Setting: Outskirts of Fortuna
"Firing main cannon." The elite fired his green laser just Remus did the same with his fully charged railgun. As soon as the lasers clashed, Remus's laser easily eclipsed the elite's then directly to the hound. The elite was too slow to evade it, the only thing he could do was look horrified at his own defeat. When the laser hit, it carried the man across the battlefield, knocking down greyhound bystanders, until it and the hound crashed into an empty building, the impact caused the structure to collapse.
"Remus, use your semblance to support everyone," Violet commanded and he teleported to do as she said. She threw an earth knife to her right. The column of earth came forth right before it was hit by a barrage of bullets. She used her semblance to be invisible as she went elsewhere.
Team VRSZ and Ghost dealt with the majority of Greyhound, leaving the stragglers for Team CLSH. Sapphire was having a blast whipping any unfortunate souls who crossed her path while Loden and Cerise were fighting near the cathedral to protect Hazel now that her drones were destroyed leaving her defenseless. She never felt more like a burden until now. There was only one thing she could use that would prove useful, but she didn't want to use it. While her attention was in her mind, she didn't notice a stray elite hound sneak up on her and grab her by the back of her tan sweat jacket. She screamed as the man ripped it off her, Loden and Cerise were surprised and rushed to defend their friend. The hound was pissed off that she was responsible for shooting him with those drones earlier, he delighted in her screams as he was ready to kill her with his brass knuckles, but a ghastly aura surrounded Hazel and the man stopped in his tracks. His face slowly turned to horror as he screamed bloody murder and fell on his backside desperately trying to backpedal away from her.
"Gah-no, GET AWAY FROM ME!" he screamed frantically, but Hazel was on her knees cowering with her ominous aura still around her. Cerise and Loden stopped in their tracks knowing what was happening. Remus teleported in between Hazel and the elite then slashed the man with his sword, knocking him out.
"Are you oka-" Remus asked, but he stopped when he saw her aura and his eyes glazed over.
His mind was somewhere unknown, a place where it was black everywhere, nothing could be seen for miles. The dark abyss offered one thing, nothingness, save for Remus being the only occupant. Outside his mind, Cerise and Loden were calming Hazel down with their eyes closed while Remus stood a few feet away with a very troubled expression. Back in his head, Remus was very unnerved by being alone in this oblivion until a light shined in front of him. The light began to fade and a woman appeared before him. The woman wore a lab coat that conceals whatever else she was wearing but what did stand out was the pair of canine ears and white tail.
"Dr. Lupa?" he said, confused about why she was here.
"Pathetic, I thought you were better than this," she said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"I-I am, You made me str-"
"You really are worthless," she interrupted him while crossing her arms and looking disappointed. "You're nothing like him, a real prodigy, and you are nothing more than a failure. Maybe I should find someone else to replace you." the word failure hit him hard, it was the only insult in the world that would affect him and affect him it did. Outside his mind, he was hyperventilating and Loden went over to calm him down now that Hazel was feeling better with Cerise by her side.
"Remus, Remus focus on my voice." Loden kept her hands on his shoulders.
At first, the boy didn't listen, but with Hazel's aura fading he finally came to, falling to his knees looking shocked, disoriented and out of breath.
"Wh-wh-what..was...that?" Remus said finally back in reality. Now that he was out of it, Loden changed her attention to Hazel who was still sitting with Cerise covering her backside.
"Her semblance, Pandemonium, it induces anyone who sees her aura to see the things they fear the most. It does so by turning all of the victim's five senses against them and it doesn't stop unless Hazel stops it," Loden explained. "She hates her semblance more than anything. The pain it brings to her friends and foes is too great which is why she never uses it, but there are times like this whe-" She was explaining, but Remus got up and walked to Hazel.
"Are you okay?" he asked sincerely with a hand to help her up.
