Setting: Terra Cotta's Manor
The rapid-fire of the assault rifle ripped through Remus' robes, leaving it in tatters. Before Violet could assume the worst, the robe fell on the ground, but Remus was not in it. Both Violet and the guard were confused about the situation until Violet noticed a puff of blue smoke spontaneously appear above their heads and as the smoke cleared, Remus was there. Violet saw Remus was uninjured, but that was it. In a blur, Remus swooped down to the guard and attacked the man's weapon with a weapon of his own. The sound of metal clashed and the guard could barely react. Remus swung his arm and attacked his assault rifle again, this time, knocking it far out of the guard's hands then followed up with a final blow to the guard, knocking him out with a kick to the head.
With the short battle over, Violet got a better look at Remus without his hooded cloak. He wore a sleeveless shirt that was dark blue in the front and black in the back, black cargo pants, and black and white sneakers. She also noticed in his hand was a mechanical spatha sword and a sheath at his waist where the weapon goes. The sword was slightly bigger than an average one, but could still be wielded single-handed. The thing that surprised her the most was his prowess in battle. Even though she assumed Remus couldn't fight, she did have expectations if he could. Not only did he prove her wrong, but he also exceeded far beyond what she anticipated.
"Violet?" Remus called to her trying to get her attention.
"H..huh?" Violet finally acknowledged Remus trying to talk to her.
"Did I meet the requirements needed to fulfill our deal?" Remus asked with high expectations.
"Um..." Violet didn't know what to say. He did meet the requirements. "Damn it! I didn't think he'd do this well," Violet thought. "I made a deal with him, but am I really gonna let him tag along now?" Violet continued thinking of a way to get out of this.
"Um..." Before Violet could say anything else, an explosion occurred at the manor's front door. The duo heard the commotion and Violet walked further down the hallway to hear what was going on. She was able to hear some of the guards talk among themselves about what was transpiring.
"Stop them! Push them back!" she heard one guard say.
"We can't let them get to Terra Cotta!" another one said.
"So he is here! See! I told you we'd find him," one of the assailants shouted.
"Yeah, it only took three tries to find the right stronghold," someone else said, possibly a second intruder, but Violet couldn't clearly make out what he was saying.
"How was I supposed to know they weren't the only gang dwelling in this area Zelts!? At least we got rid of the other scum and it was a good warm-up for the real thing!" Violet heard the attackers converse with themselves then heard the guards talking among themselves. She had no idea who was invading.
"Fall back! You guys go and protect the boss. We'll hold them here," a guard said. Violet ceased her snooping. Her infiltration had gone to shambles in one fell swoop.
"Damn it," Violet cursed, visibly upset that her plan has been terminated. Remus observed her with a calm expression.
"Remus, change in plans. We're going to the main hall pass this hallway."
"Ok, but why?" Remus asked, confused about everything that's happening. Violet took a breath to quell her anger and responded calmly.
"Apparently, another group seems to be attacking the manor to get to Terra Cotta as well. They're probably doing the same bounty mission we're doing, so if we talk to them, maybe we could split the bounty fifty-fifty and get the job done a lot easier. But before that, we got to fight our way there since they alerted everyone here."
"Understood," Remus replied as he gripped his sword prepared to fight and Violet had several of her throwing knives in her hand.
Both of them busted through the door and ran down the hallway to reach the main hall. As they did, they were meet with opposition in the form of the remaining guards tasked with protecting their employer. Wasting no time, Violet electrocuted and froze as many enemies as possible with her throwing knives while Remus incapacitated them with a relentless barrage of sword strikes. Within a short amount of time, they reached their destination. Inside the main hall, were a bunch of guards completely wiped out while Silver and Zelts were the only ones left standing.
"That didn't take long," Silver said, disappointed in the lackluster skills his opponents showed.
"I say the quicker the better. I want to get this over with," Zelts told Silver.
"I know, but I haven't had a real fight since coming to this town. Maybe this Terra guy will- hmm?" Silver stopped talking when he noticed Violet and Remus on the top banister of the stairs. "And who are they?"
"Are they bodyguards too?" Zelts questioned.
"One way to find out," Silver answered as he pointed his guns at Violet and Remus and fired.
Remus reacted first by holding onto Violet and they both disappeared in a puff of blue smoke before Silver's bullet made contact and reappeared on the same floor as the other two.
"Ooookay... that's new," Silver said, perplexed with what he just witnessed.
"Checkpoint, my semblance. I can go anywhere I want in my line of sight," Remus explained to a slightly startled Violet but was loud enough for the others to hear.
"So that's what it was," Violet thought to herself then looked to the two unknown fighters standing before her. "Looks like they don't want to talk,"
Violet recomposed herself then slowly reached for some knives in her pouches which resulted in Silver aiming his guns at her. Remus reacted to this aggressive act by bearing his sword and Zelts raised his shield in self-defense. Each combatant was ready for a fight.
"It's on!" Silver said with a look of enjoyment.
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