DoomPet

Chapter 7

The Slayer gasped and sat up, a cold clammy sweat made his heart race. Steam... he needed to burn off some steam. His heart pounded as if he was knee deep in the dead.

He groaned and got up out of bed. Daisy, who was curled up at the foot of his bed, stirred slightly and let out a weak chirp. The marauder was laying on his own mattress on the floor, his arms and legs stretched out. The Slayer watched as the demon's chest rose and fell, and the tiny snore came out of the demon's nose.

He remembered now, after they ate, they finished up cleaning the armor and then he fell asleep in his room while the two demons rested and watched a movie out in the workshop. How long had he slept? He held up his hand and Vega chimed into his helmet so as not to wake up the demons.

"It's 4:51 AM."

The Slayer carefully stood up and tiptoed out into the workshop, grabbing his arsenal off the wall, and slipping each gun into his storage puck.

He grabbed his trusty super shotgun, feeling along the long smooth metal of the barrels. A shiver ran down his spine. While, yes, he should be resting his arm, he decided he was going out.

He needed to. The lust for killing demons couldn't be satisfied by good company and food. He turned, to look over his shoulder at the sleeping figures in his bedroom before leaving. He hoped they wouldn't mind him mercilessly killing their brothers and sisters. He quietly put his armor on and headed to the main deck with the portal.

Vega could see the man's intentions and silently powered up the portal. He watched as the man turned around and gave Vega's speakers a nod and a wave before stepping back to Taras Nabad to finally retrieve his crucible, and this time he wouldn't be forced to leave due to injuries.

A while after he left the marauder stirred from his rest on his mattress. He was fine with sleeping on the floor but he did envy Daisy's prime real estate on the Slayer's cushy bed, but she wasn't there any more.

He got up and wandered through the hallways, poking his head into the bathroom, kitchen, and even the hull of the ship. Where the hell did Doomguy go? He paused and thought for a second, the cool air coming up from the hull made him shiver. He walked up to the main deck and found Daisy begging at the portal, trying to get Vega to let her through.

"No. Bad Daisy." Vega sighed as she scratched at the portal frame. It was so pathetic he almost wanted to open it for her.

"Screech."

"Daisy."

"SCREEECH!"

"Dai-"

"SCREEEEEECCCCHHHH!!"

The marauder scooped Daisy up despite her protests, "Hey he just left he'll be back in a little bit."

Daisy whined and nodded. She looked absolutely pathetic. Why would the Slayer leave without her? She was too weak, did he not want to fight with her anymore?

"Hey come on, you wanna wait for him to come back?" He gently poked the demon's wings.

Daisy perked up and nodded. In a flurry and wings and blades she kicked herself out of his arms and landed on the metal floor with a thud.

"Vega, could you send us some breakfast?" He hopped up on a console, careful not to sit on anything that looked too important. The last thing he wanted was his ass setting off an alarm.

"Of course!" Vega's voice had a pleasant ring to it. "Also would you be willing to answer a few questions for me?" A bot hovered in with some apple sauce and a container of some yogurt.