First Mission

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Chapter 3: The Reason

Dante found himself at a cafeteria. There were a dozen of round tables with four chairs stacked on each neatly. A few vending machines stood at the corner of the room. The floor was as quiet and felt as eerie as a cemetery. The air surrounding him was so still that it felt dead. At least Dante knew there are devils lurking around, because he could sense an uncomfortable burning sensation to his skin, as well as a strange scent in the air.

While his eyes scanned the area like a hawk, his right arm reached for Rebellion. Suddenly sensing sharp air moment from behind, Dante rolled to the side and saw his attacker. It was a Hell-Pride, a low-class devil that carries a long scythe as its weapon. Three more Hell-Pride appeared out of nowhere, standing beside the first one.

Throwing his torch aside, Dante drew out his beloved guns, Ebony and Ivory, moved backwards while still facing his enemies and opened fire.

Third floor was an office setting much similar to the first floor. However, this one was much larger. Vergil looked around but didn't see anything that drew his attention. When he was about to leave for the floor above, he heard the ringing sound of a phone.

For some reason, Vergil had a feeling that the phone was for him. He walked over to the ringing phone with a tiny red light flashing and picked it up.

"Hi there, son of Sparda," A man's voice came through from the phone. "My name is Rune."

"Who are you and what do you want?" Vergil asked calmly. The security cameras weren't working anymore, how did someone find out they were there? More importantly, why didn't they ambush them instead of telling them they know they were here?

Rune chuckled, "I've heard that you and your brother are protecting a girl called Mia, am I correct?"

Vergil knew his client was Rei, not Mia, but he thought it'd be wiser not to mention it. "Yes, so?"

"I just can't stand and see the sons of Sparda being fooled by a human girl," Rune said. "She is using you."

"How so?" Vergil asked, skeptical about the things he's been told.

"She and her sister Rei has the power to destroy both the human world and the underworld," Rune said. "They shall not be protected."

Narrowing his eyes, Vergil asked, "What makes you think I'll believe you?"

"You don't have to," Rune said casually. "But you'll know what I'm telling the truth very soon." After he finished the sentence, Rune hung up, leaving Vergil with the dial tone.

Faintly, Vergil could hear gun shots from the floor below, he quickly hang up and headed downstairs.

After a while of fierce shooting, Dante charged towards the Hell-Prides with his Stinger attack. So far, he finished off two Hell-Prides but the other two are still standing and waiting to lung at him at anytime. He wished he powered up his guns more before facing the enemies. The cafeteria wasn't the best place to battle either because the tables and chairs constantly got in the way. By that time, they have destroyed about half of the furniture.

It was only his second time dealing with devils. The first time he encountered devils was two years ago, when he and Vergil heard there were monsters appearing at night in the town next to theirs. Much due to curiosity, they explored that area at night and found real devils haunting the area. They were even low-classer than the Sevens Sins therefore they were only active at night. Dante and Vergil finished them in no time.

A Hell-Gluttony appeared before Dante and breathed out explosive gas. Dante quickly flipped backwards behind a Hell-Pride. However, the explosion still sent him crashing into a wall. Cursing silently, Dante got on his feet in time to evade another vicious hit from Hell-Pride.

Dante was now a little closer to Hell-Gluttony. Not wasting his chance, he rolled to its back and eliminated it with his Million Stab. When he was about to return to the Hell-Prides, they both fell in halves and broke into little fragments. Behind where the devils were standing was Vergil, who released his hand on his katana's hilt.

"Need a hand?" Vergil asked despite knowing what his brother's reply will be.

"Hey, I was just about to finish them off," Dante protested. "Did you get any upstairs?"

"No," Vergil replied. From Dante's face, he guessed he didn't get a similar phone call from Rune. Why did Rune approach him instead of Dante? Perhaps he knew Vergil will listen but Dante won't. Did that infer Rune was familiar with their personalities? May be they were more well-known than they thought…

"Vergil?" Dante's voice snapped Vergil out of his thoughts.

"I think we should check on Rei. We don't want her to be taken as well," Vergil said.

Dante agreed and they both hurried down to the basement. Before they reached Rei, they could already smell the foul smell of devils and scent of human blood. When they found her, Rei was being cornered by a bunch of Hell-Lust. She was too occupied and busy blasting away the devils with her shotgun than to notice the twins. Vergil and Dante noted that her arm was cut but it wasn't a deep wound. Though she was in a tough situation, Rei's face showed no fear but the pressure was forcing her to take desperate actions.

Vergil took on the ones on the left whereas Dante tackled the ones on the left. Rei noticed their presence but concentrated on the battle. After a short while, all the Hell-Lust were cleared.

"Thanks for coming in time," Rei thanked both of them. "I guess I was a little too confident." She felt embarrassed to look at them.

"That's fine," Vergil said. "How's your arm?"

"It's just a small cut, nothing to worry about," Rei answered. She was totally amazed how strong her helpers were. They chopped and diced and blow around ten enemies into pieces within minutes. She never expected to be able to hire people as powerful as them two. "Who are you guys anyway? You look like you were born to slay those devils."

Dante was about to begin but Vergil held up his hand to stop him. "May be you should answer our questions first. Why did the devils capture your sister? And why did they let you know where she is?"

Rei was silent for a while before she spoke. "That's none of your concern. You just need to rescue my sister and I'll pay you."

"If you can't answer that, I'm afraid we can't help you further," Vergil said simply.

Dante was about to protest but knowing how stubborn his brother was, he just crossed his arms without a word.

Now that Vergil asked her directly, Rei didn't have a choice. She needed them to go along with her. "Alright," Rei said at last. "I'll fill you in as we go up."

As they began to ascend from the second basement floor to the floors above, Rei began. "Vergil, Dante," She asked whilst looking to the ground. "Do you believe in things like the Underworld, Gate, summoners and barrier manipulators?"

Dante and Vergil paused their pace for a moment. They looked at each other and shrugged before regaining their pace. "In fact," Dante replied. "We do."

"Well, this may still sound crazy to you. My ancestors carried a bloodline of supernatural powers. These powers had been passed onto Mia and me. The devils want our power for something – that's why they want us," Rei explained.

Quite astounded by what Rei said to them, Dante asked. "Ok. So, what powers of yours are they after?"

Rei removed her gaze from the floor, her pale green eyes met Dante's ice blue ones. "I'm a summoner and Mia is a barrier manipulator. Even though I'm not exactly sure why the demons want us for, I suspect it is something to do with the seal of Mundus."

"You mean the prince of the Underworld, Mundus?" Vergil asked.

Nodding, Rei continued. "Have you ever heard of the legend of Sparda? My mother once told me about him. Sparda was a devil yet he rebelled against his own kind to save humanity. He defeated Mundus' army and sealed him for a long time. Sparda even created a seal on the Gate that joins both worlds so devils cannot harm humans."

"Our mother used to tell us that tale all the time," Dante said.

"You mean, the devils want you and Mia to open up the Gate and unseal Mundus for them?" Vergil asked.

Rei nodded, "That's exactly what I'm thinking."

"Right…" Dante said. He then remembered to ask Rei something. "Hey by the way, what does your sister look like? Just in case we got separated and one of us found her."

"You can't miss her," Rei smiled, now she seemed to be more relaxed around the two. "We look exactly the same. Because like you and Vergil, we are identical twins."

Author's note: I'm so glad to receive the reviews. Thanks everyone. I was so worried that people might hate it because Dante is slightly out of character. His personality is a little different due to Vergil's influences. But hey this is a fan fiction after all.I'll be in trouble if I do thisin the scriptof DMC4.As always, please review!

Date written: 01-03-2005