Hazel took it and silently nodded that she was fine, but when she saw the residual fear in his eyes brought by her semblance, she turned away in guilt, but he saw something she didn't want him to see. Wings, on her back, were a pair of insect wings, but they were destroyed, more like burned to the nub, rendering them incapable of flight. Remus got a glance before Cerise covered them from his field of vision.
"Please don't tell anyone till she's ready to say it?" Cerise pleaded in her friend's steed.
"Yeah sure." His quick easy answer satisfied everyone present.
Remus was ready to enter the fray, but he felt his body shake involuntarily. "You still haven't shaken off Pandemonium yet, it varies for everyone so you should hang back here for now," Loden advised and he couldn't stop the shaking so he complied thinking about what he experienced. The darkness was one thing but Lupa's words wounded him greatly. This was the first time Remus felt emotional pain. He stayed behind with CLSH, leaving the rest to his team knowing they had everything under control, mostly Zelts.
Zelts was charged with his Conversion and he was swinging his blades with such force the wind shook the surrounding buildings. His enhanced strength not only wiped nearly every hound, but it caused Silver to hold Violet and use Gravity to keep them in place. The strongest man on the battlefield created twisters that devastated everything, even the old buildings that fell because of his powers. The residence of Fortuna was awakened by the sounds of their battle, including Sterling who saw the windstorm and was immediately reminded of the hero who saved Fortuna years ago. It made him smile knowing his weapon were in capable hands.
"And I thought they couldn't handle Greyhound. It's obviously the other way, they're getting their asses handed to them," Silver thought mocking his former gang. Granted, anyone going up against Zelts was bound to get hurt badly and that's nothing compared to Violet's fury. With Zelts finally letting up and the wind dying down, Silver noticed there were only about a dozen left, including the elite with the flail who wrapped his flail around a boulder to keep him in place.
"Thick As Thieves!"
Violet threw several earth dust knives between them and their enemies. As the hounds fired their assault rifles, the duo protected themselves using the rocks as cover, but the elite used his flail to break them apart and reduce their cover. Behind him, Ghost phased through the sand beneath him, facing the fodder behind the elite and making a face that said 'Try me.'
The hounds aimed their guns and fired at Ghost, but he activated Spectre again, leaving him intangible so the bullets passed through him and hit the elite member, chipping away at his aura and bringing him down to one knee. Ghost went through the ground again right before the man turned around with an angry glare that made his men cower in fear and humiliation. Because he lowered his guard, the hound didn't notice Silver coming for him before it was too late. Silver grabbed him by the arm with Gravity activated and threw him across the area now that he was practically weightless by Silver's semblance. The elite was hurled toward Violet, who stuck out her foot and the man landed there, face to boot, then she brought her whole leg down to curb stomp mangy mutt into the sand, rendering him unconscious and defeated. The duo looked at the remaining fodder left as they continued to cower now that they were the only ones left standing. Ghost rose from the sand and pressed Purgatory onto it, turning the sand into ice and the fodder near him had their feet frozen and stuck in place.
"Damn, that's all the ice dust I had left," he thought before slashing at the hounds in a frenzy.
Violet and Silver met with him now that all but three were left. "Glad's that over with, elite Greyhound members my ass," Ghost said confidently. "Not yet, there's still three left, Slate, another elite, and...Bianca." He hesitated when mentioning her name.
Violet noticed this and felt a little sympathy for him. "I think we need to take them on individually; Ghost will take down Slate, Silver, the last elite, and I'll face Bianca," she said, but Silver couldn't allow it.
"No, I know what you're trying to do for me, but she's...there are some things I have to tell her. Please switch with me," he asked though it sounded more like begging to the other two. Violet took a deep breath then spoke.
"Fine, make your peace with her, but don't make me regret it. I'm going to tell the others to fall back just in case."
"Thank you so much, Violet, I owe you."
"You do realize after all this is over, I officially own your ass right?" she said darkly getting behind him for emphasis.
"Yeah. I know."
