"Well, it's come down to this," said Johan as he looked up at Stumpy's. "My plans were stymied by that fierce storm yesterday, once I restore this hellhole, I can serve it to people who want to it with their hot, crispy pill bugs. Now where are those renovators I hired?"

"Yare yare daze," said a deep yet feminine voice. Johan turned around to see a blue newt in a Japanese schoolboy uniform and cap approaching him. "This is the shithole you want to renovate?"

"Joan Jett? What are you doing here? I thought you were patching things up with your parents and your uncle Rico."

"Yeah well, I did all that nonsense and I decided to get out of the house. So...this is the part of the renovation project you have for Wartwood?"

"Yes," said Johan. "But right now, the renovators I hired failed to show up."

"Would it be these guys?" Joan Jett handed him a picture of three frogs tied to chairs with ball gags in their mouths.

"What the hell?! What happened to them?!"

"Apparently, one of them got into a little debt with the toads."

Johan sighed. "Alright, I'll get this rescue mission underway. Stay here, I'll get Ram Bamboo and you're coming with me."

"Wait. You're just taking the cop and me?"

"It's a simple rescue mission. Where are they being held?"

"A warehouse down by the river."

Joan Jett made an unsure look. "Question: you sure you want me involved? I'm not exactly a Gang-Star."

"Age means nothing to Passione, only skill and trust. Can I trust you with this," Johan asked as he handed her a pistol.

"If you're asking if I used a gun before..."

"I mean, can I trust you not to shoot me by mistake?"

Joan Jett pointed the gun in the sky and fired three times. Three dragonflies fell to the ground, dead. "Trust me now?"

"Hoowee!" cheered Ram Bamboo as she, Joan Jett and Johan rode on a spider steed. "Finally, I get to do some action! I haven't seen anything like this in ages!"

"To be honest, I've never seen you this happy," said Johan. "Is being a cop not exciting?"

"It's not all patrolling and catching bad guys," she said glumly. "There's also desk duty and paperwork involved. Lots and lots of paperwork. I never imagined being a cop being so boring."

"Welcome to reality," said Joan Jett with a chuckle.

"So what, are we gonna barge in and start shooting as a form of payback," asked Ram Bamboo eagerly.

"No," Johan insisted. "This is a simple rescue mission. We go in, we free the renovators and run out. Alright, we're here."

The trio pulled up behind the warehouse and Johan lifted himself up to see into the window. "What do you see?" asked Ram Bamboo.

"Well, I see the renovators tied to chairs. And I see a lot of newts with big axes." Johan jumped back down onto the ground. "Alright, here's what we're gonna do. Ram Bamboo, you summon Green Onions and fill the air ventilation system with enough sleeping gas to fill the room. Joan Jett and I will... Joan Jett? Where did she go?"

"Uh..." Ram Bamboo pointed over his shoulder. He turned around and let out a screech when he saw Joan Jett kick the door open and started open firing.

"JOAN JETT!" Johan and Ram Bamboo ran up to her, only to see it was too late. The toads were dead and the renovators were left shellshocked.

"What the hell was that?!" Johan shouted. "I had a plan!"

"Your plan was taking too long. I decided to make it quick," Joan Jett said as she took out a knife and began to uncut the ropes.

"Whatever," Ram Bamboo said with annoyance. "The important thing is that we freed the prisoners and JoJo can get back to renovating Stumpy's."

Before they could leave, they heard heavy, thudding footsteps. They slowly turned around and saw a large, muscular toad standing at the doorway. He gray skinned, yellow eyed and was wearing black and green armor. He let out a very deep croak of anger. "Oh, shit," Johan said, who was paying more attention to the giant, spiked hammer the toad was carrying.

The toad charged at the group and raised the hammer. Joan Jett summoned Cherry Bomb who punched the toad and sent him flying into a wall. "Grab the hostages and run," she shouted.

Before Johan and Ram Bamboo could run, the toad got back up and used the hammer to smash the ground, sending a shockwave that sent them flying. Joan Jett glared at the toad and summoned Cherry Bomb again. The way the toad was glaring at her made her realize something. "Well, shit. He's a Stand user."

