A small compound in the desert,
The desert was pitch black, nothing could be seen for miles around, the stars showed brightly, and the milky way was in full view as no lights from the cities or cars were there to drown them out. The only light in this whole desert came from a small compound with large lamps shining in the center, the compound was made of tents of various sizes most being small but one near the center was more prominent than all the rest. It was in that large tent that IMP's latest target was currently sleeping, he was called the Serpent he was the leader of a massive terrorist organization responsible for the deaths of hundreds, not only that but he was also involved in the Opium trade, weapon trafficking, and human trafficking. Normally IMP wouldn't go after a guy this well-armed and heavily guarded, but a wealthy and anonymous client offered them quadruple their usual fee to kill this bastard and all his men. Two guards wielding assault rifles stood in front of the compound keeping watch, suddenly the one on the left fell two the ground, and the right guard fell before he could shout in alarm. The four demons moved swiftly, quickly hiding in the shadows to avoid a passing patrol, suddenly Dante let out a low whistle, and the two guards stopped and moved in the direction of the sound only for both of them to be brought to their knees with knives held to their throats.
"Listen cumstains we have a few questions for you so are you gonna answer them or will we have to give you an impromptu tracheotomy," Blitz said sadistically, the two guards just looked at each other confused.
"Madha?" one asked clearly not understanding what Blitz was saying.
"Where is your boss, how many men are in this camp, where are the barracks?" Dante asked in fluent Arabic.
"Hah like we would tell you-" the guard felt the knife dig deeper into his throat, he gulped and looked back at Dante.
"50 men, the boss is in the big tent near the center of the camp, the barracks are to the right of his, and there are two other patrols besides us," the guard explained nervously, Dante smiled.
"Ashkuruk," Dante replied, with that the guards found their throats slit, the demons pushed them to the ground and then gathered together.
"All right I think what we should do is split up, me and Millie will kill the guards sleeping in the barracks while Blitz you take Moxxie and kill the guards patrolling the camp," Dante said, the others nodded but Blitz just scowled at him.
"Hey for the hundredth time you're not in charge I am I make the decisions," Blitz hissed at Dante who just rolled his eyes.
"Alright, sir what do you recommend?" Dante asked crossing his arms, Blitz put his hand to his chin and stood in thought for a few seconds before coming up with an idea.
"Alright Dante you and Millie kill the guards in the barracks while they sleep, while Moxxie and I will kill all the patrolling guards, then we all meet up and kill the Serpent guy," he said proudly putting his hands on his hips.
"Great plan Blitz I see why you're in charge," Dante said sarcastically, Blitz thankfully didn't notice.
"Damn right bitch now let's get moving," he said as the team dispersed.
Millie and Dante moved swiftly sticking to the shadows and avoiding any patrols that might be moving by, they eventually made their way to the tent housing the other soldiers stepping inside the pungent smell of dozens of unwashed bodies and the cacophony of loud snores of various pitches and tones greeted them. Moving silently Dante moved towards the nearest bunk, pulled out one of his knives, and plunged it into the man's throat, the man was about to let out a fierce scream but Dante swiftly covered his mouth with his hand. When he was done convulsing Dante pulled the knife out of his throat and moved to the next one. By the time he had killed five of them Millie had already killed seven, Dante gave her a thumbs up Millie sent him a sweet smile as a silent gesture of thanks, suddenly one of the remaining guards sat up seeing the two demons he reached for a gun lying near his cot but before he could Dante swung his horizontally slashing the man's throat with his talons. The man fell backward onto his cot blood gushing from his throat Millie sent Dante a thumbs up before finishing off the rest.
Two soldiers walked around the southern perimeter of the camp, both had their rifles loaded and at the ready, the great leader always said that the enemies of their great mission could attack at any moment so they must always be prepared. Suddenly one of the guards fell to the ground, realizing there must be a sniper nearby the surviving guard ducked feeling the wind as a bullet passed by his head, hiding behind a rock pulled out a small radio the guard turned it on and held it to his lips.
"Sir we're under attack get to safe-" he stopped as a bullet tore through his skull. Moxxie and Blitz both stood over the corpse a smoking rifle in Moxxie's hands.
"Nice shooting Moxx," Blitz said patting his employee on the back, Moxxie smiled shyly at the compliment.
"Alright now let's meet up with the others and finish the job," Blitz said confidently heading back to the camp, both ignoring the still active radio on the ground.
Center of the camp
Blitz and Moxxie made it back to the camp, just in time to see Dante and Millie step out of a tent covered in blood, Moxxie smiled seeing his wife drenched in blood made him hot. Millie felt the same way as she immediately ran towards Moxxie and jumped into his arms, both engaging in a passionate makeout session.
"Jesus Christ would you guys not please," Dante said covering his eyes, Millie and Moxxie broke apart and stood their sheepish grins on their faces.
"Sorry bout that… anyway let's kill this bitch!" Millie shouted pulling out two knives and rushing towards the tent housing the target.
As they entered Millie jumped onto the giant king-size bed and began stabbing into it with her knives, sending lumps of cotton into the air, a sadistic grin wide on her face. After stabbing away for about twenty seconds Millie realized a crucial detail, the target wasn't in it. Millie looked at the others who all had noticed the same thing, suddenly a loud roaring noise broke the silence of the night. Rushing out of the tent the four demons saw a jeep speed out of the camp and into the vast desert. Moving quickly the four demons located another jeep and took off after with Blitz driving, Millie shotgun (literally), and Moxxie and Dante in the back with rifles.
The IMP jeep tailed behind the targets Blitz slammed his foot down on the gas, they were going so fast that Moxxie was almost blown out of his seat by the heavy winds. As they got closer a spray of bullets pelted the car, the four demons ducked to avoid the coming projectiles all except Dante who seemed unphased by the threat of death, raising his rifle Dante took aim at the gunman but noticed that he was too far away to get a good shot so he decided to aim lower. Firing off a round the bullet pierced one of the back tires causing the jeep to swerve and go slower, seeing a better chance he raised his rifle and fired, and a body fell out of the jeep which Blitz quickly ran over. Dante prepared to fire again but noticed that his gun was jammed most likely from all the sand and dirt being kicked up, Dante then reached forward and tapped Blitz's shoulder.
"Blitz get closer!" he shouted over the roar of the engine.
"What!?" he asked confused.
"Just do it!" Dante replied, Blitz shrugged and moved in closer to the jeep, Dante unbuckled his seatbelt climbed on top of the front of their jeep and jumped.
Flying forward Dante landed on the back of the jeep, nearly falling off and feeling the ground scrape against the souls of his shoes. Quickly climbing up Dante got into the backseat and wrapped his hands around the target's throat. This action unfortunately caused the jeep to swerve moving sharply to the left the jeep suddenly slammed right into a very large stone outcropping, upon impact with the outcropping the jeep exploded into a giant fireball. Blitz slammed down on the breaks, once the jeep stopped Dante's coworkers jumped out and rushed towards the giant fireball. Millie fell to her knees tears running down her face, Moxxie knelt to console her, and Blitz looked on in horror at the giant fireball.
"Oh god what am I gonna tell Loona?" he asked, covering his face in despair.
