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Recruited
Marcus pulled his coat back on, glancing at Kat again, mind flashing the image of her naked body in his arms, before he forced the image back out of his head, and Kat glanced at him.
"I'm fine," Kat said. "I told you, he didn't hurt me. Just bumped my head as he picked me up."
Marcus nodded, looking away, pretending that had been why he was staring. They had found clothes, but they weren't the best. Actually, they barely counted as clothes. She was now wearing a strip of cloth somehow classified as a tube top that was barely big enough to reach from a little higher than halfway down her breasts to about two inches above her navel, and it was very tight. For lower body clothing, they had found the shortest pair of cut-off jean shorts he had ever seen, with the shorts shorter than the pockets. Then, for the sake of modesty, and so that Marcus could focus in a fight, though he would never tell her that, they had gotten a winter jacket from one of the rooms and she wore it open, along with a pair of lace-up boots like she had had before, coincidentally.
I stepped out into the street, looking around. There was a broken sign a little ways away, so once Kat was done tying her boots and walked out beside me, we made our way over to it, seeing what it had been. A big white hospital "H" on a blue sign. I sighed.
"Helpful," Marcus said, feeling his pockets then grinning. "Thank you Sparda."
He pulled out his cellphone, which apparently hadn't been broken or lost at any point while in the underworld. Marcus dialed something quickly as Kat stared at the Iphone five in awe.
"What?" Marcus asked.
"What is that?" Kat asked.
"Cell phone," Marcus said. "Oh, right. It's a portable phone with a screen that responds to touch."
"That's amazing!" Kat gaped.
"This one's actually old," Marcus smirked before finally sighed. "Thank God Dante. Jesus don't you ever answer...yes I'm alive. It'll take more than a fall to kill me. And Vergil didn't finish the job. Has Dad gotten back yet? No? Well then you need to track my phone. We have no idea where we are. The location's on. Dad should be around here somewhere too. So is that girl I mentioned who rescued me from the Demon World last time."
"You told them about me?" Kat asked.
"Yeah," Marcus nodded. "Really? That close? Why, what's at the shop? Really? Yeah, that'd probably be helpful. Alright, we'll stop by there before we go..."
He trailed off, turning to stare at the portal as the two hulk demons stepped out, bodies regenerated and sword held at the ready.
"I gotta go," Marcus said. "We've got some unfinished business. We'll pick it up then take the car and meet you outside the city."
He hung up, putting the phone away before drawing his sword and walking toward the two who both knelt, placing their swords so that their heads were watching him.
"We're not here to fight," the blue one said. "We wish to come with you."
"We can't hold these forms for much longer," the yellow said. "We're too badly wounded. Please, take us to our brothers."
"Sure," Marcus nodded. "But you're going to be wielded by someone. Probably me or her."
"Agreed," the yellow one said.
Marcus nodded and the two bodies faded, Marcus picking up the swords and spinning them before putting them against his back and letting go, both remaining in place as he picked up his own sword again.
"Nero!" He shouted. "Come back to the portal!"
Nothing. Of course.
"Come on," Marcus said. "If I know my father, he'll be heading toward the shop."
"Didn't you just meet him two days before you fell into the Demon World?" Kat asked.
"Yes," Marcus said. "But he and I are a lot alike."
Kat hesitated but nodded and we started walking, heading through the city streets and back alleys, places where before demons would have lurked, places where there should be demons now. Especially now. After all, Dante had told me on the phone that Mundus had a demon army fighting the entire world, until Mundus, the Savior, and Vergil all died. Only then would the rest of the demons they summoned be banished back to the Demon World. Finally, the sop came into view, seals spray painted on it and glowing white and orange and yellow, the shop being the one building not damaged, for once.
"Those are...mine," Kat breathed. "He still remembers how to use them."
"Looks like they're pretty handy," Marcus said.
Kat nodded and they began to walk across the street just as Nero stepped out of the shop, stopping when he saw them. Then, he sprinted forward, grabbing Marcus in a hug.
"Thank God you got out," Nero said. "But how? How did she get out?"
"I can fly," Marcus said. "When I rescued her, I had a run-in with a demon from her past who cheated. Then I got saved by Sparda."
"Sparda?" Nero blinked.
"Yeah," Marcus nodded. "I freed him by accident and he gave me a power boost and a new gun then saved me and sent me on my way out, only to help me out later when I fought a Succubus, a Doppelganger, the Drekavac, and these two."
He turned so that Nero could see and Nero stared at him.
"Sparda's free?" Nero asked.
"Yes," Marcus nodded. "He's waiting for Mundus to die so that he can imprison all of the other demons back in the Demon World and take control so they don't attack again."
Nero nodded then smiled.
"Oh, and this other devil, I think it was some guy called Credo, also helped out," Marcus said, Nero freezing.
"Credo?" Nero blinked. "White feathers and one wing, black wing-themed shield, and a golden sword?"
"Yeah him," Marcus said. "You know him?"
"It's Kyrie's brother," Nero said. "Your uncle."
Marcus stared at him before nodding slowly.
"I see," Marcus said. "Anyway, I gotta grab a few things from inside. Wait for us, alright?"
"Sure," Nero nodded.
Marcus walked past him and into the armory, Kat following. The reaction was instant. Marcus's new living scimitars began to shout greetings and the like, a second pair of voices shouting back instantly.
"Kat, can you go and grab Agni and Rudra?" Marcus asked.
Kat nodded and walked over to the swords, picking them up and putting them on her back, as Marcus had his own. Next, Marcus picked up a guitar identical to the one he had broken before, a sawed-off double-barrel shotgun, slipping it into one of the pockets on his coat, then a grenade launcher, slinging it on his right side, a heavy sniper rifle over his left shoulder, and a rocket launcher on his right, his sword now vertical down his back.
