Devil May Cry Olympus Lightning Thief
ESKK: Well new chapter let's get this party started.
(Start Yancy Academy Evan's Dorm Room)
Evan was reading the text book seeing as the final exam was coming up. He wasn't wearing his reading glasses at the moment and was thus the words reorganized itself. Evan had it bad like his sister as for him the words reorganized to something in Ancient Enocian or Greek. Evan was also trying to figure out what the heck happened with Ms. Dodds. Patty and Calisto both agreed something was up seeing as no one knew who she was all of a sudden.
Plus Calisto knew that Evan was attacked by Demons not to long after she was. Clearly the attacks were starting to become more frequent for them to the point even Patty was worried for them. Evan of course was just annoyed as he tossed the book to the pile of his messy room and looked to Elysium and his guns Hunter and Slayer at the corner.
The trio agreed that while everyone seemed to now know what they were talking about it was clear Grover did. This of course annoyed Evan to no end here as Grover was a good guy but a shit actor. Calisto agreed with him as did Patty. But Patty wanted to figure out the why Grover was being quiet about the whole thing. Evan honestly didn't care only that if Grover was a backstabbing demon collaborator or worse a demon himself then he wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger.
"This is getting me nowhere." Evan said as he then chose to lay down for now. As he looked to the ceiling he sighed a bit and began to close his eyes for the time being. No use trying to study anyway unlike Patty and his twin sister Evan didn't believed any of this stuff would be useful to him in the future with his path. His mind drifted off to sleep unaware of what his dreams would entail for him.
(Scene Break Evan's dreams)
Evan woke up and found himself in a battlefield of sorts. He saw standing against him was a figure he knew not of as she had silver haired pulled back into spikes with a long tail behind it. She was wearing clothing that seemed to be a combination of what Dante had described Vergil to wear with a Greek design to it, and what appeared to be a Katana in her hand with a ribbon on it.
She glared at Evan before she drew her sword and attacked forcing Evan to defend himself to Elysium. She swung her blade at Evan who returned with force as the two then managed to push each other back. Evan began firing Hunter and Slayer at her only for the unknown girl to spin her sword around blocking and deflecting the bullets with trained ease.
Evan glared at her but just then the image changed as soon he saw what appeared to be the Titan Atlas judging by the old images he had seen of the guy. It seems he was holding the world up as the mythology suggests but just then he saw another person. Evan's opponent saw it as well as it looked to be a woman holding a small bundle in her arms looking sadly to it. She let the bundle wrap its tiny hand around her finger cringing a bit at the strength it held.
Before the image could continue the Katana the girl his age wielded slashed through it ending the image and in turn coming at Evan head on. The fight was clearly about to continue until the odd dream he was having ended just as their swords clashed again.
(Scene Break the next morning)
Evan woke up with a shock as he looked to the window and saw the sun rising. He then looked over to his alarm clock and saw the time on it. He then sighed and got off his bed rubbing his eyes a bit. "That was one hell of a dream." Evan said wondering why he was dreaming about fighting this girl and why that woman and Atlas were in his dream.
As Evan got up he began to take his leave yawning a bit while walking to grab his toiletries. After all he had an exam to get to and then it was straight out of this shit hole for summer vacation. After all for him school sucked and was a waste of time. His most accurate description for it would be prison for kids.
(Later Mr. Brunner's class)
Evan was in his seat taking a test as he was trying to make sense of this stuff. Patty was having an easier time seeing as she had learned tricks dealing with Dyslexia. Evan glared at his sister for being smart enough to have her glasses costume made to filter her Dyslexia to know what she is reading.
Evan rolled his eyes a bit and tried his best honestly wishing this was a multiple choice exam. Evan then rolled his eyes a bit as he kept up his work for now. Time seemed to tick away for Evan and Percy as they saw their classmates work on their tests. Evan was trying to be done with this fast as he kept up the work.
Just then Mr. Brunner spoke up being Evan's saving grace here. "Time. Class pencils down and bring your tests up please." Brunner said as the students who didn't have special needs put down the pencils and made their way to the front of the class. The only ones left were Patty, Percy, Evan, and Calisto as they were allowed extra time due to their disability. Calisto was the first to finish closely followed by Patty.
Evan looked around torts his sister's test for a moment and caught a glimpse of a few answers. He quickly began to mark and scribble them down trying to be discrete about it. Once he did so he put his pencil down and walked over to Brunner. "Here you go teach." Evan said as Mr. Brunner nodded to Evan.
"Well Mr. Redgrave I do hope you did adequate on this exam." Brunner said as Evan shrugged a bit.
"Just enough to get out of this class… no offense." Evan said as Brunner nodded to him.
"Many students share your sentiments so none taken." Brunner accepted as Evan then looked to the door.
"Anyway I need to see my sister and friend so we'll wait for Percy." Evan said as he walked out of the classroom bidding his handicap teacher farewell.
(Outside the Door)
"Goodbye Latin hello sunny beaches." Evan said as he walked out as Patty laughed a bit.
"But that's assuming you even passed Evan." Patty laughed as Evan glared at her.
"Hey!" Evan glared but this got a laugh from the two girls.
Just then the trio stepped aside when they saw Percy storm out of the room clearly upset. Evan saw this and then looked to his sister and friend.
"Well someone has been a bit naughty." Calisto joked as Patty then elbowed the daughter of Dante.
"Don't be rude." Patty scolded as Calisto laughed a bit in response to that scolding.
(Last Day of the Term)
On the last day of the term, Evan watched as Percy shoved his clothes into his suitcase while Patty gave a disapproving look at how messy he was being while packing his belongings. They all listened to the other guys brag about where they were going this summer serving to annoy both twins Evan and Calisto. Those idiots may be juvenile delinquents, but they were also rich juvenile delinquents. One of them asked Percy and Evan where they were going.
"My home in the city for the summer." Percy replied as he didn't bat much of an eye.
"My sister and I will be hanging out with our dad and extended family in the city." Evan said, scaring Percy since he did know he had arrived yet.
"Same here Calisto, Evan, and I grew up close to each other." Patty added surprising Percy further with the girls being in the room also.
"Where did you guys come from?" Percy asked while the others went back to what they were doing, as if the two didn't exist since they were nobodies to them.
"Well when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much." Calisto began but Percy stopped her there.
"Calisto stop!" Percy stopped her as Calisto smiled a bit.
"Oh Percy you walked into that one." Calisto smiled with her hands behind her head.
"She's not wrong." Patty added causing Evan to chuckle a bit.
"Heh, a few minutes ago man." Evan said to his friend as Percy understood that much.
"Oh." Percy replied glad to see Evan didn't develop any more of those weird tricks after he took on some monsters at the museum.
"So remind me again why I am going with you to your place for the day?" Evan said as Patty had the answer for that one.
"Well, you can tell I have been a bit peeved lately and you usually help out when I am in a bad mood. So, I guess I need to you to keep me in check because Gabe is going to really piss me off."
"Noted." Evan commented, and then his eyes lit up.
"Oh yeah my dad said he would come pick me, Calisto, and Patty up from school. Her mom is visiting the doctor today so she couldn't do it." Evan said snapping his fingers before looking to Percy. "You know, I live right in the middle. You know, from your apartment to the school. I just noticed that." Evan said realizing what this meant.
"Good. Then you guys can come over more often." Percy mumbled as they left the school dorms to get to the bus stop.
"If you want I'm sure Dante won't mind giving you a ride. He's pretty nice once you get pass his gruff exterior." Patty said as Evan shrugged a bit.
"Well someone had to offer." Evan said as Percy smiled a bit to them.
"Thanks but." Percy began but Calisto stopped him with a finger gun to Percy's neck from behind.
"That wasn't an offer Percy that was an order." Calisto said showing the trio were not taking no for an answer from him.
"She's is so going to be a dominatrix when she grows up." Evan said as he saw the way Calisto took command of the scenario.
"Yes… ma'am." Percy said knowing Calisto can be a vindictive bitch when she wants to.
(Later at the Bus Stop)
The group were waiting at the bus stop as Evan was being kept posted on his and Calisto's father's arrival.
"Hey dad should be outside right now." Evan said as Calisto and Patty heard this.
"Is he going to make an entrance?" Patty asked as Calisto then winked to Patty.
"Oh big time." Calisto said as she then grabbed Percy and began to head to the parking lot for the bus at the station.
