Devil May Cry Olympus Lightning Thief
ESKK: Here we are guys the final chapter I hope you all come to enjoy it as much as this fic. Now let's begin the climax folks and remember always review.
(Start Camp Half-Blood)
Needless to say when the group had returned they had quiet the welcome waiting for them. They were given the hero's welcome and not only because Evan, Calisto, and Bianca bested the Demon World King and the ruler of Paradiso. They basically saved the world and despite it being the norm here for Campers returning from Quests it was double for those two facts alone.
The Apollo Cabin had been the first to welcome their cousins back from their quest while the Hephaestus Cabin had been there with Patty to welcome her home. Evan and Calisto were grateful for that seeing as they were the only true children of Artemis in Camp Half-Blood. Of course that was when the party really started for the group with them.
They were all given Laurels as Calisto, Evan, Bianca, Percy, Patty, Grover, and Annabeth stood before the crowd. "Fellow campers, I present to you Calisto and Evan Redgrave, Percy Jackson, Patty Lowell, Grover Underwood, and Annabeth Chase. Let us applaud them for they have done us all proud!" Chiron announced as everyone cheered for them.
Evan being who he was basked in the attention making an 'I can't hear you,' gesture for bigger cheers only to get elbowed by Percy for his antics. But Chiron wasn't done as he went to Bianca who felt nervous. "And despite not being her quest Bianca Di Angelo went above and beyond the call of duty and ensured that Olympus would still stand tall against forces who sought its destruction." Chiron said as the cheers continued while Bianca had her own laurel. Through the cheers Nico was her loudest supporter as he saw his sister being honored.
Mr. D huffed as he saw the Demi-Gods, Satyr, and Tri-Breeds being celebrated as heroes. "So the little brats didn't get themselves killed, and now they have even bigger egos. Huzzah." Mr. D said as Evan smirked to him.
"Oh I'm sorry did you kill one of the four rulers of the Demon World?" Evan taunted causing Mr. D to glare at Evan having no retort to that. "I didn't think so." Evan said as they smirked to this while Mr. D stumbled off.
"I have to admit." Annabeth said as she looked to the group. "I had thought Zeus would have blasted one of you to smithereens." Annabeth said as Evan smirked a bit as did Percy.
"Admit it, you're glad to see us all still in one piece." Percy said as Annabeth then huffed and looked away.
"Evan and Calisto maybe but you in your dreams Seaweed brain." Annabeth said as Evan smirked to him.
"One day." Evan said patting Percy on the back.
"Let the feast of celebration begin!" Chiron announced and thus the party began.
Fireworks went off as Patty cheered to see her siblings and their work. "Gotta hand it to them your brothers and sisters really no how to put on a firework show." Evan said as the fireworks played images of the quest and passed battles such as Hercules vs the Niemen Lion.
"Yeah but they got nothing on you and Calisto." Patty smiled as Calisto ruffled up the blond haired girl's hair a bit.
"There is a good cause to be festive." Chiron said as the centaur looked to the young heroes. "If you paid attention to my lectures, then you will remember that heroes rarely achieve your level of accomplishment and you are still quiet young." Chiron said as Calisto smiled to this.
"Yeah sorry you know my brother can't stay awake in classrooms." Calisto said only for Evan to playfully shove her a bit causing Calisto to laugh.
"I wasn't even on the quest and its, still mind boggling how little we know about the world." Bianca said as she basked in the spotlight a bit.
"No kidding." Percy said surprised to know Angels and Demons are very much real and how much these forces of light and dark seem to be at each other's necks. "We did all right, didn't we?" Percy said with a smile on his face.
"All right?!" Grover cut in as Grover was smiling big time about this. "The council of clover elders said my performance was brae to the point of indigestion." Grover began only for Evan to cut in.
"May want to get that checked out." Evan joked only for Grover to glare at Evan. "Sorry couldn't resist." Evan said with a toothy grin on his face. "Anyway go on." Evan said opting to be good and listen.
"Anyway they said it was horns and whiskers above anything they've seen in the past." Grover said with much pride in his voice. "I'm to begin my search for Pan right away." Grover said as Evan smiled to him.
"Great job bro we're proud of you just don't forget about us and to practice and eat." Calisto said before Annabeth could say anything.
"It's great to see at least one of us got what we wanted in the end." Patty said as Bianca heard this.
"Yeah…" Percy said as Bianca then began to smile a bit.
"Who's to say you two didn't get what you wanted." Bianca asked as she got their attention.
"Huh?" Patty asked to which Chiron smiled a bit.
"Even the God of the Underworld always repays his debts." Chiron said and thus Percy and Patty looked to each other before they began to run to the Camp Entrance.
"Run boy run!" Evan called out as Percy and Patty ran to the entrance to camp where the road was.
