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 39: Empty Spaces-The Wall Part 11
8:50 AM
Joanne and Kenna coughed up blood as they felt Freakshow's spike pierce through their chests. They felt their vision getting hazy as they fell forward, falling onto the ground.
"There," Dianne said as she looked at the two bleeding girls, "I did it. Now, will you let me and Greta go?"
"Of course, Dianne Donovan," Vitas said, "You have served us well. I do have one question, though, why did you talk about your Voltaire's ability? What was the purpose of that? You said that out of nowhere."
"You're completely right," Dianne said, "I'd love to explain it all right now, but my ten seconds are almost up."
Freakshow instantly transformed into Ruby Tuesday before gathering a bunch of Joanne's and Kenna's blood and throwing it far behind her.
"Master of Puppets!" Heatfield instantly activated his Stand, "What are you doing, Dianne!"
"Seventh Element!" Vitas shut off Dianne's vision, "You had better have a good reason for this, Dianne Donovan."
Before Master of Puppets could shoot out its strings at Dianne, Ruby Tuesday turned into Voltaire.
"Let's mess with fate, shall we?" Dianne said as Voltaire not only replayed events but erased and reset them as well.
Tenmei rushed out of the mansion and used his Ruby Tuesday to grab the blood. He looked in awe as he saw Voltaire's ability from an outside perspective for the first time. A bubble in time surrounding the angel seemed to reverse. Dianne had activated Voltaire's reset on herself, Kenna, Joanne, Vitas, and Heatfield. The same reset that she had used once in the mansion three months ago. Events rewinded up until right before Dianne stabbed Joanne and Kenna.
"I caution you, Dianne Donovan, those who tempt fate pay a heavy price," Vitas repeated his earlier quote almost exactly, completely forgetting the ten seconds that had been reset.
Dianne, also forgetting, replied similarly to before, "That's a good point, Vitas. It doesn't matter anyway."
As soon as Freakshow raised its claws to strike down Joanne and Kenna, Tenmei rushed towards Heatfield and Vitas, a blood scythe in Ruby Tuesday's hands, and swung at their heads.
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8:45
Dianne, Tenmei, Binns, Portobello, Jotaro, and Greta were inside the mansion, looking out the window.
"This Pink Floyd ability," Tenmei said, "As long as we complete this hour without looking at the borders and seeing the keywords, we'll be taken out of the pocket dimension, right?"
"Yes," Dianne said, standing protectively in front of Greta. She knew that if these four Stand users attacked at once, she would probably lose the fight. And now that she had given them all the information she knew regarding The Wall and their Stands, she had no guarantee for her safety outside of the promise that Tenmei and the others had made.
"Hey, who are these men?" Portobello asked as he looked out the window, "Two other girls are there as well, should I know them?"
"Let me see," Binns said as he looked out the window, "Those are Jones and Fletcher!" he yelled out.
"Chill out, Barns," Portobello said, "I have no idea who those two are."
"Joanne and Kenna," Jotaro said as he stepped forward, not allowing Binns to complain about Portobello messing up his name.
"They're probably members of The Wall," Jotaro said, "Dianne, can you confirm?"
Dianne grabbed Greta's hand, protectively keeping her by her side as she looked out the window.
"Vitas and Heatfield," she said, "The users of Seventh Element and Master of Puppets. And it looks like Jones and Fletcher are already under the influence of Pink Floyd: Part 2. I don't think they know you're here. They're looking for me."
"I'm not trusting you to go out there with Joanne and Kenna!" Tenmei said, "The Wall may not be able to kill them, but you sure can."
"That's probably why they're here," Dianne said, "They want me to kill the two."
"Then you're not going out there!" Tenmei yelled, stepping closer to Dianne.
"I have a plan," Dianne said, "But you'll have to trust me."
"Trust is something you'll have to earn," Binns said, "Especially after that stunt you pulled on Morioh two weeks ago."
"Then I'll stay in here with them," Greta said, "If you kill Joanne and Kenna, then they'll execute me."
