As the fog lifted, the town turned into a mass graveyard. Or rather, it would be more appropriate to say it turned back into a mass graveyard. "I knew Enya had likely gotten stronger over the last century," Joseph said, "But to think she was powerful enough to disguise this graveyard as an entire town." "So," Hol Horse, "Shall we finish her here and now?" "Only if you happen to know what DIO's Stand is," Joseph said. Hol Horse tipped his hat down. "Sorry... Only a few of his loyal followers know that secret, and I was simply a hired gun."

"So you're suddenly deciding to help us?," Polnareff said, "After what you did to Avdol?" "That was just business," Hol Horse reminded him, "But if you ask me if I regret it, the answer is yes. Besides, I only intended on killing him, you, and Kakyoin, and leaving others to deal with the lady and the Joestars." "Fluttershy I can understand," Joseph said, "But why would you risk DIO's anger by not killing me, Jotaro, and Granddad?" Hol Horse chuckled. "Because... You happen to be friends with my old man."

Joseph blinked. "Your old... OH MY GOD! You mean to tell me your parents are Caesar and Applejack!?" "I'm their youngest son," Hol Horse admitted, "Anyway, how do you plan on getting information outta Enya? She's sweet on DIO from what I've heard, there's no way she'll cooperate." "She won't have to," Joseph assured him, "I'll just use my Hermit Purple to project her thoughts. But we'll need a TV for that and that means heading into the next town."

"Enya's been captured," DeKurliss said, "What do you wish to do?" "Isn't it obvious?," DIO said, "Have her retrieved. We can't have her spilling her secrets to the Joestars. But at the same time I promised her a place as my queen when I rule this world, and I make it a point to keep my promises." DeKurliss nodded. "Luckily the last of my agents, who represents the Lovers, has just returned. I'll send him to rescue Enya, and kill the Joestar group while he's at it."

The group's jeep soon arrived in Karachi, Pakistan. While at a nearby merchant stall, Joseph decided to grab some doner kebabs, Hol Horse helping him properly haggle with the merchant so they didn't get stiffed. By the time the group was finished eating, Fluttershy looked back at the jeep and nearly choked on her kebab. "Guys! Enya's escaped somehow!" To their shock, the jeep was empty, not to mention the merchant had also vanished. The merchant soon came back from an alley and Hol Horse narrowed his eyes. Earlier the merchant had been wearing sunglasses, but now he had dropped them.

"Emperor!," Hol Horse out, summoning his Stand, "Guys, watch out, that's another of DIO's assassins!" "Hol Horse," the man said, "I was told by DeKurliss that you had decided to void your paycheck. As for the rest of you, my name is Steely Dan. I was hired by DIO to retrieve Enya and then kill all of you." Jotaro scoffed. "Pretty bold of you just waltzing out here, without your Stand even active." He sent Star Platinum out and punched Dan, but got a surprise when Joseph also got hit by something, even harder.

"Shit," Hol Horse said, "He's already had his Stand out." "But I don't see anything," Fluttershy said. "That's because it's already inside Mister Joestar," Hol Horse explained, "Dan's Stand is called Lovers. Physically it may be the weakest Stand ever, but it's power more than makes up for it. If infests a person's brain, then whatever damage Dan takes, that person gets dealt the same damage several times over."

"And more than that," Dan said, "I also brought one of DIO's spores with me. The same ones he used to control Kakyoin and Polnareff. You thought it was dangerous on the surface, but now you'll see just how deadly they can be. Even as we speak that spore is right in the very center of the old man's brain. This way you can't do anything to me, or Joestar will feel the same pain. Even if you tried killing me quickly it wouldn't help. Oh, and by the way, Lovers is accelerating the growth of the spore. I give it ten minutes before it kills Mister Joestar altogether."

Suddenly, a flurry of petals blinded him, as Fluttershy launched her Stand. "Physical attacks may be useless, but we can still distract him," she said, "Kakyoin, Polnareff, get Mister Joestar away from here." As the trio ran away, Dan laughed. "You think distance will help you. My Stand has a greater range than any in existence. And distract me? Even the smallest irritation will affect Joestar." "But not as much as punching you or shooting you," Fluttershy pointed out, "The smaller the damage, the less it'll effect Mister Joestar. I'm willing to bet that a small irritation to your eyes would only be as terrible as a bug bite in that instance." Dan frowned, realizing Fluttershy had a point.

Soon Kakyoin led Polnareff and Joseph to an electronics store. "This will work nicely," Kakyoin said, "Mister Joestar, see if you can use this TV to track Lovers." Joseph nodded. "Hermit Purple!" The thorny Stand pierced through the TV, soon showing the inside of Joseph's brain, where they spotted the crab-like Stand. "There's the little bugger," Polnareff said, "Now what?" "Let's not forget that Stands are simply our mental energy made manifest," Kakyoin said, "So we should be able to shrink them down to Lovers' size easily." "Nothing's happened to my body since that first punch," Joseph noted, "I guess Fluttershy is making sure Dan doesn't try hurting himself."

Sure enough, Fluttershy had Dan wrapped in a dome of leaves, soft enough that he couldn't hurt himself trying to break out while still being strong enough that he couldn't tear the dome apart. Dan scoffed. "So you think you can keep me from doing anything while you try and lead Joestar away. You forget... I still have have other options." He made to punch himself, but flinched in shock as he heard a gunshot.

