"Well done, Mason" Sophia said as they started to leave Inkopolis. "You won your first Turf battle"

"Thanks, it's quite amazing" Mason replied. "I actually can't believe that I didn't notice that your hair has been yellow since we left the NSS"

"Oh, my hair being yellow instead of green?" Sophia said, "Yeah, it's quite cool. Sheldon recommended it to me when I was training with him about two weeks ago. He said it was just to help my identity be a bit more safer"

"So I'm guessing we're gonna be bumping into him every now and then on our missions?" Mason asked.

"Yeah, I have a feeling that we are going to at one or two points during the mission" Sophia replied.

That's when Sophia's smile faded and her concerned expression she wore earlier returned.

"Are you sure you're going to be able to work with me?" Sophia asked.

"Oh, yeah" Mason replied. "I'll manage"

"It's just that you may not be able to since you defeated Octavio by yourself last time and it may be hard for you to-"

"Sophia" Mason said as he took Sophia's hand, "I'll manage, it'll be fine. Trust me!"

"O....Ok then" Sophia replied.

Mason then let go of Sophia's hand and continued walking to the NSS HQ. He eventually turned around to find that Sophia hadn't moved an inch.

"Sophia?" Mason called, "You alright?"

"Oh.... yeah.... I'm alright" Sophia replied, catching up with Mason. "Let's head back and get on with our mission"

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"Welcome back, you two!" Marie said as both Agent 3 and 4 entered. Agent 4's hair was back to it's original green from earlier, which was winding up Agent 3 quite a bit.

"How was your little hangout?" Sheldon said, who was standing next to Marie.

"Oh, it was great!" Sophia replied with excitement. "I'm actually more excited to start our first mission together than I was when we started our first Turf War together"

"Well, the kettle is right over there" Marie pointed to a large kettle that looked like it was digging into the ground.

"You know what you need to do, Agent 4?" Agent 3 asked.

"Yeah, splat the tentacle off the Octarians and retrieve the adorable yellow Zapfish that was taken by them" Agent 4 replied, sounding very excited.

"Well, good luck then" Marie said.

Agent 3 dove in first, while Agent 4 followed, still squealing, jumping and even buzzing with excitement.