Okay guys. This is my newest idea for a story. I will try to post once a week if I can. Please review. I accept constructive criticism. I hope you all like it.
Mature content: Minor swearing and sexual reference.
Disclaimer: I only own my characters Noel and Alexis.
The bright pink neon glow of the sign in the alleyway was the only light that shone down on the two girls as they walked towards the glittering gold door under the sign. Their heeled boots clicked against the cement of the alley. The brunette looked around as the blonde unlocked the door and they both stepped inside.
"Well that was a weird mission." The brunette said as she hung up her twin pistols and her katana. "I can't believe we got there before those devils did." She shot her best friend a grin.
"Now don't get cocky Noel. Gabe would tell you it wasn't befitting an angel." The blonde girl chastised. She took her twin katanas off her back and set them on one of the two shiny mahogany desks. "Then again when did Gabriel and Michael ever approve of the choices we made?"
Noel nodded and took off her tight black leather jacket. She headed upstairs to her room, unzipping her leather corset top and tossing it aside. She stripped out of her leather stiletto boots and skin tight leggings, tossing them into a clothes bin in the corner. The alarm clock on her side table went off and she tapped the button to silence it before heading to her bathroom.
Ten minutes later, Noel stood in front of her full length mirror, putting finishing touches on her makeup. Her hot pink tank top stood out through the rips in her white off shoulder t-shirt. There was ample room for her wings if she needed them. The gold writing on her shirt spelled out Angel Dust, discreetly advertising the girls' shop. Her black pleated mini skirt and fishnets went well with her shimmering knee high heeled boots.
Alexis was tapping her foot, holding the car keys as Noel descended the stairs. Both girls had curled their hair and put on their signature gold lipstick. They gave each other high fives and headed out to their car. Alexis started the engine of their glittering gold Trans Am and pulled out onto the street, leaving a white feather in their wake.
The ride was silent and short as they pulled into their reserved parking spot at the city's wildest nightclub. The neon of the Rose Underground flashed as they walked inside, music thumping throughout the club. The two girls made their way to the bar, getting two shots of tequila and downing them. The bartender smiled at the girls and motioned for them to head to the dance floor.
: Dante's POV:
I glared at the backs of the two women who had just passed me. They were known for their charm and beauty, but I considered them a major pain in the ass. They had stolen yet another job from me which pissed me off. Setting my glass down a little harder than necessary, I ordered another drink from the bartender.
"Go easy on the drinks old man." The bartender said. "Don't make me have to carry your sorry ass home again tonight. It's not your fault you're not fast enough to get the job done first." He chuckled.
"Nero, leave your uncle alone," A voice said behind me as a hand came to rest on my shoulder. "Dante if you just got over your pathetic grudges you may find that they are more than just occupational competition." My brother, Vergil, said in his logical tone.
I shook my head and turned on my barstool to look at the girls whom I hated so much. I had yet to witness their skills in person, but from what Lady and Trish had told me, these girls were fast, strong, and definitely not human. Vergil had done as much research as he could and still there were pieces missing.
I frowned as I watched the girls dance with different men. The lights flashed and I swore I had seen what I thought were angel wings. I blinked a few times but the girls looked normal. My inner demon was confused, sensing something different about them. I could tell Vergil and Nero sensed it too, but neither seemed too bothered by it. The brunette girl flashed a smile my way and blew me a kiss.
: Noel's POV:
I helped Alexis to the bar to pay our tab for the evening. Time had flown by and I missed my chance to torment the red devil more than just a simple kiss. I paid the tab and helped Alexis outside. She giggled and handed me the car keys. I took them and walked her to the car, getting her settled in the passenger seat. The drive was short, taking only a few minutes to get the car parked and Alexis inside. She passed out on the couch before I could get her upstairs.
A noise to my left caught my attention and I grabbed my pistols from the doorway, sliding my belt around my waist. I clicked the safety off, hitting the light switch with my elbow. I glared at the man who sat at my desk. He was playing with my statue of the archangel Gabriel, my brother. The man smirked and I aimed my guns at his head.
"So you've resorted to breaking and entering to get my phone number?" I asked with sarcasm, glaring at the red devil.
"I couldn't resist. You've screwed up my work for me. I figured it was time I repaid the favor." Dante said with a smirk.
I glared at the devil hunter. "You call that shop you run a job? Hard to make a living when you can't get work now isn't it." I growled. "Do yourself a favor and leave. I don't like having to clean blood off my desk."