"Alright," Marcus said. "We can leave now."
"Okay," Kat nodded, nod wearing a pair of gauntlets designed to look like black puma feet and clawed hands, white lines spreading over both with light radiating from them.
Marcus raised an eyebrow and Kat shrugged.
"I figured I'm tired of needing rescuing," Kat said.
"Fair enough," Marcus said. "Let's get going."
He walked outside to find Nero waiting in the car. He piled the guns that would fit in the trunk then set the guitar, rocket launcher, and sniper rifle in the back, leaving room for Kat. Then, he got in the passenger seat and Kat climbed in back. Nero pulled away from the store instantly and Marcus sighed, drawing one of his pistols.
"And here I was hoping for a nice quiet ride," Marcus said, leaning out the window and aiming backward.
A moment later, the shop all but exploded as a massive flaming bull with a humanoid torso and charging after them on only its back feet appeared. It raised a massive hammer that had flames rolling off of it and Marcus sighed.
"Well that's going to be a problem," Marcus said. "Take this right."
Nero spun the wheel, skidding around a corner as the devil slammed his hammer into the ground, a wave of flames tearing through the ground, barely missing them. Marcus sat back down and reach to the back seat, picking up the sniper rifle and leaning back out again.
"How can you use a sniper rifle with a magazine on the top and no scope?" Kat asked.
"Sniper?" Nero snorted. "Hell no. That's an anti-material rifle. It's made to put holes in tanks."
Marcus waited until the devil had skidded around the corner and was stomping after them to pull the trigger. The gun went off with a deafening explosion, smashing into Marcus's shoulder and making him grunt in pain. The bullet streaked through the air, hitting the devil in the face and blasting its head into oblivion. Kat stared in awe as the body burst into a cloud of sparks and flame and Marcus climbed back into the car, passing her the rifle.
"That hurt," Marcus said, rolling his now healed shoulder.
"Sounded like it," Nero nodded. "More company."
"How do you two know there are devils around before they even show up?" Kat asked.
"Sixth sense," Marcus said. "It's a devil thing. We both have devil's blood in us. And besides that, these glow around devils, brighter around more or stronger ones."
He held up his Devil Bringer which was glowing. Then, he drew a pistol, leaning out as dozens of Elite Stygians began to chase them.
"Oh it's just too easy!" Marcus smirked, opening fire and dropping the Stygians rapidly.
As the last one fell, several dozen Ravagers burst out of the ground, instantly charging after the car, chainsaws roaring as they slowly gained.
"How fast are you going?" Marcus asked.
"Figured you would want something to do," Nero said. "Besides, if one appears in front of us, I can stop."
Marcus rolled his eyes, charging his pistol with Demonic Energy before firing. The bullet drilled through two before stopping in the third, only for all three to keep running.
"So that's how it's going to be, huh?" Marcus grumbled. "Kat, I need Pandora."
Kat handed him the briefcase, Marcus swapping out his pistol for it. Then, he formed Pandora into a massive laser cannon that rested on his shoulder like a rocket launcher.
"Try this," Marcus said, firing.
The laser exploded, blasting two of the Ravager's into pieces. The others kept running. He fired again. One this time. Again. They all dodged it.
"Alright, this one then," Marcus said, switching to a rocket launcher with three tubes, then charging the weapon with Demonic Energy.
All three heat-seeking missiles fired, each finding a mark with double the explosion. Then, ten Ravagers charged out of the smoke, starting to get dangerously close.
"Let me see it!" Kat said, Marcus handing her Pandora instantly, drawing his pistol and beginning to fire.
Kat leaned out the other window with her energy bow form of Pandora and pulled the string back, aiming for a moment before firing, a Ravager dropping with an arrow in its head.
"Great shot!" Marcus cheered.
Kat fired again, two more. She fired two arrows at once and dropped two of them.
"You're amazing!" Marcus cheered, firing again and finally dropping the one he had been peppering with bullets.
Suddenly, Nero swerved and Kat screamed as she began to fall. Marcus lunged across the car, catching her around the upper legs and pulling her back in. As he did, Nero skidded around a corner. Kat continued firing arrows, two missing but three finding one of the Ravagers, dropping it. the thing Nero had had to avoid, on the other hand, was more of a problem. It was one of the massive, fat evils that looked like it had pieces from Lesser Stygians making it up. She fired at it but her arrow shattered harmlessly.
"Take down the Ravagers!" Marcus shouted.
Kat turned back to the last four and quickly dropped two before the fat devil began to charge.
"Hold on!" Nero shouted, flooring the accelerator.
Marcus pulled Kat into the car instantly before Nero skidded around another corner, the fat devil crashing into the building to their right instead of being able to make the turn. Then, Kat leaned back out the window, dropping the last two Ravagers. Then, the front of the building exploded as the fat devil began to chase them again.
"This guy can't take a hint," Marcus said, leaning out the window. "Rocket launcher."
Kat passed it out to him and he sighted in on the massive devil. After a moment, he fired, the rocket hitting the devil in the chest and exploding, blowing everything from halfway up its stomach into tiny pieces, dropping the devil. He passed the rocket launcher back in and climbed in again, sighing.
"I think we're clear," Marcus said.
Then, Nero turned another corner, slowing to a stop to find Dante, Lady, and Trish all waiting on their bikes.
"So much for resting," Marcus sighed.
"Nice of you all to make it," Dante said. "Come on. HQ's this way."
Then, the three bikes sped off and Nero followed in the car.
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