Mission 2: Morrison

Dante looked out the window of Morrison's hideout. The city looked the same, people minding their own business going on there day to day.

And then there was the news.

A man with white hair, twin guns and black with red coat killing a family in the middle of the streets in pure daylight. The man's name read the headlines as Dante.

Oh, he knew that people with a grudge against him would be calling to state it was him. The demons around the area must be having a field day with this. But to anyone who knew the truth, they would say he looked nothing like Dante, similar yes, but never the same.

Only one person had that tittle.

He only had one copy.

One twin.

After Morrison got him to the helicopter, they flew to a nearby area he owned. Told Dante to stay hidden in the room while he waited for Lady and Trish, as Morrison tried to understand the information Dante gave him on the way to the hideout. Dante laughed at recalling Morrison's face when he told him about the duo with the sibling's name and how it was related to a mission it seemed it was all but over.

He sighed at the thought of the demon arms. Getting them back was going to be a pain, he be lucky if no demons figure out that they were gone. He only had Rebellion, his twin guns and Balrog with him, but they were enough to go to hell with.

Dante.

He flinched at the voice.

There was no one in the apartment at the moment; there was no demonic or human presence around. He didn't give it the attention it seeks by answering.

Come out Dante.

People kept walking, so the voice was not outside. His eyes kept moving around the apartment, his arms still cross in his chest. He knew who was trying to bait him, but he had promise to keep his cool and not jump after him unprepared after all the first time did not go so well.

The door opened and in came the man who at this point was all but done with the weird stuff around Dante.

"What a joke, they think they can arrest you." Morrison said as he sat in the chair near Dante.

"Gotta say I would pay good money to see them try or stay after you show them the horror show you keep under human flesh." Morrison took a huff of his cigar with a small hint of a smirk. Dante didn't take his words as an insult after all he was right; the demon hunter was only half human.

"Well in all honesty, is not like I will make a scene against them, but they wouldn't understand my side of the story." Dante smirked. "Or why I'd take some of them out in a millisecond."

"Recognized someone?" Morrison asked casually.

"Demons would never miss this opportunity but don't worry I'll give them a visit after I get back on track."

"Dante, who side you think this guy is on?"

"Hmm, I wonder myself."

Morrison gave Dante a strange look; the guy seemed to keep something to himself. He was too calm looking outside the window but something in his eyes told Morrison that he was analyzing something.

"Trish asked me if I knew about a place called Dumary." He saw it. It had been a millisecond but he saw Dante's eyes gave the information some thought. "Strange place but not so secluded like Fortuna."

"Morrison my friend, we have known each other for a while." Dante turned to look at him. "So I can trust you to keep Nero out of this, for as long as you can."

Morrison understood whatever was going on was bad enough for Dante wanting to keep the boy away hidden from stranger danger. "If the boy is all you told me, he won't stay still Dante and I can't go against someone his caliber."

"Give him something to keep him occupied." Dante knew that if Nero found out he would be a victim to his bringer. Damn boy had a temper.

"You're standards?"

"At the moment I think I hit the jackpot so anything else should be easy money for him."

"Shouldn't he come in handy?"

"He isn't a weapon and I don't want the enemy to find him." Dante didn't want them even to know he existed. He wasn't so sure how Vergil felt about the boy yet, it was a topic he had not had a chance to get into fully even during their trip to Dumary. Dante tried to ask but Vergil had never been one to open up. Still he knew he kept taps on the boy, after all he had Yamato.

To Morrison, Dante seemed lost in thought for a moment and made him nervous.

"You worried about this mess?"

"Morrison, don't trust anybody. Find a way to make sure it's any of us." Something troubled Dante about his new enemy to the point he just wanted to get over it the old fashion way, yet he found himself doing this mission the Vergil way.

Patience is a virtue Dante.

He smirked remembering his brother's words; he had never been one for patience. True he had mellowed down a bit but he liked to speed things his own way.

The door opened and in came Lady looking like she ran a marathon. Her jumpsuit biker cloths were already full of dirt. She gave Dante a look of annoyance.

"You know if I sell you out, I'll be set for years." She told him taking out her shades.

"And miss out on all this baby? Nah, not worth it."

"As horrible as that sounds." She lowered herself to his level. "Don't worry I won't, you still got family business to work with that I want no part of."

Morrison perks up at this but Dante didn't look his way, his eyes were fix of Lady, a silent war between their eyes.

How she loved to test him, but he knew this was Trish's doing.

"Listen Lady, I need to mention something…"

"We need to get to Kat and Donte, but you won't have it easy to move around." Lady said walking towards the window. "Lucky for you I think we can fix you up a bit."

"This sounds so familiar it's disturbing." Dante whispered as he recalled Mary's idea to travel to Mallet Island. "Let me guess you found black for my hair?"

"A new coat your welcome." Lady said giving him the black coat and taking out a black wig. "Trish sends her regards." Lady said smiling as Dante looked upset, he understood the inside joke.

"I can just walk around and scare them by triggering." Dante mentioned not happy about it.

"Do you have enough money for a new identity? Or does your wallet only have enough for one pizza box?"

"Just as savage as always, nice to know you haven't lost your touch sweetheart." Dante moved to the bathroom.

"The son of Sparda ladies and gentlemen, real horrors flick." She said turning around.

"You know Lady, if you give him a good reason he might be."