"No, Greta, I'm not leaving you here with them," Dianne turned to her wife and put her hands on her shoulders.
"I trust Kakyoin and the others more than I do The Wall, right now," Greta said, "Please, Dianne, listen to me."
Dianne looked away from Greta, "Goddamn your beautiful face… Fine. I'll use Evil Twin to keep in contact with you guys."
Red Nightmare formed into Evil Twin and created a clone as the original disappeared.
"Evil Twin's clone is still connected to Dianne's mind," The clone said, "I can tell you guys the plan that Dianne comes up with while she's down there."
Dianne nodded at Evil Twin's clone before she grabbed onto Grea's hands tightly and looked at the others.
"I already have a plan that Evil Twin is going to relay to you. I don't think any of you will agree with it. But you've gotta put all your trust in me. I wouldn't risk Greta's life just to kill Jones and Fletcher. Please trust that I value Greta's life more than anything."
"I believe her," Jotaro said, "Whatever your plan is, we'll put our trust in you."
"Well I personally think she's full of shit," Binns said, "But who am I to disagree with Mr. Kujo? Don't give us a reason to regret this."
"I will never forgive you for killing my brother," Dianne said, "But I'm willing to let that slide for today and get my revenge another day. Taking out The Wall is what matters right now."
Dianne could hear Vitas' call from outside, "Dianne Donovan! You must be scared to be in Pink Floyd's picture. Do not be alarmed, we are not here to attack you or Greta. David Gil Moure thought that we might need your assistance, Dianne Donovan. Greta Donovan was brought here as well so you would not be worried. Jim Heatfield and I have a personal request for you. You will have our gratitude if you step out now."
"That's my cue," Dianne said as she gave Greta a kiss, "I'll be back, I promise. Please listen to whatever Evil Twin says,"
Portobello looked at the two as Dianne made her way downstairs to walk out of the mansion, "Wait a minute," he said, "Guys, don't panic, but I think I've realized something. Dio is a girl! She's a phony just pretending to be Dio!"
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8:50 AM
Evil Twin had told Tenmei and the others about Dianne's plan. Tenmei wasn't a big fan of it, but he knew that Dianne wouldn't actually risk Greta's life to kill Joanne and Kenna. Now Tenmei was standing in front of Dianne, Kenna, Joanne, and the two members of The Wall, watching time bend backward. Evil Twin had already told him what to do. All he needed to do was wait for Voltaire's ability to finish.
He began to form Joanne and Kenna's blood into a scythe in Ruby Tuesday's hands. When he heard Vitas, Heatfield, and Dianne talking, almost exactly how they were before, he knew this was his time to strike. Since Dianne had seemingly permanently replayed events, the ten seconds would play out almost identically to before. That was of course assuming that no outside force would interfere. Ruby Tuesday gripped its scythe and ran at Vitas and Heatfield. With a single, swift slice, the heads of the two members of The Wall came off, spraying blood everywhere.
Dianne looked in shock as she turned to Tenmei, "Was this part of the plan? Did I really already reset the events, I have no memory…"
"This was the second loop," Tenmei confirmed, "The first time around, you used Loni Dodson's Stand to stab through Joanne and Kenna. Speaking of which, I'm gonna need you to give them their blood back, look at how pale they are."
"Right," Dianne said, "Of course."
Redbone split its scythe in half, holding all of Joanne's blood in its left hand and Kenna's blood in its right.
As Red Nightmare turned into Redbone, Ruby Tuesday put Joanne's blood in its chest. "Start with Joanne, I don't wanna mix their blood. Don't try to mess up any of her internal organs either."
"You still doubt me?" Dianne asked as Redbone picked Joanne up and put her in its chest, "As much as I would love to, I'm not planning on killing Joanne Jones today."
"What's going on?" Kenna asked as she realized she was covered in blood, "Is it odd how relaxing I find this?"
"Don't worry about it, Kenna," Tenmei said, "Once we defeat David, the effects of Pink Floyd: Part 2 will wear off."
