[RIO DE JANEIRO - 2011]
[POLICE STATION]
Joel is nervously pacing back and forth. Daniela is watching him curiously. The rest of the battalion is doing its tasks completely in silence.
Daniela decides to break the silence: "So… this Jotaro Kujo is coming… look, based on his name, he must be someone familiar with you."
Joel sighs, "Yeah, he… that bastard is the guy who slept with my mom without protection and that resulted in me."
"...He's your father... cool, you're finally going to meet your daddy, that's supposed to be good, right?"
Joel turns to Daniela and says irritably: "Obviously not! I don't even want to see it plated in gold! He didn't even know I existed, how did he know NOW?! When I was a child, the closest thing I had to a father was Mesquita, and only now is he discovering me?! I swear, when he comes here I'll beat him up!"
Daniela laughs lightly: "Well… is he a Stand user?"
"Probably, when a family member acquires a Stand, all members of the following generations have a great chance of also acquiring Stands, like, if a grandfather gets a Stand, the father would get a Stand, but it would be possible that the son would not get one. The further away the generation is from the one that purchased the Stand, the less likely that generation is to get one. I believe a distant relative of mine acquired a Stand at some point, as I only awakened mine at 14, and if my theory is right, my father would also have one or at least has a good chance of having it. "
Daniela nods: "I see… I would like to have a Stand, it must be fun… In fact, Joel, I can already feel your Stand."
Joel turns to Daniela curiously: "What's it like? Explain."
"Like, I don't see him, which is a shame, but I can feel the energy he gives off and I can tell where his strikes are coming from and dodge them."
"…huh…that…is interesting, aren't vampires really curious creatures?"
"Thanks, I know I'm a badass." She approaches Joel "But so, since today's dinner was canceled, how about tomorrow at 8 pm? Then we have dinner, you give me one of those bags of blood to drink, we go home and if you please me, we can spend the night in bed, and you know what I'm talking about~"
Joel calms down and smiles: "Okay, I like the idea. I'll pay the bill."
Joel kisses her for a moment before Carvalho interrupts them: "Kujo!"
Joel moves away from Daniela and looks at Carvalho: "Damn, Colonel, stop interrupting us, dammit!"
Colonel Carvalho looks at Joel with his stern look: "Jotaro has arrived, go to the visiting room."
Joel sighs. He kisses Daniela and walks to the guests room.
Joel enters the guests room and soon sees a man sitting on the chair. This is a thin man, with black hair and green eyes, he is wearing a red overcoat with a large white star print on the back and several silver details, underneath the overcoat there is a black t-shirt with a white star print with a green outline , and he is wearing white pants with black spots in the zebra pattern and shoes to match the pants, as well as a strange hat that matches his overcoat.
Joel looks at the man and immediately recognizes him. He sits down opposite the man and sighs: "Okay, Jotaro, what did you come here for and how did you find out about me?"
Jotaro looks at Joel with a serious expression, his piercing green eyes fixed on the young man's face. He speaks calmly, but with a firm tone: "I learned about your existence a short time ago after some examinations, Joel. And as for why I'm here, I have some matters to deal with. Situations that put your life in danger. "
Joel crosses his arms, maintaining a suspicious look as he watches Jotaro. "Issues to discuss? Seriously? You disappeared from my life for all these years and now you decide you have something important to tell me? Why should I believe you?"
Jotaro sigh, looking somewhat uncomfortable. "I know I wasn't the perfect father. In fact, I didn't even come close. But some things happened, and now I need to ensure your safety." Jotaro shows a photo of a man to Joel and puts the photo on the table: "This man is Johngalli A, I heard from the Speedwagon foundation that he is interested in killing you, Joel."
Joel stares at Jotaro and says indignantly, "Really? You came here to tell me-" Joel looks at the photo of Johngalli A, and recognizes him as the guard who got off the plane with Pucci the day before. "Wait, I've seen this guy… but why does he want to kill me?"
"Because of a historical conflict involving our bloodline, the blood of Joestar."
"...What the fuck is a 'Joestar'?"
