Halloween Horror Night
A/N: Here's a short one shot to celebrate Halloween, my favorite holiday of the year, followed by Christmas. Hope you like!
Disclaimer- I do not own DMC or any of its characters. This was done for entertainment purposes only.
ENJOY!
"I am so psyched!" Patty cried out in glee. The 20 year old blond blue eyed girl jumped up and down in excitement, her loose hair flailing about. The clothing she wore went well with her small slender body; a tight black blouse underneath a leather jacket, her favorite pair of jeans, torn at the knees, and black converse.
By her side stood the tall, brawny, pale man with blue eyes and white silver hair; clad in red. "Where the hell is Nero?" he questioned. His eyes searched the vicinity for the younger demon slayer.
"Relax Dante, he'll be here" Patty reassured.
As if on cue, the young, muscular, pale boy with similar characteristics as Dante appeared. His pretty brunette, light skinned, girlfriend at his side.
The two slayers wore their usual trade marking attire; Dante choosing red and Nero choosing blue.
"Hey, sorry we're late" he greeted.
"It's okay. The ride hasn't started yet" Patty said.
The sun had set hours before and it was now a dark cool night.
Kyrie shuddered from the cold and wrapped her black sweater tighter around herself; she wore a white blouse, a black skirt and matching stiletto heels.
The couple had been on a dinner date hours before agreeing to meet Patty and Dante for a "Fun" Halloween night in the town.
"Aren't you excited Kyrie?" Patty questioned, a smile plastered on her face.
"I'm a little nervous" Kyrie admitted.
"Don't be its fun!" Patty said as she pulled her friend to the side and walked off.
"I'm glad you're here, kid" Dante said arms crossed over his chest. ""I no longer have to be bored to tears by myself."
"Lucky me" Nero muttered, hands inside his pockets. He looked up to see Kyrie and Patty talking amongst each other.
Dante followed his gaze. "How are things with the girlfriend?" he questioned.
The massive flock of people around them clamored as the gates to the most popular ride in the amusement park opened. "Welcome to the Night Horror Nights. Enter if you dare" an eerie voice spoke.
"Well" Nero replied as the girls approached them.
"It's finally open!" Patty cried. She took Dante's hand and pulled him along as the crowd moved to enter. Nero and Kyrie followed.
The crowd stopped as they reached a chain of trams and waited to be seated.
"Patty, are you sure about this?" Dante questioned.
Patty looked at him. "Don't tell me your scared" she said.
Dante looked around, spotting several girls staring at him and Nero.
"No, I just don't want to waste my time with something stupid and boring like this. I'm already pissed about wasting my money" he said.
Patty sadly looked down to the ground.
Dante felt immediate guilt. He grabbed her and pulled her into a hug. "I'm sorry" he whispered into her ear.
"Yo, guys, it's our turn!" Nero called as he and Kyrie stepped onto the tram.
Dante wrapped his arm around Patty's shoulders and the two stepped up on the tram, taking a seat next to Nero and Kyrie.
"Alright then" the female announcer started. "My name is Shannon and I will be your guide on this scary extravaganza."
Dante sighed and tuned the announcer out. He looked to Nero who seemed to be doing the same thing.
He chuckled. 'Looks like I'm not the only one who thinks this is a waste of time' he mused.
He looked to Patty who had a smile on her face. 'As long as she's happy' he thought.
He then proceeded to look around seeing all the women on the tram staring at him. Deciding to have a little fun, he winked and blew a kiss.
Nero looked out in the darkness, bored out of his mind. Why had he agreed to do this? He looked to Kyrie, remembering she had wanted to come along.
The vehicle came to a sudden stop. "Alright folks, you're on your own" the announcer said.
A few people whooped as they stepped off the tram.
Nero groaned as he realized they'd have to walk and followed Kyrie off.
"Dante, stop your flirting and get off!" Patty shouted, anger seeping on her face.
The four soon joined the crowd at what appeared to be a type of village.
Kyrie huddled close to Nero, who slid a protective arm around her.
Dante stood close to Patty and placed a hand on her shoulder.
Patty shrugged off his hand, still angry at the demon slayer.
A sudden whistle blew, filling the night air.
People screamed as a horde of men clad in black with unsightly masks on swinging chainsaws in the air ran toward them laughing maniacally.
Patty screamed and laughed as a man ran toward her, scaring her.
Dante yawned.
He looked back to see Kyrie's face buried in Nero's chest.
Nero's face was nonchalant.
The crowd of people moved on deeper into the village following a marked down path.
It soon became clear the ride was a maze.
Houses and shacks were everywhere.