"Tell her what?" a familiar voice asked, the others looked up and saw none other than Dante step out of the flames, not a single scratch on him holding the head of the target in his hand, Dante lifted the head triumphantly.
Tossing his head to the ground, Dante pulled out his phone and called Loona to open up a portal, within minutes the portal opened and Dante stepped through. Blitz, Millie, and Moxxie continued to look on in stunned silence for another couple of minutes before getting up and following Dante through the portal.
Somewhere else
A pale figure in a white suit sat on a plush chair as he observed IMP in action through a special mirror. The figure had a wide smile on his face, this smile just got wider when he witnessed Dante take out the target. Turning the mirror off, the figure stood up, reached into his suit, and pulled out a small black box.
"Yes he'll due," he said looking down at the box and laughing.
Following weekend; Dante's apartment
Dante sat back on his couch a bottle of red wine in his hand, now this wasn't unusual for him he drank straight from the bottle all the time but the difference here was the kind of wine he was drinking. Normally he bought cheap crappy wine from the Greed ring that tasted like it was made in someone's toilet, but this was the good stuff made in Gluttony. Normally Dante would never be able to afford this kind but the payout from the recent job plus the generous bonus given to him by the client meant he could get the good stuff. Lifting the bottle to his lips Dante to a long drink before putting the bottle down a satisfied smile on his face. A knock at the door took Dante out of his revelry, putting the bottle down Dante got up and headed for the door. Opening the door Dante was surprised when none other than Lucifer himself was standing right in front of him with a smile on his face, Dante stared at him in utter and complete shock, why the fuck was the king of Hell at his front door, did he do something wrong, did he find out about Blitz's unauthorized use of the Grimoire and was here to kill all of IMP personally.
"May I come in?" Lucifer asked his voice smooth as velvet, Dante was taken out of his stupor and immediately stepped aside to let him in. Lucifer walked through the apartment inspecting every inch of the place and despite the smile on his face never faltering Dante could tell he was not impressed.
"Quite a… lovely place you have here," he said trying to sound polite.
"Sorry but not all of us can afford massive palaces now can we?" Dante replied crossing his arms, Lucifer looked at him surprised and Dante for a moment thought that Lucifer would kill him right there and then but instead the king of Hell just laughed.
"My my you certainly got a wit now don't you?" he asked, looking impressed, Dante tried not to show just how surprised he was.
"So might I ask why your here your Majesty?" Dante was curious about just what the king wanted.
"Why I want to offer you a job!" he exclaimed, Dante blinked and shook his head not sure he heard correctly.
"I'm sorry, what?" he asked still not sure he heard correctly, he looked at the wine bottle sitting on the coffee table.
Maybe Loona and Via are right maybe I am drinking too much, he thought to himself.
"I want to give you a job, I've been a big fan of yours for a while now, I mean your work in France, Holland, North America, and Russia, is simply amazing your brutality and sadism know no bounds!" the king explained sounding like a fan meeting their favorite artist, and while Lucifers words where meant as praise Dante just felt uncomfortable he wasn't necessarily proud of those moments, in fact, he was ashamed of most of those acts but he wasn't going to correct Lucifer.
"Alright, so what is this job you have to offer?" Dante asked curious about what Lucifer wanted.
"I would like to offer you a position as one of my personal knights," Dante did a double take at the King's statement.
"What why?" Dante asked once again sounding completely surprised.
"Because you are a powerful warrior, a skilled fighter, and a ruthless killer, I can sense your strength you're stronger than most sinners, hell you're even stronger than some members of the Ars Goetia, I feel you'd make a great fit as one of my subordinates," Lucifer explained.
In other words, you want me to become your subordinate so I don't end up trying to overthrow you, Dante thought reading between the lines.
"Why should I become your lackey?" Dante asked, he already hated Lucifer and the nobility so he wanted to know why he should even consider serving them.
"Well, a large paycheck, a nice house, the honor of serving me the most powerful being in the Universe," Lucifer explained, once finished he looked at Dante and saw that he wasn't that impressed.
"Oh did I mention you also get to lord your rank and privilege over the other nobles," that got Dante's attention.
"Really?" he asked curiously.
"Yep as one of my personal knights you are above most of the Ars Goetia and can give them orders directly," Lucifer stated Dante leaned forward clearly intrigued.
"Your serious?" he asked, Lucifer nodded his head.
"Yep as one of my knights you're above all the other royals excluding the Seven Princes and me and my family of course, so what do you say, Dante?" Lucifer reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a small black box.
"Will you accept the offer?" Lucifer opened the box showing a black ring with a red crystal encased in it on the crystal Dante could make out a snake eating its own tail with an apple in the center.
Dante looked at the ring yes the power Lucifer offered was tempting but despite how generous the offer was, this was Lucifer, the master manipulator, there had to be a catch and whatever it was Dante was certain he wouldn't want to pay it.
"I- I don't know can I think on it for abit?" he asked, but he doubted Lucifer would accept he struck Dante as the kind of guy who wanted everything now.
"Of course," he said closing the box and placing it on Dante's coffee table.
"A decision like this is important if you need a few days to think on it then go ahead," he headed towards the door Dante just stared at him in utter confusion.
"Um, what about the ring?" Dante asked pointing to the box sitting on the table.
"Ohh hold onto it for now if you don't want to be my knight you can give it back to me," Lucifer said letting himself out of Dante's apartment, and later the whole complex, Dante collapsed on the couch looking down at the black box, picking up the wine bottle Dante drank until it was empty.
Upon stepping out of the building Lucifer headed towards his Limo, the Driver opened the door for him, and upon climbing inside Lucifer opened a bottle of brandy and poured himself a glass he took a sip his mouth forming a sinister smile. Dante would accept the role as one of his knights whether he wanted to or not, all Lucifer had to do was wait.
Several hours later, Stolas' Manor
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" an Imp servant shouted rushing to answer the door, but the minute he unlocked it the door flew open slamming him against the wall. Dante strolled into Stolas' manor moving through the halls he pushed aside, servants and security, but after twenty minutes of moving through the manor, he realized he was lost seeing a maid dusting off a portrait. Walking up to her he called out to get her attention, she looked up at him she shrank back in fear.
"Oh, Satan you're an intruder here to steal everything, and now you're going to ravage me aren't you?" she said her voice trembling in fear but also excitement.
"What no! Look I need to speak with the Prince do you know where he is?" he asked pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Ohh an assassin I see, he's in his study which is just down the hall over there," she said pointing to the large double doors at the end of the hall. He headed straight for them, and the smile on the maid's face fell.
"Wait aren't you going to ravage me?" she yelled after Dante.
"NO!" he shouted back much to her disappointment.
Dante kicked in the door, tearing it off its hinges and sending it to the floor, Stolas startled and fell out of his chair, letting out a loud squawk. Sitting up he saw Dante standing in the doorway, he blinked for a second before his look of surprise turned into a scowl.
"Dante what the fuck are you doing here?!" he shouted in anger standing up and dusting himself off.
"I need your help," he said Stolas looked at him confused before a look of understanding came over his features.
"Ohh I get it you want to ravage me don't you well I'm flattered Dante but I've promised myself to Blitzy and I won't-"
"What no! God no! Christ on his cross why does everyone think I want to fuck them?" he interrupted, rubbing his temples with his right hand.
