"orange and blue.. Orange and blue.. Must be highway patrol"As the woman pulled over to the side of the road, her mind racing with thoughts of what she might have done wrong, as the motorcycle with the flashing lights passed her. She wondered when the officer would stop and approaches her..
"Can you believe this traffic?" the radio announcer blared. "It's bumper to bumper on I-95 this evening. Be sure to tune in to our traffic updates for the latest information."
The woman let out a sigh, grateful that she wasn't stuck in the bumper to bumper traffic. But her relief was short-lived when she saw the motorcycle fall over and the officer's head come off.
"Holy..." she muttered to herself, her voice barely above a whisper. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. "What the... what is happening?"
She walked slowly towards the motorcycle, her footsteps crunching on the gravel on the side of the road. The only sound was the soft hum of the radio in the background.
As she got closer to the officer's body, she noticed a strange smell in the air. It was a mixture of gasoline and something else, something metallic. She couldn't quite place it.
"This must be… Larry Land..."
Chapter 1 Good morning larryland
As the sun sets on the quiet streets of downtown, a young girl named Yankee Rose walks confidently towards a group of menacing-looking individuals. With a self-assured smirk on her face,
Her name is Yankee rose.. She has the uncanny ability known as a stand power.. She is currently 19 years old and lives within larryland.. She braids her hair in different ways depending on the day of the week.. Today she is wearing her plain pig tails 2 long tufts of hair hanging from the back of her head.. She is on her way to the coastal district to confront a boy she has deeply fallen in love with about the group he's chosen to associate with.. The fazers.. Speaking of which…
She is halted by members of the Fasers, a notorious gang known for their ruthless ways. An enforcer named Kid Carbon steps forward and attempts to fight her, eager to prove his worth to his superiors.
But Yankee Rose is not easily intimidated. She stands her ground, her hand clenched tightly around her phone, which she uses to channel her powers. Suddenly, her phone explodes in her pocket, leaving a wound in her leg and distracting her from her focus. As a result, her stand disperses into thin air.
Kid Carbon takes advantage of her vulnerable state and kicks her across the face, sending her tumbling to the ground. But just when he thinks he has won, Yankee Rose surprises him by spraying a bottle full of hobo pee at him, throwing him off balance and giving her time to recover.
She quickly gets up and puts her hand to the ground, re-manifesting her stand. With a fierce determination, she sends metal down through the sidewalk, building enough pressure to spew out under Kid Carbon.
Kid Carbon dodges the metal by doing a backflip, thinking he has avoided Yankee Rose's attack. But she informs him as he completes his jump that the liquid won't fall down; instead, it has already hardened into a spike.
With lightning-fast reflexes, Kid Carbon tries to dodge the spike, but he is too slow. He falls into the spikes, getting pierced through his thigh.
While the other gang members try to tend to Kid Carbon, Yankee Rose runs away, proud of her victory and eager to continue honing her stando ability.
Chapter 2 The aeroplane flies high
Yankee Rose looks for her friend and the only person she knows and trusts with a similar ability to her. "He called it something like a grave.. Grave architect" she finds him but he's talking to a tall woman with long blonde hair wearing some kind of uniform… yankee rose hides behind a corner and listens.. Yankee hears her tell him "I can help you get out of larryland.. All you gotta do is work for me" yankee reaching the peak of her curiosity comes out looking tough "who are you.. What do you mean you can get him out of larryland.." sterling pipes up "y-yankee.. This girl her name is-" he is cut off. "I asked her, sterling.. You, what is your name, where did you come from.." the lady takes off her hat, "my name is gish.. And I came from outside the barrier.. I found a way to get between it.." yankee rose sneers "forgive me but i'd like some proof.." gish smirks "let me ask.. Do you like mangos.. The tropical fruit.. The sweet kind.. Fresh mangos.." yankee halts for a moment "yeah, I do.. Mangos were super good.. At Least from what I remember.. I haven't had any since I was 15.. 4 years ago.. A month or 2 since Larryland went up.. And all the mangos were either bought up or went rotten.. Eventually all the mangos within Larryland were gone.. I miss a lot of pre Larryland food.. But what's that got to do with any of this.."