Jotaro whispers to himself "Good grief…" and tells Joel: "This is the family name that connects us to a story from the century before last. Johngalli A holds a grudge against this family. Being able to communicate something to someone's heart is a wonderful thing, but sometimes there are bad reminiscences, reminiscences known as grudges. In the past, Joel, I defeated a very old enemy of the Joestar family, Johngalli A worked for that enemy, I haven't met him yet, but I have no doubts. It's been over 20 years, but this guy turned his blind devotion to the man he followed into a source of resentment."
Joel looks up to process everything he just heard. He notices that the ventilation on the ceiling is dripping… he should call someone to fix it later… "Okay, answer me one thing… firstly, what is this talk about enemies and grudges? Weren't you a researcher or something? Secondly, I can very well take care of myself, even if someone came to attack me, he would have to go over the BOPE, which is made up entirely of powerful people, and mainly over me who is the captain, so it wouldn't be so easy to kill me. Thirdly: who is this enemy that you defeated."
"Well, that's a long story, but I can answer your third question: The enemy's name was Dio Brando."
Joel's eyes widen in surprise. He remembers that Daniela told him that her father's name was 'Dio Brando'... so in that case, Joel's father killed Daniela's father...? Well, that's a good story to tell at the barbecue. "Dio Brando… um… ok.
Jotaro continues: "But the important thing now is to keep you alive. Tell me, Joel, you said that BOPE is made up entirely of powerful people, and you said that you are the captain, so I assume that you and your entire team have the power to Stand, correct?"
"Beautiful reasoning, Jotaro. Yes, me and my entire battalion are Stand users… almost all of them, and if you are aware of this, I assume you are a Stand user too."
"Correct, then we will use our Stands to protect you."
Joel looks at the ceiling again, he sees that the ventilation has stopped dripping... that's not exactly normal… "Well, I'm the last person who needs protection, Jotaro, I'm strong, much stronger than you probably." He Stands up and leans closer to Jotaro defiantly.
Jotaro and Joel look at each other for a few seconds until they hear a gunshot and suddenly, a rifle bullet breaks the window and goes straight to Joel's head. Jotaro quickly summons his Stand: "Star Platinum: The World!" And time stops to stop the bullet from going through Joel's skull. As he approaches, he notices that Joel's Stand, Iron Army, was able to stop the bullet before it hit Joel. Jotaro lets time run again.
Iron Army summons a sniper rifle and shoots exactly where the shot towards Joel came from… but there was nothing. "What the fuck, a Stand user…"
Jotaro raises an eyebrow: "How are you so sure?"
"There was nothing in the direction Iron Army fired, but if there was nothing, the bullet didn't come from there, but the bullet definitely came from that direction, so it's certain that the bullet was redirected by an enemy Stand…" Joel looks at Jotaro: "That's what it takes to stop bums. We have to get out of here and warn people."
Joel gets up and another shot is fired, but Iron Army easily holds him back. Joel runs to the exit of the room and tries to get out... but... it's locked...?
Joel looks on in disbelief: "What?! Who was the muggle that locked that door?!" He starts shouting: "Open the damn thing! There's an enemy Stand user around!" Joel keeps trying to open the door and tries to use Iron Army to break it down, until... he gets a hard slap on the back and wakes up with his head lying on the table. He feels weak and confused: "...what happened?..." He looks back and sees Daniela extremely worried behind him and the other members of the battalion looking through the door, also very worried.
Daniela hugs Joel and says in an exaggerated tone: "Joel, I'm glad you're okay! You and Jotaro fainted so suddenly! Damn, I was so worried!"
The other members of the battalion shout to them:
"JOTARO, JOEL, DANIELA, GET OUT!"
"YOU ARE BEING ATTACKED BY AN ENEMY STAND!
"RUN AWAY!"
Joel notices that he, Jotaro and the entire room are covered in a bluish-white goo that appears to be 'digesting' the room, as if it were some kind of digestive acid. Joel notices that Daniela doesn't seem to see the goo, so it's probably a Stand ability. He quickly thinks and says weakly: "Dea… can you please get me and Jotaro out of the room? It's just that we're being attacked by a Stand and I'm too weak to get up, let alone leave this room and get Jotaro out of here."
"O-Sure!" Daniela picks up Joel and carries him out of the room, doing the same with Jotaro, waking him up first.