"Then why are you here?" Stolas asked not sure why Dante would suddenly barge into his home.
"I have some questions about this," Dante reached into his coat pocket and pulled out the box, opening it up he showed Stolas the ring Lucifer gave to him. Stolas' eyes went wide at the site of the ring.
"Where in Hell did you get that?" he asked, his voice filled with shock.
"Lucifer gave it to me," he said Stolas' eyes nearly bulged out of his head.
"The fuck?" he mumbled having a hard time accepting this fact.
Ten minutes later, Stolas' kitchen
Stolas and Dante sat at the table a bottle of wine sitting between them, though it was nearly empty, Stolas poured the rest of the bottle into a glass then raised it to his beak taking a deep drink.
"When did Lucifer offer you the ring?" he asked putting the half-empty glass down.
"This morning, he just knocked on my door and offered me the position," Dante explained Stolas ran a hand through his feathers.
"Why you, the only people who get offered the position as one of his personal knights are Hellborns, typically members of the Ars Goetia or on occasion sinners, not some Imp?!" Stolas sputtered a look of utter shock on his face.
"Apparently he's aware of my work on Earth and was very impressed," Dante said Stolas' already pale face went paler.
"Ohh Satan does he know about the grimoire if so then I- I-," the Prince began hyperventilating clutching his chest.
"Stolas, Stolas! Calm down I don't think he knows about the book if he did he probably would have killed you already," Dante explained Stolas gained control of his breathing, calming down Stolas opened his eyes and then suddenly glared at Dante.
"What?" he asked noticing the glare from the Prince.
"I'm thinking about how ridiculous this all is if any member of IMP should become one of Lucifer's knights then it should be my dear Blitzy, not you!" he said crossing his arms Dante rolled his eyes, before looking down at the ring.
"I haven't even accepted the job yet and I'm not going to I just came by to ask you some questions that's all," Dante explained picking up the ring he looked it over, it was a very lovely ring, exquisite craftsmanship, and the ruby in the center glittered in the morning light. Absentmindedly Dante began putting the ring on and was just about to slide it on his finger.
"STOP!" Stolas shouted causing Dante to drop the ring on the table. Shaking his head Dante cleared the fog and looked at Stolas stunned.
"What?" he asked freaked out not just by Stolas' shouting at him but also by the spell the ring put on him.
"The minute you put that ring on it binds itself to you making you one of Lucifers knight's not only that but it puts you under his complete control," Stolas explained giving Dante a stern look, Dante looked down at the ring.
I knew there was a catch! He thought to himself he was stupid to think the ring didn't have some special effect or spell that could control or influence him. Picking the ring back up Dante glared at it.
My decision just got a whole lot easier, he thought to himself, he was taken out of his thoughts by the sound of an effeminate voice.
"What the fuck is he doing here Stolas?" Dante turned around and saw none other than Stella Stolas' snobby, bitch of a wife glaring at him.
"He's just here to talk to me about something that all Stella," Stolas said trying to keep his wife calm, the nervous tone in his voice told Dante she probably had a short temper.
"What could a vile creature like him need to talk to you about, he's probably another one of your-," Stella stopped dead in her tracks when her eyes fell upon the ring in Dante's hand.
"Oh my apologies my liege I thought you were someone else… uh I-is there something I can do for you oh servant of our dark master, we'll get you anything you want?" Stella said all of that in a nervous groveling tone, and both Dante and Stolas were taken aback. Stolas had never seen his wife grovel before especially before an Imp, Dante stared at Stella who began leaning in closer a worried smile on her face, Dante moved back uncomfortable, but also a little curious.
"Anything?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Anything," Stella replied standing up straight, Dante thought about it for a minute, at first he was gonna ask for some cash or more wine but then another thought came to mind.
"Show me your underwear," he asked holding back a smile, he was joking obviously, he just wanted to see how far she'd go.
No way this bitch will do it, she'll probably throw me out any min- Dante's thought was interrupted when Stella reached down and grabbed the hem of her dress, pulling it up and giving both Dante and Stolas a full view of her lacy bra and panties.
"Like what you see Sir?" she asked in a flirty tone batting her eyes at Dante.
Dante and Stolas were stunned neither of them could believe Stella would actually flash her goods let alone to an Imp, Stolas was wondering what the fuck was wrong with her while only one thing was going through Dante's head;
Holy fucking shit she is smoking hot! Why the fuck is feathers fucking Blitz when he could be plowing that!? As Dante was putting the image of Stella's underwear away in the back of his mind Stella dropped her dress.
"I hope you liked what you saw, there's more where that came from trust me," she said turning to walk out of the kitchen her hips swaying as she did so, sending Dante a wink as she left.
"I think you should go before she tries to set up an arranged marriage," Stolas said Dante shook his head, got up, and headed for the exit.
As Dante walked through the halls he thought back to what Stella had done, if he had asked her that question without the ring she would have ripped his head off but with the ring, she was more than happy to get down and kiss his ass, hell maybe even more. Suddenly he got an idea, an idea of what he could do with this ring, more specifically what he could get from the nobles who would cower before him. Dante was so caught up in his thoughts he didn't notice the young lady walking down the hall towards him until he bumped into her sending her to the ground.
"Ow hey, why don't you watch where your… Dante!" Octavia said looking up and recognizing the black-haired Imp before her. Dante reached out a hand which Octavia graciously took getting back to her feet Octavia dusted herself off and then turned to face the Imp.
"So what are you doing here?" she asked curiously as to why Dante had come for a sudden visit.
Dante was about to tell her about the ring and Lucifer's offer but suddenly he stopped, he realized that what he was planning to do was probably illegal and he told others then got caught they might get into trouble as well, he didn't want that to happen to them.
"Oh I was just… picking something up for Blitz," he said rubbing the back of his head nervously.
"Really what?" she asked curiously, Dante sent her a look.
"Do you really want to know?" Dante asked, Octavia thought about it for a moment before a look of disgust came across her features.
"No, no not at all," she replied shaking in revulsion, Octavia then suddenly let out a small hoot as she remembered something. Reaching into her back she pulled out several sheets of paper and thrust them at Dante.
"What's this?" he asked looking over the sheets and seeing music notes scribbled across them.
"This is the song I was working on remember you said you had a friend who was a good musician and I asked you if you could give him my music to look over," Octavia explained.
"Oh yeah right, don't worry I'll get it to him," he said tucking the sheets into his jacket and started heading towards the exit.
"Ohh wait, why don't you stay for a little bit? I could put on a movie or I can get one of the servants to make us lunch," she asked Dante, thought it over for a minute then shook his head.
"Sorry Via but I'm pretty busy today, maybe some other time," he said Octavia looked disappointed but nodded in understanding.
As Dante left the Manor he got in the car and tried to start but it wouldn't budge, he tried again, and nothing happened, he tried again, and still nothing. Dante slammed his fist down on the dashboard in frustration the force of which caused a large crack to run up the already cracked windshield, Dante glared at the crack and then sighed. This car had seen better days and was barely holding together, the only reason Dante bought it in the first place was that it was the only thing he could afford.
