The third part of the flashback to how Jonathan wound up in the alter verse. Things are getting interesting as we return to the past briefly. Disclaimer: I don't own Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Overlord, or Black Butler.

Spirit Tracks Chapter 26: Defense of Joestar Manor

Baron Kelvin grimaced as he heard the report from his agents. "So Jonathan Joestar and his entourage have suspicions about me regarding the missing children. They still insist on getting into my business in spite of the fact that Joker has been disrupting my operations and having the children returned." "What shall our task be?," the young acrobat Trey asked. "Joestar will likely want to confront me personally," Kelvin noted, "But in the meantime, that leaves his estate wide open." He grinned maliciously. "I understand he has a lovely young wife and a recently born son. Extend them an invitation to our modest circus."

Of course, Kelvin has no idea that Erina was already visiting said circus, and that she knew all about what was going on. Moreover, he hadn't taken into account the magnum opus of Victor Frankenstein. Said being had overheard everything. Despite his size he could be quite stealthy, and once he learned what Kelvin was up to he sought his father and creator. The Joestar team was taken aback when they saw him, but Victor was able to calm them down. "Adam, what's wrong?" "It's Baron Kelvin, Father," Adam explained, "He's making plans to attack the Joestar manor."

"He must be trying to kidnap me and young George," Erina realized, "Not realizing I'm here and George is protected by Speedwagon's friends." Speedwagon himself was still shocked by Adam's appearance. "Um, Doctor Frankenstein... Is that a man?" "Yes, in fact," Victor replied, "Well, more like seven men. Or parts of them." "Father's experiments brought me life," Adam explained, "But it was God who allowed me to have a soul." Zeppeli smiled. "An artificial man who follows God, in spite of being able to see his creator every day." Adam chuckled. "Is that any different from a child who gazes upon his parents?" "I suppose not," Zeppeli acknowledged.

"These discussions are all well and good," Joker chimed in, "But I hope these friends you spoke of are strong. The second-tiers may not be as skilled as us, but they are still talented enough to deal with normal police and other bodyguards." "There's nothing truly 'normal' about my servants," Speedwagon assured him, "They weren't just chosen for their skills at housekeeping, but also because each of them is a powerful Stand user. Sebastian, Mey-Rin, Finny, Bard, each of them possesses a Stand which had gotten them previous jobs as super soldiers for the Queen's forces. Once I was granted a title of Baron, Her Majesty offered them to me as servants and bodyguards."

Joker smiled as he nodded. "Four powerful Stand users. That evens the odds a little. With your permission, my friends can tip the scales even more in our favor. Each of them has a strong Stand of their own." "That's fine," Jonathan assured him, "But what of you?" "I'll join you in confronting Baron Kelvin personally," Joker explained, "It's high time I settle the score with the old geezer. For too long I've let his evils go unpunished. Now I have a chance to put an end to it."

Joker's friends arrived at the Joestar estate before too long. "Wow, it's way out there, isn't it?," Dagger noted. Sebastian greeted the performers at the front entrance. "Your arrival is none too soon. Master Speedwagon's friends have noticed some of your would-be underlings traveling here." The group started to make their defensive plans. A little bored, Finny spotted Doll removing her wig and looked shocked, since her face didn't seem very feminine without it. "What the blazes? Are you actually a bloke?"

Doll looked at him indignantly. "Of course not," she said in an obviously female voice, "Here, let me prove it." Before anyone could stop her, she walked right over to Finny and placed his hand on her chest. There was an obvious bulge that was clearly a female breast, causing Finny to flip out just from touching it. Doll grinned at his face. "I can let you have a look-see down below if you need more proof," she teased. "No, I'm good!," Finny called out. Sebastian cleared his throat. "If we're quite done with these shenanigans..." The planning continued until they got word of the intruders, and moved into position.

Trey looked about the place. "I would have liked to have borrowed some of the Baron's puppets. But it might bring more attention than we need. Lucy, Woody, are you ready?" "As we'll ever be," replied Woody, a circus tall man, "But I wish Freckles was here. His Stand would be great for cleaning up any messes." Lucy, one of the tightrope walkers, chimed in. "Yeah, where is he, anyway?" "You know him," Trey said, "Always so flighty." Woody dropped off his stilts and ran up to the side entrance, only to get a shock as he had to dodge some flames.