(Outside)
The group arrived outside but saw no sign of Dante as Evan was counting down the second when he would arrive. "You guys just going to leave without saying goodbye to your best friend?" Grover asked as he looked to the group.
"Sorry… I've moved schools so many times it's just normal to leave unannounced." Percy confessed as he looked to Grover.
"Yeah I normally get dragged along with his chaos." Calisto said as she pointed to Evan.
"Agreed." Patty said with a nod as Evan glared at them.
"They were asking for it." Evan said using the same line he did every time they brought up his wrap-sheet. But the group noted that Grover was very fidgety, like he was expecting something to come out of the woodworks to come after him or all of them. He was like this every time they left the school campus which was…odd to say the least.
Though Percy was getting annoyed by it and he blurted out, "Looking for Kindly Ones?" Evan smacked his head while Calisto rubbed her eyes in annoyance while Grover nearly jumped out of his shoes for lack of better terms. "Wha—what do you mean?" Grover asked feigning ignorance on this.
Percy then proceeded to confessed about eavesdropping on his and Mr. Brunner's conversation the night before the exams. This of course caused Grover's eye to twitch in response. "How much did you hear?" Grover asked as Percy had the answer while the others were confused on this odd subject.
"Oh ... not much. What's the summer solstice dead-line?" Percy asked as Evan was trying to keep up.
"Um is there something I'm missing?" Evan asked as he looked to Percy.
He winced in response but tried to keep the faced up. "Look, guys ... I was just worried for you, see? I mean, hallucinating about demon math teachers..."
"Grover/Dude-" The group scolded him causing him to real back from their combined scolding tone.
"And I was telling Mr. Brunner that maybe you guys were overstressed or something, because there was no such person as Mrs. Dodds, and..." Grover began only for Evan to put a hand on his shoulder.
"Dude… you suck balls at lying." Evan told the young man straight as just then a horn was heard. "And with that our ride is here." Evan said before they looked and saw a red car driving into the lot. The car was driving with a sense that whoever was in it was a big shot as it was a classic that was in good condition. The Red Car then drove to the curve and parked after avoiding every possible traffic hazard with ease.
The windows were lowered as Patty smiled at who she saw. "Dante!" Patty called out as Dante smirked to them. The Silver Haired blue eyes Devil Hunter saw the kids were all here and accounted for as Patty looked ready to jump Dante for a hug.
"Good I was stylishly late." Dante said as he smirked to the group.
"Hey dad." Evan greeted as he saw his father in the driver's seat.
"Hey Evan." Dante greeted as Calisto, Evan, and Patty loaded their bags into the trunk. Evan and Calisto then glared at each other and charged for the shotgun seat. Percy and Grover were unaware of what they saw as the two were fighting over a seat. Calisto being faster and flexible managed to slip into the driver's seat after distracting Evan with a poke to the eyes. "And Calisto is the winner of the shotgun seat." Dante said causing Evan to glare in response.
"Every time… every god damn time." Evan said as he and Patty were relegated to the back seat.
"By the way dad." Calisto said as she looked to her father, Dante. "My friend Percy here needs a ride home and seeing as his apartment isn't that far from Devil May Cry… I was hoping you might drive him home since it's not that far out of the way." Calisto asked using that sparkly silver eye look to get her father to see her way of things here.
"How far out of the way we talking?" Dante asked as he looked to his daughter while Patty boarded the back seat of the car.
"Just a couple of minutes out." Patty added as she was in the back seat down.
Dante then looked to be thinking about it as he then took out a coin from his person. "Ok… we'll play it like this heads he walks home or takes a bus, tails he rides with us." Dante said as Percy was surprised and worried seeing as the bus left not too long ago. Evan and Calisto were smirking knowing the answer already but saw their dad wanted to make Percy squirm a bit. Dante then flipped the coin allowing it to fly in the air for a moment. He then caught it on the return and slammed it into his left hand. When he removed his hand he smirked as Percy was worried.
"Get in." Dante said showing the coin was on tails.
"Here I'll help you out." Evan said as he took the bag off Percy's back.
"No I got this." Percy said but it was too late seeing as Percy's bag was already in the trunk.
"Hey Evan!" Grover called out a bit as Evan looked to his cripple hippy friend.
"What's up Grover?" Evan asked as he looked over to the cripple.
"Look um." Grover began as he looked to Evan as Dante calmly waited for his son.
From his shirt pocket, he fished out several grubby looking business cards. "Just take these, okay? In case any of you need me this summer." Grover said handing the cards over to Evan. The card was in fancy script, which was murder on his dyslexic eyes, but they finally made out something like:
Grover Underwood
Keeper
Half-Blood Hill
Long Island, New York
(800) 009-0009
"What's half—" Evan began but was soon cut off by Grover.
"Don't say it aloud!" he yelped causing Evan to look to him skeptically. "That's my, um ... summer address." He responded as Evan then rolled his eyes in response to this. There was something really odd going on, that was for sure.
"I got it in case I want to visit right?" Evan asked as he looked to his buddy.
"Or if you need me." Grover said as Evan then laughed a bit.
"Listen buddy if I need you it's probably to hang out I doubt theirs anything out there that can tangle with me, my sister, and my old man." Evan said as Grover was skeptical clearly unaware of the Redgrave Families demonic heritage.
Grover blushed right down to his Adam's apple. "Look, Percy, the truth is, I—I kind of have to protect you, all of you." He said making the Redgrave boy to look at him oddly. After all it was the rest of them who were the ones who had to protect him in school!
"Grover what exactly are you protecting us from?" Evan asked as he needed some answers on this mystery. But before he could answer Dante honked the horn as he looked over to the duo.
"Hey I got gas bills you know Evan let's get going already!" Dante called as Evan shrugged to this.
"Just give me a sec dad!" Evan called out as Dante rolled his eyes a bit to his son's antics. Evan sighed before his vision then went over to three old ladies sitting on a bench in the shaded area, knitting the biggest pair of socks they'd ever seen. These where no ordinary socks, they were as big as sweaters! Who wears socks that big?
The lady on the right knitted one of them. The lady on the left knitted the other. The lady in the middle held an enormous basket of electric-blue yarn. All three women looked ancient, with pale faces wrinkled like fruit leather, silver hair tied back in white bandannas, bony arms sticking out of bleached cotton dresses.
"Someone better phone a retirement home." Evan said as he saw the three old ladies as did Percy.
"I'm not that old yet!" Dante called out as Evan rolled his eyes.
"Oh don't worry dad that's just how most kids see their parents." Calisto said as Patty giggled a bit.
But the creepy thing about these old ladies began to be made known for it was, like they were staring right at Calisto, Evan, Percy and Patty. "Talk about creepy." Evan commented as Patty glared at him.
"Evan don't be rude." Patty scolded as Evan smiled and shrugged in response to the blonds scolding.
"Hey Grover…" Evan began but whatever he was going to ask died in his throat.
"You ok man?" Percy asked when he saw Grover's face and the look of fear etched on it.
They looked at Grover to see that all the color had drained out of him, that and his nose was twitching. "Tell me, are they looking at you guys? They are aren't they?" Grover began to stamper as Dante saw this as well.
"Yeah. Weird, huh? You think those, socks would fit me?" Percy asked interjecting in a joking manner.
"Not likely." Evan replied, with a joking form showing he wasn't afraid of whatever was coming. "I don't think they would even fit the fattest priest in the world!" Evan joked before Calisto added her own.
"You would know Evan your one sandwich away from being fat after all." Calisto said as Evan rolled his eyes a bit.
"Not funny guys. Not funny at all." Grover whined as Patty got concerned for their odd friend here.
"Grover what's wrong with you?" Patty asked as Grover only pointed to the old ladies.
The old lady in the middle took out a huge pair of scissors—gold and silver, long-bladed, like shears. They heard Grover catch his breath. "She snipped the string, did you see that?! She snipped the string!" Grover asked in a panic as he knew exactly what this meant.
"Yeah that's what happens when you cut something with scissors." Evan said as Grover was about to try and get in the car also but Dante cut him off.
Dante knew this day would come eventually and knew who and what Grover really was. So in turn he took actions knowing if the Lady Fates snipped something like that… someone was about to die. "Grover, was it, listen very carefully." Dante began as this got Grover's attention. "I need you to head inside and grab a bus ticket you'll know what to do after." Dante said as he began to release some of his demonic power getting Evan and Calisto on edge. After all when their old man did that it normally means trouble was coming.
