82. Josuke Higashikata and Erina Zeppeli ~First Dat...

Miguel slowly closes his eyes while chained on the surgery chair. Mint touches his arm as his arm slowly peels off while a new arm takes its place. Miguel howls in pain as his new arm sprouts from his former stump. A new half of his body emerges, and his spine and ribs heal. Miguel continues to scream and sob, but he is determined to stay on that chair. His jaws and fist clenched. Miguel gasps for breath as he is slowly healed.

Miguel gasps for breath as he stands right back up. It hurts much less than before.

"STAR PLATINUM!!!" yelled Miguel. "AND... GOLD EXPERIENCE!!!"

Nothing emerges from his body.

Miguel facepalms as he sat back up in his chair.

"I'm... I'm not a Stand-User anymore..." said Miguel, as his needle-like fangs showed.

*growl*

*zzz*

An Aswang growls in his cage as one of Eradicator's men spears him with an electric spear.

*whimper*

The Aswang backs away as the soldier goes to the next cage.

Many soldiers in the area, around 30 of them, all spear several cryptids into their cages, cruelly attacking their captured.

Eradicator walks out of the shadows from the balcony just above the exit. He stood and looked down to his soldiers, as his blades stick out.

"Sir... Bruno Aguinaldo had failed in taking out Project Mint," said the soldier.

"This is why we can't trust these Cryptids... They are foolish and unworthy of staying upon this world," said Eradicator.

"But sir... we have some good news," said the soldier.

"Yes?" asked Eradicator.

"We've captured Rick Sanchez," said the soldier.

Eradicator smiles.

"Hollisticism... everything is connected," said Eradicator. "I've sent four Stand-Users in total to try and control everything that had happened in the Fusion's lives the past two months. Three of which had either been captured by Miguel JoJo or had been eliminated."

"Who is the other one?" asked the soldier.

Eradicator smiles.

"Okay... Does anyone at least have a fucking bottle of moonshine? Jesus..." said Rick, coughing and spitting. He is tied in the interrogation room with a one-sided mirror. There is a lightbulb above him and he's tied on a chair with a metallic table before him.

Suddenly, the lights turn off. When it turned back on, Eradicator stood before him.

"Ew," said Rick. "TMNT called, they want their Shredder back. *cough cough*"

Eradicator grabs Rick's face and bashes it into the table, as blood splatters all over his face and all over the table.

"You're gonna regret that, Vader..." said Rick, coughing.

"Look, Rick... I'll just ask you a few things..." said Eradicator. "Like... Where the hell are the Arks of the Covenant?"

"In Tanis, Egypt. Isn't it funny that a bunch of Neo-Nazis is asking where the Arks are? Kinda is a familiar plotline, don't you think?" asked Rick.

Eradicator grabs his throat. "Where is this world's Ark? Where is Grimm's world's Ark? Where are AT-1278's, SB-129's, and TAWOG-588's? WHERE ARE THEY!!?"

"Where is God? Where is Poseidon? Where is my moonshine? I don't fucking know. Why do you think I have the answers to everything? Is it because I'm the smartest man in every Goddamned Universe? Is it because I'm a god to you people? Eat shit, Voldemort. Here's my answer based on what I fucking know," said Rick, spitting on his face. "See that? I spat on your face. No Ark in any fucking Universe can help you avoid that, bitch."

Eradicator tightens his grip.

"I want those Arks..." he whispered.

*gag... gag*

Eradicator lets him go.

*gasp*

Rick trembles in pain. "It's kinda fucking pathetic that you'd interrogate me... fight me... with my arms and legs bound on a fucking chair."

Eradicator breaks the chair's legs as Rick toppled forward. His face slams into the edge of the table as his teeth break to pieces. Eradicator then grabs Rick and tears off the chains he has. Rick brings out his portal gun, but Eradicator crushes it and uses the chair's legs to stab each of his arms into the wall.

He screams in agony as Eradicator beats his face with his metal fists over and over again.

"The people you struggle for are the people who disrespected my own," said Eradicator, calmly, as he beat Rick's face. "I can't live in a world where my people are disrespected. Even murder is forgivable in this world... but if you disrespect my people... I am absolutely disgusted by your actions. You are one of my people, but you joined them. Them! Those animals who killed my husband!"

*BASH*

"My daughter!!!"

*BASH*

*SPLAT*

"What kind of idiot would dare side with dung-flinging piss-charming beasts of the wilderness?" asked Eradicator. "What, Rick Sanchez? What?Think, Rick... Think..."

Eradicator puts each finger on the sides of his temple.

"You, the smartest man alive, could join me... They wouldn't stand a chance..." said Eradicator. "Together, we can rule the world... Rick Sanchez... I ask you to join me... Join me, and we will eradicate these beasts."

