The Warp
So this is what it was really like travelling the warp. Absolute chaos as variety's of colors streamed past Doom's visor, almost making him feel like he was having a bad trip.
"If you take a left Doomslayer, you should reach the flagship." VEGA said, the small drone was deftly avoiding the random currents as it flew next to him.
Doom spotted the one singular warp tunnel that guided them straight towards the Despoiler warship, had VEGA not been with him, then there was no way he would have seen it.
"Got it VEGA!" Doom said before reaching his hand out, the metal scraping against the currents of the warp.
"Now be ready to-"
The small warp tunnel zip passed as Doom lost his handling. There only ticket out.
"Oh... Shit. That's not good." was all Doom said.
VEGA was silent before the A.I spoke, "It appears that you just missed the target destination."
"Eurgh, what is going-"
Khaine spoke within Doom's mind as he was about to finish that sentence until he saw the situation they were in as Doom free falled through the warp.
"WHAT IN MY NAME HAPPENED!?"
Doom could imagine himself coughing, "I tried to get to the flagship... It didn't work out."
"STUPID MON-KEIGH!" Khaine yelled before Doom's hand glowed red with blood and fire, Khaine temporarily wrestling control as it grabbed onto a very rickety green colored tunnel.
And then without further ado, they were dragged as the premature forces of the WAAAGH took hold, taking them to a different albeit close destination.
Bluddflagg's Voidship Bridge
"Git ya stupid git!" Bluddflag said as he smacked the hapless snotling directly off the ship council, holding the tiny squig within his hands. Delicately placing it on the ships controls. The smaller creature began yipping everywhere, as if it had a migraine.
Spookum's scratched the back of his bald green head. "Uh boss, is der somethin' wrong with da Squig?"
Bluddflag was about to respond before another figure burst into the room, A Weirdboy as he held his head in pain.
"B-Boss! Der's a real big one comin'! Too much noise! Too much! I fink I'z gunna...I'z gunna...WAAAGH!"
"'EADBANG!" Brikkfist yelled before ducking under a pile of scrap.
Bluddflagg's eyes widened.
Spookum's prayed to Gork a' Mork.
And Nailbrain smacked the engine, mainly because the Mekboy was busy working below decks in the Dakkabay, giving him no context to react to the turn of events.
Instead the Squig stopped barking, looking directly at the Weirdboy as he held his head before stiffening and standing up straight, the ork Psyker calming down as he withdrew both hands.
Spookum stood close to Bluddflagg as they both stared wide eyed at the Weirdboy.
"Boss... I fink it wuz a false al-"
The Weirdboy exploded, getting blood all over the place as it stained the home made council as well as the scrap walls of the ship.
"AH ZOG! MY HAT!" Bluddflagg yelled in anger as his black hat was now stained red. "DAZ IT! FROM NOW ON WE'Z GONNA MAKE SURE NO WEIRD BOY'Z ARE ALLOWED IN 'ERE!"
"Uh boss?"
"WE'ZE GONNA HAV' A STRICT REGIME 'ERE, AND NOW THAT-"
"BOSS!"
"WHAT!?"
Brikkfist pointed at where the Weirdboy used to be, standing in it's place was a green armored figure. The figure looked around, confused as a Tau drone flew next to it.
"Oi! Who da Zog are you!?"
The Squig on the council started barking like crazy, chasing it's own stubby tail as it pointed it's short face directly at the Man.
There was a lengthy pause, before the figure spoke.
"Me? Who the fuck are you!? You look like fucking Shrek!"
Bluddflagg took out his Kustom Shoota. "WHADDYA JUST SAY TO ME YA 'UMIE!"
Doom POV
"Was that wise Mon-Keigh? You do realize you are dealing with Orks." Khaine said with a hint of disgust, he relinquished his control on his hand as soon as they exited the portal and into whatever this place was.
"Orks?"
"Bruitish and disgusting creatures, only caring about violence."
"Uh, no offense but isn't that sort of you?"
Khaine almost gasped in shock, "You dare compare me with Orks?!"
Vega spoke in Doom's helmet before the Slayer could respond.
"Doomslayer, it appears that a violent spiritual being is currently residing within your left hand. I will attempt to remove this." the drone said before a welder popped up on it's crab like claw.
