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Chapter 2: Trouble on the Streets
Metro City is a teeming metropolis of people and businesses. It's also a hub for much violent gangs, one of the most infamous being the Mad Gears. For years, the gang of thugs had control of Metro City and thus was riddled with crime and violence due to having the backing of a crime lord known as Belger. City officials were helpless to do anything about it due to Belger's influence and controlling the system through his underground connections.
Things changed when a new mayor, Mike Haggar, was elected and refused to be controlled. For this, Belger order for his daughter, Jessica, to be kidnapped and held for ransom to do what he says. What the crime lord didn't know was that Haggar wasn't the type to cow down. Aided by Cody, his daughter's then boyfriend and street fighter, and Guy, a Bushin Ryu practitioner, Haggar took matters into their own hands to put a stop to the Mad Gear Gang. After fighting a swath through the punk-infested city, ending in a showdown with Belger at his penthouse suite, the crime lord met his untimely fate after getting crashed out the window several stories up. Jessica was rescued and peace was restored to Metro City for a time being.
Some time later, Maki, sister of Guy's fiancee, Rena, notifies Haggar that her sister and father have gone missing, where they find out they've been kidnapped by a new Mad Gear Gang leader, Retu. With Guy and Cody unavailable, Haggar was joined by Maki, another Bushin Ryu user, and Carlos, a South American katana-wielder Haggar took in. Their quest had them traveling through Europe and Asia, taking down remnants of the Mad Gear factions until it lead them to Japan where they confront Retu in his pagoda hideout. After a grueling fight, Retu met the same fate as his predecessor and was knocked off the top floor of his pagoda where he fell to his death. Saving Rena and her father, the Mad Gear was finally defeated.
It was short-lived, however, as some months later, a new gang, the Skull Cross, emerged due to the power vacuum in wake of Mad Gear's fall. Lucia, a special crimes unit detective, informs Haggar about riots occurring in the streets. He's joined by Guy, who had returned from his training trip, and an unknown man, Dean, to clean up the streets the only way they know how. The four engaged in a final battle on a building rooftop with their leader, Black, who gets killed after getting slammed against a power box and getting electrocuted. Once again, the city was saved, and Dean leaves after finally avenging his family who had been killed by the Skull Cross Gang.
More time passed as things went on while other events happened. Guy continues his training in Bushin Ryu with Maki, Carlos aids in rebuilding the city, and Lucia continues serving the force. One of the biggest surprises was Cody being jailed for street violence. Even though Mad Gear was destroyed, remnants are still about somewhere. Ones coming to mind were that weird masked samurai, an insane stick-wielding soldier, an oversized thug accompanied by some pink-haired whore, and some freakish giant in a scrapyard.
Metro City's history of gang violence unfortunately didn't stop there.
Far into the future…
Metro City is one of many highly advanced futuristic places in the world. Unfortunately, crime was still very common and just like the city, the gangs have advanced, too. A group of super criminals genetically enhanced wrought terror on the city under the name of their leader, Scumocide. Fortunately, as criminals advanced, so did heroes. It was then the hero group known as Commando Team stepped up to face the super criminal leader. The team's fight took them through the city and eventually to Scumocide's planet, Callisto, where they put an end to the tyrant once and for all. The people cheered at being saved and the current mayor asked who their savior was.
"I am… Captain Commando!"
Since then, Captain Commando and his team worked to preserve the peace on Earth as well as throughout the galaxy.
Somewhere in the slums…
There was a scuffle going on in an isolated lot in the city. A group of masked guys in gray suits and claws were fighting against four individuals. Many of the thugs get beaten down, others got burned or electrocuted. On the darker side, some were sliced in half or even reduced to piles of bones. After some time, only four were left standing.
"That seems to be all of them, Captain." said one, who was a dark-blue clad ninja with yellow bracers and greaves. He held in his hand a ninjato sword which he clicks back into its scabbard behind him.
