Chapter Seven - Meeting of the Black Angels
"Well, here we are." I said as we reached the door to the fountain area. I looked up and down along the wall, still cautious that the Phantom was waiting for a sign of weakness to attack. I put the key in the lock, (I had had this key in my pocket for some reason, I found out while in the POL room) and slowly turned it. Then I felt it, distant rumbling. The door had been the trigger for the trap. Dante and Alca looked around suspiously, and I heaved the door open and shoved them inside the fountain room.
"Hey... what was that for?" Alca whined at me.
"That Phantom..." I said breathing out my fear in short ragged breaths, "He was coming back." Dante only shrugged.
"Oh please.. we could've taken him. Or at least I could have." He did it again. Hit another trigger on Alcapacien.
"Alright.. that's it! Your getting on my nerves Dante! Stop trying to act all cool just because a pair of teenage girls are as strong as you!" she yelled at him. I could see he was about to make a comeback, but I butt it.
"Come on guys, this is not the time or place!" I pointed to the lion statue that was under a porch-looking thing directly across from us. I could see the blue shimmering forcefield that covered the lion. "We still have to get past here, beat the Shadow, and go kill Vir--" then it hit me. Hadn't Mundus had said that Nelo Angelo was Virgil, Dante's brother? I wonder how Dante would react in this realistic world. In the game, he didn't seem to recognize him, but I was afraid if Dante found out I knew all about him, he might freak out a bit. So I cut myself off, even if it may have been a bit too late. "A...anyways, we need to hurry up! Arguing won't get us anywhere!" Dante eyed me cautiously.
"Yeah... she's right. Let's call it a truce," he said to Alcapacien, and muttered under his breath, "for now."
We started towards the statue when we heard some noises. Loud noises. (We seem to hear a lot, don't we?) It was coming from the walkway above the area we were in. It sounded like someone whining... it was really familiar to me.
"Argh! First being chased by my CAT, and now being thrown into some crazy place filled with friggin' walking PUPPETS! What the hell is wrong with me these days.." I heard a voice say. Me and Alca looked at each other and sighed.
"Oh boy.... it's Maria," we said in usion. Dante looked around confused.
"Who?" he said to us.
"Oh... well.... she's sorta of a friend of ours. But a little bit of a blond..." I tried to explain but the voice interrupted me.
"HEY! I heard that!" the voice yelled as we saw a head peek over the edge of the walkway.
"Well hello up there!" Alca yelled up towards Maria. "Get down here!" And with that, Maria hopped clear over the edge of the walkway right next to me. Then she fell over. I sighed.
"God, you have black hair but you act like such a blond. Its kinda sad, in a funny way." I said and evilly grinned. Maria was pretty tall for her age, had black hair, green eyes that seemed to glow, tall and slim. I heard the guys always talking about how cute she was. But sadly, we were the only ones who knew about her blondness. I guessed it was for the best.
"So, what are you guys doing here? And where, in fact, are we?" Maria asked. She seemed a bit too calm. Wierd. Me and Alca looked at each other and nodded. I grabbed Maria and dragged her into a corner in the room and told her all about us being in the game, my ring, and where we were. She again, was a bit too calm. "Heh.. cool. So we're in a game?" she asked.
"Shhh.... don't let him -- " I pointed to Dante "-- hear you. He is sorta not real after all." I answered.
"Okay, gotcha," she whispered back and we went back over to my other two companions.
"Let's introduce ourselves, shall we? Maria, meet Dante. Dante, meet Maria. Ta-da. Your introduced. Now can we get on with it?" Alca replied irritably. Dante and Maria shook hand and mumbled greetings.
"Alright let's see. Now that that's done, time to get moving. We need to use the Pride of Lion on the blue-purplish wall thingie." As I finished Dante walked over to the barrier and held the POL in front of him. A little bright white beam shot out and sliced it's way through the barrier. It then dissappeared. Then, came the growling noises. "Oh yeah... did I mention Shadows are going to come out and attack us?" I said and yawned.
"What? Shadows?! Shouldn't we be a bit worried?" Maria asked, her calmness fading rapidly. "Of course not. We'll let Mr. High-and-Mighty kill them all since we're so weak and helpless." Alca said and rolled her eyes.
