Cairo, Egypt - January 1989
2:45 AM

In a dark and cold mansion, there is a bedroom lit only by a blue colored candlelight and decorated in luxurious items and furniture, among that furniture is a large and expensive looking canopy bed money could buy, it appears to be currently occupied by two individuals.

"...Ngh..." A man groans as the blankets began to shift, the man in question is horrifically beautiful, large, muscular, and pale his body is compared to his golden blond hair and flaming eyes. It was DIO himself; he seems to be awakening under the covers. "...Hmm..."

"...Is there anything wrong, my Lord?" A woman with a raspy voice spoke as she lays next to the wicked Vampire with long dark brown hair spread all over her tan body, her eyes glowed in a eerie silver color.

"I can feel it... Medea's still alive..." DIO replied, his voice deep and booming. "...That bastard, Joseph Joestar, has cured her of my blight."

"You want me to take care of that old fool?" The strange woman asked as she gently traces her fingertips on his chest, her nails are painted gold.

"Hm... I would gladly appreciate it, especially since I needed Joseph's blood to make this body mine." He smirks as he caresses the scar on his neck with his right hand. "...But I feel like it would be much more fitting if they return to find her, along with their trusted ally Kakyoin dead. I enjoy a little psychological torment on a more emotional level...That is... if they come back alive of course, fufufu...". He then turns to the woman lying beside him. "Besides, your main job is to..."cut ties" with the Stand users that failed me or don't benefit me anymore..."

The woman sat up, covering her exposed body with the bed's sheets and asked: "So you want me to finish the job by "removing" Medea and Kakyoin from this world?"

"But of course, what's the point of keeping them around anymore when they don't do as I say?" DIO answered. "Especially that Kakyoin, he's become a major threat ever since he began accompanying Joseph and his gaggle of friends..." He lifts his left hand and begins brushing his fingers under the woman's chin, causing her to shiver. "Let the D'Arby brothers have their fun with them, you just worry about the other two." He finishes his piece.

"...As you wish, Lord DIO." The dark-haired woman answered in a velvety tone, smirking evilly.

Aswan, Egypt
5:29 AM

It was early morning, but the sun has yet to rise, however the soft blue sky can be seen growing brighter, showcasing the Nile River, desert, trees, boats, temples, monuments, and modern-day buildings. Among those buildings was a hospital with multiple floors, and residing in the hospital are a few Stand users who either got hurt by their own stupidity or by something else entirely.

One of these Stand users was a 17-year-old Japanese High Schooler named Noriaki Kakyoin who was admitted to the hospital days ago due to having his eyes badly injured by an enemy Stand user, rendering him vulnerable and unable to fight. Thankfully his friends; "the Crusaders", were able to get him in on time thus, along with help from the SPW Foundation, saved him from permanently going blind. He is currently resting on the topmost part of the hospital, sleeping in his bed with his eyes wrapped in clean bandages.

Another one just next to the room he's staying at was a 19-year-old Irish American girl named Medea King, as she's currently resting in her room, lying in bed, hooked to a drip, and wrapped in bandages that covered the vampire bites all over her back and the left side of her neck, which are hidden under her baggy bluish-lavender t-shirt and light gray sport shorts.

Medea was thought to be a cruel and devoted servant of DIO who sought out bloodshed against Joseph Joestar for being related to her former love Jason Lennon breaking her heart and losing her home, a perfect embodiment of a modern Greek tragedy about revenge and a woman scorned, but is actually just a broken girl who was alone and loveless as she feared her Master more than she was loyal, as well as losing her innocence to him physically, emotionally, mentally, and sexually, hence the bites on her body. Even after she got her revenge on her former love, it was not enough, it didn't bring her the happiness her Master promised.

It eventually resulted in her being hospitalized for Blood Poisoning caused by DIO's cells which were hiding in her bloodstream and bites, all because she failed to kill the Crusaders for him and was disposed of for it, a whole year serving this monster of a man and being used as a plaything for nothing. Surprisingly enough, Joseph was the one to save her life by using his Hamon on her despite her cruelty towards him and his allies.

All of this caused her to have an epiphany about all that transpired before during her encounter with the Crusaders as she had spent the entire night watching out the window, never sleeping once, eyes red from crying and dried tears caked on her face, thinking about the events of the night before and all the things she has done in the past that led up to this unfortunate incident, all these thoughts have been plaguing her nonstop, which only made Medea feel worse about herself and the past misdeeds she's committed.

