A/N: Hey guys, I know it's been a little while and I pretty much have zero excuse except for being lazy and getting caught up in Secret World Legends, which is a free MMO and I highly recommend it, you should all come join the Illuminati with me so we can outnumber my boyfriend who's part of the Templars :p
Disclaimer: Why do I even bother with these anymore…?
Dante backed up a step, and then another, and another, not sure what to do. Surely the other hunter would snap out of it… wouldn't he?
"Nero…?" he asked again and then ducked out of the way as the partial devil lunged at him. "Oi! Nero! Cut it out!" he bopped the other man on the head as he lunged by, only succeeding in pissing the partial devil off. "Shit…" he grumbled. In the background, he could hear the resident crazy scientist laughing.
"If only we had predicted that it would be this easy to gain control of you!" Dante growled, dodging once again out of the way of one of Nero's lunges. Whatever was controlling him was doing a piss poor job of it, the blue hunter was sloppy, lacking all of his usual finesse and instead just trying to opt for brute strength, which Dante had over him in spades. The problem was, how to break Nero out of it without damaging him too much. This measly little scientist couldn't be the worst of the problems that plagued Fortuna, he needed his partner to still be in one piece for the final fight. The half devil grinned then, an idea striking him. He dodged and evaded, wearing the other man down until Nero was panting, though whatever was controlling him didn't allow him to pause for breath. Nero howled, his eyes burning bright red as his Devil Trigger crawled across his body from his arm. Dante just smiled, this was what he'd been waiting for from the partial devil; he allowed his own Devil Trigger to slowly crawl across his skin, feeling each change as it passed over him. He could hear the scientist muttering lowly, apparently in awe of the two monsters before him. Dante just launched himself forward, tackling the slightly younger man to the ground.
Nero struggled in his grip, thrashing and snarling like a wild animal and Dante just huffed, if he was going to act strictly off of his instincts, so would Dante and the half devil was fairly certain he would win this contest. He roared at the devil beneath him, who just met his eye and snarled back. The half devil growled and after a brief struggled had his teeth at the younger man's throat. Nero froze, his body understanding that he only had two options, submit or die. Dante growled again, tightening his grip and feeling the edges of his incisors cut into the tough hide of the partial devil's neck. And then the body beneath him relaxed, not much but enough to alert the older devil that the other had submitted. He pulled his teeth away and looked at the partial devil, who still had no trace of recognition in his eyes. Dante huffed and kissed his cheek, much to the currently possessed Nero's dismay and then said
"I'm sorry about this in advance." before knocking the other hunter out cold and then supporting his body as he crumpled the rest of the way to the floor. Dante stood then, allowing the full front of his power out, the air crackling with electricity as it bounced between the plates of his hide and cut through the air to the edges of the glass and metal cage. The scientist who had appeared to be taking notes gave off an eep! and backed away from the window.
"You better let me out, or I'm going to bust through that window and it's going to get even uglier than it already has." the man smirked
"You cannot b-break it, it is made to withstand the strongest of devils." he sniffed proudly and Dante snarled, summoning Rebellion to his side and holding it behind him in a reversed grip, allowing his demonic energy to build up along the blade. He pulled Ebony from her holster and fired as he allowed his energy to charge up, firing off a couple shots that merely dinged the glass but did give him a point of reference along the surprisingly clean glass. He launched Rebellion then, the blade flinging forward with devastating force. The glass creaked and then then began to crack and Dante grinned, launching himself forward and into the cracking pane. It shattered. The scientist stumbled backward, shards of glass falling all around them. He shook his head.
"Meant to withstand the strongest devils my ass. That wasn't even my most powerful attack." he rolled his eyes and the scientist stammered
"But this is impossible…!"
"That's me, Mr. Impossible. But enough small talk." a gun was at the man's throat, and he squeaked again. "I want to know what you did to Nero."
"The boy is meant to be used in the final ascension of His Holiness." The man managed, sliding to the side nervously. Dante's gun followed him easily.
"What does that mean. Also have you seen him, he's not a boy anymore so if there's an age limit on this thing, you're flat out of luck." the scientist seemed confused by this statement and just blinked for a second.
"His Holiness means to ascend, to achieve the greatness once held only by our Savior." he said.
"What Savior?" Dante asked, trying to get answers from this guy was only raising more questions, he wished Nero was awake and aware, he'd know what this nutjob was getting at.
"I think it's high time our meeting came to a close." the man said and Dante had time to mutter
"What?" before there was Nero's Devil Bringer in his stomach.
Till next time,
-Winged Element
