As Narancia was flung onto shore along with the turtle, you and Bruno rolled out. You both laid on the ground for a moment before looking at Mista, who had caught Narancia.

"Well done, Mista!" Bruno praised the gunslinger, "As long as we move upwards, their attack won't begin."

Mista chuckled slightly with a smile. You watched as Bruno stood up, offering a hand to you. You took his hand, standing up and helping the two put Narancia in the turtle.

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"What are we going to do Bucciarati?" Mista asked while looking at the burning remains of the boat, "We can't go back out to sea."

"If the Mold's range is extended by the corpses, as Y/N guessed, then instead of tracking down the user, we're better off finding a car and getting out of this village." Bucciarati said as he scanned the area, "Our number one priority right now is to get to Rome."

"Giorno, how's Narancia's treatment going?" Bruno asked as he leaned over the turtle.

"It's hard to treat him in this village." Giorno answered, "There's living mold in his wounds."

"Alright Mista, Y/N, climbing up is fine." Bruno said as he looked at the stairs in front of you, "We're going to go up those stairs and get ourselves a car."

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You walked up the stairs in front of Bruno, with Mista walking ahead of you. You stared at the corpse laying on the stairs as you passed by. You felt pity for them and everyone else affected by the mold.

"The only way we can go is up right now, but if we should ever have to go down any lower than we are..." Mista said.

"We'll be fine." Bruno said before the gunslinger could finish his statement.

"Bruno is right." You stated, "This village is built on the side of a mountain. All the roads go uphill"

Bruno nodded before speaking.

"Outside the village, there are cars that are still running. That means the mold's range hasn't expanded that far yet." Bruno continued for you, "We just need to acquire a car and get out of this village quickly. We need to hurry to Rome at all costs."

"Which car should we take?" Mista asked.

"Probably one with a corpse near it, because that corpse should have the car key." You said as you shivered at the thought of someone dying as they got out of their car.

You all heard a clang at the bottom of the stairs, causing Bruno to pull out his stand, but it was just a can falling from the corpse.

"It was just the mold breaking that corpse's hand apart." Bruno said as he put away his stand, "I'll watch our rear, you both hurry up and get a car."

"Right." Mista said as you nodded and followed him up the stairs.

"Mista, Y/N, I take that back." Bruno said, causing you and Mista to freeze in place, "Something... Something is wrong."

"Hurry and go up!" The black-haired capo commanded.

"R-Right!" You and Mista said in sync as you both tried to rush up the stairs.

"What are you two doing?! I told you to go up!" Bruno yelled as he whipped around to face you.

"We are Bucciarati!" You yelled as you and Mista tried running up the stairs.

"But..." Mista started, "We're sinking! We're moving away from the wall!"

You both froze and watched as the wall started getting taller, well you were getting lower.

"What's going on?" Bruno questioned as the corpse's head was crushed.

"The whole staircase is being pulled into the ground!" You shouted as you all were freed from your shock.

All three of you started running up the stairs, hoping to grab onto the wall before it was too late.

"It must be a different stand user than the one using the mold!" Bruno concluded, "There's another one after us!"

"This isn't good! We need to hurry and climb up!" Mista yelled, "If we go down any further, the mold will attack us!"

"Jump onto the wall!" You yelled as you tried to pick up Mista's gun that he had dropped, only for it to be eaten by the stairs.

"My gun!" Mista yelled from next to you. he started to reach down for it, but you stopped him before the mold grew on him. The gun was fully submerged in the concrete.

"It's not sinking." Bruno said , "The staircase is sinking into the ground, like it's melting!"

"What's that?" Mista questioned as he stared at the railing that was being sucked into the ground.

"The enemy!" You yelled, "The enemy is below us and is coming after us!"

"Mista! Climb onto the wall!" Bruno ordered the gunslinger.

Mista looked up at the wall, it seemed to high to climb up now.

"Sticky Fingers!" Bruno yelled as he summoned his stand, which punched the ground.

You hadn't noticed, but you were chest-deep in the staircase while Bruno was knee deep.

'He's fast... I don't even know if I can use my stand to escape...' You thought.

"This isn't good!" Bruno yelled, "I can't tell where he is! Where is he coming from?"

"Can you ear me Sex Pistols?!" Mista yelled, hoping to reach his stand, "Come back to me!"

You watched as the Sex Pistols broke the ground, working together to bring Mista his gun.

"Yee-Haw!" The Sex Pistols said as they fired into the ground, effectively bringing Mista's gun back to him.

Mista promptly shot a sign that was on the wall above him, causing it to bend down to where he could reach.

You managed to grab Bruno, who had grabbed onto Mista, who had grabbed onto the sign right as the stairs collapsed into the ground.

"One coming at us from beneath the ground, and a man eating mold stand...they're both making the most of their stand abilities." Bruno said with his eyebrows furrowed, "the duo it too compatible, more so than any other team we've encountered before.

"What are they, bound by the red string of fate? Damn it!" Mista said as he held onto the sign.

You were impressed that he could hold himself, Bruno and you with one arm.

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"I found one Bucciarati." Mista said as he pulled himself, Bruno, and you up onto the wall, "A corpse that's still holding the car key.

You looked down and made a noise when you saw a video camera being pointed at you, along with a strange man poking out of the wall. Mista and Bruno stared down at the strange man.

"You bastard!" Mista said,, pointing his gun at the man who dived back into the wall.

"I just caught a glimpse of our enemy!" Mista said as he pointed the gun down at the wall, "He jumped from the stairs and dove into the wall!"

You noticed that the three of you were sinking into the concrete again.

"Th-This is.." Bruno stuttered, before regaining his resolve, "Run Mista! Y/N!"

The three of you freed yourselves from the concrete and started running as fast as you could towards the cars.

"It's fast! At this rate, we might make it to the car, but we won't have time to start the engine!" Mista yelled, distressed.

"I'll hold them back, keep going!" Mista said as he stopped, turned around, and pointed his gun at the ground.

"Don't stop Mista! The ground is still hard!" Bruno yelled at the gunslinger, "The bullets are going to ricochet!"

Mista fired his gun anyways, and the bullets indeed did ricochet. You sometimes wished you knew what was going on in his brain. You watched as Mist stared at the ground, waiting for something.

You watched in horror as the strange man from earlier grabbed Mista's legs and started to pull him in.

"take this!" Mista yelled as he fired at the person who had grabbed him.

"Mista!" You yelled as you watched the man spit(?) rocks from his mouth, deflecting the bullets back at Mista.

'How many times is this man going to get shot with his own bullets?!' You yelled in your head.

As Mista fell, you saw the bullets coming back thanks to Sex Pistols.

"What?!" Mista yelled as the man dove underground before the first three bullets could hit him.

You watched as the man started tunneling towards you, an idea starting to form in your mind.

"Hurry up and pick up the key Y/N!" Mista yelled at you, "Hurry up and start the engine!"

You just stared at the quickly approaching ground, solidifying your plan in your mind.

"What the hell are you doing?! Hurry up and get in the car!" Mista yelled.

"If we can actually get out of this village by car, that's fine." You said calmly, "As long as we can all head for Rome."

You placed the turtle on the car and started running away from the tunneling man and towards the wall. It was moments like this where you were glad you spent the last three years of high school on the track team.

"Where are you going Y/N?!" Mista questioned as you ran.

You then flung yourself off the wall.

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A/N

I am so sorry I forgot to feed you last week my children. I'm now on spring break, so maybe I'll upload more ^-^.

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!

Stay tuned and I'll see you next time!