Author Notes: Hey guys, and welcome to second Doom crossover story that i had made! This time, The Doom Slayer and VEGA now journey and exterminating some Demons in Anime Magical Worlds series; Pretty Cure!
Honestly, i will adding some other anime magical series (and probably outside that genre) in here as Bonus chapter or something... but i will thinking about that in future Chapter.
Still, some of you might be wondering ad asking, "Hey Author-san, why don't you continued your other cool story like that Doom X Game X-Overs Doom and Friends react to DB story?" Well my answer is, i having HARD time in finishing it! Taking some idea for the storyline is really making my brain HURT. I also had been busy in real life lately, which making me lose focus and spirit in finishing those stories.
Not to mention that Doom Eternal: Ancient God Part 1 announcement is making me want to create another story project about Doomguy again, and also few others that i intend to finish it.
So yeah, thats my reason. Again, i'm truly sorry for the long updated. I will try to finish those as fast as i can, so please be patient alright (_")
Anyway, enjoy this story!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything
Pain. That's the first thing that Usami Ichika feel when she wakes to the smell of disinfectant and the sound of flickering florescent lights from outside the room. Her head is pounding, her world is spinning, spinning long enough to gather herself more solidly. But most of all, she is alive.
And she feel that last part was the more relieving thing she ever feel in her life.
Looking to herself, she found her body were wearing a slightly thin layer of hospital gown. While she can't clearly see her body that being covered in nursing gown, she can feel something had stuck and wrapped around her stomach, which she think was bandage. And lastly, an IVs was connect to one of her armsthat diagnosis her vitality.
Ichika swallows what little spit she has in her dry throat, coughs, and then rasps the first sound she makes with her own voice after waking up, "What... Happened?"
She was confused. And tired. But mostly confused. Her last memory that she can remember was walking to her workplace and shop, the Kirapati Cafe, with her fairy friend Pekorin, when they suddenly being attacked by Julio and his new Kirakiraru Thieves monster, which made her turn into Cure Whip to defend herself.
...and then another thing happening so suddenly before she can attack the Kirakiraru Thieves, which she vaguely remember some of it.
"Peko~! Ichika it's wake, Peko~!" Ichika was pulled from her musings by shrill of familiar voice that made her turn her gaze at the source.
Walking into her inpatient room, was her little fairy friend Pekorin, who's to her surprise and concerned, having a bandages that wrapped around her body and band aid over her head. Followed behind her was group of girls who are her closest friends, and also Pretty Cure like her.
The first one is Arisugawa Himari, a hard-working second year middle school student. She is known to be as fast and light, and Despite being shy, no one can stop her when she talks about her favorite sweets.
The second one is Tategami Aoi, an enthusiastic second year middle school student who loves freedom. She is as brave and free girl, and due to her love for singing, she is the vocalist of the rock band Wild Azur. When it comes to making sweets, Aoi is in charge of parts that make use of her muscular strength and support one's shape.
The third one is Kotozume Yukari, a beautiful and noble second year high school student. She is rather selfish, and when she is bored, she'll use her skills to perform tasks but after meeting Ichika, she starts to enjoy everyday a lot more.
The fourth one is Kenjou Akira, a gentle boyish (more tomboy than Aoi) second year high school student. She has a strong sense of justice and knows her way around places, which makes her a good person to rely on.
And the fifth and last person of that group, was Kirahoshi Ciel, a genius patisserie who came from France, and is also a fairy named Kirarin, who resided in Ichigo Mountain. Following her dream of becoming a Pretty Cure, she likes making everyone happy with her sweets creation.
When Himari saw Ichika sitting upright in her bed, she smiled and sighing with relief. "Oh, thank Kami, you're all right."
"We're really sorry for what happened, Ichika-chan." Said Akira with worried tone. "We quickly came here as soon as we can after Peko told us that you were saved by someone from a group of creepy monsters."
Everything starts to click together after Ichika hearing that last statement, which making her memory slowly began to resurface about what happen after she blacked out.
And she feel sudden chills that run through her body, when she able to pieces together each of her hazy memory.
"We almost didn't make it due to our daily work that we busy working on." Said Yukari while sighed wearily. "Fortunately, our closest people know about our dilemma when it comes to friend. So they letting us go as soon as we hear you're in trouble."
"Yeah, we truly sorry if we late to save you!" Exclaimed Aoi in concerned. "If only I weren't busy with my band today, i can still save you back then!"
"Oui, If only I wasn't too busy with my new dessert experiment, I could be right beside you and face those trouble together." Added Ciel with agitated look.
Instead replying their worries with her trademark cheerfull word, Ichika were shaking like a leaf, curled up on herself with her face slightly turned pale in frightened. Her eyes were unfocused, as she only staring at the mattress blanket that covers part of her body with aghast look.
Seeing their cheerful friend in distressed state, the groups were even more worried about her condition, as Himari gently ask the leader of their Precure group, "Ichika-chan... Are you alright?"
Ichika gaze finally flitted to Himari and other girls, but her eyes barely spending more than a half of a second on them before returning to the blanket.
"Red... Mo-monster." Ichika murmured with her fear clearly reflected in front of her friends. "R-red... Monster."
"Red monster?" Said Aoi in confused, but also filled with concern with Ichika state.
"Th-those monsters that i told you guys earlier, peko!" Exclaimed Pekorin softly. "Tho-those scary monster appearing out of nowhere, and su-suddenly attacked both of us and even Kirakiraru Thieves, peko!"
