Chapter 30: The importance of the name

Bronny leaned his head against the window of the car. He looked to the outside, glaring at the many people and buildings. He turned to Giorno, for being a mafia boss, Giorno was a pretty quiet person. Bronny didn't mind of course, he wasn't fond of talking anyway. "Nice day outside, wouldn't you agree?" Giorno asked, "huh? Oh, yeah," replied Bronny, "despite all that's been happening, the world still moves on." Giorno nodded his head, "yes, a calm in the storm, it's important to remember that time doesn't pause for us, it's still going on." The car stopped in front of the police station and the two got out. "You sure we can just do this?" Bronny asked, "don't worry about it, it will be fine," replied Giorno.

The two walked into the police station, the station was buzzing with officers and staff, all moving from place to place. "Woah, it's pretty busy in here," said Bronny. The two walked through the busy station, Bronny could see that some people were giving Giorno weird looks, "those guys are starring at us," he said, "they tend to do that when they see me," replied Giorno, "pay them no attention." Bronny looked forward, but it was hard for him to not see all the people starring at them, it made him pretty uncomfortable. "You must be getting use to your Stand by now?" Bronny turned to Giorno, "huh? Yeah, I guess…" Giorno smirked, "Stands are not the easiest thing to control, but it's good to see you have handle on it, does it have a name?" "A name?" Bronny asked, "giving Stands a name creates a stronger connection between it and the user, does yours have one?" Bronny scratched the back of his neck, "I uh, I never really thought about it," replied Bronny, "I should probably think of one though." The two made it to the bosses room, "you wait out here," Giorno said, "this won't take long." Bronny nodded and sat on one of the benches while Giorno went inside.

"Oh, if it isn't you," the police boss said, "what happened to finding this murderer, you do realize that two more Arrow pieces have been stolen!?" Giorno swore under his breath, he had almost forgotten about them, with six stolen, only six remained. "You better have something good to say Giovanna," the boss said, "because things are not looking good!" "We've discovered the identity of the person behind the murders." The boss's eyes widened, "the identity, you've discovered it?" He asked. Giorno nodded, "his name is Hunter Blevins," he said, "whether it is his true name is a mystery, but his file matches the name and photo, we are sure it is him." "Ok, that is a great lead," the boss replied, "I guess you are here to look through his profile?" Giorno nodded, "you read my mind."

Bronny leaned back on his seat, he began to close his eyes, with all of this madness, he had barely had any time to sleep. As he closed his eyes, a voice suddenly entered his head. "Bronny…" Bronny sat up and looked, "who said that?" He wondered. "Bronny…" Bronny heard the voice again, he stood up and looked around. "Are you doing the right thing Bronny? Are you following the right path?" Bronny began to get nervous, how the hell was this talking to him? He could feel a dangerous aura around him, was this an enemy? Bronny summoned his Stand, if there was an enemy, he would be ready to fight. "Why do you fight?" The voice asked. "I fight for my friends," Bronny said, "for my family, it's up to me to protect them, and end this conflict once and for all." The voice laughed, "oh, is that right? And do you think that will save them? Do you think will change their fate?" "It will!" Exclaimed Bronny, "I made a promise to my dad, that I would fix this, that I would stop what happened to my family from ever happening again, it's up to me to do this!" The voice became quiet, Bronny could hear it faintly growling.

Suddenly, a hand wrapped itself around Bronny's neck and slammed him against the wall. A shadowy figure emerged, holding him against the wall. Bronny winced in pain, he tried to pry the hand off, but it was too strong for his Stand. "Bronny…" The voice said, "your actions will lead to a horrible fate." The figure looked up at Bronny, his eyes widened, the figure, was him? The figures face began to melt, blood and flesh being reduced to bones, "don't make my mistake!" The voice screamed; it began to screech as it melted. Bronny closed his eyes, he couldn't look anymore, he could his name being yelled all around him, "stop!" Bronny yelled, "please stop!" They yelling continued, he fell to the floor, whimpering. He curled up into a ball, he wanted it to stop, he couldn't take it anymore. "STOP!"

Bronny's eyes shot open. He sat up violently, he was sweating and his breathing was heavy. He looked around; he was back in the station. There was no blood, it was just as it was before. Bronny wiped his brow and took a deep breath, "a dream," he whispered, "it was just a dream." Bronny leaned back in chair and sighed, it felt so real, what did that figure mean by mistake? It's face was his, what could that mean? The door to his left opened, "thank you for your cooperation," said Giorno, "I'll make sure to investigate further." Bronny stood up, "so, did you find out anything Hunter?" He asked. Giorno nodded, but before he could answer, a police officer came running up. "Sir! That guy we arrested; he's been found dead!" Bronny's eyes widened, "what!?" The police boss moved quickly out of his office to the officer, "what do you say?" The boss asked, "the suspect is, dead?" "Yes sir!" Said the officer, "it's pretty bad, I think you should come take a look." "Right away," said the boss as he began to follow the officer. "I'm going with him," said Giorno, before he moved, he handed an envelope to Bronny, "take this back to the mansion," he said, "it's important."

