Chapter 12: The House of Pain part 4
"H-He did it!" Jolyne yelled. Bronny's Stand faded as he walked back to the others. "You guys ok?" He asked, "yeah, thanks to your Stand," Joshua replied. The three stood and looked to where Dre had crashed, "is he dead?" Jolyne asked, "he might be, I'm not sure," replied Bronny. The three were alerted by Dre's coughing, blood leaked from his head and nose, his vision was blurry, and he was barely clinging on to life. "He's alive," Jolyne said, Bronny moved past the two and walked towards Dre. He picked up one of the guns, reloading it, and pointing it at Dre. "I'm sorry Dre," Bronny said, "I'm really sorry, if I hurt you, if I took anything from you, you and I were close, but I have to put you out of your misery." Dre slowly moved his arm up, flicking Bronny off, "f-f-fuck, y-you…" He muttered. Bronny cocked the gun and shot Dre, the bullet shot straight through Dre's head, killing him instantly. Bronny threw the gun down and sighed, rubbing his forehead, what the hell did he just do? Jolyne walked over to Bronny, "its ok," she said, "you did what you had to do." "I know, but why did it have to come to this," Bronny replied, "come on, let's just get ou-" "Stop!" Bronny and Jolyne stopped suddenly, "Josh? What's wrong?" Bronny asked, "don't move," he said, he pointed upwards, "we're aren't done yet."
Bronny and Jolyne both looked up, "holy shit," Jolyne muttered. On the ceiling was covered in spikes, bloody spikes. The ground around them began to shake as cracks formed on the walls and floor. "W-what the hell is happening!?" Bronny yelled, "the house!" Joshua yelled, "its collapsing!" The three ran to the door, trying to open it, but it wouldn't budge. "The door is stuck!" Bronny yelled, "it won't open!" The spikes on the ceiling suddenly began to fall, Jolyne noticed and slammed her fists into the wall. A huge web of string formed above them, blocking the spikes. Bronny's Stand emerged and began to punch the door, but it still wouldn't budge. "This door won't freakin open, how the hell are we gonna get out!?" Bronny yelled. Joshua looked around the house, his eyes beginning to glow. "Jolyne, keep this web up for as long as you can," he said, he motioned for Bronny to come to him. "Bronny, I know your Stand uses the sun, we're gonna need it to break out of here." Bronny looked at Joshua, "how did you?" He noticed Joshua's eyes glowing, "oh, ya I get it." The sun glistened on the two through the windows, "say Bronny, if you could make objects with the power, I think I have an idea of what you could make," Joshua said. Jolyne felt her hands beginning to bleed from his strings breaking, "I can hold this for much longer guys!" She yelled, "could you two please help!?"
Jolyne looked to her right, her eyes widened at the sight. Bronny and Joshua held a huge battering ram, pointed right at her. "What the fuck," she muttered. Bronny nodded at Joshua, "on three," Bronny said, "one, two…" Jolyne quickly moved to the side, she already knew what they were planning. "Three!" Bronny yelled, the two ran towards the door as the house began to crumble behind them. The battering ram slammed into the door, breaking it off, "run!" Bronny yelled. The three ran out of the house as it caved in on itself, a large dust cloud formed around the destruction. "Is…Are you two ok?" Joshua asked, Bronny and Jolyne nodded as they both stood. "Damn," Jolyne said, "what the fuck just happened?" The three suddenly heard sirens in the distance, "the cops," Bronny muttered, "we need to leave, Josh, you should…" Joshua was gone. "Where'd he go?" Bronny said, Jolyne tugged on his shoulder, "Bronny, forget about it, we need to get out of here." Bronny nodded and the two sprinted away from the house, just as the cops began to arrive.
Josuke paced around his room, he had called Jolyne about 4 times, but no response. "Josuke, please calm down," Giorno said, "I'm sure Jolyne is ok, she just probably forgot to text you where she was going, that's all." Josuke shook his head, "she would have picked up," Josuke replied, "she always picks up when I call her." As Josuke continued to pace around the room, a loud bang echoed from the door. Josuke ran to the door and opened it, Jolyne quickly ran in and hugged him, burying her face in his chest. "Jolyne?" Josuke said, "where the hell have you been, I've been calling you all…" Josuke stopped, he frowned, seeing Jolyne's tear streamed face. "Jolyne, did something happen?" Josuke asked, his tone softening. Jolyne wiped her eyes, shaking her head, "It's…" She started, "it's nothing!" She blew past Josuke and ran into her room, slamming the door. "Well, that was, something," Giorno remarked, he stood up and moved to the front door, "I think this is a job for you, I'll see you around." Giorno left, leaving Josuke alone. He looked at Jolyne's door, he had never seen Jolyne cry like that before, not since she was a baby. He moved to her door and knocked on it, "Jolyne?" He said, "can I come in please? If somethings wrong…" "Nothing's wrong!" Jolyne yelled, Josuke sighed, "fine, I'll leave you be," he said, "but if you need anything, just tell me."
Jolyne sat, curled on her bed. She was a murderer, sure she didn't kill Dre outright, but she helped in it. She wiped her face, why was this happening? What did she do to be put in this situation? She sat up and leaned on her wall, she brushed her hair, what started as a peaceful day, had turned into a nightmare. Laughter echoed from inside her room, she perked up, looking to where it was coming from. "JoJo…." She looked to her left, just to see a white figure sitting in her windowsill. The figure was laughing at her, its sharp teeth was giving Jolyne chills. "W-what the hell are you?" Jolyne said, the figure winked at her and jumped out of the window. Jolyne ran to the window, only to see that the figure had disappeared. She suddenly remembered something that Joshua had told her, about a white figure. "This white figure must be connected to Joshua," Jolyne muttered, "I need to confront him tomorrow, and find out what this figure is."
To Be Continued