Just outside of New York, a couple sat in a forest around a camp fire.

The two men cuddled up.

But one of them then took notice of the strange way the branches of the trees grew. It was almost as if they were cut.

Being a protected area, that couldn't be the case.

Nevertheless, one of the men took their flashlight and began to investigate, hoping to get a good picture of one.

Guy: Don't go too far!

Guy 2: You worry to much- huh?

They began slowly turning in place, intensely focused on something.

(Crunch)

Guy 2:!?

The man began sinking into the ground screaming intensely with pain.

Guy: Hey! Wh-What's wrong!?

They raced to their significant other.

Guy 2: AAAAGHH! HELP! HELP MEEEE-

Their voice was silenced as they fully sunk into the dirt. The other man arrived terrified with not a single clue as to where they could have gone or how they could have even sank.

All they could do, was run, scream and call for help.

(Opening Theme)

John stood staring out the window, as he usually did. Annie walked into the room with two cups of coffee.

Annie: Blacker than the night sky. That's how you like your coffee right?

Annie: Just guessing, because you never ask for coffee and you only have the stuff to make black coffee.

John: It's been a while since I had coffee.

He takes the drink.

John:(sips)

John:... (Spits out) Bleh!

Annie:!?

John: I now remember why I haven't drank coffee in a while.

Annie: Did you have to spit it at the window?! Jeez... I'll get a towel.

Tossing away the coffee, Jojo received a buzz in his pocket. As Annie returned to wipe the window clean of coffee Jojo read a text he received.

John:...

Annie: Holy shit, the coffee turned the window black? What the hell kind of coffee did you buy?

John glances at Annie who stares right back.

A moment passed before she smiled and began to get close, taking another paper towel to dap off the coffee John still had lightly on him.

Annie:(smiles) Jeez, how did you look dashing when we first met when you don't even bother wiping coffee off your lip.

Jojo grabs her wrist and holds it away from his face.

John:(looks around)... She might be here already.

John: It's best if you leave for today... And don't come back for the rest of the week.

Annie: I'm not going anywhere.

John: Then we have to leave. Let's go!

He drags Annie off to an adventure. Shocked at first and even confused, Annie quickly becomes excited and goes along with the Bizarre man's whims.

Jojo took his assistant out of the city where they took a bus.

Annie: Where are we going?

John: Away from the city. It's our best chance to escape her...

Annie: Escape who?

(Screeeech)

The bus suddenly stops as a man runs in front of it, screaming for help.

Everyone:?

Guy: You have to help me! He was eaten by the land! Oh god...! Help, someone!

Jojo and Annie got off the bus to deal with the distraught man.

John: Sir, calm down and explain everything in detail.

Annie places her jacket on the man as they begin to retell their woas.

Guy: I was camping with my fiance when he suddenly noticed something...

Guy: He looked around and then began to suddenly sink into the ground screaming!

Guy: I panicked and ran...

John: Fascinating...

Annie: What do you make of it?

John: We have a case, my assistant. One that should take priority over her...

John: Show us to the camp.

Guy: I-I'm not going back there!

Annie: Point us in the direction and we'll handle the rest.

Doing so, the two began their hike through the forest, leaving the people on the bus to tend to the victims needs.

Though without the proper gear, the hike was difficult, both Jojo and Annie continued without bother.

Annie: I can always rely on you to keep me on my toes.

John: If it gets too hard, I'll carry you.

Annie:(smiles) Such a gentleman.

John:....

John: I've been meaning to ask...

Annie: Yes?

John: After Chinatown, you've been more confident and you've begun touching me 30% more.

John: Did something occur?

Annie: Besides killing a criminal?

John:...

Annie: Well... My Stand changed. Its become bigger and stronger. Even has a new ability.

John: So you've reached Act 2.

John:(mutters) Taking everything into account, the change is beginning to make sense...

Annie: What those "Act 2" mean?

John: Some Stand's can evolve. This usually occurs with weaker will Stand users who grow a stronger will.

John: When they do, the Stand adapts to it and evolves.

Annie: How many Acts does someone get?

John: Depends. I know of a case where someone had four. Usually there are three, however.