Gish reaches into her pocket and pulls out a fresh looking mango and tosses it to yankee.. "W-what?! Is this really.. But how.." yankee observes it for a moment "i told you.. I come from outside larry-" gish stops.. "Uh.. you- youre supposed to peel those… " yankee had bitten into the mango peel included and began chewing.. "Y-yeah i just couldn't wait.. Man… this is totally the real deal.. Just like before larryland…" yankee had a look of overwhelming joy.. "So.. do you believe me now?" gish says slyly.. "Y-yeah.. Totally.. But.. how how did you get through that barrier alive.." gish puts her hat back on and stares at yankee menacingly.. "I'm here for a reason.. Y'know.. I could actually use your help.. Some employers of mine, they aren't important right now but what is important is that I need stand users like you to fulfill their orders. I need someone to help me take care of the fasers.. And possibly dismantle larryland.." yankee looks at her.. "Where you.. Gonna kill him.. Where you gonna kill sterling for his involvement with the fasers.." gish looks at sterling.. "No, sterling is more than compliant.. He's gonna help me take down some high rankers.. He doesn't know much about the fasers since he's only just joined them but he knows of one man who might know more.. The head of dock control.. Hydra"Yankee drops her mango.. She runs to gish and grabs her uniform by the color.. "You better not be using him as bait.. Sterling isn't some sacrifice you can just use y'know.." gish only looks back with a unreadable expression, too neutral to glean anything from.. "Then i suppose if you really want to ensure his safety and escape larryland alive.. You'll do what I say.. You'll help me take down the fazers.. He was telling me about your stand.. What do you call it.." yankee rose looks left and right to make sure nobody else is listening in.. "my stand's name is [the aeroplane flies high]" she says letting go of gish..
Chapter 3 grave architecture & synchronicity
The ocean was roaring today.. The sun began to rise over the horizon with red skies.. A storm at sea no doubt.. Gish looked out from her vantage point.. A small lifeguard shack overlooking the pier.. She was hunkered down along with sterling and yankee rose.. She grabbed binoculars and scoped out what looked like an office on the pier.. A former fishing and bait shack.. Now adapted with blinders.. A dock was a little ways out.. That was where hydra usually worked.. However "today's his day off.. When he's not operating the eastern imports he usually sleeps in his shack.. If I or anyone else needs him I just go to the bonfire near the pier and light it.. He comes out to meet with me there.." gish looked satisfied.. "Then that's what you're gonna do.. When he gets out in the open, that's when you spring your stand on him.. Try to get him over here where we're gonna bury yankee in the sand.. When he steps around there yankee can use her stand to attack him while he's off guard.. From there I'll start.. Uhm.. negotiations.."
