Splatoon 2: Octo Rising

29. and Rachel

Purple 9's POV:

There was nothing but a splurge of green and yellow ink to surprise me and Zen a few days later after we freed agent 2 from death.

"Those little twerps, they're abusing the little present we gave 'em!"

I looked over at Zen, she had said it in a joking. 

"I was demoted so I'm in charge of clearing away the scraps of this area, why are you helping me?", She didn't answer, "Fine whatever, I'll clear this up by myself..."

I walked off and started placing the individual sprinklers that were destroyed today. It was currently nighttime so everyone in inkopolis and octo-valley should have been asleep by now. It was just me and Zen to do the cleaning before the next day started for us.

I knelt down at a designed area where a sprinkler was meant to go and placed it on the floor. It started going round in circles shortly after and clearing away the green and yellow off of the floor.

"You know throwing those sprinklers is an easier solution right?"

I turned around, once Zen noticed I was looking at her she demonstrated for me by throwing a sprinkler on the wall to the side.

"Just curious...how does it feel like to be switching roles with me?"

"...Switch?"

She laughed at my response, "You still don't get it don't you huh? You little waste of air, have you noticed that when you got demoted I actually got PROMOTED to your role?!", I stayed quiet but Zen just kept laughing, "It's funny isn't it?!"

"Not for me..."

"It wasn't for me either you piece of trash...or at least that's what I would like to say to you..."

I looked forward at Zen, we both threw a sprinkler off to the correct sprinklers before any of us could respond and I waited for Zen to respond.

"Did you have a back flash 9?" 

"What do you mean?"

She placed one more sprinkler and looked at me closely. She deducted my clueless expression and focused her eyes to see if she could remind me what she was talking about. I had no idea what she was implying. 

She threw a punch at me and I fell to the ground, I quickly ignored the pain and looked at her.

"HEY, WHAT GIVES!!??"

"That Purple 9, was how we first met and for me...it was how I first met a new world, the world of the octarians!"

 "Well deal with it, JERK!!!"

Another punch landed on me, like before I dusted myself off and ignored the pain to face Zen.

"I thought you changed. What happened to the whole 'emotional thing' about Purple 8 leaving?!"

"DON'T EVEN BRING THAT UP!!!"

"Did you have a bias!!!"

I stayed quiet again, she was having the upper hand and for once, she had a sad expression on her face, almost in a state of tearing up.

"You know what 'bias' is. It's when you choose one side over the other. Did you treat all of us like crap just so you could have Purple 8 feel all high and mighty?"

I stayed quiet but this was annoying Zen to a point where she sat down and held her knees to cradle herself.

"Did you?", a drop of salty water landed on the floor beside her.