Grover seemed to sense it as well as he knew this power was akin to the twins. This meant for Grover that Dante could handle himself easily. "Ok…" Grover said before he began to run off. "Sixth Grade always sixth grade." Grover mumbled to himself as he ran off to the station to purchase a ticket into the main city.
Once Grover was gone and Evan was in the car with seatbelts on all around Dante drove off to the main city to drop off Percy, Patty, and then take his kids to Devil May Cry. OF course the tires screeched when he drove off showing he peeled it while Percy cried out in surprise from the sudden jolt of speed from his friend's father.
"Dante what's wrong what was with those three old ladies?" Patty asked as she looked to Dante.
"Yeah what has you so worried old man?" Evan asked as Dante drove down the road.
"I'll tell you all later." Dante responded which got an annoyed gruff from Evan. "By the way Calisto." Dante began knowing the exact card to play on his daughter since she asked him to give Percy a ride home from the school. "This you're new boyfriend or something?" Dante teased thus causing Calisto to go wide eyed as her glasses began to fog up. Percy of course blushed and choked on air as the two began to babble a bit.
Evan of course laughed his ass off in response as he saw the two try to regain themselves from that epic jab. Patty simply sighed knowing that despite Dante's driving abilities… this was going to be a long drive with the Redgrave's.
(Scene Break In the city)
Dante's car arrived at the city as they saw Percy's apartment building towering above them. "Well here we are kid." Dante said as he looked to Percy. "Free ride and you get to save pocket money." Dante said as Percy looked to the apartment building nervously.
"Hey Perce you ok?" Evan asked as he looked next to him to see how nervous Percy was now.
"Oh um yeah its." Percy began but Patty cut him off.
"Is this about Smelly old Gabe?" Patty asked as she looked to her friend with concern for her friend.
"Yeah it's just… Gabe is a real jerk not just to me and my mom but to almost everyone." Percy said as Dante listened in on the group of kids.
"So I've heard and he's apparently a worst gambler then my dad." Evan said as he knew how much of a shit poker player his dad was. In fact his dad may have one hell of a poker face but he was shit when it comes to spotting a bluff from his opponents when gambling.
"Well no helping it then." Dante said as he then parked the car and pulled the key from the ignition.
"Wait what?" Percy asked as Dante then looked over to Percy. "If I don't make sure you make it to the front door the brats won't ever let me hear the end of it." Dante said referring to his kids and Patty with that comment.
"Hey!" The trio called out but Dante ignored them.
"Come on." Dante said as he began to grab Percy's bag.
"Wait but Mr. Redgrave!" Percy tried to argue but Dante stopped him there.
"Kid just call me Dante, I'm not that old yet." Dante stopped him as Evan, Calisto, and Patty disembarked from the car and followed Dante to the apartment building to meet Gabe.
(Later inside the Apartment building)
Percy looked up at the door nervously and said, "Evan, Calisto, Patty; Dante are you all sure you want to come in….Smelly Gabe is a real jerk and he will not be any different to any of you."
"Yeah Percy. You told me about your mom and all her history and I still can't figure why she is with this Gabe. Don't worry, I won't anger him…much." Calisto spoke up as Patty nodded but had her own two cents to add.
"Can't say the same about them thought." Patty said as Dante was carrying his guitar case over his shoulder by the strap in case things got hairy for them. Percy of course remembered what Evan did at the museum against both Ms. Dodd's and those demonic and knew if the rest of his family was like that… he might for the first time in history pity Gabe for this.
"I am getting a bad feeling about this." Percy said as they entered the building, hoping his mom would be home from work. Instead, Smelly Gabe was in the living room, playing poker with his buddies. The television blared ESPN. Chips and beer cans were strewn all over the carpet.
'This is… worse than I expected." Patty said as Dante glared a bit at this. Now mind you in the past Dante would probably scare Gabe a bit or just look the other way if Gabe gets on the bad side of the wrong people. But being a father to twins around Percy's age he decided to go a more silent approach seeing as Percy was a demigod like Patty.
Hardly looking up, Gabe said around his cigar. "So, you're home….who are your loser friend?" Gabe asked as Percy glared at him as Dante then spoke up.
"Two of them are my kids Evan and Calisto, one of them my charge Patty Lowell, and I'm the father of the first two; Dante." Dante introduced as Evan was just hoping his dad would open a can of whoop ass on Gabe.
"Whatever." Gabe said ignoring Dante as he knew how this will play out for them. Gabe was eying Dante almost like he was hoping to get some cash off him.
"So where's my mom?" Percy replied shortly as Dante saw Percy's mom was to good parent who made a bad decision with Gabe.
"Working," he said all of a sudden as Dante waited for the clincher. "You got any cash?" Gabe asked to which that made Percy rolled his eyes. 'What no Welcome back. Good to see you. How has your life been the last six months? Figures…' Percy thought to himself as he glared at Gabe a bit.
Percy noticed that Gabe had put on weight. He looked like a tusk-less walrus in thrift-store clothes. He had about three hairs on his head, all combed over his bald scalp, as if that made him handsome or something.
This guy managed the Electronics Mega-Mart in Queens, but he stayed home most of the time. It was a wonder why he hadn't been fired long before. He just kept on collecting paychecks, spending the money on cigars that made Percy nauseous, and on beer, of course. Always beer. Whenever Percy was home, he expected him to provide his gambling funds. He called that their "guy secret." Meaning, if he told his mom, he would punch his lights out.
Dante saw the beer but he wasn't much of a drinker. Maybe one or two during a small get together but not much. Not like he can get drunk seeing as his demonic half and his job choice allows him to burn off anything akin to a buzz.
"I don't have any cash." Percy said to which this made the man raise a greasy eyebrow. Percy had told his friends that the man could smell money but not much else, which was very odd.
"You took a taxi from the bus station," Gabe began as he glared at Percy. "Probably paid with a twenty. Got six, seven bucks in change. Somebody expects to live under this roof, he ought to carry his own weight. Am I right, Eddie?" Gabe asked as he looked to Eddie.
Eddie, the super of the apartment building, looked at Percy with a twinge of sympathy. "Come on, Gabe. The kid just got here." Eddie said as he was clearly more sympathetic torts Percy
"Am I right?" Gabe repeated expecting Eddie to be on his side for this bit. Eddie scowled into his bowl of pretzels. The other two guys, Calisto and Patty both noticed, passed gas in harmony causing them both to gag.
"Jeez you are WAY off." Dante said cutting in. "Kid didn't pay a dime, in fact I was on my way to pick up these three and gave Percy a ride considering we were going the same direction." Dante said as Gabe was caught off guard by what Dante said.
"Well that just proves you have more money than I thought." Gabe said as Percy scowled at Dante for making things worse for him. But Dante smirked showing he had a plan on getting Percy double or triple what Gabe will be taking from him.
"Fine," Percy said. He dug a wad of dollars out of his pocket and threw the money on the table. "I hope you lose." Percy said as he wondered how his friends could be fathered by this lazy looking guy.
Before anything could be said or done. Dante put a hand on Percy's shoulder and the money. Percy looked at Dante oddly before he noticed the gleam in Dante's eye. Evan and Calisto both saw it and knew that glint anywhere. Yes Dante was a shit gambler which was a reason why he was in debt at first. Luckily most of the times he lost was because something wasn't on the line. Example being of Dante losing on purpose was the coin toss. The toss was in Percy's favor because both sides were tails.
Thus when the Twins and Patty both saw this they knew instantly knew Gabe was so screwed. "How about I play? You can take my money if I lose." Dante said as he put his own bills on the table. Cash he was intended on using to welcome back the munchkins with pizza and sundaes. But he could use a chance to double what he already has.
"And why should we let you play punk?" Gabe asked as Dante looked young but Dante smirked and showed the roll to Gabe.
"This is a hundred dollars are you honestly going to pass this up?" Dante taunted a bit as he looked to Gabe setting the bait here.
That got Gabe's attention. Even though he was mad, Dante did have money. He would win it from this punk and rub it in his face. "Fine…sit down and play." Gabe said as Dante put his guitar case to the side and joined the poker table.
"Good." Dante said while he sat down to be dealt his cards and leaned over to Percy and co. "This will be over soon. You should get settled in…it is your place after all, kid." Dante said as Percy nodded and began to guide Patty, Evan, and Calisto to what should be his room.
