11:13 AM

"Delaware, get off your ass and get here now!" Daisy screamed into her phone. Tiffany was stirring, and Anna-Rose had just been rushed to hospital. "Anna-Rose is dead, or crippled, or something, I don't know! You need to come now!"

"Wait, hold on, what? Anna's…" Delaware gulped. "I'll bring Liam and Sally too. I'll have to brief them on Stands on the way, though."

"Don't care. The person who killed her, Tiffany, her Nirvana's power is phasing. Anything in her line of sight she can phase through. You have to be really careful, okay?"

"Got it, got it." Delaware gulped, hanging up, and ringing his friends. "Okay, I'm coming to pick you up. Daisy from a few months ago is about to die, I'll explain on the way."

Daisy put away her phone and started to back away. Tiffany was conscious, so she could activate Nirvana subconsciously and attack. She needed to keep her distance. She basically had one shot to win, and that was her stinger. She needed to get a direct hit to her back to win, like what Eulogy did. "It must have held back. Anna-Rose could have destroyed Tiffany's head with Eulogy, but she only knocked her out. Mustn't have wanted me to get in trouble for Tiffany's death." She ran from the room and locked the door, despite knowing it wouldn't do anything.

She left down the corridor, bumping into a familiar face, sunglasses shrouding her eyes. "Thank God you showed up, Reggie."

Reggie sighed. "You're calmer than I expected you'd be, given the mess outside. Is Tiffany still here?"

Daisy nodded, holding back tears. "Y-Yeah. Anna-Rose's Stand did a number on her, but only knocked her out for a while. She's waking up around now." She turned around. "Tiffany's Stand power is phasing. She could come from anywhere and kill you in many different ways. Her only weakness is attacking from behind. She can only go through things she's looking at."

Reggie sighed. "I need eye contact to activate Black Bugs. She probably won't be able to shake it off, but the fact that she can just walk through me is honestly terrifying. I don't know if I'll really be any use. Sorry."

"Don't worry." Daisy chuckled. "I've put on a lot of weight, so I'm not gonna be faster than her. I can't win in a straight fight against her Stand, but I do have one trick up my sleeve." She pulled a Steel Ball out of her pocket. "I got this from Anna-Rose. It has some kind of Stand power I can unlock if I toss it right after skidding my bike. It can cut into anything, so I'm kind of hoping it can beat Tiffany's phasing."

Reggie raised an eyebrow. "How could a hunk of metal have a Stand?"

"I've seen it. Trust me, it'll do for our purposes, even if it's not really a Stand." Daisy tucked away the steel ball, before she noticed a white shoulder poking out of the hallway's wall. She pulled Reggie away as Nirvana shot its arm out, grasping for something. Nirvana, followed closely by its master, phased through into the hall. Tiffany was bleeding and incredibly angry.

"You…" She was breathing heavily, and her jaw quivered in anger. "Why is there another one trying to meddle with me? I'm tired of this." Nirvana ripped up a locker from the hall and tossed it at Daisy and Reggie. Daisy bulked up using ant strength and caught it. "And you still have the capacity to want to beat me, Daisy? Are you really insane? You know what I did to your friend. You can't stick it out any longer than I can."

"Maybe not." Daisy put the locker down. "However, you of all people should know what power comes in numbers. Insects are numerous. Even in this school." Hundreds of fire ants began to climb up Daisy's legs. "You're outnumbered, Tiffany. Even in the walls, in the floors, in the roof, I have a way to fight. And best of all, insects are unseen. Look. You have spider's silk caught in your hair."

Tiffany pulled the webbing from her ponytail, scowling.

"That means you can't see that which hides within your walls. Insects, spiders, even dangerous chemicals. Is it really safe to keep attacking from every angle?" Daisy chuckled. "Right now, I'm 20 times stronger than I was, thanks to the power of the humble ant. I can match your Nirvana's strength all on my own. This fight ends now, in this corridor."

"I agree." Tiffany chuckled. "This fight is really over!" She swung a kick at Daisy's legs, who blocked it with her own kick. However, Nirvana appeared and threw a hard punch at Daisy's stomach, which winded her and knocked her over. Reggie grabbed Tiffany from behind and threw her away before she could do any more damage to Daisy. Tiffany then pinned Reggie, smirking. "I never liked you either, you know. Now, die."

Reggie slipped off her glasses, staring into Tiffany's eyes. "No, you."

Tiffany stumbled back, now under the effect of Black Bugs. "Wha… what are you doing to me? You bitch!" Her vision blurred, and she completely fell over. "I'll kill you… I can hardly see anything! What kind of Stand is this?"

Daisy was both horrified and pleased that Black Bugs was mounting its attack. "Thank you, Reggie. You may have just saved my life." She struggled to catch her breath. Reggie nodded, smirking.

"Yeah, no problem. You saved mine just now, after all. I'm glad we're able to put our past behind us." She smiled weakly.