Dante stood, setting the little statue down, and strode towards me. He gripped my chin lightly, locking eyes with me. My angel wings came out, flaring out at the tips, as my aura shifted the air around us. My silver pistol dug into Dante's gut as he pressed closer to me.
"You sure are cocky for an angel." He taunted.
"Newsflash asshole!" I growled, kicking him back and aiming for his stomach and right leg. "I'm only half angel!" I snarled, firing at the red devil.
Dante flinched, having received the stomach shot. I cursed under my breath, having missed a vital organ. I sighed as the devil made his escape through the back door of the office. I set my guns down on my desk and took off my belt. It took me a few moments to drag Alexis upstairs to her room and get myself changed into sweatpants and a tank top.
I made my way to the kitchen downstairs to get the mop and cleaner. I had a few blood spots to clean up. The smell of cleaner made me want to gag as I mopped up the blood and dumped my bucket. I grabbed a granola bar out of the pantry and headed to my desk. My beautiful silver and gold pistols awaited me. I smiled and sat down to clean them after grabbing my katana from by the desk.
The first to get the cleaning was my katana Heaven's Hand Maiden. I polished the blade after cleaning the demon blood off of it. The blade was sharp so I didn't need to worry about digging out my sharpening stone. I sheathed the blade and tied a ribbon around the hilt. Picking up each gun, I released the clips and emptied the unused bullets to bless them.
My gold pistol, Saint, was first to get polished. I cleaned out the barrel and reloaded all of my clips with blessed bullets. I repeated the process with my silver pistol, Sinner. Once they had been cleaned and all of my clips reloaded, I put the guns back together and fitted them into their holsters on my belt. I hung my weapons belt back on the coat hook by the door.
Still not tired, I grabbed Alexis' twin katanas and polished them as well. The black steel blades glimmered in the lamp light. Alexis had named her glorious blades Salvation and Exile. She wielded them well, having been trained by her half brother with his own heavenly blade.
I set them back in their rightful place on her desk and set the alarm. Locking the doors, I shut off my desk lamp and headed upstairs. I stripped off my sweatpants and put my shorts on, crawling into my king sized bed. The moonlight shone through my window and a white feather fluttered down, coming rest on my window sill as I fell into a deep sleep.
: Vergil's POV:
I sat up from the sofa when Dante walked in cursing. Nero whistled from his place at Dante's desk and I looked at my brother, unable to hold back my laughter. Nero went to get the first aid kit from the bathroom upstairs. I stood and got a chair from the kitchen, forcing Dante to sit in it.
"I told you going to their shop wasn't a good plan. You deserve that." I told him.
"Shut up Vergil." Dante growled taking the first aid kit Nero handed him.
He opened the kit and pulled out tweezers, gauze, rubbing alcohol, and a devil star. I watched my brother pull the bullet from his leg and drop it on the floor. He poured the rubbing alcohol in the wound, wincing a bit. Nero cracked the devil star for him and poured a bit in the wound, handing him the gauze. I watched my son help his uncle and Dante's wound slowly started healing as Nero wrapped it.
"She blessed the bullets. No wonder you weren't healing." I said, picking up the bullet with the tweezers.
"No shit Sherlock." Dante grumbled as he took the tweezers and handed them to Nero. "Hey kid. Pull the bullet out of my side, would ya?" He asked, leaning to the side to expose the wound that wasn't healing.
Nero did as he was told, cleaning and dressing Dante's wound. I handed the rest of the devil star to Dante for him to drink. It would clean out the rest of the holy water from his blood stream. I cleaned up the first aid kit and put it away before getting a rag to clean up the blood. My brother grumbled under his breath, cursing the half angel woman who shot him. I chuckled to myself.
"What's so funny Vergil? I'd like to see you take on that bitch."
"Oh no, Dante. You can have the feisty one who is trigger happy. I think the blonde one is hotter anyway." I said, putting the rag in the dirty laundry and returning to my spot on the sofa.
Nero shook his head, hearing that last comment as he came back from putting the chair away in the kitchen. We all looked as the door banged open and Lady and Trish walked in. Trish tossed a pizza at Dante and my brother smiled and kicked his feet up. Lady plopped herself on the other side of the sofa, stealing the remote and clicking the television off.
"We have a problem." Trish said, leaning on the edge of Dante's desk. "Your Angels are far more dangerous than we thought."
"No shit." Dante said through a slice of pizza. "The brunette bitch shot me with blessed bullets."
"I told you not to go tonight." Lady said.
"That's what I told him. Now tell me what you mean by more dangerous." I asked.
