บท 13: 13. AC/DC
"Where are we going?" asked Ventura, as Ricardo drove them in the countryside. They drove a black van in the night.
"You're going training," replied Ricardo.
"Where?" asked Ventura.
"Close by," said Ricardo.
"You do realize that you basically kidnapped me, right?" asked Ventura.
"Yeah, but I heard nobody cares about you, so..." replied Ricardo.
"Ricardo!" shouted Arthur. "He's right, though, Ventura. Get more friends," he said, turning to Ventura. Ventura then sighed and bowed his head after.
"Imagine if the Vampires were to lose the Philippines, their last chance to rule the world. Imagine a world where we don't rule. Five thousand years ago, we would have survived. However, today, we will easily be outnumbered by them. Seven Billion to a few thousand, Humans rule this world that we lived in. We live in a world that belongs to the enemy. And when the tables are turned, our people will vanish in the tides of time. It's only a matter of time that our people would have to scramble all over the globe and one by one are killed by the Grimms. This is why I must keep these Humans in line.
The reason why Crisostomo Ibarra lost was that he was driven by wrath. What the Grimms need is a Grimm who is driven by love, but Grimms do not love. Thus, I am absolutely, positively, a hundred percent sure that humanity will be beneath our feet."
*vrrrrrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooo*
The van kept on driving at the maximum speed (that's legal) as the trio drove towards whatever the destination is.
"You're a coward, Arthur," said Ricardo, as he ate a twinkie. He checks his locket for a second and closes it, sighing. "You've gotta work on your courage."
"I'm not a coward," said Arthur, as he crossed his arms and looked out the window.
"You run away from every fight in your school that you can't handle. Instead of taking the beating for your own and others' mistakes, you run away," said Ricardo.
Arthur takes a deep breath with a touch of wrath.
"Mr. Ricardo, I don't think-...." Ventura was stopped by Arthur with a pat on the shoulder.
"And you..." said Ricardo. "You're not even a man... You are a Grimm who I don't even consider a man. Why?Because like Arthur, you're a coward... The only difference is that Arthur is capable of tricking his enemies... but he's quick to anger. You, meanwhile, are an idiot but are composed. I need to train both of you idiots...Your problem is that you don't believe in anyone or anything, not even yourself. You're a coward, but unlike Arthur, you don't put your trust in yourself or others. Grow some balls, nerd."
"Huh?" asked Ventura, as he puts the locket in the cupholder. "Wait..." he thought, since, for some reason, the locket appeared on his hand. Ventura checks Ricardo who is too focused on the road. He checks Arthur, but he seems to be frustrated and is just looking outside. So, he opens the locket. Ventura's eyes widen.
"Who are these people?" he asked himself.
There, he saw an image of Ricardo with another person. She is a woman. The woman holds a child, while Ricardo smiles for the camera. The second image is of a man with the same woman and Ricardo beside them. This time, the baby isn't there. They all pose for the camera with their Stands out. Ricardo had a gun, the man had a sword, and the woman had green vines around her body. The locket says, "To Edgar."
"Huh?!" asked Ricardo.
Ventura's eyes widen as he pockets the locket.
"The radio isn't working," said Ricardo.
"Have you tried turning it off and on again?" asked Arthur.
Music came on the radio, and it sounded like elevator music.
"That's the dumbest suggestion you've ever given, JoJo!" shouted Ricardo.
"Can you not be an ass for a minute, Ricardo?!" asked Arthur, angered. "You condescending fuck!"
"Guys, I don't think we should be fighting right now," said Ventura.
"SHUT UP!!!" shouted the both of them.
"You don't take anything seriously! I doubt that you'd even take anything seriously even if it is life and death!" explained Ricardo.
"BECAUSE YOU MAKE ME FEEL THAT WAY, RICARDO!!!" shouted Arthur. "OF COURSE YOU MADE ME AN ASS!!! YOU MADE ME AN ASS!!!"
"What the hell do you want to do, then, Arthur?!" asked Ricardo.
"I WANT MY PARENTS!!!" shouted Arthur, slamming his lap as Hamon charged around his body.
Ricardo's breath went shaky for a moment.
"I never asked for you to adopt me, Ricardo..." said Arthur.
"Tch-..." said Ricardo. "Stop being such a brat, Arthur. It's fucking pissing me off! And don't be so ungrateful you piece of dogshit!"
"There! That! You see!? That there is your defining jackassery!"
"Why, you little-!"
"A little more and you're practically cowboy Hitler!"
Arthur and Ricardo continued arguing as some sort of wire began to wrap around each of their necks as the music went louder.
"Guys?!" asked Ventura.
The two continued arguing as Ventura began to panic.
"Oh, dear... What would Arthur do?" thought Ventura.
Ventura's eyes widen.
"It's a Stand-User! It must be! That means he must be nearby!"
Ventura looks around through the windows. Behind them, he sees a singular car following them.
"He must be right there!" he shouted.
The wires wrap around their necks.
For some reason, the other two ignored it.
"Huh... everything sounds..." he said to himself. "Muffled."