After a few minutes, (While me, Alca, and Maria were talking about what to do next) we heard a explosion and a soft thump! of the Red Orbs coming out.
"Done yet?" Maria called out
"Heh...more then done." Dante said as he collected the Red Orbs. We got together again and moved on by jumping easily up to the porch-like thing near the lion statue after I gave it a few swipes of my sword to release the lock. We all entered into a old Victorian-looking room, with a red-clad bed with molding draperies and odd, twisted tables scattered about. Beside the door was a statue of a woman's head with her mouth containing a yellow orb, and across from us two double doors, and a huge mirror. We all stumbled in and looked around.
"Did someone forget to call the housemaid?" Maria said, not even trying to be funny. "Heh... nice mirror. Hey... guys! Look at this!" Me and Alca crowded behind Maria to look closer at the statue while Dante walked over and sat on the bed, crossing his legs and flicking his foot in that annoying bored posture. As we looked, we saw that in the woman's mouth was a yellowish glowing ball and below the head was a slit.
"Hey... whats that for --oof!" she said, as of course, she tripped. But her clumsyness helped us for once.
"Lookies!" I cried (while hearing Dante mumble 'Lookies'?) "Its a sword. Oooo yeah, forgot about this. The 'Sword of Judgement'!" I said as I picked up the sword and crammed it into the slot. The statue's mouth immediately opened and the ball fell out. Immediately, the mirror to our direct left turned milky-white and the reflections on it started swirling faster and faster.
"Uhh.... did I fail to mention that a big demony-guy is going to come out of the mirror and attack us too?" I said as we all watched the mirror swirling.
"Well, Xyphos," Alca stated sarcastically, "I believe you did fail to mention that BEFORE you stuck the big sword into the slot." Dante then finally got off the bed and walked in front of the mirror, just as, to our surprise, another Dante came out of the mirror. I could see that my friends were sorta shocked, but thankfully I knew what was going on. Dante suddenly spoke up while we looked from one of them to the other. Well, our Dante spoke up.
"Well.... what do we have here? I didn't expect to see actually see someone with some guts..." He said while the other Dante was encompassed in blue flames and changed his form into that of Nelo Angel, or 'the black angel'. I could sorta see why they called him that. He was at least a foot taller then Dante, wore some kind of armor with glowing ancient runes of some sort flowing throughout his body. What I knew was a mask was on his head, which looked like a demonic-looking face with large horns twirling out of it.
"Whoa," Maria spoke up, "Uh...Xyphos? Who would that big blue guy be?" she said, almost tenderly.
"That would be Nelo Angelo, or for some others of us...." I said as I turned to look at Dante's back, "It would be our brother, Virgil." I immediately saw Dante's back tense up, and saw a expression of shock on his face in his reflection on the mirror. Alca poked me in the back.
"Are you sure... it was a good idea to say that? Dante looks a bit.... occupied with his thoughts now." I could hear the stinge of nervousness in her voice. Maria was busy with her thoughts.
"Oooooh, Virgil! I felt so bad for him, being controlled by Mundus like that...." she said as she surprised me and Alca with her knowledge of anything that had to do with DMC. Thankfully, Dante finally spoke up. I hoped he had gotten over his shock, if that's what I had seen.
"Well, even so, your still a lowly puppet. I'll help put you out of your misery." he said as he unsheathed Alastor with demon speed. He was about to make a swift downwards stroke when Maria surprised us all.
She jumped in front of Nelo Angelo, yelling, "No, don't! It's not his fault!" Dante hardly had the time to stop, even with his enhanced abilities. "Get out of the way, girl!" he snarled as he strode towards her to push Maria away from the battle. Me and Alca could only stand there shocked. Nelo seemed to see a moment of weakness, and grabbed Maria around the waist. He quickly kicked the doors open that led outside, and jumped out of sight of us.