Trey looked shocked. "Those were Jumbo's flames!" Sure enough, the giant tattooed fire-eater Jumbo, one of Joker's friends, walked up to Woody. "It's high time we put an end to your evil," he said. "And for starters," came Finny's voice as he turned up behind Woody, "We're kicking you off of Master Joestar's property." The tattoos on Jumbo's body started to glow. "King Ink!" The various animals tattooed on Jumbo's body, including a bear, tiger, lion, snake, and other animals, came to life and started attacking Woody, who ran for it.

"Oh no you don't!," Finny called out, "Drop the Bomb!" He threw a punch, missing Woody but creating an explosive shockwave that sent Woody flying. He wound up stunned on the ground long enough for the lion tattoo to finish him off. "Woody!," Lucy called out. She launched a grappling hook trying to swing around to attack, only to get blindsided by a sudden kick to her abdomen. She looked to see Peter and Wendy there. "Sorry Lucy," Peter said, "But we're not about to let you get inside." "And your normal grappling hook is way too slow," Wendy noted.

Lucy grimaced. "Then let me introduce you to the latest technology!" She got out a large gun with a grapple inside it instead of normal ammunition. She fired, letting her traverse the roofs faster. "Not bad," Peter admitted, "Let's see if we can't salvage that device for Mister Joestar. In the meantime... Wires!" He shot a steel wire out from his index, which harmlessly wrapped around Wendy's wrist. Wendy nodded. "Gravity!" Wendy became surrounded by a blue aura, and she started to float into the air, Peter along with her.

Kicking off from the roof, they moved to target Lucy. Trey grimaced when he saw them, and aimed at them with his revolver. But the first shot gave him a shock, as Wendy's Stand caused the bullet to get deflected. "Looks like someone wants to fire off bullets!," Peter noticed. "Well, if it's guns that they want...," Wendy said with a smile, "Mey-Rin!" "On it!," Mey-Rin said. She was standing on the roof nearby, surrounded by rifles. Adjusting her glasses, she called out, "Shot Through the Heart!" The surrounding night suddenly seemed as bright as a city street, and Mey-Rin found herself able to see where both Lucy and Trey were.

"You first!," Mey-Rin said as she took one of the rifles and aimed at Trey. Before he could even realize what was happening, he found himself shot through the shoulder. A second shot found a closer mark, hitting him right through the heart. Lucy looked shocked when she saw this. "What on Earth are these people?," she wondered. She fired her grapple gun again, hoping to get further away, only for Mey-Rin to spot her and fire right through her brain, sending her tumbling into a nearby window.

Tattoo and Yun spotted her corpse as she came crashing in. "Poor lass," Tattoo said as closed her eyes, "Sent off to her death with her boss none the wiser for it." "Some of them might have found their way into the manor," Yun noted. Tattoo shook his head. "They won't get far." Doll then showed up. "Mind if I deal with this?" "Sure," Tattoo said. Doll placed a hand on the broken window. "Rewind!" The duo looked in awe as the window repaired itself, as if rewinding a reel of footage. "It's ironic," Doll noted, "They probably wanted Freckles, who is in fact me, to clean up any evidence. Well, they'll get what they want, but not the way they want it."

Butch, an animal tamer, opened the front door of the manor. With him were Meekins, a circus clown, and Atkins, a magician. "Alright Tiny," Butch said to his tiger, "Get in there and deal with any guards." The tiger entered the hall, but stopped and growled when she smelled something. "What's the hold-up?," Butch asked. "Her instincts must be warning her about me," came Beast's voice as she came into view. "Beast!?," Butch said in shock. "Indeed," Beast replied, "And you're about to realize why I'm the top animal tamer in this circus. She Wolf!"