"It would appear so, Sho. Good work, team." said Captain Commando. He was a tall blonde man in blue and white power armor with highly advanced mech gauntlets on each hand, the Power Gloves. Over his eyes were red shades that also served as a scanning device.
"I don't like it. This fight seemed a bit odd." said another figure. He was tall and imposing, at first looked like a big green robot with large arms. Upon closer inspection, it was actually just a man-shaped vehicle, and at where the head should be was its pilot, a baby.
"What do you mean, Hoover?" asked Captain Commando.
"Those Zs looked like they were possessed or something. What's driving them isn't coorelating to any energy sources we've encountered before."
The fourth figure silently nodded as he looked at the defeated thugs. Unlike the others, he's not a human, but a mummy-like alien being. His body was wrapped in light purple bandages and wore blue hi-top sneakers, orange torn pants, and an orange backwards cap. In each hand he held a wicked-looking knife.
"You feel it, too, Jennety?" asked Sho.
Jennety just turns and points to a pile of tires. Captain looks to it and scanned it with his Captain Goggles.
"Hmm? There's something under there..." said Captain.
Hoover moves his mech and knocks aside the tires. Once cleared, he saw nothing. However, he noticed the ground felt different when he stepped on it.
"This feels hollow..." said Hoover.
"Stand aside." said Sho as he went past Hoover.
The others stood back as Sho whipped out his sword, the Lightning Light, and slashed at the ground a few times in a single second before re-sheathing it. The ground fell apart, revealing to be a metal trap door leading to a downward staircase.
"Well that calls for checking out." said Captain. Taking the lead, he and the Commando Team descend the stairs.
Where it lead was some underground facility, one of a few that provided power to the city. This one, however, seems to have been abandoned for some time due to neglect. Going further, the team come across what looked like a large transport tunnel.
"Was this supposed to be a supply rail?" asked Hoover.
"It's certainly seen better days." said Sho.
Jennety looks up and turns towards another tunnel.
"What is it, Jennety?" asked Hoover.
Jennety says nothing as he went down the tunnel, causing the others to follow. As they went further, they noticed that there was a bit of power being supplied somehow despite being derelict.
"Power? This can't be right..." said Captain.
As the Commando Team went on further, they could make out the sounds of battle.
"What's going on?" asked Sho.
"Was that what you heard, Jennety?" asked Captain.
Jennety nodded as they all ran towards the source. When they arrive, they are treated to an interesting sight.
A bunch of gun-armed robots and a group of fat-looking robots were attacking two people. One was a man with brown hair with the front bangs dyed white and wearing a blue battlesuit not unlike Captain Commando. What stood out was his left eye had a cybernetic eye fitted over it. The other was a shapely woman with long red hair tied up in a thick braid that reached her ankles and clad in a green corset leotard with a really short frilled skirt which may as well be a belt due to how short it was. The striking thing about her was that she had feline features, her body was covered in yellow fur, had cat-like ears, and her hands and bare feet had cat claws. She was also accompanied by a squirrel-like fox.
The man punched through a robot with an electric-charged fist before kicking away another. "Sheesh, these things don't know when to give up!" He charges up and fires a beam from his fist that plowed through more robots.
The woman slashed through a robot with her claws then knocked another down with a flying kick. "They're robots, Cyber Blue. I don't think they're programmed to give up!" She pulls out a green whip and lashes repeatedly at two robots until they were torn down.
"Real funny, Yellow Iris."
Cyber Blue and Yellow Iris are fighting bounty hunters who specialize in finding the worst criminals and taking them down. They and their comrades initially were supposed to take down the Delete Gang, but wound up getting involved in an even bigger conspiracy when they came across the Shiva System, a program capable of controlling all the computerized systems in the world. After fighting through the Delete Gang (as well as an annoying mad scientist nemesis), they reclaimed the system disc from the gang's leader, Pluto, but the program became a sentient being who threatened the planet. Cyber Blue, Yellow Iris, and their companions, Captain Silver, Pink Ostrich, and Alien Green had to fight the out of control program, just managing to defeat it on top of a tower ruin. Even though the bounty hunters took down such a haul, they were ready to take on the next target. Since the incident, they continued to take on more bounty jobs from their employer, Harry.
