Please Enjoy. I only own the Plot, Wiccan and every other OC. I apologise in advance if any of the characters seem OOC. Please review to let me know your thoughts. Also I have exams coming up so I will be unable to post chapters until afterwards, than you for your support.
Thank you to darkslayer65 for the review and I'm glad you're enjoying the story and that my character is entertaining. As for her last words, Wiccan wasn't joking, if her prey was a normal demon it wouldn't really matter to her however since the demons are incredibly dangerous –unless it is an innocent human or a loyal sister – Wiccan will take out anyone who gets in her way to protect the earth, as for working together with Dante there's going to be bumps but eventually they'll figure something out.
Chapter 6: - Nile and Malcolm
I ducked behind a broken pillar as the light spear impaled itself into the broken stone. I looked around at my opponent, a group of demons that were called The Fallen, they covered themselves with beautiful white wings – causing them to look like angels – which act as an impenetrable shield for their vulnerable abdomen, and they wield a lance of light, if it is hurled at distant enemies, it will explode shortly after striking the ground, which it did so.
I had lost Mirage's trail and without any knowledge of that Incubus or the hooded figure who was with him, I had nothing to go on except the demonic activity. Thus I had ended up in another crumbling old building with more damn demons attempting to kill me, again.
I seized the light weapons that the other Fallen has just thrown with my magic and caused them to turn around, I made them detonate the moment they came close to the demons, killing the fake angels. I came up from my hiding spot and looked around for any signs of other demons but found nothing even with my scanning, I was beginning to get frustrated with my lack of progress and the loss of a trail.
With three – possibly four – Horsemen running about, an Incubus and a mystery being involved with them and my own clan sister being manipulated by said Incubus this case was proving to be more hassle than I was being paid for. Suddenly a clattering sound echoed through the building, I whipped my head around and managed to see something dart off down a corridor that was on the balcony just above me.
I jumped up onto the balcony and began to chase after whoever was in the building, I barely managed to follow the person's physical trail as they weaved through the myriad of passageways in this building. But by using my magic sense I was able to keep up with their spiritual trail as they attempted to get away from… something.
I arrived in a room with multiple corridors branching off from it, I looked around trying to spot the spectre that I had been chasing however I saw nothing in this room. I placed my hands on my head and took in a deep breath trying to calm myself down so that I could think clearly about my next actions.
A deep echoing laugh bounced through the room that I stood in, I whipped my head around looking for the source until I glanced upwards and saw that the Incubus I had seen controlling Mirage was led across one of the rocky beams in what humans would consider a provocative pose. Nile swung his body up so that his long legs dangled over the edge, his deep red eyes bored down on to me as if I was a piece of meat.
"Well, you are quite the beauty," Nile purred as he slid off the beam, his movements fluid and graceful. He landed on the floor and began to approach me, however he didn't get close as I threw one of my daggers at him, forcing him to stop and dodge the attack. "That wasn't very nice," Nile reprimanded as he clicked his tongue.
"Sorry, but I make a point not to let demons near me, unless I'm killing them. Especially if those demons happen to be manipulating members of my clan," I spat at the demon. Nile laughed at that as he attempted to approach me again, however for every step he took, I took two in the opposite direction.
"Don't let demons near you, yet it seems that you and the Son of Sparda were getting particularly close," Nile taunted. I pulled my dagger back and threw it at him, Nile dodged out of the way as he continued to smirk at me which was beginning to anger me. "Come now let me show you love," Nile claimed as he rushed towards me at incredible speed and placed his lips over mine and his eyes began to glow pink.
I didn't let Nile remain for more than a split second before punching him in the gut and throwing him away from me. I dragged the back of my hand over my lips before whipping it against my pants, I pulled my sword off my back and held it in front of me prepared to kill this bastard. Nile jumped back to his feet as some of the bats that made up his clothing flew off and circled around him as dark pink lights began to dance around his fingers.
"You think I'm so weak so as to be enthralled by scum like you?!" I hissed at him. Nile's eyes narrowed as he sent some of the lights at me, I blocked them with my blade before launching a beam of light at the demon. Nile's bats blocked the attack, whilst he move around them and used the lights to form a bow and arrow and launched the arrow at me.
I slid into a split, allowing me to dodge the attack, whilst I used my telekinesis to launch my daggers at the demon. He dodged the blades and caught one before throwing it back at me, I caught the dagger as I twisted myself up onto my feet before calling all my weapons back and engaged Nile in close combat.
Nile used the lights to form a sword as we clashed our blades against each other, each blocking or parrying each strike as we attempted to take the other down for different reasons. I slammed my foot into his chest and sent him flying back, Nile rose to his feet and smirked at me before he darted off down the corridor that he had landed in front of.
