Hey guys, Diamond here for the new story's introduction. I'll have a list of what weapons he has at the end of the intro, for now just read on.
By the way, this was inspired by zrocker119 and Wraith002. Those guys rock and did something similar to this. So, go ahead and read their works, plus I don't own Doom nor Mass Effect. Needed to make that known for some reason.
Oh and zrocker, Wraith, if you guys see this, you guys inspired me to make this.
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{Earth 2018, Tennessee}
POV: Jeremy Jager
"Be safe out there! I don't want you to be late and have me worry about you tomorrow." Said the woman behind the counter to the post office I worked at.
"I will Cassie, I'll just be walking home. I doubt too much can happen to me since I live close by." I say to my manager, named Cassie, as I'm leaving the post office.
I then start walking out into the small parking area to go across the street. Working here is fine, $15 dollars an hour, nice coworkers and nice people that come in, and I live close enough to home that I don't even need a bike or car to get there. I actually like the job, plus I get a little bit of walking in everyday from it.
As I'm walking by the street I see that I'm getting close to home. Since I don't work ungodly number of hours each day, I get to play video games that I have at home. I had recently gotten Doom (2016) two years after it came out and I'm ready to play it. I've seen playthroughs, but I like to play the games themselves, instead of trusting some person's opinion on it (not that it matters).
As I get ready to walk across the street to get into my driveway, I see a car speeding around the curve in the street while swerving slightly. Fortunately, it didn't get close to me and swerved into the wrong lane, unfortunately it swerved into oncoming traffic causing a wreck. I would honestly have been concerned with both driver's health since they got into a wreck. Key words would and have, instead the drunk actually crashed into the other car in a way that a hubcapflew off and was somehow sharp enough to decapitate someone. How I know this is because I saw it fly towards me one second, and the next I see a somewhat aerial view of my body without its head.
"Well, shit." Is all I thought at my last second alive, before my head hit the ground.
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"Well, shit." I say as soon as my eyes opened, feeling confused. I sat up and looked around, seeing nothing but a vast white expanse. I got really confused when I found out my head is still attached to my body, as well as being in a white void.
"Okay, I'm dead. Does that mean this is Purgatory?" I ask no-one but myself, allowing my confusion to grow even further. What is this place, because there are no signs showing this place as Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory?
"Not quite Young One, you are in my realm." I heard an angelic voice say to my right, causing confusion and me turning towards it. And I am shocked at who I see there.
"What is it Young One?" The Librarian from Halo asked, a slight smirk on her face.
"You're the Librarian, from the video game series Halo! I'm just shocked meeting you after I died." I exclaim in surprise, though the last part of what I said got her to sadden a bit.
"I am, though it is sad that someone so young died in such a ridiculous way. I always hate it when those as young as yourself die so early." She said, sadness clearly evident in her voice. Which caused me to be somewhat sad myself, considering how I died.
"Well what happens to me now?" I ask her, trying to change the subject before either of us get depressed.
"You are going to be sent to two universes to save one and change the end of another. You will be sent to one, to prepare for the other." She said to me, thankful for me changing the subject.
"Well, I can't exactly go back home now. So why not help others." I say, as a way of agreeing with her. I'm confused as to where I'm going, but she will either tell me or I will figure it out soon enough.
"I'm glad that you're trying to take this in stride. I wish you luck on your journey, Jeremy." She said as light from all around started to blind me, before it went dark and me being unconscious.
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{Mars UAC Facility 2095, Doom}
Blackness, that's all I saw, just blackness. I started to get bored quickly but then I heard a voice.
"They are rage, brutal, without mercy. But you, you will be worse. Rip and Tear, until it is done." I hear the voice say as I start to see a glowing red sigil be formed.
I then open my eye and see a stone slab with the symbol above me, I then look around blearily and see two malfunctioning mechanical arms on either side of me towards my feet. I then try and bring my hands to my face, only to find them in very rusty shackles, and me wearing nothing. I then hear a strange mix of a gurgling and growling and something shambling towards me on my right side. I then double my efforts of breaking free as whatever that thing is was getting closer, only for the shackle to break finally.
I then on instinct back-handed the creature and grabbed at the hole where its' eye is supposed to be, causing it to growl and start snapping at my hand that was just barely out of its' reach. I then slammed its' head onto whatever it was I was laying on, causing its' head to burst like an egg being hit by a sledgehammer, leaving barley anything of its' head left.
I then broke the other shackle and noticed more shambling forms on the other side of the room. I then get up and see a futuristic pistol of some kind laying next to a runic circle, I then jump down and grab it. I then get up and headshot the two creatures in front of me, causing a fountain of blood to gush out from their necks. I turn around and noticed another and did the same to them.
After it was all clear I decided to check out my new gun, causing the slide to go back and reveal a blue power core and to flaps to open up at the barrel. It even had a Mahogany wood finish on the grip, meaning this gun was proudly owned by whoever owned it.
"Cool." I said, in awe of the gun since it was also well taken care of. I then noticed a computer panel on the wall next to the door out of here. I walked towards it.
