Sunset sat bored at her seat, tapping her eraser on the side of her check, sighing slightly, before hearing the end of the day bell ring. Although happy the day had finally ended, and that it was normal to begin with, she couldn't shake the feeling something was off. It had a quite few weeks since the brawl in the lunchroom started by Blade and his team, but she couldn't shake the feeling something else had sneaked in through the cracks, so to speak, and was watching her. She got her jacket on, swung her backpack around, and headed for the door.
She moved along the hall ways, heading for her locker, and as she began to grab her remaining books, stopped a chill ran down her spine. Danger was approaching. She put everything away, and turned, Ice Phoenix manifesting, as the entire hallway seemed to magically empty itself out. She looked around, before spotting a man at the other end of the hallway, hands in his pockets, eyes downcast as he tapped a black, glossy shoe against the floor. He was dressed in a cyan He was dressed in a cyan suit and dress pants, though his tie absent, shirt buttoned down. He had vibrate red hair and silver-grey eyes.
"Are you ready Sunset Shimmer?" He asked.
"Depends on whose asking?" Sunset answered, Ice Phoenix ready to fight.
"Me, your next opponent, Astral Force." He said, introducing himself with a bow, as he stepped forwards.
"Alright then, where's your Stand." Sunset asked, as she began walking towards the challenger.
"If I must, then here goes nothing." He said, stepping towards Sunset, shoes clicking, as the air shimmered behind him, and his Stand appeared, ready for battle.
It was a thin, skeletal being, it's teeth exposed, as though it's lips had been torn off, and its' body resembling a thin, emaciated man. It's body was a mix of light blue and light purple, and had two green eyes embedded in it's face. Strangest of all, was the strange screen on it's forehead, resembling a calculator screen.
"Renegade, prepare for battle." Astral ordered, snapping his fingers, as the Stand turned slightly, nodded, and raised it's fists, walking towards Sunset.
The cyan Stand's fists disappeared in a blur of motion, as it began to move towards her, perhaps ready to engage in an extended melee fight with her. Sunset grunted in annoyance and Ice Phoenix swung a fist, right past Renegade's speeding fists, and into it's face. The Stand stumbled back, stunned, as blood spurted from Astral's upper lip. He held his mouth, as he glared at Sunset.
"I guess my Stand's a little too average for someone of your caliber." He admitted, getting to his feet slowly. "I'll have to activate it's ability."
Sunset braced herself, raising her hands as Ice Phoenix flexed it's fingers before balling them into fists. He held the side of his head, and pulled out his phone, going through something as he began speaking to himself.
"Maybe Freddy Krueger? Or Leatherface?" Astral asked, looking at his Stand. The calculator screen on it's forehead flashed, first showing FREDDY KRUEGER in blue letters, then LEATHERFACE, before Astral held up his hand. "Hol' up! I got it!"
He snapped his fingers as Sunset raised an eyebrow, not exactly sure what she was seeing here. He smiled triumphantly, before, pointing to his Stand.
"Renegade, you will transform into the Xenomorph Drone from 'Alien'!" He ordered. XENOMORPH appeared on it's forehead, as the Stand's head twitched and fingers cracked, and moved uncontrollably. It's body slowly turned black, as skeletal ribs and structures appeared throughout it's body, it's eyes disappearing until empty sockets remained.
It's body length and grew larger, until it stood seven feet tall, it's feet now ending in three, sharp claws, as a long, serrated tail and blade flicked around itself. It's head lengthened into a smooth, black, dome structure, it's empty eye sockets barely visible from behind it's face. The creature's lips pulled back, silvery saliva and goo dripping from it's fangs. Across the side of it's dome head, tail blade, and along it's upper arms was written in light blue letters RENEGADE.
"I have to admit, the first Alien movie gave me nightmares, and this beautiful, ugly beast was the whole reason for it." Astral explained, gesturing towards the creature. "And now I bring them to you!"
"How did you do this?" Sunset asked.
"Renegade breaches the fictional and the real world, creating endless possibilities." Astral explained, as the Renegade-Xenomorph hissed and snarled at her. "And with that power, comes the ability to make whoever I want to come to life and work at my command."
