Act IV
"Slater? What are you doing here?" Slater opens her eyes. "Lile? I'm alive?" Lile looks away from Slater slightly. "Um, I'm afraid not Slater. We're in the middle of Hell." "We're, dead?" "Well, yes, but two good things came out of it at least." "Like what?" "Diablo, the Lord of Terror. As well as the angel, if we defeat Diablo, he's promised that he'll be able to return us to the surface." "But, how did I die?" The angel walks up to Slater. "That was Baal's doing, he destroyed your body. You would have lost your soul entirely if I hadn't done something. I built a body as best I could for you, and used the last of my power to pull your soul into it." Slater looks at herself. "Wow, I look almost exactly the same." Baal ripped your body from the surface and sucked it down here. I used what I was able to find. What I couldn't find I replaced with my own flesh." Slater notices that half of the angel's left wing is missing. "Thank you…very much angel. I'm sorry to be rude, but I must be going. I can't stay here long while the evils rampage on the surface." "I understand." Slater runs from the building to begin the search for Diablo. "Come on, Lile! Let's go!" Lile walks at a slow pace behind her. "Don't rush Slater." They travel for only about ten minutes before Lile speaks. "Slater, we'll reach the River Styx soon." Slater turns and stares blankly at Lile. "Which means, what?" "That's where spirits are guided from the surface into Hell. The Lord of Terror himself, is at the end of it." "Well, let's go then!" Lile sighs. "I told you to stop rushing." Slater had already run ahead. Lile catches up a few moments later. "Lile, you seem hesitant to kill Diablo, what's wrong?" "Nothing, let's just go." Lile walks ahead. They continue on, through the River of Styx and reach Diablo's home, the Chaos Sanctuary. "Is this the place Lile?" Lile pauses for a moment. "Yes, this is it Slater." "SLATER." "Baal, go away! You've already killed me, what now?" "YOUR ONE TRUE ALLY, IS DISAPPEARING. SLOWLY JOINING THE SIDE OF THE DARK ONES. SHE IS BEGIN TAINTED BY THE EVIL." "You lie! That's impossible!" "YOU WILL SOON MEET A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH SLATER. YOU WILL HAVE NO ALLIES, UNABLE TO HELP. MEANWHILE, THE EVILS WILL DESTROY THE PLANET." "SHUT UP!" "Slater? What's the matter?" Slater holds back tears. "Lile, we need to speed this up." Slater goes through the sanctuary and smashes the five seals keeping Diablo held back. "Not even death can save you from me!" Slater dies. "Come on, we're already dead!" Diablo doesn't look happy about being made fun of. "Slater, that's enough talking, let's do this." Lile casts a frozen orb at Diablo, knocking his arm off. "Lile, that seems a bit cruel." "Well Slater, since I got here, I've begun to enjoy things I didn't before. I enjoy…killing." Slater looks down at her feet. "You've begun to feel…evil? Baal was telling the truth. He always does." Slater watches on as Lile rips Diablo limb from limb. She doesn't plan to kill him any time soon. "Lile, please kill him quickly." Lile laughs evilly as bloods spurts from Diablo's body onto her face. "No Slater." Slater runs over and jabs her staff through Diablo's head. He dies immediately. "Lile, no one deserves to go through that much pain. Not even Diablo." "Don't ruin my fun Slater." Slater sighs and walks back to the fortress. Lile follows slowly behind. "Angel, Diablo is defeated, may we return to the surface now?" "Slater, you may pass. However, Lile, she must stay." "What? Why!" "She has been tainted by Diablo's evil. As all spirits sent her do. Now Slater, run into the portal. Lile will soon be tainted entirely." Slater looks back at Lile, who looks extremely annoyed. Lile practically explodes at the angel. Slater turns back to the portal and runs through. It closes behind her.