The characters and creatures etc. are owned by capcom. Well, most of 'em, some I made.
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Dante was sitting in Devils never cry, his shop. The day had been slow business, so he thought he'd sit back and relax. He was practically falling asleep when the door opened, but the bell on it woke him. Dante glanced over at the clock, but it was not late enough in the evening to tell them he was closed and the guy should hit the road.
So instead he drowsily looked over at the guy and said "Can I help you?"
The Bloody Mari he was addressing drew its daggers and launched them at Dante's desk. He rolled away just in time, but his jacket was slashed. Dante got out his signature weapons, Ebony and Ivory, and shot away at the blood stained puppet. It fell to the floor resembling rags and bits of old firewood.
"What's happening?" Trish shouted, running into the room with the Sparda sword in her hands. A quick look at the room shown Dante battle ready and bits of what looked like smashed wood and ragged cloth on the floor.
"One of Mundus' old marionettes." Dante sighed. "I thought they all lost the spirits possessing them when I defeated their leader. But it's over now anyway."
Simultaneously, all the windows in the room smashed, and possessed puppets pulled themselves through the openings. Dante opened fire on the left side of the room, four puppets falling almost instantly, only to stand up again. Trish was on the right side of the room, and she also turned out to have the right idea. The Sparda sword was devastating, especially to the pathetic marionettes. They were the weakest creature in Mundus' arsenal, Dante remembered. It felt like only yesterday he was on Mallet Island fighting these things and worse.
But now the fighting was over, the last puppet attempting to crawl back out of the window but being demolished by Sparda.
"Where did they come from?" Trish asked.
"I don't know." Dante replied, slowly and thoughtfully.