Sterling went toward the bonfire and took out a bottle of lighterfluid.. He struck a match and set the drift wood on fire.. Almost immediately a wind chime could be heard from the office of hydra.. He noticed the fire and looked at sterling.. They waved to each other and hydra made his way down to the bonfire.. When he got there hydra looked at sterling with a smile and said "so what'd you need… is there something wrong with the docks..?" sterlings eyes darted around the landscape as he tried to mumble a few words.. "Well uhm" or was it something about a mission, i hope i made everything clear.." hydra said.. Sterling still mumbled.. "Oh.. I get it.. I see what you're doing.. You sneaky weasle.." hydra looked at sterling while reaching for something like his back pocket.. Sterlings heart began to race.. The sun was about fully exposed and the heat was more apperant than ever sterling felt sweat coming from his head.. "you dog, I suppose you have earned a raise-" hydra was gut off by a punch to the chest that sent him flying towards where yankee was hiding.. Sterling breathed a massive sigh… a gasp even.."grave architecture.. Thats what I've called this ability.. A gift.. There was a point when my emotions would overwhelm me.. My rage, my anxiety, my sadness, even joy would get the better of me.. Drive me to lose focus.. Until… grave architechture gave me the ability to make it someone elses problem.." as sterling says this hydra begins to get up to his feet.. However he is dizzy and gasping for air.. He begins sweating as he stumbles.. Then sits… then opts to lay down.. Even when he's on the ground he cannot help but writhe around.. Not from the pain or shock of getting hit in the chest but because of a nauseating dizzy spell he can't shake.. "I- I should of.. Seen.. you never took my wad of cash.. Not in that path.. Guh.." hydra said with a shaky voice.. "I was good to you.. I wanted to see you rise up the ranks.. Like I did.." an aura begins to glow around him and his skin begins glowing with some kind of net.. He suddenly gets up.. His feet steady and planted even in the loose sand.. "No matter how dizzy I am, my path has been set.. I am meant to stand here and nowhere else.." he says this as aeroplane springs from beneath him with a net of hot metal spewing out…
Hydra jumps but instinctively grabs a shoe from his foot..
As he falls down he puts the shoe on his hand and grabs onto a firm piece of the metal net..
To the shock of sterling and yankee.. "Ah I see.. The rubber's protecting my hand while melting around the bar so I maintain the grip.. Very nice work ... [synchronicity]
Chapter 4 glean & every breath you take
sterling charges towards hydra "so that's the nature of your ability huh? You can maintain your balance somehow.." he makes his way to where hydra is balancing and sends grave architecture to strike him.. Hydra launches himself out of the way, grave architecture only strikes the metal structure sending it flying a few meters away.. "Why'd you never show me your stands true strength.. Is so much stronger than you described it as.." hydra says slinking behind sterling..
He reveals his stand, it manifests itself as 2 heads with long necks sprouting from hydra's neck.. "You havent begun to understand synchronicity" hydra says grabbing the neck of sterling.. "I am where I am right where i need to be.." yankee rose rises from her hideout in the sand and prepares to attack.. "Listen here.. I'll stomp you no matter what your stand is.." before she can lift her foot off the ground a spike seems to protrude from the sand.. No not a spike its a liquid a fountain of liquid metal is springing from the sand scorching yankees calf.. When she stumbles forward she hits a more solidifies spout of metal.. "H-how can this be.. Its in its exact formation too.. But I never-" hydra pipes up "everymove you make.. Every motion your stand makes.. It can happen once again.. As long as i've seen it, i can repeat it using syncronicityies sub ability [everybreath you take]" as long as I have these i am unstoppable.. He takes out a knife and attempts to bring it up to sterlings neck.. But stops before he can get past his chin.. "How curious.. With synchronicity I can see 3 paths I can take.. Despite knowing in my heart of hearts that I've decided to cut your throat open none of my paths are depicting me doing the motions to do so.. Infact all I see is.. A- A bullet!" as he realises this a bullet comes wizzing through the air.. Sterling and hydra fall to the ground.. "That would be mine.." gish says holding a revolver chained to her jacket like a pocket watch.. Yankee screams "G-GISH!!! Did you just kill sterling..!" she walks over to sterling and hydra.. "So what if i did.." she says coldly.. "GI—--ISH! You asshole!" yankee rose screamed dejectedly at gish so hard her voice began to turn into whimpers..
