It had been about two weeks since the night Alice had with Dante. Everytime she remembered it, she would close her eyes and hum the song that played that night. It was ironic, very ironic. Alice, when alone, couldn't help but do the steps to it as she sang the song softly, spinning across the room as Dante had spun her that night. She would even be doing this in the back at work, it was obvious, the signs were there. Alice was lovestruck.

Alice was calmly cleaning up the place, Dante was off on some mission and Penny was at school. Dante wasn't too keen on leaving Alice all alone at Devil May Cry, but they needed money and Dante had to go out and work. His pizza tab was literally insane. She had found the bill that Dante hid in his desk this morning. He shouldn't have asked her to look for a pen. Tsk, men.

Alice was picking up the dishes left from Penny's breakfast when there was a knock at the door. The sign outside said "Out" so no one should be wanting business or anything. But this made Alice a bit suspicious and she set down the dishes. She stood there quietly, trying to listen past the rain hitting the window panes outside. Another knock. It might be important, or maybe mail. Alice walked over and gently opened the door a crack to peek out. A man, dressed in blue stood at the stoop, his white hair hanging in his face, and he resembled Dante almost entirely.

"Can I help you?" Alice said, not opening the door all the way.

The man looked down at her, his eyes very intimidating. A light smirk spread across his face. "Yes I believe you can." he said and grabbed the door and ripped it open. Alice screamed and fell back.

"Whats wrong with you buddy?!" Alice screamed at him.

The man leisurely walked over and tried to grab her, but Alice swiftly kicked him in the face, scrambling up and running away, but you can't run from a demon. He was quickly behind her and grabbed her by her hair. Alice screamed again struggling against the man's hold and wrenched herself free kicking him in the crotch and while he was subdued she tossed the wooden coffee table at him running upstairs.

She closed and locked her door and shoved her dresser in front of it, jamming the doorknob. She grabbed her phone from her nightstand and quickly dialed Dante's number.

"Hello? What is it?" Dante answered on the other end, he didn't sound like he was having a good day.

"Dante help! Someone's here and he's trying to grab me!" She cried, tears of fear starting to fall. The man started beating the door, making it shake and her dresser as well.

"What's he look like?!"

"Like you!" Alice screamed grabbing her pistol as the door was busted down.

All Dante heard on the other end was a scream, a gunshot, another scream, and glass shattering. The line went dead.

What had happened was as soon as the man busted in Alice shot him right between the eyes, knocking him over. He got back up frightening Alice and she only thought of one way to escape was through the window. Bushes were under her window, so they would cushin her landing as she jumped out but unfortunately, she barely hit them. She had broken her leg with the fall and hit her head, knocking her out.

The man had leisurely walked down the stairs and where Alice landed. He gripped her limp body tightly and hoisted her up. "I found you're weakness Dante..." the man spoke. "...and it will be you're downfall."

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Drip...

Drip...

Drip...

Alice slowly came too, looking around, she was chained in a dungeon. It was dirty and dark. Something was leaking because the drip was echoing throughout the entire chamber. Alice was in chains, holding her to the wall and floor. All of a sudden, she got a sharp pain in her leg. "Agh..." she flinched and tried to hold it, but her arms were chained above her, they were asleep.

Alice looked down at her leg, it was bent and twisted in a weird position. She could barly move it without feeling intense pain shoot throughout her entire leg. She remembered jumping out of the window and hitting the ground, but that was it. She struggled against the chains, trying to get her hands out of the large, scummy metal cuffs. "Help!" she screamed, like that was gonna help.

A rat scurried past her and she flipped out. "Noooo...not rats please not rats..." she whined. The back of her head felt dried, matted and sticky. Dried blood caked her hair and matted it behind her head. That must have been where she hit it when she fell. Her knees and legs were dirty and bloody, but she didn't remember how she cut them, maybe from jumping out of the window. The rat came to investigate the new inhabitant of the dungeon, and Alice dragged herself closer to the wall. "No go...don't go away..." she whispered shooing it with her good foot and it scurried away.

She heard a door open and a light come from the entrance. Alice screamed. "Someone please! Anyone help me!" She cried, when she realized the man who entered was her captor.

"No one can hear you but me and the rats my dear." The man spoke opening the cell door.

"Who are you?!" Alice demanded.

"Someone who will use you for his gain...I am Dante's brother...Vergil." He said in a low hiss.

Alice went wide eyed, Dante had a brother, and why was she being held captive. "What do you want with Dante? And me?" She asked, moving slightly but regretting it as pain shot throughout her leg.

"I need him for something, and I'm afraid only a hostage situation could bring him out of hiding." He said striding over to Alice and crouching down to her sitting position, and lifted her chin with his index finger. "Shame, if he dosen't arrive, I have to waste such a pretty face." he said gently brushing away some dirt from her cheek.

Alice spat in his face. This angered Vergil and he slapped her straight across the face. Alice flinched, it stung like fire. It was so swift, she didn't realize what happened until the pings of the pain went through her cheek. She looked at him with a sharp glare. "Hitting a woman is lower then the lowest scum demons of Hell!" she yelled in his face.

"You really don't value you're life do you insolent woman." Vergil said grabbing her by her shoulder and gripping it hard to near the brink of shattering.

Alice flinched and glared. "Dante calls it 'feisty'." She said with a smug smirk.

Vergil slammed her shoulder against the cell wall and stood at full height. "I call it stupidity." he said and left the dungeon. "The rats should keep you company." he said as he slammed the door shut.

Alice bowed her head and sighed, she had a bad feeling about this. Really bad feeling