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.

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Episode 38: Nail Hole-The Wall Part 10

8:40 AM

Not too long after June had forcefully dragged Ally away, the hands above her disappeared and she could control her body again. Ally's vision had also returned.

"I'm so sorry, Ally," June said, "That Stand ability had me under its complete control."

"It's fine," Ally said, "Keep your head down, June, we don't wanna accidentally read what's on the walls."

"Right," June looked down, "We need to get back to Hozier and the others."

The two ran out of the forest they were forcefully brought to and back through the hole created by Take me to Church. When they entered, they didn't find anyone.

"Where the hell did everyone go?!" June asked.

"Wait, look over here," Ally said as looked to her right, Jolyne and Hozier were huddled together, but not in fear, almost as if they were relaxing.

"Hozier, Jolyne, what happened?" June asked, approaching the two.

"Look at the words," Jolyne said, "They'll make you feel so relaxed!"

"It's one of The Walls' Stand abilities," Ally said, "It has to be. It writes down words and gives whoever reads them an odd sense of relaxation. It shuts down every other aspect of the brain."

"What a dangerous ability," June said, "We can't even trust our eyes. Jolyne, there were two members of The Wall just earlier. Where did they go?"

"And what about Joanne and Kenna?" Ally added, "Did they leave as well?"

"They went that way," Jolyne said as she pointed towards a border.

"How did they get through the border?" June asked.

"They just walked right through," Jolyne said with a nod.

"So the borders are harmless?" Ally asked, "That's a relief. We've gotta get Joanne and Kenna back, but what do we do with them?" She gestured toward Jolyne and Hozier.

"Is it worth it?" June asked, "We barely know Joanne. I guess we've known Kenna for a while… But is it worth risking our lives? Our best bet is to stay here with Hozier and Jolyne, isn't it?"

Ally sighed, "You know we can't do that. I wanna settle down just as badly as you do. I want all of this to be over too. We never asked to be a part of this. But Joanne and Kenna have fought this battle for longer than we have. If it wasn't for them, we wouldn't have gotten our flesh buds removed. We owe it to them to protect them. Plus, I've been feeling guilty over my past actions…"

"What do you mean?" June asked, "What happened?"

"I took two lives, June. Cliff and Miller. You told me not to kill them, but I used Vertigo to put you to sleep and I executed them."

"That?" June said, "I thought you got over that? Miller and Cliff didn't interact with us that much when we all lived in the mansion, everyone there was in their own bubble. We only really got to know them in the two months prior to our assault on Morioh. Plus they tried to kill us first when we fought in Morioh. I didn't agree with it at first but in hindsight, killing them was probably the best decision."

"I know… But no matter how many times I wash my hands, I still see their blood. I have nightmares about them every night. I wanna correct my mistake. I killed two people. Now I wanna save two people to set everything right. Maybe then I can someday die happy. You don't have to come if you don't want to, June, but you can't stop me."

June sighed as she shook her head, "Of course, I'm coming. You're my only family. I'd die for you if that's what it takes."

Ally shifted her gaze towards Jolyne and Hozier, "Stay here, it's quite relaxing here, isn't it?"

Hozier nodded, "I'm very relaxed."

"Glad to hear it," Ally said, "Just imagine how unrelaxing it would be if The Wall tried to take you away from here."

"Yeah," Jolyne agreed, "I feel more relaxed right here."

"Good," June said, "We'll be back whenever we can. It might be a while, so I'm gonna say goodbye for now."

"Me too," Ally said, "Goodbye. Joanne and Kenna will return, we promise."

"Bye!" Jolyne said.

"Bye-bye!" Hozier waved his arm enthusiastically as June and Ally waved back before heading towards the border.

They kept their heads low to the ground before they arrived at the border. Ally slowly and carefully stuck her hand inside the border. It wasn't solid as she imagined it to be, and her hand went straight through it as if it was a liquid.

"It's just as Jolyne said," Ally said, "You could just walk through this. It's safe. It feels like I'm running my hand through water."

"What is this stuff made of?" June asked, "Didn't Hozier's Stand crack through this as if it were glass?"

"That may have something to do with Hozier's ability as opposed to the material these borders are made of."

"They could be on the other side for all we know. One of them can take away our vision, and the other one can control our movements. We need to be faster than them. If you use Vertigo on the one that can control our movements, we should have no problem taking out that other one even if one of us is blind."

