Two years had passed since Dante started Hunting. He had started taking jobs from a local Mercanary gang, and eventually the gang grew tired of his sharp tounge and refused to make anymore deals with him. Apparently they had 'tried' to do away with him numerous times, but unfortunately for them his demon hieritage proved to be too much for them.
Tellix, on the other hand, wasn't too supportive of Dante's new route as a Mercenary, but didn't get in his way much. Hard to believe that her ten year old nephew was a 'Supernatural Bounty Hunter', the childish name Dante had given himself. Apparently he had been watching too much TV.
Ever since the band of Mercenaries, "The Black Canaries" did away with their contracts with Dante, a man named Enzo had started feeding Dante his jobs. Enzo was a rather large man, and had grown used to Dante's piercing insults, but all around he was a good guy, and sometimes he even sent Tellix off on jobs.
Enzo had recently assigned both Dante and Tellix to a job, that he considered was 'Highly Confidential'. The contract had sent them to a ruined Island a couple hundred miles off the coast from the Florida Keys. The contracted stated two German Archeologists had mysteriously vanished on a strange un-named Island. Dante and Tellix arrived at the Island, Dante was glad to finally be off the wretched plane that brought them here. Oh sure, Dante could skip across a wall and over a bottumless pit, and even jump off the Empire State Building back home and land right on his feet without breaking a sweat, but he couldn't fly in a plane.
A small make-shift hut was perched on a rock in the center of the Island, which apparently was where the 'Demon Lord' would be found.
"So, tell me. Have you chosen a name for your Demon Hunting Agency?" Tellix smirked sarcastically, earning her a dirty stare from Dante. He threw back his head and grinned. "Not yet, but I'll be sure to pick a good name for it when the time comes."
"I could've sworn you would name it 'The Fluffy Pink Pony'." Tellix said with a mocking grin. Dante shot her another dirty look, then rolled his eyes. His scruffy white hair had grown so long, almost reaching his shoulders, and everytime Tellix would go to cut it, he gave her this long speach on how his long white hair would one day be his trademark.
The ruined hut was, in Dante's words, 'made out of crap', and Tellix somewhat agreed with him. The rotted wooden walls were reinforced with a disgustion brown substance that was hardened to add durability, and the thatched roof looked as if it was sewn together with hair, but who the hair belonged to was unknown to both Dante and Tellix.
Tellix knocked on the rotten door. A scraggy old woman opened the door and gave them a toothy - or rather - toothless smile. Dante's face contorted as her putrid breath hit him in the face. The woman welcomed them in, she seemed nice enough, what was Enzo thinking? Sending them to terrorize a sweet old toothless lady?
The lady sat across from them at the small round table, which took up a large portion of the house. There were unusual trophies pinned to the wall with swords and daggers, and on the table was a glowing crystal ball with various bones and nik-naks spread around it.
"My name is Dellani, by the looks of you both, you're Demon Hunters." The old woman said in high-pitched, cracking voice that made Dante's teeth hurt.
"Yes, speaking of Demons, that's why we're here. Our...err..Manager gave us this contract. The information in it sent us here." Tellix said as she handed the contract to Dellani. She took the contract in her crooked bony fingers and read through it. After a few moments she nodded and handed it back, then said, "Ahh yes. A few months ago a man named Neilson Wolfenzer came to the Island with his apprentice, Albert Steinferd. They stayed here for a while, then just up and left one day. They said they planned on staying here for their research, but just disappeared without a word."
"Any idea why they left in such a hurry?" Tellix asked, seeming interested in the woman's story. Dante just rolled his eyes and fiddled with a 9mm shell casing he carried in his pocket.
"I'm not entirely sure, but I think it has something to do with those tunnels they dug beneath the Island. They were archeologists and were interested in the Island's unique structure." Dellani continued.
Tellix nodded and rose from her seat, then started towards the door. "Where are you going?" Dellani asked. Dante stood up and started after Tellix. "Perhaps we should investigate these Tunnels for ourselves, and see what we can find." Tellix said over her shoulder as she stepped out of the hut. Dante breathed in the fresh ocean air, and finally realized how much it stunk in Dellani's hut.