Redbone opened up its chest and helped Joanne out. Tenmei grabbed the girl's hand and kept her near him. Ruby Tuesday inserted Kenna's blood as Redbone helped her in.
"What's going on Tenmei?" Joanne asked, "Why are two people dead? It's kinda relaxing."
"Don't worry about it, Joanne," Tenmei said, "I'll explain later."
Redbone opened up its chest and Tenmei helped Kenna out. "How are you two feeling?" he asked, "Is everything alright?"
"I feel very relaxed," Kenna said, "Everything feels fine."
"Good," Tenmei said, "That's two down, four to go. Do you have any idea on how we can take the others out, Dianne?"
Tenmei asked this as he looked at the bodies of Vitas and Heatfield. For a second, he thought he saw something purple flicker out of their necks. Dianne seemed to notice it as well as she looked over at the bodies instead of answering Tenmei's question.
Suddenly, bolts of purple lightning escaped from the necks of the two enemy Stand users as two purple ghost-like figures emerged from the corpses.
"Bono!" Dianne yelled, "Is that really you?"
Both of the purple ghosts turned their heads towards Dianne, "Dianne!" they both exclaimed, electricity shooting down their bodies with every word, "How long has it been?"
"Four years, Bono," Dianne said, a happy look on her face, "It's been four years."
"Four years?" Bono asked, "So then Beedul died recently, didn't he? Elliot also said it had been four years."
"Beedul's dead?" Dianne asked, "When did that happen? I know he's still in Pink Floyd's dimension."
Both Bonos shook their heads, "Time is seamless for me. The second I cursed The Wall and died, I suddenly resurged from Beedul and killed him for breaking my edict. I said parting words to Elliot and Tankian before that part of me left forever. The next thing I know, I'm coming out of these two. Who are they? Their heads are missing. Did you finally find a way to kill them?"
"Beedul must've died recently," Dianne said, "These are Vitas and Heatfield. Wait, you killed Beedul because he broke Ultra Violet's rule?"
"Yes," Bono said, "Beedul killed two Stand users. I did not recognize them."
"Dianne, what's going on?!" Tenmei yelled, Vitas and Heatfield's blood flowed into Ruby Tuesday's hands and formed into two swords. Ruby Tuesday stood in front of its user, Kenna, and Joanne, protecting the three. "Is that a Stand? What exactly is going on? Who is this 'Bono'?"
"Don't be afraid," Dianne said, "Bono's just an old friend, this is his Stand ability, Ultra Violet. It can split up the user's spirit up to ten times and curse up to ten individuals. Right as The Wall killed him, Bono cursed all six of them. That's why they can't kill any Stand users. If they do, then Ultra Violet will stop their hearts."
"Then why is this Ultra Violet here? Vitas and Heatfield didn't kill any Stand users, did they?"
"I show up at the end of their lives regardless," Bono said, "These two pieces of my soul will move on into the afterlife, leaving the three other pieces behind."
One of the purple Stands was already fading away.
"Three more then?" Dianne asked, "But that means that Beedul killed two people… Maybe more, you sure you only saw two bodies?"
"I'm sure, they were in the basement of your mansion."
"Then that's where we'll go," Tenmei said, "There should only be Elliot and Tankian left, right?"
"That is correct," Bono said, "And Tankian looked to be injured as well."
The first Ultra Violet had zapped away into nothingness, and the second was already starting to disappear.
"It is my time to part," Bono said, "I look forward to seeing you again. For me, it'll be an instant until the next part of my soul leaves from a member of The Wall. I hope you win, Dianne."
"I hope so too, Bono," Dianne said, a tear in her eye, "I'll see you soon, okay? That way we can have our proper goodbye."
Ultra Violet waved goodbye as it disappeared in a zap of electricity.
"Your basement," Tenmei said, "Are they hiding under your mention then?"
"Not this mansion," Dianne said, gesturing to the photo of her mansion, "Probably in a separate picture of it."
"Can you take us to that picture?"
"I don't know exactly where it is, but I'm sure we'll find it."
"Good, let's get the others then."
