VASHOOM!!! The fireball slammed into Taggart's back and he was thrown to the ground. His shotgun went flying away, dislodged by the force of the impact. "Shit!!!" he thought as he spun around, crouched down, pulled out his pistol and emptied five bullets into the imp's chest. Bam-bam-bam-bam-bam! The imp screamed in agony and fell to the ground in a lifeless heap. "Can't get over how painful that still is after all this time."

General Flyn 'Fly' Taggart was a battle-hardened UAC military veteran, having fought the forces of hell on several fronts already: the Phobos and Diemos moon bases, Hell itself, Hell beneath, a UAC starport, an Earth city and Hell again. This time he was fighting the undead scourge at the Necropolis, the last dimension under the savage rule of 'Those bastard demons'. He had killed so many demon leaders already by now; the Spider Mastermind, the vile cyberdemon lord Babel and the icon of sin itself, Baphomet! Yet someone or something was respawning many of the demons Taggart had obliterated. The 'someone or something' had been codenamed by the UAC simply as 'Fear', an unusual name but Taggart was full of fear himself by now, after all the demonic entities he had faced in his journeys!

'Fear' was said to be located at the centre of the Necropolis, in an area known as 'The Dark Castle', which didn't sound too appealing on the job description.

Yet Taggart was the only one who knew enough about the monsters to be savvy enough to enter the Necropolis!

By now he was only three buildings away from the Dark Castle, having just killed the last imp in the first building! "Won't be long till I can kick some large scale demon ass!" Taggart thought aloud.

He reached the second building, a small outpost, and as soon as he materialised on the teleportal pad he began firing away fiercely with his pistol, killing two former humans and a former human sergeant. "Good, a new shotgun." Taggart picked up the now blood-stained weapon and looked about. Nothing! The room was empty except for a few stolen UAC cargo containers, a plasma rifle and some energy cells. Taggart picked the gun up and began loading it.

This appeared to be all the outpost was; a fairly large room with a few crates and former humans. There had to be more to it than that… and there was, for at that very moment a pink, flesh-coloured demon came out from behind one of the crates and lunged itself at Taggart. "Whooagh!" The demon let rip its evil cry as it bounded forward. Still in the process of locking the energy cell in place, Taggart used the plasma gun as a bat, thwacking the demon round the head with it. "Yeah, take that you festering piece of slime!" Taggart shouted as the demon reeled back with a pain-filled grunt. Taggart finished loading the plasma rifle and pulled the trigger. Uncountable plasma blasts flew towards the demon, atomising it quickly, but that was still pretty easy compared to what Taggart had done before. After all, this was only a small outpost! The path ahead to the Dark Castle couldn't be too dangerous, could it? Could it? Taggart had no idea of the danger that would face him next or the creatures he would encounter. And what about the inevitable battle with 'Fear' or Tornatron, as the creature called itself…

Deep in the Dark Castle, Tornatron sat on his throne observing Taggart's previous battles against the demons through a crystal ball.

"The man fights with the ferocity of a demon, yet he is human," Tornatron said in a deep, rumbling voice. "I look forward to encountering him in battle! Servant! Come, and come quickly!" A Hell Knight rushed up.

"Yes, my lord, how may I serve my master?"

"You are to observe this human warrior in battle personally and then report back to me."

"By your command, master."

"Well, what are you waiting for? Get to it!"

"Oh, yes"

The hell knight left. "You shall fall before me, human,, no matter your strength. HA HA HA!!"

Taggart emptied the plasma rifle's ammo into the mancubus and it slumped to the ground with a groan. "One down, and a lot more to go!" he said. Suddenly, a red horny Cacodemon appeared in front of him and before it could even do anything it was a heap of brains and guts on the ground. "That was too quick! Oh well, on to the Dark Castle and my big fight". Little did he know that Tornatron's servant had been watching him, ready to take a full report back to his master…