I got to it and noticed it saying [Playback Available] to which I pressed a button saying [Begin Playback]. I then see a woman who looks entirely naked, save for her being mostly robotic, walk through the door and head towards the center of the room. I then see the table I was laying on previously was actually a sarcophagus and people were kneeling in a praying position around it.
"We have to contain this…" I hear the woman say as she walked up to it. The playback ended, and I notice that the door opened up into another room. To which I walked into with my pistol raised. I walk inside and see another open sarcophagus, holding the Praetor Suit.
"No way, I'm in fucking Doom." I said as I both fanboyed at the suit and scared at the implications it meant. I looked to my left and saw a mirror showing me looking completely jacked. I still had the same face but more angled, and my eyes were still the same hazel coloring but with a bit of red mixed into it.
"And I'm Doomguy as well. Eh, it could be worse." I say, thinking of anime like Attack on Titan or a certain harem anime with a boob-loving protagonist with a dragon gauntlet (Yeah, no. Don't want none of that shit). I then reach for the Praetor Suit and touch the chest piece.
As soon as I touched it a series of images hit me. One showed a tower with energy coming out the top. Another was closing in on a door. The next was going down a hallway. The one after that showed a strange Gore Nest. The one after showed the Crucible. And the final showed a ball of energy.
Once those passed I was already wearing my armor and was holding my helmet. I felt a little disappointed I didn't put the armor on myself, but I then brushed off some imaginary dirt off the symbol on my helmet and put it on.
I then look to my left and see a monitor saying [DEMONIC INVASION IN PROGRESS] to which I hit a button below it saying [Status Report].
INITIATING SCAN
SCAN COMPLETE
REPORT ERROR
BASE CASUALTIES: UNAVAILABLE
FACILITY DAMAGE: UNAVAILABLE
THREAT LEVEL: UNAVAILABLE
ATTACK ORIGIN: UNAVAILABLE
ANALYZING ERROR
SATELLITE DISH ARRAY: OFFLINE
SCANNING…
TRACEROUTE
NODE 1 - OFFLINE
NODE 2 - OFFLINE
NODE 3 – ERROR
"Cannot determine the cause of the Demonic invasion until the Res Ops Satellite is brought back online." I hear the female voice of the station say at the end of the report. It then showed that there was an alignment error with its main power offline. That's when it showed that there was an incoming voice call. I pushed accept.
"Welcome, I'm Dr. Samuel Hayden, I'm the head of this facility. I think we can work together and resolve this problem in a way that benefits us both." I hear from Hayden through the monitor.
"Well Doc, I'm all ears if you have a solution to the Demons." I say back to him, after all, I could use all the help I could get.
"Strange, the medical reports on you suggest that you wouldn't be able to talk. I'll tell you more on the elevator." Hayden says to me before hanging up. I then push the monitor away and head for said elevator. I then went into a hallway and came upon one of those creatures. I then stomped my foot onto its knee and punched its head into oblivion just after. I then proceeded to kill three more of these creatures before coming to some stairs. I could barely see anything since the lights were out and hazard lights were on, but when I got to the door I noticed half the body of a soldier clutching a Combat Shotgun in their hands. I then proceeded to take the shotgun out of their hands, causing the body to move forward and let the door fully close. I then checked the shotgun out a little bit before opening the door to an entryway.
Once I entered I see a small demon drop from the ceiling and growl at me, but I also see fear in its eye. I raise my new Combat Shotgun and shoot one of its' legs off, causing it to fall to the floor. I walk up to it slowly to see its reaction, to which I see fear etched onto its' face, causing me to chuckle a bit as I put the barrel in its' mouth and pulling the trigger. It caused its' head to no longer exist, leaving a huge blood splatter on the floor. I can't bring myself to hate doing this kind of thing, they deserve it after all.
I then proceeded out of one of the doorways into a large blood-covered room.
"Demonic presence at unsafe levels. Lockdown in effect." I hear the station say I see a Gore Nest in the middle of the room, to which I ignored the creatures from before that were here now and destroyed it. After that a wave of demons, that I believe are called Imps, came in and I decimated them all.
"Demonic presence eliminated. Lockdown disengaged." The station said as I see a red holographic lock on a door turn green and open. I then walked into the hallway and saw the woman from before appearing.
"He cannot be allowed to leave this place. He would ruin everything." She said before disappearing. I then walked into the elevator and pressed the up button. I then noticed another voice comm.
"I'm willing to take full responsibility for the horrible events of the last 24 hours, but you must understand, our interest in their world was purely for the betterment of mankind." Hayden said, to which I looked down at a scientist that had his guts ripped out his chest with what looked like him trying to put them back in.
"If it was for the betterment of mankind you wouldn't have tried to take their energy Doc. People needlessly died for that energy and demons are running free now because of it." I said, anger clearly seeping into my tone.
"Everything has clearly gotten out of hand now, yes, but it was worth the risk. I assure you." Hayden said, thinking that the ends justified the means.
"That remains to be seen." I say, pissed beyond belief, and busted the switch with my fist. I'll trust him for now.