Upon leaving the room infested with that blue slime, Joel and Jotaro feel strong again. Joel quickly orders his soldiers: "Everyone, enemy Stand attack! Formation 645!" They nod.
André then uses his Stand to create an energy barrier around the battalion to protect them with hisTurtle Shell; Olivia Stands in the middle of the barrier to locate the enemy Stand user with herGreen Path; Sandro stays on the edge of the barrier so that if anyone approaches, he can use hisInferno 's Hound to protect the battalion.
"Very good! Jotaro, Dea, the three of us will go after the other Stand user in the meantime!"
Daniela asks in amazement: "Another Stand user?! Wait, so there's more than one attacking you?!""
"Yes, I've been in the Stand business for 7 years, I know that a weapons Stand has nothing to do with a Stand that puts people to sleep, and he only attacked me when I got up to face Jotaro, so this weapon Stand would need us to be raised to attack us, which is not what the other Stand allowed to happen."
Jotaro and Daniela nod and begin following Joel through the police station.
[Stand Name: Green Path
User: Olivia Ferreira
POWER: N/A
SPEED: C
RANGE: A (50 Meters)
DURABILITY: AND
ACCURACY: A
POTENTIAL: N/A
Ability:
Green Path can create a path of green light that shows the path of anything the user is looking for within 50 meters. When Green Path finds the sought-after object/person, it creates a bright green outline on the object/person, thus fully revealing the location of the sought-after object/person.
[Stand Name: Star Platinum
User: Jotaro Kujo
POWER: A
SPEED: A
RANGE: E (2 Meters)
DURABILITY: A
ACCURACY: A
POTENTIAL: D
Ability:
Star Platinum cansocar at absurd speeds with extreme strength, being able to break almost anything with their blows. In addition to physical strength, Star Platinum has the ability to stop time for an amount of time determined by the user's physical capabilities, and can now stop time for a full five seconds.
They look for the other user, without taking any risks. They find some kind of mini blue satellite floating in the air
"That must be one of the Stands that attacked us! Damn, let's break this mess!"
Daniela looks confused: "What are you looking at?"
Jotaro looks at Daniela in amazement: "Can't you see his Stand?"
"Nope, I feel like he's here, but I don't see him."
"...wait, aren't you a Stand user?"
"No!"
"But… didn't Joel say that everyone at BOPE was powerful?"
"Ah, I'm not a Stand user, I'm-"
"DEA, WATCHOUT!" Joel shouts to Daniela. Then, a bullet hits Daniela in the forehead, completely piercing her skull and causing her to fall onto her back. Joel quickly goes to check on Daniela: "Dea, fuck! You are not allowed to die! If you die, I'll kill you!"
Daniela moans in pain and says playfully: "Oh… I think I'm fainting… I think only a true love's kiss from a knight in black armor can save me…"
Joel sighs: "Well, I'll do that after we get Johngalli A. and the other Stand user…"
After hearing this, Daniela jumps up and says confidently: "Let's catch these guys, yesterday!" Daniela's wound begins to regenerate at an impressive speed.
Jotaro, amazed by what he has just witnessed, asks Daniela in a serious tone: "Who are you?! And what are you if you're not a Stand user?!"
Daniela looks at Jotaro and giggles: "I'm a vampire, you fool. And about the 'Who are you?' thing," She offers a handshake to Jotaro: "My name is Daniela Brando, your daughter-in-law, Mister Jotaro!"
Upon hearing that Daniela is a vampire, that her name is Daniela Brando and that she is dating Joel, Jotaro stares at Daniela with a stern look, which sends a shiver down Daniela's spine. Jotaro says in a serious voice, "You what?"
Daniela says nervously: "Uhm… well…"
Suddenly, a green passage appears on the ground, as if showing a path. Joel sees this and tellsJotaro and Daniela: "This is Green Path, Olivia's Stand, it basically shows the path of anything the user is looking for, this is very useful since even non-Stand users can see it, and at the moment it is showing the path of the user shooting us, which I assume is Johngalli A!"
Daniela sighs in relief at the sudden change of subject: "Good… well, I'm going to go get the sniper Stand user, you two can go look for the other Stand user who was attacking you… I'll see you later!"
Daniela runs, following the path of the Green Path to get away from Jotaro.