"...What have I done?...Did I ruin my life for this?...What am I fighting for?...Am I the reason I lost everything?...my home...my friends...my purity...my freedom...my reputation...my Stand...everything that has happened to me...It was all my fault...I should've just died in Ireland...Joseph should've just let me die...I have nothing left...what's the point of continuing?...there's no reason for me to stay in this world..."

"Medea?...Are you alright in there?"

"Hm?" Medea snaps out of it; someone was trying to communicate through her head. She shifted herself in bed until she's laying on her back, then she turned her head to see a green colored apparition loaming over her bed, it was Kakyoin's stand; [Hierophant Green], it seems to be coming from the hole in the wall Jotaro had made out of anger the night before as a result of discovering DIO's torment towards Medea. She turned her head away from the Stand in shame. "Have you been up all night to?" She asked.

"No, but I did wake up to your thoughts." The Stand replied, it clearly sounded like it's user but with a metallic effect.

"...Just leave me alone, Kakyoin..." Medea told him off quietly. "I'm a wreck, I'm totally worthless to you guys now."

"That's not tru-"

"And what's worse: I just found out that my own Stand won't manifest..." She cuts him off as she clenches her fist, trying to activate [Flogging Molly]. "They've been with me since I was 6 years old and now, I'm nothing without them... I hope to Christ that it's because they're angry at me for not getting help and not because of the Sepsis taking them away from me."

"...I'm sorry to hear that...But If you can still see and communicate with my [Hierophant], then I'm sure [Flogging Molly]'s fine." Kakyoin said through his Stand.

"Yeah right." She said sarcastically.

"Trust me, a person's Stand doesn't just go away like that, they probably just needed time to regain their strength, you almost died after all."

"Don't remind me." Medea snapped back. "You should be grateful that you get to keep your Stand despite being compromised by [Geb], I got nothing left, Joseph should've just let me die...OW!" She felt his Stand flick the back of her heard, Medea rubs her head as she sat up. "Mmm...What the hell?"

"Sorry, but you need to get a hold of yourself." He scolded her though his Stand. "I understand how scared and humiliated you must feel right now, but it's not the end of the world."

Medea then curled into a fetal position, knees close to her face as she hugged her legs, she replied: "...It was more than just humiliation, it was a nightmare." Medea answered. "...I don't think I'll ever forgive myself for letting this happen to me."

Just as she finished talking, she watches as [Hierophant Green] slowly vanishing before hearing a bed springing. Medea then sees Kakyoin leaning his head against the hole in the wall, he seems to be sitting up in his bed in order to get personal with her. "...How did you even meet up with that monster in the first place?" he asked. Medea was never asked this question before, so she was kind of speechless, however she proceeds to take a deep breath and without skipping a beat, she spoke:

"...I beat the crap out of Jason after I found out about his affair with Glauce about a year ago... While it was justified, I had committed two sins that night: Second degree battery, and using my martial arts for anger... I literally lost everything shortly afterwards: my childhood friends, my black belt, my tuition, my love life, and even my home... Jason's parents threaten to press charges against me for the assault. My dad, who at the time was a lawyer, knew that I won't be able to win due to all the evidence stacked against me. So, to protect me, I was forced out of America to live with my maternal grandparents in County Cork, Ireland away from US jurisdiction, never to return home again."

~Flashback - One year ago~

While my grandparents loved me and cared for me, my mind and heart were shut off from them and the rest of the world, I felt nothing but hopelessness and despair, not even [Flogging Molly] could bring me out of it. One mid-December night, I went to Blarney Castle alone, contemplating on whether or not I should just end it all by throwing myself off its walls... when I attempted it however, I heard a cold but calming voice behind me:

"My my, why are you climbing these walls for, my dear? Don't you realize how reckless it is?"

Standing there under a bright full moon was DIO himself. His hair; gold like the blazing sun, his skin; white like snow on a winter morning, and his eyes, amber like the flames of a fireplace, I was so surprised by how otherworldly beautiful and terrifying he was that I thought that he was a divine god of sorts. But of course, I want nothing to do with him because I wanted to be alone...until he surprised me with a vision…

From behind, DIO gives her a crystal ball before activating it with [The Passion], in the ball, it started showing visions of her past and her relationship with Jason. "Huh?"

