A/N: Let's get a few things out of the way before we can begin.
1. If you don't know by the summary, Part 6 does not exist in this universe, the only original character from Stone Ocean present in this story is Jolyne. So Dio never had a diary and whatnot.
2. I know that there are many returning characters from part 3, especially part 4, but this story isn't really about them. You'll see in future chapters that this story will really be about my own original characters and their own Stands, (I've made 20+ original Stands for this fanfiction).
3. This will be updated every Friday with no exceptions. Doesn't matter if it's a holiday or not. So expect a new chapter every Friday without any breaks until the story is finished. (As I said before, I've worked ahead and have already written the first 24 chapters). If I don't post on a Friday, then assume I'm dead. Or my internet's down. You choose.
4. Lastly, there is a bit of cursing in this fanfiction, but there will be no slurs or f words. Enough rambling, enjoy and feel free to comment, I will respond to all the comments I can, so feel free to ask questions.
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Episode 11: Welcome to the Freakshow Part 1
Up in the Floridian sky, a plane was nearing its destination. In it, two rather bizarre passengers were having an equally bizarre conversation. "Less than an hour before we land," Scallion said, "Be ready, we could find Jotaro at any moment. It's like they say, Stand users attract other Stand users. It won't take long to find him."
"He won't realize we're enemies," Stevana said, "We'll recognize him instantly, we'll take down Jotaro without any issues!"
"The one thing I'm worried about is how Eaden and Clayton are doing," Scallion said, "They should've encountered the Joestar girls and those accompanying them. I don't think Fletcher was able to take them down, so surely our enemies must have defeated her and have fought with Eaden and Clayton. I couldn't care less if Fletcher dies, but if Eaden and Clayton fail, then it would be a shame."
"Perhaps," Stevana said, "They might not have what it takes. Even if they do fail, the enemy still has two days until they reach our mansion, that's plenty of time for Dio to send more Stand users at them."
"Yeah," Scallion said, "you're right, my love. I'm worried over nothing. It's too bad The Wall are off doing their own thing right now. They could single-handedly take down every Stand user under Dio's command, let alone the Joestars."
"We'll worry about the Joestar girls after Jotaro is dead," Stevana said, "Dio gave us permission to kill Jotaro. Dio would like his Stand, Star Platinum, but he told us that it was way too risky and that it would be better if we just killed him."
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32 Hours Away From Dio's Mansion
Joanne, Kenna, Hol Horse, Polnareff, and Tenmei rode on in their car. After their battle with June and Ally, the five had driven until nightfall and taken a stop at a nearby motel. They had taken extreme precautions to make sure that they wouldn't be attacked in their sleep. They left first thing in the morning and had been driving ever since.
"Damn, I'm hungry," Hol Horse complained, "After that restaurant turned out to be a Stand attack yesterday, we've only eaten at the hotel!"
"It's risky to stop for food," Polnareff said, "But then again, it's also risky to try and fight Stand users with an empty stomach."
"So let's go eat some goddamn food!" Hol Horse yelled.
Polnareff sighed, "Tenmei managed to sneak a lot of food from the motel, it's inside Mr. President."
Hol Horse grinned as he transported himself into the turtle's room.
"Can you get us something as well?" Joanne asked, "Kenna and I are getting kind of hungry too!"
Polnareff turned to Tenmei, "You've been driving for a while, are you sure you don't want to take a small break to eat some food?"
"I'm fine," Tenmei said, not taking his eyes off the road, "I'm not very hungry."
Hol Horse came out of the room, cradling three sandwiches and several bags of chips. He handed two of the sandwiches to the girls in the back, keeping the third one and all the chips for himself.
"Give me a small piece of that bread," Polnareff said, "I don't eat much, but I still get hungry."
"Yeah, whatever," Hol Horse said as he tore off a piece of the bread from his sandwich and dropped it next to Polnareff.
The car kept driving for another half hour until the main road led to a small town.
"Careful," Polnareff said, "There are plenty of people here, one of them could be an enemy."
"I'll keep on the lookout in case I see someone I know," Kenna said, "Even though almost nobody has shown me their Stands, I've seen most of Dio's group of Stand users at least once. I should be able to recognize some faces."
They drove through the town, it was fairly busy so they did get caught up in traffic. While waiting for the cars in front to pass, Kenna looked around. She spotted a woman wearing a sun hat and shades, clearly trying to cover up her face. It was the woman's elegant brown hair that Kenna recognized.
