Blood of the Innocent

File 7: Dante

Mafia di Proiettilo Records
Code name: Dante
Age: 15 years old
Class: Tracker
Bangtan Gang #32
As a young boy, he was abandoned in the middle of the Gobi Desert as a hostage who revolted. The human traffickers assumed he would die slowly of dehydration, but he survived due to the help of an old man, or so it seemed. He was almost torn apart by The Rack, a medieval torture device, in a ritual the old man was partaking in, until a wolfpack interrupted. The wolves killed everyone except Dante, releasing him. It turned out that the effects of the ritual had given Dante incredible flexibility and an intense power over most animals, understanding their every yelp as it translated into English. Some have rumored that a Magia Orb was used during the ritual to give him his abilities. Eventually the wolves taught him everything he needed to know to tame this unholy power, and he set out on a plane to Italy by chance. There, he was found by Inferno, Exodus, Lettuce, and Minny, recruiting him and his skills into their gang.

Power: B
Durability: A
Speed: C
Potential: E
Range: B
Precision: C

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Persona and Exodus, with textbooks in their hands, entered the garage. They arrived to find yelling going on.

"I swear!" yelled Inferno, "The cash just floated away!"

"You're just spouting crazy talk again!" yelled Wraith, "Someone probably took it and is turning it into the police. We'd all be caught."

Minny walked in from the kitchen, saying, "If the cash is gone, we can just take it back again. Dante. You've got the scent of the cash right?"

"Yes!" replied Dante, "Cash... dirty! Lettuce... scent... easy!"

"I know that you've just arrived from a chore," said Minny, "But can you go with Dante to track the money down, Persona?"

"Sure!" replied Persona, "I am the noobie. I need to prove myself, I guess."

As they ran down the street, Persona looked at Dante, who chased in a crouched fashion. He began to think up of things for small talk.

"So.." asked Persona, "What's your Magia?"

"Beast Tamer Magia," replied Dante, "Demon.. spirit... wolves.. track.. scent.. lettuce.. cash."

"Not one for words or complete sentences," thought Persona.

Suddenly, three red wolves appeared in front of both Persona and Dante. The wolves looked transparent, and they were sniffing the air. It seemed like Dante could make them appear visible at anytime. These demon wolves were probably very tough and could easily overpower a tank.

The wolves stopped in front of a convenience store, signifying that the thief and the cash was somewhere to be found here. Persona followed Dante into the store, and once they entered they were shot by a barrage of bullets. An assault rifle was firing at them! More importantly, Dante was taking most of the hits because he was in front.

When Persona opened his eyes, Dante was still standing, wild and angry. His skin looked different.

"Nemean Lion.." said Dante softly, pointing at the bullets on the floor that had bounced off his skin.

Persona has heard about the Nemean Lion before. In Greek mythology, the Nemean Lion was a lion who had skin so strong that no weapon could ever pierce or scratch it. Dante must've had the ability to reinforce his skin with that of something so powerful. Persona began to wonder if Rotation could pierce through the lion's skin.

However, there were more important matters at hand. Who shot at them? Persona and Dante looked around, with the demon wolves slowly moving throughout the store, sniffing for the suspect. Suddenly, they heard a bark followed by a yelp around the corner of the shelves. Dante and Persona ran there to find an AK-47 and a demon wolf on the floor, slowly vanishing away.

"Demon.. Wolf.. found.. suspect.." analyzed Dante, now bursting in fury.

The other demon wolves arrived, and upon looking at where the demon wolf died, they began to growl. The suspect was still at the crime scene. A sound came from where the demon wolf died:

"You didn't expect this huh?" laughed a masculine voice, "I'll have you know that I took down more than 50 gangs within all of Italy. My Magia is so powerful that none can defeat it!"

It didn't make sense. The demon wolves growled at that place, and a voice had come out of it, but no one was there! Dante handed Persona a little note. A sentence was scribbled on it:

"Lesson #3: Don't be a badass in a world ruled by smartasses."

Could it be that the man bragging about his all powerful Magia was going to be his downfall? Cocky superheroes are born from too much power, and it's usually hard to tell them apart from the true villains.

"Nor-ma-lly... demon.. wolves go.. away," explained Dante, "Sound.. from.. area.. con-fir-may-tion."

Persona began to decipher what Dante was saying: Normally the demon wolves go away? But since sound came from the area, it would confirm their suspicions?

The demon wolves attacked at the crime scene, biting on an invisible object. The man screamed in agony as he tried to shake off the wolves.

"What the hell?" yelled the man, "My Invisibility Magia is supposed to be the best! No material physical object could pierce me! Ever since I was a young boy, I couldn't turn off my Magia, so I lived without pain and having to touch anything!"

"So his Magia helped to cloak himself and allow him to go through walls," Persona said, "No physical object can touch him! Except, these wolves that Dante has aren't physical either. They're demon spirits, allowing them to easily take down the man!"

The invisible man was soon transported to the Rack, a room for Dante's personal torturing and interrogation. There, the invisible man was stretched apart by using the demon wolves, ripping him apart until his intestines were clearly visible. He gave valuable information that there were still three more Magia Wizards interfering with plans.

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Dante handed off the cash to Minny, who treasured it for safe-keeping. Minny looked over the report that the Capos has given her.

"The man you just fought was an infamous Magia Wizard going by the name Silent Death," she announced, "He wasn't bluffing when he killed 50 gangs. The only thing that didn't go through him was his hands, allowing him to pick up weapons to kill his victims. If Dante wasn't there, almost everyone of us could've died, even with Persona's Healing Magia."

"I don't get it," said Persona, "If they're superheroes, then why are they killing people?"

"That's the cold harsh truth that you gotta live with," replied Minny, "They have to kill the bad guys, or else they'll keep coming back and keep making destruction. That's where the comic books stop being real. That's the system that we live in, and it has slowly been corrupting our superheroes into turning into control freaks. Even other superheroes have to stop other superheroes from getting too powerful. It's a sad sight really."

"Oh by the way," said Wraith, "Persona, I'll need your help with a mission a few days from now. You think you're up for it?"

"Sure thing!"