(Scene Break a last day of camp)
Evan and Calisto were in Artemis Cabin with Bianca and Nico. With Hades cabin being built for them it was good that it allowed Calisto favor with Hades. In the room Corvus found himself a perch to sleep on while Fenrir took the floor using Furfur as his makeshift dog bed. So far the final days of summer went wonderful for Evan and Calisto at least in their dreams. Their mother visited them every night and just talked to them when not helping them learn their powers from her.
Calisto was good on her contract with Inferno seeing as she took on more than her fair share of Angels she was in the clear for a few days. They had spent almost a whole month in this cabin and it never once stopped amazing them. Evan was the first to get up surprisingly enough after this huge quest. The folks in Ares and Aphrodite cabin were not the twin's biggest fans here. Considering Calisto shot the Aphrodite cabins mom in the face with her own lipstick it made sense. Though Evan laughed at the irony of the Goddess of love and beauty bested by lipstick a major part in the beauty of modern day mortal woman.
Calisto got up and in turn saw her brother was up. As Evan made his way to the bathroom he was then shot in the head by his sister catching him off guard. "Fuck!" Evan cursed only to be hit by a hairbrush curtesy of Bianca.
"Language!" Bianca scolded as then the door slammed shot signaling Calisto took the bathroom. From what Evan had heard Mrs. Jackson had been over the moon at the 'death,' of Gabe and the sudden influx of money for life insurance. She had gotten set up in a new apartment not too far away from Devil May Cry with an extra room for sleepovers and guests. Dante already was strong armed to helping her get settled by Trish, Lady, and Bayonetta. The main thing was deciding where Nico and Bianca were going to be staying. Hades was adamant about Nico and Bianca living with him but as an Umbra Witch Bianca had to slay Angels to keep Inferno happy.
Nico didn't want to be without his sister so Hades was stuck with that problem. It was then agreed that Rodin would keep contact with Hades in case Bianca was needed for a hunt. Hades allowed it since honestly Calisto thinks Hades has a crush on either Lady Astarte or Queen Sheba of Inferno. It wasn't perfect but it got the ball rolling for the whole group. Chiron had instructed them all not to provoke any mortals, and not to use their powers and those last two was almost directed straight at Evan and Calisto. Considering their school track record it made sense that was the case.
Anyway Evan returned to his room to fix his bed to find a laughing Corvus who took pleasure in Evan's misfortune with his sister constantly winning. "Shut up." Evan growled as Corvus just laughed louder.
(Later that same day)
After everyone was up and about Evan was strolling through camp. Calisto being their cabin councilor was talking with the other Cabin Councilors over a few plans and the like. So Evan was left to his own devices at the moment. Bianca and Nico were gathering what they needed while Bianca was asked 20 questions about being an Umbra Witch. Evan had one problem with his three knuckleheads Corvus and Fenrir he could keep at home it was Furfur that was the problem for him.
He had asked his mother and she offered to take Furfur off his hands for the summer. Evan checked with Furfur and he was ok with it. His mother would send some of her hunters to retrieve him soon so Furfur had to stay behind. Thus it would be down to just Evan, Fenrir, and Corvus for the school year and Evan was ok with that. So as he strolled through camp he noticed everyone scrambling to pack away stuff, get some last minute lessons in, or anything else they needed to do. Evan was currently looking over his Devil Arms that had helped him this past adventure. His dad made it a habit to store them away between jobs which Evan could understand as having them for future hunts would be a great help.
But as Evan grabbed Hydra to inspect it Percy had decided to come up behind Evan and surprise the Tri-Breed. "Hey Evan!" Percy called out causing Evan to go wide eyed and throw Hydra at Percy. Percy cried out in shock as the large Chakram nearly decapitated a nearby Satyr.
"Dude you scared the hell out of me!" Evan called out as he looked to Percy.
"Oh so you're a normal demigod now." Percy joked causing Evan to raise his hand to retort… only to find he had no retort.
"Well played." Evan said as Percy put an air tally for himself on that one.
"So it's 10 now, we gotta be outta here by noon. Do you have a lot of bags to pack?" Percy asked to which Evan nodded to his friend.
"Yeah and if I don't Calisto has it." Evan said as he was glad he strong armed his twin sister to take the Camp Councilor position.
"Anyway Annabeth wants to see us before we leave." Percy said as Evan nodded to his friend.
"Got it." Evan said as he then looked to Corvus.
"I'll go get Witch girl." Corvus said before he flew off to find Calisto to deliver the message.
But just as Corvus had left the giant form of Luke came up to the duo. But Evan noticed that the son of Hermes looked troubled however. He looked at Percy and him, not with the happy go-lucky look he usually did. He seemed on edge as he eyed the duo strangely, and it didn't sit well with Evan's hunters or demonic instincts.
