Life is Bizarre
ESKK: At long last a new chapter bet you guys were ripping your hair out in anticipation huh? Well then I'm proud to say we now begin the Episode 2 ark. Now then for those of you who been wondering what the pairing was be patient my friends as right now we got other things to worry about. Now then for those reviewers who love my story I'm proud to say I'm going to do a sort of Series of this in Parts as right now you guessed it we're in Part 1. Now enjoy this fic and remember when you get to the end be sure to review. Now let's start.
(Start Chapter 2)
The shutter of a camera clicks from an angle she couldn't distinguish. Kate couldn't make out anything that was around her really. Were her eyes even open? She was only sure of one thing and it's the 'plain as day' fact that she was tired. Almost as if she hadn't slept in days and she was just now feeling the repercussions of it. She could vaguely make out the tightness around her wrists and she was sitting in a crouched position, her knees hugging close against her chest. She had her head leaning slightly towards the wall as the camera lens shutters again.
A voice echo's in the dark, menacingly, but with a soft tone.
"So pure...Innocent beauty at its finest." The words are said in a manner that made her shiver, but she doesn't move.
Her eyes felt heavy, her lips limp as she struggled to speak. There was no moving from this position—she was completely helpless to anything. This was what scared her the most...
What she can only think to be a hand, caresses her cheek, lightly with the bridge of a finger, "You're a truly wonderful edition to my collection, Kate. A great starting point after Rachel Amber."
Kate lets out a small whimper and the voice attempts to soothe her, "Don't you worry, it'll be over soon..." That's the last thing she hears before feeling a prick on her neck.
Kate's eyes flutter open with a gasp of air. She was sweating but she felt cold, as if she had slept naked and without the covers on her, which didn't make sense being that she was in her comfy PJ's and slept in layers of blankets. Explains the sweating anyway. Kate was shivering when she turned off her alarm clock. She had set it for a half hour before everyone wakes up, being one of the dorm managers, she tried to keep track of all that, though she admits, she hadn't been doing a very good job as of late. She's been too busy dealing with the bullying to really worry about things like the 'meals on wheels' and her religious study group. She knows to do the important things of course, like homework and attending classes. It had been a while since she'd done something more productive and to her liking.
She passes a hand through her dirty blonde hair, feeling the overnight filth she gathered from the amount she sweated during her sleep. That she felt 'icky' was putting it mildly and she would even go as far as saying she felt more like a used sock. Kate grimaces at the example she had made for herself. Maybe her nightmare was to blame, it was incredibly lucid after all. Yet, even now, she couldn't remember it well. Like it was just a distant memory...
Her phones buzzes pulling her away from her thoughts. Who could that be at 5:30 in the morning? She loosely grabs her phone off the bed side table, where she had left it charging overnight. Her eyes tightly shut closed from the sudden bright light that radiated from the screen. Once they began to adjust she made another attempt to look at the notification. Kate looked and saw it was from Jojo as she looked as she remembered that last night she added Jojo's name and number to her contacts as she looked.
'Hey Kate I'm ready for our little breakfast meet up, decided to get up early so I can find the cafeteria, didn't get a chance yesterday to explore so if I'm late then that probably means I'm just THAT lost. If you find me on the way walking in circles then please be my guide.'
Kate giggled a little as she saw Jojo may not use Emoticons but he was at least trying to find his way.
'Don't worry you'll find your way and if not there should be a map on the wall somewhere. :3'
'Thanks I'll remember that.'
Soon their phone conversation ended as Kate yawned and got up to start her day.
(With Jojo)
Jojo was up as he was dressed in his normal clothing but with a different color scheme as Jojo had the same type of clothing for every day till he needs a new size but each of them are in a different color scheme. The only thing that remained the same on his was his highlights and that's it which in Jojo's opinion was his most unique thing. As Jojo walked he soon passed by Mr. Jefferson as Mark saw him.
"Oh good morning Joshua didn't expect to see you up this morning after your long drive." Mr. Jefferson said as Jojo looked and shrugged.
"Well a goodnights rest helped with that a lot, plus I promised to meet someone for breakfast." Jojo said as he looked. "By the way do you know where the cafeteria is, I'm still very lost." Jojo said as Mark then looked.
"Should be down that way with the sign on it, can't miss it." Mark said as Jojo nodded.
"Thank you." Jojo said but before he could leave Mark stopped him for a minute.
"Wait Jojo." Mark said as Jojo looked. "Just wanted to see if you're interested in the everyday heroes' project, I know you came here late due to the car ride but even though you won't be graded on it you should consider it, it could be some very good extra credit." Mark said as Jojo looked.
"Don't worry too much I already have a plan for my photo." Jojo said as he looked at his watch.
"Well I'll give you a heads up we are going to be having a guest speaker today so hopefully he can give you some insight on the type of photos you want to be known for." Mark said as Jojo nodded.
"Friend of yours I suppose?" Jojo asked as Mark smiled.
"Yes he is we worked together on a lot of projects and he always seemed well eccentric." Mark said as Jojo nodded.
"Well if you need anything else I'll be on my way." Jojo said before he left for the cafeteria to meet up with Kate.
As Jojo walked he soon heard his phone go off as he looked to it and saw he had two messages. Jojo opened the first one and saw it was Max as he saw it.
'Jojo I called the Speedwagon Foundation and we're in luck Jotaro is actually in Oregon and will be here very soon, I asked them to tell him to meet us at the Two Whales Dinner later so I'll meet you there after your breakfast date with Kate.'
Jojo's eye twitched as he knew one thing about his little meal date. 'It's not a date it's just two friends talking and hanging out.' Jojo thought to himself as he sent his reply as a simple Ok.
Jojo then opened the second notification as he saw it was from to his shock Jotaro.
'Yare, yare daze Joshua seems you are getting caught up in something and need my help to help another Stand User, you're lucky I was in Oregon otherwise I wouldn't be there in time. I'm practically in Arcadia Bay now so I'll meet you and this other Stand User at a place called Two Whales Dinner and quick warning the old man Joseph will be with me.'
Jojo sighed as he knew he had to deal with two Jojo's together even though one is technically retired. "Well off to the Cafeteria." Joshua said as he headed to the cafeteria to meet up with Kate.
Putting in a headphone and get going as he listen to music, starting off with a song that seem ironic with the situation that been going on, when he hit play on his smart phone.
*Insert song: Ac Dc, thunderstruck
Joshua walk down the school and looked around him as he see people getting ready for the day and for class as well, going on their day not know what would be happening in the coming days.
The Jock he mess with the other day were normal again and messing with another guy, and so Jojo plan of doing another prank as he got 'Under Pressure' to tight up the all jock's shoelaces together without them being the wiser, and give a small nudge, or more like a shove one of them and hear their reaction.
"Hey, why the hell did you push me?!"
"What are you looking at me for?"
"You standing right there!"
"I didn't touch you idiot!"
"I'll show you a fucking idiot!"
Soon enough they fought and dragging their other friend with them with their shoe still tied up and then like a chain reaction one jock fell with the rest following down, Jojo could not help but laugh a bit, and wonder if its karma is doing it to them.
Jojo went on his day reaching the Cafeteria to meet up with Kate, but something is still on his mind, that girl in the dark hood, as he wonder what is she doing all this for, summoning a storm that could whip out Arcadia Bay and wonder if he can prevent it, but the only way to do that is figure out who that girl is and who she want her revenge on that she would involve many innocent people who has nothing to do with anything.
Just another moment in his bizarre life it seems and he cannot get out of it so he might as well go with it and figure out something by himself.
*end song
Reaching the Cafeteria he looked around for Kate and saw the girl by herself, as he saw, no one would come close to her, as they keep looking at her, laughing as they walk by but at least there wasn't a lot of people, with Joshua didn't know what with them, but keep to his own business, as he walk up to Kate and said, "Hey."
Kate jumped a bit as she turn to him and said, "Oh, hey Jojo. Good morning."
"Morning too you to? Are you feeling alright?" Jojo ask as Kate looked a bit pale last time he saw her as she nods her head and said, "Yes I am… just a rough night is all."
Joshua saw the look in her eyes, she is not sleep as well but could not tell if it's because of the abuse that's been happening to her and keep her up at night, or she having night terrors, but didn't want to go into thing about people and just say to her, "Let go grab a bite to eat, I'll be paying."
Kate smile and nod to him as they were going to head out, but soon enough Miss Queen Bee-itch came walking up to her with a friend as the girl said, "What's up Kate?"
"School?" Kate said as she didn't know what the girl wanted, as what Jojo sees on the Queen's bee face is up to no good and going to harass Kate.
Victoria steps up to the table and Kate looks down, averting her gaze. "Well, well, well. A guy comes tumbling in and automatically goes to you, huh? Must be one of your admirers from the party."
Kate's fists tighten their grip on the hemming of her skirt.
"What's the matter Kate? Cat got your tongue?" Her friends snicker, "It's alright, I'm sure all the other guys you made out with wouldn't mind a second go at it."
"I suggest you walk away Barbie and leave Kate alone." Jojo warned as he glared at Victoria as Jojo still had some of Under Pressure's tricks up his sleeve.
"What?" She asks casually, "I'm only reminding her of what she really is. That way, before she starts spouting all her bullshit about abstinence and religion, she knows that she's only lying to herself."
Kate manages to choke out, "No...I..." The tears were threatening to fall.
Jojo then stood up as he glared at Victoria as that surprised Victoria a bit. "There are a few things I hate in this world, and Victoria, was it, you are really starting to get on my nerves." Jojo said as he glared at Victoria Chase. "Kate and I were just trying to grab breakfast and here you are ruining it just be being here, I make it my policy not to let people mess with my friends, but I also make it my policy not to his woman if it can be helped. But I have other ways of making you back off." Jojo said as Under Pressure got the signal.
See Jojo knew he couldn't use the pocket dimension to dump paint of Victoria or Water because it would possibly freeze before he could use it. But he had other things he can use as a nearby student dropped his tray when he tripped which Under Pressure used its gravity ability to have it hurled at Victoria from behind Jojo who simply moved his head to the side as the food hit Victoria. "Hmm seems there are others who dislike you Victoria so you could stay in the line of fire till someone hurls more food at your or paint, or you could walk away with whatever dignity you have left." Jojo said as he heard the rumors.
"Don't you know about her video she's a whore!"
"Don't you know about her video she's a whore!" The both said it at the same time as Victoria was shocked. "Trust me Victoria I dealt with people like you and Nathan on a daily basis. I mean your comment on keeping her from lying to herself wouldn't the same thing apply to you, since I've heard the rumors about you, how your sleeping with Mark Jefferson like a whore to win the Everyday heroes contest." Jojo said as he glared at Victoria.
