Chapter 8: Dante's past

Dante's mind traveled. He traveled through his memory, from his first fight with Virgil, to the defeat of Mundus, to the fall of the Despair Embodied, to his first encounter with a xenomorph, to the fight that left him in this coma. He didn't feel his wounds, which, due to his unconsciousness, were healing at human rate, which is to say, very slow for the degree of damage. A shudder past through Dante's physical body as he remembered the first time he used his Devil Trigger. Dante focused on a fight with Virgil:

Virgil slashed at me, and I was unable to dodge. Yamato cut into my shoulder and cut several nerves, paralyzing my left arm, from which I dropped Agni. In retaliation I slashed upwards with Rudra and drew Artemis, charging her as I jumped away. My nerves had already begun to heal when Artemis was ready. I fired Artemis at Virgil, pushing him backwards, burning a hole in his blue coat. By the time he regained his footing, my arm was functional and I drew Ebony and Ivory, blasting away. Virgil tried a running thrust and I jumped straight up, doing a Tornado trick where I shot downwards in spiraling directions. I hit the ground and holstered my pistols as I lunged at Virgil, shoulder colliding with his midsection. I rolled over to the side, grabbing Agni and Sheathing it next to its brother on my back. Virgil threw his blade at me, but instead of just sticking in me, it impaled me between it and the pillar behind me. Virgil laughed and I drew Rebellion. He moved like lightning to the side, grasped Rebellion and thrust it into my chest, whilst telekinetically removing Yamato and returning it to the sheath. I felt a power rising in me… filling to the brim… and as my own blade tasted my blood, I felt a change take place and my skin changed, hardening over, my senses enhanced I sent out a shockwave, knocking down Virgil who had turned away and was about to leave the room. The pillar behind me disintegrated and I felt myself hold myself up. I flexed and launched Rebellion out of my chest; spinning towards Virgil, tip disappearing into his forehead…

And so, Dante gained the ability to Devil Trigger. Dante stirred as the face-huggers erupted from their eggs and began to start for the tunnels leading to the outside. Roland was watching at the time, and was soon to turn the Calm Lands into a shooting gallery.