Akira shared a glance with some of the girls, then took a seat beside Ichika left and giving her a comforting hug.
"It's alright, we are here with you now." Akira soothing her leader, while lightly stroked her arm. "What matter most is that you are fine and save. And that is good for all of us."
Slowly, but surely, Ichika began to tear up and sobbing uncontrollably as if she been holding it long enough for it to be released. The young girl hugged Akira and wept onto her shoulder, which the latter then hugged back while gently stroking the girl's hair.
The other girls can't help but greatly saddened by this sight. Injured and having personal trauma like that, it was like Ichika having gone to some scary place and back to tell the tale in traumatized state. It was not the first time one of them have been in this kind situations. Having becoming a Precure for several months, a a little misadventure was bound to happen when they trying to protect the town which they lived in. And despite some bizzare and and dangerous situations whenever they encounter Julio and his minions, they always stand and stay together to protect their love ones and sweet dessert they painstakingly made, no matter how despair and unhappiness the odds its.
But whatever happened to Ichika that made her in this current state now, they have feeling that this was something beyond their understanding... and they have sudden foreboding feeling when they thinking about it.
Shaking those thought aside, it was decided that it was time to delve into the weeds. If they want to help and solve Ichika problem, then they have to take this matters seriously. Who knows what sort of trouble waiting for them if they didn't act quickly.
Turning to Pekorin, Yukari then gently ask the little fairy, "Peko-chan, can you elaborate us more about what happen at that time when you were with Ichika-chan?"
"Yeah, and what this 'Red monster' thing that Ichika kept saying?" Added Aoi in bitterly concerned. "Is this somekind of new Kirakiraru Thieves monster that Julio summoned?"
With slight shaky posture, Pekorin then looked back up at Yukari and others. And as she took a deep breath, she then began retell the story about an horrific incidents at that noon.
-...-
It was like any other day for the young second-year Ichigozaka middle school student who loves sweets. Getting up from bed, take a bath, make and eating breakfast with her father, and go to school like any usual day. Not to mention, When she gets excited, she sometimes jumps around like a "rabbit" and utter her trademark catchphrases like; "Whip, Step, Jump!" Or "I have a bright idea!", which can put smile to any peoples that closest to her.
But her daily life as teenager was not normal one. After meeting with the pet-like dog fairy named Pekorin, her life, as well her friends, is now drastically change into bizzare one; becoming a legendary Pretty Cure patissière, a defenders sweets filled with thoughts and Ichigozaka town!
Of course, if there was a good, there was a evil. The Kirakiraru Thieves are a group of evil and mischievous fairies. Their main goal is to steal the Kirakiraru, a source of energy that dwells inside sweets and people's hearts, so they may become powerful enough to rule the world. They wear a red belt with a buckle that has a black star on it. Using said belt's dark energy, they can drain the Kirakiraru from sweets or desserts, which turn the sweets black and people into despair or even mindless folks.
The situations was even more troubling, as a new player appear in Kirakiraru Thieves side. A mysterious masked villain by the name Julio suddenly appear in Ichika and her Precure groups life. He was the one who brainwashed all the fairies into Kirakiraru Thieves using red belts. He also possessed a staff that he used to steal people's Kirakiraru for his experiments in order to get more Kirakiraru for his own and his mysterious master.
As Precure, it was Ichika and her friends duty to protect the sweets and innocent people in their town from those evildoers. And in turn, Julio and his Kirakiraru Thieves will try as hard as they can to bring down the magical girl group, whether it's a frontal assault or cunningly.
And that was what happened at noon that day when Ichika and her loyal Pekorin friend was suddenly being ambushed by Julio and his Kirakiraru Thieves, a new type Gummy monster fairies, when they going to their workplace. Ichika have no choice but to transform into Cure Whip in order protect herself and Pekorin.
But like sudden weather change, an unexpected thing happened in a front of them. Which will soon stuck into their memories forever...
As Julio order his new type Gummy monster to attack Ichika, the fairies monster was suddenly being struck by red energy ball, which made it injure and fall to the ground, hard.
"What the heck?! Who's dare to struck my perfect creation?!" Julio sreamed in anger at this sudden unknown attack.
"W-what?" Ichika was surprise by this too, but as well pitying and slightly horrified by that Gummy monster state after suddenly being hit by that mysterious energy attack. Ichika and her Precure teams once realize that not all these Kirakira Thieves monster was mindless creatures, as they found some of them were, in fact, was a fairies from the same place as Pekorin, who were being controlled by Julio.
"Peko~! Look!" Screamed Pekorin in frightened, while pointing towards their left. Both the latter, as well Julio himself, gaze follow to where the little fairy pointing at, and their expression soon turned into horrified one of what they saw.
It was a man... If you want to call him that now. The man appear to be wearing some sort advance and heavy military gears. kevlar under armor with pieces of armor plating on his chest, shoulders, and lower legs. But the most terrifying thing about him was what had he become...
Blood. The man was covered in bloods, lots of it. Bullet dents and tears in his uniforms that expose his flesh and even some of his internal organs. He appear to have anarm-cannon that disgustingly attached, or fused, tohis right arm. He also sporta pistol holder on the right side of hisleg, yetno pistol is equipped. And his eyes were glowing in red, as if looking directly into Ichika, Pekorin, and Julio soul like determine their life.