"That's not true!" Victoria called as Jojo smirked.
"Why it's a rumor right? And if a rumor is told amongst the students with no actual proof then it must be true right. I mean I never seen the video and if I did it could have been anyone even someone who just looked similar to Kate. For all we know it could have been you in a disguise trying to ruin Kate." Jojo said as he smirked. "I mean look at all the doubles in the world almost everyone has a double somewhere and don't even realize it." Jojo smirked as he looked to Victoria.
"I mean keeping Kate from lying to herself that's some good advice I admit but for future reference when giving those words of wisdom, practice what you preach because you may have the outside beauty but inside blah you're not even a blip on my radar for possible girlfriends." Jojo said as Victoria was getting pissed.
"Who do you think you are!?"
"Who do you think you are?"
They both said it as Victoria was surprised that Jojo did it again much like how Nathan had described it. "Trust me Victoria I've been to almost every school in New York at least once and I know how to deal with Queen Bee's oh pardon I mean Queen Bitches on a day to day basis." Jojo said as he glared at Victoria.
"How dare you speak to me like that?!"
"How dare you speak to me like that?"
Jojo predicted what she would say like the back of his hand as Victoria looked very pissed off. "Predictable as always with Queens like you. And as for how I speak to a bitch like you, I apologize I thought that was how you speak to a Queen Bitch. You know their native language." Jojo said as Victoria huffed and stormed off as Kate was surprised.
Jojo then looked to Kate as he smiled to her. "Kate are you ok?" Jojo asked as he looked to Kate.
"Um yeah... thank you Jojo." Kate said as Jojo nodded.
"Now then let's grab some breakfast that way you can have time to do the Grace thing." Jojo said as Kate was surprised.
"Are you someone of faith Jojo?" Kate asked as Jojo sighed.
"No... But my mother was before she passed. I went to church with her every Sunday but never felt the connection. Now I just go to church to at least feel closer to her somehow though not many of my friends know this." Jojo said as Kate was shocked.
"Oh... I'm sorry Jojo." Kate said as Jojo simply did a two finger salute as he then gestured for her to come along so they can grab breakfast.
Once the two had their plates Jojo then smiled a bit before speaking. "But even though I don't follow the catholic or Christian religion I am willing to read the bible, so if you need someone to read it with just let me know. You already have my number so I'm just 12 buttons away 2 to open the dialing or speed call and 10 to put in my number." Jojo said as Kate smiled a bit as she saw Jojo was a good guy.
The two then began eating their breakfast in peace as Kate did her grace while Jojo simply waited for her before the two began to eat. Needless to say Kate had a friend in Jojo no matter what as Under Pressure stood watch to make sure no punks tried anything or someone threw something at the two even though they couldn't see it.
(Scene Break later at Two Whales Dinner)
Jojo disembarked from the bus as he could have used his worm hole to open a path to the Diner but he used it very sparingly with living things because of the subzero temperatures of his little pocket dimension as well as the fact time wouldn't be overly affected there but out here it would move normally. Plus it's been known to be unpredictable with living things since one time he tried to use it and he ended up on top of the Statue of Liberty. Long story short the Speedwagon Foundation Covered it up after he was able to get down. Plus Jojo had to practice and experiment with that part of Under Pressure's power as so far he found to ensure safe transport of others besides himself he would need to act fast and have a sending and receiving point but if he doesn't act fast enough he could risk hyperthermia or worse the transported person freezing to death.
He lock up his truck, walk up to the door of the diner and walked in as Jojo open the door and hears the sound of plates getting clean and food being cooked, even the smell of the food was good as Jojo turn his head he see a familiar shade of blue hair and a friendly face as Max look up and sees Jojo with Kate as she call out, "Jojo!"
Chloe turn around and see him as he walked down as Chloe change seat to Max's side to let Jojo sit down and join them as Max's greet him, "Hey Joshua."
"Hey Jojo, I didn't think you would be here," Chloe said as she didn't think he could come but more the merrier it seems as Jojo said, "I did wanted to try this diner and see what the food taste like, but see you and Max here, what happen?"
"Oh nothing, just some hardcore shit that Max just show off, she knew what I had and told what was going to happen," Chloe said as it seem Max is showing off her power as Kate seem confuse with Jojo quickly covering up saying, "So Max have been rewinding time and telling you what happen then?"
"Pretty much which is pretty awesome, but I remember that both of you have powers, but forgot… what was your power again?" Chloe asked as Joshua said, "The power over space, control gravity like you saw the other day, I can do other things as well but they are pretty dangerous to be using in a place like this."
Chloe jump up a bit and said, "Come on at least show me something cool… and safe I guess." Chloe really want to see something cool as soon enough Chloe mom came up to them seeing someone new as she greet him, "Howdy there, never seen you before."
"Joshua John, nice to meet you miss Price," Joshua said to her in as nice manner as the lady smile to that as she said, "Call me Joyce if you wouldn't mind, and I already know who you are, You're Jojo as it seem everyone at Blackwell's know about you, even David as he talk about you at home, he said you're a good kid."
"Maybe, but I'm not always," Joshua said as he would admit he does have his good and bad days as Joyce said, "Don't be modest, I can tell from where I stand, you're a good boy, but would you like anything, coffee, maybe some breakfast?"
"Coffee would be great," Jojo said as she nods and put down a mug and pour some coffee in it and said, "On the house with this one."
Jojo nods and said, "Thank you." Joyce walked away and presume her job as Chloe look at Jojo and see what his answer was as he drank his coffee as she said, "So would you show something?"
Jojo took a moment as he took a good long sip of his coffee, and notice it was hot and thought why not, as he set his coffee down and said, "Okay then, I'll show you something, but one thing, feel how hot this coffee is really quick."
Chloe and max give him a look as the blue hair girl said, "Ah… why?"
"Just do it, if you want to see something… bizarre," Jojo said as that the only work he could describe anything. As Chloe and Max did so and can tell the coffee is hot, as Jojo nod to them and said, "Now what closely at the mug."
They look down at it as Joshua use his stand power as he said, "Under Pressure." A hole of sort warping the area around it as Chloe and Max were a bit wide eye to it with Max she sees Jojo's stand beside him as he gently push the coffee cup into the holes Chloe see the mug moving on its own into the hole as it vanish before their eyes.
Chloe also freak out as the mug appeared on her side as the hole then vanished on both sides as she said, "What- how?"
"Einstein Bridge, or in other words, a worm hole. Skeleton key to anyone's backdoor, the short cut to anywhere, the neo age of space travel," Jojo said as he pick it up and took a sip as Chloe said, "That is so… mind-blowing!"
Jojo nodded and said, "Yea… but there something I can't control about it, as now, touch my coffee again." AS Max and Chloe looked at each other for a moment before they did before they flinch back by the touch as it wasn't hot anymore, but almost freezing cold as Chloe said, "Holy hell."
"More like hell freezing over," Max said to a weird pun she says without realizing it as Joshua said, "With worm holes I can store items and transport them anywhere, even walk through it myself… but within the worm hole itself, nothing existed before inside of it meaning no heat of any sort and always freezing below, way below."
"That… is still mind blowing, and scary as well, "Chloe said as she never thought of stuff like that.
"You have no idea." Jojo said as he still remembered his first few times there as he was scared shitless. Hell he may have ended up insane if he didn't figure out how to open an exit which ended up with him smack dab in the middle of time square... on the ball... during New Year's Eve. People who saw this still ask how a kid of about maybe 13 or 14 ended up on top of the ball right before the ball drop began, quiet the way to kick off the New Year's. "Anyway Max I got your text about the Speedwagon Foundation and Jotaro should be meeting us here soon." Jojo said as Chloe was confused.
"Wait Speedwagon foundation is that like the X-men for you guys?" Chloe asked as she was still trying to make sense of it.
"Sort of, more like the guys who act as a help group for Stand Users and police force for Stand Users who abuse their power. They do medical research but their primary purpose is to study and understand the bizarre and unexplained stuff." Jojo said as he looked at his ice coffee which he finished.
"Ok so why did Max call them?" Chloe asked hoping her best friend wasn't going to do something stupid.
"I suggested it, remember when we talked about that girl in the black hood?" Jojo asked as Chloe nodded. "She has a Stand herself which as Max described it is a walking hurricane and somehow it was able to cause a Storm to hit on Friday, I met her when I first got to my dorm and she told me to basically get out of dodge before it was too late." Jojo said as Chloe could understand.
"But why is she trying to do it?" Chloe asked as Jojo looked.
"She seems to be after Revenge but for what and why or on who I don't know." Jojo said as he closed his eyes. "But her Stand is a powerful one and she simply called out its name and then it was like she vanished." Jojo said as he only saw a Stand like that on his mentor Jotaro Kujo.
"I think she may have stopped Time for a bit to make her escape." Max said as Jojo was surprised.
"How do you know?" Jojo asked as Max looked.
"Well I can rewind and fast forward time easily so who's to say someone can't put the pause button on it?" Max asked as Jojo figured that was a good analogy.
Soon they heard the door open as the bell rung as Jojo looked behind Kate and saw a familiar face to him with an old man next to him as the taller white wearing man had the same expression Jojo usually carried. "Well looks like we have help now." Joshua said as he saw the 2nd and 3rd Jojo at the door. Max looked as did Chloe as they saw a Japanese man as the guy looked young and a bit like a Japanese stereotype Delinquent while the older man was dressed more like an explorer of sorts. "Jotaro over here!" Joshua called as Jotaro looked as did the older gentlemen as the two walked over to the boy and two girls.
"Wow that guy is intimidating." Chloe said as Jotaro looked at Joshua and Max specifically.
"Ladies meet my mentor the guy who I adopted my nickname from Jotaro Kujo also known as." Joshua began but Jotaro cut him off.
"Yare, yare daze Joshua I don't need an introduction." Jotaro said as he stopped Joshua right there.
"Sorry about that." Joshua apologized as Jotaro looked to Max.
"So you're the new Time based Stand User good thing your human otherwise you may have been another Dio." Jotaro said as Max was confused.
"Hey don't be so rude Jotaro I'm just glad we didn't have to deal with any annoyances." The old man said as he then put his left gloved hand to shake Max and Chloe's hand. "The name is Joseph Joestar, my Stand is called Hermit Purple and I'm a practitioner of the combat art of Hamon." Joseph said as he introduced himself.
"Don't shake his left hand it's a prosthetic." Joshua warned as Joseph shrugged at that one.