Closer to Fortuna's residential area, Slate was ready to leave this place where fortune played against her. All that she had left were two members in her gang. She was at a loss, everything was gone in a matter of minutes, her mind was in a state of distress. "Madam Slate," Bianca said concerned for her superior.
"Grrrrrrrrr! Damn that fodder! He and his accomplices have done more damage to my plans than anyone has in all my years!"
"...So what do we do now Madam?" the other elite asked concerned about her leader's orders and well being, but would follow her either way.
Slate was angry that her plans were thwarted by a single boy, a boy who ended up gaining a conscious here, in this town, where her former lover Stark ran away to get away from her. Her anger spiked and she wanted to vent one way or another. "Once we reach the more populated areas, destroy everything in your path," she said.
"Madam?" Bianca said surprised.
"This place has cursed me two times too many, demolish it."
"Yes Madam," the female elite said complying with her leader's order.
"Y-yes Madam." Bianca was less enthusiastic.
Setting: Fortuna
The sun was beginning to rise over the horizon as the evil trio made it to the unseen border between the outskirts and the town. They were about to start their havoc until Bianca sensed something. Bianca aimed her guns to the sky and fired, deflecting several Vorpal Swords that were heading towards them. She fired at a building wall and was meet with Violet, Silver, and Ghost appearing out of thin air. They jumped down from the building to the ground, facing the of last hounds.
"Divide and conquer!" Violet ordered.
Ghost ran then leaped toward the hounds. Bianca fired, but his Spectre made her effort ineffective. The three women moved out the way as Ghost landed between them then Violet was above him as she threw her knives for them to dodge thus separating them further. Silver stood in front of Bianca, Silver did the same with Bianca, and Ghost with Slate.
"So this mom huh?" Ghost thought as they stared each other down. She looked deep into his eyes and noticed how similar they were to hers and how his face reminded her of Stark's, that was when she realized who he was. She shot him point blank between the eyes, luckily Ghost had his semblance activated before she fired. Even though she was his mother, he didn't expect any sympathy.
"Scatter!" Slate commanded and she ran away with Ghost on her trail. Bianca ran to a destination familiar to her and Silver while Violet chased the other elite through the city, but she was faster and stopped her in her tracks.
With no other choice but to fight, the elite brought out her weapon, an assortment of kunai knives, similar to Violet's own Vorpal Swords and it made her grin. She threw her kunai and Violet did the same. Knife canceled kunai and Violet reacted quickly by grabbing her daggers for close combat then dashed to the elite who had a kunai in her hand with the same thought. When they met they clashed weapon to weapon and with a free arm, Violet used her other dagger to attack, but the elite hound intercepted and grabbed her arm before she could strike, leaving them at a stalemate but it was only temporary. Extending from the sole of the elite's shoe was a blade. Violet immediately backed away before she was slashed in the gut. Hand to hand combat would be more difficult, but not impossible.
She put one dagger in her mouth and got another knife in her hand before running to the elite again ready to fight. Their bout was astonishing to watch, not a single move was wasted on either side as they waited for one of them to slip up. The elite thought she saw an opening and thrust her kunai to Violet's head, but she had her dagger in her mouth to clash with the kunai and protect her face, however, this gave the hound the opportune moment to cut her leg with her sole blade. It didn't rip through her leg because of her aura, but it did succeed in making her falter and lose her flow. The elite used this to gain the upper hand as she pressed Violet who was holding her own, but was being hit every now and then, slowly breaking through her aura.
The hound got cocky as she lowered her defense to focus solely on offense and Violet noticed, using it to her advantage and land an ax-kick that hit the hound in the jaw causing her to jerk her head upward, but not stopping her from losing momentum. She grabbed the leg Violet used to kick her and landed a kick herself, hitting Violet in the chest then she quickly pulled her leg back so the sole blade would run across her body inflicting more damage.
Violet was officially at a disadvantage in a close quarter fight and she needed to fall back for a new strategy so she did a back handspring to create some distance, but the elite gave her no quarter. She threw multiple kunai at Violet and many grazed and hit her mid handspring. The pain was great, but Violet endured as she finished her maneuver then threw several earth dust knives onto the wall of the building behind her and used the erected pillars of rock as stepping stones to reach the edge of the building and gain a vantage point from above.