I raced after him, however whenever I got close his bats would fly in front of me and attack me which slowed me down. Eventually Nile managed to escape from me and he had managed to hide himself from my magic sense. I ground my run to a halt as I looked around the area that I had stopped in.
It was a large rectangular room, with a large yet broken and faded stained glass window at the opposite end of the room from where I stood, the floor had large fissures in it and many places had crumbled away into what seemed to be a bottomless pit from the darkness. Cylindrical pillars held up the balcony that encircled the perimeter of the area however much like the floor some parts of the balcony had crumbled away and the balcony itself was lopsided due to several pillars having been destroyed.
No sound could be heard, not even the scratting of rodents that normally occupied these types of buildings. I was immediately set on edge because of this silence, nothing good ever came of silence unless I was with my clan, I felt the shifting air and swiftly dodged out of the incoming projectiles that imbedded themselves into the stones were I had just been.
I looked up to see five harpy-like demons known as Puia, they attacked by either dived at their targets or shooting their feathers, also they were invisible when they were roosting. The demons were flying far too high for me to reach them by jumping up, so I summoned my chain and attached the daggers to it before telekinetically using it to attack the flying creatures.
They scattered about in an attempt to dodge the attack, however by twisting and turning the chain I was able to entrap all five and by tightening the chain I managed to kill all five creatures easily, seeing as they weren't that strong to begin with. All of these attacks were confusing, it seemed almost as if something or someone was testing my abilities and trying to gauge just how strong I truly was.
Clacking resonated through the empty area and I turned to face the being, I saw that it was the hooded figure that had appeared alongside the Incubus in the message Mirage had been speaking to. I moved my chain so that it floated beside me poised to strike like a viper.
"It is not every woman who can resist Nile's kiss only those with a strong willpower," The being spoke, their voice revealing themselves to be a male. We began to circle each other waiting for the other to make a move, my chain slinked after me never too far from my side.
"Which makes me wonder as to how you bastards can manipulate Mirage seeing as her willpower is stronger than mine," I shot back and the man. He chuckled as if this was amusing to him, I flicked my wrist and the chain launched out the blades glinting maliciously as they headed for their prey. The being dodge out of the way, moving far too quickly for it to be a normal human however I sensed no demonic essence about him.
"Ah yes, well you see love makes everything fragile. It's so pathetic," The being spat. He reached up and removed the cloak to reveal a… normal human, I blinked having expecting another being, not this. The man had short pure black hair with brown eyes, he wore a simple top and jeans, there was nothing intimidating about him so I was greatly confused.
The man laughed as if he found my confusion amusing, when he looked back at me his eyes had turned demonic red, his canines had extended so that they peaked out over his bottom lip and his nails had become claws. Realising what these changes meant, I pulled my chain back and took out my sword as I held it out in front of me, prepared to fight this man.
"So you're a Contract," I hissed. The man smirked before rushing at me and swiping his claws at my face, I dodged the strike and brought the pommel of the sword into his stomach however the attack didn't faze the man as he attempted to bite my shoulder however I drove my free fist into his face before jumping back.
"Contract, yes that's what your kind call humans who form a power bond with a demon," The man muttered as he touched his lip which I had split with my punch. I glared at the man waiting for his next move, the man rushed at me once again as he attempted to deliver a punch however I managed to block the attack and we began a struggle of power against each other.
"No, Contracts are the names we give to humans who decide to sell their soul to a demon for power," I spat at the man before using my magic to change my skin into metal. I slammed my leg into the man which sent him flying backwards and straight into a wall. The man easily rose to his feet as he rotated his shoulders before cracking his fists. "I assume that it's that Incubus you've given your soul to," I stated as I kept my sword close by, the low light reflecting off it and my still metallic body.
"Yes Nile has been most helpful and soon our plan will be complete," The man stated. He then charged at me once more, I blocked the strikes he made with his claws however he managed to make a move that I could barely see, allowing him to swipe my sword away from my hand. I jumped back so that there was distance between us, the Contract stood in the way of my sword, even though I could easily get it back I decided to have a little fun.
"Well then shall we dance?" I mockingly asked as I bowed. The man sneered before launching himself at me, I ducked before his strike could hit me and I launched my leg up into his chest sending him up into the air, I jumped up and threw a punch at the man's face, however he managed to grab it before throwing his own punch but like him I managed to catch the attack and we struggled against one another.
The man then twist his head and drove his fangs into my hand, piercing through the metal coat, I gritted my teeth before using my free hand to punch him on the nape of the neck, the attack stunned him for a few second but it was all I need to free my hand from his grip. I twisted us around so that he was directly above the floor and I kicked my legs into his stomach sending him flying to the ground, whilst I turned my skin back to flesh and used the wind to keep myself airborne.
