Setting: Outskirts of Fortuna
Turquoise was laying on her surfboard a top of a large mass of water that looked like it could flood the area if she weren't using her semblance to hold it like a dam. She was agitated, angered that she had to work so hard to deal with VRSZ, to put in real effort. She hated working. If it weren't for Royal, she'd be doing nothing but be lazy her entire life after stealing whatever she liked, but he wanted her to be his subordinate and do things on his behalf. Her frustration reached new heights at the predicament she was in until she unnaturally calmed down in an instant as she stared at the sky.
"I quit," she said, to herself.
"I hate being in his employ I just want to do what I want. I'm going home." Turquoise huffed as she sat up, but she thought about Team VRSZ who made her life even more complicated.
"They defeated Terry, leaving me with all his work, defeated my Ghost, leaving me all alone, got me yelled at by Royal for not dealing with them sooner, broke into my home, and told everyone where I live. Should I...let this go too?"
"HELL NO!" Turquoise screamed. She stampeded past buildings atop her powerful force of nature that swept away anything in her path. She kept going along the path she knew Team VRSZ were located.
VRSZ could hear the sound of rumbling and rushing water from the distance.
"She's coming, remember the plan," Violet told the others. Remus held onto Zelts and teleported somewhere else, leaving Violet and Silver to face Turquoise head on.
Violet raised her arm with her hand balled in a fist. "Thick as Thieves?" she said, with a smile and he reciprocated with his own.
"Thick as Thieves," Silver responded. "You should be lucky to partner with someone as compatible as me, I usually don't work well with others, but when I do, I'm awesome. I'm what you call a Jack-of -All-Trades." Silver raised a fist and Violet rolled her eyes lightheartedly. She after their time together, she finally has a good connection with him and the others.
"Heh, more like Jackass-of-All-Trades," she said, in good humor. Silver laughed at the insult.
"Ha! Nice. I like that one." The two bumped fists. "Hmm. When I really work with Violet, I don't feel like I'm gonna lose. She really does have that effect on us,"
Even as Turquoise was rushing toward them in a full blitz with water large enough to engulf a lake, the two were not afraid. In fact, the duo was running in the direction of Turquoise and her tsunami for a head-on collision. Silver glowed from his semblance activating and took hold of Violet's hand, and with his semblance removing gravity's effect on her, he threw her in the air, high enough to soar over the water and get directly to Turquoise. Silver jumped onto the side of one of the nearby buildings, and with his control of gravity, he leaped in a zigzag pattern from one building to the next to get to Turquoise. After landing on each building, he let loose a barrage of gunshots from one of his guns to keep her busy. Turquoise formed a wall of water to defend against the bullets which were slowed and halted in the deluge. Violet landed on Turquoise's board, standing in front of the rider, and swiftly delivered a kick to her gut. The kick wasn't enough to knock Turquoise off her board, but it did push her to the end of it.
Still angry, Turquoise moved her arms to make four small whips of water lash out at Violet, but she was too agile. She bobbed and weaved out of each attack without losing her balance on the surfboard. Irritated further by her display of grace, Turquoise just sent a big blast of water to push Violet off her board and it did, but not before Silver could leap to Violet. With Gravity, he caught her in mid-air and with a spin of his body, threw her back at Turquoise. She formed another torrent of water to hit Violet, but Silver fired at the water with his other gun and the water froze, forming an icy arch. Violet landed on the arch and used the ice to slide down to Turquoise, who's brash moves closed the gap between them. Violet clenched her fist and punched Turquoise in the face, knocking her off her board and into the rapid waters. Before the flood died down, Violet tried to surf her way to Silver so he could land on the board too, ending their combo attack.
"Thanks for the dust. Hope that was enough to stop her?" Silver took control of the board once he landed.
"Doubt it, not counting Starfall this is the first time we landed a solid hit," Violet said, in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Boy, that's encouraging. You think those guys are ready yet?" Silver asked, but his question never received an answer as the water came to a surprising halt and the two fell to the wet, sandy floor with the surfboard in Silver's possession.
The two got up and noticed the water form a tall, swirling tower. An opening appeared at the base and Turquoise was walking through. Suddenly, Remus teleported into the battle, facing his teammates with a smile. "We're ready."
"Good, now we can end this and go home? Wait, where's Zelts?" Silver asked.
"He's really close by. He wanted me to go on ahead and help you guys keep her busy."
"We'll hold her off here. We can't let this fight move anywhere else so Zelts can get here," Violet informed.
"You got it, boss," and "Understood," were the responses she received from Silver and Remus respectively.
