"I am looking for Dante."

"Take a number, they are all looking for Dante." Lady said from behind his desk to the cloaked figure by the door. She glared at the figure. She couldn't tell any thing about it except that it was female and a demon. Lady fingered the gun strapped to her thigh.

"Is he here? It is vitally important that I speak with him." The figure sounded nervous. She had her gloved hands clasped in front of her in a submissive fashion.

"Do you have the password?" Lady was trying to provoke her to see if she would become agitated enough to lash out. Demon's weren't ones to hold their temper.

She lowered her head. "I do not. May I leave a message for him? I do not have much time."

Here we go, any minute. Lady thought. She flicked the safety off and slowly pulled the gun from its holster. "Please, by all means." She said sweetly.

The woman moved closer to the desk and paused. "It concerns his brother. He-"

"DANTE!" Lady yelled standing suddenly. The demoness stumbled back towards the door, frightened by the sudden act.

"Oh no, I'm so sorry I didn't mean to scare you, please don't go. DANTE!" Lady said in a rush before she tried to leave.

Dante ran down the stairs, guns drawn at the sound of Lady's urgency. "What is it? You ok?" He drew a bead on the hooded figure by the door.

"No, no! Put them down." Lady stood between the two. "She has info on Vergil." He lowered his girls and came closer to the cloaked woman.

"I'm sorry. Please come in." His heart began to race. He prayed this was the lead he was looking for. They had been searching for months trying to catch a break. The hooded woman came into the center of the office and turned to look at Dante. She tilted her head to the side and studied him.

This is what he would look like if he wasn't broken. "Please, Son of Sparda, I do not have much time. I am here on your brothers behalf. You must come take him away from Victor. He has become too defiant for his own good." She pleaded.

Dante had holstered his guns by this point. "What do you mean? Is he alright?" He knew what awaited Vergil. He just hoped that- hell, he didn't know what he hoped for- just that his brother would be ok til he found him.

The woman lowered her hood, revealing a long violet braid and strikingly green reptilian eyes. "No, he is not. I fear his life is endanger. He does not take well to the master's advances. His reluctance and sharp tongue has him spending much time in the dungeons. He had returned with a fire in him that I have not seen since he was first captured. I am afraid that he has been on the receiving end of much cruelty because of it."

Dante's eyes burned with anger. "Why are you helping him now? Why didn't you before?"

Lenoir hung her head momentarily in shame before looking back up at Dante. Sadness filled her eyes. "I cannot bare to hear his screams any longer. I grow weary of healing his wounds, just to have him destroyed again."

Dante looked at her skeptically, "What's the real reason you are helping him? Is this a trap, cause I got news for you babe-"

"No please, this is no trap I assure you. You must com for him." He could hear the desperation in her voice. She sighed deeply and calmed herself. "Along time ago, Victor tortured and murdered my beloved. Ver- your brother's will and defiance reminds me of him. Hearing his cries have become to painful. You will come for him?"

The younger twin couldn't sense any deception coming from her. "Obviously. When do we leave?"

"No. you cannot come with me. I have stayed too long. There is a portal in the warehouse on the corner of 14th and Amsterdam. Do you know where it is?"

"I can find it."

She nodded and pulled her hood around her face. As she turned to leave Dante grasped a hold of her hand. "Thank you," he said softly. "I am sorry for your lose."

She gave a small smile, reached up to brush his bangs out of his eyes. "He loves you deeply and clearly would do anything for you. When you bring him home, cherish him. Savor every monute you share life together."

Lenoir opened his hand and placed a little black device in it, one that they were both very familiar with. "When the time comes, use it. He deserves every once of pain it will cause him."

"How do I know someone wont remove it and he'll come looking for us again?" Dante questioned.

"Victor has no allies. His people are loyal to him out of fear. Immobilize him and the will turn on him." Lenoir said hastily before rushing out the door.

Dante turned to Lady, grinning. "Looks like it's time for a fieldtrip."