The Ultimate Badass

"There Can Only Be One…Who Will It Be?"

(Note: This story includes characters mostly from games but also from TV, comics, books and movies. If you do not recognize some of them you might want to look them up before continuing reading as some are better known than others. Please bear in mind the characters I have chosen are based off my personal favourites.)

Prologue: Have you ever asked yourself what would happen, if the greatest warriors, heroes or anti-heroes…it doesn't matter really, all came together to battle it out? Well I have…my name is Xiu, I am part of a race named the Shundi and we live in a universe parallel to that of Humanity. Our technology is unsurpassed, our wealth unimaginable…we live in a time of great decadence. I am from a family that is considered "well off" by the standards of our people but by the standards of Humanity it would be infinitely wealthy. I once remember hearing from a friend of my fathers that a form of perfect entertainment was all our race truly needed. Since then I have dedicated my life and wealth to building that perfect entertainment…that is how the Voidatorium was born. What is the Voidatorium you ask…it is a complex autonomous machine/ building that sits outside normal time and space. It allows me to bring warriors from various places in time and space to fight it out in a virtual arena. During this time their own reality is frozen in time so that there are no consequences to the space time continuum. Upon being defeated by an opponent they will return to their own reality and time will continue to flow. They will have no memory of what they do here. We Shundi are not foolish enough to allow the consequences of the Butterfly Effect to ruin our entertainment; the Voidatorium lives outside such things.

Chapter 1: Let The Games Begin

Xiu stood overlooking the control room of the Voidatorium, he had worked so hard for this moment, spent so much money for it…and this wonder was finally complete.

'Status Zanya' he said, speaking to the woman at the head of all the controls.

Zanya turned to Xiu 'almost ready sir, we're just running a final check.'

'Good' Xiu replied smiling 'soon the games will begin…and all across our universe people will be gambling on who will be the last one standing.'

Xiu thought back over the years that had passed, he had had multiple meetings with the royal family on their home world, promising them that he could full fill what he originally set out to do. He would not disappoint them.

'Run me through the list of contestants you've chosen again' Xiu said to Zanya.

Bringing up the list Zanya sighed 'we have a total of 52, which is larger than we originally planned, but that shouldn't be a problem…some are stronger than others. Which means a few of them will probably get taken out fairly fast.'

Xiu looked at the holographic display of each of the choices as they went by 'colourful group aren't they.'

'All very much one man…or woman armies in their own right' Zanya replied 'they have all done great things.'

'So the question is…who has done more' Xiu continued smiling.

Indicating to the first one on the list Xiu pointed 'show me this one again.'

Zanya brought the man up on the holographic display 'William Joseph "BJ" Blazkowicz, 49, American- Polish, famous for killing Nazi's…no ordinary Nazi's either.'

'How's that' Xiu asked frowning 'I thought the Nazi's were a fairly weak threat in Humanities' history.'

'In his world Nazi's won the war…but he fought back anyway' Zanya replied.

Xiu smiled 'I like the sound of him…when everything is ready we'll start with him, begin placing everyone into the arena. One by one I'll inform them of the situation, just be sure none of them run into each other before then.'

Zanya simply nodded in reply and turned back to the controls.

When the flash of light died down BJ found himself in a massive ruined city…how had he got here? Was this some sort of Nazi trap?

A voice from above drew his attention and he looked up to see a face not far above him 'hello, pleased to meet you William…or may I call you BJ.'

BJ frowned, what the hell was going on…was he dreaming? The man on the screen looked odd and certainly not Human, though he was generally Human shaped his skin was an odd dark colour and his hair was abnormally white.

'Who are you' BJ asked 'what is this place?'

'My name is unimportant, what is important is that you are now in an arena of battle…one of life or death…you will be meeting many strange and bizarre opponents here…your life depends on winning BJ…as does theirs.'

'What about my home, how do I get back' BJ asked angrily.

'If you survive then I will send you back home…and I am a man of my word' Xiu replied smiling at him.

Crossing his arms over his chest BJ said 'I don't kill for pleasure, nor because I'm being blackmailed…I do it because I have to.'

Xiu's face fell into a grimace 'then you can die…either way it makes no difference to me…you'll see that either way I am the one in control here…and I am giving you a fair deal. One last thing before I leave, you'll find a watch on your wrist…you can access your weapons and gadgets from there. I think you'll find we know you about as well as you know yourself.'

BJ glared 'don't be so sure, you might know what weapons I use and my gadgets…maybe even my abilities and history…but there is more to a person than that.'

With that the hologram vanished and BJ was left alone on the street, looking around at the ruins.

Zanya was staring at Xiu 'you didn't say you were going to lie to the contestants like this.'

'How else would I get them to fight' Xiu replied smiling 'they need to think their lives are on the line…they will return home either way…there is no real threat.'

The two of them were silent for a moment then Xiu added 'don't forget Zanya you asked for this job…and it was our people that wanted these matches to be to the death…but fortunately the royals agreed with me against that.'

BJ walked for some time but didn't find anyone, he wondered to himself, what was happening in his own world? Was the resistance surviving without him, was Anya still ok?

He was woken from his thought by the sound of gun fire and moved into hiding behind a wrecked car. He used the watch device to create two pistols and put them at his side then a combat shotgun and put it on his back and finally he created an assault rifle to carry as a main weapon. The real question was though…what kind of opponents was he up against?

He slowly flanked the position, holding his assault rifle ready…he couldn't see anyone out on the street…only rubble and wrecked vehicles.