Turquoise screamed in rage as she unleashed three fast and powerful torrents of water at the trio. Remus easily dodged the blast meant for him by quickly moving out of the way as the water slammed down on the spot he was previously standing. Violet slammed five earth knives on the ground to create a large wall of earth between her and the torrent to act as a shield from the attack. It was successful, but she could tell the force of the water was going to break through the wall, so she moved out of the path of the attack before it broke through her stone shield. The water crashed into a rundown building and it pierced right through the stone and metal. Turquoise was seriously trying to kill them and Violet couldn't blame her. She'd feel the same way in her position.
Silver used the gun with ice dust and fired at the water, freezing it a few inches away from his face before it fell to the ground. He stood on top of the frozen structure and used Turquoise's mechanical surfboard against her by firing one of her own torpedoes at her. With a flick of her hand, she sent another water torrent, but this one caught the missile, keeping it in her grasp. She made a choking gesture with her hand and the missile was crushed in the water until it imploded.
"She can control the pressure of water too? This isn't getting any better," Violet said, but it didn't dissuade her or the others.
Remus charged at Turquoise with sword in hand, evading every one of her torrents with speed. Seeing the futility of her offense, she focused on her defense by surrounding herself in a small vortex of water. Remus swung his sword and the fast moving water was sliced, but because it was a liquid, it wasn't damaged and stayed in place. He continued to slash at the water from every angle, hoping to find an opening, but none presented itself to him. Feeling safe, she was about to capture Remus but she heard shots fired. The water around her was changing to ice and Remus cut through it with ease. Turquoise used the remaining water to flush him out. It worked and she pushed him back, but he was so close to her that she was hit by her own attack as well, leaving herself soaking wet. In a split-second, Violet threw a knife at the puddle of water surrounding Turquoise's feet. Immediately, lightning was emitted from the knife, electrocuting Turquoise and the water conducting the electricity only made it more painful. After the electric surge ended and Turquoise began to stagger a little. Before she could recover, Silver hit her with her surfboard, knocking her into a building and the water tower fell apart.
If music was playing, this would be the part where you hear the record scratch, stopping the music.
"Dude," Violet said, thinking Silver might've over done it.
"What? She tried to drown me, multiple times. I think I'm allowed to retaliate a little," Silver defended, but even Remus showed disapproval at what he did as well.
"I especially don't want to see that look from yo-" Silver was cut short. He was hosed down by water. It ripped whatever was left of his torn shirt off and knocked him down on all fours. The assault grabbed the attention of his teammates, leaving them open.
Two more identical attacks drew closer and each one hit Remus and Violet before they saw it coming, knocking them both into neighboring buildings. The unexpected power of the water knocked the wind out of them. They were temporarily incapacitated. Turquoise emerged from the spot she landed, rubbing the cheek Silver hit with her own weapon. If looks could kill, Turquoise's would've murdered Silver a thousand times over. She identified him as the source of all her recent problems. With a homicidal look, Turquoise raised both her hands and swung them in Silver's direction. The water responded and did as she commanded. Torrents of water hit his body with every swing of her arms, punishing him with a dominating bombardment of attacks he couldn't defend against. He dropped Ceasefire from both his hands after several hits and three more hits later, his aura broke, leaving him on the floor soaked, tired, and gasping for air as Turquoise ceased her onslaught.
Remus was starting to get his second wind inside the building he was thrown into while Violet was already at the entrance the water attack made. Holding onto the side of the hole, she looked at what was happening and was about to help, but paused when she felt something drip from her hair down to her face. She brought her hand to her face and examined what it was. Her hand was colored purple and she could feel more of it drip then fall to the ground.
"No!" She took a few steps back into the building to hide.
The purple of her hair was being washed away and replaced with blonde hair that matched the buzz cut hairstyle on the right side of her head. "Of course this would happen,"
Violet stayed in her position and mentally cursed about her predicament while inside the building. Even with a battle taking place, she didn't want to be seen like this. It reminded her of her horrible life before taking the name Violet Tulipe.
She peeked out the building to see Turquoise trapping Silver in a sphere of water. He was struggling to hold his breath and Violet noticed the next hand gesture she was making. She was going the crush him into a disfigured mess using the water's pressure. Violet wasn't going to let that happen, regardless of her hair. Turquoise began to tighten her grip like she was crushing a stress ball and Silver went from holding his breath to screaming in pain and drowning at the same time. Violet mustered all her strength and sprinted right for Silver with ice knives in her hand.
"Screw the plan, I need to get him out of there!" Violet was desperately trying to save her friend.
Out of nowhere, something fell from the sky and sliced Silver's water prison in half, releasing him from his watery doom. Violet stopped in her tracks and smiled at what she saw. Turquoise just looked confused and Silver coughed the water out of his lungs the same way he did when the fight started.