The man was like came out from those horror movie. But Ichika feel that this... Man was REALLY taking the cake of it. It did really make her and Pekorin, and even Julio and his Gummy monster, frozen in terror at the sight of this... Man.
As Ichika and Pekorin were standing still with their eyes widened and their mouth gaping in terror, Julio was brave enough, despite trembling with fear, to utter a questions to that terrifying man, "Who... Or what... Are you?"
Instead replied it with speaking, the zombie-like man inhumanly screamed, "RRRRAAAGGHH!!"
It was so loud and terrifyingly, which made Ichika, Pekorin, and Julio tremble in horror to their very bones and souls when they hear it. It was unlike anything they ever heard in their life!
And with both of them standing still in fear and terror, the zombie-like man then quickly striking first to both Magical Girl and her fairy friend, and the masked villian and his creation.
While running fast towards Ichika and Julio, the zombie-like man then quickly opened fire from his fused arm-cannon, which spew the same red energy ball that struck Julio new type Gummy monster earlier. Fortunately, both Ichika and Julio able to get their sense together and was quick enough to get way from those energy fires, but leaving out the Gummy monster who was still lying weakly on the ground, which the monster was soon horribly killed by those deadly bombardment as it disintegrated into ashes.
Seeing this sight, both Ichika and Pekorin can only watch this scene in horror, as they believe that the Gummy monster were probably the innocent fairy that still being controlled by Julio.
Speaking of the latter, Julio was able to show his bravado again after that horrifying moments, as he pull out his magical rod to attack. "Whatever you are, I will make sure you will regret having fought the-!"
His speech were abruptly halted when another mysterious green fire ball came flying straight fast at him. Unprepared by this, Julio can only raise his rod in front of him...
BAAMMM!!
... Which the fireball ended up hitting and destroying his rod into pieces... Along with his right arm that holding on it.
"..." Julio can only staring this sight in bewildered, while his brain was trying to process that his right hand had been blown to pieces.
Itu was until he fell backwards and then his brain digest what happened to him, he finally screamed out loud in pain, which Ichika and Pekorin noted it was unlike his behavior. "AARRRGGHHH!!!"
"Julio!" Yelled Ichika, as she and Pekorin staring at the sight with horror. As a caring person too, she sometimes forgives other misdeed even to her enemies like Julio, which she tried her best to get peaceful talk with the masked villian.
Although worried about Julio predicament, Ichika began to draw her attention back to the current situation, as she trying to comprehend what kind of living nightmare they got themselves into.
Honestly, she was thinking if this somekind of bad dream and she still sleeping soundly in her bed. But feeling Pekorin small hands touch her skin, the heat of these red energy ball, and the stream of bloods from Julio destroyed hand as he crying out lout in pain while clutching on it...
"..." Ichika were just standing there, frozen in terror, which unlike anything she ever feel before. Ever.
Filled with dread, Pekorin called loudly to Ichika, as she trying to get the girl attention back to reality. "Peko~! Ichika, we need to do-"
But like Julio, but not as bad as his predicament, Pekorin words was cut off as the same green fireball struck in the front of her and Ichika, and knocking both them hard to the ground.
BOOMM!!
"Kyyaa!!" Both Ichika and Pekorin screamed in pain when the fireball explode in the front of them and knocking both them off the ground.
Eventually, both of them back hit the ground roughly, which Ichika was the first to tried to get up, but some great pain prevent her for doing that.
"Uuggh..." Ichika moaned in pain, while trying to sit down and look at the part she felt the most pain. She then found it, and grimaced at the sight of her Cure form multiple layers skirt slightly burned to crisp, almost showing her undergarment. Her legs were covered in soot, but mostly still intact unlike Julio. But what made her shudder was her thighs were bleeding.
"Ichika, Peko~!" shouted worriedly from Pekorin, as she ran towards her after being thrown away by the explosion earlier. "Peko~! Are you alright, Ichika?!"
"Y-yeah, Pekorin... Ugh!" Ichika grimace in pain while trying to sit up in her state. "It h-hurt, Pekorin... I-i think i can't move my legs."
"NO! G-GET AWAY FR-FROM ME!!" Julio's unusual frightened scream made Ichika and Pekorin turn their attention back to where the masked Villian lying on.
But even they worst nightmares hadn't prepared them for what they saw now.
Crawling towards Julio, was another monster, lots of them. Each of these swarm of humanoid monsters have long piercing claws. Although those thing were humanoid, it could in no way be considered a human being. The things, skinny and muscular, had a blood-red skin and bony growths as sharp as knives which added to their frightening appearance. Its yellow, soulless, eyes and fangs made it look like a wild beast in a skinned carcass.
The creatures was moving fast towards Julio, as the masked villian was weakly trying to get away from these creepy creatures. Those nightmarish creatures uttered a hoarse, breathless scream filled with drool, as they finally was upon Julio.
Still lying on the ground and unable to use his power in that state, Julio fate was finally sealed.
Dozens of those creatures then threw themself at Julio and surrounded him, and the masked villian found himself screaming in hopelessness as these creatures brutally bite and tearing his body apart.
"AAAARRGGHH-URRGGLHH!!" That was his last scream as Julio was silenced by one of these creatures devour his face with it's knives sharp teeths. Ending the life the masked villian of Kirakira Thieves.
"..." Ichika was left aghast in her position. She couldn't speak, move, or even breathe. Each breath would brought the smell of blood to her nostrils and made her feel sick. Her mind seemed to have slow down when watching such horrifying sight unfold in front of her.
