Up and Going Through Doors of Death
Team One enters through one door that led them into a room that appears to be empty except for several statues, each one seems to be a demon of sort.
"Sheesh, do the demons really need to brag about themselves this much?" Nanael asked as she looks at one statue closer.
"They certainly like to think highly of themselves but seeing them in some random spots in the room doesn't feel like the demons are trying to showboat here." Claudette stated, getting the feeling this room is something else.
"I think these statues here serve another purpose." Shizuka said as she touches one of them.
Cattleya looks around the room carefully trying to see if there is anything else about this room they should know about, and then she saw the square platform in the room feeling there is more to this than meets the eyes. That's when she saw some chains in the little metal pillars that goes up.
"Everyone, I think this some sort of elevator platform." Cattleya informed.
"You really think so?" Echidna asked.
"Yes, these chains around the four corners of the square must be what makes this platform moves and from what I can tell, it goes up." Cattleya pointed up.
"Then we just gotta give rid of the statues that are on the platform for us to use, but how do we even get the elevator to move?" Nanael asked, not seeing a switch around.
Leina looks back at the strange red circle she saw on the way in here.
"I might be wrong, but I think that thing on the wall could be a way to activate the elevator." Leina pointed at the red circle thing on the wall.
"I think you're right, probably something to do with demon powers." Risty guessed as she looks at the thing.
"Let me see." Dante walked up to the strange red circle device, giving it a little inspection for a moment and did the one thing he thinks could work.
Dante took out his Rebellion sword slashing at the device with some of his demon energy channeling into the sword.
"What do you think you're doing?!" The girls except for Echidna screamed at him.
"Trying to see if something would happen." Dante answered calmly.
"By smashing the thing into pieces? Do you really think that slashing at this would make it do anything?" Claudette asked with a scolding face.
But then a small white-red flame appeared on top of one of the small poles on the device.
Claudette is shocked to see Dante's approach really help in this case and can feel that he is looking at her with a grin on his face, she couldn't believe that doing something so simple such as using brute force would actually help in this case.
"Do you need a moment?" Dante teased.
"Just keep attacking that thing." Claudette pouted as she walks away.
"I think you broke her." Risty grinned.
Dante chuckles, thinking about teasing her for this later in the near future, but he has to focus on the mission they are currently on right now and started slashing at the circle device that causes more flames to appear until it went into full circle.
They heard the gears cranking and turning, which means the elevator is working now.
"Hurry, get on!" Cattleya said.
Everyone quickly got on the elevator as it started to rise up from the floor and going up to the next floor above, Dante and the girls prepare themselves for what they might encounter above.
"I hope the others are doing okay." Leina concerned with Team Two.
"I'm sure they'll be fine. They have each other just like we do, and we'll meet up with them again soon." Nanael believed with a confident smile.
"You're right." Leina smiled with a nod.
"Heads up, we're about to reach our next stop." Risty alerted.
The platform elevator arrives at the upper floor where there is only one green door in front of them and there isn't much else to go on, but the green door glows red meaning it's a barrier which also means more demons are coming out to kill them on the spot.
"Whoa!" Risty quickly shocked a scythe slash attack from a demon that resembles those previous demons that look like Grim Reapers.
"Oh great, more of these things." Risty said before pushing that one back.
"They're definitely different than the ones we've fought so far." Leina commented before charging in.
"But like the others, they will fall by our steel!" Claudette declared as she raises her Thunderclap sword upward and summons some lightning bolts hitting some of the demons.
Cattleya slashes one Reaper demon scattering its weapon into pieces and cutting it down in two at the same time, Nanael is having one Reaper demon to be force on defense though that isn't really doing any good as her swords flies around slashing at the demon and then impale right through the head from behind.
Echidna and Shizuka attack the demon from both sides and move around to keep it from making any moves, and they finish it off with a cross slash together. Risty and Leina are attacking the demon by switching places with each other until the Wandering Warrior slices the head off and Risty threw her mace to smash the other one's face in pain.
Dante is easily parrying away attacks from two Reaper demons as they try to slash and stab the white hair bastard human to death, but none of their hits could even come close and he finish them off with a spinning tornado slash.
"Piece of cake." Dante grinned.
"Looks like those were all the demons that came here." Nanael looked around to make sure there aren't any more demons coming.
"If those demons pop out of nowhere like that, then we must be heading in the right direction." Cattleya believed, seeing the green door no longer in the red demon barrier.
"Let's get going." Dante said as he and Leina walk up to the door.
They leave the door to find themselves back in the chamber hall where they were moments ago.
"Seriously? Back here of all places?" Risty complained.