As the game began, the trio followed after Percy as Patty was making careful steps almost afraid of what she may step on around here.
(Later in Percy's Room)
Percy hoped Gabe would so lose to Dante. He slammed the door to his room, which really wasn't his room. During school months, it was Gabe's "study." The man didn't study anything in there except old car magazines, but Gabe loved shoving Percy's stuff in the closet, leaving his muddy boots on my windowsill, and doing his best to make the place smell like his nasty cologne and cigars and stale beer.
Percy dropped his suitcase on the bed. "Home sweet home. Oh joy." Percy said as Patty sat next to Percy.
"Jeez I knew he was bad but not this bad." Evan said as he saw what Gabe was like now.
"Want me to string him up no one would have to know." Calisto offered as Percy then heard Evan.
"Or stuff him in the trunk of a car and shove it off a ledge." Evan offered before Percy looked to Patty.
"Um aren't you going to say something?" Percy asked seeing as whenever the Redgrave Twins made such suggestions Patty would scold them for it.
"Well… I kind of agree with them." Patty said as she tried to cover her nose from the putrid scent of this apartment.
"Wow then he really is that bad." Evan said as Patty never agrees with the twins about
Percy smiled a bit and proceeded to lay down on his bed as he began to think over what happened recently. "Evan." Percy said as he was going to ask Evan about the Demons.
"Yeah?" Evan asked as he looked to Percy.
"What were those things?" Percy asked as he looked over to Evan.
"Oh just some assholes from my grandads past out for revenge." Evan said as Patty made a silent gasp at what Percy had asked.
"Don't worry about it, it's our problem." Calisto said as Percy left it be for now but wanted a full explanation sometime this summer from the twins.
As he the boy began to think about other stuff, he didn't know how much time had passed. The group left him to his thoughts and proceeded to make themselves comfortable as right now silence was all they could muster seeing what Percy's home life was really like.
Percy walked to his door in time to hear two things. Gabe's crying out, which he knew from experience that it was the cry of a loser and his mom calling him. It seemed that she was home now. It looks like this day just got a whole lot better.
She open the door and looked at Percy with a smile on her face. "Oh, Percy." She hugged him tightly. "I can't believe it. You've grown since Christmas!" Sally Jackson greeted as she smiled to her son.
"Thanks mom." Percy said. Her red-white-and-blue Sweet on America uniform smelled like the best things in the world: chocolate, licorice, and all the other stuff she sold at the candy shop in Grand Central. She'd brought him a huge bag of "free samples," the way she always did when he came home.
"I see you brought friends over also." Sally said seeing the trio in the room here.
"Evan Sparda Redgrave, that's my twin sister Calisto Leto Redgrave, and that's our friend Patty Lowell." Evan said as he introduced each of them.
"Pleasure." Calisto said as Patty smiled in response to this.
"Nice to meet you." Patty smiled while looking over to Sally.
"And it's nice to meet you as well." Sally smiled but had another question to ask. "So who is the man out there beating everyone at poker?" Sally asked as Evan smiled to this one.
"That's our dad Dante he was giving Patty, my sister, and I a ride home and seeing as Percy was going the same way he gave him a ride also." Evan explained as Calisto nodded in agreement to her twin brother.
"I see… that was kind of him." Sally said thankful for Dante ensuring Percy got home safe and sound before she hugged her son again. Percy then began to tell her all about his school year at Yancy Academy. It seriously was not as bad as the headmaster said it was. He didn't really tell her much about the museum because it still freaked him out. "Did something scare you?" Sally asked as she looked to her son with concern on her face.
"No mom." Percy lied but even Evan knew the guy was lying through his teeth. "But what ever happened seemed to revolve around me, Evan, Patty, and Calisto." Percy said making his mother's eyes widen in shock.
'So, Percy found a friend like himself. That is good because if he ever got to that world, he would really need a friend.' Mrs. Jackson thought to herself honestly surprised that there were three other demigods at Yancy.
From the other room, Gabe yelled, "Hey, Sally—how about some bean dip, huh?"
'Figures, even if he is beaten, he is still a jerk!' Percy thought while grinding his teeth.
"Wait never mind seems the new guy had some on him." Gabe called out as Evan was surprised by this.
"I… I don't even know at this point." Calisto said as she wondered why the hell her father had bean dip on him… unless it wasn't bean dip… best not to dwell on such things.
"I so owe you guys." Percy said as Evan then smirked to this.
"Oh big time." Evan boasted a bit smirking at his friend Percy.
"I have a surprise for you," Sally began while smiling to Percy. "We're going to the beach." She said as this got the desired effect from her son.
Percy's eyes widened. "Montauk?" He asked hoping it was that particular place.
"Three nights—same cabin." Sally confirmed as Evan smirked to his friend.
"When?" Percy asked as he honestly couldn't wait to go.
She smiled. "As soon as I get changed." She revealed as Evan then smiled a bit.
He couldn't believe it. They hadn't been to Montauk the last two summers, because Gabe said there wasn't enough money. "Great first part of the summer you're off to the beach, lucky bastard." Evan said as Percy looked to Evan only for Patty to scold him.
"Evan language!" Patty scolded as Evan shrugged to Patty's lecturing tone.
"Anyway my old man has work and right now the beach is only if Lady or Trish are available." Evan said as Percy heard about those two. He and his sister had called them the 'world's most badass babysitters,' and considering what Evan pulled off at the museum painted these two in a good yet worrying light.
"Sorry about that man." Percy said but would have invited him until Calisto stopped him.
"Hey it's no problem we honestly love helping dad out, especially during 'bring your kids to work day,' seeing as he has the best job in the world." Calisto said as Sally could see Evan and Calisto had a close bond to their father who was beating Gabe.
"Anyway better go make sure my dad didn't have an excuse to take down Gabe… guy sounds ready to hold my pops at gunpoint." Evan said as Percy knew if Evan was a badass fighter that was hard to kill it only begged to question what his father was like.
(Outside the room)
When the group had left Percy's room and walked out they in turn saw a steaming Gabe and a smirking Dante. Gabe's friends were looking at Naruto like he was the poker god. Gabe looked at them and regain his composer and said, "You were in there a long time."
"Oh we were just talking about the trip." Sally said happily as Dante smirked a bit.
Gabe's eyes got small. "The trip? You mean you were serious about that?" He asked as it was clear he thought Sally was joking when she was talking about the trip before.
"I knew it." Percy began as he knew that tone. "He won't let us go." Percy finished but his mom must have seen it coming.
"Of course he will," his mom said evenly showing she had ways of getting what she wants. "Your stepfather is just worried about money. That's all." Sally said before she smirked a bit. "Besides," she began turning her gaze over to Gabe. "Gabriel won't have to settle for bean dip. I'll make him enough seven-layer dip for the whole weekend. Guacamole. Sour cream. The works." She said clearly throwing a bribe in for Gabe knowing how much he loves the bean dip she makes when he has his friends over for poker night.
Gabe softened a bit. "So this money for your trip ... it comes out of your clothes budget, right, because I lost most of mine to this punk." The fat man said while jutting his pudgy finger at Dante, who had a cocky look on his face.
"Yes, honey," Sally said as Dante knew the trip money was coming out of Gabe's budget when Dante gives the mother son duo the money.
"And you won't take my car anywhere but there and back." Gabe added as he honestly wanted the lot of them out as soon as possible.
"We'll be very careful." Sally added as she saw the game was hers.
Gabe scratched his double chin. "Maybe if you hurry with that seven-layer dip ... And maybe if the kid apologizes for interrupting my poker game." Gabe said no doubt wanting to feel powerful right now considering he lost to the guy who should be the worst gambler in the world.
'Maybe if I kick you in your soft spot and make you sing soprano for a week.' Percy thought before he looked to his mom and it was a silent agreement that he had to be nice to Gabe if this was going to work. "I'm sorry," Percy muttered as Evan saluted Percy for swallowing his pride. After all even his sister and childhood friend knew that if it was Evan he'd probably have knocked the guy's lights out and just leave him there for whatever moron to find and get him out of the way of others. "I'm really sorry I interrupted your incredibly important poker game. Please go back to it right now." Percy said with a huge amount of sarcasm in his voice as both Calisto and Patty had sympathy for Percy after seeing what he has to put up with when he was home with Gabe.