"Right," Ally said, "The problem is, I've got to be in the opposite direction. They probably already know that that's how my Stand works."

"That's okay, I think I might know how the Stand that controls our movements works, at least a little. The hands appeared above me when they took control, I think that's how the Stand works. If the hands aren't above me, then they won't control me. The same goes for you."

Ally nodded before stepping in, "See you on the other side." She held her breath just in case the borders really were made out of liquid. June did the same. They were in the border for a few seconds before stepping out at the same time. They found themselves in a torchlit room, much smaller than the open areas encompassed by borders. The borders could still be seen around the wall. This was the basement of Dianne's mansion, and both of them instantly recognized it. Three men stood in this room, surprised to see the presence of others. One of the men looked eerily familiar to June and Ally.

"Beedul!" Ally yelled, her Stand activated.

"These other two," June said, "They must also be members of The Wall!"

"Eaden and Clayton?" Elliot said, "That's a surprise. Are you under the influence of Pink Floyd: Part 2?"

"Pink what now?" June asked as Elastic Band appeared next to her.

"Nevermind," Elliot said, "Guess not."

"What do we do?" Beedul asked, "I can only use one feather at a time. It'll last for ten seconds, anyway."

"Just be careful of Clayton's movements," Tankian said, "See if you can trap them with Def Leppard, Elliot. That way we'll have time to call David and tell him to put the keywords for these two in this room."

"Yes," Elliot said, "Let's do that."

Chop Suey appeared next to Tankian and took a bite out of the stone ground. "I'll knock them out should it come to that," Tankian said, "One hit and they'll be out like a rock."

Blackbird and Def Leppard appeared next to their users. "I'll use Blackbird however I can to help," Beedul said.

"Thanks," Elliot said, "Let's take them down together."

"We don't even know what two of their Stands do," June said, "This is bad. Who should you target with Vertigo first? I doubt we can get all three of them."

"They can't kill us," Ally said, "Let's at least use that to our advantage. Their entire strategy seems to have something to do with that one in the middle and his silver Stand." Ally pointed at Elliot and Def Leppard, "Let's see if I can get him under Vertigo's spell."

The three members of The Wall were about five meters away from June and Ally.

"I need to get a little closer," Ally said, "I'm sure that they do as well. They would've activated their abilities if they were in range."

Almost on cue, Blackbird shot a feather at Ally, but Elastic Band extended its body, and the feather bounced off its rubber skin.

Elliot looked at Tankian, "Get them close no matter what."

Tankian nodded as he, along with Chop Suey rushed towards Ally and June. Chop Suey jumped toward June as Tankian prepared to punch Ally, making sure not to face the opposite direction of her. Elastic Band wrapped around June's arm as she used it to block Chop Suey's bite. Much to her surprise, the shark Stand's teeth pierced and sunk into Elastic Band. The wounds weren't deep, but June felt them on her body as well. Chop Suey shook its head a little before managing to bite off a tiny chunk of the rubber Stand. The chunk, about three centimeters big and half a centimeter deep was also ripped out of June's other arm.

Ally managed to dodge Tankian's first punch but didn't fare well as he kicked her side. She tried to turn around after the kick to face away from her enemy, but Tankian had already grabbed her by the shoulders. Vertigo punched Tankian, but blood began to spurt out of Ally's knuckles.

"What the hell?" she said, "You're as hard as a rock?"

"Did you underestimate me?" Tankian laughed as he got ready to headbutt Ally's face.

Vertigo grabbed a stone that bounced out when Chop Suey took a huge bite out of the ground earlier and slammed it on the back of Tankian's head. The stone split in half, and a crack appeared on Tankian's head. A little bit of blood slowly came out. Tankian winced in pain as he let go of Ally. Vertigo quickly grabbed the two halves of the stone and got ready to slam them into Tankian's eyes.

"Did you underestimate me?" She repeated his earlier comment as the rocks jammed into Tankian's eyes, sinking into his skull. But something felt off about it. The stones didn't clunk onto Tankian's hard skin, they kept sinking into his head. Ally didn't even feel an impact, the rocks kept sinking into Tankian's face until Vertigo couldn't hold onto them anymore and was forced to let them go. The rocks slowly slid out as Tankian's face reformed.

"What the actual hell was that?"

Tankian smiled as his arm wrapped around Ally's neck like rubber.

