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[DTdante2787]

Dante ignores him. Allowing the being to antagonize Him would only shift His focus from the present situation.

Slowly making His way toward the parked bikes, He checks the gas tank, topping it off with the gas can. Waiting for Tayla, He cleans the sword that is His constant companion.

[Thugren]

tayla pulls out her pda and starts clicking.

"weve got a new contact...hes up north in heavens rest.. I can get us in but make sure to stay close... Its a ritzy town...Seems like they just had a serise of murders shaking the town up. Its perfeect for us to sneak in."

[DTdante2787]

"Guess I should stow the AA-12 for the duration then eh?" Dante chuckles. Despite the dire situation, His somewhat morbid sense of humor would always win out in the end

"Soo, shall we get going?"

[Thugren]

" asshole."

Tayla chuckles as she remounts her bike.

" lets go... Keep up this time."

[DTdante2787]

Dante revs the engine on his bike

"Lead the way babe"

[Thugren]

She takes off to the northeast.

You drive for hours. Well into the night, the howls of the undead can be heard as sigismynd grunts ...

" this nightmare .... He's dangerous.."

[DTdante2787]

Dante shakes his head. He agrees with Sigmund of the danger, but being that Nightmare has attached Himself to Dante's very being, for the moment, nothing short of an exorcism would free him. He would have to talk to Cain about freeing himself

Speeding up, He pulls alongside Tayla. "How much further?" He yells over the roar of the engines

[Thugren]

In the distance the pale whine of sirens fills your ears.

The sanctum seems to be ablaze but as you pass a small stretch of ground you see what looks like a fishbowl sitting in the grass.

[DTdante2787]

"What the fuck is that?" Dante wonders. He skids to a stop, waving at Tayla, signalling her to stop as He investigates. Slowly, He pulls up to the object, His left handgun trained on it.

[Thugren]

Several tarantulas skitter out and vanish into the night.

A human skull, ravaged and covered in a black slime from the spiders fangs sits in the dirt unmoving and tayla frowns.


" old school... Tribal torture... Horrible way to die... Spiders always go for the soft parts first..."

[DTdante2787]

Dante raises an eyebrow, in visceral admiration. "Shiiiiit...rather impressive. Can we expect more of this where we're going?" He holsters the pistol, shifting His weight on the motorcycle seat.

[Thugren]

" tayla searches the body and frowns.

" this isn't something we should find in these parts. Whoever did this is not from around here.

She looks upat you.

" we're inside the green zone of heavens rest .. A rich area we shouldnot be seeing shit like this."

[DTdante2787]

"Hmmmm...." Dante tilts His head, while reaching into His coat for his flask. Taking a swig, He rubs His chin. He offers the flask to Tayla. "Seems events are coming to a head. Things are not as they should be..they are leading to a climax. And if this poor bastard is any gauge, not one we're looking forward to."

His mission was now on the backburner. This much shit hitting the fan was turning this from an easy job to a fight for survival. He rechecked His weapons, making sure they were fully loaded.

[Thugren]

The smell of blood fills your nose and nightmare giggles as screams can be heard.

" I know that smell... I can feel him... He's here.."


Tayla turns and lifts her PDA.

" the city's on a black wuarentined ... Fuck."

[DTdante2787]

"That's a welcome mat if I ever heard one." Dante smiled. Danger attracted Him...running wasn't in His blood.

"Let's go find Cain and see about sorting this mess out."

[Thugren]

Tayla moves up the road and stops dead.

There standing in the center of the long bridge. A single figure stands.

Tall and skeletal ly thin nightmare hisses in warning as the light catches the blade of the huge scythe .

" oooo... Thy perfected him.."

Nightmare chuckles as you take notice of the dozens of dead peacekeepers laying broken around him

[DTdante2787]

"Fucking shit...I miss the days where you could go from point A to fucking point B without some son of a bitch trying to goddamn kill you!" Dante curses. Screeching to a halt, He leaps off the bike, grabbing the AA-12 as He rolls behind nearby cover, motioning for Tayla to do the same.

He was a hothead, but He'd learned the hard way that charging in only seemed to piss off larger creatures. Gripping the hilt of the sword strapped to His back, He adjusted it to rest more comfortably. His fingers brushed the switch to the recent attachment that electrified the blade. "That might come in handy" He smirked

[Thugren]

Cain does not seem to move his eyes scanning the carnage with a slaughterers satisfaction .

A body reaches up from the piles of undead and it's protest is solenced as the crazed angel brings its scythes haft down with a sickening crack, rupturing the skull.

[DTdante2787]

As Dante peeks out from the pile of rocks, He studies the figure. A dawning realization strikes Him like a thunderbolt. The figure is His quarry. After all this traveling, He was only a stones throw away from Cain. The man Himself. Now He knew why Tayla hadn't joined Him. Her part of the deal was done...for the moment.

"Fuck caution." Dante gets up, and starts walking, with purpose, toward Cain. Passing His bike, He replaces the AA-12. Whatever the case, He wouldn't be needing it.

His body is tense, but He makes no threatening movement. His hands remain away from His guns. Away from the sword. He steps over the mangled bodies without so much as a glance. If they were dead, it was their own damn fault for being careless.

Reaching Cain, He stops. A tumbleweed blows between them. Dante's steely Blue eyes lock with Cain's. "So you are the legendary Cain. My name is Dante. And we have much to discuss."

[Thugren]

The figure, at first foes not even notice you. But it turns and stares into you with feral intelligence. His eyes are cold and bottomless, as if just staring into them stole warmth from your body. A feral sense of fear fills your bones as he swaps stances , his scythe blade resting tip down on the floor.


" odd... I do not sense the seeker in him.."

Nightmare whispers in your mind.

" did they remove the patriarch from him?"



Cains head cocks to the side sickeningly " yessssssss..."