... She really wish this is just somekind bad dream while her body still sleeping soundly in her bed.
Terrified by this too, Pekorin pleaded to Ichika, worried out of her mind for the girl. "Pe-peko! We need to ru- kyyaaa!!"
Hearing her little fairy screamed in pain is enough to make Ichika jerked up from her stupor. Turning to her friend, she saw in horror as she watched Pekorin being kicked by the zombie-like man earlier.
"PEKO-CHAAANN!!" Ichika screaming in horrified and was about to save her best friend from that zombie-like man. But again, the bleeding in her legs kept her from doing that.
But her nightmarish fate didn't just end there.
As Ichika finally able to stand up, albeit barely, something strangled her neck tightly, which almost made her suffocated to the death. Roughly, she was lifted from the ground, and the girl then stared at the "something" that make her choke to the death.
It was another one... Another creature of nightmares. It was taller than the zombie man soldier and those skinny monster groups, with beefed up body and numerous spines can also be seen all around its body. It has tough pieces of bone cover its frame, particularly on its shoulders and chest area.
The creature observed Ichika with its glowing crimson eyes, staring at her blankly while the stench of its body filled girl soul with hopelessness.
As the creature still gripping its claw over Ichika neck, it then drew her face closer so they were eye to eye. The girl was able to trace every nook and cranny in its frightening face… which will be stuck into her memory forever.
And suddenly, its face split, revealing a maw filled with sharp fangs, drooling darkened blood and spit, filling her nostrils with the disgusting scent of putrefaction and death… But instead of killing her right there, the maw curved into a crazed smirk…
And the creature throw her into those skinny monster groups that feast on Julio body.
Ichika felt time slow down as she fell, her wide and terrified eyes watching the creature smile evilly as she thrown to her doom. She wished for any of her friends to come and save her from this nightmare.
But there was nothing to help... or save her from this terrible fate that will be befall on her soon.
As her back hit the ground roughly again, she was immediately being swarmed by those skinny monster groups that killed Julio earlier. Dozens of these terrifying hands monster surrounded her and the girl found herself screaming in horror.
"NO! NO! LET ME GO! LET ME GO! STOP! STOP!" Her cries fell on deaf ears as these monster pinned her down, the girl struggled against her captors but both fatigue and pain made her attempts pathetic at most
"PLEASE! SOMEONE! PLEASE, SAVE ME!" She screamed to the top of her lungs for help. Anything to save her from this nightmare!
Again, nobody, not even her friends, came to save her.
As she trying her hardest to free herself from these monster grips and screamed for help, one of these monster thrust its sharp nails to the side of her stomach.
STABB!!
"AAaaagghhh!!" Screamed in agony from Ichika. It was painful, more so than anything she had ever felt when being attacked by the Kirakiraru Thieves monsters.
And it got worse when the girl felt the sharp nails of the monster spreading somekind intense burning sensation through her body, making her scream more loudly as she feel the sensation burns inside of her body.
"AAAGGGHHH!!" Ichika wailing in painfully, as her tears flowed down her cheeks. She felt her blood, bones and every part of her body were being burned alive... It was unbearable for her to bear with!
Seeing her closest friend in danger, Pekorin trying to run to save Ichika, even if it means get either blown away or hurt.
"Peko! Ichi-Aaagghh!!" Pekorin yelling in pain, as she was being subdued by the same zombie soldier by stomping her petite size body. It didn't help that the hideous zombie itself seems to be enjoying the torture it did to Pekorin, as the thing made a garbling noise that Pekorin surmised was a laugh.
The same could be said to the skinny monster that stab Ichika with its fingers, as well the rest of its kin that swarmed over the poor girl, as they laughing at grumbling at her. Then she felt the creature and it's others grab her face and body firmly, which made her stop her sad attempts to free herself. Slowly, the creatures began inching closer and closer to her own face and body, opening and closing their mouth that revealing the same a mound of teeths that killed Julio earlier.
For the first time in her life as Pretty Cure, Ichika now feel a true sense of despair.
"Please… Please, help me…" The girl cried helplessly as her body gave up, simply closing her eyes and accepting her fate…
BOOMM!!
Until a thunderous sound that akin to a gun being fired was heard, followed by anguish beast roar, those skinny monsters halted of what they doing and they suddenly twitching erratically.
Realizing her inevitable end never happened, slowly, Ichika opened her eyes and saw those skinny monsters were suddenly cease their macabre ritual over her and moving frantically away from her, as if something has scared them. The magical girl can only stared at these monster in silent, unsure of what to do now; slightly ignoring the pain that she sustaining, her terrified eyes moved left and right and she realized that every single one of the creatures had suffered from the same thing.
But the thing that draw her attention most was when she turning to her right, she saw the nightmarish monster that strangled her neck earlier were gripping its right hand that had been mutilated while roaring painfully.
Ichika didn't know what was going on and at this point, she didn't want to: Her whole world had been shattered to pieces and rebuilt into a nightmarish hell, it was a miracle she hadn't broken down under the stress and horror that she experience right now.
Still, in the middle of the maddening howls and terrifying monsters she was now, Ichika saw a ray of hope. And the said "hope" would soon unleash his wrath uponthose creatures.
It was a humongous man in green suit of armor carrying what appeared to be some sort of slightly heavy rectangular gun in his armoured hands. The being was just standing there, watching the freak show with his cold-blue visor, concealing whatever he was feeling or thinking… But whatever it was, Ichika was sure it couldn't be anything good.
