Xinya and I decided to take on Donghyuck's double, while the others took care of Woojin.

"To think you're this skilled with coming up with strategies already. You're definitely going to be a pain if we let you live"

"Quit your babbling and fight"

He seemed annoyed with my retaliation, and proceeded to attack us.

He covered one of his arms with black ice, and tried to go for my head with his attack. When his fist reached me, I used my Permeation power and his arm phased right through my head.

I then used my Superhuman power to increase the strength in one of my arms, and punched him hard in his torso. The force of the blow caused his body to fold, and he flew off into Woojin.

"Horus..."

He wasted no time getting up, and immediately regular ice started forming on the ground around him and Woojin, who was pulling himself together again.

Right as the ice stopped spreading, the surrounding air got colder, and his stand appeared on his shoulder, along with an icy aura that surrounded him.

The Stand has a large, skeletal creature with the head of a pterosaur. It has multiple limbs ending in bird-like talons, including six small arms on its torso and several pairs of legs on its lower body, giving it some resemblance to a spider or centipede. It's colored grey with red eyes, and somewhat resembles a bird.

"That's the Stand that Jeno saw! So you really are the one that he chased down that night!"

Mark realized, making him frown.

"My name is Damian Leone, to make things easier for you. But you can refer to me as Black Ice"

As he said that, his Stand created multiple ice shards, and threw them at the others.

But not only did Mark combat it with his own ice, Donghyuck joined him and combatted Damian's ice with his flames.

They fought Damian together and combined their powers, until a bright light suddenly engulfed both of them. When the light faded, they were replaced with a person with long red hair and green eyes.

He was equipped with Sun & Moon Daggers, and wore red flame-like glasses, as well as a necklace with a Fluorite gemstone.

"Wait. That's Fluorite"

I mumbled.

"Right! I remember dad and our uncles telling us stories about him! He's their fusion!"

Xinya exclaimed.

Fluorite smiled at us when we realized who he was, but it faded when he proceeded to attack Damian.

Stray Kids worked together to gang up on Woojin, but he immediately countered this. He immediately used his Ursine power, and changed into a giant bear that towered over everyone.

"This is just like you to change because you know you're not strong enough!"

Lee Know angrily yelled, as they continued to fight him.

I quickly crossed dimensions with Xinya while the others were distracted.

"You have a plan Rei?"

"I do. If you can get close enough to Woojin, you can shrink him, then none of his powers will have any effect on us, and that includes Requiem"

"Wait! Where even is Requiem?!"

She began to panic, remembering that Requiem follows Woojin and their arrow anywhere they go.

"Requiem was on the ship holding the arrow, so I knew that Woojin told it to stay put to guard it, especially since he didn't expect to get caught by Chan. Even when he did get caught and we started this battle, he didn't order it to come help him. And even though Requiem has a mind of its own and can easily defy him, it still stayed put. Its only concern was keeping the arrow safe and away from anyone else"

I explained.

"I crossed dimensions to get to the ship. When I used my Laser Vision to blow up the ship, I ran back to where Requiem was and had D4C take the arrow from him. If I tried to take it while still in our own dimension, it would've likely attacked me. And since we still don't know what it's powers are, it would've been risky. However, it can't harm me if it can't sense or see me, so I took it away while in this dimension. It was still on the ship with it exploded, but I doubt that that was enough to take it out. Right now, it likely knows that someone has the arrow, but it doesn't know who has it or where it is. And if it really wasn't destroyed, it's likely regenerating itself to find the arrow"

D4C suddenly appeared next to me, and pulled out the arrow to show her.

"So this is the Requiem Beetle Arrow that turned Silver Chariot into Chariot Requiem?"

She asked and I nodded.

"If you can manage to get close enough for Little Feet to cut Woojin, you can shrink him down and we can win this"

"But what about Requiem?"

