Chapter 54

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(Next day)

"Have to admit this assignment ain't that half bad" said Jason as he walked around the busy streets of Miami wearing nothing more than his DMC 4 vest and pants, he didn't have any weapons on hand as he puts all of them back in his inventory with Zhenji walking alongside him. The woman now wore a simple blue sleeveless shirt and knee length skirt to have an easier time blending in with the crowd though with both their unique looks it was just barely enough

The two were now on a mission to have a chat with the fighters here and coincidentally enough one of them is knowledgeable enough to at least find out Donovan's next move. Zhenji then said to him "so this place is where people come to see people fighting one another for entertainment?"

That made the Gamer/Demon Hunter chuckle for a moment before he replied to her "well kinda, I mean we're kinda hardwired for violence and putting two or more people in multiple ways to hurt one another while adding drama to it is a recipe for a show in the making"

Zhenji hummed for a moment before shrugging and then change the subject "so we are going to meet this Lisa person?"

Jason nodded for a bit and said "yeah, she was a former DOATEC scientist that worked under Donovan before she defected and now in hiding so to speak as one of the wrestlers here"

Zhenji was slightly confuse as she asked him "isn't it a little odd that someone like her would hide from someone that you said own almost everything under its name right where she could be easily spotted by him?"

All she got in return was a shrug before Jason replied "who knows, maybe she's lucky enough to not be spotted or that Donovan doesn't care about her anymore, personally I think its a little of both considering Lisa is quite smart and Donovan does have a huge ego and cares more about his work than anything else"

Zhenji thought about it for a moment before she simply gave an affirmative hum while the two continued on towards the arena and Zhenji then said "so what do you think Ayame and Eva are doing right now?"

Jason didn't seem to care much about it as he quickly answered her "who knows, I just hope Vergil doesn't kill Eva when we get back"

(In the base)

Letting out a sigh the mother of Dante sat in front of a television showing the news yet she wasn't paying attention to it as she contemplates something, it was here that someone else decides to sit next to her, Eva turns to see Ayame smiling at her as she greeted her "good afternoon Eva, is something wrong?"

The angel looks at her for a moment before she shook her head and retorts lightly "unless you have a time machine then everything is just fucking peachy"

The japanese woman giggles a little as she said to her "well it would seem that I now know where Dante gets his personality from"

That seemed to make the red head smile for a moment before looking downwards in sadness as she said outloud "why did this have to happen to us, I thought that when Sparda sealed the gate it would have been over, now Mundus is planning something with the aid of someone else, my eldest son was killed by an alternate version of himself, my other son is a potty mouth emo teen who's just now discovering his potential as a Nephilim and lastly another alternate son of mine from what I could tell has enough power to make Mundus at his very best seemed near worthless, is this some cosmic joke that father like to always do"

Ayame could tell that the woman was almost near hysterical as she pats her gently on the back before she said to her "at the very least you still have family left so to speak, mine might not be as crazy as yours but its still enough, after all its not like having your own son ordering his ninjas to kill his own sister on sight because she wants revenge on the very man that stole from us and left him for dead, even more so when your other daughter who was conceive through rape is leading the charge to kill her because of jealously"

Eva looks at her for a moment with a sad smile on her face simply replied "guess we're that much in a fucked up situation huh"

All she got in return is a tiny giggle before Ayame looks at the TV with a small melancholy smile on her face which prompt Eva to asked "so your first daughter Kasumi, she's the one being hunted"

Seeing her nod the red head then asked "so what are you going to do about it, I mean isn't there some kind of loophole you can use I mean you are the wife of the former head of those clan of ninjas right?"

