Strike First

– Urban Park of Some City, America - 11:30 AM – 

The first thing shows Green parked the car next to a sidewalk before he and Amelia exit the car. Meanwhile, Miguel and Rodeo peek their heads out from underneath the car and see the two entering the park.

"Miguel, you go through the shadows. I'll go over the fence." Rodeo said.

Miguel nods and disappears into the shadows. Rodeo slowly came out from underneath the car and vaulted over the metal fence and followed Amelia and Green while hiding behind bushes and trees while Miguel was just jumping from shadow to shadow and following the two. 

So far they haven't been spotted. Miguel and Rodeo stopped when they saw Amelia and Green sit on a bench. They then decided to wait and listen closely. 

"Beautiful night isn't it?" Green started.

"Yes it is."

Miguel emerged from Rodeo's shadows and asked him, "So when do you think they will attack?"

"Well there's not many people roaming around tonight and those two being the only ones here, which make it the perfect time for the enemy to strike." 

"True." 

The two continued to hear their conversation and waited for the enemy to show up. 

"Ok Amelia. So what is it you want to talk about?" Green asked.

"Green, once I tell you, will you see me the same way as before?"

"Look Amelia, I'm ready to hear you and.... you'll still be the same person in my eyes. No matter what."

Amelia lets out a deep sigh, "You know why I would mostly be cold at the foundation, Agent Green?"

"Uhhh because you took your job seriously?" 

"No it's because of-"

"Well ain't this a surprise?"

Cutting Amelia's words was another man's voice. The two looked to the right to see a man approaching them. This was Jack Barton. The Stand user of Ride Me to Hell, but they didn't know.

"Mr. Barton?"

"You know this guy?" Green questions.

"Yes, we met yesterday. And don't worry he doesn't know where I really work." Amelia whispered to him.

"Well that's good."

"It's a pleasure to meet you again, Dr.Buck. I'm surprised that you're in this city's park," Jack greeted the blonde before looking at Green, "And you are?"

"The name's Thomas Green. I guess my friend here knows you?"

"Yeah, we had a friendly chat yesterday night in another park. Also don't get any wrong ideas. I'm a married man. Unless you're feeling jealous?" He jokingly said.

"I'm not jealous, Mr. Barton."

Jack chuckled, "No it's just that seeing you two together in a park sitting on a bench reminds me of how me and my wife used to chat with each other. You know the romantic type of chat."

"Can we please change the topic?" Amelia interjects with a light blush on her cheeks. 

Miguel and Rodeo looked at the newcomer who they had no idea about, but Miguel and Rodeo sensed something from him..... something Stand related. 

"You feel that?"

"Si amigo, he might be a Stand user."

"If he's here then no doubt he brought back up with him as well. Let's wait for now."

Miguel nods and they both continue to hear the three's conversation. 

"Come on, Dr. Buck. I'm just chatting like a normal human being."

"I'm just saying change the topic."

"Feeling shy?"

"No, I am perfectly fine."

Jack chuckled a bit and then looked at the two but with a serious and menacing look on his face, which Amelia and Green noticed the look he was giving them.

"Uhh something wrong?" Green asked, feeling unease.

"Green. Leave." Jack spoke indifferently.

"Mr. Barton, is something wrong?" Amelia asked.

But then, the two felt the temperature of the atmosphere suddenly increase, and their eyes widened when they saw four scorched hooves marked on the ground next to Jack. They both immediately stood up and looked at him as a look of realization dawned on the two.

"You're 'Ride Me to Hell's user, aren't you?" Amelia muttered and was slightly suprise by this revelation.

"Tell your friend here to leave, Buck. It's for his own safety." 

"Like hell I'm leaving her behind." Green said to the man as he brought out a Glock pistol from his pocket and pointed it at him. 

"You carry that everywhere, don't you?" Jack asked, raising a brow.

"For my own safety? Yeah I do."

As the two stared at each other intensely, Amelia looked to her right and noticed a glass bottle next to a lampost which was showing her reflection. She wasn't sure but something didn't feel right about that bottle being there. 

Amelia then looked back at Jack and asked, "You're after me aren't you? Then tell me who you are working for and why did they send you after me?"

"Buck, I don't have time for this. I don't want to see your friend here or you get hurt. So I suggest you follow me quietly and tell your friend here to leave." He said while giving a pleading look.

Amelia and Green looked at each other, then suddenly something emerged from the top of one of the lampposts and to their surprise it was Alvin Parsh the one who has become Chilli Pepper. 

"YOU!?"

"Yup, it is I!"

Amelia and Green were glaring at him with anger and hate because of what he did to Rodeo yesterday. 

"So you were after me as well?!"

"Well, I'm not the only one actually."

The two heard footsteps coming from the left and saw a man wearing a silver bird mask which had glowing light blue eyes and long wavering hair, he was wearing a top hat and had clawed hands and wearing a British type gentleman suit. This was Albert Winchester who was wearing his Suit Stand Faded. 

