First Mission

Disclaimer: All original characters from Devil May Cry belong to Capcom. This is a non-profit fan fiction.

Chapter 2: The Entering

Three figures were running in a windy and rainy night. It started raining soon after they left shelter. The first person was a teenage girl, followed by two men with the same figure and face. The only difference between them was their brightly coloured long coats. Dante favoured crimson red whereas Vergil took a liking of ice blue that happened to match his eye colour.

After Dante made the agreement to rescue Rei's sister, they started their mission immediately. Both Vergil and Dante were surprised when Rei insisted to go along with them. However, they both knew if they were in her place, they wouldn't be able to sit and wait either. Besides, Mia had been to Moon Corporation and can guide them there.

"You know," Dante said to Vergil who was behind him as they ran. "I thought you weren't coming."

"It was you who said this is a partnership," Vergil replied. Actually, the real reason why he came was because he was slightly worried about Dante. A lot of things that Rei said to them drew his attention.

It was around midnight and very few people were on the street since it was a Monday night. Otherwise the three of them would've drawn a lot of attention if it were in the day. Rei made a right turn into an alley away from the main street. Dante and Vergil followed. By the time they arrived in front of Moon Corporation, they were soaked wet.

"We're here," Rei announced as they reached their destination.

"Time to rock," Dante said, punching his right fist into his left palm. They ran about half an hour non-stop so Rei was catching her breath. It amazed her that neither of the brothers broke a sweat. Meanwhile, both Vergil and Dante thought sarcastically what a wonderful day it was to have their first mission. Dante could feel a storm coming on top of the already gloomy weather.

Moon Corporation was a medium-sized insurance firm. It was set up in the previous year and gained popularity quickly because of its cheap insurance rate and comprehensive coverage. The head office is located close to the central business district. The skyscraper had at least thirty floors, making it one of the town's symbols. All its windows were non-see-through glass.

"Any suggestions as in how we should get in?" Dante asked with his arms crossed, studying the security cameras inside the building through the glass door entrance. It was completely dark inside and with no bright lights from outside other than street light, he could faintly see a long reception desk and a couple of cameras.

"I didn't think you would need to think about something like that," Vergil said. "You definitely wouldn't try to get pass all the infrared lasers and a few dozens of security cameras, right?"

Dante grinned, "Guess not." Then he headed for the small path between the building and the wall around it. Vergil and Rei followed him. "Where's he going?" Rei asked. "You'll see," Vergil replied.

They had to climb over a fence to reach the back of the building. Dante jumped over with ease. Rei used the garbage bin as a stepping-stone before leaping to the other side. Making sure they weren't being followed, Vergil went last.

"This is it right, Verg?" Dante asked his brother as he indicates a large mental container that was about the size of a small shed.

"Yes," Vergil replied. He then walked towards not where Dante was but to a door that has a 'danger high voltage' sign on it.

By that time, Rei realised what the twins had on mind. "Wait a minute, you're not going to destroy the power generator right?"

"Bingo," Dante said. He drew his sword, the Rebellion, out and cut the huge lock into clean halves. Vergil flashes out his katana. Although she was near him, Rei could only see a couple of lightning fast movements before he returned it to its sheath.

Vergil could guess that Rei was concerned they would make a great deal of noise as they do so. "Don't worry, there's not going to be any explosions," He said to her. It reminded him of the times when he and Dante was little, they used to went around the town destroying things.

"The building probably has more than thirty floors though," Rei pointed out. "Sure the lift will be helpful with getting up there. Also, it's our first time in the building and we need the light."

"Taking the lift is dangerous because we don't know what surprises there will be in front of us. Having the lights on will probably be help when we need to deal with demons but we don't want people inside to know where we are; if there's anyone," Vergil explained.

After spending five minutes at the generators and tackling wires, Vergil asked Rei to check whether or not she could still see any sign of electricity in the building. Rei back the front entrance to searched for the little red lights beside cameras there were lit before but they seemed to be turned off by then.