Gabe narrowed his eyes, trying to detect sarcasm in what Percy said. "Yeah, whatever." He then turned to Dante, his kids, and Patty. "No more for you lot. Go away." Gabe said as clearly he wanted Dante gone with both his kids and Patty.
Dante just shrugged and walked over to Percy and his mom before passing the now bigger wad of cash to Percy. "Here… the money I won off your jerk of a step douche and as promised triple then what you started with." Dante said as Percy nodded to his friend's father.
"Thank you Mr. Redgrave." Percy said as Dante then put a black gloved hand on Percy's head. "Don't call me Mr. Redgrave I'm not that old yet." Dante said this got a small laugh from Sally no doubt finding it a bit funny right now.
"Anyway time to go kids don't wanna stay here with the fugly oompa loompa stalking around." Dante said showing his zero respect for Percy's step-father.
"Got it pops." Evan said as Calisto followed after him with Patty.
"Right behind you." Calisto called out as the trio went after Dante.
Needless to say the moment Gabe looked outside the window he envied Dante even more seeing as the guy had a car just as cool as his 1978 Camaro. The group were then seen driving so Dante can drop off Patty and get his kids home.
(Scene Break Devil May Cry)
The group was now all at Devil May Cry. Trish ended up covering for Dante when Morrison came in with a job but seeing as the kids just came back Morrison gave Dante a pass for now. Luckily it wouldn't be too hard to pull off so Trish was able to solo it. Lady was off getting some information on a possible job and wouldn't be back until tomorrow night at the latest. Knowing her she would probably go above and beyond for this job.
Evan was enjoying some pizza with his old man while Calisto and Patty had a strawberry sundae each enjoying being back home with Dante and their odd extended family here. "Ah sweet greasy goodness how I've missed you." Evan said as he took a bite out of his meal and enjoyed it to no end.
"Tell me about it." Calisto said as Dante smirked a bit.
"Honestly I'm going to miss the peace and quiet this summer." Dante said as he relaxed with his slice.
But despite their enjoyment Evan stopped as Dante knew why he stopped. Lately Evan had noted the demons attacks on him and his sister have become more frequent. The Fury was just the latest in oddities seeing as he had never faced such a foe before suggesting it wasn't from the Demon World. Evan had often wondered if these attacks would ever end but was only shown that they wouldn't when they become more frequent.
Patty clearly wasn't the target of such attacks meaning it was Evan and Calisto who were the intended targets. No doubt thanks to the blood of Sparda that flows through the veins of the twins. Dante knew that these kids needed to protect themselves at a young age hence why he taught them both how to fight these demonic attackers. The two were natural at it but during night hunts particularly during a full moon these two were at their strongest.
Dante was grateful in an odd sense for his twins. He was grateful that they did not become cursed with the relationship Vergil and himself had back when he had first met their mother. These two had an inseparable bond that even Patty shared with them. No doubt due to their special problems these three had become a tightknit group of friend to the point they were almost family.
Outside the window Dante saw the storm raging as the rain beat against the window. Luckily the juke box was on and keeping the sound of storms from being heard. "Well I'm happy to see Patty is doing well." Nina Lowell the mother of Patty said as she walked up to Dante leaving Trish to deal with the three kids.
"Yeah well guess it couldn't be help I was a bit of bad influence." Dante said as he ate a slice of pizza for himself.
"Yes letting them eat junk food all day and leaving Lady and Trish to be the responsible ones." Nina joked as Dante rolled his eyes a bit.
"Hey I can be responsible." Dante said as Nina smiled sadly a bit to this.
"Yes at least you were there for them." Nina said as she sat down with a saddened tone. Dante knew that tone no doubt she still carries some guilt for leaving Patty alone for all those years. She is also suffering from some minor PTSD seeing as she was hunted by Demons for so long going after Alan's amulet for Abigail's demonic power.
"Well I try my best." Dante said as he had a promise to keep to both Artemis… and his own mother Eva.
"I can see that." Nina agreed as she looked to the Devil Hunter. "But still it's getting to that time for them isn't it?" Nina asked as she looked to the kids as Trish was keeping them entertained with her own demonic powers.
"Yeah the summer camp right?" Dante asked as Nina in turn nodded knowing of it.
"Yes when Patty was born I was told she'd be safest there… and knowing about your kids… I figured the same." Nina said but then smiled a bit to Dante. "But it's clear even without the camp these two are safe no matter where they go." Nina said seeing how Evan and Calisto were able to handle themselves many times before when demons attacked them.
"Yeah try explaining it to my munchkins, hey kids your mom and I signed you up for summer camp for when you turn 11 to train you how to fight and kill things that want you dead as much as demons that would keep you safe from both." Dante said using a mock voice to show no matter how much of a good thing he painted it as the kids would no doubt respond violently to such information from Dante.
"Yes true enough…" Nina began with a small smile but then gained a look of deep thought. "But still." She began as Patty and Calisto finished off their strawberry sundae. Just then the door to the shop opened revealing Grover on the other side of it soaking wet from the storm currently going on outside.
"Grover?" Evan asked as he noted that something was different about Grover right now as he looked exhausted right now. Calisto and Patty were wide eyed as they saw that Grover's legs… were not human legs like they all assumed.
"Your half donkey!?" Calisto cried as she saw Grover was tired.
"No time… searching all night." Grover began as he looked to the group.
"Searching?" Evan said reaching for Hunter only for Dante to stop his son.
"Something up kid?" Dante asked as Grover nodded to Dante and Nina who looked worried with Grover's arrival
"Percy and Sally are in trouble… and something caught their scents also." Grover said looking over to Evan, Calisto, and Patty.
"Our Scents… Grover how do you know about the demons and why would they be after Percy?" Patty asked as now Grover was confused.
"Demons? I was talking about…" Grover began but soon a thunderclap was heard outside. "No time we need to find Percy and get you all out of here." Grover said but Evan stopped him.
"Listen buddy I don't know what you're talking about but." Evan began but Dante took charge.
"Great earlier then I'd like but we don't have a choice." Dante said as he then grabbed his keys. "Trish think you can hold them off a bit?" Dante asked as Trish smirked.
"Well demons and Greek monsters… yeah I shouldn't have trouble." Trish said as Calisto was confused.
"Greek monsters?" Calisto asked as something wasn't adding up for them.
"You didn't tell them?" Grover asked as he looked to Evan.
"Everyone get to the car… NOW!" Nina ordered as the way she roared sounded like she was in a panic and truly afraid. They had not seen this side of her since Patty and Nina had reunited years prior.
"You heard her." Dante said as luckily they had two cars they could use here.
(Scene Break on the Road)
"So wait we got attacked by a Fury from Greek Mythology?" Evan asked as they drove inside Nina's car to where Percy was.
"Yeah but those other things were new to me." Grover said as they drove through the storm.
"Why would it target me and my sister?" Evan asked as Grover gulped a bit.
"I don't think it was targeting you specifically." Grover said as he then looked to Patty and began to put the pieces together.
"It was after Percy." Evan said to which Grover responded with a solemn nod to his friend.
"But why am I in danger?" Patty asked as Nina then spoke up from the driver's seat.
"It's… complicated even more so then with the demons if not just as complicated." Nina said trying to find the right words to tell her daughter the truth of her real father identity.
"Look less talking more driving." Dante said as they had to find Percy and his mom before the monsters find them.
"Look that Fury was after Percy and just assumed Evan was a target by association." Grover dumbed it down as Evan figured as much.
"Yeah but why is he even a target?" Evan asked as he was worried for his best friend and a bit ticked at Grover for hiding these things from them.
"I can't explain because I'm not really sure." Grover confessed as all he knew was that Percy was a demigod like Evan, Calisto, and Patty.
"Look just lead the way kid." Dante said as Grover got Percy's trail near instantly.
"This way." Grover said as Nina nodded and turned at the next curve. Clearly Grover was the guide while Nina was just following direction from the living half donkey GPS.
"I hope Percy is ok." Patty said as Calisto smiled to bit.
"Don't worry Percy is a big boy he can handle himself." Calisto said while Nina shared Patty's sentiments hoping they weren't too late.
(Scene Break Montauk that night)
The Car arrived at the shack as Nina sighed as she saw both Gabe's car here and the shack in one piece. "Come on." Dante said getting out as Grover followed after the Devil Hunter.
