Devil May Cry (Dmc)

Devil May Cry (DMC) 1

Dante turned on his jukebox and headed over to his desk to order a pizza. His residence doubled as a small business. You couldn't tell what services he was offering based on the looks of it. The business "lobby" looked very much like a bachelor's pad there was a jukebox in one corner next to an amp and electric guitar, a pool table near the entrance, a desk with a phone near the back wall, a small sofa next to a plant underneath the landing of the upstairs levels that doubled as his residence, and a small kitchenette where the only appliance that was used was the fridge to keep beer and left over pizza. He was the son of Sparda, the Dark Knight who fought alongside the humans against Mundus, the Dark Prince of the Demon World. Dante had vowed to kill any demons who crossed over into the Human World as vengeance for them killing his mother when he was just a child. He was a bounty hunter of sorts, seeking them out for profit, but business had been slow.
"I need a large pizza with everything EXCEPT olives. I mean it...NO OLIVES." He says while placing his order over the phone. He hangs up after getting confirmation of his order. Dante kicks his feet up on his desk, closes his eyes, and sits back in his chair listening to the jukebox. A few minutes pass and the bell on his lobby door rings as someone walks in.
"What can I do for you?" He says, opening his eyes. A woman stood in the middle of the lobby nude, covered in some kind of slime, and wrapped in a tattered blanket.
"Cold...It's so cold..." She muttered.
"That's what clothes are for..." He says sitting up in his chair looking at the strange woman.
"So cold..." She muttered one last time before collapsing.
"Aw hell..." Dante walks over to the woman cautious about touching her. He pulls the blanket back slightly. "What is this stuff?" He examines the jelly like slime.
"What are you doing?" Says Lady walking into the shop, surprised to see Dante next to the naked woman.
"She just walked in here and collapsed."
"So, you sneak a peek?" Asked Lady walking over.
"I wasn't sneaking a peek, she's covered in...I don't know..."
"Did she say anything?"
"Just that she was cold."
"I'll go run her a bath upstairs."
"Wait a minute..." Protested Dante, he didn't want some strange woman covered in who knows what dirtying up his place.
"Bring her up will you?" Said Lady as she made her way into the bathroom.
Dante looked at the stranger for a moment before carrying her upstairs. When he entered the bathroom, she began to stir slightly. He and Lady eased her into the tub.
"Now shoe. You don't need to be in here while she's getting cleaned up." Lady quickly escorted Dante out just as his pizza delivery came walking in.
Lady bathed the unknown woman the best she could. The warm water helped her to regain some consciousness. Once she was clean Lady took her into Dante's room to rest.
"Where is she?" He asked.
"Upstairs sleeping."
"You put her in my bed?" Said Dante, upset with a mouth full of pizza.
"Yea, I did. And she's still naked so don't be a pervert. I'm going to run and grab her some clothes. I'll be right back." She said as she exited.
"Great..." Muttered Dante. He had finished all but one slice of pizza. After he finished cleaning his guns he started eyeing the pizza again when he heard footsteps upstairs. He grabbed the box and went to check on the woman.
Dante peeked slowly into the room and saw the woman was no longer in bed. He walked in and saw her by the window draped in a sheet. She looked entranced by the moonlight coming in.
"I thought you might be hungry." He said. "I have some pizza left."
"Pizza?" She asked strangely unfamiliar with the food.
"Yea, pizza." Dante opened the box reveling the last slice.
"Pizza!" She yelled excitedly as if finally understanding what pizza was.
Dante watched as she awkwardly examined the slice before taking a bite.
"Pizza." She repeated once more as she enjoyed a mouth full of the slice.
"You have a name?"
"Name?" She repeated to his annoyance.
"Yes. a name, who are you?"
"I...I don't remember..."
"Where are you from?" He asked hoping to get somewhere.
"I don't know."
Lady comes back with the clothes and is mad to see Dante by his bedroom door talking to the woman. "Didn't I tell you to leave her alone?"
"Lady!" Said the woman.
"How did you know my name?" Asked Lady.
"That's right." Says Dante. "Her name is Lady, my name is..."
"Man!" She says excitedly, assured of her answer. Lady looks at him confused.
"No, no, no. Dante. Lady. Dante. What is your name?"