"Don't look now," Kenna whispered, "But I think I recognize someone."
Hol Horse almost spat out the drink in his mouth, "Really?" he asked, "Where?"
"Don't look!" Kenna said, "You'll draw attention to yourself and get spotted. I don't think she's found us yet, or else she would've recognized me as well."
"You should stay in Mr. President," Polnareff said, "That way our enemy won't know you're here with us."
Kenna turned to face Joanne, "I'm sorry,"
"For what?" Joanne asked.
"That woman," Kenna said, "Her name is Loni Dodson. I don't know her that well, but apparently, Ally and June did. They talked about her yesterday and even told us what her Stand was."
"Wait," Joanne said, "You don't mean…"
Kenna nodded idly, "Yes, Loni's Stand is Freakshow, she's the spider Stand user."
Joanne shivered in her seat. Kenna put a hand on her soldier, "Don't worry, I'll protect you."
Joanne looked at Kenna's eyes, were they always this beautiful? Joanne couldn't help but smile. "Ok," she said, "I trust you, now go in the room before you're recognized."
Kenna nodded as she reached for the key and was transported inside of Mr. President.
"We were found so fast," Tenmei said, "What do you want me to do, Mr. Polnareff?"
"Keep driving," Polnareff said, "Just pretend that you don't know anything. We can't risk a fight breaking out and innocent people getting hurt or killed. If she finds us and begins following us, we'll have to go somewhere without other people."
Tenmei nodded as the traffic ahead of him cleared out a bit. As soon as he pushed the acceleration on the car, the tire popped and they swerved around and crashed into a nearby streetlight.
"Tenmei!" Hol Horse yelled, "What the hell are you doing?! Who taught you how to drive?!"
"Don't misunderstand, Mr. Hol Horse," Tenmei said as he stepped out of the car, "That wasn't me that crashed the car, we're already being attacked."
Nearby people had stopped to look at the crash, many of them taking pictures of it on their phones. Everyone else stepped out of the car. Double Abstract used one of her tubes to reliquify Hol Horses' wheelchair that he had asked her to hold on to.
"What's happening?" Kenna asked from inside Mr. President.
"We're being attacked," Polnareff's spirit said, "Stay in here, we still don't know if the enemy knows about you or not. Until we get confirmation, stay put. We may need you to catch the enemy off guard." Kenna nodded, anxiously sitting down on the red couch.
After a couple of minutes, most of the people kept on with their agendas as they lost interest and walked away from the crashed car. Most people except for one. A woman who looked to be in her late twenties or early thirties walked towards them, taking off her sun hat and sunglasses to fully reveal her face. Her blue eyes sparkled with fury as her feet stomped while she walked. The most noticeable thing about her was her beautiful brown hair. It was so neat and shiny. A couple of men oo'd at her as they walked by, but she paid no attention to them, as she was now storming towards the crashed car.
"You!" she yelled at Tenmei as she stopped a couple of meters away from the car.
"No one's bleeding right now," Tenmei said, "My Stand is useless, it's all up to you, Mr. Hol Horse, Joanne."
"The dirt kicked up from your car!" the woman yelled, "A small bit of it went on my hair! That pisses me off! I had to take it out, and fix my hair before coming over here to you! Nothing pisses me off more than someone messing up my hair!"
"I don't care 'bout your hair, missy," Hol Horse said, aiming Emperor towards her, "I'm going to give you five seconds to walk away from here and never come near us again. I won't hesitate to shoot yer brains out!"
"That's right!" Double Abstract yelled, "We've dealt with plenty bitches like you! Get away from us, or I will beat the shit out of you!"
"I'm afraid I can't do that," the woman said, "My name is Loni Dodson. Greta sent me to check and see if June and Ally did their job, and by the looks of it, they didn't. Is it safe to assume that they're both dead? Is it safe to assume that Fletcher's dead too? I had to disable your car's tire or else I would've lost you."
"Your five seconds are up!" Hol Horse yelled as he shot Emperor five times.
The bullets stopped midair, half a meter away from Loni, "I know for a fact that you guys killed Jon L, and Dio disposed of Stue Rod two days ago. That's five Stand users dead in a week. It pisses me off when people I work with get killed! It pisses me off almost as much as when someone messes up my hair! I couldn't care less about Fletcher, June, and Ally, but Jon was such a good-looking man! I was going to ask him out after he came back! Stue's not bad looking either, but they're both dead because of you!"