"It doesn't matter. Whatever story book your stand brings to life, I'll send them back in." Sunset declared, Ice Phoenix cracking it's knuckles.
"Bravado~! Bravado~!" He taunted, gesturing with a finger. "That will get you killed, especially before the perfect killing machine!"
Sunset did not react, her glare cold and unfeeling as Ice Phoenix floated quickly towards Renegade, and swung two punches at the Renegade-Xenomorph's head, then body. The creature hissed, dodging and weaving away from the attacks, as Ice Phoenix glared daggers at the chitin-covered beast. The creature pulled back it's lips into a twisted parody of a smile, as it leaned backwards and away from Ice Phoenix. Before it could withdraw, the creature's hand snapped upwards, and grabbed Ice Phoenix by the wrist, as it straightened itself, and grabbed Ice Phoenix by the throat.
Sunset's eyes widened in surprise as she felt it's cold, metallic fingers crush her and her Stand's neck. 'This is much faster and stronger then the normal Renegade! It's gone beyond it's normal Stand parameters to win!"
She did not let her anxiety show, instead, focusing her anger into Ice Phoenix's free hand, and slowly wrapped every individual finger into a fist, her eyes ablaze with anger. As the creature's hideous fangs neared her Stand's face, Ice Phoenix lashed out, slamming a fist right into the side of the creature's head, much of it's dome-like structure cracking from the hit. The Xenomorph released her, and gave her a solid kick in the chest, Ice Phoenix absorbing much of the blow, even as Sunset slammed into some of the lockers, leaving a Her-sized crater in a number of the lockers.
Sunset groaned as she pulled herself out, the Xenomorph-Stand slowly approaching, a cold, wicked smile across it's face, despite the horrific damage to the glossy, metallic structure. Astral stood several feet away, straight and at attention, as he pointed at Sunset.
"Renegade, use your claws, leave nothing of Sunset alive!" Astral ordered aloud.
The creature growled, and began swiping at Sunset and Ice Phoenix, as the two backed up, narrowly dodging the Xenomorph's wicked claws, often coming inches from cutting through her like a hot knife through butter.
"Renegade, use your tail, target her foot!" Astral yelled.
Sunset's eyes widened, as she tried to prepare for the creature's attack, as it raised it's tail, the blade-like end whirling and swaying about, in an almost hypnotic fashion. For a moment, Stand User, Stand-Xenomorph stood there, both ready to fight, but neither daring to make a move. Sunset tensed her body, eyes slowly following the blade-like tip of the tail, every muscle in her ready to go. She would need all of Ice Phoenix's speed to catch the tail and keep it away.
She suddenly brought Ice Phoenix's wrists together, and created a brief flash of energy, directed at where the creature's eyes should be. Light emanated out, like an the birth of a new star, as Astral averted his eyes. Without waiting a moment, Sunset and Ice Phoenix lashed out, fists clenched and ready to get punching.
"SUZA!" She shouted, as Ice Phoenix got within inches of the Xenomorph, before something flashed by the creature.
A moment later, she heard a sound of something slicing through bone and flesh, and felt an explosion of pain, worse then even the time she got pierced with a Stand arrow, or attacked by any one of the hundreds of Stand users. She screamed in pain, immediately stopping, as she looked down and saw the creature's tail protruding from her right foot, right through her boot and everything.
"Next you'll probably say, 'But how, I blinded him didn't I'?" Astral asked with a cocky smile. "I suppose I should answer that. Based on my reading, it would seem Xenomorphs don't actual see with eyes, but rather through pheromone secretions in the air."
"He didn't need his eyes to see you." Astral explained. "Where you're going, you won't need eyes to see."
Sunset's mind flashed with a number of curses, expletives and screams, but tried to focus her mind on the task at hand. The Stand user glared at the creature, as it merely stared at her with it's blank, featureless face. Astral snapped his fingers.
"Renegade, deliver a head-bite onto Sunset." Astral ordered. "Completely shatter her skull!"
The creature laid one clawed hand on her shoulder, then another just under her chin, lifting her up, as it's mouth slowly opened, saliva dripping and cascading down as a low growl echoed from it's throat. The secondary jaw within it's maw slowly vibrated and built up strength. Sunset looked up at the creature in terror, not an expert on the books, but having seen the games and books, she knew what was coming next.
