Michelle and Rodeo were carefully slowly making their way down the hallway in search of Green and Amelia, but so far they had only discovered dead MTF troops, SCP guards, and researchers inside most of the labs so far. Additionally, the lights on the fifth level were also out, with only the red emergency lights remaining active.
Observing the aftermath of the chaos, Rodeo began to tremble and continued to see more flashes until they eventually stopped. Holding his head, he sighs and continues to move.
Michelle notices his behavior and worriedly asks, "Rodeo, are the flashes bothering you again?"
"Yes." Rodeo nodded anxiously.
"Don't worry. I'm pretty sure Green and Amelia are safe.
"After seeing those bodies, I'm having a hard time thinking whether they are alright or not, especially with D4C and Scary monsters involved. I know they have Stands but if the enemy uses strategy and timing to take them out, then..."
Standing in front of him, Michelle stops Rodeo by saying, "Rodeo, you need to stop worrying. You're not the only one who's worried and feeling tense right now. Everyone here including me are worried, but I know you're the one who is the most affected by this because you've seen too much, me and the rest of the team have seen too much as well the cruelty of the SCP world and the people here, but deep down you feel like it's breaking you.
"Your right on that part, Michelle. I just started breaking even more when the incident happened and I think it's not gonna stop." Rodeo mumbled, gripping his hands tightly. "The voices, the flashes and the tension just keep on getting worse. Even when I try to relax, one way or another something bad always happens. Like what's happening right now."
"Even for me it's the same a little bit but I don't try to let it affect me too much since..."
"You've seen good people pass away in front of you in our world and know the pain?"
"Yes, but I still remember it but I don't try to keep it in my mind too long because it was such a bad memory that I want to resurface in my mind too many times."
"I see. But no matter what I do the memories of what I've seen up until now keep resurfacing, so I just keep bearing them rather than try to not remember them. I just can't do anything else. Just bear the harsh memories."
"Rodeo... are you mentally prepared to fight against D4C?"
"...Is this why you are telling me all of this? Because you think he will take advantage of my mental state and use it against me in combat?"
"...Yes." She said, looking down.
"I'll be fine."
"Rodeo! Even if we gang up on him with Cerberus and Locked Away or with Jacob and Jeff at least one of us needs to be fine mentally in order to take him on!"
"I've been in many fights, Michelle. This is no different."
"Because we always planned before the enemy strikes but here the enemy has come well prepared before we could make any counter measures!" Michelle pointed to her own head with both of her fingers and shouted, "Think Rodeo! If we do go up against him with Green and Amelia and beat him as well, his allies might be with him and one of those allies might just be Scary Monsters and if they have info regarding your mental state, they won't hesitate in using it against you and then they will be able to beat us!"
"D4C might also have already planned on keeping Jeff and Jacob away from us knowing full well they too can be a problem with their abilities. These guys are not like Spy's gang who just straight up charge into a site. They are smart and strategic and with a plan!" She stated angrily.
"...You're right. My mental health hasn't been the greatest ever since I ended up in this world and yes, the enemy might know that very well..." Rodeo sighed, "Ok, we'll do this way. We meet up with Green and Amelia, then try to meet up with Jacob and Jeff on the lower levels before trying to plan out from there."
"Alright then." Michelle smiled at Rodeo's response, as she stood up from the floor, she suddenly felt a strange sensation, "Is it just me or is there a cold wind blowing behind our backs?"
Now that Michelle mentioned it, there was indeed a cold wind blowing behind their backs. They turned around to see someone riding a motorcycle approaching.
It was Born this Way.
"Another Jojolion Stand?! That too one of the good guys Stands on the bad guys side?!" Michelle exclaimed frankly.
"Who are you?" Rodeo asked cautiously.
"..."
"No words huh?"
Stopping from his tracks, Born this Way continued to stare at them. In a moment, he started revving up his motorcycle.
"Fine, I guess we'll talk with our fists then." Rodeo said as Michelle who was holding the Maykr spear took their stances while Born this Way revved up the motorcycle.
With a loud vroom, Born this Way speeds up the motorcycle in their direction. Michelle reacted by firing numerous plasma rounds with the spear but Born this Way dodged the shots by moving left and right, and when it finally got to them, it blasted both of them with a powerful wind gust, sending the two flying down the hallway and crashing into a wall.
