Being carried by several octolings wasn't all that fun. Kaden's arms were starting to hurt from how they were digging their fingers into his skin, not enough to cause a wound but enough for it to be bothersome. He sighed quietly, lightly swinging his legs back and forth as he waited to get to his destination, wherever that was.

Speaking of destinations, this place was rather dark and gloomy. They were in a hallway, somewhat more narrow than Kaden would've liked. Weak lights hung from the ceiling, some of them flickering with no pattern. A continuous dripping sound echoed in the halls, possibly from a leaking pipe somewhere. Musty smells reached Kaden's button nose, causing him to scrunch up his face a tad. This place is kinda broken down…, he thought, looking over all the cracks in the brick walls.

Not even noticing they stopped, Kaden was violently thrown into a cell by his enemy. He painfully face planted against the cold, hard concrete; the octolings laughing maliciously at him. He grumbled, unsticking his face from the ground and slowly standing back up on his two feet. He turned towards the entrance of the cell, only to see the door closed by the smirking octolings. The cell felt way too small for the inkling, but at least he could see through the rusty bars at the front.

Looking up, the cyan inkling noticed the camera at the top corner of his cell, pointed almost directly at him. Kaden almost wanted to spit at it, to show his hate for octolings in any way he could, even if there was no point to it. His spit couldn't go that far anyway, so it's not like it would've stuck the landing. He instead made dumb faces at it, hoping that if there was a guard looking through it, they would be offended.

He gazed around the cell, trying to find anymore ways to entertain himself. Nope, nothing. The tiny inkling sighed through his nose, slumping against a wall in the cell. He thought of his home and wondered how long he was going to be here. Days? Weeks? Months? Who knew? Hopefully it was just a day or two, he could grow incredibly homesick if he's not taken back soon.

Giving a long, high pitched yawn; Kaden remembered how exhausted he was from yesterday. All day the day before, he had been doing ranked battles to get loads of money. And even though he was practically dead by the time he got home, he had stayed up late to play video games, till around 1 am to be exact. Then he had to get up at 6 to train with Cap'n Cuttlefish and…

With droopy eyes, the drowsy inkling soundlessly laid himself on the ground. He hardly noticed how chilly the floor was, already starting to fall asleep. Within a minute, he was almost completely still, his chest slowly moved up and down with each of his breaths.

"Cap'n! What's the emergency you called us for?!" Agent 1 asked worriedly, dashing over to the old inkling after climbing out of the sewer that led to Inkopolis, Agent 2 not far behind.

He sighed, "Agent 3 is in trouble. He was on a mission to collect a zapfish, and those rotten octolings captured the young man! That's why I need you two-" he stepped inside his shack and came back out with the two agent's gear, "-to go get him back." he ordered, handing them over to the agents.

Agent 1 tilted her head, "Do you have anyway to contact him?" she tapped on her headset to indicate that it was one way to talk to Agent 3.

Cap'n sighed yet again, "They took his headset, laughing in my face before shutting it off. I tried to talk with them again, but those young jerks must've done something to keep it offline! I did my best, but I'll need you two to get him for me, we can't lose him or everyone will start asking questions."

Agent 2 shook her head, "He was too much of a rookie for that mission anyway, we should've done it instead. Don't worry Cap'n! We'll get him and the zapfish back." she hurriedly put on her gear and motioned Agent 1 to do the same. With Agent 2 grabbing her sniper and Agent 1 hoisting her roller on her shoulder, the two waved back at the retired war soldier and headed out towards the kettles.

Agent 1 turned to her partner, "Do you think he's alright? He's just a rookie, so this might all be kinda frightening for him."

The grey haired inkling huffed, "If anything, he's probably sleeping. Do you know how how many times he fell under while training? I swear that kid is narcoleptic."

The black inkling snickered, pushing her sunglasses upon her head, "He's only thirteen Ma-Agent 2, give him a break would ya? He's so young."

Agent 2 rolled her eyes, brushing some hair behind her ear, "If you slip up in front of the kid he'll start getting ideas. I'll admit, being thirteen and having transformed already must've taken a toll on him, but he has to know when to nap and when to train!" she chuckled, "Man, I remember our transformation as if it were yesterday. I slept so much and you got filled with so much energy your mom and dad could barely keep up."

The black inkling giggled, bringing up a hand to her mouth. "Yeah I remember! I would always bug you when you would try to sleep! But three years pass by so fast... Hard to believe we're already seventeen, huh? Actually, you're turning eighteen soon, aren'tcha?"

The bronze-eyed inkling gave a small nod, smiling sadly. She shook her head, furrowing her brows, "Alright, no time to think about the past right now. We have a mission to accomplish, rescue the rookie and get back the zapfish they took. What was his name again? Kevin? Kyle?"

"Kaden. And yep, I say the same! We just have to hop on into that kettle-" Agent 1 pointed to the Kelp Dome octoling transport kettle, "-And follow their tracks, I think."

Agent 2 groaned, "You know I hate indecisive people, Ca-I mean Agent 1!" she facepalmed as a light blush rose to her cheeks.

The black inkling laughed, choosing not to call out her partner and instead changing to her squid form and hopping into the kettle. Agent 2 sighed, stepping onto the kettle and changing into squid form herself, slipping through the grates and into the kettle with her cousin.

Mmm... How'd you guys like that one? I hope you liked it.

More is on the way! Eventually. It may or may not go downhill from here, I'm not sure.

If i get more feedback, I'll know whether or not this story was worth it.