Primal Strength
Far from the Chinese ocean in a place surrounded by shadows and darkness, a figure stepped out of the shadows. It was Shadowy Figure and in his hands he held a crystal ball that showed the defeated fake captain.
"It appears that The Moon card had been defeated by this band of heroes. Your prediction was correct my friend." said Shadowy figure as he addressed someone sitting upon a throne
The throne was pale white and covered with robes and cloths giving it a mysterious look to it. The man sitting upon the throne had his face covered by darkness and only his blond hair was visible. This man was Dio.
"You don't sound so surprised my friend." replied Dio
"I've grown used to you being right with your predictions. Still these warrior heroes are inching closer and closer towards us. Should I take care of them, after all they now have two of our former agents with them?" asked Shadowy figure
Just as Shadowy Figure had finished saying that a laugh cut into the conversation. Both men turned to see an old lady with long white hair tanned skin carrying herself with a cane. She was covered in black robes similar to the likes that an old fortune teller would wear.
"Enyaba, is something humoring you?" asked Dio
"Not at all Lord Dio. I just came here to voice that Shadowy Figure's concerns are understandable, he should remember that these heroes are surrounded by enemies. From where they are to Egypt, there are many stands with abilities unlike those they have ever seen. They will be destroyed by our forces before they get here, and if need be I'll go and join in the fight." said Enyaba laughing like a witch
"Then we'll only have one problem left standing in our way to global domination." said Dio
Back in the ocean, the heroes had become surrounded by a thick fog that made things difficult for them to navigate.
"This is just great, now there's fog." said Rad
"At least it isn't raining." said Dendy
Just as the heroes were hoping that the fog would dissipate but then a large object casted a large object. Once the fog cleared the heroes saw that the object was a large metal ship.
"Finally some civilization!" said Elodie
"It's a ship. Think we could get a ride from it?" asked K.O.
"Let's hope so." said Mr. Gar
Suddenly the ship stopped near them. The heroes spotted a door and reached it to go into the ship. After tying up the boats to the large ship the heroes began to look around hoping to find the crew.
"Hello! Someone here?" asked Carol
"It seems this place is empty." said Enid
"Well that's just perfect." said Elodie
Just as Elodie had mentioned that one of the pipes on the ceiling broke off and spewed cold water on both Elodie and Enid. Both girls screamed a little given the water's temperature until K.O. grabbed the pipe and Mr. Gar melded it back in place.
"Are you two okay?" asked K.O.
"Besides being soaking wet." said Elodie
"Again." added Enid
"We're fine darling." finished Elodie
"There's got to be towels or something to dry us." said Enid as both her and Elodie went to find the towels
"Alright, we'll bee on the deck trying to find someone on this thing." said Mr. Gar
"If not we could just sail or drive this hulk all the way to Singapore." added Rad as they made their way to the deck of the ship
The girls kept walking through the ship's corridors until they finally found what seemed to be a locker room. They began looking around hoping to find some towels or something but they were at a loss. Not a single item as far as they could see.
"Great, this one is empty as well." said Enid as she closed another locker
"Well this is just perfect. I am in the middle of nowhere, wet as a common dog and there is not a single towel on this ship." said Elodie irritated.
"Then why the hell are you here?" asked Enid
"Like I said I have business to attend to, it sure isn't about going back through memory lane." said Elodie
"Look, a friend of mine told me to stop not caring so I'll ask once. Why are you here?" asked Enid
Elodie didn't say anything for a few seconds as she was paused in thought. She then looked away from Enid and then she looked at her once more. She looked around making sure that no one was listening or watching them.
"I'd like to show you something." said Elodie as she began to take off her white shirt.
Enid gasped at what she was now seeing. Elodie had a long horizontal scar right across her stomach.
"What happened?" asked Enid in shock
"It happened two years ago. Me and my classmate Veronica, we were both walking away from the academy one rainy day when we spotted a man standing in the rain. Despite the heavy downpour that was falling on us there was not a single drop on him. He looked at us with cold almost undead eyes saying that he was looking for a girl. We both prepared ourselves for what her had intended but then, I felt how a sharp blade cut through me in a blink of an eye. I fell down and passed out due to the shock. Afterwards I only heard and saw two things. Veronica screaming and the man's hands gripping her neck. I noticed that both of his hands were right hands. Hours later I woke up in a hospital and found out that my classmate had been murdered. For two long years I searched for that man." explained Elodie as she traced her scar
"And that's when you found both Shadowy Figure and Dio, wasn't it?" asked Enid
"Yes, they promised me that man's head on a pike for what he did, and before I could say anything else they put that bug on my brain. And the rest as you know is history." finished Elodie as she put her shirt back on.
"If what you say its true, then its most likely that this man is working for Shadowy Figure and Dio. Then your best bet at finding this guy is...working with us." said Enid
"Yes. Please don't tell anyone about this." said Elodie
"They'll find out eventually, but you got it." said Enid as she stepped up to Elodie and gave her a hug.
"Thank you Enid..I...I-" began Elodie until they heard something growling and grunting at them.
Both girls looked around as the locker doors began to rattle and move on their own. Then the doors stopped causing the girls to wait for whatever was lurking in the shadows.
"What was that?" asked Enid
"My guess is as good as yours." said Elodie as one of the locker doors shot out
This made Elodie dodge with only apiece of her dress being cut off. Then the lockers themselves began to twist and bend turning into large hands.
"Time to get out of here." said Enid as she brought out Greek Fire
Enid and Elodie quickly got out of the locker room at high speed.
