Setting: Violet's Home

Violet laid in her bed, sleeping soundly until the light of the morning sun peeked through her window and began to shine in her face. Violet moaned in discomfort before hiding beneath her sheets to avoid waking up. This worked only for a few seconds as her alarm clock suddenly went off. The ringing made Violet poke her arm out from under the bed and frantically search for the alarm button. Being unable to quickly find the off button made Violet believe that the world was doing its best to make sure she wakes up. Finally pressing the off button, silence once again consumed the room and Violet dozed off.

"V...et." Violet heard something but was too drowsy to hear it.

"Vi..let." Violet continued to hear her name and was stirring from her slumber.

"Violet." Violet opened her eyes and the first thing she saw was Remus squatting over her with a blank face.

Violet screamed, loud enough for everyone within a five-mile radius to hear, but this didn't seem to faze Remus as he stayed in the same position. He didn't move until Violet swung one of her arms at him as she got up. Remus leaped from his original position and landed on the floor at the foot of her bed while Violet sat up and covered herself with her blanket. She wasn't indecent, but she was more shocked and angry.

"Why are you in here! I told you that my room is off-limits!" Violet yelled at Remus.

"Breakfast," was his reply.

"Wh-what?"

"Silver said to wake you because missing breakfast counts as an emergency," Remus answered innocently.

"Wait a minute my door's locked. How did you get in here anyway? You shouldn't be able to teleport in here,"

Remus pointed at the door, but she didn't see what it meant until he said something.

"The keyhole. I looked through it and teleported in."

"Creepy," Violet thought.

Looking at the pure look on his face, Violet could see that this was a situation orchestrated by none other than Silver just for his amusement. Seeing this situation as Silver's attempt to mess with her, Violet saw no reason to let him get the better of her. She removed the blanket, got out of bed, and walked to her bathroom door.

"I'm going to the bathroom to get ready. Tell Silver that I'll be down shortly," Violet said to Remus with a fake smile and Remus reciprocated with a smile as well before leaving. Only after he left did Violet drop her facade and looked slightly peeved at Silver's joke. She was growing to loathe him.

"Idiot. I don't need this kind of nonsense as soon as I wake up. This better not be an everyday thing," Violet thought as she went into the bathroom.

Remus made his way downstairs and into the kitchen where Zelts sat at the table while Silver was at the stove with a frying pan and eggs in his hands. Silver turned his head when he noticed Remus enter the room.

"Hey, buddy! How did our lovely leader feel this morning?" he asked, drenched in sarcasm that Remus didn't recognize.

"She seems to be in good health. Violet will be down shortly," Remus said monotonously. There wasn't much space at the small table in the kitchen, so Remus walked to the living room and sat on the couch waiting for either Violet or breakfast to be done. Silver observed his odd behavior.

Silver stopped cooking and walked over to Zelts who was simply waiting for breakfast.

"Hey, hey," Silver whispered trying to get his attention.

"Yes?"

Looking over to make sure Remus wasn't listening, Silver began his conversation.

"Don't you think Remus is kind of weird?"

"How so?"

"I mean, his behavior is pretty south of normal."

"Hmm. I guess I never really paid attention to it."

"Yeah, well I have and I'm not sure what to make of it. He's strange."

"He's a pure, honest soul. You don't see that much in the world anymore."

"...I'm betting he's a robot."

"He's not a robot," both Zelts and Violet said simultaneously.

All three boys looked over to see Violet grace them with her presence.

"Oh! Good morning boss!" Silver said with a fake joyful tone. "You didn't mind me sending Remus to get you? After all, breakfast is the most important meal of the day."

Violet simply glared at him. "You let this happen?" she said to Zelts rather than Silver.

"Although I condone his method, I do believe he had the right idea in mind. This is technically our first day together as a team, so having breakfast without our leader wouldn't really boost morale," Zelts said in a calm tone that stopped any form of argument to follow, but it didn't quell Violet's irritation.

"Team?" Violet repeated to herself.

"I believe we can work better as a unit. If we're going to stay here, we have to pull our own weight as well," Zelts said.

"See? I'm already doing my part, I'm making breakfast for everyone," Silver interjected. "I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm a pretty good cook."

"Whatever. Just give me egg whites," Violet ordered as she sat down at the table and noticed how small it was now that another person occupied the other chair.

"No. Egg whites are so dull. Besides, I already made omelets," Silver said as he set plates in front of Violet and Zelts and took two more into the living room for Remus and himself.

Violet tried to object but got a good look at the food in front of her. It looked edible, almost artistic, something she didn't think someone like Silver was capable of making.

"This is pretty good," Zelts said, snapping Violet out of thought.

"Thanks, I take pride in my work," Silver replied from the living room.

Violet had yet to eat her food as she couldn't believe anything that Silver made could be good.