Suddenly he felt a gun pressed to the side of his head, a pistol from what he could tell 'I'd drop the gun if were you.'

BJ was hesitant to drop it but he felt the gun press harder against his head 'drop it!'

He dropped it and raised his hands 'look, I think there's been a misunderstanding, I don't where I am.'

BJ felt a slight hesitation in the gun 'really…there's a coincidence…neither do I.'

Turning his head slightly he saw a big guy in a red vest and blue jeans staring at him, he had a ridiculously stylish hair cut for the situation.

Gesturing to his arm he said 'you a Nazi or something?'

Seeing the brand on his coat BJ shook his 'no…I took this from one.'

The guy raised his eyebrow 'ok…if I lower my gun…you gonna be cool?'

BJ nodded and the big guy lowered his gun 'why were you shooting at me?'

'I wasn't' BJ said 'I heard the shots though.'

Looking around the guy frowned 'then someone else is still out there…' he began to walk off but BJ stopped him.

'Wait, who are you' he asked.

The guy looked surprised 'jesus you don't know, where am I Mars…I'm Duke Nukem.'

He said the name like it was supposed to mean something…but BJ had never heard it before.

'What's yours' Duke asked curiously.

'Well everyone calls me BJ' he said 'but my name is William.'

Duke gave him a long look, raising an eyebrow then burst out laughing 'that's hilarious…what kind of stupid nickname is that.'

'What's wrong with BJ' he said angrily.

Duke was about to reply when a gunshot almost hit them and they ducked down 'son of a bitch, I'm gonna blow that fuckers head off' Duke said angrily.

Diving out of cover Duke pulled out a gun BJ had never seen before and began firing.

BJ grabbed his gun and moved for cover, looking for the source of the earlier gunfire but he could see nothing through the dust being kicked up.

Suddenly, out of the smoke a green light started to get brighter and brighter then a massive ball of something came flying out and straight towards Duke 'holy shit' Duke just had time to say and leapt aside.

Everything behind Duke got blown to hell…but he managed to just survive.

As the dust cleared a figure came stepping out of the smoke…he was dressed in green armour…he already had blood on him…and he was carrying the biggest most terrifying looking gun BJ has ever seen.

Meanwhile back in the control room Zanya was monitoring the situation 'sir…he's just engaged them.'

Xiu smiled 'excellent…I knew it was a good decision putting him in the game.'

'With all due respect sir…don't you think he's a little overkill' Zanya replied.

'No…he's just enough kill' Xie replied, watching the battle on the screen.

Duke coughed as he pulled himself out from under the car 'ok you son of a bitch…come get some!'

The two of them ran at each other, like two vicious rhinos, and they collided head on, grappling with one another, the mystery guy hitting every part of Duke with his armoured fists he could reach. Duke seemed to be holding his own though, he took ever punch like a champ and dealt it back even through the armour. He finally managed to grab the guy and hurl him away, smashing him into a nearby car.

Pulling himself to his feet the guy got out a minigun and started firing, in response Duke activated his jetpack and moved back to get some room. Duke flew high and got out a rocket launcher.

'These guys are insane' BJ muttered, he had to think…how could he help…he couldn't stay here any longer.

Duke was firing the rockets into this guy but was doing nothing…whatever this guy had was making him immortal.

He dashed out of cover and into the building below Duke, the guy tried to fire at him but missed.

'Hey a little help would be nice' yelled Duke from above.

BJ nodded 'right' he thought to himself 'this guy had superhuman powers…it was going to take something above the normal to take him down.'

That was when he remembered the Thule Medallion…could he access that, he checked the watch…yes he could

Pulling out the Thule Medallion BJ entered the Veil, the first thing he noticed was the absence of the gheist…but he still had control of the Thule powers 'now…it's my turn' he said powering up his strength with Empower, enabling him to hold two assault rifles and it greatly increased his strength and durability.

Standing up he stepping out of cover and began firing at the guy in green 'hey, over here asshole.'

The guy in green turned to look at him…he had a face that said nothing…just a cold blank helmet.

'Yeah that's right…you' BJ said 'come on.'

The green guy moved towards him but BJ activated his Mire ability, slowing down time and easily moved around him and hit the guy in a face like a truck…his Empower ability really doing the damage. He grabbed the minigun from the guy and hurled it away; it smashed into pieces on the floor.

Duke landed on the pavement and headed over 'ok…time to finish this.'

That was when something else happened, the guy began glowing red, looking like Hell Incarnate and somehow still managed to strike BJ…even through the Veil. The strike sent him flying and he rolled several times and then came to a stop down the street…he looked up in time to see Duke taking the same punishment.

The guy struck Duke once in the jaw, twisting his head round at a nasty angle then again in the gut…making him fall to his knees. BJ tried to stand up to help but he couldn't…he was too wounded.

The green guy stood over Duke, pulled out a sawn off shotgun and fired right into Duke's face at point blank range. He didn't even stay to see Duke's lifeless body collapse to the ground he turned and began walking away.

BJ stayed down…he'd be next if he wasn't careful…he wanted that guy to think he was dead.

Zanya closed her eyes 'our first man is down' she said.

'Really…who was it' Xiu asked curiously.

'Duke Nukem sir' Zanya replied slowly 'I'm surprised...I thought he'd last longer.'

Xiu laughed 'so the King can die…interesting, you forget my dear that this is an arena full of mighty warriors…Duke was on a whole other level here.'

'The one that killed him…' Zanya began but Xiu cut him off.

'He has no name' Xiu replied 'he never has…but he is an unparalleled killer…the Slayer of Hell's Legions.'