Chapter 21: The Iron Maiden part 4
[Stand] User: Laura Vazquez
[Stand] Name: Iron Maiden
Power: A Speed: D Range: C Vitality: A Precision: D Develop: D
Bronny and Jolyne dropped into a dark room, Bronny began to pant, his leg was bleeding profusely. "Bronny," Jolyne said, "your leg, we need to fix it!" "Perhaps I could help," Jolyne turned to see Noel sitting in the corner, a shadowy figure stood right beside her. Noel stood up and moved towards Bronny, "Laura did this, didn't she?" Noel said. Bronny nodded, "her Stand is powerful, we couldn't even put a dent in it!" Noel sighed, "yeah, the Iron Maiden, it's armor cannot be penetrated, no matter what." Noel's Stand grabbed Bronny's leg and enveloped it in darkness. "W-what are you doing?" Jolyne asked, "the darkness is my friend," replied Noel, "life has never been good to me, my parents died when I was young, and I was raised by a shitty human being, my only friend was the darkness, my darkness." The shadows left Bronny's leg, the wounds and bleeding had both disappeared. "My Stand is named The Black-Eyed Peas! If you look to defeat my big sister, it will guide you to victory!"
Noel helped Bronny to his feet, now that his leg was fully healed, he could walk without trouble. "My sisters Stand, Iron Maiden, can change any physical object into metal. She is incredibly durable, so in order to defeat it, we'll have to take on Laura directly." "Agreed, but are you sure you want to do this?" Jolyne asked, "I mean, it's your sister…" Noel looked to the floor, "it needs to be done, one way or another," she said. Noel looked to Bronny, "by the way, I think this belongs to you Bronny." Out behind her walked Bronny's Stand, "you gotta be kidding me," Bronny muttered, "we almost got killed back there, where the hell were you!?" His Stand shrugged, "the past isn't important, you're still alive, worry about the future, or it will never come." Bronny rolled his eyes, "fine, whatever," he said, "Noel, you said to take it directly to Laura, but she seems to just tank any attack, how do we even stand a chance?" "When Iron Maiden isn't released, it envelops inside of her, making her almost impervious to all damage," Noel said, "but if we can force her to release it…" "We'll be able to do some damage," said Jolyne, "so, do you have a plan to do just that?"
Laura paced around the abandoned castle, "you can't run forever," she said, "once I find you, I'll coat this wall red in your blood!" Laura looked around the room she was in, it had been a long time she had released her Stand, let alone use it in a battle. Her Iron Maiden had always been a last resort, but now, with this task she needed to do, she thought of it as a necessity. "I know you're watching sis," she said, turning to her left, "come out, I promise I won't hurt you." Noel moved out from the shadows and confronted Laura, "you know, I've never met a person so resistant to help," Laura spoke, "every time I do something to help you, you try to stop me, why? Do you enjoy living in a shithole!?" "It's only shitty because of you!" Yelled Noel, "and you call murdering people help!?" Laura rolled her eyes in frustration, "I call anything that makes your life better help, why can't you see that I'm trying to help you Noel?" "I do see that, I know you work hard, but do you really think killing someone is right?" "If it's to make your life better, then I'd kill anyone," replied Laura, "right now, you need to choose who's side you're on, mine, or them." Noel glared at her sister; it was like she was looking at her for the first time. "I could never side, with a murderer!" Noel exclaimed, a purple aura beginning to form around her.
Laura smirked, "oh well, if that's how you truly feel, then maybe you don't deserve my help." Laura cut her wrist, blood spewing out. The blood began to shift and solidified, the blood had turned into spikes and shot towards Noel. The spikes fazed through her body, puffs of smoke shooting out from where the spikes shot through. Noel sprinted towards Laura, The Black-Eyed Peas spawning behind her. "My My!" Laura chuckled, "look who decided to come out and play!" Laura quickly shielded herself from The Black-Eyed Peas strike, its fist collided with Laura's arm, the ground shaking beneath her. "Tch, your Stand has gotten stronger!" Laura muttered, "but it's still not enough!" Iron Maiden emerged and grabbed The Black-Eyed Peas arm, slamming it to the ground. "I guess I'll just keep the money for myself," she said, "better then sharing it with an ungrateful shit like you!" As Iron Maiden winded up its punch, a number of strings wrapped itself around its arm, holding it back. "W-what the!?" Exclaimed Laura, before she could react, she could see an object rushing towards her. Bronny sprinted towards her, two spears in hand, "eat shit!" He yelled, throwing both spears towards Laura. "This is just great!" Laura muttered. She stomped the ground, sending debris crashing up, the rocks began to merge, forming a shield, blocking the spears. Her Iron Maiden pulled on the strings, dragging Jolyne towards her, "this little plan of yours isn't going to work now is it!?" Laura yelled. As she prepared to strike Jolyne, she suddenly began to fall. Noel's Black-Eyed Peas had opened up the floor beneath Laura, sending one of her legs down. The opening quickly shut, trapping Laura's leg in it, Jolyne kicked Laura back sending her to the ground. She quickly used Stone Free's strings to tie Laura down, rendering her immobile.