"Jack's gone? What do you mean Jack's gone?" Miko yelled up at her Autobot guardian from the couch she and Raf were sitting at.

"Arcee said he was taken down into the Demon World, which she said by Jack's own statement;' is hell.'" Bulkhead answered.

Miko and Raf paled at that. "Looks like hell just gained a new name." Miko said finally.

"Uh, actually; I assumed it was already called that." Raf said.

Ratchet though, 'huffed.' "I can accept that Jack is not fully human because of the evidence backing up his claim, but I find it hard that an entire plane that is the equivalent of the Pit exists and no one has even found it."

"Actually, people have." Raf answered. "In legends it says heroes go down into-well, the names vary, but they all mean the same thing really- the Underworld to accomplish a quest or bring back someone they love. Though those ones don't turn out the way they want." He explained.

"In these stories, do they tell where the entrances are?" Optimus questioned.

"I may have to check, but I'm sure they mention them though." Raf answered and set to work on his laptop. "Though from what I know, none of the people except one that went down into the underworld were regular humans."

"What do you mean by 'regular humans'?" Bulkhead asked.

"It means they were either only half-human, or weren't human all-together." Raf answered.

Miko let out a small huff as she took out her cell phone. "You said Arcee actually called Jack. So, why don't you, like, trace the signal?" she asked and dialed.

Ring…ring…ring…

"-Hello?" A panicked voice asked.

"Jack!" Miko said in relief and Ratchet began trying to locate the signal. "Are you okay?"

"Déjà vu." Jack retorted and let out a yelp. "Get away from me!"

"Jack, what's going on?" Miko asked frowning.

"Uh, you didn't exactly call at the best time." Jack replied and in the background was a string of bubbly giggles, along with cawing and a distinct male voice snarling, "This is exactly why you shouldn't turn your back on them!" "I know that now!" Jack retorted in reply to the voice.

Miko felt increasingly disturbed. "Jack, what's going on? You sound like you're in trouble." This caused the other 'Bots to also feel disturbed and worried.

"Nothing out of the ordinary: just a demon trying to kill me." Jack replied airily. Too lightly for someone to be joking in such a dire situation.

"I'd hardly call what I'm trying to do 'killing you'." Said the same bubbly voice from before. "Now hold still, handsome."

"I'd rather not." Jack said caustically. "Look Miko, I'm busy trying to live and not get my bones jumped, so-"

"Wait a minute." The bubbly voice turned from vapid to insanely angry. "Are you talking to another girl?" she snarled.

"Uh oh!" Jack muttered. "Really gotta go." He said and the phone went dead.

"So, Jack's okay?" Raf asked.

Miko flushed at what she heard Jack say before he hung up. "Uh, aside from the fact he's fighting a female demon trying to kill him along with trying to jump his bones, then yeah, he's okay."

"Jump his bones? What's that mean?" Raf asked naïvely.

Miko smiled patronizingly at him. "Ask your parents, I'm sure they'll tell you." She looked up at the medic. "Did you find the signal?"

"Yes, but its right in the middle of the Pacific Ocean." Ratchet replied.

"Yeah, but this is the underworld we're talking about." Miko retorted. "So it's under the ocean floor." She finished.

Bulkhead looked at the screen. "Raf, are there any entrances to the Demon World in Europe?"

"Greece is where some of them are supposed to be." Raf said and typed in 'Passages to the underworld' on his laptop. "so far I've only found one that directly mentions a way, but that's underwater too."

"But what about the Demon World itself?" Bumblebee questioned. "None of us know anything about ."

This time, the Prime answered. "I think it is time we speak with this 'Dante.'"

A

"How long have we been running for?" Jack questioned as he ran at an inhuman speed just behind Vergil.

"It doesn't matter so long as we reach the Trismagia." Vergil replied without looking back.

"Does anything matter in this wasteland?" Jack bit out.

"Survival." Vergil replied bluntly.

Jack sighed as he watched everything pass him in a blur. When he realized that as a half-breed he could run this fast, he had smacked himself on the forehead at his own stupidity and cowardice. Even thug he had accepted what he was a while back, he had been a bit afraid of what he could exactly do with his 'natural abilities.' But running faster and being stronger than a human wasn't so bad.

He should try out for the track team at school once this is all over.

On second thought, no probably not. His mother wouldn't be too pleased if he abused his powers.

A large shadow fell over him and he looked up and stopped in his tracks. "Whoa." He breathed and stared up at a large mansion made of dark red bricks and had an oriental design to it. "Hey d-uncle, let's make a rest stop here."

"Really, you're tired already?" Vergil asked mockingly. "Then again, you are a child."

Jack frowned behind his mouth guard. "No, I figured we could both use the rest, old man." He snapped and smirked to himself as the older hybrid frowned at him. "After all, when's the next time we may actually see a house?" he questioned.

Vergil's eyes narrowed in thought before he nodded. "Stay on your guard, child." He said and before Jack could move, the younger hybrid was hoisted off the ground by the back of his neck.

"Why do you always do this?" he muttered.

"I don't know." Vergil said plainly and Jack knew it was the truth. "Perhaps it's because you're the youngest demon I've seen so far."