Ayame shook her head sadly before answering her "you must understand, the Mugen Tenshi is an old clan, and I mean old enough dating back to the days of the samurai and as such I am mostly just a mere wife to the head of the clan. I was treated like royalty yes but I hold no sway in any of the council and as you have said I am a wife of the formal head, even if my son could cancel the order it would put him at odds against the council and they have enough problems as it is with DOATEC, a civil war would destroy the clan or at the very least it will make Donovan have a more easier time taking us out"

Eva thought about it for a moment before nodding before she then said "so there's no way out for her then?"

It was here that Ayame shook her head and answered her "you misunderstand me, I said I can't help her in that regard not that there is no way out of it, the only problem I have is implementing it because it is quite difficult to do so"

The red haired angel raises an eyebrow for a moment as she then said to her "really, just how hard could it be?"

Seeing her grimace let her know that it was a problem and it was here she then said "okay it is that bad huh, well how about you tell me about it, I mean maybe I can help you or at least find a way to help you"

It was here that coincidentally enough Vergil decides to enter the room that suddenly Ayame stood up as though she figured something out, the mother of three looks back towards a now confuse Eva and said to her "actually you know what I think you can help out, come on we need to talk with Vergil first"

The red head didn't so much as doing anything but tilt her head in confusion before being suddenly dragged by the woman as the two headed towards Vergil

(With Jason 1st person POV)

I couldn't help but shiver for some reason as Zhenji and I were now in the backstage area finding a certain luchadora, the matches had already ended and now we're going to find Lisa to maybe get some info on Donovan's plan, at least that's what Vergil said but personally I don't think she'll have much that we don't already know but hey getting to go to sunny Miami is enough for me to go

Anyways the two of us manage to find her changing room and to be honest I actually thought I would have met the Armstrong family first but this was more for pushing the newbies and other people out than them, guess that's why attendance was a little on the low side for today

We knock on the door and waited for a moment, it didn't take long as Lisa opened up to greet us in her La Mariposa costume and she quickly usher us in. The two of us got comfy as Lisa looks at us for a moment before she introduce herself "pleasure to meet you two, I'm Lisa Hamilton, I assume that your boss wants something from me"

Zhenji and I nodded before I then replied "yeah, to be honest I think it might be a lost cause but he told us to at least try and see if you've got anything that we don't know about"

The luchadora looks at us for a moment before nodding as she then said "well aside from being an egomaniac with an obsession for cute busty teenagers who happen to be ninjas, the only thing I can tell you about him is that he's been searching for something but only problem was I didn't know what it was, he was pretty hush hush about it but because of it I manage to find something else he's been tinkering with ever since the first official cloned had failed during the fight in DOATEC Tower"

Now that was interesting, I mean I don't know much about actual cloning but if what she's saying is right then Donovan's been in bed with Mundus and his third partner for quite a while now, Zhenji caught onto my thinking as we shared a look before I asked her "so where is this something, I've doubt you've kept it here or at the very least you didn't keep it too close nor too far"

Seeing the coy look on her face was more than enough for me to know that she definitely have it as she said to us "very astute, yes I have it so wait for a bit and I'll take you to it, maybe you can figure out what this is because damn thing's been bugging me ever since I stole it"

All I gave her was a shrug and replied "sure, we'll wait outside" with that Zhenji and I step outside her room and waited for a moment, it was here that Zhenji asked me "do you think what she has could be useful?"

I look at her for a moment before answering her "who knows, I mean by the look of things Mundus and his accomplices have been planning this for quite a while now, not really sure their end game is but I wager world domination like all cliche villains and Donovan is nothing more than their puppet since the only thing he wants is to create a fetish fighting doll, so for the most part Vergil would definitely want every possible information he could get before striking"

Zhenji looks at me with a raise eyebrow but all I gave her is a shrug before Lisa's door opened up and she walked out of there, she currently changed into a black sleeveless shirt that barely reach pass her navel alongside a pair of hip hugging jeans. She then motion us to follow her for a bit which took a while but now we were just outside of the stadium waiting for someone I guess, it didn't take long as a black GMC van pulled up right in front of us and I blink for a moment seeing the exact same van from the A-Team, color and all

The only thing I was not really expecting was Zack of all people to get out of the driver's seat and greeted us "yo Lisa you done for the day?"

