DoomPet

Chapter 26

Their first sight was of a large titan with its hands bound to rocky spires. Cherry red molten lava poured from its eyes into a pool of the hot liquid in front of them. Behind the chained beast rose the main tower.

The three made short work of the few fodder demons that ran at them while Samuel kept his distance from the fighting. It seemed eerily silent for such a hellish place. Such a wide open area without even a single cacodemon or gargoyle in the sky was rare in hell.

They worked their way into the closest temple looking structure. A strange silence hung in the air between the four comrades. Between the lack of Vega's chipper banter and the looming threat of the battle to come, it was hard to think of anything else. After walking down several long and twisting hallways, they came to a large open area.

Samuel pointed, directing them, "See that gate," he motioned to a huge metal door covered in demonic sigils, "Stand on that glowing green platform until the gate opens and be careful. I'm sure there are demons nearby." He stood back.

The Slayer walked over to the circular green platform and as soon as he touched it the green light disappeared and a tyrant appeared in a wall of flames in front of him.

The marauder didn't waste a second and was immediately blasting the demon with his super shotgun.

The beast roared as the Slayer starting chain gunning it's tough hide, ripping chunks of flesh off.

Daisy slipped between the fire, flying up above the demon, and ramming the spikes of the BFG into its skull. Blood poured from its mouth, splattering the ground as she pulled the trigger and vaporized whatever brain matter was between the spikes, effectively taking a chunk out of the tyrant's head.

The Slayer was impressed and proud but he didn't have time to congratulate her as other demons began flooding into the arena.

As his muscles worked and bulged under his armor, he realized that it was significantly easier to fight. He didn't have to dash around the arena taking shots at the demons. He could almost plant himself in place and take them on with the help of the marauder and Daisy.

The marauder finished a particularly annoying carcass with a swipe of his axe, crunching its skull into the ground with a stomp.

Daisy bit the head off a whiplash and leaped to her next victim as the demon's body writhed and hit the floor.

The Slayer barely broke into a sweat while fighting a cyber mancubus that wandered into the arena. The eerie silence took over once more now that the arena was cleared of the demonic presence. He walked over and stood on the glowing green platform. The three rings that hovered above it slowly sunk down into the ground and opened the huge door that led down into a pit.

"Wait, we have to jump down there?" The marauder glanced at the drop all the way down to the stone floor below. It had to be at least a hundred feet.

'Daisy will glide. I guess you don't have a praetor suit to stop the fall from hurting you...' the Slayer looked over at him, 'I have an idea.'

"What is it?" Before the marauder could even look over at the Slayer he was being scooped up bridal style. "W-what are you doing!" He glanced around hoping no one saw, and he was immediately trying to hide a blush forming across his face. "I have some reputation to uphold you know! I can't be seen just leaping into your arms- OH CHRIST NO NO NO!"

The Slayer leaped over the edge holding the marauder close to him. He expected it to be more romantic, but the marauder screamed in terror the whole way down. Just before they splattered on the floor, he activated the rockets in his boots, stopping the brunt of the fall from hurting them, and they landed on the floor in one piece. The Slayer didn't account for the extra weight he was holding and stumbled forwards, dropping the marauder and tumbling over him.