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Father and Son
Marcus looked out through the doorway and down the street where a massive army of devils was approaching. Some were even going so far as to crawl along the walls.
"There are so many," Kat breathed.
"Kat, we're going to need something bigger than that bow," Marcus said as he stepped forward. "Stay behind me. And whatever you do, don't stop firing."
Kat nodded, Pandora transforming into a massive machine gun consisting of six sets of barrels, each set having six and each set both spinning for itself as the sets all rotated around. She opened fire immediately, her bullets shredding their way through the devils, Marcus standing beside her, pistols out and firing rapidly as a massive glowing blue silhouette behind him fired spinning spectral blades into the ranks of devils. They dropped fast, dying almost too fast to make progress. However, they slowly did begin to advance. A devil that looked like a misshapen rag doll with a massive curved blade for an arm leapt at her, the blade extending behind it as it fell toward Kat. However, just as it twisted, slashing, Marcus's silhouette's right hand caught it and crushed it then hurled its blade into the army, the blade tearing through a dozen or so. The narrow street helped, since it kept the demons from easily surrounding the, but it also made it so that the living devils could use the dead ones' bodies as shields to advance further until the body either disintegrated or the bullets began to go through them. Finally, the devils had gotten too close for comfort.
"Back!" Marcus shouted, Kat lifting Pandora, the gun collapsing instantly.
For a half second, the devils surged forward only for Marcus's silhouette's fist to crash into the ground, sending a wave of Demonic Energy exploding along the ground, tearing it up as it travelled, blasting waves upon waves of demons into oblivion before a massive explosion shot out of the ground, killing still more and hurling the rest backward. Then, the silhouette faded and Marcus leapt backward to Kat as she put down a massive wall of barrels and glowing lines in front of herself. He drew his guns, both suddenly lighting up with blue Demonic Energy and he grinned.
"Fire!" He shouted.
He opened fire, each bullet he fired now charged with his Demonic Energy, tearing through numerous devils before stopping now. At the same time, Kat's wall of barrels began to rapidly fire lasers, the explosions and lasers blasting through the army. Marcus grinned but it faded instantly as devils exploded out a building behind them.
"Keep shooting!" Marcus shouted, spinning and swapping his guns for Red Queen, charging into the flood of demons, sword flashing around and around, tearing through them as it went, his Devil Bringer either punching them directly and sending them flying or using its spectral arm to blast them into debris or crush and throw them.
He grit his teeth as a blade tore into his side, forcing himself to move faster. Then, a massive metal fist crashed into his jaw, throwing him back to Kat just as the devils surged after him. Before they could get there, there was a flash of blue and the street exploded in a wave heading away from them. Marcus stood, staring in awe as the dust cleared and Nero turned to smile back at him, his eyes glowing red and his silhouette ready to strike.
"Dad," Marcus breathed before hurling Red Queen past Nero, splitting a devil that was about to slash him.
Nero caught the sword in his Devil Bringer, spinning it a couple of times and grinning.
"You know, I've never tried it like this," Nero smiled. "Let's try it out shall we?"
He turned back to the devils, slashing and sending an arc of Demonic Energy tearing along the ground until it exploded through the devils. Then, he switched the sword to his other hand in time to catch Yamato, the sword glowing and being absorbed by his Devil Bringer.
"I figured you should have that back," Marcus said, drawing his own sword and spinning it as the sword glowed white and transformed into a scythe. "Kat has your necklace right now or I'd give that back too."
"The necklace is yours," Nero said. "Meant to be a gift to my son from Dante, but...well."
Marcus nodded, looking back to see that Kat had her side of the battle more than under control with her laser minigun wall. He smiled, turning back to the fight before him and beginning to spin his scythe in his hands.
"Can you keep up Dad?" Marcus grinned.
"Easily," Nero grinned.
"Kat," Marcus said. "That's enough. Come over her and get between us."