8:56 AM
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9:05 AM
"Jolyne!" Jotaro was the first to reach his daughter, looking into her eyes, "Jolyne, are you okay?"
"I still hate you," Jolyne said with a smile, "But I'm too relaxed to care."
"She's already under Pink Floyd: Part 2's influence then," Binns said, "What about the kid?"
Tenmei gently picked up Hozier, who had fallen asleep on Jolyne's lap, "I think he's also under the Stand's influence."
"So it's just us then," Binns said.
"Hey, I know I'm not the most reliable person for this," Portobello said, "You know since my memory's not that good. But if these two are alive, then the two that Beedul killed must be—"
"Don't say it!" Tenmei yelled out as he looked at Portobello, "Don't you dare say it! I refuse to believe it until I see it with my very own eyes. There's still a small chance that they're still alive… Bono never specified who Beedul killed!"
"Right," Portobello said, "My mistake… It could've been anyone."
Greta and Dianne stood farther in the distance, not wanting to interfere with the reunion.
"So it's Clayton and Eaden that are gone, then," Dianne said, "What a shame. Here I was, hoping that Jolyne had been killed. That would've been one less target to handle."
"Y-yeah," Greta said, "What a shame…"
Dianne looked at her wife, "What's wrong?"
"I-I," Greta struggled to speak, tears rolling down her face, "I'm sorry… I thought I had moved on from Ally and June… They betrayed us. They killed Cliff and Miller. But deep down… I never wanted them to die… I still love them…"
"I'm so sorry," Dianne said, hugging Greta, "If I had known that, I wouldn't have mentioned them right now! Of course, you still care, you're the nicest person I know! I'm so stupid!"
"No," Greta said, "It's not your fault. How would you have known? Once The Wall is taken out, I can rest a little easier."
"Yeah," Dianne said, "I won't mind if they're able to take out anyone else though. There are three members left, and three Joestars left. In an ideal world, David, Tankian, and Elliot would kill Jotaro, Jolyne, and Joanne. Then all six would be dead, and all I'd have to do is kill Josuke."
"I don't think we'll get that lucky," Greta said, "Maybe Joanne or Jolyne will die because they're already being affected by Pink Floyd: Part 2. But I doubt Jotaro will go down so easily."
Dianne sighed, "Just so long as either The Wall or the Joestars die out today, I don't care. Just so long as we both make it out, it won't matter."
"What if…" Greta said, disregarding Dianne's latest statement, "Jotaro also fell under Pink Floyd: Part 2's influence? He'd be a much easier target. If we can manage to get Kakyoin, Binns, and Portobello affected as well, we could take them out instead of The Wall. We'll tell David, Elliot, and Tankian that we weren't even there when Vitas and Heatfield died and that it was probably Kakyoin who killed them."
"That would be a better option," Dianne said, "But can we risk that?"
"We've been risking everything up until now," Greta said, "Why stop now?"
Dianne sighed, "None of them are looking. Red Nightmare!"
The red fog appeared, circling around Dianne as it floated up to her face, "Using two Pink Floyds at the same time is risky. But since David's ability is already in its second part, I should be able to activate Part 2 as well."
The red mist began to form into something pink before it instantly vanished, having seemingly run off.
"It's activated," Dianne said, "Now there are two Pink Floyd's using Part 2."
As Tenmei talked to Jotaro about what to do with Hozier, Jolyne, Kenna, and Joanne, he saw a glimpse of something pink coming from Dianne's direction."
"Don't look," he said as he stared into Jotaro's eyes, "But I think that Dianne and Greta are planning something."
"Should I activate The Space Between?" Binns asked.
"I could light this entire photograph on fire with the friction of my shirt and the nitrogen in the air, that'll be sure to kill them!"
"And us too!" Binns yelled, "And I believed I heard Jolyne mentioning that the last time you tried that, you had an intense burn mark on your arms."
"Oh yeah, I forgot about that! Check this out!" Portobello rolled up both his sleeves revealing the burn marks on his arms. The arm that he had regenerated using Expresso Love, on the other hand, didn't have a single mark on it.
