After a long battle with Sloth (on my part), I finally regained the will to continue my almost forgotten work. Sheesh…you people are stingy when it comes to reviews…
I have only decided to continue after an appreciative reader gave me a review.
The imperialism and dictatorship of school life has rendered me unable to continue my work, but now, its bondage has been loosed, and I am free again to record all I have seen or heard (in my imaginative world of DMC)!
In this chapter, I decided to ditch most of the factual parts that seem to turn people off, other than people who like facts.
This is my longest work yet (10 pages).
Enjoy…and don't forget to write me a review, you readers!
MISSION 3: Prankster on the Loose
Reestablish the power of Sparda and learn the secrets that are held by a familiar face.
M-3 Start (Out of the Blue)
"I still don't trust you," said Dante, "I won't just give something up that easily."
"Why do you have to do this to me…" said Vergil, putting his palm against his head. All this time, Arrigo was just standing aside, looking on the two squabbling brothers.
"Look, can't you just lend him the amulet and later get it back?"
"Shut up!" the devil twins shouted at Arrigo.
Arrigo was pricked by that remark, and he retorted.
"Hey, I was just trying to help here! If you two keep this up we're never going to get whoever summoned the Temen-Ni-Gru!"
Jester Appearance
Just then, a purple silhouette skittered past Dante and Vergil in a flash. Dante was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that his amulet is gone. He screamed, and so did Vergil and Arrigo. They looked around, and standing just above them, a familiar joker cracked aloud: "Yoo-hoo! Up here! Miss me, boys?" and then he released his familiar cackle.
"Jester/Arkham!" both Dante and Vergil exclaimed, albeit their references are different. Arrigo stood there, staring blankly at the figure.
"Who is this clown?"
Jester fell from the ceiling, disappointed at Arrigo not knowing him. He got back on his feet. "Watch what you're calling 'clown'! My name is Jester." And he bowed down.
Dante drew out his guns and started making Jester "dance" about. All the while, Jester seems to be enjoying himself.
"Give me back my mother's amulet!" said Dante, with fire burning in his eyes.
Vergil drew out Yamato. "I don't know how you survived the last time, Arkham, but this time you're not gonna make it."
As Vergil dashed towards Jester, Jester disappeared, leaving Vergil slicing at the thin air where Jester's head is supposed to be while Dante continued to shoot at the ground.
"You people still never learn, do you? I thought I was a goner, but ironically, it was my darling daughter's bullet that transformed me completely inhuman! Although I wouldn't call this cadaver I'm stuck in as a demon body. Now, the only thing is that my soul is bound to this wretched tower of your daddy's! Oh, and I see you have another partner with you this time."
"Enough talking already! I have already said that I hate people who talk more than me, so give me back my mother's amulet!" shouted Dante, who is now in a fit of rage. He drew out his shotgun and pointed at Jester.
"Well, if you want the amulet, you have to get it from me." Jester cackled again, this time, disappearing from the place.
"Damn! The last time I saw him I should've made sure his corpse didn't even show!" said Dante.
"Too late now. We need the amulet if we want to unlock the Sparda's full power," said Arrigo. Dante and Vergil both looked at Arrigo.
"Well thanks to you, we lost the amulet to a freak show who never stays still or shuts up!" said Dante. "Let us now leave this place and search for that fool; we don't have much time," Vergil added. Dante and Vergil went on towards the door that leads to the inside of the tower, leaving Arrigo just standing there, wondering.
"What did I do?"
Chamber of Echoes – 1F
The Chamber of Echoes was still the same as before, but with an exception.
"Ah, memories; all is still the same." said Dante.
"Not quite; look at the statue." Vergil pointed at the huge statue in the middle of the room. It has been diagonally sliced in two neatly, apparently with only a single slash.
"Well that means our "guest" is not appreciative of art. Let's move on. I see no point in staying here any longer," said Dante.
Glob Appearance – Battle
Just as the trio moved, wet globs begin to drip onto the floor behind them. The trio didn't take notice until the glob started taking on a humanoid shape, making a strange, inhuman sound at the same time. As the three turned around, the creature screeched. Vergil instinctively slashed at it using Yamato, but his sword merely passed through it without at physical effect. The glob slowly moved towards Vergil. Dante fired at it using his twin handguns, but the bullets seem to just remain in the glob's body.
The glob suddenly stopped and let out another cry as it was about a few steps away from Vergil, and then it pounced.
At the moment before it almost touched Vergil, Dante's shotgun blew it away. It hit a wall, but it got up slowly, showing no signs of impeding. As Dante continued to fire his handguns, it appeared that the glob was slowed down further by the amassing weight of the bullets trapped in its body. Arrigo jumped upwards and performed Helm Crusher. The huge downward force destroyed the glob.