Zack was an African-American man with a smooth bald head with dark tinted glasses, he currently wore a black zip vest with matching suspenders pants, formal shoes, a gold chain necklace with a Z-shaped pendant, bandages wrapped around his biceps and forearms.

Huh never thought he of all people would come to meet us I mean I recall sometime before Dead or Alive 5 he's been working with Helena but to be honest I don't really know when exactly so I guess he's been busy, well if I remember his girlfriend right then I guess he would definitely need the extra cash

Five minutes later we're on the road and to be honest the interior isn't all that bad, though I wager this was Zack's girlfriend that did the planning for the inside, Zhenji and Lisa were in the back as Lisa chat with her for a bit while leaving me in shotgun with Zack driving. I had both my feet up the dashboard and straight away I could tell the man didn't like it as he said to me "hey mind putting them down I just got this clean up nice man"

I couldn't help but chuckle for a bit as I retort lightly "tell you what why don't you make me" the twitch in his eye told me all I needed to know when Lisa appeared right between us and handed me something "here, think your boss can figure out what this is?"

What she handed me was a cylindrical object that was transparent enough for me to see the black sludge that was inside of it, for some reason I'm reminded of the symbiote from Spider-man but something in my gut tells me otherwise when suddenly red sparks travelled from my body and absorbed right into the sludge, that nearly made me drop the damn thing as it lets out a small red pulse that nearly created made Zack loose control of the vehicle for a moment

Getting it back to normal Zack couldn't help but blurt out "okay what the heck was that?"

I look at the sludge oddly for a moment before I toss it back to Lisa before I replied to him "who knows but I can tell it's gonna be a real pain to deal with, at least better than what's going to happen right now"

I then lean back into the seat with both hands behind my head when I heard Lisa then asked "what do you mean by that, we're on the road in broad daylight I doubt Donovan is that crazy enough to attack us right now where the public can see us"

I couldn't help but smirk before I said to her "one rule you should know, when stuff like that happens then you now somethings about to go down real soon, if you don't believe me then just look behind us"

Zack and Lisa quickly look into the rearview mirrors and saw that we were being followed by a couple of black motorcycles and humvees. That was enough to make the former DOATEC employee curse for a moment as she said out "damn, looks like Donovan is that desperate after all if he's really doing this out in the open"

Again I couldn't help but chuckle before I corrected her "sad to say lady, that isn't Donovan's goons"

I could tell she was confuse but I continued on "I suggest you all strap down tight and Zack whatever you do don't stop no matter what crazy things that will happens"

Zack looks at me oddly for a moment before he said to me "crazy things, what the heck man its just a couple of soldiers with guns what else could happen?"

The smile I gave him was not comforting as a loud shriek echoed all around us and then I felt us hitting a bump in the road before all of us were drag into Limbo, it was here I opened my eyes but I didn't even look at the stunned faces of the two before I said to them "get ready because this party is just getting started" before the radio in the van came to life

(Play Casey Edwards feat. Ali Edwards Devil Trigger)

As soon as that happens Zack didn't hesitate to gun it as our pursuers all turned into demons as the humvees shifted and morph with the front fenders splitting up horizontally before it became a mouth full of sharp teeth alongside the flaming breath coming out of it. The rims spiked outwards while the wheels were lit on fire, the roof suddenly had machine guns appeared on them too

The bikers were almost the same with the wheels on fire and the body shifted into a more demonic design as the front pointed outwards into a battering ram and the drivers had blades protruding from their elbows

I didn't so much as blink when the grunts ambushed us as Zack swerved wildly, he did manage to dodge the ambushed and kept on gunning it, he looks back using the rearview mirror before he shouted outloud "WHAT THE FUCK ARE THOSE THINGS?"

