Bolton: A Splat Force Story; Chapter 6

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W E L C O M E ! ! !

This is Nomad! This week I bring you the sixth Chapter of Bolton: A Splat Force Story!

The last Chapter ended on quite the cliffhanger, didn't it? For those who don't , last week ended with the start of The Battle of Baxter Village.

All I can say going into this one is make sure you stock up on tissues!

So without further ado, let's get into this!

:warning: WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER CONTAINS STRONG VIOLENCE/GORE AND SCENES THAT DEPICTS DISTURBING AND UPSETTING IMAGERY. PLEASE PROCEED WITH CAUTION! :warning:

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C H A P T E R 6 : L O S S

1 Y E A R , 8 M O N T H S A G O . . .

It was a starry night, most of Baxter Village's villagers had already gone to sleep, all but two. It was already an hour past midnight yet Bolton remained in his hiding spot away from the village, the same place in which he trained himself. He held a small stone ring in his left hand. He stared at it, preparing to ask the big question.

"Bolton? What are you doing here? Why are you still up? It's very late!"

Helena asked, the green highlights in her dark hair didn't make her blend in with the darkness at all.

"As a matter of fact, I was waiting for you."

He answered before he turned to face her. The two of them sat down facing one another. They came closer and huddled against each other.

"What can I say to you that I haven't already said to you. You're the reason I'm still alive, without you, I would've most likely put an end to everything. Without you, I would've never had a happy day in my life."

Helena was at a loss for words, she nearly teared up because of his words.

"Hela, I want to spend the rest of my days with you, even if those days are short."

He said as he finally opened up his left hand, showing her the ring.

"Helena Court, will you marry me?"

She placed her hands over her mouth, two tears escaped her eyes, one on each side. She was shivering with excitement.

"Y-Yes..."

She muttered, she began to giggle as Bolton began to smile.

"YES!"

Helena leapt forward and hugged Bolton, who had fallen back onto the grass. The two laughed for a moment, embracing the happiness that was shared between the two of them. Things were finally looking bright for the two of them.

P R E S E N T D A Y . . .

B O O M ! ! !

It took a moment for Bolton to come back to his senses but by the time he did, the battle had already started. of the Splat Force began to change into the village and began to attack.

Bolton dashed back into his house and was met by his worried family.

"Hela, we are under attack!"

He told her.

"You stay here with Credence and Sasha, make sure that they are okay!"

"W-What about you?!"

Helena alarmingly asked.

"Aren't you going to take cover?"

"I need to help everyone by taking on these Splat Force people."

He explained as he ran to the front door.

"Once it's all over, I'll come back to you!"

Before Helena could have a chance to react, he was already gone. Her body started to shiver as she started to cry. She crawled over to their babies crib, not wanting to be seen through the window, and got onto her knees, trying to keep them calm.

Outside was already a war zone. Both villagers and Splat Force were being killed. There was blood all over the streets, it was horrific to the eyes of anyone.

A few of the Splat Force Rookies decided to go after Terrador, a poor move. With a raise of one hand, Terrador impaled and sliced off the foot of one Rookie, who fell to the ground and screamed in pain as blood shot out of his foot.

Terrador then pulled small boulders from the ground and then turned them into sharp spikes and flung them all at the Rookies, most of them were killed. Many of the spikes landed through their heart, or their inc sac, causing a large amount of blood to pour out. One of the Rookies was even hit in the eyes.

One of the remaining of the small team of Rookies was pinned against the wall. Terrador wrapped hard stone around his feet, making him unable to move. The stone wall began to wrap around him. Eventually, he was completely stuck and losing oxygen. Terrador clenched his fists and created a gruesome image.

S P L A T ! ! !

The hard stone wall crushed the Splat Force Rookie to death, causing his body to explode. The wall began to dribble with blood. All of the Rookies insides had already been crushed by the wall.

Terrador took a glance at one of Baxter Village's entrances. A smirk went onto his face as he walked towards the familiar fighter that was already engaged with combat outside.

Elsewhere in the village, Kamala's home had been raided by two Rookies, both of which had their weapons aimed at young Melissa, all that she could do was stare and cry. However, just before they landed any shots, Kamala snuck up from behind and placed both hands on each of the Rookies heads.

Before they had a chance to fight back, Kamala had already damaged their brain, causing their whole body to slowly shut down. Blood like tears fell from their eyes as they both collapsed.

Outside, in the centre of the village, two Rookies were on the attack, managing to take down a couple of hostile villagers

"Just like the training practice, right Reymond?"

One of the Rookies said cheekily before being caught off guard by a very loud pitched screech entering his ears.

S C R E E E E E E E E E E E E E -

"Jeff? Jeff!"

