The prisoners had been gathered at the sports field for an important announcement. It seemed two prisoners who had reported for work duty at the prison's barn had gone missing. The guards and dogs were busy, so the prisoners would be split into search parties, though they were informed that this wouldn't be paid work nor would it reduce their sentences. Ermes, Jolyne, Rainbow, and two other girls volunteered. A guard took the volunteers aside and strapped several wristbands on them.

"These bands are what we like to call Like A Virgins," the guard explained, "They are basically invisible prison bars. Any attempts to remove them, any shock damage dealt, any effort made to destroy them, and they will instantly explode! I will have the base unit with me, and you must remain within fifty meters of it, or else an electronic signal will detonate the device. The good news is the explosion is not fatal, but will remove your hand at the wrist, which will make life very inconvenient for you. Obey these rules and you'll be safe. Keep in mind only the prison computer can unlock them."

Several mopeds and an ATV were brought out. "The ATV is for my use. The mopeds are to make it easier for you to remain within the base unit's safety distance as we explore the farm area in search of the missing prisoners." The volunteers were taken out to the farm where the missing prisoners were last seen. The guard kept watch as they spread out to look. "Sucks that the guard is keeping a close eye on us," Ermes said, "Could you imagine how easy it would be for Rainbow to search the farm if she could fly overhead and scan the area?"

"Speaking of our own little world," Jolyne said, "Did you finish digging through the discs from McQueen?" "Yeah, and it looks like your theory's solid," Ermes replied, "If we can retrieve Gwess' disc and return it to her, it should revive her. I was able to revive McQueen when I gave him back his memory disc, though I plan on keeping the Stand disc. It's given me enough trouble." Jolyne nodded. "Can I take a look?" Ermes discreetly passed the disc to Jolyne, who placed it inside her head.

"I'm seeing something right as Whitesnake places the disc in McQueen's head," Jolyne noted, "A reflection of a tractor. It shows up for a split second. Pucci must have been gathering discs like these for years." "So he's just been stealing the Stands from other users in preparation for this?," Ermes asked, "But why?" "Hard to say," Jolyne admitted, "But he was working with Johngalli, who once served my family's old nemesis, DIO Brando. Maybe Pucci was another servant. But he didn't go to all this trouble just for revenge. He specifically targeted my father, probably because he's the one who killed DIO."

"And Gwess got in the way," Ermes realized. Jolyne nodded. "The tire of the tractor shows at least a dozen discs hidden inside it." Ermes stopped for a moment. "You suspected he was stockpiling them all along." "Yeah," Jolyne admitted, "Ever since I was told about McQueen and the unnatural way he got a Stand. I realized Pucci couldn't have started this plan recently. He had to be building up to it. That's why I agreed to this assignment."

"Hey officer!," Rainbow called out, "Did anyone check the barn over there!?" The guard looked where Rainbow was pointing. "Don't think so. Feel free to search if you want, but I wouldn't hold my breath. There'd be no point to the search if there was any sign of them there." Ermes then noticed something off as Rainbow and Jolyne went to open the door. "Here it is," Jolyne said, "The tractor from the disc." "Hey Rainbow, Jojo," Ermes said, "Didn't the guard say there would be five of us here?"

Rainbow nodded. "Yeah, why?" "Because I just counted heads as the guard started heading into the swamp," Ermes explained, "And it looks like there are three people following him. But if you count the three of us... That makes six total!" Jolyne took another look. "Yeah, you're right. I remember only two other girls joining us as we volunteered for the search." Rainbow looked around the group. "I think I already spotted the odd one out. I remember the faces of the two girls who joined us... So who's the other girl that showed up just now?"

Just then, all the bands started beeping. "What happened!?," one of the other girls called out. Jolyne spotted the ATV, with the guard missing. "Shit! Something's dragging him into the water! Look, there's blood on the vehicle!" "What'll we do!?," a meeker girl with green hair said, "If whatever got him drags him too far away...!" "Calm down Atroe," Rainbow said, "Look, all of you get around me! Trust me on this!" Jolyne, Ermes, and Atroe were quick to agree.

The other two girls looked at each other, but decided to go for it. Immediately afterward Atroe's band stopped beeping. "Is... Is that a good thing...?" "No," Jolyne said. She knew the only reason the band wasn't exploding was because of the flight field of I'll Fly, which negated all the factors that would allow the explosion. Ermes went to work immediately, using a sticker from Kiss to split the band in two to break it off, throwing it away from Rainbow's field where it exploded instantly upon leaving it.

