The Story of Mikey (Part 2)

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## ...here is Mikey's story.

### *SMG4: If Mario was in...Splatoon 2*

Mario and Meggy had finished training in Moray Towers when Desti and their team made their appearance. While Meggy reveals that she doesn't remember them, much to their shock, *she* is shocked as well after noticing Mikey's unusual membership of the Octoposse (which stands out mostly because of the fact that he is an Inkling in an all-octo team).

Her thoughts are interrupted when Desti shoots Mario in the face after saying she and her teammates ''look like Octroks''. Meggy angrily asks her if she's looking for a fight, to which Desti reminds her of her first-round defeat in the last Splatfest she participated in, and then orders her team to pull out their weapons. She then taunts the two about sending an autograph to them once they win that year's Splatfest before leaving, much to the two's chagrin.

Mikey tells Meggy about his low expectations of her, and insults Mario for his stupidity before following his team.

**Later...**

After Mario gets lost on his way back to the Mushroom Kingdom, he encounters Desti and Mikey again at the station the former was about to get off of. Mario assumes a defensive karate stance, and warns her that he'll turn her into sushi if she doesn't stay back...

Desti then clears things up by saying that she wasn't going to shoot him this time, but then reveals that she doesn't remember his name well. Mikey corrects her, to which Mario responds with ''Thank you so much!''. Mikey rolls his eyes, and lets Desti explain why she came there: for an offer to join her team in order to have a better chance at winning the Splatfest.

Mario declines, stating that he was tired, and that her team's name sounds stupid. Both Desti and Mikey get pissed off by this remark, with the former aggressively telling the plumber to reconsider his option, and the latter warning him that he will regret the next time he insults the only team that he was accepted into after being expelled from his old one.

Suddenly, Mario escapes by distracing the two (by telling them there was an alien on his right). Realizing this, Mikey told Desti to call for her teammates to take him out, to which he immediately departs to do so.

After dealing with the other three members, he suddenly runs into Mikey, who then beats the plumber into a pulp, and stops only after Desti and Mikey arrives, once again tries to persuade Mario into joining her. But like the last time, he refuses, stating that he is already in Meggy's team. While she begins to explain about her inferior skill level, Desti pushes Mikey away, and gets shot in the face by Meggy, knocking her to a wall.

Mikey goes to check on her, and interrupts Meggy's apology to Mario, asking the plumber of what he sees in her. Frustrated, Meggy retorts that Mario *will* stay with her team. Leaving the octoling with no other choice, she helps Mikey up, and orders her team to attack.

This, results in a fight to which Desti grabs Mario as a way of declaring a ceasefire. However, Meggy warns him that Desti would force him to work out, making him shake and fall into the ground with the octoling. The three rivals then grab their weapons and silently aim at each other for a few seconds...only to then notice Mario's disappearance.

She asks for his whereabouts, but Meggy runs away, heading to a train Mario just watched. Desti protests as they flee, and reluctantly states that she'll look for someone else. However, Mikey complains about it, stating she already had him on the team. Desti apologizes, and clarifies that she got too caught up in the heat of the moment before re-assuring him that he had already proven himself worthy, which Mikey is delighted to hear about.

### ***SMG4: The Splatfest Incident***

While Meggy's team and Desti decided to investigate on Meggy's whereabouts, Mikey (much to Desti's chagrin) went off on his own to find out the answer by himself. While searching at the Kelp Dome, he was suddenly attacked by False Anime Characters. Enraged, he fought back, but barely managed to destroy them.

Exhausted and injured, he decided to head somewhere else to rest to later reunite with the group.

### *SMG4: The Inkling Disappearances*

During the team's part in the investigation, Desti, Mario, Luigi, and Tari were attacked by a False Ryuk, whom they struggled to fend off.

When Ryuk began to gain an advantage over them, Mikey suddenly arrived from superjumping and aided them in the fight. However, after faking its defeat, it managed to grab Desti and flee, but not before Tari thought of electrocuting it with a loose wire on the area.

Luigi grabs it, but Mario suddenly throws him on False Ryuk, prompting Tari to quickly supply electricity to it, electrocuting both Ryuk and Desti. The latter gets knocked out as a result, and falls down along with the former who disappears and drops a map. Mikey, in a panic, ran over to Desti and checked on her. Then they noticed the map that revealed the location where Meggy, the Missing Inklings, and Axol have ended up into:

Anime Island.

After the SMG4 gang steal a boat, Saiko approached Desti and apologized to her for how she acted, to which Desti accepted, and even apologized aswell for all the names she called her team. She also revealed that they were on the same team now, and that despite everything, she really did care of her teammates, pleasing Mikey who was watching all of this unfold. He soon joined in, and apologized for going solo in this quest to save Meggy, to which Desti playfully insulted him as a ''brave, yet reckless little boy''. Embarassed, he said nothing else, and remained silent.

With all of this said and done, they were now ready to save Meggy, Axol, and the missing inklings.

