In the Stand Gang room, Jacob was playing Doom Eternal on the PS5 while sitting on the couch after having an annoying day at the kitchen, Michelle and Carlos were playing with 999, Green was keeping watch on 999 so that he can take him back later, Miguel was testing his spins and swings with a shadow kunai spear with chain and Krieg was testing out his punches on a punching bag that the team decided to get for their room and for training purposes with his bulbs were off.
Jeff, in the corner was reading Scp-835-JP manga that he got from Carson a day back and it was necessary as per the rules set under protocol 'Idol' for containing 835-JP. Evan on the other hand was checking somes memes through the internet on the PC.
"Good memes."
[So any new news regarding the arrows, Green?] Sane Kreig asked Green while sending bashes and hits on the punching bag
"Still nothing." Green shook his head, "The CI network has gone quiet ever since we captured Gustav. Strangely enough, even the GOC have been quiet for some time as well."
[You think the GOC might be planning something... diabolical?]
"When it comes to the GOC, either they rush in without a plan to destroy an entity or monitor said entity, find some potential weaknesses in the entity, come up with a good plan and proceed to destroy the entity."
[And the consequences? Don't they take that into consideration as well?]
"...Sometimes they do and sometimes they never really do care about the consequences unless someone explains it to them."
"EXTINGUISHING THE ILLOGICAL IS THEIR MAIN CHORUS!" Kreig's psycho side popped up and shouted crazily.
"Yeah... something like that."
Then they heard a knock on the door.
"Come in!" Michelle shouted. Letting the door open, revealing to be none other than.... Spy.
"Hello again."
"YOU?!" Everyone except for Carlos, Jacob, and 999 exclaimed.
"Me."
Immediately, Green called out his Stand Cerberus and everybody else took their stances while 999 tilted its head and was confused as to what's happening.
Raising his hand, Soy spoke out, "There's no need for hostilities, my friends."
"Oh! After the stunt you pulled back at site-19, I think we should show a lot of hostility towards you." Green said, glaring at Spy as he and the rest were ready to beat his ass.
"So the Spy, huh? Rodeo and the rest told me a lot about what you & your gang did at Site-19." Jacob said as he paused the game he was playing and kinda felt a bit excited seeing a video game character from his favorite game for the first time.
"Why are you out of your cell?!" Miquel asked as he demanded an answer.
"Because he's now part of Queen's Requiem." Another voice suddenly sounds coming from the entrance behind Spy.
The gang and Green turn their gaze at the entrance to see Rodeo and Amelia behind Spy. As the trio entered the room, Rodeo closed the door behind them.
"You two better have a good explanation regarding this." Jeff said with a deep frown.
In response, Rodeo and Amelia began to explain to them about the entire contract that Spy could be a beneficial member to the team and that he has now cut ties with the Chaos Insurgency.
"Alright fine we get that part, but don't forget he and his team gave us a lot of scars and bullet wounds that are still visible on our bodies." Evan frownly said, showing Rodeo the scars he was given, "Also don't forget about that psycho Albert, who was working with him and almost sent you to the morgue!" He stated angrily.
"Evan, you are correct about everything, but Spy did what he did because it's his job as a mercenary." Rodeo replied, "While I can't forgive him for everything, I can at least give him a chance to do something useful then capturing people. By helping them instead."
"Wait! Is that the only reason you recruited me?"
"That... and I think there might be some good in you because you told us about Jack's family and told us to bring them here. If that's not proof enough that you actually care about an innocents life then I don't know what else."
"....I think you're mistaken. The only reason I told your people to bring them here was to keep Jack in check. Nothing else."
"We talked with Jack a week back. He told us that you were gonna take out your client if he turns his back on the deal you two made. Am I correct?" Amelia asked.
"Yes... and also because...."
"Because you saw something in his eyes that made you question whether or not he can be trusted. Right?" Rodeo guessed.
"Yes, mon ami." Spy nodded.
"See guys. He knew his client was bad and tried to help Jack's family out of danger." Rodeo said to the rest of the team. However, Green and the rest of the gang were a little bit uncertain about this given Spy's reputation is backstabbing, so how can they guarantee whether or not he will backstab them eventually.
Noticing their behavior, Rodeo sighed, "Look guys, I'm not saying you should trust him. I'm just saying that you should give him a chance. If he pulls a stunt on us, I'll take the responsibility for it."
"Oh! So you're gonna recruit anybody you want in this team just because they did some good deeds or if they are really nice and innocent?!" Jeff yelled angrily.
"It's not like that. Jeff, what in the hell is your problem in trusting certain people?" Rodeo questioned.
"..."
This time, everyone lay their eyes on Jeff. With a bit of hesitation, he decided to explain his reason.
From what he had explained, back in West Virginia in his or their original Earth, he met a guy in college who helped him whenever he was in trouble with the rest of the students there. They started to get to know each other, then became good friends and started hanging out. Jeff was happy because he didn't have many friends at college. He always asked him to do certain favors and he carried them out without any question, because I trusted him very much.
When he told Jeff to help him in something, that's when he found out that he needed his help in pulling off something which involved stealing a valuable item and selling it to some unknown people. Jeff told him that he didn't want to be part of this but he told him that he should trust him on this, and Jeff knew him for so long, almost a decade and he trusted him so much that if he trusts him again maybe nothing will go wrong.
