Back again with another chapter. Big thanks to ZigsL for Anne's Stand name!

"Faith?" Jotaro asked as he watched Anne's Stand fly its way to the lip of the ravine.

"She better hurry..the car's falling apart!" Star Platinum said as another chunk of the car's frame fell on him. Though it phased harmlessly through his body, with every fallen piece the car became more and more unstable.

Anne's Stand made it over the top of the ravine, still not losing any strength. The enemy's car was quickly reversing, but Anne's Stand dashed forward with blinding speed and grabbed its bumper, stopping the three-thousand pound vehicle in its tracks. She stared through the car's windshield, but found she couldn't see through it. It wasn't because it was dirty...it had to be a...

"Stand! It's a Stand!" Anne's Stand shouted, loud enough so they could hear.

"So you figured it out," the man inside of the car said. No, it wasn't the man inside. It seemed to be the car itself. "Took you idiots long enough!"

A silver spike shot out of the bumper and pierced her hand. Anne screamed as a bloody hole suddenly appeared through her palm. Immediately her Stand's appearance changed to a grey form, lacking any defining details, and the car's headlight shot out like a cannonball and hit her in the stomach, knocking Anne's Stand back.

The breath now knocked out of her, Anne tried to keep her composure as Jotaro grabbed her hand and let out a deep breath, hamon coursing through his hand and therefor through Anne's. In a few seconds it began to heal, her nerves visibly regenerating. Just as her bones were fully formed Jotaro gasped and let out a cough, out of hamon.

"Damn...that's all I can do," Jotaro panted as Joseph took over, doing his best to heal her. But due to his age, he only barely healed any more than Jotaro did. Kakyoin ripped a piece of his jacket off and wrapped it around Anne's wound, causing her to wince.

"I'm sorry," she said, holding her now probably bruised stomach. "That really hurt. My Stand's strength is built on my confidence. If it wavers for even a second, she can't do anything. And now she's stuck up there without any power..."

The final piece of the car's upper rear-portion broke off, falling into the seemingly bottomless pit.

"We don't have time. Either we risk it and have Star Platinum throw us up there, or we rely on Anne," Kakyoin said, looking down at the younger girl. "You can do this, Anne. You already helped us more time than we could have asked for. Now that my Hierophant Green's seen what our enemy can do, we can calculate a counter-attack."

"You saw what he did?" Joseph asked.

"Yes," Kakyoin said, pointing at an extremely thin green tendril floating of the car. "My Hierophant's been watching the battle this entire time. The enemy's car can make spikes, and presumably anything else the user can think of. A truly dangerous ability in the mind of the deranged..."

"WHEEL OF FORTUNE! That's the name of my Stand, little lady! And it's going to kill you first. After I'm done turning your head into ground beef under my wheels, I'll probably light up a smoke and watch their car fall apart. Piece. By. Piece." His sickening laugh filled the air as he pressed on the gas for only a second, his car menacingly inching forward.

The spike on his car grew longer and longer, getting ever closer to the powerless Stand. When it was but a few inches from her torso, he slammed his foot on the gas. But the vehicle didn't move forward

"What hell's going on?!" WoF shouted, trying to move forward.

Several green tentacles were wrapped around the car's wheels.

"Apologies. I had to gather more data before I could intervene," Hierophant Green said as his grip on the car tightened. "Are you adequately prepared, Miss Chariot?"

"Oui," Silver Chariot replied, holding Polnareff close to her body.

Anne looked at Polnareff in surprise. "When did you have time to make a plan?!"

"No words are needed in combat!" Polnareff said. "If you wanna live, it's something you're gonna have to learn. Comprendre?" Polnareff gave them a thumbs up and hopped out of one of the broken windows before she could answer.

As soon as they were out of the car, Chariot's body exploded in a cloud of steam as she removed her armor. The force of the explosion launched him in the air, similar to when he first met them.

'No time for nostalgia, monsieur!" Chariot chastised, but Polnareff just smiled and landed next to Anne's Stand.

"Time fahr you to grow up, fille," Chariot said as she held her hand out for Anne's Stand. She took it gratefully, weakly climbing to her feet.

"She will mature. I know it," Anne's Stand said.

"We need to use his own arrogance against himself," Polnareff said. "As simple as that."

Anne looked through her Stand's eyes. At Polnareff, standing tall against the enemy, and at Hierophant holding him back.

'It's because they have each other,' Anne thought. 'They have complete trust in one another. None of them hesitate for even a second. I can't let them get killed because of me!'

Anne's Stand began to glow. Chariot snapped her fingers, and Hierophant let go of the car's wheels. It charged forward to the enemy's surprise, but what caught him even more off guard was that Anne's Stand was back to its previous look.