Fenrir also noticed this as he looked to Evan silent with his subtle warning to the boy. "Hey Luke, how's it going?" Percy asked happily as if this was normal.
He cracked a smile, but Evan could see it was forced. "I'm good. Just came to see my two favorite newbies." Luke said but the way he said newbies made the Devil Hunter suspicious. "Hey what do you say we just head out into the forest? Find some monsters to fight. Just something to do before you two head out." He said with another forced smile as Evan saw Luke try to use his favorite thing to do to get him to drop his guard.
Plus as previously mentioned he had said "favorite newbies" very strangely. He said it as if it was difficult for him to say, like he didn't actually mean it. He was up to something Evan could feel it and he honestly hoped it was a prank, after all Luke wouldn't try to hurt us. Would he? Since Percy and Evan had returned from their quest he has been pretty cold to the two of them and Calisto.
He avoided the trio like the plague, and now he wanted to take Evan and Percy into the forest for monster hunting? It didn't sit right, weather it was a prank, or a trap Evan didn't want to put himself and Percy in that situation. Percy has be practically his brother, but he was too trusting. Evan had learned the hard way from his father that, unless a person would die for you, never trust them 100%. People like Percy, Annabeth, Grover, Bianca and Nico, Zoe, Chiron, his mother Artemis, and Calisto they were the few people who had given Evan reason to trust them 100%.
Luke however had never given Evan any reason to trust him that much. He was going to deny his offer, but of course Percy spoke up for both of them.
"Sure, that sounds cool. Let's get going!" Percy said smiling not realizing Evan was on edge.
Evan forced the smile this time. Thankfully they would be heading into the forest at least. Luke tensed more and more as they walked, his hands and shoulders were twitching like something was trying to burst out of him. It made Evan even more uneasy, even in the forest he was in trouble now. Evan didn't know if Percy could take Luke on like he could, even with having the numerical advantage.
The trio stopped at Zeus's fist near the river. It finally seemed as if the thing inside Luke was ready to burst. "You know I've lived at Half-Blood Hill year-round since I was fourteen." Luke began calmly as Evan heard this. "Ever since Thalia…well, you know. I trained, and trained, and trained. I never got to be a normal teenager, out there in the real world. Then they threw me one quest, and when I came back, it was like, 'Okay, ride's over. Have a nice life."' Luke said walking torts the fist of Zeus.
"To Hell with laurel wreaths, I'm not going to end up like one of those dusty trophies in the Big House attic." Luke ranted as Percy began to get worried.
"You make it sound like you're leaving." Percy said as he looked to Luke.
Luke gave the duo a twisted smile. "Oh, I'm leaving, all right, Percy. I brought you both down here to say good-bye." Luke said before he snapped his fingers. In turn a small fire burned a hole in the ground at their feet. And from that hole out crawled something glistening black, about the size of my hand. A scorpion.
"You son of a bitch, Luke, I should've know." Evan said as he glared at Luke.
Percy went for his pen only for Evan to stop him. "Percy don't, this is a pit scorpion and they can jump up to fifteen feet. Its stinger can pierce tight through clothes. You'll be dead in a minute." Evan told him as they needed a plan.
"Luke, what-" Percy said as he wanted answers.
"Percy he is the one who gave Ares the bolt he is the Lighting thief." Evan said as he glared at Luke.
"Ah yes, nothing seems to get past you, Evan. After I stole the helm and master bolt Evelyn stole the Trident leaving you accused on the ground of your demons blood." Luke said revealing he knew more about Inferno then he had let on.
The scorpion paid no attention to him Luke as he walked through them. In fact as they moved out of Luke's way it kept its beady black eyes on Evan, clamping its pincers as it crawled onto his boots. Evan tried to make contact with the damn thing, but for some reason he couldn't.
"Don't even try Evan this scorpion is controlled by myself. It wouldn't even obey you're wrench of a mother." Luke said causing Evan to growl at him as his eyes gained a demonic glow with it. "I saw a lot out there in the world, Evan, Percy," Luke said as he looked to the duo.
"Didn't you feel it-the darkness gathering, the monsters growing stronger?" Luke continued as Evan glared at the son of Hermes. "Didn't you realize how useless it all is? This attack on Olympus was the Heavens and Hell telling Olympus they're not wanted anymore." Luke said as he looked to Evan. "All the heroic-being in the world are just pawns of the gods. They should've been overthrown thousands of years ago, but they've hung on thanks to us half-bloods." Luke said as it was clear this wasn't just a tantrum on Luke's part he was working with someone or something of power.
"Luke…you're talking about our parents," Percy said hoping to reason with Luke somehow.
He laughed as if what Percy said was a joke. "That's supposed to make me love them? Their precious 'Western civilization' is a disease, Percy. It's killing the world. The only way to stop it is to burn it to the ground, start over with something more honest." Percy said as Evan heard this and saw Fenrir nearby no doubt having followed them from a hidden spot. He also noted Corvus had landed not too far away and perched himself on a tree branch near the fist.