Dante knew this would be one of those awkward things to explain but it had to be done. Plus he could feel it demonic forces were on the move already. Dante then bashed his hand on the door as Grover was no doubt exhausted. It was then that Percy answered the door and saw Dante and Grover standing there.
"Searching all night. What were you two thinking?" Grover asked as he looked to Percy and Sally.
Mrs. Jackson looked at them in terror—not scared of Grover, but of why he'd come. But the boy was too shocked at the moment to register that however. Because, instead of normal legs, Grover had legs that were like an animal's, sort of like a donkey or maybe a goat.
"Percy," she said, shouting to be heard over the rain. "What happened at school? What didn't you tell me?"
"The same thing my kid told me crazy old bat of a teacher was actually something called a Fury." Dante said as he looked to Sally. "And from the looks of it we got company on the way and they're not friend." Dante explained thus making Percy's mom widen her eyes in horror of the situation.
She grabbed her purse, tossed Percy and Naruto a rain jacket, and said, "Get to the car. All of you. Go!"
"I already got Evan and Calisto with Nina having Patty." Dante explained as Sally saw the second car parked near Gabe's Camaro. "We need to move now!" Dante ordered as they had to get out of here before they get attacked by whatever was coming.
Grover in turn ran for the Camaro—but he wasn't running, exactly. He was trotting, shaking his shaggy hindquarters, and suddenly his story about a muscular disorder in his legs made sense to me. That would explain how he could run so fast and still limp when he walked. Dante bolted to Nina's car and slid across the hood. Nina had of course already switched seats and thus allowed Dante to drive instead. Tires screeched as both cars drove off knowing they had unfriendly foes on the way.
(Scene Break Country Side)
The group tore through the night along dark country roads. Wind slammed against the Camaro. Rain lashed the windshield. The boys honestly didn't know how Percy's mom could see anything, but she kept her foot on the gas.
Percy was no doubt talking to both his mom and Grover thus Evan had opted to talk to his dad and Patty's mom about this with Patty and Calisto present. "Ok dad what the fuck is going on!?" Evan demanded as Patty wanted answers also.
"Yeah why is Grover part goat, who's after us, and why do we need to run?!" Patty asked as Calisto then had her two quips to give as well.
"You always told us it's the demons we had to worry about not whatever is after Percy!" Calisto demanded as Dante tried to keep his cool but knew there was no avoiding this.
"Just shut up and listen!" Dante roared causing the three young kids to quiet down. "Look I've held some secrets form you, you had the right to know them but you already had enough on your plates as is." Dante explained as he tried to explain this as best he could. "The demons came after you all with more vigor then I did when I was your age was because of your mother." Dante explained as he remembered how he and Artemis kicked ass together. "She killed demons and thus they marked her for death so when we had you two you became demonic beacons for them to attack." Dante explained as Evan knew that much.
"But that was a good thing in disguise because it hid you from your mom's enemies because with the demonic power prominent they couldn't get a good fix on you guys." Dante explained as Patty agreed on that one. "And seeing as Patty here hung out with you guys so much it helped her also." Dante explained as Calisto glared a bit.
"Ok but who or what were our mother's enemies and what does it have anything to do with us?" Calisto asked as she wanted answers.
"It's complicated let's just say that extended family on her side as well as Patty's father aren't known for being… well reasonable." Nina said as she knew well enough to know that Evan and Calisto will be met with much scrutiny when their parentage is made known.
"Wait my father?" Patty asked as Nina quickly realized what she said.
"Ok screw respecting parents what the hell are you both fucking talking about?!" Evan roared out as they sped down the road.
"Evan!" Dante began but just then chaos hit as thunder boomed about at the car in front of them causing it to swerve and drive off the road. Dante who wasn't paying attention lost control as well as the two cars swerved off opposite direction.
"Fuck!" Evan roared out as Calisto held onto Patty and Evan in the back seat. Another thunder strike was heard and this time their car was hit as they drove off the road after the strike. The two cars ended up crashing into a ditch as they were either on their side or flipped over.
It wasn't long until Evan's vision cleared as did Calisto. The twins looked around and saw the position the car was in before Dante woke up next. "Is everyone ok?" Dante asked as Patty and Nina came to as well.
"Yeah." Calisto responded as she got up.
"Ok give me a sec." Dante said but Calisto responded by getting hunting daggers out. She then used them to cut up the car roof and allowed Evan to kick it down. The group began to exit the car in time to see Percy and Sally exit their car whole Percy dragged out the hurt Grover.
"I'm not paying for that." Evan said as Nina had bigger problems to worry about.
"Patty are you ok?" Nina asked as Patty nodded to her mother.
"Yeah." Patty said but just then Dante took out his sword Rebellion and slashed a demon that tried to attack them.
"We gotta move now!" Dante said as Evan looked to his father.
"I can help!" Evan called out but Dante stopped his son.
"You will, right now we need to get you guys to safety so go with your sister, Grover, Percy, Patty, and their moms and keep them safe." Dante urged as he smirked a bit while spinning Rebellion in his hand a bit. "I'll be right behind you." Dante said as he was ready to go to town on the oncoming demonic foes.
"You better!" Evan said as he then summoned Hunter and Slayer before they began to run off.
(Over with Percy)
"Food…" Grover mumbled as Percy and Sally dragged him out of the wrecked Camaro.
"Percy are you ok?" Sally asked as Percy nodded in response.
"Y-yeah I am." Percy said as he helped dragged Grover out.
"Percy!" Patty called out as she ran over to the trio with the twins and her own mother Nina.
"Guys!" Patty greeted as Evan then looked to Grover.
"Well that's one way to shut donkey up." Evan said using a Scottish accent for a joke on the Shrek movie.
"Um guys." Calisto said as the group looked to the girl. "Look." She said as she pointed to two large shadows approaching torts their location.
"Um…we got more." Evan said signaling to a third presence that was clearly demonic.
"Wait, where is Dante?" Percy asked to which Patty pointed over to the Devil Hunter and saw him going to town on a group of demons.
"We need to move now." Evan said as he pulled out Hunter and Slayer.
"Agreed." Calisto said pulling out Elven Knights.
Sally seeing that they had three large enemies to deal with knew she had to take a chance to give her son and his friend time to run. "All of you run to the big tree!" Sally yelled pointing to a large tree in the distance as they got out.
"What?" Percy replied, confused until the lightning flashed and a large pine tree in the distance appeared and that thing was huge!
"That's the property line." Nina said as she gave a worried look to the group. "Get over that hill and you'll see a big farmhouse down in the valley. Run and don't look back. Yell for help. Don't stop until you reach the door." She ordered as she grabbed the shot gun she took from the car.
"Mom, you're coming too." Patty said as she looked to her mother.
"You to." Percy urged knowing they wouldn't stand a chance against these monsters. Her face was pale, her eyes as sad as when she looked at the ocean. Percy seeing this as did Patty both knew that neither Nina nor Sally were planning on coming back from this. "No! You are coming with us. Help me carry Grover." Percy said refusing to leave his mother behind.
"Food!" Grover moaned, a little louder.
"Dammit just do what we say!" Nina ordered as Evan then saw his father wasn't breaking a sweat against the demons.
"Percy, Patty you two grab Grover… we'll cover you from behind." Evan said as he spun Hunter and Slayer in his hands.
Percy and Patty hesitated for a moment but nodded none the less as the two grabbed Grover to better escape from this monster. They began to run for it as the twins turned around in time to see the monsters coming torts them. "Oh shit." Evan cursed as he saw what was chasing them. A triple whammy because they had a large axe towing Ape like Devil leading the charge but they also had a null clearly a minotaur and a large one eyed ugly bastard of Greek Mythology called a Cyclops.
"We'll be fine it doesn't want me or Nina, it's you all they're after." Sally said as Evan figured as much.
"Besides we can't cross the property line." Nina confirmed as she then cocked the shotgun knowing it could buy them some time if she uses the ammo wisely.
"But." Patty said as she looked to the two mothers.
"We don't have time. Go. Please." Sally begged as the foes were coming closer to them.
This just made Percy mad and he went over to his mother and helped t out all the way. "We're going together. Come on, Mom." Evan smirked as he saw Percy was all kinds of stubborn.
"We told you-" Nina began but Percy cut them both off.
"We're not leaving either of you. Come on!" Percy ordered as he ran for it with his friend.
