#camillle

The Garden Eel Meadow aka "The Octopus's Garden" - 8:45 PM

Telemachus was leading the Splatoon into a part of Octo Valley that was familiar to him. He was told stories of how Agent 7 destroyed the first facility of Leviathan, and it's time he checks the remains of it.

They passed by an unusual rock formation on the way: they looked like garden eels. At the end of this rocky corridor was a crater with concrete, rusty pillars, and black dirt scatter on the cliffs. Below the crater was an endless darkness. 

"Welcome to 'The Octopus's Garden', the first facility of Leviathan. It's now in ruins."

There's something there: a platform elevator.

Telemachus narrowed his eyes at it. "...That's not suppose to be there..." He gets on the platform and looked at his team. "Come on."

Nebula and Emerald got on, but Camille hesitated. 

"...I don't think we should-"

"That's an order, Agent Alpha." Telemachus glared at her.

Camille didn't say anything else and got on the platform. It then descended down slowly into the dark abyss, and below was a large quarry with lanterns scattered around. A few Atlantean Droids were walking about, digging and carrying rubble and earth. They didn't detect the four as enemies and just continued with their jobs.

Telemachus stepped off the platform and looked at the view. The girls didn't expect a quarry to be all the way down here.

"...Leviathan is up to something here." Nebula stated, "But what?"

"They're excavating!" Emerald replied after noticing a tent full of scraps. She ran over to look at the pile. "Look at all these stuff they're digging out."

The Splatoon followed her and examined the pile. 

It seems the Atlantean Droids that Leviathan put in the quarry are digging up relics of the past. The was reason for this excavation was for a plan. Calypso wants to avenge her fallen master, Blobfelt, by reclaim what was lost. She picked the best spot to execute such plans: the cradle of Leviathan itself.

The pile was full of machine parts, broken weapons, remotes, capsules, shards of glass, and medical equipment. But three items stood out of the pile: a glass case with an unusual gem inside and two large glass metal pods  with a small window. 

 And there's something you don't see everyday.

Telemachus picked up the glass case holding the unusual gem. Emerald walks over to one of the large metal pods and touched it; it felts cold. She then looked through the small window. She wiped it and moved back in surprise.

"There's an inkling inside... she looks like your mom, Nebula." 

"My mom?" Nebula walks over to examine, and he was right.

Camille went over to check the other. The inkling in there looked like her mother, Callie. She quickly went to open the pod. Telemachus tried to stop her, but it was too late.

"Who said you can open it, Agent Alpha?"

"We can't just leave then in there!" Camille opened the other pod.

The inklings that looked like Callie and Marie were pale skinned, young,  and they wore the most unusual combat dress with gold bracelets and ornaments. There were other things in there: two blades doused in ink and a small rucksack that was fill of mini splat bombs in the shape of spheres.

"For the past 12 missions in the past week, you've been insubordinate, lazy, reckless, and not giving damn about your duties!" Telemachus grabbed her, "And now you're freeing inklings that we don't even know."

Nebula and Emerald pushes Telemachus away from Camille

"Telemachus... I mean Neo-Agent 3. Now is not the time. She's right." Nebula said.

"You've been very strict for being a leader of the Splatoon," Emerald added, "Besides, the inklings in those pods look like their mothers. We need to know why!"

They should've paying attention... because those inkling aren't what they seem to be. They're Sea Angel Units  (also known as Sirens), inkling clones wearing familiar faces. I fought them before... now they're fighting them...

Camille noticed the inklings and the weapons in the pods have disappeared. "Uhh... Guys, where did they go?"

Nebula, Emerald and Telemachus noticed as well.  

"Huddle up..." Telemachus was serious. "This is not good."

They huddle up, all back to back. Camille had her Hero Roller, Nebula has her Splatter-Blaster, Emerald had her Ink Blade, and Telemachus had his Hero Splattershot. They were on the defense. Giggling can be heard outside the tent, and then later there was tears being made on the tarps of the tent. Hearts were racing, the breathing was slow, but their wits were high. The Neo-Squidbeak Splatoon were waiting for the Sirens to strike. Right now there's silence.

"...Something tells me those Inklings are not friendly." Camille informed.

"You think?" Telemachus was annoyed. "Utterly useless."

Camille gripped the handle of her Hero Roller. "...Don't rub it in."

<b>Those Sirens are like wildcats, surrounding their prey. They'll pick them off one by one even if those things are outnumbered.

A mini splatbomb was tosses into the tent, they all had to break formation and scatter to avoid the blast. Soon the Sirens made their move and charged in. The Callie clone tackled Camille, the Marie Clone tackled Telemachus. Nebula took the opportunity to pull the Marie clone away from Telemachus so that Emerald and execute the clone. The Marie clone was splatted.