"Now then we need a recap of what has happened since you got here Joshua so if you three don't mind I'll try and use Hermit Purple to dive into your memories and see what has happened thus far." Joseph said as he then saw the mug. "Hey miss I'm going to need a cup of coffee over here!" Joseph called as Joshua then spoke up.
"Don't worry these two are friends of mine practically family." Joshua called as Joyce understood but for Joshua Jotaro was practically family to him simply because he actually had the sense to set him straight using Star Platinum to do it.
"Coming right up then." Joyce called as Jotaro sat down as Joseph grabbed a stool to sit on.
"So what is Hermit Purple anyway?" Max asked as Joshua looked.
"It's Joseph's Stand Hermit Purple its ability is called Spirit Photography, its actually how he's able to guess the next thing everyone is saying. He uses Hermit Purple to attach to them and accurately predict their next phrase. Of course he didn't realize he had it till after the 1950's when he defeated the Pillar Men and Kars." Joshua said as Joseph looked surprised. "What... I studied your history back at the New York Branch of the Speedwagon Foundation." Joshua said as Joseph nodded in understanding.
"Don't worry it won't hurt a bit just need you to picture the memory this all started with alright." Joseph said as Max and Chloe were skeptical.
"It's the fastest way to get us caught up without a long winded explanation." Jotaro said as Chloe and Max understood that much.
As Joseph raise his normal hand as purple vines with thorn like bumps came out as Max freak out to that as the old man said, "Whatever you do, don't move. Hermit Purple!"
The Hermit purple shot out all around Chloe and Max as they freak out a bit as they felt the vines touching them, for Chloe even more freak out as she could not see them, well clearly not at first as they came into view for her for a moment before vanishing.
AS Joseph looked at their memories and see how Max's life was before her stand, and see the girl have a rough life, even more so when she came to Blackwell, and then it came to the stand itself as Joseph can tell it's had promising ability and how Max been using the rewind power doing some good choices, and wish he had such a thing to able to go back and fix his mistakes he made.
Then he switch over to Chloe to see what she knew already and what she may have witness, and then he hit something… something dark and something not right about it and then when the image of a stone mask came to him he open his eyes and yell out, "OH MY GOD!"
That freaked everyone out in the diner even the girls as Jotaro look to his grandfather and said, "Could you keep it down?"
Stood up for a moment and looked at everyone and said, "I'm sorry for the behavior of my grandfather he always like this."
Joshua stood up and also said, "Yea, sometimes he says it when he fart thinking he had an accident, we you know how elderly people are, right?"
Soon enough everyone soon went on their business and soon everyone in the booth looked at Joshua as he saw the look and said, "What?"
"Every time he farts?" Jotaro said questioning what Joshua said as he defend himself as he said, "What? It's true, my great grandfather had that sort of problem, and half the time he does make a mess of himself."
"You got to admit, that is funny," Chloe said before turn to the old man and said, "So what the hell is up with you old man, you just scream out of nowhere."
Once again Joyce came by with some coffee and said, "I'm sorry to hear about your problem, but if you do have an accident, you can stay in the bathroom and lock it until a fresh pair of clothing is brought for you."
Joseph wave his hand and said, "Oh No- no- no, it was just gas this time, sorry for yelling." Joyce nodded as she put a mug down and pour coffee into it and said, "Well enjoy your coffee, sir. Would you like any yourself sir?"
She Looks to Jotaro as he look back at her and said, "I'm fine for now, thank you." Joyce nodded and said, "Well feel free to ask for anything."
She walked away as they were alone again as now everyone look to Joseph as he looked at Joshua and said, "Next time let Jotaro deal with it."
"Hey, are you going to tell us something or what?" Chloe said as she hate these interruptions as Joseph went through his pockets and said, "Let me show what I've seen."
Laying down a Polaroid on the table as Max is surprise and happy about what she think is going to happen as she would see what Spirit Photography is like as this is the first time in life time to witness such things but what came next would shock her very much as Joseph raise his normal hand again with hermit purple appeared around his hand, and brought it down in a chop as he smash the camera as Max is horrified by what just happen, as Chloe was freaking out as she just see an old man destroy a camera like it was nothing.
Soon enough a photo came out as Joseph said, "Sorry about that, but the only way I can use Spirit Photography, by smashing a camera so the image can imprint on the photo, and what worst it cost 35 dollars for it."
Jotaro looked at the picture and saw it was the Stone Mask that Chloe had saw after Nathan had drugged her. "Hey it's that freak ass mask." Chloe said as she looked at the picture.
"What got you so freaked out about it Joseph?" Joshua asked as he looked at the picture as when Max looked at it all the hairs on her head stood up.
"That is a Stone Mask a very evil and deadly mask. But I thought the last one was destroyed with my grandfather Jonathan Joestar." Joseph said as he remembered how much trouble that mask had caused him in the long run even after his grandfather had passed.
"Ok what's so scary about it?" Chloe asked as she was still trying to adjust to all this bizarre stuff.
"Well if we just put it on, nothing really happens, its adding blood to it that makes this thing a terrible item." Joseph said as he then cleared his throat.
"Ok what happens?" Max asked as Joseph cleared his throat.
"Ok what is your view on the Myth of Vampires?" Joseph asked as Chloe was skeptical.
"Your joking, the invisible vines and spirit things I can understand but vampires really?" Chloe asked as she was about ready to jump ship and call all of them crazy if it wasn't for the wormhole Joshua had made.
"Well this mask when worn by a human and given blood turns the wearer into a Vampire and if that Nathan boy has it, we need to get it away from him before it ends up hurting someone." Joseph said as he then began his story. "I had taken down the mask creators the Pillar Men a 50 some years ago and now that I've seen their may still be other Stone Masks it makes me question if I had missed any. But this mask had turned an old enemy of mine named Dio into a Vampire when my Grandfather Jonathan Joestar was my age before we had Stands." Joseph said before going into the story of him Jotaro and four others as they battled and defeated Dio Brando for good as the Stardust Crusaders.
"Ok that's some crazy ass shit right there." Chloe said as Jotaro had his eyes closed through this.
"For now I think we need to focus on getting Max here up to par with her Stand otherwise she'll stand no chance against this other Stand User. She probably won't even leave Arcadia Bay till she can enact her revenge, so we know she's probably in this town somewhere." Jotaro said as he looked to the group.
"Yes but it will be impossible to narrow her down, if she can walk in broad day light as a Vampire then either her hoodie is quiet powerful in keeping the sun off her skin or she may not even be a vampire at all. All we know is that someone in Arcadia Bay had really gotten on her bad side if she wants to destroy the entire town to kill them." Joseph said as Joshua looked to them.
"So first we need to be ready for a confrontation, which would mean Max will have to learn how to use her Stand and the only one I can think of who has the best chance of showing her the ropes is Jotaro here with Star Platinum The World." Joshua said as Jotaro nodded.
"Yare, yare daze. I guess it can't be helped." Jotaro said as he looked to Chloe. "Is their anywhere in town we can help Max use her Stand where we won't be bothered?" Jotaro asked as Chloe looked for a moment before nodding.
"Yeah I know a place think of it as my Chloe Cave of Solitude." Chloe said as this could get messy if this black hood girl really wants to wipe out Arcadia Bay. Sure she wanted to glass the place but at least AFTER she got everyone out first.
"Alright lead the way!" Joseph said as he got up and ran to the door just as someone left and when he was at the door he hit his face. "SON OF A BITCH!" Joseph said holding his face as he quickly recovered and walked out.
"Sorry about him, eccentric is also on his lists of faults." Jotaro apologized to the diner as Joshua looked to them.
"Sorry about this folks please return to your meals." Joshua said as he, Max, and Chloe got up to exit the diner.
"Well girl wonder show us the way to Chloe's Cave." Max said as she and Joshua stood up and followed Chloe.
"Good thing I brought my truck here, this way all of use won't be stuff in one truck question is whose going to ride with who?" Joshua said as Joseph took a step and said, "I'll go with the girls if we do get attack while on the way, or get throw off the road I can use Hermit Purple help if need be, the two of you would be following us and support and hold off any attackers, I'm not the man I use to be so I leave the fighting to you two."
Chloe looked at the old man and said, "You seriously think we would get attacked by some crazy girl who could be a vampire for all we know, its day light and it would be 5 against one, or at least 4 and a half."
"No, running is the best tactic of all, as we do not know the enemy true strength, and without a stand you would not able to fight let alone see what you're fighting," Joseph said as they needed stick with a plan and he didn't know if the girl in this dark hood would have help as well.
Chloe could not believe these guy, as they have powers and she doesn't she won't able to help? What kind of B.S is that?
"Let's get going, the sooner the better," Jotaro said as the group is heading out, but suddenly Joshua gotten a phone call as he look and sees it was Kate calling as everyone look to him as Chloe said, "What are you waiting for, let get a move on before my mom start shit."
"You guys go head, I'll catch up. So here catch," Joshua said as he throw his keys to Jotaro and then he said, "Just tell me the area where you went and I'll be there in seconds."
Meaning his worm hole as if he knew the area enough he can open up a path way there with ease as earlier he gotten a map of the Arcadia Bay.
Jotaro turn and said, "Let's go." Chloe looked at Joshua as she nods and went ahead and get to her truck.
Joshua quickly answers his phone and said, "Hey Kate, what do you need?"
"I'm sorry I'm calling you Joshua but… I don't know who to turn to, and what to do anymore. I know Max is helping but I don't know if she can help. Everyone around, they call me viral slut, my mom… she thinks… I don't know what to do anymore," Kate said on the phone with some sobbing is heard as there a background sound of a guy talking.
"Calm down Kate, breath, relax, and most importantly stay strong… things are never easy, and believe I know it," Joshua said to her as he hears Kate sob a bit as she said, "How can I? I'm alone in this and no one would help."
"That's not true Kate, you have friends, and you also have family that can support you if you give them a chance and explain it to them. My mom always says there are always people there when you need help, and I need you to believe," Joshua said to her as he hears a few sniffs and Kate letting out a breath and said, "Alright… I'll try."
"That all I ask, if you have a problem, call me for anything, even little things," Joshua said to her as Kate said on the other end, "Alright."
"Oh so lovely and sad oh I wish to dry those tears," the same someone in the background singing, as Jojo hears as it sounded creepy as he said, "Hey Kate, where are you at, and who's that singing?"
Jojo hears Kate breathing a bit as she said, "I'm at Blackwell's still, and I don't know the person is, as he just showed up-
(With Kate)
Kate talk on her phone in the middle of the halls of Blackwell as she look to the man singing and dancing a bit as Kate continue to say, "I don't know if he's a new art teacher of some sort or maybe hire help, but this guy… he giving me chills."