Bodies of animals and humans hung from the trees and shacks.
Actors working the maze hid anywhere they could and popped out at the crowd.
A few even walked through the swarm.
Screams of terror and some laughter filled the air.
A dead woman jumped out at Dante from behind a tree and screamed.
Dante chuckled. 'A tree? Really?' he mused.
She moved back into place.
Behind him he could hear Kyrie's whimpers. He turned toward the couple. "Calm her down, kid" he said, a smirk on his face.
"It's a little difficult when people jump out at you from every damn corner" Nero retorted. He looked past his elder. "Where's Patty?"
Dante turned back to find that Patty had gone. She had been beside him only seconds ago.
"Patty!" he called. He searched the faces of the people around them and their surroundings but found no trace of her. He then grew worried.
"Patty!" he called. "This isn't funny!"
His calls were drowned out by the terrified screams and shouts of people and monsters.
"Stay close, kid. I don't need you getting lost on me too" he said.
Nero glared at the elder demon hunter but did as told.
The trio continued their search for Patty.
A man wearing a demented clown mask jumped in front of them.
Kyrie screamed.
Dante paid the clown little mind, his eyes searching still for Patty. "Kid, do you see her?"
"I think I see her up ahead" Nero replied as he tried to calm his lover down.
Dante looked ahead of the crowd of people and spotted Patty near a large house.
"Patty!" He ran and leaped into the air, landing with ease in front of her.
"Ah!" Patty screamed. She laughed as she realized who it was.
"What are you doing?" Dante growled.
"Nothing" Patty defended.
Dante grabbed her by the arms and shook her lightly. "Don't you ever leave my side again!"
"Relax, it's just a ride" Patty said.
Dante sighed and pulled her toward him, embracing her tightly.
"Look, I'm sorry. I was just having too much fun and I must've trailed off" Patty said.
"There you are" Nero said as he and Kyrie caught up, hindered by a man with a chainsaw who had been chasing them. "Let's hurry and get out of here. This maze is getting on my nerves" he said.
The group rejoined the crowd of people and followed them inside a large building built to resemble a house. The entrance was named House of Horrors.
It was pitch black inside. The air felt musty.
"You're going to die." A voice echoed throughout the atmosphere. It was followed by a demonic laugh.
Nero grunted as his foot collided with something cold and hard. "Damn it! Shit!" he cried.
Dante's laugh was cut short as something wet and sticky struck him in the face.
Nero burst in boisterous laughter.
"Shut up kid!" Dante hissed. He wiped the fake blood off, muttering incoherently.
The four walked into a large room, lighted with strobe lights. They could see what appeared to be a torture chamber.
They walked down the long seemingly endless corridor, rooms filled with actors and actresses being chopped, sliced, and tortured on either side. Their screams echoed.
"Please help me!"
"AHH!"
"Help! Help!"
"Do something! Don't just stand there!"
It took everything Dante had to keep from laughing. They were all such terrible actors!
They entered another dark room, Nero being the last to cross through the door.
Bodies covered in blood hung from the ceiling.
Patty and Kyrie jumped at a loud cackle coming from behind them.
They turned and found no one.
A sudden excruciating scream filled the air, sending chills down two girls' backs.
Nero grunted and toppled to the floor as something heavy landed on top of him.
"Ah!"
Dante, Patty, and Kyrie turned toward him.
Kyrie screamed as she saw the body of a person on top of Nero.
Nero groaned in disgust.
"Relax kid, it's a fake" Dante said. He grabbed the body and stopped.
"What's wrong?" Nero questioned.
"This isn't a fake" Dante said. He turned the body over and saw that it indeed was real.
It was one of the women from the group. Her throat had been torn open. The gash was still fresh.
"What?" Patty breathed out. Kyrie whimpered and stepped closer to her.
"Something's not right" Dante said voice barely above a whisper.
Nero's devil bringer began to glow a bright blue.
A low deep growl could be heard from behind the girls. The two demon hunters looked past them to see a pair of red eyes.
Dante quickly wrapped an arm around the girls' waists, leaping out of the way in time to avoid the oncoming bullets from Blue Rose.
The demon screeched as the bullets pierced its head and dropped down to the ground, dead.
"I knew there was something odd about this place" Nero said as he stood up.
"Hmm, the fact this place sucks so bad didn't give it away kid?" Dante commented.
Nero stared at him. "Do you really think now's the time to-"
Inhuman screams rang out and filled the room.
Nero glared and Dante gleamed at the sight of possibly hundreds of red eyes peering out at them from the darkness.
"This is more like it" Dante said with a grin.
