Deadly Magnetic Attraction
After joining up with the rest of the group, the heroes hit the road once more. They had been driving for almost two hours and eventually someone needed to stop for a bathroom break. The heroes waited by the car as Rad went to the bathroom.
"How much longer will that guy take?" asked Fink
"Calm down, we've been searching for answers and information for almost three days. Its not a bad thing to have a break once in a while." said Ken
"Plus we've already defeated two of the assassins already." added K.O.
"You've actually taken out four, but who's keeping score." said Fink on the side.
Meanwhile where Rad was. He was currently finishing his business in a public outhouse behind one of the rocks the desert had.
"Ah, that'll do it. This place isn't so bad. It doesn't have toilet paper or comfortable seat, but thankfully I didn't need to go number 2." said Rad as he got out of the outhouse.
After getting out of the outhouse something caught his attention. In one of the rocks there was an electric outlet stuck right in the middle. Rad walked up to it to have a closer look.
"That's strange. Why would anyone need an outlet out here anyway? It's not like one could charge their phone or something. Is it even for real?" asked Rad
Rad extended his hand up to the electric outlet and poked it. In that second from the outlet came a powerful shocking blast of electricity. The shock covered all over Rad's body making him scream in pain and then be sent flying back. He slowly got up with his hair standing on end from the shock.
"Radicles, quit messing around we still have to make it to the next town. Come on." said Mr. Gar
"Yeah boss, right behind you." said Rad as he got up and followed his boss.
Just as the two heroes walked away from the area and back to the rest of the group, the electric outlet that had shocked Rad disappeared.
Far from the group there stood a dark skinned beautiful woman, her hair was pale purple in color and she wore a red miniskirt, a belt of knives, a white t-shirt, a red vest, brown gloves and a red hood on top of her head. She smiled at the sight before her and began to walk away.
"Not the one I wanted but I can work with this. The hunt has begun." said the woman.
As the day continued, somethings were catching people's attention. At first some small pieces of metal started to get stuck to Rad for some reason, things like bottle caps, a cap opener, nuts and bolts. At one time a hammer almost cracked his head open had Kenshiro not stopped it in time. The group soon arrived at another town where they decided to ask around in a nearby hotel.
"I swear something weird is going on." said Rad
"If this is about the hammer then don't think much about it." said Ken
"Yeah, the poor man was screaming in pain so he must've thrown the hammer after he accidentally hit his thumb with it." said K.O.
On the side of the conversation Dendy was going over her equipment that for some reason wasn't working.
"What's wrong Dendy?" asked Elodie
"I'm not sure, my equipment is going haywire. It's almost as if someone had large magnetron close by." said Dendy
Everyone split up once more to find information as well as a place to have some food. Rad decided to go out on his own to the second floor. As he walked by some girls passed him by and he whistled and winked at them. The first girl looked like a purple skin demon wearing a skirt and dress, and the second girl was a little tanned with a similar style dress and blond hair.
"Hello ladies." said Rad in his best casanova voice
The girls ignored him and just passed him continuing their conversation. Just as Rad passed by them, the metallic buttons on the first girl were pulled upwards to where Rad was. The demon girl stopped on her tracks, she looked back with her eyes glowing red and ran towards Rad with fury.
"YOU PERVERT!" screamed the girl catching Rad off guard.
Rad turned just in time to get rock hard punch to the face that sent him flying back. The girls then left stomping the ground in anger and muttering about Rad being a degenerate.
Rad got back up and decided to go back to the first floor. Rad was just holding onto the electric staircase with a lovely young lady in front of him. Rad was about to say something when he noticed that he could not move his body off of the metal. Rad began to panic.
"Hey lady I need a hand here." said Rad
However, the woman did not respond instead she barely turned her head and smiled. Then from the back of her skirt, metal tipped cords shot out and wrapped around Rad's hand and neck. The woman then cut the cords making them get tied into the stairs. Rad was pulled down to the floor unable to get free.
"Hey lady! I'm serious help me out here!" said Rad fearing of what might happen to him.
"How unfortunate, that shock from earlier today must've been the highlight of your day. Now you'll die a pitiful death thanks to my Stand's magnetic abilities." said the woman with a sinister laugh
Rad's eyes went wide as he recalled what happened to him earlier today.
"That was you?" asked Rad as the woman walked away from him.
Rad struggled to free himself from the metal electric staircase. Rad began to scream as he'd arm was being taken into the escalator. Rad then called for Lazer Finger to blast at the stop button on the escalator. However no matter how much he tried he couldn't stop it. Rad continued to scream and beg for someone to help him, and unbeknownst to him the escalator was stopped.