Kat retreated to stand between them, clearly unsure, but Marcus turned, standing between her and the devils she had been slaughtering a moment before. Then, both his and Nero's silhouettes flared to life, Nero's now wielding Yamato and Marcus's spinning a massive scythe identical to his own. The devils on both sides charged and both devil hunters began to shred them, Marcus and his silhouette's scythes mowing down anything that got close enough while Nero's silhouette was slashing rapidly with Yamato, massive arcs of energy shooting out of each strike while spinning spectral blades appeared over its shoulders and went flying into the army of devils, Nero himself fighting using Red Queen in his Devil Bringer, also sending out arcs of energy with each swing, and Blue Rose in his left hand, each shot charged with his Demon Energy.
Kat watched the two in awe as devils exploded into ash and scraps of metal on all sides, far too fast to keep track of. Suddenly, somehow, there was a devil beside Marcus. She hadn't even noticed it, hadn't been able to see it coming through the pieces of dead devils. However, before it could make a move, Marcus's scythe split it up the middle before returning to the devils before him, as though he had had that move planned out the entire time. Kat turned, looking back at Nero just as two devils appeared beside him, only fore him to split one with Red Queen while shooting the other in the face. Kat turned back to Marcus as several Nobodies suddenly leapt over him.
"Where the hell are you going?" Marcus snarled, spinning, his scythe splitting all of them in half before he was facing the rest of the devils again, a massive disk of energy shooting out of the blade, leveling dozens of them. "How you holding up Dad?"
"Walk in the park," Nero chuckled. "You?"
"It's almost challenging enough to be fun," Marcus smirked, twirling his scythe and sending a handful of devils flying into the air. "We'll be finished in no time."
Don't get your hopes up," Nero snorted. "Remember, we still have to fight an army."
"Piece of cake," Marcus smirked.
As if on cue, the devils all backed off, stopping a ways away on both sides. Then, they fled into side alleys, disappearing.
"Okay, that's probably not good," Marcus said, letting his silhouette fade and holding a hand to his head. "Ow. That was weird."
"You okay?" Kat asked.
"No," Marcus said. "Using that power makes me enjoy fighting too much. Makes me want to kill. I don't like it."
"You learn to control it after a while," Nero said. "But the bloodlust never really goes away. It's demonic power at its most powerful, so it's to be expected. Dante, Trish, and I try not to use that power unless absolutely necessary."
Marcus nodded just as the city trembled. He and Nero glanced at each other before Marcus picked up a stone, hurling it over a building, no barrier appearing this time. Instantly, Marcus picked up Kat and used his Devil Bringer to pull them to the roof, Nero following suit. Once they were on the roof of the building, they saw that the earth quake was from Temen-ni-gru. The tower had glowing red lines running up its sides and a light shining at the top.
"What is that?" Marcus asked.
"It's a portal," Nero said. "Dante once mentioned that there was a portal in Temen-ni-gru but he said it needed both his and Lady's blood to work."
"So, either both are here and want out, or someone found another way," Marcus stated.
"Right," Nero nodded.
"Can that portal allow a human through?" Marcus asked.
"I'm not sure," Nero said. "Possibly."
"Close enough," Marcus said. "Let's go. We need to get there before whoever opened it closes it again."
"Right," Nero nodded.
Marcus stepped in front of Kat, kneeling and she climbed onto his back, wrapping her arms around his neck and hooking her legs around his waist.
"Alright," Marcus said. "Let's go!"
He and Nero took off at a sprint, leaping from one roof to the next, both keeping their swords ready. As they reached the tenth rooftop, a demon that looked like a mash up of a dozen different dolls, all of the pieces misshapen and incorrectly sized, making it look like a sumo wrestler with a porcelain baby doll's head and hands that were spiked clubs, along with short stubby legs.
"Well well," Marcus grumbled. "The big guy wants to play. Kat, hang on tight."