"I've seen what Six does to her victims plenty." Sunset thought. "I know exactly what will happen if I don't stop him."
The creature's second mouth slowly came out, as the creature leaned it's head forward, getting closer to her face. Just before it could snap it's secondary jaws outwards into her skull, Ice Phoenix suddenly manifested beside her and swung a fist into it's face, right where she had hit it the first time. The cracked part of the dome completely fell away as it staggered back, releasing Sunset, as it revealed an empty skull's eye socket glared back at her.
As the creature regained it's balance, Sunset sent Ice Phoenix straight at the creature, slamming a powerful punch into it's gut. The creature staggered away, before the orange and red Stand sent a barrage of punches into the creature's body, yelling at the top of it's lungs.
"SUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZA! SUZAKU!!" Ice Phoenix yelled, before sending a final, powerful punch into it's chest, the blackened ribs across it's chest collapsing and breaking apart.
The creature landed on it's back, right in front of Astral, the blackened armor cracking and breaking apart, as the original Renegade Stand began to rise from the collapsing armor of the Xenomorph. The armor fizzled and vanished, leaving no trace of the Xenomorph. Renegade looked to it's master, as though looking for further orders.
"A Xenomorph was a strong foe, but even your Ice Phoenix allowed you to overwhelm your foe." He said, scratching his chin. "But I got one more for ya!"
"If it was anything like that, I think I can handle it." Sunset muttered, kneeling down to tend to her foot.
"Well, then, be ready!" He turned to Renegade. "Renegade, turn into Irys!"
The word IRYS flashed across Renegade's forehead, as the Stand kneeled, down, armor spreading across it's chest and back, as four tentacles sprang out from under it's ridged, bladed shell, flopping on the ground as numerous lights glowed against it's chest, metal spreading to it's feet and hands. The Stand's head morphed into a metallic , arrow-shaped form, as an orange light glowed out from the middle of the wedge, as pointed blades appeared at the tips of it's tentacles. Across it's tentacles and the fleshy parts of it's arms and legs, were written in all capital letters "Renegade".
The creature released a low, moaning sound, like a distant whale, as it stepped forward, it's massive foot crushing the floor beneath it's massive bulk. Sunset backed away in slight terror, the inhuman creature lifting one of it's arms as a long, switch blade-like weapon snapped out of one it's arms.
"Sunset, meet Irys." Astral said, gesturing towards the creature. "I think you know his family."
"What?" Sunset asked slowly, mouth slightly agap.
"I know you've meet Iry's family." Astral said, scratching his chin in confusion. "An Albino, yay big, wings. loves corndogs..."
He began speaking to himself, a few minutes going by, before clapping his hands. "I think I've read the wrong fanfiction on this site!"
He pointed at Sunset, his face cold and unfeeling, an icy glare across his face. "Renegade, slash Sunset to pieces with your tentacles!"
The creature made a low hum, as it lumbered forward, it's tentacles whipping around it as though they had minds of their own. Sunset stood up, before glancing at her injured foot, then her foe. She straightened herself, Ice Phoenix appearing in front of her, arms raised.
"Even if I'm injured, I don't intend on letting you win." She said sternly. "No matter what creatures you summon."
The tentacles lashed outwards at her, moving at blinding speeds. Ice Phoenix intercepted each one, knocking away one, parrying another, punching one into the floor, for several more seconds before Astral called out again.
"Renegade, stop, hold back a bit for a bit." Astral ordered, clenching his teeth together, as his Stand backed up slightly, the ground groaning under it's extreme weight.
Sunset wasn't sure what to make of the creature, even now, but had to make the most of Astral's distraction. She tested her injured her foot, a dull pain still ringing out from her foot, as she closed her eyes and concentrated. She at first thought of doing what Twilight did against Ivory Charm, but decided against that. That was a risky move, and Twilight had gotten her feet and hand back on within a couple of minutes. She wasn't sure how long her fight with Astral and Renegade would.
The creature studied her intently, as she looked up at the creature, breathing in deeply several times, before breaking into a run and running as fast as her injury would allow her. Her foot screamed in agony, but she remained focused on her goal, and past Astral and Irys. His eyes widened in surprise, but he did not react. Sunset looked over her shoulder at him, surprised at his lack of movement, but kept running. Why wasn't he coming after her? She turned several corners, trying to lose him, before stopping behind a wall, leading into the bathrooms, kneeling down to check her foot.