"My aura's almost depleted. This woman's no joke, it's like I'm fighting...well, me," Violet thought feeling astounded and frustrated at her opponent's abilities that resemble her own.
"But there's one thing she doesn't have," she grinned triumphantly as she placed her daggers back in their holsters and grabbed as many knives as she could in each hand "and it's about to win me the fight."
Violet activated Invisibility, but instead of making herself vanish, the knives in her hands disappeared confusing the elite who was ready to throw more kunai. She threw her invisible weapons and the elite, unable to know where to dodge, closed her eyes ready for defeat, but she heard them pierce the ground around her instead of her body. She opened her eyes to see she was unharmed and the knives were nowhere to be seen. She brought her attention back to Violet who already jumped from her perch and headed straight for the hound with one of her daggers in her right hand once more. She could throw one kunai as the distance between them was greatly reduced in a matter of seconds.
Violet countered by deflecting it with her dagger and threw a punch with the hand gripping the knife. The elite dodged by stepping to the side, but she felt her foot land on something irregular. Looking down the elite saw electricity come out of nowhere and zap her, leaving her open for Violet to elbow her in the chest, knocking her down. She landed on her back, but she felt a painful jab as she landed on something else, this time a pillar of came forth, causing her to be forcibly lifted back up, only for Violet to kick her down again with enough force to push her back onto the small pillar and break through it.
"What the hell is happening?" the elite said aloud, but Violet wasn't the type to explain her tricks.
"You stepped into my Flower Garden."
Violet sidestepped and danced around the battlefield as she approached her foe. The elite thought she was trying to confuse her so she decided to use the direct approach until she stepped on something again and was met with electricity running through her body again stopping her in her tracks as Violet threw a punch with her empty hand but the elite was able to dodge barely making contact with her fist but she saw her jacket gain a new rip through it. She was confused about what caused it but it only made the matter worse for her, she couldn't understand what was going, she was losing ground progressively, and she hasn't landed an attack yet. She felt like she was going insane, all the while Violet was calm, cool, and collected.
The elite could only think of the one advantage she had left, her sole blade. It wasn't much, but it was all she could think of, now she just needed to get close enough to use it. And fortune seemed to favor her as Violet moved in for a fist fight. Violet didn't land her first punch but quickly pivoted her foot so she could land a swift kick to her back, the hound was slowing down now that her body was writhing in pain. She had a kunai in her hand to swipe Violet's unarmed one and the last of her aura but was stopped by something invisible and sounded like metal when it made contact. Her irritation was amplified as nothing seemed to make sense anymore so she abandoned all logic and went into a frenzy. Violet jumped back a few feet putting her dagger away as the hound ran at her in blind aggression. She sprinted to Violet and dragged her foot equipped with the hidden blade to get ready for a clean hit on her neck, but she stubbed her toe on something she couldn't see again. This time her foot was encased in ice, immobilizing her and pushing her to an emotional breakdown.
"WHY?! WHY CAN'T I HIT YOU ANYMORE?!" she shouted in rage. Her question would go on without an answer as Violet got in position and performed a powerful roundhouse kick to the hound's temple, breaking through the last of her aura and knocking her unconscious as she fell to the ground with a frozen leg. Violet sat down on the street to catch her breath before moving again.
Setting: Concordia
Slate ran away from Ghost all the way to the capital. She didn't bother with her original plan to spread chaos because she was too focused on running but knew it was futile and any attacks would fail against his semblance. She was running out of options and it didn't help that Ghost blasted her with a bolt of lightning making her trip and tumble to the ground.