"Anything he makes is more likely to blow up in my face than anything else," She thought to herself as she eyed her food. Looking over to the living room, she could see Remus eating as well and he appeared to be enjoying it.

Succumbing to the influence of her associates and her hunger, Violet took a small bite of her omelet. The moment it reached her taste buds, she lifted her head up in delight, ready to compliment the dish, but refrained from speaking.

"I will not give him the satisfaction. Still, his omelet was very good."

"You're welcome," Silver said to Violet as if he knew what she was thinking. He turned his head to face her and gave her a triumphant smile which irritated her greatly. He really got on her nerves.

With everyone finished with their breakfast, Violet thought now was a good time to tell everyone what she expected from her new colleagues.

"Alright boys, listen up," she said to get their attention. "I know we made a deal for you all to live here, but don't think that you can live here for free."

"If I get what you're implying, then I have to say that I'm not comfortable with paying with my body. Though I can't speak for these two," Silver interrupted trying to get a rise out of Violet which he did.

Violet's face flashed red for a quick moment. Trying her best not to be goaded, she continued with her statement.

"A..a..a..." Violet stuttered trying to calm her mind. "A... anyway, if you want to stay here, you have to bring in Lien. I don't care how you get it, just get it. We'll need it for food, clothing, etc."

"Understood," Remus replied with his usual answer.

"Sounds fair," Zelts said.

"So princess, what do you do for cash?" Silver asked out of curiosity.

"I take on missions at Moneta. Mostly collecting bounties, wiping out Grimm, and other stuff."

"Well, there's a start. We'll come with you to Moneta and find something to do there," Silver said with confidence. "And maybe I can find out more about Royal and this Vantablack family,"

"Alright then, let's go." Violet got up from the table and went to the small garage where here jeep was. The boys began to follow her, but before they could open the door, they heard Violet scream and return to the living room with anger written on her face. "Why?" she said in a deep angry tone.

"What's up boss?" Silver said in a tone that showed he knew the answer. Holding back his laughter didn't help either.

"WHY DID YOU PAINT GRAFFITI ON MY CAR!" she shouted, clearly livid that her jeep had spray paint on it.

Spray painted on the left side of the car were random letters in different colors. The first was the letter R in dark blue and was sprayed with such precision and accuracy that it looked like it was done by a computer, the next one was the letter S in either silver or gray and this one looked like it was done in true graffiti-style, and the final letter was a Z in gold and was done in a surprisingly fancy style.

"Oh this, this is just a sign of our new team, a logo if you want to call it that," Silver answered. "It was my idea," he added with pride.

"Don't stab him, don't stab him, don't stab him," Violet repeated in her head while her hand was slowly reaching for a Vorpal Sword.

"I liked it, I never got to use spray paint before," Remus said with a hint of delight.

"I don't think I can blame him. He seems like the impressionable type," she thought.

"Let me guess, this was a team morale thing to you?" Violet asked Zelts who looked away, meaning that's exactly why he allowed it to happen.

Violet let out a sigh of exasperation then Remus held out a can of purple spray paint in front of her.

"It's not done yet, we need you to sign it too," he said with a look of hope in his eyes.

Violet didn't say anything. She just took the container and walked to her car with a look of defeat.

"This is my new normal now. These guys are my new normal. Goodbye old tranquil life of solitude, I hardly knew thee. What kind of crazy new world have I fallen into?"

"Hey! Hurry up we don't have all day," Silver called out which made Violet grumble.

"There really is no use to going back to yesterday," she thought while she looked at the graffiti. Instead of spraying at the end, she sprayed a V in front of the R as a sign of being at the top of their new hierarchy.

Taking a step back to see her handiwork and the rest of the team did the same. Everyone tilted their heads to the left, trying and figure out what the logo on the car meant.

VRSZ

"VRSZ... what does that even mean?" Silver asked aloud to anyone who could answer.

"It's... you know, like the team names of those academy kids get when they form a team for the first time," Violet answered.

"But what does ours even say?" Zelts asked trying to think of something.

Everyone remained silent.

"Versus," Remus said out of nowhere. It was the best answer he could come up with.

Everyone stared at Remus who continued to look at the name. He turned to the others. "That's the only thing I can think of."

"I kind of like it," Silver said with a smirk.

"It seems fitting," Zelts added, "but what does it mean color-wise? I think there's a rule about this."

"Um... have you guys ever heard of color versus colour debate? The different ways of saying the word. I guess that falls under the same naming rule, but we're really low balling it," Silver explained to the others. "Let's see how far we can get with it."

Violet hid the faintest of smiles from the others and began to assume command. "Alright Team VRSZ, we're heading out."

In the deserts of Vacuo, a new team has just been formed. As they rode through the sands of Vacuo, their adventures began.

END