'I can't continue for long, with this leg.' She thought quickly, looking around nervously. 'The school is abandoned, so there won't be any help. Would it be even be safe to risk bringing in a witness? He might just kill me and the witness in one move.'
She suddenly jumped slightly, as she looked at her foot. 'I'm getting blood everywhere! I should've thought of that before! That's why he was in no hurry.'
She stood up, and quickly headed into the library. Although most of the school was abandoned, she knew the librarian would not close down for a while, and was on lunch break at this time. That made it safe to hide out, if only for a while. She looked around quickly, making sure there was one place she could go without any windows to give her away. Finally finding an area, she crouched down, hiding away, as she quickly used her Stand to focus a beam of light form one of it's knuckles into the deep wound on her foot, around the edge and such, holding in a pained grunt as a tear rolled down her eye, before stopping.
'It's a really deep gash, but cauterizing it should stop most of the bleeding, and keep it from getting infected.' She thought quickly, before having Ice Phoenix tear off a large part of her shirt under her jacket. 'Once I wrap it up, that should keep me going for a little while at least.'
She froze like a statue as she heard a feint click of footsteps, fooled by the rhythmic thumb, that sounded like massive cinder blocks crushing the tiles underneath them. She looked down at the ground, and, almost breathed a sigh of relief, the carpet's red color covering up her blood. She held her breath, however, as she heard the crunching steps, slowly lumbering off, Irys' low, moaning hum echoing throughout the empty school.
"That's where the blood leads, and then stops." Astral said aloud, as Irys hung over him, patiently waiting. 'If she ran into one the bathrooms, it would've showed up.'
He scratched his chin, looking around the bathroom and hallway area leading to it. 'And if she bent and altered the light to blend in, she would still be leaking.'
He looked around, before stepping back, Irys obediently following as he marched back to the front doors of the library. He inspected the floor, raising an eyebrow at the sight. The blood seemed thicker here, but Astral brushed that part aside. She probably hit her foot harder and forced out more blood there. He was about to turn and keep on looking around, when he noticed something.
The metal door frame to the library, looked normal, against the red carpet, but something caught his eye. A spot of red. He crouched down, Irys opening the door with one of it's bladed arms, as he swiped two fingers through the red spot, before rubbing his fingers together.
'I don't need to be Doctor P to know what this is." He thought, as Irys opened the door entirely and he stepped inside, followed by his Stand. 'She's in here, but where to start?'
He looked at the metallic tips at the end of Irys' tentacles and slowly smiled, as he pointed out across the room, making a gun with his fingers. The answer seemed to simple now, now that he had Sunset right where he wanted her. Irys stepped forwards, a few feet away from it's master, the ground cracking underneath the weight of it's muscle and armor, as it released another low groaning sound.
Sunset crouched behind one of the bookshelves, hearing nothing other then strange, hum of Irys every so often. It was still in this room, with Astral, she could tell that much. She looked around, for any way to distract or take their eyes away from her for a bit, when she heard a slight brushing sound, like a bare arm against wood. She looked around, confused for a moment, and looking for the source of the noise, before looking up slowly, and see one of it's tentacles dangling above her. She held absolutely still, uncertain of what it was doing, as it's metallic tip shifted to the left and right slightly. Sunset raised an eyebrow, taken aback by the creature's behavior, before it dawned on her. She could see herself perfectly in the metallic surface of the tentacles. Irys was using that to scout the area.
She sent out Ice Phoenix, who sprang from her body and swung upwards with it's right fist, aiming to slam into the tentacle with all her force. Astral laughed triumphantly, as he withdrew his Stand's tentacle, and focused Irys' two tentacles at the Stand, that opened and fired two burning beams of energy at Ice Phoenix. Ice Phoenix looked to the beams, and before it could withdraw back, was cut across the stomach and leg, as blood gushed from the same wounds reflected on Sunset. Ice Phoenix fell beside it's master. Sunset looked around, trying to find a sign for Astral and Irys' next attack.