The toad slammed the hammer into the ground again and ghostly specters popped out of the ground and began to circle around him. With a flick of his wrist, the ghosts flew at Joan Jett, but she dodged them with ease. She smirked, but the smirk disappeared when the ghosts made a sharp turn and flew back, right into her chest. "Ugh!" She fell to the ground with her hand over her heart. "Damn it..."

"That hammer," said Johan from his and Ram Bamboo's hiding spot. "If it's his Stand, he'll die if we destroy it."

"Yeah, well, how do you expect to get close to him without getting hit by those ghosts?"

Johan thought it over. He looked up to see a crate hanging from the ceiling. "Joan Jett and I will keep him busy and try to keep him in one place. Ram Bamboo..." He handed her his knife. "Cut the line holding that crate up." He jumped into the fray, catching the toad's attention. He pointed his staff at the boy and the ghosts flew at him. Johan dodged them and ran up to Joan Jett's side. "How are you feeling?"

"Like I got hit by a truck. Damn, those ghosts pack a punch."

"Good to know. Listen, I need you to keep Fatty Ding Dong in one place," he whispered. "Is there anything else your Stand can do?"

Joan Jett smirked. "Get me close to that hammer and I will show you."

Johan fired his gun at the toad, only for the bullets to bounce off his armor. The toad glared him and charged at him with the hammer only for Johan to dodge the blow of the hammer, only to get thrown up into the air by the shockwave. The toad snapped his fingers, summoning more ghosts that flew through Johan's body, draining him.

At that moment, Joan Jett appeared and grabbed the hammer. "Ignoring a lady like me is quite rude." She summoned Cherry Bomb, who proceeded to pummel the toad.

"ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA!"

The toad slid backwards thanks to the punches but used the hammer to stop himself. He let out an angry croak and slapped Joan Jett away and into a wall. Then he raised the hammer...

SLAM!

...and was promptly crushed under the weight of the steel crate. Ram Bamboo hopped down from the ceiling and said, "Was that what you had in mind, JoJo?"

"Kind of. But I say mission accomplished nonetheless. Let's get these guys..."

A fist punched its way out of the crate.

"...home?" Johan squeaked. The toad punched his way out of the crate and made an angry croak. "Perché ho pensato che avrebbe funzionato?"

"I don't know what you said," said Joan Jett.

"Uh, is it me, or are we shrinking?" Ram Bamboo asked as the toad seemed to grow.

Johan's eyes widened. "No, Ram Bamboo. I think he's getting...BIGGER!"

Joan Jett spat out blood. "He's just big. There's nothing special about that. Besides. I think it's about time I showed Cherry Bomb's special move."

The toad approached the trio. Johan summoned DARE who proceeded to punch the toad in the gut.

"MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA, MUDA!"

The toad slammed the hammer into DARE's gut, sending him flying. The wound reflected into Johan's body and he was sent flying as well, into a wall. "Uh, Joan Jett?" Johan asked after he coughed up some blood. "Where's that special move you talked about?"

"Wait for it..."

Ram Bamboo let out a whimper as the toad stepped forward. "For Olms' sake, Joan Jett! He's going to kill us!"

"Ten...nine...eight...seven...six...five..."

The toad hopped into the air and readied to smush them with the hammer.

"...four...three...two...one..."

The toad suddenly let out a scream as small explosions went off in his body and he fell flat on his face. Johan and Ram Bamboo were stunned. "What just happened."

Cherry Bomb reappeared beside Joan Jett who said, "Cherry Bomb's knuckles happen to be sticker bombs that attach themselves to any surface, and can even burrow themselves to find the target's weak points. In this point, it was this guy's joints."

Johan gulped. "Brutal."

"I like my job."

A cracking sound returned everyone's attention to the toad's body. To everyone's shock, he was getting right back up despite his injuries. "Oh, for god's sake," Johan snapped. "Is this guy immortal?"

Joan Jett focused her attention on the hammer. "Or maybe we didn't attack the right weak spot." She rushed toward the toad. "Cherry Bomb, do your thing!" Cherry Bomb flew out of her body and latched itself onto the hammer. The next thing everyone knew, Cherry Bomb detonated, much to Johan and Ram Bamboo's horror.

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" screamed Johan. "You killed yourself to take out one guy?!"