Ghost was impassive about his mother's condition, she shot him in the face, or tried to, but it didn't change the fact that she was the leader of the gang that killed his father. His resolve to stop her was absolute regardless of their blood ties. Slate was not as young as she used to be which is why she stayed out of battles unless accompanied by her hounds. She couldn't win this way, but the whims of Fortuna smiled upon her as a few of its denizens were emerging from their homes to begin their day. None of them were aware of the situation and Slate was thankful for it. Ghost immediately knew what she was planning to do and he ran to the nearest civilian remembering his number one priority, protecting the people. She readied her gun to shoot the innocent bystander, but Ghost came between them and she fired. He couldn't evade with Spectre because it would bypass him and hit the resident, so he had to brace for the bullet. He felt the pain and doubled over, but had enough strength to shout to the people.
"GET OUT OF HER-" his proclamation was cut short by Slate when she shot two more rounds into his gut.
Her bullets were specially made to greatly damage aura so only a few are needed to break through anyone's aura. The second shot broke his aura and the third one was lodged into the right side of his gut. He fell to his side placing his hand over his gunshot wound as the people ran back into their homes and Slate marched to him until she saw his face and that defiant look in his eyes made her eyes twitch in disgust. "Standing against me to the very end. Just like your father!" she said before kicking him in his wound.
"AAAAUUUGGHHH!" he screamed from the intense pain.
"JUST LIKE YOUR FATHER!" She continued to kick and stomp in the same area and he was helpless against her. She got few more kicks in before exhausting herself, watching him suffer made her feel so much pleasure imagining he was Stark with her foot to his throat. Slate had her gun aimed at his head ready to kill him. "Any son that goes against his mother's wishes is no son of mine."
"Th- Or maybe... you're just a bad mother," Ghost said through intense pain with a smile on his face despite his body was losing blood. Even in the face of death he mocked her and she promptly fired her revolver, but it missed its mark.
"You really are a bad mom," someone said invading her personal space. His hand was gripped over hers and her gun moving it away from Ghost's person. Slate couldn't explain it but she suddenly felt her body become slow and sluggish, too slow to effectively retaliate against this man.
"What...are you...doing..here?" Ghost asked on the verge of passing out.
"Your employer found me and asked for my assistance," the man said as the sound of someone singing could be heard.
"~Moon river, wider than a mile. I'm crossing you in style some day~"
Ghost was losing consciousness as he fainted, not before hearing a familiar harmonious voice and seeing Slate grip her head and fell to her knees as she screamed in pain. "She's here," he whispered joyfully before everything went black.
Setting: Warehouse
Silver followed Bianca to their former rendezvous point, the warehouse. He felt confident that he could hold his own now that she wasn't at a hundred percent, but it wasn't a guarantee. She went inside through the door and Silver scaled the large building with Gravity and used a window as an entry point, but Bianca knew her former junior very well and open fired as soon as she saw him. His aura took several hits before using Gravity again to hasten his fall and quickly plummet to the ground behind a crate. She was relentless with her gunfire and it took some time before her suppressing fire ceased. Silver used that moment to move around and get behind another crate, but he didn't use it for cover, he shot it with Gravity Bullet to make it weightless and kicked it toward Bianca. It moved quickly and Bianca could on dodge roll out of the way, losing sight of Silver again. He couldn't fight a long battle, all the fights that he was a part of in the past twenty-four hours exhausted both him and his ammunition, he was down to whatever bullets were left in Ceasefire's chambers, but he was hoping he could end this with words.
"Bianca, stop this, Greyhound is done, there's no more reason for you to fight." Silver hoped to reason with her at the same time giving up his position.
Bianca fired at the crate he was using as cover while running to his location and jumping above the damaged crate perched above her former friend before attacking. She jumped on top of him and pinned him to the ground. "They're gone because of you. Everything I lived and strive for... my family, all gone in one day and it's all your fault, Silvester," she said rather calm given the situation, but Silver knew she's the type to always keep her cool, even in turmoil or in the heat of battle. Silver activated Gravity and lifted Bianca and himself into the air but it didn't loosen her grip.
