Setting: Terra Cotta Manor

Violet and Silver raced toward Terra Cotta, maneuvering past the erupted earth of Terra's past attacks. Terra dug his naginata into the ground and with each swipe, he sent shards of earth to strike the both of them, but they dodged each one with ease and were getting closer, so in a last ditch effort, Terra dug his naginata into the ground again but sent a wave of earth large enough to hit them both at the same time. Violet moved in front of Silver, took out several earth knives, and threw them at the ground in front of them to form her own wall of earth to intercept and defend against his attack. They both halted their advance to stand behind the wall.

Terra Cotta also stopped his attack to see what their next move will be only to notice Silver jumping high above the wall, glowing from his semblance being active. Silver continued to ascend until he reached the ceiling where he was standing upside down. Silver used his new vantage point to shoot at Terra while also be out of range of his earth attacks. His semblance allowed Silver to walk on the ceiling like he was on the ground and he ran closer to Terra until he was directly above him, unleashing a downpour of gunfire. Terra defended with his naginata to the best of his ability, but multiple shots were hitting him and chipping at his aura. Silver stopped his volley of attacks and used his semblance again to increase his own gravity and plummet straight down to Terra, who focused all his attention on killing Silver when he got in range, except he felt a strong force hit his arms which caused him to drop his naginata. Before Terra could figure out what happened, Silver slammed his escrima sticks down on Terra's shoulders. The tremendous force caused Terra's arms to give out and make him fall to his knees. Silver landed in front of him and Violet appeared out of nowhere beside him. Before Terra could do anything else or try anything else, without warning or reason, Violet hit him with a strong uppercut to the chin while Silver claimed his naginata.

"Argh...how can...you do this to me?" Terra said in pain and frustration.

"Isn't it obvious?" Silver said with a smug look, "I'm better than you." Violet rolled her eyes at his statement but hid a small smile of amusement.

"RRRWWWAAARRR!" the enraged man shouted as he got up through sheer force of will. Silver grabbed Violet, and with his semblance, jumped back into the air to get a good distance away from Terra.

"Zelts, now!" Violet shouted while they landed and Zelts moved passed them while holding both wingblades in each hand. Zelts spun his body around and wind stronger than anything he produced so far encircled him. Zelts aimed for Terra Cotta, then swung his blades in his direction and the wind surrounding him became a massive tornado that raged through the roof of the manor and swept Terra Cotta into the vortex.

Violet and Silver looked at the spectacle with shocked expressions. Zelts turned to face them with an apologetic look. "Ahaha... I might have overdone it."

"Sooooo, what now? Do we wait for him to fall down?" Silver asked anyone who could provide an answer.

"No, I got it," Remus answered, holding his railgun which had a bright blue glow, showing that it had some charge.

Remus ran toward the tornado and jumped in, surprising everyone, but instead of being hurt or carried off like Terra, he was riding on the wind and doing so quite effortlessly. This left the others confused, if not a little impressed by the boy's abilities. Remus continued to ride the wind current and scale higher on tornado until he saw Terra Cotta, who was helplessly flailing around. He stared at him then at the area above the tornado and teleported above the windstorm. Remus aimed at Terra and unleashed a powerful laser that landed a direct hit. The strong force of the laser sent Terra plummeting to the ground and caused the tornado to disperse, forming a dust cloud where their opponent landed. After the dust cloud cleared, Remus teleported back to the others with a slightly satisfied look on his face.

"Objective complete?" Remus asked Violet who released a fatigued sigh.

"Yeah, mission complete."

Zelts smiled with satisfaction that the battle was over. "That went well," he said to the others.

While the others were congratulating themselves, Silver didn't say anything and walked over to Terra Cotta, who was in a crater that was made after that last attack. When Silver was standing next to Terra's beaten body, noticing the man's eyes were closed but knew he was still conscious. Silver slammed the naginata next to his head to get him to open his eyes which he does and looked at Silver.

"What do you want? You here for the bounty on my head?" Terra Cotta asked Silver who looked at him indifferently.

"No, I don't care for fodder like you. I'm here to ask about your boss, Royal. Where is he? What does he look like? What does he want?"

"Ahahaha... sorry. I can't answer any of your questions. Royal only does business through messages. He never shows his face. I don't even know what he looks like or where to find him. He could be anywhere in Fortuna. And anyone," Terra answered but continued.

"But, there is one thing that everyone knows about Royal..." Terra said but stopped to take a breath. Silver didn't have any patience for the beaten arms dealer.

"...And that is?"

Finally getting his second wind, Terra finished his sentence.

"Royal hates the Vantablacks."

"The who now?" Silver asked and got a chuckle in return.

"You live in Fortuna and you don't know who the Vantablacks are?" he asked with a mixture of amusement and disbelief.

"I'm new in town. So who are they?" Silver quipped.

"They're the family that owns this place. It was a wasteland before they came and made Fortuna what it is today. And Royal, he wants to rule, so he controls the underground crime ring to take over one day."

Terra Cotta gave Silver one valuable piece of information, but it wasn't much to go on. "Great, pretty much back to square one."

He walked away and left Terra in the crater. Silver came back seconds later and put the naginata in front of Terra's face.