"Jeez there's always some asshole wanting to rule the world huh?" Evan said getting Luke's attention. "So who you working for here Luke or are you the 'master mind,' behind this shit?" Evan asked as he looked to Luke with a smirk on his face.
"You haven't noticed?" Luke asked but Evan smirked to him.
"Nah I did its Kronos you piece of shit." Evan said as he added an insult to Luke getting his ire for it.
"Kronos can use someone like you Evan you took on the King of the Demon World and won, your sister took on the Queen of Paradiso and won." Luke said while he looked to Evan. "You'd actually be great as someone in charge Evan." Luke said as he knew about that prophesy. "No use denying your fate joining Kronos will make it happen." Luke said as Evan got ready to move.
"Yeah you and your sugar daddy Kronos can fuck yourselves." Evan said to which Luke had enough of the Devil Hunter.
"Then you'll die." Luke said only for Fenrir to snarl. Luke looked and was shocked when Fenrir let out an Icey breathe to the ground freezing the Scorpion's before they could move further. Next up Corvus flew in as he laughed maniacally releasing thunder blasts.
Luke got out of the way as the boys were freed from the Scorpion's save for one at least. Evan swung Elysium at Luke who then rolled out of the way of the attack. "He's brain washing you, Luke." Percy said hoping to talk sense into Luke.
Evan pulled back and aimed his guns at Luke ready to fill him with a combination of human lead, and celestial Bronze.
"You're wrong." Luke defended as he looked to Percy. "He showed me that my talents are being wasted." Luke said as he had his shield up and avoided an attack from Fenrir. "You know what my quest was two years ago, Percy? My father, Hermes, wanted me to steal a golden apple from the Garden of the Hesperides and return it to Olympus. After all the training I'd done, that was the best he could think up." Luke said as Evan heard this knowing about that quest.
"That's not an easy quest, Hercules did it." Percy said and in turn Luke scoffed to this.
"Exactly," Luke said as Percy said the key word phrase. "Where's the glory in repeating what others have done? All the gods know how to do is replay their past." Luke said as he glared spitefully at Evan and Percy. "My heart wasn't in it and for all my troubles the dragon in the garden gave me this"- he pointed angrily at his scar- "and when I came back, all I got was pity." Luke ranted as Evan saw where this was going.
"All I wanted at that time was to pull Olympus down stone by stone right then, but I bided my time." Luke said as he avoided an attack from Corvus. "I began to dream of Kronos. He convinced me to steal the bolt and the helm, something now hero has ever had the courage to do." Luke said as he began to describe his crimes in perfect detail. "When we went on that winter-solstice field trip, while the other campers were asleep, I snuck into the throne room and took Zeus's master bolt right from his chair. Hades' helm of darkness, too. You wouldn't believe how easy it was." Luke boasted as Evan glared at the guy who got Percy framed for a crime he did not commit.
"The Olympians are so arrogant in their own power. They never dreamed someone would dare steal from them. Their security was horrible. I was halfway across New Jersey before I head the storms rumbling, and I knew they'd discovered my theft." Luke boasted to which Evan had to admit, Luke had a point on security detail.
"So why didn't you just bring the items to Kronos? Instead you had us deliver it." Evan taunted as he pointed Elysium at Luke.
Luke's smile wavered in response to Evan's question. "I…I got overconfident. Zeus sent out his sons and daughters to find the stolen bolt- your mother Evan, Artemis, Apollo, my father, Hermes." Luke listed off while he looked away. "But it was Ares who caught me. I could have beaten him, but I wasn't careful enough." Luke said regaling the incident to Luke. "He disarmed me, took the items of power, threatened to return them to Olympus and burn me alive." Luke said to which Evan knew Luke must have escaped to be here now.
"Then Kronos's voice came to me and told me what to say. I put the idea in Ares's head about a great war between the gods." Luke said which showed how Kronos got to Ares. "I said all he had to do was hide the items away for a while and watch the others fight and when Ares got a wicked gleam in his eyes I knew he was hooked." Luke said making Evan want to punch Luke then punch Ares for falling for it.
"He let me go, and I returned to Olympus before anyone noticed my absence." Luke said as he drew his sword. He ran his thumb down the flat of the blade, as if he were hypnotized by its beauty. "Afterward, the Lord the Titans…h-he punished me with nightmares. I swore not to fail again." Luke said as Evan then charged at Luke only for Luke to use his sword to deflect Elysium. The two parted as they glared at each other but unlike Evelyn Luke was a willing pawn. At least Evelyn wasn't one to sit back and be someone's pawn. "Back at Camp Half-Blood, in my dreams, I was told that a second hero would arrive, one who could be tricked into taking the bolt and the helm the rest of the way-from Ares down to Tartarus." Luke said as Evan figured out the next part.