"Well then… be careful, there are a lot of weird people out there, even those that are not good," Joshua said to her as Kate gave a nod and said, "I will, thanks Jojo."
The guy who was dancing stop when he hear the name Jojo, and his face shows, as he is the artist man smile and said in a low tone, "Jojo… it seem I found you."
A lady nearby to him, to the look in her eyes the way they are with the pupil dilated… she was dead as the man turn to her and said, "Come on dear we got places to be."
The woman walk over to him and wrap a cold arm around him before they walked off.
(Jojo)
"I'll talk to you later Kate, bye," Jojo said before hanging up, as he looked at his phone and quickly give max a text and see where they are at, before walking out as Joyce watch him walk out as she said, "Come back here again when you can Jojo."
And another person using his nickname… but Joyce seem like an okay lady as he nod on and went out and hope to catch up with the gang.
(With the group)
Chloe driving her truck, with Max in the back and Joseph sitting next to her in the shotgun seat as he started working on his arm as Chloe said, "You had crazy adventure, right old timer?"
"You gave no idea." Joseph said as he remembered it all. "Like the time I took on an alleged God and won, though I shall admit to you few it was purely by luck." Joseph said as he seemed oddly proud of that. "And that was without my Stand." Joseph said as he looked to Chloe.
"Wait if that was before you got Hobo Purple then how did you survive?" Chloe asked as Joseph smiled.
"Pay attention then as I tell you my adventures from 50 plus years ago of a story I like to call Battle Tendency." Joseph began as he told his story from his upbringing by his Grandmother Irina as well as meeting Lisa-Lisa who was apparently his mother all the way to him crashing his own funeral after he defeated Kars by launching him into space and getting hitched though unintentionally and unknowingly since apparently his wife Suzie q forgot to send the Telegraph to his friends in New York which made for quiet the story right there as to being the first guy to attend his own funeral because his wife forgot to tell his friends and loved ones he was still alive and well.
"And that's my story." Joseph said as he had his arms crossed as it seems he took great pride in his bizarre adventure.
"Holy shit you beat a practical God on pure luck and launching him into space, I mean that was luck at its pinnacle you should have had years of bad luck after that. In fact you should have had a huge ass reward for losing a hand and beating a God like that." Chloe said as she hoped wherever Kars was in Space he'd never bug the world again.
"Hey being nursed back to health by a cute nurse was reward enough... that and Stroheim getting me that new hand." Joseph said showing his left gloved hand as it clicked.
"...hey so would you say that Haymon thing could do to serious damage right?" Chloe asked mispronouncing Hamon.
"Depends if you put in the time to learn it." Joseph said as Max saw this.
"This doesn't sound design good." Max said as Photobooth also agreed from within.
"So maybe I might be able to learn that Jamon by any chance?" Chloe asked as Joseph looked.
"Well to learn Haymon you need to have years of practice patience and discipline, years we will have to shove into less than a week if we want to beat this black hood girl." Joseph said as he looked. "Plus it would give you more of an edge if that girl ever decides to attack." Joseph said as Max saw this.
"Uh Chloe are you sure about this, I mean can you really learn years' worth of martial arts in less then a week?" Max asked as she leaned forward to Chloe.
"Sure vast Hell can Max, that psycho bitch and whatever Dildo goon squad she sends our way. Now I'll actually be your sidekick since Joshua us that Jotaro guy's side kick." Chloe said as Max shrugged.
"Alright then let's hit the training ground!" Joseph called as Chloe floored it a bit as the headed off with Jotaro in Joshua's car right behind them.
(Scene Break at American Rust Arcadia Bay)
The four arrived at the junk yard as Jotaro looked around as he saw it was perfect. Not only was it away from prying eyes but it was also home to many things that could be used as practice tools for Max's Stand. "Alright this place will do for now." Jotaro said as he took out his smart phone and sent the text to Joshua detailing their location before taking a picture for good measure and sending it over.
Not even a full five seconds later a white hole opened as from it Joshua appeared as he was covered in some minor frost as he began blowing into his hands to warm up. "God I hate doing that." Joshua said as he rubbed his hands together. "Ok now that we're all here welcome to American Rust my home away from Hell." Chloe said as Jotaro was calmed.
"Alright then I suppose we should get down to business we need to see how much Photobooth can do what it's strengths and weaknesses were we need a good estimate on its stats so we can work accordingly." Jotaro said as Joseph looked.
"Alright then! Come on then Chloe I'll be teaching you Hamon basics!" Joseph called out as he dragged Chloe off to a different area.
"I guess I'll be gathering tools." Joshua said grabbing a beer bottle to use as targets.
Max looks around and said, "Raw and rough, seem suitable, I guess."
"Good to hear, because it going to be for now on," Jotaro said as he lay a few bottles around as Joshua step up saying, "It's going to be fine, my training place was a warehouse by some docks they keep old junk so this place is no different, only no metal walls to stop a long range attack or roof to stop any rain."
"I don't even know my Stand even have long range let alone medium range of some sort," Max said as Jotaro walk up to her and said, "That is why we are here for, to test your power so you may know it like it the back of your hand, now go looking around for more bottles, both of you."
They nod and went off to different parts of the junkyard and look for more bottles, with Max as she looks around she sees one in a box that on top of an old fridge, a she reach for it , the bottle drop down and break as max backed away from it saying, "Stupid bottle."
"Photobooth," Max called for her stand as it appeared and soon as time rewind the bottle was fix and Photobooth grab it before it breaks again as it handed it to Max as she said, "Thank you."
(Joshua)
Joshua found a bottle on a car hood as he grab it and went on looking for more, and as he took a turn, he saw something strange.
A doe in the middle of the junk yard with a glow around it to, as Joshua looked around for a person thinking it could be a stand as he walk up to it being cautious, as he approach the doe, it soon ran off some as Joshua follows it as it turn to an area, Joshua ran a bit to catch up, buy then stop right away as he sees a familiar dark hooded figure as he took a stand and said, "You again."
"Still here? Didn't even take my warning seriously then," The hooded girl said as she turn around to face Joshua as he said, "Yea, hurricane on Friday, big whoop, but you're the one that cause it and for what, revenge?"
"Yes, the Prescott family owns Arcadia Bay, the school, everything they can get their hands on, putting all of their work, their funds and money in their project and I want to see it all get wipe out to see the look on their faces, if they get caught in the storm it would be nice, but if they survive, even better, so that way I can see the look in their eyes after their life work is not gone before I kill them with my own hands," The girl said as she sounding she would enjoy that part very much.
"Yea, and kill hundreds of innocent people along the way," Joshua said as the turn laugh and said, "Innocent? Not everyone is innocent, as everyone loves making one person that is a nobody miserable, you should know, I seen how you talk to that girl… Kate was it? You saw what they do to her, what they did and all because someone drugged her."
Joshua eyes widen a bit and said, "You knew… you did it?"
The girl scoff and said, "Me drug someone? That the last thing I would do… No, I didn't do it, but someone who is familiar with date rape drugs and the family who making it did, and they succeed with one and almost with another, you know one of them pretty well already."
Joshua took a moment to think what she meant and thought of who was the girl he knew most that was drug, sense Kate is already listed off the only person he knew of is… "Chloe," Joshua said as the girl laugh and said, "Bingo, give the man a prize."
"So it was Nathan Prescott that did it, and you know it, why not testify if you against the family, tell the police the truth, why not just stop it?" Joshua said as girl turn to him and said, "Because it's too late! The die has cast and people will die simple as that, and the next person would be next will be simple innocent Kate."
"Do you ever dare think about touching her," Joshua threatens as the girl laugh and said, "Oh I'm not going to do it, she just a few insults away from killing herself, even after you came and help her, she is already scarred for life and people already treat her as an outsider, as I said the die has been cast."
Joshua glared at the black hooded girl as Joshua didn't like her one bit. "Though I'll tell you this for the last time, Jojo you and your two buddies get the Hella fuck out of dodge before Friday otherwise I can't promise you my associate will be lenient with you since I have a sort of bounty on your head." The Girl said as Jojo saw her fangs looked pure white.
"Fuck you bitch. I won't let you destroy this town and everyone in it just for revenge against the Prescott's." Jojo glared as the girl then sighed.
"Fine be that way then Jojo, don't say I didn't warn you." The girl said as the Doe approached her to which the girl petted its head. "But do give this message to Max for me Jojo. Tell her keep Chloe alive a lot of people will be sad if she dies." She said as she looked to Jojo as Jojo caught the ominous and cryptic message in her words just as she turned around.
Jojo grabbed his Polaroid and just waited as he needed to catch her picture without her knowing. "Oh and Jojo..." The girl said before turning her head to him. "Good luck you're going to need it for this game." She said as Jojo took the picture just in time as she then began walking away before a flash happened and both she and the Doe were gone.
(Meanwhile with Max and Jotaro)
Max and Jotaro faced each other as Max was nervous about this. "Now Max were going to see the range of your Stands movement. Basically your Stand can only go a certain range from you as the stronger you and your Stand are the farther the Range. My Star Platinum can go about 3 meters at the maximum any farther and we'll be dragged. Right now you are 4 meters away from me so I want you to work your way of getting your Stand torts me, but first we need to be careful." Jotaro said as he looked to Max.
"Star Platinum!" Jotaro invoked as Star Platinum charged forward to its 3 meter range where it waited. "Now Max try and get Photobooth torts my Stand after that we'll increase the range till we can get the maximum range." Jotaro said as he's already seen Photobooth Precision is a Rank A same with speed though it's power was a C Rank they needed to see what Rank its Range was hence the exercise. Though its development is up in the air at the moment but that was the hardest stat to figure out but for now they needed to see its Range for now.
Max nods as she take a deep breath and said, "Okay… I can do this." Max takes in another deep breath before letting it out as she said, "Photobooth!"
Photobooth before her and knew its role as it charge up at 'Star Platinum' going pass the one meter line and made contacted with Jotaro stand and started to punch at it.
'Star Platinum' back away as it block the attack , as Jotaro watch as they went pass the 2 meter line and show its still showing strong as Photobooth keep going.
The more Photobooth keep going the more Jotaro getting a reading on Max's Stand basic ability of combat, about to hit the 3 meter mark as it was just a little over a feet away from him.
The way 'Photobooth' fights as he can tell it's not as strong as his or Joshua's stands, at B or C grade levels but it may not be giving it all yet but time will tell, but its speed is something else as it at borderline of low A and high B grade and to the look on max it's not putting a strain on her yet but her stamina is looking a little weary as he see her breathing and some sweat on her head.