"E...E...Mmm...Emma." She smiled.
"Emma?" Confirmed Lady. Emma shook her head in agreement and dropped the sheet as she walked back over to the bed to take a seat. Dante quickly shielded his view.
"She's not shy, is she?"
"It's like she doesn't understand." Said Lady. "I'm gonna help her get dressed. Maybe we can retrace her steps and jog her memory."
Dante goes back downstairs and restarts his playlist on the jukebox. Lady tries to talk more to Emma while she helps her get dressed.
"We look about the same size, so I hope these fit." She pulled out a few shirts and bottoms.
"I love it." Said Emma looking over the clothes. She grabbed a long white T-shirt that knotted on the bottom and a pair of black leggings that were ripped on the thighs. "Are these...okay?" She asked.
"Sure. I brought these for you."
"You are a good friend, Lady."
Her speech was just as confusing as her origins. She spoke naively, but she seemed to be getting a slightly stronger grasp of it. They walked back down to the lobby where Dante was playing around with his pistols.
"Let's see if we can figure out what happened to you." Lady escorted Emma out the door and turned to Dante. "You coming?"
"Do I have too?" He asked. Lady crossed her arms and gave him a stern look.
"Fine." He said as he stood and holstered his weapons.
Lady turned to see Emma had already started walking down the street. They were about two blocks away when she walked down an ally.
"Here." She said, pointing to the side of a trash can.
"Were you attacked?" Asked Lady.
"No...There was darkness. Then light. Then cold."
Dante looked around and didn't see anything. Neither did Lady.
"It just doesn't make any sense." Said Lady.
"Get her out of here." Said Dante suddenly.
"Why?" Said Lady.
"Just get her away. Now." He unholstered his guns and walked deeper into the ally.
"Do you like milkshakes?" Asked Lady. Emma wasn't sure she had ever had a milkshake. "Let's go across the street, okay? They have the best milkshakes. Dante likes strawberry, but I think their chocolate ones are amazing." She quickly took Emma's hand and led her out of the ally across the street to the small diner. Dante was very good at sensing demons, having been half demon himself so Lady had learned to trust his judgement.
"Come out, come out wherever you are." Taunted Dante. "Even with all this trash I could smell your stench. Don't any of you guys practice basic hygiene?"
A small misshapen creature appeared in the shadows. "Please..." It begged. "Don't hurt me."
"What are you doing here?"
"Watching...waiting..." It hissed.
"For what?" Asked Dante.
"The one with the blood of the pure."
"The girl?" Asked Dante.
"Yessss..."
"And what do you want with her?"
"Not me...the one with shared blood."
Dante huffed. "Shared blood? Don't any of you guys speak proper English?"
While the monster thought it was distracting Dante a bulbous extension of itself formed behind him. Just as the monster tried to swallow him, he turned, pulled his guns, and shot it through the head disintegrating it into ash all over the ally way.
"I hate puppet demons." He said as he exited out of the ally and made his way across the street to the diner.
"I just ordered you another strawberry shake. She drank the last one." Informed Lady.
Emma quickly grabbed her head in pain.
"Take it easy." Warned Lady. "If you drink it too fast, you'll get a brain freeze." She looked at the clock above the diner kitchen. "I gotta go."
"You're taking her with you, right?"
"Nope. I got a job I gotta head out for in the morning and I'm not going to be able to watch her."
"And what makes you think I don't have a job?"
"Well, if that's the case, then you can repay me the $5,000 dollars I loaned you that you have yet to pay back. So, when can I expect the first payment?"
Dante grumbled under his breath. "Fine."
The server brought out his strawberry shake and he looked at Emma who was finishing her chocolate one. When they got back to his place, he locked the door and turned off the open sign outside.
"You can sleep upstairs. If you need anything I'll be down here, on the couch."
"Is this where I kiss you goodnight?" She asked.
"Uh...no." Said Dante. "You don't just kiss anyone."
"Oh..." She said. Her brown eyes saddened showing disappointment and frustration. "Goodnight."
Dante watched as she walked up stairs, she pulled her long light brown hair to the front of her shoulders and closed the door to his bedroom. He took a seat at his desk and thought about what the demon in the ally said. "The one with the pure blood and the one with the shared blood..."