Hello, all. It's me again with another chapter of WTHIMF. I'm pleased to announce that I have officially received my 30th review. Thank you all for your continued support, I'll do my best to keep the story interesting for you guys. :)

If I owned Devil May Cry, the reboot would have been done better. Especially the Vergil's rush job DLC.

Welcome to Hell~I mean Fortuna!

Chapter 13-An unexpected homecoming

Vergil was chilling out in the mirror when Keeley and Kate drew near. Last night's discovery was rather interesting, even enlightening to an extent.

"So, Vergil, Dante said you found something?" Kate asked. The phantom stared at them both. Stepping out of the mirror, its glassy surface rippling behind him like water as he settled back in Katelyn's mind as a familiar room came into view.

"Ho-ly shit…" Keeley said in shock, glancing at an equally shocked Kate. Vergil gauged their reactions quietly as the gears turned in his mind.

"How the shit did you find my room?" Katelyn wondered aloud, awestruck. Just then, Dante and Shawn entered the room.

"Hey, what's with all the shitting in here?" Dante asked, effectively pulling the girls out of their stupor and getting them to laugh. He even managed to put a grin on Kate's face.

"And then Vergil was God." Shawn stated. Vergil's snickering echoed in the depths of her mind, an unspoken means of showing his approval.

"So, I'm guessing you know this place?" Dante asked. Katelyn nodded, looking at the mirror vision of her room with misty eyes.

"It's my room, actually. Purple walls and everything…" Kate explained quietly. She stood in a closed sort of position, hands covering her elbows and her eyes cast down. To Vergil, she looked vulnerable for the first time since he'd met her. More so than the first time he'd met her.

"Kitten, you have some 'splaining to do…" Dante teased. Kate sighed in resignation. All three of them had anticipated this would happen; they would have to explain to Dante and the others that the world they knew was a game in theirs.

"Alright, come on. Dunno how long this'll take, so we may as well sit down and make ourselves comfortable…" She said.

The next half an hour was spent explaining to Dante and Vergil who they were, where they came from, and how they ended up there. Everything from this world being a work of fiction in theirs to the tentacles which brought them to Fortuna in the first place. The sons of Sparda listened quietly as they each took turns telling the story, picking up where the other left off.

"You said this happened three days ago?" Dante asked. Kate nodded. "So…can you tell us anything more about, well, anything? This "savior," what Arkham might be planning?" He prompted gently, sensing the discomfort all three teens shared.

"Well, it's hard to say." Shawn began. "There's a shit-ton of theories about this kind of thing back home. We won't know if what we knew will actually happen until it…well, y'know, happens." He explained. Vergil then returned to the mirror.

"It makes sense, Dante. However, I believe that Lady and Trish should not be told of this new revelation for the time being." The elder twin suggested. Katelyn took a deep breath.

"This is gonna take a while to sort out." She muttered. "Doesn't help that I haven't taken my meds since Saturday night. Son of a bitch…"

"So you were serious about that?" Vergil asked. Kate shot a withering scowl in his direction, not unlike the one he gives Dante when he said or did something stupid, and then shook her head in exasperation.

"Well, either way." Dante said. "Now that we know what the place is, you three might be able to use the mirror to get back to your world. As for coming back here…no idea." All three of them looked on in shock.

"You've gotta be fucking kidding me." Shawn said.

"Are you serious?" Keeley asked

"What the shit?" Kate mumbled. They looked to the mirror, then back to Dante.

"Try it. Like I said, don't know if or how you'll get back, but I know you'll be back. Call it a hunch." He said, winking suggestively at Keeley near the end. Keeley blushed and looked away as Kate snickered and grinned.

"Alright, we'll give it a shot. And Dante?" Kate said. "Thank you. For everything." She smiled at him, and he smiled back.

"No problem, Kitten. Just come back soon, alright?" He replied. It hadn't been very long, but these three kids had quickly found a place in his heart. Not unlike the bond he shared with Patty. With a smile, all three nodded. Looking at the mirror, it was easy enough to guess that all they needed to do was walk through it.

Taking a deep breath, Katelyn walked up to the mirror. The surface rippled under her touch, as it did before, but this time she willed her hand through. Looking over her shoulder, she nodded.

"Right. Well, here goes." Kate muttered as she stepped through the mirror for the first of many times. Everyone watched with held breaths as she emerged on the other side, turning around and giving them a thumbs-up. Keeley went through next (and Dante, being the ladies' man he is was hated to see her go but didn't mind watching her leave), and finally Shawn. Once they were through, Vergil reappeared in the mirror.

"Not going to try and follow them?" Dante casually inquired. Vergil shook his head.

"I wish to speak with you about something." Vergil replied simply. Dante looked thoughtful. Knowing his brother, he'd likely get some answers from this.

Meanwhile, the three teens stood in the middle of Kate's room. They were dumbfounded. All was quiet at first, but the sound of Kate's cell phone going off made them jump.

"Message coming in…patching it through." Came the recorded voice of Mass Effect's Joker. Kate placed a hand over her heart.

"Holy son of a shit." She muttered, trying to get over her miniature heart-attack. Walking over to where it lay on her nightstand, she picked it up. "Weird…"

"Isn't your phone like, always off or something?" Shawn asked. Kate nodded, humming an affirmative as she noticed one new voice mail and a text message. Pressing a few buttons, she placed the device to her ear, partially expecting another accidental call from food stamps.

"So, you're finally back." A rich, mysterious voice greeted. "Good. Sorry we missed you, but we've got jobs of our own too, y'know." Looking confused, Kate angled the phone so Shawn and Keeley could hear it as well. "That means we can un-freeze the world now. It's high time we had us a little chat, Katelyn dearest. We've texted the location we want you and your friends Shawn and Keeley to be and when you should be there by. Looking forward to it, see you soon!" And with that, it ended.

"What the shit?" Kate asked, looking at her friends in concern.

"Any clue if it's a trap?" Keeley asked. Kate shrugged.

"Check your phones." Kate said, looking at the address she'd been sent. "I'm supposed to be at a dance studio of some kind in a couple hours."

"You dance as well as Commander Shepard." Shawn ribbed good-naturedly. "Anyway, I've got a parkour gym, same time."

"Public area of the nearby park. Couple hours.." Keeley said. They shared a sigh.

"This may mean they're not out for a fight, but keep your guard up just in case. We might get some damn answers from these guys. Let's use the time we've been given to eat and gear up, 'cuz God knows what happens next." Kate muttered. Shawn nodded and climbed out the window, and thus began their preparations.

And that's that. The story is going to diverge into parallel-running chapters at this point, each focusing on a specific character. The first being Vergil, then Shawn, Keeley, and so on. There will even be a chapter or two in Fortuna revolving around random characters, but I'll leave the details for another time.

Please review, and I'll see you guys soon.