Passing the 3 meter line as Jotaro sees max limit was still not reach yet, as 'Star Platinum' was back at his side 'Photobooth' is upon it as it sent a punch at the Stand, as it hit the mark Jotaro felt it as 'Star Platinum' was hit.
'Photobooth' keep going as Jotaro jump back when the Stand came up him, coming back a few more meters as Max's stand keep going and send out another punch as it was upon Jotaro now, suddenly Max jerk forward and 'Photobooth' came to a stop as the punch came up halfway up a meter, as Jotaro see and measure in his head as he said, "4 and a half meters, pretty good for a green horn."
Max took a breath as she reach the limit of her stand as she calls it back with Jotaro calling his back as well and walk forward and said, "But it seem your stamina can use some work, I will suggest you keep you Stand out and close by you, help build it up over the next few days."
Max nods a bit and said while catching her breath, "So… what next?"
"5 minute break to recover then we will resume," Jotaro said to her, as Max nods as she take her 5 minute break.
"How is Chloe doing?" Max wondered as she wondered where Chloe and Joseph were training.
(With Chloe)
Joseph charged at Chloe to begin their training as with his pinky finger of his right hand jabbed at Chloe in the sternum knocking the air straight out of her as well as removing the effects of the drugs she did before and any damage the beer and the drugs did to her body as Chloe had the air knocked out of her. "What the fuck was that for?!" Chloe called out as Joseph looked to Chloe.
"Simple I woke up the Hamon in you, if you're going be taking on a vampire you're going to need Hamon to do it!" Joseph said as he knew since Hamon was a force to be reasoned with against those like the Vampires and Pillar Men Chloe will need every advantage she can get. "Right now you should noticed that your body feels better than it has ever has before, any damage your body had including long effect damages such as pot and beer should vanish from your body." Joseph said as Chloe glared before she noticed it. She didn't have the need to smoke the leaves and her breathing feels a whole lot better than it did before. 'It's been a while since I last did this.' Joseph said as he discreetly had Hermit Purple latch onto Chloe's head outside her noticed. "Your next line is, 'wow your Hella right how'd, you do that,' am I right?" Joseph said as he hadn't gotten to do that in years.
"Wow your hella right how did you do that?" Chloe said as she was quickly wide eyed at this as she then had a hunch.
"Next you're going to say, 'You used Hermit Purple to read my mind didn't you,' is that right?" Joseph asked again as Chloe glared.
"You used Hermit Purple to read my mind didn't you?" Chloe asked but then growled and breathed hard unintentionally using Hamon to punch Joseph in the gut hard as her had was in a fist which wasn't a proper Hamon strike.
"SON OF A BITCH!" Joseph called out in pain as he held his stomach where Chloe had hit him unintentionally using Hamon. "Lesson one Chloe Hamon utilizes Breathing and since you're new to it careful how you breathe!" Joseph called out as he held his stomach in pain. "Now we're going to learn how to use Hamon at its core so be ready because I'll be showing you the same way I was shown way back when." Joseph said as he swore Chloe may have cracked some of his ribs.
"Sure no problem shouldn't be too hard." Joseph said as he knew unlike Chloe they have very short time to get her to learn how to use Hamon because unlike her Joseph had the benefit of a whole month to learn while Chloe only has maybe till Friday morning at best to get up to being strong enough to fight on her own. "Now then get ready to work and grind until you're exhausted!" Joseph called as Chloe smirked.
"Bring it on old timer!" Chloe called out with a cocky grin as Joseph laughed to himself swearing that Chloe was like a younger female him when he was her age.
(Back with Max a bit later)
Max had Photobooth floating right next to her as she was in front of Jotaro once more as the two looked to each other. "Now then Max in the Strength Department Photobooth is barely above a actual fighter, but your Stand has other abilities it can utilize as where it lacks in Strength in more the makes up for in Speed, Precision, and Range. From the looks of it those three aspects with its Time base powers are Photobooths strongest tools." Jotaro said as he looked to Max. "But from what I had seen you can only rewind up to a certain point and if you go anywhere passed that you get a bloody nose which shows the strain it puts on you." Jotaro explained as Star Platinum looked to Photobooth.
"Ok wait how did you figure that out?" Max asked as Jotaro looked.
"When I had you grab more bottles I used Star Platinum the World to make things fall around you forcing Photobooth to rewind to see how long you can Rewind to." Jotaro explained to Max as Max was wondering how those Tires nearly crushed her. "But the key to fighting another Stand User is misinformation keep your opponent guessing on what, Stand you have and what its abilities are, doing this will allow you to attack as you see fit without letting your opponent know to what it is. Photobooth's rewind ability may be an offshoot of Star Platinum the Worlds ability to Pause Time but we don't have the Speed Wagon Foundations resources to prove that." Jotaro explained as Max understood.
"Right now we're going to do some actual Combat Training don't worry though Star Platinum will only defend for now but he will attack back so for now focus on combat and remember use your Stand's strengths and abilities to their full advantage." Jotaro explained as Max nodded.
"Alright then let's start." Max said as Jotaro nodded.
"Alright, Star Platinum!" Jotaro called out as Star Platinum charged forward.
"ORA!" Star Platinum called forth as it charged forward.
"Photobooth!" Max called as Photobooth charged forward.
"ORO!" Photobooth called as Photobooth had its hands in blade like motions once again before it began making stabbing motions with them at Star Platinum who blocked and parried them with his fists. Jotaro though saw the way Photobooth attacked as very much like Hamon just without releasing the energy through its finger tips.
Max try and keep up her abilities, letting her Stand do the fighting as she started to get it, she and her stand are connected and yet they are separate beings by having minds of their own, with Joshua's Stand comfort him when he got made fun of supported that, the only time the time rewind ever happen because she giving the commands for it, and to have her stand to fight at its fullest is she giving it her own energy to do so, as max maybe not a super geek as other people but she does learn, bit by bit.
Once 'Photobooth' went for a direct stab, 'Star Platinum' dodge it and counter with a punch to its chest, as Max felt it as she and her stand held their chest to that as Jotaro said, "Yare, yare daze. I've told you he would attack back, you need to be watchful of your own stand as well. Photobooth may be able to fight on its own, but it's up to you to control actions as that last attack was too wild and what I can tell of you, you're not the wild type, but more of keep it safe kind, which your Stand should do as well."
Max gather her breath again as that attack knock the air out of her as she took deep breath and listen to Jotaro is telling her as she get it, and she didn't play it safe thinking it was a spar testing her ability, but that was her mistake as she said, "I… understand."
"30 seconds to recover before we resume," Jotaro said as he call his stand back and waited, with Photobooth was still keep out waiting for Max to recover.
Jotaro looked at his watch as he watch the seconds hand count down and started to give his advice as he said, "I'm going to keep this brief as I can, each stand user would have different abilities and power, different sizes and shape, but if up to you to figure it out if there is in fact other stand user other than you or that black hooded girl in this town then you must be careful and be on guard, you do not attack unless they do make them show their hand of their power, do not stand a stand out on a wild hunch, you're a novice still and the quickest way to get kill is going out gun blazing."
Max had her breath steady out as the 30 seconds were up, Jotaro drop his arm back to his side and call out, "Star Platinum!"
Star Platinum was call forth again as it charged at Max and her stand as they waited, with what Max is getting she need to play it safe, as she sync herself with her stand more she just going to do that play it safe until a real opening show itself.
This time 'Star Platinum' was on the offensive and Photobooth protected itself and parrying with its attack, as Max watch closely of Jotaro stand as it throw its punches, and her Stand counters as she eyeball the fight she saw the opening as pointed out calling, "Photobooth attack!"
"ORO!" Photobooth said before it throw a punch and got a hit in as Jotaro felt it as whence to the feeling but gave a small smile.
Star Platinum then jumped back as Jotaro smirked a bit as he saw the Max may have a stand ability like his own. "Good job Max you got a hit in, but let me show you an example of what a stand like Star Platinum and possible Photobooth can do. STAR PLATINUM ZA WARUDO" Jotaro called as soon everything froze around Jotaro and Star Platinum who crossed its arms over its chest in an x formation released an energy as the world was frozen in time as Max look confused in a frozen state.
"Go." Jotaro said in the world of stopped time as Star Platinum then hit a large object no doubt to catch Max's attention.
"ORAORAORAOROAORAORAORAORAORAORA!" Star Platinum called out as when he did Jotaro smirked while Star Platinum punched the Car.
"And thus time moves once more." Jotaro said after Star Platinum returned as everything began moving again as Max was shocked when all of a sudden a large car was busted up with multiple with fists in it as Max was shocked.
"Wow how did you do that, I didn't even see Star Platinum move." Max said as Jotaro smirked.
"He did actually its Star Platinum's ability which allows him to stop time altogether for a short period of 10 seconds." Jotaro said as Max was shocked as she looked to Photobooth who had a big smile on its face as if it wanted to be able to do such a skill, but then Max had a bit of a flashback to the Black Hood Girl as she remembered her vision of the Storm.
"PERFECT STORM!" The memory called as Max saw she was their one second and the next she was gone. What if... her Stands ability is similar to Star Platinum the World?
It was then that Joshua came in as did Chloe as Chloe was trying to catch her breath as Joshua was holding onto a photo for dear life. "What happened to you two?" Max asked as she hoped they were ok.
"That Hamon thing involved getting nailed in the gut by a pinky finger before learning its stuff." Chloe said as Joseph appeared as he grinned. "And working on how I breathe because apparently all the skills revolve around breathing." Chloe said as she was lucky to avoid the breathing correction device for now.
"Yes but she's a fast learner maybe she should have aspired to be a martial arts instructor if she learns through practical means." Joseph said as Chloe smirked.
"Yeah check this out." Chloe said as she ran over to the Junker which was now flipped over thanks to Star Platinum. Chloe took a deep breath before getting her hand into a blade like form as she focused that ripple thing Joseph was talking about. "NOW EAT THIS!" Chloe called out as she sent the hand forward hitting the car as not only did she dent the side even more but she also send the doors on the other side hurdling outward with broken windows as Max was surprised.
"Holy shit!?" Max called as she didn't expect Chloe to learn so fast.
"Yeah next time my step douche messes with me he's getting a Hamon to the gut." Chloe said as Max gave her a look of disapproval. "But uh I mean as self-defense I mean I don't want to hurt the guy too much." Chloe said as she knew the danger it would pose if she used it on people.
"Jotaro you need to see this." Joshua said cutting in as Jotaro looked to the photo and to his shock as well as to the shock of Max and Chloe was the black hooded girl as there she was black everything as Chloe looked.
