Devil May Cry

All demon hunters have to take an oath.

I swear to protect the world from monsters,

no matter how big, or gross, or scary they are.

I swear to protect--

Shh!

I think there's a demon outside.

Mary, did you like the movie?

It was okay. Not enough shooting.

I told you not to let her watch any more of those shoot-'em-ups.

I just can't help giving my only daughter everything she desires.

John, that man is staring at us.

I know. Walk faster.

Mary!

I swear to protect the world from monsters.

Mary!

"A giant monster with a face that opens in three pieces."

Ha. Sure, buddy. I'll get the sketch artist right on it.

Oh, yeah.

I spoke to the college. You haven't been to work in weeks.

This is my work.

Don't you understand that what we saw means my research,

my theories about the other realm, were right?

Your daughter never sees you anymore! I never see you!

It's you that I'm doing this for.

There are monsters breaching our world,

and the authorities can be relied on for nothing.

I need to find a way to give myself power.

Real power.

So that I can protect this family.

Like you protected us in the subway?

John? John, I didn't mean that.

It doesn't matter what you think of me.

All that matters is the strength to defeat the darkness that threatens us.

Without that,

we have nothing.

["Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)" by Limp Bizkit playing]

Yo, lady! Not to be a backseat driver,

but I'm pretty sure this violates the Geneva Convention or something.

The Geneva Convention only applies to humans.

I'm a human!

In your case, I think the UN will understand.

This has got to be the second-worst job you ever gave me.

Oh, you mean after the Raccoon City job?

- Third-worst. - Hmm.

Patriot for Arkham.

How're you liking those new toys, Lieutenant?

Useful.

Although it would have been more useful

if you gave me this shit before the mission.

They're just a prototype Goldstein whipped up in the lab.

Not approved for field use yet.

Uh, I got her other prototype ready for you to test sometime too.

Can't wait.

Sentry, King, what's your status?

All good here.

- We're being the best decoys we can be. - Good here too.

Although I'm worried the doc's head might explode from excitement.

The transmitter works precisely as I theorized, of course.

It emits one half of a quantum interference pattern.

The rest of the pattern comes from the amulet's other piece.

So, if that thing is needed to destroy the wall between us and the Demon Realm,

how about we smash it right now?

No!

Absolutely no smashing it!

The amulet's signal is actively maintaining the quantum wall.

The natural state of the two realms is to be joined.

If we destroy the transmitter,

we don't know what would happen to the stability of either universe.

Not to mention what we stand to gain from studying it.

The potential applications in quantum computing alone...

Okay, okay, just asking.

Uh, guys, let's get back to base in one piece

before we talk about possibly destabilizing any universes.

I've been in tough spots like this before.

The trick is not to buckle under the pressure.

Hmm? Just give it up, Dante.

It's over!

Sure, they have their boots on our necks,

but we need to buckle down, and think positive.

Uh...

Ow!

What the...

- - Oh.

- How are the prisoners? - A little too fucking comfortable.

What was that for?

Whoa! You gotta give me a warning before you set off a flamethrower.

If you, uh, don't mind, Lieutenant.

So, do the fire jets come standard on this model or...

I've been in the market for a flamethrower myself.

Custom anti-demon upgrade.

If the Hellblood somehow gets past those,

there's always the nano-explosive I injected him with,

that's programmed to activate if he gets outside of a one-mile radius.

Even that thing should have trouble healing

from a bomb going off in its fucking neck.

Damn! Yo, I'd hate to see what you did to a full demon.

Not to question your methods. At all.

Don't tell me you have a weak stomach, Anders.

I'd have thought you'd be rock hard for revenge

after what the White Rabbit did to your team.

I... I'm just trying to make it home. You know?

Hmm.

That's... unexpected.

Something wrong?

Not necessarily. It appears the pattern coming from the transmitter is changing.

Modulating itself for some reason.

- You sure they cleared you for action? - Oh, yeah.

I'm good, Lieutenant. Solid. A-1.

Lieutenant Arkham, this is Baines. Report in.

We're rolling smoothly, sir. Should be home in under an hour.

Good. With the fate of Heaven and Earth at stake,

there's no one else I would count on.

- Patch me through to the prisoner. - Sir?

I want to speak with him. He interests me.

- Dante. -

This is Vice President William Baines.

The Vice President? You mean, like, from TV?

Boy, am I starting to regret voting for this guy.

I saw the footage from the raid on your apartment.

Your abilities are truly a remarkable gift.

Lieutenant Arkham tells me you're part demon.

She's wrong.

Yeah, I've got abilities.

Maybe not exactly human ones, but they're...

I don't know, some sort of superhero mutations.

Look, there's no part of me that's demon.

There can't be.

Your mother and your brother,

they were both killed by demons, is that right?

Yes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We all have dead families and traumatic childhoods.

What? You think I talked?

Okay, I talked,

but you should have seen what they did to me!

What about your father, Dante?

Couldn't tell you. I never met him.

I see.

There is demon blood in you, that much is certain.

You were born with a black stain on your soul.

But none of us are beyond God's light.

He may still see fit to cleanse that stain,

should you prove yourself worthy of it.

Sir, with all due respect, you're wasting your time.

It doesn't matter how much of the demon's blood is unholy.

Any is enough to make it a demon.

Your passion is your strength, Mary.

But don't allow it to blind you.

Winning this war will take more than anything human can provide.

You've seen Dante's raw power.

Imagine what that type of asset could do, if used correctly.

You want to use this thing? Has the president approved that?

All the president cares about is maintaining his image.

I set the policies.

I bring the donors. He approves what I tell him to.

The Lord would not have sent us such a powerful instrument to enact his will,

if he did not intend for us to use it.

Road's closed.

Looks like we're taking a detour.

I'll go check it out.

That's it. That's what's causing the modulation.

The signal adjusts in response

to the other transmitter's geospatial location

to keep the overall pattern in sync.

So the other amulet piece must be...

...getting closer.