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Oh no! Maria's been kidnapped! Whatever could this mean?! (Like anyone cares..) Well, might as well add, again, that I don't own Shadows, Mundus, Virgil, or Nelo Angelo. Goody. Anyways, please keep those review coming! I really appreciate them! Thanks a ton, ton, ton, for all people who have already reviewed! Your the fuel who keeps me going! ^_^
"Well, here we are." I said as we reached the door to the fountain area. I looked up and down along the wall, still cautious that the Phantom was waiting for a sign of weakness to attack. I put the key in the lock, (I had had this key in my pocket for some reason, I found out while in the POL room) and slowly turned it. Then I felt it, distant rumbling. The door had been the trigger for the trap. Dante and Alca looked around suspiously, and I heaved the door open and shoved them inside the fountain room.
"Hey... what was that for?" Alca whined at me.
"That Phantom..." I said breathing out my fear in short ragged breaths, "He was coming back." Dante only shrugged.
"Oh please.. we could've taken him. Or at least I could have." He did it again. Hit another trigger on Alcapacien.
"Alright.. that's it! Your getting on my nerves Dante! Stop trying to act all cool just because a pair of teenage girls are as strong as you!" she yelled at him. I could see he was about to make a comeback, but I butt it.
"Come on guys, this is not the time or place!" I pointed to the lion statue that was under a porch-looking thing directly across from us. I could see the blue shimmering forcefield that covered the lion. "We still have to get past here, beat the Shadow, and go kill Vir--" then it hit me. Hadn't Mundus had said that Nelo Angelo was Virgil, Dante's brother? I wonder how Dante would react in this realistic world. In the game, he didn't seem to recognize him, but I was afraid if Dante found out I knew all about him, he might freak out a bit. So I cut myself off, even if it may have been a bit too late. "A...anyways, we need to hurry up! Arguing won't get us anywhere!" Dante eyed me cautiously.
"Yeah... she's right. Let's call it a truce," he said to Alcapacien, and muttered under his breath, "for now."
We started towards the statue when we heard some noises. Loud noises. (We seem to hear a lot, don't we?) It was coming from the walkway above the area we were in. It sounded like someone whining... it was really familiar to me.
"Argh! First being chased by my CAT, and now being thrown into some crazy place filled with friggin' walking PUPPETS! What the hell is wrong with me these days.." I heard a voice say. Me and Alca looked at each other and sighed.
"Oh boy.... it's Maria," we said in usion. Dante looked around confused.
"Who?" he said to us.
"Oh... well.... she's sorta of a friend of ours. But a little bit of a blond..." I tried to explain but the voice interrupted me.
"HEY! I heard that!" the voice yelled as we saw a head peek over the edge of the walkway.
"Well hello up there!" Alca yelled up towards Maria. "Get down here!" And with that, Maria hopped clear over the edge of the walkway right next to me. Then she fell over. I sighed.
"God, you have black hair but you act like such a blond. Its kinda sad, in a funny way." I said and evilly grinned. Maria was pretty tall for her age, had black hair, green eyes that seemed to glow, tall and slim. I heard the guys always talking about how cute she was. But sadly, we were the only ones who knew about her blondness. I guessed it was for the best.
"So, what are you guys doing here? And where, in fact, are we?" Maria asked. She seemed a bit too calm. Wierd. Me and Alca looked at each other and nodded. I grabbed Maria and dragged her into a corner in the room and told her all about us being in the game, my ring, and where we were. She again, was a bit too calm. "Heh.. cool. So we're in a game?" she asked.
"Shhh.... don't let him -- " I pointed to Dante "-- hear you. He is sorta not real after all." I answered.
"Okay, gotcha," she whispered back and we went back over to my other two companions.
"Let's introduce ourselves, shall we? Maria, meet Dante. Dante, meet Maria. Ta-da. Your introduced. Now can we get on with it?" Alca replied irritably. Dante and Maria shook hand and mumbled greetings.
"Alright let's see. Now that that's done, time to get moving. We need to use the Pride of Lion on the blue-purplish wall thingie." As I finished Dante walked over to the barrier and held the POL in front of him. A little bright white beam shot out and sliced it's way through the barrier. It then dissappeared. Then, came the growling noises. "Oh yeah... did I mention Shadows are going to come out and attack us?" I said and yawned.
"What? Shadows?! Shouldn't we be a bit worried?" Maria asked, her calmness fading rapidly. "Of course not. We'll let Mr. High-and-Mighty kill them all since we're so weak and helpless." Alca said and rolled her eyes.