Tiffany began to whimper. "I need sunlight… There's got to be a way out. I'll get outside, and then it'll all be okay…"

Reggie sighed. "I'll stop Black Bugs's attack if you get the hell out of this school and turn yourself in for the crimes you've committed."

"I have done no wrong. Everything I do is for the betterment of this school, and this world." Tiffany chuckled, standing up. "I don't need your help to survive. I will just kill you and stop your attack myself." She bolted toward Reggie, but instead of passing through her, just bumped into her and fell down. "My vision… I can't use my ability!" She stumbled back. "Okay, okay. You win. Just undo your attack… and I'll go."

Reggie chuckled. "That's good." She sent Black Bugs back into her body. "You're free to turn yourself in now. Good luck walking to the police station."

"Thank you…" Tiffany stood up and started to walk away. "You dumbass." Nirvana launched itself at Daisy, preparing a final attack. Daisy, who hadn't dropped her guard, leapt away and used Bullet with Butterfly Wings's shot to counterattack. Tiffany couldn't recall Nirvana in time, and took the attack full on. It slammed into her right shoulder, cracking it and sending her flying down the hall.

"I got her!" Daisy was glad for only a moment, before realising the gravity of it. She had attacked Tiffany, while she herself was rather unharmed. She would look like the attacker, to everybody else. She gulped, walking up toward Tiffany slowly. "Are you… alright?"

Nirvana appeared, grabbing Daisy by the neck and forcing her to the ground. Tiffany pinned her and began to tear at her clothes. "You're so impressive! I must look at you right now! I have to tear you open and see how you tick! For someone to best me so many times, you have to be some kind of prodigy! I need to see you!" Daisy was terrified. Why did she have to think about that? She tried to push back, but she could not. Time was ticking. Delaware, the police, someone would storm in soon. She had to hold onto that hope. Reggie tackled Tiffany in an attempt to knock her off, but Nirvana pushed her back. "Both of you are so incredible! How can you keep fighting? I need to know!"

Daisy reached into her pocket and managed to extract the steel ball. Her last hope. She only barely understood how Spin worked, but she flicked the ball with her wrist. It slid along the ground, spinning a little bit. Tiffany chuckled. "Useless. You're still mine, Daisy. That little artefact won't change a thing-" The ball slammed into the side of her head after leaping from the ground. Tiffany fell over, completely unconscious. It was only a little bit of Spin, from a novice, but it was enough to beat the exhausted and crazed Tiffany, if only for a second. Daisy scuttled away from Tiffany, quickly fixing her torn shirt with silk.

"She…" Daisy began to cry. She was violated, and felt only complete fear at this monster in a girl's body. She hadn't felt this afraid since her encounter with Reggie's Black Bugs. "We need to leave. Now." She bolted down the hallway, heading for the main door. Reggie followed close behind. After only a few seconds, Tiffany was back up, trying to cut the two off.

11:45 AM

Delaware, Sally and Liam pulled up at the New York School for Specialist Children. Liam was still trying to get his head around the crazy story that Delaware had just told. "Del, you're telling me you have some kind of superpower, and that girl we played ball with one time has one too, and she's fighting a superhuman psychopath who can walk through walls?"

"That's the gist of it, yes." Delaware nodded. "You don't have to stay. This is going to be dangerous, no matter what happens."

Sally sighed. "Look, I think I get it. I've been feeling weird myself recently. I thought I was pushing my training too hard, but I guess maybe I'm getting close to getting one of these Stand things." She rubbed her head. "Daisy needs our help, right? She's in there with someone who could do anything. We have to help."

The three walked closer to the doors, but two paramedics stopped them. "Police are stationing themselves all around the campus. There are two innocents in there. We're not letting anyone else through."

Just then, Daisy and Reggie dove outside, hiding out of sight. Delaware was stunned. "Daisy… what happened? Is everything okay?"

"No." Daisy was trembling. "She… she's completely lost it. She wants to dismember me. If there was ever a functioning human being behind her facade, that person is gone."

Delaware grit his teeth and clenched his fists. "What kind of scum would do that? I'm gonna give her a piece of my mind!" Sally began to breathe heavily, a silvery translucent figure appearing behind her.

"That monster. You're such a good person, too. Life just isn't fair, is it?" Sally got into a defensive stance. "All I know is, we have her cornered. She's a goner."

11:57 AM

Tiffany walked out of the school doors coolly, grinning. "I was doing some study. Is anything the matter?" Her dislocated shoulder and bloody face showed that she had been attacked, but her charisma and cool personality meant that only Daisy, Reggie and the group of basketball players knew who she really was. The paramedics quickly walked up to her.

"Are you alright? Were you hurt by the person who was attacking students here? Is the maniac still inside the school?"

"Oh, that." Tiffany glared at Daisy with a smirk. "I don't know. I think they escaped."

Stand Name: "Heaven Is a Halfpipe"

Stand User: Sally Parks

Power: A

Range: E

Speed: A

Durability: C

Precision: C

Potential: A