Reverb's Destiny

Part 5: Impossible Odds

Four days after the events of Anthony attacking an officer, Meggy and her team had successfully gotten into their luxury hotel room on top of the great Hotel Fasano Rio De Janeiro. They had no choice but to move on with their plans because today was going to be the first game of the qualifying rounds. They would be going up against InkRiggers, a more local team, and Reverb, the team Meggy feared the most this year. She has seen first hand of what these people are capable of, and she wasn't ready to face them.
She flipped a small coin in her hands that was starting to show a bit of oxidization on it. It was the same coin she had from the first Splatfest she had won. Thoughts were racing through her head about Reverb, about the Qualifiers, about Anthony, about her Splatsquad.

Meggy: *to self* I need to keep pushing...I just need to.

She looked up to see her team coming towards her as she sat alone on a waiting bench. Mario took a seat next to her.

Mario: You ready for today?

Meggy: ...As ready as I'll ever be.

Douglas: Don't you worry, Meggy, we will kick both InkRiggers and Reverb's ass!

Aliya: We will show them who's boss on the field!

Meggy: Thanks, guys...but...we need to look at the numbers-

Mario: I'm sorry, but fuck the numbers. Reverb is just another self-centered team with cool looking gadgets. We may not be as good as them, but we CAN play smarter than them.

Meggy: You think so?

Mario: I know so.

Douglas: Mario's right. This team is gonna be one hell of a match, but we can only play smarter than them.

Aliya: I'm all for that idea.

Meggy: Does...this mean we are ready?

Mario: Hell yeah we're ready!

Douglas pulls out their box of weapons from a nearby locker and sets it on the ground.

Douglas: Your pick.

He reaches in and grabs the AK.

Douglas: But this one stays mine.

Meggy: *giggles* You think I'm capable of using that? No way. I'm using my Splattershot.

She pulls out the only Splattershot in the box.

Aliya: The usual weaponry? I love it.

Mario: Oh! Before I forget...

Mario gets up and goes to his personal locker and opens it, revealing a suit of some sort.

Meggy: Red? What is that?

Mario: You're the phoenix girl, right? You may as well look the part while you're here in Rio.

He pulls out a vibrant red, orange, and white suit. It was blast resistant and even though she'd still be knocked out in one hit, she'd look the part on the field.

Meggy: Woah...Uh...You didn't need to get that for-

Mario: I got it custom made just for you.

He hands the suit to her, and it felt like silk in her hands.

Aliya: Why don't you go try it on? We've still got twenty minutes until our team is up.

Meggy: Guys...I don't know-

Mario: Please? You'd probably look so cute in it.

Meggy couldn't turn down Mario. She let out a light smile and stood up.