As the oldest member of team fortress 2, demo had seen many sights in his life, from getting his left eye cursed in 1926 to fighting at Sword in '44 to signing on as a merc in 1968, this was by far the saddest of them all, one by one his coworkers, his friends, his family, were gunned down by the administrators robots
"I never should've trusted that bitch" he thought grimly
Eventually Soldier, his best mate, his ...brother was killed, a shotgun blast to the chest, this had happened before of course, but with respawn disabled, it was permanent…..
"WAVE 10,078" a familiar voice rang out
He would NOT let his friend's death be in vain, with a final swig of his scrumpy bottle, he grabbed his Grenade Launcher, Stickybomb Launcher and Eyelander as he faced the seemingless endless hordes of robots alone…
LATER ON…
He had done it, he defeated all 9,929 robots (and yes he counted), he felt a sharp pain in his chest and looked down to see a piece of metal lodged in his chest, it was fatal, demoman only had time to position himself up against a rock before meeting his death…..
"WELL, WELL,WELL…" He knew that haunting voice well, he was in a dark void but even then he could make out the all-too familiar form of merasmus, demo stayed silent, the last thing he wanted was to dignify whatever insults he was about to receive with a response
"I CAN HELP YOU KNOW" this caught the demoman's attention, "what? Can ye tell me where I am? Bring my friends back?GIVE ME ME FOOKIN EYE BACK!?"
"I CAN ONLY DO ONE OF THOSE THINGS, YOU ARE IN THE VOID, THE SPACE THAT EXISTS BETWEEN EVERYTHING FROM UNIVERSES TO DIMENSIONS TO THE AFTERLIFE, I BROUGHT YOU HERE BECAUSE I'M OFFERING YOU A CHANCE FOR REDEMPTION"
"Redemption? What do ye mean?" "WE BOTH KNOW YOU'VE LED A SAD LIFE, ADMITTEDLY PART OF IT WAS MY FAULT, BUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE HAS REMOVED ANY SYMPATHY FROM THE GODS, THE WAR CRIMES ALONE.." "you're seriously going to bring that up?" "TECHNICALLY YOU'VE COMMITTED A WAR CRIME EVERY TIME YOU'VE USED THAT STICKY LAUNCHER...AND THE SCOTTISH RESISTANCE, AND THE QUICKIEBOMB LAUNCHER, THE STICKY JUMPER WAS ACTUALLY OK, BUT ANYWAY, THIS ACTIONS WOULD LEAVE YOU AT THE 12TH CIRCLE OF HELL, BUT THEY'VE ALLOWED ME TO GIVE YOU A CHOICE, EITHER YOU CAN REFUSE MY OFFER AND BE DRAGGED INTO HELL, ORRRR…" "I can accept, *sigh* What's the deal?" "WAIT, ONE SECOND" marasmus materialized into view "there is a world in turmoil, a world called remnant, in this world, monsters roam free and terrorize the people, but there are people who defend the people from the monsters, there is one in particular who is destined for great things, her name is nora valkyrie, she is but a child and has suffered terrible hardships throughout her life, and so I need you to guide her, you will be a voice in her head, you will be able to take control of her, but only when she let's you" demoman sighed, of course it would be him who has to babysit a girl in another dimension "your friends will be there too" demoman's eyes widened "they will be talking to other people in their heads, you will get a chance to reunite with them eventually" "if that's the case then I accept, no doubt" merasmus grinned "excellent"
TO BE CONTINUED..EVENTUALLY