There were multiple jobs going on, so they had to split up to cover them. Captain Silver, Pink Ostrich, and Alien Green went to take on a bounty somewhere, which lead to Cyber Blue and Yellow Iris in their current situation. The two were following a lead on a big-timme criminal, then suddenly found themselves swarmed by Gunbots and ROBs.
The two continued to whittle down the robots until only a few remained. They braced themselves for the last wave, but then the robots got destroyed from behind, much to the two's confusion. It was then Cyber Blue and Yellow Iris came face to face with the Commando Team.
"You looked like you could've used a hand." said Captain Commando.
"Oh, thanks for the assist, sir." said Yellow Iris.
"Hey, aren't you the Commando Team?" asked Cyber Blue.
"Yes, that's right." replied Captain. "And you must be those bounty hunters I've heard so much about."
"You know of us?" asked Yellow Iris.
"Yeah. That Shiva System was some pretty nasty business." said Hoover.
Formal brief introductions were made as they explained what was going on. The Commando Team were only taking out remnants of the super criminals until they came across this underground facility while Cyber Blue and Yellow Iris were following a lead on an unknown dangerous criminal bounty.
"So you're down here to collect a bounty, huh?" said Sho.
"What other reason is there for us to hang out in this place?" said Cyber Blue.
"That was when we got accosted by those Gunbots and ROBs until you guys came along." said Yellow Iris. Her fox companion, Finn, jumps up and sits on her shoulder.
"All it means is that we're getting closer to our target." said Cyber Blue.
Captain couldn't deny the logic. "That would explain why there seems to be some power supplied down here. In any case, perhaps we could cooperate with each other."
"Fine, but let me tell you right now, the bounty's ours." said Cyber Blue.
"That's perfectly fine. We do what we do to ensure peace, not for rewards." said Captain.
The quartet and duo continue on through the transport tunnel where they come across a large room. It appeared to be a power generator room as in the center was some device before a pillar of light that illuminated the area.
"What is this place?" said Yellow Iris.
Sho's eyes narrowed as he grabbed at his sword. "Everyone, be on guard. We're not alone here..."
Suddenly, a large shadow darted about across the floor, taking the group by surprise. The shadow stopped before the energy generator and emerged, slowly taking shape.
"What… the hell is that?" said Cyber Blue.
Everyone got into defensive stances as the shadow grew and formed. It took the form of what looked like an old man in a big hooded cloak, almost like a solid ghost. His eyes glowed with an eerie purple light.
"This the criminal you were speaking of?" asked Captain.
"Looks like it." replied Cyber Blue.
The figure lifted one of his hands where electrical energies started to gather.
"Look out!" shouted Hoover.
The Commando Team and Bounty Hunters quickly scattered as the figure shot the lightning ball where they stood. He wasn't done as he fired more lighting from his hands. The cloaked figure then flies around at a fast rate as he tried to scorch his enemies. He then tries a different tactic where he fires a lightning bolt on the ground, which produced a pack of wolves that rushed at them.
"What the!?" said Captain as he stops a wolf from chomping on him.
Sho quickly sliced through some wolves with his ninjato and Jennety melted more to the bone with his knives. Hoover punched a wolf back while slamming another into the floor. Yellow Iris slashed with her claws at two wolves trying to get her with a pincer attack and Cyber Blue grabbed and threw a wolf into others. The defeated canines dissolved into dust upon being killed.
The cloaked being then sends another lightning bolt into the floor, and to everyone's surprise, it made appear a swarm of flying… piranhas?
"Alright, this is just getting ridiculous!" said Cyber Blue. He and Captain Commando get in front of the others. "GIGA CRUSH!"