The other Rookie gasped as he saw Jordan Lance scream into his ears, the sound caused the insides of his head to combust. Seconds later, his eyes blew up and he fell dead.

S L A S H , S L A S H ! ! !

Before the Rookie had the chance to react, he was slashed to pieces by a young Inkling woman with sharp claws for fingers. Another Rookie tried to run up to her, however, he was about to receive a demise that he didn't see coming...

S L A S H ! ! !

A sharp boomerang flew towards the Rookie and sliced off his head, the boomerang was stained with his blood. The weapon flew back into the hands of a young Octoling man with long blue hair. The Boomerang and The Claw Lady stared at each other lovingly before running away to take down more Splat Force .

M E A N W H I L E W I T H H E L E N A . . .

"M-My beautiful babies...I-I love you s-so much...Your father d-does too...I-I don't know how long this will l-last but, I'll do what it takes to make sure that you are s-safe, my babies!"

She muttered with a large sense of fear and sadness in her voice. Unfortunately, crying wasn't going to take her anywhere...

B O O M ! ! !

Helena screamed as the wall was blown down. In the madness, she accidentally knocked over the crib, both Credence and Sasha fell onto the floor, both were already crying in fear.

She looked towards the blown up wall and saw who followed it. An Inkling man with navy green spiky hair and in full gear walked into the house. He lacked emotion.

"PLEASE DON'T SHOOT THEM, I'M BEGGING YOU! THEY'RE ONLY BABIES!"

Helena begged, tears streamed down her face as the man aimed his N-Zap towards her chest. By now, her fate had already been sealed...

B A N G , B A N G , B A N G ! ! !

Helena's body went into shock. Within seconds, blood began to pour from her mouth, she was struggling to breathe. Slowly, she raised her left hand and struggled to place it near her now bloody chest. She fell onto her back, trying to take in as much oxygen as she could, but the air was begging to go thin.

The man glanced at her crying babies, both of which had their eyes closed. He closed his eyes and inhaled and then exhaled before walking out of the house through the blown up wall.

Not too far from the house, Bolton managed to take down three armed Splat Force Rookies with his fighting skills and skills with his blade-like branch, all combined with his gifts. He didn't kill them, he only knocked them out. However something felt off, his senses started to collapse. On the inside, he felt numb and empty.

He glanced towards his house and saw the Splat Force Commander walk out of it, his gear had been stained with blood. He dashed over to his house and quickly noticed that the wall had been taken down. What he saw inside was a sight that would live with him forever.

He saw Helena, laid back on the ground, bleeding out. Behind her were his kids who couldn't stop crying. Just as he processed what had happened, he glanced away. The Commander was back in his sight. His hands ignited with flames and he clenched his teeth.

The Commander was back on the field, communicating with a Splat Force Major. Bolton managed to give him a surprise attack by blasting a fireball at him, knocking him forward. The Commander quickly managed to get through the pain, thanks to his gear. He got back up and faced Bolton, who had started to attack.

Bolton blasted fireballs over and over again, he wasn't thinking straight, if he was, chances are that he would've come out on top. Unfortunately, The Commander was skilled and knew how to use practically any weapon.

B A N G , B A N G , B A N G ! ! !

Bolton managed to evaporate each of the bullets using his flames. Little did he know that the bullets were only a distraction. Not even three seconds later, a Splat Bomb was thrown towards his direction. He tried to take it out using his flames, the only thing it did was weaken it enough so that it wouldn't land the kill, but I was only with a couple of seconds of reaction time.

B O O M ! ! !

Bolton went flying back. Although the bomb was barely weakened, it still landed heavily. He started to feel dizzy, everything was going blurry. By the time he came to his senses, the Commander was already at his face. Bolton barely managed to memorise his appearance before he made the attack.

S L A M ! ! !

One roundhouse kick to the head by the Commander was enough to both knock him back towards a building wall and it was enough to knock him out completely.

1 Y E A R , 5 M O N T H S A G O . . .

The entire of Baxter Village were all stood around the fountain, all wearing the smartest clothes that they could find. Terrador was stood just in front of the fountain, in a full tuxedo suit. Stood in front of him was Bolton, who also wore a tuxedo, only his was borrowed from Terrador.

Jordan Lance began to sing a soft melody, starting the ceremony. Bobby Tundra gave Bolton a small thumbs up from the crowd, he got a smile back from him in return. The Octoling looked ahead and saw Helena, now wearing a white dress, a dress that was borrowed from Kamala.

Bolton and Helena trade smiled and both teared up as Kamala walked the latter down the aisle. The moment lasted an eternity, everything felt like it was going in slow motion.