In each of his ear canals, there is a bubble that stops him from hearing the elevator music.
Suddenly, bubbles began to appear out from his body as the bubbles went inside each of their ears.
They immediately stopped arguing.
"Huh?" asked Arthur.
"Tch-!" said Ricardo. "This is the work of an enemy Stand!"
The radio then transformed into a gun as it pointed towards them.
"OOOOOH NOOOO!!!"
"LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!!!" shouted Ricardo.
Ricardo and Arthur kicked their doors open as they jump out. Arthur uses his Stand to pull Ventura out as they all rolled down on the roadside.
*VROOOooooooooooooooooooooooo*
The car sped away, passing them, as their car rolled in the road and exploded.
Ricardo then stood up and brought out Emperor. Arthur took out his Stand as Ventura took out his bubbles.
The car immediately sideswiped and immediately turned towards them.
*vrrrrmmmm*
The red car charged its engine.
*vrrrrrmmmm vrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmm*
Ricardo took the shot.
"You wanna go, buddy?" asked Ricardo.
The car immediately charged as the other two jumped out of the way. Ricardo stayed still there.
"RICARDO!!!" shouted Arthur.
*BANG*
The man inside grunted as the bullet shot him in the shoulder.
He kept on driving, however.
*BANG BANG BANG*
Suddenly, its hood flung open and blocked the bullets.
"OUTTA THE WAY, RICARDO!!!"
"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!!!" shouted Ricardo, as he decided to jump and do a flip above the car's roof and fall to the ground, breaking a few of his bones. For a moment he shot again behind him, shooting the guy once in the back. The man drove further and turned around.
*vrrrrmmmm*
The car purred.
Ricardo slowly stood up and pointed his gun at the car again.
"Ole!" shouted Ricardo, smiling softly.
"Knowing Ricardo, he isn't gonna stop," said Arthur to himself.
Arthur then sees a stop sign at the side of the road.
Arthur hears whispers in his head.
"Ventura, I'm gonna try something," said Arthur, hesitating to do it.
"Is it something stupid?" asked Ventura.
"Yes," replied Arthur.
"Is that why you're scared to do it?" asked Ventura.
"Yes," replied Arthur.
"So you won't do it?" asked Ventura.
Arthur uses his Stand to reach for it. "To beat the bull to submission... You have to take out its horns..."
"No, you don't... Arthur!" shouted Ventura.
"Yeah?" asked Arthur.
Ventura sighed. "Go for it."
Arthur then pulls it out of the dirt using his Stand.
The car immediately charged towards Ricardo once more.
"STOP!!!" shouted Arthur, flashing the stop sign towards the man.
Immediately the car stopped.
*screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech*
A few inches away from Arthur's knees, the car stopped.
Arthur gasped out of absolute fear for his life.
"What?!"
The man is completely enamored by the words on the stop sign. The car slowly disappeared and returned to his body.
"So... the car was the Stand..." said Ventura.
"He was using radio waves to piss us off and make us more aggressive," said Ricardo.
Ricardo points his gun Stand at the man's head.
"Whoa! Ricardo!" said Arthur.
"Uh... Mr. Ricardo?" asked Ventura.
"What?" asked Ricardo. "This asshole just tried to kill us."
The man transforms into a Lycan.
"Ah... he woged into a Lycan," said Ricardo.
"'Woged?'" asked Arthur.
"Yes... He transformed into a Lycan. 'Woge' is the word for transform in the language of the Supernatural," said Ricardo. "Bah... there are books in the place we're going... anyways..." said Ricardo. "I'm done waving the red cloth over this bull. Time to die, Lycan."
Woge (Pronounced as Vo-Guh or Vogue)
"Wait..." said Arthur, as he inserted his Stand into the man's head.
"He... He did this for money..." said Arthur. "He... He was paid by... Damaso..."
"He's still alive?" asked Ventura.
"He's... planning something... Something big..." he thought. "It's something bigger than Martial Law... He's planning to take out the senate... and become... Dictator..."
"So... he's someone in the government?" asked Ventura.
"No..." said Arthur. "He is the government."
Funny Valentino, the President of the Philippines, looks outside in the window, watching the birds in his garden.
"What a beautiful duwang," laughed Funny.
"What?" asked his wife, who is trembling in fear.
"I said 'what a beautiful city,'" smiled Funny.
"It is, sweetie?" Tears fell from her eyes to her face.
"I've been alive for a long time... I have had enough wives that I've, well... eaten..." he smiled. "You know why I hate Humans? Because you Humans are the reason why the Vampires are on the brink of extinction. The Cryptids are merely endangered, but my argument still stands at this point. I've had many names. But in the end, that does not matter. What matters now is that I, Funny Valentino, will end you, my wife, because you have betrayed me... Tell me..."
Two Aswangs immediately grabbed her arms and made her kneel down as she cried on her knees.
Funny then genuflected before her and grabbed her chin. He then brought out his tongue and licked her cheek and eye. She cried in fear.
"Where is Edgar JoJo?" asked Funny Valentino.
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