Princess Charlie flew open the doors, began to walk across the balcony, and make her way to the end. She lifted up her arm, and from her fingers, she shot loads of fireworks into the sky. Blasts of colors filled the sky, as the demons knew exactly what that meant. This was the sign that Extermination Day had come to an end. Windows of houses, apartments, businesses, all flew open as well as the demons couldn't wait to be able to leave their confinement.
"Fucking hell this shit is finally over?" Angel Dust said while stretching out on one of the couches.
"Seems so." Said Husker.
Both of them turned their attention over to the little housemaid that Alastor brought to the hotel when he first arrived. That little housemaid is Nifty. Nifty is a rather small demon, compared to the others. She has one eye, similar to a cyclops. She has short, fluffy pink hair with a yellow undertone. She has sharp teeth, as the majority of the demons down here do. She has pink dots at each end of her mouth. Her clothing consisted of a dark pink scarf, a white shirt with pink dots, and a pink skirt with a dark pink poodle design and yellow dots.
Nifty was what you may call, a "clean freak." She hates anything messy and zips around to remove any dirt or grim she can. And because all of them were locked up for a full day, she found it to be a perfect opportunity to clean up the hotel.
"For god's sake Nifty the cleanse is over, you can stop cleaning for one second." Angel Dust said.
"But there's still messes, I cannot ignore them," Nifty said while holding a duster.
"Angel is right my dear," As Alastor chimed into their conversation. "The fun is over; don't you want to go out and get away from this place for a while?"
"The strawberry pimp makes a good point." Said, Angel.
"Yeah, I could use a fucking break from this place," Husker said.
"But Alastorrrrrrrrr." Nifty whined. "I can't. There's still more to do."
"The hotel will still be here when we get back, there will be no harm in it." Said Alastor.
"Well... okay then." Said Nifty as she put down the duster.
Charlie and Vaggie both made their way into the lobby. Charlie in a way had a bit more excitement than usual, as she was keen to have a look at the new arrival.
"You bitches wanna join us in our adventures to get out of this dump?" Angel asked.
"YOU THINK IT'S A DUMP," Nifty yelled now as she was started to freak out thinking that there were a lot of messes that she needed to clean.
"No strawberry shortcake, I was making a fucking joke," Angel said while facepalming.
"Not a very good one." Said Vaggie.
"Hey, it's not my fault that you all don't have my great sense of humor," Angel said.
"Does that humor include being an absolute dick 24/7?" Vaggie responded.
"Eh, you know what they say, you are what you eat bitch." Angel said while giving her the finger.
"Charlie, can I please kill this asshole?" Vaggie said while starting to grow very angry. As she and Angel got into arguments like this on the regular.
"Can we please not add to the death that has been happening?" Charlie said now.
"As I suggested before." Alastor began, "I believe it would be best if we all went out into the city for a while."
"That sounds like a great idea Al," Charlie said.
"We better go before I shove my spear up your ass," Vaggie said while obviously directing that toward Angel.
"Try that and I'll slap the grey right off you." As Angel responded to her threat.
"Both of you are like a fucking sideshow." Said Husker.
"I think its best if we go now, as to not cause a full-out brawl," Alastor said to Charlie.
"Agreed." Responded Charlie as she walked over to Vaggie and pulled her away from Angel so they wouldn't start a full-on fistfight.
After they unbarricaded the doors, they all stepped out into the outside world of Hell.
Now there were not as many bodies on the pavement as before. The main reason for that was there are some demons that are technically cannibals. Yes, cannibals. These demons will actually eat the remains of the dead. Another way that the remains of demons were dealt with was demons coming by in carts to pick up their remains. For some of the demons, this was their job to do, as to not have hell being a complete mess. And others who picked up the remains of the dead were sometimes butchers.
But of course, there was a shortage of bodies because of the mighty titan who arrived in Hell.
The gang made their way down the street looking at the bodies as they passed by.
"Angel, what the hell are you doing?" Vaggie asked as Angel was currently searching the bodies for money, drugs, sex toys, or anything he found of value.
