"Uh…hi. Eddie Riggs. That's Mangus Scott, and this is the Guardian of Metal."
"Ozwald Skul," said the Guardian .
Mangus spoke up.
"So, uh, what were those freaky things?"
"Angels," said Bayonetta, "Fom the Hierarchy of Laguna. This world doesn't exactly seem like the kind of place angels would gather many followers. And for them, that leaves only one other reason for coming here. War."
"Oh, GOD. Not more war…" said the Guardian. "I just got used to not having to fight crazed religious idiots and what happens? MORE CRAZED RELIGIOUS IDIOTS COME! ...I need a vacation…"
"This has happened before?" Baynetta said, surprised.
"Same concept, different idiots," the Guardian explained, "They called themselves Demonslayers, and they were nasty little *BLEEP*s.
"So you've had some experience fighting off threats from outside your world,. Good. You're going to need it. They'll come back with more angels, and try to wipe you out."
"How nice of the," Eddie said sarcastically.
"Why?" asked Mangus. "What did we ever do to them?"
"Probably the same reason the Demonslayers attacked. They think we're devil-worshippers."
"Oh, and you might want to pick up those halos," Bayonetta said. " You'll need them to properly arm yourselves."
"We're going to arm ourselves with halos?" said Eddie.
"Not the halos themselves. What you can buy with them. Angels' halos are currency in the world of Inferno…and certain other places, if you know where to look."
"And I take it you know where to look?"
"Of course. And I also where to get allies. Not everyone likes angels, you know. I happen to have a friend that has connections in Inferno. He made these," she said, holding up two of her four guns.
"Then let's go see him! The sooner we get rid of the angel problem the better."
Bayonetta summoned a circle of blood-red light on the ground.
"Just step on the portal, and we'll go see him."
Eddie, the Guardian, and Mangus stepped onto the portal with Bayonetta. There was a brief sensation of being sucked down a twisting tube at high speed, and they emerged in a grimy alleyway. At the other end of the alley was a street, and across that street was what appeared to be a bar.
"There," said Baynetta, "That's where we can find him." They proceeded towards the bar, which gave off an ominous aura for some reason. They opened the door, which was emblazoned with the name 'The Gates of hell.' When they entered the bar, nearly all of the unsavory-looking people hanging around turned to look at them, but Bayonetta led them to the man behind the bar. He was intimidating, to say the least. He wore a black shirt with a burnt orange-colored long coat mad of some sort of scaly skin, a bracelet on each writs, one gold and one silver, and his ears were pierced in several places. He was bale, his lack of hair showing cranial tattoos snaking across his dark skin.
"I take it your little angel-hunting trip went well. Who'd you bring back?" said the man. His voice was very deep, almost sinister.
"Rodin, meet Eddie, Mangus, and Ozwald. Eddie, Mangus, , and Ozwald, meet Rodin."
"Rodin Mephisto," he said, shaking Eddie's hand.
"These three are here to prepare their world for an angel invasion."
"Heh. You came to the right man."
"Hey, Bayonetta!" said a voice, "Who are these guys?"
The voice belonged to a short, fat man sitting next to them. Sitting next to him was a woman wearing a red fur-trimmed coat.
"Enzo, these are my allies from my latest angel-hunting expedition. These are Eddie, Mangus and Ozwald."
"Where the *BLEEP* did you go that you found these guys?"
"I know this is a bit over your head, Enzo, bur these gentlemen are from another dimension."
"And you went to this…other dimension. And met these guys."
Enzo's tone suggested he didn't believe her.
"Exactly."
"Well, it looks like you brought back two bikers and the high priest of some demonic cult to me."
"Don't be an *BLEEP* hole, Enzo," said Rodin.
"So what did you find out about the angels' next move?" said the woman in the red coat.
"The angels are going to attack our world, apparently, " said the Guardian. "And we came here so we could get help."
"The angels won't hold back," said Bayonetta, "and that's all we know."
"Do you think you could arm my world in time?" asked the Guardian.
"No. I might be able to make weapons for a few people, but not enough for an army. But I DO know a few friends down in Inferno that could help. Problem is, we'll need halos. Lots of halos. Gotta pay 'em somehow."
"Then what are we waiting for ? Let's go kill some angels!" Eddie said.
"Won't be that easy," said Rodin, "The angels won't let us take our time. We gotta work fast. Take out Paradiso's high rollers. They're worth more halos, but they're powerful. But, we don't have time to hunt the small ones. It's what we gotta do."
"Jeanne? Will you come with us?" Bayonetta asked.
"You really think I would turn down a chance to go angel-hunting?" the woman in the red coat replied.
Bayonetta smiled.
"Not at all."
Meanwhile, somewhere in Paradiso…
"What do you mean they never returned?"
"The angels you sent to the sin-stained world of Metal Earth never returned, Father Ariel," said the Enchant.
The wheel-shaped angel stood before a set of three thrones, each containing a golden-robed figure.
"What happened?" asked another of the figures.
"I know not, Tather Haniel. They may have been hkilled by the denizens of that world."
"Prepare the Joys. Tell them to use their powers of shapeshifting to get the scum from Metal Earth to tell them what happened," said the third figure.
"Yes, Father Camael. I shall go at once." The Enchant rolled off, and the three looked at one another.
"If the savages of Metal Earth were able to kill them…this might be the world we had hoped for," said Camael.
"We told them to avoid major settlements. If a minor settlement could kill them…you may be right." Haniel agreed.
"Them the great Father Balder will not have died in vain!" said Ariel. "Jubileus, Queen of Angels shall rise again!"