But there it was. His escape route. An air vent of the facility. He had been using those to get around for a while. And once he reached one, he transformed into a small octopus, gliding through the vent gitters, quickly making his way through the air system.

He didn't quite understand what the Inklings were saying after he dropped in, due to his Inklish still being rusty, but it resulted in only one of them following him down the airvents and he was not going to start complaining about that.

While all that was happening, a sea urchin was starting to get a headache from the loud alarm sounds.

He had already secured all the chemicals and potions and was now trying to just enjoy his lunch. What else was he supposed to do? Darnold took a bite and in the same moment a loud clirring sound was echoing through his laboratory, causing him to chocke on his sandwich out of surprise.

He looked up in worry for whoever caused that sound aswell as his precious potions. And there was, inbetween the dangerous chemicals, an Octoling, clearly exhausted and partly splatted with ink.

The intruder, who most likely caused the alarm, seemed to have fallen unconscious. Darnold wasn't exactly sure what to do in this situation, but as he heard more sounds coming from the air vents, his instincts kicked in and he quickly picked the octopus ip and placed him in an empty barrel. And that not a second too soon. 

One of the Inklings hired for the facilities security jumped out of the vent, startling Darnold, having him curse under his breath.

"Be careful!! I accidentally spilled some acid that you don't want to end up in.", the Urchin warned, partly out of worry and partly trying to scare the security guard off and leaving him alone.

The Inkling froze in an instant and you could see the fear in his eyes. He clearly had seen or heard of other Inklings acid incidents.He wasn't going to make the same mistake as those did. 

"You— You haven't coincidentally seen an Octoling come out this way?"

Darnold gave a scoff and shook his head."No I have not. If he would've come out this way he would most likely be dissolving in the acid. And I have been busy cleaning up this mess." 

He made a small motion with his head towards the spilled potions. The Inkling gave a nod and audibly swallowed at the thought of seeing someone dissolve in these fluids spilled all over the floor.

And Darnold was a trusted member of the research facility with a high rank. He was not about to question the man more and instead just trusted his word, quickly jumping back into the air vent in his squid form, to search for the intruder somewhere else. Finally.

Darnold gave out a sigh of relief, taking the Octoling out of the barrel, assessing the injuries he might have sustained.

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