'So far?' Jack thought but remained silent as Vergil carried him to the house. The closer they got though, the more Jack realized the bricks weren't bricks at all, but globs of dried up congealed blood. "Disgusting." He whispered.

"What else were you expecting?" Vergil questioned. Jack had no reply.

What was he supposed to expect? Jack knew the Demon World worked differently than the Human World, but he didn't think it also extended to making a house out of dried over blood. Again, disgusting. Hopefully the inside wouldn't gross him out so much.

And for the first time since he arrived in the Demon World, he wasn't disappointed.

The inside was a posh interior that reminded him a hotel penthouse and had a fancy red stair case that was a made of a red material that was thankfully not blood.

"Wow." Jack said as Vergil dropped him and he was allowed to move around.

"Hn." Was all Vergil said. Jack though wondered whether being able to understand the 'hns' his father let out was a good thing.

A bubble giggle was heard from on top of the staircase. "I'm so glad you like our home, we spent years trying to maintain it."

Jack looked up and felt himself gap behind his mouth guard. On top of the staircase was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. She had short green hair and pale green skin; her eyes a deep red. She was wearing a form fitting billowing black dress that had a slight up to the thigh on both sides.

'I don't think I've ever seen a prettier woman before.' Jack thought.

'What about Arcee?' his inner demon quipped.

'Who?' Jack thought blankly.

His demon half radiated disbelief before giving his human half a mental kick, a very hard mental kick.

'Ow! What was that for?' Jack thought angrily.

'I figured something was wrong since you forgot about your crush on Arcee.' His inner demon replied.

'Hn, what's going on?' Jack thought, but before he could ask, Vergil spoke first.

"We're leaving, Jack." He said without hesitation.

"What? Why?" Jack asked confused.

"It's no wise to turn your back on another demon, especially a female or a succubus." Vergil answered. "Which she is." He added scathingly. "They catch you then they'll drain you of your blood."

"Metal skin, remember?" Jack asked rhetorically.

"And what pretty skin it is too!" The succubus cooed. "Don't you think so, Pluia?"

"Whatever." A voice muttered from above them and they saw a female demon with green skin to and feathery wings crouching on the door banister, her hawk-like eyes staring balefully at them. "Scales is mine though." She hissed and expanded her wings; a flap causing a bunch of sharp feathers to shoot straight at Vergil, who expertly dodged.

"He's right," The succubus purred from behind Jack, "you should watch your back with me."

Jack whirled round and barely dodged the claw that was aimed at his face. 'Guess I should've listened to what dad said.'

'Yeah, probably should have.'

Ring…ring…ring…

"Well crap." Jack muttered and he reluctantly took his cell phone out of his pocket. "Hello?" he was in a dire situation, but that didn't mean he had to be rude.

"Jack!" It was Miko. "Are you okay?"

Where had he heard that before? "Déjà vu." Jack retorted and let out a yelp as the succubus scratched his mouth guard. "Get away from me!"

"Jack, what's going on?" Miko asked.

"Uh, you didn't exactly call at the best time." Jack replied, the succubus giggling and the Pluia still cawing and firing sharp feathers at his father, who looked at him with a snarl.

"This is why you shouldn't turn your back on them!"

"I know that now!" Jack retorted sharply.

"Jack, what's going on? You sound like you're in trouble." Miko said.

"Nothing out of the ordinary: just a demon trying to kill me." Jack replied with forced breeziness.

The succubus had a look of faux hurt on her face. "I'd hardly call what I'm trying to do, 'killing you'!" she said in a bubbly voice. "Now hold still, handsome."

The compliment only served to slight Jack. "I'd rather not." He replied caustically. "Look Miko, I'm busy trying to live and not get my bones jumped, so-"

"Wait a minute." The succubus' voice did a 180 and became jealously angry. "Are you talking to another girl?" she snarled.

"Uh oh." Jack muttered. "Really gotta go." He said before putting the call to an end and putting it back in his pocket.

The succubus reared her claws back and hissed. "No one ignores me and gets away with it, handsome or not." She waved her hands in his direction and black lightning shot out at him.

"Ahh!" Jack had never felt this much pain, even when he had been hit by those lightning demons. It felt like every fibre of his being was being electrocuted.

He felt his bow get knocked out of his hand and felt the succubus try and pry his face guard off. He was taught to never hit girls, but he was sure this situation didn't count as he was trying to save his own save; so he slashed his own claws at the succubus' face and knocked her off him.

Jack rolled over to his bow and picked it up to see the succubus holding her face and fired twice. One ice arrow hit her in the neck and the other got her in the chest; causing her to begin to freeze over.

She stared at him with unblinking eyes, the deep marks in her face bleeding out. "I admit defeat. Take my soul as your prize before I am fully destroyed."

Jack blinked in honest shock. "Uh, sure."

The succubus grinned sneakily as her body shattered and a bright light came toward Jack, who held out his hand and pulled it back holding a green flute with a black lightning mark on it. "What…?"

A screeching caw echoed in Jack's ears as squelching sound followed. He turned to see a bloody mess of a dead Pluia with Vergil's claws soaked in her blood.

"Kill or be killed." He stated coldly as he wiped off the blood using a nearby curtain. "We rest, then we leave." He said in a tone that left no room for argument. "Understood?"

Jack nodded without hesitation.