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Escape
"Kat, you need to head back down the walkway," Marcus said. "Hide in the doorway. The walkway's probably going to collapse."
Kat nodded, turning and leaping across the gap again before running back down the path. As she did, the lightning became one continuous bolt before dispersing, leaving a woman with light blue, long, wavy, bright red hair, and a very revealing dress that looked like it was made out of bats, which Marcus realized was true. Next, the water pillar froze and shattered as the yellow lightning pillar vanished, revealing hulking forms of headless devils, the devils' muscles easily the making them look like a dark blue and yellow Incredible Hulks with their heads cut off and each wielding a very heavily serrated scimitar the same color as their body, the yellow one's with yellow lightning streaming along it and the blue one with ice covering the blade. Next, the shadows grew upward and three dimensional, forming a nondescript silhouette before growing features, becoming a smoky, shadowy replica of Marcus in his full Devil form.
"Oh this is going to hurt," Marcus sighed.
"You are not him!" a voice said from the direction of the blue hulk and the Succubus, who pointed at the hulk.
It held up its silhouette so that the pommel, which was like a shrunken head, was toward him and he saw it had its glowing yellow eyes open and was, in fact, speaking to him.
"You are not the one who killed our brothers Agni and Rudra," the head said.
"Agni and Rudra?" Marcus blinked, the names sounding familiar before it clicked. "Oh, you mean those two scimitars that Dante has in his house."
"Dante?" the other hulk asked, also holding up its sword so its head could see him. "Dante is the one we want? Fine. you will take us to him."
"I'll do no such thing," Marcus snorted. "I'm going to kill all five of you here, and then head back to my world and deal with Mundus."
"Brother, I just thought, this is that kid," the blue one said.
"Oh, you're right brother," the yellow one said. "He is the one. You're very lucky human. We're just going to kill you here and now."
"You and your fetching human companion," the blue one added.
"I'll be handling her," the Succubus said hands trailing up her sides seductively. "I've been feeding on nothing but lesser demons recently. I would love to be able to taste a beautiful young girl like her."
"As tempting as dying and letting you kill her sounds, I'm going to have to refuse," Marcus said, drawing his sword. "I've got a world to save."
Suddenly, the Drekavac was in front of him, sword splitting his torso open in an "X" before it teleported away again, Marcus falling to his knees, sword clattering to the ground.
"What a shame," the Succubus shrugged. "I guess you really can't do anything after all. Tell you what, if you want, I'll let you watch as I pleasure your friend into oblivion before I feast on you too. It'll be the most intense pleasure you've ever felt. Right up until you drift off into nonexistence."
"Pass," Marcus said, standing, wounds and clothes both mending themselves. "But I'm going to have to make this quick. My friend and I are on a tight schedule."
The two hulks roared, charging only for Marcus to leap completely over them, transforming into his full devil form as he did. Then, he landed behind the Drekavac, slashing at it as it spun, sword flashing up and blocking his. It shoved him away and lunged, slashing rapidly, Marcus blocking them all. Then, the Drekavac vanished, Marcus staring at his reflection in the portal. Just as it shrunk out of existence, he heard another open behind him and spun, ducking to the side as the Drekavac shot past, flipping and slashing like a saw blade as he did. Marcus slashed at him but he blocked it then flipped, landing on the ground and lunging again, slashing from both sides. Marcus flipped over the blades, slashing at the Drekavac's head only for his Doppelganger to block the slash. Marcus landed on his feet and leapt away from the Doppelganger then spun, bending over backward as the two scimitars flashed over his head. He stood again as the Drekavac leapt at him. He spun sideways, blocking its swords as it slashed then tripped it, making it face plant and stabbing at it. At the last second, a wall of bats formed, blocking the sword before Marcus leapt backward, a sphere of purple lightning shooting past. He turned to the Succubus then spun away again, raising his sword, both scimitars crashing into his sword and launching him in a shower of sparks. He flew at the Succubus and drew his pistols, opening fire and she burst into a swarm of bats, scattering and allowing him to land safely, putting the pistols away then catching his sword as she reappeared off to one side, a bolt of purple lightning in her hand before she hurled it at him.
He leaned back, allowing it to shoot past and blast the Drekavac in the chest, throwing him. Then, he raised his sword, blocking his Doppelganger's sword and shoving it back, slashing at it. His sword passed through it before it slashed him across the stomach and kicking him, launching him to the side. As he flipped through the air, the yellow hulk clothes-lined him, flipping him the other way before he bounced off the ground twice before coming to a painful stop, groaning and reverting to his human form as his wounds healed. Suddenly, he was pulled to his feet before he felt his body slowly going numb, a soft blue-skinned hand on his cheek and a pair of yellow eyes staring into his.
"Be calm, Marcus," the Succubus said, leaning forward. "Foolish mortal. You thought you could kill us all but in the end, you're powerless to even resist my power alone. Humanity's most base and carnal instincts are simply too powerful for any human to resist."
"Yes," Marcus responded quietly before driving his sword through her heart. "It's unfortunate for you that I'm only half human, though. And either way, both halves belong to someone else, so you can't worm your way inside."
He wrenched his sword back out and the Succubus staggered backward before lightning stuck her and her body burned away, leaving a guitar with sharp edges and that looked like it could change its shape.
"Sorry, one's enough," Marcus said, pulling out a pistol and shooting the guitar several times, breaking it into pieces before putting the pistol away.
He turned back to the others just in time to block the two scimitars, skidding backward but holding them back this time. Then, suddenly, a shiny black leather shoe crashed into one of the two hulks, launching them. Marcus stared at Sparda as he landed lightly, holding out his sword and forming a spectral sword identical to the ones Vergil could make.
"Vergil has those," Marcus remarked, glared at the sword distastefully.