"I... could... but I choose the Cryptid's side... why? Because I want to do this... I need to do this..." whispered Rick. "Because if I don't... then I'd be right... there is no... such thing... as... purpose... there is no... such thing... as hope."

Rick had suffered a concussion and he bows his head.

"Bring the Concussion-Reverser," said Eradicator. "I need to go to my room."

Before...

Elvis Jackson was an everyday man. He was a well-known businessman and was the Head and CEO of Jackson Industries. His inventions were second to the JoJo Foundation and were the second most well-known in the Philippines. Elvis lived with his husband and daughter. His husband is an African-American and his daughter is an adopted little girl from Russia. The three lived in peace until one day, Dylan Straizo walked into their room during a business meeting, wearing suave attire.

Dylan Straizo promised them salvation, if and only if Elvis Jackson joined them since they needed his technology. Elvis, of course, refused and proceeded to laugh and make fun of him. Elvis was a very funny guy and was known in the office for his jokes. The following day, he found his husband and child slaughtered in their rooms by some kind of animal. He then saw Dylan in the next room in his woged form. He snapped his fingers and had his zombie men chain him up.

Elvis, for years. worked as a slave in the New World Order for five whole years. There, he was trained to kill and forced to murder his own kind. Elvis was forced to understand one meaning in this world: There is no hope for betterment. Thus, Elvis grew to hate the Cryptids. He secretly trained with a human marine who he treated as his own mentor and father figure, and he was freed by some unknown entity in a strange course of events one night when he was typing Dylan's currencies. It's as if something out there is lurking in the shadows... puppeteering everyone.

Meanwhile...

The Jazz Fusion and some of their allies, including Miguel, Anne, Kariel, Ghost Jedan, Bodyguard Jedan, and Josuke, are all watching a scary movie, called "Puppets."

Finn and Jake are watching the outside of Eradicator's building.

Finn yawns and eats a sandwich while Jake drinks some mayo from his hand which shapeshifted into a mug. He takes a crunchy bite while Jake takes a soft sip.

Erina slams the door open.

"Josuke! Josuke!" giggled Erina.

"Oh," smiled Josuke. "Yo."

Erina grabbed Josuke's hand.

"Josuke! Two tickets to 'Puppets: Mannequin Mania!'" shouted Erina.

"Oh..." shivered Josuke. "Y-Yeah! Sure! A sequel movie about puppets cannibalizing on magical sentient toys. That sure is a great idea!"

"Right!?" asked Erina.

"Kid... the boy is clearly terrified by the movie," said Miguel, still looking at the television. "Being Josuke's father figure, legal guardian, and mentor, I don't think you should force-... They're already gone, aren't they?"

The others nod. Miguel looks behind him to see that the door is shut while both of them left. Miguel gives off a sigh. "Hay Naku..."

"Hmph!" shouted Anne, who looks away.

"Are you still on with this?" asked Miguel. "What the hell, Anne?"

"What's wrong?" asked Kariel.

"We visited her father and sister for a family dinner last night but I ended up walking in on her sister undressing," said Miguel. "For the last time, it meant nothing!"

"For the last time, it meant nothing!" she repeated in a mocking high-pitched tone.

"K-!" Miguel clenched his jaw to stop himself from talking. He gritted his teeth for a moment and sighed.

"Jedan?" asked Miguel.

"Yes?" asked both Jedans.

"Ghost Jedan, I mean," said Miguel.

"Yes?" asked Ghost Jedan.

"Okay... is it my fault that I walked in on her sister?" asked Miguel.

"In all honesty, how'd it happen?" asked Ghost Jedan.

"I was looking for the bathroom and I mistook her door as the bathroom," said Miguel.

"Uh-huh..." said Jedan.

"That's it," said Miguel. "She gave me instructions... Right hall, turn left, then right again. Or... Was it... Left hall, turn right, then left again?"

"See?" asked Anne. "He can't listen!"

"How'd you say it, Anne?" asked Ghost Jedan.

"I... can't remember..." said Anne.

"She was drunk because turns out they only invited us because Lei, her sister, solved a massive crisis on our Earth..." said Miguel. "The South China Sea. AKA... now the West Philippine Sea. Haha!"

Anne looks at Miguel with contempt.

"I'm sorry," said Miguel.

Earlier...

"AND YOUR MOM!!! AND YOUR MOM!!! I'LL SCREW ALL YOUR MOMS!!!" shouted Anne.

"Anne, there are only two of us, and our moms include your own mother, who is deceased, and your grandmother, who is also deceased," said Levi.