But then, something appeared behind Desti. She panicked, and tried to shoot at it, but the gigantic False Godzilla effortlessly grabbed her. Saiko hurriedly try to save her, but False Godzilla flicked her away and escaped, leaving an enraged Mikey to cry out her name.

To make things worse, had he intervened, he would've perished in the sea, and this only added to his grief.

### Between *SMG4: World War Mario* and *SMG4: Final Hours*

After arriving to Anime Island, they start a lengthy rescue operation after arriving at Anime Island, where they fought a lot of Francis's False Characters. They manage to disable his Ink Zuccer 2000 but struggle with their toughest opponent, a False Sepiroth, whom they manage to destroy after nearly cornering Francis.

They celebrate the occasion before focusing on getting Meggy out...

***...only for a second False Sepiroth to appear, and impale Desti's heart with his Masamune.***

The gang watched in horror, as they could only watch as the clone unhinged his sword from Desti, the latter soon falling to her knees. She manages to tell Meggy to win the Final Splatfest...and Mikey to make her proud...

...before collapsing, having breathed her last.

The entire gang mourns her death for a moment before Francis creates 100 more False Sepiroths and escapes. But Mikey, he become more rage than ever, pulls out his Splattershot and charges toward Francis himself...which nearly gets himself killed by the Sepiroths. They are nearly defeated, but Axol manages to reclaim his Inkweaver and create an Ultra Instinct Shaggy to overpower Francis's Super Saiyan God Goku.

As the two fight, the gang finally corners a defenseless Francis. Saiko grabs him by the neck and coldly calls him a ''waste of space''. Mikey follows , and tells him to burn in hell before the latter throws him inside a spare Ink Zuccer. Mikey turns it to max power and coldly watches as Francis finally meets his demise.

Goku prepares to self-destruct, causing everyone to panic. But Shaggy manages to round up the ones who were still inside the island and save them all...except for Meggy. Axol commands him to save her, but Goku suddenly explodes, destroying the anime island and presumably killing Shaggy and Meggy.

Their brief moment of anguished shock is relieved when Shaggy comes back with Meggy, who has gained a new appearance from having all of her ink sucked out. Once she notices it herself, she panics and faints.

Later, at Desti's funeral, after the gang calms Meggy down, she spots a depressed Mikey placing his Splattershot on Desti's coffin. He says goodbye to his only friend, then renounces his position as a member of Octoposse and leaves and be alone forever.

Meggy hurriedly ran towards him and grabs his hand, pleading for him to stay with them. Mikey stating that Desti's demise is all his fault, and that he's not been fast enough to save her from Sepiroth, she would've still been alive.

This sparks an intense verbal fight that nearly gets physical, which Saiko and Axol stop by barely managing to bring him back to his senses. After moving on from the topic, Meggy awkwardly asks Mikey if she could adopt him.

After a few moments of stunned silence, he accepts, and SMG4 proudly welcomes him to the gang, finally freeing from his prison of self-hatred.

The gang encourages Meggy and Mikey to push Desti's coffin into the sea, to which they reluctantly do, and they all salute to Desti afterwards. Meggy promises to herself that she'll win the final Splatfest for everyone, and Mikey promises to make her proud. Shaggy, satisfied, bids everyone farewell and flies away, soaring into the skies.

### *One month later / SMG4: There's something up with Meggy...*

Having gone missing for most of this episode's events, he does not really change much about it. Only after Meggy is finally calmed down is when he re-appeared, boasting a new outfit and weapon, along with a much happier personality.

When Tari asked him about his new clothes, Mikey states that he sold his old ones away to better represent his growth as a person. Meggy compliments him, saying that his new outfit and new weapon are amazing, which Mikey appreciates...before suddenly remembering what she was doing before, and forcing him into her training regime, much to Mikey's disapproval, stating that he had already trained during his absence.

### *SMG4: Meggy's Destiny*

But despite all of their effort, they lost against Team Ink Brigade in the final Splatfest. However, after Mario, Luigi and Tari investigate the absurdity of it all, they discovered a hidden switch that the Ink Brigade used to cheat their way up to victory.

Mikey told Mario, Luigi, and Tari to warn the Squid Sisters about it, and paid the brigade a little visit...with a good beating on the way out (with the team's charger getting the worse of it for hurting Meggy). After this, the Squid Sisters let them back in and disqualified the Ink Brigade (but warned Mikey to not get physical with their rivals again).

At the same time, Serena watched the events unfold, having finally found Mikey.

Mikey and Team Splatsquad then went on to beat Team Killer Ink and subsequently win the Final Splatfest. He then broke down in tears, finally accomplishing what Desti wanted Meggy (and indirectly, Mikey) to do.

Sometime later, he noticed Meggy leaving. He began to follow her, and they eventually reached the rooftop of a building. Mikey asked her if he could join her, to which she agrees.

They stared into the horizon for a moment before Desti's spirit appears, standing next to them.

She acknowledged their victory on the final Splatfest and asked how they did it. Meggy replied that it was her friends that let her win but jokingly added that it was fine if she didn't know what it meant. Desti laughed and then asked what was their purpose now.

