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. 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.
...
Episode 35: Chop Suey-The Wall Part 7
A crunch could be heard as Chop Suey's teeth penetrated the elevator door. With another bite, a hole opened up, revealing Tankian inside. Chop Suey kept biting chunks out of the elevator, slowly creating a hole big enough for its user to fit through.
Only a tad bit longer, Tankian thought, Jolyne has only bought herself a little more time.
"We need a plan, Hozier," Jolyne said as she looked at the kid who was poking his head out from behind the mirror, "The enemy's Stand is called Chop Suey. I think that its user gains the properties of whatever it eats. If it's eating through the elevator, then Tankian should take the properties of metal." Jolyne paced around the room for a couple of seconds, "God, thinking under pressure like this is hard! Hozier, how about this? Point your Stand at that door. When Tankian comes in, create a crack that'll hit him."
"O-okay," Hozier said, "This will help us save Kenna, right?"
"Of course, the fewer members of The Wall that we have to deal with, the better. After we kill Tankian, there will only be five left."
While Jolyne and Hozier were talking, they could hear the gnashing of metal coming from the hall. Once the gnashing finally stopped, they knew that Tankian was free.
"Ready?" Jolyne asked, "When he comes in, you're going to create a crack where his head is. We want to kill him instantly."
"Take me to Church!" Hozier called for his Stand and the mirror seemed to be absorbed by the ground before popping back up in front of the door.
"Good job!" Jolyne said, "There's no way Tankian can escape this!"
After what seemed like too long of a wait considering that the elevator was in the same hall as Hozier's room, the door opened.
"Hozier, don't activate your Stand!" Jolyne yelled out, hoping she wasn't too late when she saw who entered the room. Tankian had taken a couple of steps inside, Chop Suey following close behind. But that wasn't what had scared Jolyne. It's what Tankian had brought with him that made her yell out at Hozier. Tankian had one arm wrapped around a poor room service lady who had happened to be in the hall. Tankian's other hand was placed firmly over the young lady's mouth to prevent her from alerting anybody.
"You brought a hostage?!" Jolyne yelled, "Fight me like a real man, lard-ass! Don't hide behind some woman!"
The room service woman let out a scared, muffled yell. No matter how hard she struggled, Tankian's body wouldn't even budge in the slightest. It was as if he was as strong as metal, an unmoving force.
"Let her go!" Jolyne continued to yell, "Just how hard are you squeezing her? You're as strong as metal now, right? You could squeeze her to death if you wanted to!"
"I could," Tankian said, "That's why I brought her here. I needed to be sure that I'd be safe. I knew Hozier was going to try and hit me with his Stand. I've learned enough from Dianne's failures to not let myself be attacked by that mirror."
"Hozier, get behind me!" Jolyne yelled, "Keep your mirror on standby just in case."
"O-okay!" Hozier hid behind Jolyne as Take me to Church appeared next to him.
"Let's cut to the chase," Tankian said, still holding the room service lady, "In five minutes, an associate of mine will arrive. Once he gets here, my job will be fulfilled. After he arrives here, everything will be over. So just stay here until then. I am not letting this woman free until your picture is taken."
Picture? Jolyne thought, Kenna warned me to not get my picture taken under any circumstances. She said that if I get my picture taken, it'll all be over. Some sort of Stand ability will trigger fifteen minutes after our picture gets put into some sort of photo album.
"Hozier, listen to me," Jolyne said, "Someone else is going to come here soon, I think he's going to have some sort of polaroid with him. I need you to destroy it no matter what. Use your Stand to break that camera. If we can manage to break that camera, we might be able to save everyone else."
"What are you whispering about over there?!" Tankian yelled, "Don't talk! Wait there patiently! Only four more minutes. I don't want to kill this woman, but I will if I have to."
The room service lady let out a muffled yell in fear as she continued her futile struggle to get out of Tankian's grasp.