"VEGA! No! Now's not the fucking time!" Doom said as he was held at gunpoint by the green aliens. "Hey Listen assholes! I'm just as confused as you are! But right now there is a huge battle that was about to happen and I really have to-"
The ship immediately shook as the Ork ship jumped out of warp travel. A huge clusterfuck of Chaos ships and Tau ships, with a singular Eldar cruiser that deftly avoided the ship to ship fire.
Bluddflagg withdrew his gaze and as did the rest of the Orks. That gave all the time Doom needed.
He raised a singular fist.
Before turning tail and running. He literally had no time to even cave in there faces, because right now one of the biggest battles was about to commence.
The Squig was the first to react, yipping before running up to him. Biting on the Marines leg as it clung on, Doom didn't even notice. The other Ork's turned there heads only to see the scrap doorway close.
"OI! BOSS! DA UMIE'S GETTIN' AWAY!" Brikkfist said in anger. However Spookum's realized something.
"Ey Boss! Didn't dat 'Umie fit da description?"
"Hm?" Bluddflagg immediately slapped his forehead after realization came to him. "Da'z right! It's da green armored 'Umie Gork n' Mork wanted us ta help!"
There was a pause before Bluddflagg lost his patience.
"WELL?! DON'T JUST STAND DER YA GITS! AFTER HIM!"
"Y-Yes boss!" Spookum's yelled before Brikkfist filed out. Leaving Bluddflagg to think of what to do next.
Bluddflagg's Voidship Dakkabay
"Doomslayer, I have already calculated a way in which we can board the enemy vessel via Ork ship."
"Say it." Doom said as he turned another scrap heap of a corridor. He passed a few Orks who were too busy to notice Doom as they wacked random gizmo's with wrenches.
"By investigating the Tau Database, I have discovered that every Ork vessel has what is called a 'Grot Launcher' which is designed to fire live humanoids."
"Oh great... I always wanted to be shot out of a cannon." Doom said sarcastically.
"Perfect, then we can begin right away." VEGA said before his drone form began shifting until it was a circular disk, attaching itself magnetically to Doom's back.
"Uh, what?" Doom asked as he saw what VEGA was talking about, a couple of tiny snotlings were busy playing around with what appeared to be a giant breach loader of some sort. One of them accidentally fell inside before it closed, a giant resounding explosion sounded as embers flicked away at the cracks.
The loader opened up, the snotling was no longer there.
Khaine spoke up, "Truly your... Robotic Companion cannot be-"
"Oi!" Doom turned around, to see another Ork, this time he looked like a cyborg as the Ork spat out a nail from his mouth, preparing his Dakka.
"You'ze not a Ork! Who da Zog are you!?"
Doom simply stood there.
"I'm the Doomslayer." before jumping inside the loader, bracing for launch.
There was a long awkward pause as nothing happened.
Nailbrain paused before he realized something, "Wait! Aren't you dat Green 'Umie Gork n' Mork wanted ta help?"
"Yes... Yes I am..." Doom said in an unsure tone as he nestled himself again, he had no idea what the green Alien was talking about.
There was another long pause as the breach loader didn't close.
"Okay now how the fuck does this-?" It closed directly on Doom's face before firing. Tossing the marine through space as Nailbrain stared with a hint of confusion before taking out his radio. A few grot's gathered around, scratching there heads at what had just happened.
"Uh boss, I'ze got some bad news, da 'Umie just used da Gob Lobbah'."
"WHAT!?" Bluddflagg yelled on the other end.
Space
Doom's world was already a surge of motion as he was flung at an incredible speed, Passing a few grot bodies along the way before he spotted his target. The despoiler class battleship as it came into view from behind an asteroid.
He somehow miraculously kept on course, a few Chaos beams whizzed past as fighters engaged in the distance. He was coming in fast before the side of the gigantic ship met him.
Holding both arms out, Doom grabbed hold of the twisted metal before tightening his grip.
He lifted himself up, before raising a fist and punching downwards, denting the metal a tiny bit. "Damn, fucking ship is tough..." Doom said before throwing another punch with not much effect.
"Doomslayer, I calculate it would take around 22 hours of blunt force to breach through the hull of this vessel. I will begin to calculate a better approach."
