With the next battle of the game on, Talon manages to get a Stand of his own, facing off against two non-Stand Users who are still powerful in their own right. But will that be enough?
"So, are we gonna fight? I'm aching to use this thing." Talon smiled with cockyness.
"Since he only just got his Stand, I say we rush him." Jim says. "He's probably still in the dark of his own abilities."
"Right. No questions asked." Marinette spun her yo-yo in defense.
"Alright. Let's do this!" Jim yelled out.
Jim takes out Excalibur and does a charging downward swing at Talon. The guy dodges to the sides as the sword crashes into the sand, causing a lot of energy to erupt from the sand.
"Whoa! What did you say you were again?" Talon asked nervously.
"I'm the Trollhunter!" Jim yells as he swings his sword again.
Talon dodges another energy induced swing as he tries to get his Stand to manifest. Suddenly, his hand gets tied by Ladybug's yo-yo.
"I"ve got him! We have to end this before he manages to find out what his Stand does!" Marinette called out.
"Hey! Let go!" Talon yelled out as he grabbed his bubble gum launcher.
Talon aims the bubble gum launcher at Marinette, and fires multiple times. She responds to this by flipping through the shots and yanking the yo-yo even harder which Talon struggled to resist.
"Oh, want to tango, jumpsuit hottie?" Talon taunted.
"Nope, I'm good. Besides, you've got other problems to worry about." Marinette smirked as she let the comment slide.
Talon turns to see Jim charging again with his sword. Charging it up with more energy, the Trollhunter goes for an upwards strike to the chest.
But on pure instinct, Talon shoots Jim in the foot with the bubble gum launcher. This caused his foot to get anchored to the ground. Jim trips forward and misses the slash by mere centimeters.
"Whoa!" Jim exclaimed.
Then suddenly, a Stand arm appears from within Talon and knocks Jim backwards with a swift and well placed uppercut.
"Hggk." Jim managed to shrug off the pain, but was unable to move back any farther.
"Well then. I guess this is where the real fun begins." Talon smirked as another Stand arm from within.
"Not on my watch!" Marinette yelled out.
Marinette uses her enhanced strength to pull on the yo-yo with tremendous force, causing Talon to get pulled as well.
"Whoa!" Talon exclaimed.
Marinette shifts her feet as she swings Talon overhead. After gaining composure in her spins, Marinette then swings Talon towards Jim at high speeds.
"One Spectator's Suite delivery coming right up!" Marinette yelled out.
"Good. Let's finish this up!" Jim says.
After quickly pulling himself from the gum, Jim does a heavy spinning slash at the incoming Talon, ready to make this quick.
"Hah!" Talon summons his Stand's arms once again.
The two made contact, and a loud metal banging noise was heard. Talon manages to use his Stand's arms to block the strike, causing a loud shockwave between the two fighters.
"This thing is fast!" Talon smirked wide with confidence. "Let's see how this thing does on the offensive side of things."
"He's gonna attack!" Marinette yelled out.
Talon uses his Stand's arms to knock Excalibur from Jim's arms. Luckily, Jim manages to take out his shield from his suit in preparation for an attack. Since he cannot see the Stand, he has no choice but to wait out the storm.
"Get ready for this!" Talon yells as he lands on the ground. "Just like the Italians say. Arrivederci!"
In a large and quick barrage, Talon uses his Stand's arms to barrage Jim as the latter tries to block this attack with his shield.
"Ghhh…" Jim still manages to stand his ground despite the quick amount of punches every second he blocks.
"Hmph. One tough cookie, you are. I guess I have to kick it up a notch!" Talon yells as he and his Stand pull their arms back for a heavy punch in sync.
"Not on my watch!" Marinette yelled out while sending out her yo-yo.
Marinette grapples Talon's arm once again and pulls violently on the rope, causing Talon to fly at her once again.
"Don't think that same move can work on me, bugger!" Talon yelled.
Talon uses his Stands arm to pull on the string of the yo-yo, and because Marinette wasn't expecting a lot of force from him, she gets pulled away from the ground. Now the two were on a collision course towards one another.
"Whoa!" Marinette exclaimed.
"Time for the hat trick!" Talon yelled out while getting his Stand ready.
As Talon glows a blue aura, his Stand full manifests in front of him, and we get to see its form with light gray skin and blue clothing. Most of its face apart from the mouth is covered by a blue helmet adorned with a mohawk row of short spikes. Its body is covered by a blue body suit, with its chest and belly exposed, and it has pieces of blue padded armor over its shoulder, arms and wrists, knees and feet. Golden zippers of various sizes hang from the base of its neck and abdomen, back of the hands and the top of the feet.
"Ari!" The Stand lets out a battle cry as it swung a punch.
The swing strikes Marinette square in the face, causing her to get knocked back painfully.
"Marinette!" Jim yelled in surprise.
As Marinette lands onto the sand, she slowly manages to shrug off the pain to get up. Talon menacingly approaches the weakened hero, and as she covers her face in pain, he notices something strange manifesting on the part he punched.
A small glowing line appears, stretching from the side of Marinette's cheek to the bottom of her neck. Slowly, Talon notices the line form more and more into something he recognises; A zipper.
"Hmph. Well. My ability has finally shown itself." Talon smirked.
"What?" Marinette raised an eyebrow at this.
"Say, you feel something loose? Like say… your head feels like it might fall off?" Talon taunts the clueless hero.