"There is always someone that could beat him in that department." She whispered and Morrison questioned her with a look.

"Family member?"

"More like another side of the coin."

"So, Donte…"

"We needed something funny in this, besides we can't call them both Dante." She laughed as she added on a more serious tone. "So, it seems the family wasn't as human as the news said." Lady told Morrison knowing Dante could pick up on her voice easily. Dante came out with his new coat but left the wig in the bathroom. Lady smirked. "Party pooper."

"I could tell that much, but why the commotion?" He wasn't looking at Lady his attention was on the small window in the room.

"Maybe attention?" Morrison asked.

"On him or me?" Dante said looking at a police car pass them by.

"Here is the weird part, the demons never showed, the human flesh remained. That's why it caused such a problem."

"Possession? Haven't had that in a while." Dante commented but his voice seemed far away, he was still looking outside the window.

"Looks like Donte has been busy, there are other hits mostly in very well-known areas."

"Any patterns?" Morrison asked holding one of the documents Lady was seen.

"Same kind of demon it would seem." Lady told him as she kept reading the files Morrison passed her, snuck from the police department.

Lady stopped as she glace at Dante, something was eating him inside. He was too calm, his eyes far away in though.

"Isn't weird we haven't crossed paths not even once this entire time?" She asked. "Could they be using a portal?"

Silence from Dante.

"What's going on?" She had snap. "What has you looking so out of it."

A few seconds that Dante did grace her with his attention, Lady shiver, his eyes were cold if she had not known it was Dante, she would have questioned which Sparda twin was on front of her. He must had catch himself on his reaction cause the coldness was gone.

"It doesn't feel like your normal portal or gateway to hell. But I feel my demon half steering, it's been restless."

"Why would it have you so concern Dante?" Morrison had kept quiet but he had been analyzing the half demon hunter.

"It only gets this way when…" Dante stared at Lady and moved his eyes to Morrison unsure how to explain it, then again, she had seen him in his worst and they share history. Morrison in the other hand knew little about his story. "My brother is near."

Lady understood; Morrison was not giving hints about any of his thoughts but remained calm.

"So it's like Nero." He said as both of them gave him confused expressions. "When you found Nero you mention his devil called yours, like a slight pull."

Dante's eyes widened in the realization to what Morrison said.

"Dante?" Lady asked worried as he pulled himself away from the window taking Rebellion and his guns. Then looking at Balrog that he had hidden in a corner.

"Lady go meet up with Trish first I'll join you after I clean up here."

"Here?" Morrison asked worried.

"Yeah a police car has passed 3 times already and it's not human scent."

"You sure?" Lady felt concerned as she eyed suspiciously at Balrog.

"Yeah take Morrison with you so he can leave without any trouble." He turned not waiting for any of their explanations and jumped down the building and into an alleyway. He could feel demons nearby but that was not what he was after if not the voice that kept whispering in his ears, a constant echo ever since he was left alone in the building after Morrison left him to go call Lady. He noticed they couldn't hear it; it was just for him. Dante smirked as he came face to face with two police officer.

"Good day gentlemen." Dante stopped looking around. "Sorry to disappoint you but I don't have time to play today."

Ebony and Ivory were taken out as the demons let the human flesh burn away to reveal themselves. "That's just nasty." They jump forward but Dante shot them before they could touch him. "Again, lesser demons I've never seen in this area before."

Danteee.

He looked up as a horde of demon came at him at once. He moved out the way as he shot each and every one, but they weren't stopping, more kept coming. Eventually they crowed him so much he had no choice but to move to the streets and then panic erupted. He kept his concentration on the demons rather than the civilians that were screaming and running away, the demons tried to harm them but Dante would not give them the chance. It was easy to take care of these demons with his bullets.

Too easy.

"Oh now they have shields?" He mocked the new skeleton like demon. "What part of hell did you crawl up from?" He started to hear the sirens nearby. "Shit!" He took out Rebellion and shattered the enemy shield as fast as he could jumping up a building to get out of view. But as he looked down the demons decided to ignore him and go after the humans.

He knew it was a trap.

He still went back.

He had to double jump as a missile almost hit him.

"Hey wrong demon!" He yelled at a smirking Lady with Kalina Ann on her arms.

"Sorry hard to tell them apart sometimes."

"The police are nearby you should go I got this."

"Nah, in any case I'm a victim." She told him in a sweet voice as she knifed a demon close by. "A damsel."

"In what fucking way!? You're more of a demon than me." He used Stinger as he kept an eye on Lady.

"Be careful I might accidently miss my mark." Her words had venom.

"You mean you aren't right now cause I'm doing all the work." He almost regretted saying that, almost, knowing Lady could actually kill him. Small pleasures he took as a victory.

Lady moved Kalina Ann towards Dante but never got a chance to launch her attack as lightning blazed around them taking care of many of the demons in one go.

"Children please." Trish told them smirking. "Let's not lose ourselves."

"Finally showed up?"

"Someone had to work."

Dante.

He turned and saw it, a blur of blue and black. Taunting him. Like a shadow that followed him around. He held Rebellion out.

"Split up, don't let the police see you." He told the girls as he left running after the specter.

"Dante wait!" Trish tried to stop him but he was gone.

hey guys sorry for the late update. I know its a bit slow but I need to set everything so you don't get confuse with the plot. thank you for the support! hope you enjoy the chap :)