"My Chop Suey ate a small piece of Eaden's Stand," he said, "My body gains the properties of whatever my Stand eats."

"Rubber?" Ally smiled, "How many times have you had to clean up this basement? Have you ever even been in here before?"

"What are you talking about?"

"So far this pocket dimension of photographs has been very accurate to the real thing. I wonder if this pipe still works?"

Vertigo punched a pipe that stuck out of the border and cold air sprayed out of it. Tankian quickly let go of Ally to try and escape, but Vertigo held tight onto Tankian's hardening body.

"Can't get away unless you turn around," Ally said, "But if you do that, you'll be under my Vertigo's spell. What will it be, freezing or being put under an illusion?"

June noticed that Chop Suey's movements were stiffening as well. Elastic Band kicked it away, sending Tankian back as well. The two, half-frozen, fell to the floor, several cracks appearing on their bodies.

"That's one down," June said, "Two to go. That wasn't too bad, was it?" she looked back at Ally who hadn't moved.

"Ally?"

Ally moved forward, a black feather sticking out of her shoulder.

"Beedul!" June yelled as she rushed toward her half-sister, "Ally don't get near them!"

Elastic Band stretched out its hand and just barely managed to pull Ally away before Elliot could trap her in dense air.

"I don't know what your Stand can do," June told Elliot as she plucked the feather out of Ally's shoulder, "But I know that you have to get close in order to activate it. Otherwise, you would've activated it already."

Beedul turned to Elliot, "Tankian was our best bet for an offensive attack. My Stand isn't meant for close-range combat, and if you shoot out air bullets, you could kill them."

Elliot sighed, "That's true. Even if I hit their legs they'll still bleed out. The only reason I attacked Jolyne's leg earlier was that I knew she could stitch her wound shut to stop the bleeding. But there's no way I'm risking it now, I don't wanna kill them by accident."

"If it comes to that, I'll gladly make the sacrifice," Beedul said, "Your Stand is much more useful than mine anyway."

"No," Elliot said, "Nobody's getting sacrificed. We're making it out alive, all of us."

Ally turned to June and whispered to her, "We need to take them out, all three of them. Even if it kills us. We need to take out these three members of The Wall. Maybe after that everyone else will stand a chance."

"Don't say things like that!" June whispered back, "They can't kill us. I don't know why, but something bad will happen to them if they kill us. We need to take them all out now!"

June and Ally sprang towards Beedul. Elastic Band stretched its arms and threw Tankian's frozen body at Beedul. The two collided and fell to the ground. This action caught Elliot off guard, and he turned to look at Beedul and Tankian. Ally quickly turned in the opposite direction of Elliot and activated Vertigo. The world around Elliot turned black as he took a step back and the ground under him crumbled, sending him falling through a void.

"What?" he said in disbelief, "What illusion is this?!" he gasped as he saw five other shapes falling with him. They slowly got closer and Elliot realized what they were. They were the heads of the other members of The Wall. Their dead eyes stared at Elliot.

"No! I won't fall for this illusion! You can't make me believe that my family's dead!"

He squeezed his eyes shut as he shook his head, "Beedul! Get me out of this illusion! Tankian! Someone!"

Ally sighed as Elliot curled into his knees and huddled his head between them.

"What illusion did you put him under?" June asked, "That doesn't look good."

"I'm showing him his worst fear. Whatever it is, it's really messing him up."

June saw something moving out of the corner of her eye, "Tankian! He's beginning to thaw!"

Elastic Band quickly wrapped around Chop Suey's body and began to tightly constrict it. Tankian's body slowly cracked as his Stand kept getting crushed. He was soon gasping for air, unable to move.

"I just need a bit more force and I'll crack his body like glass. His body still has the consistency of frozen rubber."

"Yeah, end it," Ally said with a nod, "For some reason, I don't feel guilty about killing these guys." Vertigo ripped out the pipe that it had punched through earlier. It slammed the end of the pipe on the ground so it bent and had a sharp spear-like tip.

"Time to finish things off," she said as she looked at Elliot, still huddling in his knees, unable to see nor react to the real world outside of his illusion.

Beedul's eyes slowly fluttered open as he tried to process what was going on. He saw Tankian yelling out in pain as his body began to crack and bleed. He saw Elastic Band wrapped entirely around and crushing what he could assume was Chop Suey. He quickly looked over at Elliot, curled up in a ball. Vertigo held the spiked pipe high, about to pierce it down into his body.

