"Alright! Let's go!" Star jumped up in the air.
"Yeah I can wait to face this 'Team Jawbreaker' I mean how tough can they be?" Kai shrugged, a little too confident.
"Actually, they are one of THE toughest teams of three. They have two Squids and one Octo. Also one of them is blind!"
"Woah. If one of them is blind, this cant be so hard right?"
"Don't underestimate them. They're really tough"
"O-Okay!"
So the two teams prepared and warmed up. They were getting ready for Turf. A few minutes passed by, and the battle began.
"Same strategy as last time, got it?" Niki said.
"Got it!" Kai and Star said simultaneously.
So the two teams inked their spawn. Niki got up to the higher ground as Star and Kai inked the floor. They were making their way to the middle, then two of the team's members went up and splatted Star and Kai!
"Ha! Nice work Brinn!" The Octo signed.
"Thanks, Clyde!" Brinn signed back.
"What?! He's deaf!" Star and Kai said, shocked.
"Hurry up you two their gaining more Turf!" Niki said as she pointed her charger at Clyde and Brinn.
Then suddenly out of nowhere, a beam of enemy Ink came shooting towards Niki and splatted her.
"Did I get her?"
Brinn turned in their direction, "You got her Hazy!"
"What? I haven't been splatted in forever!" Niki complained.
Kai's eyes went wide, "Wow, she really is awesome!"
"Actually they're they." Brinn corrected.
"Yep! And the name is Hazy Grey!" They said, a smile of their face.
Then Team Jawbreaker started to gain more turf.
"Hurry up you two! We're in danger!" Niki said.
"I'm trying!" Star said, but Kai stayed silent.
"We can still take this back!" Niki shouted.
Star yelled back, "Yeah we can! We are a temporary trio."
"Kai, why are you so quiet?"
"Because I think I have a plan!"
"What is it?" Star asked.
"It all depends on our specials! Star what special do you have?"
"I have Tenta Missiles."
"Ok! Niki, Star, you charge up your specials! Star, what I want you to do is once you get your special, try and locate where they are and then use them. If you can splat them, great! Niki, once you get your special, activate it and try and get them to a specific spot. Star try and get close to them without getting splatted. Hazy, Clyde, and Brinn are really good. So if they can, they WILL splat you."
"So what are you saying?" Star asked.
"Well, Clyde and Hazy Grey have better senses in some areas. So Hazy relies on their hearing and that's how sh- I mean they splatted Niki."
"Ohhh! Well, that makes sense" Niki said.
"So Star be sneaky and try and avoid getting splatted got it?"
"Got it!" Star gave Kai a thumbs up as she started to charge up her special.
"And what are you going to do?" Niki asked Kai.
"I'm going to super jump to Star and use my splashdown and splat Team Jawbreaker, and once I do that, we can regain Turf!"
"Okay," Niki went off to charge her special.
So Niki, Star, and Kai each left to their separate areas on the map.
"Okay, I'm ready!" Star said.
Niki got into position, "Me too!"
So then they started their plan. Star pulled out her Tenta Missiles and targeted all of Team Jawbreaker.
"Alright! They are all near each other! One is up high, assuming it's Hazy, and Brinn and Clyde are to the right!" Star fired her Tenta Missiles and forced Hazy to go and join Clyde and Brinn. Star then started to sneak around the three of them.
"Alright, My special is charged!" Niki activated her Stingray enclosing Team Jawbreaker into a tight corner.
"Kai! I'm in position, now jump!" Star said.
Kai locked himself into position, and super jumped.
"Yeah! We got thi-" Kai realized something when he was mid jump. His special wasn't charged and his jump was off!
Just as he landed on the floor before he could turn around Brinn splatted him.
"That's all you got?!" Brinn said.
"BOOYAH!" Hazy Grey yelled.
Then the battle was over, and it was time to announce the winner.
Kai was shocked. He got distracted. He thought he charged up his special, but he didn't. He stood at his spawn and looked out over the stage. He knew who won, and it was all his fault.
Then they announced the winner, and the winner was Team Jawbreaker.
The two teams left the stage. Not a single word was said by Team Temporary Trio. It was silent.
Kai saw Team Jawbreaker walking away to book another match. Kai walked over to go and congratulate them on their win. On his way there multiple posters on the wall stated "Agent 3: missing". Kai shook away the thoughts and went over to one of Team Jawbreaker's teammates.
"Hi! I just wanted to say congratulations on winning," Kai beamed.
"Oh, thank you?" Brinn said.
"You did a really good job, I mean I TOTALLY underestimated you!" Kai said cheerfully.
"Excuse me?"
"Oh sorry I didn't mean it like that heh, I just mean that you guys were totally awesome!"
"Well yeah, I-I know..." Brinn's eyes darted around the room, arms crossed in refusal.
"Oh my cod- sorry if I offended you," Kai covered his mouth, a pang of guilt crossed him.
"N-No! You didn't."
"Well, thanks for the great match! I hope to see you around Brinn! See you soon!" Kai waved to Brinn and her team as he skipped away to the others.
"Hey guys! What's up? Sorry, I took so long." Kai rubbed the back of his neck.
"Uhhh yeah..." Star muttered.
Niki whipped her head towards Kai, "I don't want you in our team anymore!"
"W-what?" Kai took a step back. "I don't think I understand-"
Niki stomped towards Kai, "Why wouldn't you understand!? We could have won if it weren't for you!"
"H-hey Niki calm down he didn't mean it-" Star went over to Niki, grasping her shoulder.
"I don't care! You messed it up! You don't understand how important that was to me!"
"I -I'm sorry. I didn't mean it I-"
"SHUT UP! If YOU didn't mess it up we may have let you officially join our team!" Niki started to back Kai into the alleyway.
Kai's eyes welled up with tears, "I'm sorry, I-I got distracted!"
"What do you mean you got distracted!"
"I just..."
"WHY WERE YOU DISTRACTED?!" Niki's advances on him pushed both of them further and further into the darkened area.
"I It's because..."
"Spit it out!" Niki slammed her hand against the wall.
"It's because Sol is mis-" Kai paused. He felt the ground shift beneath his feet. The ground was moving?
Kai and Niki glanced at their feet. The ground cracked and popped beneath them.
They couldn't move or speak. Both of them just fell into their worst nightmare.