He looked down to see bullet hole about a foot away from him. "Now don't go trying to hurt yourself," Hol Horse warned, "I may not be able to shoot you, but I can shoot around you. And the natural human reaction to hearing a gunshot they can't see the source of is to flinch. Fluttershy made it so that we can see inside your little prison, and I'll fire off another round everytime you make to try anything like that. And lest you forget, this gun is my Stand, so I don't run out of ammo." Dan growled at the thought that they covered all their bases. 'Well... It won't matter. Joseph Joestar will be dead soon anyway.'

"I can see the Stand in your brain stem," Kakyoin said, "We'll enter there using a vein in your ear and swim through the blood vessels. Polnareff, you'll need to slice open a hole to get us in." "Hey, wait!," Joseph said, "Isn't that dangerous? Can't you just slip through?" "Not at the size our Stands are at now," Polnareff said, "But don't worry, the hole is microscopic, so there's no danger."

Inside Joseph's brainstem, Silver Chariot and Hierophant Green found the spore, already growing a number of tentacles. Lovers was at the center of the spore's mass, cutting up small pieces of brain matter. "So that's how Lovers accelerates the spore's growth," Kakyoin realized, "We need to stop him." "Leave it to me," Polnareff declared, "Even at that small size Chariot remains as strong as ever." Silver Chariot quickly struck and defeated Lovers after a brief struggle. It then returned to Hierophant Green.

"That should do it," Polnareff said. Kakyoin looked confused. "Something's not right. The video shows your Stand next to mine, but my eyes are looking at your Stand from several feet away." Polnareff looked shocked, as the form of Lovers melted, and the Hierophant Green Silver Chariot was next to turned into the actual Lovers, punching Silver Chariot in the gut. Polnareff grunted as he spit up some blood. "Damn bastard! He's also using the brain matter to create clones and disguise itself!"

"You seem so smug in there," Jotaro noted. Dan smirked. "I can see the fight between my Stand and those of your friends. By now they've come to realize that Lovers can use the brain matter of those it infests to create constructs to deceive anything that might come after it. I'm more than aware of my Stands shortcomings, as well as your weaknesses." Jotaro smirked. "Are you now? I think you're underestimating Kakyoin and Polnareff. Unless you plan on flooding Grandpa's brain with clones, it's only a matter of time before Kakyoin finds the real Stand among all the clones it makes."

Sure enough, Hierophant Green had sent its tendrils throughout Joseph's brain, searching among the increasing number of clones Lovers was making. Kakyoin smirked when he finally found the real one. "There it is, Polnareff! Let me get the first shot in. Emerald Splash!" The solid energy burst struck Lovers, impacting Dan at the same time to signal Jotaro, Fluttershy, and Hol Horse. Lovers immediately burrowed into the brain's blood vessels to escape. "Looks like it's trying to escape," Joseph said, "Which means it'll go right back to Steely Dan!" He quickly flooded his brain with Hamon to destroy the spore.

Dan dropped to his knees when his felt his Stand get attacked. Fluttershy removed the leaf barrier so the three Stand users could approach and attack. Dan freaked out as they approached. "I... I'm sorry... Please spare me, I admit defeat!" Just then, he felt himself start to burn and looked to see his skin was looking like it had been hit with acid. "Look what I caught," Fluttershy said, as her Stand showed a venus flytrap, opened just enough to see Lovers trapped inside it. It was the digestive juices of the carnivorous plant that was causing the acid burns to Dan through his Stand.

"Just as we expected," Hol Horse said, "Once you realized you weren't going to kill Mister Joestar, you decided to try one of us. And Fluttershy seemed the obvious choice since you figured with her in danger Jotaro wouldn't do a thing." "But you underestimate just how fast Music in the Trees can be," Fluttershy noted. She released Lovers over to Star Platinum, who started squishing it between its fingers. "You've got one chance," Jotaro warned, "Give up now and leave, and we'll spare you. Otherwise, I'll be sure to punch you a thousand times."

Hol Horse chuckled. "I'd listen to the man. I've seen what happens to poor suckers who get punched by Star Platinum." Dan nodded, and Jotaro released Lovers. He and the other two turned to walk away. Dan smirked. "Now I've got you! See that girl over there!?" Jotaro looked to see a young girl playing with her friends. "My Stand just went inside that girls ear," Dan explained, "It's heading towards her brain. You take one more step, make just one more move, and she'll die! And while you're frozen, I'll stab you slowly with this knife."

"Gimme a break...," Jotaro said, turning around, "You really did it this time. My grandpa was one thing, but attacking a child is crossing the line." Dan growled "Hey, didn't you hear... Huh...?" Dan suddenly realized he couldn't even move. "Devo the Cursed once said those of us hired by DIO knew all the weakness of the Joestar group," Hol Horse noted, "But it looks like what we needed to understand was their strengths. Hierophant Green seems to have wrapped up your Stand while it tried to escape Mister Joestar."

As he spoke, Hierophant Green had already yanked Lovers out of the girl's ear as she ran off with her friends, none the wiser for what was happening. Dan was now truly terrified. "Please... DIO already paid me in advance... You can have all of it, I swear!" "Pay us whatever you want," Jotaro said, "I have no intention of letting a lowly scum like you get away. What you owe us... Is not even worth a single cent!"

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When Star Platinum was finally done punching Dan, the hapless assassin was sent flying into a nearby building. "When you mess with my family," Jotaro noted, "You pay the ultimate price." He pulled out the guest book from Enya's hotel and wrote his signature on one of the pages, tearing it out. "Here's your receipt. Keep the freaking change." He let the page float into the wind, where it landed near Dan's body.

A bit simpler than canon, but with more party members to deal with Dan there's more options to keep him contained without hurting him, so yeah. Hope I did Jotaro beating down Dan justice.