"I understand the pain and suffering that you've felt, for you see I to used to have a loved one many years ago; a young man whom I considered an equal. I had loved him very much like a brother and thought that he and I would become the best of friends. But then he did the most unthinkable: he has hurt me and betrayed me to secure his own legacy, leaving me scarred and broken. It had since taken me years to recover and start my life over." He caresses the scar on his neck with his left hand. "...But even then, I can still feel the scars of the trauma he caused."

Hearing this, she broke down in tears, a first feeling of emotions she felt in a long time. "I had loved Jason with all my heart, for years I poured my own heart to him, and he just tosses me aside like I'm nothing. He ruined my life before it even began, I can never achieve my dreams or return home ever again!" She drops the crystal ball from her hands, shattering it into shards as tears began to fall from her face, crying out: "I don't know what to do now, I got nothing left to live for, you should've just let me kill myself!" After saying this, Medea started to sob uncontrollably before feeling DIO hugging her from behind.

"Shuuuuu, there there, my sweet Medea, there is no need to cry anymore." He whispers this as he wipes her tears with his right palm. "You and I both share the same pain we gained from our former loved ones, why don't we become friends?... I promise that your suffering will end if you choose to join me and my conquests, I can even help you and your gift become powerful... With that power, you could ruin Jason's life just as how he ruined yours..." He then leans into her ear, finishing it with: "It's only fair~"

Once he's finished, Medea just stood there, sniffling and hiccupping, no longer having the desire to end her life. She then turned around to hug him and buried her face in his chest. He hugs back, smirking evilly as he finally got her wrapped around his finger.

After hearing his calming whispers, a feeling of hope washed over me like an ocean wave, I now have a reason to live again. Like the other agents, I became convinced that he was my savior and agreed to join him on his mission against the Joestar bloodline, even becoming a servant in Cairo.

~Flashback ends~

"... But even though I was able to finally have my revenge against Jason, the suffering I felt still stayed. I was later convinced that killing Joseph would finally give me some peace of mind since he was jealous of the old man's wealth and influence... But then I got dragged in by you guys, on top of being used like a "sponge" by DIO, eventually I didn't know what to believe in anymore..."

"...So that's how he took advantage of you?" Kakyoin said quietly, he was quiet taken aback by what he's hearing.

"That's right, I was at a very bad state of mind at the time and DIO saw it as an opportunity to use me." She covers her face with her right hand, letting out an exasperated laugh and a pained smile. "...Hehehehe, I'm such an idiot. I gave up my hopes, purity, and soul to a lunatic who disposes his own allies just for petty revenge... Jonathan scarring him be damned, he's somehow even worse than his brother… I believed him, I completely fell for his empty promises... How could I've not seen this sooner?"

"That's how his Charisma works, it's how he gains a large number of followers to join him this way, with or without a flesh bud... I should know, it worked on me and Polnareff in the past." Kakyoin replied as he placed his right hand on his forehead where the flesh bud use to be.

"I supposed...or maybe I'm just afraid of being lonely."

"...What?" Kakyoin perked his head up, that answer seems to have struck something in him.

She turned her head away from the hole as she continued. "As I mentioned to you guys' last night: I gave up trying to leave him when I found out he was a Vampire and pledged my loyalty to him out of fear, but I think the other reason I gave up is because I was afraid of being alone again... probably because I was so scarred by everyone back in California leaving me that I just clinged onto him."

"..." Kakyoin was processing what he's hearing.

"...I hated how DIO treats me and I hate having to be in the same room as him... But no matter how much it hurts or how gross or humiliating it was, I don't feel alone, I actually felt some kind of "love", the kind of "love" Jason has failed to give me... Now here I am, alone and unloved again after he left me to die... Do you understand how painful it is?" A tear fell from her right cheek.

"...I understand that feeling too well, Medea." Kakyoin suddenly answered, now sounding melancholic. "Ever since I was a child, I know what loneliness felt like."

"Huh?" Medea looks behind her with a confused look on her face.

"...Like you, I was also the only one in my family who's a natural born Stand user, I was the only one who could see [Hierophant Green], and it's thanks to that I never had any friends growing up, not because the children despised me, but because I felt that no one would understand me..." Kakyoin explains this in a sad tone in his voice, gripping his sheets.

