Chapter 10: The House of Pain part 2
"Smooth Criminal!" Yelled Joshua, the black silhouette transformed into a full figure, an all-black humanoid that appeared to be wearing a black jacket incrusted in gold. Smooth Criminal suddenly flashed across the room, moving sporadically from every corner. Joshua stood, his blue eyes beginning to glow, "holy shit," Bronny muttered, "how is he doing this!?" Smooth Criminals movements were like a blur to Jolyne and Bronny, they had never seen anything so fast before in their lives. Smooth Criminal came to a halt right next to Joshua, images of its movements were strewn across the room, almost like sketches. "Smooth Criminal," Joshua muttered, the glow fading from his eyes, "to see into the future, foresight, that is its ability." Bronny and Jolyne slowly stood up, the many sketches in the room left them in awe, "amazing," Bronny said, "and these sketches, are they what you see?" "Yes, and no," Joshua replied, "my Stand does more than just sketch the future, it views and sketches every possible scenario that can occur in a certain situation. With this ability, I will guide you to victory."
"Guide us?" Jolyne said, "you can't fight?" "My Stand's ability is not suited for combat," Joshua replied, "when I've used my foresight, my Stand's energy is too low to fight, it's up to you to win this." Joshua slowly opened the door, it opened to a staircase, the stair leading up into a dark area. "Wait, I have a question?" Bronny asked, "if you can sketch out every possible outcome, how do you know which one is successful?" "There are many successful outcomes," Joshua said, "but the perfect outcome can't be seen until near the end." Joshua lead the two out of the room, closing the door behind him. The three slowly moved up the staircase, looking around for anything suspicious. "How long have you had a Stand Jolyne?" Bronny asked, "since I was born," Jolyne replied, "only really knew about it when I was around six, why?" Bronny sighed, "just, curious." As the three continued up the staircase, they heard more loud bangs echo across the halls. "can you tell where Dre is?" Jolyne asked, "no, not yet," Joshua replied, "the only way to get to Dre is to find the original house." "And how can we do that?" Bronny said, "it's like every door we open leads us to a different place." Joshua scoffed, "we just need to get lucky then."
At the top of the staircase, was another door. Jolyne went to open it, but Joshua stopped her. "Get behind me," he instructed, Joshua put a hand on the knob, "once I open the door," he said, "get ready to run, no matter what." The two nodded as Joshua began to turn the knob, "on my call," he muttered, he quickly turned the knob and swung the door open. "Run!" Joshua yelled, the three sprinted into the next room, Bronny suddenly yelled as he stepped into the room, "o-ow! What the fuck!?" The floor of the room was covered in spikes, the dug right into Bronny's feet, causing major pain. "Just keep moving!" Joshua yelled, "standing still will cause more pain!" The three ran through the room, ignoring the pain, Bronny began to sprint past the two, "god damn it!" He yelled, "This better be the last room!" Bronny smashed through the next door, he fell straight down and onto a table, smashing straight through it.
Bronny gasped for breath, dusting off the debris of the table, thankfully it wasn't glass, but it still hurt like hell. "Bronny!" Jolyne yelled, peaking her head from the doorway, "are you ok?" Bronny lifted his hand and did a thumbs up, Jolyne sighed in relief, "good grief." Jolyne and Joshua jumped to the floor of the room, Joshua moved and helped Bronny up. "Couldn't you see that in your little visions?" Bronny asked, Joshua smirked at the comment, "maybe, but that's for me to know, not you." The three looked around the room, it resembled a library, and there were no doors. "There's no doors," Jolyne said, "where are we supposed to go now?" Bronny moved across the library, pulling books off of the shelves, "what are you doing?" asked Joshua, "I'm trying to find a way out," replied Bronny, "sometimes if you pull the right book out from a shelve, a secret passage opens up." "You know that only happens in movies, right?" Jolyne said, "you never know," replied Bronny. Jolyne rolled her eyes, "give me a break," she muttered, "if we're gonna get out of this, we might as well just go back out the door." Jolyne jumped up to the door and climbed to her feet, "Jolyne, that might not be the best idea," Joshua warned, "relax, what's the worst that could happen," replied Jolyne. Jolyne opened the door, "oh, shit," she muttered, she quickly slammed the door shut and stood, blocking it.
"What's wrong Jolyne?" Bronny asked, "what's on the other side of the door?" As Jolyne began to answer, the door opened with a bang, Jolyne used her Stone Free to push the door back closed. "bad shit is on the other side," said Jolyne, "let's just say that I'd looking for that book!" Bronny and Joshua looked at each other and ran to the bookshelves, they threw book after book onto the floor, trying to find the right one. "This better be that perfect scenario you were talking about!" Bronny yelled, "just shut it and look for the damn book!" Replied Joshua. The pressure on the door was beginning to become too much for Jolyne, even with her Stand, "can you guys please hurry!" She pleaded, "I can't hold on forever!" Jolyne began to slip from where she was standing, she needed to hurry and figure out how to hold back this pressure.
An idea suddenly popped into her head, "Bronny! Throw me some books!" Jolyne yelled, "I got an idea!" Bronny nodded and threw books at Jolyne, Jolyne caught them and began to put them on the door. Her Stone Free unraveled the books into string and wrapped it around the door. "This should hold it off for now," Jolyne said, "my Stone Frees strings may be weak, but together, they can withstand anything!" Jolyne jumped down and moved to help find the right book, "jeez, they're so many fucking books!" She exclaimed, "you better be right about this Bronny!"