It was a clear and beautiful mid-morning day in Aswan, the sky was blue, and the air was breathable, everything seems to be all right with the world... at least to a normal observer. To a Stand user however, the city's hospital was being assaulted by [Nephthys], a Stand ability with power over darkness and fear, as it crawled over the building's wall trying to drag down Kakyoin and Medea to its dark embrace, but the latter refused to give up as she desperately held onto the Hierophant for dear life.

"Nnnngh! [Nephthys] is getting too stroooong!" Medea cries out, slowly losing her strength as [Nephthys] continues to pull. She then felt his hands slipping. "Don't let go! Don't let go! Don't let go! Don't let go-" Medea starts repeating this.

"I'm tryiiiiing!" Kakyoin struggles to keep his hold onto Medea as he starts slipping.

Down below, Eris smirks evilly, she finally has the upper hand with her targets, she continues to pull [Nephthys] back so it can pull Kakyoin to his doom and overwhelm Medea. She sees that the teenager is struggling to keep his hold through her binoculars, this cause her to mutter: "...I win." Before pulling her Stand back one last time.

"AH!" Before anyone can blink, Kakyoin loses his grip and let's Medea go.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Was what Medea cried out as she helplessly watched Kakyoin and his Stand fall into the darkness below, back first. The last thing she saw of him was his distressed and scared expression as he reaches out for her in vain.

With nothing for his Stand to grab onto, Kakyoin could only watch her disappear from his vision as he fell into the darkness that consumed him until eventually... the light was gone, his entire world was gone, he can't even see himself as [Nephthys] took a hold of him, with his Stand's emeralds being the only thing he could see...

...boop...boop...boop...boop...

Just as everything went silent, sounds of a sonar can be heard within the vast blackness, Kakyoin finally managed to open his eye...no, eyes, as he was greeted by a familiar site; the submarine's interior, the same submarine that traveled the red sea from Saudi Arabia to Egypt's shore.

"Huh?" Kakyoin was confused as he looks down on himself and finds that he was laying in one of the beds that are found in the sub, still wearing his green school uniform. "What the?... Wasn't I just falling from a hospital building?..." He sits up from his bed, his head in his hands, trying to comprehend what just happened. "...Was it all just a dream?...There was never any Egyptian god Stand users?"

"Hahahahaha..."

"Hm?" Kakyoin perked up when he heard sounds of laughter coming from inside the sub, it sounds gruff yet boisterous, this somehow calmed the teenager down. "Oh, it's just Mr. Joestar." He smiled to himself, relieved that someone he knew is still around. He stood up from his bed before walking to where the kitchen is, there he sees all his friends gathering around the table, Joseph, Avdol, Polnareff, and Jotaro, they were all there chatting up a storm. Kakyoin sighed in relief upon seeing them all again, "So it was all just a bad dream after all." he said to himself as he approaches them, "Hey guys, have we made it to Egypt yet?" was what he asked, no answer, they all just ignored him. "...Guys?"

"...and that's how Jotaro and I took care of Steely Dan." Polnareff boasted to Avdol, obviously catching up with him due to his long absence as a result of being injured by Hol Horse and J. Geil.

"Hm? You don't say?" The fortune teller replied, nodding.

"Jotaro and you? I was the one who got a hold of [Lovers]." Kakyoin said, annoyed at the Frenchman's arrogance.

"And then there was the Stand user of the [Sun], very deadly ability but the guy was a HUGE idiot! Hehehehe." Polnareff chuckled, completely ignoring and interrupting the young teenager.

"You mean Arabia Fats?" Avdol asked. "What did he do?"

"Polnareff." Kakyoin called out, getting more irritated.

"Oh, you see we didn't see him coming until we we're at the desert in the Arab Emirates." Polnareff continued. "We didn't realize that it was nighttime because of his Stand being a literal sun."

"Yes, I've heard of many stories of people noticing abnormalities with the day because of him."

"Guys." Kakyoin called out again, he's now getting angry.

"Soon the air became unbearable, it was all hot and muggy, you can't even breathe in it. We were at our wits end until I noticed that there were two rocks, exactly alike except one of Them's in reverse."

"What the-but I was the one who noticed them!" Kakyoin yelled out as he reached out to him. "Why are you-...!?" When he did however, his right hand phased through Polnareff's body. "...What?..." He frozed... was his mind playing tricks on him? "..." Kakyoin looked at his hand for a few seconds before reaching out to touch Polnareff again, his hand phased through again. "Huh!?"

The teenager was in complete shock, was that the reason why the Frenchman ignored him? Kakyoin then looked over at Avdol with worry, he reached out to touch him as well, only to phase through his face just like the former, he then looked at Joseph across the table and tried to touch him as well, same result. Kakyoin looked at both of his hands, his face filled with confusion and worry.

"...What's going on? Why can't I touch them?" He asked to himself. Just then he hears a door opening, he looks to see Jotaro leaving the room before closing the door. "H-Hey! Wait!" Kakyoin called out before going after his delinquent friend, he opens the door and is immediately blasted by a gust of wind and sand and a bright light. "Gahh!" He exclaims as he covers his eyes, the last thing he want is to lose his eyesight again, once the wind died down, he opens his eyes to a new scenery, the Egyptian desert, there was no one in it, Jotaro had completely disappeared.

The only thing that seems to be in the desert however was a rock, and on that rock was a polaroid camera. Curious, Kakyoin approached the camera on the rock and sees a photo sticking out of it, he pulls it out and sees its contents.

"Ngh!?...What's this!?" Kakyoin gasped in shock at what he's looking at, it was the photo that Joseph took of himself, Kakyoin, and the others when they first came to Egypt and recruited Iggy... except Kakyoin's not in the photo, everyone in the photo is there except for him... like he never existed.

"Loneliness... irrelevance... worthlessness... your fear is being alone... and feeling like you don't matter to anyone." Suddenly a woman's dark and raspy voice cut through the silence of the desert, he looked around at his surroundings, only to find nobody there. "Autophobia, they call it... You grew up not having any friend to turn to, not even when you're crying, sick, studying, or when you're stuck in the cold pouring rain, and now you're afraid of going back to that sad and pitiful existence."

"...Yes, I was alone... but not anymore." Kakyoin answered, trying to keep his cool. "I have friends who depend on me."

"Do you really?" The voice asked. "Because it looks to me that they're doing just fine without you... a lot better actually."

"...Better?"

"Oh yes, and guess what? That's exactly what's happening." The voice said as another gust of wind blew, blowing sand everywhere.