But the reaction from the monsters that attacking her and Pekorin, however, was what really surprised her.
None of the monsters were now paying attention to Ichika or Pekorin, who's the latter had stopped being tortured by the zombie soldier. Instead, all of them were roaring and screeching in visible fury towards the stranger, almost like they knew the man in armour. However, none of the monsters dared take another step, or even throw another deadly fiery projectile, as if they werepetrifiedby the green man's appearance.
Ichika flinched when the cold-blue visor of the armored man focused on her. But for some reason, she have feeling that the man seems agitated when he finally landed his gaze towards her, as if the man was concerned with her, not just her state right now... But her whole well being.
Like a father worrying about his child.
As the armored man redirect his gaze to those nightmarish monsters again, Ichika suddenly felt an intense aura pulse, which she felt from the man himself. It was overwhelm her so much, that she feel almost physically being pushed with everything in the vicinity. And although her position she lying weakly on was distance away from the armored man, she can feel a sudden thermal temperature in the air, as if she was inside a sauna.
Scratch that, it was like standing in the front of active volcano!
With the monsters still screeched and howled in fury at the mysterious armored man, it was at that moment that the man began his brutal move.
In the blink of an eye, the armored man was running so fast it looked like he had turned into a blur, disappearing from his spot and towards the monster that strangled Ichika neck earlier. The glowing yellow eyes of said monster were widened, whether through fear or surprise Ichika was not sure.
As the armoured man dashed up to the monster, Ichika notice the man broad arms suddenly carried a metal double-barreled gun, which she was sure just now the man was holding a rectangular firearm the first time she saw him. And as the man was upon the monster, he aimed the double-barreled gun at the monster, which the tip of the gun send thunderous blast to the monster, and made it being pushed slightly half-away from its original position with horrible wound in its body.
But it was not done yet, and as the armoured man dashed again to the monster, he punched its head off in an explosion of horrifying gore and shattered its beefed body bone cover into bloody pieces.
From that point, everything became a blur for Ichika to focus on: Blue balls of energy was flying everywhere, as the armoured man suddenly change his weapon into futuristic wide white gun that easily melting some of the skinny creatures that swarmed over her a few seconds ago; heat waves cutting bodies in half, reducing them into scorched pieces of ash. The man even tear off the limbs of one of those skinny monster and used as makeshift weapons, discarded as soon as they meet their target; cracked skulls and open thorax, displaying what little was left of the monster.
Ichika felt once again helpless, she was faced with a situation she couldn't comprehend: Those blood pooling under her feet and hands, the smell of putrefaction flooding her nostrils, the shrieks and screams piercing her ears as the armoured man brutally killed those nightmarish creatures with his guns or hands...
This is too much for her to bear with.
After a few minutes has passed, she was staring at the monster that had tortured Pekorin to no end; The zombie soldier. After its fused cannon arm has been destroyed by the armoured man, It pounced on the green berserker with its unnatural speed. But the armored being easily smacked it down, as if the monstrous abomination was nothing but an annoying fly. With practiced mastery, the berserker began to systematically, and terrifyingly, tear each and every single one of its limbs, eliciting an angry and pained roar from the creature: Legs and its one hand remaining were discarded like common trash, thrown away without a single care in the world.
He walked around the flailing zombie soldier, his cold-blue visor observing every twitch of the deformed monster in interest as if he was a child watching a pathetic cockroach die. And then, he stood right in front of it, lifted his armoured foot…
PPYOOCCSSH!
And crush its demented and horrifying face with ease.
The nightmare that had terrified and haunted Ichika today; The monster bound to destroy the fragile balance in the world; The creature neither she, Kirakiraru Thieves monster, and Julio could hope to fend off…
It was gone. Dead.
"Peko... Ichika!" Calls from Pekorin's familiar voice made Ichika slowly avert her gaze from that gruesome sight. She was really horrified when she saw her fairy friend state; a heavy bruise and scratch wound were clearly visible all over her head and body, which she knew comes from the torment that the zombie soldiers did.
While painfully trying to crawl towards Ichika, Pekorin stammered, "Ichi... Ka... Are you... A-alright? Peko?"
"Pe... Ko-chan..." Muttered slowly from Ichika who was trying to reach Pekorin with her remaining strength. But the severe injuries she had, and situation she got herself into, was too much for her mind and body to handle.
As Ichika laid helplessly on the ground without any energy remaining, she then lose her consciousness instantly with her body immediately glowing and turned into her normal appearance. Seeing this, Pekorin was trying her hardest to get into Ichika and was soon upon the girl unconscious body.
"Ichi... Ka, peko!" Exclaimed Pekorin between her pained grunt, as she hugging Ichika's body who lay motionless. "Peko, please... Stay with... Me, peko!"
As Pekorin trying shaking Ichika's body so the girl could wake up, her fairy puppy ears catch a sound of heavy footsteps coming towards her. Looking at the source, she was yet again frozen in place as the armored man, that brutally killed those terrifying monster, was lumbered towards them, pulling out the same white wide gun, as the weapon humming to life as if it were eager to surrender itself into carnage yet again.
The armored being was stood right in front of Pekorin and Ichika unconscious form. His towering height making the fairy feel pathetic and weak, just like how every time she trying to face off some Kirakiraru Thieves monster, but this time, it was much... MUCH terrifying than any Kirakiraru Thieves monster that Julio controlled.
