"Annie... Annie... Annie..."

"Go turn all the lights off... All the lights off..."

With those words from Jojo, Annie raced out of the apartment to the city's biggest supplier of electricity.

Annie:(mind) The message is clear. You want me to cause a city wide blackout so you can defeat them.

Annie:(mind) I'll make it up to you, don't worry!

Getting in a taxi, she drove off in a rush. Unaware of the odd truck following her.

(Meanwhile....)

(Shatter)

Pulling the Teriyaki Boy container out, Jojo placed the flesh back in, regaining his Stand's true power. Though that meant his open wound was allowed to continue to bleed, he was able to paint his body and fly away from Mr.Niceguy's apartment.

Mr.Niceguy: Nice try.

John:?

Looking back, John found Mr.Niceguy following him through the air by using his Stand to skip between buildings.

John:(smirks) So you're following me?

Mr.Niceguy:(glares) Can't kick your ass if I don't catch you.

John:(smirks) Be careful... You're about to play in the dark!

Mr.Niceguy:(mind) The look in his eyes... The way he talks... He's like a different person- No.

Mr.Niceguy;(mind) It's an act, he's trying to detour me from chasing as much as possible.

Mr.Niceguy:(mind) Who does he think he is!? What makes him think, after all our meetings, that I'M the one in danger?

(Elsewhere....)

Arriving at the power plant, Annie uses "Smooth Criminal" to steal the cloths off of security and walk straight in with the keycard. At the staff entrance, Annie looked back at the sky.

Annie: Sun is setting... Prime time for a blackout...

(Do♪ duh♪ dah♪)

Annie:?

The unmistakable sound of an ice cream truck's iconic song hummed. Annie only needed to lower her head from the sky to see the speeding truck racing towards her. Leaping to the side after the shock wore off, Annie heard the screeching of tires.

Coming to a stop, the driver seat window rolled down to reveal a lady in robes.

Annie: You... You're the "Woman Who Sold The World".

"Yes little lady. Now tell me, where do you think you're going?"

Annie: I'm going to help Jojo! He's the only one who can stop you!

"Jojo Junior can't hope to hurt me.... No... That right is reserved for senior."

(Wooosh)

She jumped out of the driver seat to try and possess Annie.

Annie: Get away!!!

Smooth Criminal: HEE HEE!!

(BAM)

Kicking the ghost under robes, "Smooth Criminal" moon walked in defiance.

She then helps Annie get up.

(Clunk)

Annie:?

The back doors opened. The robes fell flat as the being under them phased away.

Hearing foot steps, Annie watched as someone leaped out from the back. Walking out from behind the doors, The Woman Who Sold The World revealed a different host for her to use.

A familiar one to Annie.

With highly burned and bruised skin, in tattered cloths, the Phoenix rises again.

Annie: Mark Stump!?

Mark: That sweet sweet body WILL be mine!

Annie: Ew! Don't say that with a kids body!

Smooth Criminal: Hee!

Dragging Annie, "Smooth Criminal" leads her into the generator to do what she came for.

Mark: Tsk.

Walking to the door, he touches it. It turns to dust before his eyes, opening the way to follow. Mark's hair becomes a shade lighter before he enters the building.

(Elsewhere....)

Entering a closed off train station underground, Mr. Niceguy tried to reestablish eye contact with Jojo who he momentarily lost.

(Drip)

The station was pitch black, with a moistness in the air.

(Drop)

Mr.Niceguy: Tch!

Touching the spot that a drop of something hit him and caused pain, Mr.Niceguy finds black paint. "Brave New World" sticks close to Mr.Niceguy, stopping any other droplets from landing on him.

Mr.Niceguy: Come out Jojo! You can't escape me!

John:...

(CHCHCHCH)

A train was about to arrive. And Jojo was crouch walking right behind Mr.Niceguy.

(Wooosh)

Mr.Niceguy:!?

Striking him in the liver, John stuns Mr.Niceguy. Squeezing in between his legs, John stands up and tosses his enemy towards the rail way. Mr.Niceguy found paint splashed into his eyes with the last thing he saw was John covering his eyes.

(CHOOOO-CHOOOOOOO)

Mr.Niceguy: Urk!

Finding himself within a train, Mr.Niceguy stands up wiping away the black paint with his Stand.

Mr.Niceguy: Tch!

(Crash)

Bursting out of "Schrodingers Train" Mr.Niceguy's Stand launches him towards Jojo.

(WHAM)

Landing a clean blow, Jojo is sent sliding back into a wall.

Mr.Niceguy: You're getting desperate Jojo.

John:(spits blood)

John: What an interesting ability...

Mr.Niceguy:?