What? Beedul could hardly process what was going on, My family… What's happening to them? Are they going to die? Am I going to die? That can't be right, we had everything planned. David planned everything perfectly. This plan was supposed to be flawless… Eaden and Clayton were supposed to have already seen Pink Floyd: Part 2's words. We were waiting on Vitas and Heatfield's return before getting out. Everyone else was supposed to have already been affected. So why is this still happening? After everything we did, everything we planned, are we gonna die just like that?

These last thoughts sent a rush of fear and dread coursing through Beedul. No! This isn't it. This isn't the end! I refuse to let it end like this! Beedul sprung to his feet. Without thinking, he grabbed a knife from his pocket and charged June. Blackbird appeared next to him. June was caught off guard by this and by the time Elastic Band had let go of Chop Suey and charged at Beedul, it was too late. Her bowel had been slit. Ally saw this and instantly threw the spiked pipe at Beedul. Blackbird jumped in front of the spike, getting impaled in the shoulder and grabbing onto Vertigo, keeping it and its user still. Beedul, a wound through his shoulder kept running, adrenaline pumping through his body. He yelled out as he sliced open Ally's stomach as well.

In an instant, time seemed to stand still for the two sisters. They looked at each other before falling to the ground, their legs unable to support them. Elastic Band and Vertigo began to fade out as their users lay bleeding on the floor, clutching their opened bowels. Vertigo's spell went away and Elliot suddenly found himself back from his illusion.

"What happened?" he asked. He looked at Tankian, gasping from the sudden resurgence of air in his body. He could barely move his semi-frozen and cracked body. Chop Suey barely managed to reach over to him and took a small nibble of skin off his hand, reverting his body back to normal. Beedul sat down, dropping his knife and clutching his shoulder.

Elliot then saw June and Ally, blood pooling from their stomachs.

"Beedul… what did you just do?" Elliot looked over at him in disbelief, "Beedul! What the hell did you just do?!"

Beedul took a somber look at Elliot, "I protected my family. That's what I did."

Elliot sprang towards June and Ally, "No no no no no!" he quickly checked their pulses, "They're still alive, it's not too late! I need something to close their wounds! Tankian, help me out here!"

Tankian shook his head, "I think my arms are broken… I can't do anything…"

"Dammit, Beedul!" Elliot yelled out, "Why'd you give them a fatal wound?! Why'd you have to do that?!"

"They were gonna kill you," Beedul said, "I wanted to protect my family."

"You've already said that goddammit!" tears ran down Elliot's eyes, "Why'd you have to go on and do that?! They're gonna die! What the hell can we do?!"

"Finish the plan," Beedul said, "Vitas and Heatfield will be back any minute now. That means that Joanne and Fletcher will be dead. We can assume that everyone else has been affected by Pink Floyd: Part 2. Tell David to start Part 3, then we'll win. Our victory is definite!"

Tankian nodded solemnly, "We've gotta carry on without him, Elliot…"

"No! None of us are gonna die! We're all gonna make it out alive, do you hear me?! All of us!"

Tears fell off his face and dripped on the ground as he pounded his fists, "I can't lose any of you!"

June's vision was beginning to blur. It's so hot… It's so hot… It's so hot… She was mistaking her immense pain for heat as feeling slowly began to leave her body. She managed to look over at Ally, who was in a similar state. Ally's throat hurt from the amount of blood she was coughing up. This left her with little to no space to breathe.

You've gotta be kidding… All this blood… It can't possibly be mine… This is too much blood to be coughing up… She thought in denial as she met eyes with her sister. Is this really how we die? Not accomplishing anything? We didn't even take one of them out. This can't be it! June, use Elastic Band to at least save yourself! Stop the bleeding! Do something!

Despite her vision fading, Ally had enough strength to reach out her arm toward June. The latter saw this and forced her arm to move as well. The two were able to grab each other's hands and hold on as tightly as possible as their life literally spilled out of them.

"What are they doing?!" Elliot said, "If they still have enough energy to move, then why are they grabbing hands instead of stopping each other's bleeding with Elastic Band?! What the hell are you two doing?! Don't you dare die!"