"What? These dead assholes aren't gonna need this shit anymore. Oh, look a free wallet." Angel said with a grin as he pulled money from it.
"There is something not right with you," Vaggie said as she now was facepalming.
"I think your just jealous that you didn't think of it first bitch." Angel said.
"I dare you to call me a bitch again you two-dollar crack whore." Vaggie said with a glare.
"My god do you two ever give it a fucking rest, you'd drive me to drink if it wasn't my job already," Husk responded while following behind.
As the three of them were arguing, Charlie took this moment to catch up with Alastor to talk with him about the man he saw.
"So, Al, what did this stranger look like?" Charlie asked.
"Ah, well he was a rather big fellow, very, very muscular. He seemed to be completely dressed in a suit of green armor. You would notice him if you saw him as he is very noticeable." Alastor answered. He was right about easy it would be to spot him in a crowd.
"Oh." she went silent for a moment as they all kept walking before asking, "do you know where he is? Or the last place you saw him?"
"I do not know where he is at the moment, but the last place I did see him was near that old Devil's diner in Pentagram city," Alastor responded.
"Oh okay, thanks, Al." Charlie said.
"Charlie my dear, you seem very interested in meeting this individual. Is there any reason for this?" Asked Alastor.
"You said he was fighting against the Exterminators and saving the lives of my people, right?" Charlie now asking again.
"I did indeed. But I cannot tell you for sure if his intent was to save those poor souls who found themselves in quite the predicament." Alastor answered.
As they were walking, they passed a television store. The same one where Alastor first saw Charlie pitch her idea and perform her "Inside Every Demon is a Rainbow" song on Channel 666 news.
They all stopped and watched as the Channel 666 news logo appeared and they saw the two main news anchors, Katie Killjoy, with who Charlie got into a fight with, and Tom Trench.
"Good afternoon once again sinners of Hell, I'm Katie Killjoy."
"And I'm Tom Trench."
"There has been nonstop talk about a mysterious new figure who supposedly arrived in Hell during our very own Extermination Day." Said Katie Killjoy.
"That's right Katie." As Tom began a picture that was taken off Doomguy appeared in the top right corner. "According to countless demons, this mysterious man of muscle arrived and proceeded to kill countless Exterminators all on his own."
"He did indeed Tom. No one has ever seen anything like that and people are dying to know where this stranger is now." Said Katie Killjoy
As the two news anchors continued their broadcast, all of them except for Alastor had their eyes glued on the pictures taken off the Doom Slayer. They were examining every inch of him. They had never seen anything like it. They all could see his exposed biceps which started to prove Alastor's case right, and that was that he was really a human.
"Holy shit, look at this ~sexy heap of muscle." As Angel was the first one to speak.
"Seriously? We are looking at a man who has done something like never before, and that is the first thing you think of." Vaggie said annoyed at Angel.
"Oh, I'm fucking sorry, but it ain't like I'm wrong with that statement. I mean look at his arms, they're bigger than my head. And don't think I didn't notice the bulge in his crotch plate~." Angel said while biting his lip.
"Oh, Jesus Christ Angel." Said Husk.
"Angel if I may request that you stop talking about your disgusting thoughts out loud," Alastor said, as he was what some may call an Asexual.
"I second that." Said Husk.
"Geez you pussies are no fun." Said Angel.
"Forgetting all of that." Charlie began, "are we absolutely sure this man is a human?"
"He's got the body and skin of one." As Nifty, who had said nothing decided to finally chime in on the conversation.
"The pipsqueak is right about that one." Husk said.
"Hun are you sure you really want to meet this guy? From the pictures, he doesn't look like a very approachable person." Vaggie said.
"Vaggie a picture does not tell a whole story. I think there can be good in everyone, even him." Charlie said.
"Yea but that big ass man is not what you may call "everyone." Husk said.
"Old Tom and Jerry over here is probably right about that," Angel said while now joking about Husk's cat-like demon form.
"After seeing his destruction first hand, I can tell you Charlie that this man is definitely powerful, and can kill without stopping. And believe me, it was quite an exciting show to watch." Said Alastor.