They did not know what she meant, and Desti explained that for the last few months, the two had been doing nothing but lamenting her death and training for the final Splatfest non-stop. She also said that even though it was fun to cry over their sadness, the two had to move on.

Meggy acknowledged it but stated that it was just too hard to do so, while Mikey shared a similar sentiment. Desti thought about it and hugged the two to comfort them. Desti thanked Meggy for keeping up the promise and told Mikey that she was more than proud of him. The two finally say goodbye to her, and she smiles, ascending to heaven in peace.

They later celebrated their victory in Meggy's house. Serena went there and the moment she look at Mikey's face, she teared up. She approached him and asked him if he remembers her.

She explained to Meggy and her friends that she was part of Mikey's old team in the past and that she was the one who took Mikey to the hospital he escaped from after the attempt on his life by Juvia's old teammates.

Mikey ponders for a moment before finally remembering. However, he states that he never got to know her name. Serena happily introduced herself to him and the gang, then gave Mikey a big long hug, reminding him that she thought he was gone and that she looked for him everywhere for 2 years.

### *SMG4: Meggy Moves In*

Sometime later, Mikey, Meggy, and Tari arrived in Belmont, Meggy's new home. She asked her friends if they could help her arrange the furniture, and they all agree. But after a spider incident ruins all of the furniture and wrecks the house, Mario, Luigi, and Tari went out to find furniture from outside while he and Meggy cleaned up the mess.

After finishing, SMG4 and the others were invited to come over and have a party, commemorating Meggy's move. Axol then asked her about her future. She replied that she wanted to fight crime, but two more alternatives were suggested:

* Become a policewoman.
* *Become a lawyer.*
* *Become a firefighter.*

And a while later, she took the first suggestion, while Mikey eventually took the third. But before doing so, he spotted her participating in a police chase, with much pride. Still remembering the three suggestions, he decided to become a firefighter.

An unknown amount of time later, he and Serena sat together on the roof of Meggy's new home. She asks Mikey why he left the hospital the day she was supposed to see him. He tells her that he had recovered by that time, and had escaped to deal with Juvia's old teammates. He also explained his relationship with Desti and Octoposse and narrated the adventures he had with the SMG4 gang ever since he joined them.

### *S̶M̶G̶4̶: I Can't Believe It's Not SMG4!*

He was on break when he decided to attend a play that mostly re-created scenes from previous events (with doppelgangers playing as them; Marin/Mikey and Sophie/Serena). He also noticed the SMG4 gang had attended the play.

In the end, he and the gang thought it was the worst thing ever. However, SMG4 was furious to find out the play was produced by Snitch Productions, SMG3's company, and Glitch Productions's main competitor.

This eventually leads to a gang fight between the two SMGs and their members, to which Mario eventually stopped and called it a truce.

As the factions went their own ways, Marin, Sophie, Mikey, and Serena all shook hands to peace out.

### ***SMG4: Deleted***

One month later, he took part in the SMG4 gang's plot to stop SMG3 and Snitch Productions from changing the past and ruining prior events. Mikey went back to his first encounter with Meggy and Mario (while Desti and Octoposse were still a thing) to unsuccessfully stop Kei from getting rid of his past self (even with the help of his Alpha Edge and Beta Smash forms).

After returning, Mikey approached, he soon apologize to Mario for not stopping Kei before dissolving and passed out. Serena approached him and apologized for not stopping Sorano from getting rid of her past self before glitching and dissolving.

And thus, Mikey Spletzer was no more.

## Quotes

* *(To Meggy and Mario)* If you wanna fight her, you're gonna have to get through me first!
* *(To Meggy after she defeats him on a certain occasion)* How could I lose against that girl...the next time I see you again, I'll have my revenge, Meggy Spletzer.
* *(After failing to save Desti from False Godzilla)* **DESTI!!!!**
* (To Francis as he becoming more rage) YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS, YOU GREEN PSYCHO. IF IT'S THE LAST THING, I DO! YOU WILL PAY FOR ALL THE TROUBLES, YOU HAVE CAUSES!
* *(To Francis) **You're gonna pay for killing Desti, you green psycho.***
* *(To Desti)* Sayonara, Desti....my one and only friend.
* *(To Desti as he and Meggy fights Team Killer Ink)* I will never regret what I have done for you. You may not see it now, Desti...but Meggy and I are gonna win this for you.
* *(To Mario before dissolving)* Ma-aM̸̨̻̫̩̪̉́́̀a̷̯̩̓͐̅͜͝r̶̪͓̪̘͔̈́̌ḯ̴͍̝̲ͅ-o-o...I-I'm so-̶͈̥͕͖̊Ṙ̸̨͕͍͔̖R̷̻̺̪̽͑̈́Ẏ̸̖̈́̈̃̚....!

## Music

* Rage
* Sadness
* Theme of Mikey and Meggy
* Theme of Mikey and Desti
* Mikey Appears
* Theme of Mikey and Serena
* Mikey vs Takamasa
* Mikey vs Sephiroth