"I was watching them. I missed Dante's play date. But I gathered some very important details." Trish said. "There was someone else watching the girls tonight."
Dante put his feet down. "Who was it? A demon? Dammit Trish tell us!"
Lady was up in a flash to smack Dante in the back of the head. "Shut up and let her talk!" She grumbled.
Trish sighed. "It wasn't a demon Dante. There were two of them. Angels. Archangels to be exact. And I would not want to be caught by them." She said, stealing a piece of Dante's pizza, and earning a childish pout from my younger brother.
"Archangels?" Nero asked. "Which two?"
The silence was deafening as Lady and Trish made eye contact with each other. Dante was getting impatient. Before he could have another outburst Trish spoke again.
"Michael and Gabriel."
The room went silent again. Dante fell back into his chair and we all just sat for a moment. Nero was the first to do anything. Raking the claws of his devil bringer through his hair like a comb, he walked over to the window.
"We need to watch our asses. I don't care if the sons of Sparda are half angels. Archangels are not beings you want to fuck with. I've done enough research to know that." He said. "Michael and Gabriel are the strongest of them all."
"I think we should keep our distance. Picking a fight with those girls could be a bad idea. I don't know much about their relationship with the archangels. If they are protecting the girls we won't be able to fight against them." Lady spoke.
"That is true." I said, thinking over the information. "But if the girls are half angel, then they would have been given the option to go to heaven and do the job of an angel. They are still on Earth for a reason. We need to keep watching them. See if we can find out their relationship with the archangels and why those girls are still here on Earth."
Lady and Trish nodded, each stealing a piece of Dante's pizza before heading out for the night. I looked at the time and sighed. It was later then I would have liked and there was so much to think over. I stood and headed for the stairs, fully intending on a hot shower before bed. Dante kicked back in his chair and closed his eyes. Within moments he was snoring.
I heard Nero's footsteps follow me upstairs and disappear into his own room. As I started my shower, my thoughts wandered to the blonde half angel that I was watching tonight at the club. I felt a deep pang in my chest that I had never felt before. Not even for Nero's mother. She was everything I had ever looked for physically in a woman and it made me want to get to know her. I was intrigued. I finished my shower and dried off, getting dressed and going to bed. I would certainly be performing my own recon during the daylight.
: Alexis' POV:
The sunlight bursting through my open curtains woke me from my peaceful sleep. My head pounded from the alcohol I had drunk the night before. I groaned and slowly sat up, kicking my heals off into my closet. I took my time standing up and moving towards my bathroom. The room spun a little and I slowed to a turtles speed. All I was focused on was a hot shower.
I stepped inside my shower, starting up the water and inviting the hot spray. Noise from across the hall told me Noel was awake and heading downstairs. I sighed and took my time, enjoying the heat. The water began to turn cold when I finally decided it was time to get out.
Delicious smells of eggs and toasted bagels wafted up to my room. I wrapped my hair up in a towel and got dressed in a pair of soft sweat pants and a tank top. Making my way to the kitchen, I greeted my best friend with a smile and took my place at the table. Noel brought over two cups of hot tea and two plates of scrambled eggs with bagels and cream cheese on the side.
We ate in silence, the ever present white feather on our table. It sat in a bowl of golden angel dust. The dust was the remnants of our brothers' feathers. Every time they visited Earth to check up on us, they left a new feather. This time it had been Gabriel's turn to leave the feather. Michaels had turned to dust the day before and we knew it was time for them to check in once again.
Our brothers knew we didn't want to see them personally. They didn't quite approve of our choice to stay on Earth. That or they were still upset at the way we told them we wouldn't be joining them in Heaven. I guess we could have been a little nicer.
-Flashback-
Michael and Gabriel stood in front of two teenage girls. They had their arms crossed in response to the girls' hands on their hips. It was tense between the four, having just had to explain so much to the girls. Michael raised an eyebrow.
"You have to make a choice now girls. Come with us and do the work of God, or stay here on Earth and hunt demons. Either way you must use your angel blood for good." Michael's deep voice resonated through the air.
"Noel. Alexis. You are being given a great opportunity. Choose wisely." Gabriel said.
Alexis looked over at her best friend and raised an eyebrow, looking so much like her older half brother Michael. She had no intention of going anywhere without her partner in crime. She and Noel had been inseparable since they could walk. Noel nodded and looked at the weapons in front of her and Alexis, weapons they would use if they stayed on Earth.
"Nice to know we have older half brothers and all these cool powers. . ." Noel said with a pause. "But I've gotta say, I'm not looking forward to a life of white robed purity just yet. I think I'd like to savor Earths pleasures a little longer." She said, picking up the weapons and handing Alexis hers.
