Chapter Four: The Demon & Hellwalker

The day began with the Slayer cleaning his Super Shotgun down in a dark corner of what used to be the castle dungeons.

The heavy wooden work table he was using was given to him for his projects courtesy by Celestia; for which he was immensely grateful for…

The human was using his extensive knowledge of how to make specific types of ammunition for his weapons; except for Bio Force Gun cells, which was made out of Argent Energy.

One day, he’ll find that knowledge on how to make it; so that he could have enough ammo to wipe out Hell if he went back…

The Slayer paused in his cleaning, his red eyes dimming slightly as he stared off into the distance.

‘If’? What happened to ‘When’? He thought to himself, his eyes narrowing at the image of him leaving the world that desperately needed him.

But what about afterwards? Would he be able to settle down his bloodlust? Would he be able to live normally among a race of purely peaceful people that took him in with no hesitation?

Would he be able to find love?...

The superhuman gritted his teeth at the idea, feeling a sense of confusion welling up in his chest.

Maybe, he just needs to have some patience to find someone interested in him… And a way to show that he wasn’t gonna snap that person’s neck whenever confronted in an argument…

He was doing good so far, so that means there’s hope.

But first things first…

He stored his newly created ammo for his normal weapons into his secondary slipspace, separating the weapons and ammo to keep them from mixing together.

The Slayer stood up from his small metal chair that was provided for him by Celestia, for which he was really grateful of that; and slipped on his helmet.

He walked through the decrepit halls of the Royal Castle and made it outside to where the two Royal Sisters were waiting for him…

The Alicorns were discussing with the Changeling Queen on ways to contact her Hive, and maybe other surviving Hives hidden throughout the country, when said Queen caught sight of his green armor.

“ Ah, Slayer, good morning! I don’t suppose you have any last second errands before we head out?” Chrysalis greeted, a smile on her lips as her green eyes spotted his 6ft form approaching.

Even though there was an invasion going on around them with no hope for aid from other nations; it doesn’t hurt to smile at the possible outcome of winning…

And with the Slayer from legends along their side; it made morale all the more high…

Thinking for a moment, The Slayer only shook his head; causing Celestia to smile, as well as Luna and Chrysalis.

“Good. That means we can get to the crash site of that craft.” Celestia said, her smile full of warmth, but had an undertone of tiredness to it that the superhuman caught.

Did she stay up all night researching? He thought, a weird feeling twinging in his chest at the thought of the Solar Diarch not taking care of herself.

The Alicorn either didn’t notice or didn’t say anything; But she reached out and grabbed Luna’s hand, her horn glowing a golden color with the presence of her magic.

Luna and Chrysalis did the same, their horns glowing a bright blue and green respectively...

The Slayer watched, slightly confused on what the group of three were doing, before he was snapped out of his musings by the feeling of someone taking both of his armored hands.

He saw that Celestia and Chrysalis grabbed one hand for themselves, the Alicorn’s cheeks going slightly pink at the close contact.

He didn’t notice the blushing, nor the smirk coming from Luna and Chrysalis’s lips; because the combined lights of the Alicorns’ and Changeling Queen’s magic shot in the middle of their group, creating a small explosion of light.

Then the group vanished, along with the Slayer, reappearing in the same light as they arrived in a new location.

The Slayer shook his head to clear the slight fuzziness that seemed to overcome his mind, and noticed Chrysalis doing the same with a pained expression.

“ Holy mother...” Said Luna, staring wide eyed in shock at something behind the DoomSlayer, causing the human to tense.

He whipped out his Combat Shotgun from slipspace and he whirled around, aiming his weapon at where the three were looking at…

But he soon lowered it, because there was a large metal structure that looked damaged severely from a fight.

The Slayer began walking towards the obvious ship, his gun at the ready; finger on the trigger in case he had to fire quickly.

The ground around the ship was all darkish, as if the dirt had been burned, all the summer flowers dying immediately because there wasn’t any nutrients in the soil anymore.

The group reached a small door that looked like it was on its last legs…

The superhuman lowered the Shotgun and punched the center of the door, causing it to go flying into the darkness, clanging loudly as it did so.