John: The right arm of your Stand. It's not missing, it's invisible, and become whatever you imagine...

Mr.Niceguy:....

He glances to his Stand, their invisible right arm now drenched in black paint which gave him a constant pressure. The right arm was shaped into an umbrella to stop the original dripped of paint.

Mr.Niceguy:(mind) "Brave New World's" right arm could be whatever I can imagine until it's left visable.

Mr.Niceguy:(mind) Until I wipe off the paint, I'll be unable to change the arm's shape.

Mr.Niceguy:(mind) But that doesn't change how strong and fast "Brave New World" is...

Mr.Niceguy:(mind) I can defeat Jojo- Urk!?

Looking down, Mr.Niceguy found his feet fully submerged in black paint. Using his stand to pull himself out, and hang from the nearest pillar. If he had stayed a moment longer his feet would have been crushed.

Taking his jacket, Mr.Niceguy wiped off the paint.

Mr.Niceguy:(mind) So much paint... How did he managed to produce so much?!

"Black..."

"Black...!"

"Black!"

"Black!"

"It must all be BLACK!"

Mr.Niceguy:!?

A voice echoed from multiple locations of the dark subway station.

John: Argh!?

Mr.Niceguy:(glares)

His full attention was on John who cluched his head.

His darkness was taking over.

Elsewhere, Joan leaned against a wall, staring at the sunset.

Joan: Tch. Meet me half way John and get to me or Jordan.... Before we have a repeat of the Zoo incident....

(16 years ago....)

It was night, and the Jojo siblings had snuck into the zoo to deal with a certain trouble making attraction they stumbled upon.

After a series of incidents, by morning, the Jojo parents discovered the Central Park Zoo was missing all its animals. And one of the inclosers was nothing but a massive hole.

(Present day....)

"Black!!"

"Black!"

If it weren't for the train tunnel, the whole subway would be filled with paint. Mr.Niceguy peeked around, only somewhat making out figures.

Mr.Niceguy:(mind) What are those, they can't all be his Stand!

John: B-Black...! BLACK!!

(Crack)

John: It must all be black! Including you!!

The subway grew unstable, as a sudden force appeared. Like gravity but from a bizarre direction. Mr.Niceguy knew his priority was to escape. The darkness was doing something to John, but now was not the time to figure it out.

(SPLASH)

A much larger "Paint It Black" leaped out of the shadows.

Mr.Niceguy:!!?

Paint It Black: EVERYTHING BLAAAAACK!!!

(CRASH)

(Meanwhile....)

Annie raced across the powerplant with her Stand leading. The Woman Who Sold The World chased her with a brisk walk within Mark Stump's body.

Finding herself in the head control center, Annie quickly locked the door and approached the control panels. Distressed and in a panic she tried pushing several buttons and leavers which quickly made the workers inside confused. They jumped to stop her, their attempt to do so led to them getting denied by Smooth Criminal who moon walked after kicking the workers.

(Schhhh)

The door turned to ash, Annie turned around to find Mark with dried skin and more streaks of white than before.

Mark:(wicked grin) "The Phoenix".

Calling upon Mark's Stand, The Woman Who Sold The World grinned as wide as she could with Mark's lips. Annie upon seeing the blazing Stand stood completely still, as she recalled quite well how this Stand's ability worked.

Annie:(mutters) What did Jojo call this Stand? Semi-automatic?

Annie:(mutters) Whatever it is, the close I am the easier it is for her to set me on fire...

Annie:(mutters) I'm a sitting duck!

Smooth Criminal: Annie are you okay?

Annie:?

Mark: Annie.... You can't handle me. Just give it up.

Looking around, Annie searched for something to save her. As the workers got up, they began smoking.

Mark took a step closer.

Mark: I don't care if your body is burned or not. Looks aren't important to me. I just need that body.

Annie: So you won't kill me? Good to know.

Mark: Ohhh don't think getting burned alive is a picnic. Last time you went up against this boy, you got but a taste.

Mark took another step closer. This medium sized room began to feel clostraphobic.

Annie: I'm going to take my life back, one way or another!

Mark: And go back to being a vegetable? With me, you'll live and experience life at least.

Annie: But not as me!

Smooth Criminal: Are you okay?

Annie:(mind) Why does she keep asking me that? I'm not going to cry or anything, I can't afford to-

Annie:(mind) Cry?

Annie:!?

Glancing up, she sees the sprinklers. The stationary firefighting system reminded her of the fire extinguishers not far. Being a powerplant, or a place in general where people work, ways to combat fire were everywhere.

Darting across the room, she spotted a fire extinguishers. And it was in range. Annie tossed a phone over to Mark who watched it drop to the floor.