"What was that?" asked Elodie
"My guess, its someone's stand. We got to warn the others." said Enid as she ran
Enid's stand helped the girls put much distance between them and the lockers but then the pipes and walls began closing in on them. The walls made Enid dodge but then she was tripped by a pipe springing out of the floor. Just as the pipes were wrapping around the two girls a barrage of punches shattered them away from them. Both Enid and Elodie turned to see K.O.
"K.O.!" said both girls
"Hey, you guys were taking too much time so I came to check up on you two. What was that?" asked K.O.
"There's an enemy here, we got to warn the others." said Enid as all three got back to running towards the upper deck of the ship.
Just as the three teens made their way out to the deck of the ship a pair of eyes snarled at them from the shadows.
The three teens arrived to meet with the others while trying to keep their guard ups.
"K.O., girls, what took you so long, we were starting to get worried?" asked Carol
"We got a big problem." said K.O.
"There's a stand user on this ship." said Enid
"What?!" asked Mr. Gar
Just as Mr. Gar asked that question the floor underneath Mr. Gar, Rad, Dendy, and Carol began to let go and swallow them. This stopped them from moving and held them in place. Just then different parts and pieces of the ship began to crack, snap and rearrange themselves. In front of their eyes the bridge and the machinery had transformed into the upper body of a massive metal gorilla.
"I don't understand, I thought that the stand could manipulate metal but this is.." began Elodie
Then at the bottom of the large metal beast appeared an orangutan wearing a navy captain's jacket and hat.
"An orangutan?" asked K.O.
Then the ape held up an open dictionary and was pointing to a specific word. The word that the orangutan was pointing at was the word 'strength'.
"He's pointing to the word strength. Could that be the name of its stand?" asked Enid
"So you're another one of Shadowy Figure and Dio's puppets aren't you? Your stand is represented by the tarot card of Strength isn't it?" asked Elodie
The orangutan merely puffed its chest and gave them a toothy grin.
"Could this whole ship be his stand? By the way, why are those two using tarot cards to name their agents?" asked K.O.
"I myself am not sure, and my stand is supposed to be represented by the chariot card of the tarot." said Elodie
"Enough talk, let's take down this damn dirty ape." said Enid with Greek Fire
Once Enid said that the giant gorilla construct brought down one of its massive hands on the three teens. They scattered to dodge the attack. Enid went straight at the orangutan, but it went down through the floor of the stand dodging the attack. Then the second hand went straight towards Enid but K.O. intercepted it with using Foo Fighter's strength. Then Elodie called forth her stand P!nk and began firing at the large metal gorilla. The energy arrows manage to dent and scratch at the beast but this doesn't last. Suddenly from underneath Elodie pipes begin to wrap around her constricting her and getting tighter by the minute. K.O. and Enid dash off to liberate their friend but then K.O. is slammed by the giant metal hand. Before Enid can do anything more of those pipes wraparound her just as they did Elodie.
"What the Hell?" asked K.O. as he saw his friends being wrapped around by the pipes.
However, he sees something else. The pipes were actually rubbing and tightening around the girls' chests, behinds and legs. The girls' faces turn red from both anger and embarrassment from their situation.
Just then the orangutan appears right next to his stand's head snorting and howling at the situation that was occurring before his eyes.
"Don't tell me that damn monkey is enjoying this." said Elodie not looking at the ape
"I really don't like this one bit." said Enid as the orangutan laughed
Suddenly just as the orangutan was laughing, K.O. and Foo Fighter burst out of the metal gorilla's hand making a huge hole on both stand and user. K.O. then called forth the power of Foo Fighter as he jumped straight at the ape. Then the orangutan ordered Strength to smash K.O. and the rest of the heroes. Just as the giant fist collided with K.O. and Foo Fighter jumped over the fist using a small energy fist. Once K.O. was over the metal attack he and Foo Fighter began to unleash a barrage of devastating punches on Strength's arm.
"Stardust Barrage!" called out K.O. as both him and Foo Fighter punched the orangutan's stand.
Every punch that was thrown at Strength landed. The punches that landed on the arm shattered the arm to pieces with brutal speed and power. The attack continued all the way to the top of the stand's face and user. K.O. appeared right next to the orangutan and punched it back down to the deck of the ship.
K.O. landed right in front of the orangutan as it tried to escape. Then the orangutan turned on his back and tore its jacket showing its belly to K.O.
"Are you trying to say that you give up?" asked K.O.
The orangutan nodded in sheer terror expecting K.O. to forgive him.
"Sorry, not gonna happen, because I'm more afraid of what those two will do to me than what you'll do to me. Besides, this is for crushing me with your stand." said K.O. as both Enid and Elodie glared at the orangutan.
Before the orangutan could do anything else, Foo Fighter appeared and began using the orangutan as its personal punching bag. After a savage beating of the damn animal the orangutan dropped defeated with blood coming out of its nose and mouth.
However, before they could celebrate the ship began to collapse and come down.
"What's going on?" asked Rad as he and the rest of the heroes freed themselves from the floor
"This whole ship was that orangutan's stand, with it defeated the stand must be collapsing." explained Mr. Gar
"Let's get out of here!" said Carol as everyone jumped off the ship and back to the life boats that they had.
The ship collapsed behind the heroes as they sped up against all odds.
After the battle and three more hours of rowing, the group of heroes had finally reached Singapore.
"Finally." said K.O. as they made it to dry land
"I've never been more happy to have sand on my shoes." said Rad
"The next step of our journey starts now, keep your guard up." said Mr. Gar