Chapter 11: The House of Pain part 3
"Did we find it yet?" Whined Jolyne, the three had taken nearly every book off the shelves, but to no avail. "It doesn't make any sense," Bronny said, "we've pulled every book out, how could none of them open something?" "Maybe because those things only happen in movies, like Jolyne said," said Joshua. "Can I ask why you aren't giving any ideas on how to get out of here?" Bronny said, "you're the one with foresight." Joshua stood and paced around the room, "I do, but I enjoy watching you figuring out by yourself," he said, "you're a real dick, you know?" "Alright ladies, stop fighting," Jolyne said, "we need to get out of here, how are we gonna do that?" Before anyone could talk, they felt something on their feet, "the hell?" Bronny muttered, he looked down, only to see water at his feet.
"Water?" Bronny said, "why is there water?" Jolyne also noticed the water on the floor, "shit," she muttered, she looked to the door, the strings that held the door were beginning to give way, and water seeped through the cracks. "Jolyne, your hands!" Bronny exclaimed, Jolyne looked to her hands, blood leaked down her arm, "my strings are breaking, the pressure is too much for it!" The strings did indeed break, blood squirting from her fingers. The door broke and water rushed into the room, "shit! We need to move an fast!" Bronny yelled, the three climbed into a table, escaping the water, but it was raising fast. "Josh," Jolyne said, "if you want to help, now would be a good idea!" Joshua nodded and his eyes began to glow, he looked around the room trying to find out the way out. "Uh, you might want to hurry Joshua," Bronny said, "I'm not the best swimmer you know." Joshua continued looking around, until his gaze became fixed onto the roof, "that's the way, we need to break out through the roof!" Joshua yelled. Joshua looked to Bronny, "there's a secret way to exit this roof, but my Stand's energy is too low to break through," he said, "this is on you Bronny." "Me!?" Exclaimed Bronny, "wait a minute, how am I supposed to do that? I haven't even got to controlling my Stand yet!" The water was beginning to rise quickly, it already got to their feet. "We don't have time to argue!" Jolyne yelled, "we need to get out of here, you're the only one who can do that Bronny!"
Bronny gulped, he needed to do this, if not, they were as good as dead. He breathed a deep breath, his mind cleared, and he began to focus. He could feel a power buried deep within him, he began to focus on that power, trying to increase it. The water continued to rise, "Bronny," Jolyne said, "if you could hurry up, that would be great!" Bronny closed his eyes, the energy he focused on inside of him was beginning to bubble inside of him, becoming much larger. He breathed out, he could feel this power coursing through him, like something was trying to come out of him. "Bronny, hurry!" Exclaimed Jolyne, smoke began to form around Bronny, the energy inside him was getting bigger, and bigger, and bigger. The water was now about to reach their necks, "Bronny!" Bronny's eyes opened, his eyes turned into a lime green, a figure spawned directly behind him and slammed its fists into the roof rapidly, smashing straight through it. "Come on!" Bronny yelled, "let's get the hell out of here!"
The three quickly climbed out of the hole, coughing up water and such. "Fuck," Jolyne muttered, "I hate the damn water." Bronny looked to at his hands, a green aura glistened around them, the green aura engulfed his entire body. "Is this," he spoke, "is this the power of a Stand?" The trio stood up and looked around, they had finally returned to the original house, the room looked as if no damage was done to it, like the all the events leading up to this never occurred. "We've returned to the original house," said Joshua, "it seems that in the heat of the moment, your Stand awakened." "Yeah, I guess so," replied Bronny. As the three stood, they began to hear clapping coming from above them, they looked up, only to see Dre standing there, clapping his hands. "I was right, you are a Stand user Bronny," Dre said, "Dre!" Bronny yelled, "I thought we were friends! Why would you do this!?" Dre leaned over the balcony and glared at Bronny, "it's always been about you. Bronny this, Bronny that, you got everything you ever wanted, and you want to know why? Because you just so happened to be the kid of the best fucking basketball player to ever live!" Dre said, "I worked my ass off, each and every damn day, and you know what I got? Nothing, I didn't get shit! But you, oh, you got everything you ever wanted! You got every single opportunity, and every award, every single accolade, and it should've been me!"
Bronny's eyes widened, "Dre, listen to me bro. I get your pissed off, believe me, I understand. But all this, trying to kill me, kill us, this is taking it way too far." Dre laughed as he began pacing across the balcony, "you don't understand me, you don't anything about me!" Snapped Dre, "you've never had to work for anything, not like I've worked. Everything you have, should belong to me! And if I have to kill you, then I won't hesitate." Dre pulled out two guns and began firing at the three, "watch out!" Joshua yelled, the three lunged in different directions, dodging the bullets. "What's wrong bitch boy!?" Dre yelled, "I thought you were big and bad!" Bronny breathed heavily, "Jolyne! You ok!?" Jolyne nodded, ducking further back from the bullets. "I've got to do something," he said to himself, "I have to, for them to survive, I need to use my Stand, but…" Bronny looked to his left, his Stand sat next to him, its green eyes staring directly into his brown, "we are in a difficult situation, aren't we Bronny?" Bronny's eyebrows furred, "you, you can talk?" Bronny's Stand shrugged, "in a way." Bronny leaned back and saw Dre head down the stairs, "I, we need to get rid of Dre," he said, "but how, I've only just released you, I don't really know what to do." Bronny's Stand tilted its head, "do you remember the basketball game from yesterday?" Bronny nodded, "do you remember when you got that surge of energy, it felt that it came out of nowhere, correct?" "Yeah," replied Bronny, "it all happened when the sun started…" Bronny stopped, he had suddenly figured something out, "the sun, the sun gave me strength!" The Stand nodded its head, "that is my ability," it said, "the sun is your ally, it will increase your power, and it will help you defeat Dre." Bronny nodded and chuckled, "cool, is there anything else it can do?" A bullet whizzed by Bronny's head, "get out here James!" Dre yelled, "I'm done waiting!" "Use your mind, and see what happens," Bronny's Stand said, his Stand faded as Bronny sat there.
"Fuck," Bronny muttered, "guess it's now or never." Bronny stood up and walked from his cover. "Bronny!" Jolyne whispered, "what are you-" Joshua put a hand on her shoulder, shushing her. "This is between you and me Dre," Bronny said, "leave them out of this." Dre shook his head, "you don't get to tell me what to do, not anymore," he said, "once I kill all of y'all, I'll get everything I've ever wanted." Bronny starred daggers into Dre, "don't make me do this Dre," he warned, "you're my friend, I don't want to hurt you, but if you continue this, you'll leave me no choice." Dre spat to the side, "fuck you bitch," he said, "you won't even get the chance!" Dre raised his arms and shot at Bronny, Bronny held his hands up and suddenly, a shield formed, blocking the bullets. Dre's eyes widened, "the fuck?" He went to shoot again, but his guns were out of bullets. Bronny sprinted towards Dre, "creating weapons, now that's cool," Bronny said, "but I like to get down and dirty!" Bronny's Stand spawned and slammed its fist into Dre's face, sending him crashing through a wall.