"Kill myself?" asked Joan Jett. "I'm perfectly fine." She suddenly coughed up blood and fell to her knees. Ram Bamboo ran up to her side and helped her up. "Okay, perfectly might be pushing it."

"How are you still alive?!" Ram Bamboo shouted. "We saw your Stand explode! You're supposed to be dead!"

"I'll only die if another Stand kills Cherry Bomb," Joan Jett said as she wiped the blood off. "Besides, it looks like it got the job done." She gestured to the pile of meat that was once the toad lying on the ground.

Johan nearly turned green in the face and he turned away. "Oh, God, it's the butcher shop all over again..."

Joan Jett groaned, "You killed before yet you're squeamish at the sight of guts? Some Gang-Star."

"Shut up," Johan muttered. "Let's just get these people back to Wartwood," he said as he gestured to the renovators, who at this point were white as a sheet.

Stand: MC Hammer

User: Bombina

Power: B

Speed: D

Range: D

Durability: C

Precision: C

Potential: E

Ability: Has the power to summon spirits to act as projectile weapons. When the user is on their last legs, it boosts their power, making them grow bigger.

Upon returning to Wartwood, Johan decided to give the renovators time off while Ram Bamboo returned to the police station. As for Joan Jett?

"You know, you can go home if you want," said Johan as he served a customer some food.

"I think I'll stick around," said the newt as she rested her feet on the table. "You seem to bring interest to this town." Slap! "Ow!"

"You want to know what I'll find interesting?" Sylvia snapped. "YOUR FEET OFF THE TABLE, NOW!"

Joan Jett glared at her, then said as she put her feet down, "I will. Just don't hit me again."

"Don't tell me what to do in my tea shoppe, you delinquent!"

"Okay," Felicia said as she dragged Sylvia back into the storeroom. "JoJo, I heard Anne was looking for you, maybe you can take your new friend with you? Before someone gets hurt?"

When you Johan and Joan Jett arrived at the Plantars, Anne, Sprig and Polly babbled nonstop.

"JoJo! Tunnels!"

"Family treasures!"

"Weapons!"

"Video games!"

"Puzzels!"

"Mutant vegetables!"

"Booby traps!"

"STOOOOP!" shouted Joan Jett, silencing them. "Yare yare daze. You're more hyperactive than a baby on sugar."

"Who're you calling a baby," shouted Polly.

"You're big," said Sprig.

"And you're scrawny."

Sprig frowned at her.

"Uh, hi," said Anne. "I don't know you."

"Joan Jett," said the newt as she shook Anne's hand. "Let me guess. You're Anne Boonchuy, one of the humans?"

"Uh, yeah. And may I say, your handshake nearly broke my hand."

Johan said, "What's this about tunnels?"

"JoJo, get this," said Sprig. "You know how we always thought our family were nothing but a bunch of boring farmers?"

"Uh...yeah?"

"WE WERE WRONG! Skip Plantar was a mad scientist who experimented on all kinds of stuff! He made a pumpkin monster with the brain of a frog!"

"Pollyanna Plantar was a fierce warrior," said Polly as she swung her mace around. "She fought in the Bog Bottom Invasion of '48, and the Western Toad Invasion of '53! She even made my mace!"

"And there's more," said Anne. "Emma Plantar wasn't a frog at all! She was a newt who traveled all over Amphibia and collected all kinds of treasures before she wed into the family and took the name Plantar." She practically cried. "A non-frog became a Plantar! An outsider became part of the family. I have hopes for me."

"Seriously?" asked Johan. "All this was under the house?"

"Come on in, bring your friend!" said Sprig. "But word of advice, don't pull any levers. Apparently, we Plantars are notorious at building booby traps. Lots of booby traps. Hop Pop is resting in bed after going through the trials himself. It didn't end well for him."

To Be Continued...

Stand: Cherry Bomb

User: Joan Jett

Power: A

Speed: A

Range: E

Durability: B

Precision: A

Potential: C

Ability: Cherry Bomb's knuckles produce an endless supply of sticker bombs that cling to any surface, even the molecules of air. When pushed to the limit, the user can self-destruct Cherry Bomb. This won't destroy Cherry Bomb nor will it kill the user, but it will make them feel the pain of the explosion.