"Okay, stop!" Jolyne said, "Don't hurt her. We'll wait four more minutes." She looked back at Hozier, enforcing her plan to him with her eyes alone.
"Pardon my rough behavior, miss," Tankian whispered into the room service lady's ear, "I won't harm you if these two behave yourselves. You'll be set free in about three minutes now."
Thank you for warning me, Kenna, Jolyne thought, We might just have a chance to win this. But I can't just sit here and do nothing, I might as well try to set that lady free now. Stone Free!
Jolyne hid her hand behind her back, not allowing Tankian to see that a string was coming out of the tip of one of her fingers. The string swept quietly around the room, slowly unraveling Jolyne's finger.
"Only two more minutes," Tankian said, "You've been doing good so far, all three of you. Don't try anything stupid last minute."
Too late! Jolyne thought. Her string had made its way over to the light switch. The blinds in the room were closed since June had left in such a hurry so when the strings pulled the light switch down, the only light came from the hallway lights through the open door. Jolyne and Hozier, who were in the corner of the room were absorbed by the darkness.
"Stay here," Jolyne whispered to Hozier before quietly stepping over to Tankian.
"What the hell?!" Tankian yelled, "How the hell did you turn the lights off! You move a single muscle and I'll crush this woman's head, you hear?!"
"Loud and clear!"
Tankian was startled at just how close Jolyne's voice had been. She was right next to him. She had called his bluff. He quickly let go of the room service lady.
"Your Stone Free can't do anything to me! I have the properties of metal, don't you remember?!"
"Just shut up already," Jolyne murmured loud enough for Tankian to hear, "You really are annoying the shit out of me."
Tankian managed to reach over and flip the light switch back on. Right as he did this, Stone Free's arm, which had unraveled into strings and grabbed something out of the bathroom, returned. Tankian looked in surprise as he saw Jolyne standing next to Stone Free, who was holding a toilet lid.
"I'm kinda curious," Jolyne said, "Metal normally dents, right? If I hit you hard enough with this, will you dent too?"
"Chop Suey!" Tankian yelled as the little shark Stand jumped at Jolyne.
"Ora!" Stone Free swung the toilet lid at Chop Suey. The Stand was sent flying into the wall. Tankian, similarly, went flying as well.
"This is where you leave," Jolyne said as she turned to the speechless, shaking, room service lady.
"Don't send anyone up here," she said, "Anyone you send might get in my way," she added, "Oh, and if you see a man with a polaroid camera, find a way to break it. I'd appreciate that. But don't let him take a picture of you. Do you understand?"
The lady nodded quietly before running out of the room. These people are crazy! She thought I'm not getting paid enough to deal with this so early in the morning!
"Now that she's safe," Jolyne said, turning to Tankian who had already gotten up, a large bruise forming on his cheek, "All I have to do is finish you off."
"I wouldn't be so confident if I were you," Tankian said, "David is very punctual. Only forty seconds left!"
"Forty seconds is all we need!" Jolyne yelled, "Hozier, use your mirror!"
"Take me to Church!"
Tankian's heart skipped when he saw the mirror rise from the ground in front of him. He barely managed to jump out of its way before a crack formed, splitting open the wall behind where Tankian stood.
"Keep going, Hozier!" Jolyne yelled, "I'm not letting him leave this room!"
Stone Free stood in front of the doorway, still holding the toilet lid. Part of it had broken off when she hit Chop Suey, but there was still enough left for her to get a good hit on Tankian again.
"Come at me!" She yelled, "I dare you!"
"Chop Suey!" Tankian yelled, running towards Stone Free. The small shark Stand jumped on the bed and began to chomp on a pillow.
I need to outpace that mirror! Tankia thought, Only thirty more seconds! I only have to avoid that mirror for thirty more seconds!
"You're asking for it, asshole!" Jolyne yelled as Stone Free hit Tankian with the toilet lid again. The lid seemed to sink into Tankian's head.