"Yeah you do that... While I'm sitting my ass out he-"
Something stirred next to him, despite there being a vacuum, something was touching his leg.
A turned his head to see a tiny pinkish looking creature with a ugly looking pug face as it's clawed legs clung onto his leg, yipping at him.
"What the fuck is that thing?!"
"Ugh. A disgusting squig, kill it." Khaine said within his mind only for VEGA to speak up.
"I believe the fungal based lifeform can be of some assistance Doomslayer."
"Lemme hear it then." He narrowly tilted his head from some space debris.
"The creature known as 'The Squig' is capable applying numerous amount of G-force when biting, even capable of penetrating power armor. There stomachs also contain a very acidic compound that can disintegrate every known object, making it liable to consume even more material."
"Uh, sorry VEGA but I really don't see how this tiny ass thing is gonna-"
The squig sniffed the hull of the chaos ship before it opened it's mouth, revealing rows of razor sharp teeth. It bit down, taking a gigantic portion of the metal before ravenously biting, consuming the metal at an incredible rate.
"Holy fuck... I take that back" Doom said before grabbing a piece of the torn off metal, prying away the edges as the creature went to work. Creating a small sized tunnel as it chewed its way through.
Doom began to pry the edges before bending the metal completely, his upper body strength going to work as the metal slowly morphed to fit his size. He crawled one meter forward before the air rushed around him.
The Squig had done it. It had gotten them inside.
Aegis of Fear
The fungal creatures body flung backwards before Doom grabbed it, bringing it with him as he jumped inside the currently venting room as air was rapidly drained from it.
Thinking fast, he spotted a small metal and black Chaos alter, and without hesitation, broke it off the pedestal as a stream of black and corrupt energy faceted out before smashing it on the newly made hole in the hull.
It proved to be an effective air tight sealant.
Doom merely patted his hands together before turning around, the small squig was now on the floor as it sniffed around before looking up at him. There was a long pause.
"VEGA? Is something supposed to-?" The squig merely yapped at the Doomslayer before it's stubby legs carried it off, going under a blood soaked vent as it left Doom by himself.
"... Okay."
"An unfortunate turn of events." VEGA commented, "Regardless, if you were to-"
There was a pause.
Doom had immediately noticed it. "Uh, VEGA? You okay there buddy?"
"Error code 37. Please recharge this unit at the nearest station. Thank you." An automated message came from inside Doom's helmet before he felt the drone on his back power down.
"It appears that the machine has ran out of power. Typical." Khaine said. Doom immediately shook with anger.
"Shut the fuck up Kane! Nobody cares about what you think!" The Doomslayer said, now he was beginning to grow pissed. "And where the fuck is the map to this place? They sure as hell don't have it on the god damn eleva-!"
Doom was about to finish that sentence before the metal and barbed door behind him slid open as the harsh metal scraped against the interior.
Immediately the sounds of heavy weapons being lifted was heard. Doom slowly turned around to see a whole hallway full of a different enemy this time.
Wearing power armor like Kaldor, it's just that this time everything just felt wrong about them wearing it as they held an unholy feeling to them. Doom could take one look at them before realizing he was no longer dealing with Demon's, but something else entirely.
How the hell did they know he was here?
There was a chuckle as the whole hallway line slowly made way before a un-helmeted Chaos marine came forward, his pale and mutated face now filled with sharp teeth and a mismatched jawline were particularity hideous to look at.
"So this is the mortal? The 'Green armored mortal' that our gods wish for his painful death. Is that not right my brothers?" The Chaos Champion said, there was a series of thundering shouts promising death and despair.
Doom looked them up and down.
"Um, sorry but who the fuck are you people?"
The Chaos champion tilted his head for a second.
"Us? US!? We are the warriors of chaos! Destined to serve the dark gods and serve a pla-"
Doom sputtered, almost laughing.
"What is so laughable mortal!?" The Chaos Champion said as he drew his chaos bolt and sword, both with a spiky and unholy aesthetic.
"S-Sorry, but Ho-Holy shit! You actually believe in that Ascension bullshit?" Doom chuckled, as he struggled to contain his giggles. "God... Even back at UAC, at least they worshiped hell to power a fucking light bulb! You guys literally have no other excuse!"
The champion raised an eye. The rest of his warband, hardened former Space marines that had submitted to the promise of dark power, also looked unsure of what to do. Normally there opponent wouldn't be so... Upbeat.
