Authors Note:
Title: Outside the Box
Rated M: for sexual and violent content/inuendos, language and nudity
Pairing: DantexOc
Disclaimer: I do not own Devil May Cry, Dante, or any other DMC character I decide to bring in...I do own Emily, and any random characters that may appear :)
Chapter Two: Playing God
Emily groaned lightly, feeling her body heat up all around. It felt like a small sun was heating up all around her, and she started to perspire, breathing heavily because of lack in oxygen. Her chest was rising up and down, but her chest was tight, constricted. She could barely take in a good sized breath to satisfy her need for the oxygen that gives her life. She tried to open her mouth, but it seemed to be glued shut. In fact…her entire body wasn't responding to her minds functions.
Panicked, Emily tried to open her eyes only to find them sealed shut as well, leaving her in a hot blackness. She tried to wiggle, tried to free herself from whatever was holding her down, but she couldn't move a muscle. Her vocal cords were numb, she couldn't scream for help.
Long fingers suddenly grabbed Emily's arm, and about a dozen more grabbed ahold of the rest of her body, dragging her down. The hands were ice cold, nails digging into her skin as she tried to order her body to move. The grip the hands held her with was a vice. Emily realized that if her body had responded to her thoughts, it wouldn't really matter. These cold hands would subdue her without much resistance.
Emily wanted to cry…she just wanted to go home…to her nice warm bed…with her safe apartment that she paid three hundred a month for…she would never complain to herself about the power bill being so high ever again if she got out of this alive…
"Hey…hey! Babe, are you okay?"
Emily's ears perked, hearing a males voice. She wanted to go towards it, see who was calling out to her. Remarkably, the icy hands grip loosened and it seemed as though they couldn't hang on any longer, and they released her. Emily felt her body float up and her heart filled with hope. Was she going home? Was this all a nightmare?
"Hey!"
Emily's eyes shot open and she flung herself up, her head coming in contact with a hard object. She yelped, holding her head with both hands as if that alone would stop the sudden stinging in her skull. Opening one eye through the pain, she saw a young man sitting opposite to her, rubbing his head. His blue eyes were looking up at his hand as he rubbed the pain away.
"What the hell was that for? I was only trying to be nice!" He said, looking at her.
"It's you!" Emily said hoarsely, and then coughed, clearing her voice. "It's you!" She repeated clearly.
The tall muscular man with the silver hair sat directly in front of her, his eyes looking at her inquisitively. "Me?" He asked, pointing to himself.
Emily nodded, taking a good look at him. He still wore that same red overcoat with no shirt and the cargo pants. The only thing different about him were his blue eyes weren't as cold, and he had a large sword on his back.
Wait? A large what?
"Oh my god!" Emily coughed, scooting away from him with her hands. "What is that?" She pointed to his back.
The man blinked and reached up, feeling the butt of his sword. "Oh…you mean Rebellion?" He asked. "It's just my sword." He said standing up. "God, why do I always find the crazy chicks? What are you doing here anyway? This isn't a place for humans."
It took Emily awhile to understand what he was saying. "A…place for humans?" She asked confused, looking around and realizing she wasn't on her dangerous cobblestone street anymore…she was in a large, circular, dim lighted room.
Emily stood up from her spot on the floor, and looked up and around, seeing a large dome-like ceiling high above her. The ceiling from what she could see had some kind of strange lettering all around it, and chipped paint falling to their feet. The large dome crept down to the floor, where the strange markings continued around the edges. Emily looked below her feet and gasped a bit, backing up to see she had been laying in the middle of a large menacing circle made out of what looked to be blood. It circled around most of the large dome, with several other circles becoming smaller and smaller until it stopped where Emily had awoken. The same writings on the dome wall were written in the middle of each circle.
"What is this?" She whispered, backing out of the ringlets.
The man stood up and looked around below his feet, walking a little towards her. "I dunno…I was hoping you would tell me." He said looking up to her.
Emily blinked and met his eyes. "I don't remember…" She paused, racking her brain before snapping her fingers. "You…I remember seeing you last night."
The man pointed to himself. "I didn't know I existed in your dreams too." He flashed her a smirk full of pearly white teeth.
Emily was slightly shocked. She knew this man was extremely attractive…but it seemed he knew it too. "Yeah…anyway…" She said walking back a bit. "You were the guy who walked by me…were you chasing a homeless man?"
The man stared at her before reaching up and grabbing his chin with his hand, thinking for a moment. "Homeless man?...you mean that demon?"
