Nero
Nero stood in disbelief as he witnessed Sanctus standing there, pulling the blade from Abigale.
The son of Vergil remained unsure how to react, his eyes having shot wide. He finally let out a word that was a borderline scream. "No!"
Dante held Abigale tightly as he got down on one knee,his blue eyes looking down to her. "Hey... Don't die. C'mon, Abigale..." he begged.
Vergil got there at that moment, his arms going around her to pull her from his brother.
While his expression remained the same, a tear fell from Vergil's face before his expression began to show a hint of rage.
Sanctus stood tall over the brothers and the now deceased Abigale.
He began to laugh. "After all these years... the savior will finally arrive!"
Nero threw his right hand forth and began to run at Sanctus, tears rolling from his eyes as he yelled.
Something then began to happen to the teen's right arm.
It began to change color from a normal tone of human skin to a very dark blue, borderline black color that traveled up to his hand and fingers, and even causing demonic claws to grow where his fingernails once were as a bright blue glow began to travel across the now demonic appearing skin and entirely covering his palm in blue light.
Part of his demonic power had awakened, and this was proof.
A ghost like, larger, much longer version of this demonic arm shot forth at Sanctus, grabbing him, and snatching him towards Nero. "You son of a bitch!"
The old man was clearly in shock by this development. No matter how hard he struggled, he could not break free of this powerful, demonic grasp. "This is demonic power!"
Nero let out a scream of rage as his human fist went directly into the old man's face, knocking him to the floor before grabbing his shirt with his human hand, bringing the demonic one down on him as tears continued to flow from his eyes.
Sanctus was swift to move his head to the side, managing to avoid the first punch from this awakened power.
The punch hit the floor, causing a dent in it despite how hard it was and forcing cracks to form on the impact area and all around.
Nero seemed to not feel any pain, proving the strength behind the devil bringer was massive.
Avoiding another punch with the demonic power granted to him by Argosax, Sanctus let out another laugh. "It matters not if you manage to kill me. Our savior will rise!"
Nero stopped right then, preparing another punch. "Yeah? Well you'll never meet your savior!"
Dante finally rose, keeping his back turned to Sanctus and Nero. "You'd need the Yamato for that... And after what you just pulled, I don't think my brother is in a giving mood."
Sanctus then used the power he held soot a beam of gray light from his hand, one that blew the son of Vergil back.
He then stood, turning to Dante. "Yamato? Yamato can open and close the gates of hell... But there is another way."
The devil hunter rushed forth, grabbing Sanctus by the throat and easily overpowering him despite any boost he would've gained.
After slamming him against the wall, Dante put Ivory to his forehead. "Yeah? How about I just shoot you in the head and keep you from it. Don't worry, I'll get my brother to chop you into bits, make sure you don't come back after."
He grits his teeth, replying to the devil hunter with "How do you think the gates opened for the very first time, Dante?"
"Mundus stubbed his toe? Dunno. Don't really care." he then was about to pull the trigger, but the next words stopped him.
"The eclipse. Surely you realized that an eclipse was going to happen tonight. It's happening now as we speak."
Dante was swift to look over to the floor with patterns and a large dent in the center where his own blood and Abigale's had gone.
It was then that he gazed up to the ceiling, seeing an opening in it that allowed red moonlight to shoot down on the blood that slowly became brighter.
"You've gotta be kidding. This is starting to feel like a bad comic book plot."
Vergil looked down to Abigale even still, then finally up to the red light before as the ground began to shake beneath him.
He finally gazed up at the red light in front of him, his eyes growing evenmore narrow. He laid Abigale down as he looked to it, seeing the blood in the center begin to open up, causing a red light to shoot from the opening that began to grow, slowly consuming the entire circle that took up half of the room.
Dante became distracted, looking to the opening with his eyes widening.
Sanctus took this chance to try and kick Dante backwards before making a run for the gateway.
It was in this moment that Nero had rushed forward, throwing the demonic hand out again to try and snatch him back, but it was too late.
Dante opened fire with Ivory, hitting Sanctus multiple times through the stomach.
Vergil unsheathed the Yamato, slicing through Sanctus with it in a split second.
Despite all of this, the old man made it through, going into the demon world, though he fell into two pieces, meaning he had hopefully met his demise at last.
The oldest twin in blue was not satisfied with this, and so he swiftly jumped into the gateway to Hell after Sanctus to insure he was dead.
Nero swiftly ran to his mother's body, his hands going around her as he looked to her face. "Mom..." he spoke, more tears flowing from his eyes. Due to all of this, he hadn't wondered about the change of his arm.
Abigale's eyes were open even still, a tear down her face. There was no sign of life, and it was clear she was gone.
The son of Vergil held his mother even still, his eyes closing as he laid his head against her's as he weeps.
Dante rushed for the gate after his brother, but he was stopped by the sheer amount of black robed, flying demons that began to shoot forth from the gate, each giving their own cry or twisted laugh as they held giant scissors or scythes.
