Lady Deadly Nightshade: Disclaimer: I do not own Devil May Cry or anything that pertains to them. I wish I owned Dante though. He is so cool! I only own the character Gabriel and Amara, but she will not show up much in this fic. So do not sue me because I got nothing of value, except for my PS2 and my Devil May Cry game. ^_^
Lady Deadly Nightshade: Here is another chapter for you peeps! Hot off the presses! I hope you guys enjoy reading it, please read, and review! Please, with a cheery on top! ^_^ So enough of my blabbing and on to the story!
Chapter 5- Devil Never Cry
In a few minutes time Gabriel had arrived at the address. There in big letters were the words he was searching for: Devil Never Cry. I wonder what this place is. Sure, has an interesting name though? He mused to himself as he walked toward the door. Well what ever this place was it looked deserted, apparently for a long time. He turned the knob to find it locked. He took the key from his pocket and placed in the lock, with a click the door unlocked. He stepped through the threshold into the darken room, his footfalls the only sound in the room.
As he searched for a light switch, he ran into some cobwebs. "Ew!" He said as he pulled them off his face. "Yuck! I hate spiders!" As he continued to walk, he tripped over something. "Shit!" He exclaimed startled. Whatever he'd kicked clattered along on the floor and shattered as it made contact with the opposite wall.
Suddenly the room was flooded with light. Gabriel stood perfectly still. He was standing in front of a desk with his back to the door. He's skin felt weird, like a tingling sensation all over it. He knew someone was behind him. Very slowly and cautiously, he turned and came face to face with…a devil!
Gabriel backed up quickly, slamming himself against the desk. "What the hell is that?" He exclaimed startled, staring at the monstrosity before him. It was a devil with a blue aura surrounding him. He appeared to be wearing battle armor and he had a sword in his hand. The devil stood there silently, regarding Gabriel with curiosity. Gabriel couldn't move, he couldn't even breathe, and he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
Suddenly the devil pushed his hand forward and emitted a large fireball from his palm heading straight for Gabriel. Gabriel couldn't move he was rooted by fear. He's eyes were wide open and they reflected the light of the fireball as it hurled toward him. This is going to hurt, he thought to himself.
Gabriel felt himself thrown back with force and landed violently on the floor. His eyes were squeezed tightly against the pain, but hardly was any pain. Only having hit the ground so hard it had knocked the air out of him. He lay there on the ground gathering his breath. With his eyes still shut, he heard the sounds of a fight. He heard a blast of what sounded like lightning and then he heard someone release a loud groan in pain. Then there was nothing but silence.
Gabriel lay momentarily on the ground, opened his eyes and stood up. The room was empty and the devil was gone. Gabriel had to get the hell out of there. He had seen enough. He still couldn't believe a devil had thrown a fireball at him. Was he going insane? Another thing why wasn't he hurt? That huge fireball shouldn't have missed him. He headed for the door, just as he reached it a woman appeared at the threshold. She was wearing black leather pants and a long black leather jacket. She also wore yellow-tinted shades, despite the fact that it was dark out. She had long blond hair and the figure of a model. She looked at him mesmerized. "Dante?" She asked startled to see him. Before he could say a word, he fainted into the surprised woman's arms.
When Gabriel opened his eyes, the woman sat opposite from him in a chair. As for him, he was sprawled out on a couch. "Well Sparda this is a first for you, fainting. I never thought I'd see the day when the great demon hunter Dante Sparda would faint." She said jokingly. "Oh by the way you're welcomed. I'm glad I could help you avoid becoming barbeque." She added. Gabriel sat up on the couch and rubbed his sore head.
"I have to say Sparda; blue is definitely your color. You should wear it more often. I also love what you've done to your hair." She smiled warmly at him as she admired him. "It's good to see you! How did you escape?"
Gabriel stared at her with a questioning look in his eyes. "Who are you?" he asked her.
She laughed at him. "Unbelievable, don't play games with me Dante!"
His blue eyes gazed into her blue eyes. "I'm not playing a game with you. My name is Gabriel, not Dante." He told her.
"Gabriel? Dante's son!" She said surprised.
