Mess 10
She woke a few hours later to someone humming. She slowly opened her eyes only to find Dante staring down at her.
"hey babe glad your up, you hungry?" said Dante
"why wouldn't I be up you were torturing a cat next to my ear" said Alex
he chuckled at her response.
"actually it's called a guitar riff, Pizza" he said
he was holding a plate out to her. She gingerly took a slice and nibbled on it.
"geez who taught you how to eat pizza?" said Dante
she glanced sideways at him and frowned. He really could be annoying couldn't he.
"my mom why?" said Alex
"well then she taught you wrong you fold it like this" he said
then he folded his slice down the center and ate it.
"now you try?" said Dante.
To humor him she tried it.
"see much better isn't it" said Dante
they ate in silence for a little bit until Dante obviously couldn't hold his peace anymore.
"So I was thinking you look familiar for some reason" said Dante
he took another piece of pizza and Alex glared at him
"so do I know you from somewhere?" said Dante
she knew what he was referring to but decided to mess with him just a little bit
"ah love planet" said Alex
he chuckled
"no somewhere before that but I can't place it" he said
she watched him frown with a tinge of sadistic glee.
"c'mon babe no hint here, I know I've seen you somewhere else before" he said
he gave her a little lopsided smile that must have worked wonders on the girls too bad she knew he was a jerk.
"did we date?" said Dante
she was taking a sip of the soda he brought her and promptly spit it out in a surprised sputter.
"ah no" she said coughing and trying not to laugh.
He patted her back and looked somewhat confused. She was loving every minute of it.
She started coughing because some of the soda went down the wrong pipe and Dante put his arm around her when she tipped forward.
She turned towards him and he looked like he was sniffing her hair.
"what are you doing?" said Alex
"trying to see if your scent jogs anything" said Dante
she drew back some suddenly acutely aware of the demon hybrid sitting next to her.
"mm rosemary and mint I love that smell no wonder dad went nuts you smell divine" said Dante.
She tried to scoot away from him and promptly fell partially out of bed. Her legs were still in the bed partially and her head was near the floor.
Dante chuckled
"now I remember you didn't know you were a dancer" said Dante
"a little help here please" she said
he chuckled again and pulled her back up.
"your the little screamer from the church" he said
he was grinning like a cat that ate the canary and she wanted to slap him for it.
"well excuse me most people do scream when there being chased by a huge predator" said Alex
"well why did you go in the alleyway in the first place doll you should have know it was going to chase you" said Dante
she growled at him.
"i thought it was a stuck kitten" she said
he started laughing so she hit him with her good hand.
"a kitten trying to save a kitten how silly" he said
she briefly thought about dumping her soda in his lap.
"i thought it was caught on something, ok" said Alex
he was really starting to irritate her with his attitude
"yea well I imagine it was caught on something, they're called teeth" said Dante
she waved her hand in front of her face because his breath smelt like beer and pizza.
"yeah they're called teeth brush them" said Alex
she made a gagging noise and he laughed
"you should have just stayed out of the alleyway in the first place" said Dante
she so wanted to smack him right now.
"i would have gladly stayed the hell away from it but something dragged me into it" she said
"something?" said Dante
"yeah one minute I'm running for the lights and crowd with that thing chasing me the next I'm being pulled backwards into a different alley" said Alex
"ok you've lost me babe why don't you start at the top." said Dante
she sighed
"gladly, I was at a club called Kevin O' Shaunesy's in downtown because we had a gig" said Alex
"gig you a musician?" said Dante
"ah yeah I play the guitar and I sing lead vocals" said Alex
"really what kind of music?" said Dante
she frowned did the guy have ADD or something or did he just distract easily.
"Celtic rock" she said
he frowned "ok don't know what that is but it has rock in it so it must be decent" said Dante
she started to open her mouth to explain to him exactly what Celtic rock was but then decided he was distracting her now and to not let him.
"well anyways we were done for the night and I was walking back to my jeep" said Alex
"cool you own a jeep do you like to off road?" said Dante
she frowned at him
"yes and anyways where was I oh yeah" she said
"i heard a bell, you know like the kind they put on cat collars" said Alex
he nodded so she continued
"so I thought it was a cat possibly in trouble so I walked into the alley behind Kevin's" said Alex
"so did it need help?" said Dante
he was smirking so bad she wanted to slap him again.