"Stue's dead?" Joanne asked, "Looks like he got what he deserved!"
"Don't talk bad about him!" Loni yelled, "That pisses me off too!"
"How did those bullets not splatter you all over the ground?!" Hol Horse yelled.
"Oh, these?" Loni motioned to the bullets, which were still floating in the air, "You probably can't see it, but there's a thin web in front of me, I wouldn't approach you unprotected."
"Web?" Joanne gulped, "Is it true… the fact that your Stand is a spider?"
"Huh?" Loni said, "Who told you that? Goddamnit! Did June and Ally rat me out? I thought it would be harmless if they at least saw what my Stand looked like, but I guess I shouldn't have trusted them! Damn, that pisses me off!" Loni's fits of rage attracted some attention from the nearby civilians. None of them could see the bullets, so they were confused.
"Well," Loni said, "I guess if you already know about my Stand, then there's no use hiding it anymore." Hundreds of tiny little spiders crawled out of Loni's clothing.
Joanne screamed, "Why did it have to be spiders?!"
"You don't like these?" Loni said, a smile on her face, "Well then, I guess I'll attack you first! Freakshow!"
The spiders began to crawl towards the screaming Joanne.
"Joanne!" Tenmei yelled, "Get away, we still don't know what this Stand does!"
Joanne shrieked as she ran behind the car, "Guys! Do something!"
"I can't!" Tenmei yelled, "My Stand doesn't work if there's no blood around!"
"I'll give you some blood!" Hol Horse yelled as he shot his Emperor a few more times. The bullets shot through three of the spiders.
"It's not enough to harm the user." Tenmei said, "She has what is called a 'Colony Stand', you need to kill a substantial amount of them to cause the user any harm."
"Damn, that's annoying!" Hol Horse said, "How many of them do I have to shoot?"
"There seem to be approximately three hundred spiders," Tenmei said, "You'd need to kill at least fifty before the user starts taking some damage."
"Fifty?" Hol Horse yelled, "I don't have time to shoot fifty of those things!"
"Do it!" Joanne yelled, jumping off the road and onto the curb to avoid the spiders.
"No, Hol Horse is right," Tenmei said as he brought his thumb up to his mouth, "We don't have time to shoot fifty of them." Tenmei bit his finger, letting a small amount of blood trickle down, "Ruby Tuesday!"
The crystal Stand appeared, the blood coming from Tenmei's thumb floated up towards it and formed into a small spike about the size of a needle.
"So," Loni said, "Your Stand ability is to control blood? You don't think that you're going to throw that at me, do you?"
Tenmei was surprised by this comment but didn't hesitate, Ruby Tuesday threw the blood needle, aiming for Loni's head. If even a small projectile went through a certain part of Loni's brain, it would certainly kill her, or at least put her out of commission. The webs protecting Loni pulled back one of Hol Horses' bullets, and flung it at the needle, going through it and making it fall to the floor before it could reach her head.
"You're lucky I can't kill you," Loni said, "Or else I would've sent these other four bullets through your head already!"
Tenmei looked in shock, the bullet had bounced back as if she was controlling it.
"But then again," Loni wondered aloud, "Dio did say that he didn't really care for Hol Horse's and Polnareff's Stands. So I could kill at least two of you."
"I can't fight her with so little blood exposed!" Tenmei yelled, "I can't do anything!"
"Blood?" Joanne asked, "Why didn't you say so? I'll gladly bleed if it means getting rid of these spiders!"
"Joanne! What are you—?" Tenmei was cut off when Joanne cried in pain. She had picked up a glass shard from the broken windshield of the crashed car and had cut it down her arm vertically.
"Even when running away from that which you fear most, you still manage to be one of the bravest people I've met," Tenmei said as the blood from Joanne's arm turned into a spike in Ruby Tuesday's hand.
"I myself am surprised," Loni said, "To think that this terrified girl has the guts to do something like this. I guess you have forced me to use my Stand's true ability."
The spiders stopped chasing Joanne and all piled together. Humanoid feet began to appear under the spiders. As the pile rose, the legs became visible. The spiders were piling together and forming the Stand.
"The colony aspect of my Stand is completely optional," Loni said with a grin, "They can all fuse together and create a different form!"