"What?!" Jolyne yelled, "How did that not dent your ugly-ass face?!"
"Chop Suey ate that pillow!" Tankian said, "My body's all soft now, you can't damage me with that lid anymore!"
"You think that's gonna stop me?" Jolyne asked, "Stone Free!" The blue Stand punched into the wall next to the bathroom and took out a pipe. The pipe burst open, splashing water all over Tankian and his Stand, His body grew mushier as it crumbled to the ground Chop Suey, similarly, also fell on the ground.
"You've just absorbed quite a bit of water," Jolyne said with a smile, "Last time I checked, a pillow full of water is much heavier than a normal one!"
Twenty more seconds! Tankian thought as he tried to move, David will be here in twenty more seconds, I just have to hold out until then!
"Hozier, your mirror! Now's our chance to get him!"
Tankian felt his heart sink upon hearing these words from Jolyne. He had been so busy dealing with Stone Free, that he had almost forgotten about Hozier and the destructive capabilities of his Stand.
"Okay!" Hozier called, "Take me to Church!"
The mirror rose from the ground and pointed at Tankian. Tankian looked in fear as he saw his own reflection in the mirror.
Fifteen more seconds! I'm out of time! I'll be dead by the time David gets here! Chop Suey!
The Stand managed to take a bite out of the wooden floor. Tankian quickly felt his body harden. He quickly sprang up before a crack formed on the mirror, reflecting on, and breaking through the floor where Tankian had been.
"Ora!"
Tankian wasn't able to dodge one of Stone Free's punches and had to block his face with his right arm. He yelled in pain when his arm began to crack like wood.
Only ten more seconds! They're out of time!
Tankian jumped back to escape Stone Free's range and exit the reflection of the mirror.
"Hozier, don't let him get away, don't stop attacking" Jolyne charged Tankian as Take me to Church turned around to point back at Tankian.
Tankian dove away before another crack erupted only to be met by a flurry of Stone Free's fists.
"Ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora!"
Tankian's skin began to crack and splinter as Jolyne's punches sent him crashing to the back of the room.
Five more seconds! My injuries are nothing! They've run out of time, they've lost!
"Take me to Church!" Hozier yelled as his mirror pointed to Tankian's new location, ready to create a new crack.
"Hozier no!" Jolyne yelled, "Point it at the door now!"
But it was too late, Jolyne saw a white flash and tried to jump out of the way. But the picture had already been taken. Both Jolyne and Hozier were in frame.
"Goddammit!" Jolyne yelled in frustration as she looked over at David who stood outside the doorway, the picture fresh in his hands.
"You look like you're having some trouble there, Tankian," he said as he put the picture of Jolyne and Hozier into the photo album, "Looks like I came here just in time."
"Get him, Hozier! We still have fifteen minutes!" Jolyne sprung at David while Hozier pointed his mirror at him. Right before Jolyne could hit David, she stopped and turned around towards Hozier.
"Hey, Jolyne!" Hozier said, "Move so I hit him with Take me to Church's cracks! You're too close to him, you might get hit as well!"
Jolyne didn't move away, she walked towards Take me to Church, blocking the mirror with her body.
"What are you doing, Jolyne?" Hozier asked, "I can't reach him!"
"Hozier," Jolyne said, her eyes full of fear, "I'm not trying to get in the way of your mirror. If anything, I want to get away from it. But I can't. My body seems to be moving on its own."
"Jolyne?" Hozier asked, "What's that on your arm?" Hozier pointed to a black feather that stuck out of Jolyne's right arm. There was a hieroglyph of a vase engraved on the feather.
David casually walked over to the injured Tankian and helped him up, "They almost killed you, I'm impressed, Jolyne, Hozier. Tankian is not an easy opponent to take down."
"Did everything else go to plan?" Tankian asked, "Are June and Ally our only targets left?"
"No," David said, "They've already been taken care of. Jolyne and Hozier were the only ones left."
