Highway to Hell (English version)

Welcome To The Jungle

Dante- It's a pleasure to meet you miss Lucifer I hope we get along well (smiles)

Luci- My pleasure...wait what the f**k am I saying! And who the f**k are you and where are you from!

Dante-? I thought I already told you, I am Dante the traveler, where do I come from...

???- Luci!

On top of a dune is Piggy next to a woman with long blonde hair that curls at the ends, a cigarette in her mouth, a light brown cowboy hat, dark blue eyes wearing a sleeveless white shirt with a drawing of two people having s*x in the missionary position and underneath saying "s*x is life", the shirt was very short so you could see her belly button that had three pressings and on her right shoulder she had a tattoo of a burning goat, she was wearing very small denim shorts that showed her smooth and flat legs, in fact her whole body was very sexy from her breasts and ass were of perfect size, neither too big nor too small as well as her body fat that was neither too white nor too thin, you could say that if there is female perfection she would be that perfection.

Luci-Ace...

Piggy and that Ace come down the dune and stop the motorcycle near them, Ace gets off the bike and slaps Luci so hard that Luci's face turns around.

Ace- I told you to wait for me! What were you thinking?

Luci-...I COULD NOT LET APORTINITY GO! We need water if we don't pay our debt, what pride will we have?

Ace-...Pride is not everything.

Ace walks past Luci tapping her shoulder and looks at the dead Leviathans and then looks at Dante.

Ace- Did you do this?

???- Gi, what a woman.

Dante- Yes I did.

Ace- Are you willing to sell at least one of the worms...we can pay with gasoline, food or ammunition.

Dante- Oh you can have all three I don't mind.

Ace- That's tempting, but we don't have enough to pay for all three.

Dante: Oh, but I just want an air filter for my bike.

There is a silence for a few moments.

Ace: You want an air filter?

Dante: Yes.

Ace: Just one?

Dante: Okay, maybe two in case of emergency.

Ace- So you want to trade three Leviathans which is a huge source of water and food for air filters?!

Dante-.... I thought that was already obvious.

Ace-...are you an i***t?

Dante- I like to believe not.

Silence.

Ace-Pfffhahahahaha, Piggy use the radio and tells the guys to bring the trucks in before our new friend changes his mind.

Piggy- Right away.

Piggy goes to his bike and grabs a radio.

Ace- What's your name?

Dante- Dante the traveler.

Ace- Dante the traveler (smiles) Nice to meet you Dante I am Asmodeus the lust, but everyone calls me Ace.

Ace extends his hand to him and Dante responds by taking her hand and kissing her fingers.

Piggy-....

Luci- What the hell are you doing!!!

Ace- Oh, how romantic.

Dante- I am a gentleman, I have to greet ladies as properly as possible, especially if they are as beautiful as miss.

Ace- Oh stop it, you're going to make me mad. I didn't know there were still men with principles in this world.

Dante- There are still some.

Piggy-...Ace the trucks are on their way.

Ace- Okay, Dante can you hold on a second?

Dante: Sure.

Dante heads towards some of Leviathan's bodies to go for shade.

Dante- So what do you think?

I think these people are dangerous bitches, especially that Ace... on the other hand they don't seem to have any code of honor after all and they didn't take up arms and point them at us, instead they recognized our strength and made an offer of trade that already says a lot about them.

Dante: So we are dealing with mercenaries?

???- It seems so.

Dante: Should we trust them?

Dante- Damn it Dante, in this world you can't trust your own blood when it's a stranger, now if you had asked "Should I be afraid of a shot in the back of the head?" probably not.

Charm that Ace and Luci are near the bikes.

Ace- So what do you think of him?

Luci- What do I think of him? I saw him cut the belly of two Leviathans in one blow! He is dangerous.

Ace- Big D could also kill Leviathans with a single blow, was he dangerous? Besides he saved your life.

Luci- Don't bring my father into the conversation...and ok I think I owe him one....yet there is something wrong with him...I can feel it.

A few minutes later engines are heard and down the dunes over a hundred motorcycles arrive on the scene along with two cylinder trucks and a cargo truck. Many of the bikers take chainsaws and start cutting the leviathan's flesh and putting it in boxes, another group takes a hose from the truck and sticks it in a leviathan's body bag that was located a little beside the barria with a liquid inside, like a human water bubble, but much bigger, after they attach the hose they start the engine and the liquid from that bubble goes into the cylinder.

