Devil May Cry - Series Fan Fiction ❯ Dante Takes a Wrong Turn ❯ Getting Caught is No Joke ( Chapter 4 )

Chapter 4

Dante looked at the two girls standing there. One of them was obviously his mother, and he took note of the other girl that looked a lot like Lady. He couldn't help but look her up and down. Damn, now I see where Lady got her looks from... he made a mental note in his head, then he gave a slight nod of approval.

Back to business, though. He cleared his throat, then repeated, "Where do you want this?"

Eva and Kalina suddenly took notice of him again, and Eva replied, "Umm.. down the hall..." her voice trailed off as she looked Dante up and down. Eyes slowly skimming over his attire-- she didn't mind that his boots had no laces, or that he wore his pants a little lower than usual (were those black boxers?) or that-- she took a good look at Dante's bare chest. He's got a hot body... she nodded approvingly.

Dante couldn't help but blush. Was his mother checking him out? "Er… 'scuse me... my face is up here." He tried to direct her vision upwards by pointing up to his face. He never thought he'd had to say that, EVER. Honestly, any other chick checking him out would be a good thing.

Eva looked up. "Oh! Yeah, uh..." she blushed too. "Down the hall, to the right."

Dante gave an inward sigh of relief. Much better, he thought as he dragged the cart down. The girls followed him.

Dante walked down the end of the corridor, tugging at the collar of his coat. Is it me, or is it unnaturally hot in here? He found the door Eva told him of, but when he tried to open the door, it wouldn't budge. He tried it again. Damnit! Open already, damn door!

Eva and Kalina stared at him for a moment. Kalina was standing behind the blonde, jittery from excitement.

"He's cute!" Kalina whispered.

"Don't you think I know that?" Eva hissed. Addressing Dante, she said aloud, "Don't you have keys to open that door?"

Dante stopped his actions for a moment. Damnit! Yeah, I'm supposed to pretend I work around here! "Uhhh... I forgot my keys..." he blurted out a lame excuse.

Kalina gave him the 'yeah right' look. "What kinda delivery-guy forgets his keys?" she mumbled.

Dante right then decided 'Fuck it', and kicked the door down. The girls gave a startled jump. "That was easy." He felt he had to say it. He pushed the cart in, then gave a sudden stop. He staggered back a little. Holy shit it's like a sauna in here! he thought.

"Holy shit, it's like a sauna in here!" He said.

...What? When he thought something that was important, he felt he had to say it aloud!

Eva stepped into the room, completely unfazed. "Yeah, this room has the boiler in it actually. They were really cheap when they built this place."

"So they settled for putting the storage room and the boiler room together!?" Dante snapped. He sighed, then pulled off his coat and slung it over his shoulder. "Whatever, my job's done. I'm out of here." He turned around to find Eva staring at him, her eyes almost the size of saucers. "...What?" he wondered if there was anything in particular she was staring at, then-- It must be the amulet! he reached for the amulet that was supposed to be around his neck but his hand found empty space.Huh? he looked down. Oh, right, he remembered. I don't have it.

He shrugged off Eva's shocked look and walked right past her, going back down the hall to the stairs. Kalina took a peek inside the boiler-storage room and stepped in. "Did ya get a good look at him?" she asked.

"I sure did..." Eva replied, her voice faint. "So dreamy... Did you take a look at those biceps? They're--" she cut herself off with a fangirl squeal.

Kalina nodded. "And that sword he's carrying! He must be pretty strong to keep that around."

"I bet I know where he keeps an even BIGGER one!" said Eva, as the girls began to giggle.

Dante couldn't help but eavesdrop. He was standing at the top of the stairs pulling his coat back on, still within earshot of their little conversation due to his super demonic hearing, and quite frankly, he was frightened out of his mind.

Okay I REALLY gotta get out of here! he thought. He was about to take a step when--

"Just a second!" Eva quickly made her way to him and grabbed his arm. "You can't walk away before we pay you, right?"

"Oh, well, uh…" Dante began. "You can do it later. Or not at all! I don't mind, really. I'm on a tight schedule…"

"Well, your schedule will just have to wait!" Eva stamped her foot on the ground. "You're not leaving until we repay you!" she clung to his arm and yanked him towards her room. Dante staggered a little. Damn, she's stronger than she looks! He tried to pull away. "It's fine, y'know, I can do without the payment--"

Eva held fast. "No, it's my pleasure! Besides, I'd feel bad if I didn't pay you!"

