DoomPet

Chapter 93

Haine watched that finger be dragged across the Slayer's neck. It was really just a childish threat, but it made him reconsider his current plans. He watched a whole horde be brutally slaughtered and now another one with this most recent arena.

Devo sat beside him in their little make shift control room. "At least Crüe doesn't seem visibly abused." His knee bounced under the table. "So I was thinking out next line of action-"

"Pull everyone." Haine announced.

"Wait, just let the Slayer waltz right through this facility?" He stood, his chair flying back, "Haine!"

"He's just going to kill them, it isn't even wearing him down! I can control everything I need from these consoles." They were perched at the very peak of one of the stations hidden in a tiny control room. Hain turned and relayed that information to the rest of the demons in the room. They all nodded and hurriedly dialed their respective stations, telling them to rush back or hide.

Bell watched, unsure of the "masterful" tactics Haine was pulling. He could have spread those demons out on the first deck more, preventing the whole slaughter that happened.

Her dear friend stood beside her, a tall cyberdemon with no name. Cyberdemons rarely did names and she was no exception. "Bell, are you sure about this?"

She shrugged, not exactly being the beaming ray of confidence Haine or Devo were hoping for. "He improved from the first fight on the deck to now, we have time to put demons back in if this goes wrong."

The dreadknight and the lost souls that were supposed to be lingering in the hallway, waiting for the Slayer to return dove into a portal. Haine rushed over to a console and tapped a few key buttons and switches. "Just give me one more shot then you two can take over with the old way of throwing a few dozen demons to the Sayer until he kills everyone."

The cyberdemon laughed, her shoulders rolling back, then she leaned down, pointing at Haine, "Such a petulant, foolish child."

The bold marauder glared back at her, "Such an old, disgusting hag."

Bell smashed her hoof into the ground calling for a truce between the two of them, "Enough, Haine, prove your worth, or get out of the fucking way." She exhaled like a bull, flames shooting out of her lungs, dancing across her lips and nose.

The Slayer walked into the hallway and a laser mounted into the ceiling powered on, and he was hit square in the head with a blast from the beam. He crumpled to the floor, Crüe rushing over. It was a cosmetic wound, only denting the armor and chipping away at a bit of his health. Yet, the command room erupted in cheers, and Haine smiled at the cyberdemon. The Slayer grabbed Crüe and Daisy and hurried them out of the hallway, stopping the attack. He still clutched his head, and Haine felt a bloom of confidence.

Control was conceited to him yet again, and now it was firmly in his hands.

He poured over a map in the room, tracing his fingers over the pathway they would be taking. "It's going to be a while before I can engage again. Once they ride this shipping container up to this level I could start to attack them again."

Devo gave him a worried glance, "We'd be losing a lot of ground for that."

Bell nodded her head, "Then so be it. If this wears them down, you boys know what to do once they reach the levels below the facility."

Devo and Haine nodded. Despite all the swirling panicked chaos happening around them with calls being made and a thousand screens, they had one goal on their minds: to get Crüe back.

It was almost comical how cautious the Slayer was being. He crept around every corner, his gun perpetually at the ready. He was itching to shoot at anything that moved. Yet Haine smiled down on him as he struggled to comprehend the lack of demons. He felt Devo tap his shoulder and he turned around.