"I guess so," he replied uncertainly. "I don't know who my real parents are or anything about them. I just recently found out I was adopted. The only clue I have on my parents is a letter and that led me here." He told her.
"Well let me assure you, you are absolutely, without a doubt, Dante's son. The resemblance between you is uncanny." She eyed him up and down as to reassure her statement about him. "It's like you're Dante, except for the hair and the color of clothes, but the style is identical." She added. "Guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree."
"So you knew my father, Dante, was it?" Gabriel asked her.
She nodded with assent. "I've known your father since before you were born. You could say we are like family." She gave him a secretive smile.
"So what's your name?" He asked her, intrigued by this mysterious woman.
"My name?" She repeated his question. "It's Trish and it's a pleasure to meet you Gabriel." She smiled.
"Trish thanks for saving me from that fireball," he told her gratefully. "Now can you tell me what the hell that thing downstairs was?"
"That was a Nelo Angelo. A demon that works for Mundus." She informed him.
"Mundus?" He interjected.
"Mundus is the ruler of the underworld. Your father fought against him almost twenty-five years ago. He defeated him too but apparently, Mundus found a loophole and has come back." She told him this slightly distracted. "How did he come back I wonder and why did he capture Dante?" She mused aloud. "He must still be a threat to him."
"Wait, my father is still alive? Are you sure about this?" Gabriel asked her.
"Yes, I am almost positive he is. If Dante were dead, all of the underworld would have spread the news like wild fire. Your father is greatly feared by the creatures that dwell in the underworld."
Gabriel eyed her suspiciously. He was imagining her in a straight jacket, just recently having escaped from a mental institution. She was talking crazy, like a maniac.
Trish pulled him from his thoughts. "I know what you're thinking and believe me I'm not crazy. Everything I've told you is the truth. I can't explain everything to you about your past, because hell even I don't know. After Dante and I escaped Mallet Island, we hunted devils together but it didn't last long. A couple of months later I left to travel the world and kill devils wherever I was needed. Your father could handle anything by himself, so I had no worries leaving him alone. Besides, he had worked alone for many years before I came along. Unfortunately, I lost touch with him, so I never found out he got married and had a son until recently. That's when I also found out he was missing.
If you say you're so close to my father why didn't you go and save him?" He accused her. "Why weren't you here?"
"Gabriel if I could have helped him, I would have done it in a heart beat. She told him, sincerely.
"What had you so preoccupied?" He asked her, his tone full of anger.
"It doesn't matter. I'm here now and that's all that matters. I'll help you save him, no matter what."
"How are we going to do that?" Gabriel asked.
"I don't know but we'll need weapons. I have Sparda because your father gave it to me." She told him.
"What's Sparda?" He asked her.
She walked over to a table and picked up her jacket, there below it was a long sword with a red handle. "This is Sparda." She told him, holding up the blade.
His eyes opened wide at the sight of the ferocious looking sword. "Wow!" He said in awe.
"Oh before I forget," Trish said, reaching into her coat's pocket. "I found this earlier." She reached out her hand to him, a gold necklace dangling from it. Gabriel reached for it. It was a necklace with a small gold locket. He opened it up to reveal a picture. The picture showed a man that looked just like Gabriel and a black haired female. She held a baby in her arms.
"My parents." He said looking at the picture sadly.
"Yeah kid. Now you know why I confused you for your father.
He nodded. "Yeah we look exactly the same. It's like looking in a mirror." He said sadly. He slumped back down on the couch tears welled in his eyes.
"Come on kid," Trish said gently and sat down beside him on the couch. He lowered his gaze as the tears began to fall. She placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"It's going to be okay. We're going to find your father. I promised!" She vowed to him. She put her arms around him and he cried into her shoulder. She comforted him as he sobbed. Poor kid, it's too much to take in, she thought sadly. Suddenly Trish tensed. Footfalls could be heard coming up the stairs and they didn't sound human.
Lady Deadly Nightshade: All righty that is it for chapter 5! I hope you guys like it and yes another cliffhanger. I'm evil I know! Now please review you awesome people you! ^_^