"Hold on." Shizuka decided to go on ahead to check something out as she jumps toward the other side of the broken pathway.
Shizuka made her way to a pale-yellow door, she touches it to see there isn't a barrier around it and it's also unlocked as well.
"We can go through here!" Shizuka called out.
"Alright, let's get moving." Dante nodded and the girls made their way to the pale-yellow door.
As they entered into the next area, there is a single path that is a long flak of staircase that goes on about 60-70 feet long and the door they just walked through is sealed off with a barrier.
"Guess we can only move forward from here." Claudette said.
"I'm not so sure if these steps are in any condition to be use right now." Echidna narrowed her eyes at the staircase.
"I'm sure it's nothing to worry about, we just gotta rush the stairs before anything happens." Risty shrugged.
"Let's hope you're right." Nanael worried.
"I'm sure there's nothing for you to worry about since you can fly." Echidna giggled.
"That doesn't I shouldn't worry about you guys!" Nanael said.
Dante and the girls go walking on the staircase as if nothing seem to happen at first, until the staircase started to crumble from the end they started on.
"You gotta be kidding me right now…" Risty angered.
"RUN!" Leina shouted.
Everyone ran the fastest they could to make their way to the other side trying to beat the crumble fate of the stairs, but the crumbling destruction caught up to them and the heroes fell down into the pit even though Dante tries to help one of his girlfriends by throwing Leina to the other side.
Unfortunately, Leina finds herself to be smacked against a demon barrier.
"Fuck!" Leina groaned and slides off, falling into the pit toward the others.
Luckily for her, she was caught in the arms of her beloved Dante.
"Barrier blocking the way?" Dante asked.
"Barrier blocking the way." Leina nodded, and then she heard some growling.
"Demons trying to kill us down here?" Leina asked.
"Demons trying to kill us down here." Dante nodded.
He quickly threw Leina up to avoid both of them being sliced by one white Reaper demon and thrust his sword through the chest, then Leina came back down to slash the demon into dust.
"Welcome back to Earth, Leina." Risty joked after she strike her mace on the kneecap that forces the leg to literally bend the other way causing the demon to scream in pain.
"Oh, shut up!" Risty yelled and smack it back with her shield.
Claudette lightning slashes at two Reaper demons while Cattleya quickly throws another one with the gross-looking bomb on its back to crash into three other demons and exploded on impact, killing itself and the others.
Echidna parries a few attacks from the demon and slice off its legs to make it feel then impale it through the head, Nanael cuts off the arms of her demon opponent and chop its head off, Shizuka uses her chains to wrap around the necks of two demons forcing them together and pulled hard to snap their necks to death.
"So, anyone knows how we're gonna get back up there?" Leina asked.
"We could try having Nanael fly us there." Echidna suggested.
"Don't even joke like that! I have gotten a bit stronger over the centuries, but nothing major! At best, I can only carry two or three people at a time." Nanael explained.
"But the problem is the weight thing such as the armor and the weapons, like Cattleya's giant sword!" Nanael pointed at Cattleya's Giant Slayer.
"Oh, I had no idea my sword would become a problem later." Cattleya concerned.
Suddenly a white pillar of light appeared on the floor behind the group, getting their attention.
"What is that?" Leina asked.
"Probably another demonic trap to kill us." Risty guessed.
"No, I don't think it's a trap. It showed up after we defeated all the demons here." Shizuka pointed out as she walks closer to the white glowing pillar.
"Maybe it's a new path for us to get on, better than just standing around and doing nothing. And better than having Nanael fly us up there." Dante stated, walking up to the white pillar.
"Hold on, are you really gonna try going into the light?" Claudette asked worry.
"Yep, see you on the other side." Dante waved before he steps onto the white light.
Leina tries to go in and stop him from getting into the white pillar of light, but it was already too late as he fades into the white light and disappears within two seconds.
"Dante?!" Leina screamed in fear.
"What are we gonna do?! Dante disappeared to who-knows-where and probably lost in the middle of nowhere?!" Leina freaked out and moves in circles around the group.
"Sheesh, there's no need to panic. This is Dante we're talking about, there's no way in Hell, he could get kill by something like this." Echidna reminded how tough and strong the Son of Sparda is.
"But what if he's…" Leina stopped herself from saying any more words, fearing for the worse.
"Hey! Are you girls coming up here or not!" Dante called out yelling from above.
"Was that Dante?" Leina asked.
"Sounds like he was calling from above." Claudette figured out that part.
"Wait, as in where that door we were trying to go is. I think we can go through now!" Nanael believed as she flies up to meet up with Dante.
