey 'Rina." Said Pearl. "This would be a great splatfest idea sometimes. Which is better, the riptide or the ARC?"

"Not a bad idea, but we can worry about that later." Said Marina. "The splatfest is in 2 weeks still.

Very few people actually noticed this exchange, as they were nodding their heads to the fresh tune.

Suddenly, Axel was nailed by a shot from an enemy charger, and he jumped back to base to "respawn".

"Haven't had to do that in a long time..." Said Axel. "The meme machine is better for survivability by far..."

"Ooh, that's gotta hurt." Said Marina, seeing that Axel was actually hit in the eye.

"But 'Rina, that's a metal eye. It can't feel." Said Pearl with a smirk.

"Well, he still had to clean it, but that's true..." Said Marina.

After a second Pearl looked at the time, and saw it had been up 40 seconds ago.

"Guys stop fighting!" She yelled to the battle below. Only Colt actually heard her, but he told his team to stop. When Axel stopped playing, everyone looked up to see that indeed the match went on far over the limit.

"I don't know what to do here Marina." Said Pearl. "Judd, who was winning a minute ago?"

Judd made a motion saying that he had no idea.

"Then I guess we judge this as is now, and install better speakers." Said Marina.

Judd nodded, and raised a yellow flag, Axel's team.

"YES!" Said Colt. "Dude, you and edge killed it! Good job holding them down!"

Edge hid his face.

"No prob dude." Said Axel. "But I think that everyone is sad the match ended."

"Actually, everyone up on the balcony looks pretty bummed now that you mention it. You didn't tell us you were THAT good." Said Colt.

"When you have 16 hours a day 7 days a week of almost pure freetime, you can practice a hobby a lot. If you played Rick in Smash Bros, you would see." Replied Axel.

"Speaking of this Rick." Said Colt. "You'll have to introduce us later."

"I can call him, but he said he would call me back first." Said Axel. "And I hardly want to look needy."

"Ok I guess." Said Colt. "Do you know when he is calling back?"

"I'd say tonight, but maybe tomorrow morning." Said Axel.

"Shelly mentioned another friend you had. Will she call?" Asked Colt.

"Sue doesn't have a mechanical face, unlike myself or Rick, so she can't call." Said Axel.

"Well, we need to get home, and celebrate somehow." Said Colt. "Mainly because it's Edge's birthday tomorrow, so we need to prep."

"Oof. He never told me..." Said Axel.

"I think you still kinda scare him." Said Colt.

"I cri." Said Axel with a clearly fake sad face.

"Well, Shelly is taking him to show him our hideout. Actually, I think she just want s to show him the pod you came out of mostly. But that means we have some time to buy supplies for the party." Said Colt.

"Sounds like a plan." Said Axel.

2 hours later.

"Colt! We're back!" Called Shelly, entering her apartment.

"Hey Shell." Said Colt.

Axel just waved. Colt was better at him in Super Smash Squids, so he couldn't break focus or he would lose even easier.

"You got room for a third?" Edge asked.

"Yeah. Go with Axel, we can do teams of 2. He is worse than Shelly." Colt laughed.

"Ouch man." Said Axel.

"You jerk!" Joked Shelly.

They played for hours, before Shelly passed out mid Final Smash and made Colt fall off the stage.

"Guess it's time for bed." Said Colt.

"Cya tomorrow." Said Edge, as he left for his room.

Once he got out of the room, Colt asked "Hey Axel, can you stay here for the night. You know, so you can get us up without waking Edge so we can set up the party?"

"Sure." Said Axel, and he immediately passed out.

"Well then." Said Colt. "Looks like Axel's robo-buds will call in the morning. How perfect." Said Colt, as he carried Shelly to bed.