The Blade's Edge (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders x Male O/C)

Chapter 31: The Woman in the Red Hood

Gyalzen POV

A lot had happened over the last few hours. 

We'd regrouped with the others, telling them about our run-in with that 'Gladius' upon hearing the news, it seemed they were caught off guard. Even more-so when Avdol informed them. "If I'm not mistaken, I believe DIO must have put a flesh bud on Gladius."

Polnareff exclaimed "What?!" Avdol added "From what I saw, he didn't seem like himself. He seemed extremely aggressive. Even for an assassin." Joseph's expression turned to one of anger "That idiot, he shouldn't have gone after DIO alone! We'll have to keep an eye out for his next move now."

After that, the conversation had been dropped. Polnareff told us about his run-in with a Stand user of his own, this one named Anubis. Another of the nine gods. How many were left now?  

There was the water Stand Geb. This Anubis and if that fake Jotaro from Aswan was a Stand, was that three? That left six left AND Gladius. We had to tread carefully.

Timeskip...

Seems Polnareff and Jotaro had another run-in with that Anubis Stand. Apparently it was a sword that possessed the user with its Stand. The pair managed to defeat it, a fact I wasn't present to witness and soon enough we were on our way.

We'd left Kom Ombo as well, travelling along to the city of Luxor. Apparently a place rich in history, Pharaohs were buried here in the Valley of Kings. Now wasn't the time for a history lesson, we were one step closer to Cairo, but we weren't out of the woods yet. We could be attacked at any moment.

"OH MY GOD!"

Joseph's sudden shocked exclamation caused my head to snap up. That was the last sound I'd expected to hear from inside the lone cubicle. Originally, me and Joseph both needed the bathroom so we went to find it with Iggy.

Unfortunately, with there only being one cubicle, I insisted that he go first while I waited outside. Hearing him suddenly yell caused me to snap to attention and walk over to the door, asking "Are you alright in there?"

Joseph scrambled out of the cubicle as quickly as possible causing me to ask "What the hell are you doing in there?!" Joseph turned to me exclaiming "You do NOT want to go in there! LOOK!" 

I peered around the door to see what was inside. All there was was a small trough dug out of the dirt and a bucket of sand. Joseph explained in a panicked tone "The air was so arid it turned my crap to dust in an instant! And there's no toilet paper! Just that sand!"

Looking around, I could see he was right. I mean, I lived in an isolated temple in the snowy mountains. And even WE had toilet paper! I had heard that desert sand was sterile, but I had no clue how to make use of the bucket.

Instead I just facepalmed as Joseph continued to act like a child. "Oh for the love of... You know what, I'll wait until later. You had me worried for a moment, I thought a Stand user had snuck into the cubicle somehow!" 

Joseph shrugged "No, just the toilet. Seriously though, what's the point behind this shack? Might as well go behind a rock." I folded my arms, rolling my eyes as I said "Well I'm going to wait until we get to the hotel. I'm not going to lose my dignity." 

Joseph quickly said "Speak for yourself then." However, that's when he noticed something, or we both did. Something that caught both of our attention given how out of the ordinary it was.

A plug socket, attached to a rock.

I tilted my head in confusion. Joseph got right up close to it, inspecting the rock all over before saying "This makes no sense. Why is there an electrical outlet in the rock? I wonder what it's for? There's no electricity here."