Muahahahaha, I have returned! Though for how long, I cannot say. School's coming to a close in my neck of the woods, and I'm graduating in a few months. Got a ten page thesis I have to write on minimum wage that I can't really do anything with until sometime next month, and a PowerPoint on RPGs. (Fuuuun) I also have to do some homework in regards to Full Sail University, which is where I'm hoping to go for college. They have a Bachelor's in Game Design program online and I may want to take it.
Anyhow, on with the story. Y'all know I don't own anything other than the party.
Welcome to Hell~I mean Fortuna!
Chapter Twelve-Not Morning People.
A few hours after they'd eaten; Shawn, Keeley, and Kate settled on the couches. Dante, Lady and Trish were out on some job they'd gotten after the pizzas arrived, and Vergil was God knows where in that freaky mirror.
"So, what do you guys think of all this?" Kate asked, resting her chin on her knees, which were tucked against her chest. Keeley smiled and giggled.
"Dante has an amazing ass." The ebony-haired Brit replied. Kate smiled and chuckled, shaking her head as Shawn rolled his eyes.
"Thaaaanks, because we really needed to know that." He deadpanned before getting serious. "But I think this is pretty weird. I mean, Jester's alive? I thought Lady finished him off on the Temen-Ni-Gru's summit. And, why us? I mean sure, the powers and shit are fucking awesome, I dare say epic even. But why did that motherfucking Jester pick US?" He wondered. Keeley nodded.
"It's a good question. If he's truly as powerful as we're guessing, then he could have taken anyone. So, why us? Were we just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or could he have been waiting for us in particular?" She mused. Kate sighed, leaning back.
"No idea. But if anyone says I have a magic TV they're getting their asses shot." The brunette griped. "Anyways, let's get some shut-eye. Who knows when they'll get back?"
"Or worse; who knows when our friend over there will try and wake us up again." Shawn joked.
"I heard that." Vergil stated through the mirror. All three of them snickered, and Kate looked over her shoulder at him.
"You were supposed to." She smugly replied. One by one, the party drifted into slumber's dark embrace.
When they awoke, Keeley and Kate were in separate beds and sunlight poured in through the window. Kate lifted herself onto her forearms, as she'd woken up on her stomach, and groggily looked around.
"Guys?" she murmured, words slurred by sleep. Yawning again, she finally noticed Vergil sitting on the bedside.
"You tend to lie on your stomach when you sleep." He observed, which to her was stating the obvious as she's done that since she was born. "When Dante and the others came back, you three were dead to the world. He brought you and Keeley here while Shawn was left on the couch. Once he set you down, you shifted onto your stomach." He explained.
"Makes sense, seeing as I've done that since the day Mom brought me home…" Kate said softly, thinking of the family she'd left behind.
"Anyway, Dante wanted to speak with you two. I came up to see if I was needed." Vergil added. Keeley groaned behind him, sitting up cross-legged on the bed as she took a minute to remember where she was. Kate sat up and rubbed her now (very) fluffy head. Vergil poofed somewhere as Keeley looked to Kate.
"Morning, Sleeping Beauty." Kate teased. Keeley yawned before chuckling.
"So I got to kill Ashley last night." She casually said. The brunette quirked an amused brow.
"Left her on Virmire with the nuke, did you? Oh wait, wrong Ashley. Never mind." Kate chuckled. Keeley rolled her eyes good-naturedly.
"You and your Mass Effect, I swear." Keeley teased. Kate pointed at her, grinning.
"Oi, we wound up here, who's to say we don't end up on Tuchanka next?" Kate jokingly accused. "Now come on, apparently Dante wants to talk to us." Keeley nodded and they left the room, heading down the stairs.
The sound of something being fried caught both of their attention, making them hurry towards the kitchen. Dante was standing in front of the stove in a baggy T-shirt and jeans, whistling as he fried up some eggs. On the counter next to him, there was a half-empty jar of some kind of off-white substance.
"Good to know I'm not the only one who stores the leftover bacon fat." Kate remarked. The silver-haired male paused in his whistling to look at the two.
"Oh, you're up." He said. "How'd you sleep?" Kate nudged Keeley with her foot so the raven-haired girl wouldn't make a fool of herself.
"Good, thanks." She said.
"Better than the other night, that's for sure." Kate added. "There enough there for the rest of us?" Smiling, Dante nodded.
"Yeah, Trish went shopping last night. Apparently teenagers need actual food and not just pizza." He deadpanned, rolling his eyes. Shaking his head and smiling, he looked over at Keeley as Kate walked over to the fridge. "So Babe, tell me about yourself." He prompted. Kate spoke up, knowing how her friend was.
"Shy as hell around hot guys!" she stated as she pulled an apple and some cold pizza from the fridge. Keeley blushed furiously, scowling at Kate and her innocently shit-eating grin. Dante watched, shaking his head some more and chuckling.
"Katie, I swear I'm going to kill you." She grumbled. Kate tried to look as innocent as she could, but failing miserably due to the fact her poker face sucks.
"But Kee, I'm as pure as the driven snow!" The brunette half-assedly protested. Dante snorted as he slid his eggs onto a plate. Listening to the two of them bicker reminded him of the days when he and Vergil were children. His trip down memory lane was put on hold as Kate pointed out to Keeley that she wouldn't explode from talking to him. Keeley sighed, rolling her eyes good naturedly.
"Well, I live in Essex with my Mom and her boyfriend, but I came to the U.S. as part of my school's foreign exchange program." She began. "Kate and her family offered to let me stay with them while I was there. If I didn't know Kate beforehand, I might not have accepted." Dante looked at Kate, who was sitting at the table and about to bite into the apple she held, likely expecting some elaboration.
"We both consider story writing our hobby. Met on the same site, been friends ever since." Was her simple reply. Dante nodded as he ate. Then Shawn walked in, yawning as he sat at the table. Kate looked over at Dante now. "So, there was something you wanted to talk to us about?" she asked. Swallowing the last of his eggs, he sighed.
"Vergil had been exploring in the mirror and came across something odd. He described it as a window into someone's bedroom and it had a faint trace of your auras. He was able to show us this, and we were hoping you might recognize it." The younger son of Sparda explained. Kate hummed in concern.
"Alright, I'll check it out now. Shawn, Kee, why don't you guys get some breakfast?" she suggested. Keeley shook her head.
"No thanks, I'll go with you." The raven-haired girl replied. Shawn looked like hell, tired and barely sitting up. Kate rolled her eyes and put the uneaten pizza in front of him.
"And here I am with a terrible Arnold impression." She muttered. Dante looked at her skeptically. "Y'know… "get to the chopper" and all that?" she elaborated. Dante went "ah" quietly before clearing his throat.
"GET TO THA CHOPPA!" He hollered, startling poor Shawn into alertness. The younger male jolted awake, cussing in a way that was not unlike what Kate had done earlier. The girls snickered at the sight, then left to see what Vergil wanted.
Cutting it off there for the time being. Thank you guys for all the reviews, I love to hear from you all. As I said, I'm not sure when I'll be able to update again, but I'll try to do it soon. In regards to this chapter: (1) If I hear ANYTHING about women in the kitchen, I will use your name and put you in my story to be tortured. Cooking is actually a very masculine activity, so if you make a crack about it you're not only admitting to burning water, you're admitting that women are more manly than you. So THERE. (Sorry, I hear that crap all too often at school, it's made me a bit touchy on the subject.)
Anyhow, please feel free to leave a review. See you later.