"See I don't find it very fair that you all rip on me for saying my thoughts, but Al over here enjoys watching people being slaughtered," said Angel.
"I would rather have that go through my head than your naked ass," said Vaggie.
"I as well would like to meet this gentleman, as I would like to thank him for the great performance he put on." Said Alastor.
"Your one fucked up dude." Said Husk.
"You're just now realizing that?" Vaggie said.
"Believe me I wish I was," said Husk.
Just then their conversation ended as the Channel 666 news broadcast, was heading into a commercial break.
"We will be going to a commercial break, when we come back, we will look further in-depth to this year's Exterminators." Said Katie Killjoy as the camera faded out into a commercial for Wacky Wally Wackford's Wacky Idea Factory.
"Well, I think we have seen enough about this man; shall we proceed?" Asked Alastor.
"That sounds like a good idea Al," Charlie said.
"Come on Nifty, it's time to go." Alastor directing that to the small demon whose eyes were focused on the TV's
"But Alastor I want to see more about this man." Nifty cried as she kept watching.
"Nifty there will be more time for that later. I promise if I hear anything new about him, I'll tell you." Alastor promised.
"I'll count you to that." Nifty said while following Alastor and the rest of the group as they continued their little "adventure" as you could call it if you felt so inclined to do so.
The group then decided to keep on walking down the sidewalk. Most of the demons they walked by made every attempt to get out of their way. Of course, not because Charlie was the princess, it was because they were all petrified of the scary Radio Demon. All of them had their eyes out for the titan who walks amongst them, as well as the other demons in Hell.
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"A yearly cleanse, that is very interesting." The voice coming from Samuel Hayden, as VEGA and the Slayer felt like filling him in on their new discoveries.
"According to the Exorcist the Slayer interrogated, the reason for this cleanse was to deal with Hell's overpopulation." Said VEGA.
"Overpopulation? Heh, I never thought I would hear such a thing in a place like Hell." Hayden said.
"I thought that was also strange as well. We asked the Exorcist why that is, but unfortunately, we got no answer." VEGA responded.
"This is truly a fascinating discovery," Hayden said.
"It is indeed Dr. Hayden. But if you should know there is something that we have also started to notice; something with the demons themselves." VEGA explained.
"The demons? What have you noticed with them?" Asked Hayden.
"They have absolutely no resemblance to the demons that attacked our world. They do not seem to be monsters with no sense of thought other than to destroy everything in their path. These demons, still resemble human characteristics." VEGA said.
"Explain." Said Hayden.
"These demons speak the same language as we do; their society runs in the same way humans ran their societies. It seems as if the sinners of the earth get reincarnated into a new demon form when they die. I can only assume that their demon form has similar characteristics to when they were still living." Said VEGA.
"Hmph. That is as I said, very interesting. It is definitely not what I pictured any type of Hell to be like." Hayden said while laughing again. "Let alone a demon; to have any trace of human thought," Hayden said.
"Although as I said I cannot be completely sure in my claims, as all I have told you were things I picked up while observing the demons during the cleanse and while I observe them now." VEGA said."
"You are one of my greatest creations VEGA, I assume that your claims are in fact true," Hayden said.
"Thank you, Dr. Hayden." VEGA responded
"Is there anything else you have discovered?" Asked Hayden
"I'm afraid not, the Slayer has decided to stay away from all demons at this time to avoid any unwanted attention. I'm afraid it may be hard to learn anything new without speaking to them directly." VEGA said.
"If that is the only way, then you must do so. You have provided me with a lot of good information about that new realm. But I need to know more." Said Hayden.
"The Slayer understands Dr. Hayden, he will attempt to gain information any way possible," VEGA said.
"Excellent, until we speak again," Hayden said as he ended the transmission once again.
While VEGA and Samuel Hayden were talking, the Slayer was occupied with the sharpening of his blade. Now he retracted it, and got to his feet and began to walk to the edge of the building. As he looked downward, he saw tons of demons walking about, cars going down the street, businesses reopening their doors.
