Devil May Cry

Dimensions to your world and the next

Chapter 26

Warnings: Language and Violence

*Author's Note: Okay, I came back, and I do feel like reading on in the story. Oh, and I've had it pointed out to me that in the chapter with the shower, it said "soup" and should have said "soap", so my mistake, I'm sorry.

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You stared at Aeon for a moment with wide eyes. How? When? How did he know you and Dante were here? How did he know about Maxis? When did he get here? All the possible questions and you asked them all. But you weren't going to get an answer. Who was going to answer you, Aeon? Yeah, right, he didn't seem like the type to have patients with that sort of thing. But he stood casually, leaning against the door frame with a sly smirk on his face, arms folded over his chest as if waiting for something. You swallowed hard, cowering away on the floor, wishing he would go away. Dante stood protectively in front of you, waiting for the right moment to draw out his sword.

"You are a sneaky little girl, aren't you?" Aeon remarked. "But I will assure you that that will no longer happen." Aeon leaned away from the door frame, standing up straight and unfolding his arms. With an impish grin, he snapped his fingers. You closed your eyes, thinking it might have been a thunderbolt that was summoned with his snapped fingers but nothing happened. Hey, you've played the Devil May Cry series, what more could you expect? You slowly opened your eyes; everything was just as it seemed, normal. Then, what had he done? Suddenly, screeches were heard, and the floor around you began to ripple. A red light formed and black creatures began to materialize at your feet.

Before you could do any sort of action, two of the creatures had already grabbed you, suppressing your hands. You struggled in their grip. "Let me go!" Dante twisted his body to your direction

"Stay away from her!" he quickly drew out Rebellion and slashing away at one of the demons that stood over you.

"Eerious, take care of him," you heard Aeon say. You looked up. Eerious had entered the room, scythe in his hand. He raised his weapon, taking a swipe at Dante, whom was trying to fight off the demons that had formed a wall around you.

"Dante! Watch out!" you shouted. Dante simply jumped up, flipping backwards, landing and facing Eerious' back, where he took the opportunity to attack. The clash of steel hitting echoed throughout the room, along the halls. Soon enough, Dante and Eerious went off on an all out war, clashing there weapons together at every block. While Dante was busy, Aeon came walking towards you, you were still being held by the creatures.

"Bring her to her feet," Aeon ordered and the demons obeyed obediently. They pulled you up by force, standing by your sides as you timidly stared into Aeon's golden eyes. He looked at you, as if observing.

"Can't you just leave me alone? What do you want from me?" you said. You tried to shout it, but those golden eyes...they seem to glow and you were afraid to see what they looked like if they were angry. Aeon smiled amusingly, bringing his hand to his chin thoughtfully.

"My dear, didn't you know? I'm going to absorb every ounce of your power, and then once you are completely drained, I will kill you," he simply answered. Your eyes widened and you began once again to writhe in the demon's grip. He laughed a sinister one. It was radiating, amusing, sympathy. Suddenly, you caught a glimpse of steel coming down over Aeon's head. He looked at you as if not noticing, but once it was an inch apart from completely impaling his skull, he immediately dodged to his left, letting Dante's sword land hard against the floor.

"I don't know how you guys found out about this place, and I don't really care but-" Aeon interrupted Dante.

"Are you positive? I'm sure you'll be interested to know who informed us about this place, although it did take a bit of more punishment then a human can tolerate to get it out of her. But I do give her credit for being such a strong willed woman."

"What are you talking about?" Dante asked. Aeon looked at him in a bored manner, folding his arms over his chest and Eerious slowly walking up to his side.

"I'm talking about your close friend...what was her name?" Aeon looked over at Eerious as if expecting an answer from him. Eerious smirked wickedly, looking back at Dante with frightening eyes.

"Lucinda," he said. You gasped. Dante growled and threw a swing at the two, but both dodged with ease.

"How dare you! She was innocent, you didn't have to go that far!" you shouted. Aeon grinned at you.

"Oh, but we did. But fear not, she isn't dead...but she isn't far from it either."

"You bastard!" Dante hissed, drawing out one of his pistols and aiming it straight for Aeon. You glanced over at a forming light that was coming from Dante's left. The light was coming from the palm of Eerious' hand, it grew larger and you swore you saw flickers of lightening embedded in it. You opened your mouth to warn Dante, but it was too late, much too late. Eerious smiled and let the orb of light let go. It flew to Dante like a fast throwing baseball. Dante wasn't fast to react and it hit him straight against the chest. Dante flew back, his back hit hard against a bookshelf. You watched in horror as the bookshelf began to lose balance, and Dante was slowly getting up, blood trickling down his chin and shocks of lightning being visible around his body.. Suddenly, the large bookshelf fell hard on him.

"Dante!" you shouted. A dust cloud formed around Dante, and once it dispersed, you could feel tears overwhelm your eyes. Dante's head was rested against the ground; his eyes closed. He seemed to be still breathing, but it was shallow.

"Such an ignorant being. Eerious, grab him and bring him outside," Aeon ordered. He nodded and walked over to Dante's body.

"If you fucking hurt him, I swear I'll make sure I fucking kill you!" you shouted with more confidence then you actually felt.

"Don't worry, girl, he will not be hurt so soon," Aeon let out a silent laugh before grabbing your arm harshly from the demon's grip. You tried to struggle but he held a very tight grasp that you knew was beginning to form a bruise. "Come without struggle, and I won't have to do something far worse to your precious Dante." With much regret you reluctantly agreed, for Dante's sake.

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*Author's Note: Yay! Something finally happened where you're captured, and now it's even better 'cause both of you are captured! Wonder what's gonna happen now!