Seeing Double

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Your journey to the Speedwagon Foundation building felt longer than it should have been thanks to your injuries. It didn't help your fight with Blaze and Quiet Riot had completely worn you out. You felt almost as if you were running on fumes by the time the shiny glass building came into view.

"Oh...wow..." You murmured. Bits of glass were scattered everywhere. The front door and surrounding windows had been completely destroyed. Amidst the chaos of glass shards and carnage you noticed Tim standing by himself. You started getting worried as you made your way closer. Had the fight already happened? Were was Vita? Or Blake for that matter? A sudden burst of energy allowed you to quickly close the distance between the boy and yourself. "Tim? What happened here?"

"Jojo?" Tim turned your way upon hearing your rushed footsteps. "Guess you handled Blaze already?"

"Yeah..." You took a moment to once again examine the glass strewn around you. "Did you do this?"

"Yeah, the door was locked and just kinda decided to bust it down." Tim gave a short awkward laugh. "I just got here really." Tim quickly motioned for you to follow him inside the building.

You paused at the threshold for a moment. Something felt...off. Maybe it was the stress of the situation, but the hairs on the back of your neck were standing on end.

Tim, in the whole time you had known him, never laughed, even sarcastically. You quickly shook your head, ridding the thought from your mind. There was no need to be suspicious at a time like this.

Glass crunched under your sneakers as you stepped over what remained of the door's metal frame, careful to avoid the jagged stray shards that were still stuck in the frame. Tim stayed a step ahead as the two of you entered the building's pitch-black lobby. You could barely see your companion as you navigated the vaguely familiar area. Eventually the two of you made it to the center of the room where some light was streaming in through a skylight and across the floor.

"Didn't Vita come here ahead of us?" You murmured as you glanced around for some sign of life.

"Yeah...where do you think he went?" Tim looked around curiously. "What the...?"

 You quickly looked over to Tim to ask the reason for his utterance, but he was staring at the floor.

"Huh!?" You looked down only to see a shadow looking underfoot. Looking up, you noticed a flash of familiar red hair before hearing a loud crack. You just barely shoved Tim backwards in time to jump out of the way yourself. Glass began raining down on where you had just been standing. You shielded your face with your arms as a few stray shards fell on you. The unfortunately familiar sensation of shards cutting into your skin made you wince. Before you knew it a pile of limbs that resembled Vita fell from the ceiling. You blinked in stunned silence as you looked down at the boy.

"Oh! There you two are!" Vita smiled up at you. "I couldn't get the door open so I started looking for a different way in!"

"So you went to the roof?" Tim asked flatly.

"God I hope Jotaro doesn't mind paying for this..." You looked up at the now gaping skylight with a grimace. A frustrated sigh left your chest. This wasn't the time. Blake was hiding around here somewhere. "Let's fan out."

"Wait Jojo-" Vita jumped from the pile of glass he was on to run to be by your side. You looked at the boy, confused by his rushed actions only to find Tim had taken a place closely on your other side.

"Guys no need to stay so-" You hadn't noticed it before, but now you realized that Tim didn't smell like gasoline anymore. "...close..." Your eyes widened as you took a few quick steps away from Tim and Vita. Both boys looked at you oddly. This didn't feel right. You listened to your gut and without saying a word you made a brake for it down the hallway.

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