"Well it seems that these particular brands of fiends do need death from above," said Arrigo, cleaning his swords of the mess generated by the glob's destruction.
"Damn! I can't use any attacks of that sort with Yamato!" exclaimed Vergil.
"But you can use your Summon Swords, can't you?" asked Dante.
Vergil smacked himself in the forehead. "I forgot!"
Just then, more globs appear, this time almost everywhere.
"Partying with these guys ain't so bad after all."
One of them lunged from behind Dante, trapping him in its glob and slowly suffocating him. Vergil used his Summon Swords attack and impaled the glob with Sword Storm.
The glob melted onto the floor, leaving Dante with an injured body.
"What the hell was that for?"
"To save your life," said Vergil. Vergil equipped himself with Beowulf and began his offense. He used Trick Up to teleport himself up in the air, and then came down with Starfall to deliver the globs to their demise. "I almost forgot about these."
Soon, after a lot of jumping and crashing down, the globs are all gone. Dante, Vergil and Arrigo headed for the blue door on the first floor.
Entranceway
There was nothing especially interesting about the Entranceway; there were just a bunch of Hell-Blades waiting to be killed. The trio did so in a moment, and moved on to the Living Statue Room.
Living Statue Room
The statues in this room looked different from before; they were blue instead of grey, and they had a huge broadsword in each of their two hands.
"I remember how the statues in this room used to turn into weird living things that shoot you, but now the statues are so different from the ones before," said Dante.
Effigion Appearance – Battle
"Let's not forget that this place is called the Living Statue Room for a reason. Be on your guard!" said Arrigo as the statues in the room suddenly become animated.
The Effigions' swords glowed in a blue aura. They jumped from around the room and crept from the doorway. They came towards the trio, preparing to strike them. As one was about to hit Vergil, he used Trick Down and immediately launched Judgement Cut on the Effigion. The multiple slashes broke the armor apart.
"These guys are slow. They're easy pickings for us," said Vergil, looking back at the other two.
The Effigions stumbled their way towards the three, but they were all slow in their movement that the three just couldn't wait but got to them first and impatiently obliterated them. Some of the Effigions' arm held on to their swords, and these arm parts flew carrying the swords attacking, albeit much faster and easier to miss than when they were first connected to the rest of the "body".
"Easy pickings, eh? Never count your demons before they're dead!" said Dante.
"Well just shut up and continue fighting! Remember, we don't have much time!" shouted Arrigo.
After disposing the flying arms, they continued on to the next room.
Silence Sanctuary
Silence greeted them as they entered.
"This place reminds me of libraries, no fun and all silence," said Dante.
They circled the room, hoping to find something.
"I swear I remember that there was an elevator around here somewhere!"
They searched a dark corner and found two pedestals. As they neared it, an inscription could be seen etched on the rims saying: If you wish to reach towards the sky, two powers must collaborate.
"I've seen this before; you must hit the pedestal until it spins! Easy!" said Dante as he struck one of the pedestals until it activated. It spun about, but only for a moment.
"Huh? I thought this is some kind of switch! Nothing's happening!"
Dante struck the other pedestal, but achieved the same result.
"I believe two persons must work together on this?" voiced Arrigo.
"Right, and as a reward, you may assist me in doing so!" retorted an annoyed Dante.
As Vergil stood by and watched, Dante and Arrigo activated both the pedestals at the same time.
The ground shook and rumbled, and an elevator rose from the ground.
"Hurry, the elevator's activated!" said Dante.
They rode the elevator to the room above.
Incandescent Space
Another room, another fight. Although the initial enemies look very similar like Hell-Blades, they're actually Hell-Bolos, and are capable of spinning violently like tops in a straight line in front of them to deflect and counterattack almost instantly. They are very much vulnerable, though, since they cannot readily regain composure once they stop, nor can they deflect ranged attacks. They, along with a few Hell-Blades, are quickly disposed of and the three went through the door back to the Chamber of Echoes, on the second floor.
Chamber of Echoes
Endless Infernum
When they reached the Chamber of Echoes again, they worked their way up the steps towards the yellow door, and then they headed through to the Endless Infernum. Although the doors here sealed with red, there weren't any enemies here.
"Looks like we have to get down and dirty – again," said Dante, baffling the other two. "We have to get down here," pointed Dante with Rebellion at the depths.
"Now why would we need to drop into a hole when we can just use the door right over there, which we can get to just by walking along these stairs?" asked Vergil.