Gish snaps back "will you shut up! He's fine, I just hit his ear a bit..hydra looks dead" she observes hydra's face but finds no bullet hole.. Hydra opens his eyes and looks at gish.. Gish gasps and steps back as hydra throws his knife towards her.. "Yes my blade must fly true.. It follows its path perfectly and disappears.! Probably lost in the middle of your heart!" hydra says with a euphoric grin.. Gish stumbles backwards and falls into the sand.. Hydra stands up.. "Guess I'm a better actor than I thought.. You barely grazed my hair and you really thought you blew my top off..all i had to do was lay still for a bit.." he walks over sterling and past gish as yankee ,still trapped in the metal structure, curses into the air.. When passing gish he glances to admire his work.. But notices 2 eyes glaring at him.. Before he can do a double take he sees Gish throwing something at him "[GLE~~~AN]!" she says as a glass block with the hologram of a knife comes towards hydra.. Hydra tilts his head so the block will miss him.. However he cannot seem to see a path walking away from him as he should.. The only path he can take is one where he crumples to the floor.. Another where he lurches forward with a look of agony.. And one where he turns his head behind him.. He instinctively looks behind himself and sees the glass block cracking apart releasing the knife hitting him between his arm and chest.. "Guh" is all he can muster as he starts to cough up blood.. Stumbling backwards he falls to the floor.. "My greatest weakness.. Is the futility of fighting fate.. I can drive myself mad trying to find a path that would take me back to my office.. But all of these paths must have been leading right here.. Me on the floor.." he says regrettably..
After gish helps yankee out of her own contraption she goes to see if she can get some answers from hydra.. Yankee Rose was not concerned with hydra rushing over to sterling to gish's dismay..
"Listen you were real lucky to avoid getting hit with that knife somewhere vital.. It barely punctured your chest.. I guess you can still speak.." gish says standing over hydra.. Hydra whimpers out "what the hell do you guys want.." gish looks out to the ocean.. "Many people think my methods are slow.. But i prefer methodical.. Essentially I've found sterlings boss… and while you are powerful I don't think you put up larryland.. Therefore it stands to reason you have a boss.. And if that boss has a boss then I'll ask about him too.. Whether this pattern is paved in blood is your choice.. So I'm gonna be nice and ask.. Do you have anything you want outside of larryland.. There must be something out there you miss.. Nobody's content here…"
Hydra sits up "do you know the price of betraying a superior is in this organization.. Because I can show you.! I'll kill that kid the moment you turn your backs.. !" gish glares down at him.. "Go Ahead.. While you were incapacitated I took the time to slip something in your wound.." hydra went pale as gish continued "it's a small wound now.. But how big do you think if something like say.. A revolver sprang out in there.." hydra just realized what this meant.. "You.. you rigged a trap in me!? What the hell is wrong with you! You piece of shit" hydra said in a huff.. "I wouldn't rattle it around too much.. Not until it heals a bit..if it rattles around too much it'll break on its own.. You might as well just punch your side and let it burst your chest cavity if you insist on throwing a fit.." gish warned.. Hydra slumps in utter defeat.. Fine.. what do you want..
Chapter 5 lovely land
Around 4 years ago a strange phenomenon began occurring. Around numerous routes, highways, and neighborhoods entering the southern and central california area began reporting various abnormal deaths. People entering and exiting a certain threshold would crumple to the ground after a certain point and be observed receiving numerous lacerations. Eventually it was established that there was some kind of invisible barrier which would kill and destroy anything that passed through it whether entering or leaving.. Using various fruits it was established that this barrier was a border which extended all the way down to palm springs.. Up to fresno and eastward to the mojave area.. However it couldn't quite reach nevada… westward a strange pattern appeared, when exiting the west coast you could sail for a great distance, at first it was believed that the ocean defied this barrier but a fishing crew soon discovered the border only created a non linear trail which extended outwards.. While it is suspected that the trail leads to a pacific island or eastern nation the course has been nearly impossible to chart with previous methods.. Only a few boats had been sent out in the last 4 years but the only one to come back had a crew composed of a previously local gang known as deedroah's fasers, this group also claims to have imposed this border which they have dubbed "larryland.." currently the leader and one of his closest allies are at sea maintaining their own trade..
Yankee rose awakes to an answering machine.. It was currently hooked up to an archaic stationary phone, while it was still digital and hooked up to a wireless network it still looked and acted like a landline.. She gets out of bed and spills on the nearest clothes which was whatever she wore last..a long jacket.. But she decided to check her messages before she does her hair.. Today was tuesday.. She had to do a double braid..