They got a portion of the way but the monster was gaining on them and quick! "We can't outrun them!" Calisto called out as Evan had an idea.
"Calisto lets thing these fuckers out!" Evan called out as Calisto nodded to this.
"I got pudgy you get the ape!" Calisto said as Percy heard this.
"Wait you two are going to fight these things?!" Percy asked in shock as they ran.
"Of course… I'm an aspiring Devil Hunter and killing these fuckers is part of the description!" Evan called out as Calisto nodded.
"We'll be right behind you!" Calisto called out as before she and her brother stopped to turn around.
"Trust me Percy… they can handle it." Patty said as she may have some moderate skills with alchemy she wasn't good enough to be of help to the twins fight.
Evan and Calisto charged at the three foes as Calisto then went for a drop kick at the Cyclops. She had jumped up a few trees and went for the Cyclops with enough force to knock it through some more tress away from the beast's allies. Evan drew Hunter and Slayer and began firing at the demon with the bullets as he saw how the bullets ricochet off the demons face but clearly doing some damage to the fugly bastard.
Evan then charged in with Elysium and slashed the demon back before using his own demonic power to send it flying back. He then chased after the Demon knowing it would chase them down to this boarder and wait for them to come out before trying again.
(Evan vs Demon)
The two arrived at a clearing as Evan landed with a graceful movement as he sheathed Elysium on his back. "Well this is a surprise and considering the weird ass day I was having I'm glad the normal manages to sneak in." Evan said as he looked to the Demon as it used its massive axe to get back up.
"Child of Sparda I had smelled the putrid scent of your grandfather's wretched blood and had come hunting." The Demon roared out as Evan saw this and smirked in response.
"Oh good you talk." Evans aid as the Demon then smashed its axe down on Evan who jumped out of the way and jumped on top of the massive axe. "So you have a name?" Evan asked before the Demon tore the Axe out as Evan jumped away again and landed not top far away. "Or do I need to call you the fugly ape-man?" Evan taunted as the Demon roared at Evan glaring daggers at the spawn of Sparda.
"You dare patronize me boy!" The Demon roared in fury as he glared at Evan. "Your bloodline has spawned nothing by putrid half-breeds originating from a traitor! We will hunt down all of Sparda's lineage and wipe it from the face of both the human and demon worlds!" The Demon roared sowing he like his brethren had a grudge against the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda. "I am the mighty conqueror of the Pits Beelzebub and I will grind your bones to dust, feast upon your blood, and partake in your flesh!" The Demon roared out before Evan shot him with Hunter ending his annoying monologue.
"Yeah shut up and get to the fighting." Evan said as he sheathed Hunter and Slayer. "After all no one cares for boring ass monologues." Evan said sending some punches out showing he was ready to starting fighting this demon.
Beelzebub then roared and charged at Evan who avoided the attack with ease and slashed at the demon while dodging. Evan then took out Hunter and Slayer and fired them off at the demonic monster. The bullets of course didn't do much damage as the Demon then slammed its axe down and caused a large fist to appear to grab Evan. Of course Evan easily avoided the attack and proceeded to kick the demon away.
The Demon saw this dodged only for Evan to slash it up with his Elysium. Evan of course then smirked as he avoided more attacks from the Demon as it slammed and swung the axe wildly. Each time it did the attack either missed or hit the surrounding area. Evan saw this guy was serious about offing him so he opted to go with an old classic. He charged in with stinger and used million stabs just like his father had done on the demon before jumping back. He wasn't done as Beelzebub then swung his axe at Evan who then jumped over it and attacked his face with his sword by stabbing into it.
The Demon roared out before Evan slashed it open causing the face to open up as he intended for it. The Carrier of Sparda's blood then proceeded to shoot up the demon with his guns. Doing so got a better reaction then before as Evan figured the skin was too thick for bullets by not thick enough to stop Elysium. Once he did this he then proceeded to charge in while shooting at the Demon as it roared in both pain and fury.
Beelzebub then swung his axe to which Evan slid under the weapon. Once he did so he then used Elysium to slash at its face for a bit. Evan then jumped back and landed on the axe as the Demon still held it. Evan then proceeded to use it as a spring board to charge at the face. Then with Elysium he proceeded to stab the demons eye out causing it to roar in pure demonic agony. Evan wasn't done as the Demon fell down grasping its eye socket where blood poured out where its eye was once located.
Evan saw the demon dropped its axe and made a beeline for the massive weapon. Once he did so he grabbed the Axe and roared out as he began to heft it up. It was heavy but by drawing on his demonic power he could wield it for one good swing at most. The Demon saw Evan with its one good eye and began to bash its meaty hands against its bare chest. Beelzebub roared in pure fury before charging at Evan who knew he had one shot at this. He then roared and swung as the Demon ran straight into the line of fire of its own weapon.
This in turn caused the Demon to be cut in two separating its torso from its legs. Evan saw what he did as the demon fell down blood pooling from its lower region but he wasn't done just yet. Evan then with some more strength swung the axe over his head and proceeded to slice the demons body across leaving it only with its head and left arm.
Evan began to walk over to the devil shouldering Elysium on his shoulder. As he approached the defeated foe it began to chuckle at Evan. "Game over." Evan said as he glared at the Devil dying at his feet.
"Son of Artemis, Spawn of Sparda." Beelzebub began as Evan heard the first bit.
"Son of who?" HE asked as he knew from mythology Artemis was a man hating feminist.
"You and your sister have been found. We have your scents now and you are both dead! Just like your grandfather Sparda." Beelzebub said as Evan rolled his eyes to the threat.
"Yeah I don't know my mother… but if you're saying I'm some son of a bitch you wouldn't be the FIRST!" Evan said punctuating 'first,' by bringing down Elysium and killing the over grown ape. "Now to get Calisto and get to the others." Evan said before he ran off.
(Meanwhile nearby at the same time with Calisto vs Cyclops)
Calisto and her Cyclops foe rolled into a clearing as the Huntress gracefully landed nearby with her leg spread out and her hand on the ground. Her free hand had a gun drawn pointed at the Cyclops as it got up. "Need a moment or an eye drop?" Calisto taunted as the Cyclops chuckled in response at his pray.
"Oh my lucky day twin children of the Moon Goddess." The Cyclops said as Calisto heard this. In turn the Cyclops grabbed a large tree and began to use it as a club of sorts. Calisto in response began to fire off her guns while running around her one eyed foe.
"What are you talking about?" Calisto asked as she ran around and fired at her foe.
"When the others find out I located and killed twin Demi-Gods of the Moon Goddess I'll be famous!" The Cyclops called out as clearly he wasn't listening to Calisto.
"Still don't know what you're talking about!" The Cyclops called out before roaring in pain as Calisto got a few good shots in with Elven Knights Legacy. The Cyclops then swung its makeshift weapon at Calisto who jumped over it using the weapon as a spring board.
"I wonder maybe I should keep you myself." The Cyclops said as Calisto really wanted to off this disgusting thing.
"Sorry but you don't cut it for me." Calisto said using a combination of her gunslinger and trickster styles for this. She dodged another attack as the Cyclops had swung its weapon at her once more. This caused smoke to appear for a moment but a moment was all Calisto needed as she landed on the Cyclops shoulder. She then jumped to its eye and with both a smirk and a wink she fired off her bullets at its eye. This in turn caused the monster to roar out in pain while grabbing his now injured eye.
Calisto landed on the tree weapon it was forced to drop as no doubt it was reeling from the blow to the eye. "Did I ever tell you about Devil Arms?" Calisto taunted as the Cyclops heard this. "See while my brother and father are able to take the souls of defeated demons and turn them into weapons… I do it differently. See I am able to take the souls of defeated demons and turn them into my pets." Calisto explained as she was about to pull off a trick Bayonetta taught her. "In fact I'm wondering if one of my pets would be happy to make a meal of you." Calisto said with a sadistic smirk to her ugly foe as her demonic power began to from around her mixing with a silver power she had since birth.
"AVAVAGO!" Calisto invoked and thus her demonic and silver power melded and created a tendril torts a portal. From the Portal her power had entered and opened another one flowing with her power. Then in turn to answer the call out came a demonic beast that made the Cyclops ready to mess itself. The Portal got bigger and from it a dragon like creature shot out for despite its dragon like head being shown it was clear the lower body was still inside wherever that portal lead to.