"Come on, you can do it later then-- I really gotta go--"

Eva let go suddenly, making the scene like something out of Tug-O'-War. Dante'd been pulling away so hard that when she let go he fell over backwards and landed on his ass. "That hurt a little..." Dante picked himself up and dusted himself off.

Eva crossed her arms. "What's your name, anyway?"

Dante pointed to himself as if making sure she was referring to him. "Who? Me? It's…um…" Think of a fake name, think of a fake name... "Dante." Goddammit! Dante gave himself a vicious mental kick to the nuts and winced slightly. Second time today!

Eva smiled, finding his actions rather adorable. Dante? What a cute name! "Okay, Dante. You're staying right here."

Dante looked shocked. "Stay here? But what'll I do in the meantime?"

"Me!" said Eva.

"WHAT?" Dante couldn't believe what he heard.

"I mean…you can do me some work around here!" she gave a quick response.

"No way!! First, he's got to help me with something!" Kalina suddenly figured she wouldn't let her friend pull moves on the overly-handsome man.

"Back off! I saw him first!" said Eva. The girls started to fight amongst themselves. Eva quickly gained the upper hand, tackling Kalina to the floor and slapping her former friend into submission, but the raven-haired girl didn't settle for giving up quite so easily. She grabbed hold of Eva's long blonde locks and yanked on them, then Eva did the same.

Dante stood, gawking at them. A sudden thought flashed through his mind that super-imposed the two girls in a mudfight, but after a vicious mental hot-iron-poker-to-the-nutsack, the thought was replaced with,Holy shit, now's my chance to run! He made his escape down the stairs.

"Agh! Hey-- he's-- he's getting away!" Kalina cried between slaps and hair tugs, before Eva knocked her out cold by slamming her head into the floor. "Not anymore he's not!" she declared, and gave chase.

Dante reached the second floor when he spied Eva trying to follow him. Aww come ON! He broke into a sprint, and Eva followed suit, determined not to let the half-devil escape.

Dante started playing some Benny Hill music in his head, and couldn't help but grin. But then the funny moment went into a not-so-funny one. Dante gasped, wondering why the hell the worst of situations had to befall him at the worst possible moment, citing something about 'Murphy'.

If you're wondering what the situation was, though, then it could be summed up in 6 words.

White guy.

Scary situation.

HeTRIPPED.

And then he tumbled down to the first floor and lay there half-conscious. Eva caught up with him soon after. "Oh my God!! Are you alright?"

"I'm good. S'cool," Dante groaned and gave her a thumbs-up, knowing full well he wasn't alright.

Eva gave him the most sinister of looks. "Great, 'cause you'll be feeling even better after I'm done with you!" she straddled his prone body.

The realization that his mom was pretty much gonna strip him and jump his bones sobered Dante up instantly. What!? "What the hell are you doing!?" He cried, also knowing full well what her intentions were, though he didn't want to believe it.

"You and me are gonna make BABIES!" Eva squealed.

"Oh no the fuck we're not!"

Dante was caught in some desperate times, in more ways than one! He had to settle for some desperate measures, and so Devil Triggered, the transformation to his demon form catching Eva by surprise. He forced her off, making sure he kept his strength in check, as he was likely to hurt her that way.

No problem, though. Eva laid on the floor, staring up at him, too shocked to say a word. She made an attempt, and ended up stuttering instead.

"I-- you-- uh-- you-- you look--"

"Look what? Frightening? Absolutely repulsive?" Dante tried to make himself as evil-sounding as he could, to scare her from trying to make any moves on him.

Eva got up, and finished her sentence. "You look... SEXIER THAN EVER!!" she tackle hugged him. Dante's eyes went abnormally huge.

"QUE!?"

Unfortunately for him, Eva was a bit of a pervert when it came to the occult. Fortunately though, he wasn't going to stand for it. He pried her off and sped right out of the building. He stopped though, when he made it outside, trying to figure out which way to go. He de-triggered-- no sense in using it if he didn't know what to do.

"Wait-- Dante-- TAKE ME!!" Eva squealed and tackled him again. Luckily he wasn't so caught by surprise, and managed to catch her. He sighed, thankful that there wasn't anyone nearby to watch this scene as it played out.

But, by instinct, he turned to look if there was anyone.

There were two people.

One of them... was his brother.

And the other...

...was PISSED OFF.