"What if I told you, that a war can be turned into a sport? Scary right?"

==============

Brooks's P. O. V

The next day...

Brooks: *wakes up* Ugh... What time is it now? *looks at his watch* Huh what?! 9:00 am?! *rushes out of the room*

Nikki: Oh, hey Brooks, *waves hi* seems you are the late one. *giggles*

Brooks: Yeah. I was tired last night soo... Yeah.

Cross: Good morning Brooks.

Brooks: Yeah, good morning to you too. *smiles* So what's for breakfast today?

Cross: Uhm... Nikki suggested buying our breakfast.

Brooks: Hmm? From where exactly?

Cross: Uhh... Just outside of our apartment, there is like a vendor there.

Brooks: Did you at least tasted the food first?

Nikki: Nope!

Brooks: So you're trying to kill me. That's not cool you two.

Nikki: Well, let's test it now!

Cross: If it tastes horrible, I swear don't point to me. It was her.

Brooks: Please don't kill me like this...

We tried it, it tasted horrible, as I expected, something tells me that Nikki doesn't know how to cook.

A-kun: Or A-kun can't think of more Inkling-suited food, please readers suggest some food ideas so I can use them. (2019 A-kun: Still no one wanna suggest? Okay.)

Cross: Good squid lord, get that thing in the sink! *disgusted*

Brooks: Yeah, you just wasted your money, Nikki. GG.

Nikki: Well that was a bad mistake.

Cross: Yeah, *puts the food in the sink* Good thing I made a backup breakfast with Fishsticks Sandwich.

A-kun: Don't even ask.

We finally ate breakfast and gone out to Inkopolis.

Nikki: Sorry guys for that abysmal of a breakfast that we ate, but can we go somewhere?

Brooks: Huh? Okay, sure.

Cross: I think I know where we going...

Nikki: Yeah Cross, we are going to the Coral Reef.

A-kun: My own made city!

Brooks: Oh, that really big city? *curious*

Nikki: Yep! We are visiting my old crewmates.

Cross: Wait, they are still in the hospital?

Nikki: Yeah...

Brooks: Well what are we waiting for then? Let's find a bus to get there!

We were there at the bus stop and few Inklings were giving me weird looks, so... That means we should step our stealth game.

Nikki: Hey!!! *waves at the bus* Here!

Nikki called the bus, got in and paid our fare to Coral City place thing, and it was expensive as well. Jeebus.

Nikki: We are gonna get there not too long... Like 1 hour.

Brooks: Yeah. You guys should sleep.. I'm not tired at all...

Nikki: *yawns* Sure... Brooks... *in a low voice*

Cross: Maybe. I dunno I won't sleep I guess.

Nikki: Uhm. Can I sleep on your shoulder Brooks?

A-kun: Here We Go...

Brooks: Hmm? Sure... I won't mind. *shrugs*

I waited till we get to Coral City, got bored, played some games on my phone, and tried so hard not to wake up Nikki.

Finally at Coral City...

Brooks: Hey Nikki, wake up...

Cross:*wakes up* Oh hey Brooks. *sees me* Woah. Wait a sec, are you...

Brooks: Don't even think about it Cross. It's nothing okay?

Nikki:*wakes up* Oh hey you two.. Are we here?

Brooks: Yep, you need to get up now. I don't know this city so you need to tour us here...

Nikki: Oh sorry, let's go now. *gets up*

She toured us in the Coral City until we made it into the Coral Reef National Hospital.

Brooks: *arrives* Woah... This is one of a kind hospital...

Cross: First of all.. *gets cut off*

Nikki: It's a cheap hospital for a high class one... But for me alone, saving up is quite hard, so I thank you for joining my crew! *smiles*

Cross: Wait when did I agree to that?!

Brooks: We need to help her Cross dammit. Do you have any sense of empathy?

Cross: Okay. Sorry, Nikki. Sorry, too Brooks...

Brooks: Now we good Nikki. Show us your old crewmates.

Nikki: With pleasure. *walks in*

Receptionist: Hello miss! How may I help you here?

Nikki: Where's ER#29?

Receptionist: At the 2nd Floor miss, what for?

Nikki: Just visiting someone.

Receptionist: Okay we'll let you pass now.

Nikki: Okay! *walks away*

Receptionist: Uh, hello you two what are you here for?

Brooks: Uhm, joining her.

Receptionist: You should go now you are falling behind sir.

Brooks: Sorry ma'am Cross let's go now.. *walks to catch up with Nikki*

Cross: Alright... *walks with Brooks*

Brooks: Nikki!! Slow down!

Nikki: Huh? Oh sorry, guys.

Cross: Geez... Just walk! It's not that hard. *catches up with the two*

Nikki: Sorry... Forgive me?

Brooks: Yeah, it's cool now. Let's go now.

At the ER#24 door...

Nikki:*opens the door* Hello?

Doctor Nixen: Oh, hello Ms.Nikki!

A-kun: Made-up name again.

Nikki: Oh hello Doc! How are they doing?

Doctor Nixen: Good now Miss Nikki, who are your two friends behind you?

Nikki: Uhhh... New crewmates.

Doctor Nixen: Oh? What are their names?

Nikki: Uh, Brooks and Cross... Nevermind those two, where are Glen and Andrew?

A-kun:
Glen: Nikki's Close Friend, 1st Member Of Nikki's Crew. /Bro#2

Andrew: Nikki's Expert In The Weapons And Gear, The Most Skilled Of The Crew/Bro#1

Doctor Nixen: They're in the other room right now, I'll show you to them.

Nikki: Here! Come here you two!

Brooks: *talks on the earpiece* Let's go Cross.