At last, Helena arrived by his side, standing to his left whilst Kamala walked towards the crowd, another villager quickly gave her Baby Melissa to hold in her arms. Both Bolton and Helena trade one more smile before turning around and facing the Mayor of Baxter Village.

"We have all gathered here this afternoon to show our love and our for both Mr Bolton Vulcan and Miss Helena Court."

Terrador announced. The crowd started clapping, there were even a few cheers thrown into the mix.

"It is amazing to see how far our community has grown in the past seven months. It is truly a blessing to see everyone come together to celebrate the love that these two share. Let us all take a moment to thank the gods above us for blessing them with the gift of love."

The whole Village went silent. Bolton and Helena stared into each other's eyes and smiled. Neither of them was religious, unlike Terrador and most of the villagers, however, they didn't want to be rude towards those who believed.

"Now, let's get started."

He announced, ending the moment of silence. Both Bolton and Helena held each other's hands.

"Do you, Bolton Vulcan, wish to take Helena Court to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold her, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"

"I, Bolton Vulcan, take you, Helena Court, to be my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold you, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part."

He vowed.

Terrador smiled at Bolton before turning his attention to his second half.

"And do you, Helena Court, wish to take Bolton Vulcan to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold him, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"

"I, Helena Court, take you, Bolton Vulcan, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold you, from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part."

She vowed.

Terrador smiled at Helena before addressing the two of them.

"You have declared your consent before the Lord. May he in his goodness strengthen your consent and fill you both with his blessings. What God has ed, men must not divide. Amen."

He said before addressing the whole Village.

"Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of Baxter Village, I now present these two as husband and wife. You may kiss."

Without hesitation, the newly married couple went in for the kiss. Baxter Village erupted into cheers. For the first time, Bolton finally felt optimistic. Bolton and Helena pulled out of the kiss and placed their foreheads against each other and both said, very quietly.

"Until death do us part."

P R E S E N T D A Y . . .

Bolton slowly opened up his eyes. By now, Baxter Village was in shambles. All the colour was gone, most of the buildings were either taken down or critically damaged, and worst of all, the village was littered with bodies, both Villagers and Splat Force .

The Octoling slowly leaned up and placed his right palm on his forehead. His head was pounding non-stop, he felt dizzy. All of a sudden, the memories of the fight started to pour back in, finally allowing him to catch up with the current time.

His eyes widened with fear as he jumped onto his feet and bolted towards his house.

"HELA!"

He screamed, luckily for him, the Splat Force had now left the ruined village. Even if they didn't, he'd still be doing what he was currently doing.

At last, he finally reached his broken house. Fearing the worst, Bolton slowly walked towards the front door, trying his best to stay away from the blown up wall. He placed his left hand on the door handle and turned it.

After a brief moment of silence, Bolton pushed the door open. Not even a second after entering, his eyes were fixated on the body that lay on the floor. Tears began to fall from his face, his mouth hung open, he began to tremble as he stumbled across his beloved wife, who now laid on the floor, deceased.

"N-No...Hela, please..."

He panted, barely managing to keep himself together.

"HELA PLEASE, I SWEAR TO COD!"

No amount of begging nor amount of tears could undo what had just been done. Bolton began to hold Helena in his arms, her beautiful, yet faded eyes stared back at him.

"Please, I-I can't lose you, Hela..."

He weekly whispered, but it was too late, Helena was already gone. He looked on ahead and saw that both Sasha and Credence were gone, someone had taken them away, they can't have run away at that age. The widower glanced back at his lifeless wife.

"H-Hela, I-I'm sorry...I'm so, so sorry..."

Bolton placed his dirty, damaged head against her pale, cold forehead. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stop crying.

:notes: M-M-Mewotojite nemurinitsuku

Watashi no saiai n-no chīsana Barentain

Anata jishin no chīsana rakuen no Yume

So-Soshite, Watashi wa Anata ni Subete no kisu to hōyō o ataemasu

Ak-Akumu wa w-watashitachi o bunri suru koto wa dekimasen

Watashi wa Itsumo Anata no soba ni imasu

Anata wa Watashi no ude ni tsutsuma rete imasu

W-Watashi ga Anata ni iu yō ni, Watashi wa anata o aishiteimasu :notes:

Bolton muttered his lullaby, a lullaby that was once used to put his family to sleep now turned into a song of dismay...

T O B E C O N T I N U E D . . .

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T H X F O R R E A D I N G ! ! !

Thx for reading this week's Chapter of Bolton: A Splat Force Story! As you can probably tell from this Chapter, more specifically the ending, we have now ed Bolton's happiness time. Granted, we will see some flashbacks in the future but as in present time, you will never see him as happy as he was again. The remaining four Chapters are going to be quite brutal and depressing. So stay tuned for that! Until next time, stay safe out there! ^^

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