The Ludicrous Escapade Pt.3

All Ears

Gyro tossed a steel ball at the President again, hoping he could get a hit in before the President could attempt to kill his friend.

Having been watching Valkyrie's form as the Zeppeli threw, it had been running pretty close to the Golden Rectangle. The ball briefly entered the light and bounced back out, rolling through the grass.

"Johnny!" Shouted Gyro as D4C rose a hand to cut through the Joestar's neck.

"Dio." Saying his name was enough to get him to freeze time again.

The vampire draped an arm around you, "(Y/N), just like last time with that pink haired woman, I would say Johnny is much too far for us to do anything from here."

"No. This is different. Hot Pants was already dead. I can still help Johnny." You took out one of your steel balls. "Something has to be done about his wrist. The wound will attempt to move toward his heart. So I had an idea." You cut into your hand again and started dripping blood onto your steel ball. "This way I shouldn't need a whole trail of blood to try and reach Johnny." As you made the ball spin, your blood revolved around with it. With a good throw on your part, it slowly froze in mid air, put on its path toward the Joestar. All that was needed now was...

"Time resumes."

Your steel ball hit off the ground and skimmed past Johnny. Your blood covered the wound on Johnny's wrist. Valentine didn't notice, having been momentarily distracted by a white mouse in the grass.

The President was about to go back to his murder plan when he suddenly shifted backward. "I'm being pulled... The light is being returned toward the train. She's moving... Is Lucy moving inside the train? No... her breathing should've stopped by now. She's a completed corpse. She shouldn't be able to..." He disappeared into the train.

Stepping out of said train was Steven Steel. In his arms was Lucy. After only a step he found himself stumbling forward onto his knees. "Get her away... from this place..."

You unmounted your horse and rushed over to him. "Of course, but you're..." You couldn't help noticing the bullet holes in his chest. It was a miracle he was even conscious with the amount of blood he seemed to have lost already.

"It doesn't matter what happens to me!" He passed her into your arms. "She's still alive... When I got her away from Valentine, her breathing came back slightly, even though she had stopped breathing before. So take her away from him! Far, far away! Save this girl! Get her out of here!" He started slumping over, leaning his back against the train. He was bordering on passing out.

"I'll certainly do my best." You allowed a few more drops of blood to spill from your still wounded hand to hopefully prevent the man from losing any more of his own.

"Come on, (Y/N). This is no time for dilly dallying." Dio picked you up by the waist, setting you back on your horse before taking his seat back behind you.

"Let's keep going. As far as possible." Gyro was back alongside you. "The Atlantic Ocean is the place to lure out Valentine right now." He took another look at Lucy resting in your hold. "It was a good thing Steel moved Lucy when he did. He saved Johnny... Do you need me to hold her? It can't be good for your horse to hold three people."

"No. It's fine. Dio's actually floating a little bit above Moxy."

Dio picked at his nails. "I suppose it's one of the perks of being a Stand. Levitating and all that."

"I see..." Gyro made sure Valkyrie stayed really close to Moxy as the two of them kept running. Water was now surrounding all of you. The only fully dry spot was a circle around Lucy's general position.