A Letter From Who?

The platform rose to a floor that was unlike the rest. It had an antique aesthetic with a heavy use of burgundy. Wind blew curtains to smack against framed images of demons. Ms. Dia, Impulse, Asmodeus, and so many more were decorated.

Dani enjoyed the royal halls without fear of any monster. Statues of imprisoned warriors watched the team make their way through.

"These souls are captured," said Andres, "I wonder who did this".

Dani approached a set of double red doors, "Not our problem. But I do deserve this castle".

Logan looked down at the door handle, "I'm surprised you're not complaining about the gold handle".

She crinkled her nose, "It's boujie, but whatevs".

"Is this it? Are we finally about to win?" asked Leira.

Andres smiled, slamming the double doors open, "Nope".

Standing in front of the fireplace was the elderly man they had fought in the woods. He wore only jeans, showing off his large V tattoo on his back. His body didn't appear old. It was rather chiseled like that of a young football player.

A woman on the couch uncrossed her legs, "So, the four of you have come to play".

She was older, wearing a red dress that draped from her shoulders. A cursive E tattooed on her collarbone was exposed.

The man approached them, extending blades from his forearms. Dani shot at him, only to have her bullets deflected by his blades.

Logan swung his sword at the man. The man leaned back into a spin and struck back with a fat metal tail.

He jumped over the tail, throwing a card in the man's face.

The woman shot him down with a ball of magic. He fell back and quickly sprung up to dodge the man flurry of slashes.

Andres swung his shield at the woman. A barrier blocked his strike.

She snapped her fingers into the air, causing bullets like Dani's to fire at him.

He tanked each shot, landing himself in the fireplace. After being burned, he ran out hurling the axe through her barrier.

The woman jumped on the couch in panic. He was running clear towards her with his shield up.

The man sprouted metal wings and flew up. His arms morphed into machine guns that he used to fire down.

Everyone took cover. Dani in fact shot back at the man until he calmed back down. Logan greeted his landing by throwing a handful of cards that impaled his face.

The man kicked logan against a wall just before the cards detonated.

His metal skull sustained fatal injuries. Dani's charged shot morphed into his head.

He was visibly fine at first, but then his head blackened to ashes.

Leira didn't understand what happened, but this wasn't one of Dani's normal bullets.

Andres was driving his blade across the woman's dainty body that left her covered in blood.

Logan and Dani ran to help, but the man's ashing body blew up. Metal shards shot across, hitting Andres in the leg.

He fell to a knee, allowing the woman to kick herself away.

Her blood morphed into snakes that targeted Andres and Leira just before she ran shooting fireballs at everyone.

Logan ran to Leira's aid, dispelling the snakes and shielding her from the fireballs.

The woman used an electrical whip to beat into Andres. Another magical barrier blocked off Dani's bullets.

"Explode!" yelled Leira, shooting an arrow at the woman.

"There she goes!" yelled Dani.

Andres tossed his shield at the woman, hurling his blade into her gut.

She bled trying to conjure magic. He twisted it out and decapitated the woman.

Everybody caught their breath looking around at one another. Dani made her way towards a giant bed in the room to lay down.

Andres came to nudge Leira's shoulder, "How do you feel"?

Leira's mouth rose to a smile. She gushed, swaying her arms and legs together. The victory on the woman was thanks to her clever tactic.

"Thank you Dani sensei!" yelled Leira.

Dani smiled, "Welcome sweety".

Already checking dead bodies, Logan was agitated that Leira gave credit to Dani.

Logan stood up, I found orders from Samael for E and V to kill Mina and Leira to restore faith in God".

Andres nodded from the couch, "Yeah, that's these two".

Logan pointed to the picture above the fireplace, "Yeah, well it ain't her".

It was a woman with milk-white skin. Tattoos of beasts and screaming souls ran down her arms. Her makeup was nearly as black as her hair.

"Nice," said Andres, "Must be Samael's wife or concubine".

Dani sneered, "I look way better than her".

After giving Andres the orders, Logan checked the dresser where he found a letter to Vanessa. It was from her sister.

He turned, "Does Vanessa have a sister"?

Dani kept her eyes closed, "No... She's an only child"

Holding up the letter, "Well I found a letter from her".

Dani gasped upwards to her feet, "Give it. Logan you better not open that letter".

He was a little shocked, "No. I need to get to the bottom of this".

Andres was confused about the fuss whereas Dani understood that Logan needed to know if this had anything to do with that girl.

Dani held her hands towards him, "It probably in Italian anyways. And regardless, it's rude to bud into people's personal business like that. Now Vanessa is a friend, so I'm not gonna do that to her. But I will help you figure this out, okay"?

He snarled, placing the letter in Dani's hands.

She placed it in her back pocket, "Come on. Let's go loot shit".

At least Leira and Andres were cheering. Logan was still pissy, moping behind them.

Everything in the hallway seemed harmless until Logan scanned for more traps. There was a passage behind a painting of an elf man named R'bi.

They removed the painting and pressed against the plain wall. The floor dropped them into a slide.

It was a long way down, slamming them against a wall.

"Ouch," cried Dani.

Logan shouted, "No"!

In a lighter tone, he answered, "Binga"!

Everyone mocked him, "Binga".