This car is a piece of fucking shit, and I can't afford a new one not with how high the dealerships here mark them up, well I guess I'm gonna have to, Dante stopped that train of thought when an idea suddenly popped into his head.
Getting out of the car he placed a hand on it and it suddenly burst into dark purplish-black flames only to quickly vanish nothing left but some scorch marks on the ground. Dante headed around the manor until he was to the entrance to the garage, burning a hole in the door he stepped inside and saw that it was massive the size of an underground parking lot. Walking around he saw nothing but limos most of them in a variety of colors, those didn't interest him if he wanted to drive a limo he would have become a chauffeur, no he wanted something nice something that could get him from point A to point B. Dante stopped when he saw a fancy bloodred sports car parked near the edge of the garage, here was his car. Walking up to the vehicle Dante using one of his talons cut a hole in the glass, reached inside, and unlocked the door, opening the door Dante got inside stuck his talon in the ignition, and turned it, the car started immediately, Dante smiled buckled his seatbelt then reached inside his jacket and pulled out a pen and a small note pad. Writing something down he tossed the note outside the slammed his foot on the gas, the car bolted forward, smashed through the garage door then headed down the road back to Imp City.
This is gonna be fun, Dante thought to himself with a smile.
The next day
A small Imp in a tuxedo carrying a bucket in one hand and a rag in the other, his name was Dan and his job was to wash and wax the cars in the Goetias garage a job in which he was almost complete all he had to do was clean mistresses Stella's sportscar, which he honestly didn't need to do as she never drove the thing, honestly Dan didn't even think she or Master Stolas could drive, he thinks she just bought it to look cool. As Dan headed for the spot where the car was supposed to be, he noticed something very important, it wasn't there. Dan looked around trying desperately to find the car, maybe someone had moved it, maybe Stella took it for a spin, he looked and looked but he couldn't find it but he did find a note lying on the ground picking it up it read;
Sorry, I took your car, bill it to Lucifer, it was followed by a doodle of an apple surrounded by a snake eating its own tail.
Later that day
The IMP van pulled into its usual spot and outstepped three Imps and a Hellhound one member of the team was missing something that did not go unnoticed by the others.
"Hey, why didn't Dante catch a ride in the van with us like usual?" Millie asked looking at Loona who looked up from her phone and sent the country Imp a confused look.
"Why are you asking me?" She asked, not sure why Millie thought she would know.
"You're his girlfriend aren't ya?" Millie asked, Loona rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, his girlfriend not his keeper," Loona replied sarcastically.
"With how jealous you get you might as well be," Moxxie muttered under his breath, Loona, of course, heard him and turned to face the smaller Imp growling, Moxxie cowered back but before Loona could touch him they listened to the sound of a revving engine. Turning to the entrance of the parking lot they saw a fancy red sports car come barreling into the lot barely avoiding hitting them and parking itself in an empty spot across from them. The driver's side door opened and out stepped a very familiar male Imp.
"Dante what the fuck you almost ran us over!?" Blitz yelled stomping over to his younger employee.
"And where the fuck did you get that car?" he asked noticing the type of car that Dante was driving, it was a Mammon Phoenix it was a car only Nobles and wealthy Overlords like Vox and Valentino could afford them, Blitz had no idea how Dante had one.
"I stole it," Dante said casually pulling out a rag and wiping some blood off the hood.
"Ok that makes sense," Blitz said, vaguely remembering that Stolas said one of his cars was stolen.
Dante walked behind his car and opened the trunk pulling out four boxes. Walking over to the other he handed each of his coworkers a box.
"You got us gifts?" Millie asked looking down at the box in her hands.
"Yep, well what are you waiting for open them up!" Dante said with a smile.
The others wasted no time in opening their gifts, Blitz's box contained a stuffed pony doll, Blitz smiled wide upon seeing the gift. Moxxie opened his next revealing a new sniper rifle, not just any rifle but one of the newest top-of-the-line models, his jaw dropped in surprise upon seeing it. Millie opened hers revealing a polished machete with a fine Wrath leather grip, Millie's eyes filled with stars as she swung the blade back and forth. Last but not least was Loona, who upon opening her present pulled out a red strapless dress with a Pentagram on the chest. Loona covered her mouth in shock, Dante had never given her a gift this nice before, and honestly, she was very moved.
"Holy shit Dante this is amazing!" Millie said inspecting her new blade.
"I agree with Millie thank you so much, Dante!" Moxxie said happily, Dante smiled proudly, suddenly Blitz rushed forward and pulled Dante into a tight hug.
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, Dante, this is the best gift in the world, you're amazing!" he said hugging Dante tighter, Dante was very uncomfortable right now.
Suddenly Loona stepped forward and yanked Blitz off of Dante tossing him aside, she then proceeded to grab Dante and pulled him into a passionate kiss. The two continued their makeout session arms wrapping around each other, Dante's hand reached down and grabbed her leg pulling it up by the thigh. The two continued making out eventually falling back on top of Dante's car, feeling very uncomfortable Moxxie and Blitz headed for the office Millie on the other hand stayed to watch only to be dragged away by Moxxie.
Twenty minutes later
Dante and Loona finally made it to the office both were sweaty and disheveled, their clothes messy and wrinkled walking into the conference room Blitz and Moxxie glared at them.
"Glad you two finally showed up so sit down and let's get started," Blitz said annoyed. Loona glared and flipped Blitz the bird, but sat down, Dante sat down next to her.
"Alright now that we're all here let's get moving we got a big day today we got five clients all of them worth big dollars!" Blitz said pulling out five folders and tossing them on the table. The others picked them up and looked through them.
"damn these are some high-class targets, sir, we don't usually have this many at once what's the deal?" Moxxie said looking through the folders.
"Don't know guess people are finally realizing how fucking awesome we are," Blitz said putting his hands on his hips a smile on his face, Dante smirked.
Flashback
Dante stood in front of a desk behind the desk sat a Black and red parrot demon, a Maquis of the Ars Goetia.
"So wait why does Lucifer want me to put a hit out on these humans?" he asked, in a thick clearly fake French accent, Dante glared in annoyance both at the accent and at his questioning.
"Yours is not the place to question monsieur your place is to do his majesties will and nothing more," Dante said slamming his hands down on the desk, the Marquis was taken aback, he glared at Dante but then his eyes fell upon the ring on his right hand and he gulped.
"Of course monsieur I'll put in the orders immediately," Dante smiled, looking down at the ring.
Thank god for Giuseppe, no one else could make an exact copy of that damn ring like him, Dante thought to himself leaving the Marquis's office.
End of flashback
"Alright everyone that's enough, looking let's get to work!" Blitz said excitedly, the others got up sharing his enthusiasm.
Target 1# New York City
Jonathan Stone sat in his spacious office looking out over the skyline of New York, Stone Corp was one of the richest companies in the country with subsidiaries in everything from oil to real estate. Now despite its influence many did not actually like Stone Corp many accused them of underpaying their workers, dumping pollution in rivers and Oceans, and overpricing the homes and apartments he owned, but hey sometimes to make a profit you had to make sacrifices, pulls some strings, bribe some cops and judges, the ends justify the means, that's Jonothans philosophy and it's served him well.