"So when we were grouped at capture the flag and went off you were the one who summoned the hellhound, that night in the forest." Evan said as he glared at Luke.
"We had to make Chiron think you both weren't safe at camp, so he would start you on your quest. We had to confirm his fears that Hades was after you both. And it worked." Luke said boasting of his success.
"What about the Demon?" Evan asked to which Luke chuckled to this.
"That… was a happy accident the icing on the cake." Luke said to which Evan's, eye twitched in response to being given a quest due to a demon that crossed the boarder somehow.
"The flying shoes were cursed," Percy said realizing why the shoes almost got Grover into Tartarus. "They were supposed to drag me down and the backpack into Tartarus." Percy realized as he glared at Luke with the stunning accusation.
"And they would've, if you'd been wearing them. But you gave them to the satyr, which wasn't part of the plan. Grover messes up everything he touches." Luke said to which Evan laughed at Luke.
"Now that is all of a matter of opinion. I think he is an awesome satyr saved Percy's ass without even trying." Evan said giving words of praise to Grover despite him currently not being here with them.
"Argh you piece of shit. Thalia gave her life to save you," Evan growled, gritting his teeth. He had learned about Thalia from Annabeth after hearing stories about her from the other campers. "And this is how you repay her?"
"Don't speak of Thalia!" Luke shouted in rage to Evan. "The gods let her die! That's one of the many things they will pay for." He yelled but Evan wasn't done.
"No you lost the right to speak of her the minute you started doing this shit!" Evan yelled only for Luke then charge at him and run him through. Evan saw this and after the sting of it grabbed Look by the face and forced him back. He then slammed him into a tree causing him pain for it. Once that was done he removed the sword and tossed it to the side.
As Luke began to get back up he glared at Evan coughing a bit forgetting he had a high tolerance for pain and a healing factor. "You are being used, Luke. You and Ares both. Evelyn was smart enough to realize this." Percy began knowing despite being their enemy she did help them save the city and the world from Mundus. "Don't listen to Kronos." Percy said hoping to reason with Luke.
"I've been used?" Luke asked accusingly as his voice turned shrill. "Look at yourself. What has your dad or mother ever done for you two!?" Luke yelled as he glared at Evan and Percy. "Kronos will rise. You two have only delayed his plans. He will cast the Olympians into Tartarus and drive humanity back to their caves. All except the strongest-the ones who serve him." Luke said as he knew Kronos had plans for Evan and Percy.
"Hah if you're so strong stop running and fight me yourself!" Evan taunted but Luke didn't take the bait.
"Nice try Evan but unfortunately Kronos has plans for the both of you." Luke said as he glared at the duo. My Lord is waiting, and he's got plenty of quest for me to undertake." Luke said as Percy saw this.
"Luke-"Percy said only to cry out in pain as Evan went wide eyed and saw a Scorpion had survived.
"Percy!" Evan called out in a panic for his best friend.
"Good-bye, Evan Percy. There is a new Golden Age coming. You won't be part of it." Luke said but before he could leave Evan shot at Luke.
"Luke give Kronos a message for me. Tell him when that when he rises to power I'll be gunning for him. He just did the one thing no demon should ever do… he pissed me off." Evan said as he glared at Luke as he saw the aura of his Devil Trigger begin to form. Knowing he had to leave Luke slashed his sword in an arc and disappeared in a ripple of darkness.
"Corvus!" Evan called out as Fenrir grabbed the scorpion and killed it in his fangs.
"On it, boss!" Corvus called out grabbing Percy and began carrying him back to camp. They only had little time to help him thus the trio were on the move to get Percy some help. Evan was kicking himself for not bringing a vitality star or at least a Gold Orb when he left his cabin. Chiron was his only hope now and Evan needed to get him there. The Tri-Breed son of Artemis kicked it into high gear, and thus bounded through the forest like one of his mother's magical stags. The ground always seeming to be perfect for his next leap and the forest seemingly making a clear path for Fenrir and Corvus. It wasn't to long for soon Evan had the camp in sight.
He was running along the beach now, so his super speed was running out to only his demonic power. Evan spotted Percy's cabin and in front of it stood Annabeth and Calisto, looking around for Percy and Evan most likely.
"Annabeth, Calisto; Patty!" Evan called out and in turn the girls turned with a jolt and looked at Evan with a wide-eyed look of shock on their faces.
"Evan, where have you been? I've been looking for you and, oh my gods Percy!" She yelled noticing him being carried by Corvus.
"What happened to him!?" Patty asked looking at his face.
"No time, where's Chiron!?" Evan asked as Calisto knew if Evan wasn't using nicknames it was serious.
"He's at the big house come on!" Calisto yelled as she got moving with the others.
