The group had reached the beach, where Rainbow was dragging Gwess. "So the Speedwagon Foundation," Rainbow said, "Do you think they can help Gwess with whatever happened to her?" Jotaro looked at Gwess' comatose form. "I don't think so. They've come a long way since my mother fell ill due to losing control of her latent Stand, but this is something completely different. Whitesnake may as well have ripped Gwess' soul right out of her. That's damage on the metaphysical level, and technology just hasn't advanced enough to treat that."

Jolyne, meanwhile, was focusing on her locket. It turned out the locket also held a tracker device, which was meant to call in the UUV. Sure enough, the submersible vehicle showed up just near the beach. However, at that moment, the sound of guards and their dogs could be heard rushing over. "Oh great," Rainbow said, "They must have found the guard Johngalli shot. Now what?" Jolyne sighed. "Just because we can get away, doesn't mean the man who did this won't come after us."

Jotaro nodded. "I had hoped destiny would find you after you were released, but it seems we of the Joestar bloodline can't control when destiny chooses us. If you need to go after this Pucci, that's fine. It's clear you're strong enough to survive against him. Ryusei, we remember the plan?" Ryusei nodded. "I'll make sure she and Rainbow don't get in trouble for this." Jotaro nodded and picked up Gwess. "At the very least the Speedwagon Foundation can stabilize her until you retrieve the disc with her Stand."

Jolyne tossed her father the locket. "Just in case they intercepted the signal," she said with a smile, "Let Mom know I love her, okay?" Jotaro smiled back. "Sure thing." The UUV disappeared below the water. "This was probably what that kid was talking about," Rainbow realized, "Right now, Gwess is worse than dead." The guards soon showed up, and recognized Ryusei. "You already caught them? Where's their gun?" "Double check the scene," Ryusei said, "Neither of these girls are the shooter. The gunman was a prisoner from the male ward."

The guards looked confused. "We... We saw no evidence of anyone else in the hallway. And where's the person who was with the prisoner?" "He already left," Ryusei explained, "We had reason to believe the prisoners' lives where in danger from a potential assassin and made efforts to extricate them for their own safety. The warden was told about it by the Speedwagon Foundation. But for now it seems the danger has passed." As Ryusei explained Gwess' condition, and how it needed advanced medical treatment the prison couldn't provide, the kid from before looked on at what was happening.

"She made it out," he said aloud, "Her dad too. It didn't go the way that gloopy thing wanted. He's not all-seeing." He breathed a sigh of relief. "That other girl that got taken away is probably dead, but maybe she isn't. Still, why did Jolyne decide not to get away? And the other girl with the rainbow hair?" He then saw a string attached to barred window he was near. "Because," came Jolyne's voice, "The one who put me here, the one who attacked my family, and my friends... He's inside the prison. And the destiny that comes from my blood is telling me I need to deal with him." The kid looked shocked at her words.

Pucci looked in shame at the disc he got. It wasn't Star Platinum like he wanted, but Goo Goo Dolls. "That girl got in the way," he noted, "No... Jotaro got the confidence to attack me during the stopped time because of the third girl, the one with the wings. And now Jolyne Kujo has reason to come after me. Well, she would have had reason either way, but now she won't be stupid when she comes after me. Taking out the bloodline of DIO's killer won't be as easy as it should have been."

"What about the boy?," Johngalli asked, "The one who helped them escape the room to begin with." "I recognize his blood," Pucci replied, "His mother was another victim of mine. That was supposed to be part of the setup, but it's gone to waste now." He looked at the Stand Disc. "I'll keep this with me at all times. It will prove a useful bargaining point." "What about the diary you got from DeKurliss?," Johngalli asked, "When will that plan be put into action?" "Soon enough," Pucci assured him, "I need to make sure I have all the ingredients."

Whitesnake then got out Johngalli's gun. "However, there is one last thing. You accidentally spoke my real name earlier. Now with my current position within the prison it will be difficult for Jolyne to reach me, but she does have a vital clue to my existence. And to prevent her from needing to see me, her sentence must be as short as possible. To that end, a punishment must be delivered." Johngalli gasped as he was shot in the throat. "There's only one set of prints on this gun," Pucci explained, "Yours. So when the guards finally find you, they'll assume correctly that you were the one who killed the guard, and incorrectly assume you killed yourself afterward."

He smirked as Whitesnake placed the gun in Johngalli's hand. "You were a mess of a man without DIO, anyway. Those of us who are able to move on, and realize DIO's time has passed, we are the ones who will work... To achieve the goal of Heaven." He quickly left as the guards returned to find Johngalli's body. The investigation would conclude that he killed himself after killing the guard. Though there were other injuries besides the gunshot, the guards accepted the plea of self-defense from Jolyne and Rainbow in light of what they thought were the facts.

The two girls were able to keep in touch with the kid, who explained that his mother had given birth to him while in prison, and that she was also killed by Pucci, who's name he only learned recently. He ultimately agreed to help them investigate, on the chance that retrieving Gwess' Stand and returning it to her could save her life. A new confrontation was upon them. Pucci's plans were not yet clear, but Jolyne did know she had to stop him before he could accomplish his goals.

And now you know why I had Ryusei returned to the story. We'll find out later how he came to be in the prison as a guard.

My reason for having Gwess be the one to lose her Stand temporarily has to do with creating a sequence that results in Jotaro not dying. But a consequence of that is Gwess will get more page-time later in the story.