"Think about it Xin. Requiem is this Woojin's Stand. It's still connected to his soul and body, even if it's just by a thread. If he shrinks, then it'll shrink too, just like any other Stand and their user would"

"And I can stop him from shrinking at any point, and hand him over to Chan-oppa!"

"Exactly"

I smiled, and D4C put the arrow away.

"I'll distract Woojin, while you find an opening to cut him"

I didn't use this power at school against the other students, but I can definitely use it now.

"Binging Balls"

Immediately, multiple Binging Balls released from my body, poised to attack Damian and Woojin.

I sent one at a time to each of them, each seconds behind another.

They moved so fast that the first few times they noticed them, the balls either drew blood or latched onto them with their mouths.

Because it caused them to get distracted, our side was able to get the upper hand. Eventually, both of them were beaten.

"...This isn't over"

Damian retreated through a portal, leaving only Woojin.

Even though he was weakened, my Danger Sense power made me feel that something was off.

"Hey Xin. Hold off on cutting Woojin. Something's not right"

"Danger Sense?"

I nodded.

I noticed that Jeongho had the turtle with him, so I ran over to him with Xinya. I touched him, and he crossed dimensions to us.

"Jeongho. Something's not right. I need the turtle to get Minkyu"

"Right. Junsung, Xuefen, Sungmin, and Suyun are already in the turtle. But what about the others?"

"They can fight. They're all professional heroes, we're not. We need to stay hidden in this dimension until everything is cool. And besides, Damian is gone now, so we don't have to worry about anyone getting possessed"

I took the turtle and ran over to Minkyu, who was hiding behind I.N.

I aimed the shell towards Minkyu, and he immediately entered the key's room on its shell.

I ran back over to Xinya and Jeongho, and I waited to see what would happen. Woojin had changed back to normal, but right when Chan and Lee Know were about to apprehend him, something started happening to all of them, including Woojin.

They all looked like they were starting to get sleepy, but none of them were even remotely close to being tired after Woojin showed up. This in turn even caused Mark and Donghyuck to unfuse. Not even seconds later, all of them had collapsed and fallen asleep.

And emerging from the smoke of the destroyed airship was Chariot Requiem, completely regenerated like nothing ever happened.

And emitting from it was a weird mist, but after a few seconds, it disappeared.

It stayed put in one spot after it emerged, watching over everyone while they slept. It also periodically looked around at its surroundings.

I must be looking for the arrow.

As long as I stay in this dimension with the arrow, he shouldn't be able to know where it is. But we have to find a way to destroy Requiem.

"That mist coming from it must be one of its abilities, and it's mostly likely what caused all of the others to fall asleep so suddenly. If so, then The mist's range is dangerous enough in itself. None of us even saw it until after Requiem emerged after all, and it only seemed to be flowing around it and no one else"

I analyzed.

"If we went back to our dimension now, we'd most likely end up falling victim to the same power, and Requiem would immediately pursue us"

"So, we'll have to wait this out until morning in this dimension"

"But will you be ok Rei?? You've never used this power for that long before"

Xinya worriedly clung to my arm.

She's right, but I can't think about that now. If I end up falling asleep before we find a solution to this problem, I could jeopardize this mission for us.

A number of things could happen. I might end up sending us back to our dimension unintentionally. I could also end up only sending myself back, and if that happens, who knows what'll happen to Xinya, Jeongho, and the others.

They could end up dying here the second I leave this dimension.

To prevent any of that from happening, I need to stay awake.

"I'll be fine. I just need to stay awake until we destroy Requiem, and defeat Woojin. As long as I don't fall asleep, I'll be fine. You guys should go to sleep though. I'll wake you up once the others do"

"I'm staying awake with you. I pull all-nighters all the time. Having some company will keep you more vigilant and awake. Xinya should go to sleep though"

"Fine... I'll tell Minkyu and the others to do the same. Good night guys.."

Xinya hugged us both, and retreated into the turtle.

Now all we have to do is wait.