Kat squeezed a little tighter as Nero and Marcus charged. The things hands lit on fire and it held them in front of itself, charging them. Nero dodged around it but as Marcus drew near, he dropped to a knee, sliding past it and slamming his sword into its knee as that leg swung forward. The demon crashed to the roof as Marcus slid to his feet and held out his Devil Bringer, grabbing the demon's exposed spine and ripping it out, the rest of the demon exploding.
Then, they were off again. They leapt from roof to roof rapidly. However, after a few more buildings, the far half of one suddenly exploded as they landed on it, several demons with porcelain-like bodies, similar to the fat one but skinny now and only as tall as Marcus was, and with their right arms ending in a hinge with a blade attached and being held behind their arm, the edge curved and the back edge with saw teeth, landed on the roof ahead of them, Nero and Marcus slowing to a stop.
"Elite Stygians," Nero said, readying Red Queen.
"Kat, get down," Marcus said.
Kat did as instructed and Marcus moved his sword to his Devil Bringer, spinning it twice before it shone and transformed into an axe. The Stygians charged and Nero and Marcus met their charge, Nero speeding on ahead and slashing his way through some of them. Two ignored him completely, in favor of Marcus, however, when they reached him, he leapt over the first one's blade, bringing his axe down on the other's head, killing it. Then, he spun, swinging the axe upward and burying it in the first one. He continued the swing, lifting the Stygian over his head before snapping the axe backward, the Stygian flying off of it and crashing into a group of them as Marcus's sword transformed into its shuriken form. He spun, hurling both and they tore through the group of Stygians before curving around and tearing back through before returning to him. He caught them, instantly flipping into the air as a Stygian passed under him, his shuriken shining and fading, leaving his sword. He landed on his feet then streaked forward, sword bisecting the Stygian. He looked to Nero just as Nero's Devil Bringer sent the last one flying.
"Done," Nero said. "Let's go."
Marcus nodded, kneeling and allowing Kat to instantly climb onto his back before they took off across the rooftops again. This time, when they were interrupted eleven buildings later, it was by a flaming centaur with a bull's head and a massive sword made out of cherry red rock smashing through the building then skidding to a stop, leveling three more.
"Friend of yours?" Marcus asked.
"That's Berial," Nero said. "He was at the warehouse."
"Oh yeah," Marcus said. "All hot air."
He sent out his spectral arm but Berial slashed it aside.
"Not this time!" Berial snarled. "I'm going to make you pay for Making me look bad!"
"We'll see," Marcus said as Kat climbed off, Nero stepping forward to protect her. "I'll deal with him."
Nero nodded and Marcus sprinted forward, leaping off of the building at Berial, slashing at him. Berial raised his sword, blocking it and shoved Marcus high into the air. As Marcus fell, Berial slashed at him. Marcus smirked, rolling out of the way then pulled his sword back.
"Bad move!" Marcus shouted as he split Berial down the front. "Now you're dead."
Berial staggered backward, his flames going out then collapsed as Marcus turned back toward Nero and Kat.
"Watch out!" Kat shrieked.
Marcus spun, raising his sword just in time for Berial's to crash into it, hurling him backward. Marcus flipped, driving his sword into the ground as Berial roared, flames exploding to life on him once more.
"This guy doesn't quit," Marcus growled. "Alright, fine. Let's see what you can do!"
He sprinted forward, Berial charging as well. When they met, however, Berial slashed and Marcus's spectral arm caught it. It shoved the blade upward and punched Berial, sending him blasting through a building, Berial's flames going out as he did. Then, Marcus appeared over him, his spectral arm holding a spectral replica of his sword before it split Berial's torso diagonally. Berial roared, flames reconnecting him and exploding to life all over his body only to go out again when Marcus's spectral sword buried itself in his face. Then, Marcus used his Devil Bringer to pull himself back to the others and sighed, kneeling for Kat.
"That wasn't so bad," Marcus said. "Come on. We're getting close, at least."
Kat nodded and climbed onto his back, wrapping her arms around him again, and Marcus and Nero took off once more.
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