"Gah!" Kakyoin shielded his eyes from it once again, refusing to open his eyes until the wind died. Once it did, he looked around and sees that he's in a new area, it was Hong Kong, except everything was black and white while he himself is colored in a pastel green. It was when they first encountered Polnareff while he was brainwashed by DIO's fleshbud, except Kakyoin wasn't there, it was just Avdol, Joseph, and Jotaro confronting the turned Frenchman. "Huh? This isn't right, I was supposed to be there."

"You were, but here, this is how they went about their journey without you." The voice said again as the world changed again, now they're all Standing on the large phantom boat [Strength], again, everyone was there, except for Kakyoin, there was no one there to survey the giant Stand. "Out of all the times they've encountered my fallen allies, you weren't needed." The voice continued as the world changed once more, now he's in Calcutta, India where Polnareff is surrounded by the locals J. Geil had baited with false promises of money, Kakyoin wasn't there to motivate him or help distract people. "Even Polnareff can take care of Enyaba's piece of shit son without your guidance." The world start changing again.

"No... that's not what happened." Kakyoin blurted out, sweating from his forehead as he sees that he's now at the Pakistani Border where they're being hounded down by [Wheel of Fortune], one again everyone was there except for Kakyoin who used his Stand to help pull their car to safety.

"Although [Star Platinum] struggled a little, even Jotaro handled everything by himself without your precious [Hierophant Green]." The voice spoke again, this time it sounded more aggressive.

"This is wrong..." Kakyoin whispered, sounding scared.

"Ohhh still in denial, I see, then maybe this will help." The world changed again, now they're standing in the middle of the streets of Karachi, Pakistan, it was when Jotaro used his Stand to remove [Lovers] from hurting him from the inside.

"Tch!" He gasped when he sees that [Hierophant Green] wasn't wrapped around the little parasite, meaning he doesn't exist here either. "He did it... without me?" Kakyoin's voice cracked, he couldn't move, his skin had goosebumps, and his forehead was now even more drenched in sweat.

"Do you understand now, Kakyoin?" The voice said again. "They ran a lot better without you, and they would've made it to Cairo much quicker if it hadn't been for you tagging along, weighing them down." It explained, sounding much more condescending by the second.

"...N-no." He stuttered, backing away from the scene before bumping into something solid and turned to see a familiar face standing there, it was Joseph, except something about him is...off. Kakyoin's skin crawled when he saw the older man's face, it wasn't serious nor warm...but it was cold, cruel, and bitter, Joseph was staring down at the teenager with a angry sneer and glowing red eyes.

"You're doomed to be alone..." Joseph said to him, even his voice is cold and unwelcoming.

"No, I don't want t-" Kakyoin started panicking before being greeted by Polnareff, his face was the same as Joseph's.

"Nobody would care if you lived or die..." The Frenchman said cruelly.

"That's not true!" He called out as he sees Avdol approaching, just the same as the other two.

"We did so much better without you..." The fortune-teller sneered.

"S-stop it!" Kakyoin covered his ears, but still managed to hear Jotaro approaching, saying:

"You should've just stayed behind..." In a disgusted tone.

"Shut up!" Kakyoin fell to his knees, still covering his ears.

"There's no point ignoring them, Kakyoin." The voice whispered into his ear as it gripped his forearms gently. "This is how they truly feel about you."

"No! It's a lie!" Kakyoin yelled, nearly on the verge of crying. "They'd never act this way!"

"Still don't believe me?" The voice, with its hand with nails painted gold, yanked his head back by his hair, forcing him to look up, evilly exclaiming: "Just take a good look at them!"

"What's the point of making friends?..." Joseph said this.

"You just get in the way." Next was Polnareff.

"You should just give up..." Then Avdol.

"It's best that you never existed..." Then Jotaro, but just as he did, his and the other Crusaders faces started to contort into evil grins, baring fangs similar to vampires, now repeating the words in unison:

"There's no hope."

"You have no one."

"There's only nothingness."

"Just fade already."

"No! Agh! Stop it!" Kakyoin cried out while he struggled under the voice's grip, allowing tears to fall from his face.

"Yes! Scream for me! Give into your fears! Let the darkness consume you! Hahahahahah!" The voice laughed sadistically as it watches the young teenager crumble, making the same wide smirk and glowing silver eyes as it's user for achieving their goal of breaking her target.

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~Eyecatch~

[STAND MASTER] Eris Raitt [STAND NAME] Nephthys

Power - D Speed - B Range - A Durability - C Precision - A Growth - E

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Aswan, Egypt Several minutes ago

The large smoky blog of darkness was all over the hospital wall, trying to reach out to Medea, who was left on the roof, devastated over losing the Hierophant into the darkness below.

"RAAAAAAAAAGH!" Medea cried out in anger and anguish as she fell on her knees, slamming her fist onto the roof. "SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIIIIT! Gch..." She gritted her teeth and clenched her fist tightly afterwards, trying so hard to hold back her tears over this tragedy.

"Face it, Medea! You two are no match against my [Nephthys]!" Medea lifted her head when she heard Eris call out to her. "So, you might as well just give up now, I want to finish this before noon, or I'll miss my appointment at the nail salon." She continues as she straightens out her sunglasses.

"You're a sick ticket, Eris!" She then heard an angry Oingo shouting behind her, remembering that she had psychologically tormented him earlier.

"I've been called worse, now please shut the fuck up." Eris sneered as she uses her Stand once again on Oingo.

"Oh no not again!" He closes his eyes to hide from whatever fear it produces, but instead he was pulled back. "HURK!" He was tied to a nearby streetlamp in the parking lot, he was thin gagged by the black smoke. "MMMMMM!"

"Leave him alone, you bitch!" Medea shouted at her as well.

"There, that's more like it." Eris smirked amusingly before turning to the redhead. "So then... What's it going to be, Medea? You wanna do it the easy way? Or you wanna do it the hard way?"

Medea just sat there upon hearing that, there really was no way out of this, is there? She looked at her right hand and clenched it to summon [Flogging Molly], again, only their fist flickered for a few seconds, so fighting is out of the question. Knowing that there's no other choice, Medea then stood up and looked at the raging black smoke underneath before calmly taking a few steps back, as if walking away.

"...So, you choose the hard way then." Eris frowned upon seeing this. "Very well, Paint it Bla-"

"I'M COMING TO GET YA, NORIAKIIIIIIIII!" Just then Oingo and Eris heard Medea yell this on the top of her lungs as they see Medea charging to the edge of the roof, jumping off the rails and into [Nephthys].

"MMMM! MMMM! MMMMMM!" Oingo panicked upon seeing this as he struggles against his bonds.

"YES! JUMP TO YOUR DOOM!" Eris exclaims excitedly. "SUFFER LIKE THE HIEROPHANT!"