"All right, we'll use the stairs, but don't say I didn't warn you," said Dante.
The three ambled along the stairs, but collapsed when they got to the middle.
"I'm not the type of person who says I told you so, but, I told you so!" shouted Dante as they fell into the Chamber of Sins.
Chamber of Sins
They all landed on their feet. A familiar cackle resonates in the small chamber.
"Jester/Arkham…" murmured the twins under their breath.
"Well done! You've succeeded in finding me! Welcome to my home."
"Where are you? Show yourself so we can end your misery!" shouted Vergil.
"Oh, quite convincing there, devil boy! I'll show up alright, but wait just a moment; I'm preparing a special gift for all of you! I'm so sorry for the newbie here; I haven't anticipated a third company."
Golem Appearance
At that, the chamber rumbled and the ground underneath them split open in half. A huge rock Golem appeared. Sitting atop its head is Jester himself.
"How do you like my pet, boys? He really loves playing with toys!"
Golem Battle
The Golem lashed out its huge arm and grabbed Vergil. Vergil Tricked Down of its grasp and slashed at the Golem's legs, but they bear no signs of damage whatsoever. Jester laughed.
"This one can't feel whatever you do to it because…" Jester covered his mouth to contain his laughter. "…it doesn't have a soul!" Jester laughed heartily, making Dante stick his fingers into his ears.
"Enough already!" said Dante. Dante took out his shotgun and shot Jester. Jester stumbled, and so did the Golem.
"I see now, that the Golem, since it is controlled by you, feels also what you feel," said Arrigo.
"Very clever; you're one pain in the…whoops!" Jester dodged an Aerial Rave by Vergil.
"You missed, Vergil. I would not be as stupid as to just let you hit me, would I?" Jester retaliated by punching the air, causing the Golem to punch in the same direction, hitting Vergil across the room. Dante took this opportunity to launch a Helm Breaker, but Jester saw through his maneuver and did an uppercut, sending Dante flying across the room, just like Vergil. Arrigo launched Helm Crusher, but this time, Jester didn't have time to react, and was severely injured by the assault, causing him to stumble further. Dante used his shotgun again and blasted Jester at point-blank range after he got back to his feet and ran towards the stumbled Jester, causing Jester to fall out of the Golem.
M-3 End (Jester's Second Thoughts)
The three demon children assaulted Jester, and almost executed him when he suddenly stopped them.
"Wait, wait, wait! I've something you all want, and if you snuff me out, how are you all going to get it?" Jester pleaded, just as the Yamato was about to land on his neck.
"How do you expect us to trust you?" shouted Vergil angrily at Jester.
"Well, for one thing…" Jester took the amulet that was earlier taken from Dante out of his pants. Dante snatched it back and held it close to his heart, just like how a little boy would of his long lost Transformers collectible. Vergil continued to scrutinize Jester.
"You see? I can indeed give you all what you all want! That's not the only thing I can give you, you, and you!" Jester's mouth curled into a smile, despite his sorrowful-looking eyes. "I can be a good friend, you know? Your sidekick, ally, assistant, partner, second banana, co-worker…"
"Right, right. Why would you be helping us anyway? We've foiled your plans…" Dante looked behind him to see the Golem, which is now just a heap of rubble, "…and your 'pet'."
"Oh, that was the past! I can't achieve anything in this form…" Jester looked at his own body in disgust, "and if you ask me, I always stick to the powerful side."
"We still don't trust you!" Vergil exclaimed. He raised Yamato up to execute Jester, making Jester cower in fear, when Arrigo stepped in.
"Hold on; we could always use a subordinate. His abilities prove useful."
"Yeah, but how are we gonna trust him? I made a mistake the last time when I didn't finish him off, but this time, I won't repeat it!"
"We could always kick his demon ass if he doesn't comply. After all, if we have done it a few times, we could do it again," said Dante.
"What? You're siding against me now? Sheesh! What's gotten into all of you?" Vergil yelled. He re-sheathed Yamato. Jester immediately stood up and fanned himself with his hand.
"Thank you! I love you I could almost kiss you!"
"No thanks. I don't have a thing for fools," said Vergil. Jester's mouth dropped in disappointment.
As Vergil led the group to a portal that opened in the middle of the room, Jester still stood there, suspended in motion.
"Come on; we don't have much time, 'partner'," said Dante as he walked towards to portal. Jester immediately snapped out of his trance and followed the group, skipping and hopping around like a little girl.
"And one more thing: no laughing," added Dante. As soon as Dante mentioned the words 'no laughing', Jester sulked all the way.