"no it was beyond any help because something was eating it" said Alex
she shuddered and Dante rested his hand on her arm.
"easy baby I'm right here and nothing's gonna touch you again ok" said Dante
oddly she believed him and felt comforted by his words. Despite the fact she was essentially in the room with something that should be considered evil.
She didn't feel afraid of him because of it.
"so you ran" he said
she could tell he was just trying to prompt her to continue.
"yeah I ran but it was like running on ice and I felt like I was being pulled backwards" said Alex
"it suddenly let up and I hit he pavement with my knees" said Alex
"it growled and I got up and ran again" said Alex
"and that's where I shot it, now I remember you completely" said Dante
"but I know there's no bar named Kevin's anything in that area" said Dante
"no of course not it's in L.A." said Alex
"L.A?" questioned Dante
"Los Angeles" said Alex
at his blank look she added
"California?" said Alex
he still looked confused
"in the united states" said Alex
"united states of what?" said Dante
she smacked her hand into her forehead in disbelief. Dante looked confused for half a second
"i think I need to check out that alley again" said Dante
he started to stand up and for some reason Alex got angry.
"you don't even care do you?" said Alex
"care?" he said
"you left me stranded you know with no money and no place to stay hell you didn't even wish me good luck" said Alex
he smiled at her.
"ah so your angry at me, that makes more sense now" said Dante
she frowned at him he moved closer to her.
"i thought it was because we dated or something but I honestly didn't remember seeing you in my bed" said Dante
"and you won't" said Alex
he made a face and then looked her up and down like she was a piece of meat.
"such a pity" he said
before he launched into what she was sure was a completely narcissist statement she asked.
"Dante what day is it?" she said
he smiled at her
"Friday why?" said Dante
"shit!" said Alex
she slid her legs out of her bed
"hey whoa where do you think you are going?" said Dante
"to get my stuff before they throw it out" said Alex
she started reaching for her clothes and Dante grabbed them first.
"now hold up there who's going to throw out what?" said Dante
"the manager at that damn hotel place I'm staying I only paid till Sunday" said Alex
she tried to grab for the clothes again and he held them away from her.
"look I can't let you go I'm supposed to be watching over you" said Dante
she gave an exasperated sigh
"then come with me then" she said
he sighed and looked incredibly torn for a few minutes.
"come on Dante I'm going to loose everything I own, please" she said
"fine but you stay near me and no funny business, if I have to chase you once I'm gonna be pissed" said Dante
she could have hugged him for that. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all. She took the clothes from his hands and tried to dress.
Dante ended up helping her with most of it because everything was still too damn sore.
He helped her down the stairs and into his car. Which turned out to be an old rag top convertible, in red of all colors.
"seat belt" said Dante
she struggled with it for a second and he reached around her and fastened it for her.
"where's yours?" she asked
he chuckled and reached for the radio.
"hope you like rock" he said
he backed out of the driveway and Alex gave him directions to her home. A few minutes later they were pulling into the bad part of town. The ride was pleasant and his taste in music wasn't all that bad.
She was beginning to reevaluate her opinion of him.
"so how's the case coming?" she asked
he chuckled again
"you really don't want to hear about that babe" said Dante
"why not?" said Alex
he turned to look at her briefly then back to the road
"because it's unpleasant that's why" he said
he patted her leg and she narrowed her eyes at him.
"their my friends I just want to know how much danger there in" said Alex
Dante sighed
"you are a stubborn one aren't you and here I thought Verge was joking" said Dante
he laughed again and she crossed her arms over her chest. She tried her best to do an intimidating glare. She gave up on it when Dante started laughing uncontrollably at her attempts.
She smacked his arm with her good hand.
"careful there beautiful don't break the other one" said Dante
"then just answer me and stop being an ass" she said .
He laughed again and held up one hand in mock surrender when she attempted to hit him again.