I didn't even hesitate to answer him "demons, and by the looks of it they either want me or Lisa"

The man gape at me for a moment as I took out Ivory and started firing from the window, I didn't even need to really aim as my skillz is SSS class baby, I fired behind us but by the looks of things I might need to step it up a little. It was here that I saw the road in front of us started shooting spikes from the ground while the grunts leap from the spikes and landed right in front of us

I knew what was coming and when one of the spikes shot out on the right side of the van I made my move. The van was sent into the air but I had enough space to get out through the window, the grunts pounced at me but I didn't give them the satisfaction as Ebony appeared in my left hand, I blasted the first two right in front of me before air hiking to a flipped car and fired another round right in the face with Ivory before I jump back and rapid fire at three more

Backflipping, I jump into the air and fired right into a small horde before using one of the spikes as a springboard and dive right into them, the results were simple, I won they lost. Fun part was I divebomb just at the right moment and landed on top of the van which coincidentally landed upright and still kept going on

I couldn't help but chuckle as I lean down towards the window of the driver seat and said to Zack "hey where did you get your license from anyways, you're ruining my groove"

I quickly stood back up with Agni and Rudra in hand deflecting every bullet sent our way, the bullets while demonically charged had barely even affected my blades even when some of them stepped up to magic blasts. The van did shake because of the dodging Zack's doing but I barely felt it before I quickly fired a wave of fire that at least destroyed one of the humvees and the rest to separate for a moment

It was here Agni said to me "impressive, it seems that you have improved"

Then Rudra followed it up "though I wish that you would use us more often"

I rolled my eyes at the two swords before I said to them "fine I'll try to get some of you guys some fresh air from time to time kay"

I then quickly ducked before a metallic vine nearly took my head off, I jumped up to avoid another vine about to sweep my legs and in mid air I twisted my body to dodge the rest of the metallic vine whips. Agni and Rudra surged within my hands as I slice and dice every other vine in the way and I was good for a while too while suddenly I quickly reacted to deflect a blast from the demon bikes before one more leap right at me

It didn't do much except becoming scrap metal as Agni and Rudra took it down real quick and fast but that momentarily gave our hidden attacker to hit me from the side and sends me flying off the van, I landed on the road but manage to get back on my feet as I skid across the cobble road while the pursuers went right by me, I turn around quick enough to slice one of the humvees in half before quickly throwing Agni which took out the other one

That left me with one more humvee and at least four more bikers in the chase as well as our hidden attacker. I didn't even have to stop as I call out my 74 Ducati Supersport and in one move I jumped up and rode it like I stole it, I tore through those streets as I catch up to the van, the vines did try their best but all they got was squat as I weave through them like nothing as I slid under a swipe before launching myself towards a building and rode it like I never left the ground

The vines did try to stop me by spitting out spikes but I manage to dodge them while catching up to the chase, once I got close I jump off the building and slam my bike right into the humvee causing it to veer left and crashed right into a nearby building. I drove between two of the bikes and then blasted the two of them with Ebony and Ivory, their armor was a little tougher than most but that was still enough to drive them to crash and burn

The last two turned their attention towards me and started to charged right at me. I grin a little at the challenge and seeing this I decide to oblige them, the three of us went for a chicken race and safe to say my grin got even wider when their front spikes elongated even more and the rest of their bodies harden themselves, I call them and raise covering my entire bike in DT and the collision result, them zero me two

I manage to reach the still moving van and quickly got to the driver side and shouted out to them "HEY YOU GUYS ALL RIGHT THERE?"

The first to respond was of course Zack "OH HELL NO WE'RE NOT ALL RIGHT, HOW THE HELL DO WE GET OUT OF HERE?"