Giorno followed the police boss to the stations holding cells, many officers were surrounding the cell were MGK was held. "Alright, out of the way!" The boss yelled as he moved through officers, Giorno followed suit, he could already smell the stench of blood. Once the boss and Giorno moved through to the cell, their faces twisted in horror. "Oh, what the fuck!" The boss yelled. Giorno walked into the cell, blood and brain matter covered the room, it was already caked over, and the smell plagued the entire cell. Giorno knelt down to the body and placed his hand over it, "the body has been dead for a few hours, this happened recently," Giorno muttered. He stood up and took his phone out, "this was no accident, this was a murder," he said, "but who could've done this I wonder?"

"Ok, I'll see you here soon." Jolyne hung up her phone, Bronny had called her to tell her about their discovery. She laid down on the coach, sighing. In a way, she was relieved, this situation would soon be over, and everyone would be able to get back to their normal lives. On the other hand, it was kind of a bummer, missing school was one positive, but she'd gotten to spend a lot with Bronny, he had been gone the whole summer, so she was pretty much alone. Her cheeks began to blush, she had known him ever since she first moved here, and she had feelings for him since that day, but she never really told Bronny about them. She didn't know why; she just wasn't the type of girl to be in a lovey relationship. She sighed and sat up, just as Josuke entered the room.

"That's a big sigh," Josuke mumbled, "my guess is that you're bored or just really tired, tell me I'm at least partly right." Jolyne rolled her eyes, "you're not right in the slightest you dummy." "Why are you always so mean?" Josuke said, "what I do to you?" Jolyne chuckled slightly, "it's funny to get a reaction out of you," she said. Josuke shook his head, "whatever, I know you're just fantasying about Bronny anyways." Jolyne's face reddened quickly, "y-yeah right!" Josuke laughed, "oh Jolyne, you never change." His attention turned to one of the pictures, "wow, would you look at that," he muttered. He picked the picture up, it was of him, LeBron, and Jotaro. "Your dad was an amazing guy," Josuke said, "I miss every day, shame what happened…" Jolyne sat up, scratching her neck, "whatever, didn't love me anyway…" Josuke turned to Jolyne, "hey, don't say that." "It's true!" Jolyne snapped, "left me and my mom all alone, he didn't give a shit about us…" Josuke frowned, he knew how Jolyne felt, but to say such things…

"Excuse me Josuke." Josuke turned to his left to see Bucciarti. "Oh, Bucciarti, what's up?" "Giorno called me, we need to leave to the station," Bucciarti said, "it's an emergency." Josuke nodded, following Bucciarti out of the room, "we'll be back soon, Jolyne," he said, "just chill here for a bit." Jolyne nodded, laying back on the couch. Just then, Noel, Joshua and Rae entered the room, "where are they going?" Asked Noel, "Giorno said there was an emergency, they told us to stay here," replied Jolyne." "Ugh, and what are we supposed to do here?" Rae complained, "I hate waiting around, I want some action!" Jolyne chuckled, "you'd think getting shot was enough action for you," she said, "besides, the suns about to set, don't you think a little rest would be nice?" "Rest!?" Exclaimed Rae, she seemed almost insulted by the notion, "I can't just rest, I'm full of energy, I'm too young to rest, I must use this energy somehow!"

Just then, Bronny entered the mansion, "hey guys!" He yelled, he walked towards the girls, looking around, "hey, where is everyone?" "They just left," said Joshua, "but they should be back soon." "Say, what's in the envelope?" Rae asked. Bronny looked at the envelope, "to be honest, I don't know, Giorno just said that's important." Jolyne sat up, stretching her arms, "why don't we open it?" She said, Bronny shrugged his shoulders, "I guess we could, wouldn't hurt."

The group sat along the table in manor of the mansion, Bronny opened up the envelope, inside was a piece of paper. "What is this?" He muttered. Joshua moved to him and took the paper, "it's a doctor's note," he said, "and the patients name is labeled Hunter Blevins." Everyone tensed up, the murderer. "So, Hunter is his real name," Jolyne said, "what else does it say?" Joshua began to scan over the paper, "it's his medical records, it's not much to take in, but here, the name of the place is Hospital Antonio Cardarelli." Noel's head perked up, "oh I know that place," she said, "I used to go to this pizza place near it, I don't think it's that far either, we could get there before sunset." "I don't know about this," Bronny said, "we've already had one life risking mission today, I don't feel like having another." "Oh, stop being a debbie downer!" Rae whined, "it'll be fine, and this time, we won't split up, I promise!" Bronny sighed, "fine, whatever gets us closer to Hunter, the better!" The group all stood and began heading for the exit, "never thought I'd be exited to go to the hospital!"

To Be Continued