Devil May Cry: The Sirens Call
AN: Nope still not mine… and yep still drooling.
Chapter 6: Lost beneath the surface...
She lay on that soft surface, and yet she couldn't tell what it was. All that she saw was darkness. It had often been her friend, her ally so to speak. Under the cover of darkness she could cry or do things that no one had to know about but her. It used to comfort her, now nothing frightened her more. She had never felt more helpless and alone as she did right then. She could feel a warm hand over her own and she knew it was Tallia. Still, how could any one understand having your sight taken away in an instant? Thunder boomed in the distance, signaling a storm coming. A violent storm and yet she would never again see any thing as beautiful as that. Never again to see a sunrise or sunset, never to see her sister's faces. Only one image remained with her, and that was the yellow white flower that drifted to the cobblestones before her. It was only fair that the last thing she had seen be burned into her memory like that…
He lay her down in the small cavern and cursed himself. He had taken a wrong turn some where and now they were trapped beneath the earth. It would take him days to get out, unless something was to happen. He checked to see if she was still alive and satisfied that she was breathing he decided to explore the caverns they were stuck in a little. Strange black crystals jutted out of the strange rocks and cast an eerie blue glow about the room. To the left of him was a spring, fresh water trickled down the side of the rock and disappeared into the ground beneath him. He glanced back to the door and swore at it. Rocks had caved in and it would take him days to dig his way out.
'E…rene….' Cassandra moaned from across the room. She sat up weakly and slowly opened her eyes. Her skin was pale and blotches of the Devil's Dust was stuck to her. Her hair was matted against her forehead from the feverish sweat she developed and her eyes were red and bloodshot. She glanced about, trying to work out how she got there. He knelt beside her.
'You look sick…'
She laughed weakly to him. 'Another one of your pick up lines?'
He grinned. 'No, but I might have to try it one day. What do you think?'
'What do I think? I think you'll crash and burn…' They laughed together before she turned to him and said. 'Where are we?'
'I don't know…' He said. 'The way I got in here is blocked, there's fresh water and no dust in here, but we could be here for a while.'
'In other words we screwed up.' She laughed before bursting into a coughing fit. 'Damn, the dust… I feel so sick.'
He shrugged. 'Not much we can do… for now just get your rest.'
He stared at the castle, surrounded by the thunder clouds it looked nothing more than a haunted house. Thick trails of lightning cast their glow across the sky and the loud booming thunder announced their presence. What was he to do? He had been ordered to bring at least one of the sisters to her by dawn and that was only an hour away… He had only two options left to him. Either he found one of the sister's with in an hour or he would have to step up and complete his goal earlier than he planned. Though that would prove very difficult, he sighed sitting down and staring at the dirt… 'Well I still have an hour…'
Tallia awoke beside her sister and saw that she was sleeping soundly. Poor Erené… She had lost her sight and now she looked so helpless. It broke her heart to see her lying there like that. To see her lying there, like an invalid. She was always the strong one, always proud. She'd never have given up so easily, but now… Tallia crept out of the room and headed up the hall looking for Cassandra's room. She'd have to tell her sooner or later… She knocked on the door.
'Cassandra?' She whispered loudly. 'Cassandra I need to come in… there's something I need to tell you…'
There was no answer, so Tallia assumed that she must have been asleep. She opened the door and noticed that the Devil Hunter's things were missing, but some of Cassandra's were still there. The bed was empty and it hadn't been slept in…
'NO!' She yelled racing back towards Erené's room. 'ERENÉ! Cassandra's gone!'
Erené sat up in the blink of an eye. 'The mines! Tallia!'
Tallia didn't hesitate, instead she grabbed a set of guns and a pair of studded gloves and ran down the inn stairs…
'I'm bored.' Dante said groaning…
'I spy with my little eye something beginning with r…' She said teasingly.
'Rocks…' He answered sitting up and looked at the spring as it trickled down the wall.
She laughed. 'How'd you guess?' He didn't answer her; instead he climbed to his feet and strode over to the small spring. It disappeared into a fair sized hole and he could hear running water under him.
'There's water down here!' He said. 'Water flowing will lead to an exit.'
She stood up shakily. 'Um, no. I don't do the whole swimming thing…' She answered. 'I'd rather be crushed to death than drown.'
'You won't drown.' He answered breaking off a piece of crystal and tossing it to her. She caught it and leant back against the wall. 'I'll breathe for both of us.'
She looked at him warily. 'What? Don't tell me that's another one of your pick up lines Dante. I'd rather be crushed to death by these rocks than go down that hole. And how do you know that the exit isn't just a crack in the wall we won't fit through?'
He smiled. 'Trust me. I'll get us out of here, but right now that looks like the easiest option. We'll be stuck here for days if we don't take this way.'
Cassandra pondered it for a second. She hated to admit it but she knew he was right. 'If I drown I'm never speaking to you again, obviously.' She pouted, and began stepping towards the hole. She looked down and she could see that it was water, but water underneath a frozen city would be icy cold.
He put his arm around her waist and grinned, 'You need to hold that light up. I'll do the whole swimming and breathing thing, but you need to light the way or we might never make it out.'
She laughed nervously, 'So no pressure then, huh?'
'Nah, no pressure.' He said. 'Now when I count to three take a deep breath. One; Two; Three.'
She breathed in deep and he leapt into the hole.
Well there you have it, yet another chapter from my disturbed little mind. If you likey remember to review! Please?
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