She actually used Gravity against him by putting her feet on his back and kicking off like he was a springboard and with his body having zero to little gravity, he was propelled to a familiar stack of crates and crashed into it, making the boxes fall on top of him. Bianca landed on the ground watching her opponent get buried beneath two dozen boxes of wood. "How could you betray your family? How could you betray me?" she said this a little more emotional than she liked. Bianca walked to the mess then stood on top of the crates and continued to walk on top of the fallen crates while searching for Silver. She walked for a while before stopping and stretching her arm out behind her with her gun in hand and she pressed the button that launched her bayonet knife. Silver popped out of the ground ready to fight, but he was in the line of fire. Her bayonet hit him in his right hand, disarming him of Ceasefire in his right hand. He glanced at her and saw the emotional pain in her eyes before diving beneath the crates again.
"I did it because they aren't your family! None of us ever were, just pawns for a deranged woman who's only looking out for herself. And you more than any one of us." It piqued her interests that he singled her out but didn't let it halt her actions.
"If you're trying to sway me, you're not doing a good job," she said, being careful of her surroundings.
She suddenly heard gunfire under her feet, but nothing else. At least she knew his hiding place, but it didn't help. Silver used Gravity Bullet to remove the effect of gravity from the above him and beneath Bianca's feet then pushed them off with all the strength he could muster. His efforts were successful as he threw the crates quite high into the air and it knocked Bianca off her balance. The sudden movement sent a searing pain in her previous injury with Zelts and she clutched her abdomen. Silver's momentum didn't stop there as he let loose several shots and he was successful at disarming her leaving both with one gun. He knew she was a better sharpshooter so he rushed to her with Ceasefire in staff mode. He clashed with her gun's bayonet and a duel began between them.
"Greyhound, no Slate, she had Stark, your father, killed," he said in the midst of fighting but it didn't seem to affect her.
"Madam Slate already told me what happened to my father. He died a traitor... as per protocol he was dealt with accordingly." Bianca hesitated to say that last part, thinking about Silver instead of her father. She really didn't want this fight to have a winner believing the end result would be the end of any kind of relationship between them. She got a solid punch to his face but felt just as much emotional pain as he did physical.
"Did your precious 'Madam' tell you about how she killed your mother as well?" he asked and this time his words stopped her assault. He knew how highly she thought of her mother and maybe it was enough for her to break out of Slate's grasp. Unfortunately, Bianca kicked him in the gut then a strong side kick that knocked him back a couple of feet.
"Don't lie!" she shouted letting her emotions finally take control. Bianca won't stand for anyone speaking blasphemy about her mother, not even Silver.
Bianca's onslaught continued until she broke through his aura. Silver was on all fours out of breath and in pain. He realized even with a handicap he wasn't going to win this fight so he had to go with plan B, luckily Violet supplied him with the means for this stratagem to commence. He ran away, using Gravity to jump high and land near the same window he used to enter. Bianca fired relentlessly, but with her raw emotions in control of her actions, her aim was drastically off giving him the time he needs to get out and climb to the roof.
Silver made it to the top of the building and watched as the sun peaked over the sandy horizon. It has officially been twenty-four hours since he started betraying his friends, betraying Greyhound, fighting Greyhound, and trying to reason with Bianca while making sure she doesn't kill him. He was exhausted beyond belief and he was impressed with himself that he was still standing. Silver really wanted a shower, but he had to keep his priorities in order as he waited for Bianca to meet him here. It was taking her awhile so Silver was able to catch his breath and watch the daybreak. "I wonder if she can make it here by herself?" he thought worried though his concern was dashed when he heard gunfire and saw the holes made by the bullets next to him. Bianca bust through the roof with a fuming look on her face.
"...Never mind," he thought slightly impressed with Bianca's drive before aiming his gun at her and she did the same. He noticed that her bayonet was missing from her weapon so he guessed that she was holding it behind her back in her other hand. Lucky for him, he was given the same idea by Violet before they left for their individual fights.