Checking the machine heard a familiar voice.. "Rose.. it's me sterling.. Some guys are at the park.."Rose went pale as she checked her apartment's guest room.. She had it reserved for sterling since he had nowhere else to stay.. She listened to the message some more.. "One of them is following me but the other seems to appear ahead of me when I'm not looking.. I can hear some kind of engine around here but I'm not seeing any cars.. One's got a white beanie that covers his eyes and blonde hair.. Another is a girl wearing some kind of parka… it's super strange but I don't think she's sweating.. Not even in this weather.. I called gish but I think she's on an errand.. Hydra's recovering at the docks.. Do you think you can come down here-" the message cuts off there.. Yankee rose is already out the door with her hair ties as she makes her way to the local park..
Getting there she looks around the route sterling walked with her a few weeks back.. She doesn't see much of anyone.. But she does notice strange tire marks on the sidewalk.. "This sidewalk isn't meant for cars.. And it's not accessible due to the trees and bollards around here.. How could some tire tracks get here? '' yankee thought and examined the tracks "they're odd too, they're unmistakable streaks from a tire but the imprints seem to be diamond shaped…
Yankee looks outward and runs to the address Gish gave her.. She hoped it was her home address as she belonged to find help..
Chapter 6 Ghost in the machine
"can you make this truck go faster?" a voice shouted over the engine.. Sterling began opening his eyes, noticing he was in some sort of truck bed.. "It's not a truck you hear! I'm sick of you calling it that.. It's obviously an el camino.." a female voice shouted back..
"El caminos are a type of truck dipshit!" cracked the boy..
"Shut the hell up this thing can only teleport short distances.. And it eats fuel like hell.." she resides.. Sterling can finally make them out.. The boy was shouting through the window from the truck bed.. While the girl was driving in the front..
Looking around, sterling searched his surroundings.. A long flat desert.. On a highway.. A few hills in the distance but overall it was a barren wasteland besides the gas station every now and again.. "My stand needs fuel just like yours needs electronics to activate.."
This was when sterling noticed what he was leaning against, it was a ton of electronics.. Various laptops phones RC vehicles.. And cameras.. "Oh… hey you're awake.. I guess that means i gotta interrogate you now.." the boy said.. sterling stood up preparing for a fight.. "Oh don't do that.. I'll forgive you for thinking you can actually fight back since you don't actually know how vunerable you are.." the boy said pointing to the box of electronics.. Sterling glanced at them, they seemed normal.. The boy explained "my name is kid carbon.. Im one of your superiors, I manage the highway with my ally platinum mink.. You're a guest in her car as of right now.. My stand is [ghost in the machine] and her's is [mink car] separately you may hold a candle but together you aren't just outnumbered, infact if i wanted too right now i could just kill you outright.. sensing danger sterling looked behind him and noticed a humanoid figure with a battery shaped head.. It had many tiny tendrils protruding from the gaps in its figure.. They where attaching themselves to the electronics in the crates..
