The Sins of Our Pasts

5 hours after Marie and Callie did the Inkopolis News Report...

... that was all the Inklings and Octarians needed to begin searching for the Hybrid of their two species.

With Cap'n Cuttlefish, Agent 3 (known as Kalma), and Marie and Callie (the Squid Sisters) leading the Inklings and Emperor Octurias, Emperor Octurias's daughter and the current General of the Octarians, General Octavia, Commander Kelly (Female Octoling), and Captain Octo (Male Octoling) leading the Octarians, the hunt for the hybrid would be a rather interesting one, as Cap'n Cuttlefish, Captain Octo, Agent 3, and Commander Kelly led the air patrols while Marie and Callie, Emperor Octurias, and General Octavia led the ground patrols.

"Any sign of the hybrid yet, Agent 3?" Marie asked through her communicator.

"None yet. You?" Agent 3, Kalma, asked, his voice sporting an accent that was vaguely similar to that of a human Russian accent.

"Not a single sign. Tell me, Callie, or gramps if you spot the hybrid." She replied, gaining a "Yes, ma'am." from Kalma.

The two groups searched all over the city, before Octo said, through the communicators, "PURPLE INK, DEAD AHEAD!", making them all stop and squint (or get their squidoculars out) towards the direction of the purple ink, and, sure enough, there was a large area of the desolate city that was covered in purple ink... but it was both Octarian Purple Ink and Inkling Purple Ink... so no matter what, it was going to harm them.

"Well... we at least know that it's been here." Commander Kelly said, her voice sporting something similar to a Human Swedish accent, as she spoke through the communicators.

"True enough... Captain Octo, Commander Kelly, Agent 3, Captain Cuttlefish, can you see how much of the city is covered?" Emperor Octurias asked.

"Emperor Octurias, a COLOSSAL part of the city has been covered in the purple ink... I still don't see the hy-" Agent 3 said, before stopping himself and looked through his squidoculars, in shock.

"Agent 3? What happened?" Callie asked.

"I SEE THE HYBRID!" He shouted.

"Location?" General Octavia asked.

"Look for the Burst Bombs and Suction Bombs in the sky!" He said, as the group soon saw a bunch of Burst Bombs and Suction Bombs being thrown in the distance, heading towards the air patrols...

"SHOOT 'EM DOWN, BOYOS!" Cap'n Cuttlefish yelled, as the Inklings and Octarians with them began shooting down the bombs with Chargers and their Blasters/Shooters.

"The Hybrid is coming towards you guys!" Agent 3 said, as he kept his eye on the hybrid.

"Everyone, get your weapons ready!" Marie said, as the Inklings and Octarians on the ground got their weapons out, which consisted of Octoshots, Heroshots, Rollers, Chargers, Shooters, Blasters, Sloshers, Splatlings of different types, and more.

Suddenly, there was a blight flash in the sky, blinding everyone...

... but when they regained their vision, the hybrid was gone.

"Wha... w-where did it go!?" Agent 3 yelled.

"Search the rooftops!" Marie said.

"We did! No sign of the hybrid!" Octo said.

"Keep searching! It's got to be around here somewhere!" Emperor Octurias said.

The air and ground patrols searched the area (with some of the ground patrol collecting samples of the purple ink for later), but, after 7 hours, they couldn't find the hybrid.

"Well... what now? The hybrid's gone." Agent 3 said, now on the ground with Octo, Cuttlefish, and Kelly.

Emperor Octurias, Marie and Callie, Agent 3, General Octavia, Cap'n Cuttlefish, Captain Octo, and Commander Kelly were all sitting down near the center of the city, which was now covered in Octarian Ink and Inkling Ink (which thankfully was specifically made to harm the hybrid if necessary and wouldn't harm Inklings or Octarians), before Octo said, his arms crossed and his eyes closed, "Hmmm... The hybrid must have some type of object on it's body that allows it to teleport... or create a sort of hologram of sorts that can act as a decoy, while the hybrid itself can escape from the action."

"I think it's more teleportation than holographic decoys, Captain Octo." Cuttlefish said.

"I agree with gramps. It has to be some sort of teleportation device... but, if it is, then the hybrid must be VERY smart to create something like that." Marie said, with Agent 3, General Octavia, and Commander Kelly nodding in agreement.

"I suggest that we set up a base in the city, with watch towers on every corner of the city and near the center of the city and Inkling and Octarian soldiers patrolling the ground and air of the city every hour on the hour, along with barricades blocking off every exit of the city, with those barricades having soldiers guarding them... if we do that, the hybrid will be trapped and we can capture it with ease." Emperor Octurias suggested, before gaining nods from Octoq, Callie, and Cap'n Cuttlefish, before Agent 3, Marie, General Octavia, and Commander Kelly nod in agreement, as well.

"Good. Now, Agent 3 and Commander Kelly will be in charge of the ground and air patrols on the northeastern part of the city. Captain Octo and Cap'n Cuttlefish will be in charge of the ground and air patrols on the southeastern part of the city. General Octavia and Callie will be in charge of the ground and air patrols on the southwestern part of the city. And me and Marie will be in charge of the ground and air patrols on the Northwestern part of the city... any questions?" Emperor Octurias explained.

No one spoke up, making Emperor Octurias take that as a no.

"Good." Emperor Octurias said, getting up, as the others did, as well, before going to their portions of the city to explain what the plan was to the patrols.