John: Just in case, I'll mention that you can still use Act 1.

Annie: Cool... So... Who is she?

John: She?

Annie: No, she.

John: She... There are many she's.

Annie: I would know. I'm a she.

John: But the she that you wish to know of is one of a few.

Annie: That being?

John: A woman in my family. The third worst to be exact.

John: My mother...

Annie: We're running form your mother? Why?

John: She's at that age where a mother is beginning to desire grandchildren.

John: If she saw you, I would be her prime target to accomplish that goal.

Annie: Eh...?

John: The danger with her is that you never know when she's around.

John: She watched my brother and I for a whole month before revealing she was there the whole time.

Annie: Well damn...

Annie: But you mentioned third worst. Who are the other two?

John: My aunt. Then my sister.

Annie: Your sister is worse?

John: My mother once spied on my sister like she did with me.

John: But when she found out, she hospitalized our mother.

Annie: Jesus...

John: They're on better terms but she still refuses to go to most family gatherings.

John:(shivers) If it was her who was coming... There would be no place to run....

Annie:(giggles)

John: It's not funny. She will quite literally chase me to the ends of the earth....

The two arrive at the location of the camp sight, sun set was soon upon them, so John immediately started a fire before his darkness got out of control at the brink of night.

Once it was lit, the duo sat around it.

Couched upon a log, John stared into the flames to keep himself in check.

Annie: So we'll play bait?

John: For now...

Annie: Then, while we wait. How about a camp fire story? I'd love to hear how you even got into this line of work.

John: Perhaps another time.

John: I've told you about my family why don't you tell me about-

John:?

Annie:(tilts head) What's wrong?

Grabbing her head, John tilts it the other way as he stares at the trees behind her.

Getting up, John goes slightly deeper into the forest, his eyes glued to the trees which were interestingly trimmed.

John:(mutters) There's a pattern here... These might be an angular illusion...

Finding roughly the spot, Jojo shifted around until he found the exact spot where all the trees 360° of him formed images with their branches.

These images were a story.

Annie: Did you figure something out?

John:(inhale)...

The images told a story of an ancient race, killed by one of their own, who then went into hiding until the day arrived where they could use a stone to turn into a god.

John: Your trap is interesting...

Annie:?

John:(glances down) But it will ultimately fail. Though if you don't believe me...

He began to sink into the ground.

John: I'll show you.

John: "Sunset Overdrive"!!

Punching the ground with the forgotten art of Hamon, Jojo freed himself.

Rolling aside, Jojo dust himself off as a hand bursted from the dirt.

Annie: A zombie!?!

John: No... It's something far worst then some zombie.

A tall man climbed out of the dirt, more muscular then the best athletes.

John: This is perhaps the most dangerous entity in the world...

(The Last Pillar Man; Sabbath)

John: A Pillar Man...

Sabbath: Hamon user... What is your name?

John: John Jostar.

Sabbath: John Jostar. My name is Sabbath. I shall take your life in combat.

Annie: What's a Pillar Man?

John: An ancient superpowered race that's nearly immortal. My grandfather fought them during the late thirties...

John: Seems he missed one... I'll finish this job however.

John: Don't interfere.

Annie:?

Sabbath: As a practicers of Hamon, you pose a threat....

He poses with his chest out and facing Jojo with his left side.

Sabbath: To my honor. As if I could let you live whilst my clan died out.

Flexing his muscles, Sabbath's vains explode launching blood at Jojo. They were like blades of crimson flying through the air like bullets.

(Pillar man Theme)

Paint It Black: BLACK BLACK!

Painting Jojo's legs heavily black as he leaped into the air, "Paint It Black's" gravity paint flung Jojo out of the way of the blood which sliced through several trees with ease.

Sabbath:?

Quickly wiping away the black paint with his Stand, Jojo himself lands atop a tree.

John:(mutters) My Hamon might not be strong enough on its own to kill him... But it won't be long until the sun sets...

John:(mutters) I'll be in my element... Where I can paint it black... Everything black...

John:(shakes head)

John:(mutters) Focus-

Sabbath who was under the shadow of a tree, placed his fingers in his mouth. With a crunch, he removed his hands and pointed his fingers at Jojo.