But it did go wrong.
As Jeff got the item, his friend took the item from him, ran and left him behind so that he would be the one behind bars rather than him. For two years, Jeff was behind a cell until they found him and got the evidence that he was responsible rather than him and he was then released. Still Jeff felt broken because he trusted him, he was his friend and then at the last moment he stabbed him in the back, because he was just a tool to be used for a great escape.
After that Jeff just stopped making friends with anyone and anybody who tried to get close to him, he just avoided them and kept things to himself.
Listening to his explanation, the gang were surprised and shocked by this, they started to feel quite bad for what Jeff had gone through.
"Jeff... I didn't know that this is the reason why you have trust issues with people." Rodeo said.
"Well now you do, and get one thing straight inside your skull, Rodeo. It's always the ones who act innocent and buddy buddy that you need to be careful especially people like the one I considered as a friend and people like Gustav who were just liars and traitors! Their nice faces were FAKE! Trust is earned. Not gained. Remember that!" Jeff reminded not only at Rodeo but the rest as well in a serious and angry tone.
Once he let out his anger, he bumps Rodeo out of the way and leaves the room.
Watching Jeff leaving, Rodeo could only look down with a darkened expression.
'Good grief.' Spy mumbled mentally, never did he expect things in his presence would create a drama.
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At Scotland, the boss was sitting on his chair and standing in front of him were Katey Winters, the Stand user of Touch the Skies, James, the one who has become Dark Blue Moon, Hans, the one who has become Little Feet, Nicolas Braun, the Stand user of Mad Season and lastly Washichi Bando, the Stand user of Machine Head.
"So basically you, James and Hans weren't able to locate the 6th Stand arrow anywhere in the world?" The boss questioned them except for the two Stand users.
"No we couldn't, we could expand our search to the more... extreme locations or environments." Katey replied hesitantly.
"Can you elaborate more on these extreme environments, Katey?" The boss asked Katey to be more specific.
"You know like Daleport, Mt.Everest, that town in Russia where the 'Flesh that Hate' resides etc which you mentioned to us and know about a lot."
"Hmm... we can search in those locations but the problem is that they are being monitored by the Foundation and we're not sure whether the Foundation has discovered the Stand arrow in those locations. So then there's that as well."
"What if someone has auctioned it?" Washichi, the young Japanese male said.
"That's also a possibility as well." Agreeing with Washichi's statement, he began to speak out his next order, "Alright Washichi, you try to check for auction sites through the internet that might be selling an item that might be similar or look like the Stand arrow. The rest of you will head to Scp monitored locations and find the Stand arrow if it's there. If it's not there then head back to base."
Everyone nodded, but then they heard the door open, they all turned their backs around and saw it was Enigma.
"Am I late?" He asked.
"No. We were just discussing our next course of action."
All of a sudden, the wall to the right breaks open, everyone jerks their heads to the direction, thinking they are under attack, they bring their Stands or ready their powers, but it turns out, they saw Cream and Scary Monsters coming in.
"You went dark for a week. Care to explain why?" The boss asked deeply.
"The Chaos Insurgency's cybernetic soldiers caught me off guard, they were strong enough to take me down and kept me imprisoned for a week. That is until our prehistoric friend broke me out." Cream explained while gesturing to Scary Monsters.
"You didn't have to break the wall, mate! There is a thing known as a door that is used to enter a room!" Katey complained, dumbfounded by their actions.
"I'm an eight feet tall comrade. How do you expect me to walk through a doorway?" Cream asked.
"Your dimensional sphere."
"If I did use my dimensional sphere it would cut most of the doorway out of existence."
"Doesn't mean you have to break a wall every damn time!"
"....Yeah."
"Alright let's get back to the point." The boss cuts in and interrupts their argument, seeing this getting off-topic, "Ever since the Chaos Insurgency mole was captured in Site-17 after I got the info..." He points to enigma, "...from him, the CI network has gone silent and it's not the good type of silent. I believe they might have plans for the Foundation and given that one of the Stand arrows is in Site-17, they might carry out a raid in the future."
Gazing into his subordinates, he continued, "So we need to reach the Arrow before they do and since we have the layout of Site-17, we can quickly get in, take the arrow and get out. Simple as that, but we might face resistance against Killer Queen and his gang who are the only major threat in our goals."
Standing up from the chair, the Boss declared, "That is why me and two others will assault Site-17 and take the Stand arrow."
"Are you sure about that comrade? You don't need to make your presence known." Cream said.
"Don't worry. The Stand that I have become and its powers are perfect for getting in and out of Site-17 for only a single move."
Hearing his declaration, Enigma cuts in, "Boss, may I remind you that Killer Queen, The World and King Crimson are working each other, and they are time warping Stands, you will face a literal TV remote and they can be the biggest problems for you and the two others you want to take with you."
"And that is why me and the two I'm talking with have made a very clear plan to get into site-17. Trust me on this."
"Whatever you say boss."
"Good. Will initiate all of this in two days. For now, all of you head back to your rooms and get some rest."
Everyone nods and once they leave the room, the boss looks at the wall that Cream broke down and sighed in frustration.
"Well I need to cover that up somehow. Good grief."