Doom sighed, before he made the first move. "So what the fuck are we waiting for? Are we going to fight?"
He was immediately answered by a super powered black metal fist directly into chest, sending him flying across the hallway and into the corrupted steel of the ship. The corrupted metal bent around Doom's body.
Immediately the entire warband including the Champion burst out into raucous laughter as the halls literally shook with the resonating noises.
Doom effortlessly stood up from the wreckage.
The laughing stopped.
Doom paused, his stature was deathly still.
"Next time. Give me a ready up will ya?" Doom said in a seething tone.
He rushed forward, his boots caving the metal around him like liquid as his steps carried absolute rage. The Champion got over his surprise before yelling out a battlecry in challenge.
However, the Champion did not see the marines fist before it collided directly into the Champions black armored stomach. The mere force of the punch bent the metal around the Chaos Marines flesh into a twisted amalgamation of flesh.
The Champion's ugly face immediately spat out a glob of corrupted blood before Doom spun, using the rotation of his still embedded fist to launch the Champions body directly into the side of the corridor, smashing the Chaos Marines body against the wall. The Power armor literally became one with the rest of his body as his flesh shifted from the sheer amount of force.
It was then that Doom finally extracted his bloodied gauntlet, turning around to the rest of the warband.
They had there bolter's out already before they opened fired.
Well that was a welcomed change, normally Demon's would hesitate as soon as the biggest of them were killed.
Doom had to immediately react, pulling the Champion's corpse off the wall as any flesh that was attached to the wall was torn off. Within an instant his new bullet shield took the brunt of the first volley before the Space Marines had to reload, the metal corpse being torn apart by the explosive firepower of the Chaos marines, making it now useless.
But that was all the time Doom needed before he unveiled what he had been setting up.
The Praetor armor had been specially designed with the ability to open pocket dimensions, these pocket dimensions containing any weapons he might have found on his journey. He had decided the best weapon in this situation, would have to be his favorite.
The Chaingun.
He rose from the destroyed corpse before turning around, Bringing the tri barreled weapon to bear. He smiled within his helmet before clicking a button, accessing his second favorite mode.
Sentry mode.
Within an instant, he opened fired. The three barrels spinning rapidly as they spat out 15mm tungsten slugs at a 220,000 pound force per square inch. The payload tore directly through the hallway, annihilating the metal door with a few Chaos Marines along with it.
The rest that were too slow were practically torn apart as the sheer volume of slugs breached there armor, bounced around inside making a flesh cocktail, before exiting out and bouncing around the hallway in a beautiful shower of sparks.
Doom held his finger on the trigger as the chain gun began to rapidly heat up, the barrels turning yellow, before he finally relinquished his finger. There was a long silence before he was rewarded with more bolter fire.
Apparently the survivors had used the corpses of there corrupted comrades as bullet shields.
Copycats.
Doom put away the chaingun, just in time to feel the first bolter round hit him in the chest. It was a surprise, those explosive kinetic shell he could imagine could pose quite a big problem if he got shot with them, he could even see the rounds possibly denting his hell made armor. However it was no time to mess around, the shells would have easily torn him apart if he wasn't wearing the praetor armor, and he sure as hell didn't feel comfy at getting shot now.
Pulling out his own fiery bolt pistol as it materialized in his hand, he shot one of the round directly into the head of a Chaos marine that had been firing, the Warriors helmet seering off along with his flesh as the chunks burned as soon as it hit the ground.
This only seemed to anger the rest of the warriors as the surviving ones yelled for the Doomslayer's death before they all began to open fire.
"Shit!" Doom yelled before dashing forward, jumping behind a few bodies before the entire hallway behind him was torn apart.
So that's why the hull of the ship was so thick.
Immediately the Warriors began focusing fire to keep Doom surpressed behind the small pile of power armored corpses, there fire tearing their dead comrades apart. Doom's cover was not going to last long.
Luckily he already had an idea. Something which was designed to work with his Praetor suit. He steadied his breath before concentrating, hell energy beginning to billow within his hand right hand before it formed into a red solid unnatural looking ball.
Doom didn't even look before tossing it over, soaring through the air as the Siphon grenade left a trail of dangerous looking lights in it's wake.