Before the trio's eyes, Beast's black hair seemed to spread across her body. Her muscles grew, her fingernails sharpened, and her face lengthened into a muzzle. In short, Beast was turning into a werewolf. In spite of her increase in size, her clothes remained intact, somehow having grown to accommodate her new size. Butch quickly joined Tiny, readying his whip. He lashed out with it, only for Beast to catch it easily. "I know my way around whips," Beast pointed out, surprising Butch with the fact that she could still speak.

She leapt at the junior tamer with surprising speed, Tiny cowering in the presence of a superior predator. Meanwhile, Atkins and Meekins were dashing up the nearby stairs. "What about Butch?," Meekins asked. "He's as good as dog food at this point," Atkins pointed out, "But we've still got a job to do." "We never should have agreed to this," Meekins noted, "Who knew our seniors and the servants had these bizarre powers?" "It's not so surprising," Atkins pointed out, "Baron Kelvin's not like to be the only one with this sort of ability."

Unfortunately with just the two of them, it was difficult to search the manor with the Ogre Street gang being around every corner. Finally, they found themselves in the basement, right where the kitchen would be. Inside, they heard some whistling. They spotted Bard cleaning one of the pots. "Welcome to the end of the road, chaps." "With just you?," Meekins said, "I don't think so." He made to throw some knives, only to get them knocked out his hand by a few more.

"Gotcha," Dagger said as he appeared, "With me Digital Daggers." He instantly conjured a few more knives between his knuckles. "Big deal," Atkins said, as he used his slight-of-hand to make a few daggers of his own appear. "Nice trick," Bard admitted, "But you're an illusionist with no real magic, and thus only so many blades. Meanwhile Dagger's Stand lets him make as many knives as he needs." He moved to a large item covered in a cloak. "As for me, my own Stand provides me with an innate ability to master any weapon instantly. All I need to do is touch it once, and I can use it on my own, even crew served weapons."

He removed the cloak, revealing the item to be a gatling gun, much to the shock of Atkins and Meekins. "This is power of my Stand," Bard said, readying the gun, "This is War!" Dagger got to cover as Bard opened fire, Meekins and Atkins moving to avoid the gunfire. Seeing an opening, Dagger threw one of his knives to hit Atkins in the ankle, causing him to trip and leaving him open to a barrage as Bard turned his attention to him. As Meekins looked to see it was safe, he saw the room was filled with flour dust hanging in the air.

"You know," Dagger said, "It's a good thing Doll is so good at acting. Pretending to be your friend Freckles, she was able to tell us everything about you." Meekins looked shocked. "Freckles and Doll are one and the same...?" Just then, the nearby window opened, Bard and Dagger getting a lift out thanks to Peter. "One thing I should mention," Bard said, "Surprising as it may sound, flour is quite easy to light up. It's ground so fine that if it disperses into the air it can be almost like a flammable gas. Just like what happened to a bunch of poor blokes in a flour mill across the pond in Minnesota." Meekins gasped as Bard lit a match and tossed it into the room.

Back at the circus, the group listened in as Kelvin was getting debriefed by a circus worker. "There was an explosion at the manor. We saw bodies, sir, all of them from our own. Joker's band sided with Joestar, and together with the servants they took out our agents." Kelvin sighed. "Useless. I can't believe how much of a poor showing they had. We may need to leave London early." He got up out of his wheelchair and walked over to a young woman lured into the tent. Kelvin grinned. "Of course, if Joestar somehow finds me, he'll find a major surprise that will overwhelm him."

George would have loved to continue reading, it sounded like the story was reaching its conclusion, but now was as good a time as any to obtain the last peace of the rail map. With the final piece in place, leading the Spirit Tracks into the mountains, it also unlocked the last car for Ticket to Ride, giving Arche the Stand Crazy Train, which added a phantom dragon to the massive rail arsenal they had. "Momonga's plans should be going into effect in the next few days," George noted, "Once things die down from the excitement, we'll make our to the Mountain Temple."

That's a lot of Stands I just introduced. My arms feel tired already...