He reached into his coat and pulled out Ebony and Ivory. Patty had insisted he leave Rebellion behind. "It's not like you're going to need it. We're just going to the carnival" she had said. Why he had listened, Dante would never know.
"Patty, take Kyrie and get out of here!" Nero ordered. He too had left Red Queen behind on Kyrie's request.
Patty nodded and took Kyrie's hand.
"You know kid" Dante said as he watched the two girls' leave. "A fight now and then really does make things interesting."
Nero smirked. "You know something old man, you might be right."
Several hell lust demons launched out at them from the darkness, fangs, claws, and scythes barred.
Nero walked forward and shot several times.
Dante spun on his heels, shooting several demons at once, which resulted in being bathed in sand.
Nero jumped back as a scythe was brought down, plunging into the ground where he had been seconds ago.
Growling, he ran and kicked the demon square in the face, sending it flying back, retracting it with his devil bringer and flinging it toward a wall where he then shot it in the head.
"This would be quicker if we had our swords!" he growled as he shot another demon.
"Did your woman make you leave it behind?" Dante teased as he kicked a demon away. He bent back to avoid being struck by a scythe.
"What's your excuse?" Nero retorted. He ducked to avoid an inevitable beheading, all the while swinging his leg up over and kicking the demon in the head.
The demon screeched as four bullets pierced through its body, turning into sand the moment it hit the wall.
Dante and Nero stood back to back, panting, as more demons appeared.
Dante smirked as Nero used his devil bringer to take a hold of him and hurl him up in the air.
Several demons leaped after him, scythes ready to strike.
Dante spun in the air rapidly.
In the meantime, Nero jumped from demon to demon, shooting several rounds.
Coming up to a wall, Nero ran up it using it as leverage as he shot himself off, flipping backwards through the air.
Both demon hunters landed on their feet alongside each other.
A demon lunged at them, getting caught by Nero's devil bringer and slammed into the ground.
Dante, with a smirk, look down at it and shot it once in the head, killing it.
~break~
Patty kept her hand over Kyrie's mouth to muffle her screams.
The 'village' had been overrun by demons, which were currently in the processes of killing everyone and everything that moved.
Fortunately, Patty had been able to find a hiding spot inside the large bushes. It may not have been the best place but her options were limited.
Kyrie whimpered as a woman's screams were cut short, turning to gurgles, and literally drop dead in front of them.
A hell pride demon, grey cloaked with red eyes, bearing a scythe, stepped on the woman's back and slashed her head clean off her shoulders.
Kyrie closed her eyes and Patty sweat dropped as the demon lingered, sniffing the air.
The demon suddenly turned toward the bushes.
Patty's eyes widened in horror, it had caught their scent!
The demon screeched and swung its scythe.
Patty, dragging Kyrie along, jumped back and out of their hiding place, into plain view in time to avoid being struck.
"Run Kyrie!" Patty yelled.
Both girls clambered to their feet and ran.
Kyrie grunted as her heel broke, causing her to fall and drag Patty along with her.
Patty groaned and jumped back up to her feet. "Come on!" she strained as she forced Kyrie up.
Several more demons had joined and gave chase.
The two girls ran into a large two floored house.
Patty slammed the door behind them. "Barricade the door!" she cried.
She and Kyrie took whatever furniture they could find (a wooden table and couch) and pushed it up against the door.
They panted.
"What do we do?" Kyrie questioned.
"I'm working on it" Patty replied.
Kyrie spotted a pot on the floor and picked it up. "We can use this" she said.
"It's fake. Everything in here is fake" Patty said.
"Well I don't see you coming up with anything!" Kyrie shouted.
Patty shushed her.
It had suddenly grown silent.
"Do you hear anything?" Patty whispered.
Kyrie shook her head. "No."
"Exactly" Patty said. She slowly made her way to the door, toward the peephole.
"Patty, what are you doing?" Kyrie half whispered.
Patty ignored her and placed herself against the door, looking out through the peephole, seeing nothing.
"I don't see anything" she said.
A scythe broke through the door, missing Patty's face by an inch. She screamed and fell back.
The door flew off its hinges (the furniture flying off with it) in sync with the window bursting to pieces. Several demons made their way inside the house.
Patty whimpered.
Kyrie ran toward her and dragged her along toward and up the stairs.
The two ran into a bedroom and slammed the door behind them. They panted.
"The window!" Patty cried.
Kyrie ran to the window. "It won't open!" she whimpered.
Patty took off her jacket and wrapped it around her hand. "Move!" she growled.
Kyrie stepped aside and watched as Patty punched the window several times, breaking it.