"KYAAAAAAA!" Medea cries out as she dives into the black mass, the Stand's body had broken her fall, but now the darkness is trying so hard to drag her down into it. She of course refuses as kept punching the black mass away from her despite not having a physical form. "Gyah! Get away! Let me though!" She yelled as she swam through the vast blackness like it was a pool of water until she sees a light at the end of the tunnel. "Kakyoin?" She continues to swim into it, "Don't worry, Cherry Boy! I'm coming fo-...hm?"

But when she did reach it, Kakyoin wasn't there...but a familiar site, it wasn't any place in Egypt or Asia...but a classroom, an American classroom. This room is covered wall to wall in posters and art dedicated to literature, and a crucifix hanging over the chalkboard, meaning that it's a classroom from a Catholic school. Medea was confused, she looked out the window and sees another familiar site, a view of the sea and a large rock by the ocean. She knew what rock was, she's seen a million times since she was a baby.

"Is that... Morro Rock?" She looked out to the campus and sees a sign standing proudly by the school entrance, she read the sign out loud. "St. McCartney High School... I'm back in Morro Bay?" Medea brushed her bangs back is disbelief. "Is this some kind of trick, how can I be back in California?" When she puts her arms down, she noticed that her arm was dark blue before realizing that she's wearing a dark blue blazer with the school sigil on the left side, she then looks down and sees that she's wearing a white dress shirt and ankle socks, brown loafers, and a pale blue with yellow and purple plaid pattern necktie and pleated skirt. "...OH, COME OOON! I hate these uniforms!" She recoiled in disgust.

"Hey Jason! Over here!"

"Huh?" Medea's disgust went away when she heard a boy's voice.

"Coming!"

"Wha...?" She heard another one, this time it made her heart drop, she looked outside the window and sees two boys walking to campus, one of them was someone she knew... the boy who drove Medea to ruin her own life, it was Jason Lennon, her ex-childhood sweetheart. He was lean, 167 cm tall, and short medium blonde hair with sideburns and amber colored eyes. "No...he's here? But I thought he was..." Suddenly she opened the classroom's window. "Heeey! Jasoooon!"

"Hm?" He looked up at her direction, he looked like he had lights in his eyes, "...Oh." but soon said light fade after looking at her, like she was a stranger to him, he then turned back to his friend like nothing happened.

"Hey! What the hell!?" Medea exclaimed in shock before running out of the classroom, the halls were surrounded by high school students, each wearing the same uniform as her. As she ran through though, Medea noticed that the students were all looking at her the same way Jason had looked at her, like a stranger, with their eyes having a cold and lifeless feeling, then she heard voices.

"...What is she doing here?"

"...Why did the school let her back in?"

"... Did you hear what she did?"

"...And I thought Pride was the deadliest sin."

The more she heard, the more she stopped running. Medea walked, hearing more gossip about her, while seeing the environment starting to slowly turn black and white, except for herself, who is light magenta.

"...I knew she was an apostate."

"...What does Jason even see in her?"

"...Her dad's a lawyer, what did you expect?"

"...Go to hell, King."

Medea then stopped, she looked and saw hundreds of students glaring at her with glowing red eyes and spiteful grins with fangs, becoming more uneasy the more they kept gossiping about her.

"...I heard she slept with some British dude."

"...What a harlot."

"...Now she'll never get to heaven."

"...I hope her parents disown her."

"What...how did you even know that...?" Medea was starting to get anxious, how could anyone have known about her affair?

"...I bet she seduced a lot of guys."

"...Girls like her don't belong here."

"...Jason deserved so much better than her."

"...Hate to see her kids."

"B-but It's not like that! It wasn't my fault! He was the one who seduced me!" Medea panicked, her breathing was uneven and broken because of it. She then held her breath when she saw Jason in front of her, looking at her with pure disgust on his face as another girl with pale skin and short black wavy hair walked to him, it was his new sweetheart, Glauce Ono. She had the same expression as Jason.

"Come on, babe, let's not waste time with this nutcase." Jason said to Glauce with pure venom in his voice.

"I agree." Glauce replied back as she wrapped her arms around Jason's left arm.

"...Hah..." Medea gasped in horror as she watched Jason walk away from her with his new girl, "No... Jason, wait!..." She called out to him, but he refuses to listen as he continued walking away, leaving Medea broken hearted once more. She fell on her knees and started to cry into her hands, having to watch her childhood love leave her life once more as she listens to the laughing and jeers coming from her classmates.

"Gelotophobia...you developed a fear of ridicule because of your dirty little secret..." Suddenly a woman's raspy voice broke through the crowd. "You're also afraid of abandonment... and heartbreak... that's why you stayed with Lord DIO, haven't you?"

"...I had no other choice." Medea sniffled. "I lost Jason...I couldn't bear the thought of being alone feeling unloved anymore... That's why I stayed with DIO."

"...I see..." The voice replied lowly. "...You were lucky to have more quality time with Lord DIO than me, and you're not even grateful for it." The voice started to sound more aggressive.

"Huh?" Medea raised her head; she was confused to what the voice meant by that. "Gah!" Just then, Medea was kicked down by the back of her head by something, she looked up to see that the voice is black smoke with glowing red eyes, then it started looking more like Eris but black and white.

"DON'T YOU GET IT, MEDEA!? LORD DIO BELONGS TO ME AND NOBODY ELSE! I KNOW HOW TO TREAT HIM RIGHT, AND HE CHOSE YOU OVER ME!" The voice screamed at her in a jealous rage.

"Y-you crazy bitch!" Medea called out as she crawled away from them.

"I was merciful in keeping you alive long enough just to toy with your fears." The voice said as they took a step. "Hoping to use said fears to drive you to insanity." They took another step. "But it seems that there's a change of plans..." Suddenly, all the jeering classmates started glaring at Medea with glowing red eyes. "...I'll instead use your fears...to tear you to shreds."

"Eh!?" Medea gasped in surprise.

"RAAAAGH!" She sees one student lunging at her with sharp claws.

"WHOA!" She exclaimed as she rolled away, then ducked when another one lunged at her to. "GAH!" Medea felt some of her hairs getting sliced off by the claws. "Eris! This is madness!" She stood up as she felt her hair, it was still intact, just missing a couple of strands.

"You call it madness, but for me, I call it "justice", because I'm taking back what's rightfully mine." The voice smirked, they then looked at all the "students" left and right of them before motioning their hand to Medea, ordering: "Kill her."

"AH!" Medea exclaimed as she ran away from her "classmates" as they all begin charging at her, trying to tear her apart. She ran through different halls until her legs become sore and her lungs on fire, but she can't stop no matter what because of what's chasing her. But her luck unfortunately ran out due to bumping into a wall at the end of the hall. "No no no no no no no no NO!" She repeatedly said in fear as she pounded on the walls in a vain attempt to escape.

"Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe~"

Medea spun around, back against the wall, upon hearing such hellish giggles, these "students" have caught up to her with sadistic grins on their faces. There was nowhere to go, she has led herself to her own doom trying to save a friend. "St-stay back!" Medea tried punching back, but her hand went through the "student's" bodies, she can't touch them let alone punch them, she really is done for.

"RAAAAAAAAGH!" They all charged at her.

"NO!" Medea cried out before she turned and kneeled down... But her end didn't come. "...Hm?" Cautiously, she turned around and sees that her "classmates" stopped, but it wasn't due to a change of heart, it was because what was stopping them.

"WHAT!?..." The voice exclaimed in shock.

Standing in front of Medea, defending her, was a Stand taking on the form of a female looking doll with ball jointed elbows and knees, purple robotic arms and legs with sharp blades sticking out, orchid colored skin, green eyes like Medea's, long pale lavender hair, and wearing multiple purple belts that is worn like a two-piece swimsuit and covers their left eye and mouth.

Medea was in shock at who this was...she knew who this Stand was...it was her's...they returned. "...[F-F-Flogging... Molly]?"

"Kiruuuuuuuu..." [Flogging Molly] growled as they're pushing the "students" back, her Stand was the only ones who can touch them. "KIRU!" They threw one of the students back, this caused other "classmates" to charge at the two, but the Stand started landing punches, repeatedly yelling: "KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRUUUUUUUUU!"

"AHHHHHH!" The "classmates" cried out in pain as they're launched from each punch the Stand lays, the remaining "students" started stepping away from them, not wanting to get attacked.

"What are you doing!? Kill them!" The voice yelled out angrily, but the "students" were too frightened to come near, soon they faded away. "Nooooo!"

Once they disappeared, [Flogging Molly] turned to their user stoically, one eye glowing green. Medea was too shocked to speak, is it really her Stand? Or some kind of trick?

"...A...A...A-Are you really [Fl-" Medea stuttered before being silenced by her Stand embracing their user. "!?..." Medea was stunned that she was able to feel her Stand as well, they really have returned to her, and in the nick of time to. She hugged her Stand back tightly, she was just glad to have her power and old friend back, Medea looked them up and asked: "...You've been gone for so long, was it because you were angry at me?"

"...Kiru kiru..." [Flogging Molly] said while shaking their head, meaning that they're not angry.

"This can't be happening!" The voice shouted angrily as the world started to distort. "You're supposed to lose your Stand power!"

"Well guess what Eris, I haven't!" Medea said, smugly. "And I'm going to use them to bust me and Kakyoin outta here, starting now!"

And with that, [Flogging Molly] turned and started punching at the wall behind Medea, repeatedly yelling again: "KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU-" With each punch, the world started to crumble, crack, and distort.

"Don't you dare!" The voice yelled.

"KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU-" [Flogging Molly] continued to punch the wall until it started to give way. "KIRUUUUUUUUU!" They laid one final blow to the wall, causing a hole in the wall and the world to fall apart, afterwards, [Flogging Molly] then covered Medea from the falling debris.

"NOOO!"

Soon everything had calmed down, [Flogging Molly] and Medea have returned to the vast blackness that is [Nephthys], with her Stand's body giving off a faint orchid light to help her see. She looked down in herself and sees that she's no longer wearing her Catholic High School's uniform, but her clean bandages, baggy bluish-lavender t-shirt, and light gray sport shorts.

"...I knew it, it really was just a trick by [Nephthys]." She said out loud. "I wouldn't doubt that Kakyo-...OH! Kakyoin! We need to find him!" Medea started to panic, she looked around the black smoke, but couldn't see him. "Damn, it's too dark in here."

"Kiru kiru." Her Stand started to speak.

"Hm?" What's that?"

"Kiru...kiru kiru, kiru."

"You can sense him?"

"Kiru!" They nodded, meaning yes, they could.

"That's right, you could sense other Stand users whether good or bad... Alright, lead the way!" Medea exclaims happily as she grabbed onto her Stand's shoulders, [Flogging Molly] looked around until they faced East and started floating in that direction.

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Meanwhile The outside world

Eris was beet red and sweaty in the face as she watches Medea escape from her prison inside [Nephthys] from the outside, so much so that her gold and black make up started to run down.

"Hah...hah...hah...hah...This...can't be happening..." Eris panting nervously and angrily, this has had never happened to her before. "Nobody has ever escaped from their fears...hah...hah..."

"Hmhmhmhmhmhm." Oingo was laughing through his nose due to the gag around his mouth, happy knowing Medea is going to pull through this.

"Oh ha ha, go ahead, laugh, laugh it all up, Oingo..." Eris sarcastically told him before regaining her composure, smirking. "But it's not over yet, I will soon regain the upper hand and kill these two, and once I'm done with them, I'm killing YOU next."

That last remark has caused Oingo to stop laughing and his skin to turn pale. "MMMMMM!" He starts thrashing about in fear.

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Back in [Nephthys]'s world

[Flogging Molly] had floated for a bit, looking left and right for any traces for the teenager until...

"...KIRU!" They shouted as they pointed a faint object in front of them.

"You see something?" Medea asked as she looked over her Stand's shoulder and sees what appears to be someone in a fetal position, both her and her Stand got close enough to see his striped pajamas, reddish-pink hair, and medical eyepatch. "AH! KAKYOIN!" She let's go of her Stand and floats to him. Up close, she noticed that he looks to be asleep, and yet he has a very pained expression.

"Mmm...mmm...mmm." Is what she's hearing from him, he can't seem to open his eyes.

"Kakyoin! Kakyoin, wake up! I'm here!" Medea call out as she reaches out, but couldn't touch him, like there's an invisible barrier. "What?" She touched all over the barrier, it seems to be capsule shaped. And to make manners worst, she noticed that there's images inside, one depicting him being ignored on the submarine and not being able to feel his friends, one depicting him picking up a photo of his friends with himself excluded, one where he didn't exist at all in an alternate timeline, and one where his "friends" telling him to fade away, bearing the same fangs and red eyes as the illusions of her classmates.

"...No...stop it..." She hears Kakyoin mutter out, tears pouring out.

"Oh no, [Nephthys] is feeding into his insecurities and fears like what it did to me." Medea said as she slams her fist on the barrier. "And he doesn't know that he can summon [Hierophant Green] inside either, we have to get him out of there now!"

"Kiru." [Flogging Molly] nods as they readied their fists, ready to break it. "KIRU!" They laid the first punch, causing the barrier the glow for a bit. "KIRU KIRU!" They punched twice, the barrier started to show some cracks.