"Your timing is great and all, but no one would fault you for coming sooner," Silver said, to his savior before hacking up more water. Standing before him was Zelts, whose glowing gold eyes and strong presence captured everyone's attention. His usual calm and nurturing face with charming smile was replaced with the most serious look any of the other members have ever seen.
"Silver and I distract Turquoise so Remus could fire rounds from his railgun at Zelts to charge his semblance to the max. Phase one complete," Violet thought with a grin. Finally, the battle has turned in their favor.
Zelts looked at Silver who was having a hard time getting up, Remus walking out of the building he was hurled in, and Violet staring back at him. He was very upset that Turquoise harmed his friends.
"You're done. I'm ending this now," Zelts said, in a low tone only he could hear. He grabbed the hood of his knight-themed hoodie and put it on his face. His hood always resembled the helmet of a knight and now that he finally donned the hood, he truly looked the part. His face was covered but the glowing of his eyes could be seen through the helmet-like hood.
Turquoise sent a massive wave Zelts' way. It was big enough to engulf Violet and Remus before reaching Zelts. Silver quickly got behind Zelts to shield himself. Zelts swung one wingblade and a powerful force of wind was formed, swiftly collided with the wave, and overpowering it easily. The wind was so powerful that it sent the water right back at Turquoise, spraying her with a horizontal shower. She tried to cover herself with her arms as she was harshly pelted by the tiny water droplets. Realizing the how strong he was, Turquoise now had to use every ounce of water she had to fight back. Violet made her way to stand next to Zelts and motioned for Silver to rendezvous with Remus to get ready for phase two.
Turquoise wanted to end the battle now, so she sent all the water she controlled to overwhelm and drown VRSZ once and for all. Remus teleported himself and Silver out of the way to the top of a building while Violet and Zelts waited for the flood to come. The moment to begin phase two was now. Violet backed away from Zelts as he held both wingblades in his hands and began to spin around like a top. With the extra power he got from his semblance, Zelts erected a small tornado in an instant and when the water reached him, it swirled around him, following the motion of the tornado which got larger and larger until it towered over the other buildings as all the water reached the top. Violet reached into her bag a threw as many Vorpal Swords she could hold into the vortex and did it again three more times. The dust in the Vorpal Swords activated and as the ice dust mixed into the tornado, it transformed the vortex into a twisting hailstorm. The water slowly froze over, becoming ice as it continued to be carried by Zelts and Violet's team attack.
"Capture all the water with one of Zelts' tornadoes, and use Petal Storm: Diamond Dust to freeze and destroy the ice, leaving Turquoise powerless. Phase two, complete,"
With his semblance, Conversion, Zelts put the energy he absorbed into the Wing of Icarus and the energy created a powerful electrical current that surged through the icy twister like a storm. Lightning crashed and struck the frozen water, breaking and chipping it away until there was nothing but shards and fragments left, too small and scattered to be used by Turquoise again. Zelts' eyes stopped glowing, a sign he expended all the energy he absorbed, so he ceased his spinning and the arctic windstorm dissipated with tiny frozen crystals falling on the battlefield. Turquoise looked up with disbelief. She never expected anyone to come up with a plan that could stop her semblance and disarm her of seemingly endless supply of water.
"How?" she thought, then looked at Violet who glared right back with stern eyes.
"A team full of boys and it's the girl that you have to watch out for? Not the speed demon, or the living hurricane, but the little girl? Sorry if I have a hard time believing that,"
"Despite what people think, Violet IS a master of deception. She is very a resourceful person who can come up with tactics in a split-second in battle to take down any opponent and uses everything in her arsenal to win," Turquoise remembered what Silver told her and she regretted not taking his words to heart because she was completely at their mercy.
Remus and Silver teleported to where the other two were and looked at Turquoise, no longer seeing her as a threat.
"What do we do now?" Remus asked, tilting his head as he looked at Turquoise with curiosity.
"The plan's finished so we take her in I guess," Silver said. He looked to Violet for an answer and she looked right back at him and Remus.
"Not yet," she answered.
"I want her to pay for the bounties she put on us and to send a message to Royal. I'm adding a new phase to the plan. Remus, Silver, Cirque du Ciel!" Violet commanded and the two boys had devil-like smiles.
