Chapter 3

As the sun rose into the sky, our group of warriors rose as well. Spyro and Cynder uncurled from each other. Trish jumped down from her tree. Lady got up from her sleeping bag looking like she was in desperate need of a cup of coffee. I have no idea where the hell Vergil slept, but all of a sudden, he was there. Indy was awaken by a swift kick to the side and retaliated with a small moan of utter suffering. Dante fell out of his tree that he had returned to during our shift when all seven of us threw rocks at him when he refused to get up. After everybody was up we ate breakfast.

"What? No pizza?" Dante's question was met with a salvo of fruits, vegetables and rocks.

"How can you even eat that much- wait, half demon never mind," I answered my own question.

"What's a pissa?" Spyro asked, completely confused and unaware he wasn't saying it right.

"WHAT?! How do you not know of the food of the gods? How do I even begin to describe it's heavenly taste?" Dante started to rant with shock.

"Ok, while pizza is good..." Indy started.

"GOOD?! DON'T YOU DARE SAY IT IS MERELY GOOD! IT IS EASILY THE MOST DELECTIBLE FOOD EVER TO GRACE THIS REALM!"

"Is he always like this?" Cynder whispered to Trish.

"Just about," she answered as Dante continued to rant on and on.

After an hour (apparently demons don't feel the need to breathe) we finished up breakfast and packed up our things and left. This time I stayed on the ground and rode on the bck on Indy's bike. Spyro and Cynder flew above us and scouted for us, grateful for some alone time. We continued on towards our destination. We made it out of the forest after an hour and continued on through the plains that lay on the other side.

"So how much further is it until we reach this portal of yours?" Lady yelled over the wind.

"Should be about another three hours at this pace," I yelled back.

A roar sounded from behind. we turnded our heads and saw a large monster burst from the trees that we had left behind a few minutes ago. It stood twenty-five feet tall on two thick legs. Its upper body was covered by a gleaming chestplate. It had three arms, one on each side and a longer third one that extended from its back. Its left arm carried a giant axe, its right arm a hammer and the third arm was empty but had a glowing aura surounding it, indicating magic.

"Well then. Let's kick up the pace, shall we?" Dante said as he grinned and reved up his engine. We proceded to haul ass out of there. Luckily, Spyro and Cynder caught on and sped up. Our pursuer howled in rage and gave chase. He started to gain on us as I started to form a plan.

"Anyone have a sniper rifle? If not, an assault rifle will do," I yelled out to the others.

"No! Will this do?" Lady replied as she swooped by and handed me her rocket launcher.

"You know, I was thinking a rocket launcher was to much to ask for!" I yelled back with a grin on my face. I swung around so I was back to back with Indy (that's a hell of a lot harder than it sounds) and stod up to have enough room to aim the thing without nailing Indy with it. I took aim and fired several rockets. He wasn't fast enough to dodge any of them. He did however intercept them with magic bursts and cause them to explode prematurely. Since I wasn't expecting that to actually work, I immediatly shot the ground in front of him in the hopes that while he was preoccupied with the first round he wouldn't notice the next one. For some completely wierd an illogical reason it actually worked as he was caught in the explosions and was staggered. A few rockets to the torso ended him and the danger. We all continued in stunned silence.

"Would anybody believe that's the first time that actually worked?" I asked as I handed Lady her rocket launcher back.

"Yes. Our experiences say that that never happens." Vergil answered.

"He's about to pop up in front of us and cause us to wreck. Isn't he?" Indy asked.

"Probably," Dante remarked.

The thing jumped up from the ground in front of us right on cue. Everybody tried to swerve but ended up wiping out due to to sharp of a turn. I leapt from the back of Indy's bike before it flipped and drew the Defcom. I unleashed supressing fire on it while the others recovered. It deemed me the bigger threat and charged at me. I dashed forwrd and slid under its swings and continued underneath it, blasting its underside as I went by. It howled in pain and spun with its weapons outstretched in a deadly tornado. A hailstorm of bullets flew in from several directions as my allies joined the fight. The two dragons swoopd in and added fire and poison to the barrage. It launched a volley of magic blasts at them in retaliation. They tried their best to dodge but one clipped Spyro's wing. It crumpled and he started to fall, getting hammered by the several remaing blasts.

"Spyro! No!" Cynder screamed. She dove towards him trying to catch him. In her haste she didn't notice that it had fired another volley, this one aimed the whole group in general. Luckily for her, the majority homed in on the humans, which we dodged and parried. However a few stray bolts hit Cynder in the side. She blacked out right as she reached Spyro. Dante sprinted as fast as he could to reach the two before they crashed. I trailed behind him and provided cover as to not repeat the same mistake Cynder had. The demon charged, determined to end us. I drew my blades and met his charge. He swung his axe at me in a downward swing, intending to either crush me or split me in two. I sidestepped it easily. He was expecting this and was already swinging his hammer sideways to smash me. I jumped over the swing and retaliatd with a spinning strike with both blades. The force of the blow knocked him backwards towards the group who were unloading their guns into him. They scattered, directing curses at me.

"At least I'm helping," I shouted defensively while rolling to avoid several magic bursts. It staggered forwards as Vergil appeared on it's shoulder. In a single fluid motion he drew Yamto, sliced its head off and returned his blade to its sheath.

"Bro, I'm starting to think that you don't do that sooner because you enjoy watching others get the shit beat out of them," Dante said as he walked up with Spyro under one arm and Cynder under the other, both unconscious.

"Only you. For others it is... unsettling," he ansewered.

"Oh my God! Vergil showing compassion! I can't belie..." Indy started but was cut off by a katana throught the chest.

Luckily the dragons were unconscious so they didn't have to witness it. While they seemed hardened by war, they still seemed a little soft.

"Dick! Do you know how much that hurts!" Indy exclaimed as he examined his new orfice.

"No but I've heard Dante does," was his icy answer.

"I want to make a remark about how Vergil just made a joke but I value my life so I'll keep quiet," Lady said.

Spyro and Cynder were coming around now. "What was that thing?" he asked with a groan.

"Don't know. Never seen something like that. It wasn't a demon," Dante said.

Unbeknowst to us, two dark beings watched the heroes, relizing that two major problems in their plan have appeared.