Spike had been in his room sketching. Ever since he found out Sheldon was working with Marie, he decided to help Sheldon out outside of Octo Canyon. He had spent the last two days sketching weapon ideas. When Twilight came into his room, she asked, "Spike, what's wrong? You haven't gone to Deca Tower for the past two days. It's not like you."
Spike didn't look up from his sketchpad, but answered, "I've been sketching some weapon ideas. Would you mind looking at some of them?"
Twilight sat down on Spike's bed, looking over his shoulder at his sketches, "These are really good. What do you call that one?" she asked referring to a weapon that looked like boxing gloves.
Spike smiled and said, "Thanks sis. I call that one the Splat Boxers. You can launch quick punches that let out ink. The weight of the design I had in mind makes them heavy, so they're a bit slow, but when it hits, it hits hard." He flipped through some other sketches until he stopped at a weapon that looked like a Charger and explained, "I always wondered what it'd be like to mix a Charger weapon with a Splatling Gun. I haven't thought of a name, but it charges twice, just like a Splatling Gun, but it has a scope like a Charger, so it shoots a lot of long range, precise shots in a short time. In exchange for the extra charge and the scope, it can't hold its charge though."
Twilight whistled, she was impressed with her brother and told him, "I heard Sheldon's been looking for weapon designers to help him make his own brand. I'm sure Sheldon could make something out of your designs. Why don't you go show him some of them?"
Spike smiled and hugged his sister saying, "Thanks for the support sis. I'll go see Sheldon while I'm out in town." he got up and took his sketchpad with him as he went into Inkopolis Square and entered Ammo Knights. When he saw Sheldon, he told him, "Hey Sheldon. I'm not here to buy anything, but my sister said you were looking for weapon designers."
The horseshoe crab looked up from the cash register. At first, he looked disappointed when Spike said he wasn't there to buy anything, but quickly brightened up when he asked about weapon designers. He nodded excitedly, "Yes, your sister's right! I've been wanting to make an Ammo Knights weapon brand for a while, but I'm not the best with ideas, I'm better with the building part of making a weapon. So, I assume you have weapon ideas?" When he looked through Spike's sketchpad, his eyes were shining with excitement. He smiled at Spike and said, "These weapon ideas are incredible! I love the Charger/Splatling hybrid, and the Splat Boxers look amazing! I'm certain I could help make these into true-blue weapons!"
Spike smiled and said, "Well, I'm glad to hear you like my ideas. Do you think we could work together on some of my weapons?"
Sheldon nodded, "Of course! The designer is just as important in creation as the mechanic!" Sheldon brought Spike into the back room of the store and said, "This is my workshop, where I repair damaged weapons for people. I'm excited to start on these!"
Spike appreciated the young shopkeeper's enthusiasm about turning his ideas into actual weapons, it made his feel that he wasn't the only one who appreciated his ideas, and that made him happy. He asked Sheldon, "So which weapon do you think we should start on first?"
As Sheldon flipped through Spike's sketchbook, he saw so many ideas he liked and finally stopped on one and asked Spike, What about your Octo-Mop design?"
Spike smiled and nodded saying, "Sounds good. The Octo-Mop is one of the dual function weapons. It can work like an Ink Brush, but if you hold down the trigger, it rotates sending ink in a spiral in front of you."
When Sheldon was told it was a dual function weapon, his eyes brightened up. "This sounds incredible! Let's get to work!"
As Sheldon and Spike worked together on the Octo-Mop, Spike lost track of time. When he realized it was almost 9, he panicked and yelled to Sheldon as he took off, "Sorry Sheldon! My mom's gonna kill me if she finds out I was out this late!"
Sheldon yelled back, "Don't worry! I'll call and explain things!"
When Spike had gotten home, he saw his mother was on the phone. He could hear her saying, "Thank you for calling to tell me Sheldon. I would have appreciated a bit of advance notice, but I'm glad Spike's safe. He just got home, so thank you for clearing things up." When she hung up, she looked over to Spike and told him, "If you plan on helping Sheldon with weapons, at least let me know if you'll be out late."
Spike nodded and said, "Yes mom, sorry about that. Sheldon and I were really excited to get one of my weapon designs done."
She ruffled his hair saying, "Don't worry, I know what it's like to be a kid. I'm proud your taking initiative to make your ideas into reality."
After a few days, Sheldon and Spike had finished three different weapons, the Octo-Mop, the Splat Boxers, and the Rapid Charger. Sheldon had managed to get Pearl and Marina to feature Spike as a guest to explain the weapons in a more simple way than he could.
As Off the Hook finished their news reel, Marina said, "Before we go, we've got a special guest today. Spike of the rising Purple Dragons squad has helped Sheldon design and build three state-of-the-art weapons. Today, we have Spike giving us a demonstration of all three weapons!"
Spike walked into the camera's view and said, "Thank's Marina. We've got three weapons, which were originally designed by me in a sketchbook. The first weapon-" he pulled out the prototype of the Rapid Charger and continued, "-is this beauty, the Rapid Charger. The Rapid Charger combines the quick fire rate of a Splatling, and the precision and range of a Charger. It charges up twice, just like a Splatling, but it also has the scope of a Charger. It's easier to show you how it works than it is to tell you."
Marina nodded saying, "And that's why we've got a test dummy for you to fire at!"
Spike got far away from the dummy. He charged up the Rapid Charger and let go of the trigger when the second charge was finished and the charger let off several long range blasts, splatting the dummy very quickly. "As you can see, the Rapid Charger shoots off quick blasts, but the blasts are powerful and have a long range."
After Spike finished demonstrating the other weapons, he said, "Thanks for having me Marina, Pearl. I hope all your viewers enjoy these weapons, brought to you by Ammo Knights."
