Chapter 33: The Hospital's Mysteries part 3
"Bronny, please…" Jolyne buried her face into Bronny's chest, "not you, not now…" Noel moved to Jolyne, "Jolyne…" Jolyne backed off and smashed her fist through the window, shattering it. "WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU!" She screamed; "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU FOR THIS!" Joshua looked at Bronny's body, he put his hand on his neck, he could feel a pulse. "He's still alive, his heart is beating fine, he's in perfect health," he said, "whatever has happened to him, it must be because of the doctor, could he be a Stand user?" He turned to Jolyne, "you need to calm down, Bronny is still alive, and if we want it to stay that way, we need to find the doctor." The group entered the file room, they searched the files for the one on Hunter, but to no luck. "He must have taken them," Noel said, "damn it, we need to get to him and fast." The group exited the room, Joshua looked to Rae, "stay here with Bronny, make sure nothing else happens to him." Rae nodded, kneeling down next to him as the rest of the group left. "This is my fault, we should have just stayed and waited for the others," she said, "please Bronny, don't go dying on us."
"W-Where am I?" Bronny's eyes opened slightly, he looked around, he was still in the hospital. As he stood, he felt, weird, like he was floating. "Bronny!" He turned around, seeing the group kneeling down to the floor. "What's wrong?" Bronny asked, "did something happen?" "He's gone…" Joshua muttered, looking at the window, "How could he have known? Could this be an attack?" "An attack, what are you talking about?" Bronny asked, he reached for Joshua's shoulder, "What is happen-" Bronny hand phased through Joshua's shoulder. He reeled back, "w-what the hell…" Bronny looked at his hand, what was happening? "god damn it! I can't lose you too!" He turned to Jolyne; his eyes widened. His body was laying on the floor, blood forming around it. "N-No way, this has to be some sort of trick…" He muttered, "am I…" "No."
Bronny turned around. A large, wooded figure stood in front of him. It held a large scythe in its hands, the blade covered in blood. "W-Who are you?" Bronny asked, stepping back. "I am the Wicker Man, the Stand of Dr. Alexander Q. Rodriquez, the man you are pursuing." Bronny tried to summon his Stand, but he couldn't. "Your Stand will not work here," spoke The Wicker Man, "In this dimension, your soul will be trapped, while your body rots." "This dimension?" Bronny said he looked to his hands; he suddenly began to understand. "You pulled me into an alternate dimension…" "Correct," spoke The Wicker Man, "and in this realm, I will finish you off in the name of our master." The Wicker Man began to walk to him, Bronny stepped back, tripping on his feet. "Shit," he thought to himself, "without my Stand, how am I gonna beat this guy?" Bronny looked to his left, he saw Rae kneeling down next to his body. "I need to somehow get her attention," he said. He looked around, trying to find a way to get her attention. Suddenly, The Wicker Man swung its scythe at him, he ducked as it made contact with the wall, causing a chunk of it to fall off.
Rae quickly looked to her side, "hello?" She said, "Who's there?" Bronny sighed in relief, "she noticed, that means that these two dimensions are somewhat connected." The Wicker Man took another swing at Bronny, it clipped his shoulder, causing him to stumble to the floor. Bronny's shoulder in real life spewed blood from its shoulder. "B-Bronny!?" Yelled Rae, she took out her Viva la Vada and brushed the wound, stopping it from bleeding. "What the hell is going on?" She muttered.
[Stand] User: Dr. Rodriguez
[Stand] Name: The Wicker Man
Power: A Speed: D Range: E Vitality: A Precision: B Develop: D
"Damn it…" Bronny muttered. He got up, dodging another strike from The Wicker Man. "There is no escape," The Wicker Man said, "there is only death, only suffering." A wire shot from the ground, going straight through Bronny's arm, it wrapped around it tight, preventing him from moving. Blood shot from his body, "Jesus, what's happening!" Rae said. She frantically ripped a piece of her shirt off and wrapped it around Bronny's arm to stop the bleeding. The Wicker Man grabbed Bronny's neck, choking him, "thankfully, your body is all that is required," spoke The Wicker Man, "now, you will die." Bronny's throat began to compress, a hand like mark embedded in it. "Something's choking him!" Exclaimed Rae, she frantically looked around, she needed to figure something out and fast. "What could be doing this to him?" She said, "could this be a Stand attack? It has to be, but where is the Stand? Why can't I see it?" Bronny tried to get free of The Wicker Mans clutches, but it was too strong. "I-I need to escape!" He tried to summon his Stand, he put all his power into it, he could feel it, but it was far. Blood began to trickle from Bronny's mouth, "shit, Bronny!" Rae felt something next to her, she quickly turned, only to see Bronny's Stand. "Rae, it seems that Bronny is in trouble, wouldn't you say?" The Stand said. "You seem a bit too content," Rae replied, "If Bronny dies, so do you." "You are correct young one," the Stand said, "but he will not be dying anytime soon."
The Stand pointed to one of the pools of blood, "look." Rae looked to the blood, her eyes widening, in the blood's reflection, she could see Bronny being choked by The Wicker Man. "It's Bronny!" Exclaimed Rae, "that Stand, it has to be that doctors! But how do we stop it?" "The only way to defeat this Stand is to kill its user," replied the Stand, "this Stand cannot be defeated, its somehow in another plan of existence." "Well there's gotta be something we can do!" Cried Rae, "if we don't, Bronny will be killed!" Rae began to sweat, they needed to figure something fast!