They stared at each other for what felt like an eternity, surrounded by silence and what was left of the nightmarish monsters… And all of a sudden, the armored titan lowered his weapon,and a monotone, but soothing voice of man was heard from the man helmet.
"Greetings, I am VEGA. To avoid any confusion, please know that I am not the man inside of this suit, I am merely an Artificial Intelligence that speaks for him. He is known as the 'Doom Slayer." Said... The VEGA man through the helmet of armoured man. "We are willing to help your friend who is seriously injured beside you. We must immediately take her to the nearest hospital so we can treat the wound before it gets worse."
...the only thing that Pekorin can do was blinked her eyes at the armoured man, as she uttered a word, "Pe-pe... Peko?"
-...-
"... And thats how they brought us here, Peko!" Said Pekorin, who finished telling what happened in that afternoon. It was at that moment too that Ichika finally stopped crying, but the girls still heard the former sobbing in Akira's arms when Pekorin explained every detail of the horrifying incident.
And just like the last part say, it was anything but horror story for the girls who heard it in the room.
With paled look, Himari was the first one who express her thought about the tale while covering her mouth, "By Kami-sama... That was horrible."
"You telling me..." Aoi nodded in agreement with aghast look, as she can only staring the bed sheets that Ichika use with unfocused look. "Seriously... What kind of scary thing that we dealing this time?"
Hearing every detail about the traumatic eventthat Ichika and Pekorin through that afternoon... They finally conclude that this is something beyond of what they usually dealing with.
And now that foreboding feeling started coming back to them, again.
While furrowed her brow in concerned, Yukari turned her gaze back at Pekorin. "Peko-chan, did this... Doom Slayer and Vega person tell you anything when they helping you and Ichika get into hospital?" She ask the fairy softly, while slightly disturbed with the first name. "Especially like, who they really are and how they appear there?"
"I-i don't know, peko. W-we only focused on getting Ichika-chan to h-hospital, pe-peko." Pekorin meekly answered. "Bu-but, during the trip to the hospital, this Vega-san to-told Peko, that they come from other world..."
"O-other world? As if, like from other planet?" Asked Aoi with perplexed look. "You mean those two are aliens?"
"I-i think its best for Pekorin-chan to finish her explanation first before we come into conclusion." Ciel slightly stammered, as she nodded towards Pekorin. "Pekorin-chan, if you may..."
While trying to control her breath from panicked, Pekorin then continued, "...du-during our run, peko, V-Vega-san also said that they are here to eradicate those cre-creepy monsters that so-somehow appeared in this dimension, peko. Her eyes were slightly glazed over as she explained. "H-he also said that th-they looking for something for their fortress, so they can return to their true origin or something... pe-peko."
Before the girls (except Ichika of course) could spiral down further, a knock on the door jars their to attention, followed by voice of a man, "Miss Ichika? Is it alright to come in?" After that, they saw an adult man in a white coat- a doctor, no doubt- walking into the room. He carried a clipboard in his hands.
The doctor were smiling in relief when he saw Ichika has awakened. "Ah, I'm glad to see you've woken up," He said, "We were worried you would't make it with the amount of blood loss you sustain back then."
"We're really thank you for saving and looking after our friend, doctor." Replied Yukari while gaving the doctor a smile and bowed in gratitude, followed by other girls in the room. After that, a thought occurred to her. "But if i may ask, is there anything you could tell us when Ichika were brought here by... someone?"
She didn't want to bring up a fact about an armored man had saved their friend lives from a creepy monsters, which totally weirdest thing to say to a sane person. But after hearing Pekorin story, they know such cat's pretty much out of the bag already.
It was proven right when the Doctor stated, "Right, about that... Hulking soldier man," He trailed off, looking uncomfortable."Is he Miss Ichika, or one of yours parents maybe?"
"I think i can explain that, sir." Answered Yukari while sighing. "But can we talk this matter outside? I think my friend here need some comforting time after what she when through back then."
Nodding in understanding, the Doctor then left the room, followed by Yukari. But before she closed the door, she then addressed the girls in the room, "I'll be the one who sort this out, so you girls can soothe Ichika first without me, alright."
As Yukari was out with the door closed, the girls then turned their worries gaze at Ichika again, as the latter still clinging on Akira body with her sobs slowly starting to slow down. The girls could empathize with that, as they knew this sort incident was new and too terrifying for an innocent girl like her. Again, having becoming a Precure for several months, it was inevitable for them to get into some bizzare and dangerous situations in their duties as legendary Pretty Cure patissière. But after learning everything from Pekorin story, they realized that maybe they were dealing with something else... something much, MUCH worse that can make their problem with TheKirakiraru Thieves monster look like childish thing than actual problem.
And they shuddered if they ever face to face with those monstrosities that almost killed Ichika back then.
While sighed wearily, Akira eventually decided to break the heavy moment. "I think we'll go into that a bit later." She said while gently stroking Ichika's head. "For now, let's focus our matter into reassuring and cheering up Ichika-chan here."
With that being said, the girls began doing their best in trying to get Ichika former self back with their way. It was thanks to this cheerful young girlthat they come together as a true friends. Not only do they felt they are sister in arms, but they are now a whole family. And they will vowed to protect their dearest until they last breath.
