CHAPTER 2- MISSION 2

St. Claire Church; it was built around the 1880s, mainly to spread Christianity at that time. But now as time passed by, and with the current development projects under way around there, most of the local residents had moved on, and the church was now abandoned for quite some time already. The local preachers had also left the building and moved to another church in the city to continue their jobs. Without anyone to take care now, the church was full of webs and grass and weeds, making it looked really like an old building.

Dante arrived at the scene at last. He got off his bike and walk down the path towards the church. Since it was already dark, the scenery really looked eerie, if a normal person went there alone. But Dante was used to this kind of stuff. He walked on with ease, until he reached the main building. He looked around for a moment.

"Hmm, that's strange. She said about weird things around here. I don't sense any of them yet." He thought. "Then it's time to just throw the bloody party right in here. Bring it on." He kicked the main door opened. As he looked inside, the echo rang throughout the whole room. There was a statue of Christ, as expected, at the far end, very dusty. So did the long benches along the walkway down to his lord. But some part of the windows seemed to be broken; maybe the culprit was those mentioned by the caller earlier.

Dante walked down until he stood right in front of the Christ. He looked up. For the while he seemed to have seen his father's image on the statue, but when he rubbed his eyes, everything seemed to be normal.

Suddenly he felt the presence of someone. A few daggers came flying at him from behind. He rolled aside as they hit the ground. He took out his handguns and fired at a few spots. He realized the attacker had leaped aside to avoid the bullets he fired, for his hearing was quite good.

"Who's there? You better show yourself."

It was quite dark. The moon had been sheltered by the clouds so it was totally pitch black in there. Dante realized the visitor was faster than he thought. He quickly kept his handguns and took out Rebellion and swung it forward just as the attacker aimed her long daggers at him. His coat was blown open as the blades clashed each other.

"Who's that? Pathetic demon!" the attacker exclaimed. The two of them exchanged blows for some time. For the while they matched each other's strength. But soon Dante had the advantage over the lady attacker. He slashed her down, but she managed to block it, and rolled aside before she slashed hers at him. He blocked with the center of his sword.

"Just what the hell is this? Are you the so called demon?" Dante fired back.

It was not long that she made a mistake and within the quickest time, Dante's sword was at her neck. But she managed to hold hers at Dante's face as well. The moon appeared again to shine the darkness of the hall. When the moon shone on them, both of them were surprised to see each other.

"Dante?!" the attacker gasped.

Dante took some time to recognize her.

"Huh? You? Lucia!" he held his sword down and rubbed his head. "What brings you here?"

"Haven't seen you in a while, but I have to ask you the same question as well." She slid her daggers back behind her.

"Well, what brings the lady here to play?" he slid his sword back above him.

"Well… I've been into investigation jobs lately. Maybe you didn't know that, since we haven't seen each other. I got a job to check this place out and wipe out any demons around here."

"Maybe this is fate after all."

"!!!"

"You know, I just got a call to check this place out too. She offered me a big reward if I come here."

"That's weird."

"What say you?"

"The one who ask me to do it was a guy."

"Maybe they just happen to know each other."

"Happened to know each other? What if they're together?"

"Oh, you mean they are from the same group. Oh, I doubt it's KKK."

"Or… this is a fooling game after all."

"Then I think we should continue checking out the area together before makin' any conclusion."

"I guess that's a good idea. Let's go"

But after some while they found nothing. Lucia stopped at a nearby tree.

"There's nothing weird around this area."

"So you say we're being fooled?"

"I don't know. Maybe you're right."

"Then I give up. I'm going home. Oh, by the way, can I still see you again?"

"Well, if fate puts us together again, then I guess yes."

"I'm still living at the same old place. You can drop by anytime, son of Sparda. Till then, see ya."

She jumped away and into the darkness. Dante stood there for a while until he couldn't hear her steps anymore. Then he walked to a grassy area near the building and sat on a rock.

"Aww, this is damn fucking shit job. Boring. I should've just decline her and stay back for my 'Monster Hunter'. What the hell is wrong with these humans these days? Only father does know the truth."

He took back out his handguns and wiped them. When he was done he kept them back and took out Rebellion instead. He wiped it as well before sliding it back behind him. Then he got up and stretched his body before walking down the path once again to his bike.

"Hmm, Lucia. Yeah, it's worth visiting her again once in a while. After all, I'm free and easy. Let's go back and make a plan to visit her."

He reached his bike and sat on it. But before he could start it up…

"Aaaahhhhh!!!!! HELLLPPP!!!!!"

A girl was apparently yelling in trouble. And the scene was just not far from the church backyard.

"Now what the hell is this? Now we got a company here. Aww, at least I still got a job to do."

He got off his bike and dashed towards the scene of incident.

"Ah, this feeling… demons. They're here at last. Well then, bring it on! Sorry Lucia, but they're mine now!"