Jotaro sighs and looks at Joel: "We need to talk about her later. I strongly believe that she is the daughter of-"
Joel interrupts Jotaro: "From that old enemy of the Joestar family that you said before… yeah… she really is…"
"...Joel, I understand that you don't know how wrong this is, but you need to know…"
Joel raises an eyebrow at Jotaro: "... what do you mean?"
Jotaro sighs: "But what a pain… I'll tell you after we find the other Stand user."
Joel and Jotaro continue looking for another Stand user. Joel then hears a noise and stops along with Jotaro. He whispers, "Hear that?"
Jotaro nods. They remain quiet until Jotaro and Joel can clearly hear the sounds of approaching footsteps. Joel and Jotaro summon their Stands, Iron Army and Star Platinum. Joel takes a good look at Star Platinum and says dismissively, "His Stand is pretty thin… no, he was once muscular, but he became thin from lack of use and atrophy of the Stand's muscles. You don't train your Stand, do you?"
Jotaro raises an eyebrow: "What do you mean?"
"Stands may be the physical manifestation of our vital energy, but if we don't keep our spirits strong they also weaken, just as a muscle weakens with lack of use."
Jotaro looks at Joel curiously: "Well, you seem to underStand Stands well, that's actually quite useful."
Joel nods and heads straight for the source of the sound of footsteps. Joel turns a corner and comes across a man with blue-white hair and white eyes, as if he were blind, with a shotgun pointed at Joel's head. Joel and Jotaro go into a state of alarm. Joel recognizes the man as the 'Johngalli A' that Jotaro showed in the photo.
Jotaro quickly manifests his Stand: "Star Platinum: The World! Paralyze time!" And for time. Jotaro takes a step towards Joel but stops, "Wait, two Stand users... that means... Damn, I thought Joel was the target, but as it turns out," Joel looks back and sees a Stand that was crawling. through the ventilations: "The target was me! Now I have no other option than to freeze time to protect my son-" Jotaro realizes that Daniela is behind him and is about to attack his jugular, so if she is fast enough she will be able to save Joel. Jotaro decides to leaveDaniela do her part and attack the other enemy's Stand with Star Platinum: "ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!" And time runs again.
The Stand is thrown back hard because of Star Platinum's punches, while Johngalli A. is attacked by Daniela and stopped from shooting Joel. With this gap, Iron Army delivers a powerful punch to Johngalli A's face, knocking him out."ORA!"
Joel looks at the Stand that Jotaro punched while Daniela sticks her fingers into Johngalli A.'s jugular to suck his blood. Joel approaches the Stand and sighs: "Well, I was right in the end, there were two Stands." Iron Army grabs the Stand by the neck and Joel says calmly: "So…Whitesnake, why did you come to attack me and Jotaro?"
Jotaro looks at Joel confused: "How do you know the name of this Stand?"
"I'll explain later."
Whitesnake coughs hard and says, "D-Damn you! You are hindering me in my noble mission!"
Joel sighs: "Good fucking grief, just shut up."
Iron Army prepares to punch Whitesnake, but suddenly, Johngalli A, in a last effort, shoots into the air twice, directing the bullets towards Joel and Jotaro's legs with his Stand, which makes Daniela give a final blow at Johngalli A, slashing its throat with its claws.
They groan in pain, this creates an opening for Whitesnake to attack. He redirects his attack towards Joel's head, which makes him instinctively defend himself, but changes the direction of the attack towards Jotaro. Jotaro tries to defend himself, but without being able to stop time due to having lost his breath due to the shot in the leg, Whitesnake is successful in attacking Jotaro in the head, thus removing two 'discs' from Jotaro's head, one with the image of Star Platinum and the other with the image of Jotaro. He breaks free from Joel's grip and manages to escape through the ventilation.
Seeing this, Joel quickly orders Daniela and Jotaro: "Dea, dad, the Stand escaped, we have to see Olivia to find the Whitesnake user! I already know who he is, so that makes the situation easier! Come with me!"
Joel and Daniela start running towards Olivia. Joel looks back and sees Jotaro sitting on the floor against the wall. He says in an irritated tone: "Jotaro, what are you doing?! He comes! We have few time!"
Jotaro sighs, "I'm so , if I had found out about your existence earlier, I wouldn't have been so absent. Joel, we just met, but I already consider you my son."