Dante- Efficient work, but I didn't expect so many.

Piggy- This kind of work requires a lot of manpower, but the reward is great so it's worth it...by the way I'm Piggy the pig.

Dante- Nice to meet you, I am…

Piggy- Dante, I know, I was listening to the conversation...not that I'm a spitfire I was just close by and ended up listening in.

Dante- No problem.

Ace- Hey Dante, we have a bag full of filters here, pick one that fits your bike.

Dante: Coming.

Piggy- Dante, a word of advice, don't piss off the girls, it wouldn't end well for you.

Dante- Okay, thanks for the advice.

Dante goes over to Ace who is leaning against the bike with a bag of filters on the ground, next to her is Luci bandaging her arms from the wounds from the fight.

Ace- Here are all the filters we have, they are all brand new.

Dante looks in the bag and picks up two filters.

Dante- These.

Ace- You can take more if you want.

Dante- No thanks these are enough miss Ace.

Ace- (smiles) Weird guy...where do you have your bike?

Dante pointing with his finger the direction of the bike.

Dante- In that direction on the road.

Ace- Okay, Luci gives him a ride to the bike.

Luci- What? Why me?

As- Because I'm in charge, he gave us resources partially for free and saved YOUR life, the least you can do is take him to your bike.

Luci-....Ok okay...but it's the only thing I can do!

Luci climbs on his bike and starts the engine.

Luci- Come on, get on.

Dante climbs on Luci's bike.

Dante- Hands?

Luci-...Just put them around my belly, but if you try anything weird I will blow them off.

Dante- Received and understood.

Luci speeds the motorcycle up the dune and goes through the desert until she reaches the highway, she rides a little further and they reach Dante's motorcycle.

Dante- My love!

Dante hugs his motorcycle.

Luci- Is that your bike?...it looks old.

Dante- Don't talk about Beatriz like that, she's still a young maiden.

Luci- Beatrice? Hahahaha you called your bike Beatriz really?

Dante- That's a good name.

Luci- If you say so.

Dante starts changing the filters.

Luci- So... I guess you're a nomad.

Dante- That's right, I was just going to the city in the first circle, are you from there?

Luci- Yep, I was born and raised there, but if you have any intentions of going there, you'd better forget it.

Dante- Why?

Luci- Because it's a shitty place, believe me you'd be better off out here than there...better any territory is better than Hell.

Dante-(smiles) I've heard some stories about Hell, none of them really good.

Luci- Those stories are all lies, the reality is worse.

Dante- It always is.

Dante flicks the key and the motorcycle's engine starts.

Dante- But that won't stop me.

Luci- It's your death... and why did you come here anyway?

Dante- Nothing special, adventure, work, to see Haven.

Luci- Haven? You want to go to Haven?

Dante- Why not? I heard it's a wonderful place, it's in the center of Hell isn't it?

Luci- You are crazier than I thought, it may be in the center of Hell, but it is a totally f*****g different place, only select people can go there.

Ace- Luci! Luci replies.

Luci picks up his radio.

Luci here Luci, come in.

As- We are done here and we are going to the gates, we will wait for you there.

Luci: Okay, I'm done here too, I'm on my way.

Ace: Bring Dante along.

Luci: What for?

Ace: He's going to the city isn't he? The least we can do for him is help him get in.

Luci-...okay I'll do that...off.

Luci puts the radio away.

Luci- You heard her, get on that old bike and let's go.

Dante- SHE'S NOT OLD!

Luci and Dante set off following the road. For a long time the passage was only tar and sand until in the horizon you start to see something like a black wall, it was so far away that it looked like a mirage of the certain, as they got closer the wall got better defined and higher and higher still, it was visible that that wall was an incredible construction, it must have been the height of an eight story building, the width was hard to tell because even at one point the view was like a mirage, as they got closer the desert was already coming to life a little bit, they found people walking on the side of the road, sometimes they were entire families all hungry and with rags of clothes, other times they were single people with one or two weapons on their backs, there were still feces that groups of armed people walked around it was hard to say what they could be, but the most likely would be mercenaries or bandits and of course there were bodies of people on the ground, many of them had been so long in the sun that they had changed, the causes of death could be immense, they could have died of hunger or thirst or even killed by someone, however in the end no one wanted to know about these corpses. Luci and Dante get closer and see the road going to a huge open gate with security cameras on every corner, even though the wall was high there was barbed wire on top, on one of the fronts a bunch of men wearing respirators and armed, wearing a yellow uniform with a bulletproof vest prevented the newcomers from entering, there being an improvised wall there, those who tried to pass by force or even opening fire were soon annihilated by these men or by drones that were turned on in case of danger. On the other lane there were fewer guards, but a massive amount of automatic turrets, it was on this lane that the bikers and trucks waited for Luci and Dante, the people on the other lane didn't even make eye contact with the bikers and those who looked, looked with a look of anger and envy. Luci and Dante stop next to theirs, as soon as they stop the engines Ace approaches them with one of the men in a yellow uniform, due to the respirator you couldn't see his face.