Immediately the Chaos Marines yelled out in warning before a few began to retreat from cover. However they could not predict that the hellish grenade was impact based.
The results were instantaneous as the hallway glowed with crimson red, a bubble of chaotic and uncontrollable energy formed with all the Warriors caught inside of it. The Chaos marines began to hack and cough as Hellish ruins appeared below them, there own essence of Chaotic energy being robbed from them before being infused for power by the Praetor suit.
Most of the Chaos Warriors attempted to tear away there own helmets in an attempt to gasp for air, an ironically mortal need, before puking and collapsing to the ground in pain. To have there own essence taken was like a human having his own marrow extracted.
Doom lowered his fiery bolt pistol, toying around with it in his hands before humming a tune. Walking and tipping over the corpses of Chaos marines that had littered the black metal corridor. The few remaining that happened to be alive were still stumbling on the ground as they no longer even had the ability to stand up, Doom merely walked past them before spotting an desecrated looking elevator at the end of the hallway.
He was about to walk forward until he felt a gauntlet grabbed him by the leg. He looked down to see a weakened Chaos Marine, coughing violently behind his helmet as hellish ruins began to weigh him down even further, a side effect of the siphon grenade.
"You... You took... Our gifts..." The black armored marine violently coughed, "You-... Who are... YOU!?" The Marine asked with his last bit of energy.
Doom smiled before his hand shot out, grabbing the Chaos Marine by the neckplate with ease before bringing him close. The dent in the Doomslayer's armor began to repair itself little by little as the Chaos essence was trans-mutated into something more useful.
"I probably said this before,-" Doom said as his free hand balled into a fist, "-but I'm the Doomslayer. Bitch." Before bringing his fist forward, slamming his gauntlet into the Chaos Marine's face before imploding his unfortunate head as Doom's mask was splashed with a new set of blood.
He dropped the headless corpse before spying the rest of the Warband, with the majority now dead or dying.
"As for the rest of you, I'm not even gonna bother." Doom said before turning around "You're all fucking dead regardless.". He left the Siphoned Chaos Warriors behind as they attempted to sputter curses and insults.
Doom merely got in the elevator before slamming down the mechanical lever, sending a whole set of abused machinery to work before the doors closed behind him. Bringing him further into the Aegis of Fear.
Elianareth's Gift Lower Deck
Joan had would admit that the sounds of battle outside of the ships hull actually calmed her down. It was at least something familiar in a case of being surrounded with so much things that were... Alien so to speak.
She had given up on attempting to escape for now, everytime she would almost reach the edge she would only be pulled back by gravity. Eldar imprisonment was fickle but at the same time effective. Giving you a sliver of escape only to pull it away from you, borderline sadistic.
But importantly she did have time to think about who exactly was that man. The one that had willingly conspired with the Xeno's.
Another shake as the Eldar ship tilted, the metal groaning as it glazed a hit.
Joan groaned with dissapointment. Was this really how she would die? Being blown up alongside a Eldar ship?
She had gone through so much, so much fights, so much pain, and this is how she would be remembered. She lowered her head glumly as her helmet's edges touched her armor. Fate worked in strange ways.
But she didn't notice the flickering embers that began to develop at the doorway. Joan tilted her helmet upwards before her eyes widened.
A hand began to take form, before a arm, and then a torso of some sort of power armor. It wasn't long before a full form began to take shape. His armor was patterned to be that of a skeleton, with a rib cage and bones within the grooves of the armor.
The warrior was helmet-less, showing off his completely pale skin and deathly thin face. When his body fully formed from the flames, he stood still, holding a flame patterned chain sword in his left and a skull with piercing glowing eyes in his right.
He looked directly at her, or more specifically her soul, and she could already feel the hate of Daemonkind radiate off of him.
"I am Atticus Centurius... Member of the Legion of the damned." The cursed space marine said, before pointing his chainsword at her.
"And it would do you well to listen... Adepta Sororita."
Joan could only think of one sentence.
Why did these things happen to her.
Aegis of Fear elevator
Needless to say, Doom had been on all assortments of elevator's. He had been on fast elevators, gravity elevators, purply gravity elevators. But by far, this elevator, took the cake of being the absolute worst as it was slow as hell. Literally as most of the machinery looked like it had been to hell.