"Wow looks like someone has a black color fetish." Chloe said as the lady even had black lipstick.
"Their called Goths." Joshua said as Jotaro looked to the picture.
"Star Platinum." Jotaro said as Star Platinum appeared as both look intensely upon the picture.
"What is he doing?" Max asked as Joseph looked.
"Basically he's looking at the picture to see if he can figure out an ID to this Psycho Stand User. Star Platinum has very high precision to the point that I can look to the picture and notice any traits that no one else had seen before." Joseph said as Jotaro looked and then he saw it.
"This girl, she has scarring around her neck, which points to the fact that when she became a Vampire her head was cut off and attached to a new body." Jotaro said as he looked to the Stand. "The body build shows it once belonged to a professional who kept a balance of a strong body and a fast body as well a deadly combo, but her head it has a an earring on her left ear with a blue feather of sorts and on her neck near the side is a blue butterfly tattoo small one that no one had noticed due its size and uniqueness but part of it was lost no doubt when her head was cut off." Jotaro said as Chloe was wide eyed at the earing part.
"Wait let me see." Chloe said as she looked and saw the earing as well as she recognized it anywhere. "That's Rachel's earing!" Chloe called out as she saw the Earing and knew it from anywhere. "This bitch whoever she was, she was involved with Rachel somehow!" Chloe called out as she was so going to hunt this vampire black fetish bitch and give her what for.
"So we have a suspect to what happened to Rachel. Rachel may have been one of her victims at some point or possibly a friend." Joshua said as they had to find this girl soon.
"Practice is over for today for now we need to think on our next move carefully if that Storm is coming on Friday we have until less than three days to stop it." Jotaro said as they needed to think.
Joshua looked to the side and saw a small sign that had the words Arcadia Bay and Crusaders next to it as Joshua saw the Bay part was scratched off and damaged leaving the only readable parts 'Arcadia,' and 'Crusaders.' "Arcadia Crusaders huh?" Joshua asked as he had to admit that had a certain ring to it.
"So we have a crazy bitch who is trying to screw this town over out of some payback man hate to be one of her enemies." Chloe said as Max looked to her as Photobooth mirrored Max's look of "Are you serious?" "What? I was joking you know an expression." Chloe said as Max sighed.
"Yeah but it's just some scary shit you know that she'll kill hundreds of innocent people just for revenge." Max said as she looked.
"She's after the Prescott's specifically." Joshua said as he sat down on a chair.
"The Prescott family I heard of them a bunch of criminals if you ask me." Joseph said as he looked to the two Stand Users and one new Hamon Practitioner.
"Yeah but if she really has that kind of power it's really scary to think what she would do to others who get on her bad side." Max said as before she grabbed her head in pain as did Joshua as Max was getting a nose bleed. "I... I don't feel so super." Max said before she passed out as Joshua cursed.
"Not again." Joshua said before he also passed out as the two fell down.
"OH MY GOD!" Joseph called as he didn't see this coming as Jotaro caught Joshua while Chloe caught Max.
(Dream Scape)
Max and Joshua saw the storm in flashes as they saw Under Pressure and Photobooth battling against Perfect Storm as they also saw Chloe there as she seemed to be dead at some points but also saw a Gun go off piercing a shadow of someone causing blood as they soon saw Photobooth stab its hand through Max and Chloe as this dream was almost to bizarre even for them.
(Later)
Joshua began to come to as he looked around trying to figure out what had just happened. Joshua looked to his hand and saw he was ok but as he got up he saw Jotaro standing to the side while Old Man Joseph was still there. "You ok?" Jotaro asked as Joshua nodded.
"Yeah, just had one, fucked up dream." Joshua said as he wondered what just happened.
"Hmm could be that Under Pressure and Photobooth are very much alike since there powers are opposites of each other but the kind that can't live without the other." Jotaro said as Jonathan looked. "Stands attract Stands but it seems that certain Stands like Under Pressure and Photobooth with powers of Space and Time are more attracted to each other than others." Jotaro said as Joshua nodded.
"Looks that way." Joseph said as he felt something wrong. "But if one were to go I think the other would go out right berserk." Joseph said as Joshua found that was a scary thought.
"Yare, yare daze it looks like Max is awake now." Jotaro said as Joshua looked and saw Max coming to with Chloe.
"Max you ok?" Joshua asked as he walked over to Max.
"Yeah just zonked out was all." Max said as she got up.
"You and me both." Joshua said as he looked to Max.
"But with those Stand things you guys got you can stop guns like nothing." Max said as she knew from Jotaro and Joseph some Stands are able to stop Bullets by catching them.
Jotaro then looked as he heard grass crunch as Star Platinum heard it too. 'We have company.' Jotaro said as soon a new voice was heard.
"Hey looks like you got yourself some new buddies." A man said as Joshua looked and saw a man that just screams drug dealer. He can smell the stuff on him even as Joshua stayed on the defensive.
"Excuse us Frank." Chloe said as she didn't need to deal with him.
"Oh sorry, Chloe. Don't let me get in the way of your bonding with your new buddies." Frank said as Chloe glared unaware of the aura building around her from her Hamon. "Heard the breaking glass and shit getting wrecked so I came to check it out. Cute to see you three breaking things under adult supervision just like me at your age." Frank said as he looked to them.
"Who the Hell are you?" Joshua asked as he got in front of Chloe.
"We aren't anything alike, man." Chloe said as Joseph was listening.
"We both need money. In fact you need it so much that you owe me a shit load. Don't you, Chloe?" Frank said bit before Joshua could throw a punch Joseph stepped up.
"Oh so that's the problem here no worries." Joseph said before taking out a check book. "How much money does she owe you? I'll pay it back for her plus interest." Joseph said taking out a pen as well.
"Uh... three grand." Frank said as Joseph smirked.
"That's all? I'll write it off for four grand for your troubles." Joseph said before writing the check. "Here you go best to cash it in a lot of people would kill for that much cash." Joseph said as Frank was surprised by this. But Chloe soon saw something on Frank's arm.
"Where did you get that?" Chloe asked as she glared at Frank.
"A friend and it's none of your goddam business." Frank said as Chloe looked closer and recognized it.
"That's Rachel's bracelet. Why the Fuck are you wearing her bracelet!" Chloe demanded as Joshua saw things were about to get violent.
"Calm yourself, alright? It was a gift." Frank said as Chloe saw a lie in her rage.
"No it wasn't. You stole that shit! Give it to me right now asshole!" Chloe yelled as she was about to use Hamon but soon a bullet came flying by narrowly missing Chloe as everyone ducked and cover as more Bullets came flying in.
"What the Hell?" Joshua asked as this looked like a sniper.
"OH NO! A sniper!" Joseph called as the Sniper fired again as Joshua saw the reload was to fast like they only adjusted the aim.
"Frank you brought back up you fucking dick." Joshua growled as he was about to punch but the Sniper had apparently moved and fired hitting Joshua who had Under Pressure block it.
"Nowhere the Fuck would I even find a sniper?" Frank asked as he was just as unaware.
"We need to figure out where they are so one of us needs to draw its fire." Jotaro said as that was there best bet to finding the Sniper.
Chloe and Max duck behind a junk car as Max said, "What are we going to do?" Both her, and Chloe duck their heads as a shot hit near them, breaking the window glass on the car.
Joshua went behind the old fridge and try to think of a plan as he stick his head out for a moment and think of a plan, but nothing comes to mind as Jotaro spoken up saying, "Joshua."
Joshua look over to Jotaro as the he started to say to him, "Your and Max's stands are connected in a way correct?"
A Shot fire at Jotaro as he turn his head away as the shot came close for Joshua nods a bit and, "Yea, you got a plan?"
Jotaro look to him as he said, "Draw out the sniper along with your stand, if you can spot the sniper before the shot comes, Max can rewind time."
"Got it. What about you max! (Bang!) Shit!" Joshua said as he duck under that shot.
Max look to them and nodded as Jotaro said, "I'll cover max with Star Platinum. When I give the signal, you two get into action."
They both nods as Chloe look up and said, "Better do it quick because this sucks! (Bang!) Fuck you too, asshole!" Chloe yell out to the sniper, whoever it is as Frank was on the ground covering his ass as he still didn't know what was going on but he hears the shot hitting object but not the gunfire itself as he yell out, "Whatever is it you guys are into, I don't want none of it. Pompidou, where are you boy?!"
"Get to cover Mr. Frank," Joseph said before a shot came near him as it hit his prosthesis hand before shouting, "SON OF A BITCH!"
Jotaro grab a beer bottle that was gather as he hand it to Star Platinum, as the stand took and throw in a ransom direction to throw off the sniper as the bottle went flying, somehow the bottle was shot out of the air before it could hit anything as Jotaro saw this and thought to himself, 'This isn't just a normal sniper, it was able to hit the bottle before it landed. A Stand user perhaps.'
Jotaro pick up another bottle and give everyone a heads up as he said, "Be careful, this could be a stand user."
"Great, as if it wasn't bad enough," Chloe said in a low tone as Max took a breath as it seem the vampire girl has already send an assassin after them, and was panicking a bit as she never done anything like this in her life.
"Ok then let's get to work we draw this guy out we can all take him down." Joshua said as he and Max came out as the bullet came at Joshua as Under Pressure opened its hand for its black hole before sucking the bullet in. But what Joshua didn't see was a bullet hiding in its blind spot as the bullet hit his head as Max was shocked.
"Photobooth!" Max called as soon Photobooth appeared and rewind time just as Joshua sucked in the bullet. Joshua saw the bullet coming torts him and used the black hole to suck it in as he was shocked he had just died there for a second.
"Crap that was insane." Joshua said as he just died. "Thanks Max." Joshua said as Jotaro tried to see if he can locate where the Stand User was firing from.
"No problem but Mr. Kujo better find him or her otherwise we're fucked." Max said as Chloe looked.
"Where are you Asshole?" Chloe called as she quickly yelped and ducked back into cover as she saw the bullet was aimed at her that time.
"Wait? Why fire at Chloe when that girl told me and Max to keep her safe?" Joshua asked as he remembered her cryptic message. Soon the sniper fired again at the two as Under Pressure caught the bullet and draw in the other one as Joshua had an idea. "Under Pressure Bang Shot medium difficulty." Joshua said as Under Pressure nodded.
'ORA!" Under Pressure called out as it opened its hand and began drawing in matter torts it as it began building pressure. Once Under Pressure built up enough he aimed. "ORA!" Under Pressure roared as it fired the power it built up at the opposing Stand User creating a big explosion as a dog was heard for some reason like it yelped in surprise and fear.