"It's working! Keep going!" Medea exclaimed.

"KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU-" [Flogging Molly] started to barrage it non-stop.

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Meanwhile In Kakyoin's fears

"Yes! Good! Fall into dispair!" The voice excitedly as they watch the teenager writhing in despair. "Let your fears consume you!"

"Please...just stop!" Kakyoin was on his knees, head to the ground, and hands covering his ears as the illusions of the "Crusaders" continue to torment him.

"Is the the truth too much for you?" "Jotaro"said to him mockingly.

"You were born alone, and you will die alone." "Joseph" said next.

"Shut up!" He cried out.

"Kakyoooooin!"

"Thump thump thump thump thump thump-"

"You never mattered." "Avdol" said after.

"Don't listen to them!"

"Thump thump thump thump thump thump-"

"We did so much better without you." "Polnareff" had his turn.

"I SAID STOP IT!" Kakyoin screamed out, driven to the point of insanity.

"CRACK"

"Thump thump thump thump thump thump-"

"What!?" The voice exclaimed in surprise.

"...Huh?" Suddenly, Kakyoin starts to hear loud cracking, when he looked up, he sees that everything around him was starting to distort, including the "Crusaders" as they all stopped mocking him, he also sees a large crack in the sky.

"Kakyoin! Snap out of it!" He can hear Medea's muffled voices through the cracks. "It's all a trick by [Nephthys]!"

"Thump thump thump thump thump thump-"

"...Medea?..." Kakyoin asked calmly, coming to his senses, a single tear in his eye.

"Grrr! You again!? You will NOT get away with this!" The voice angrily shouted.

"Shut your mouth!" Medea yelled back. "Kakyoin! Summon your [Hierophant], we can touch and attack illusions with our Stands!"

"Thump thump thump thump thump thump-"

"Don't listen to her! She's part of the alternate timeline!" The voice said desperately, trying to keep Kakyoin under their thumb. "What are you idiots doing? Stop her!" The voice yelled at the "Crusaders", they took the hint and flew to the large crack in the sky, probably in an attempt to ambush and kill her.

"NO!" Kakyoin cried out as [Hierophant Green] came out, it's tentacles was able to grab onto the fake Joestars. "Huh!?" He was surprised that he was able to grab onto them, but quickly pulled them down.

"AAAAAAAGH!" The "Crusaders" exclaimed as they fell.

"WHAM!"

They all burst into black smoke when his Stand slammed them to the ground, the Medea outside was real and she was right. Seeing this, Kakyoin's face slowly turned from fear...to calmness...to irritation...to anger...to fury. He was no longer scared, but angry and humiliated by what the Stand had tried to do to him and Medea.

"...Uh..." The voice was stunned by what just happend, it seems that [Nephthys], much like [Death Thirteen], actually has a solid form in the most unorthodox way. The voice started shivering when Kakyoin turned to them with seething rage in his eyes.

"...So...you think you can just humiliate me like that?" Kakyoin spoke to the apparition, his words being filled with pure venom. "You think it's funny to exploit my fears and make me doubt my friends for your own selfish gain?"

"Th-that's impossible! You're supposed to be scared." The voice said.

"...Well guess what, Eris... I WAS scared... but now I'm PISSED!" Kakyoin yelled at her furiously as [Hierophant Green] shoots out it's tentacles to grab the smokey being.

"GAH!"

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Meanwhile The outside world

"GAH!" Eris cries out when she felt something constricting her entire body, she can't move her limbs at all. "L-let me go!" Eris yells.

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Meanwhile In Kakyoin's fears

"So, this apparition is the Stand's core, huh?" Kakyoin asked, "How many Stand users manage to figure this little secret out before killing them?"

"...A few?" The voice, really the core, said sheepishly, Kakyoin nodded nonchalantly at the answer.

"Mmhmm, I was afraid of that." suddenly he smirked. "Not to worry though, we're going to fix that." And with that, his Stand grabbed him and flew him up to the sky where the crack is.

"YOU BETTER NOT!" The core gripped.

Up in the sky, the crack has gotten slightly bigger. "Hey, Medea! Did you hear all that?" Kakyoin asked.

"Yeah, I have, I can't BELIEVE that thing was [Nephthys]'s weak spot the whole time!" Medea said, clearly annoyed about the discovery. "I've could've let [Flogging Molly] decked it while I was in my fears!"

"Oh? Your Stand's back?" Kakyoin asked happily.

"Kiru!" They answered.

"Yeah, and at a good time to." Medea said. "That being said, let's get you outta there."

"Please, allow me." Kakyoin said as [Hierophant Green] started summoning up green liquid between his hands, producing emerald shards. "EMERALD SPLASH!" He yells this command and his Stand shot emeralds out of his hands right at the crack, causing it to become bigger and bigger and bigger until...

"SHATTER"

"GAH!" Medea exclaimed as the capsule shaped barrier exploded, shielding her eyes from the bright light... Soon after, the light died, and she felt something warm and alive embracing her, she opened her eyes to see Kakyoin, in his pajamas and eyepatch, hugging her tightly. "...Huh? You to?"

"Thank you... for snapping me out of it." Kakyoin said tiredly, as he had just woken up.

Medea wildly smiles and hugs him back tightly, happy that he's safe and sound. "...You're welcome."

"You think you won!?" They heard the core growled; they looked behind to see them still tied up by [Hierophant Green]. "You think all is well? I'll have you all killed as soon as I get out of this." They struggled against the bonds.

"Actually yeah, yeah, we have won so..." Medea shrugged casually, she then turns to Kakyoin and asked: "Care to do the honors, Cherry boy?" while motioning to the core.

"With pleasure..." Kakyoin said with a smirk on his face while his Stand readies the emeralds again. "EMERALD SPLASH!" He yells out again and his Stand shoots at the core, bombarding them in a rain of gems.

"GYAAAAAAAAH!"

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Meanwhile The outside world

"GYAAAAAAAAH!" Eris was getting cut and bruised all over her body by proxy, it was because of that [Nephthys] start dissipating, freeing both the hospital building and Oingo from its oppressive grip.

"Hah!" Oingo gasped when the gag disappeared.

"GUH!" Eris fell on her back with a thud, "Ngh..." Afterwards she struggled to crawl back up as she watches her Stand shrink until it was nothing but a small blob of smoke. Then it disappeared, revealing both Kakyoin and Medea without a scratch, and standing tall with their Stands ready to fight.

"YOOOOOOO! YOU MADE IT OUT, MEDS!" Oingo exclaimed happily!

"I'd promised Kakyoin that I get him out of there and I did, especially now that we found [Nephthys]'s weakness." Medea said smugly.

"It was inside?"