Ace- Did the filter work?

Dante- As you can see yes.

Man - (voice a little muffled because of the mask) Are you the man Dante?

Dante: That's right.

Man - You're a lucky man, the goats have put in a good word for you.

Dante- Goats?

Ace- Name of our group.

Man- Here's your card, whenever you want to leave or enter the territory just show this card, it's also good to enter the cities up to the 9th circle, purgatory and Haven you need another type of access.

Dante-...That easy?

Man- The word of the Goats carries weight in this city...

Ace- That and some donations for competent people.

Man- Yes and some donations...still I ask that you wait a bit the merchandise registration is still being handled.

Ace - Can't that be faster?

Man- I told you no and no matter how many...donations you give me he won't get any faster, just be patient.

Man leaves.

Dante- Thanks for the help.

Ace- You're welcome, keeper's are easy to deal with if you know the ones to give him.

Dante: Keeper's?

Luci- The assholes in yellow, they're supposed to be Hell's security force.

Dante- And in reality?

Ace- Armed men use their "authority" to anyone who doesn't pay them fair payment for their work and if you pay them a little more they close their eyes to the world.

Dante- (looks at the other lane) What about those people? Immigrants?

Luci-(smiles) They are more like refugees.

As- We call them the "penados" because they look like penitent souls who don't move from one place to another... just poor wretches who come here looking for a "better life" but don't have the ambition or the power to get in.

Brendo - Isn't it dangerous to stay out here?

Ace- Of course it is, especially at night when meat bugs come around, you can hear them being devoured if you keep your ear to the ground.

Brendo- If it's so dangerous why don't you leave?

Ace- What is the point of dying there or here they die anyway.

Luci- And yet they are still the lucky ones.

Dante- Is it really that bad in there?

Man- Ok the records are taken care of you can go in!

Luci-(starts the bike) You are about to see for yourself.

Upon entering the first thing Dante sees is a Molotov coktel fly over his head and fall into a wooden hut that has started to burn.

Man- Hahahahahaha take this you son of a b***h.

In the hut that was on fire comes out a man with an M16 in his hands who shoots the man who threw the malotov filling him with lead who falls dead to the ground.

Man- WHO THE SON OF A b***h NOW! SUCK MY BALLS MOTHERFUCKER!

The man looks at the group of bikers and enters his cabin that was still burning, further on the group passes in front of a bar where two men were arguing in front of a beautiful woman that had an innocent and pure look.

Man- No, she made the appointment with me!

Man - Not me!

Woman - Calm down, it's just a misunderstanding.

Man - (points gun) She's mine!

Man - (points gun) No, she's mine!

They both shoot at the same time killing each other.

Woman - Idiots.

The woman goes to the two bodies and steals their wallets, leaving the bodies as if nothing had happened. The group walks further ahead and Dante notices a group of 6-13 year old children playing a ball, the thing is that the ball was a grenade that at some point the pin comes out and explodes one of the little children in pieces, the friends look silently until they start laughing and pointing to what was left of the body.

Child- Hahahaha he lost, he lost!

???- Hahahaha she was right this place is a dump

As they got closer to the center of town more people and buildings seemed, some of the buildings caught the eye like a strip club that was one of the few buildings that had an air of luxury called "Tartarus", further away there was a hospital called "The Mummy of Anubis", the rest of the buildings were either bars, residences or markets with nothing special, already the inhabitants were anything but normal, everyone was in possession of some weapon and it was normal to find a body on the ground, some had a strange physique like having one arm bigger than another, having three eyes, shark-like teeth and some even possessed syringes. The road goes well, some inhabitants wave to the group of bikers greeting them, already others look through the shadows to see what they bring they continue along the road until finally they stop in front of a bar, the bar was large with three floors, unlike many buildings that were falling apart this one seemed well maintained the building was a mix of gray stone and light brown wood, on the door had a goat head with a sign on top saying "Fire Goats".