Celesta, Luna, and Chrysalis winced with every loud sound the broken door made, their bodies tense in case anything heard the commotion.

But nothing came...

Aware of the fact, The Slayer stepped to the side, and with a one arm gesture to the open door, a slightly bowed posture that reminded of the Alicorns of a butler.

Celestia smiled, a small hint of pink on her cheeks as she made her way past the intimidating armored human,

“ Thank you, my dear gentlecolt.” She said, as the darkness swallowed her into the bowels of the ship.

Luna and Chrysalis did the same, following the golden light of Celestia’s magic that indicated where she was in the dark corridors…

The Slayer stood there in the same gesture for a few seconds, then began to gently shake his head with amusement.

These mares are gonna be the death of me, one day. He thought in bafflement as he regripped his Combat Shotgun and followed the group in last, his eyes and ears out in case of any enemies.

What the group didn’t know or see; was a large patrol of Caribou sent by the King himself, to investigate and pilfer the salvage…

The Doom Slayer and his companions slowly and cautiously walked down the dark and imposing corridors, eyes and ears sharp out in case of any enemies that may try to surprise them…

But mostly, it was quiet except for their footsteps, being overlapped by the Slayer’s heavily armored boots clanking on the metal floor.

They came to a long room with weird pods embedded on the walls, mostly empty, with a small raised pulpit that had a glowing orb floating above it.

“ Do you think that whoever sent the message is hiding?” Asked Chrysalis, a small ball of green flame floating above her palm, in case of any attack.

Celestia shook her head, a small frown set on her lips as she walked to the raised platform.

“ I don’t think Cortana DID leave.” She replied, a glint in her eye that suggested that she knew exactly where the ‘A.I’ was, eyeing the raised platform with the glowing orb orbiting above it.

As the group of three conversed with each other on what their plan of action is gonna be, the human in the room kept his gaze sweeping through the chamber.

The Slayer walked towards one of the walls, keeping an ear open in case, his red eyes on the strange pods that lined the walls with a look of curiosity…

“ Chief?” Whispered a female’s voice, echoing throughout the long chamber.

The Slayer whirled around, his Shotgun aimed at whoever spoke…

Then he lowered it in slight confusion, his visor glinting in the floating orb’s light that was bobbing a few feet away from him.

“ How? How are you awake?” The orb asked, flashing with every word, “ I didn’t hit the command to wake you up yet... Did it malfunction?” It said with the same voice as Cortana had on the radio.

The rest of the group caught onto the fact that the orb was floating in front of their friend.

“ I don’t suppose you can explain who this ‘ Chief’ is, can you?” Said Celestia, her magenta eyes glowing slightly in the dark.

The orb was silent, before flying away to another pod, this time making it look like it was leaning towards it.

“ I can see you in here, Chief. You’re not awake yet, until I need you to…” It, SHE, said as the blue glow dimmed slightly.

The Slayer moved till he was right next to the orb, looking in the pod she seemed interested in…

Inside was a 7ft armored human with the same kind of color and slightly different design as his, causing the superhuman to blink in surprise.

The gold visor glinted at him, as if whoever was behind the glass was staring directly at him…

The Slayer shook his head, then turned to the floating orb as it flew towards the podium.

“Hm… Scanners detect that there are multiple contacts trying to gain entrance into the ship. Friends of yours, I’m assuming?” Cortana said, the orb blinking out and being replaced by a blue holographic woman with black hair.

Then the room shook at the sound of a loud bang, causing the wrecked craft to creak and groan.

Celestia almost fell to the metal floor, but was caught by The Slayer; whose reflexes were more than fast enough.

Her cheeks glowed pink, and felt a fluttering in her gut at how close he was…

Then she snapped out of her daze from another rocking of the room, gently pulling away from the superhuman’s arms.

" Cortana?” Chrysalis said, getting the A.I’s attention, " Who is trying to gain entrance?”

She had a bad feeling in her gut that she wasn’t gonna like the answer…

The blue hologram blinked in and out for a few moments, before replying.

" Caribou, miss Chrysalis. Why?” She inquired, her head tilted to the side slightly as her eyes gained a curious look to them.