Once the spiders were finished, Freakshow's alternate form was revealed. The Stand was humanoid but had four arms and two spider claws coming out of the back of its shoulders. It had eight eyes, scattered randomly on its head, and two spider-like fangs hanging out of its mouth, dripping with a green-like liquid.
"Ewwww!" Joanne yelled, "Now this thing is scary and disgusting! I'm gonna puke!"
"Not yet, Jo," Abstract said, appearing, "I'm not sure what this Loni person keeps going on about, but it's really pissing me off! I like to be independent from you, but ever since we've been going after this Dio person, we've had to work together! You know I'm not about that Jo, so the sooner we get rid of this bitch and her shitty ass spider, the sooner I can do whatever the hell I want!"
"You're annoying!" Loni yelled, "That pisses me off, I'll deal with you first!
Freakshow crept up on Joanne but was stopped when Tenmei threw the bloody spike at it. Freakshow spat out a web-like substance, the web hit the bloody spike and blew it apart, pieces of it melting on the ground.
"Maybe I'll deal with you first after all," Loni said as Freakshow turned towards Tenmei, "I know that your Stand ability is to control blood, so shooting you with these bullets is pointless if I'm not actually trying to kill you. Perhaps I'll just wrap you up in a web and take you far away so that you won't be a nuisance to me anymore."
Freakshow turned away from Joanne and faced Tenmei. Tenmei jumped out of the way to avoid a web tangling him up. Ruby Tuesday quickly picked up the remaining blood from the melted spike and used it to create daggers before throwing it at Freakshow. The spikes stopped half a meter in front of it.
"You just don't get it, do you?" Loni said with a smile, "You can't penetrate the webs protecting me and my Stand! You can't win a battle where it's impossible to land a hit on your opponent!"
Joanne jumped in the air, and swung her cut arm towards the thin web, painting it red, and making it visible to the human eye.
"Thanks, Joanne," Tenmei said, "This is perfect, this is just what I was looking for. Now that I can fully see the web, I know where to aim in order to get my projectiles through the holes between the web!"
"You think you're tough shit?" Double Abstract said mockingly, "I've fought ladybugs with bigger brains than you."
"Shut the hell up!" Loni yelled, "You are really pissing me off!" Freakshow stuck its hand through the web surrounding it and grabbed Joanne by the throat, "I can't kill you, but this should keep you down for a bit." She said as Freakshow shot more webs out of its mouth, wrapping around Joanne's arms and pinning her arms behind her back, the same webs were shot on Abstract, restraining her as well. Loni had specifically made it so Abstract could not reach her belt.
Freakshow, still holding Joanne by the throat, held her in front of it. "What are you going to do now?" She smiled as she looked at Tenmei and Hol Horse, "Your Stands are all ranged, you wouldn't risk hurting your precious Joanne, now would you?"
Hol Horse turned to Tenmei, "What do we do now?" he asked.
"I'm not sure," Tenmei said, "She's going to try to use Joanne to her advantage, so getting her free is the top priority."
"What about me?" Kenna said through the key on Polnareff, "If Joanne is in trouble, I want to help!"
"That might not be a bad idea," Tenmei said, "Your Redbone could prove useful. But we shouldn't let you out yet. Loni still doesn't know about you, we need to keep you a secret for as long as possible. Kenna, I'm going to need you to think of something, Hol Horse and I will stall Loni Dodson as long as possible, but it's up to you to think of a way to get Joanne free, can you handle that?"
"I'll do anything for Joanne!" Kenna said before suddenly blushing, "I mean... I'll do anything to save Joanne! You know… because she's a teammate?" Kenna let out a nervous laugh before clearing her throat, "Don't worry, I'll think of something!"
"Let us go!" Joanne yelled as she thrashed around in Freakshow's grip.
"I swear when I get out of this, I'll kill you, you little shit!" Abstract yelled, struggling to reach one of her tubes.
"Oh my god, you two are so annoying!" Loni groaned, "That pisses me off too! Why don't you two just be good hostages and zip it!"
"You're forgetting something, Loni Dodson," Tenmei said as he took a couple of steps forward, "Joanne's arm is still bleeding!" more blood from Joanne's arm flowed into the hands of Ruby Tuesday.
"You're right," Loni said, "That is a problem." Freakshow shot out more webs, this one wrapped around the wound on Joanne's arm, completely covering it. "There," Loni said, "No more blood for you to use!"