"CAPTAIN CORRIDOR!"
Cyber Blue lets off a large electric discharge that lashed out with lightning bolts while Captain Commando punched the ground that engulfed him in a pillar of lightning. The two electric-based attacks quickly made short work of the flying killer fish, burning them to crisps.
Captain quickly runs and jumps up at the cloaked figure, rearing a fist back.
"CAPTAIN FIRE!"
He punches forward, letting off a stream of flame from his Power Glove. The cloaked being countered with another lightning blast, canceling out the attack. He then make a ring of energy orbs appear around him, which the fired outward. Everyone had to duck for cover using the architecture.
"HEAT KICK!"
"TRIANGLE SHOT!"
Cyber Blue and Yellow Iris jump at the cloaked being with a flying kick and flying slash respectively while engulfed in multi-colored flame. The cloaked being gets knocked back, then gets slashed by Sho, followed by a spinning knife attack from Jennety. Angered, the cloaked being teleports to a higher distance and fired off two lightning bolts towards the walls, which caused a pair of pteranodons to appear.
"He can summon dinosaurs, too!?" said Hoover in shock.
"Well he's certainly making us work for our pay." said Cyber Blue.
The two flying dinosaurs fly straight at the group. A flash of light followed by a slashing sound was heard as the pteranodons were suddenly sliced in two, where their remains dissolved into dust. Everyone was shocked by this, the cloaked being even moreso. His eyes then widened in pain as several slash marks criss-crossed his body, where he exploded into light.
"Such technique..." said Sho.
"Huh? Who?" said Yellow Iris.
Everyone stopped to see someone land before them. It was a lean-muscled man with spiky brown hair and clad in a purple sleeveless gi and pants set with bandaged bracers. Around his neck was a red muffler and a red mask wrapped around the lower half of his face. In his hand was a long sword with the blade shaped like an elongated triangle and the hilt fashioned like a tonfa.
"Impostor… Grandmaster Meio you are not." said the ninja-like man.
"Hey, who are you?" asked Cyber Blue.
"Wait… Strider Hiryu?" said Captain Commando.
The one called Hiryu turned and nodded to the leader of the Commando Team. "Captain."
"You know this guy?" asked Cyber Blue.
"Yes. My team and I are one of the few who know of the existence of the Striders." said Captain. "And Hiryu here is one of their best agents. He's carried out a few successful missions."
"I merely do my duty." said Hiryu simply.
"Wait, so this guy we were just fighting was the one called Grandmaster Meio?" asked Hoover in shock.
"No. That was just a copy." replied Hiryu. "The real Meio was more formidable than this. I came here on a rumor that Meio was somehow still alive, but it looks like it was just that, a rumor."
"Wow, this must have been a serious super criminal!" said Yellow Iris. "To tell the truth Cyber Blue and I were just following this guy's trail, but we had no idea who this guy really was."
"Does this mean your mission is over, Strider?" asked Sho.
"I would like to think so, but something tells me it isn't..." replied Hiryu.
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked Captain.
Suddenly, the place began to shake as the ceiling started to crumble.
"Oh you got to be kidding!" said Cyber Blue.
"Everyone move!" ordered Captain.
"This way!" said Hiryu as he lead the group out to where he came from.
As quickly as they could, the group managed to get topside before the underground facility collapsed on itself.
"Whew… that was close..." said Hoover.
Finn suddenly started to chitter frantically.
"Finn? What's wrong?" asked Yellow Iris.
Finn jumps off her shoulder and ran towards a small cliff overlooking the city. When everyone else followed and got there, they were shocked to see the city in chaos. Several buildings and streets were on fire as the sounds of screaming were heard before cutting off suddenly.
"What's going on!?" said Sho.
"Hurry!" said Captain as he and the others ran towards the city.
Once they got there, they were treated to the sight of the city in disarray. Some of the buildings were on fire due to patrol helicopters having crashed and exploded against them, vehicles were crashed into each other or into buildings, some having caught fire, but what was more alarming were the citizens. People were screaming as they began disintegrating into dust in the wind right before their eyes.
