The Joestar Protector Book 2

The Length of a Healing Hand

   " Hey, quickly look over there! " Joseph yelled getting out of the car.

I set my pictures down and got out of the car with everyone else. Joseph pointed ahead of us and I could see the Speedwagon Foundation helicopter we saw moments ago crashed in the sand. 

   " The Speedwagon Foundation helicopter went down. I can't believe what I'm seeing. " Kakyoin said joining me on the other side of the car.

   " There's no sign of an explosion or gunfire. " Avdol said.

   " It must have just happened. Look there's dark smoke coming out from the blades. It had to have just happened. " I said pointing at the blades on top of the helicopter. 

   " Careful men and lady. I bet y life that it was attacked by an enemy stand. " Joseph said.

   " Over there! It's the piolet! " JoJo yelled. I looked over and saw the pilot halfway out of the window to the helicopter. 

His arms were raised upwards as his hands were in the metal of the helicopter. I hated seeing it and I could only imagine his struggle trying to pull himself out of the falling aircraft. His fingers were still embedded into the metal and didn't look like they would be falling soon. 

   " He's already dead. What ever happened to him wasn't pretty. " Jotaro continued.

   " Not at all. "

We slowly made our way towards the fallen helicopter. I walked beside Kakyion and we followed behind Joseph and Jotaro. I hit Jotaro's back because he stopped. I apologized and walked around him to see what he was looking at. The piolet was laying on the ground but I spotted what Jotaro had also caught. There was something in his mouth. Jotaro leaned down and kneeled next to the man and tilted his head on the sand.

   " It's water. "

The water pooled out of his mouth and a fish followed the stream and laid on the hot sand. And it wasn't just a little water. It was a lot, to the point there was a stream leading from his mouth.

   " There's no way that waster's just from his mouth. It must be flowing from somewhere else. It must be from his lungs. And the fish would mean...he drowned in the desert. "

   " That's just so weird. How could a person drown in the desert? " I asked. 

Jotaro stood up and we turned towards Polnareff who was yelling at us. 

   " Hey! We found the other guy over here! "

We all ran towards the other man, that Polnareff was talking about and when we reached him I noticed he didn't look too good. His skin was pale and you could see his cheekbones. His youth was dry and he was having a hard time breathing as if someone had taken all of the water out of his mouth and throat. 

   " He's alive, but barely. "

   " Hang on! You have to talk to us! Tell us what happened! " Joseph asked crouching beside the man.

   " Wa...Wa..ter. "

   " What? Are you saying you need water? Hurry Polnareff, hand me the canteen. "

   " Huh? Oh yeah. "

Pol grabbed the canteen and handed it to Joseph. Joseph opened it and held the guy's head up.

   " Here, drink it slowly. "

   " Something doesn't feel right here. "

   " What do you mean, Y/n? " Avdol asked.

I took another look at the man, and I took notice of his drastic change in behavior. Before Joseph gave him the water he was breathing fine. It was a little fast but he was trying to get his breathing right in order to stay alive. His mouth was dry too. Now that the water canteen is in front of him his breathing is faster and I can see his chest rising quickly. I got closer to the other side so I could protect him if anything did happen. Something just wasn't settling right with me.