Ruby Tuesday turned the blood into small spikes and threw them all at Loni. Freakshow's claw snapped behind its back and stretched out to deflect the small spikes, "Valiant effort," Loni said, "But you need to stop trying, it's quite pathetic at this point. It pisses me off when people act pathetic."
"What doesn't piss you off?" Hol Horse muttered under his breath.
Suddenly, Loni felt a pain in her left arm, and almost had Freakshow drop Joanne. Loni looked and saw a hole in her arm. "What the hell?!" she yelled, "What happened?!"
"Guess you were too busy focusing on Tenmei's attack," Hol Horse said, "you didn't notice that I fired a bullet right in between the web and through your arm! Drop Joanne now or the next one is going between your eyes!"
"Damn!" Loni said, "There's only one thing I can do at a time like this!" Freakshow quickly stuffed Loni's bullet wound with some webs and picked up Abstract with its other arms before running off. "I'm sure Dio will be pleased if I at least bring him one of the Joestars!"
"We need to go after her!" Tenmei yelled as he and Hol Horse started heading towards Loni. They were soon stopped when they found it incredibly hard to move, "She coated the ground with webs!" Tenmei yelled, "We've lost Loni! She has Joanne with her! What do we do now?!"
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"Let us go!" Joanne yelled, now being cupped in Freakshow's right arms as it ran with Loni.
"I'm going to kill you if you don't untie me right now!" Abstract yelled, cupped in Freakshow's left arms "I don't like it when I can't move around!"
"Then you'd better get used to it!" Loni said, "I'm not going to let you two go until you're brought to Dio!" Loni ran for another ten minutes before stopping at an old trailer. She sat Joanne and Abstract down next to each other inside the trailer before webbing their legs so they wouldn't escape.
"I need to make an important phone call," Loni said, "And I can't leave you in a different room to risk you escaping, so I'd appreciate it if you two were a little quiet. I promise to let you eat tonight if you let me make my call in peace."
"Like hell, we'll be quiet!" Abstract yelled, "Put me on the line with Dio! I'll tell him to go fu—" Abstract was cut off when Freakshow shot another web that covered her mouth and wrapped all the way to the back of her head. "I gave you a chance," Loni said before Freakshow shot another web, covering Joanne's mouth in the same manner as Abstract's.
Now you've done it, Abstract! Joanne thought, Now we won't be eating tonight either! Why couldn't you be quiet for once? Konoyaro!
Don't blame me, Jo, Abstract thought, I knew you wanted to say the same thing. At least I got in one last insult, you should've joined me.
Hold on, Joanne thought, squinting at Loni who was on the other side of the room inside the trailer, She's on the phone! We might be able to get some information from this call! This could be really good! Stop thinking for a second, I want to hear her clearly!
"Yes Khan, it's me," Loni said, "I was able to capture Joanne Jones. It'll be too hard to transport two prisoners to Dio, why don't you come pick them up?" There was a brief pause as Loni listened to the man on the other end of the phone, "Oh, I captured Joanne's Stand as well, she's sentient so I had to tie her up as well. But when do you think you'll get here?" Another brief pause, "Tomorrow? I can't babysit two prisoners for the rest of the day! Her friends are probably tracking me down right now! That pisses me off!" Another brief pause, "Alright, I understand. Tomorrow afternoon, right? No later than that? Ok, good. See you tomorrow, Khan." Loni hung up the phone before turning towards her two prisoners who were looking at her quizzically. "Oh, don't worry about that," she said, "I was just arranging your pickup. By tomorrow, you two will be taken to Dio, so all I have to do is keep an eye on you and see if your friends followed me."
Loni pulled out a chair and sat down, arms crossed, she kept an eye on the girls, Freakshow standing idly next to her, ready to attack in case anything happened. Joanne tried squirming around a bit, but it was no use, the webs were on tight. She turned her head to face Abstract before letting out a sigh under the webs covering her mouth. Something told her that this was going to be a long day.
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A/N and that's chapter 11! I think Freakshow was a really cool Stand to implement. By taking away the option of ranged attacks, it makes the situation direr since that's what Tenmei and Hol Horse specialize in. I also feel like having the main character tied up, especially someone as blunt as Joanne, is a good way of knowing what said character can do when given time to think. I'm not sure exactly how I wanna express this idea in the next chapter, but seeing as Joanne has all night to think, I'm sure she'll find a way out. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed and see you all next week for Episode 12: Welcome to the Freakshow Part 2.