"Yo Fenrir he's all yours!" Corvus called switching out and dropped Percy onto Fenrir's back. Once that happened Corvus flew on ahead to let Chiron know what happened.
"Furfur!" Evan called out and thus Furfur came out from under the Artemis Cabin and proceeded to force open a path for them to get to the Big House unimpeded.
(Later)
When they finally reached the big house the group rushed in not even bothering to knock. Chiron came clonking into the room in horse form hearing the commotion. "Evan, girls where is-?" Chiron began only to go wide eyed when he saw the state Percy was in. "Gods of Olympus what happened to Percy!?" he asked us as Fenrir was setting him down on the couch with help from Patty and Calisto.
"It was Luke! He led me and Percy into the woods and set pit scorpions on us! We took care of most of them but we missed one and Percy got stung for it!" Evan yelled as he was far from happy right now. "Luke was the lightning thief, he stole the bolt from Olympus! He wanted to get it to Hades, so a war of the gods could start, and while the gods were distracted he could raise Kronos!" Evan explained and in turn Chiron froze at the mention of Kronos while Annabeth tensed up straight away. The whole camp seemed to grow quiet for ten seconds. Chiron shook himself back to reality and turned to Evan.
"Evan do not mention this to anyone yet. Also I want you, Patty, Calisto, and Annabeth to see if you can find Luke. Go now! Percy will be fine I promise." He said not bothering to make sure they listened.
He was focused on using his magic to heal Percy. Annabeth seemed too stunned to talk, but Patty grabbed her hand and forced her out of the building. Evan nodded to the three Demons and thus Fenrir, Furfur, and Corvus headed out to try somehow to get the traitors scent.
Evan, Calisto, and Patty knew that Annabeth liked Luke after he and Thalia had saved her life when she was seven. IT must be hitting her hard to hear his betrayal of them. "Annabeth listen to me, I need you to stay focused. Alright, now don't let this get to your head. We are gonna be just fine, Percy is gonna be just fine." Evan said as he needed Thalia to focus on the task at hand which was finding Luke and possibly putting a bullet right between his eyes.
She took Evan off guard and hugged him. Evan didn't do hugs that often but he could tell she was trying to hold back tears. In turn Evan just hugged her, rubbing her back trying to calm her down. "He… he couldn't have done this Evan. Luke would never, he promised me." She said fighting the sobs that threaten to break forth from her.
"I wish it wasn't true Annabeth but the jackass tried to kill Percy and me! As much as I hate to admit it he is the enemy now. He wants to overthrow Olympus because his father abandoned him talk about daddy issues." Evan said as Patty face palmed herself for Evan's wordings.
Annabeth shook her head. "No, I can't believe he'd do something like this willingly. I just can't." She said to which that honestly annoyed him. He tells her Luke tried to kill Percy and himself and she still defends him. Evan wanted to get angry but he managed to keep his cool. He didn't want to risk his mother carrying out her threat to turn him into a wild game to feed the wolves.
"Listen Annabeth, I'm sorry I really am. Luke tried to kill us though, he's turned, and you didn't see the evil in his eyes. Let's just go do a sweep of the camp, and get back to Percy." Evan tried to tell her trying to sound reassuring.
She just shook her head. "No, I refuse to believe he's doing all this! Not willingly anyway." She said with a tinge of venom in her voice deep in denial.
'Fuck it.' Evan thought to himself as he didn't have time to argue. "Fine believe whatever you want just help me find the asshole." Evan said as he went looking for Luke.
"Sorry about him." Calisto said as she went to help him search while passing by Annabeth.
(Scene Break New York)
The search proved to be fruitless for them all. Luke had escaped and Kronos was on the rise to power. It ticked off Evan but there was nothing they could do about it. It was already night time by the time they had returned to the shop. After they stopped for food they had arrived home and thus they exited Dante's car and made their way to the shop. Evan stretched a bit while carrying his bags.
"City is clear but they'll be back." Dante said after spending the remainder of the summer cleaning up the city of any stragglers he could find.
"Great at least something went right." Evan said as he walked torts the shop with his father.
"No kidding." Calisto said as she headed in.
Dante saw something was bothering Evan and in turn he opted to check it out. "Calisto you head on inside." Dante said as he looked to his daughter who then nodded to her father and did as she was told. "So do I have to interrogate you or you gonna talk?" Dante asked to which Evan sighed to this.
"I found out Uncle Vergil had another kid with a Titan and she and ended up with what you and Vergil had." Evan confessed to which Dante heard him. "She's in Tartarus right now of her own choice." Evan said to which Dante knew what was going on with his son.
"I know, Evan it sucks." Dante said as he looked to his son.
"Trust him he'd know." Came a new voice as Artemis walked out of the shadows.
"Mom?!" Evan called out as Dante saw her.
