Prologue
Settling a Grudge
Hidden Chamber in Hell
9:33 p.m.
Within the massive camber lay the mangled body of a gigantic monstrous being…
The creature was skeletal in appearance. It had six bony arms that each ended in three fingered claws with long, razor sharp talons. The torso was adorned with internal muscles and sported broad, spiked shoulders. The most prominent feature of the beast was its head. The head itself resembled a goat skull; however, it had soulless white eyes and part of the forehead was missing revealing an exposed, pulsing brain.
This was the infamous Icon of Sin.
Standing on a cliff above a river of lava was a man wearing a suit of heavy armor….
The suit the man was wearing mostly dark green, silver, black, red in some spots, and bronze in color, with slightly lighter legs and helmet. The helmet itself featured a polarized teal visor containing a built in holographic heads-up display.
His name is Jonathan Flyn Taggert, though he went by another, more infamous name:
The Doom Slayer
Just a few minutes ago, John had just completed his last and most difficult mission:
After chasing the chairman of the Union Aerospace Corporation, or the UAC for short, Dr. Samuel Hayden back to Hell, John discovered why Hayden stole the Crucible: To use it to awaken the Icon of Sin that lie dormant in Necropolis. In the process, not only did Hayden fully awaken the demonic monster, but he also merged himself with the Icon of Sin's brain.
This was undoubtedly the most difficult fight John had been through.
But in the end, John prevailed. Which brings us to where we are now…
Behind his visor, John scowled at the Icon of Sin.
"Time to end this once and for all", John thought. He raised his BFG 9000 to eye level, took aim and pulled the trigger. A large emerald orb of plasma shot through the air.
"NOOOOOOOOOO- ", the disembodied voice of Dr. Hayden cried out in desperate fear, but it was too late.
KKKKKRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAKKKKKKKOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!
The Spherical charge of plasma struck the Icon of Sin's exposed brain. As the 'keeper' of this chamber began to die, explosions engulfed the abomination's body. Until…
KKKKKKAAAAAAAWWWWWHHHHHOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMM!
Like if one had combined the devastation of a Volcano with the spectacle of fireworks, the Icon of Sin exploded. When the explosion died down, there was not a thing that remained of the beast and with it, Dr. Samuel Hayden. Returning the BFG into his backpack, the scourge of hell smirked.
"That was for you, Daisy."
John look around him and noticed that all the monsters spawned by the Icon of Sin were dead. With the Icon of Sin dead and Argent D'Nur separated from Hell itself, they not only did they now have no source of argent energy to empower themselves, but they were now vulnerable to the Wraiths' fury.
He had done it. John Taggert did the impossible.
He finally killed Hell itself, once and for all.
But just as he was about climb up the teleporter and leave, the ground suddenly started to shake. Massive rocks started falling from the ceiling. John tried to climb to the teleporter, but it was no use. The falling debris blocked the teleporter out of the chamber. To make matters worse, the tether system Hayden installed into John's suit, the Praetor suit, was disabled by the doctor himself. With no hope of escaping, John began to say his last words…
"Well, I guess this is it", John said to himself. "It was quite a ride. "But it's like they say: 'Some things don't come without a sacrifice….' ...Daisy…looks like I'll be joining you soon", he said with a smile.
But just as a falling stalactite was about to impale him, his tether system sparked back to life and engulfed him in a familiar green light, saving him from immanent death…