Anger Management [Meloghia]

Chapter 34: Threnody

Zombie Girl ran down the hall and out the doors where Terra and Andréa had last been updated about the other assassins' whereabouts. Serafina was supposed to be guarding the perimeter against further attack. Based on what Terra knew, Serafina was now greatly outnumbered. Terra knew that Andréa had been uneasy about making this move. Putting Serafina on the frontlines on her own was necessary strategically as her stand was incredibly strong, but the fact that she was Andréa's sister made the decision that much more uncomfortable. Andréa wouldn't admit as much, but she was clearly worried for her younger sister.

Before the assassins had arrived, Andréa had told Terra she wanted Zombie Girl to check-in and help. That way she could also get close enough to the enemy to infiltrate the group. A surprise attack might help, but at this point, Terra wasn't hoping for much. She mostly hoped to give Serafina enough of a distraction to retreat. The assassins had pushed too far into the facility and wiped out too many men. It was now a race against the clock to load the boat out back and make a getaway. They had been nearly finished when the three assassins had arrived at Andréa's office door.

One of the guards had already reported that Zucchero was dead and the Doc gone. Terra would only have one chance to pull this off. She needed to hop from this kid to the Doc in order to salvage the situation. Maybe Zombie Girl could even kill some of the assassins in the process. She knew from taking possession of this body that his stand was Purple Haze and it attacked with a virus inside the bulbs on its knuckles. She may not be able to get information from the user's sleeping mind, but she did have full access to the stand.

Terra returned to the present moment, allowing Zombie Girl to act of its own accord. She looked up as Angela walked in with Sale carrying Tulmine.

"Good, you're all here. Is this all that's left?" Andréa asked.

"I think so. Except Serafina," Sale said as he put Tulmine down on his feet. He was awake now, but still pale.

"I've got that covered," Terra said. Zombie Girl was almost to the main entrance now.

"We need to get to the boat. Serafina can fly and meet up with us. Zombie Girl is infiltrating now so we need to go while we have a distraction," Andréa said. "Did you get to the safe?"

"Yeah, we cleared it out," Angela said.

"Good. Let's go." Andréa grabbed the last of their things and Terra adjusted the bag on her shoulder and followed them out.

Zombie Girl pushed open the door and saw two groups outside. One fighting Serafina, and the other was retreating with the Doc. Terra suddenly heard a deep voice commanding in Zombie Girl's ear.

"The leader, Andréa, is fleeing out the back of the warehouse! Repeat! She is fleeing the warehouse! Do not allow her to leave! Ghiaccio and Babyface, head them off!" Shit. Terra had to do something. A man with short hair and a red jacket was shooting a gun at Serafina while the stand user clad in a bodysuit of white armor, which, based on Andréa's description, Terra assumed to be Ghiaccio, shot shards of ice into the air, but their range wasn't far enough to reach the blue translucent wings. Serafina released another bolt from New Year's Day's deadly bow and the gunmen dove out of the way, swearing up a storm. Zombie Girl made Fugo summon his stand as he approached.

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Pesci stumbled against Dr. Florence. He was very dizzy and everything hurt. He hoped Prosciutto was okay. They seemed to be heading in the direction of the car. He glanced back at the warehouse and saw Fugo exit and summon his stand.

At least Ghiaccio will have help now. I failed again, didn't I? Fratello won't be happy. He was so tired and he knew that he was too weak. That never stopped Fratello. He held on to that train to keep his stand active so that I could finish the job. He looked back at the blonde woman in the air with the blue bow in her hand. She took another shot at Formaggio who dove out of the way. The gun spun out of his hands and he scrambled to pick it up again.