"BAHAHAHAHA!!!" sobbed Anne on the table as Miguel patted her back.

"So... While you're self-deprecating... Where's the bathroom?" asked Miguel. "You vomited on me and your father is looking at me funny."

Levi gives Miguel a death stare.

"I'm just not comfortable with my daughter's fluids all over you," said Levi.

"A set of rights and lefts," said Anne. "One of those directions has two of itself in them..."

"What pattern?" asked Miguel.

Now...

"Hm..." said Jedan. "So... It's no one's fault?"

"IT'S HIS (HER) FAULT!!!" said the both of them.

Ghost Jedan thinks for a second.

He uses his tentacle to take a cold bottle from the fridge and takes two cups and puts them on the table. The pair shrugs at each other and sits at the table.

Miguel bites his fingers.

"Stop biting your fingers," said Ghost Jedan.

Anne does so.

"Now... stretch," said Ghost Jedan. "Especially you, Anne."

Anne does so.

"Both of you, especially Miguel, stop slouching," said Ghost Jedan.

Miguel does so.

"Miguel, count to ten," said Ghost Jedan.

Miguel does so.

"Now... both of you drink a cup of cold water..." said Jedan, as the pair does so. "Feel the water gush in your throat."

At this very moment, Jedan begins to ask himself. "What the fuck am I doing?"

"My God... Jed... That solves everything!" shouted Miguel.

"Huh... You really are a good therapist!" shouted Anne.

"I am?" asked Ghost Jedan.

Anne turns to Miguel. "Sweetie, I'm so sorry for getting drunk last night! I shouldn't have done something like that and embarrassed ourselves in front of my family!"

"No... I'm sorry. If you have troubles with your dad, I should've stuck my neck out for you... C'mere," said Miguel, as the two of them hug.

Ghost Jedan looks at his hands with amazement. "I AM GOD!!!"

Meanwhile...

Josuke gave a soft sigh as Erina excitedly enters the cinema with him.

"Okay, Erina... Let's talk about the elephant in the room," said Josuke.

*trumpet*

An Airavata blows some wind unto Josuke's face.

"Oh... Sorry!" shouted Josuke, as the Airavata growled and walked away from them.

"Anyway... Erina, you've gotta stop forcing me to watch these horror movies with you," said Josuke.

"What!?" asked Erina. "Why? I like it when you watch horror movies with me!"

"Yeah... But we both should do something we can both enjoy," said Josuke.

"Huh?" asked Erina, as her left eyebrow raises. "So you're saying that you've been lying to me this entire time? You hate the movies I show you?"

"L- Let's just watch the movie," said Josuke.

"Hmph!" shouted Erina.

An hour and a half later...

The pair walked out of the cinema.

"See? Wasn't that by far the greatest sequel in the world?" asked Erina, as she turns to Josuke.

Josuke is shown whimpering while sucking his thumb.

"Ugh..." said Erina.

"What?" asked Josuke. "It's not my fault that you're weird enough to even like these things!"

Erina looked down, looking hurt from what he said.

"I didn't mean-..." Josuke was interrupted by Erina.

"Fine... I'm sorry that you don't like scary movies," said Erina.

"That was a terrible apology!"

"Like you didn't say anything stupid!?"

"I didn't mean to -!"

"Ugh!"

"Well...! Ugh, you, too!"

The two walked away from each other.

Meanwhile...

"Mr. President... We got 'im..." said a secret agent. "The Aquatic Phantom..."

Ghost Jedan briskly walks in front of the President of America's office.

"Ghost Jedan, I believe?" asked the President, Doughnut Trumpet. "I'm a Stand-User myself, but I just haven't told anyone about it. What do you have, Mr. Ligera? How could you fix-...Racism?"

"Mr. President..." said Jedan, as he rested his hands on his belly. "I need a cold bottle of water and a glass."

"What?!" asked an agent.

"Do what the man says!"

Jedan then tells the President to pour a cold glass of water for himself.

He does so.

"Mr. President, please!"

"SILENCE!!!"

He drinks the water.

"Feel the coldness in your throat. Fill it gush in your throat," Ghost Jedan whispered.

"By God! Gentlemen, we're going to see Martin Luther King Jr. We're building a Goddamned time machine!"

Meanwhile...

Josuke slams his bedroom door and snuggled himself in his own bed.

"Ugh!" he shouted.

"'Ugh...'" said Miguel, popping out from the shadows. "The teenager's bitching noise. What's goin' on with you, "

"Nice Batman Intro, Mr. Reaper!" smiled Josuke.

"Thanks!" smiled Miguel. "Anyway... Seriously, why are you checking out Erina's profile picture?"

"How did you-?" asked Josuke. "You can't read my soul! You don't have a Stand right now!"