Luna’s face darkened with hate, a snarl on her lips as she said.

" The Caribou are our sworn enemy! We should get out there and attack!” She exclaimed, her cyan eyes glowing turquoise.

Chrysalis placed a hand on the Alicorn’s shoulder, getting the mare’s attention.

When Luna made eye contact with her, the Changeling Queen spoke in a gentle tone,

" How do you plan on doing that? They may outnumber us 10 to 1!” She said, her green eyes showing worry for the Ponies that took her in, even if they didn’t have to.

Luna’s teeth; which were sharpening into fangs; began to grit against one another as she thought it over.

She remembered the pain they caused her and her sister not two days ago; and when the King took the Elements Of Harmony & sealed Discord to places unknown…

Luna could feel that part of her that she suppressed start to stir, her eyes began to get slitted into draconic pupils.

Cortana watched as well as Celestia, intrigued but didn’t want to get involved…

The Slayer on the other hand; had no qualms…

He walked to Luna’s side and gently placed a hand on her other shoulder, squeezing very gently as to not break her arm.

Luna’s slitted eyes swivelled over to him, and the armored human nodded his head assuringly.

The Lunar Princess relaxed after a few tense moments, her pupils becoming more round then oval, and her molars replaced the canines.

" I’m sorry. Ever since the beginning of the war…” She trailed off.

Chrysalis smiled gently at the mare, causing her to blush.

Such a beautiful smile. She thought to herself, then shook it away; her body tingling in an emotion she couldn’t describe.

The Changeling Queen paused for a second, sensing that emotion; before her smile became wider, more warming than before.

She’d deal with this when the time came...

" It’s ok, Luna; but now…” Chrysalis began saying, but was interrupted by the ship shaking a lot more, this time by a bigger explosion.

The Alicorns, Changeling Queen, and superhuman looked around at the shaking room, the lights dimming in and out for a few moments, plundering them in a mixture of darkness and light.

" I don’t mean to interrupt, but we got about 200 of these Caribou knocking on our door!” Cortana said; her eyes flitting about to the air in front of her, as if seeing an image only that she was allowed to decipher.

The Slayer looked at the A.I, before turning his head to the frozen form of ‘Chief’, then he cracked his knuckles…

Round 2...

The large force of Caribou Troops were firing explosive crossbolts and firebombs at the large metal structure, roaring in approval at the destruction their weapons caused the metal.

Then it was all interrupted by a loud bang, causing the troops to pause…

They turned to the source of the noise, and saw a reddish tear hovering above the ground, a malicious energy being exhumed from the edges as it widened.

The Caribou nearest to the tear began to walk towards it, their crossbows and swords at the ready in case it was a Pony attack…

Then a reddish wave blasted throughout the group, causing them to spasm and scream in agony as the energy got absorbed into them.

Their fur and flesh began to slightly rot as if they were decomposing for a couple of days, their eyes turning a milky white, the deformities causing them to become a terrifying image.

One screeched an unholy scream and they all turned around to the others, who were standing horrified at what that unknown energy did to their brothers.

The bigger one that was closest to the tear pointed at the remaining army, and spoke,

“ CONSUME THEM ALL!” He said, a sadistic smile spitting his face in half into a slasher grin.

The group of ten undead began to stumble and stagger towards the group, not giving the remaining troops enough time to react.

It would’ve been pointless anyways...

The big one possessed by the Voice Of Hell, watched in contentment and satisfaction as the horde of Possessed became bigger and bigger by the second.

It was amused by the antics of these ‘Caribou’, them panicking and running around like a herd of Pinkys on a charging spree.

Then it stiffened as the wind changed towards it’s host, carrying a familiar scent…

The Voice inhaled deeply, the reddish-green eyes closing for a moment; until they snapped open, wide with horror…

“ HE IS HERE.” It said, turning towards the Hell portal and disappearing through it.

It was just in time too…

BANG!

The sound echoed throughout the site of undead, getting their attention; eerily silent as they located the source.

The door to the ship was dented outwards slightly...

BANG!

Another dent, this time a larger one, appeared on the top left; causing it to open a tiny bit, showing a light.

The Imps that ran through the Portal paused in their slaughter of the remaining Caribou army, their yellow eyes narrowing.