Mark: A phone? What? You texted for help.

Annie: That... And it is a perfectly good distraction.

Smooth Criminal: Hee Hee!!!

(BONK)

Having stolen the Fire extinguisher from across the room, Smooth Criminal smashed it against Mark's head whilst pointing the nozzle at herself whilst spraying its contents to prevent catching on fire.

The Phoenix was strong but was far from being good in direct combat.

(Thud, thud, thud)

Mark:!?

Smooth Criminal laid several kicks across Mark's body. The Woman Who Sold The World fell back, sliding to the door.

By then, they were outside Annie's range just as Smooth Criminal ran out of CO2.

Mark:... Good on you. You landed a few kicks. Now what?

With Mark a bit away from Annie she could move with a bit more freedom. Stealing the coat off one of the workers, Annie threw it at Mark, making it catch on fire.

(Bringringringring)

(Tschhh)

The fire alarm roared at the detection of fire. The sprinklers spat out water, drenching everyone, and allowing Annie to more safely rush towards Mark.

Annie: I'll end this quickly!!

Getting close, she could feel how a fire wanted to start upon her body, but she pushed through and used Smooth Criminal to kick Mark even more.

Smooth Criminal: Hee hee! Hee Heee!

(Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud)

(Kablam)

Sending Mark stumbling back, Annie found her opportunity to run, but as she stepped out of the door, a second stand popped out of Mark, The Woman Who Sold The World's true form. Out of anger at Annie's antics, she kicked her.

Sold The World: HIYA!!!

Annie:(grunts) BLEH!?!

Getting sent flying, Annie crashed into the console she previously attempted to use to cause a blackout. She had gotten only a glimpse of the bone white monster. Annie sat in shock. She could feel how her ribs were broken and her body struggled to try and breathe again. Yet that wasn't the worst of it, as Sold The World appeared, so did the sprinklers disappeared.

Thus the Phoenix activated and Annie was set ablaze.

Smooth Criminal: Hee hee!!!

Stealing all the cloths from the workers, Smooth Criminal covered Annie, head to toe, snuffing out the fire before it did any permanent damage.

(Bam)

With a kick to the back, Smooth Criminal forced Annie to breathe.

Annie:(GASP)

Annie:(coughs) That was too close...

Mark: I'm not patient Annie! I will-urk!?

Mark slumped to one knee, the color in his skin and hair faded more.

Mark: Look at what you made me do...

The Woman Who Sold The World took the time to recover at Mark's expense. Years taken off his life and his Stand's power drained to refule her.

Smooth Criminal took this moment to talk with Annie.

Smooth Criminal: Annie, Are you okay?

Annie: Why do you keep saying that?!

Smooth Criminal: Are you okay? Are you okay, Annie?

Annie: I'm about to be wiped away! What do you think!?

Annie: I don't know what to do...

Smooth Criminal: You do. Jojo said it himself. You already have everything you need.

Annie:!?

Smooth Criminal: Annie Are You Okay!?!

Annie: Hm?

Smooth Criminal: Remember! Your strength! It lays dormant, Annie!

Smooth Criminal: Are You Okay!? Annie Are you Okay!?

Annie:.....

Annie:(mind) My stand... It's a part of me... So why can't I get what I'M trying to say!?

Annie:(mind) Am I okay? What kind of question is that...!?

Annie: OF COURSE I'M NOT OKAY!!

Annie:!!?

Annie: Annie R. Ukei... Annie Are you okay...

Annie: My name isn't real... She took that too...!?

Her Stand fell to its knees, its colors glowing brighter than usual.

Smooth Criminal: Annie Are You Okay?

Annie: No... She took it from me... My name, my life...

Smooth Criminal: Are you okay Annie!?!

The Stand's shape began to shift and grow. Its suit ripped as the body outgrew it.

Annie: No, this body, was just been modeled to fit her needs!!

The face cracked.

Smooth Criminal: Annie Are You Okay!?!

Annie:.....

Annie: No... That's not me... My name... My name is Annabella McJackson!!!!

Smooth Criminal:(smiles) Oh.. my bad...

The head of Act 2 falls off, only to be caught by the next evolution, "Smooth Criminal; Act 3". The head turned into a hat which she placed upon her head. Spinach around, Smooth Criminal posed for The Woman Who Sold The World, who now could no longer use Annie with Act 3 high and mighty to protect her.

(Smooth Criminal; Act 3)

Annie: Only my friends can call me, Annie.

Smooth Criminal: You're gonna get hit by! (Snap) (Snap) You'll get struck by!

Smooth Criminal: Me~ hee hee~

To be continued....