She grabbed the spike in her hands, stopping the car easily. She raised her elbow and slammed it down at the same time she rose her knee upward, crushing the spike's shaft, breaking it off of Fortune's bumper. She spun it above her head and threw it at WoF like a javelin. It went right through the left side of the windshield, completely missing the driver.

"Shit!" Anne shouted. "I forgot people here drive on the right side!"

"You're not even American! Are you?!" Joseph asked frantically.

"I lived there for a while!"

The Stand user laughed, though there was clear nervousness in his voice. "I-idiot! Ya missed!" His voice cracked as he said that, but he quickly cleared his throat and drove forward.

"Chariot, I need you to distract him. Anne's got an idea but she needs some time," Anne's Stand said, and Chariot responded only be brandishing her blade and charging forward at their enemy.

"Okay, everyone. This is gonna sound weird, but I need you to do something for me," Anne said, taking a deep breath, preparing herself.

"Say the word," Jotaro said. "We're really running out of time here."

"I need you to put pressure on me. Stress me out."

"You're not already stressed enough?" Joseph asked as the front of the car crumpled against Star Platinum's chest, causing the car to shake.

"I need to be on the brink! My Stand's tied to my emotions in the extreme. When we fell, I thought I was gonna die, and time slowed down. If I can get there again, then I can get all of us out of here before this thing falls apart."

"I have a solution," Jotaro said.

"What's thaAAAA-!"

Anne didn't get to finish her sentence as Jotaro grabbed her by the back of her shirt and threw her out of the car, straight into the ravine.

"Jotaro, why would you do that?!" Kakyoin asked.

"What else was I supposed to do, yell at her?"

As Anne fell, she was forced to look up at the bright sun.

'Is this gonna be the last time I see the sun? The last time I feel its warmth on my face? The last time...I'll ever see my family? Or my new friends?'

Anne closed her eyes, imagining everyone dying because of her. Her mind shifted to her family at her funeral, with no body to say farewell to. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she clenched her fists.

When she opened her eyes, she felt herself falling much slower. Like she was moving through molasses. Her Stand floated down, wearing its white robe, scooped Anne's body in her arms and shot back up above the ravine. One by one, she brought everyone out of the car and on safe ground.

"You've matured," Anne's Stand said. Anne responded with only a nod.

"I tried. Sucks that we're already out of time, but we'll work on it, yeah?" She smiled and watched as time sped up again, and hearing everyone's surprised speaking behind her. A few seconds later, the sound of the car they were just in slamming into the ground below.

"Thanks," was all she said to Jotaro. He adjusted his hat and stood up. He tried to look tough but Anne saw his mouth tug upwards in a smile just for a second.

"What?! How did you all get up here?!" WoF asked.

Anne turned back to him and shrugged. "I dunno. But now you've got four huge, very pissed off guys gunning for you. You probably should just give up. If you get on your knees and beg, they might not beat you so badly."

"Oh please! I'll make sure you're the first to die, bitch!"

Anne gritted her teeth and stepped forward. "I'd watch my mouth if I were you!" Her Stand changed into its Strength variation, its entire body turning red, a visible aura forming around her body.

"Mind setting him up for me, boys?" Anne asked as her Stand cracked its knuckles. "I wanna try one of those fast punch rushes Star Platinum's so fond of."

"Emerald Splash!"

A volley of green emeralds smashed into the car, denting its frame.

"Just a little scratch!" WoF laughed as it drove forward.

"Not quite," Polnareff said, suddenly landing on the car's hood. "You're driving a car. Which means..."

"You need gahs!" Chariot said as she began to wave her sword in the air. In a few seconds she was moving her arm so fast it was almost impossible to see. When she stopped, her sword's blade was red-hot.

"Merci, Abdul," Polnareff whispered as he cut the car across its side, splitting the back-half open. Gasoline sparked caught fire.

The driver began to scream as the car became extremely hot. He tried to get out, but Jotaro kicked the door closed. "Not quite," he said as Star Platinum punched through the windshield and pulled him out, not even taking time to look at his face before throwing him at Anne.

"Hand of Faith!"

Faith put her hands up, took a deep breath, and threw punches with the speed of a submachine gun.

She was completely silent, however, allowing every punch to be audible. Each crack of his bones and laceration she dealt was for all to hear and see. She threw one more punch into his gut, driving half of her arm into his stomach before knocking him back into his car, slamming into it so hard it turned and began to flip until it rolled off of a cliff on the other side of the canyon.

Anne flipped her hair and turned around, willing her Stand to vanish as an explosion erupted from below.

Wheel of Fortune

Stand User: ZZ

RETIRED!