4 Days Later

We see Jim's group under the shade of a rock formation as the sun begins to rise from the horizon. A new day has passed, and they're already halfway past the first stage. Jim, Claire and Marinette are already awake, taking out food from their bags for breakfast while Alya and Eli are still sleeping.

"Are you sure we can only live off boxed meals for the race?" Marinette asked.

"Of course, we can pack them efficiently to avoid shortage." Jim states. "And plus, there is a lot of food in each box."

"And with the efficient storage we have, we can save room for more water bottles." Claire states. "Sure, it will be more tedious to save water, but it can also help that our horses can continue for 3 days without water."

"I think Alya and I should carry the water while you guys carry the rest of the supplies." Marinette states.

"Hey, when do you think Steve will come back?" Claire asked.

"He's out jogging, he'll probably be back after these two wake up." Jim states.

"He's either jogging or testing his Stand out." Claire states. "Probably the latter, his Stand seems pretty dangerous from Eli's observation."

"Yeah, and it's a good thing if he's out getting a grip on his abilities." Jim states.

We see Steve Palchuk running around a stony desert area, seemingly just taking a jog as a daily exercise. After more than a week of riding, it's getting pretty annoying to be in the desert for long periods of time.

"Why start a race near a desert? It's so hot!" Steve exclaimed. "I cannot wait to get to the next stage without a scorching hot desert."

Steve jogs near a stone formation to try and get some shade. After looking around a bit, he decides it's enough for the morning.

"Man, I can't keep up my regiment with this heat." Steve groaned. "I'll just wait for when we get to cooler climates. Hopefully we get sunscreen before then."

Steve takes out a water bottle and drinks from it to hydrate himself.

"Ha! Man, this is hot." Steve complained.

The guy looked back in the direction he came from, contemplating running again, as he caught his breath a bit.

"I really shouldn't try to run again." Steve says. "But I have to before the Sun gets any higher."

But before Steve could make a move, he heard something from behind him. He turns to see Talon riding alone through the rocky terrain. The guy stops when he sees Steve just standing there.

"What are you doing here?" Talon asked. "Far from your horse, eh?"

"I'm just on a daily jog, you can't get this bod overnight." Steve says while flexing his muscles.

"Alright? Anyways, I think I should at least try and fight you so you won't be able to catch up to me in the race." Talon says casually.

"I'm sorry, what?" Steve gets alerted as he hears that.

Takon takes out his signature bubblegum and fires at Steve, who quickly dodges out of the way.

"Whoa! Hey!" Steve yelled.

"Sorry, I don't have a Stand, so at least I should use what I have to defeat you." Talon states.

Talon gets off his horse and walks around Steve menacingly.

"Don't even think about it, it's gonna get messy." Steve states.

"And why's that?" Talon asked.

Talon notices that Steve was stretching only his right hand. Odd for a guy like Steve who likes to stretch his whole body.

"You don't have a Stand, but I do!" Steve yelled out.

Steve rushes forth with his right hand in the air as Talon moves back knowing that the jock had the advantage. But raising his right hand is a bit of a show off in Talon's eyes.

'What is he up to?' Talon thought.

Talon uses his rocket boots to jump out the way, making Steve slap a rock behind him instead.

"Pretty weird, you say you have a Stand but you attack with your right hand." Talon states.

"Hmm, think again." Steve smirked.

This made Talon look at the rock Steve slapped. It was seen that a big chunk slightly bigger than Steve's hand has disappeared. No dust left or anything. It's almost like the stone was slapped out of existance.

"Huh?" Talon noticed the weird hole.

Suddenly, a rift lights up, causing the two to look upward and see a care package falling from the rift, directly above where the rest of Steve's group is.

"Another care package!" Steve yelled. "Sweet! One of my friends is gonna get a Stand!"

Talon immediately notices this lapse in attention and takes advantage of it. He takes out his gum launcher and successfully hits Steve, causing his body to cling to a rock formation with gum.

"Aw man! The hell?!" Steve exclaimed.

"Hmm, you're not that focused, or intelligent." Talon states. "I don't know what's the deal with your Stand, but I don't want to stick around to find out."

"What? I'm intellegent!" Steve yelled.

"Oh really? How does nuclear fission work?" Talon asks.

"Ugh…" Steve thought on the question.

"Hmm, noticed some people under the rift. Those your friends?" Talon asked.

"I'm not gonna tell you anything." Steve says.

"Yep, they're your friends." Talon says.

Talon taps some buttons on his high tech watch, and in a flash, Talon's clothes and hair have been replaced with Steve's clothes and hair.

"Hey! There is only one Steve Palchuk! I'm not going through this again!" Steve yelled.

"Well, what you're going through will probably be different than what's gonna happen." Talon states. "Well, off to get my own Stand, and probably fight your friends along the way. As they say in Italy, ARRIVEDERCI!"

Talon cackles off towards where the care package will land while Steve is stuck there, for probably quite some time.

"Man, he's good." Steve states. "I gotta get out of here."

We cut to Talon, in a Steve disguise walking to where the rest have camped up. Right now, everyone was eating breakfast while waiting for the care package to land.

"Do we have anything else? I don't think roasted beef wellington is breakfast food." Eli states.

"There might be, but we're just randomising the boxes." Jim states.

"Ugh… hello guys." Talon greets the group, trying hard to impersonate Steve.

