The battle finally ends and the enemy is no more but the demons will eventually return but with less numbers now. The demons did sustain some heavy damage on their end, having a piece of Hell wiped out by that nuke. They may have lost that portal but that place was not the only one out there, there could be a couple of them all across the planet, which means there is a way for the demons to continue attacking Earth but somewhere else.
Right now, it has been three days since Hell's Mountain destroyed by the UAC. Doom still stays in Firebase Bravo and Sergeant Travis got additional marines from Wolverine, joining forces to bring back Rhino Squad back into action. Lauren and Rhodes will return to their duties, Staff Sergeant Williams will take command of Firebase Bravo while Sergeant Travis will take the position of leading the marines into battle. VEGA will be the one operating the systems for now, thanks to his loyal to the UAC, he was able to take full control of the cyborgs and their camera sights so he could see what they see and report.
As for the Doom Slayer, he is into action with six marines by his side, commanded by Corporal Rhodes. They are to move inside a dead city inside an APC, it was arm with large plasma cannon on the top of it, and just one shot could tear any type of demon. This APC sent to the city to find and rescue a squad of marines who are inside a crash AC-31 aircraft. A Mancubus inside the city shot down the aircraft, there are several marines inside and two pilots, Doom and the four marines who will come with him will assist him on retrieving the marines.
Once the APC made it inside the city, Doom Slayer and the other marines will come out of the APC while two marines will defend the APC. One marine was arm with a Chaingun, holding it around while standing by the vehicle's side, having the second marine who is the driver to control the gun, seeing it is moving on the right side through the streets. Doom and the other marines are arm with the regular G36 modified assault rifles; Doom will carry other weapons like the advanced Chaingun, the super shotgun and a grenade launcher.
"This is Corporal Rhodes… We are in position and we got the location of the crashed ship on our HUD."
"This is Firebase Bravo." Williams responds "You have a green light, get them out of there."
"Affirmative sir, we are moving out." Rhodes turn towards Doom when he was looking around the city, seeing it is excessively quiet. Rhodes will call to him "Hey marine…" He gets his attention when he looks back to him "We move."
Doom nods then looks forward and moves out with the marines, together they start running through the streets with their guards up, keeping their sights up while moving through, knowing that the demons are near but are not revealing themselves. The marines would watch everywhere they got their sights on, checking the roofs, the windows, the alleyways and holes in the ground, knowing they will come out in any direction.
The team was getting closer to the crashed aircraft as their HUD is showing red blinking dot on the corner of their visor, showing the location of it and seeing they are getting closer. One of the marines will spot it when he goes around the corner, seeing the crashed aircraft that lies halfway in the ground, having debris of a building on top of it due to it crashing against the side of a house. The marines began to move with caution when getting closer to the aircraft, Doom on the other hand just walks over to it causing the marines to hold position and let Doom handle this. Once he makes it to the aircraft, he notices a hole ripped open from the top of it, a Baron ripped it open or it was a projectile made by a Cacodemon.
"Is there anyone inside?" Corporal Rhodes said to Doom when walking closer
Doom jumps inside and aims his gun around, seeing only a dead marine on the ground. Doom crouches down and moves closer to him, placing his hand over his chest, seeing if he could see any visions like last time. The moment he touched him, he was correct, there was four other people inside this area here, all in this ethereal appearance just like before. He notice one of them was examining the body Doom was touching, seeing he is dead on the crash. One of the marines will call for the others to come, seeing him walking up to the hole on the ceiling, seeing him climbing up out of there, causing the ethereal marines to vanish all the sudden.
Doom came out of the hole in the aircraft and looks around, crouching there and noticing four marines in that ethereal form, moving away from the aircraft. He notice one of them was injured, having one of them to help him walk while they keep moving, eventually causing the marines to vanish.
"Do you see something?" Rhodes asked again, looking up at Doom when he stands up.
Rhodes will look towards where Doom is looking them back to him, seeing him aiming his hand at the ground next to him, getting Rhodes to look down and seeing some footprints. Rhodes looks down then moves forward to see where the footprints go, looking up and noticing they move away from the aircraft. Rhodes will go radio Firebase Bravo while Doom jumps down on the ground, standing behind Rhodes.
"Firebase Bravo, this is Corporal Rhodes. We have found the aircraft; there could be survivors that fled the crash site. Permission to go after them?"
"This is Firebase Bravo. The mission is still a go, bring them back home."
"Roger that sir." Rhodes will contact the marines by the APC "We found the aircraft, were going to track them down, bring the APC in here and regroup with us up ahead."
"Roger that."
"Alright." Rhodes looks back to Doom "Your on point, move up."
The marines and Doom moves forward, keeping their guard up and their guns forward while they keep moving, seeing that something is not right as there is still no sign of demons. They will check every side and corner and holes and the buildings, making sure not to be caught in an ambush.
"I don't like this…" One of the marines said while aiming his gun into the sky
"Yeah I know…" Rhodes contacts the APC "Get the APC to cover the front."
"Give us a minute, we will be there shortly."
