It's been awhile hasn't it? - Elivanna

Disclaimer: I do not own DMC.

Chapter 5: Invasion

"So have you actually seen how this demon looks like?" questioned Lady as both herself and Dante entered the wooden door of Devil May Cry's entrance.

Dante put a hand on the back of his neck. "Well not exactly…but I have seen it in a different form, the demon can change its appearance to make itself look like different people."

"Right, I'll need some proof of this or I might have to shoot you for those stolen kisses. So I better see another version of myself running around here somewhere." she said eyeing him suspiciously not entirely believing the whole story.

"Can't a guy just be happy to see you." he said avoiding the glare that she was giving him as they searched the place.

"Well this place certainly hasn't changed since I last saw it." she commented on the never ending piles of junk on the floor and on the desks that never seemed to disappear. "Maybe you should get a maid."

"Why you offering? Why Lady, I didn't think you'd be so kind as to dress up as a maid for me."

Lady poked Dante in the ribs with her pistol. "Ow, damn it…" Lady covered his mouth with her gloved hand and whispered angrily to him.

"You probably already gave away our location to the enemy Dante!"

Dante reached out and pushed her hand away from his face. "The enemy probably already sensed our presence the minute we walked in. So be alert."

"Fine then, I'll look upstairs you check down here." she said pushing past him to go upstairs. She moved silently making sure her boot clad feet didn't make any of the wooden steps creak as she passed by. Once reaching the top of the stairs Lady loaded her pistol as she made her way past the first set of doors which seemed to be in a state of disuse. She moved on heading towards the next set of doors one of which seemed to have life about it unlike the other rooms that had the aura of no one inhabiting them.

She entered the room immediately knowing it to be Dante's room due to the wrinkled red sheets on the bed mattress where he had previously been trying to sleep.

She scanned the room noticing nothing seemed to be out of place everything seemed to be in its orderly mess.

'How are we supposed to track a demon that could change its appearance to appear as any other person.' she thought annoyed at the thought of a demon copying her image.

"What the hell?" Dante said aloud to himself bending down to get a closer look at the strange substance on the ground. Reaching a gloved hand his fingers lightly felt the liquid substance. "Gross…" he said pulling back immediately. 'Could it be melted skin.'

Lady turned at the sound of Dante entering the room. "Did you find anything?" she asked him.

"No of course not, tricky bastard leaves without a trace."

She sighed. "Why can't things ever be simple."

"Yeah, you would think that tracking this demon wouldn't be so complicated." he said running a hand through his hair.

"I'm guessing you didn't find anything either?"

"Sadly, no. Come on let's go double check the area.' she said about to move past him but Dante blocked her way.

She looked up questionably until he responded. "Why bother looking for a useless demon when we could be doing other more important things."

"You're kidding right, move." she said once again trying to move past him and out the door.

"No, I'm perfectly serious Lady."

Dante moved forward causing Lady to step back. He reached up to caress her cheek. "Just give in." he whispered once more closing the gap between them.

"Hey Lady, I think you should come check this out!" she heard from a distance the voice of Dante causing her eyes to widen in realization. The Dante that was with her was the Hallucinogen.

"Get away from me!" she said aiming her pistol at his head but he was quick to move knocking the gun away from her as well as pushing her down onto the bed.

"Your friend can't help you now." it responded pressing their lips together as he started to drain Lady of her energy as she continued to struggle underneath the fake Dante.

Sorry for the short chapters recently but I'll get back on track eventually. -Elivanna