Sterling finally understood as kid carbon began to speak again "i mostly use my stand for reconnaissance.. Im hooked up to every physical attribute in technology.. Microphones, cameras, batteries, and screens. There is no traitor that can hide from me unless they live like ted kazinsky.. I might not be watching all the time but i can be watching at anytime.. Still some information escapes me sometimes.. That gish girl.. I can't seem to tell what she is.. I can't locate her i can't find out what she's doing.. It drives me mad that someone can bypass my ability.." carbon begins to tread closer with a mean look in his eyes.. He holds a phone up to his ear.. And he hears a voice.. Its yankee rose running around breathing heavily.. "Have you seen a girl.. Real tall.. Blonde hair? Does she live here?" another voice can be heard, "im sorry ma'am but this is a jewlery gallery.. It closes at 7 and it's non residential.. But I have seen that girl you talk about.. For a while now she comes in around closing time.. Somehow she always leaves as I look away.. Although yesterday she never came in.." did she get a new phone? Or is this something else.. Sterling piped in "its, it's probably her toy mouse.. It has a speaker and a microphone, she doesn't leave home without it for some reason.." kid carbon looks satisfied "yeah, yeah that would work.. Anyway that's not the only reason I'm putting this phone up to your ear.. You can think of it like a gun to your head.. Have you heard of spontaneous combustion? It doesn't just happen in humans you know"
Sterling remembered the serge of smartphones that would explode after their battery reached a certain point.. He could start feeling the heat radiating off the phone.. "listen it might not be much but I doubt your stand can defend you from all of these phones going off at once.. No matter how quick it is… and when it's this close.. Can you even deflect it? I wonder" kid carbon looked more menacing than ever.. This must have been the guy yankee was talking about ,sterling thought.. She had shown him her wound from her phone's combustion.. It was brutal.. A clear crater made in her thigh.. He wondered what that would do to his head.. Now the phone was pressed to his ear.. Could his stand deflect that shrapnel? Even if it could, these crates were powder kegs.. If he was gonna fight back he would have to kill kid carbon.. quickly ..
"Even Though i've never killed anyone.. I would have to do so if I was gonna deactivate his stand ability.. If I was gonna muster the strength to put my hand through his heart fast enough I'd have to gather my strength.. Rage comes to mind.. But I'm more scared than anything.. I'm dizzy again.. It would get him disoriented for sure but it wouldn't be enough to kill him.." sterling thought to himself.. [Grave architecture] is a stand built on emotions.. Just like [a mink car] needs fuel and just like [aeroplane flies high] needs some scrap metal [grave architechture] needs emotions to use its ability.. Otherwise it's only another generic humanoid stand.. While it could fight it needed emotions from sterling viper to be effective.. However all that he can muster right now is fear and anxiety. A dizzy feeling can result from that but how could he use that now..
Chapter 7 Mink car
Kid carbon began his interrogation "i wanna know who gish is.. Start with her name.. Does she have a full name or does she just have one name like cher..
"I dunno, '' Sterling said mockingly.. Kid carbon asked again.. "What do you mean you don't know.. Didn't she give you her name when she introduced herself.? Did she give you any kind of identification? In Fact screw the name, why did you betray your gang for this girl, how did she convince you..!"
Sterling took a moment to look around.. He looked back with a dopey look "there's a girl?"
Kid carbon looked visibly impatient.. He proceeded to grab sterling by the collar.. He looked through the window of the truck "lowrider mode.. " platinum mink turned a lever on the console and the car began bouncing a bit..
Suddenly kid carbon dragged sterling to the edge of the car and dipped sterlings head near the road… "we're going about 78 mph that's fast enough to dome you if i start dragging you along the pavement! I'll ask you again: Who was the girl! What did she promise you! Are you ready to die!
"I-I'll tell you, but.. Would you answer one question? It's really important.."
Sterling said nervously.. "Do you think you're in the position to play games kid! You're shaking like a leaf.." carbon snapped back
Sterling suddenly asked, "do you like pavement?" kid carbon looked at him furiously ready to push him down.. Until he realized he was pushing him upwards and towards the car.. In Fact the only one not in the car was him. He was in the air still holding onto sterling.. "W-what the hell? When did I get in the air!?" kid carbon screamed as she fell towards the ground… "
"It happens right around when you lose your balance.. Your inner ear got confused when I put my nausea into you.. You must have been nervous too.. It worked so much better than I thought.. "
Kid carbon began dragging along the pavement as [grave architecture] appeared stomping him further into the speeding pavement.. Kid carbon could only let out a guttural "Bastard!"