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I just finished taking down the Spider-Mastermind I then walked towards it slowly. I stomped my foot down on its' lower jaw and shoved the BFG-9000 into its' mouth and down its' throat charging it up. I looked it in the eyes as it was charging up and saw the look of realization come across its' features before the entire head and most of its upper brain thing blew up into oblivion.
As I admired my handiwork I was surrounded by a blue light and lifted into the air. As soon as the light faded I was in a dark room with a lit walkway going to a doorway.
"You've won, it's over. You stopped the invasion and closed the portal. But it's come at a price – Argent. VEGA. This entire operation. You see, I've watched you work – come to understand your motivation. You think the only way is to kill them all – leave nothing behind – and you may be right. But we can't just shut it all down. Without Argent Energy it will be worse. I don't expect you to agree." Dr. Samuel Hayden said to me as he paced around.
"You don't know why I do what I do Hayden. And damn this operation due to how many it killed for this energy. Humanity doesn't need Argent Energy, we can't use it without it killing us. We'd essentially be putting a gun to our head by doing this." I said to Hayden. Trying to get it through his thick robotic skull.
He then pulled the Crucible away from me. "But with this we can continue our work." He said while gesturing towards it.
"I am not the villain in this story. I do what I do because there's no choice." Hayden said while gesturing to himself.
"There's always a choice Hayden. Argent Energy is not one of them. Give Humanity time and it will rebuild and come with new energy." I say to Hayden, trying to keep calm as this arrogant prick is putting himself on a pedestal.
"Re-routing tether coordinates… Complete." I hear the station say. I then try and reach for the Crucible only to see Hayden pull it away and electricity act like shackles preventing me from moving.
"Our time is up. I can't kill you – but I won't have you standing in our way. Until we see each other again." Hayden said after activating the Crucible. He then turned around to leave.
While he was monologuing, I was conserving my strength to grab the Crucible before I was tethered away. When he turned around I broke free and lunged, grabbing the arm holding the Crucible.
"Not going to happen." I say as I ripped his robotic arm off as I tethered away.
"NO!" I hear that bastard who betrayed me scream as I was teleported, giving me some very good satisfaction.
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{The Librarians Void}
I was then teleported someplace else. When my eyes cleared I opened my eyes to a familiar white void.
"You know, after going to Hell so many times. I didn't expect to be brought back to Purgatory." I say with a smile underneath my helmet. Happy that that whole ordeal is over with.
"Yes, Young One, I thought it fitting." I hear the Librarian say as she walked up to me. Genuine happiness that I am fine showed on her face.
"Excuse me but, where are we?" I hear VEGA say through my suit's speakers. VEGA was silent through the whole conversation with me and Hayden.
"Ah, I see you also saved the ancilla. That was very smart of you. But you may want to keep him hidden where you are going." The Librarian said to me, proud that I thought ahead and made a backup of VEGA.
"Where are we going?" I ask her, truly curious of where we're going. Scared, no. I lost my fear long ago when I started killing demons.
"Mass Effect. That is where you are going." She said as everything became brighter. Bright enough to blind me, then darkness as I was knocked out.
{END OF CHAPTER}
Well that's the end of this Introduction. I hope you guys enjoyed and found the change in writing style to be better. Other than that I have the list of everything Jeremy has in his Pocket Dimension Arsenal:
Pistol with Wood grip finish: Unlimited Ammo, No Reload
Combat Shotgun: Grenade Launcher attachment, Three Round Burst Attachment
Heavy Assault Riffle (HAR): Rocket Pod Attachment, Scope Attachment
Vortex Rifle: Sniper Rifle Found in UAC Armory
Plasma Gun: Stun Bomb Attachment, Heat Blast Attachment. Plasma Automatic Rifle
Chainsaw
Gauss Cannon: Siege Mode, Precision Bolt Attachment
BFG-9000: The Big Fucking Gun 9000. Fires a giant green globule that destroys anything in its path at a molecular level.
Chaingun: Gatling Rotator Attachment, Mobile Turret Mode
Rocket Launcher: Remote Detonation Mode, Lock-on Burst Mode
Hellshot: Received in Hell. Igneous Attachment (Can cause flame damage over Time.) Demon Semi-Automatic Rifle
Fists: Instead of there being a Berserker Power-Up, Jeremy gets extremely pissed off enough to where he just uses his fist to kill everything in sight.
Super Shotgun: Manual Reload.
Those are all the weapons, with two multiplayer weapons in there for added measure. I was going to add the Burst Rifle, but then thought of him having essentially ANOTHER assault rifle that he wouldn't even use. The Hellshot is there because its' a weapon made in Hell, Doomslayer would be all over that shit. And the Vortex Rifle because the Gauss Cannon is not a Sniper Rifle, it may act like one but it's a CANNON, not a rifle. The Vortex Rifle is there to fill in that space and provide Jeremy more mobility than he has with the Gauss Cannon.
Well that is all for that. Looks like Jeremy is heading for Mass Effect next, with a huge arsenal and a Hell of a lot of experience. Get it? Of course you did, anyway that's all for now, going to pick this up tomorrow.
Diamond out.