"I'm taking this," was all he said and left, not caring if Terra Cotta responded or not.

As he made his way back to the others, the local authorities stormed the building and told everyone to stop what they're doing. Violet, Remus, Silver, and Zelts just held their hands up to show they won't do anything stupid, however, Violet looked very annoyed. She knew what all this meant.

"Great, they'll take Terra Cotta away and my bounty with him. All of this was for nothing,"

Two hours later, the day turned to dusk and the four fighters were stuck answering questions and waiting for the all clear to leave. Violet watched slightly peeved as the cops put Terra Cotta in an ambulance. Her money was gone and all the effort she put into taking him down was fruitless. Finally over her frustration, Violet went to rendezvous with the others.

"Hey, I'm having deja vu right now. You know, like we did this before," Silver said to Zelts.

"We did do this before, this morning," Zelts answered in a matter a fact tone.

"Oh yeah, today's been a crazy day." Silver laughed.

"Okay, they said we're free to go," Violet informed the others. "Thanks for all of your help, I couldn't have done this without any one of you-" she said this more to get to the point than to express gratitude.

"-but this is where we part ways. I'll wave hello to you all if we pass by each other in Fortuna." She was ready to leave until Remus said something.

"Wait. You didn't forget your promise did you?" The look of confusion on her face answered his question. "You said if I could fight well, I could stay by your side and you said I did well. So, can I come?"

"...Ummmm." Violet didn't know what to say. She forgot all about the bet and how she lost it.

"I've been to your home. I know you have plenty room," Remus continued in a matter-of-fact tone. Violet can't deny was true and couldn't come up with a response.

"Ummm."

"Hey, if you're offering room and board, I'll take it. I fought just as hard as any of us, if not harder," Silver said, disrupting Violet's train of thought. She would not allow this predicament to grow any further.

"WHAT! No one is offering anyone rooms! The deal I made with Remus is one thing, but YOU are something else entirely! Go back to whatever rock or cave you crawled out of," Violet told Silver.

"Well too bad. I just came to this town, so I don't really have anywhere else to go. He doesn't either." Silver pointed to Zelts who wasn't very involved with the conversation until he asked for the same thing, but in a more polite manner.

"We just came to Fortuna and neither of us has found a place to stay. I humbly ask if you can allow us to stay at your home. We'll leave whenever you see fit or when we find new arrangements," Zelts requested and bowed low. His gentleman-like nature only added the pressure on Violet's mind.

Looking at all three boys who were waiting for an answer, Violet felt a headache begin to throb in her brain. Wanting to remove this unnecessary strain, Violet closed her eyes and shouted out her answer.

"FINE! You guys can stay too."

She opened her eyes, not expecting a form of yes to come out her mouth. That was not what she wanted to say, but something deep down brought it out of her. Violet looked at the three boys and was met with pleased expressions from each of them and let out a small groan.

They walked out of the destroyed manor to Violet's jeep. She unlocked it and Silver rushed passed all of them yelling, "Shotgun!"

"I'm regretting this already,"

Setting: Desert

On their drive to Violet's home, Zelts and Remus were in the back and Silver was in the passenger seat playing with the radio. Violet was driving with the same thought going through her head; "How did this happen?"

The group of four finally arrived at their destination. Violet opened the front door of her home, only for Silver to rush past her to survey the house. He stood in the living room and scanned it, the kitchen, and all her current possessions in both rooms.

"Not bad, not bad at all," Silver commented as he jumped over the living room sofa to lay on it and looked at the flat screen TV. "I could get used to this," he said as he got comfortable.

"Well don't, your rooms are down that hall," Violet said as she pointed at the hallway.

"And where are you sleeping, little girl?" Silver asked playfully to annoy her.

"In my room upstairs, which is forbidden. Do. Not. Enter. My. Room," Violet warned menacingly and it was effective.

"What if it's an emergency?" Zelts asked more as guidelines than curiosity.

"That's fair, if it's an emergency then you can enter. Anything else?" Violet asked trying to make the best of this unexpected situation.

She was answered with a yawn from Remus who looked like he was going to fall over at any moment. Zelts helped him stay on his feet and guided him to one of the rooms. Before he was out of sight, he turned to Violet.

"Thank you for your hospitality."

Violet's serious face changed to a softer one. Zelts was a genuinely nice person and Remus seemed okay even if he was a little weird. She felt like they would make this arrangement bearable. But that feeling was short-lived when she remembered that now, it was only her and Silver, her least favorite new roommate, left in the living room.

"You know, this could be the start of something beautiful," Silver teased with a smirk.

"Go to bed," Violet ordered and to her surprise, Silver got up and walked to the last remaining room.

"Sure thing boss," Silver said nonchalantly.

"What?" Violet didn't know if that was some new nickname or an insult. Silver turned his head to speak.

"Oh, we forgot to tell you. On the way here, when you were too lost in that wonderland you call your head, we decided to make you the leader of this little 'team.'" Silver went to his room and closed his door without waiting for her to respond.

Violet didn't press the matter any further as she noticed her own drowsiness. Today has been a long day. She locked her door and fell onto her bed, completely wiped out.

"Wonder what tomorrow will bring?" Violet thought before she closed her eyes and let sleep overcome her.