Sterling could only grin as he held on to his wrist.. "What~~you want me to let go~~~o?" sterling began to release his arm but something odd occurred.. "You didn't let me finish… i think you got so confident in your victory you forgot where you were sitting.." kid carbons words echoed as sterling realized he was still sitting on a pile of phones.. They began to heat up and then combust…. "I put a little bit of gasoline in there just to make sure it would have an extra kick!"
Sterling is launched forward while kid carbon uses sterlings body as momentum to grab onto a part of [mink car]
Kid carbon pulls himself back into the truck bed and gathers himself.. He looks out to the road, sterling is nowhere to be seen.. "Heh.. hehe.. haaahahaaaAHAHAH!" kid carbon begins laughing.. "I almost died.. But that stupid brat couldn't hold a candle to [ghost in the machine]..
Still too bad we couldn't get much out of him.. That girls voice.. I couldn't make out much of it over his phone.. And i see why.. Its super old, does it even work..? Still i could probably wager a guess to what what what she said.. Probably promised him a good time.. A guy like that is probably starving for some cat right? Huh mink? Mink., oy mink im talking to you.." he peers into the driver seat and sees mink starring at the steering wheel.. She turns to kid carbon.. "I've always hated that stupid hat.. Its always looked stupid.. But i guess its better than looking at your ugly face.." she said with venom in her voice.. "But i guess your ugly mug distracts me from your shitty hair.. Or your scrawny neck.. You're just a big fucking mess, how'd i get paired up with a stupid piece of shit like you.. Couldn't even interrogate some kid.. And you think you can gloat?" kid carbon is shocked, he's never heard mink talk like this to him or anyone.. She's a very reserved girl who usually shows her anger by sulking.. She's only let her anger boil over once.. When i guy wouldn't stop bugging her at a bar.. He grabs the top of mink car and looks inward… "hey wheres this coming from.. We got other leads.. We just gotta ride back.. Kid carbon feels a strange heat from mink car crawling up his arm, he's starting to feel a surge aswell.. "Guh.. I, wait.." kid carbon said trying to compose himself.. "M-my ugly mug? You're the one who needs that parka to hide you're pudgy body.. No wonder you need it during spring.. You gotta hide your blubber don't you..!" he tells her mockingly.. Mink presses her foot against the accelerator.. "I wear it because its cute.. And comfy.. Something you'd never understand.. And at least I don't sweat like you.. You're sweating like a pig.. You smell like one too. Do you even apply deodorant!?" she said accelerating faster.. Kid carbon observes his outfit.. "Hey yah, it's hot out but i'm already soaking.. And I don't seem to be cooling down at all.. And now that I think about it, this head doesn't even feel like it's coming from the sun.. it's coming from within me.. What the hell is this heat.." kid carbon hears a faint voice… "this is the heat of rage…" kid carbon turns around to see where the voice is coming from.. An ethereal blue figure ordained in armor with 2 horns protruding from its cobalt helmet… "this is the heat of rage from [grave architecture]" kid cobalt stepped back only to be grabbed by the neck.. The standing fingers digging into carbon's neck.. He was pulled downward towards the truck bed.. While sterlings stand was pulled through the truck bed, kid carbon was not so lucky dislocating his jaw from the impact..
Just as platinum mink looked behind her she noticed a nape in her wheel.. It was as if something was attached to it making it a bumpy ride.. She immediately turned off her hydraulics thinking something got damaged but then the figure launched himself onto the truck bed..
Sterling says defiantly "I used my stand to protect me while i clinged to your wheel, just like a rolly polly.. I used the momentum to launch myself back up here.. I can't believe i made it.. "
Kid carbon kneeled on his knees trying to hold his jaw.. "Yu.. .yu… uh.. Aaah.." kid carbon gave up on speaking just holding up sterlings phone.. Sterling understood that with that he had the ability to detonate the toy rat and any other electronic yankee rose could be around..
Sterling thought about how many phones could be on the street.. But more importantly a story yankee recently told him while they were tending to her wounds..