"What are you doing here?" Dante asked to which Artemis had her reason.
"I was hoping to talk to, Calisto, Bianca, and possible get in contact with Lucia." Artemis said as she looked to the two.
"Ah." Dante said knowing what Artemis meant when he said this.
*Insert Devil May Cry OST: Devil Never Cries (Staff Roll)
"Well I can say we should be fine for now but like dad said they always come back." Evan said to which Dante agreed.
"They'll be back soon very soon." Artemis agreed knowing enough about the Demons that shit was about to go down soon.
Evan then looked away as he felt something trickle down his face. "Evan?" Artemis asked as she looked to her son. "Are you crying?" She asked and thus Evan scoffed to this.
"Must be some rain left in the sky." Evan said to which Artemis looked up.
"It's a clear sky Evan rain stopped hours ago." Artemis corrected her son knowing what was going on everything all the events passed was rushing back on him.
"Like dad said Devils Never Cry." Evan said as Artemis chuckled a bit.
"Yes but even the Devil can cry when they are sad just as an Angel can scream in pure sadness and anguish." Artemis said with a small smile for her son. "How about we put that theory to the test." Artemis said before taking out her crossbow and firing it off. When she did the bolts pierced many newly arrived Demons ready to cut up the Sparda's. "Seems to me we'll all be going home late." Artemis said taking aim with a second crossbow as Evan and Dante saw this.
"Business as usual huh?" Dante asked as he was ready for more.
"I say bring it on." Evan said as he looked at all the demons surrounding them.
"Think you can keep up with your old man?" Dante asked as he looked to Evan.
"You kidding pops I love this!" Evan called out as he then spread his arms out. "This is what I live for!" He called out showing he was ready to fight. In turn he walked forth while Dante did the same with Artemis each going a different direction. Dante's coat fluttered as Evan began to pull out his guns. When he did so he spun them about in his hands and took aim at the demons. "I'M ABSOLUTELY CRAZY ABOUT IT!" Evan called out with pure joy on his face.
*end OST
(Scene Break A week later)
Evan, Dante, Lady, Trish, Artemis, Rodin, Enzo, Nico, and Luka were gathered at a graveyard attending a funeral. Dante was oddly silent as was Evan as Bianca, Bayonetta, Jeanne, and more importantly Calisto were missing from this scene. Of course there were three unknown nuns there which in of itself was pretty normal for a funeral for someone. But the casket was small suggesting whoever this funeral was from was either a dwarf or died young.
"Jeez poor kid." Enzo said with a cigar in his hand. "I mean sure no rest for the wicked but it's a damn crap life to go out so young." Enzo said while sparsely smoking the cigar. "At least she went out peacefully right?" Enzo said as he was starting to like her seeing as she helped with his kids for a reasonable price per an hour. "Kids are gonna be heartbroken." Enzo said knowing his kids all but loved Calisto as a big sister of sorts.
"Come on you know how it works with witches, Enzo." Rodin said as he looked to Enzo. "They make a deal with a devil and when they die the devil gets his due." Rodin said as Artemis agreed.
"Elysium will forever be barred to her, and even the Underworld cannot have her." Artemis said sadly knowing her daughter paid the price for her umbra power. "Her soul gets dragged into hell where she will more than likely suffer for all eternity." Artemis said as she was a grieving mother who lost her daughter.
"Fuck!" Evan yelled in anguish as he tried not to let it out in respect for his dearly departed sister.
"Why mention this shit, is this why we are not standing here praying for her soul to rest in peace!?" Enzo asked as he looked accusingly at Rodin and Artemis.
"Watch it." Artemis growled with promise to hurt Enzo. Enzo was smart with self-preservation thus the Italian backed off.
"I just want my prayers to mean something for her y'know." Enzo said only for Dante to grab the guy.
"It means a lot for the family left behind." Dante said as he took the cigar and tossed it over to Rodin who caught it with ease.
"Yeah no kidding if either of mine was in there I'd want the same." Enzo said not wishing that sort of pain on any parent in this world or in any of its Pantheons.
Just then two large bushes of rosemary was seen coming their way as it was Percy and Patty who was carrying them. "Sorry we're late." Percy apologized as Patty nodded.
"Yeah we went to gather as much Rosemary as we could." Patty said as Evan, Trish, and Dante eased away from the Rosemary due to them being allergic to it. There was some truth to Rosemary being a Demon repellent.
Thus Patty and Percy put the flowers on Calisto casket despite herself being allergic to it as well. "You always said Rosemary is a demon repellent, and I know you're allergic but it should help on the road ahead y'know." Percy said happy to help Calisto like this. But as Patty and Percy took their places among the mourners they failed to notice the nuns starting to smirk.
"Insert Bayonetta OST: Angel Advent A
As Percy and Patty went to join the mourners a light shined down from the heavens above surprising, Luka, Percy, Patty, and Enzo.