June and Ally heard these words but refused to acknowledge them. They let out one last smile before they didn't have any strength left to grip each other's hands. There was no strength left in their bodies, no sensations either. Everything was completely numb as their lungs filled with their own blood. Their attempted breaths had led blood into their lungs, further cementing their fates. Their lungs refused to move regardless of this. Within a couple more seconds, the taste and smell of blood left their system along with their vision, their hearing, and finally, their lives. Their hearts no longer kept pumping the blood that had formed a large pool on the basement ground. They had both passed away.

"No!" Elliot yelled once more, "Don't die! Don't you dare die!"

"Elliot… they're already dead," Tankian said as he closed their eyes, "There's nothing more we can do."

"Beedul!" Elliot turned to the other member of The Wall. His eyes were plain white as his mouth opened up.

"No!" Elliot yelled, "Beedul, please!"

A purple ghost-like figure that seemed to be made out of clouds forced its way out of Beedul's mouth. It had a body similar to a genie, and yellow electricity could be seen coursing throughout its body.

"Beedul Rigby," the being said Beedul's full name loudly, its voice echoing in the basement, "You have broken my edict. You were to not cause the death of any Stand user, whether it be human or animal. You have killed two of them. You're well aware of your punishment."

"Bono!" Elliot yelled, "I know you're mad after what we did four years ago. On behalf of all members of The Wall, we're sorry! Please spare Beedul and take me instead, I beg of you! If there's any shred of humanity left in you, please accept my request."

The purple being, apparently named 'Bono' shook its head, "I will come for you once you kill a Stand user, that is my edict. Beedul will face the consequences of his actions."

Bono clapped its hands and a surge of electricity shot into Beedul's mouth, "On behalf of the man I once was, I use my ability, Ultra Violet, to end your life. This is the consequence of breaking my edict."

The electricity shot through Beedul, numbing his entire body, heart included, and instantly killing him.

"No! Damn it!" Elliot cried out as Tankian closed his eyes and looked away.

Bono turned back to Elliot, "Has it already been four years? I'm surprised no one else has broken my edict. This is where this part of me parts from this world, leaving the other five behind. Elliot, on behalf of me, Sebastian, and Karmiel, burn in hell. All of you. Every last one of you. I'll see you either way when your life ends, whenever that may be."

The genie then rose through the ceiling, leaving the photograph. Bono was gone, leaving a dead Beedul behind him.

"Goddamn you, Bono!" Elliot yelled, "You and your Ultra Violet! You should've stayed dead! I refuse to let you win after all this time!"
Elliot was in tears as he walked over to Beedul's body and cradled it, "No… Beedul! No!" he gave Beedul one last hug, taking in the feeling of his warm body for one last time.

"I can't see my family die!" he cried out, "It should've been me! Why wasn't it me?! Tankian, what wasn't it me?!"

"Bono's last-ditch plan ended up working in the long run," Tankian said, "Even after his death, his cursed Stand still haunts us."

Tankian winced as he managed to Stand up and walk towards Elliot, "Our job's almost done. We owe it to Beedul to finish what we started."

Elliot nodded solemnly, "In honor of Beedul, we will finish this fight. For Beedul. The Wall is going to win today! We are going to win!"

8:55 AM

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A/N: And that's chapter 38! Let's get those musical references out of the way first. The chapter title, Nail Hole, is a reference to an album by a band coincidentally named Vertigo. The Stand Vertigo, is named after the U2 song, but it turns out there's a rock band also named Vertigo. Speaking of Vertigo, their song Ultra Violet is the name of the genie Stand that appeared at the end, and one of U2's members, Bono is the user. Lastly, Beedul's last name, Rigby, is a reference to my favorite song from The Beatles, Eleanor Rigby. Let's talk about the ending of this chapter now. June Eaden and Ally Clayton first introduced way back in chapter 5, Fleeting Escape, have both died. They were originally going to be killed by Dianne at the end of Heatseeker Part 3, but I decided to postpone their deaths a bit because I wanted the protagonists to have a huge triumph in that arc, only to be met with devastating losses in the next. Speaking of, The Wall has had their first loss, Beedul. One member down, only five left. Ultra Violet is meant to explain why The Wall can't kill Stand users, but the Stand itself, plus its user, Bono, and the two other names mentioned Sebastian and Karmiel, will all get an explanation at the beginning of the final arc. One final thing I wanted to mention was that I would like to remind you all that Binns' backstory has been added to the beginning of Hot Soft Light, so please check it out. Anyway, see you all next week for Episode 39: Empty Spaces-The Wall Part 11.