Joel looks at Joel with a worried and serious look: "What are you talking about, Jotaro?! Let's go, damn it!"
"Joel… contact the Speedwagon foundation, they will help you." Jotaro then closes his eyes and stops moving.
Joel says, maintaining his irritated posture: "Jotaro, get up! You have to help us catch the enemy Stand user!" But Jotaro doesn't respond.
Joel continues trying to wake Jotaro up. Daniela approaches and puts her ear to the ground to hear Jotaro's heartbeat. She sighs and looks at Joel with a worried look: "Jojo… I'm sorry to say this… but from the looks of it, Mister Jotaro… his heartbeat has stopped… so I assume he's-"
Joel interrupts Daniela and says angrily: "Shut up, Dea, and help me wake Jotaro up!"
Daniela stops Joel from continuing to slap Jotaro and carries his unconscious body. They head towards the rest of the battalion.
Joel looks at Olivia and orders her in an agitated tone: "Olivia! Use your Green Path to find the other Stand user! He did something to Jotaro and took two types of discs from his head!"
Olivia focuses her attention and activates Green Path to find the Whitesnake user. After a few moments, she points in the direction of the opposite hallway and says, "It's that way, Joel."
Joel looks at Daniela, who is still holding Jotaro's body, and says with determination: "Let's go after this bastard who did this to my father and took these discs!"
Daniela laughs: "You called him dad."
Joel says to her in a loud tone, "No time for that, Dea!" Joel runs towards Green Path, following the tracks to find the Whitesnake user. The path leads straight to a wall. Joel, lacking patience, uses his Iron Army to give a barrage of punches to break the wall "ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!"
Breaking through the wall, Joel and Daniela see Whitesnake's Stand user, Father Pucci.
Pucci's fear is evident. He starts to think: "How did they find me? I was hiding, and they still found me! I… I can't panic, I must remain calm. I must count the prime numbers to calm down. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 27…"
Before Pucci can say anything, Joel quickly manifests a shotgun to shoot Pucci and make him have no time to react. Whitesnake manages to deflect the most fatal projectiles, but Pucci is still hit in the leg, arm and chest. Joel shouts to Daniela: "Dea! It doesn't come close to Pucci! If his Stand was the one who did this to Jotaro! Don't worry about attacking him!"
Daniela laughs: "Jojo, you don't underStand one little thing." Her eyes start to glow red "I don't have to worry about getting close to him to attack him!" Then, a red blast comes out of Daniela's eyes. This completely surprises Joel and especially Pucci, who tries to dodge but is hit in the shoulder. Daniela laughs: "WRYYYY!"
Joel looks at Daniela in shock and asks: "What was that!?"
"Oh, this? I call it "Space Ripper Stingy Eyes", is a technique that I developed as a vampire, basically it is a jet of bodily fluids expelled with absurd force through my eyes, pretty cool, right?"
Joel sighs and says to himself: "I thank the heavens that you are an ally and not an enemy…"
Pucci notices Joel's distraction and tries to use his Whitesnake to attack him, but Joel grabs him by the wrist and punches him hard, knocking him to the ground but still holding his arm. Joel glares at Pucci fiercely. Pucci looks at Joel and starts pleading: "J-Joel, you don't underStand, I'm doing this for the joy-"
"What I want more is to fuck you!" Joel interrupts before launching a barrage of Iron Army punches at Pucci: "ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA!"
Pucci is fiercely thrown back, dropping one of Jotaro's discs. Daniela sees the puck and lets go of Jotaro. She quickly moves forward to pick it up as Joel approaches Pucci, ready to finish the job. Pucci, seeing the situation he is in, checks which disc he dropped and sees that it was the one with the image of Star Platinum. Seeing this, he launches a surprise attack on Joel's face, which he tries to dodge but the attack grazes him. The discs on Joel's face appear, but he quickly puts his hand over them and pushes them back. This creates an opening for Pucci to escape, and so he does.
Pucci rushes out of the police station, shouting to anyone within earshot, "Help! The BOPE captain has gone crazy and he's trying to kill me!" A citizen who was driving a car sees the scene and the deplorable state Pucci is in and allows Pucci to enter his vehicle.