As they quickly recovered, the two noticed Born this Way was approaching them at a terrifying rate of speed, prepared to ram them with his motorcycle.
"Oh shit!"
Rodeo and Michelle hastily move out of the way, causing him to ram the wall instead, smashing it. Both of them attempted to attack from behind, but out of nowhere, Price of Decay kicked both of them, sending them flying a few meters away.
They both already stood up but saw Price of Decay and Born this Way approaching them.
"Looks like the other one is a Stand." Rodeo said, staring at the new opponent that had joined the fight.
"Seems like it."
They were then attacked by several shurikens from Price of Decay, which Michelle skillfully diverted away with her spear. However, they were then hit by another wind gust from Born this Way, which sent them flying once again. Fortunately, Michelle uses the spear to stab the ground and clutches Rodeo's hand to keep him from being carried off any farther as she tightly grips the spear while the cold gust of wind continues to blow them.
"With that freezing wind ability, they won't even let us get close!"
"Using Sheer Heart Attack isn't an option given the cold wind will only hide their heat signature!" Rodeo said in annoyance that he couldn't use his powerful sub-Stand in this situation.
Noticing that the ceiling was decaying and crumbling as a result of Price of Decay's ability, it was about to collapse on top of them. Michelle blasts a hole through the floor with the Maykr spear and they both dive into the hole before the ceiling collapses on the area where they previously were.
"Nice thinking, Michelle."
"Thanks." Michelle smiled.
After they landed in an unidentified room, they looked around and discovered they were in a lab. When the two turned to gaze above, Price of Decay could be seen phasing through the ceiling before landing on top of one of the tables and making an announcement.
"Your allies are busy on the upper floors with the dinosaurs and the D-class. Some of the predatory SCPs and the forces of the hell dimension have been freed. Your communications are down. Most of your fellow MTF soldiers and SCP guards are down for the count. The boss is in control of this site now and he will spare you after he gets what he needs... and we will get rid of any obstacles that are in his way. Starting with you."
Throwing a ball point pen with a loose cap in their direction, the cap opens and Born this Way quickly materializes in front of their faces before striking them once more with a cold gust of wind. Rodeo crashes into a table while Michelle is launched out of the lab through the door.
As Rodeo rose from the floor, he saw Michelle standing on the other side of the door. He turned to meet her when the ceiling began to decay and eventually collapsed next to the door, totally sealing it with ceiling debris.
'There trying to separate us, huh? Yep, they're well coordinated all right.' Rodeo contemplated. Then he noticed Born this Way coming toward him, but Price of Decay on the other hand was nowhere in sight.
"Over here."
Glancing up, Rodeo spotted Price of Decay was literally standing directly on the ceiling without even falling off of it.
"So it's the same type of Stand as C-moon. You can walk on different surfaces whether horizontal or vertical without letting gravity affect you and making you fall off."
"Indeed it is, I can walk on ceilings and walls without gravity affecting me, and your friend has been separated. It's just the three of us now."
Glancing at the debris blocking the door, Rodeo turns back to face at the two enemy Stands, Rodeo jumps back and rush towards the rubble, planning on blowing it up but Price of Decay lunged towards him and uses its claws to slash at him vertically, but Rodeo quickly rolls to the right and avoids the attack.
"You're going nowhere!" Price of Decay declares as he stands next to the debris.
Looking behind and saw Born this Way still coming toward him from behind, he sensed the temperature in the lab was decreasing by the minute because of Born this Way.
Sighing in irritation, Rodeo took an out-boxer stance and thought, 'Please be alright , Michelle.'
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Outside the lab, Michelle was currently attempting to clear the debris by turning it into rubber and making it light so that it could be carried with ease.
"Ughhh. Forget this! I'm blasting my way in." Michelle yells in fury, bringing out the Maykr spear and pointing it at the debris that is blocking the door.
As she was about to blast it, a D4C clone leapt out of the ceiling vent above her, but she instantly swung the spear horizontally and sliced its head off, causing the D4C clone to collapse on the ground dead.
Once she killed the clone, Michelle noticed he was holding a piece of paper.
"Hm?"
Curiosity got the better of her, and she took up the paper, assuming it contained a plan or directives from D4C. However, Michelle read out the single sentence that was written on the paper.
"May the leaves of the oak tree never wither away... that's it?"
"Those are my words, little girl."
"What the!?" Michelle spins around in a hurry and points the Maykr spear at the unknown individual.