"I'm just too good at this, I guess," said Miguel. "Also, whenever I fight with Anne, I also check her social media in case she changes her status to single."

"Whoa! She does that, too?" asked Josuke.

"What's the fight about, kid?" asked Miguel.

"Well... for one thing... Erina kinda forced me to watch the horror movie... we argued... called her weird-..."

"You did what?! Bruh..."

"Why? What? What did I do?"

"The first rule of dating an Anne Zeppeli... you don't call her weird. You never call her weird. She spent her whole life masking her true self -..."

"By being popular..." said Josuke. "Huh... Thanks, Mr. Reaper!"

Josuke smiled, as Miguel sighed.

"Hay Naku... Go on and get your girl, then..."

Josuke smiles and walked downstairs. He ran outside and went to the neighboring house, Erina.

*knock knock*

Josuke waited for an answer.

Nothing. The night was dead silent.

Josuke notices that the door isn't open.

Josuke slowly opened the door.

*brr*

Erratic deep breathing... could be heard... from behind the door.

Josuke's eyes turn black and his pupils turn blue. He snarls, opening the door.

"Hello, Josuke Higashikata..." said Eobard Thawne, the Reverse-Flash.

He held Erina by her neck.

"Let... her... go..." said Josuke, gritting his teeth. "You're the guy who took out my family... right? All of them. Because Arthur JoJo told you to -..."

"Heheheheh..." he laughed. "You actually believed that, Prince of the Aswangs?"

"What!?" asked Josuke. "Wait... That was a lie?"

"Well-..." shrugged The Reverse-Flash. "You should see your face right now... still wondering for the answer."

Josuke shook his head. "I don't care about that right now. Just let her go."

He lets her go as Erina ran behind Josuke and hugged his arm out of fear.

"Why'd you kill my family?" asked Josuke.

"Your family... Your family... hated you..." said The Reverse-Flash.

"No... That's not true..." said Josuke. "How'd you even kill my family...? Why'd you even-? *gasp*"

Josuke's expression hardens. Suddenly, he gets a massive headache and grabs his right temple.

"Josuke?" asked Erina.

"You look like you're in... pain..." The Reverse-Flash smiled. "Let me..."

The Reverse-Flash holds up his knife hand and vibrates it.

"Heal you..."

"My luck..." Josuke bowed his head. "...wouldn't allow you to even touch-..."

*ZOOM*

*SPLAT*

*GASP*

Josuke fell to the ground in pain.

He gasps and gags for air. He touches his right shoulder.

"Wait..." he thought. "Where's my-?"

The Reverse-Flash had taken Josuke's arm. He throws it on the ground right before Josuke.

"I'm just playing with you," he smiled.

Josuke trembled both in pain and fear.

Erina's Stand begins to emerge from her body.

"BWISIT KA!!!" she howled, as 21 helicopters emerged from her body.

"You? Really? You of all people are mad because of this?" asked The Reverse-Flash.

"BUENA BUENA BUENA BUENA BUENA BUENA BEUNA-!!!"

Several bullets and bombs are launched toward him, only for him to zoom around the room as everything in the guest room is wrecked.

With a single chop, The Reverse-Flash completely knocks out Erina.

The Reverse-Flash zooms toward Josuke and beats him over and over again with swift speed. Josuke tries to bring out his Stand... however...

Josuke gave out a soft whimper as The Reverse-Flash immediately phases through his chest as he grabs Josuke's heart.

Josuke shakes in fear as he realizes that he is done for.

The Reverse-Flash snickers.

"This is how I killed your family... I vibrated my molecules to the same frequency as air and phased through their chests... then I solidified my palm's skin and grabbed their hearts... Afterward... I tore out each of their fucking hearts... You have the same beat... as your fathers... Your hearts are both strong... but not strong enough... Everyone knows that in the world of the supernatural... the fastest is the winner..." he said, as Josuke began to sob. "Why did I kill your family?" rhetorically asked The Reverse-Flash. He leans to Josuke's ear. "Because I can do whatever the fucking I want."

The Reverse-Flash lets go of his heart and phased his hand out from his chest, giving a swift jab in the face as Josuke's face splatters with blood.

The Reverse-Flash leaned toward Josuke, who laid on the ground, shaking.

"I'm only here to send a message to The Reaper... stay out of The Eradicator's way..." said The Reverse-Flash.

*zoom*

He's gone.

Josuke, meanwhile, sobbed on the ground out of complete fear.

"He... H-He wasn't... affected... My Prince's ability... d-didn't affect him at all... *GASP*..." he sobbed, on the ground. "He wasn't... H-He..."

No...

He wasn't.