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

Chapter 38: The Gunslinger's Last Ditch Effort

Hol Horse POV

Damn that traitor Gladius!

Between the two of us, we could have EASILY taken the Joestar's down! But NO, he just had to be working for them. And now I was stuck following these crappy premonitions! 

What I wanted to know was why didn't Lord DIO warn me? When I'd gone to report the failure of Mariah and Alessi, he even told me of Gladius' defeat. Surely it wouldn't have been too hard for him to tip me off. All he said was.

"It may also interest you to know that Gladius has been defeated. I can no longer rely on him."

That was all he told me! He could have at least given me a hint! But he didn't and now I'd gone and exposed myself just like that! I was lucky if Gladius didn't tell the others I was here and then I'd be as good as dead!

DAMN! I began flicking through Tohth, hoping that the next premonition would give me some idea on how to get out of this mess.

I wasn't going to roll over and give up, that's for damn sure!

Raymond (Gladius) POV

I still hadn't told the others about my run-in with Hol Horse. If he knew what was good for him, he'd have left by now. I wasn't about to take responsibility for what was about to happen.

Suffice to say, we continued our search for DIO's mansion. We asked even more strangers without a hint of luck. However as we did so, Polnareff suddenly spoke up. "Hold on, there's something wrong."

We all turned to him, causing him to explain. "I think we're being followed." Gyalzen nodded "Yes, I feel it as well. We should be cautious." Polnareff suggested "I'll go check it out. Make sure we aren't being tailed."

This was what prompted me to say "I'll come with you." He shook his head though. "No worries. I've got this. I'll be right back, go on without me." I just shrugged, saying "Suit yourself." As Joseph said "Fine. Just be careful."

He waved it off "I'll be fine. Geez, stop worrying." With that, he jogged off. We waited

"I know we've already asked. But I'm asking again. What distracted you earlier?" I was about to brush it off yet again, however the old monk wasn't having any of it. He said "I'm more observant than you think."

I sighed "I don't know. I can't be certain what it was. It may have been an enemy Stand, they're gone by now." Gyalzen leaned closer, "Are you sure?" Honestly, I don't know why I was trying to vouch for Hol Horse.

In truth, we couldn't afford to grow distracted from our search. If the others knew Hol Horse was here they'd go off and take him out. That was time, time which couldn't be recovered once lost. 

Seems Gyalzen understood this. He watched me for a moment before humming and saying "Very well. I'll take your word for it." I nodded and said "Thank you."

Perhaps, another reason was that I didn't really want Hol Horse getting pasted. Since he was only working with that Boingo. Unlike the others, I didn't hate Hol Horse. He was just kind of annoying. This was his chance to cut his losses.

Polnareff didn't return for a good few minutes and by now I was beginning to get sceptical. Avdol called out "Hey Polnareff, did you find the guy following us?" No response, seems the others weren't liking this.

We began to walk towards them, Avdol asking again. "Is everything alright Polnareff?" Joseph added "Did you find who was tailing us?" I sighed, I may as well say something. If it was Hol Horse again, he was as good as dead now. 

Before I could though, we rounded to corner and were met with Polnareff leaning against the wall. Rather casually. Avdol spoke "Ah Polnareff, there you are. What's the matter? Was someone following us?"