Like rockets, they fired out.

Quickly grabbing the leaves from the tree, Jojo infuses them with hamon, hardening them.

He tosses them, whilst his Stand quickly painted one side of them to allow the leaves to richochet the fingers away.

Sabbath: Clever, but worthless.

The Pillar Man then revealed how his fingers were still connected to his body by a thin wire of vains. Whiping them around the obstacles, Jojo found his arms wrapped up.

John: Tch!

Annie: Jojo!

His Hamon protected him from the Pillar Man's bio mass obsorbtion.

But Jojo could do nothing to stop Sabbath from pulling him off the tree with a powerful joink. The vain wires dug into his flesh, if Jojo was anchored, his arms would have been sliced off.

Charging his body with Hamon, Jojo took care of the first issue of the vain wires, but there was still the matter of him falling towards Sabbath.

Sabbath: Come to me, Hamon user!

His ribs burst from his chest becoming a jaw snapping at Jojo who flew over Sabbath's head.

Sabbath:?

Sabbath:(mind) There it is again... A strange occurrence, yet it isn't hamon.

Running up to Jojo, Sabbath engages in hand to hand combat.

Sabbath:(mind) I must figure out this mechanism at play!

As the Pillar Man attempted to hit Jojo, he could feel how his limbs were being pushed off course.

With no Stand of his own, Sabbath could not see Jojo's true power at work.

Sabbath: I see...

But he could figure it out.

Paint It Black: BLACK BLACK BLACK!

Painting a cross on Sabbath, Jojo made the Pillar Man fall towards the last seconds of sunlight, but it was too late, the sun set.

Sabbath: You possess a power other than Hamon, don't you!?

(SPLAT)

Blood explodes from his back, giving him the speed to run up to Jojo and punch him.

Allowing the impact to hit, Jojo is sent flying, landing on the campfire he made, putting it out whilst getting burned.

Annie: Jojo!

Sabbath stares at his sizzling fist.

Sabbath: Your Hamon is weak... And with nightfall, I am now unstoppable...

John: We both are...

He stands up.

John: Here... My Darkness has taken me whole... For there are no more limits... Only shadows!

Sabbath: You're speaking nonsense to me.

John: The only thing you need to know is... "Paint It Black".

In the darkness, "Paint It Black's" range was at its peak. Jojo didn't even have to get close to unleash his barrage of paint.

Paint It Black: BLACK BLACK BLACK!

Sabbath:!?!!!

The Pillar Man's body began to collapse as "Paint It Black" covered their body in its paint, applying gravity to every square inch.

Sabbath was a blob of black in less than a minute.

Stopping his assault, John watched the Pillar Man regenerate.

John: Submit.

Sabbath: You-

He then crushed the Pillar Man again.

And again.

And again.

Until sunrise.

Annie:(yawn)....!

Annie: Hm?

Having gone asleep in the tent left by the couple, Annie woke up to find Jojo standing over a kneeling Pillar Man under the shade of a tree.

Sabbath: I admit. You bested me. In the night, you are undefeatable.

Sabbath: But I shall never give up... I will grow stronger and one day, best you!

Still under the influence of his darkness, Jojo stared at Sabbath.

Then walked away.

John: As long as I'm your one and only target... I'll let you live, to see what you'll become.

Annie: Are we done here?

John: For now.

Though later, Jojo would regret letting his Darkness go wild and make such a decision, John ultimately stuck to his choice.

In his office once more, he stares out of his office window.

John:....

John:(mutters) Why did I leave again...?

Outside the office, Annie sat behind her desk, putting on a new layer of makeup until she noticed the sudden appearance of a unfamiliar woman.

Annie:!?

Her skin was like porcelain, her hair short but professionally done.

With those sunglasses that hid her eyes, this lady in Annie's eyes couldn't be anything but a super model.

Annie: Uhmm... Hi. Welcome to Jojo's Bizzare investable- ah! Forget it.

Annie: Are you looking to hire Jojo?

Raising her glassess, the lady stares at Annie.

(Star In Spirit; Shizuka Jostar)

Shizuka: Do you know who I am?

To be continued...