"Rad, what are you doing the escalator is off?" asked Carol as Rad stayed down on the ground screaming.
Upon realizing that he was safe, Rad stood up with sweat coming down his face.
"Yeah, that was a great scene boss. This would be a good thing to tell the manager to get that thing looked at." said Rad as he walked away with Carol looking confused at him.
Once they were away from the rest of the people, Rad told Carol about the assassin and began to scan the area for the woman that nearly did him in.
"Did you notice anything that distinguished her from the rest? Like a tattoo or a way she dressed?" asked Carol
"Yeah, she had a red vest, hood, and miniskirt. She had tanned skin and silver hair. And there she is!" said Rad pointing to the stairs where the attacker was walking up the stairs.
They chased after her up to the second floor and down into the one door a man should never enter. The women's bathroom.
"Ah crap." said Rad
"Well, get going. If you want that to stop being a big magnet we need to defeat her. Come on." said Carol pushing Rad into the bathroom
Once they were both inside the bathroom they noticed that all the stalls were closed.
"Damn, now how are we going to find her?" asked Carol with a worried face
"I think there is a way. I got a good look at her legs, if we find those legs we'll find her." said Rad
"So you want to peep at the stalls?" asked Carol raising an eyebrow
"It's the only way." said Rad only to be smacked behind the head by Carol.
"I'll take a look, just tell me how her legs looked like." said Carol with her eyes closed.
"Well they looked amazing." said Rad almost drooling.
"I'm gonna need more detail than that." said Carol with a bored expression.
"They are very well defined like Elodie's, and muscular like Enid's." said Rad getting a goofy grin and a blush.
Carol just sighed and proceeded to search for their enemy. She lowered herself down and began looking through the stalls seeing three different pairs of legs. The first pair was very fat and scaly. The second pair was very skinny and was wearing a pair of red high heels. The third pair of legs was a pair of military boots. Neither of them followed the way parameters that Rad had told Carol. She then went to the final stall where the legs of the occupant appeared to be very young and well defined. Believing that this was their enemy Carol signaled Rad to get closer to verify them.
Rad moved to where Carol was, but as he passed all the stalls the locks on each of them unlock. They turned around to find a fat lizard girl, an old skinny lady, and a military warrior woman.
"This is so wrong." said Rad with a pale face.
Just then the final stall opened up to reveal the demon girl from earlier. She then took one look at Rad and roared in rage. That roar was followed by the screams of the other women.
In a state of panic Rad jumped out the window followed by Carol not wanting to get caught in the crossfire. As they flew out of the building all the women inside the bathroom kept calling them names.
"I can't believe that I'm being called a 'freak'." said Carol
Just as they were running, the two heroes noticed the devilish woman that started all of this.
"There she is!" said Rad as they began to chase after her.
The girl started to flee from the two heroes.
"Rad, any idea what her Stand looks like or her abilities?" asked Carol
"Her Stand looks like an electric outlet, and with it she can magnetize anything that comes close to them." explained Rad as they ran
"Wait what?! Damn, when I stopped that escalator there was an outlet right next to the button." snapped Carol
"Aw man! Wait that means that-" began Rad when he noticed that they were getting closer to one another.
Carol and Rad were almost stuck with one another. Slowly but surely they stopped moving as easily as they had started. The two heroes were now magnetically stuck with each other. They fell down to the ground struggling to get up, and all the while they could hear their enemy laugh about their circumstance.
"I hate her." said Rad on the ground with a scowl.
"Me too. Also, keep your hands to yourself." said Carol trying to get Rad off of her.
Both Carol and Rad struggled to get but weren't having that much of a progress. At that moment Ken and Mr. Gar walked on the street looking for them.
"Carol, Rad!" said Mr. Gar as he and Ken ran towards them.
"What happened?" asked Ken as they helped them up to their feet.
"There's a Stand User that can make people's bodies into giant magnets. We need to get her to nullify this." explained Carol as Ken and Mr. Gar pulled both Carol and Rad apart.
Ken and Mr. Gar pulled Carol and Rad apart with Ken pulling Carol and Mr. Gar pulling Rad. They struggled slightly given the strength of the magnetism, but eventually they tugged them hard enough to pull them apart. The strength of the pull caused Carol and Rad to crash down on top of their comrades.
"Thanks guys. You really helped us out." said Carol with a face of relief.
"You're welcome." said Ken
Then, just as they were getting up, the heroes noticed something.
Carol tried to get off of Ken, but to no avail. Mr. Gar tried to get Rad off him but found out that they were stuck as well.
"Hey Ken, Eugene, did you guys get close to any electric outlets before coming here?" asked Carol
"Yeah, back at the hotel when we were looking for information we came across one or two." said Ken
"Don't tell me that was the Stand." said Mr. Gar with Carol nodding in response.