"Well, better go into the white stuff." Risty pushed Leina into the white light, and she vanishes.
Soon, the other girls in Team One enter the white light and they all suddenly appeared on the floor where the door they were going to is, and right on the other side too.
"Glad you girls could make it." Dante greeted, but then got a slap on the face by Leina who looks pretty upset.
"Okay… I deserve that." Dante admitted.
"You damn fucking right, you do!" Leina yelled, and then hugs him.
"Promise me you won't scare me like that again." Leina said with her face on his chest.
"Not sure if I can with this line of work, but I can promise that I'm not going anywhere. Not while I still have beautiful girls like you are waiting for me." Dante smiled, pulling his first girlfriend up for a kiss.
"Aw, now that's just sweet." Nanael smiled, hoping she'll get her moment with Dante like that soon.
"As much as I would love to see you two go further, we still have a job to do." Echidna reminded them of the mission to find Vergil and his monster girlfriends.
"Right, right, let's get going." Dante nodded.
"I know I'm gonna regret saying this, but I have a feeling the first thing that happens when we walk through that door is gonna be another fight with demons." Nanael complained a little.
"That is the mostly like thing to happen." Claudette agreed to that.
"Don't worry, we're prepared for any kind of danger that we come across. We won't lose as long as we stay together and fight as one!" Leina believed with a strong smile.
"You got that right! Now, let's go kick some demon's ass!" Dante said as he kicks the door open.
Team One enters what appears to be a large room of some kind and another door which is sealed by a demon barrier, looks like they're gonna have to fight their way out of this room after all.
And right on cue, a giant long flying demon comes in with a loud screeching that almost hurts their ears upon hearing all of that as it glows through the darkness of the room.
"Did I ever mention I hate worms?" Risty asked sarcastically.
"A Gigapede! Didn't think we run into one of those." Nanael recognized that demon.
"Anything we should know about?" Claudette asked.
"It has a strong exoskeleton that impedes enemy attacks and can generate balls of lightning to deter foes." Nanael explained on what she does know.
(Music: Blow Me Away, Breaking Benjamin)
"Alright, let's crush us a bug!" Dante pointed his sword at the Gigapede.
"We're gonna need to get on that thing if our attacks are even gonna reach it." Cattleya pointed out.
"Claudette, we'll let you do the long-range attacks since you also have lightning." Leina ordered.
"Understood, let me perform the first attack." Claudette said with her sword being coated with some powerful electricity.
Claudette unleashes a lightning bolt to strike at the Gigapede from below that causes the creature to screech in a little pain, but it wasn't much since the demon has its own lightning power though it could definitely tell that strike was strong.
The Giapede turns around to attack Claudette with its own lightning strikes though she deflects them away, which serves as a good distraction for the others to jump on its body and started attacking hard with the slashing and smashing and shooting from Dante's guns.
"Dante, try out that new weapon you got." Cattleya suggested.
"Got it!" Dante nodded and brought out his new Cerberus Devil Arm then start bashing it onto the flying long demon with the attacks being cold, literally.
The Giapede screech in pain from those icy attacks and tries to shake off the pests from its back.
"Look out! It's about to charge up its body!" Claudette called out.
Dante and the girls quickly jump off before the demon could release a burst of electricity then the demon hunter in red goes for shooting it with his guns, then Cattleya gets an idea.
"Nanael! Carry me toward the ceiling, I'm going to get the drop on it." Cattleya said.
"Alright, but you better put in your own strength!" Nanael said as she got behind the blacksmith woman.
With the added boost of Cattleya's strength from the legs, Nanael was able to reach the ceiling which Cattleya stab it with her sword and waited for the right moment as Nanael also mentioned that this thing can travel through time rifts.
Dante can see what they're up to and have himself and the others to keep the demon distracted with some more attacks, they dodge some of its lightning attacks until Cattleya felt the moment has come and launches herself down to pierce her down so hard that it went through the body and cutting the demon in two.
(Music End)
"Phew, I'm glad that actually worked." Cattleya sighed in relief.
"I knew you would delivery the final blow." Dante smiled at his Milf girlfriend.
"That means we can move on." Leina said.
Dante and the girls moves toward the next room where it's nothing except for one item in the room that appears to be important.
"Something tells me we should take that with us." Echidna said.
"If that's all let's get out of here!" Nanael flew for the door, but it's not opening up for some reason and fears they might be stuck here.
"Guys, I think we have a problem…" Nanael exclaimed.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Dante and the girls seem to have gotten through the path they took on and battle the flying electric demon that didn't have the thunder to put them down, but now it looks like they can't get out of the room. Although, they might get an unexpected help soon.
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