Remus teleported behind Turquoise, grabbed her from behind, and teleport her high in the air. He returned to grab Silver and used Checkpoint to take him to Turquoise's location. Silver had Ceasefire as escrima sticks and started battering Turquoise with his weapons. Remus delivered a strong kick to her sides. He put his feet onto her back and kicked forward, using himself like a springboard to propel her further into the air, but more specifically, in Silver's direction. Silver unleashed a combo of solid hits on her before he began descending to the ground. Remus teleported to where Silver was falling and used his semblance again to keep him airborne. He grabbed her again and they continued this dance as Violet and Zelts just observed their team attack. This wasn't how Cirque du Ciel was supposed to be preformed, but it was an improvised attempt due to Silver running out of aura.
"Remus and Silver kick Turquoise's ass with Cirque du Ciel. Phase Three, complete," Violet thought.
She thought about Zelts and his good guy nature. Maybe she went too far with this addition of her plan. "I guess you think this is a bit severe, right?" she asked her friend, who didn't break contact from the aerial ballet.
"She sent bounty hunters after us, screw her." Zelts lifted his hood off his face as he said that. The crude way he spoke surprised Violet greatly. She made a mental note to never cross Zelts.
"Wow! I expected that language from, well, myself. Not from you of all people."
"We're not heroes and I never planned on being one again. Just a team trying to get by in life. That's what VRSZ is. We have each other's back and we fight anyone who gets in our way," Zelts said, but what caught Violet's attention was when he said he used to be a hero.
"There's more to you than meets the eye. I learn something new about you guys every day," Violet said, with an amusement smile.
"Like how we all learned you're a natural blond," Zelts quipped, and Violet huffed until she saw Cirque du Ciel finally come to an end.
With her aura no longer protecting her, Turquoise fell to the ground, knocked out with a dislocated arm. Violet's boys finally got tired and landed on the ground. Remus' own aura was running low, so the team attack ended shorter than expected, but it got the job done. Violet and Zelts approached them to commemorate their good work. Zelts lifted the unconscious woman over his shoulder and Team VRSZ was about to return to Turquoise's base to fetch the car and take her to Moneta for her massive $20,000 bounty.
"Violet, your hair," Remus acknowledged, surprised by her new look. Violet touched her hair again and played it off as nothing important.
"Don't worry about it. The water just washed the dye out, that's all. You guys surprised?"
"Meh. I kinda knew when I went it your bathroom and found the vial of purple dye," Silver said, nonchalantly. Violet's bathroom was private, not only in the sense that she banned them from ever going in there, but also that it was connected directly to her room. He had to go in her room to get into her bathroom.
"Stop going into my room!" Violet punched Silver in the gut. It did hurt him, but she held back enough not to really harm him after all he has been through. Silver's crocodile tears and wailing was just for show.
"Hurt me all you want, I know deep down I'm your favorite."
"I don't favor anyone of you over the other," Violet said, indifferently. He could see she was telling the truth.
"Well, at least I know when you're gone, you see me as the secret second-in-command," Silver said, trying to gain some ground. Violet didn't say anything to him or looked at him. Her eyes were pointing at something so Silver looked in the same direction and saw Zelts, meaning he filled that role instead of him.
Silver slumped down to his knees. "Oh, come on. I can't catch a break today,"
"Let's go home. I need to lay down," she said, not paying Silver any mind. He immediately stopped feigning sorrow and walked with the team.
Violet drove her car, Silver sat shirtless in the passenger seat adjusting the radio, and Remus was looking at the passing surroundings with Zelts who simply sat in the back with an unconscious Turquoise in the trunk. After everything that happened, this was still considered a normal day for Team VRSZ.
Additional Information
Diamond Dust is one of the elemental versions of Violet's and Zelts's team attack, Petal Storm. There are others such as Hellfire.
Cirque du Ciel is the team attack of Remus and Silver. It is French and roughly translates to 'Circus of the Sky' as Remus and Silver are the team's best at aerial combat and are very acrobatic. It was inspired by Cirque du Soleil.
Description: Silver uses his semblance to jump high in the air and Remus grabs an opponent and teleports them in the air where they both unleash a barrage of melee attacks on an off-balanced opponent. Remus attacks with his sword and uses his semblance to keep the opponent in the air while Silver beats down opponents with his weapons in twin staff mode. This combo usually ends when either Silver or Remus are tired or when the opponent can no longer continue.
Violet named Zelts second-in-command a long time ago, specifically a few days after the team formed.
Even though Remus is the most adept with technology, he cannot drive for his life. Violet took him to practice once but that ended with the jeep buried beneath a sand dune.
I don't believe I ever went into full detail about Zelts's design in the past. He has short, messy ginger hair and brown eyes. He wears a dark green knight hoodie with a plain t-shirt underneath and ash grey jeans. He also dons a pair of metal boots and an arm guard on his right arm, both are decorated with gold lining.