There were sudden bangs on the door followed by loud screeches.
"Go!" Patty yelled.
"I can't. It's too high!" Kyrie protested.
Patty looked back to the door, gasping as it began to break.
"Sorry about this" she said and pushed Kyrie.
Kyrie cried out as she was pushed out of the window. She grunted as she hit the ground feet first and rolled.
Patty soon followed suite, landing on her feet, and mentally thanked her mother for enrolling her in what she thought then was a useless self defense class.
Kyrie screamed as an unarmed demon charged at her.
Without thought, Patty ran and jumped in the air, kicking the demon square in the chest and sent it flying back.
She landed on her back and grabbed the scythe. "DIE!" she shouted as she sliced through the demon.
The demon screeched and turned to sand.
"Patty!" Kyrie screamed.
Patty turned to see Kyrie surrounded. She ran and swung the scythe in several directions. One by one, the demons fell showering them both in sand.
Patty panted and looked down to Kyrie. "You alright?"
Kyrie nodded. "Yes. Are you?"
Patty looked herself over, seeing only a few scrapes and cuts. "Looks like it."
The two turned at the sound of clapping.
"Nice show babe" Dante said.
He and Nero calmly and coolly walked toward them.
Patty sighed in relief and dropped the scythe. "Dante, you're okay" she said as she ran to him.
Dante pulled her into a hug. "You were worried about me? Aw, I'm touched" he said and placed a hand over his heart.
Nero took Kyrie's hand and helped her to her feet.
"Nero!" she cried and pulled him into a hug.
"Are you alright?" he questioned his face full of worry.
Kyrie smiled and nodded. "Thanks to Patty."
"So" Dante sighed and walked forward. "Looks like you two did pretty well. But it's not over yet."
As if on cue, a massive flock of demons appeared.
Nero scoffed. "I doubt anyone got out alive, this place is crawling with these vermin."
"The night's still early, kid" Dante said. He turned to the two girls. "Why don't you two hide and I'll come and get ya when we're done?"
Patty derided. "As if. I totally kicked ass!"
Dante closed the distance between him and Patty. He leaned closer, his lips inches from hers. He lingered for a short second and placed a kiss on her forehead.
Patty flushed.
"Do it for me" he purred in her ear.
"Not fair" Patty said. She took Kyrie's hand and ran back into the two floored home.
Dante chuckled and turned his attention back to Nero. "Let's finish this kid."
~break~
As dawn approached the number of demons lessened.
Dante kicked an oncoming demon and watched as it flew back and landed on the picket fence, the pointy tips piercing through it.
He turned at the sound of another demon attempting to sneak up behind up him, and kicked it up into the air. He jumped up, passing the demon, and kicked it back down into the ground.
He landed with ease and picked up the scythe from the ground. He walked toward the fallen demon and plunged the sharp blade in its chest, killing it.
He looked to see Nero surrounded and flung the scythe at his direction. The scythe spun around, like a boomerang, and sliced through the demons.
Dante caught it easily and studied it. "Not bad."
Nero shot several rounds at Dante,
The bullets whizzed past Dante's head and plunged into the several demons behind him.
"Nice shot kid" Dante said.
Nero smirked and used his devil bringer to gather up the last remaining demons lingering around.
Dante shot a final round, killing them.
The two demon hunters panted.
Footsteps could be heard and Patty and Kyrie stepped out from the house.
They approached the two slayers, embracing them.
"I'm glad you're okay" Kyrie whispered into Nero's ear.
"Me too" Nero breathed.
"You alright Dante" Patty asked as she hugged him.
"You worry too much babe" he said.
Patty smacked him upside the head.
"Hey!" he exclaimed. "That hurt."
"Look" Kyrie spoke. "The sun is rising."
The four looked up to see the sun rise over the horizon, illuminating the sky with beautiful blended colors.
Nero looked at Kyrie and smiled. "Let's go home."
The four then began the trek to find their way out of the ride.
Nero and Kyrie wrapped their arms around each other.
Dante had his arm around Patty's neck.
"That was some night" Patty said.
"Yeah, it just kills me that I'm not getting paid for it" Dante said.
He groaned as Patty elbowed his side.
"But at least we got some justice for those that lost their lives here" he added.
"How are we going to explain everything?" Nero questioned.
Dante sighed. "I don't want to think about that right now kid."
"Let's just be glad we survived" Kyrie said.
"Kyrie's right" Nero agreed.
"I can't wait for Christmas" Patty spoke. "It's going to be even better."
Dante shook his head. "Oh no. No. No. No."
END
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