'Getting attacked by this guy is the worst.' Sunset though desperately, trying to listen for another attack of beams. 'I've never even heard of this monster before.'
Sunset of course knew the basics of giant monsters. A game here or there, a couple of movies, but knowledge in that was not her forte. She tired raking her brain, before she heard a sound, like something burning up, getting higher and more powerful by the second. She looked around, before jumping up and running away from the bookcase as two laser beams shot out form two of it's tentacles, instantly melting through the shelves, and leaving nothing but melted wood and burned books in it's wake.
Sunset rolled away, groaning as she got to her feet, glaring at Astral and his Stand, the tentacles of the creature writhing all around it. It stood still, as Astral glared back at Sunset for a moment, before snapping his fingers.
"Irys, kill!" He commanded, stamping his foot. "Skewer her with your armblades."
The creature slowly lumbered towards Sunset, Tentacles swaying and swinging around it, the same soft moaning and wailing echoing through the empty room as it walked forward. As it neared Sunset, arm blades flicked from the metallic, armored parts of it's arm, scrapping slightly across the floor as it continued to march forward, the ground cracking and breaking underneath it's enormity and weight, cuts slicing into the tiles along it's massive form.
Ice Phoenix waited as Sunset glared at Irys. The creature's metallic face did not move or change, the glowing sphere in the center flickering slightly like a darkened fire, and, once it got into arm's reach, lifted up it's right arm and stabbed forward. Ice Phoenix dodged and weaved through the attacks. Sunset felt a cold shiver go down her spine as Ice Phoenix dodged one of Irys' strikes by a couple of inches. This kaiju was slow, but deadly all the same. She knew one hit was all it would need to end her once and for all.
It stabbed once more at ice Phoenix's chest, as the Stand rolled to the side out of the way, and swung one of it's fists at it's face. The kaiju moved it's head slightly from the blow, seemingly not bothered much by it. Ice Phoenix narrowed it's eyes, before rapidly punching the kaiju's face with reckless abandon.
"SUZA! SUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZA! SUZAKO!" The Stand shouted, wailing into the Kaiju-Stand's face, trying to get a reaction out of it.
Irys backed away, trying to get some distance between itself and Ice Phoenix, as the orange Stand pressed it's advantage, sending out a barrage of punches, preparing to rush the retreating foe while it was still in range. As a flurry of punches rushed at Irys, the kaiju stabbed at the Stand. Ice Phoenix broke off it's attack, dodging to the left, as a second stab came at it from Irys' other. Blood spurted out from Sunset's left side as it pierced the Stand Ice Phoenix retreated to it's master's side, light bleeding out from the wound as Sunset staggered slightly, before regaining her posture.
"Cease, Renegade." Astral commanded, as Irys instantly stopped and waited by it's master. "Alright Sunset, care to give up. The Emperor might be merciful, if you stay out of his way. He might even stop you from bleeding out."
"Forget it, Astral, I'm not gonna surrender." Sunset said, holding her side in pain, as she struggled to breath.
"I wonder, can you keep going with that gapping wound?" he asked, tapping the side of his face. "Will you lose consciousness?"
The Kaiju-Stand hummed slightly, as Astral stepped forward, the stand following him, lumbering step after lumbering step. Sunset's eyes widened slightly, as she looked over the entire situation.
"Will you lose feeling in that side of your body?"
Renegade-Irys kept moving, tentacles lazily whipping around it, as Astral shrugged.
"Or will you just bleed out?" He asked, before tapping his chin. "Actually, let's speed that up. Renegade, stab her with your tentacles!"
Sunset straightened herself, trying to ignore the pain in her side, as Irys lumbered forward, and swung to of it's tentacles at her, like bladed missiles aimed at her body, intending to disembody her. Sunset smiled, as she put weight on her feet for a moment, and threw herself backwards, angling her body slightly, as the two tentacles rushed past her, merely grazing her skin and body, as she manifested Ice Phoenix within her body, and wrapped her arms around the tentacles. Astral's eyes widened in shock, as the tentacles carried her away, up and over the balcony, hanging many yards over the floor as the tentacles merely stayed in one spot, listlessly floating there, as Astral looked on in shock.
