Not many knew that Tartarus was more than just a prison for the most evil of evildoers Equestria had to offer. If one would venture deep into this prison, one would find a large door, or more accurately, something reminiscent of a castle gate. The gate itself was gigantic, closed off with many locks, wooden beams and heavy chains. This was the gate to Hell.

It's purpose was simple. Nothing gets in or out. And so it stood there for over a thousand years, undisturbed by ponykind, it's exsitance known only to a few.

We find ourselves today before that very gate, still closed off, with two imps acting as guards.

"Hey, Ungrzkh?" one asked the other.

"What?" his comrade asked in annoyance.

"Why are we here?"

"For the last time, Grrghk, we're guarding the gate." Ungrzkh replied with a hiss.

"But why?" Ungrzkh groaned and restrained himself from ripping Grrghk's throat out.

"So that if the Slayer comes, we can stop him."

"But we can't stop him! We're imps!"

"I know that numbskull!" Ungrzkh slapped him upside the head. "Just shut up and be ready for a potentially very painful death!" Grrghk looked at the ground and kicked away a pebble. A couple of moments passed until Grrghk spoke again.

"You ever seen him?"

"Who? The Slayer? Yes." Ungrzkh scoffed but then looked away. "From like, 50 miles away through a telescope."

"What's he like?"

"He is rage. Brutal. Without mercy."

"Think I've heard that somewhere before..."

"I saw him kill three Barons of Hell with a pencil." Grrghk blinked in confusion.

"How'd he get a pencil in Hell?"

"Well I don't fucking know!" Ungrzkh threw his arms up. "He's the goddamned Doom Slayer! Probably took it from the Boss himself!"

"Boss has to do paperwork?" Ungrzkh face palmed hard and slowly dragged his clawed hand sacross his face.

"I swear, if the Slayer doesn't come here first, I will-"

WHAM

"Where's that music coming from?" Grrghk asked looking around.

"Oh for fuck's sake..." Ungrzkh looked at the collossal door.

WHAM

"You and your big mouth, Ungrzkh." Grrghk scolded the other imp who was just about boiling at this point.

WHAM

The chains and wooden beams were slowly giving way under the unrelenting force that was trying to come through.

"Should we call for back up?" Grrghk asked scratching his head.

"Three Barons, one pencil. This rainbow puked world is full of pencils." Ungrzkh replied as one wooden beam got lodged off and flew dangerously close to him.

"Soooo, that's a no?" another beam with a chain attached almost took Grrghk's head off. Ungrzkh put his hands together and looked up.

"Oh please Maykr, let him die first so I can watch." the door finally cracked under the blows from the other side and sprung open, revealing a familiar figure in green armor.

"He looks pissed." Grrghk remarked as the Slayer looked around the cave, hearing the demons talk as screeches and growls.

"He's always pissed." Ungrzkh replied and charged a fireball.

"Yeah..." then Grrghk pulled out a collar behind his back, the mark of the Slayer on the tag. "Probably shouldn't tell him we killed his dog." the fireball in Ungrzkh's hand died out.

"What?" Ungrzkh looked at the collar in disbelief.

"Yeah. I took this as a trophy after I choked one of the heads with it." Grrghk said proudly. "Not so scary after I-" he didn't get to finish his sentence beacuse of the Slayer's blade cutting his head clean off. Ungrzkh smiled, a tear running down his cheek.

"Thank you, Maykr." and his head was torn in half by the Slayer's iron grip.

The two lifeless imp bodies fell to the ground and the Slayer picked up the collar Grrghk was holding. He burned them to ash with his shoulder cannon just for good measure. The Slayer stared at the collar in his hand, his body trembling with rage. Angry or not, he couldn't just leave the door to Hell open so he went towards it and cleared the dirt in front, revealing a carving in the stone.

"Marshmallow." how Luna managed to convince him that this will be the incantation was beyond him. Still, the phrase did it's job and all the torn pieces off the door returned back, undamaged and the gate was sealed once again.

The Slayer turned on his heel and made his way through the prison towards the exit. After a few minutes of walking he heard whimpering and that could only mean one thing. He got into a full-on sprint and raced towards the source. He ran past an empty cage and towards the downed behemoth known as Cerberus. Skidding to a halt and kneeling beside the beast, he took of his helmet and petted the last living head of Cerberus.

"Cerberus..." the dog instantly recognized it's master and leaned it's head closer. The Slayer knew it was on it's last breaths and hugged the dog's large head. "It's okay. You can rest now." he stayed with him until the end. Once the guardian of Tartarus took his last breath, the Slayer closed it's eyes, grabbed his helmet and stood up.

With slow and heavy steps, he continued his trek towards the exit and saw sunlight coming from afar. Moments later he was out in the open and took a deep breath.

But there was work to be done. He could see smoke in the distance and could feel that harmony was distrubed. The Slayer put his helmet back on and the HUD appeared on his visor.

"Argent energy readings positive. Demonic invasion in progress." came the voice of VEGA. The Slayer grit his teeth and the combat shotgun metrialized in his hands. "There are no satellites to provide GPS location." the Slayer didn't need directions. He knew where he was.

He was home.

Author's Note

Just a little something to hold you over until chapter 3

I'm thinking about making these omakes a thing. Thoughts?