King Ink (Song by The Birthday Party)
User: Jumbo
Ability: King Ink is infused into the very ink that makes up Jumbo's tattoos. When activated, the tattoos start to glow, and the animals they depict come to life as three-dimensional images, though still with a clear appearance of being ink-based. The ink drawings are no stronger than normal animals, but this still makes them stronger than humans. They are also completely under Jumbo's control.
Power: B
Speed: B
Range: C
Durability: B
Precision: A
Potential: D

Drop the Bomb (Drop The Bomb On 'em, Song by Eminem)
User: Finnian
Ability: Drop the Bomb lets Finny build up kinetic energy in his hands. With just a punch, he can unleash this energy as an explosive shockwave capable of destroying a large carriage. He can also transfer this energy to inanimate objects, essentially turning them into explosives. The objects also become light enough to lift and throw with little effort due to the energy putting them in constant motion. In addition the Stand makes Finny blast-proof, insuring he is not damaged by his own explosions.
Power: A
Speed: B
Range: C
Durability: A
Precision: C
Potential: E

Wires (Song by The Neighbourhood)
User: Peter
Ability: Peter's Stand lets him conjure super strong wires from his fingertips. These can be used for evasion, transport, or even combat. Peter can manipulate these wires with just a thought, and they are considered a part of his body.
Power: B
Speed: A
Range: A
Durability: B
Precision: A
Potential: E

Gravity (Song by Hollywood Undead)
User: Wendy
Ability: With this Stand, Wendy can lower the force of gravity on herself and anything she is touching. This lets her leap higher and lift objects otherwise to heavy for her tiny frame. The aura that her Stand is comprised off can also deflect projectiles due to the lower gravity.
Power: E
Speed: B
Range: D
Durability: A
Precision: A
Potential: D

Shot Through the Heart (Song by Bon Jovi)
User: Mey-Rin
Ability: Taking the form of Mey-Rin's trademark glasses, this Stand improves Mey-Rin's sight and allows her to see for miles even in darkness, perfect for sharpshooting.
Power: E
Speed: E
Range: A
Durability: A
Precision: A
Potential: E

Rewind (Song by Rascal Flats)
User: Doll
Ability: Doll can touch an object and use Rewind to revert that object back to a previous state, effectively repairing broken objects. Since the object is effectively starting from the rewound point, once it reaches the point where it would have been broken, it will not break again since the event that broke it would not be occurring a second time.
Power: E
Speed: B
Range: D
Durability: A
Precision: C
Potential: D

She Wolf (Song by Shakira)
User: Beast
Ability: She Wolf gives Beast lycanthropic abilities, transforming into a humanoid wolf. It also has the effect of expanding her clothes to protect her modesty, as the transformation causes her to double in size. This also results in an increase in strength, speed, and agility, as well as improving her senses. Beast retains her human intelligence, which doesn't interfere with her newfound wolf instincts, making her a deadly hunter and fighter.
Power: A
Speed: A
Range: E
Durability: B
Precision: B
Potential: D

Digital Daggers (Australian/Canadian Contemporary Duo)
User: Dagger
Ability: Digital Daggers can only create throwing knives in Dagger's hand, the Stand taking the form of his gloves, but he can create an infinite number of them. Plus they are guaranteed sharp, and with Dagger's natural ability as a knife thrower he can insure they always hit the target.
Power: C
Speed: A
Range: E
Durability: A
Precision: B
Potential: D

This is War (Song by Thirty Seconds To Mars)
User: Baldroy
Ability: On its own, This is War has no real destructive ability. However, since it provides Bard with all the knowledge he needs to operate a weapon perfectly with just one touch, it can prove to be quite an effective combat Stand.
Power: E
Speed: E
Range: E
Durability: A
Precision: A
Potential: E

Crazy Train (Song by Ozzy Osbourne)
User: Arche Eeb Rile Furt
Ability: The final attachment for Ticket to Ride, Crazy Train adds a phantom dragon to the arsenal, capable of launching fireballs at high speed for long range, and breathing a stream of flames for more close range.
Power: A
Speed: A
Range: A
Durability: A
Precision: B
Potential: E

Wow, that's a lot... Time to get to work. Read and review.