[A/N] Me: Hiyas people! Ivory Tears, LOL I thought I was the only one who thought Wesker and Vergil were similar. (My brothers thought I was just drunk on soda again.) Nice to know I'm not alone in my bizarre yet epic randomness!
SamCroft2010 XD Fish? That's very interesting. Does seriously wanting to see that make me a bad person? XP
BunnyBunny29 Yep, other than the fact that one wants to kill you, two Dantes sound very promising. _
88dragon06 Glad you liked the chapter! I would definitely think I'd lost it if I saw two Dantes, especially when one tries to kill me! And her powers do have bad timing don't they? :P
Asile3762 Good point. Vergil is just shy and- OH MY GOD! *dodges yamato*
Vergil: I'll be handling reviews from now on! ShatterTheHeavens Hn, of course I'm manly! I'm glad you all know this. And I shall heed your warning, after all, I still remember the last time a group of hyper teenage girls manage to kidnap me…*secretly enjoys the memory*
Dante: Dude, a few teenage girls managed to over power yo-
Vergil: Silence! *impales Dante* TheDarkShadowAlchemist I'm pleased to know this, perhaps one day you to can help me achieve world domination- er, save humanity and all that jazz...
Kyone Umm woah, I'll…think about it…?
wolfprincess45 You're calling me cuddly to? *blushes* Now you're all just being ridiculous!
That's it, now I have to go kill Arkam and make myself feel better. I'll see you all after the apocalypse, ya'know, if you're still around…
Chapter 28: Double or Nothing
"What the hell?"
Dante pulled you back to your feet and quickly blocked more of his doppelganger's attacks. The doppelganger glances from you to Dante.
"My day just gets better by the minute." You said sarcastically.
"Nice to see you to babe." He remarked with his trademark smirk.
At any other time you would have rolled your eyes at his comment, but the doppelganger decided to once again try and cut you in half. You jumped out of the way and the doppelganger charged at you. You tried to back up and avoid getting sliced in half, but the room was still spinning and everything came in and out of focus. You barely avoided another one of his attacks but lost your balance doing so. You fell to ground and heard a long stream of gunshots. You blinked trying to clear up your hazy vision but it wasn't working to well.
Dante's doppelganger skillfully avoided the bullets and raised his sword above his head ready to cut you clean in half. You threw your hands up automatically in attempt to block your face. Dante's doppelganger was sent flying back across the room. It sat up and looked at you before sinking into the floor. The shadow slid into the darkness and you sighed in relief.
Your relief didn't last long however. Seconds later the doppelganger dashed out of the shadows on the other end of the room and swung at Dante. Dante blocked the attack and pulled out one of his guns. This time the bullets hit their target and the doppelganger retreated back into the shadows. You slowly stood up careful not to collapse again.
The doppelganger jumped out of the shadows and you ducked just as its blade came flying at you. The blade barely missed you, but thankfully it was no longer focused on killing you. Instead it kept going and started fighting with Dante again.
Dante blocked nearly all of his doppelganger's attacks. Both of them anticipated each other's moves. The minute Dante took one of his guns out of its holster; his doppelganger pulled a gun out of nowhere. The doppelganger aimed at Dante but Dante managed to kick him back before he could shoot him. The doppelganger's gun went off while it was pointing to you.
Both You and Dante froze. The bullet stopped just a few inches from your head and dropped to the floor. You were shaking and couldn't get your body to move.
The doppelganger took advantage of you and Dante's shock, quickly punching Dante hard enough to send him flying a few feet back. Dante landed in a crouched position and pulled his own sword out just in time to block his doppelganger. Dante pulled his sword back and cut his doppelganger in half. It turned pitched black, sunk back into the floor, and slid into the shadows. Dante waited a minute and hesitantly put his sword back on his back when his doppelganger didn't come back out. He ran to help you but the doppelganger jumped back in the way.
The doppelganger didn't have any weapons drawn either. They seemed to know exactly what the other would do. Every time one of them threw a punch the other would do the exact same thing, keeping them evenly matched. The doppelganger stopped attacking and walked in front of Dante. It sunk back into the floor but didn't slide back into the shadows. This time his shadow stayed put.
You snapped out of your shock but it still bothered you to no end that "Dante" had nearly shot you in the head…
"You alright?"
You looked up to see a concerned Dante offering you a hand. You gratefully took it and he pulled you to your feet.
"For someone who nearly got shot in the head by what was supposed to be another hallucination of you, I'm doing great." You replied sarcastically.
"Another hallucination'? How many hallucinations of me do you have exactly?"
"You're missing the point."
"You're avoiding the question."
You gave him a look and was about to reply when you felt yourself collapse. Dante automatically reached out and kept you from falling back onto the floor. Your head was practically swimming and your gaze drifted back to your shoulder. You had managed to re-open the partially healed wound while you were dodging Dante's doppelganger. Dante followed your gaze and cursed under his breath.
Your necklace started to glow with faint but noticeable silver light. You had a feeling something bad was about to happen, and was fairly sure it had something to do with Arkam.
You managed to keep your breathing steady. It really was a lot easier to stay calm when you weren't alone and surrounded by demons.
"We have to hurry." You said gently pushing Dante away and standing on your own. "The gate's almost open; we have to get to Arkam."
"You can't go." Dante said serious. "Not like this."
"Don't be ridiculous, of course I'm going!" You protested.
"Even with your powers, you still aren't as strong as a demon. You can't heal, and even I know it's suicide for you to go at this point." Dante pointed out. "Sorry babe, you'll just have to sit this one out." He studied you for a second making sure you wouldn't collapse again before walking to the door.
You felt a mixture of emotions, the main one being anger. You weren't angry at Dante per se; after all he was just worried about you. Of course, he wouldn't have to be worried about you if you were strong enough to take care of yourself; but even with your powers you had still almost gotten killed more than once; and that was the upsetting part.
You clenched your fists. You couldn't believe after coming all this way you still wouldn't be able to help him. The room started to shake but you were too deep in thought to notice.
'I can't believe this!' You thought glaring at the floor. 'I may not have complete control over my powers, but I'm not that fragile little girl anymore! Even when I had gotten separated from Dante I was able to survive on my own!' Your shoulder burned as the muscles in your arm tensed and small cracks started to form on the walls and door.
'If he really thinks I'll just stand around waiting then he must not know me as well as he thinks.'
The cracks in the stone door got bigger and stretched from top to bottom.
You took a deep breath and absentmindedly brushed your fingers across your necklace.
You walked towards the door with new found determination. The room still shook slightly and the door cracked more with every step you took. Finally it crumbled and pieces of the wall started to fall off as well.
"I guess he forgot I'm just as stubborn as he is…"
[A/N] Me: It's 2:05am and I'm up writing this chapter as I hide from Vergil in this cardboard box like Snake. To be honesty, it's actually quite comfortable in here…
Vergil: You know I can hear you right?
Me: No you can't! T^T
Vergil: …Anyway, it's time to review-
Dante: Damn it! *Shoves Vergil off Temi-Ni-Gru* That's MY line because this is MY fanfic! …Anyway, time for you all to review. ^_^