"Oh hey, Steve. You're back." Claire states. "Here, a boxed meal."

"Thanks, I guess…" Talon says, accepting the box. "So, who's gonna get the next arrow?"

"Well, we were thinking Eli should do it, since he's the weakest of our group." Jim states.

"I'm not even gonna deny that." Eli remarked.

We then cut back to Steve trying to set himself free from being stuck to the gum.

"Ugh, stupid faced punk." Steve groaned. "Thinks he can steal my awesome looks and get away with it. I have to use my Stand."

Steve took a deep breath and glowed a blue aura.

"The Hand!" Steve yelled.

A muscular figure with the same proportions as Steve appears, with a color pallate of mainly blue and white. The attire is similar to that of football pads, though there are small gold spikes protruding from the shoulders. A towel like object drapes arounf its shoulders, with a $ symbol on one end and a ¥ on the other. The head of the figure seems to be cylindrical, with headlight shaped eyes. On its right hand were two big bumps with spiderweb like patterns.

The figure then slaps all the gum sticking Steve to the rocks with its right hand, causing it to disappear from existence. Eventually, Steve has been set free.

"This is The Hand. Whatever it slaps with its right hand gets erased from existence." Steve states. "I can see why Eli thought this was dangerous. There's no armor I can't break."

Steve looks back where his team was and sees that the care package has already landed.

"Oh man, looks like the care package has landed." Steve groaned. "Better get back there quick."

We cut back to the group where Jim opens up the care package, revealing not only more food and water, but the singular Stand Arrow that comes with it.

"Hey, Eli. I got the arrow." Jim says.

"Aw sweet! Thanks Jim!" Eli exclaimed. "Now let's see what I get!"

But before Eli can do anything with the arrow, Talon, still in disguise, makes his move. The guy jumps at Eli, grabs the arrow and stabs himself with it. Before anyone could react, the area is immediately brightened by the light from the arrow. As the light dissipates, Talon stood up, feeling his spirit heightened.

"Steve?! Did you stab yourself with the arrow again?! You already have a Stand!" Eli asked.

"Oh, I'm afraid you are mistaken, little dude." Talon states as he taps his watch to remove his disguise. "You thought I was Steve, but it was I, Talon!"

Seeing an unexpected problem on their hands, Jim immediately takes out the Trollhunter Amulet.

"For the good of all, Daylight is mine to command!" Jim yelled out, with the incantations letting him don the Trollhunter Armor and Excalibur. "Get behind me!"

Claire, Eli and Alya get behind Jim and Marinette as they try to figure out what to do with Talon and his newly awakened Stand.

"Why the long faces? Come on!" Talon taunted. "Let's dance."

Talon runs at Jim who kept his defensive position, knowing the guy was too dangerous to attack yet.

As Talon gets close to Jim, two blue and white arms belonging to his Stand appeared on him, and they were punching at Jim with incredible speed, causing Jim to fall back due to the incredible strength of the Stand.

"Man, this guy's strong." Jim says as he resumes stance. "And he was punching incredibly fast. I don't think I can keep up with him."

"Okay, I better jump in." Marinette states. "Tikki! Spots on!"

Marinette flashes into her Ladybug outfit and uses her versatile yoyo to tie Talon up.

"Guys! We need find Steve, only he can defeat him!" Marinette yelled.

"That won't happen!" Talon yelled.

The Stand's arms appear again and strike Marinette backwards into the rest of the group.

"Gah! That hurts!" Marinette yelled.

"Marinette! You okay?!" Alya asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Marinette says. "Why does my neck feel loose?"

Suddenly, a glowing light appears, starting from the top of her chest, moving up her neck and ending under her mouth. The light then forms into a zipper on her skin, and opens up to reveal a purple swirling void.

"Gah! A zipper on my neck?!" Marinette yelled.

"Whoa! Never seen that before!" Jim says.

"Zippers?! Hah! Man, now I'm starting to think of uses for this Stand." Talon laughed.

Talon began to barrage Jim who tries to stand his ground.

"Ariariariariariariariariariari!" Talon yelled.

Due to the overwhelming strength Talon's new powers have, Jim was eventually knocked back, leaving the rest of his body vulnerable to attack.

"ARRIVIDERCI!" Talon yelled.

The Stand lands a powerful blow on Jim's body, sending him backwards. Now his body is covered in many zippers leaving his body unable to move properly.

"Jim!" Claire yelled.

"Oh man, Jim, you okay?!" Eli asked.

"Gah! How fast is this guy?!" Jim exclaimed

"Okay, now that I tested out my Stand, I'll be taking my leave." Talon says. "Good luck winning the race unable to move!"

Suddenly, Talon notices The Hand about to slap to his side. He immediately notices and grabs the right hand with his own Stand's arms. There, he sees Steve walking towards him, and the true look of the Stand.

"Well well well, it seems your Stand's ability is based on its right hand." Talon states.

"You may be cocky, but you're pretty observant." Steve says as he looks at his team. "It seems that your ability is zippers, ey? Unique. But I'm still not gonna let you get away."

"I like the moxie." Talon commented. "But with a swiping motion like that, your Stand doesn't match in speed as mine."

"Well it doesn't matter who's faster if both your hands are busy." Steve says.

Suddenly, with The Hand's left fist, it began punching at Talon's side, making him fall in pain.

"Yeah, I should have thought that through." Talon groaned.

"Come on, let's dance!" Steve yelled.