"Wait this shit again!?" Enzo asked realizing what was about to happen right now.
"Well of course they'd come for the prize they'd been seeking all along." One of the nuns said while closing the book. Nearby Dante, Evan, and Artemis smirked awaiting the surprise they knew was coming.
In turn the three nuns jumped up and opened a pathway into Purgatory to fight the Angels before they got to Calisto. Once they got close enough the ass kicking began.
*End OST
*Insert Bayonetta OST: Riders of the Light
The three nuns removed their outfits revealing themselves to be Bianca, Jeanne, and Bayonetta. "Huh that was fun, can we cosplay some more?" Bianca asked to which the two elder witches had a response.
"No/Yes." Jeanne and Bayonetta both said at the same time. But before they could debate it further the three went on the offensive and began to fight against the Angels.
For Percy and Enzo they didn't see anything but Luke did since he got those specialty glasses from Rodin. For Percy and Enzo it was as if a battle of invisible monsters was occurring. Artemis not at all minding walked over to the box and rubbed the lid a bit.
"Calisto sweet heart if you can hear all of this that's your Que." Artemis said surprising Percy with those words.
"Will you hurry up?" Jeanne said from within Purgatory.
"You better not have fallen asleep in there little one." Bayonetta said as she looked to the casket.
"Wait that means she's." Patty began and thus the clouds began to darken for a moment as demonic power began to build up.
*End OST
Thus as the Angels made their way to Calisto's casket the lid blasted off and landed on Rodin's head where the lid broke upon impact with the forger. "She's alive!" Percy cheered as he saw his best friend was faking it to bring out these feathered fuckers.
*Insert Bayonetta OST: Fly me to the Moon (Climax)
Calisto landed nearby on a tombstone as the sky cleared up again. "Good morning everyone did you miss me?!" Calisto called out not at all bothered how she faked her death to draw out all these Angels. "Hey can you make a note for a casket with holes in it I do need to breath." Calisto said as she was ready to make Inferno happy with Angels.
"It's on the itinerary." Bayonetta said and thus Jeanne jumped in.
"Let's save the chit-chat for later." Jeanne said to which Bianca nodded.
"Let's rock!" Bianca called out and thus the four Umbra Witches began to fight it out against these feathered fuckers from Paradiso. The four moved around each other taking out as many angels as they could treating it like a game for them and in a sense of the word it was.
As this happened Artemis smiled to this as she could see how powerful, strong, courageous, and self-assured her daughter was. "You did well with her, Dante." Artemis said as Dante smiled to the Olympian Goddess.
"Yeah well she gets a lot of it from you also." Dante said not taking full credit for her outcome.
"Yes but she has a bit of you as well if you remove all the female role models in her life." Artemis said as Dante smiled to this.
"Well we can agree on something." Dante said as he saw his daughter in action.
"Yeah." Artemis nodded in response to Dante.
"That's our girl." Dante and Artemis both said at the same time as Calisto went to town on the Angels. As Calisto moved she smiled and winked to her audience and if this was a game it be like she'd be doing this to the readers or players on the other side of the screen.
(Scene Break with Evelyn Tartarus)
*Insert Devil May Cry 3 OST: Vergil Afterwards
Evelyn was stumbling through Tartarus after dealing with another wave of foes that stood in her path. It was a miracle she survived this long despite her prior injuries. As she held the sheathed Tartarus she glared out torts the distance before trying to catch her breath before another wave of monstrous enemies showed up.
Just then Evelyn went wide eyed as she felt a new presence arrive and raised her head to it. It was a shadow of sorts that stood over her. A shadow she had seen once and many times in her dreams. She knew exactly who it was but unlike others she did not cower away despite the odds against her. "It should be fun fighting the King of the Titans." Evelyn said as she pulled out Tartarus and tossed away the sheath for her sword.
"If the Olympians could best Kronos so can I." Evelyn said before she charged at Kronos with a mighty roar of defiance. She knew very well she wasn't going to walk away from this but doesn't mean she wasn't going to try. Evelyn bowed to no one and rather meet her end fighting then cowardly survive by kneeling before a foes strength. As Evelyn charged in she had no idea how much her fate was about to change with this simple act of defiance against the Crooked one the infamous King of the Titan who had lead the Titans in the last Titan war. Their king who rules over time the Titan who embodies times power Kronos.
But as Kronos looked down upon the Tri-Breed of Human, Demon, and Titan he knew he found the weapon that would tip the tides of power in his favor. He will rise and with him a new General to is army of darkness against the Olympians who overthrew him.
(TBC)
ESKK: Well the final chapter I hope you all enjoyed it. First time I finished a chapter with my own two hands. I feel quite proud of myself for this. Anyway with the final chapter published I ask for review before you all leave and as I always say ja-ne.