Doom sighed before slowly sitting down, placing both arms on his knee's in relaxation. He was probably going to have to wait a bit. In the meanwhile, he had a great idea. That idea being to bug Khaine again.
"Kane." Doom said, there was no response.
"Kaaaaane." there was another pause before Doom droned again.
"Kaaaaaaaaaaaannn-"
"SILENCE!" The god of murder yelled in absolute fury as Doom's left hand began to drip blood. "MY NAME IS KHAELA MENSHA KHAINE, REFER IT AS-"
"Yeah, Yeah, whatever. Wanna hear a joke?" Doom said. There was a pause before the god spoke.
"A... Joke? What is that?"
"Y'know, a joke. Something funny."
"Ugh, I despise that word... Funny." Khaine said. "Just like what that weakling god Cegorach uses for entertainment."
"Aw c'mon, jokes are fun. In fact, I have a good one right now. I'll tell it to ya." Doom said.
"Never, I do not wish to hear this... Joke." Khaine said as he attempted to speak the unfamiliar word.
"Too bad." Doom said before chuckling to himself. "Okay... What's the difference between a Demon and a Onion?"
There was a pause, a lengthy pause, before curiosity got the better of the god. "Speak."
"Alright, here it comes." Doom said before continuing,
"No one cries when you chop up the Demon."
There was a stifle. A tiny, but genuine stifle coming from the god.
It was then Doom realized, he had made the Eldar god of murder and war almost giggle. Doom almost had to hold back his laugh as he began to hear Khaine sputter like a broken stereo after the god realized his folly.
"What is this! What have you done to me!?"
Then Doom then began to laugh.
"ANSWER ME!" Khaine yelled in fury.
"That was a laugh dumbass, you thought my joke was funny."
"LIES! It's all-"
Doom began to notice movement around the elevator, Khaine immediately paused as well. His eyes adjusted before something struck, the marine acting instantly as his hand shot out, grabbing the attacker.
It appeared to be a small insect of some sort, sporting a swollen and maggot filled body filled with pus and other horrors, sporting a venom tipped blade and stinger. Doom sneered before tightening his grip slightly, the bug's upper body expanding before exploding into green sickly sludge as it got all over the place. Writhing maggots left over began digging into the hull.
"Eugh! Fucking disgusting!" Doom said, wiping his gauntlet on his armor. "What the fuck was that?"
Khaine didn't respond, instead the elevator abruptly stopped. Doom didn't even have the time to react before a giant gauntlet smashed through the elevator door. It was corroded and stained green, with piece of it missing as it dripped dirty fluid. It grabbed Doom by the neck before pulling the Doomslayer and forcefully throwing him out.
Doom simply stabilized himself midair before planting both feet on the ground, skidding across the disgusting fleshy ground. He barely recovered before Doom deftly avoided a bladed weapon, it's trail leaving marks of filth within the air itself.
Doom retaliated quickly with a punch directly into the green power armored stomach of whoever was attacking him, there was a grunt before the sound of a minor skid. The marine looked up before getting a better view of his singular opponent
The Hulking warrior's power armor was green, but better looking at it, Doom realized it was that color because of the amount of filth that adorned it. It's helmet was bulky, and a long protruding fleshy spike grew out of it, almost like a Rhino. His right shoulder plate held a skinned human face whilst his other held more of the flesh growths, however the most disgusting feature was the amount of grimy holes that were embedded within the warrior. Insects, like the one before, seemed to thrive within them, eating and consuming the bacteria that seemed to grow at an impossible rate.
"Hmm..." The warrior said as he inspected the newly made dent within his armor, sick blood gently poured out of it. The Nurgle marine held his hand above it before the dent became covered with green filth, regenerating it at a very quick pace.
This was going to be a problem, a big problem.
The hulking monstrosity stood up as he looked down upon the Doomslayer. "You... Would have made a... Fine addition... To the family... Mortal... Alas... Father Nurgle wishes your death." Typhus the Herald of Nurgle said before preparing his, literally sick, scythe.
Thank god Doom had lost his sense of smell a long time ago.
Author's Note: Now I know chapters have been coming out slower, and for that I like to apologize. I've just been having to do a lot of work for school and such. So sorry again and I'll try to get the next chapter out soon.
