Setting: Marble Valley
This was getting fun, but the mission had to come first. Defeat Ebony. Remus had to remember this as he was bombarded with missiles. He jumped and ran from eight of them as he felt the presence of a warrior behind him. He didn't turn around to see who it was or know how they were attacking. He quickly brought the longsword half of Delta to his backside and blocked another sword.
No heat or flames. He was right to assume Zinnia was attacking him. However, he could feel himself begin to sweat more than before. Brenton was coming down from above with Oathburner's blade aimed straight down and wrapped in flames. Remus recognized it as one of Brenton's favored moves; a falling meteor-like dive. It was destructive, but not fast enough to catch him as Remus began to move away from the attack and Zinnia, but as soon as he started running, he tripped. Falling to his knees, Remus looked to his feet to find them wrapped in the blade of Zinnia's whip-sword and the Paragon was already at a safe distance. This was going to drain his aura, but he believed using Checkpoint was better than having a sword plunged into his spine.
He was about to make the jump, but he found something coming his way and he didn't believe he needed to escape. Leaping above the young Cobalt was Zelts who raised his shield above his head and intercepted Brenton's dive. With the boost in strength he had from Conversion he swung his arms and shield to the side to deflect Brenton off his course. The King of Flames was prepared to land but he was shot several times before reaching the ground and when he did, his body was encased in ice.
Silver was glad Zelts gave him an opening. With his aura gone, he couldn't risk facing any of the Champions in a head-to-head fight. Keeping his distance was the only way he could aid the others in the fight. He held Fenrir as a sniper rifle close to aim for Monochrome next. He fired three shots at the droid's backside, but his target flew up to avoid the projectiles and Monochrome danced in the air at incredible speed, but Silver was keeping track of it. Monochrome opened many of its exterior platings to put its nodes on display and charged all of them with lightning dust. It began to look like a wild bolt of lighting was dancing through the sky before making its way to Silver.
"Oh, come on," he groaned as he aimed his sniper at the ground. He waited for Monochrome to get closer.
As this was happening, Zinnia took advantage of Remus watching Zelts and flicked her blade upward. Still wrapped around his legs, Remus was launched into the air and was slammed into Zelts who was still above him. Their collision gave Zinnia another chance to swing her hilt again and brought them both down to the ground. She swung her blade again and Remus was tossed around the area before he could react. In the middle of her swing, Zinnia released Remus's leg from her blade, uncurling it and retracting it back to its base length while Remus was tossed into a stone wall.
"Brenton!" she shouted to her teammate who was still frozen in ice but his aura still permeated around his body. As if responding to her call, the ice around him began to crack around him. Then fire expelled from the Oathburner and Brenton was enveloped in blue flames. When they spread out, he came into view, looking like he was never frozen, to begin with. His eyes darted toward Zinnia then Zelts and knew what she wanted.
She sent her whip-blade to him and he grabbed it. With his boosted strength, Brenton yanked the blade forward and the Paragon held her hilt with both hands. She was pulled toward Brenton and over him, flying over to Zelts who just got up. With her legs out, Zinnia landed a powerful double kick against Zelts's ribcage, the force from her and Brenton's team attack knocked Zelts away and sent him skitting across the rocky floor. Now it was Zinnia's turn to pull on her blade and swing Brenton around. The same maneuver had Brenton flying across the battlefield to reach his foe. She wasn't as strong as the King of Flames when he used Boost, but she was still strong enough to toss him around. She flung him toward Remus and he landed a few dozen feet in front of the Blue Flicker.
Remus was still in the wall, laying in the crater he made with his eyes open, watching the lizard faunus approach. He pulled himself out of the crater but he staggered a bit before standing upright. Brenton didn't try to get closer yet, knowing Remus as an unpredictable fighter, though with all the battling he's done, he figured Remus wasn't faking his fatigue.
Silver fired his sniper at the ground once Monochrome was too close to withdrawing. This bullet was filled with wind dust and a concentrated gust of wind propelled the gunslinger into the air before Monochrome crashed into it. When it did, the electricity surging through its body was discharged all at once, consuming a large portion of the area.
"There is no way I'm fighting that thing by myself! Vi! Remus! Zelts! I could really use some help! I don't have any aura!" he screamed in his mind.