"What… is this…?" said Hoover in shock.
"Oh God..." said Captain Commando.
Present day, a city street somewhere…
Night falls upon the deserted streets in the late hours. It was also a time for things that go bump in the night to emerge. A low growling was heard as a black demon with glowing purple eyes rose up. It's joined by a few more of its brethren. A large number of the demonic creatures appeared as they faced down against a trio of armed people, one man and two women.
The man had white hair and wearing a black shirt with dark red pants, boots, and black fingerless gloves. He wore a red leather trench coat with a gun holster holding two guns, and a demonic broadsword as tall as he is on his back.
The first woman had long blonde hair and dressed primarily in black consisting of a midriff-baring corset top, choker, leather bracers, form-fitting pants that showed off her curves, and stiletto boots. On her back was a broadsword crackling with purple lightning and a holster with two guns.
The second woman had short wavy black hair wearing white short shorts and a white blazer that didn't close all the way, baring much cleavage. She wore brown boots, an ammo belt around her waist, red gloves, and a holster belt around her shoulders. On her back was a large missile launcher.
"Hmmm… I thought this was supposed to be a party. I'm kind of disappointed, Dante." said the blonde.
"You expect too much from him, Trish." said the brunette.
"You know I can hear you, Lady." said Dante. He takes out his sword, the Devil Sword Dante, and holds it forward. "Well girls, time to go to work!"
Dante, Trish, and Lady run towards the group of demons.
These three individuals are in a special kind of business: devil hunting. They take on the odd jobs that seem to be otherworldly for a living. Considering Dante is a half-human half-demon, finding trouble is to be expected, especially when he's the son of Sparda. To deal with the constant devil problem, Dante opened his shop, Devil May Cry. Ironic as his shop is for devil hunting business, his partners are a devil, Trish, and a human, Lady.
Dante got involved with the Temen-ni-gru Tower incident where he had his first few run-ins with Lady while pursuing his twin brother, Vergil, who plotted to attain Sparda's power by using the tower to connect the human and demon worlds. Then it turned out Arkham, Lady's father, had planned the whole thing to take power for himself, in which the brothers temporarily cooperated to take him down. Once he was taken out, they resumed their battle, ending with Vergil getting tossed into the Demon World.
After that, Dante gets his first encounter with Trish, who informs him about Mallet Island where the demonic emperor, Mundus, would return. Fighting off the denizens of the castle, he confronts Mundus and learns of Trish's status as a devil subordinate, but events made Trish question her loyalties which lead her to defect to Dante's side. Since then, the two became partners in the business.
Then the three catch wind about Fortuna, a city who supposedly worships Sparda as a god, but was really nothing more than a cult following made by the high priest, Sanctus, who plotted to become a demon god. With help from a local guy, Nero, they managed to thwart the insane religious cult leader.
The latest incident would have Dante reunited with Nero and his new partner, Nico. The demon tree, Qliphoth, said to have existed before the creation of the Underworld which could bear a single fruit every thousand years that will grant the one who eats it divine power has appeared. From it, a new Devil King was born in the form of the demon Urizen, who turned out to be the demon half of Vergil. More surprising, Dante's client for this job, V, was Vergil's human side, and once V and Urizen united, they fused to form Vergil again, who wished to settle things with Dante once and for all. Nero eventually stopped the two brothers from killing each other once he learned his connection to the two as he wanted to end their bloody sibling rivalry. After a grueling battle with Nero, Vergil gracefully accepts his loss and goes to the Underworld to cut down Qliphoth with Dante following, knowing full well doing so they'll be sealed in the Underworld. Since then, Dante and Vergil continued to fight and even keep score of their wins and losses once they've destroyed the demonic tree, though they'd kill off any demons who interrupt them in annoyance.
