"What's this? This looks nothing like the Hell from my visions." Slater looks at his surrounding. "Wait, I know where I am! This is the rogue encampment! I'm back where the original "Chosen One" began! How can this be?" Slater looks around the camp, confused. "I must get back to Kurast and figure out what has happened!" Slater runs from the encampment, as the druid appears where he had been standing. "This looks nothing like I imagined. I thought Hell would be darker and more evil looking." A rogue runs quickly up next to the druid. "Sir, please help me! A demon appeared in our encampment and has killed all of the rogues but myself! I beg of you for assistance!" The druid stares blankly at the rogue for a half a second and kicks her in the stomach and sends her flying backwards. "Get back Hell spawn! I won't become one of you!" The rogue lies on the ground, blood leaking from her mouth. Rogues quickly surround the druid. They make a circle around the druid and point their spears at him. The druid raises his arms to show his surrender. Although he could take each of them easily, he hopes to be brought to their masters, the evils. "Do what you want hell spawn, but as soon as I get a chance, you're all going to die!" The rogues lock the druid up and put him into a cage before placing the cage into a wagon. The rogues seem pleased as they begin leading the wagon from the encampment.
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Lile enters the fortress. "Why did you allow him to escape?" Lile shrugs. "I don't know, I didn't feel like fighting I guess." "WHAT? YOU'RE LYING TO ME! YOU ALWAYS FEEL LIKE FIGHTING!" Lile stares evilly at the Outcast. "Don't you dare yell at me again." "DO YOU THINK YOU CAN SCARE ME?" THE MOST POWERFUL BEING TO EVER EXIST?" "Yes, because you're not the most powerful. I am." Lile kicks the Outcast in the stomach and he falls to his knees. Andariel had watched all of this from the doorway. She laughs slightly. "If they keep arguing like this, I may have a chance to split them up and kill Lile for good!"
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Slater arrives at the same cave that the Outcast had been sealed inside of. "This is where it all began." Just before Slater is able to enter the cave, he hears movement from behind him. He quickly hides in some nearby bushes. Soon after, he sees some rogues. These are followed by a wagon and finally, after that, are more rogues. Slater decides that he should follow them, wondering who or what may be in the cage. He follows them through the cave, to the monastery, through the jails, past the catacombs, into Andariel's chamber and up to her throne. Here, they finally stop. "What are they doing here? Andariel has already been killed!" They take the cage from the wagon and place it onto the throne. The cage seems to begin sinking. "Hm, a secret passage?" Slater quickly runs past the rogues and jumps onto the cage. He's then lowered into a hidden chamber before the rogues are able to stop him. "Where am I now?" "Slater? Is that you?" "Huh? Who wants to know? Where are you?" "I'm the druid, I'm inside of this cage." "Hold on, I'll try to open it." "There's no need." The druid breaks the cage to pieces. "I wasn't trapped, the rogues were bringing me to their master, which I assume is one of the evils." "Well, if they brought you here, then it's definitely one of the evils. However, that would mean that the rogues were infected like the people in the Kurast…" The druid looks panicked. "Oh no! That reminds me! Now that I'm in Hell, I'll be infected!" "Druid, you haven't realized? We aren't in Hell, the portal was somehow redirected to the rogue encampment." "Oh, oops then. I think I may have killed a rogue when I came out of the portal. If they weren't infected…oh my." Slater sighs. "No druid, as I just said, these rogues have also been infected. The evils have discovered a way to infect humans. This turns them into mindless followers. However, I think that the stronger the evil is, the more they can control at once. It seems that these rogues are much smarter than the villagers in Kurast had been. The ones in Kurast did nothing but hunger for blood!" Suddenly, interrupting their conversation, a voice is heard. "Ah, I sense a new sacrifice. Ah, two in fact!" Nihlathak then turns the corner and sees both the druid and Slater. "Hm, no sacrifice after all?" Nihlathak frowns. "Chosen one, I see that we finally have a chance for battle." A loud noise comes from behind. The rogues stand there aiming their bows at Slater. "Don't think of running, I want to be sure I'm the one to finish you off." Slater smirks. "Come on, I remember your battle from my visions. You're nothing without corpses!" Nihlathak laughs heartily. "You think you know everyone's weakness don't you Slater? A necromancer isn't limited to summoning skeletons and blowing up corpses. You're a necromancer yourself, you should know that by now." Nihlathak creates a spear of bone from out of nowhere, tipped with a green substance. "Poison and bone skills are just as effective!" Nihlathak begins sending waves of poisoned spears at Slater and the druid. They both continuously dodge them. They both continuously dodge them, with some very close calls. This goes on until they find themselves backed against the rogues. Nihlathak creates another spear, but holds it this time. "Hold back the druid for me." The rogues all grab the druid, he doesn't resist. Nihlathak walks up to Slater and places the spear to his throat. "Now, you realize, with your throat impaled, even if you do revive continuously, you will die just as many?" Nihlathak laughs slightly with a smirk. Slater stares evilly up at him. "Go ahead! Even if you do kill me, you will be defeated in some way or another. Someone will rise to take my place! Eventually, all eight evils will be defeated, it's inevitable!" Nihlathak looks angrily down at Slater before raising his spear to thrust it into his neck. However, before he's able to, the druid pulls himself free of the rogue's grasps and knocks it from Nihlathak's hands. The druid then grabs Nihlathak's arms and pulls them behind his back. "Slater, finish him!" Slater jumps up and grabs Nihlathak's spear. "Die, demon!" He thrusts the poisoned spear through Nihlathak's chest. He dies instantly.