"Fine, make your peace with her but don't make me regret it. I'm going to tell the others to fall back just in case."
"Thank you so much, Violet, I owe you."
"You do realize after all this is over I officially own your ass right?" she said darkly getting behind him for emphasis.
"Yeah. I know."
When Violet stood behind him, she put two Vorpal Swords in his hands and he silently accepted her small tokens of forgiveness.
Silver held the same position as Bianca with the two Vorpal Swords behind his back. Both sides weren't moving an inch, each waiting for the other to show any sign of weakness, hesitation, or make a careless first move. Bianca was prepared to bear her heart's pain and kill her former junior while Silver was prepared to end this without having to end her life. Before it got ugly, he tried one more time to convince her.
"Bianca, Slate told me on the way to Fortuna about your mother. She enjoyed in telling me how she killed her because she was jealous of your mother's relationship with your father."
She was trying to keep her cool while refusing to accept his words as truth. To her, Slate wasn't a person who could do such things to her own members. Once this was over, Bianca intends to ask Slate directly. "Stop lying! My mother died in action as a proud member of Greyhound!" she said with the smallest sign of wavering. Silver saw this and needed to push her further, telling her the truth is the best option so he continued even if it hurt her.
"Did Slate tell you that?" he asked and he was answered with silence. "She wanted to keep you by her side as her own inside joke, to laugh and mock the bond between your mother and father whenever she ordered you to do her bidding." Bianca's gun was shaking meaning he was making some kind of impact. "To play with people's lives like that... I couldn't follow someone so cruel anymore and I planned to kill her and all of Greyhound including me... but not you, as the only person in Greyhound who treated me like a human being, I could never let you get involved in this. You were always meant to be the sole survive my betrayal, it was my choice long before that witch told me what she did to your parents. You were the only beacon of light in that dark hell and I won't let you go back there!"
Bianca didn't know if his words about Slate were true or not, but she could tell he was speaking truthfully about his feelings for her. Tears were beginning to accumulate in her eyes and it was getting harder not to blink the salty liquid out of her eyes, but she couldn't. Silver used this moment to run straight for her. Bianca expected Silver to do this since she taught him that years ago to take any chance given. She had her eyes closed from the sting of her tears, but she kept her gun aimed where Silver was, however, it wasn't effective because she trained him on how to evade that tactic as well. He improvised by blocking the bullet with his gun even though it knocked Ceasefire out of his hands leaving him with Violet's two Vorpal Swords as his only weapons. He did a vertical slash with the knives only to disarm her, knocking her gun out of her hand and sending it falling off the roof but he still had the bayonet knife to deal with.
Her vision cleared, Bianca activated Stardust then twirled her hair while jumping back to spread the shining particles in front of Silver. She snapped her fingers and her glove flickered red with the intention to let Stardust explode in her opponent's face. Silver reacted quickly by using his semblance to jump high in the air in order to dodge and to make his final move. Bianca had her eyes on him and that's what he wanted. With a Vorpal Sword in each hand, he positioned the knives using the sun's morning rays to reflect off the knives and into her eyes, blinding her more than the tears. She was caught off guard and Silver landed on top of her, pinning her to the ground, but it wasn't enough, with all her might, Bianca actually grabbed hold of him and pulled a reversal, pinning him to the ground instead. She continued her attack by keeping him in place by sitting on top of him and plunging the bayonet in his heart. Silver blocked it with one of the knives in one hand and poured his aura into it to activated the ice dust, which encased both their arms in ice and it continued to grow around their bodies. Bianca looked on in shock and Silver softly pressed his fist with the second knife on her chest as he activated the ice dust in that one as well, freezing the two of them even more.
The two could do nothing else but wait for the ice to cover their bodies. Bianca stared hard at Silver with red eyes with streaks of tears running down her face while he looked at her with an expression that said 'I'm so sorry.'
The ice fully encased them, ending the fight with no winner and deep down, the two fighters were very relieved it ended this way.
