"Wisdom is needed here; one who understands can calculate the number of the beast, for it is a number that stands for a person. His number is six hundred and sixty-six." -Revelation 13:18
William and Charlie landed on the top of an office building, overlooking one of Earth's cities. In the distance, Charlie could see the Icon of Sin, wrecking havoc.
"We won't get there in time on foot." Charlie realized, before turning to William. "I can take us there quicker."
The Doom Slayer nodded, and as he held tight to her shoulder, Charlie temporarily removed the suit's gauntlets and shot fire out of her hands, directing the flames towards the ground and lifting both her and Slayer upward. Charlie smirked, spewing the flames behind her, and carried them both towards the building the Icon was slowly destroying.
After several minutes, Charlie and the Doom Slayer landed on the roof of the building, just as the Icon of Sin hoisted itself up.
"Now is the time- two titans meet, as it was written." Hayden surmised, as the Icon of Sin roared. Charlie pulled the chaingun out of her own quantum pouch, while William got out the BFG. They both began shooting at the Icon, chipping away bits and pieces of its armor, as more demons began appearing. As more and more of the Argent demons began spawning onto the roof, Charlie was forced to divert her attention away from the Titan and focus on the imps and zombies, shredding them with the minigun.
Meanwhile with the Doom Slayer, he fired the BFG one last time, obliterating the last of the Khan Maykr's armor that the Icon of Sin wore.
The Icon of Sin roared with rage, shooting fire from its palms, and turned away, walking from the building.
"Quickly! With its armor fully destroyed, the body is now exposed." Hayden told the Slayer. "Take the portal, and finish this fight."
The Slayer nodded, and he and Charlie jumped through the emerald portal that just appeared, and landed right on top of another building, in front of the now exposed Icon of Sin.
The colossal demon seethed with fury, shooting fireballs out of its forward, which the two dodged, as Charlie shot at its hands with the chaingun, and William continued blasting it with the BFG. With each shot from the plasma cannon, large chunks of the Icon's flesh were ripped away, revealing its guts and bones.
Minutes later, the beast's head took a blast from the Big Fucking Gun, completely exposing the skull, as well as revealing the brain. The Icon of Sin wailed in agony, collapsing onto the building's roof for a moment, and William activated the Argent Blade. He took a running start, angled the blade downward, and jumped up...
Only to be stopped by an Argent ax flying out of nowhere, landing in the Slayer's shoulder and sent him careening to the side.
"No!" Charlie shouted, turning to see who threw the ax. There, at the top of a pillar, was the Marauder, smirking wickedly. Before he could attack again, the Khan Maykr appeared, ordering the demonic Slayer's brother to stand down.
"You will not kill them yet!" the angel chastised. "I want them alive to witness this world fall."
The Marauder reluctantly nodded, as he, the Khan Maykr, and the Icon of Sin vanished in beams of golden light.
"William, are you okay?" Charlie asked, running over and helping the Doom Slayer up. The Slayer nodded, and brushed the dirt and grim off his suit, and looked out across the city. As he looked across the world in flames, his heart broke at what he saw. It was happening all over again. The demons were claiming his world.
The Slayer turned around, seeing four men on horses. The horses were all different colors. One was white, one was red, one was black, and the fourth was a pale green. The rider of the white horse looked as if he was covered in puss and boils, while also wielding a bow. The rider of the red horse wore crimson armor, carrying a sword and shield with him. The black horse's rider held a scale in his hand, and appeared to not wish to attack. The final rider wore black armor, his face shrouded in a mask appearing of skull, and in his hands was a massive scythe.
With a chill, Charlie realized these were the four horsemen of the Apocalypse; Pestilence, War, Famine, and Death. In the distance, Charlie could hear the martyrs cry out, asking how much longer must the suffering go on, as the Earth began to shake. The Doom Slayer looked up, seeing the sun turn black as night, the moon turn blood red, and stars rained down like fire.
"The first six seals have been broken." Death spoke. "Armageddon awaits."
The Slayer shook with pure rage, and attacked the Four Horsemen, with Charlie slowly joining him. William took on War and Death, while the princess of Hell battled Pestilence and Famine, even though the third Horsemen did not wish to fight, at least not physically.
Charlie quickly subdued Famine by blowing him to bits with the assault rifle's miniature rockets, and focused more of Pestilence. Everywhere the Horseman led his horse, structure rotted and decayed.
"You cannot kill sickness, my dear." Pestilence chuckled, launching a flurry of arrows at Charlie, who quickly rolled to the side.
"Willing to give it my best shot." Charlie growled, rushing forward with the chainsaw and breaking the bow. Unfazed, Pestilence grabbed Charlie by the throat, where she felt her armor begin to bend to the Horseman's sickly touch.
"Your metal suit will not save you." Pestilence sneered, as Charlie's throat began to tighten. Just before the armor broke, Charlie reared her head forward, smashing her helmet into the Horseman's face in a bloody headbutt. Before Pestilence could recover, she grabbed her light sword that she took from the Exterminators, and sliced Pestilence into four different pieces, watching as he disintegrated in a flash of light. Suddenly remembering that Famine was still there, she turned around, cutting up the Horseman's pieces further and watched as they too vanished in light.
Meanwhile, the Doom Slayer easily fought against War and Death, extending his wrist blade on his left hand, and had the Argent Blade out in his right. As War swung his sword, William ducked, before tripping Death and kicking him in the face, sending him to the ground and dropping his scythe for the time being so he could focus on the second Horseman.
"You cannot stop the Rapture." War gloated, using his shield to bash the Slayer in the face. "This world is doomed!"
The Doom Slayer responded by grabbing onto the shield and ripping it away from War, causing his arm to be ripped from the socket in the process. War gasped, falling from his horse and to the ground, as the Doom Slayer plunged his blade through his chest, watching as his adversary exploded in heavenly light.
William turned around, just in time to see Death pounce on him and run his hand right through his armor. The Slayer gasped, feeling the Horseman's fingers creep inside his body.
"What?" Death uttered, confused. "Why are you not dead already?"
The Slayer didn't know either, but if he were to guess, it was because of the blessing the Seraphim gave him, all those years ago. Deciding not to ponder this for now, the Doom Slayer kicked upward, catching Death in the chest and sending him flying through the air. As the final Horseman fell to the ground, William jumped up, grabbing the Argent Blade and swinging it in a horizontal arc, cutting Death in half and watching as he burst in a white light.
As the light faded, Charlie ran over to him, and they looked out across the city, seeing enormous balls of fire raining down from the sky.
"We're too late." Charlie whispered. "We couldn't stop it."
"No."
Charlie and the Doom Slayer turned around, seeing the Seraphim appear before them.
"It is true that Heaven has now gone silent, but the Seven Trumpets have not been sounded. There is still time."
Before Charlie or William could respond, the three of them were engulfed in the heavenly light, and were transported away from the city, and towards the final confrontation between Man, Heaven, and Hell:
Megiddo.
A/N: As a wise wizard once said, "We're in the endgame now."
The next chapter will be a lot shorter, and will be more comedic, similar to the Double Hell chapter. Just setting up the final pieces before the big battle at the end.