"Want the...Renegade, draw her back in, like a marlin on bait!" He ordered, as she gave a salute with two fingers, and dropped down.
His mouth gapped wider then before as he watched her drop, before he turned and ordered his Stand to attack again. "Renegade, stab with your tenetacles!"
Irys tried to do so, groaning as it's tentacles lashed out, missing Sunset by only a few inches, as dropped like a stone. Ice Phoenix teleported away from it's master, and grabbed the rug, tearing it from the floor, wrapping it over and over again as rabidly as it could, as it's master neared it, threw it down and allowed it's master to bounce off the rug slightly, cushioning her fall. Sunset breathed out in relief, as Ice Phoenix returned to her side.
Astral and Irys stood near the edge of the balcony, over looking them, as Astral pointed at her and shouted something to his stand. The tentacles returned to Irys' side, as they opened up, balls of pure light and energy building up and coiling around the tips of the tentacles. With a moan, the tendrils fired off, beams of pure light shooting out. Sunset ran out, staggering a bit, but getting as much space as she could between herself and Astral. The beams seared and burned the ground near her and where she was standing, but just barely missing her as she reached the doors, her Stand pushing them open and leading the way for her.
Astral growled deep in his throat as he slammed his fist on the railing, before snapping his fingers by his ear, and turning to Irys.
"Renegade, time to fly. Carry me down." Astral ordered. The Stand-Kaiju nodded slightly, as it's tentacles extended straight outwards, membranes growing and extending from the tendrils, and inter-connecting, turning into vast, multicolored wings. Astral was almost taken a back by their beauty, before nodding.
Renegade leaned over slightly, as his master climbed onto it's back, the Stand's wings flexing and carrying him down, gliding along, until he pointed to the large window several feet above the door.
"Go through that." Astral ordered. "Leave as little evidence as possible."
The Kaiju nodded slightly with a groan, before flattening it's wings into it's body, taking the appearance of a missile, before slamming through the window, shattering the glass and steal with little effort. The Kaiju flew further outwards, over the front of the school, and until the parking lot, slamming down, the asphalt and concrete splintering and breaking under it's weight, as the membranes parted and separated back into the tentacles, hitting the ground, before slithering along and rising up again. Astral stepped off, and walked around, searching the area for any sign of Sunset or her stand.
He walked a little further, as he saw the droplets and pools of blood leading away from the cobbled path, and into the parking lot, and through the various cars. He smiled to himself, approaching the trail of blood, following it along, cautious step by cautious step. Even when injured, there was no telling what Sunset would do to win, or what kind of trap she had ready for him and Renegade. He stepped around the corner, and saw Sunset on the ground, back against a truck, as she breathed in hard to keep herself steady, eyes jammed shut.
"Hello there." Astral said with a chuckle.
Sunset slowly opened her eyes. "I'd move out of the way if I were you."
Astral laughed for a good minute, as he shook his head, Irys bringing it's tentacles up, and opening them, energy building around their tips.
"And why should I?" He asked, shaking his head.
The squeal of tires sounded, as he turned to the left, eyes wide as he saw a beat up old van blitzing towards him. Renegade stepped backwards, attempting to get between it's master and the van, only to be dragged under the wheels and crushed under, the crunch of metal, bone and flesh sounding throughout, echoing for the entire parking lot to hear. Irys groaned, as the van came to a halt, unable to move.
Astral, struggling to his feet, as blood dripped down his injured body from feedback injuries, glared up at the van to see Ice Phoenix behind the wheel, glaring at him with eyes like a cat in the black and blue night. The van stopped, wheels grinding down, but unable to move any further, as Irys struggled to get up. Ice Phoenix's eyes widened, as it lifted it's foot up, and slammed on the gas again.
"SUZA! SUZASUZASUZA!" It yelled as it repeatedly hit the gas, crushing the kaiju under the wheels, before finally managing to go forward, though most of the frontend was crashed and broken to bits.
"That's why you should get out of the way." Sunset muttered sardonically. "I probably should've honked."
Astral gasped in agony as he stood up, his injuries, horrific, but not as terrible as expected. Renegade did not directly transfer all damage to his body like other Stands, so he would be walking away from this. It would just hurt so bad he wished he wasn't. He cleared his throat, wiping blood from his mouth, before yelling.