Violet was still in her duel with Ebony, still using her semblance to keep her kukris invisible. She didn't know what dust she was using nor the length of her blades. It was her only advantage. She hated to admit, but Ebony was too good. Despite her invisible weapons, she was barely landing a blow. The best she could do was graze or knick Ebony a couple of times and land one good blow, but holding her own was a struggle.
Ebony felt the same. Volet was just as vexing to battle as Zinnia was as a sparring partner. She believed it was genetic. It had to be. Her spear was the best form to counter both knives. The spearhead and polearm helped her stay on the defensive, but she couldn't use her scabbard rifle. This was necessary until she learned the secret of Violet's weapons. No matter their length, Trois Reines was longer in spear form.
A strong strike from both of them led their weapons to clash. The force of the combined blows pushed them both back creating some distance. It allowed Violet to glance over to her boys to see how they're doing. It wasn't looking good. Her eyes landed on Remus and he looked at her. Ebony saw her chance. She raced to Violet while she was distracted. changed Trois Reines to its sword form.
Brenton watched as Remus fell down to one knee. He was breathing heavily and losing his grip on his longsword. Even if his aura protected him from fatal injury, he was still haggard. Running around and fighting everyone took its toll. Brenton held firm to Oathburner and slowly made his way toward him.
Ebony brought her blade back for her attack. She noticed Violet turn her head toward her but knew it was too late for her to protect herself.
Remus lunged for Brenton, who knew the Cobalt wasn't going down without a fight. He had Oathburner at the ready and wrapped in blue flames. Remus took a step forward but he vanished in a puff of blue smoke. When it cleared there was no sign of him. Brenton scanned his surroundings but felt himself being attacked. Two blades ran across his torso. He reeled back but saw nothing. Then another slash struck his stomach followed by something blunt hitting his jaw. He didn't know what was going and expelled the flames on Oathburner to consume the area. He still found nothing.
"Oh, shit,"
He didn't know how Remus did it, but Brenton knew he wasn't fighting him anymore.
When Ebony swung her sword, she felt no resistance and blue smoke filled her vision until she saw the flash of a sword. A blade struck the right side of Ebony's torso. However Violet hit her, she did so in a blur. She saw a sword. Was this what Violet hid with her semblance? Ebony buckled forward a bit then turned to find something surprising. Standing behind her was not Violet, but found a new opponent.
Materializing through a dancing furry of tulip petals was Violet. She stood before Brenton. Remus rose to his feet after striking Ebony, gazing at her backside.
Checkpoint: Round Robin was a very useful technique.
It was unexpected, but Ebony wouldn't deny having Remus as a new dance partner. Actually, any of the men would've been lovely fighting partners, but she couldn't let her mind wander. The person in front of her was a tricky opponent.
Brenton observed Violet and noticed something new about her, specifically her weapons. Her kukris were enveloped in light. Hard light. The rarest type of dust in Remnant. It coated the blades of her curved knives in hard, blue light, extending their length, giving her long, curved blades that were as long as regular swords. It was very reminiscent of Zinnia's Armaments.
Her eyes were set on the lizard faunus and he could feel the intensity from them. She was going to face him next. Brenton wasted no time. Zelts could counter his moves, but the others didn't carry his skillset. He pulled the trigger on the hilt and released a large torrent of sapphire flames that was flying toward Violet. It was twice her height and had a wide berth. Violet put both kukris in one hand then knelt down as it came her way then she jumped high into the air, narrowly avoiding the stream of fire as it almost caught her feet. In the air, she grabbed some throwing knives in her bag with one hand. She threw them at Brenton's feet.
With that large blast, he believed Violet was blown away. He felt relieved in that split second, but that was long enough to leave him open. Four gleaming objects flew past him and he heard the ground beneath him crack. Lowering his head to see what it was, he was too late to stop it. The Enigmas fell close to his feet and ice spread from them, reaching his feet and climbing up his ankles. He raised his head to find Violet and he did as she returned to the ground. He paid no attention to the ice encasing his feet. With one pull of the trigger, he could release flames to melt them in a second. With the strength enhancement from Boost, he could break free with just one step. It could be done at any time, so keeping his attention on Violet felt like his first priority.
He was wrong.
Ebony got into a stance to fight Remus and saw him dash and disappear. She was ready to counter his speed and she waited, but he didn't do anything. He wasn't around. Even if he was moving too fast for the eye to see, there should still be some indication of his presence, but there was nothing. He left Ebony.