"Yeah." Kakyoin answered. "But no one who found out lived to tell the tale because it has a tendency to create phobias to kill or assault immediately after making physical contact."

"Huh, well how do you like that."

"...Ngh..." Eris struggled to stand up. "...H-how?...No one's ever...e-e-escaped [Nephthys] unsc-sc-scathed..." She stuttered, completely in pain and dumbfounded by how anyone can beat her or found her weakness.

"Honestly, Eris, you would've won if it hadn't been for [Molly]." Medea admitted. "Them recovering in the nick of time was just pure luck."

"Tch... It's not fair! I'm the queen of darkness... I exploited your fears...and insecurities...you were supposed to be paralyzed with fear!"

"And we were, I'll give you that. But it looks like all your smoke and mirrors have worn off..." Kakyoin explained. "...However, I would like to thank you for making me face my fears. For the last month and a half, I had my doubts, I was even scared to face DIO, but I still tagged along because I wanted help Jotaro save his mother who's dying from your Master's influence."

"The Boss' vibes was killing Jotaro's Mom?" Oingo asked, astonished. "Is THAT what the whole war with the Joestars was about?"

"I know, I was surprised to when I found out to." Medea said to Oingo.

"...Hehehe...hehehehe...hehehehehehehe..." Eris let out a throaty chuckle upon hearing this.

"...I see... so you were afraid to face my Lord? And yet you still came all this way for someone's mother?" Her right armed reached for something behind her, suddenly [Flogging Molly]'s blades manifested on Medea's limbs.

"Hm?" She looked at herself, something must be wrong.

"...If that's the case...then I'll make sure you'll never see him again..." Eris continued as she pulled something shiny and sharp out from behind.

"Huh!?" All three gasped in unison.

"...ALIVE IN ONE PIECE!" Eris yelled insanely as she charges at Kakyoin with a khopesh sword in her hand.

"LOOK OUT!" Oingo called out as Kakyoin was about to call upon [Hierophant Green].

"KIRU!" Suddenly, [Flogging Molly] showed up in front of her just to punch her in the face.

"GYAH!" Eris exclaimed in pain from the punch, dropping her khopesh, Oingo quickly grabbed it and tossed it aside.

"Seriously? You still want to kill this kid after everything that's been said?" Medea scolded her. "How low can you go?"

"Tch, oh that was low?" Eris gritted as she gripped her face, she smirks at Medea. "What about all the times when YOU tried to kill the Crusaders while ignoring their pleas?"

"...Hm." That question really stung her. "...Yes, I'm guilty of it to, but that's because I had no other choice." Medea explained. "All the crimes I've committed under DIO's name, it was because I had no choice in the matter, I was his servant just like you, I must do what he says whether I like it or not." Medea stepped away from Eris for a bit. "I can't excuse myself for what i've done, but at least I'm honest about it, that's why I had to pray for forgiveness every single time I did what DIO tells me...which reminds me." She clasped her hands together in a prayer. "...Forgive me father, for I have sinned..." [Flogging Molly] popped their blades when she started.

"Oof." Oingo sees this and gets nervous, pulling Kakyoin to a nearby palm tree.

"Wha...?" Kakyoin was confused as he hides with him.

"...The following crimes I've committed are: ...Lust." Medea continued.

"Huh?" Eris raised an eyebrow in confusion, "...HURK!" Only to get completely off guard by [Flogging Molly] punching them in the stomach, after which a green orb appears, it seems to be made of "Drunken Lullaby", a deadly poison.

"...Gluttony."

"NGH!" Eris then gets an uppercut to the chin; a second orb appears.

"...Avarice."

"DYEH!" Eris gets punched in the chest; a third orb appears.

"...Sloth."

"Please, no more, I'll do-GAHH!" Eris gets her face slammed to the ground; a fourth orb appears.

"... Anger."

"Guuhhh- AHHHHH!" Eris gets her ankles get broken in from a hard kick; a fifth orb appears.

"... Envy."

"P-P-P-Paint it bl-GYEGH!" Eris' neck gets kicked as well; a sixth orb appears.

"... Pride."

"Huh? GAH! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Eris was tossed and punched into the air by her back; a seventh orb appears. Medea then stops praying just to cry out:

"[Flogging Molly]: Seven Deadly Sins!"

"KIRUUUU!" [Flogging Molly] flew into the air with seven orbs spinning around them and starts laying a bombardment of punches on Eris that could break every bone in anyone's body, repeatedly yelling: "KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU KIRU-"

"GA-AH!" They then punched Eris in the stomach once more, this time to punch her down to ground with a loud:

"KIRUUUUUUUUU!" As they fall, seven orbs circled around them more quickly and closer, and closer, and closer until they touched [Flogging Molly] the second they hit the ground, causing a massive explosion in the parking lot that looked like a small, green mushroom cloud. Oingo and Kakyoin held onto a nearby palm tree to keep them from being blasted by the attack while the hospital goers took cover in the building, thinking it was a massive earthquake, meanwhile Medea just stood her ground as the large blast blew in her face and through her hair and clothes... with the only thing to survive the blast... was a pair of sunglasses.

Soon the air cleared, and everything had calmed down, Kakyoin and Oingo popped out from behind the tree to see Medea still standing there, looking into a crater that her Stand had created, panting. The two men ran to the crater to see the aftermath of her attack and found Eris completely destroyed, hair ruined, outfit torn, makeup ruined, and tan skin all covered in bruises and burn marks from the poison and punches.

"...Uhhh.." Eris groans in pain, meaning that she's alive, but couldn't move anymore.

"...Oh my god." Kakyoin said in shock, he has never saw Medea pull that stunt on anyone. "What was that?"

"Hah...hah...that...hah...was "Seven Deadly Sins"..." Medea answered, she looked really exhausted from the attack. "A special ability...hah... that DIO told me to...hah... to cultivate...hah...ever since I gained..."Drunken...Lulla...by"..." Just then, she fell backwards.

"Whoa!" Kakyoin caught her in his arms. "Medea! Medea, are you ok!?"

"...Zzzzz..." She had passed out.

"Meds is alright, she just used all her energy on that ability." Oingo answered, kneeling down.

"You saw it happen before?" Kakyoin asked.

"Yeah, twice actually, it's a very deadly ability that DIO wanted her to grow in hopes of using it on the Joestar family, the only downside is that it takes up a lot of her energy to the point of exhaustion, so she doesn't use it as much as he hoped, instead only using it as a last resort in a dire situation."

"Huh, guess that explains why she never used it when chasing us." Kakyoin says before spotting a pair of sunglasses on the ground. He takes the glasses to inspect it, seeing that it's in good condition despite all the damage caused, he then looked back at the battered Eris in the hole. "But I'm also glad that she saved it, Eris just didn't know when to quit."