BANG!
BANG!
BANG!

With every bang, the door began to crumble outwards and begin to fall apart on the frame, bending and twisting as the force of whatever’s on the other side fought their way out.

Then the noise ceased, causing the Undead and lower caste Imps to growl in preparation…

What they were not prepared for; was the door to go flying off its ’hinges’ impacting a few unlucky Undead as it bounced along the dirt, killing as it did.

The Imps narrowed their eyes, adjusting to the bright light inside…

Then they all froze in horror…

Standing in the light, the clear visor covering his scarred face and red eyes that glowed brightly at the sight of his familiar foes; was the Doom Slayer.

“ Slayer.” One Imp muttered in fear, and shock.

They all heard the stories about how the one man army slaughtered the Titan; who was one of Hell’s Champions/ Guardians, and the corresponding thousand strong army, with one fell swoop.

He was written in the legends as the Hellwalker, the Demon Killer, the Purifier of Worlds.

And he was standing right in front of them in his imposing green armor forged by an exiled one…

The myths and legends don’t do justice… and they feared…

That it was their end…

The ground around the ship shook as the Slayer got to work; while Celestia, Luna, Chrysalis, and Cortana watched from the safety of the Cryo Chamber; per Slayer’s request.

He didn’t want the mares to watch what he did to immortal enemies that he knew HOW to kill…

After laying waste to all of the Possessed Caribou and Imps; he was flying backwards from a solid punch to the chest.

He landed on his feet, creating a trail of dirt and blood as he slowed to a halt; looking up at whatever punched him…

He saw a Marauder step out of the freshly new Argent Portal, his BattleAxe activated and tightly held in his hand.

“ Usurper…” The demon said, before charging at the superhuman, his speed matching that of the Hellwalker’s.

The 8ft demon swung his BattleAxe and the Slayer dashed to the right, avoiding the blade narrowly.

The green armored human rolled into a crouch, his muscles tense as the two adversaries began to circle each other.

The Marauder snarled and charged at him again, his axe swinging over head to slice the annoying human to gibs…

The Slayer ducked and knocked the BattleAxe from his foe’s hand, sending it flying away a few feet.

He deployed his arm blade and plunged it into the demon’s thigh, causing a small bellow of pain and anger from his foe; then the human got slapped away and was sent flying.

As The Slayer landed on his back, the Marauder growled and stomped towards the fallen human; summoning his Axe from where it lay.

It flew into his hand and reactivated, the blade crackling with energy.

He knew that the terrifying legend of Hell was weak after all that time in his sarcophagus; and he will NOT spoil his only chance to end that legend once and forever…

The Demon raised his axe overhead, the Argent Blade blazing with his life force, ready to plunge down…

Then he got interrupted…

“ I wouldn’t do that if I were you.” Said a deadpan, no nonsense voice behind him.

The Marauder; frustrated at his blown chance to kill his enemy; quickly whirled around, swinging his weapon whilst doing so…

Then the Argent Blade got stopped by an armored hand.

A green armored hand similar to The Slayer’s…

The Marauder looked at the being in front of him, who was wearing armor similar to the human behind him, yet different in height and design; but it retained the same aura of intimidation and sheer power.

The gold visor hid the eyes from view, showing a reflection of the Demon’s shocked face staring back at him…

Then the newly arrived opponent clenched his right hand, the one not holding back the axe, and punched the demon square in the chest, causing the Marauder to go flying over the Slayer.

The Argent Axe went sailing in the same direction, deactivating and the handle landing next to the groaning demon…

The Slayer slowly felt his strength return to him, and he looked up at the savior standing over him, staring down at him as if taking in his form.

The 7ft armored human lowered a hand to the superhuman, and the Slayer took it with no hesitation; lifting himself up with the new ally’s assistance.

“ Introductions might be in order, but I believe we should take care of our ‘friend’ here.” Master Chief said, pointing a thumb at the growling and rising form of the Marauder.

The Slayer felt his eyebrows scrunch in slight confusion, before the familiar feeling of determination welling up inside him.