Violet put one of her kukris back into her free hand. It was her turn to strike so Brenton got into his fighting stance and took one step forward. He didn't know how, but Brenton went further than he expected. He was looking at Violet then found himself staring at a stone wall which he crashed into a second later. His aura took a massive hit and he had no idea what happened.
Standing where Brenton once stood was the Blue Flicker, happy to see that his and Violet's ploy was a success. They weren't going to make any progress against the Champions unless they worked together. Violet gave him a warm grin and he reciprocated but noticed Silver in the air with Monochrome flying after him. He used Checkpoint to get there fast. Violet turned to Brenton who was trying to pull himself out the hole and threw six Enigmas his way. They landed above him and exploded in a fiery fashion and the explosion caused the tall boulder to fall apart. The King of Flames was buried in the rubble.
Silver gritted his teeth as the wind dust sending him in the air finally stopped and watched Monochrome fly toward him with one of its arms turned into a lance. This changed when Remus teleported below him with Delta back into its base sword form. The jubilation of finally receiving back up was clearly shown with his big smile, but it was short-lived.
Immediately after he appeared, Remus was shot. A bolt of energy struck him in the shoulder and another hit his leg, disturbing his rhythm as Monochrome flew up and rammed into Remus's stomach with its lance, pushing him and itself past Silver who was now falling back to the ground. The droid shot the lance missile and sent Remus flying further into the sky. Getting higher and higher into the sky, Remus lifted himself off the tip of the lance then pushed himself away from it as it kept going.
Standing at a distance with the barrel of her wrist weapon aimed at Remus was Zinnia, watching her handiwork. She had Zelts wrapped in her whip-sword and was observing the battle. The battle was in VRSZ's favor. That needed to change. She could make it happen, right now.
Silver grabbed Fenrir and fired at the ground before he landed. The wind dust he fired created a funnel that slowed his fall until he rolled onto the floor. When he got up, Remus teleported near him. The young Cobalt could feel his aura was dangerously low. He's been fighting and using his semblance too much. It won't last.
Suddenly, something came their way and knocked Remus aside. Silver turned to his friend and found Remus on the ground with Zelts in a daze on top of him. What happened? Silver looked around in a frenzy. He found Zinnia coming his way. He split Fenrir in two and fired relentlessly, buying time for his comrades to get up. The Paragon danced around the spray of bullets that came her way. Her face showed a frightening calmness like a literal calm before the storm. Eyes never leaving their mark; Silver. All the gunslinger could see was a red-haired blur reach his position.
Crack!
The Paragon knocked Silver aside with a backhand to the jaw, using her arm with the wrist weapon for extra damage. She continued with a punch to the gut with her other hand. He buckled over and ended it with an elbow to his back, forcing him to fall to the ground, holding his jaw in agony.
From Silver's perspective, he got bitch slapped. It hurt a lot. He brought his fingers to his lips and could feel blood. Zinnia hits hard.
"If I was the old me, I'd stay down and let the others fight for me…" Silver thought as he laid on the ground. He tried to rise to his feet but felt the heel of a boot slam into his ribs and he fell to the ground again. He opened his eyes and found a pair of feet in front of him.
"Stay down," she ordered coldly. The whip-sword was in her hands. If he moved again, she'd end him.
They sliced through the air and Zinnia raised her blade to deflect them. Two knives spun in the air before falling to the ground around her and Silver. Gales of wind were released from them and Zinnia braced herself. Violet swooped in and wrapped an arm around Silver's waist then fled the scene. She went to where Zelts and Remus were getting back up.
"Good. We're all together. It's better than what we were before," Violet thought then looked at her teammates. "They've been hit pretty hard,"
Zinnia was glaring at her cousin and Violet stared right back until she turned her head to find Ebony coming onto the scene. She could hear Monochrome flying through the air. "After everything we've done, we only managed to take down Brenton and Alex-"
A pillar of blue fire erupted beneath a pile of boulders that was sent soaring high into the air. They came crashing down and the fire tower dissipated with The King of Flames standing in the center.
Violet could barely hold in her indignation. "...Okay, so after everything we went through, we only took down Alexandrite. Son of a bitch!"
Monochrome torpedoed to VRSZ and crashed in-between all of them, breaking their formation and leaving them vulnerable. The combat-ready droid transformed its hands to razor-sharp blades with small missiles perched on its wrists. VRSZ received no respite.