'That almost sounded like... Iggy.' Jotaro thought remembering the old Stardust Crusader from their battles with Dio.
"Did you hear a god?" Joshua asked as he looked to Max.
"Yeah I think I did." Max said as Frank looked.
"Please tell me that wasn't my dog." Frank said as Joshua began putting the pieces in.
"Chloe!" Joshua called as Chloe looked.
"What!?" Chloe called as she quickly ducked and avoided another bullet.
"Come out here with Frank but be calm and don't attack him alright! Basically Apologize!" Joshua called as Chloe was shocked.
"What the Fuck?! Have you lost your mind Jojo?!" Chloe called as Max looked.
"I'm with Chloe on this one." Max said as Jotaro looked.
"Wait I think he may be onto something." Jotaro called as Joseph ducked from another attack as he lost a finger.
"OH NO!" Joseph called as he saw the finger was missing. "Just apologize Chloe before we all end up shot to death!" Joseph called as he used Hermit Purple to pull some cover torts him.
"NO!" Chloe called before she avoided another bullet. "FINE BUT IF IT DOESNT WORK I'M HAUNTING YOU ASSHOLES!" Chloe called as she grabbed Frank and pushed him out before following. "Ok Frank I'm sorry for not paying you the money I owe you and the fact I almost hit you!" Chloe called as she tried to sound as sincere as possible but the situation wasn't helping.
Soon something from the wood line was heard as from it a four legged Tank with a gun on its back came out as it looked very K9 like as with it was a dog as it glared at Chloe. "No way." Joshua said as the dog walked over to Frank and Chloe with the Stand pointing its weapon at Chloe as she swore she saw an outline of it.
"What the fuck Pompidou?!" Frank asked as the minute the bullets stopped after Chloe apologized his dog came out.
"I don't believe it." Joseph said as this was like Iggy all over again.
"What you all look freaked out." Frank asked as Joseph and Jotaro sighed.
"I'll see you two later at Blackwell Frank I'm going to need to talk with you." Jotaro said as he looked down upon Frank as Frank did not want to get on this big guys bad side.
"Y-yeah sure." Frank said before the three left.
"Oh and Joshua here." Jotaro said before throwing Joshua back his keys who caught it.
"Thanks." Joshua said as it was just the three of them now.
Once the adults were gone Jojo sighed in relief as Max and Chloe looked to him. "Can you tell us what that was about?" Chloe asked as Max looked.
"Yeah how can a Dog have a Stand?" Max asked as she didn't see that coming.
"It's not really farfetched for most of us Stand Users we just never really thought of actually seeing one in our life time." Jojo said as he looked to the girls. "Animals can have Stands, Hell one time there was a pet shop where all the pets had Stands and even Joseph and Jotaro had met an animal Stand User called Iggy who was a very good ally and friend." Joshua said as Max looked.
"What happened to him?" Max asked as Joshua sighed.
"The sad thing is the little pudge didn't survive to see Jotaro defeat Dio, the guy sacrificed himself for his friend from France." Joshua said as they all went silent from it. "It's not all bad though, our French friend actually adopted a pudge of his own and named him Iggy II and last I heard the little Pudge met a Bitch and had a litter." Joshua said as at least someone got a happy ending.
"Yeah." Chloe said as she looked at where the Stand stood as for a minute she swore she saw a shadow of the Stand pointing a weapon at her.
"Let's get out of here for a bit I think we all need a breather after that." Joshua said as Chloe smirked.
"Yeah Frank and his Stand using Dog vs me Chloe the Hamon user!" Chloe called as Joshua chuckled.
"I'd be careful most of Hamon's techniques rely around proper breathing so don't be surprise if Joseph sticks a breathing correction device on you to help train your Hamon skills." Joshua said hearing about how Lizbeth Joestar or Lisa-Lisa Josephs Mother had done the same thing to Joseph.
"Yeah he said I might need to use that if I want to improve my breathing. I thought he was joking." Chloe said as Joshua chuckled.
(Later)
The trio were walking as Chloe and Max were on the train tracks while Joshua was to the side of them as he looked. "Careful you two don't want you girls falling." Joshua said as Chloe glared.
"Hey I got an idea!" Chloe called as Joshua looked.
"Hmm?" Joshua asked as Max looked.
"What?" Max asked as Chloe smirked.
"Well I was thinking I mean we got like four going on five Stand Users on our side, two Hamon Users and we have to defeat a crazy Vampire Bitch. Maybe we need a team name." Chloe called as Joshua looked as Max was confused.
"Team name?" Chloe asked as Joshua looked.
"I actually thought of a bit of a name for ourselves but not a super hero type of thing more like... well a group of young kids trying to do the right thing." Joshua said as he smirked a bit. "Plus I even thought of a name... how does Arcadia Crusaders sound?" Joshua said as he was honoring the memory of the Original Stardust Crusaders who fell in battle to defeat Dio.
"Ok as much as I hate this shit hole town the name does have a ring to it." Chloe said as Joshua nodded. "Now then... a major thing we should discuss before I officially join is this... what's the deal with you and assholes like Frank?" Joshua asked as he looked to Chloe.
"Yeah I wanna know to." Max said as Chloe nodded.
"Alright let's take a break here then." Chloe said as the two then began to lay down on the tracks while Joshua sat on a nearby rock.
Max Chloe lay down on the train tracks with Jojo just sits on the rails as he relax and hear what Chloe says as she said, "It's starting to feel like a different world, with all this stuff about stands and kickass Hamon shit."
"It's always have been, dealing with the supernatural of the world with the normal stuff, it's just the problem of telling the different between the two," Joshua said as Max seem to agree to that.
"Maybe, but if there something both have in command, its times like these, quite… peaceful, almost relaxing to take a nap too as well," Chloe said as Joshua nods to that one as its always peaceful time that seem good as Max said afterwards, "I wish we could stay like this forever."
"Can we build another pirate fort and keep the world out?" Max said as Jojo look to her and said, "Pirate fort?"
Chloe laugh a bit and said, "It's a thing we had when we were younger, but it was pretty cool. But Going to need to find another new secret hangout... At least Frank wouldn't find us if he ever try to come back and ask for more money like a greedy bastard."
"If he does, I'm sure ether of you can take him on, just make sure you don't kill the guy and if his dog doesn't get you ether," Jojo said as Chloe sighed and said, "Of course, he bring that dog everywhere he goes, but if we can kick his ass, I'm sure he would learn his lesson painfully… But anyways are you guys okay?"
"Yea I think so," Max said as Jojo spoken next saying, "I'm good, Growing up in New York does have its perks."
"Right, I forgot about that, you must be some hardcore badass, hu Jojo?" Chloe ask as Jojo shrugs a bit and said, "Maybe, maybe not. Depends on who you ask I guess, if you ever visit New York."
"Then that would be on my list to go to then," Chloe said as she always wonder what New York is like as Max spoken up saying, "Let's get back on topic, What exactly is going on between you and Frank... Does he have a last name?
"Frank Bowers. Obviously don't get my pot from you, remember?" Chloe said to Max as Jojo look to her and said, "You should give up whatever pot you got left, or give it back, if you still want to learn Hamon still that is."
"Shut up. Anyways Frank and I kind of hung out… but now I wonder how that fucker got his hands on Rachel's Bracelet," Chloe said as she still wonder how Frank got it.
"Wait, Hang out? You don't mean you..." Max trail off as she didn't want to think of what Chloe have been doing with Frank as Chloe gave a look to Max as she said, "Ahh! No, we didn't have sex. Gross man. He never even tried."
"That good at least, to the rate of pregnancy for single women are 28% that if you done it once or twice," Jojo said as Chloe said to him, "Please stop talking! The thought of me and frank, make me wants to hurl."
Joshua chuckled at that as he got one on Chloe no doubt trying to get her riled up. "Anyway right now I want to find out how he got his hands on Rachel bracelet." Chloe said as Joshua looked.
"If anyone can find out its Jotaro and Joseph, with Joseph's Hermit Purple he can use it to figure it out." Joseph said as he did remember the two were talking to Frank about his Dog having a Stand.
"Let's hope so though personally I wish I had something like his Hermit Purple though with a different name, I would have called it something awesome like Metallica or Daft Punk." Chloe said as the two looked to her surprised. "What? Don't think I don't know you two and psycho Vampire Girl named your Stands after songs." Chloe said as the two then face palmed themselves as they realized it was only a matter of time before someone called them out on their Stand Names.
"Though we should keep an eye on this guy and best part the Speedwagon Foundation will be keeping close eyes on him and his dog as well, the dog is loyal to him so if it starts doing things it's not suppose to the Speedwagon Foundation and its Stand Users will be on both of them in a heartbeat." Jojo said as he chuckled.
"Yeah but the Dog was smarter than normal." Max said as Joshua looked.
"The doctors said that animals with Stands become smarter to rival that of a human in fact I've heard of an Orangutan with a Stand from Jotaro it even smoked a pipe and dressed like a human to boot." Joshua said as Chloe was shocked.
"No way that's insane." Chloe said wondering what else a Stand can do for people.
"Well getting a Stand two different ways, one you get cut or stabbed by a Stand Arrow and if you survive the aftermath you get your Stand, the other way is that you inherited the Stand from a someone in your bloodline." Joshua said as Max looked.
"How do you know this kind of stuff?" Max asked as Joshua sighed.
"My dad works with the Speedwagon Foundation in fact it was how he met my mom who thought her Stand was a gift from God." Joshua admitted as Max nodded.
"I get it now." Max said as she wondered what this 'Stand Arrow,' was.
"Yeah." Joshua said as he was silent for a bit.
"It's so weird talking to you guys about this Insane Crap, my old best friend and my new possible best friend." Chloe said as Joshua smirked.
"Glad I'm leveling up so fast." Joshua said as he sat on the rock.
"Yea me and Max haven't hung out this much since we were tweens... it's like no time has passed." Chloe said as Joshua smiled at this. "I wish Rachel was here to meet you guys." Chloe said as she felt she and Max would have been great friends but Joshua, and her, would be kind of like brother and sister the whole love/hate relationship thing.
"Do you think Rachel and I would have been friends?" Max asked as the three were unaware that in the shadows the same hooded figure was watching the two bond.
"You're not that different. She had-has a great eye for images and for art." Chloe said as she then looked to Joshua. "Plus she's a smartass like the both of you. We would all be hella 'Best Friends Forever." Chloe said as Joshua then felt the hairs on his back stand on end as he looked to the shadows of the trees and saw nothing there, but he was looking at the wrong spot.
"I know she must be as cool as you are. I have no doubt we'll meet soon." Max said as Joshua looked on edge.