"Did you know they have to blindfold people when they go to the chair.. The electricity makes their eyes burst.. Something like that happened to my dad.. Except his eyes fizzled.. He wasn't executed by the chair or anything.. He was actually a sheriff.. You'd think he'd die in the line of duty or something… but he died during a storm.. Me and mama were with him on the way home.. He didn't realize how big the puddle was and when a car whizzed by he lost his balance.. I had to watch him seize up.. The smoke coming off his body.. The smell from my leg reminds me of that.." sterling watched her tear up, he never wanted to see that distress on her face again
Sterling knew what danger they would be in if kid carbon got his way.. Even with a broken jaw his grin was apparent.. The sun began to beat down on sterling.. Right as kid carbon started getting up [grave architecture] smashed his arm clean off..
The phone was destroyed in the process but that was the least of carbon's concerns.. He gripped his empty wrist "guUAAAAHHHHH" [grave architecture] proceeded to rapidly beat kid carbon until he was utterly defeated.. "Don't worry.. I took the liberty of cauterizing your hand.. 2 fingers and a thumb is all you really need.." he told kid carbon this revealing he had only broken his wrist and sent 3 fingers flying along with the phone.. However kid carbon was already un conscious.. The barrage broke a couple legs and his other arm in the process.. "He walks up to the driver window and stares at the driver.. "Oy.. mink car was it? You wanna stop.. Unless you really wanna end up like your friend kid carbon.- eh?" looking at the girl's face she had tears streaming down her face.. "P-please, don't hurt me…I'll stop the car, I'll even drive you back.."
Sterling looked confused "hey- i already told you if you're willing to let me go i won't hurt you.." he then noticed she was looking past him and she said "w-what about her.." sterling looked behind himself noticing the sadistic glare from gish.. In his shock sterling said "G-GISH! When.. how did you get here.." gish looked at sterling and presse her hand against his thigh.. I was in here.. Your pocket But after you beat up kid carbon it broke my room.. This was when sterling noticed the truck bed was full of furniture and various uniforms.. "That was all my stuff.." gish said annoyed.. Sterling started to apologies when he stopped.. Wait.. why did you put you and you're room in a hologram.. And why did you put it in my pocket.. And when did you-" gish cut off sterling "you caen drive yourself mad trying to figure it out.. But right now i wanna know why you haven't killed kid carbon and this girl yet.." gish said without skipping a beat.. Sterling looked shocked while mink started begging for her life again reaffirmed in the present danger.. "W-well, i already got carbon down for the count.. And platnium mink promised to drive us back already.. They are no longer a threat right.. " sterling felt convincing but gish rebuttled " we have everything we need to get back.. And even if they don't attack us right now they can attack us later… if you're so adiment about leaving threats alive then maybe i should consider you a threat.. " she said pulling out a knife.. Im glad you didn't give him any information about me, even though you don't know much about me i'm grateful you didn't reveal my stand to him.. However he's still prooved he's a genuine threat.." gish says this as she proceeds to stab the top of his head.. Pulling out the blade she gets blood on the mink car and the face of sterling who now has a look of shock.. "Y-you just killed him.. So grusomly too.. How how could you.."
Gish stares at him "when he comes to do you think he'd let us get away.. His stand could be activated anywhere.. If prisons were still in place we'd be able to lock him up but most of the authority here is either non-existent or held by the leaders of larryland.. Right?" sterling looks down.. "Y-yeah i guess..you're right.." gish look towards the driver.. "Now about her..'' mink visibly got nervous.. Sterling spoke up "she- she's already driving us back.. She's not a threat right?" gish seemingly ignores sterling and walks to her.. "Oy.. how far can you stand teleport.." she squeaks.. "10.. 9 or 10 meters a radius.. It doesn't have the same range as a ghost in the machine.. Infact.. As long as you're in [mink car] i can't really fight back.." gish looks at her shifty.. But seems satisfied with her.. Whether it's the limitations of her stand or the fear in her eyes.. Sterling is unsure.