Joel and Daniela leave the police station and see the Father fleeing in the car and losing them. Joel aims with a sniper rifle in an attempt to catch the priest, but Daniela stops him and says calmly: "Wait, it's okay, at some point we'll catch this bastard, but for now, we can't risk hurting a civilian."
Joel lowers his gun and sighs, "Fuck! That bastard took both of my father's discs! Cum!"
Daniela sighs and puts a hand on Joel's shoulder: "Joel, don't worry, we're going to get Pucci. Plus, I got one of those discs." Daniela shows the disc she took, it has the image of Star Platinum.
Joel widens his eyes and smiles slightly: "You did well,Dea! Damn, I don't even know how to thank you, you could have saved Jotaro!"
Daniela giggles and looks seductively at Joel: "Ah, but you know how to thank me~"
Joel's smile fades: "Not now, Dea."
Joel takes the disc from Jotaro and runs to see him. Jotaro's unconscious body is lying on the floor the way Daniela dropped him.
Joel sighs: "It could have been more careful with my father, right?"
Daniela laughs and says calmly: "Sorry, I was too busy thinking about getting that disc back."
Joel rolls his eyes and inserts the Star Platinum disc into Jotaro's head. A few seconds later, Jotaro opens his eyes. Joel sighs with relief: "Damn Jotaro, you scared the hell out of me. I thought you had died." Jotaro doesn't respond. Joel starts to worry: "Dad, answer me, damn it!"
While Joel tries to get Jotaro to answer him, Daniela thinks to herself. She puts a hand on Joel's shoulder and says calmly: "I once read in a book that life has two bases, the soul and the body, the base of the body is the mind, and the base of the mind is memories." . I've been thinking about this since I got the Star Platinum album... I felt like without the discs, Jotaro wasn't breathing and his heart was stopping, not to mention his body was already getting cold."
Joel looks at Daniela confused: "What are you talking about?! What the fuck?!"
"I'm just putting together a theory, what if Whitesnake's power is to remove or at least manipulate the foundations of the lives of those he attacks? In this case, the discs are from his soul and his memories. If I'm right, Jotaro doesn't remember anything, not even the most basic things like talking or communicating, and we need to recover Jotaro's memory disk."
Joel looks at Daniela in silence. He then says: "This… is brilliantly insane… but you have a point. Even though this is a theory and we can't be sure of anything, it makes sense."
Joel thinks for a moment. Jotaro talked about this "Speedwagon foundation"... he starts looking for something in Jotaro's pockets. He finds a cell phone. He sees the contacts and calls a number with the name "Fundação S.W.".
Joel calls the saved number and a female voice answers on the other end: "Speedwagon Foundation, how can we help?"
Joel introduces the situation briefly: "This is Joel Kujo from BOPE. We are facing Stand users and my father, Jotaro Kujo, has had his memories taken away by an enemy. We need assistance and, if possible, guidance on how to handle this situation , as well as help to protect my father while he has no memories."
The voice on the other end responds in a serious manner, "Understood, Joel. The Speedwagon Foundation will send a team of booth specialists to your location. Remain calm and protect your father until they arrive. We recommend avoiding direct confrontations until the team is present. They will help you underStand and deal with this situation."
Joel thanks him and hangs up the phone. He turns to Daniela: "The Speedwagon Foundation will send help. We have to keep Jotaro safe until then."
Daniela nods: "Let's protect Jotaro and recover his missing puck, and then we'll fix Pucci!"
"... I just wonder, for what reasons would a priest want my father's memories? It makes no sense."
"Well, when we find him, and we will find him, we will get information from him to find out." Daniela smiles
Joel looks at her and nods: "Your optimism is contagious… great, so until then, let's wait for this Speedwagon Foundation to arrive."
In the car in which Pucci escaped, the owner of the vehicle looks at Pucci with concern and says: "Father, you have to go to the hospital immediately!"
Pucci says weakly: "N- No… they will find me there… you have to take me to the favela."
The man says scared: "B-But Father, you are very hurt! You need urgent medical assistance-"
Pucci then holds the man with the Whitesnake and inserts a disc into his head: "You will take me to the favela without complaining."
The man then nods: "Yes, Father." And starts driving towards the favela.
[TO BE CONTINUED]