"..." Medea was silent as she listens.

"My classmates' address books would be filled with their friends' names, some usually have fifty friends, maybe even a hundred, my mother has my father, and my father has my mother, even rock stars and people on TV have tens of thousands of friends, but I'm not like them, I had no one... I was doomed to never have someone who sees me for who I am, because I don't have a single friend who could see my Stand..."

"..." Medea as surprised by the answer, so much so that without a word, she stood up from her bed just as he finished his piece, Kakyoin hears the springs of a bed going off, squeaky wheels, and what appears to be bare footsteps, ending it with the sound of a door opening and closing.

"Hm?" He was confused as to what's happening, and he can't see anything either. Suddenly he heard his door opening and closing to, followed by the unmistakable sounds of squeaky wheels and bare feet walking towards him. "...What the?" Kakyoin then felt the weight of his bed shifting as if someone was sitting on the left half of his bed, that's when he realized that Medea had left her room to come to him personally, the squeaky wheels are from the drip stand she took with her.

He then felt her leaning on his shoulder and squeezing his left hand by the fingers with her right hand, she was very cold to the touch due to the Blood Poisoning, Kakyoin never had someone acting like this to him before. He then heard: "...I'm sorry, I didn't know you've suffered this long..." Medea says in a broken-hearted tone. "...and DIO somehow knew of this and exploited it, right?"

"...Yes...hurk." He suddenly gagged, covering his mouth with his right hand, Kakyoin was trying so hard to hold back the urge to vomit. "...Sorry, but to this day, I still feel dirty thinking about our meeting..."

She looks up to him with horror on her face. "...That's why you left us, isn't it?"

He let go of his mouth. "...Well, Jojo helped." Kakyoin said, tapping on his forehead his right forefinger, again where the flesh bud used to be.

Medea looked away again. "...Jotaro was right to take you away, you and Polnareff both. It was wrong of me to force you two back to serve a man who only sees us as food or pawns, the guys were the real deal and I treated you all so horribly for it."

"I'm not saying all of this to make you feel bad, I just wanted you know that I was in the same boat as you were." Kakyoin replied.

"Hm, I guess you're right...Still, at least you get friends when you went to kick Jojo's ass, I ended up losing friends when I do it to Jason."

"Sounds to me that you had fake friends in your hometown." Kakyoin said as he twirls his long hair. "Either that or they only heard Jason's side of the story."

"Both sound plausible."

"If it makes you feel any better though, some of the guys really seem to like you."

"Pffft, bullshit." Medea rebukes, rolling her eyes. "I've been preventing you lads from finding DIO's lair and tried to murder you all in cold blood."

"True, you're no saint by any means, but we also know you're just being used by DIO like me and Polnareff." Kakyoin said, smiling. "Speaking of the latter, he had told me that he started to see you like a little sister to him."

"W-W-WHAT!?" Medea exclaimed in surprised, her cheeks became flushed.

"Shuu!" He hushed her, noting how early in the morning it is.

"...Sorry, but I didn't believe that he w..." Medea paused for a bit, she started to recall last night's incident where Polnareff and Avdol went through the trouble to drive her to the hospital, breaking many traffic laws in the process. Not only that, but Polnareff was the one to be by her side in the operation room.

"Please, Medea...you got to pull though this!" Were the words he said to her before she was knocked out by the anesthesia.

"...Actually, I could totally believe it." She replied casually. "But to be fair: he's a huge softy."

"Hehehe." Kakyoin chuckles. "True, but in the end, he really does care for you. Which also reminds me, Avdol mentioned that he was flattered that you have such an appreciation and extensive knowledge for his culture's myths and history."

"Oh that, well I wanted to be an archaeologist when I was a kid, so it's only natural to study these things." Medea twirls her hair bashfully with her left hand. "I'm actually embarrassed to admit it, but glad to have met someone who actually shares an enjoyment for historical findings as I do, unlike Joseph who seems to get upset every time I bring up the "Pillar Men"."

"Well Mr. Joestar has lost an arm to one of them when he was your age." He explained. "I would be uncomfortable as well if I were him."

"Huh... Guess that explains the prosthetic."

"Mmhmm."