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The Outcast chuckles. "Welcome home brother!" Nihlathak glares at the Outcast. "The chosen one's ally is strong! I nearly had a spear in the chosen one's neck!" The Outcast laughs a little again. "Nihlathak, you'll have another chance. Or at least, I assume you will. At the rate the chosen one is moving, he'll reach the fortress soon." Nihlathak sighs. "But I was so close!" Nihlathak walks from the room unhappily and Lile enters a few moments later. "So, Nihlathak's been defeated too? How many evils does that leave? Two?" The Outcast thinks for a moment. "Well, if you don't include me, yes. All but one has been returned here. I expect Baal will be the last until the chosen one reaches the fortress." "Why, what of the other one?" The Outcast laughs. "She's still being "reeducated"." Lile smirks. "It's taking her long enough."
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"Slater! We've cornered the prime evils, they're in their fortress!" Slater raises her claws and stares at them for a moment before smirking. "The fight is nearly won Andariel. Get the Mistress of Pain and Nihlathak so we can begin the final assault." Andariel runs to the other side of the fortress to get the other lesser evils. Slater stares at the main gate of the fortress. "It will soon be over. The prime evils will be defeated and the lesser evils will reign supreme in Hell!" Slater awakes in a chamber. She tries to get up but remembers that she's been chained down. She feels her wrists burning where the Outcast had made the purple scars. She feels anger rising within her. Her eyes turn bright yellow and her pupils thin into slits. She lets out a loud scream before becoming unconscious again.
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The druid drops Nihlathak's lifeless body and helps Slater up to his feet. The rogues lay unconscious behind the two of them. The druid looks around the chamber. "So, how do we get to Hell, if not from Kurast?" Slater thinks back, back to the vision before the fight with Mephisto. "There's a portal in the world stone chamber. Where Baal was killed. I think that may be the new entrance into Hell." The druid thinks for a moment. "How do we get there?" A loud voice is then heard for behind the two of them. "I can help you with that, chosen one." The two turn to find the angel. "How?" The angel smiles happily. "I will open a portal directly to the world stone chamber for you. It's as you. It's as easy as that." Slater smiles happily. "We would eternally be in your debt, angel." The angel rips open a portal and the two enter it.
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Lile walks into the room holding her head. "Outcast! I can't stand that screaming! What's taking so long?" The Outcast laughs. "It'll be over soon Lile, she's returning to her original form and regaining her memories." Lile sighs. "Well, she'd better hurry up!"
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Slater walks up to Diablo, having him cornered. "Diablo, our oldest brother, the druid, is getting too strong for his own good. He will soon attempt to control us all if something isn't done soon." Diablo shrugs. "And, what do you expect to do about it?" Slater smirks. "I've already gotten the other five evils on my side. There is an ancient spell known by the fallen. It could keep something as strong as an evil sealed for eternity. I want you to bring our brother to the fallen's cave and we will be rid of him." Diablo smirks now. "I'm behind you entirely Slater." Slater awakes within the room. She feels her muscles enlarging and her skin ripping. Her fingernails elongate into long black claws. She once again lets out a loud scream before falling unconscious. "Ok Slater, the "Outcast" is on his way. We've tricked him into wanting to attack you." Slater smirks. "Well done. You may want to leave, the last thing you'll want is to get caught in this fight." Time seems to jump forward. The Outcast enters the room Slater's in and the fallen surround them both. "Slater! You will be the first to face my wrath." Slater smiles happily as the fallen begin to chant. "It doesn't seem that you'll have the time, brother." Slater turns to walk from the room. However, the Outcast immediately has her on the ground. Slater lies halfway between the ritual circle and the exit. "Let go!" Slater struggles to get free, but it's already too late. The Outcast seems to sink into the ground and pulls Slater with him. Time jumps forward again. The fallen are gone and Slater lies in the middle of the room. No longer a demon, but human. She awakes and looks around the room. "What? Where am I? Better yet…who am I?" Slater awakes for the final time. The chains holding her down burst as her muscles get larger. Her flesh rips off, leaving behind a scaly hide. Long, sharp, white spikes burst from within her. Slater smirks. "Ah, I've finally returned.