Chapter 24: Resting Days

Rostek slowly opened his eyes to see Jolanta.

"J-Jolanta?" Rostek said, softly. "Uhh… What just happened?"

"I don't know, but we took care of that User that affected you, Kwiat and Zegar." Jolanta replied.

"We?"

"Oh, Marcelina is here."

Rostek got up and saw Marcelina looking out for Kwiat.

"Heh… Marcelina?" Rostek said.

Marcelina turned to Rostek.

"Ah, how did you sleep, Rostek?" Marcelina asked as she got him up on his feet.

"I don't know…" Rostek replied as he saw Kwiat waking up. "Looks like Kwiat is about to wake up."

Jolanta walks over to Kwiat.

"We got the User of that Stand." Jolanta said as she gor Kwiat up on her feet.

"Thank God!" Kwiat said. "I was hoping you would, otherwise that parasite the Stand injected me with would kill me by now."

Zegar then slowly opened his eyes and got up.

"Jesus…" Zegar said.

Marcelina then saw Zegar getting up.

"EEEEEEEEE! Zegar!" Marcelina shouted happily as she ran over to him and hugged him tightly.

"Ah! M-Marcelina! Heh heh! You are hugging too tight!" Zegar shouted. "I'm being squeezed!"

Marcelina let go of Zegar.

"You two know each other a lot?" Jolanta asked Marcelina.

"Oh, we're best friends." Marcelina replied. "We know each other since high school."

"I see…"

Zegar looks at his hands.

"There were scratches here and there…" Zegar said.

"And my right knee was bleeding." Jolanta said. "But now it's fixed?"

"Oh!" Marcelina said as her Jukebox Ghost appeared. "My Stand, Jukebox Ghost can even heal your wounds through the minds of music."

"Music?"

"You just gotta get into the rhythm if you want Jukebox Ghost to heal your wounds."

"Ok then… Guess I was feeling it before…"

"Yeah. All of you were getting into the rhythm of Jukebox Ghost's ability, but didn't even realize it. Ha ha…"

Zegar got up.

"Well, looks like we're all reunited after the raids separated us." Zegar said.

"And we still have time to find that hotel I'm promising you guys to stay in for a few days." Rostek said. "So let's continue to go there. Hopefully no one else from The Bad Blood Organization attacks us again."

~2:45PM~

The gang then found Hotel Dulza that Rostek promised them.

"Here we are!" Rostek said.

"Looks normal enough." Jolanta said.

"Yes, it's just like the other hotels, but the services and conditions here are very good."

"Really? Well, take us to this hotel right here." Marcelina said. "The entrance is right there."

"Ha ha… I know where it is, Marcelina… Follow me, everyone."

Meanwhile, a girl with black hair was looking around Millennium Avenue. She was on the phone.

"Yes, sis… Arachno is killed here." She said, "And Strizya and that Kasia girl aren't coming back here, since they called it quits…"

The girl then saw someone walking toward her, which was a man.

"Hey, do you know where I can find that French restaurant?" He asked.

"Ah, I know what you're talking about, but… I don't know where it is." The girl replied.

"Ok, thanks though."

The man walks away and the girl went back on her phone.

"Sorry, some stranger asked me about that French restaurant…" She said, "Yes… I said that to him, why?" ...Oh… I see… And they're almost to the subway?! Shit… You'll have a plan for me in a few days?"

The girl sighed.

"Right… Ok, I'll talk to you later, sis." She said as she hung up and smiled. "I see how this is going right here… My older sister as the leader of this organization really paid off… I'm glad that she's worthy with a powerful Stand by her side… And I'm also glad that I get to disguise myself as a normal citizen of this country… I really can't take these strangers that are just… Boring."

~3PM~

At Hotel Dulza, Jolanta and her friends were in their room. It had 2 bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom and a kitchen.

"Oh, this is perfect for 5 people." Jolanta said.

"What makes you say that?" Kwiat asked.

"Because I called the couch to sleep on."

Jolanta then walks over to the couch to sit on. Rostek laughed a bit.