Camille was struggling with the Callie clone who was trying to stab her ink sword into Camille's chest. She had to fight back, but she didn't want to hurt someone that looked like her mother. Telemachus finished it by shooting his Hero Splattershot at the clone. The Callie clone splatted and Camille can throw the ink sword away. She breathing fast.

"...Camille?" Emerald asked, "Are you okay?"

"....... He just splatted... Why...." Camille curled up a bit, traumatized. 

Nebula walked over to help her cousin up and comfort her. "Camille... it's gonna be alright."

Telemachus declared the mission a bittersweet success, and they took the unusual stone with them... He never looked at Camille or even mentioned her name when the Splatoon got back. By the sea gods what have I done...? The poor soul... Traumatized... 

But then something happened that night. 

Alexandria District - Agent 7's Office, Babel Skyscrapper - 10:00 PM

Camille, who was still in her Agent Alpha suit, opened the door and popped her head in. The place was still the way it was, and Agent 7 was sitting at his desk, watching something. It was an old recording of a incident at Flounder Heights. A masked hero was make a speech to the crowd and she was then pointing at what appears to be a young Agent 7: 

“Everyone please listen to me. We know how much you want from us heroes and we only wish we could do everything we need to do but underneath these masks we’re regular Inklings just like any of you. We have jobs, lives, families, friends. We want to protect them above everything else– but then there are squids like him who want to make that difficult.

Making threats  to unmask us unless we comply with his whims, to start witch hunts if nobody bends to his whim. Think for a minute; the enemies that we heroes fight, someone you might know; a friend, a loved one, they could be a hero and would you want their identity revealed, making you a target? Would you want more incidents like what happened at Moray Towers, Flounder Heights, and Camp Triggerfish? His plans and his methods would cause those to happen all over again-!”

Agent 7 quickly turned off the screen and rubbed his temples with his right hand. He did detect Camille.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"...Uncle Sev... about that last mission I did with the guys... I-"

"You're wondering if that's what it's like to be an Agent..."

Camille nods. 

Agent 7 sighed deeply. "Telemachus told me what happened... Then your cousin and your friend told me their side of the story... I was afraid you'll face such clones. I was in the same shoes as you when facing them... And I couldn't believe I killed someone that had a familiar face."

Camille looked at him. "How do you go on like this?"

"...I just do."

Camille looked down and then looked at Agent 7 again. "What about Agent 1? Did she have to go through things like this."

"I'm afraid I can't answer that... " Agent 7 dismissed her. "You must sleep now."

Before Camille can turn around, Agent 7 stopped her. "And tell Telemachus that I'm shifting the leadership to you, and that Nebula is deputy."

Camille wasn't sure if she can be in such a position, but maybe Nebula can help. She nods in agreement.

As Camille left his office and the skyscraper, she passed by Telemachus who was leaning against a lightpost. He has heard the conversation Camille had with Agent 7. She stopped and glared at him.

"Telemachus...?" Camille started. "Agent 7 had decided to-"

"Shut up..." Telemachus silenced her, "Agent 7 has no right to put you in charge. "

Camille rolled her eyes. "Well you can't do anything about it. It's happening."

"You're worthless..." He sounded so furious and his tone was cold. 

"... I think it's best I do become leader..." Camille stayed strong, "He has is reason to put me in charge."

Telemachus got up and raises his voice. "Do you even have what it takes to lead our Splatoon!"

They soon got into a bit of a argument about that choice I made. My reason for putting Camille in charge was because Telemachus needed to soften up and show a bit of humility. He can't just be all cold-blooded and fight like a lonewolf like that.

"You don't even deserve to be an Agent at all!" Telemachus shouted.

"I didn't want to be an Agent in the first place! I had no choice!" Camille raised her voice. "You made us become agents!"

"Shut up..." Telemachus glared.

"Yeah! It's  your fault you got me and Nebula into this mess!" "Shut up!"

"And you are always singling me out during missions and training just because of my attitude and how 'reckless' I am!"

"Shut up!!" 

"No! You shut up and listen here! You are nothing but an Agent 3 wanna be who think he's above us! Well look at reality, bub! You're just a cranky kid with a suit and gun calling himself the hero! Get real!"

Telemachus grabbed Camille. "How dare you..... If Agent 7 wasn't protecting you... I... I..." 

Telemachus was going to punch her, but he then looked down and teared up. He was crying now. 

".... I want to hurt you... but I don't know why I can't do it... Agent 3 wouldn't hurt their allies would they? I'm sorry... I'm sorry....."

Camille soon saw the soft side of this cold and merciless boy. She made him let go and sighed. "Let's get back to your room... Maybe some baked goods my grandmother made for me would cheer you up..." She can't believe she's being kind to him for just this once.