It's not my fault the poor suffer if they wanted to be happy or live healthy lives then they should get off their lazy asses and work harder, that's what I did, all I had was the suit on my back and a 20 thousand dollar loan from my dad, Jonathan was brought out of his thoughts when he heard his office door open.
"What the hell I told Sandra not to let anyone in right-" Jonathan spun his chair around and saw who had come into his office, a swarthy man with long black hair and sunglasses, and at his sides were three short freaks in crappy Halloween costumes.
"What the fuck are you people doing here?" he asked slamming his fist down on the desk, the swarthy man stepped forward standing right in front of him.
"Jonathan Stone you really got a lot of nerve don't you?" he asked leaning forward and putting his hands on his desk.
"Do I know you?" he asked confused.
"No, but I know a lot about you, from the tenement buildings which you charge insanely high prices and don't maintain, the extremely low wages you pay your employees, and let's not forget all the people you killed when you dumped that toxic sludge into those rivers in Latin America," the guy explained his hands tightening on the desk leaving deep grooves into the wood.
Oh god, another radical, Stone thought to himself rolling his eyes.
"Look kid I'm sorry if you don't like my business practices, but this is how the world works, I don't have time to worry about petty morality or rules, there is only one thing that matters in this world and that thing is yourself, I'm doing what's best for me and nothing you do can or will stop me," he said taking smug satisfaction as the young man scowled at him.
"You think you're above the rules don't you?" the man asked, Stone nodded in agreement.
"Well then let's test that fact," with a feat of insane strength the young man tossed Stone's large oak desk aside, Stone was too stunned by the sudden show of strength to run allowing the young man to grab him by the neck, and hoist him out of his chair.
"Starting with the rules of gravity!" Stone was suddenly flung towards the large window of his office which shattered upon impact causing him to plummet fifty stories to the hard pavement below.
The members of IMP all looked out the shattered window to see the large red splat that used to be Jonathan Stone.
"Damn Dante that was pretty cool!" Moxxie said taking a moment to admire Dante's handy work.
"I'll say you're really shapin up to be quite the butcher," Millie said sounding like a proud mother.
"Alright enough talk let's get to the next guy," Blitz said the other nodded and headed off to their next location.
Location 2# warehouse in Las Vegas
The second target for IMP was a man named Billy Merrill, Billy owned dozens of hotels and casinos in Vegas and made millions from tourism and gambling but that wasn't the only thing that brought him money. Billy had a small side business helping various individuals find… talented models, he used his hotels and casinos to locate pretty and gullible young men and women and with the help of his employees, he would… introduce them to some of his business partners. It was because of this work that Billy suddenly found himself on the floor of his office being brutally beaten by four individuals.
"Wait, ouch! stop, uff! Please, OW!" he said through the beatings as they continued to kick and punch him, suddenly Dante raised his hand the others noticed and stopped their assault.
"What's up?" Moxxie asked curious at why Dante made them stop.
"I got an idea," Dante said reaching into his jacket and pulling out a grenade. Noticing the explosive Billy tried to crawl away but was grabbed by Blitz.
Dante proceeded to pull the pin out of the grenade and shove it down his throat. Billy fell to the ground choking and the members of IMP quickly opened a portal and jumped through just as the guy exploded splattering the conference room with blood and guts.
"All right, two down three more to go," Blitz said pulling a piece of intestine off his head.
Target three a compound in the rainforest
Juan Pablo Contreras was a big-time coke dealer, ever since he took over the cartel from his late father god rest his soul, he has expanded it going from a minor player in the Columbian drug trade to a major distributor selling all over the world. A lot of blood was spilled for him to get this far, the blood of friend and foe alike but as his father always said, nothing comes without sacrifice, he reiterated those same words as he killed him.
Juan lay on the floor twitching and convulsing foam coming out of his mouth as his eyes rolled into the back of his head, sticking out of his back were five large syringes each once filled with cocaine but now empty. IMP stood over the target's body Blitz twirled a syringe in his hand and smiled.
"Wow making a guy OD on his own drugs was pretty cool," Blitz said watching as the guy continued to convulse.
"Right Dante?" Blitz asked elbowing Dante, but Dante didn't say anything he just stared at the twitching lifeless body, his hands tightening into fists Blood began to ooze from between his fingers, shaking his head Dante turned away from the corpse.
"Can we just move on to the next target already?!" He shouted pulling out his phone and calling Loona.
"Alright jeez killjoy," Blitz muttered tossing the syringe only for it to poke him in the tail. Millie and Moxxie didn't notice they were too distracted by Dante's behavior to notice.
"Sweety, are you alright?" Millie asked as she walked up and put a hand on Dante's arm, Dante pulled his arm away in response.
"No, I'm fine," he said in a way that made it clear he wasn't.
"Seriously Dante we're here for you if you want to" Dante cut Moxxie off before he could finish.
"Look I'm fine alright so how about you two mind your own fucking business!" he shouted it was at that moment the portal opened and Dante stepped through.
"About time," he said curtly to Loona who scowled.
The rest of the day was a blur, the fourth target, a sadistic doctor who murders his patients IMP gutted him with his own tools. The fifth target was a cult leader who raped and conned his followers out of all their money, Dante had the idea to tie him and his lieutenants to a tree and set them on fire. Upon returning to the office Millie, Moxxie, and Dante collapsed on the couch while Blitz went to his office to inform the anonymous client that the targets had all been eliminated, stepping out of the office Blitz had a huge smile on his face.
"Well not only did the client pay up but he's also thrown in a generous bonus too!" he said excitedly, the others cheered at the news.
With the day over the members of IMP, all went back to their respective homes, upon returning to his apartment Dante sat back on his couch, reached into his jacket pulled out a pack of cigarettes lit one, and took a long drag. Dante sat there for five minutes enjoying the rich smooth flavor when suddenly there was a knock at the door. Groaning Dante got up and headed for the door, opening it he saw an Imp in a fancy suit.
"What's up?" he asked, the Imp cleared his throat and asked;
"Are you Lord Dante?" he asked sounding nervous.
"Yeah, what do you want?" Dante asked curiously about what this fancy Imp wanted.
"Well, I am here on behalf of her highness Princess Stella with a gift," he said shakily pointing to his left. Looking at what he was pointing to he saw two larger Imps each carrying a large box.
Stepping aside Dante let the two Imps in who put the boxes down on the floor, opening them up Dante saw the boxes were filled with high-end wine, not just any high-end wine it was Dragons Blood, made in the Gluttony Ring this stuff cost 500 souls a bottle. Smiling excitedly Dante used one of his talons to pull the cork out of one of them and began drinking, finishing the bottle Dante sighed and shivered, cuddling the bottle as if it was a cute puppy. Dante was pulled out of his revelry by the sound of someone clearing their throat, looking up he saw the fancy Imp was still at the door.
"What do you want?" he asked annoyed.
"Lady Stella besides the wine would like you to have this," he pulled out an envelope, reaching into his jacket. Taking the envelope Dante closed the door and then ripped it open.
Inside were several pictures of Stella most of them she was in her underwear, or bondage gear, and in a few, she was even naked. Even though he would have loved to keep them Dante swiftly incinerated them, no matter how hot she was Loona was his girlfriend and he wasn't gonna start messing around behind her back, whether it be sleeping with other ladies or accepting dirty pictures from them.
