Chapter 29: The hood comes off

"I'll kill you all, I fucking swear!" MGK was shoved into the police car, being sentenced to a lifetime in prison. "He deserves to be killed," Noel muttered, "for what he did to Laura…" Trish looked to Noel in concern and rested a hand on her shoulder, "I know how you feel," she said, "but killing him won't do anything, let him rot in prison, death is too sweat of a release for him." Noel shook her head, moving away from Trish. Bronny watched this from a distance, he understood what Noel was feeling, after what happened to his mother, but he couldn't let that get him down. He looked around the area, he could see Rae, laughing and giggling with her older brother Jace and Shelby. Her optimism was charming to Bronny, even after nearly dying multiple times, she still had a smile on her face. His gaze turned to Jolyne; she was talking to Josuke. Seeing the two together brought back memories of him and his father, he broke his gaze, he couldn't look at it anymore.

"It's hard, isn't it?" Bronny looked up to see Giorno standing above him. "I, uh, I don't understand what you mean," Bronny said. Giorno smiled slightly and sat next to Bronny. "I know it must be hard to see them together, but know that LeBron will live," he said. Bronny looked to the floor, "I guess you would know, wouldn't you?" He muttered. "I wouldn't," Giorno replied, "I never had a good relationship with the man who married my mother, and my real father…" Giorno closed his eyes, the visions of their fight with Dio coming back to him, he chuckled, "never mind, it wouldn't interest you anyway." Josuke and Jolyne walked up to Giorno and Bronny, "I'm impressed that you were able to catch him without fault," Josuke said, "your Stand must be pretty strong!" "Yeah, it's not stronger than my Stone Free, but his isn't that bad." Bronny smirked, "whenever you want to go at it, I'm ready." Giorno laughed, "I would like to see that, but for now, we must be going." He stood up, "a piece of evidence has been unveiled, it's time to put a rest to this murder case, once and for all!"

As the group all departed from the the mine, in the distance, the hooded man watched. He frowned deeply; they were close to discovering his identity. "Have I…" He stated, "have I underestimated these children? No, have I underestimated that child." He paced back and forth, was he losing his composure? His confidence? "No," he thought to himself, "this is good, this is very good, the boy is coming to his own, this is exactly what my master wants." As he calmed himself down, a man and woman approached from behind. "You look stressed," the man said, "like, even more stressed then normal, you ok hu-" The woman slapped the man in the face, "Filo!" The woman yelled, "you can't just say his name like that so openly!" The hooded man turned to the two, "it's ok Irene," he said, removing his hood, "I don't need to hide myself anymore."

Filo and Irene looked at each other in concern, "but boss," Irene said, "if they find out who you are…" "They likely already know," said the hooded man, "they've seen my face, that's all they need, it's only a matter of time." "What should we do then boss?" Filo asked, "we can't just give up now, not that we're so close." The hooded man chuckled, "worry not my friend, no matter what happens, fate will side with us." He turned to the two, "I want you two to go to this address," he said, handing them a piece of paper, "kill anyone you see there, I don't care who they are, don't leave anyone alive." "And what will you do?" Irene asked, the man put his hood back on, "I have to deal with a certain, someone."

Back in Giorno's mansion, Passione sat along the table. "Any luck Axel?" Giorno asked, Axel shook his head, "still looking, I've been at this for an hour, it's like this guy doesn't exist, makes no damn sense." As the two looked for the hooded man's identity, Bronny and Jolyne walked around the halls. Bronny's eyes noticed a picture on one of the shelves, it was his father, LeBron James, with the rest of Passione. "Look at that," Jolyne said, "they look so young, I mean, they were probably still old, but you know, less old." Bronny nodded, he looked at his father, he hoped he was still ok. Jolyne wrapped her arm around Bronny, "hey, don't worry, this whole mess is almost over, your dad is gonna be fine." Bronny sighed, "I hope," he said, "the sooner we get this done, the quicker I can get back to my studies." Jolyne laughed and shook her head, "your always about talking about school," she said, "don't you care about anything else?" "You." Jolyne reeled back, her face flushed with red, "e-excuse me?" She asked, "I care about you," replied Bronny, "is that so wrong?" Jolyne went to slap Bronny, but he caught her hand, "y-you!" Jolyne exclaimed, "are you saying you love me!?" "Care and love are two different things," Bronny teased, "if you were thinking love, that must mean…" Bronny pulled Jolyne close, "you love me, don't you?"