"Ok, Jolanta will be taking the couch while we all use the bedrooms to sleep with." Rostek said. "Let's see… I do have some money leftover, so I'll save it for something else. Anyway, no need for unpacking because I had someone transfer stuff from our old home in Kraków to the hotel here."

"That's actually good to hear." Zegar said. "Because imagine we forgot about our stuff."

"What did you transfer?" Jolanta asked.

"Clothes." Rostek replied. "And other supplies to help with our lives."

"I see…"

Jolanta looks at the ceiling.

"Hey guys… Is it ok if I tell you guys a thing that I wanted to tell you earlier, but couldn't?" Jolanta asked.

"What is it?" Rostek asked. "We're listening."

Kwiat, Rostek, Zegar and Marcelina then walk over to listen to what Jolanta was about to say.

"So… Have you four ever heard of Diana Brando?" Jolanta asked.

"Isn't she the vampire girl from America that was resurrected after someone had died or something?" Marcelina said.

"I told her that before." Zegar said.

"Yes… You two are right." Jolanta replied. "Well for it to sound confusing, but I was part of two families."

"Two?" Kwiat said.

"The Brandos and The Joestars."

Jolanta shows her allies the star birthmark behind her.

"I had this star birthmark from my mother who was a sibling to a man named Joshua Joestar." She said, "And I have the same blood as my father, Davion Brando, who is also a sibling to the vampire, Diana Brando."

"Ok, this is all starting to get confusing!" Kwiat said.

"And messed up!" Zegar said. "But, anyway, what caused Joshua's death and Diana's resurrection?"

"Some Stand that made him sick, from what I heard… The User of that Stand was some sort of scientist that was using his Stand for research for the boss as the boss had some main goals. One of them was assassinating Joshua. The other was to use some sort of arrow to make his Stand more powerful…"

"A Stand Arrow?" Marcelina said. "I know what they are, but I only know the one that can, well, grant you a Stand."

"There was another one." Rostek said. "This one had a name, didn't it?"

"Yes, a Requiem Arrow, it was called." Jolanta replied. "Those ones were in the ocean now to never be seen for a very long time… I don't know who got their hands on these arrows, though…"

"Did Joshua have anything to do with the Requiem Arrows?" Kwiat asked.

"Yes. He used it during the fight against Diana and sealed her away with his Stand's Requiem Form before he passed away years later…"

"And now Diana is now resurrected and out there in the world…" Zegar said.

"Yes… And I'm pretty sure this is why The Bad Blood Organization is out to get me. Diana somehow hypnotized the leader of the group to come and kill me only because I am a Joestar and her brother Davion, who is my original father, gave birth to me from my mother, who was also a Joestar."

"Sounds confusing, but makes sense." Rostek said.

"So, what's gonna happen?" Marcelina asked. "From now on and after we defeat The Bad Blood Organization?"

"Well first, like Rostek said, we're gonna rest here until we can head back out to defeat The Bad Blood Organization." Jolanta replied. "And after that, I'm gonna go head out to find Davion and or Diana to make things right, whichever comes first!"

"Interesting future for you, Jolanta." Rostek said. "And we're also gonna be the ones to make things right to those raiders. As we'll be known as those that strive through The Bad Blood Organization's raids and save the country and most likely Europe! We'll be the team to make peace again!"

Everyone then cheered for what's about to go down.

"Anyway, let's just see how this goes." Rostek said. "Let's settle down for a few days here."

~8:25PM~

Jolanta was about to go to bed, but she was eating a snack, which was a cookie. Zegar comes in to talk to her.

"Hey." Zegar said. "Hungry?"

"Yes." Jolanta replied. "That dinner in the cafeteria didn't really hit the spot…"

"I know, that stuff really didn't dig it."

"Pretty much…"

Zegar got something out of the fridge.

"Marcelina needed some yogurt." Zegar said.

"Fair enough." Jolanta said.

"Anyway, I'm going to bed. Wake me up when September ends."

"But it's not even August yet!"

Zegar, ignoring Jolanta then went back into the bedrooms. Jolanta sighed.

"Maybe I should be heading to sleep as well…" Jolanta said. "Right after I'm done eating this cookie…"

TO BE CONTINUED...