Alto was busy snooping around the soul plane she was now forced to live in, but if it kept her closer to Jack, it was definitely worth it. She grinned; wondering if his human form was just as good-looking as his demon form. Albeit, a very strange-looking demon form, but then again, that's what made him so hot.
No pun intended of course.
She heard tires burning rubber on the asphalt and smirked as she looked behind to see a red sports car driving straight at her. She dodged at the last second and whirled around just as the car transformed. "Back for round 2?" she asked cockily, her hands crackling with black electricity.
"You meant here was a round 1?" Knock Out asked smirking as he brought out his energon prod.
Alto didn't miss a beat. "Of course there was. I won it when you left with me having the last word." She grinned.
"I knew I should've silenced that mouth of yours last time." Knock Out hissed and struck out at her.
Alto smirked again as she ducked. She brought her fist back and punched the ' Con, causing him to spasm on the ground. "You really should be more careful. Metal conducts electricity after all." She laughed.
Knock Out grabbed a hold of Alto's ankle and threw her like a rag doll in the wall of the opposite building. "Conduct that, bitch!" he snarled.
Alto let out a groan of anguish as she got up and found she had been thrown through a wall. She dusted herself off and looked around. It was a rather nice place to be thrown into. It was posh and almost as her former home in the Demon World. She decided to let Knock Out have his 'victory' and let his temper cool off as she abandoned the fight for curiosity of this place.
Alto walked down the blue painted hall and found two doors on either side of her. The only two doors in the entire building if the fact the hall just stopped at these two. She saw that one plack read 'Jack' while the other read 'Knock Out.'
She slowly grinned. "Rooms? No way." Her grin faded into a pout. "Wonder why I don't get my own."
She turned the crystalline doorknob on Jack's door and when it opened, she saw a lot of bright, pulsing sparks of yellow. "Cute." She muttered and reached out to the first one she saw, and in a small explosion of light, Alto suddenly found herself in a fancy and much nicer room than before.
"What the slag did you do?"
Alto looked over her shoulder to find that Knock Out was just three feet away from her. "Hmmp. I'm not sure actually."
"Well, this place just changed." Knock Out hissed. "It shouldn't do that unless…" he trailed off before wandering into the next room.
"Unless what?" Alto echoed, her previous hostility being replaced by more curiosity. What did he know? She trailed off after him and had to stifle a gasp.
The room showed a young dark-haired lady sitting on the floor and holding up a little dark-haired baby on their feet. "Come one, Jack, you can do it." She cooed.
Alto stood there looking wide-eyed. "Who's that?" she asked aloud, not even caring for the fact it was Knock Out beside her.
"From what I can gather. She's the organics mother." Knock Out answered, causing alto to nod slightly.
"And how are we seeing this?" she asked tonelessly.
A little thrown off by the succubus' almost demure and docile change, Knock Out answered without any scathing comment. "This bond can show very early memories that even the bondies forget. It isn't just about sparking you know."
"Uh-huh." Alto replied, still staring blankly at the endearing scene.
Just when Baby Jack was about to take a step, another person came into the room. A certain white-haired someone. Baby Jack squealed excitedly and he all but toddled over to the man, only tripping up on his last steps. The man though caught him before he could hit the ground.
"Da, da, da, da, da!" he babbled giddily, waving his arms around wildly.
"Awww!" The woman cooed. "Look, Vergil, he's happy to see you! Isn't that adorable?"
Vergil held Jack at arm's length, looking a bit awkward. "If you say so, June."
June rolled her eyes. "He's one, Vergil. You shouldn't be still scared to hold your own son properly."
Vergil scowled at her. "I'm not scared." He huffed. "I just…he's just so small though…and fragile."
June rolled her eyes again and walked over to him. "You were like this too once you know." She said and her eyes widened and pouted. "Please?"
Vergil's lips thinned, and his expression wavered. "That look should be banned." He deadpanned and brought Jack closer to his chest before wrapping his arms around him.
June grinned. "Least I didn't use my tears against you." She chuckled.
The scene faded and both Knock Out and Alto had ended up back outside.
"That man, he looked just-" Knock Out began.
"-Jack." Alto finished. "That's because that man's his father."
Knock Out blinked, looking very surprised. "The organic has a living father? All this time I thought his Sire was dead."
Alto rolled her eyes. "Not dead, just gone. There's a difference you know."
"There is?" Knock Out sounded dubious.
"Of course there is." Alto though sounded smug that she finally got one up on her 'rival.' "You can die of course, or you are still alive and are in hell, or you get turned into a demon."
"That can happen?" Knock Out sounded really dubious now.
"Of course." Alto still sounded smug, and even a little sad. She ran a finger over her wrist. "Few demons are ever truly born. And most are humans who got turned into demons. Like me." She muttered the last part.
"You?" Alto's head jerked up and saw Knock Out looking at her with an unreadable expression. "You were…human?"
Alto nodded. "Ironic, huh?"
"That I'm competing with a recycled human or that with that information, you still have more in common with my organic?"
Alto grinned. "Both." She said snidely. Then she sobered up. "I'll tell you why I want Jack, but you must swear you'll never tell him."
"I'll think about it." Knock Out smirked, but was taken back-literally-when Alto's well kept, manicured hand wrapped around his throat in a vice grip, her red eyes blazing brightly. "You will not tell him!" she snarled.
In the brief time they'd known and disliked each other, Knock Out had never seen Alto so…hostile. And from his own personal experience, 'Cons got really vicious when they were looking out for that rare someone. "O-okay." He choked out.
Alto let go of his neck and pulled her hand back, still glaring at him though. "Okay, here's what happened…"
"This is the one."
Jack looked down into the clear, white water and couldn't help but say, "I think I know that." Only to get hit upside the head. But hey, it was better than getting a skull fracture.
His mom wouldn't probably be so happy to see his dad if that did happen. Even if they had been apart for so long.
'Accelerating healing, you dolt.' His inner demon snapped.
'Whatever.' Jack returned and saw from the corner of his eye that Vergil had knelt down.
The older hybrid cupped a pool of water into his scaly claws and brought them up to his lips. The second he downed it, a lifetime of memories flashed before his eyes.
His childhood…Dante…his mother's death…feeling isolated and angry…his travels…meeting June…dating her, then marrying her…a baby…Jack…meeting an older Dante...dropping into the Demon World…and then being thrown into the Lake of Forgetfulness.
"Dad?" Vergil could practically feel the concern oozing out of Jack-his teenage son.
"You never did tell me how long I was down here." He muttered.
"15 years." Jack mumbled.
"15." Vergil repeated as he stood back up. If his own son was 16, the teen being one when he left, then that meant…
No, he wouldn't start thinking about the other now. He never had when he still had his memories. And unless by some hand of fate, he wouldn't start thinking about it now.
"Let's go, I'm certain we'll find a way out. The Demon World has it's short cuts after all." He stated.
Jack decided his dad may be right, and made no other action than to nod his head.
"We're here." Bumblebee beeped.
Bulkhead and Optimus stopped, but Dante only stopped cause they did. "What's the hold up?" he asked annoyed.
"We are here." Optimus repeated.
Dante's somber and pissed off expression vanished, but he only scowled as he looked at the lake they were at. "Figures the entrance would be underwater. Well, come on." He grumbled and dove in.
The Autobots hesitated momentarily before jumping as well.