Alexis took the twin katanas and smirked. Both girls stuck their tongues out, flipped the archangels off and turned to walk away. Before they had a chance to look back, the somewhat stunned archangels were gone in a bright flash, leaving behind a single white feather.
-End Flashback-
I suppose we could have been much more respectful. But we were young. And it doesn't matter now. We had a job to do as long as we were here. If we wanted to leave we had the open invitation. Noel and I just liked the life humans could experience.
My best friend looked over at me as she got up to rinse her empty plate. I quickly finished my breakfast and followed suit, rinsing my plate off and setting it in the sink to be done later. We both headed up to our bathrooms, doing our hair and make-up. I grabbed my low rise, dark wash flair jeans and studded belt. Putting them on over my white lace panties, I put on my matching bra and a black crop top leather vest. I slipped on fishnet forearm protectors and laced up my black high heeled leather boots. My curled blonde locks cascaded over my breasts, leaving just enough cleavage visible to catch someone's eye.
I stepped out of my room, meeting Noel in the hall. She had curled her hair in a similar style, letting it fall down her back and spill over her breasts. Her brunette hair fell in damp tendrils on the white leather half jacket and black tank top she wore. Her white jeans and high heeled strappy sandals finished out her outfit. She nodded at me and we went downstairs, grabbing our weapons just in case, we attached them to our waists.
I locked up the shop as we left, glancing around as I felt the presence of someone watching us. I slipped on my aviators as Noel did the same and we walked out of the alley. I knew exactly what the plan was today. It was obvious that Noel had a bone to pick with someone. She hadn't spoken all morning. I was ready for whatever she had in mind.
We walked the streets of the city for a while, stopping at a café to get morning coffee. The feeling of being watched stuck with me. I frowned as we sat at an outside table. Noel tilted her head at my frown.
"What's the problem, Lex?" She asked.
"I feel like we're being stalked… Like ever since we left the shop." I said, glancing over my shoulder as I tossed my hair, trying to look nonchalant.
Noel nodded. "I've felt it too. It's the demon hunter or one of their friends. I would know if it were our brothers."
"They'd be disguised but they would still approach us. They aren't that rude." I said. "This is defiantly not them. Gabriel left his feather last night. They won't come up to us directly unless something is terribly wrong."
Noel nodded. I glanced at the rooftop across from the café and a flash of blue caught my eye. The devil hunters were definitely watching us. A girl in a white dress walked into the café with a boy. The boys white hair caught my attention and I recognized him as the bartender from the Rose Underground. I motioned for Noel and she tapped my hand, signaling that she had noticed as well but not to make a scene.
A man in a blue coat sat behind Noel at another table and began reading the paper. The boy and girl came out with three cups of coffee and sat at the same table. I frowned. The girls' aura seemed normal, pure almost to that of a highly devoted religious human. The boy and the man in blue were different. I sensed demon in them and I knew then that we were in trouble.
Before Noel or I could move, a man I recognized as the Red Devil himself put his hand on my shoulder. I tensed and Noel's hand went for her gun. The man it the blue coat turned and whispered in her ear.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. You are in public." He said.
"What do you want?" Noel growled, still gripping her pistol Sinner.
"We want answers." The Red Devil, Dante said. "You two are going to answer a few questions."
"Noel." I said. "Not here. Somewhere neutral and safe. Away from humans."
"Listen to your friend. She's got a brain for a blonde." Dante snickered.
I growled and elbowed him in the leg, missing his groin by an inch. We stood quietly and left, feeling the devil hunters follow us. I hadn't heard or seen much of the one in blue. Noel knew more than I did. I could feel his eyes on me, boring into my body as we walked.
It wasn't long until we reached a very secluded clearing in the park. Clouds had covered the late morning sun as we stopped, leaving good distance between us and them. There were five people in total in front of us. Two of them I recognized as Lady and Trish, the demons artificially created to serve a powerful demon named Mundas. We had run into them often when stealing jobs from the Devil May Cry.
Noel growled. "Afraid of another beating so you brought your friends I see. Guess you're too chicken to take me on alone."
"Not in your dreams babe. Now shut your pretty mouth and let us do the talking." Dante said.
I stood slightly confused. The tension in the air rose and a white feather floated down from the heavens. At least Noel and I weren't alone.
Okay! There's the first chapter! Please let me know what you all think. I have posted the next chapter as well so please continue on! Reviews are welcome!
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