"Well now that we have our new assignment, what do you think would be the best plan of action?" VEGA asked the Slayer.
Of course, he would get no verbal response, but VEGA didn't need that to know what the Slayer wanted to do.
The Slayer began to look about the unknown landscape of this Hell. As he of course, was to make the final call of where they would go next. He then began to travel across rooftops to try and find any areas of significance, as he didn't want to unnecessarily draw attention to himself as he knew how many demons knew he was there. As he was about to make his way across another roof, he looked down to see a group of demons conversing in an alleyway. The Slayer saw that as a more discreet approach to get information. The Slayer then dropped off of the seven-story building as he could survive falls from great distances.
"Man, why the hell you asking me? I wouldn't know bout that shit." One of the smaller demons said.
"Cause you're a fucking know it all bud, I just thou-"
The demon did not get to finish that as a loud
BOOM
Would sound as the Slayer landed hard. They were all speechless, they look petrified at the huge individual standing in front of them.
The Slayer then began to walk over to them. Slowly, every step making a loud bang. He then went over to one and grabbed it by its collar and raised him six feet off the ground. He then decided to withdraw his wrist-mounted blade to add a little more persuasion into the mix
"Hey, hey, hey man I know all about you a-and we don't want a-any trouble." one of the demons said to him. As they were scared as one of their friends was struggling for his life in the Slayer's grasp.
"If you truly mean that, then you will answer all questions the Slayer asks you with complete honesty." as VEGA spoke up.
"Oh, damn I-uh didn't know you were a robot." the demon said
"The Slayer is not a robot. The voice you are hearing is not his. I am VEGA an artificial intelligence given to the Slayer to help him in any way possible."
"O-oh, well then why doesn't he ask us?" Said the demon.
"Because he does not speak," VEGA said, before asking the group of demons questions.
"First off, were you all humans, before you found your way into this Hell?"
"N-naw man, we were born in here, this fucking dump is our home." As a different demon decided to speak this time. This one having the form of a wolf, with a dark fur coat, with its underside being a dark grey.
"So, you are of Hellspawn, is that correct?" VEGA asked again.
"Uh sure that sounds right." one of them responded.
"Do you age as a typical human does? If not then hold old, are you?" said VEGA.
"Look uh VEGA. We don't know much about a human is or how they work, we don't know much outside of Hell. All we know about them is that there is Hellspawn, and then the fuckers who come down here, which I'm assuming were the humans. They do not age like us. They stay at the same age basically forever, unless one of those scary-ass Exterminators gets them, then it's game over. But here in Hell, Hellspawn age slow. My ass has been around for at least a hundred or so years, along with the rest of these guys." He said while pointing at the others.
"Interesting," VEGA said.
"Look man I don't know where the hell you come from or why you're here but if you're looking for some huge ass backstory of this place, I promise you man we can't help you." one of the others spoke out.
The Slayer then dropped the demon who he held in his hand and walked over to him. This demon felt more fear than any Exterminator could cause him as the Slayer's presence was enough to make anyone run for the hills.
"If that is the case, then who could provide us with that information?" VEGA asked.
"I-I-I don't know man, ask the uh king or something," he said.
"The King? Is this king you speak of the devil of your Hell?" VEGA said.
"Ye-yea-yeah man. But you don't want to fuck with him, he'll rip anyone apart," he said.
"Unfortunately for him, the...Slayer...is not...everyone." VEGA seemed to intentionally slow down his words to really tell them how dangerous the Slayer is.
"Where does the King reside?"
If you head north outta pentagram city, you should see it, it's like a typical-looking kingdom.
"I see. That is all the Slayer will need of you." As VEGA said while the Slayer turned around and began to walk away.
The Slayer began to head north as the demon instructed him, and while he was walking, he summoned his Super Shotgun and loaded two new shells into the barrels.
"Are you sure you want to take that approach in facing the Devil of this world?" VEGA asked to see if the Slayer was sure about this.
He would get his answer as the Slayer loaded the shells and closed the barrel shut.