"Ah, good," Tankian said, "Are there any other injured besides me?"
"Heatfield has taken some heavy damage, but he'll be fine."
"Good, now we can just relax and let you work your magic, David."
The feather fell off of Jolyne, and she could suddenly control her body again.
"The time limit's run out," Beedul said as he stepped into the room, Elliot behind him.
"Four members of The Wall," Jolyne muttered as she stepped away from Take me to Church, "This is our chance, Hozier, we can get rid of four members of The Wall."
Hozier didn't hesitate as a crack formed on his mirror, reflecting across the heads of Beedul and Elliot. But much to Hozier's and Jolyne's surprise, Beddul and Elliot's heads didn't fall off. Instead, it seemed as if a crack had formed in the air three meters in front of them.
"Wh-what?!" Jolyne said, "How did the attack not land? Why is the air cracking open?!"
A loud burst could be heard and several holes appeared in the floor, walls, and ceiling of the hotel room. Elliot had created a sphere of dense air around himself and Beedul. The sphere had been cracked open by Take me to Church, shielding the two. Elliot then burst the sphere and maneuvered the air bullets so they wouldn't hit Tankian or David. Elliot also avoided hitting Hozier but decided to send an air bullet through one of Jolyne's legs.
"Try that move again and the next air bullet will blow off one of your hands," Elliot looked at Jolyne who had fallen to the floor, clutching her leg. He looked at Hozier as well, who had begun crying upon seeing Jolyne's leg. "That goes for you too kid, put your Stand away!"
"Don't do it, Hozier!" Jolyne said, "I can't risk you getting hurt!"
"But Jolyne! Your leg!"
"Don't worry," Jolyne said as used her strings to stitch her leg wound shut, "I can at least stop the bleeding."
"So what do we do with them?" Beedul asked, "We can't exactly kill them, but we've still got ten minutes left to wait."
"We leave," David said as he helped Tankian out the door, "There's nothing they can do anyway, even if they try to go after us, they'll soon disappear into my pocket dimension."
"Hey!" Jolyne yelled, still on the floor, "You can't just leave! Are you scared that I'm gonna kill you, David? You can't even activate your ability just yet, can you?"
"Don't get the wrong idea," Elliot said as he and Beedul followed David and Tankian out the door, "We're not leaving because we're scared you'll beat us, we're leaving because we're scared we might kill you by accident!"
"And why exactly can't you kill us?" Jolyne asked, "What's this all about?"
"We just can't kill other Stand users," Beedul said, "Those are the rules."
"What rules?" Jolyne yelled, "Why can't you kill us?"
"We just can't," Elliot said, "Now don't follow us or you will be in worse pain than you are already." He was the last one to exit, closing the door behind him.
"Jolyne, your leg!" Hozier ran to her once he heard The Wall's footsteps disappear.
"I told you, I'm fine," she said, clutching her leg, "I'll just have Kenna fix it when we get sucked into that pocket dimension."
"Are we going to be okay, Jolyne? What's gonna happen to us?"
"Don't worry Hozier, we know they can't kill us. Maybe they just want to trap us in that pocket dimension. But Joanne, Kenna, June, Ally, Binns, Portobello, Tenmei, and my father are there as well. I'm sure we'll find a way out." Jolyne wasn't sure about that last part, but she didn't want to scare Hozier.
"Speaking of Kenna, I should call her. Hozier, I think I dropped my phone over there, could you get it for me? I can't really walk right now."
Hozier nodded as he grabbed Jolyne's phone which she had dropped near the bed and gave it to her. She quickly dialed Kenna's number.
"Hello? Jolyne?" Kenna picked up on the other end.
"Kenna! I just fought one of the members of The Wall?"
"What? Who was it? Was it Tankian?"
"Yeah, it was him. His ability allows him to take up the properties of whatever his Stand eats."
"Did you beat him?"
"Well yeah, he's not very strong if you understand his ability."