For a moment, Emily thought her ears were deceiving her…did he just say demons?
"Did you just say…demons?" Emily asked in a small voice.
"Yep." The man smirked, walking passed her. "That demon was a tricky one…still alive somewhere in here, that son of a bitch." He walked to a set of large doors and examined them for a moment before turning to her. "Names Dante by the way. Oh, and your welcome for saving your life."
Emily blinked, confused by his choice in words. "Emily...my names Emily...and what do you mean saving my life...?"
Dante, as he was called, reached inside his long red coat and grasped a dark colored gun, holstered by his hip. He brought it out swiftly and without much thought on where the bullet was going to land he aimed the gun right at Emily, and before she could move, he pulled the trigger. Emily opened her mouth to scream but the bullet sailed right passed her and hit its mark on something behind her.
A deafening scream pierced through her brain and Emily turned swiftly to see a large black figure in a fly away coat holding what looked to be a scythe high over its head, aiming down for her. It screamed again before disintegrating into nothing but smoke, leaving its scythe to spin in the air and plant itself into the ground behind Emily.
Dante kissed the dark colored gun and holstered it back to his hip. "Ebony was always one for showing off." He said walking over to her.
"What…what was that thing…" Emily barley could speak those words…her body was in shock. She felt her hands shake and cold sweat bead from her forehead.
"That…" Dante said walking to the scythe and kicking it over. "Was what we call, a Sin." He said walking to the opposite end of the dome to another set of doors, examining them.
"That was a…" Emily took in a deep breath, staring at the scythe. "Demon?" She finished quietly, walking slowly around the weapon.
"Yep." Dante said lifting his leg and kicking one of the doors, having it fling open and letting a large gust of night air flow in. "Come on…let's get you out of here before any more demons decide your drive through lunch."
Emily felt the wind rush by, her blonde hair catching in the drift and flowing off her shoulders. She turned slowly to Dante. "But…that man…he was a demon?" She asked, referring to the homeless man she saw back in the alleyway…where she met the cloaked figures…
"Demons can take on human forms. Now come on. You don't need to be here…" Dante said, trying to rush her out.
"I saw you…walk after that man…demon…" She corrected herself, walking around the dark red circle where she had laid before Dante awoke her. "And then I came in contact with a couple of cloaked creeps who must have brought me here…"
"Look, maybe we can talk about this later?" Dante suggested, holding open the door as the wind lightly tried to push it back into the door frame. The door was several stories high, and Emily found herself wondering how he could possibly hold it open with just one hand.
Emily walked over to him, looking down at the symbols on the floor, walking by slowly. When she walked up to the large, intimidating man, she looked up at him. She felt her breath start to become heavier as she got closer to him, and her blood rushed to her cheeks, seeing his chiseled chest through the red coat he wore.
"How about this?" Dante said walking her out and looked around the large door, seeing nothing but the clear area around them in the cool night. "You go home…and in the morning, come to my shop, and I'll explain everything there!" He said pushing her small shoulder with his large hand.
Emily turned around startling him. "You have a shop? Are you lying to me to get rid of me?" She asked.
"Yes!...I mean no!" Dante shook his head, his snow white hair flipping over his face. "I mean I actually have a shop, but…why am I arguing with you? Get out of here!"
Emily looked around at the area, not recognizing any of it. She noticed buildings that didn't look well taken care of, and somewhere down the litter covered street she saw a strip club with a neon flashing sign shaped like a girl with her legs apart. Emily nervously backed up, hearing the wind hiss by her ear. "I don't know where I'm at…" She said.
Dante grabbed her collar and pulled her back to his side. His blue eyes were cold and hard as he surveyed the area, his free hand reaching for the gun at his side, and the hand on Emily's collar tightened, keeping her with an iron grip. "Stay with me…" His voice was cool and calm.
"What are you talking ab-" Emily stopped, her eyes widening seeing morbid, hunched looking demonic figures emerge from the other side of cars, and alleyways in between the shady stores. "God help me…" She whimpered, putting her hands to her mouth.
Dante smirked and looked down at her, a black gun secured in his large right hand. "Normally I don't answer prayers, but since you're a chick, I'll bite."
Emily tore her eyes off the multiplying demons in front of her and glared, keeping her hands over her mouth to keep from saying something that may stop him from saving her.
Yay! Another chapter out! I hope it's not going too fast for everyone...I know it is for poor Emily :)
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