As for the girl in question, Ichika were keep silent while hugging Akira, with tears still running down her cheeks. It was tears of fear, but also of relief. It was truly terrifying experience, more so than anything she ever faced before. She was usually quite hyperactive, even in the face of bizarre and despairing situations when involving her duties as protector of sweet.
But thanks to that horrifying moment, she was now plunged into a form of true sense of fear and despair, which unlike anything she had experienced before. Never had in her life seemed so... tense up, as if fearing losing her own life.
For once in a long while, she felt happy she was alive.
Ichika was glad that this whole horror story was over. She hoped, with all her heart and to the gods above, that she and her friends would not meet these creepy monsters ever again, nor she want to saw those abominations come after them. It if it weren't for the interference of that green armoured man, she might never be by the side of her beloved friends and parents anymore.
That green armored man...
Who was he? Thought Ichika as she pondered about it.
The Doom Slayer as Pekorin told her story, was enigmatic figure. He was ruthless, and terrifying figure, as proven when she saw killing these monster that almost killing (except for poor Julio) her and Pekorin without mercy. When watching the carnage scene being performed by the man, Ichika could feel the hatred rolling off the man in waves. Rage practically covered this person, so much that one could say he was born of it, reveled in it even. No, it was more accurate to say that this armored man was rage and hatred incarnate.
He was a monster in every form… And yet, she didn't know why but she felt she could trust him.
As if he was protected by his own father.
Whatever it is, she was happy to be safe and sound among her friends now despite still traumatized by the event. Her worries, fear and hopelessness were suddenly melted as she sobbed quietly while hugging Akira dearly.
Still, in the back of her mind, she can't help but thinking about that armored man that saving her and Pekorin at that day.
*~(...)~*
With strong pull, Doom Slayer tore the eyes of his last prey, a Cacodemon, which oddly enough soon exploded in a shower of blue blood. And after that done, the Slayer then inspect his surrounding after his massacred.
The forest seemed to have been repainted in red and black. A few flames were dancing here and there. Only the Doom Slayer and the smoking corpses of his enemies remained. He didn't have anything to do here anymore. He left from there, drops of blood beading from his hands, leaving the remains of the demons in the ground which soon burst into flame and disappear.
As Doom Slayer walk out from that woods, he began to recall of what happened a few months ago. After preventing the demons from invading that alternate Mars, the f(Beep!) Samuel Hayden, sent him away through the tether teleporter. There are a few things that he hates just as much as those wretched demons he had been slaughtered for eons; and that is a betrayal.
The Scourge of Hell remembered the countless times he had been betrayed from the Priest of Argent D'Nur, to that imitation of Bible holy angel who call herself, the Kahn Maykr. Now, he fell for that TIN CAN f(Beep!)'s own. In hindsight, the Slayer makes it too easy for them as he only have one track goal, to butchering the Slaves of Hell.
Well, unfortunately for them, all that did was adding one more name to Doom Slayer kill list.
Fortunately, he still have VEGA with him. The A.I. had helped him a lot in that alternate dimension of the UAC base. It was good thing that he downloaded the A.I back-up systems with his Praetor Chip and transfer him into his armour, so It didn't really sit right with him just to let a helpful and polite soul like him to be destroyed for just shutting down the Well in that damned facility.
The tether systems sending him and VEGA to some desolated island in unknown world, which Doom Slayer believe that is the exact place the bastard meant to send him, in hopes of trapping him there forever.
Like that will do him any god(Beep!) good.
If this was, then very unlucky for that smug cyborg. There are ways of getting back to him. The Praetor Suit still had the Tether system installed after all, and the Doom Slayer just need VEGA to reconfigure it so he can get back to Earth.
But then it comes another problem.
Like reading Doom Slayer mind, since they can communicate mentally using neural connection in his helmet, VEGA tell him that there might be slight possibility that the Tether system may work, but he would recommend against this course of action. Without exact coordinates to return to original point, they would be jumping from location to location, dimension to dimension, and Universe to universe with a very slim chance of success to get to the original point fast enough.
Huffing in annoyances, the Doom Slayer didn't care about it and was very tempted to do just that. Anything to get him back to that dimension before that bastard Hayden causing more problem with the Crucible that he stole from him.
Before he could told VEGA to just do it and do some dimension jumping, the A.I piped up again. He informed him of hidden video message that he found on his core programs...
And it was come from that f(Beep!) Samuel Hayden himself.
The Hell Walker growled at the mention of that walking tin can. He would rather not listen to whatever that bastard had to say. Why would he subject himself to further torture by listening to that bastard voice again after what he has done and going to do? Hayden was probably going to gloat at his accomplishments and how everything will be better to him anyway. And from what the Hell Walker had seen, the cyborg was not beyond that.
But given his current situation, he had no choice. That cyborg maybe have the reason why the hell he do this bull(Beep!) to him and VEGA.
The Unchained Predator had to control himself this time as to learn the situations. Still, he felt ballistic sense when he watch the visage of that tin can in the video. How he wished he could get his hands on that bastard.
And after a few minutes of listening of what Hayden had to say in his video, The Slayer's eyes widened as he learning the truth.
Samuel Hayden, was actuall name is Samur Maykr, was the Seraphim from all those millennia ago!
That son of a (Beep!) should've told and helping him from the start instead causing massive problem that he did back in that alternate planet mars.
And there's the reason why he was being flung to gods know where, which made Doom Slayer eyes twitched in irritation at the tin can. If the Slayer was being brought back to that alternate Earth, the bureaucrats in there will try to test him, confiscate his armor and weapons, have to follow their orders – basically annoy him to no end. They will also try to limit him to use his precious resources as a means to control him.