"Aw man. Not this again." said Rad feeling awkward
They struggled to their feet and began trying to get a hold of a nearby fence. Just as they held on to it they tried to separate once more. However, no matter how much they tried they were unable to become separated from each other.
"Damn, this isn't getting us anywhere." said Ken
"Maybe, since magnets have opposite magnetic poles that attract one another, we can change positions to then get separated." suggested Carol
"What do you mean?" asked Mr. Gar in confusion
"If I can get to Ken's legs, then I'll be able to free myself." said Carol as she slowly began to drag herself on Ken's body.
Despite the dire situation that they were in Ken couldn't help but blush a little at the position they were in.
"You know Ken this is the second time we've been this close." said Carol with a blush
"Eww, get a room." said Rad looking away
Just then Rad spotted the women from the hotel bathroom charging towards them in anger and rage. In a panic everyone jumped over the fence and began to roll down the hill. Once they reached the bottom of the hill they spotted their enemy that was laughing at their predicament. Thankfully they were able to separate from each other and could now fight her off.
"It seems you've been having fun. I am Mariah and my Stand is Bast." said Mariah laughing with a sinister grin.
"There she is." said Carol pointing at her.
"Let's go." said Ken as they charged.
The heroes began to give chase after the sneaky minx Mariah and find themselves going into the city.
As the heroes chased after Mariah random pieces and bits of metal began to be dragged towards their bodies. Cans of food stuck to them as they ran. Dishes and silverware also got stuck to them, even a dog 's dish. A man's engagement ring also got stuck to Mr. Gar's forehead. Just as they were catching up to her Mr. Gar signaled Ken and Carol to go through the street adjacent to theirs.
"You must be tiered, all that metal and running is bound to slow you guys down." said Mariah tauntingly.
"You wished." said Rad as he wiped some dog food off of his face.
"We may be tourists but we're more aware of this city than you do." said Mr. Gar
At that moment Mariah turned around to see that Ken and Carol stood in front of her blocking her way.
"You're caught between us. Surrender now." said Kenshiro assuming his combat stance.
Mariah looked back and forth between the two pairs of heroes and then began to laugh. The heroes were confused by her sudden attack of laughter, but then they saw her pull out two of her knives. Mariah threw them both upwards, the heroes followed the knives and were shocked to see that they were underneath a large cluster of electric cable. The knives sliced them causing them to fall down on the heroes. The barb wire of the cables was instantly attracted towards the magnetized heroes.
The heroes jumped back hoping to avoid being electrocuted. Rad used Lazer Finger to block the cables while Mr. Gar did the same with Smash Mouth. On the other side Ken and Carol used their speed and highly advanced combat skills to swat away the cables, using their channeled energy to avoid being shocked.
"You fools believed that I was just running away from you? I was leading you to my perfect trap." said Mariah laughing and throwing more and more knifes.
As the cables continued to fall down, more and more things began to be attracted to the heroes. Nearby mailboxes, metal boxes, manhole covers and even a car came towards them. After a short while the heroes now found themselves stuck once more with Ken holding back a car from crushing Carol and Mr. Gar and Rad blocking the ever closing electric cables.
"It is a shame that two studs have to die. Kenshiro and you, Mr. Gar, such fine male specimens. You are both my type, muscle bound, stoic, and with a strong sense of duty. Not to mention your many years of experience would make most men feel like fools. However, you are still nowhere near lord Dio's level." said Mariah
"Are you gonna talk us to death or something?" asked Carol as Mariah was getting on her nerves.
"Shut up you old hag. You should just die already." snapped Mariah in anger.
This caused a reaction on both Ken and Mr. Gar. They both narrowed their eyes at Mariah and slowly pushed back the weight on their backs.
"Yeah, you probably shouldn't have said that." said Rad as a side note.
In the blink of an eye, Ken and Mr. Gar propelled themselves as hard as they could using their powers catching Mariah right in the middle. The impact was so fast and so devastating that a shock wave scattered all the dust off of the ground. Mariah was only able to let out a shallow scream of pain.
"We told you that you were caught between us." said Ken
"It appears that you forgot that magnets are attracted to one another." added Carol
"You guys shouldn't bother, she's lost consciousness and broken more than a few bones." said Mr. Gar
After a couple more seconds, the metal pieces that covered the heroes began to fall off of them. The heroes pushed the metal off of them and then got back up dusting themselves.
"Looks like this is over." said Carol
"Yeah, now we only have a few more enemies to deal." said Ken
"We should go get something to eat, I'm starving." said Rad as the heroes left the area and went back to regroup with the others.