"That's great! Joanne and I heavily injured another member by the name of Jim Heatfield. His ability could control us like puppets but only if his Stand's hands got on top of us. His partner was Vitas, he can take away one of our senses."
"That's great and all, Kenna, but listen. That David guy you told me about took our pictures. Mine and Hozier's. And what's worse, two other members of The Wall were there. One could control my movements using some sort of feather, and the other seemed to be able to harden and shoot out air."
"Damn, how long ago did he take your picture?"
"Five minutes ago, maybe a bit longer."
"Then you have less than ten minutes left, Jolyne! The Wall can't kill us, so if you can somehow find David and kill him in the next ten minutes, we should all be set free!"
"I'd love to do that. Unfortunately, one of them shot hardened air through my leg. I can't even stand up by myself. And there's no way I'm sending Hozier by himself."
"Yes, I understand. Shit. Joanne and I have been looking around this pocket dimension. It appears that we're inside a photo if that makes sense. We can see the borders of the photo, and can only interact with things that are inside this photo. It's difficult to explain."
"I see, did you find Portobello and the others?"
"No, they must be in a different picture. I don't know if we can even traverse through pictures."
"Damn it," Jolyne said, "Do you have any way of contacting the others?"
"I've already tried calling everyone else. Joanne did too. It seems nobody had their phones with them."
"I understand those in the Speedwagon Foundation meeting, but June and Ally as well? Are you sure?"
"Like I said, they didn't respond to their phones."
Jolyne looked around the room, "I'm in June and Hozier's room, I don't see her phone at all."
"Whatever, that doesn't matter."
"Yeah, guess not." Jolyne looked at her leg, "One last thing, when Hozier and I get sucked into that dimension, I won't be able to walk unless your Redbone heals me. My leg is hurt."
"Oh yeah, right! I'll try to reach you first then."
"Okay, I've got five minutes left, I'll call you when I enter the pocket dimension."
"Right, stay safe Jolyne."
"You too Kenna, give Joanne a big hug for me!"
"On it! Bye!"
"Bye!" Jolyne hung up the phone before reaching her hand out to Hozier, "Could you help me up? I wanna go on the bed."
"O-okay!" Hozier tried his best to pull Jolyne up. Jolyne ended up having to wobble on one foot to the bed by herself. She took deep breaths as she laid down.
"Six members," she muttered, "Two injured, four in perfect shape. Six Stand abilities, each with destructive powers, I'd assume. So why can't they kill us? That's what I don't know. That's their weakness. Something is preventing them from killing other Stand users. What will happen to them if they kill a Stand user?"
"Who are you talking to?" Hozier asked, "Are you talking to me?"
"No, sorry, I was just muttering to myself. There's gotta be a way in which we can defeat The Wall. I'm sure there's a way out of David's pocket dimension now. No Stand is invincible, there's always gotta be a weakness. That's what we have to exploit." Jolyne turned her head to the alarm clock next to the bed.
"Only a minute left. In a minute, we're going inside that pocket dimension. Hozier, come here, hold onto my hand. If we're getting dragged somewhere, I want you with me, there's not much I can do in my current situation."
Hozier nodded as he hopped on the bed and held onto Jolyne's hand. The two didn't say anything, they laid on the bed waiting. Sure enough, after a minute passed, the two suddenly vanished.
...
A/N: And that's chapter 35! The first act of The Wall arc has officially been completed! Starting with the next chapter on onwards until the end of the arc, the second act will begin. As I've stated previously, this arc will be pretty long. Anyway, Jolyne and Hozier got their time to shine against Tankian, before they too, were transported inside of David Gil Moure's pocket dimension. Now that everyone is inside this dimension, the real meat of the story arc can begin. What's the secret behind David's Stand ability? Why can't The Wall kill other Stand users? And how will everyone escape the pocket dimension? All these answers will be answered in the following chapters! So see you all next week for Episode 36: Pink Floyd-The Wall Part 8!