After a few minutes, (While me, Alca, and Maria were talking about what to do next) we heard a explosion and a soft thump! of the Red Orbs coming out.
"Done yet?" Maria called out
"Heh...more then done." Dante said as he collected the Red Orbs. We got together again and moved on by jumping easily up to the porch-like thing near the lion statue after I gave it a few swipes of my sword to release the lock. We all entered into a old Victorian-looking room, with a red-clad bed with molding draperies and odd, twisted tables scattered about. Beside the door was a statue of a woman's head with her mouth containing a yellow orb, and across from us two double doors, and a huge mirror. We all stumbled in and looked around.
"Did someone forget to call the housemaid?" Maria said, not even trying to be funny. "Heh... nice mirror. Hey... guys! Look at this!" Me and Alca crowded behind Maria to look closer at the statue while Dante walked over and sat on the bed, crossing his legs and flicking his foot in that annoying bored posture. As we looked, we saw that in the woman's mouth was a yellowish glowing ball and below the head was a slit.
"Hey... whats that for --oof!" she said, as of course, she tripped. But her clumsyness helped us for once.
"Lookies!" I cried (while hearing Dante mumble 'Lookies'?) "Its a sword. Oooo yeah, forgot about this. The 'Sword of Judgement'!" I said as I picked up the sword and crammed it into the slot. The statue's mouth immediately opened and the ball fell out. Immediately, the mirror to our direct left turned milky-white and the reflections on it started swirling faster and faster.
"Uhh.... did I fail to mention that a big demony-guy is going to come out of the mirror and attack us too?" I said as we all watched the mirror swirling.
"Well, Xyphos," Alca stated sarcastically, "I believe you did fail to mention that BEFORE you stuck the big sword into the slot." Dante then finally got off the bed and walked in front of the mirror, just as, to our surprise, another Dante came out of the mirror. I could see that my friends were sorta shocked, but thankfully I knew what was going on. Dante suddenly spoke up while we looked from one of them to the other. Well, our Dante spoke up.
"Well.... what do we have here? I didn't expect to see actually see someone with some guts..." He said while the other Dante was encompassed in blue flames and changed his form into that of Nelo Angel, or 'the black angel'. I could sorta see why they called him that. He was at least a foot taller then Dante, wore some kind of armor with glowing ancient runes of some sort flowing throughout his body. What I knew was a mask was on his head, which looked like a demonic-looking face with large horns twirling out of it.
"Whoa," Maria spoke up, "Uh...Xyphos? Who would that big blue guy be?" she said, almost tenderly.
"That would be Nelo Angelo, or for some others of us...." I said as I turned to look at Dante's back, "It would be our brother, Virgil." I immediately saw Dante's back tense up, and saw a expression of shock on his face in his reflection on the mirror. Alca poked me in the back.
"Are you sure... it was a good idea to say that? Dante looks a bit.... occupied with his thoughts now." I could hear the stinge of nervousness in her voice. Maria was busy with her thoughts.
"Oooooh, Virgil! I felt so bad for him, being controlled by Mundus like that...." she said as she surprised me and Alca with her knowledge of anything that had to do with DMC. Thankfully, Dante finally spoke up. I hoped he had gotten over his shock, if that's what I had seen.
"Well, even so, your still a lowly puppet. I'll help put you out of your misery." he said as he unsheathed Alastor with demon speed. He was about to make a swift downwards stroke when Maria surprised us all.
She jumped in front of Nelo Angelo, yelling, "No, don't! It's not his fault!" Dante hardly had the time to stop, even with his enhanced abilities. "Get out of the way, girl!" he snarled as he strode towards her to push Maria away from the battle. Me and Alca could only stand there shocked. Nelo seemed to see a moment of weakness, and grabbed Maria around the waist. He quickly kicked the doors open that led outside, and jumped out of sight of us.
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Oh no! Maria's been kidnapped! Whatever could this mean?! (Like anyone cares..) Well, might as well add, again, that I don't own Shadows, Mundus, Virgil, or Nelo Angelo. Goody. Anyways, please keep those review coming! I really appreciate them! Thanks a ton, ton, ton, for all people who have already reviewed! Your the fuel who keeps me going! ^_^