He nodded his head, smirking behind the visor…

The Marauder grabbed his Argent Axe and glared at the two humans standing ten feet away, a snarl in his eyes.

“ You and your allies interfere our great work for the last time!” He bellowed out, getting the two armored humans’ attention.

With an enraged roar, he activated his Axe and charged at top speed…

The Slayer moved his head side to side, cracking his neck, and the Master Chief tensed his body.

The two humans looked at each other for a moment, seemingly communicating silently; before nodding…

Then the two charged, meeting the Marauder in the middle of the battlefield…

As the demon swung his Axe, The Slayer slid onto his knees and bent back, narrowly avoiding the blade by a few inches from his head.

The Master Chief jumped above the blade and kicked the Marauder in the face, making it stumble in slight pain.

The Slayer kicked the demon in the right kneecap, causing a loud SNAP!

The Marauder fell to a kneeling position with an animalistic roar of pain, swinging his Axe at both of them.

The blade missed both of the armored humans by a few inches, and The Slayer grabbed the handle as it passed, and wrenched it out of the demon’s grip.

The force of the pull snapped the shoulder blade out of its socket, causing the demon to roar again…

The Master Chief sprinted up to the Marauder and landed a right hook to it’s face, then a left hook to it’s jaw, causing it to snap loudly.

The Spartan then quickly jumped out of the demon’s range as it tried to grab him with it’s only working hand.

The Slayer sped up from a few feet and jumped high into the air, landing on top of the monster’s chest hard, breaking a few ribs in the process; causing it to lay on its back.

The Hellwalker punched left, then right, then left again to the Marauder’s face; the force behind the punches causing the demon’s face to become bloodied and caving in…

The Chief stood back and watched the Slayer’s work as he stomped on the Marauder’s left arm, the bone piercing out of the skin with blood leaking through the wound and spilled onto the ground.

“ Interesting.” Cortana said through his internal helmet speakers, “ This guy must be the equivalent of a Spartan; yet… he seems to be fueled by rage, rather than augments.” The A.I. Said, a tone of shock in her voice.

John didn’t say anything, only nodding his head in agreement.

The Slayer stomped his left boot on the broken shoulder blade, and unsheathed his arm blade, raising it high over his head.

Celestia, Luna and Chrysalis sprinted out of the destroyed doorway, but stopped at the sight of the gory battlefield of what used to be a legion of Caribou scattered throughout the entire crash site.

That’s when Celestia’s eyes caught the form of the Slayer and the newly awakened Master Chief battling a horned demon with a red axe made of energy.

She could see the Slayer raise his left arm, the blade gleaming in the sunlight as it was ready to end the monster’s life…

Celestia contemplated quickly on whether or not she should stop the humans from killing the demon so that she could interrogate it for information…

But then her eyes hardened and she walked towards them…

The Slayer, whose arm tensed up for the killing blow, saw her come up in his peripheral vision; and looked at her, his eyes scrunching in confusion behind his visor.

The Solar Diarch kept her face neutral, but the way her voluptuous body was tensing; he could tell that she was angry for some reason.

But they all noticed that Celestia wasn’t angry at the superhuman…

Instead, She was glaring at the Marauder.

Her magenta eyes turned to a gold serpentine, and the way smoke seeped from her eye sockets, caused the demon to shudder…

“ I see that you seem to think that you can just come to our world and harm any creature.” She said, leaning over the heaving form of the Marauder, staring into it’s eyes.

She smiled, a few sharp fangs poking through her molars shining in the daylight.

The Slayer got off the demon, standing back next to Master Chief; who was silent as he watched the spectacle before him…

As soon as the green armored Hellwalker got off it’s chest; Celestia’s hand shot down and grabbed the demon by it’s neck; tightening with every second.

The Marauder wheezed as it tried to weakly pry off the sharpening claws that were growing out of her nails, piercing his tough skin…

Celestia kept smiling, even though her mane was wildly billowing with a flame esque behavior; indicating that she was ENRAGED.

The Alicorn effortlessly lifted the behemoth from the ground and came face to face with the Marauder, glaring harshly.

After staring for a few seconds at the choking demon, she said in a soft tone, her voice echoing slightly,

“ I don’t tolerate such criminal behavior.”

