"hmm..."

She shifted her sword on her back and looked around. Her ribs still hurt but she winched through the pain. It wasn't everyday she was getting stabbed with TWO demon swords. But she needed Dante to be left in complete health, as well a Vergil for that matter. Suddenly the cave turned cold and her skin crawled.

"... demonic auras?... here?" she peered through the darkness.

She heard a male voice coming closer to her so she dove behind a boulder and quitely sat there. The voice and footsteps came closer and closer, but she didn't recognize the voices and the auras weren't Vergil's or Dante's.

"I told you we would be able to unlock the tower..."

"Yeah... but don't you think you should have fought him like a man?"

"shut up! i know what i'm doing... i didn't kill him, so i'm sure there will be plenty of time for fighting later."

"But boss..."

"I told you to Shut Up!"

"Right boss..."

"... anyway... we should be able to unlock the first door easily enough. So i don't think the rest of Temen-ni-gru will be much more difficult..."

" Temen-ni-gru!" Nikkita mouthed to herself. The name alone made her shiver.

" i hope so... i don't want anymore trouble than what is needed."

"Yeah... your right Armand..."

"I'm always right.." the voice hissed in a cold manner.

The men passed through another tunnel of the cave not noticing Nikkita. They weren't demons, just mortal men possessed by evil. She stepped out from behind the boulder and looked toward where the men had walked.

"Temen-ni-gru... Vergil!"

She strapped on all her weapons tightly and ran toward the enterance of the cave. Then she felt it. The ground beneath her feet shook violently and the silence was defening.

"oh shit... Temen-ni-gru has been raised again..."

The cave started to shake and rocks fell to the cave floor. She bolted to the cave opening before the cavern colapsed behind her.

"they must have stolen the book of dark arts from Vergil... but how..."

She thought a minute.

" i don't know if i can do this myself... but... i'll be damned if i ask Dante for help... he wouldn't help anyway... i guess i'm flying solo this time..."

She started walking to where she had hidden her motorcyle. Vergil's estate was about an hour away and there was a storm moving in.

"Oh... this is going to be a fun ride." she said to herself sarcastically