"Hey Jojo you ok?" Chloe asked as Joshua looked.
"Yea... just feel like someone is watching or something is off." Joshua said a she got up feeling very much on edge.
In the deeper shadows the hooded black woman looked at Chloe and Max sadly as she knew she was basically doing more harm to the both of them. "Chloe... please forgive me... but this has to be done, Arcadia Bay it has to go and with it that bastard and the Prescott's." The girl said as she watched the scene play out as Perfect Storm floated next to her waiting for its mistress's next command.
Joshua then saw a perfect Photo op as he looked at the sun set and smiled a bit. "Hey I got a photo we can take you want it Max or should I take it." Jojo asked as Max looked.
"Um are you sure I mean?" Max asked as Joshua smirked.
"I'm sure my Everyday Heroes Photo is going to be all of us together with things involving our Stands and." Joshua said but Chloe cut him off.
"Chloe involving Martial Arts and Hamon, right?" Chloe said as she quickly realized what she did as Joshua was wide eyed.
"Chloe did you just..." Joshua asked as Chloe got up.
"Great that old man is rubbing off on me." Chloe said as she just predicted Joshua's next phrase.
"Chloe... um I think we should call Joseph later, it may not be much but just in case." Joshua said as he tried to keep his mind sealed as he didn't see any purple vines. But if Joshua is right then... Chloe may be developing a Stand of her own, her very own Hermit Purple.
"Well I'm taking the picture then." Max said as Joshua looked.
"I'll go with you." Joshua said as he got up to catch up with Max.
As the two stood next to each other Max saw the picture and with her new Polaroid was about to take the picture... but soon she had to stop as she and Joshua began grabbing their heads in pain as they were getting another one of those visions. In their minds they saw the Storm and there, Stands fighting against the girl and her Perfect Storm but she had her hood off but they couldn't get a good look at her face or anything as they were in pain and the images went to fast. It soon ended the same as before Photobooth now standing in the bathroom stabbing its hand through Chloe's chest but it then shifted to Perfect Storm and the Black wearing Vampire Girl as it flashed between the two both having tears streaming from their eyes.
Nearby in the shadows the Vampire Girl was also experiencing the same pain as the two since her Stands ability align with Max and Joshua's stand they were resonating to each other as she grunted and growled in pain to keep herself silent. 'No not now.' She struggled as this had happened before ever since Max first arrived in Arcadia Bay and had only gotten worse when Joshua arrived.
"Max? Jojo! Help I'm stuck!" Chloe called as all three of them had heard.
"Hold on Chloe!" Max called as she and Joshua went to help her.
Joshua looked at the damage and saw it was Chloe boot that was stuck. "Her boot got stuck we can get the boot of and get her out fast as long as we all stay calm." Joshua said as he looked to the scene before him but the two then heard the sound of a train.
"Shit a train is coming." Max said as they had to think fast.
Joshua looked and saw a track shift lever and a small building they can use to find tools to save Chloe. "Max look around see if you can find a way to change the tracks I'll check the fuse box and the lever." Jojo said as he quickly ran over to the Fuse Box and lever hoping they can be used.
Max nods as she rushes to the build and get in it but found it locked tight.
Jojo rush over to the box and opens find 3 wires, but didn't know which ones was for the lever, and if pulls one now, he could accidently cause the tracks to change permanently and cause the train to crash, or cut the power with no way to change the track for a moment to help get Chloe free.
Max looks around for something and saw a crowbar nearby as she sends out Photobooth to get it, as it did rush back to max as she grab it and said, "Thank you."
Put the crowbar at the door and bush the door open as she said, "Got it!"
"Hurry, the train is coming!" Chloe said as the train horn gotten louder as Joshua, went to the lever and started to kick at it hoping it's has a loss or rusted gear but it did no bugged one bit, he could try to summon Under Pressure to do it but if the lever is stuck in that good, his Stand could accidently bend it or break it with no way to get Chloe free.
Max went through everything trying to find something, as she open and close tool drawer, as Chloe yell out again, "It's almost here!"
Joshua growl in frustration as he rush over to Chloe and try to get her out the hard way as Chloe said, "What are you doing? The train is almost here!"
"I'm trying to save you, now come on!" Jojo said as he pull her leg as Chloe try to do the same.
Max found the tool she was look for as it was some wire cutters as she said, "Got them."
Quickly rushing out as she see Jojo with Chloe trying to get her out the best he could as he yell out, "Max!"
The train was just a moment away as Max saw it coming as she yells out, "No!"
Max raise her hand to call Photobooth to rewind time, but before she could, the black hood girl frowns and out of reflex she calls out, "PERFECT STORM!"
Time pause before Max could rewind, as Perfect Storm came forth with Rachel in front of the train as she raise her hands to it and said, "Stop it at all cost!"
Perfect storm rush to it as started punching at it as it went-
"MURAMURAMURAMURAMURA!"
The train being wreck as time stood still, but soon enough time was running again.
"BOOM!"
The train exploded right in front of the group as they cover themselves from the blast, as metal scrap came at them as Jojo cover Chloe and call forth, "UNDER PRESSURE!"
"ORE!" Under Pressure came forth and rapid punch everything that came at them.
"ORAORAORAORAORAORA!"
Max duck and waited for things try to settle down, and as they did, dust still in the air as the hooded girl smile to this and then she hears a grunt sound as she turn her head and see the man that was conductor for the train somehow survive as she said, "Your luck to be alive."
The man groin and turn over as he saw who spoken to him and as he did saw the girl and her face under the hood as the man gasp a bit and said, "R-Rach- 'Cough-Cough!'
The black hooded girl is taken back as she step back and saw the man as it seem she knows the man or at least knew him as she frown and she said, "No witnesses!"
Perfect Storm understood and grabbed the man as the smoke settled as the three saw just in time for Perfect Storm to snap the man neck with ease as the man was dead in an instant as the way they did it showed to investigators the man had died in the crash. Jojo saw this as did Chloe and Max as they didn't even see her show up. "Why did you do that? You rescued that guy!" Jojo demanded as the girl scoffed.
"Don't misunderstand I wasn't saving him, I was saving her." She said while pointing at Chloe not realizing she gave a key part of her plan away. Not like they can stop it now as long as Chloe but Jojo glared at her.
"But you killed him!" Jojo called as he remembered something. 'Ra' that's all he got out could this guy had known her from before?' Jojo thought as he had to be careful.
"No witnesses from this town." She said as Chloe glared.
"You bitch!" She called as she got loose and sent a Hamon attack at her as Perfect Storm appeared and blocked it as it was mere inches from her face giving it a very light glow but luckily not close enough to reveal who she was.
"I don't want to hurt you Chloe but if you attack me I will knock you out." She said in a threatening manner as soon Max jumped in as did Jojo.
"UNDER PRESSURE/PHOTOBOOTH!" They both called as the Two Stands charged forward and sent there attacks at the girl as Perfect Storm let go and blocked the attack and punched back with ease.
"Is that all you can do? Is this all the power you two have together?" She asked as soon Perfect Storm grabbed Under Pressure and pulled him close before she grabbed Jojo and punched him, away hard causing him to hit the rocks.
Photobooth then roared as he went after Perfect Storm.
"ORO!"
But before Max could rewind Time Perfect Storm grabbed Photobooth while the girl grabbed Max. "Listen well Maxine Claufield right now my plans are at this point irreversible so be a good little puppet and do as the puppet master wills her to, that's the only use for a good little puppet to her master." The girl said before Perfect Storm punched Photobooth in the stomach causing Max to feel the blow as it was a hard one a very hard one.
"PERFECT STORM!" She called as she then stopped time. "Now I better get out of here, I'm sorry Chloe but this has to happen but when it all ends I'll come for you and help you escape Arcadia Bay." She said before she ran as Perfect Storm followed before time then resumed.
The three saw the girl was gone as Max fell to her knees in shock at what had happened as she was so close to dying that the scary thing was that girl could have done it to and not bat an eye. "Max you ok!" Chloe called as she got free and ran over to Max.
"Y-yeah but that girl... she killed that man and could have done it to me also." Max said as she was in shock
"But she saved me why me what am I so important to her that I need to live." Chloe asked as Max looked.
"She called me a puppet like me coming here was no mistake like she planned out everything before any of us got here and this was just a slip up on her part." Max said as Jojo got up.
"Whoever she is her revenge against the Prescott's and the fact you two seem to have key roles in all of this... it probably means you two will be among chief of people to be kept alive for her." Jojo said as he looked. "I'll be damned if I sacrifice others to save others it will just leave a very bad taste in my mouth, but we have to stop her soon." Jojo said as he stood up like nothing.
"You ok though?" Max asked as she was worried for her friend.
"Che yeah I am just a bruise was all." Jojo said as he was lucky the girl held back but the strength she showed was a warning shot nothing more. A Mistake on her part with his multiple run-ins with the law back in New York he was used to idiot cops firing warning shots. "We need to get back to school though before anyone else gets hurt, we'll leave the local railway company and law enforcement agency to deal with this, right now there are no security cameras so for now we're safe." Jojo said as he hated doing this.
"Should we?" Max asked as Jojo looked.
"No let the cops deal with it, no doubt the smoke rising up will have them act we need to go now." Jojo said but his tone showed he didn't like this but they had no other choice.
The trio then began running away as they began making their way back to the truck as Max looked. "Chloe when this is all over, I." Max began as Chloe nodded in understanding and cut her off.
"Yeah I know Speedwagon Foundation and all that but till that happens it will be the three of us." Max said as the three ran to the pickup trucks.
(TBC)
(Stand Card)
Stand Name: Under Pressure
Power: A
Precision: B
Range B
Speed: B
Vitality: C
Development: D
Stand User: Joshua John
Alia: Jojo
Abilities: Spatial Manipulation such as Gravity and worm holes such as black holes and white holes.
Stand Name: Perfect Storm
Power: A
Precision A
Range: B
Speed B
Vitality: B
Development: Unknown
Stand User: Unknown but is currently known as Black Hood.
Abilities: The best way to describe this ability is Time Pausing and Butterfly Effects any abilities known or unknown has yet to be discovered.
Stand Name: Photobooth
Power: C
Precision: A
Range: B (at worst) A (At best)
Speed: A
Vitality: C
Development: As of now Unknown
Stand User: Maxine Claufield
Alias: Max
Abilities Time Manipulation that can at times be mistaken as Continuity Manipulation
ESKK: Now then this is a Stand Card thing so if you guys thing I could improve or change something please let me known. Now then until next time see you soon so leave a review and like always ja ne.
