Chapter 10: Mission
Maria sighed as she wiped down the bar. It had been 6 months since her first mission with Vergil and since then she had been on 5 other missions with him. She could still hear Anne now as she explained why they had continued to have him on missions with her.
"You two together were able to finish that mission a great deal faster than you alone on your other missions. Therefore, it's better in everyone's interest if we keep him and you two work together. More lives will be saved if you two get rid of the Demons faster." Anne had stated matter-of-factly.
"If only she knew what I did about him, she wouldn't be so quick to keep him on." Maria stopped as she thought of the past missions she'd gone on with Vergil and sighed.
"At least he hasn't given me to the Demons, that much can be said. Still, he is a cold hearted prick. Seriously, who stuck a pole up his ass?" Maria shook her head.
"Maria! You've got a customer." Maria heard from out on the floor. She looked up and saw a woman with long curly brown hair and deep blue eyes.
"Thanks Michelle!" Maria called out as she headed towards where the woman had been pointing.
"Hi what can I get for…" The words died in her mouth as she saw who her customer was.
Vergil smirked as Maria stared at him. "What's wrong? Aren't you going to ask me what I want to drink, bartender?" Vergil laughed at the expression on Maria's face.
"What are you doing here, matter of fact, how did you find me?" Maria asked as she glared at him.
"I wouldn't have thought a good Christian girl like you would work in a bar." Vergil taunted.
"I never claimed to be a good Christian girl, and I would never have claimed to be. I only claimed to be a Christian. Besides, it's not like I let anything bad happen here. You didn't answer my question though. How did you find me?" Maria looked at Vergil pointedly, her hands on her hips.
Vergil laughed. "I have my ways."
"Of course you do." Maria said as she shook her head. She hated to admit it but she had started to like him, which was what scared her. He was a Half-Devil; he could turn on her at any moment and she knew that, but there was something about him that she was attracted to and it had very little to do with him being built like a god and she didn't mean Buddha either.
Even so, she had begun to like him. He had a dry humor that he let fly while they battled the Demons on their missions. He had saved her several times and she in turn had saved his ass from being fried a few times herself. The only reason he'd left himself open was to save her though.
Maria shook her head again. "What are you doing here?" She asked suspiciously.
"We have another mission." Vergil stated.
Maria looked over her shoulder to a woman with brown eyes and short black hair. "Carissa, could you take care of things for a few minutes. I need to take a break."
"Sure, go ahead." The woman said.
Maria motioned for Vergil to follow her as she headed for a table that they could talk at and wouldn't have to worry about being overheard.
"They believe they've found the leader of the Demons we've been exterminating." Vergil explained as they sat down.
"Alright so when do we start kicking ass." Maria asked.
"Not yet. We have a cover story and I have it here." Vergil said as he pulled out a neatly folded packet from his coat.
Maria eyed it suspiciously. "Have you already read it?" She asked.
"Yes and I don't think you're going to like the cover story we have." Vergil said as he smirked. That had been the reason he wanted to bring it to her. The woman named Anne had called him first and told him the mission. He had then told her he would give the information himself to Maria.
He smirked as he thought of her reaction of when she saw it.
Maria was curious. "Why would he have come here to give this to me?" "So what story is it? Are we supposed to be related? I don't think anyone's going to believe that."
"It does have to do with us being related. Just read it." Vergil said as he handed her the paperwork.
Maria took it and opened the package. The information entailed where they were going, where they were staying and who and what the main objective was. Finally she came to the cover the story and her heart stopped. Maria stopped. She looked at it again. Sure enough, it hadn't changed, it was still the same.
Maria looked up at Vergil. He had an expectant look. "You sure you've read this?" She asked.
"I've read all of it. We are to leave tomorrow and get on the plane to Chicago. That's where the leader of these Demons is supposed to be. We'll be staying at the Hilton in room 437 on the 4th floor." Vergil stated plainly.
"The cover story, Vergil. Have you read the cover story?" She said angrily.
Vergil snickered. "You mean the part where you and I are newlyweds. Yeah I read it."
Maria just looked at him. She couldn't say anything.
"You do realize we'll never be able to pull this off. I mean you hate Humans, and unfortunately that happens to be exactly what I am." Maria shook her head. "What the hell were Anne and Noin thinking when they came up with this?! Are they nuts?"
"Are you saying I can't do it?" Vergil asked as he glared at her.
"That and the fact that you couldn't be warm to anyone to save your life," Maria stated. "We're never gonna be able to pull this off."
"Well we certainly don't have a choice about that." Vergil stood up. "How dare she think that there something I can't do. I'll show her. Just wait and see little priestess." "We'll be taking separate planes. You're to arrive after me. Make sure you're there." Vergil raked her with one last glare as he turned and left.
"What the fuck just happened?" Maria said as she replayed that conversation. "Who the hell shoved the pole deeper into his ass? All I did was state the freaking truth. He doesn't even like me, how could he act like we just got married. This is going to be a disaster, I can feel it." Maria shook her head as she went back to work all the while thinking that there was no way they could pull this one off. They were seriously fucked this time.