"I made Apple and Coco stop sending me nudes, and they're our friends I'm not gonna take pictures of some skanky Princess," he said to himself incinerating the photos.
Unless there of Princess Charlie, he thought to himself with a laugh, he was joking of course… mostly.
That following weekend
Dante sat behind the wheel of his new car driving down route 666, next to him in the passenger seat was Loona who was wearing the red dress he had gotten her. Dante himself was dressed up as well nothing fancy just a dress shirt and tie, Dante hated dressing fancy but he would for special occasions and tonight was a special occasion. In the backseat of the car were two other demons both succubi, one had a curly black afro and was dressed in a burgundy dress that showed a decent amount of cleavage. The succubus sitting next to her was blonde which was down around her shoulders, and her dress was hot pink complimenting her already pinkish-red skin tone the dress was tight and short leaving nothing to the imagination.
"Hey, Dante thanks again for taking us out to dinner!" Coco said leaning forward so Dante could hear.
"Yeah thanks a lot, this is an awesome car by the way where did you get it?" Apple asked noticing that a car this nice would definitely be out of Dante's price range.
"Oh I stole it," he said nonchalantly, the two succubi looked at him in shock, this was a high-class car only super rich and important people could afford them, Verosika had one but even to her it was expensive and she made millions, and Dante said he stole it.
"Aren't you worried that they'll come after you?" Coco asked nervously, worried for her friend as well as for herself and Apple as they might die by association. Sensing her worry Dante sent her a warm smile.
"Don't worry me and the owner came to an understanding," he explained Coco still wasn't sure.
"What kind of understanding?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Don't worry about it," Dante replied, Coco wanted to ask more but the look he sent her told her not to.
"I love your dress Loona, where'd you get it?" Apple asked, wanting to change the subject.
"Ohh Dante got it for me the other day," she said looking down at the blood-red dress.
"It's cute suits you really well," Apple said, eyes moving down Loona's body admiring the way the dress hugged her curves.
"Really shows off that great ass of yours," Apple added a moment later, Loona's eyes widened in surprise she wasn't expecting such a blatant remark from Apple but honestly she shouldn't be surprised she was always noticing Apple and Coco ogling her when they hung out it was a little uncomfortable but hey as long as they kept their hands to themselves she didn't care.
"That's why I bought it," Dante said with a smirk, Loona blushed and playfully punched him on the arm.
Arriving at the restaurant Dante parked the car and the four demons got out and stretched their legs. Looking at the place Dante brought them, Apple and Coco's jaws dropped when they read the sign. It was L'etoile du Matin one of the fanciest restaurants in not just the Pride Ring but all of hell, it has a six-month waiting list, they couldn't believe that this was where Dante was taking them. Coco was about to ask Dante if this was some kind of joke but Loona beat her to the punch.
"Holy shit dude is this really where you're taking us?!" Loona shouted staring at the restaurant in utter astonishment, Dante smiled and nodded his head.
"Yep," he said proudly, the three ladies just stared dumbfounded.
"How the fuck are you gonna pay for this place, a glass of water costs like thirty souls?" Loona asked, curious how her boyfriend was gonna pay, especially on his salary.
"Oh I was just gonna make them pay, they work for a popstar they're bound to have the money," he said pointing to Coco and Apple, who looked at him surprised.
"Oh, fuck that!" Coco said putting her hands on her hips sending Dante an annoyed look.
"I'll pay if you do that tongue thing again," Apple said drooling.
"Hey, hey I'm joking, I'm paying for it so don't worry ok," he said with a smile, Coco calmed down and laughed.
"Ok good, I was worried for a moment," Coco stated with a smile.
"Wait are you still gonna do the tongue thing?" Apple asked, Dante, shook his head, Apple looked sad.
"Alright enough standing around let's get in there, I'm starving," Dante said clapping his hands together.
Smiling Apple wrapped her arm around Coco's, the two succubi headed towards the restaurant Dante was about to follow but was held back by Loona.
"Seriously how are you gonna get us a table and pay for this food?" her voice was serious, clearly she didn't think Dante had the means to afford this place let alone get them inside.
"Stolas owes me a favor, that's how," Dante said, Loona blinked in surprise.
"What kind of favor?" she asked curiously as to what Dante did to get them reservations at such a fancy place.
"He accidentally sent a nude to Octavia, and he had me distract her so he could delete the photo before she could see it," he explained.
"Ok that makes sense," Loona said, Dante, nodded and then held out his arm, Loona laughed and punched him in the arm and headed for the restaurant, as she did Dante discreetly reached into his pocket and pulled out the fake ring and slipped it onto his finger.
At the hostess's desk
The hostess was a pretty succubus wearing a crisp white shirt with the top three buttons undone to show her generous amount of cleavage, this was combined with a tight short black skirt, and high heels. The hostess stared at Coco and Apple with a bored expression.
"Sorry but I don't see a reservation for you," she said looking down at the book on the desk.
"Check again please, under the name Dante?" Coco asked, the hostess rolled her eyes and looked down at the book for a second before looking back up.
"Nope nothing," she said in a rude tone, it was at that moment Loona and Dante walked in.
"Hey help go around back," she said glaring at the Imp and Hellhound, Loona growled, and Dante put his hand on her shoulder calming her down then moved towards the hostess.
"I think you'll find we have a reservation," he said pointing to the book.
"Look as I was telling these sluts here you don't-" she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the ring on Dante's finger. She stood there paralyzed, her face going pale with shock before suddenly grabbing some menus.
"Sorry for the mix-up sir let me escort you to your table," she said with a wide nervous smile. Dante nodded in satisfaction and then beckoned the other to follow him.
Following the Hostess who led them towards the back of the restaurant away from the rest of the guests, many of whom Dante and the others noticed were Goetia demons of various ranks and positions, many of whom sent the four dirty looks. Stopping at a large booth the Succubus gestured for them to sit, following her lead the four climbed into the booth. Once all four were seated the Hostess gave each one a menu.
"Is there anything that we can start you lovely demons off with?" she asked not taking her eyes off Dante.
"Yes can you bring a bottle of your best red wine, a bottle of your best white wine, and a bottle of your best Champagne please," Dante said looking at the menu.
"Oh, wow you're really treating us tonight," Apple said with a smile.
"What do you guys want to drink?" Dante asked the ladies looking up from the menu.
"Oh so the wine and Champagne were for yourself," Apple said surprised.
Ten minutes later
The hostess returned with a waiter and three bottles of wine which she placed down in front of Dante followed by a Mojito for Coco, a Martini for Apple, and a rum and coke for Loona.
"Here are your drinks gentleman, and ladies, and I thought I'd bring you some caviar as an appetizer, on the house of course," the hostess said as the waiter placed a big bowl filled with what looked like little black beads on the table, Loona sniffed then wrinkled her nose in disgust.
"Ugh gross what is that shit?" she asked holding her nose.
"Salted fish eggs," Dante explained.
"Eww," Coco replied.
"Gross," Apple added in, the hostess looked at the table nervously.