"No kidding, she's going to need a longer hospital stay than me."

"...Uhhh..." Eris groans in pain again.

ERIS RAITT 27 YEARS OLD AND A SADISTIC WITCH

OUT OF COMMISSION

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~Eyecatch~

[STAND MASTER] Medea King [STAND NAME] Flogging Molly

Power - B Speed - A Range - C Durability - B Precision - C Growth - D

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Aswan, Egypt 5:36 PM

Several hours later, everything seems to have finally calmed down, apart from the road workers fixing the crater that Medea made and the Speedwagon Foundation's interference, they've taken the liberty of taking Eris Raitt off of the hospital's hands as the wicked woman's been carried off by a couple of SPW members on a stretcher and in a full body cast.

"Are you sure it's a good idea? She's in no position to be moved around." An Aswan doctor asked one of the members.

"Don't worry sir, the Foundation has some of the best medical treatment around." The member answered. "And besides, she's been on our most wanted list for quite a while."

"...Mmmm..." Eris let out a muffled groan as the members loaded the stretcher onto the SPW truck.

One of the members, who is working by the trucks, had a really tall hat compared to the others, revealing that it was just Oingo in disguise. He watched as the truck took her away. "Tch, good riddance." Oingo said to himself, showing no sympathy for the wicked Stand user.

Meanwhile, Kakyoin was back in his room on the top floor, the doctor was looking into his now unpatched left eye with a flashlight again, his eye seems to have recovered as he now can open it no problem.

"Well well well, it seems that your left eye has made a full recovery, Mr. Kakyoin." The Doctor said. "But just to be sure, we'll do another visual test." The doctor stepped away as the nurse pushed in the Snellen eye chart again.

"Read this row with your left eye." The nurse said, pointing at the sixth row of letters instead of fifth.

Kakyoin covered his right eye and opened his left eye, it seems to be no longer sensitive, and his vision is almost 100 present back to normal, "...L...E...F...O...D...P...C...T." The nurse clapped when Kakyoin finished.

"Splendid! Your vision is back to normal!" The doctor proclaimed happily. "Just a couple more eyedrops and you'll be able to be discharged as early as tomorrow morning."

"That's great." Kakyoin said, smiling. "Mr. Joestar would be pleased to hear this."

"I agree, oh, and here is some good news regarding Miss King." The doctor continued. "Are you awake in there, miss? He then sees Medea sticking her head through the busted hole in the wall, she has recovered from her Stand attack.

"Yeah? Why?" Medea asked.

"We just tested your blood and found hardly any traces of any infections or DIO's influence in your veins."

"No kidding?"

"No ma'am, you're cured of your Blood Poisoning, and you two could leave together tomorrow."

"Finally!" Medea exclaimed loudly, causing Kakyoin to jump from the loud noise.

"The only bad news however is that we couldn't remove any of the scars that you two have, but we did manage to make it so faded that nobody would notice from afar."

"...I see..." Medea replied in a melancholy tone as she started tracing her fingers on her neck, she's no longer wearing bandages, and her scars are there, but they're all faded. "Well, at least they don't look like vampire bites...you did the best you could, doctor, thank you. "

"It's no trouble, miss."

"...I am a little concerned though, doctor." The nurse admitted. "There is this one scar that me and the other nurses have a hard time treating."

"...Oh? Which one?" Medea asked, nervous.

"The one that looks like a stab wound on your left shoulder." The nurse pointed out through the hole in the wall.

"Ohhhhh that one." Medea said, sounding relieved. "Don't worry I got it from a archery accident long ago, it has nothing to do with DIO."

"Oh, well that's a relief." The nurse sighs happily. "But do be more careful when playing around with arrows next time, you could get killed."

"I know."

"Well now that's being taken care of, I'm going to call the Foundation to see if Mr. Joestar and the others made it to Cairo safely." The doctor says as he and the nurse leave the room. "Also, dinner would be ready in a half-hour."

"Alright." Kakyoin said, just after they left, however. "...That was the Stand arrow Enyaba mentioned in Pakistan?"

"...Yeah, I was thankful to survive it's thrall." Medea answered. "It did make me sick with a flu for a week though, I can tell you guys more about it when we get to Cairo."

"Right...haaaaah." Kakyoin let out a loud sigh as he fell on his back, he then brushed his hair back with both of his hands.

"...Hey, what's the matter?" Medea asked. "Are you still bothered by what [Nephthys] said about your friends?"

"...A little..." Kakyoin admitted. "I know that Stand was just trying to mess with me, but the back of my head says otherwise."

"I see...guess some fears just don't go away, huh?"

"...It's just that I've been on this journey for almost 50 days, helping Mr. Joestar and the others along the way... it's the first time in 17 years that I had any friends, but that Stand is making me worry if it's all for nothing."

"...No way, I saw you guys in action many times and you're very tight." She explains. "If it were true, would they bother returning to Aswan just to tell you their exploits?"

"...Hm...that's true."

"Yeah... " Medea then went silent, she sat back on her own bed with a sigh. "But I get where you're coming from, I'm also worried about what would happen later on to." She said in a sad tone.

"How so?" Kakyoin asked.

"...You're not going to believe this, but I'm a little worried that If DIO's slain, then I'd be just as homeless as Oingo and Boingo." Medea answered, Kakyoin raised his eyebrow skeptically hearing that.

He sat up in his bed again, asking: "What are you talking about? Don't you have a family living in Ireland and California?"

Medea curled up into a fetal position in her bed. "...Yeah, I do, but I got kicked out of America because of Jason's parents threatening me, remember? Also, my mom's side of the family are Irish Catholics, they'd freaking disown me if they found out what I did with and under DIO." She answered before smothering her face into her knees.

"..." Kakyoin was silent from the response, he knew that Medea was insecure about her relationships and religion but didn't think it would be this bad. He moved himself to the hole and reached out to pat her shoulder. "I doubt that it would happen, but maybe Mr. Joestar can pull on a few strings if it does come down to it."

"I hope so..." She says as she rests her forehead on her fingertips. "I'll probably be stuck with Jotaro and his mom though; the old goat did tell me that they have a big house in Tokyo."

"We'll see about that...or maybe, and forgive me for being too straightforward, but maybe you can come live with my family, we have a nice place in Morioh..." Kakyoin said outloud suddenly before turning away, blushing in embarrassment. "...That is...if you want."

Medea was taken aback this answer, this was unbecoming of someone like him, nevertheless she asked: "...Would your parents be alright with it? I'm not exactly someone of Japanese blood."

"Don't worry, my parents are friendly."

"I see... and where is this Morioh? I don't think I ever heard of that place."

