A Devil with an Angel's Heart

Chapter 22, Part 2

|| Kate

As the car tilted entirely and crashed into the ground you all were thrown off. You landed hard on the ground the sand scratching your skin. "Owww." you quietly let out, then sat up and saw how the enemy Stand sunk into the ground and disappeared. "Now that it's gone we should be fine as long as we don't move and don't make a sound. But we can't just sit here forever either." you thought. You summoned the grimoire, Lucifer sent you, turning the pages as quietly as possible, looking for a spell, that could help you in this situation. Avdol then started throwing his silver bangles, on after the other, recreating steps. He was trying to throw the user for a loop. Confusing him was the key to success! You figured that Avdol's plan was to get the Stand to appear at the end of his fake trail, then to vaporise him with Magician's Red. Soon, the enemy Stand showed itself. "He's here!" you though, summoning your own Stand, just in case, while Magician's Red appeared behind the Egyptian. Magician's Red lashed out, shooting forward to hit its target but the enemy dodged! "How can he be so quick?" wondered Avdol as a wound opened up on his neck. The Egyptian fell backwards on his back and lay still, panting heavily. "Avdol!" exclaimed the old man. The water hand formed again. "Cover your ears! If it's sound he needs, it's sound he gets! " you exclaimed and Black Siren let out am ear-piercing scream, that left everyone's ears ringing. The very same moment you had screamed Jotaro had taken off, running into some random direction. Apparently you two had had the same idea. Distracting the Stand user. "Jotaro, what are you doing? You know we can't just run around!" the old man commented. "It dove in! The water's after Jotaro!" Polnareff let out as the water disappeared again. "This can't be happening! I'm grateful that he's not attacking Avdol anymore, but..." the old man looked after his grandson, "Jotaro! He's catching up to you!" "So, he can't go after two of us...Let's see what he's gonna do...." you pondered and jumped up yourself, running into the opposite direction of Jotaro. He had picked up Iggy, the must have been more to his plan! "Kate, what are you doing now?!" exclaimed the old man. You ignored him and instead, sure the Stand user could pick up your voice somehow if he was able to hear your steps, taunted "You wanna play? Let's play! Catch me if you can!" No one could beat you at that game, especially not when you used your Stand. "Transformation Central!" It had been some time since you had merged with the Black Woman. It was a satisfying feeling, to feel the energy flowing into you and coursing through your body, the strength in your legs and the adrenaline rushing through your blood. You used your tail to make some noise, "Come at me, cocksucker!" you exclaimed tauntingly and followed it up with a mighty roar. That was sure to get his attention!

||N'Doul

He sat far enough away to not be found by the Joestars and their friends anytime soon. His cane was leaning against him, helping him to pick up the vibrations of their footsteps. If they spoke loud enough, he could pick that up as well, though it was highly unlikely, as he was sure that they were trying to be as quiet as possible. He closed his eyes. The car would fail them soon and when that happened he would hear where they land. There! They had fallen to the ground. He chuckled, hearing nothing from his targets, "It's much too late to hide from me at this point. I know where each of you landed. There's no escaping now." Suddenly someone moved. "Four, no, five steps." he counted in his head. "I get it, you're walking quietly to avoid detection. But you can't hide from me." N'Doul declared. He sent out his Stand, having it appear before the feet of the person that moved. Then faltered, "Hold on! What's this? He only moved five steps forward....How strange! Why has he suddenly stopped moving?" The blind man sensed the trap. He had to get out of there as soon as possible. He dodged the attack, and wounded the attacker somewhere around his neck. He didn't come out of this unharmed either, the skin on his left arm was scorched. He sighed, "I have to admit that plan was actually a stroke of brilliance. I have to pay more attention to the vibrations from now on. Those weren't footsteps at all. He threw some kind of metal rings and judging by this burn and the location the rings were thrown from I'd say Avdol did the deed. Kate landed closer to Jotaro. But c'est la vie. Farewell, Avdol." His Stand formed into a hand, ready to kill the Egyptian. But suddenly a ear-piercing scream disoriented him for a moment and someone else had started running. He decided to ignore the scream and though he wasn't entirely sure anymore where each of them was he concentrated on the running person. "His stride says he's about 190... No, 195 centimetres tall. There's a youthfulness in his stride, so he's not Joseph. It must be Jotaro then. But where exactly is he going?" N'Doul sent his Stand after him. There was no escaping him. "I hear Jotaro's Star Platinum is the fiercest of the enemy Stands. Master Dio will be beside himself with joy if I take care of him right here and now. In the name of Master Dio, I'll use every fibre of my being to finally vanquish Jotaro!" he thought. "If I heard correctly, Jotaro just picked something up from the sand. What was at that exact location? Last I checked it was...I remember! Jotaro picked up the dog. He grabbed the dog, which means he knows!" he thought but then someone else started running into the opposite direction. "What's that now, where are they going?" He shifted his attention from Jotaro to the other person. "This are the steps of a runner. Judging by their stride and the weight of their steps, they're 167centimetres tall. So it's the girl, this time. From what I heard, she's a sneaky one. A quick thinker and quiet cunning. I was told to not underestimate her. She has never revealed her Stand's full abilities. All I know is that she somehow merges with her own Stand....Fine, Jotaro can wait. If I can bring Kate to Master Dio, his joy will be even greater than if I kill Jotaro. He said we can kill her if necessary, but he'd prefer to get her alive." he pondered. "You wanna play? Let's play! Catch me if you can!" N'Doul heard Kate's taunting voice. She was mocking him! "Come at me, cocksucker!" she yelled, then roared. N'Doul was furious. What did Lord Dio see in her? He would teach that little girl a lesson! Who cared if Dio preferred her alive?! And so he sent his Stand after her. He attacked, but nothing. He only hit air. The girl's steps skilfully danced around him, dodging and taunting him. She stayed close but always out of his reach, far enough away to easily dodge his attacks. His rage reached new heights. The great N'Doul would not be defeated by some bitch! She had merged with her Stand, her tail was leaving a trail in the sand. A trail? Shit, what was she planning? Something dripped to the ground. It was too heavy and too thick to be water. It was blood. He knew he hadn't hit her. Had she gotten hurt? No, she wouldn't be that careless. "You walked right into my trap, thank you." he heard the woman say. And a second later, he was scorched all over again. He had been caught in a pentagram! In his blind rage he had failed to notice that the female had been leading him around in the shape of a pentagram. She had coloured the red lines with blood and then filled it with her magic, trapping him inside and basically burning him alive. He had no choice but to retreat. The woman was now running into another direction. Her stride still empowered by her Stand, but she no longer had her tail. He followed her, more cautious this time, until she was suddenly gone, and he was left in silence. "What? It's like she jumped and suddenly disappeared?! That's impossible. She has to have landed somewhere." he thought. Then he heard the sound of someone being pushed to the ground. So, that's where Jotaro and Iggy were. Fine, he'd have to be satisfied with Jotaro, then. Kate would show up again, sooner ort later. But when he reached the male teen, the same thing happened as with Kate. It was like he jumped and suddenly disappeared. Neither of them had landed anywhere. The two of them vanished. Where did they go? "They, must have landed somewhere!"