Cross: Roger that bro.

We saw Nikki's existing crewmates... They were in a bad state...

Nikki: Hello... Glen and Andrew. Can you excuse us Doctor Nixen?

Doctor Nixen: Okay Ms.Nikki... *goes out of the room*

Then he leaves the room so we were alone.

Nikki: Guys, how much money left to pay it all?.

Glen: Well. 29000 More...

Andrew: By the way, who are those two people next to you?

Nikki: Here's a revelation, *whispers to the two* they're both humans.

Andrew: What?! *surprised* *slightly scared*

Glen: What?!

Nikki: Yeah, Brooks, talk.

Brooks: Hello. My name is Brooks. Prince Brooks.

Cross: Hello, I'm Cross, nice to meet you. *bows*

Glen: How did you meet those two?

Nikki: Well I met them at my new apartment.

Glen: How are they still alive? And you actually got along with them?

Nikki: That's a question I'm still asking myself. But they're really nice people.

Andrew: Huh?! Why? You have us!

Nikki: Well they joined by choice, they will help me to get the money quicker.

Glen: That's good to know...

Nikki: Are you clear to go now?

Glen: A little more, like 1 more week Nikki.

Andrew: I can't wait to go back to your crew.

Nikki: Good, keep resting now. Sorry to keep it short, we have to leave now. We have to still make more money...

Glen: Okay bye-bye! *waves bye* see you too Brooks and Cross!

Brooks: Thank you, Glen, and Andrew.

Cross: See ya too!

Nikki: Bye-bye you two!

Andrew: Okay... Hmm...

Nikki's P. O. V

We got out of there, I really hoped my existing crewmates would get along with my new ones but I worked out quite well actually. But we took the bus back home, we on the bus, and came back at 4:00 pm in the evening so we had time to grab our weapons and battle it out in turf war.

At the Inkopolis Tower...

Brooks: Okay, you made us run back to the apartment, forced us to grab our weapons, and run back here, wow. What a big squidhole.

Nikki: Sorry, but I had to show you how Turf War works. We still have time to play it.

Brooks: Wait was that "Turf War" was a war between Inklings and Octarians right?

Nikki: Yep, but it got turned into a sport for fun.

Cross: And there is Competitive.

Brooks: For real? Wow... A war into a sport? Geez, that's scary to think about. You guys don't know what it feels participating in the "real deal".

Nikki: I promise it's fun! I'll help you! Let's play one game.

Brooks's P. O. V

We got in into the Inkopolis Tower and it was a place where you can play Turf War, a that's a word I dread, "Play" apparently. Where I almost died, Is being treated like a game, What kind of society Inklings have?

Speaker: Our stage for this match is Moray Towers...

A-kun: Splatoon 1 version...

I was already pretty skilled at this type of "games" since I have experienced fighting other Inklings in training.

Nikki: To make it up to you two boys we'll win this! Yeah!

Cross: Uh-huh.

Brooks: *silent* ...

My weapon was a Jet Squelcher because I love that weapon and I didn't bring all my weapons to Inkopolis Plaza so I cannot bring my favorite weapon. The Forge Splattershot Pro.

A-kun: Don't Lie, You Love It Too.

Speaker: And... GO!!!

They started inking the area and I took a long way around to build up my special.

A-kun: By the way, I'm not writing Gear Builds. It doesn't make any difference in story-telling and just makes for more long-ass chapters.

Brooks: *hair glows* *smirks* Let's do this...

As I inked more turf I saw Cross, using the Slosher, which is a good choice for him, because he is a literal god with it. I saw a few splats from Cross so I think he's doing its job.

Brooks: Hey, Cross!

I called out Cross as it used my special, Ink Strike, I targeted it near their base so it would get their attention towards me.

Cross: What do you want now?

Brooks: Just called you out, is that bad?

Cross: Nope! Not really!

Brooks: Where's Nikki at?!

Cross: She's camping up there with an E-liter 4k Scope.

Brooks: She not even a team player dammit. *annoyed*

Cross: Don't worry about it let's still keep going!

Brooks: Gotchu bro!

We kept inking together and we were unstoppable, well, we were a duo since the beginning soo... Totally counts right?

Speaker: 1:00 left. Go faster than that squids!

Brooks: Welp, GG before it even ends. Cross?, Cross?!

Apparently, Cross stupid-ass got splat two times in a row and I didn't even notice it.

A-kun: Just like your dense-ass later in the story, wait. Did I just spoil something? Oh, god.

Brooks: You know what, screw Cross, I'm going to Nikki.

I super-jumped to Nikki who was getting all dem kills from that sniper.

Brooks: Nikki.

Nikki: Yeah?

Brooks: You should be more of a team player man.

Nikki: This gets me extra money from splatting.

Brooks: Well fine...

Speaker: TIME'S UP!!!

Then I saw a cat judging who won, but the looks of it, we dominated the other team
so it was an easy victory!!!

A-kun: Sorry If It Was Short. I Am Writing This In The Middle Of The Night, I'm Also Tired.

We got out of Inkopolis Tower and Immediately gone back to our apartment and dressed up back to our sleep clothes.

At Brooks's bedroom...

Brooks: I'm tired as shrimp. *yawns* Good night world... *falls asleep*

Today, Is a successful day, made a lot of progress, but one question has been glued on my mind since I came here, where is my Captain? I need to see him again. But looking past that, And I better praise myself at that first Turf War I guess I was "Getting It Done"...

====================================

A-kun: Another polished chapter, I'm gonna finish all of these in 2 days. So happy reading readers!

Word Count: 1943 Words.

12/24/19
2:39 PM