"Lovely night isn't it, Dr. Buck. It's beautiful, calm.... and quiet as well. Which means no one will hear your cries for help."

"What are you?" Green asked as he pushed Amelia behind his back.

"Oh this. Well this suit, hat, mask and gloves which you might mistake for clawed hands are my Stand Faded which I'm wearing right now. What are you blind or something?"

"Only Stand users can see a Stand. Then why is yours visible to us?" Amelia asked.

"Surprisingly my Stand is one of the few to actually be visible to non-Stand users as well. Simple as that."

After his words, the two heard footsteps coming from the right and saw a 19 year old boy. He had light orange hair which was in a Mohawk style hair cut. He had aqua blue eyes and had a slightly muscular build, he had pale skin and was wearing a blue tank top, dark gray jeans and a gray leather jacket over the tank top and was wearing yellow colored Nike shoes. 

"What's up?"  

Then, a cloud of smoke appeared behind Jack and it was the Spy, the one who has become Silver Chariot. He had his rapier sword, knife and his revolver, the Ambassador, Sappers, Disguise kit, invisibility watch and the Dead Ringer in his disposal.

"Surprise." 

"So you're the French man?" Green asked.

"And I'm pretty sure you guessed it from my accent, Agent Green from the SCP Foundation."

"You know about me?"

"I know that Dr. Buck and you work for the same organization. So pretty much a guy like you is only meant to be a soldier in their ranks. That is enough to tell me who you are. Your previous life, I don't know much. But I'll say one thing."

Spy points the ambassador on his face and says, "Walk away and let us take Dr. Buck with us."

In response, Green points his Gallock pistol at him and cocks it which Soy lets out a sigh.

"Bon chagrin."

After his words, the glass bottle which was next to the lampost, the humanoid appeared on its reflection and was looking at Green and Amelia who didn't notice him yet. 

This was The Hanged Man. 

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Suddenly a jar fell next to Jack's feet which kind of surprised everyone. 

"What the hell?"

"Yimada!"

*Click?* 

A clicking sound was heard from the jar and it then exploded, which created a cloud of dust around the area in the process due to the jar being filled with dirt and everybody started coughing except for the hanged man.

"Cough! Cough! Damn it- cough!" Jack curses as he continues to cough.

Rodeo and Miguel quickly enter the cloud of dust and approach Green and Amelia who were coughing due to the dust. 

"Rodeo- cough! What are you doing here?! Cough!" Amelia asked surprisingly.

"No time to explain. We're getting out of here." 

Both Green and Amelia nod, as they were about to leave, Green suddenly spotted the Hanged Man in the glass bottle's reflection which was next to the lampost glaring at someone. He looked at Rodeo and then looked at the hanged man to see a wrist blade pop up from his right arm as if he was about to attack him. 

Immediately, Green quickly pushed Rodeo out of the way and the hanged man unleashed a barrage of slash attacks which hit Green in the back rather than Rodeo. Green fell on the ground face first with eight slash marks on his back which were now bleeding. 

"GREEN!" Amelia exclaimed.

Rodeo gets up and sees Green lying on the ground, he, Miguel and Amelia helped him up and quickly ran away from the enemy. 

"Damn it." The Hanged man mumbled, he then quickly jumped into a lampost's glass at light speeds and jumped into another one and started following the four. 

Meanwhile with the four, they were heading towards the car, but then they saw a beam of light fly past them and go into the car's window where they saw the hanged man on the car's glass window. The hanged man was about to unleash another barrage of attacks but Miguel quickly brings out a shadow shield from Rodeo's shadow and brings it in front of himself and the slash attacks of the hanged man hit the shield instead.

"Miguel, forget the car we're moving to the right." Rodeo said.

The four quickly moved to the right to avoid the hanged man's assault, Rodeo and Miguel knew the hanged man could only move from reflective surfaces in a linear manner so they avoided eye contact with him.

Luckily the four were no longer in his range or sight, so they quickly ran down the alleyway. The hanged man meanwhile saw a pigeon flying in the sky, he then turned into a beam of light and went into its eyes to get a better view of the city. He looked from the angle he was but couldn't spot them. He lost them.

"Great."

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Back with the Spy and the rest, after the cloud of dust vanishes, they could finally see their surroundings, however they have lost their enemies and their target.

"He was here! He knew that we would attack!" Alvin shouted in anger and frustration.

"The boy turned out to be smarter than I thought he would be." Spy nodded in admiration. "Alright, everybody split up and use your abilities and Stands to find them. The night is still young, let's not waste it. I'm pretty sure Mirror Boy has already started to chase them."

Everyone nods and they all split up.

'They know we will hunt them down. So no doubt they're hiding for now and their friend Green is injured. They won't be leaving this city anytime soon.'

Spy thought in his mind before turning himself invisible and leaving the park.