"Riki Okada. I'm guessing you'll want my full name since you won't be around long enough to do anything about it." Riki said.
"You're basically killing Stand Users. If everybody went doing what they wanted it'd be chaos." Griffin said.
"But that's the problem. Not everyone is doing what they want, Stand Users are. My 6th birthday was ruined because Stand Users. You all came in here because you are Stand Users. And it seems like your friends are wrecking the place." Just as he said that a tremor shook the ground. A small crack appeared in the ceiling above us.
"We aren't here for a sob story." Tia said. She was regaining her breath sitting down. I'd have to take her place when the conflict started.
Considering everything that had just happened, I was surprised we hadn't started fighting earlier. Like always, Griffin started shooting immediately. Riki didn't even need to use his Stand; any bullets fired his way just disappeared. I ducked underneath Griffin's range and tried to restrict Riki's movement. Any time my tendrils got close they were swatted away. I grabbed his right arm and tugged it, giving Griffin a clear shot. Something weird happened. My stomach clenched and the area felt fuzzy. I glanced down and saw a serrated knife lodged in my stomach.
Griffin dashed forward and dragged me back. He kept the gun trained on RIki, in case he wanted to attack another time. Mostly I was in shock. I mean, who brings a knife to a Stand fight? I didn't even see the knife. During this whole interaction Riki had hardly moved. Even when I was stabbed his body was static.
"You get it now? I'm not trying to eradicate Stand Users, I just want them out of the picture. My Stand Facade makes sure of that."
"Go to hell, Riki. You just stabbed me you prick." Considering I was just stabbed harsher words would've been more effective.
His Stand was mostly robotic. Skin was shown but many parts were replaced by metal. It had dark blue eyes that seemed to have a constantly rippling effect activated. Facade had an antenna on its head and circles in its hands. Mostly blue, with dots of grey and some yellow mixed around its body. Just like its user, Facade was rather big and imposing compared to the average Stand. Most are slender but this one was huge.
As I was being dragged by Griffin I took time to think of his words. Oddly enough I felt calmer than I've ever felt. 'Out of the picture'. Maybe his Stand wasn't just invisibility, but blocking things from view. Griffin could have easily shot him multiple times and we wouldn't know. Even if the knife was just invisible he needs to move to stab me. If we could draw his Stand out into the open we could win.
Tia stood up, with the help of a nearby cupboard, and limped over to us.
"Sophie you need to leave right now." She said.
"God, why is everyone focusing on me. Focus Riki! We need to beat him." I said, fed up with everyone seeming to be so concerned over me. Tia gave a worried glance but listened to my words. She and Griffin faced off against Riki. He was moving this time. Using a hidden knife to try and stab Tia. For him, dodging Griffin's bullets was easy enough. Some even clattered to the ground. So he had to be using something to block them.
Even in my wounded state I had to help my friends. In every battle I can hardly even support them. I'm just there. My Stand isn't even suited for combat and all we do is fight. It's bullshit. I can't do anything. If I can't even fight then I shouldn't be friends with them. This whole thing was caused by me and it only succeeded because I had to use other people. I couldn't rely on myself because I was so weak. If my only role is support then I'm going to need to actually support them.
Tears came down from my face to the ground. I silently wiped them off and focused on Riki. My vision was blurry and my head hurt but I had a general gist of where he'd be. I used my Stand to create a thin coil on the ground. Piling up and up until there was enough to make a large impact. The height reached above my head slumped against the wall. At once, I shot the coil forwards and towards Riki. It latched onto a circular object and I ripped it from him. A thick sheet of metal clanged against the floor, making a horrible scraping sound. Bullet holes and scratches were present on the front of the metal. Riki grabbed the coil and cut it with another knife.
As soon as his makeshift shield was revealed Riki summoned his Stand. Likely, it was for him to escape somehow.
"Facade!"
"Runaway!" Despite how quick Riki thought he was Griffin was clearly much quicker. Riki disappeared instantly, leaving no trace he was ever there.
"Runaway will trap him there until we decide to get him. Don't worry, when it's used on other people the time difference is reduced."
"Sophie you're bleeding even more." Tia called out to me.
"Stay here, we'll get help." Griffin said. So I waited. Even more stab wounds, albeit significantly less deep than the knife in my stomach. All I could do was wait for my friends. The sirens came closer but I heard multiple footsteps running. Hopefully we'd flee before the police got involved.
Multiple ambulances came to escort us and the people we fought out. Since Riki was trapped in Runaway, he wasn't mentioned. Police were there questioning everyone else. Though they agreed to hold off until we were all conscious and in hospital. Nobody had died and our threat was eliminated. I felt an odd sense of pride as they drove us away.