Setting: Outskirts of Fortuna
Silver woke up feeling tired and cold, but he noticed a blanket wrapped around his body. He looked to the sky and saw the morning sun a little higher than it was when he battled Bianca meaning some time has passed. The thought of Bianca made him finally realize he wasn't in the ice, he looked around his surroundings and noted he was in the back seat of a car. Looking out the window he saw several more cars, men in black suits apprehending the members of Greyhound, and Zelts watching it all unfold. Silver's body was hurt but he ignored the pain and opened the door to the car to get out.
Zelts heard his actions and looked in his direction. "You're okay," he said relieved. Keeping the blanket wrapped around his body, Silver approached his ally with some questions.
"What's happening?"
"Well first, we won, Greyhound is utterly defeated," Zelts said and Silver was glad they were finally dealt with. "Not only that, but Clair de Lune returned home just as we were finishing up, she's here with her task force to take everyone in Greyhound into custody."
"Everyone..." he thought then asked Zelts where he could find her.
"Greyhound is being taken to those three airships. Clair is there along with Violet and Remus," he pointed to where the airships were.
Silver thanked him and tried to walk over there but his body was tremendously worn out, he was past his limit long ago, relying solely on his willpower, but now it has finally caught up with him. He almost fell over until feeling his body landing on something other than a pile of sand. Opening his eyes, Silver saw Zelts catching him and using his own body as support, he helped Silver to his feet and walked with him to Clair. Silver couldn't look him in the eye, feeling so gratefully Zelts was helping him after everything he's done to him and the others.
"Zelts," he said softly. Zelts silently acknowledged his call.
"I'm glad we're still friends," Silver said feeling a little more emotional than he wanted. He wasn't on the verge of tears, but his feelings were well understood by the recipient. Zelts smiled and looked forward as they walked.
"Me too."
Additional Information
Hazel is a faunus with hornet wings, but they're burnt off. She and her friends have kept this a secret and they want Remus to do the same. He has actually known Hazel was a faunus the first time he saw her. He can tell the difference between human and faunus with just a look.
Hazel's semblance, Pandemonium, can control a person's fives senses, traps them in a hallucinated world, and makes them see the things they fear the most. It is a powerful and deadly ability that affects anyone who sees the change in Hazel's aura. When Remus was caught in Pandemonium he was in a world of nothing but darkness then was ridiculed by someone named Lupa. Despite appearing to have no fear, Remus has two and he experienced them both. The fear of loneliness and the fear of failure with failure being the biggest one and it only gets worse when he is called one by the person who's opinion matters so much to him. The identity of Lupa will not be mentioned until later on in the VRSZ story.
Sapphire has developed a crush on Ghost, but he may not reciprocate but she bears a good resemblance to Turquoise, someone Ghost despises.
Violet's semblance can affect whatever she touches and the duration varies depending on the size for example, Violet can stay invisible for ten minutes. The larger the object the less time it has and the smaller the object the more time it has. If an object is too large, it can't be affected by her semblance. She uses this in tandem with her weapons for her new move.
Flower Garden: Violet uses her semblance to make every Vorpal Sword knife invisible and scatter them throughout the battlefield. Because of their small size, they can stay invisible for an extremely long time and because of the various effects each one has, there is no telling which will be set off. Violet's strategic mind is able to remember where each one is located so she gains a large advantage in battle when using this technique. Violet can direct her teammates on where to move using silent cues and only they understand. She also uses it with her daggers so it would look like she's just clenching her fist but actually has the invisible blade in her hand.
The name and idea for Flower Garden come from the rose garden and hedge maze of the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland. No one knows the right way out of this technique but Violet and she's the type of person that doesn't describe her abilities to her enemies, she likes the advantage of being an unknown adversary.
Even though Zelts doesn't enjoy fighting, he is the most destructive member. He destroyed several buildings in this fight alone while the others destroyed at least one. Two for Violet since she also destroyed their own base and their car. Silver has yet to destroy a building or structure.