"..." Medea was a bit quiet for a moment, she then shifted in her seat on the bed to get comfortable. "Guess I was so blinded by revenge that I completely disregarded the old man's personal issues, on top of his daughter's well-being." She then lets out a sigh. "...I outta kick my own ass."

"Please don't, there's no need to punish yourself further."

"...I just feel awful about the whole thing, y'know? You guys were just trying to do the right thing for your loved ones and humanity itself and I treated you all like cockroaches." She says as she clenches her right hand. "And it's thanks to that my Stand won't mani-" Suddenly her [Flogging Molly]'s hand manifested a little, but they only seem to have fizzled in like static. "...Huh?..." Medea said, stunned, she shook her hand and her Stand's hand fizzled again.

"...What?"

"[Molly]'s hand just appeared for a bit." She answered as her Stand's hand fizzled once more.

"See now what did I tell you?" Kakyoin smiled. "Your Stand just needed time to recover like you do."

"Thank Christ." She sighed in relief while brushing her bangs back. "I thought I lost them for good... Now there's one loose end to deal with."

"Hm?"

"Jojo... I know the guy's a jerk, but the fact that's he's risking his life just to save his mom is very sweet and noble, even if he doesn't want to admit it... still mad at him for punching my left molars out though."

"I don't agree with his behavior either, but you kind of deserved that one for attempting to behead Mr. Joestar and me."

"Eh, that's fair...Still kind of uncalled for." She pouts. "Ignoring that, I wish I could make it up to the bastard."

"You can ask him when you see him again."

"That's true..." She sat there for a bit before turning her head towards the window, she watches out to see the sun slowly starting to rise, illuminating Aswan and the Nile River in light and bright colors instead of darkness and various shades of blue, as well as a flock of doves flying by. It was then something hit her: she spoke: "...Huh, y'know now that I think about it: Despite the manhunt, I had a better time with you guys than I do with DIO's boys." Medea smiled, not a twisted smile, but a genuine one. "You jerks are alright after all." She finishes, happy knowing she wasn't alone after all, even if there was bad blood between them.

"Heh, thank you..." Kakyoin chucked at her reply before there was silence between them, after a few seconds of silence, Medea at her hand again and her Stand started sparking again, this time a little longer, showing that her Stand isn't truly gone. She smiled again now seeing that everything well be ok.

Hospital
9:07 AM

A few hours later, the sun has finally risen, coloring Aswan in it's bright light, as well as life starting to take the city with its bustling activities, the same goes for the hospital as well as the graveyard shift ends. Inside, a nurse with a SPW logo on her dress was walking through the hallways with a tray of fresh bandages and medication, she appears to be heading in the directing of Medea's and Kakyoin's rooms. The nurse approches Medea's room and gives it a light knock.

"Miss King, are you awake?" The nurse asked as she enters the room. "It's time to change your bandages and take your medi-... Oh my gosh!" She exclaimed in surprise when she found the room empty. "Medea's gone missing! I need to tell-...Hm?"

She then sees something through the busted hole in the wall and takes a closer look, she finds Medea's drip in Kakyoin's room. The Nurse peeps inside the hole and sees that Kakyoin is asleep in his bed again, and lying next to him was Medea, who has finally followed suit for the first time in hours.

"Phew~ She's still here." The nurse sighed in relief, knowing that Medea's with someone the Crusaders trust...

~Eyecatch~

[STAND MASTER] Noriaki Kakyoin
[STAND NAME] Hierophant Green

Power - C
Speed - B
Range - A
Durability - B
Precision - C
Growth - D

Egyptian Airport
9:10 AM

"Attention passengers, the plane from Cairo to Aswan will arrive shortly."

The man on the intercom said as the plane started making landfall in Aswan, one by one the passengers that were on that plane began to leave the airport, among the passengers was a beautiful Egyptian woman carrying a suitcase and has long dark brown hair, tan skin, silver eyes, and black and gold makeup with her left eye being painted to look like the "Eye of Ra". She's also dressed in a black leather trench coat, a short zipper dress, thigh high boots, fishnet stockings, fingerless gloves, and a collar covered in silver chains, and some golden bracelets on her right wrist, golden nail polish, and golden earrings reassembling Ankhs.

It was the woman who spent the night with DIO, and she has only one thing on her mind as she smirks deviously:

To find and kill her Master's former agents.

END CHAPTER