Setting: Terra Cotta's Manor
"Why are you people in my home?" Terra Cotta grunted, clearly losing his patience.
Silver looked at Violet and Remus. "You're not with him?" he asked dumbfounded.
"Of course not!" Violet responded as if she was speaking with a moron.
"Then why didn't you say something, dumbass?"
"You're the one who started shooting, dumbass!" Violet yelled at Silver who couldn't deny she was right.
"My name is Zelts and I would like to formally apologize for our misguided attack. Isn't that right Silver?" Zelts said while Silver grunted an apology. Violet could accept an apology from Zelts. He was clearly apologetic and his words held no underlying meaning, but she could already tell that she won't get along with Silver. She knew his type and hated it.
"Fine. I'm Violet and that's Remus," Violet told the pair.
"It's nice to meet you-" Remus was interrupted when Terra Cotta jumped from the banister and landed on the ground with a peeved look on his face.
"Do not ignore me," he said in a low menacing voice and got into a battle stance.
The others got into their stances as well, only for Terra Cotta to initiate the battle by thrusting his naginata into the ground and swinging it in their direction, creating a trail of spiky of stone that was heading their way. Everyone was able to evade the attack by moving out of the attack's path. Remus moved to attack first and Silver followed. Terra and Remus's weapons clashed, but Terra's physical strength surpassed Remus' and the swing of his polearm sent Remus flying backward. Silver moved in front of him for an attack and Terra tried to stab him with his spear, but Silver dodged by sliding through Terra's legs as his attack missed and pierced the ground. Making it to his backside, Silver transformed Ceasefire into escrima sticks then struck the back of his legs, causing Terra to buckle over and fall to his knees.
"I'm going to create a symphony with your bones," Silver said, a sadistic smile growing on his face.
Terra was in front of Silver for a moment until he ducked and Silver saw the reason for the man's action. Several Vorpal Swords were heading straight for him. Silver screamed in panic and ducked as well, seeing the knives hit the wall behind him and explode.
"ARE YOU INSANE! YOU COULD'VE HIT ME!" Silver yelled angrily at Violet who nonchalantly ignored his cries. She would've been fine if she hit Silver instead of Terra Cotta. She found him to be very annoying.
"Out of the way!" Zelts said to Silver as he jumped in the air and swung his blades downward at Terra.
Silver frantically moved out the way as Terra pulled his naginata from the ground and blocked his attack which Zelts didn't expect. Terra swung his arm and weapon to push Zelts away. Violet ran toward her target for a face-to-face assault until Remus teleported in front of both Terra and Violet, who couldn't stop in time and crashed into each other and Terra, causing all three to tumble while Zelts and Silver watched the incident with a dumbfounded look.
"Watch where you're going!" Violet yelled at Remus who was on top of her. "Sorry, didn't see you," Remus apologized. "How about you? Are you okay?" Remus asked Terra who was at the bottom of the pile, obviously annoyed.
Violet quickly got up, pushed Remus out of the way, and moved away from Terra who got up and created another wave of rocks with his naginata, separating Violet and Remus. Zelts resumed his attack and matched the man blow for blow until Silver joined in the brawl and they were beginning to overpower Terra, however, it was a sloppy performance. They bumped into each other several times during this bout. In the heat of the moment, Zelts got some distance and swung his sword to unleash a blast of wind. Terra was able to withstand the force of the wind by stabbing his polearm into the ground to stay in place, but the unexpected attack knocked Silver away from the battle and Zelts winced from his mistake. Silver used his semblance to regain his balance and landed near Violet. The two huntsmen looked at each other and shared the same thought.
"This isn't working,"
The two watched as Remus ran toward the battle and joined Zelts in close combat. They were doing well at first, but just like Silver and Zelts, Remus and Zelts started to bump into each other, slowing down their movements and Terra used that moment to slice the ground in front of them to summon a spiky wall of earth to attack them. Both were able to dodge, but Terra continued with his attack by piercing the wall he just summoned and with a forward thrust, the wall broke apart into smaller shards of earth and headed straight for Remus and Zelts. Both were hit pretty badly. Their auras took a beating and they were forced to retreat with Violet and Silver, but this didn't stop Terra's onslaught. He quickly slashed the ground three times to send three waves of earth at the party. Zelts used his shield to block one of the waves, the other two were on their way to Silver and Remus. Before either of them did anything, a Vorpal Sword with brown dust in the grip landed in front of each of them then a stone pillar appeared before them and blocked Terra's attack.
With everyone regrouped, Violet took notice of battlefield, the house was destroyed, mostly by Terra's attacks. The ground itself was mostly erupted earth and uneven footing. At that moment, Violet came up with a strategy, but in order for it to work, she'll need the cooperation of the others. "I need to take command,"
"Hey listen," Violet said getting their attention. "I think I know a way to beat him, but I'll need your help," she asked, hoping they would listen to what she had to say.
Remus listened with no resistance and Zelts also complied with ease. Silver proved defiant.
"I don't need help taking him out. I can do this on my own," Silver said, filled with false pride.
Remus thought nothing of his statement while Zelts and Violet saw through his obvious facade.
"...but, if you have a plan in mind, I'm open to hearing you out and... then improve it." Silver continued to save face. Ignoring Silver's unnecessary remark, Violet began to explain her plan.
"What I can gather from his attacks is his weapon seems to have earth dust equipped to it, allowing him to manipulate the earth around him. If my guess is right, then all we need to do is disarm him and attack while he's defenseless. This guy's tough so getting him to let go of his weapon will be a challenge for any of us, but if we work together, we can win," Violet finished explaining and looked to her peers for the validation of her plan.
"Understood," Remus said.
"Sounds good to me," Zelts approved.
Silver hesitated to say anything. "Okay, it's good. I would've thought of it eventually."
Violet looked at Remus' weapon and asked him, "Remus, how much energy can your railgun charge?"
"A lot."
"Good, you'll be our finisher. Silver right? You and I will attack first to distract and disarm him. And Zelts, you'll use your wind to leave him open for Remus."
With the agreed cooperation, they stood together to face Terra Cotta with a shared goal.
Violet and Silver stepped forth ready to initiate her plan and shared a look.
"I'll help you this one time. And one time only," Silver told Violet.
She rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Same here, don't get used to this little partnership. It's not going to last long."
Both fighters ran toward Terra Cotta, not knowing this will soon be the first of their many team attacks.