"I'm so sorry about that, let me just take this away-," the hostess said nervously but Dante grabbed the bowl and pulled it close.
"Fuck that if they don't want any I'll eat it," Dante said licking his lips before digging in and shoveling it into his mouth with a spoon.
"Alright… now that that's settled may we take your orders," the hostess said gesturing to the waiter who had a notepad ready.
"Large plate of fried calamari please," Dante said before going back to the Caviar.
"Rare steak, very juicy," Loona said.
"Large salad extra dressing please," Apple told the waiter.
"Roasted chicken with a side salad please," Coco added with all the orders taken down the waiter left leaving the hostess who stood there looking at Dante nervously.
"Is there anything else I can do for you sir?" she asked big smile plastered on her face.
"No I'm good," he said, waving her away, taking the hint the hostess quickly left, Apple watched her leave admiring her sweet ass.
"Damn I think she was willing to give you a blowjob," Apple said, this statement got Loona's attention causing her to glare at the leaving waitress, Dante just rolled his eyes and grabbed the bottle of Champagne Dante opened the bottle with one of his talons and began drinking.
After twenty seconds Dante put the now empty bottle down and reached for the white wine, Coco and Apple stared in surprise, and Coco reached forward and grabbed the empty Champagne bottle.
"Holy shit you drank this thing in under a minute," she said stunned never seen anyone drink that fast.
"Not even Verosika drinks that much," Apple said watching as Dante finished the white and went to the red.
"Yeah Dante maybe you should tone it down you are driving us home remember," Loona said placing a hand on her boyfriend's arm.
"Hey don't worry, this is barely enough to get me buzzed, and besides this is like my seventh bottle of wine and as you all saw I drove us here without incident," Dante explained, the two succubi raised their eyes in total shock neither one realizing just how much Dante drank.
"By Asmodeus, not even Verosika drinks that much," Coco said in utter shock.
"It's actually kinda worrying," Loona said, Dante raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"What's up?" he asked not sure what she was talking about.
"You've been drinking alot lately, and I mean a lot, I'm starting to get worried," Loona explained Dante just rolled his eyes.
"I haven't been drinking any more than I already was, don't get all upset just because you never noticed," he said his annoyed tone making Loona glare.
"You go through a dozen bottles of wine a day, that is not normal, do you want to end up in the hospital again!" Loona said raising her voice in anger.
"Wait a dozen?" Coco asked.
"Wait end up in the hospital again?" Apple asked horrified.
"Oh yeah I OD a few months ago no big deal," Dante said casually, the two looked at him horrified.
"Besides it's just wine it doesn't do that much damage, now if I was drinking a dozen bottles of whisky or vodka then you'd have a point but you don't," Dante said to Loona scowling, the two leaned in glaring in anger and frustration. The two were pulled out of their fight when they heard Apple mutter "kiss" under her breath. Deciding to change the subject Dante turned to face the succubi.
"Verosika doesn't know about us hanging out right?" he asked, while he liked Coco and Apple the last thing he wanted was for Verosika to find out about their little double date as she would try to join in.
"Nope, she's completely in the dark we haven't told anyone about our little meet-ups especially her," Coco said relieved that the awkwardness had passed.
"I got to ask why do you not want her finding out or joining us, was she that bad in bed?" Apple asked wondering why Dante was so adamant about avoiding the hottest succubi in Hell.
"No admittedly she was amazing," he stated embarrassed, Loona glared.
"What like you didn't have fun too," Dante said to his girlfriend who looked away embarrassed.
"As I was saying while great in bed, she freaking stalked me despite me stating numerous times I wasn't interested, and threatening to blackmail me into fucking her, the only reason we slept with her in the first place was, so she'd leave me alone, so yeah that's why I don't want her around," Dante finished his explanation the two succubi looked at him with wide eyes.
"Ok that makes sense," Coco said.
"Yeah I see the logic behind that," Apple replied.
Dante smiled glad they understood picking up the bottle of red wine he took a sip and then suddenly started coughing. Covering his mouth with a napkin Dante hunched over his coughs getting more and more violent, Loona reached forward and began gently rubbing his back. Eventually, his coughing fit passed, Dante sat up and took a look at the napkin and saw it was covered in small flecks of blood, lucky for him their food arrived at that moment so none of the ladies noticed.
Twenty minutes later
"Woof I stuffed," Coco said sitting back and patting her belly.
"Tell me about it, that salad was great!" Apple said cheerfully.
"It was ok," Loona said scrolling through her phone a bored expression on her face, Dante rolled his eyes he knew she was just acting cool if the way her tail kept brushing against his leg was any indication.
"Hey thanks again for taking us out to dinner," Coco said to Dante sending him a warm smile.
"Yeah we really appreciate it but you know there are easier ways to get us out of our panties," Apple stated sending Dante a sensual look.
"Pfft I'm surprised you sluts even wear panties," Loona said with a smirk, still looking down at her phone.
"I'm not!" Apple stated proudly.
"I don't usually but I am tonight," Coco explained.
"It's her fancy date pair," Apple explained, Dante blushed and looked away.
Apple noticed this and bit her lip getting an interesting idea. Still having a perverted smile on her face Apple picked up her fork and dropped it on the floor.
"Oops, how clumsy of me, let me go get it," Apple quickly crawled under the table, Dante knew what she was doing, and his suspicions were confirmed when he felt a hand on his crotch. Jumping back a little at the sensation Dante grabbed Apple's hand as she began unbuckling his belt.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa slow down their Apple," Dante said moving her hand away.
"What's up?" Apple asked confused, pushing her head past the tablecloth so she could look Dante in the eye.
"Look I appreciate the thought but I would rather our relationship stay platonic alright," Dante stated, Apple and Coco were both taken aback by the statement.
"What do you mean "stay platonic" we've already fucked before remember?" Coco stated sending Dante a confused look.
"Yeah, didn't you have fun?" Apple asked resting her head on his lap and giving him sad eyes, Dante cringed.
"No it honestly was great but I and Loona agreed that that was a one-time thing ok sorry to get your hopes up but it's not happening again," he said sternly.
"Aww come on please?" Apple asked giving him puppy dog eyes, but Dante stayed firm.
"Sorry blondie but no means no," he said crossing his arms, Apple looked sad.
"Come on just one BJ?" she asked not giving up.
"Stop trying to suck my boyfriend's dick!" Loona shouted angrily.
"That's my job," Loona quickly vanished under the table, suddenly Apple was pulled away letting out an eep of surprise as she was.
"Wait Loona stop not-" Dante didn't finish his sentence, as he suddenly hunched over his hands tightening and leaving deep scratches on the table with his talons.
Later that night at Dante's apartment
Loona lay in bed snoring softly as she snuggled deeper into the sheets, Dante watched the scene with a smile before turning back towards the window. It was another sleepless night for Dante and as per usual, he spent it staring out the window, normally Dante would stare out the window till the sun came up, but tonight he felt like going out for a walk. Grabbing his clothes off the floor Dante got dressed, Dante opened the window, and climbed out. Dante's apartment was on the fifth floor so he immediately began falling, this didn't worry Dante though reaching out his right hand towards the side of the building he dug his talons into the bricks. As his talons dug into the stones the resistance slowed down his descent till he landed gently on the sidewalk, pulling his now smoking hand out of the bricks of his apartment building, he looked down and saw that his claws were filed down to the cuticles, this didn't last long though as they quickly grew back to their previous length and sharpness.