"That's a good boy dinner time." Calisto taunted the Cyclops as the demon licked I repeat licked its lips in anticipation for partaking upon a meal it never had before. Before the Cyclops could respond or let know his disagreement the demon chomped down on him as it began to crush the monster between its fangs.
"No! NO MERCY!" The Cyclops begged but Calisto wouldn't hear it out.
"Sorry but see I get quiet the thrill when I let my pets out." Calisto said implying there was more of them. "How exciting." Calisto said licking her lips showing despite being 11 she learned a lot under Bayonetta when she and Dante worked together on a few jobs.
The fangs from the demon began to spill gold dust from the wounds as the Cyclops began to panic. "NO! NO! NOOOOO!" The Cyclops cried out before the demon bit down and slammed the cyclops into the ground before proceeding to devour it. The Gold Dust escaped but some of it remained to be the demons dinner. It then roared out showing its satisfaction for the meal. The demon vanished into the portal as Calisto sighed a bit like she came down from a high showing she was the victor here.
She then ran off to find the others and help them out fast. She knew Evan was already done with his guy so that left the Taurus… which they left to chase the others. Calisto knew she had to hurry less Percy, Patty, and their mothers both got hurt by it.
(Back with Percy and Patty)
The duo were being led by Sally and Nina away from the Minotaur as it chased after them without remorse. Clearly it wanted the duo but it was even more evident with how its eyes narrowed on Percy that Percy himself was the intended target. Patty and the twins were no doubt just added bonuses.
"Go it's you two they want." Nina said as she then fired the shotgun at the Minotaur. "I'll try to draw its attention just go!" Nina ordered as Sally then looked to her son.
"Percy please if anything happened to you I'd." Sally began as Patty then looked and nodded.
"Come on Percy." Patty said as Percy was shocked by this.
"Look out!" Percy cried out as the Minotaur had got its hands on Gabe's car and threw it at them. Lucky they moved away in time but the car divided them. Nina and Sally took the chance and began to try and draw the Minotaur's attention away from their children. Nina firing shotgun shells at the bull man and Sally throwing rocks at it.
The combination of both the shotgun and the rocks did as intended as the Minotaur roared at the duo. "Mom!" Percy called out as the attention of both mothers went to their children seeing they were safe. But alas their distraction became their undoing as the Minotaur came at the two and grabbed them both by the neck.
"No mom!" Patty cried out in shock as Nina was forced to drop the shot gun. The two dissolved before their eyes, melting into light, a shimmering golden form, as if both mothers were but holographic projections. A blinding flash and both Sally Jackson and Nina Lowell were both simply ... gone. "No…" Patty began as she fell to her knees at what she saw.
Percy was in shock at what he saw as his mother…both his and Patty's mother were… gone. "No… I can't…. I can't lose her again." Patty said as she already lost her mother for over 8 years she didn't want to lose her again. "You…." Patty growled as, she grit her teeth and clenched her eyes shut. The Minotaur began to approach them as fire began to form in Patty's hands. "MONSTER!" Patty roared out as the Minotaur was about to attack only for its fist to catch on fire.
The Beast roared in pain trying to put it up but the fire only began to spread. Just then glyphs appeared around the Minotaur and from it ethereal chains shot out wrapping around the Greek Monster. Percy looked and saw Evan and Calisto charging in and letting loose flurry of bullets on the monster. "Hey you steroid junkie bastard!" Evan roared as he then switched out Slayer for Elysium. "Come get some!" Evan called out as Calisto then helped her brother get on the monsters back. The Minotaur manages to smash Evan away as Calisto tried to use the chains to keep the monster at bay.
Just then the chains began to be fueled with magic as Calisto saw Patty grabbing the chains with rage in her eyes that was like fire. "Dammit." Evan cursed as he got back up but just then Percy charged in.
"Hey ground beef!" Percy roared out as he charged in not to long after. He then jumped onto the Minotaur's back and grabbed a horn. Once he did so he tore the horn off with unnatural strength and stabbed it into the neck. The Minotaur roared in pain until its roars were made worse. Elysium was stabbed into its chest through the heart as Evan glared at the bastard.
"The sword was for screwing up my style." Evan said before he then let Percy say his peace.
"The horn was for my mom." Percy said glaring at the Minotaur.
"And this!" Evan began before tearing out Elysium and decapitating the Minotaur. "Was for Patty's mom." Evan said as he then sheathed Elysium while the Minotaur cried out before it burst into the same crap Mrs. Dodds did. Collapsing to his knees, he felt the rush of adrenaline ware off and the feeling of losing his mother was starting to crash down on him.
"Mom…" Patty said as much like Percy the adrenalin wore off and realizing her mom was gone… She only had her for 3 years after she got her back. Was the Lowell family truly cursed to suffer like this if not by Demons then by some other threat?
"Damn." Dante was heard as he arrived with a demon's decapitated head stabbed by the Rebellion. "I wasn't fast enough." Dante cursed as he saw Sally and Nina were both gone.
"Dante…" Patty said as she headed over to him and then hugged him for dear life weeping tears filled with sadness, grief, and self-hatred.
"Come on." Dante said picking up Patty to keep her from collapsing. "One of you grab the goat we gotta get to that house, we won't be out of the woods until we do." Dante said as Calisto supported Percy.
"I got you Percy." Calisto said as nearby Evan slung Grover over his shoulder and the group began to walk off. The only good thing was that the rain finally stopped as Dante was half tempted to flip the bird at Zeus but chose not to for the time being.
Patty had fallen asleep during the walk and Percy passed out much like Grover was. No doubt by the time the three wake up they'll already be at this camp. Hopefully by then they better get the full story of what the hell was going on and why they were involved in such a way.
(Scene Break Unknown Location)
The Titaness Selene looked off to the distance as she felt the shift. Something had occurred and she knew deep down something had happened. She was able to avoid Tartarus and any imprisonment from the Gods. Due to the reason she was away during the war. A stroke of good luck as it were but was forced to wander the earth disguised as a mortal. For a time she kept to herself until she met a man… one who desired a sword she had in her protection when Mundus first invaded. Mundus sought the alliance of the Titans and in turn a weapon was forges to signify that alliance. It was modeled after Sparda's Yamato and give the name Tartarus.
The problem was the sword did not submit to Mundus but to Sparda himself and one other… herself. So when Sparda went traitor and the first Titan War began Selene escaped under the pretense of studying and gaining allies. Truth was she was tasked with making sure the Tartarus did not fall into the wrong hands. So imagine her surprise when she met the injured Vergil and grew a fondness for him. That Fondness resulted in something impossible.
A child born of human, demon, and titan blood. Her beloved Daughter Evelyn… but alas Selene failed her daughter. Evelyn felt cheated with the life they had forced to run and hide and begetting a lust a desire for power. Evelyn wanted all the power she could get so when the Demon Sword Tartarus submitted itself to her… Evelyn traveled the road of the devil and a Titan. Selene had not seen her since she took the Tartarus from her mother who wanted her to live as a mortal.
She was a failure of a mother… it seems many of the Titans had it coming… but the Greek Gods became what they most despised. She had not seen Evelyn in years but she knew thanks to her own blood of a titan she was no doubt acquiring power. The power of her father and of her grandfather, the power of Sparda and the power of Vergil.
"Evelyn… please come home." Selene said fearing she may have to approach the Gods asking for their aid in locating her daughter. And they are her last resort on the matter.
(Unknown Location)
The young woman from Evan's vision stood surrounded by Furies, Dracaena, and Chimera's as her weapon an O-Katana glistened in the moonlight. The Monsters were turning to gold dust as near them Demons laid dead their blood pooling as their dead and rotting bodies turned to ash. On its blade the words Tartarus was spelled in ancient Enochian. She sheathed the Katana as she began to take her leave.
Just then she felt a presence and looked to it and saw a shadow standing over her. She knew she could not interact with it but gave it a glare. The shadow reached to her but instead she drew her blade and slashed it away before walking off.
"None… shall control me." She said walking away putting her hood up. "Soon this world will see my power, a power unlike any they have seen before." She said while walking away. This was Evelyn youngest daughter of Vergil and also daughter of the Titan Selene. And much like her own father she desires absolute power regardless of the consequences involved.
(TBC)
ESKK: Well new chapter is up. I hope you all enjoyed it and continue to support this fic. Anyway until next time leave a review and once more saying ja-ne.