When she returned, Vergil was looking at Dante's handiwork. "Finished," Dante announced, dusting his hands after throwing down some wires he'd been working on. "The stand-by generator is done as well," Vergil said.

"No more annoying cameras and lasers," Dante said with a satisfied look.

"No lights either," Vergil added. He looked over at Dante who shrugged with a who-cares expression. The elder twin knew well that his brother would only think this as more to the fun. But Vergil was getting a bad feeling about the mission.

"You are pretty good at that," Rei commented.

"He's a mechanic freak," Dante teased his brother. Rei smiled at Vergil to show gratitude. Vergil nodded in response. He noted she didn't cease frowning slightly even as she smiled. The signs of anxiousness in her pale green eyes from the moment he and Dante met her reminded Vergil that they shouldn't be wasting any time.

"Let's get going," Vergil sliced the back door that was beside the stand-by power room with his katana. The others followed him into the pitch-dark office building. Dante handed out everyone a torch each. They turned on their own torches and began examining where they were.

The place where Vergil broke into was the fire escape path. The three teenagers went past the stairs and into the first door they saw. They found themselves inside a large office with the usual desks, chairs and computers everywhere. Dante went to the reception area by existing the office from another door. Rei went into the other rooms but didn't find anything out of ordinary. After no discoveries on their sides, Dante and Rei found Vergil at where the lifts were, studying the building's directory.

Vergil shifted his gaze away from the directory when the two approached him. Dante and Rei both shook their heads.

"There are forty floors in this building," Vergil said. "There are two basement levels below us and thirty-seven levels above. It will be too time consuming for us to search floor by floor. So I think we should split up."

Without thinking, Rei volunteered to search the basement. She assured the twins she'd be fine by herself when they asked her whether she could handle devils in case of an assault.

Dante and Vergil made their way to the stairs. The air in the stairway was musty and foul. Dante stopped his pace just as they reached level one. "You want to say something?" He asked his brother, leaning back against the whitely painted wall in the stairway. It was a special bond between them so sometimes they could tell what the other one is thinking.

"Can't you tell?" Vergil lean his weigh on the continuous handrail that follows the stairs all the way from bottom to top. "Rei is hiding something from us."

"May be," Dante said. He felt Rei was a little strange as well. "Are you that curious about why her sister was kidnapped by devils?"

Vergil sighed; obviously his brother wasn't getting the most important point. "I don't mean that. Although I am interested in that as well, I'm thinking why the devils will let Rei know exactly where her sister is. Normally, kidnappers don't want to be found, right? Unless…"

"Unless they want to use Mia as a bait to lure Rei out," Dante finished for him.

"Or the devils want us and Rei is luring us to them," Vergil points out the other possibility.

"Chill out man," Dante said, resting a hand on Vergil's shoulder. "It's probably nothing serious. She didn't look like she was lying back there. Why would some devil want us? There's nothing we can't handle anyway."

"I'm not sure," Vergil answered. He thought about how clear and pure those green eyes were. Those pupils definitely didn't look like they belong to a liar.

"We can ask her about it later," Dante said. His eyes lit up as he remembered something. "Oops!"

"What's wrong?" Vergil asked.

"I forgot to ask her what her sister look like!" Dante exclaimed.

"Figures," Vergil muttered under his breath. He then began to head upstairs, leaving his brother on the second floor. "I don't think it'll be that hard to figure out it's her," He said to Dante. "I'll take the third floor, ok?"

"Gotcha," Dante said and entered the door that leads to the second floor.

Author's note: I've got DMC3 today! Oh yeah I'm over the moon. But I won't stop writing just because I'm playing the game. However, now I know it was Dante who created DMC himself instead of with Vergil. Also, Dante hadn't even named his agency before devils sent by his brother destroyed it. Oh well, I'm not changing my story. Why am I getting this feeling Dante is going to name DMC at the end of DMC3 the game?

I'm wondering if these chapters are too short. But the story seems to end quite well by the time I get to the fourth page. It's weird. Again, please review!

Date written: 28-02-2005