"It's a countryside town from Japan's M Prefecture, really quiet and formally owned by samurais." He explains. "It's not really keen on tourists but will welcome foreigners just as long as you stay out of trouble."

"Hehehe, sounds like my kind of town." Medea joked. "I really appreciate the offer, Cherry boy...Thank you."

"Hm... you're welcome." Kakyoin smiled.

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The next day 8:43 AM

It was a beautiful and sunny morning; the sky was clear, and the air was cool. Aside from the crater blocked off by yellow tape and a SPW vehicle, everything at the hospital was normal with many patients entering and leaving the building like normal. Amongst those patients inside the building were the now former agents of DIO saying their goodbyes. One of the former agents, Medea appears to be wearing a pair of pale blue jean shorts with a black belt, black van shoes, a purple tank top with matching ankle socks, a baggy orchid colored sweater with rolled up sleeves, a silver bracelet with a star hanging from it on her right wrist, and a chain hanging from her belt that also has a star on it.

"...So... I guess this is it, huh?" Oingo said quietly.

"...Seems like it." Medea replied. "Our ride is waiting outside."

"...I'm really going to miss ya, Meds."

"...Same here... I'm definitely not going to miss DIO though." Medea smirks.

"...Me to." Oingo finishes his piece, just then Medea hugs the Glory God tightly, he hugs back.

Just as they hugged it out, Kakyoin was walking down the hospital steps and stretching his arms wide with his things in hand, "Mmmm..." finally being able to get a good night sleep last night, as well as being able to see clearly for the first time in days, but then he started rubbing his eyes due to the bright light though, a little brighter than yesterday. He was now sporting his trademark green school uniform and cherry earrings. "Alright, Medea, I'm ready to go."

"Ok." She replied to Kakyoin, she then turned to Oingo and said: "If you see Boingo again, tell him that I'll miss him to."

"Sure." He answered before seeing Kakyoin approach the two, the two opposing Stand users just stared at each other silently being Oingo nodded to him. "...Hm."

"...Hm." Kakyoin nodded before he walked out, meaning that they're both even now.

"Ma'a salama..." Medea said in Arabic while walking out, waving bye to the Glory God for the very last time.

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Aswan's train station 8:58 AM

The SPW vehicle stopped in front of the city's train station, the two stepped out.

"The sleeper train to Cairo is scheduled to be here at 9 A.M." The SPW Member said. "We already have other members stationed over there ready to take you into the city."

"Understood, thank you." Kakyoin said, he and Medea then waited at the station for their train to arrive.

"...So I guess we're heading back to Cairo, huh?" Medea asked, twiddling her fingers.

"That's right." Kakyoin answered as he rubbed his eyes. "The Doctor said that Mr. Joestar and the others made it to Cairo safely, but lost contact with them as soon as they made it to the pyramids of Giza." He then reached into his pockets.

"Mmhmm, I was afraid of that." Medea said worryingly. "My guess is that they must've come across Daniel J. D'Arby, he owns a Cafe by the pyramids."

"Wasn't he the older brother of Telence you mentioned?" He asked.

"Yes, and like his brother, he's an Egyptian Glory God, representing the god of fertility and the afterlife Osiris."

"And he's a soul stealer, I take it?" Kakyoin took out a pair of sunglasses and put them over his eyes.

"Bingo...What th- are those Eris' sunglasses?" Medea asked in confusion.

"She's not using them anymore, so they're mine now." Kakyoin smiled mischievously. "Besides, my eyes are still sensitive from the eye drops the doctor gave me."

"...Alright, then." Medea shrugged.

"Attention passengers, the next train to Cairo will arrive shortly, get ready to board the Nile Express!"

Suddenly a man in the intercom announced this as a black, red, and silver colored train started to arrive, making landfall, the side of the train read's "Nile Express", meaning that it's a sleeper train aimed for Cairo.

"That's our ride." Kakyoin said before boarding the train, once everyone heading for the capital are inside, the train started making its move.

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The Nile Express 1:06 PM

A few hours later, the two were relaxing in their own room, currently discussing more about the inner workings of DIO and how he runs his criminal empire, only to come to a shocking realization regarding his Stand.

"...What!? You don't know how [The World] works?" Kakyoin asked in shock.

"I'm afraid so, like most Stand users, he tends to keep his Stand's ability a secret lest someone exploits it." Medea admitted. "All I know is that he uses it to as a warning, inducing insanity, or in my case: both... and holding me down."

"What do you mean by "inducing insanity"?"

"...I can't really explain it, but it's like he can move from one spot to another in a blink of an eye... Sometimes he would move ME from one part of the room to another...sometimes do things to me or other people without their knowledge."

"Are you sure that it isn't just teleportation?"

"That's the freaky part though! It looks like it, it sounds like it, but it doesn't feel like it! Like there's something very wrong with the way he or anything he touches moves, and I can't put my finger on it!"

"...That's...not a good sign." Kakyoin said in an uneasy tone.

"Indeed, that's why I'm telling you this right now: attacking him blindly would only lead to a disaster, so unless you know what you're doing, you're screwed."

"I see...haaah." That was the only thing Kakyoin could say before leaning back on his seat with a loud, exasperated sigh.

Medea looked at him worryingly, now starting to fear for his safety. She was now at a loss of words now, so the only thing she could do now was just read into her back and pull out her Walkman... no, it wasn't hers, it was Kakyoin's from when he was controlled by DIO's Flesh bud and left it in the Mansion, it had his initials on it. She loads up a cassette into it and was about to play it, but stopped, she looked up at him, then the player. Medea then handed the Walkman over, asking: "...Do you want it back?"

"Hm?" Kakyoin perked his head up.

"...Your Walkman, do you want it back?"

"Oh, uh, sure?" He answered, and Medea then walked to his seat and sat next to him, she gave him an earbud.

"Let's take our minds off of this situation for a while..." She says as she starts playing it, music began playing off of it.

"...Pat Metheny Group? I don't remember owning that tape." Kakyoin said in confusion.

"I bought it at the Khan El Khalili for my 19th birthday...I've grown attached to one of the songs on this album...it felt fitting." Medea said softly.

Kakyoin saw the song list on the case titled "Still Life (Talking)", getting the gist of what Medea was talking about, he smiled and said: "...It's perfect."

Afterwards, the two sat quietly listening to the music, all the while they thought about all the times that had happened over the last 50 days, the countries they visited, the dramas that occurred, the hardships they've experienced, and the friendships being made... After a while, they started to doze off on each other's shoulders as the music continues playing in their ears.

Soon by the time they've drifted off to sleep, the Walkman started playing the third and last song on the tape's first side; "Last Train Home"...

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Ending: "" by Pat Metheny Group

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THE END