The gateway to Hell in Fortuna was opened, and now demons began to overrun the city along with the island itself.
Dante slid backwards due to the force, his arms going in front of his head as he lowered it.
After a moment, he swiftly turned to his nephew. "Kid, you gotta go." he spoke as he raced towards him, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Nero grits his teeth as he listened to his uncle's words, not even given a response at first.
"Take her body back. Meet up with a girl named Lady, and get out of here. That new arm of yours is pretty powerful, but if Sanctus still managed to get the best of ya... This is gonna be way too much for you."
he took his hand off Nero before walking towards the gate to hell, looking at all the demons flying out.
The son of Vergil slowly rose up, his mother's body in his arms still. He turned and looked at Dante, seeing the floor was still cracking, falling through to open the gate wider. "What about you?"
"I gotta follow my dumbass brother and make sure he doesn't do something stupid." he then smirked before looking back. "Adios, kid." he spoke before leaping into the pit, pulling his guns from their holsters to blast any demon in his way on the way down.
Nero watched his uncle jump into the gate, and he was tempted to follow. In fact, he began to take steps towards the gate, but he looked down to his mother's body, tears still falling from his blue eyes. He finally stepped back, turning to walk towards the exit.
He decided that he would go himself soon, but he couldn't just leave Abigale to lay there.
Nero had made a long walk through a forest, through Fortuna Castle, and even through snow on a mountain to get back to the city.
The night sky had turned a dark red,the bright red full moon illuminating most of the area.
The city seemed fine for the moment, but the demons swarming into the skies proved that this would not last long.
The teen's attention shifted to what lied ahead when he heard what sounded like a motorcycle approach.
Once the vehicle stopped, a woman in a white shirt and black shorts got off the bike before taking off her helmet to reveal her short, black hair along with her eyes that were each their own color.
"You must be Nero, right?"
The young man looked to her, his eyes still watery. "You that lady Dante talked about?"
Once she caught a glimpse of the wound on the body in his arms, she widened her eyes slightly, and she seemingly was at a loss for words then. "Oh... Dante called and said you needed help. At first I was gonna turn him down, but then he mentioned payment and said you were just a kid-"
"A bit late to help." he said, a hint of anger in his voice. "My mother... she..."
In that moment, this woman sighed. She knew the feeling Nero had at this moment, and so she quickly said "Alright, get on." before sitting back onto the motorcycle. "I'll take you somewhere safe, kid."
"Like hell... I need to go back after I..." he looked down to Abigale's body once more.
"Listen, kid, you aren't gonna make it two feet with how you are now." she looked back at him, seeing him still just stand there for a moment. "You coming or not? I don't have all day."
"No. I've got a score to settle." he turned his head back.
Lady was swift to respond. "Right now, you're dead weight."
"What did you just say?" he turned back to look at her, his eyes narrowing.
"You can't get what you're looking for like this. You can't help anyone like this. I've been down this road before, I know."
It was right then that Nero thought for a few moments before finally stepping forward.
On another part of the island now, Nero had a shovel in hand that was picked up on the way.
He dug a hole in the ground, his new, demonic arm helping a great deal with this.
After finally digging one deep enough, he rose up, crawling out of the grave he had dug.
Once he had crawled out, he leaned down to lift the body wrapped in blankets that were tied around her.
His eyes began to water once again as he did this, though he managed to lower her into the grave before falling to his knees, bursting to tears once more.
After a moment, he got a grip, managing to stand despite the tears falling before he then proceeded to finish the job, using the shovel to bury her.
When it was all said and done, he had placed a wooden board at the head of the grave that listed her name and age, but nothing more.
Abigale's son then sat in front of the grave as the sun began to rise.
He looked up to it as he wiped away the tears, noticing the sun was seemingly blotted out, almost like a solar eclipse, but it was more than that. It had to do with the opened hell gate, the power of Argosax.
He lifts his demonic hand, looking at it's demon like, black skin with blue glows traveling across it. "What the hell is this?" he questioned. "Whatever it is, it's strong. It sure can pack a punch."
It took a long time, but he finally stood up, his hands clinching. "Sanctus, the Order, Argosax... I'll make them pay." he said with rage surging through his voice before walking towards the house.
After sitting at the table for a moment in the ruined house that his mother, father, and grandfather all once lived in, he had gotten through all the tears. All that remained was a burning rage.
"I have to go back. This is my fight too, now."
Lady slowly approached, her hands being placed on the table as she leaned down. "Look-"
"No. I know what you're gonna say. I'm not powerless. Not anymore. Not with this." he held his demonic hand up, showing her the devil bringer. "With this new power... I need to do something! I can't just sit here! They killed my mom. This is my fight!" he shouted at her before standing, swiftly walking towards the door.
"Nero." she spoke up.
"What?" he replied, turning his head to her as he haulted.
"Take this." she pulled the large rocket launcher off her back, tossing it to the son of Vergil. "Make sure you bring that back."
Catching it in his demon hand easily, he gazed to it.
After looking a moment, he nodded. "Yeah. I'll do just that."