It was a steep climb up the rocky hillside to the Tunnel's entrance. Ruined camp equipment was scattered everywhere, and a trail of blood led into the depths of the tunnels. Tellix was the first to step forward and go into the tunnels, while Dante stayed behind and went through the camp equipment. He produced a bloodied journal from a bag and flipped through the pages.
One of the pages caught his eye, it read, "June 14th 1997. Me and my apprentice Steinferd have been very successfull so far. The tunnels beneath this Island are marvelous! Instead of just finding rocks and veins, we found a temple buried beneath the Island! Murals were painted on the wall that told a story. In the first part of the temple, the murals told the story of an extremely powerful Demon Swordsman, who rose up against the Demon Lord to save mankind. Other murals told stories of lesser demons that were so powerless, humans were able to bend them to their will. Deeper into the Temple showed even more interesting murals. They told the story of how Humans were able to manipulate the timelines with the help of the demons. This is an amazing Archeological find!"
Dante smirked at the story of the Demon Swordsman, then continued reading. "This is unbelievable! My apprentice and I have discovered how to control the demon spirits that inhabbit this Island! We're able to manipulate the demons, and have even developed the ability to manipulate timelines! While this is an amazing find in itself, it seems when we unlocked these abilities, a monstrous demon was set lose on the Island. We've been tracking the demon, but it seems to have eluded us. Also, a strange old woman has made her home on the Island. It's strange, she wasn't here when we arrived."
Dante raised an eye brow at the journal entry and closed the journal, then headed into the Tunnels. After a long twisting path of rock tunnels, it opened up into a great hall with elaborate murals painted on the walls, just as Wolfenzer's journal had suggested. He looked up at the large mural of the Demon Swordsman. In his hand he held a monstrous sword, which Dante recognized from somewhere.
He continued onward, finding Tellix in the deepest part of the temple. She was staring at the mural intently, something about the mural bugged her, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. She looked down at Dante who handed her the journal. She flipped through the pages and nodded slightly, then looked up at the mural once more. It showed the outline of a huge monster, then the paintings of several lesser demons around it.
"That monster Wolfenzer spoke of in the journal, must be what goes in this mural. Strange that a mural would come to life. But with demons.." She looked down at Dante, who interuppted her and said with a wide grin, "Anything can happen.." Tellix grinned and turned towards the exit, to see Dellani standing before them. Dellani's grey eyes were now radianting a dark red, and a wicked smile was twisted across her face.
Within seconds, Dellani's body twisted into a terrible beast. Dellani's new form resembled a giant dog-like beast with seven red eyes acrossed it's forehead. One large eye in the center, and the other small six eyes around it. A pair of twisting horns protruded from it's forehead, and it's gaping jaw was full of razor sharp teeth that were stained with blood.
Tellix drew her katana while Dante drew his trusty pistols, which he had named Ebony and Ivory, and held one of the over at an angle, aimed at the beast's forehead. The beast roared and charged for them, swinging it's massive claws wildly.
During the crazy battle, no one noticed the mural of the beast twist into a black portal. Upon seeing the portal, the beast swiped it's massive claw towards Tellix and Dante, knocking them both into the black portal.
Tellix flew out of the portal and landed on her back. Moments later Dante followed and landed right on top of Tellix. She weezed as Dante knocked the wind out of her, then gave him a shove, pushing him off her.
"Hey, thanks. If it weren't for you, that would've hurt." Dante said with a smirk on his face. Tellix shot him a dirty look then felt the ground. Oddly, it was cold and wet. It was snow.
She stood up and looked around the area. Two colossal mountains rose up in the distance, and snow poured from the skies. Down the hill before them was a small camp. Stone buildings were covered in snow and the flags were tattered.
"Where are we?" Dante asked, staring at the encampment. Tellix's eyes grew wide as she pointed at the flag. A white circle was sewn onto the center of the blood red flag, and in the center of the circle was a black design. A Swastika.
"We're in Nazi Germany." Tellix said, staring at the flag in disbelief.