"How'd you pull that off?," asked one of the other girls, who had darker hair and a ponytail. "Doesn't matter," Jolyne said, "Look around from where the explosion occurred. The guard's body should be fifty meters away from it." They looked around, and the girl with the ponytail spotted the guard flowing down the river. "Why'd you break the girl's band off?," Jolyne asked. Ermes shrugged. "She didn't deserve to die just because of circumstances she couldn't control. I'm sure everyone will think an alligator got the guard while we were searching the marsh."

"The real problem," Rainbow said, "Is who the extra person is." Ermes spotted something moving a bucket and went to look at what it was. At first it seemed empty, but when Jolyne and Rainbow looked to check on her, she had been dragged into the water. She surfaced quickly, having used Kiss to destroy the bucket, and wound up dragging a strange being with her as she surfaced. "Hang on!," Jolyne called out, "Stone Free!" "I'll Fly!" Jolyne created a net to walk over the water to Ermes while Rainbow just flew over.

Jolyne had just enough string to reach the creature, and created Stone Free's physical form to attack. The creature managed to grab Stone Free's fist and made to counterattack. Jolyne smirked. "Nice try, but I didn't just unravel my body to reach you." Ermes gasped when she saw a large hole Jolyne made in her torso, just the right size to grab the strange humanoid's arm and trap it, letting Rainbow fly in and sock the creature in the jaw. She grabbed the thing, likely a Stand, and released I'll Fly from her to attack directly.

"AHHHHHHHH! SEIYA!" Rainbow managed to heavily damage the Stand, while one of the two figures in the distance started to wobble. "Rainbow, land in the water!," Jolyne called out, "That Stand is made from plankton, so we need to grab it in the water!" Rainbow let her Stand dispel and grabbed onto Jolyne, who grabbed Ermes and reeled in her strings, pulling them back. However, the Stand was able to follow them fast. "Jeez, what's with this Stand?," Rainbow asked, "Shouldn't such a strong Stand lose power as it gets farther from its user?"

"Don't worry," Ermes said, "I had enough time when it grabbed me to place a sticker on it." She knocked off said sticker, merging the Stand's arms and knocking it off just as it grabbed Jolyne. The trio got onto dry land, and watched as the Stand regenerated. However, it then started to sink again. "I thought as much," Ermes said, "It can only attack while we're underwater." Atroe was standing there stunned. "Um... What was all that? Rainbow flying like Superman, Jolyne somehow running over the water and all of you just rushing back like you were salmon or something!?"

Meanwhile the others were getting on the guard's radio trying to call for help. "One of them has to be the Stand user," Ermes said, "I saw one of them wobble when Rainbow slugged the Stand." "I... I don't know either of them," Atroe said, "So I can't tell if one them snuck in. And we were all wearing bands that were beeping." Jolyne sighed. "I guess we just knock them out and have the responding guards sort it out. We can claim self-defense when they show up."

"Is it just me," Rainbow said, "Or are we explaining a lot of actions while here?" Jolyne walked up to the black-haired girl and slugged her. "What was that for!?," the shaven-haired girl said. "Someone here killed this guard," Jolyne said, "And me, Ermes, and Rainbow were together for most of the time." "Even when I wasn't," Rainbow said, "I was also with Atroe helping her search. So it was either you, or the girl we just knocked out."

The shaven-haired girl's eyes darkened. "Or... Maybe both..." To their shock, the two bodies started twitching and merging. "You've gotta be kidding me," Ermes said in shock. The bodies merged into a black humanoid figure, two discs merging into its head. "Whitesnake gave me this power, power to protect myself. The girl from earlier touched the tractor inside the barn, so I was forced to assimilate her. You also know the location of the discs. I was tasked with guarding them."

"Oh shit!," Rainbow said, "We weren't just fighting the Stand... The Stand itself was also the user!" "It must have been created from the plankton in the marsh!," Ermes realized. "I've heard of apes getting Stands, dogs getting Stands, Stands tied to radio towers, alien Stand users," Jolyne counted off, "But this is definitely a first, even in our world. So what do we call this thing?" The creature stood up. "You may refer to me as Foo Fighters." It then ran off for the barn. "Shit!," Rainbow said, "It knows we only have so far to search for it! If we get father than fifty meters from the guard.... Kaboom!" "Uh... Girls," Atroe said, "Something's pulling the guard into the water." The other three gasped when they saw another piece of Foo Fighters. "Gimme a break...," Jolyne muttered.

Well... That happened...

Also, there's a reason why I let Atroe live.

Actually, my original plan was for Jolyne to use her strings to pick the bracelet off, but ultimately decided that was unrealistic even for her powers, so instead I had Ermes break it off with her duplicating stickers.