chapter 10 A Minor Hiccup Turned Major Disaster

Cast:

Carly aka Agent 4: An inkling girl with short green tentacles/hair, used to wear the hero hoodie and studio headphones with gray sea slug high-tops but recently switched to the gold high-horses and black v-neck tee and uses the Hero Splatling replica in battle

Emile aka Agent 3: Inkling boy, blue default tentacles/hair and wears the Splatoon 1 hero suit, and wields the Splattershot in battle.

(Emile's perspective)

"Pregnant!? That's amazing! I thought she was getting a little pudgy..." I squeak as I receive a slap from Marie. " ow... Anyway… not the greatest time to find out…" I say in shocked surprise. "I mean… when I heard the commotion over the comms I was scared half to death! I'm Just glad she's ok… damn the stress must have been too much"

"She's probably gonna have the child within a few weeks, I'm surprised neither of you realized!" Callie says, her voice full of confusion.

"Well at least we found out..." Marie sighs, "This does mean that you're Both gonna have to be careful, and Carly isn't going to be on duty... as much as she's probably gonna be mad about that" I nod, it's a big shock but it makes a lot of sense... definitely not the greatest time for this, but at least it wasn't when Carly is near dead...

After a while of talking, I go in to check on Carly. "So... what's your thoughts on this?" I ask a little worried she might be scared...

"You know... part of me feels stupid for not figuring this out... but the rest is happy for us." Carly smiles, "sure I have to be off duty for a while but it's going to be wonderful nonetheless" I smile back, it's a tender moment, and I'm glad we're both happy about this.

The weeks come and go, repeated attempts to return to octarian territory are met with failure. We're all getting uneasy. Except for Carly, she's happily decorating and furnishing the new baby's room, and keeping my spirits high. Finally the time came when the baby was coming. We rushed to the hospital once again, praying for a safe delivery.

[Carly's perspective]

"Push! You can do it!" Emile urges, I'm tired and pushing as hard as I can if Emile had any bones in his hand they would certainly be broken… finally the baby's cries can be heard and I can rest

(I'm never doing this again) I think to myself, but then I get to hold the baby. and I'm instantly regretting those thoughts. She's precious, innocent, and so adorable.

"she's beautiful." Emile says, and I can't help but agree, she is beautiful. unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to say anything as at that moment, my world shattered. A shockwave rocks the room. screams of terror and pain are cut short. Emile grabs hold of me and the baby, time seemingly slows to a crawl as I can only watch in horror as the building collapses around us soon all I see is a black void as I drift into unconsciousness.

What happens next is only fuzzy memory. A bright light above me, the feeling of being pulled from rubble, an ambulance siren, a heartbeat monitor, and lastly the sound of someone next to me flatlining.