Dante's eyes grew wide as he stared at the Nazi flag flying high above his head. He couldn't believe his eyes. Two seconds ago he was standing in a buried temple, and now he's standing under a Nazi flag.
Tellix paid no mind to the flag and made a B-line for the mountains. The tower of a large black castle was all that was visable from the mountains. The hair of the back of Dante's neck stood up as the castle came into full view. The walls were crumbling, skeletons hung from the windows suspended hundreds of feet above the ground and blood stained the cobblestone road leading up the mountain.
The bodies of two Nazi soldiers were propped up against the wall, apparently they were guarding the large rusted door to the castle. Tellix removed the uniforms from the soldiers, then pushed their corpses into the mote below them.
"Put this on," She said as she handed a uniform to Dante. "No doubt this castle is probably swarming with Nazi's, we wouldn't want them slowing us down."
Dante took the uniform and sighed. Perfect. This can't end well. He thought to himself as he donned the uniform. It was quite large on him, but it would have to do for now.
The rusted doors swung inward and made an erie creaking noise. Dante thought the outside of the castle was intimidating, the inside was even worse. Seven or eight more soldiers were dead inside, and for every dead soldier a savage Msira was haunched over it's corpse, staring intently at Tellix and Dante.
At the end of the hallway, a man clad in a Nazi uniform was coming towards the two of them. He was smiling, but there was a sinister look in his eyes. The Msira stared at him intently, but quickly backed away as he came by them.
"Ah! You must be the replacements Steinferd promised." He said, still smiling. Dante's heart sank, but Tellix's eyes lit up. "Yes, but he didn't say what we were replacements for.."
"Ahh..Come with me then. My name is Dr. Neil Wolfenzer." He said, leading them through the halls. They were littered with countless bodies of Nazi soldiers and even more Msira demons.
"My name is Serra, and this is my nephew, Tony." Tellix said, earning a surprised glance from Dante. Wolfenzer nodded in response and continued onwards, never looking back. Dante pulled on Tellix's arm and whispered in her ear, "Tony?! Serra?! What's going on here?"
"Obviously Wolfenzer is attempting to rewrite the Nazi War and it seems we're the only ones who can stop this. It would probably be best if we did not use our names. We could severely damage the timeline, if Wolfenzer hasn't done so already." She replied, struggling to keep her voice down. The empty halls echoed any noises made.
Wolfenzer brought them into a large room. It was a lab full of glass capsules with demons trapped inside them. On the stone table in the center of the room sat a small furry black demon. It looked like a cross between a cat and a bat, and seemed to react happily to Tellix and Dante's presence.
"This is where we've been experimenting with the dämonen here in the castle. Unfortunately for Dr. Laichzeit, the dämonprobestück proved to be too much for him." Wolfenzer said as he gestured to a mangled corpse in the back of the room. "Steinferd sent you to replace him. But he didn't say you were bringing your nephew." He stared at Dante suspiciosly, but quickly smiled as Dante returned his stare with a dirty look.
Tellix smiled and patted Dante, or rather Tony, on the back. Wolfenzer nodded and stepped back into the hallway. "I'll leave you and Tony to your research."
The sound of the heavy door slamming echoed through the room as Wolfenzer left them. The demons were sealed in thick glass containers, and everyone of them seemed none too pleased with being locked in there. Dante walked up to one of the containers and examined the beast within. It was curled up with it's massive arms across it's chest and it's thick, muscular legs pulled up under it's arms. It seemed to be asleep.
Dante tapped on the glass and smirked as the demon's blood red eyes shot open. A gurgled growl escaped it's throat as it stared at him.
"Best not bother the Orangguerra. Those are very powerful demons and will crush you in a matter of seconds." Dante smirked mockingly at the demon and nodded to Tellix, then sat down with her at the stone table.
The small demon on the table looked up at Tellix, and to Dante's surprise, smiled at her. "I didn't think I would see you here." The demon said in a strained voice, pronoucing every word with utmost care. Tellix nodded at the demon and smiled.
"Didn't think you would be here either, Shardra. I thought you were with Nerezza?" She said, stroking Shardra's black fur. "I am with Nerezza." Shardra replied, then hopped down from the table. She looked up at Dante and grinned, then turned towards the door.
The door was seven times bigger then Shardra, and Tellix had no doubt that Wolfenzer had locked it. Shardra pawed at the door several times, then proceeded to walk straight through it. Dante smirked, then rested his chin on his arms. "Show off."
"You know Tellix...This is all so familiar.." Dante said out of nowhere, earning a strange look from Tellix. "Of course it's familiar..You've read about this war in History books."
"That's not what I mean," He continued, a hint of annoyance in his voice. "This castle..the demons...Nazi's..I've heard this story somewhere.." Tellix giggled slightly then stood up. She stared at the large capsules containing the 'dämonprobestück' Wolfenzer spoke of.
"How will we get home?" Dante asked, staring blankly at the demons. He frowned when Tellix shrugged, seeming unsure of the situation herself. She forced a smile, trying to offer some form of silent reassurance.
"Better get some sleep. We'll have alot to do tomorrow." Tellix said as she made herself comfortable on the cot in the corner of the lab. Dante nodded slightly and climbed onto the cot opposite from Tellix.
The bedding on the cot was rough, and the pillow smelled horrible. But nonetheless, Dante laid his head down and closed his eyes and slowly drifted off to to sleep.
Tellix on the other hand, sat up in her cot, leaning against the wall. She eyed the captive demons intently, her right hand resting on her left knee, gripping Ebony tightly, her finger just above the trigger guard. She knew the glass containing the demons was far too weak to contain them, they could break out any moment if they wished.
It didn't look like Tellix would get any sleep tonight.