"They are spectral versions of the sealed form of my sword," Sparda said. "The sealed form was once known as Force Edge. Again, I never named it."
Marcus smirked and shook his head then turned back to the demons.
"You got anything that can hurt the Doppelganger?" Marcus asked.
Sparda held out a black stone with light blue crystals sticking out of it in places.
"Here," Sparda said. "This is Luminite. It's just a normal stone here, but I have this one coated in Holy Water, so it'll glow the moment it gets somewhere dark."
"Like the inside of a shadow devil," Marcus grinned, accepting the stone. "Thanks. That should solidify it."
Sparda nodded.
"I'll handle the Drekavac and the two Sword Demons," Sparda said.
Marcus nodded then sprinted at the Doppelganger, the shadow copying him. When they reached each other, Marcus blocked its slash, shoving the Luminite into its chest before leaping away. The Doppelganger stared down at its chest where there was a blue light radiating out of it. Then, its body solidified, becoming less smoke and more dark body. Marcus grinned and slashed at the Doppelganger, the Doppelganger blocking it. Marcus shoved the sword aside and the Doppelganger spun, sword becoming an axe and swiping at Marcus. Marcus flipped over it, forming his scythe and spinning it, splitting the Doppelganger's shoulder open, darkness seeping out of the wound like smoke. As he landed, the Doppelganger began to avoid the scythe, once again holding a sword. Finally, Marcus switched back to his own before he and the Doppelganger began to trade slashes and blocks. Marcus blocked one to his throat and responded with one to the Doppelganger's stomach. The Doppelganger blocked it and kicked at him but he ducked under it and slashed upward at him only for the Doppelganger to block it. After a moment of trying to overpower the other, Marcus shoved the Doppelganger backward before drawing Sparda's gun and blasting it in the face. Its head exploded and it fell away, the shadows dispersing.
Just as they did, he spun, the Drekavac's swords driving themselves through his stomach. He gripped the devil's arms, but it teleported away and Marcus ell to his hands and knees, looking up at Sparda, who was actually struggling to fend off the two hulk devils. The reason was simple. The one with the lightning affinity had electricity streaming along his sword and was moving in a near blur, Sparda barely able to keep up. Granted, he was still not using his full devil form, but still.
"You can't transform, can you?" Marcus growled, pushing himself up as his wounds and clothes mended themselves.
"Not without my sword," Sparda said. "That was the price I paid to defeat Mundus and protect Dante and Vergil."
Marcus took a step toward him only to find the Drekavac standing in his path again.
"Alright," Marcus growled. "I'll deal with you first!"
He darted forward, slashing at the Drekavac but it blocked his slash. The moment it did, Marcus drove Sparda's gun into its gut, firing and launching it backward. He instantly tossed the shotgun and his sword into the air and drew his pistols, firing rapidly at the Drekavac. Unfortunately, it blocked the bullets expertly with its swords. Then, it flipped, landing on the ground as Marcus put the pistols away, then caught the sword and the shotgun, putting the gun away too before charging. The Drekavac charged as well and slashed at him rapidly but Marcus dodged to the side, slashing the Drekavac's swords away from himself before slashing the other way. The Drekavac flipped over the blade, spinning and slashing at Marcus but he grinned, catching both blades with his Devil Bringer before swinging the Drekavac around and smashing it into the ground, stabbing it. Just as he did, Kat screamed. He spun to look as Griffin flew away from the tower, Kat unconscious in one foot.
"Kat!" Marcus shouted, shifting into his devil form instantly and taking off after Griffin.
As he flew, blood red lightning shot out of seals around Griffin as well as the blood red clouds above them but Marcus avoided them, speeding up to catch up to Griffin. As he neared it, Griffin suddenly turned, opening its beak and firing a massive wall of lightning at Marcus. Marcus pulled up short just as something appeared in front of him. The devil had a white-feathered body, black, clawed, bird feet feet, a white wing from the right shoulder blade, another smaller one on the right side of his head reaching back and immobile, a black-feathered wing on the left side of his head, and a hardened black-feathered wing on his left arm as a shield. He had a pair of horns reaching up over his head, the left slightly longer than the right and reaching over, almost forming a halo, and a golden sword with feathers on the back base of the blade, reaching toward the tip as a guard. The devil blocked the lightning with his shield before moving it off to the side and looking back at Marcus.
"After you save your friend, I will deal with the bird," the devil said. "My name is Credo. I serve Lord Sparda."
"I see," Marcus said. "I'm Marcus. That's Kat. Now that introductions are out of the way..."
He shot past Credo, streaking through the air to Griffin, who was struggling to get back up to full speed. He slashed a wing, Griffin shrieking in pain and beginning to fall. Marcus flew down to his leg, removing its foot and catching Kat before flying back to the tower, landing just as Sparda slashed both of the two demons across the stomach, killing them.
"You saved her, good," Sparda said. "I take it Credo is dealing with Griffin. That's also good. I'm afraid I can't return. I no longer have a place there. And if they can kill Mundus this time, someone will need to take control of the Demon World."
"What if we can't kill him?" Marcus asked.
"Then send him back here and I'll seal him in," Sparda said. "Now, this portal accepts humans and devils both, so you and your friend will have no problem passing through, but you'll have to go now."
Marcus nodded, turning and running to the beam of energy with Kat still held securely in his arms. For a moment, he was blinded by the light. Then, he stepped out into an abandoned street and sighed, looking around. It was destroyed, and he could hear Demons nearby. He looked down at Kat and instantly looked away, blushing. Her spirit may have created her a new body in the real world, but it didn't include clothes. He quickly carried her into the nearest house, finding a bed and setting her on it, covering her with his jacket before quickly going to find her some clothes.
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