"Renegade, reset!" He yelled, as the Stand returned to it's normal look, and crawled out form under the van, though now cracked and crumbling apart.
Renegade staggered to it's master, as Sunset recalled Ice Phoenix to her side, the Stand helping it's user to her feet, as she glared at Astral.
"So, Astral, what fantasy monster you gonna cook up this time?" She asked sternly. "If it's that Albino I already meet, according to you, she etter not mess up my van. Though, by time I'm done, you're gonna look a lot like my van..."
Astral breathed in as he glared at Sunset coldly, shaking slightly. He wouldn't let fear control him now, not with victory on the line. "Renegade! Turn into the John Carpenter's The Th...!"
"Aw hell no!" Yelled Sunset, as Ice Phoenix snapped into action, slamming a punch into Astral's face, with a the sound of a shotgun going off, and the crack of bone.
Astral staggered back, as Ice Phoenix pressed it's punch into his face, and then began belting out more punches to his chest and body. "SUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZASUZA! SUZAKO!"
It launched a final punch into the side of his face, sending him flying away as he screamed in shock. Sunset recalled her stand, and had it bring it's fist up to her side, summoning a beam of light to cauterize and burn the flesh there, and stop the bleeding. She wasn't sure if this was healthy, not quite able to see the wound, but she had to make due until she got the Fluttershy.
She stood straight again, with difficulty, as she marched forward, and broke into a staggering run, until she came to the spot where Astral had landed. There was still blood fresh form his wounds on the grass, and a trail leading back into the school. She groaned, as she followed it. She hoped he didn't summon any crazy, scary monsters or super freaks again. She just couldn't with anything quite like Irys after all of this.
Now all she had to do was make the long trek back in, and find him, and give him one last wallop, just to remind him why summoning fictional characters to bother her day was not wise.
Astral crawled into the library, holding his side, and groaning all the way. He had to find a creature, a character, something to get him out of this mess. Choosing something like Irys or a Xenomorph had been calculated. Both followed commands and directives of another authority, and could be commanded easier. Going with characters with personality and such was more risky, but he couldn't afford to be picky now.
He crawled over to one the library computers, and quickly logged on, cursing all the while as it's wheel spun and it began to load. The wifi was always slow here. He sighed, as he heard someone approach.
"Hey! School is out, you're not allowed in here unless..." An older male voice cried, as Astral summoned Renegade, the Stand swinging and punching the man in the face, and sending him flying away, and slamming into a bookcase.
He sighed again, as he brought up the internet, and went to Wikipedia. He clicked random page, once, twice, then three times.
"Come on fate, give me something! Just one little thing!" He cried in desperation, ready to have Renegade smash the computer, before he clicked one more time.
He looked over the page, at first confused, before seeing something that made his heart almost lead out of his chest. He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thanks."
Sunset walked through the halls, following the trail of blood and dirt Astral had left behind. He wasn't very good at cleaning up after himself, but Sunset didn't exactly blame him. She felt ready to collapse as well. She slowly ascended the steps, into one of the school libraries, before looking through the window. There, leaning in a chair, was Astral, eyes closed as though a sleep.
She quickened her pace, eager to get this over with, turning to the library doors and kicking them open, before going inside, breathing hard as she approached Astral. The enemy stand user cracked one open, and sighed, nodding his head slightly.
"It's over Astral." She said, Ice Phoenix ready to strike.
"Not for me." He said simply.
Before she could question him, a form rose up from the shadows cast by the desk and chair beside them, rising like a cloud and taking shape, twisting and turning as a form rose up and took shape, two thin, red eyes burning with hate, as a metallic hand took form, and snapped outwards, wrapping around her neck, as the being leaned into her ear. After what felt like hours, it spoke, a deep, booming voice, eloquent, but like a knife through the ears.
"Shadows are everywhere, and where they are, so am I." The being said slowly, as though trying to contemplate how best to kill her with every word spoken. "But shadows cannot hide your fear. And the truth."
He waited a moment, as though waiting for her to respond, but, he knew all to well she couldn't. Not with his fingers around her throat. Finally, satisfied with the desperation in her eyes, he spoke once more. "That you will not find the Secret Emperor. And you will not escape me. The Makuta."