Jolyne looked into Bronny's eyes, the red in her face subsiding. "You bastard…" She said, smirking. The two leaned in close, as if they were about to kiss. Just as they got close, a finger came between them, blocking the two. "Oh, I'm sorry," Rae said, giggling, "was I interrupting something?" Bronny and Jolyne backed away, "it was nothing you fucking twerp!" Jolyne yelled, she quickly left the room. "Kukuku," Rae teased, "did I just deny true loves first kiss, aw, how sad." Bronny shook his head, "that's what I call a cock block," he said, "nice one Rae." Rae winked and looked at the photo behind Bronny. "Woah, look at that!" She said, moving to the photo, "big bro actually looks good in the photo, he's normally real ugly!" "Hey, I heard that!" Yelled Jace from the other room, "I'm sure you did!" Exclaimed Rae. "So, Jace is your big brother," said Bronny, "yep," replied Rae, "and he's lucky too, how else would he marry Shelby without a super cute little sister to carry him!" Rae could see Jace beginning to run after her, so she bolted quickly out of the room. "Get back here!" Jace yelled.

Bronny looked on, amused, "interesting," he muttered. He left the room and moved to where Giorno and Axel were. "Are you guys close to finding this guy?" Bronny asked, "not in the slightest kid," replied Axel, "I've looked through damn near every file here, no dice." Suddenly, the computer beeped, Axel's eyes widened, "shit." Giorno and Bronny both looked towards the screen, "what? What is it?" Bronny asked, "is that…" They had done it; they found the hooded man! "Hunter Blevins," Giorno muttered, "that is his name, is there anything else on him?" Axel continued scrolling down Hunter's page, but it was corrupted, "damn, he must have scrubbed his page clean, its either blacked out or just plain gone."

Bronny stood from the table, "his name is all we should need, right?" Giorno shook his head, "a name won't do us any favors, without any other records, it could be assumed it isn't even his real name." Bronny rubbed his forehead, there had to be something they could do. "What about the police, they could have files on this guy, or maybe a hospital, I mean, we have to at least try." "We can't just barge into a police station and just take a bunch of files," Axel said, "I mean, can we?" Giorno smirked, "of course we can, the police love me!" He stood from his seat and moved to Bronny, "why don't we both go, it would be a nice change of pace, wouldn't you say?" Bronny nodded, "why not, don't have anything better to do anyway."

MGK sat in his cell, looking at the floor, he couldn't believe what had just happened, to lose to a bunch of kids. "Hey!" MGK looked to his side, one of the guards pointed at him, "you have a visitor." MGK spat on the floor, "I didn't ask for a fucking guest," he muttered, "tell whoever it is to fuck off!" The guard snickered, "why don't you tell him yourself." The guard opened the door, and in walked the hooded man, Hunter. MGK's eyes widened, "you…" Hunter looked MGK up and down, a smirk forming on his face. "You are not needed here," Hunter said to the guard, "I think I'll stay here," replied the guard. A blue arm emerged from behind Hunter and penetrated he guards chest, killing him. "I knew you would fail," Hunter said, turning his gaze back to MGK, "but for you to live, and to tell those kids of my plan, did you really think you would live after that?" "I'm not fucking scared of you!" MGK yelled, "and I especially ant scared of your fucking master! Some white piece of shit supposed to scare me!?" "On the contrary," MGK slowly turned around, the white figure was standing behind him, "you should be." The white figure put its hands on MGK's head, and crushed it in an instant. Blood gushed across the entire cell as MGK's body slumped to the floor.

"All in time," the white figure said, "all, in ,time." The white figure moved out of the cell and past Hunter. "This boy," Hunter said, "you have told me of his importance to our plan, but what if it is false? If this boy dies, will this have all been for nothing?" The white figure turned to Hunter, and winked, "the boy will live, I've foreseen it, we've already won." Hunter nodded, putting his hood back on, "that boy is getting ever closer to discovering my identity, once that happens, I will have no other choice but to insert myself into this conflict," he said, "once that happens, I cannot insure his survival." The white figure left the room, "time will tell my friend," it said, with that, it vanished. Hunter followed suit, leaving the room, "God's Plan never fails, no matter what he may face," he said, "I will not fail, I will follow God's Plan to the end!"

To Be Continued