"This is why I never trim my nails," he said to himself, before heading down the street.
Dante walked down the street it was dark, most of the streetlamps were broken or the bulbs had gone out but no one had bothered to replace them. As Dante continued down the sidewalk he tripped but was able to catch himself before he fell, looking down he saw a large fissure in the sidewalk and looked around and saw even more.
no one's repaved these roads for probably a decade, Dante thought to himself before continuing on his way.
Dante continued his walk but stopped when he heard what sounded like a woman screaming. Cocking his head Dante waited for another scream and was able to pinpoint it coming down an alley on his left. Coming out the other end he heard another scream coming from his right looking down the road he saw under one of the few working streetlights a large male Imp grabbing a female Imp. Getting closer he recognized the woman as Lorry, she was a prostitute who lived in the neighborhood Dante had actually slept with her multiple times, he had actually slept with most of the hookers in this neighborhood but he hadn't since he started dating Loona.
"Get off me asshole!" Lorry shout trying to yank her arm out of the larger man's grip.
"You stupid slut you give me what I want," he said smacking Lorry, that was the last straw for Dante. Tackling the bastard to the ground Dante began punching him in the face.
"Don't you dare lay strike a woman, you hear me! Never, ever, ever do you hear me you Bastardo!" Dante shouted as he continued to slam his fists into his face, his hands getting slippery with the man's blood. Despite the beating, the man was able to get the upper hand and throw Dante off of him, standing up the Imp looked down at Dante his face twisted with rage.
"Oh your gonna regret that you little shit," he growled through clenched teeth, stomping towards Dante he reached down for him but Dante quickly reached into his jacket and pulled out his gun.
The bastard didn't have time to react before Dante pulled the trigger, the bullet entered his right eye and exited through the back of his head taking a large chunk of his skull with it. The Imp stood there with a look of shock on what was left of his face before falling to the ground, getting up Dante dusted himself off and headed towards Lorry who was still leaning against the streetlight.
"Thanks, Dante," she said as Dante approached.
"No problem gorgeous, what did the Bastardo want?" he asked reaching up and gently grasping her face looking at the bruise on her cheek.
"He wanted to fuck but didn't have the cash for it, I told him to fuck off and he didn't like that," she explained, recoiling in pain as Dante gently prodded the bruise.
"What a prick," he said letting go of Lorry.
"Thanks for the save but I gotta get back to work," she said taking two steps forward before falling only to be caught by Dante.
"Fuck what's wrong?" he asked worried, Lorry smiled, not many people gave a damn about her so seeing him show genuine concern for her was touching.
"The bastard hit me in the leg before you showed up, but it's good," she said the look Dante sent her showed he didn't believe her.
Kneeling down Dante began inspecting her leg, Lorry let out a yelp of pain as Dante gave her leg a light squeeze.
"Good news it's not broken just sprained, stay off it for a day and you should be good," he explained letting go of Lorry's leg.
"That's not an option Dante this is how I pay my rent and groceries and right now I don't have the money for either so unless you're willing to give me money I-" she was cut off when Dante handed her a big wad of fifties. Lorry stared at the money in shock, she'd never seen that much money before and didn't think Dante had so much.
"Here this should help you out for now," Dante said holding out the money for Lorry to take, with some hesitation Lorry took the money and stuffed it into her purse.
"Thanks, do you mind helping me home?" Lorry asked, Dante nodded grabbing Lorry and lifting her into his arms, Lorry let out a yip of surprise.
Dante carried Lorry back to her apartment, which didn't take long as it was just down the street. As he entered the lobby he was hit by the smell of mildew and piss, Dante, wrinkled his nose in disgust. Walking to the elevator he pressed the call button but at that moment Lorry spoke up.
"It's broken," she said deadpan.
"Still?" Dante asked Lorry nodded her head, sighing Dante took the stairs, and as he climbed up the steps Lorry turned her head to look at him.
"Hey how come I haven't seen you in a while, you used to come around twice a week?" she asked.
"I got a girlfriend now,' he explained Lorry's eyes went wide in surprise.
"A girlfriend ohh Dante I thought what we had was special," she said jokingly, Dante smirked.
"Her name's Loona she's pretty great, abit clingy and moody, but she's got a soft side, not to mention an amazing ass," he said causing Lorry to laugh.
Finally arriving at her floor Dante walked down the hall to her door, he saw roaches crawling on the wall and large chunks of drywall had chipped off the wall. Dante was disgusted obviously another slumlord charging high rent but not using any of the cash to maintain the building. Coming to her door Lorry took out her keys and unlocked the four locks on the door, stepping inside Dante saw the apartment was filthy with bugs scurrying into cracks and holes as soon as he turned on the light, carrying Lorry to her room he placed her down onto her bed.
"Thanks, Dante I really appreciate this," she said giving him a peck on the cheek. Dante smiled and left the apartment not before wishing her good night.
As Dante walked home, he thought back on everything he saw tonight, the busted streetlamps, the crumbling sidewalks, the filthy rundown apartments, and the many dangers of the city from muggers to thugs the neighborhood was just nothing but problems and no one was doing anything about it especially not the nobles. The nobility where the ruling class their job was to rule over and protect their subjects and use their resources to keep the people safe and comfortable but they were doing none of that, Lucifer, the seven Princes, and the Ars Goetia just ignored the people Hell both Sinners and Hellborns causing their cities to slowly rot and crumble. This neglect and arrogance disgusted Dante, he hated the nobility of Hell and if he could he'd kill them all, but he knew he couldn't do that, so he pushed those thoughts aside, finally arriving back home Dante walked into his living room and sat down on the couch.
God, I wish I could help solve these problems, Dante thought to himself sadly, reaching into his pocket he pulled out his copy of the knight ring. He stared at the red and black ring for several minutes before an idea suddenly popped into his mind.
Wait maybe I can,
EPILOGUE
A bored female Imp sat at a desk at the first national bank of Mammon, the bank had just opened and while a couple of demons had come in it was slow no one came to this bank this early except maybe robbers, but they weren't a problem. This bank was owned by the Prince of Greed himself only the stupid tried to rob it, as the woman played with a pen on her desk she heard the bell above the front door ring. Looking up she saw a handsome young Imp stroll up to her desk, quickly sitting up and fixing her hair she gave him a friendly smile.
"Welcome to the first national bank of Mammon, how may I help you?" she asked in a friendly tone.
"I'd like to make a withdrawal please," he said sternly, the teller nodded and began typing away at her computer.
"And from whose account will you be withdrawing sir?" she asked, the man placed his right hand down on the counter the teller looked at it and saw the ring on his finger.
"Lucifers," he replied, the teller gulped.
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Alright another chapter down, wow 30 chapters I didn't think it would go on this long, I hope you all enjoyed and tune in next chapter where we the continuation of Dante's time with the ring will his abuse of power not technically his help his neighborhood or will it come back to bite him in the ass? Thanks for reading and don't forget to leave a comment or review. Thanks again for reading ;D