I didn't even need to answer him as something burst out from the ground behind us, the thing looks like a cross between the Thorian from Mass Effect and some kind of weird monstrosity that looked like something I saw in the Pacific Rim 2 trailer

It ran on all fours but it wasn't without any ranged attacks as it fired spikes and lasers at us, have to say Zack really knows how to dodge, I mean aside from a few bumps here and there while the only semi dangerous thing that happened was the spike the van held up nicely. It was here that Lisa poke her head out and shouted out "WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM HERE, THE SLUDGE SPILLED ONTO ZHENJI AND ITS DOING SOMETHING TO HER, WE HAVE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE ASAP"

I looked at her wide eyed for a moment before I slam down on breaks and turn back towards the creature, okay no time for games need to end this quick. I launch myself right at the demon, it saw me coming and tried to swipe at me but I jump over it and using my bike I jump once again and smack its face with the front tire before positioning it so that I ride across its face and right into the air, I dismiss my bike and freefall towards it with Agni and Rudra on hand

It tired to attack me with spikes but I dodge each and everyone of them with ease before quickly deflecting a punch where I slid on top of the attacking arm and then retaliate with a slash from Rudra, forcing the demon to face one side before I followed that with Agni slashing downwards on its face, that made the demon howl in pain as I flip forwards and drop kick it right into a building while I landed onto the ground

The demon came right back out literally swinging as I dodge and weave over the fists and metal vines before I spun around in a circle and quickly creating a fire tornado that sent the demon flying right back into the building, I impaled it by its hands with Agni and Rudra before quickly doing something both insane and badass at the same time

I quickly summoned out my bike and coating myself alongside it I practically shot myself straight through its chest and burst out from its back, landing into a skid I couldn't help but grin as the demon blew up and fell backwards into pieces.

(End song)

I didn't even react when each of those pieces slowly floated into the air before each and every one of them flew straight into my bike which caused it to morph itself, my bike slowly started to lower itself while being just slight wider and longer, the tires went from a normal two wheel bike and turned into four wheels with two in the front and two at the back

Curious I rev up the engines for a bit and they did not disappoint as it roared a whole more louder than usual while my tires almost lit on fire

I wanted to test out my new bike but I had bigger problems now as I put the pedal to the metal before I found myself blasting through the roads and tried to find the van, it didn't take long as I manage to track it using the power surge that I guess was from the sludge

Stopping my bike I then quickly headed towards the now glowing van and just before I could reach the side door it suddenly exploded outwards and would have hit me if I didn't slam it to the side, the next to come out were Zack and Lisa and I manage to catch those two with my arms before setting them down, I look back towards the van for a moment before turning back towards the two and asked "what happened?"

Lisa looks at me before she answered "I don't know, one moment we were sent flying and the next was that the seal broke and covered her in whatever it was and now I don't know"

I didn't really like the answer as I hesitantly approach the van, the first that I saw coming out was a black hand holding onto the edge of the now opened van, after that was a leg stepping onto the ground and then my eyes widen at what or in this case who I saw

Zhenji stepped out of the van but what she had on was definitely not what she wore as she had what looked like a full on black bodysuit with white lines on both sides of her front almost looking like an M but on her waist was a chain belt with a skull buckle while she had a giant red cape with two skulls on her shoulders holding it

The only thing that wasn't covered was her face which I thank god because quite frankly I wouldn't have known otherwise because I do not want to tangle with Spawn or at the very least a variation of him/her

It was here that Zhenji stumbled a little which I quickly went and grab her and I said "whoa there, you all right?"

She shook off the cobwebs for a moment before she looks at me and then finally noticing her current attire, it was a small tense silence before she finally answered me "I don't know Jason, I really don't know"

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Okay and done, now for the Spawn thing, I didn't want Zhenji to be in the peerage to be honest because I've got a few others in mind and she could fit into it so I've decided to use another way to give her an edge over most people

Now she won't have full blown Spawn powers but hers will be slightly watered down, not enough that she won't be weak but just enough to take on anyone who isn't super boss level hard difficulty

Any other stuff please

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