"Marinette! Your neck!" Jim yelled out.
Just as Marinette notices the zipper, it opens up, causing her neck to go all floppy and move in weird directions. Inside the zippers was a purple space.
"Whoa!" Marinette exclaimed.
"What the?!" Jim jumped at this strange sight.
"So. My Stand ability involves placing zippers on things and opening things up, huh?" Talon smirked. "Well then. I believe it's time to finally put my Stand to the test. Sticky Fingers!"
"Boom!" Japanese kanji appear around Talon as he does a weird pose; putting his two index fingers next to each other as he smirks with confidence.
Stand Name: Sticky Fingers
Stand User: Talon
A very fast humanoid Stand of average strength, Sticky Fingers has the unique ability of placing zippers onto any surface. When opened, the surfaces affected will move like cloth, and the zippers can separate objects and create hiding spaces within the zipper's purple space.
"Well. Now that I have my Stand figured out…" Talon turns to Jim with a cocky expression on his face. "I'll be taking my leave now. Anyone can show up at any moment, you know that?"
"I won't let you do that." Jim gripped Excalibur tightly as he pulled a defensive stance. "You've gotta get that zipper off of her. And besides, Steve is still nowhere to be seen. I take it that you had something to do with that?"
"And the Trollhunter figures it out. Since I didn't have a Stand at the time, he had a blind date with my bubble gum launcher. So much for your group's Stand User." Talon applauded the assumption.
Jim realizes what this meant. And with knowledge on how Steve's Stand worked, he smirks with confidence. Turning to Marinette, letting her know what he was thinking. She then smirks as well, knowing the capabilities of Steve's Stand.
"I admire your bravery. Thinking you've gotten my friend captured without knowing his capabilities." Jim stated. "I'm afraid that you've probably made a bad decision leaving him captured."
"Oh please. The guy was covered head to toe with bubble gum." Talon smirked in trying to call out his bluff. "Just what does he have that can take him out of that trap quickly?"
"Oh, we'll tell you." Marinette smirked.
"See. Here's the thing. What you don't know about Steve's Stand is that it has…" Jim pauses at that last part.
"The ability of erasure!" Steve's voice was heard nearby.
As Talon slightly jumped at this sudden arrival, Jim turns around and sees Steve running his way. The Trollhunter puts his hands out as Steve uses it to boost himself into the air. And because Jim has enhanced strength, this boost causes Steve to fly into the air.
"The Hand!" Steve yelled as he summoned his Stand for an attack.
"Sticky Fingers!" Talon yelled out.
Just as the two were about to clash, Talon quickly notices the type of attack Steve was going for. Sticky Fingers manages to catch its enemy's hand by the wrist before it can get any closer. Steve tries to get the palm of The Hand to touch his enemy, but the two Stands seem to be equal in strength.
"What the? Why is his hand open? He isn't trying to punch me. He's using his right hand to slap me?" Talon struggled to stop the attack.
"Let go of my right hand, dumbass!" Steve yelled.
Suddenly, The Hand does a knee bash to Sticky Fingers' side, causing Talon to hunch over in pain.
"Yep, its power comes from his right hand." Talon took note of this fact.
The Hand then does a lot more knee bashes to get Talon's Stand to let go. The villain tries to weather through the pain, but it isn't enough. With one more knee bash, Steve manages to let go of his Stand's hand.
"You let go! Now, take this!" Steve yelled as he went for another swipe.
"Get away!" Talon pulls out his bubble gum launcher.
Talon fires as many shots as he can, and as Steve gets his body covered by the bubble gum, some shots were seen flying at the Stand. Talon then notices that as the shots get near the right hand, they immediately disappear. Disappear out of existence.
"Gah! Not again!" Steve yelled as his body was covered by the bubble gum.
"Whoa. That was close." Talon exclaimed as he began to sweat.
Steve then uses The Hand to erase the bubble gum from his body, freeing him once again. Talon takes notice again, and now understands what he's going up against.
"You've really got an itchy trigger finger for that bubble gum launcher, you know that?" Steve exclaimed.
"Hey, whatever works. And besides." Talon then uses his Stand to point at Steve. "Your ability. Your right hand can erase things from existence, right?"
"I'll admit, it's not as unique as creating zippers on any surface, but hey. We've all got differences." Steve commented.
"And our difference seems to be the fact that you're simpler than I am." Talon smirked.
"Okay, now that was uncalled for." Steve exclaimed.
"Why not? It couldn't be further from the truth." Talon chuckled. "But I'll admit. The ability to erase anything? With a swipe of the hand? That's some pretty next level, and frankly terrifying shit. And someone like you has it."
"I know. What are the odds?" Steve rolled his eyes at this.
"But… let's see how you use that ability. I'm already thinking of dozens of uses for my Stand, and I've only known its ability for only two minutes." Talon shrugged.
"Oh, I'm sorry. But you probably won't be able to test those uses out. You better release that ability from my teammate unless you want to get an ass whooping." Steve threatened his enemy.
"And release the disadvantage I've given you guys?" Talon then goes into a fighting stance with Sticky Fingers. "You wish."
"Oh, I wish. Ass whooping it is then." Steve then goes into a fighting stance.
Another battle going full swing. Battle of the blue, white and yellow. With two Stands of very unique caliber facing off against each other, let's see which one will come out victorious.