The man pulled himself out of the crater he had formed upon his landing and looked up at me, his face devoid of any emotion. I lowered myself to the floor as I summoned my sword to my hand as I stared down at my opponent, who stared back.
"So this plan involves resurrecting the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse and unleashing them on the world. That doesn't seem to be the smartest world domination plan I've heard," I stated. The man chuckled at my statement and I was beginning to get annoyed with this as I hated being laughed at.
"Oh the Horsemen are key but they're not the end goal," The man stated. I narrowed my eyes at him, confused by what he meant until it dawned on me that the only thing greater than the Horsemen was their master and that would quite literally mean the end of the world.
"Not going to happen," I hissed. The man smirked and rushed at me once more, I brought my sword into an arc which managed to sever his right hand from the rest of his body, the man howled in pain as he clutched the bleeding wound to his chest covered it in a desperate attempt to stem the flow of blood.
"Who the hell are you anyway?" I asked the man, not bothered that he was bleeding heavily. His soul was already lost and there was no hope for him to be saved by anyone, the man looked up at me as his eyes narrowed into slits and he shakily rose to his feet.
"My name is Malcolm and you cannot stop us," He declared. I walked up to him and raised my sword prepared to strike him down for good, when suddenly a gunshot went off. I jumped back and looked up to see the dark-haired human woman and the blonde demon woman.
"Get away from him," The blonde called out to me, her guns held tightly in her hands. I looked at them undaunted by their actions, the human then pointed her own guns at me as I remained unmoving.
"Oh thank you, thank you. She's crazy she's trying to kill me," Malcolm called out to them. I knew he was acting and I'd rather not get involved in another fight, so I put my sword away and took off further into the building to escape these girls and hopefully find some new leads.
I heard footsteps echo behind me, signalling that I was been chased by someone and by using my magic sense I identified my pursuer as the demon woman. I continued running through the winding hallways and over collapsed floors in an attempt to lose her however she managed to easily keep up with me.
I arrived in what appeared to have once been a grand ballroom, an old chandelier hung from the high ceiling. I rushed over to the side of the room and held onto the chain that kept the chandelier dangling, the shadows managed to mostly conceal my form as I waited for my pursuer to arrive. She skidded to a halt as she entered the room and whipped her head about looking for me.
She couldn't spot me due to the shadows, so she walked into the centre of the room stopping right beneath the chandelier. I lifted my sword and swung it through the chain which released the tension causing me to be sent flying upwards whilst the chandelier careened down towards the demoness. Once I reached a beam, I leaped from the chain onto the beam as I glanced down in time to see that the chandelier had crashed into the ground, dust encircled the area preventing anyone from being able to see what was going on.
I turned and began to walk away when a bullet grazed just in front of my face, returning my attention downwards I saw that the demoness had survived unscratched. She holstered her weapons and ran at the wall before running up it, she the used one of the pillars to springboard up to where I was standing before launching an electrical attack at me.
I dodge the attack before throwing one of my daggers at her which she dodged as well, before she pointed a gun at me and fired. I raised my shield which easily deflected the metal projectiles, I then pulled my dagger back to my hand and ran at her slashing out at her wrist hoping to dislodge her weapon. The demoness dodged backwards but I launched my leg out and slammed it into her stomach using her own momentum and the force of my attack to send her flying back.
The demoness twisted her body around and grabbed a hold of the beam which stopped her momentum. She then began to fire at me once more, but my shield was still up which protected me from the assault, she then ran at me and launched at kick at me however I blocked the attack.
"Why did you attack that defenceless human?" The demoness questioned. I suppressed a chuckle at the demon's obvious blindness even if she was resisting the urge to kill she was still a demon.
"Just like a demon to not see the whole picture," I retorted. I then used her leg to jump up and slam my leg into her skull sending her spiralling down to the floor, I looked over as she managed to grab a hold of one of the dusty drapes preventing her from crashing into the old stones. "Not everything is as it seems demon, try looking without your eyes and you might just see the truth of the matter," I called down to her.
Before hearing her response, I turned around and rushed across the beam heading to the small window that was at the side. I jumped out the window and began to free fall towards the earth, I waited until the ground came into view before using the wind to stop myself and gently place myself on the ground.
"Well what should we do know? That witch knows of us and will no doubt attempt to follow whatever trail we leave," A voice spoke up. I recognised it as the voice of the Contract known as Malcolm, I carefully walked over to the voice's direction and pressed myself against the rocky walls as I peaked around only to see Nile and Malcolm talking to each other.
"True but so long as we confuse her and cover a true trail, she'll never known that we're heading for Daemon Capitala," Nile stated. The two then disappeared in a puff of smoke, and I couldn't help but smirk at the new direction I had learned from their carelessness. Knowing where I had to go I began to set off for the metropolis city, hoping to stop the rise of Apocalypse and save my clan sister from that bastard Incubus.