It was a young woman of Slavic descent who was barefooted, dressed in vintage clothing with some dark red line patterns on them. She also had pale skin, black claw-like hands, long light gray hair, and a headband wrapped around her forehead with green leaves on it.
This was SCP-5351, "The Witch of Words."
"Uhhh, who are you?"
"I am known to the foundation as SCP- 5351, or you can call me the Witch of Words. Anybody who speaks the words that I speak whether they are written or heard... must perish by my hands."
'So those were her words on the paper.' Michelle thought to herself. When she went out of her thoughts, she noticed 5351 tried to grab her but she reacted fast and quickly jumped back.
"Do not resist. Those who have my words must perish, because my words are mine and mine alone. No one else."
"Look crazy lady, I don't have time for this. The site's in danger and me and my friends are dealing with a very deadly Stands. So let me go or I just might have to beat the ever living shit out of you." Michelle threatened.
"You will beat me?" The threat caused her to chuckle, "The foundation couldn't harm me with their own weapons. So what can you do?"
5351's eyes widened when she noticed that Michelle was already close to her face and that her right hand was moving in that direction. When the fist strikes her in the face, she is launched into the air at frightening speeds and crashes against a wall, shattering it violently as a result of their collision
"Ok, I'll admit it. You are different from the average human, but you're not human either. Just what are you exactly?" Remarked 5351, after standing up and spitting out some blood.
"I'm a human who has become the Stand known as Spice Girl, and you are going to leave me be. Right now." Michelle said with a serious tone.
"Once someone has spoken my words I never stop hunting them until they are dead, even if they try to hide in every corner of the world. So no, I'm not gonna just leave you be!"
"Good grief. Then it looks like I'll have to fight you then."
A deep purple aura is enveloping 5351 as she says that, and she starts to levitate in the air. With each passing second, the purple aura began to grow dangerously stronger, causing the atmosphere altered and the space trembled in her surroundings as balls of purple flame manifest in the palm of her hands, staring down at Michelle as if she were a bacteria that needed to be cleansed, she began to speak in an eerie tone.
"Let me remind you girl, that I'm not to be underestimated. That punch you gave was just a lucky shot. I'll show you true power."
As she says that, 5351 launches the purple fireballs at Michelle but she immediately deflects them away with the Maykr spear.
In an instant, 5351 appeared behind Michelle, which caught her by surprise. Before Michelle could react, 5351 unleashed a flurry of slashes from her claws on Michelle, but she managed to parry and deflect the attacks with the Maykr spear, avoiding being struck.
"Stop resisting death!"
"Sorry, but I choose to live!"
Michelle gave her a flip kick on the face while keeping a good distance between them. Then, 5351 called forth an innumerable amount of green roots, sprouting themselves from the steel floor, ceiling, walls, and every corner as they headed towards Michelle's direction.
Appearing to be unfazed at the dangers that surrounded her, Michelle swung her spear in a variety of angles, slicing all of the vines into pieces in a matter of seconds.
Slamming her foot onto the ground, she leaped above 5351 and ready to slash her down with the Maykr spear. However, 5351 uses the palms of her hands to create a powerful shockwave that crushes and pulverizes all the debris, sending everything—including Michelle—flying in the direction of a door and smashing it in the process.
After recovering from the hit, Michelle suddenly noticed she had crashed into a containment chamber of an SCP.
"I'm starting to see a pattern of people getting yeeted into walls and pretty much everything else." She mumbled before getting up and realized that she was in some sort of room; it was somewhat dark because the lights were still off, and there was a bed with a woman standing next to it.
"Who are you?!" The woman exclaimed, startled by someone just breaking into her room all of sudden.
"I'm Michelle. I think you should know the Stands on this site." Michelle replied, waving her hand at the woman. All of a sudden, she abruptly noticed a pair of blazing yellow eyes staring directly at her from under the bed.
"Your fear is mine!"
"Aw shi-...!"
Michelle was unable to flee in time as the creature grabbed her arm and dragged her under the bed, and vanished into the darkness. The following instant, 5351 teleported into the room to find Michelle, but all she found was 3887-A. There was no trace of her, not even the presence she could detect anywhere in the world, as if she had simply disappeared from reality.
"Where is she!? I can't sense her presence anymore!"
"About that, well... Grenda has her."
"Grenda?"