"No, let's not do anything yet," Jotaro said, "Let's see what they're up to first."
"What are we talking about?" Binns took a few steps back, "Nothing matters anymore… Let's just sit back and relax…"
"Binns!" Tenmei looked at the SPW officer's face, "What happened?!"
"That word," Binns said, "That word over there. 'Daughter'. Reading it makes me so relaxed…"
"Don't look at the border! What are you doing?! Dianne already explained to us that the keywords on the borders are what trigger Pink Floyd: Part 2!"
"I don't know what you're talking about!" Portobello said, "This Pink Floyd: Part 2 ability rocks! I haven't felt this relaxed in years!"
Jotaro looked over and saw the word that Portobello had read, 'remembrance'.
"David must know we're here!" he said, "Dianne told us that David can't see inside the photos and therefore can't accurately enough pinpoint where to write down the keywords. For him to have written down Portobello and Binns' words, he must somehow know we're here."
"What did Dianne do?" Tenmei asked, "Did she send a message? Why would she do that?"
Suddenly, the two were disrupted by Dianne's call, "Guys! David's attacking us already! Greta read one of the keywords! She's already under Pink Floyd: Part 2's influence!"
"Perhaps not," Jotaro said, "I don't think Dianne would allow Greta to be endangered.
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Moments Prior
"Your keyword's written," Dianne said, "It's directly behind you, make sure not to read it. Just pretend to be relaxed. I've already gotten Portobello Belle and Binns, they were already facing a border, so it was easy to add their keywords. Tenmei and Jotaro were smarter though, they faced away from any of the borders. We'll need to catch them off guard if we're gonna beat them too."
"But at least they'll trust you now," Greta said, "They know you'd never endanger me."
"Yes," Dianne said, "Now get that adorable look off your face, you're supposed to be relaxed." Greta couldn't hold back a blush. After taking a few breaths, she began to relax her entire body. Dianne signaled to Greta that she was going to talk to the others before facing Tenmei and Jotaro and yelling out to them, "Guys! David's attacking us already! Greta read one of the keywords! She's already under Pink Floyd: Part 2's influence!"
Tenmei and Jotaro rushed over to Dianne, keeping their heads low. They stopped once they were six meters away from her.
"David must've realized we're here," Dianne said, "Why aren't Portobello Belle and Binns coming?"
"They were affected as well," Tenmei said, "It's just us three."
"Damn it!" Dianne said, "If Pink Floyd gets us well, it'll all be over, Elliot and Tankian will be able to freely leave the pocket dimension, and Pink Floyd: Part 3 will steal our spirits forever."
"Perhaps not," Jotaro said, pointing in the distance, "Perhaps we may be able to kill Tankian and Elliot and wait the rest of the hour out before being transported out."
Tenmei and Dianne looked at where Jotaro was pointing, Tankian and Elliot had just entered through a border.
9:10 AM
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A/N: And that's chapter 39! Dianne and Greta have sort of teamed up with the heroes for the first time. I say sort of because deception is still involved. At the end of the chapter, it's Dianne herself who causes Binns and Portobello to see their keywords. Vitas and Heatfield also died in this chapter. Their deaths were sort of teased back at the end of chapter 37, but now it's downright confirmed. We also got a little more information about Bono, who he was, and how his Stand, Ultra Violet works. With three members of The Wall down, and with only Tenmei and Jotaro left, who will become victorious? And how will Tenmei react when he finds out for a fact that his girlfriend has been killed? You will all have to wait to find out. Another thing I want to mention is the title of this chapter, Empty Spaces, which is named after a song from Pink Floyd's album, The Wall. Lastly, I know I've said this before, and I will continue to remind you all for the rest of The Wall arc, but I have updated chapter 28, Hot Soft Light. The beginning of it has Binns' backstory, Please check it out because it gives you insight on why he hated Stands, and why his keyword was 'Daughter'. Anyway, that's enough rambling, I'll see you all next week for Episode 40: The Trial-The Wall Part 12!