Dante-(parks the bike) Fire Goats?

Piggy-Hahahaha that's us!

Dante- Who chose that name?

Luci- My father.

Out of nowhere someone flies out the window.

Man- Gozu and Mezu will hear about this!

Man runs out of there.

Dante- Trouble?

Ace- Looks like it, Pig hides the trucks.

Piggy- Right away.

Luci- What are we going to do Ace?

Ace- I don't know.

Ace and Luci enter the bar followed by Dante, inside there were more bikers all looking bored. Near the window that the man had flown by was a beautiful woman, tall with long close cropped hair and purple eyes, she was wearing a tight T-shirt with a flaming Goat skull and tight jeans, her skin was pale and she had several tattoos all over her body except on her face and neck, she also had several pyrrhic in her ear.

Luci: Mom, are you okay?

Ace- Lilith what happened?

Lilith- Luci, Ace. Same old problems.

Ace- Those damn things again!

Lilith-? Who's the new face?

Dante- Dante, Dante the traveler, pleased to meet you, such a beautiful woman.

Lilith- Oh what a ladies man, I'm Lilith, Lilith the first, where did they get you?

Luci: It's a long story...

Ace- Anyway he helped us so make him a friend.

Lilith- So can I get you anything?

Dante: No thanks I don't drink.

Luci- (goes towards the bar) There are shits!

Out of nowhere the door of the bar is burst open and two tall men, about two meters tall and broad shouldered, with well muscled bodies, both were wearing only a white sleeveless shirt and red pants, one of them was bald and had blue eyes, the other had long brown hair and light brown eyes, behind them were other men dressed the same.

Gozu- Lilith we heard that you mistreated one of our men.

Lilith- He's alive isn't he?

Mezu- You are going against our alliance cow!

Gozu- U-Uh! Look at the language, but he's right, we have a non-violence covenant.

Luci- f**k you - we know it was you who attacked our men in the warehouse!

Gozu- Luci, it seems your tongue is sharp as ever, I don't know what happened in your warehouse and you don't even have proof that it was us.

Luci- SEU....

Ace- Lucifer! That's enough!

Gozu- I see you are playing the role of leader Asmodeus well, how many months has it been since your leader disappeared? Seven? Eight months?

Ace- Say what you want.

Gozu-(smiles) Fifteen liters.

Ace- What! We don't have all that water!

Gozo - Yes you do, my men saw the trucks coming into town, besides, 15 liters is more than fair for the physical and psychological damage.

Luci- Don't make fun of my face! He didn't even have a scratch on him!

Gozu- Not a scratch?

Gozu signals to his men behind him and they bring the man who had been thrown out the window, but his legs were broken and his face was beaten.

Gozu- Do you really think he doesn't have a scratch on him?

Luci- What? You are the ones who did this!

Gozo- Us? Doing this to our own man? Who do you think we are? Monsters?

Luci- Son of a b***h, I'm going to kill you!

Ace- LUCI!...I...

Dante- Excuse me Mr. Gozu?

Gozu looks down at the ground and sees Dante.

Dante- I don't think that's fair, obviously that man wouldn't look like that for being thrown out of a window.

Gozu-....Hahahaha who's the little guy? Your new mascot?

Ace- Leave him alone, he has nothing to do with this.

Gozo- Oh, so you don't belong to the gang?

Dante- No sir, I....

Dante can't finish his sentence as Mezu punches him so hard that he goes to the other side of the room and smashes into the wall.

Ace- Dante!

Luci-...

Gozu- Hahahahahaha, what a jerk.

 Dante looked blank when he gives a smile.

???- Hahahahahaha He's a real jerk, to be knocked out by a punch.

Gozu-? Is he still alive?

As- Dante are you still alright?

Dante? That jerk is out.

Dante's head looks straight ahead and his eyes have changed color to purple.

Vincent- My name is Vincent, Vincent the poet because ....

Vicente runs at great speed and jumps up giving Mezu a knee to the face that ends up outside.

Vicente-...everything that comes out of my f*****g mouth is pure poetry!

End of the chapter.