A glow came from her hand that was holding the Marauder up by the neck, black smoke encompassing the demon as her magic increased in strength.

Her draconic eyes flashed as she bared her fangs at the demon desperately trying to get out of her chokehold; but she tightened it even more...

“ The only punishment you shall receive…” She said in the same tone.

Flames hungrily spread from her hand and wrapped all around the shrieking demon’s body, it’s skin and armor charring and melting in the heat of a thousand suns surrounding it.

The Marauder was dead in a matter of seconds, leaving nothing but a large skeleton in Celestia’s grasp…

“...Is death.” She finished, her draconic eyes flashing, then returning back to their normal pupil - like shape and magenta color.

She dropped the skeleton of what used to be the Marauder; it’s bones clanking and clacking as it fell into a pile.

Celestia took a couple of deep breaths, trying to quench the hungering flame that was calling out for destruction, before turning to her companions…

She blinked at the slack jawed expressions from her younger sister and Chrysalis; their eyes bugged out with shock.

The Master Chief and The Doom Slayer; even though she couldn’t see their faces, was certain that they were staring at her in respect.

The Solar Diarch’s eyebrows scrunched in confusion at the reactions she was getting.

“ What?” She asked.

The Slayer didn’t say anything; but he walked up to her until he was a few feet away; and kneeled with his helmeted head bowed.

The Alicorn frowned for a moment, tilting her head at the sight of a powerful being known as the Slayer kneeling in front of her for no reason.

Then it clicked…

Her eyes widened as the superhuman looked up at her; as if he was one of her subjects…

“ No no no! You don’t need to do that!” She blurted out, feeling her cheeks going red, as she kneeled down to the human’s level; ignoring the blood covering her armored legs.

She grabbed the Slayer’s helmet and tilted it up till she could barely see the red eyes behind the polarised visor.

“ There’s no need to bow to one who wants to treat everypony like an equal, no matter who is more powerful.” She said, smiling softly.

The Slayer remained silent; yet does he EVER speak?…

But he slowly nodded his head, agreeing with her logical argument.

She’s powerful, also possesses wisdom that seems reminiscent of the Elders. Not to mention how graceful and beautiful she looks-.

The Slayer then frowned in surprise, blinking at the last train of thought that ran through his head.

He got to his feet and held out a hand for her to take.

Celestia felt a flutter in her chest at the sight of his green armor gleaming; the blood of the Caribou that she witnessed him rip apart provide a glowing spatter of red.

She took the armored hand and got to her feet, wiping off the drying blood off her armor, before turning to the new ally.

“ I don’t suppose you could give me your name? You proved yourself to us by saving Slayer here, after all.” She asked, half-joking at the end.

John started to reply, his external helmet speakers blipped with static for a second; before Cortana’s voice answered for him,

“ I believe we should probably get somewhere safe before introductions.” She said.

Luna and Chrysalis walked to where Celestia and The Slayer was, keeping their eyes peeled for any unwanted guests or other ‘ demons’...

They were unnerved at the amount of carnage these new creatures inflicted upon their enemy; worrying that these same creatures would do the same to ponykind...

“ Agreed. We need to get back to base, then we can discuss tactics and plans.” She said, scratching her chin in contemplation.

Her mind was whirling with plans for future assaults on Caribou settlements; now that they’ve got two powerful allies on their side.

That is… if they want to...

The Slayer walked up to the Master Chief, before stopping and holding out his left hand…

The SPARTAN looked down at the armored hand for a few moments, before doing the same and grabbing the forearm gauntlet, being careful of the arm blade gadget; in a brotherly gesture.

“ Welcome to the Rebellion.” Luna said, her eyes lighting up at the prospect of getting a new ally, like Celestia.

It was nearly time...

Author's Note

A/N: Hey Folks! I'm sorry for the delay, but I hit Writer's Block once again; but hopefully ( & I do mean hopefully...) I'll be able to complete this fic. I've got some ideas, but I need more input; so PUT ON SOME THINKING CAPS!

I love your guys' (& gals!) support of my stories, even though I think they are CRAP in my opinion, but I wanna say thank you.

From the bottom of my heart, Thank you...

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