It was unknown how long they've been trapped down there, but somehow, through some sheer chance, they wound up getting thrust back into the Human World. They just came across some weird substance that sucked them through. Needless to say, Trish and Lady were surprised to have been reunited with the missing Devil Hunter and were happy about it, though they'd never admit that out loud. Vergil had gone off to who knows where, but Dante figured it would only be a matter of time before they meet again.
Back home, Dante, Trish, and Lady continued to take on jobs for demon extermination. This group they now faced was just the latest of such jobs.
Dante rushed past some demon after slashing them through with his sword, followed by spinning around to slash up more in front of him. Jumping up, Dante stabs downward onto a demon, impaling and knocking it down while holding himself up on it with a handstand. With his free hand, Dante, takes out his Ivory gun and scores some headshots on the surrounding demons before flipping down on his feet and pulling his sword back out. Shouldering his sword, Dante pulls out his Ebony gun and started firing a barrage of bullets into a demon group then jumps and flips over another while shooting downward in his Rainstorm maneuver. Without missing a beat, Dante holsters his guns in midair and brings out his Devil Sword Dante to slash downward with his Helm Breaker, slicing a demon in two.
Trish holds the Alastor Sword (her replacement for the Sparda Sword which was absorbed into Dante) and easily cleaves right through a line of demons. With her free hand, she fires a Low Voltage shot at a demon's face, charring it, then throws the Alastor Sword, which boomerangs around slicing through any demons unfortunate enough to be in the way. Whipping out her guns, Luce and Umbra, Trish fires at the demons surrounding her in different directions, then sidesteps a demon trying to blind-side her where she brings up her leg and brings it down on the demon with an axe kick before shooting it in the head. Trish then raises her hand where she catches the Alastor on its return trip then impales three more demons with it.
Lady dual wields an automatic pistol and a submachinegun, riddling demons with bullets. She takes out a grenade and throws it towards a demon crowd then quickly shoots it dead on to detonate it right in the center of them. Rolling forward to dodge a swipe, Lady holsters her guns in favor of the Kalina Ann II launcher, slashing at some demons with its bayonet blade then stabs it downward to fire its Hysteric micro missiles, blowing up the demons before her. Pulling out the Kalina Ann II, she stabs a demon with the bayonet then fires a missile from the main barrel, sending it flying and plowing into more demons before it exploded.
After another minute of carnage, the demons were all messily scattered about. Dante, Trish, and Lady simply holstered their weapons as they observed their handiwork.
"I guess that was kind of stylish." said Dante.
"Please, that wasn't even enough for a warm-up." said Trish.
"Well I'm sorry you feel that way." said Lady.
"Hopefully something more exciting will happen." said Dante.
As if on cue, a black substance appeared on the alley wall, forming a portal, taking the three by surprise.
"Does that count?" asked Lady.
"Well that's something you don't see everyday." said Trish.
"That looks familiar… Hey, you two hear that?" asked Dante.
They could hear telltale signs of screaming which were getting louder. Suddenly, a group of six people were ejected out of the portal substance, crashing unceremoniously in a heap before it vanished. Dante could only raise his eyebrow in response.
"Ahh! My back!" said Barry.
"Quit complaining, Barry. It means you're alive." said Jill.
"Just our luck..." said Leon.
"That was a reckless thing to do, Claire." said Chris.
"Hey, it worked, didn't it? We didn't get blown up." said Claire.
"Ugh… the things I do for a scoop..." said Frank.
"Anyway, we need to find out where we are." said Chris.
Just as they were getting themselves untangled from each other, Chris noticed the three people before him. The others followed suit as they saw another heavily armed group.
"Hey, just who are you guys and where the hell did you come from?" asked Dante.
To be continued…
Author's Notes:
Just trying to get some steam here.
Basing the DMC crew's look on their DMC4 incarnations even though this takes place after 5. Hey, I like their looks in that one better, okay?
Doom King of Latveria: Ah, so you caught that, eh?
Venom rules all: Thanks. Same to you!
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