The Doom Slayer just scoffed at the reason. He didn't care about those politicians and bureaucrats since they were nothing but life stealing parasites. Even if those fools want to give him special "luxurious" treatment, he had explicitly hinted that he would not want to be locked up, ever. Besides, it would be futile if they were to try and lock him up anyway, as he was some sort of powerful demi-god that can't be locked up by any mean necessary.
While the damn Samur rally the Earth's forces (with the Crucible he stole from the Slayer of course...) to hold out the demon's onslaught, he then sent Doom Slayer to a nearest dimension that he suspect were the last trail of the Slayer personal command castle, the Fortress of Doom, long thought lost and drift away in some space when the Deags betrayed the Slayer. A perfect thing for the Hell Walker to exact his revenge on these Priest and the Kahn Maykr herself.
If Doom Slayer gets to his fortress, the Hell Walker will be able to attain space travel. Perhaps he can have VEGA retrofit the Tether System onto the Fortress so it can teleport them through time and space, and even to wherever dimension or universe the Slayer wanted to go.
Still, he intends to bash the bastard head in for what he did, but he'll place that on the back burner for now.
Since then, both Doom Slayer and VEGA began their long journey to recover what rightfully belonged to the Hell Walker. And they had traveled to all kinds of dimension and universe: ranging from world where a pipes that can send you to luminescent mushrooms land called Mushroom Kingdom, to the world that have similarity with Argent D'Nur called Eos, a world of deserts that were illuminated by two sun called Tatooine, to a world called the Abyss, which being surrounded by a strange, giant hole going deep into the earth... An infinity of different worlds in every aspect.
However, Each time they traveled to each of those dimension in search the whereabouts of their fortress, they found a familiar looking demons swarming like insects there. A vermin that had awakened something within the Doom Slayer, something that only came to the surface when battling an enemy of such a destructive caliber. There was not anyone of them on which he hadn't fought at least a millions battles.
Eventually, in that universe that the Doom Slayer was standing on, he and VEGA had finally found of what they Looking for; the Fortress of Doom.
The Hell Walker had succeeded retrieving his long lost property. Now, both he and VEGA could return to that alternate Earth now.
But there goes the saying, that reality can be a (Beep!) sometimes...
When VEGA run some commencing diagnostics check on Doom Slayer Castle, he found a few Sentinel power batteries, a giant energy canister filled with the energies of the Holy Wraiths of Argent D'Nur, was gone from central power core; meaning, if they just teleported to their destination with a few Sentinel batteries still left in the castle, it will surely burn out the space-folding engine systems, as it requires the whole battery in the castle for its effectiveness, especially for the Rift Drive systems.
If that was not bad enough, some of the Slayer personal belongings, as well some important items from the Night Sentinels, were gone from his personal quarters and chambers. VEGA concluded that those items might also have been scattered along with the Sentinel batteries to another world, when Seraphim used his power to send it away from Argent D'Nur after the fall of that world.
Oh, how he wish to beat the (Beep!) out that Samur bastard into pile of scrap metal.
And now here he was, searching for those missing batteries and his personals item in this normal world, while slaughtering some familiar pesky demons from hell that somehow appearing in here too. He have VEGA to look and researching into that last part.
Now as Doom Slayer thinking about this alternate earth he and VEGA was in now, this earth wasn't normal either. After they successfully retrieving the Fortress of Doom, VEGA were picking up an unusual energy signature from where they are taking back their castle. It wasn't demonic though, even the Slayer could felt it in the air. The energy itself gave off esoteric energy that is use quite often in magic. And the Slayer and the A.I had been to plenty of worlds where magic existed.
It has been shown when Doom Slayer saving that rabbit girl in frilly pink dress and her talking pet from those demons. He watched in slight interest when the girl, named Ichika as that talking puppy calling her, shine and change her appearance into something like normal civilian, before she succumb into unconscious after being attacked by those demons. Probably the girl trying to defend herself with whatever magic power she have against those demons.
It really reminds the Slayer of that world, where everybody in there is colorful talking pony and they had to use the power of friendship and miracles to solve every problem... But ultimately fail when the demons almost invading half of their world if he didn't step in.
But seriously, who the hell fights in a frigging frilly pink dress?
Still, Doom Slayer couldn't get his mind off that Ichika girl. There was something about her that kept The Slayer thinking about her.
For some reason she reminded him of something. Something from his past that kept his sanity anchored, and giving him the reason why he shouldn't let these hellish scumbags get their foot on mortal world.
Could it be that girl magical appearance reminds him of... Her?
"Slayer, I detected a wave of Argent and Hell energy patterns coming from approximately 1.03 kilometres from where you standing, possibly a Gore Nest that being constructed by demons." Said VEGA's monotone and polite voice from behind Doom Slayer's helmet, which shattered his thoughts. "The pattern originated from the north of your position, which also the path that you going to find the sixth Sentinel Battery for the Fortress. However, i also detecting a settlement about a mile away. Neutralization will be necessary before they reach the nearest residential complex."
Hearing it, Doom Slayer kept his pace, eventually leaving the place where he slaughtered several demon groups earlier, and into another place of massacre that he would commit soon to those demons. He just needed to stop these hellish army before more lives were put in danger.
Still, in the back of his mind, he can't stop thinking about that Ichika girl.
To be continued...