"okay easy sweet heart Vergil and dad are checking things out we should have it wrapped up soon" said Dante
she frowned at him
"that's all I get?" said Alex
he smiled at her
"yes doll face that's all you get" said Dante
they pulled up in front of the old building.
"you have got to be kidding me you live here?" said Dante
she watched his nose wrinkle in disgust. She chuckled under her breath when she realized it must be all the bums in the area he was smelling.
Part of her thought a nose full of unwashed bum and peed on building corner was perfect payback to his lack of information
"yep lovely neighborhood isn't it?" she said and took a deep breath of the air.
She could smell the pee too but she was willing to bet his senses were much stronger.
he looked at her like she was crazy and climbed out of the car.
"can't we just buy you new stuff?" said Dante
she chuckled at him and reached for the door handle. He sighed and got out of the car. He came around to her side and helped her out of the car.
"c'mon lets get this over with before someone steals my car" said Dante
she barely kept from bursting into giggles as she entered the lobby and headed for the stairs. She climbed them slowly and Dante was about to pick her up just to make this go somewhat faster.
She finally reached the third floor and walked down the hall way.
Dante stepped over the beer bottles in the hall and one crackhead on the way to her door. She seemed to not notice her surroundings. She had her key out and was trying to unlock a door
."here give me it" said Dante
he turned the lock easily and found out the hard way the door stuck. He put some of his considerable strength behind it and pushed it open. She wobbled in and began picking stuff up.
Dante sighed and did the same. The room was small it contained a bed a worn down dresser a small table with a block under one leg and a lawn chair next to it. A microwave with gray tape holding the door closed.
"you actually lived like this?' he said
she nodded and walked into her bathroom. Dante found a plastic bag and started cleaning out drawers. The girl came back a few seconds later another plastic bag in her hands.
She shoved a couple books and a notebook into a bag.
They searched the room for anything they might have missed. Then grabbing the four bags of stuff she owned they left. Dante pulled the door closed and she locked it.
They headed downstairs and she wobbled over to the front desk.
"i need to turn in my key" said Alex
the old man grunted and took it without another word. So Alex turned and followed Dante out the door. Dante found a bum trying to sleep in his back seat and literally threw him out of his car.
With a disgusted look he unlocked the trunk dumped the bags inside and went around to let her in the car. She was still putting on her seat belt when Dante climbed in. he sighed again and once again helped her fasten it.
Then he started his car and made tracks out of the neighborhood.
he was grumbling about the bum and having to wipe down his upholstery. she smirked but didn't laugh this time.
Dante had gone out of his way to do her a favor on this one and she was actually sorry his stuff almost got ruined because of it.
"Dante" she said
"yeah what babe?" he said between grumbles
"thank you" she said
he stopped complaining and was quiet for a few seconds. Then he put his arm behind her and rumpled her hair.
"your welcome babe" he said
he smiled and reached for the radio. The rest of the drive was quiet, unless you count Dante's habit of singing along to certain songs on the radio.
Something he was still doing when he pulled into the driveway.
He abruptly stopped and said "oh shit!"
Alex looked around in front of the was parked a Benz and a Shelby cobra. She could guess who they belonged to. Vergil came out of the house to greet them.
Dante ignored his brothers approach and popped the trunk latch.
"just what the hell are you doing with her in your car?" said Vergil
Dante went to the trunk and pulled out the bags.
"we went to the fair what do you think we were doing Vergil?" said Dante
"dad's livid by the way and what is that smell?" said Vergil
Dante laughed "that would be my back seat" said Dante
"i don't even want to know" said Vergil
Vergil groaned and opened the door for Alex
Vergil looked irritated so she looked at Dante he didn't look worried but then again he never did look worried about anything. Dante walked into the house followed by Alex and then Vergil.
Sparda was standing in the kitchen with his eyes narrowed and a phone in one hand.
"no he just walked in thank you Mary, no I've got it I appreciate your time have a good evening" said Sparda
he hung up the phone and turned to look at his son.
"where have you been all day?" said Sparda
"look dad we" Dante started to say
"we went to retrieve my stuff" said Alex
"Vergil please show miss Alex to her room and see to it she gets settled in" said Sparda
Vergil shook his head sideways and took the bags from Dante's hands.