Very soon, a Warlord was walking on the edge of the roof of the building it was walking on, soon jumping in the air and flies closer to them until the back marine looks back and spots it, he open fire but he took a hit to the chest with its fireball. He collapses back while the rest turn back and fired, taking that Warlord out of the sky, causing other demons that were hiding to come springing out into action. The marine's will stay together and the one who was injured got back up, they go shooting on all four directions while Doom was staying where he was and started switching to the Chaingun and starts spinning that up. He let loose at the Imps and Pinkies in front of him that came out of hidden areas continue shooting while taking a few steps back while moving his Chaingun left to right to wipe them all out.
"We've been engage!" Rhodes shouts out while still firing
"Were on our way, do not fire on your twelve."
The APC comes driving into the ambush, stopping Doom from firing due to the APC coming in front of him. The main gun of the APC moves to the side and notices some Pinkies approaching them; they began charging towards them while it fires these large plasma cannon, piercing through them with one shot and took a few seconds to cool down before firing. Three Pinky demons got themselves obliterated by the shot, unable to reach close enough to get out of its range. The main gun will move in a one-sixty degree, aiming towards Doom and the marines, firing a shot over their heads and taking out a Hell Knight and one Imp in the process.
The marine inside the APC will come out of the back hatch and runs over to the others, firing his Chaingun at the sky, taking out two of the Warlords while Doom was shooting at Imps that were climbing on the buildings. They held onto the buildings with one hand while firing fireballs at the other hand, Doom will take most of them out and watch them fall. After the demons are all dead, they lower their weapons once they could no longer see any demon activity.
"All clear."
"Everyone alright?" Rhodes looks back to the marines
"Were all good…"
Rhodes looks to Doom then to the marine who was by the APC's side before "You are with me, the APC will stay here in sentry mode."
"Copy that."
The team moves up ahead and moves around the APC so they could continue to find the other marines, having Doom taking point yet again while the others stay behind him, watching his back. Once Doom moves past a building and got a street on his left, he will aim his Chaingun when seeing a Mancubus on that side, spinning up at the Mancubus and so does the rest of the marines when they make contact. The Mancubus will take most of those hits from the marines as they all move sideways while continue firing, the Mancubus was about to fire but it was soon taken out before it had a chance to fire.
After the Mancubus disintegrated, another Mancubus will show up in front of them as it was coming around that corner behind the building. Doom fired first and so did the others when they saw it, the second Mancubus will fire both cannons, letting loose large fireballs and sends two of the marines flying back and crashing onto the floor. Rhodes and the other two marines will run up to avoid its shots while Doom runs over and switches to the super shotgun, firing twice while running at it, once it was injured he grabs the core of the Mancubus and placing it through the mouth before jumping back, watching it explode to bits. Once that was done, Doom turns back then suddenly seeing a Warlord diving right at him, too late to grab him however, it took a point blank shot with his super shotgun, sending it flying back.
Corporal Rhodes and his marines continues moving while firing at the Imps in front of them, of course, one of them took a hit in the back leg, seeing a Cacodemon flying over from behind. He collapses and Rhodes will grab him, dragging him away from the fight by moving inside a building next to them. The Cacodemon was about to fire but stopped by the APC's main gun, blasting it to pieces. Doom will stay in front of the APC and switches back to the Chaingun again, shooting upwards at a few Cacodemons that flies over the head of the APC.
Corporal Rhodes stops for the moment once killing the Imps, placing the injured marine against the wall so they could start patching up his injuries. The other marine helps stop the bleeding by taking out some bandages, wrapping it around his knee once he took off the kneepads. Rhodes will check the surroundings then contacts Firebase Bravo, letting them know what is going on.
"Firebase this is Corporal Rhodes, we have engage the enemy and lost two marines in the process. I got one injured marine and we are holding our position. Permission to continue the search for the missing marines?"
"This is Firebase Bravo, continue the search but if you cannot find the marine's then pull back."
"Roger that…" He looks back to Doom as he comes over to him "Marine, can you go on ahead while we secure this position?"
Doom nods then switches to the machinegun and moves on ahead while the marines stay where they are for now, watching over the injured marine while Doom tries to find where the others are. He moves down a few Rhodes until he stops and spots the ethereal marines again, seeing them running inside this broken building. One of them was standing by the door, aiming his gun around as if he was shooting, the others will go running inside the building then he too will run in there once they are in. He moves in to investigate, checking the inside of the building and seeing no sign of the marines, he moves on through with his machinegun aiming forward.
As he continues moving through the building, something would get his attention when hearing a screech of a Baron, causing him to stop and turn his head to the side, trying to find where that is coming from. Doom will go moving out of the building by crouching down and moving underneath the debris, leading outside. He got back up and looks around, seeing no trace of the marines or that Baron. That would soon change when the Baron came blasting out of nowhere, blasting out a building behind Doom, just when Doom sees the Baron, seeing it is not a Baron but an Archon of Hell.
That Archon came blasting out of the wall instantly, charging towards Doom and grabbing him before he could fire, lifting him right in the air with one hand then slams him against the ground. The Archon holds him down with its flaming claw, soon using its other claw to remove his face but that failed when Doom fired at close range through the face with his super shotgun. The Archon lets go and moves away from Doom, leaving a burnt mark on his armour while he keeps shooting, firing four times before the Archon falls back against the ground.
Doom made his move on the Archon by switching to his machinegun and runs up to the Archon while it is down, jumping on the chest and crouching down while firing so many rounds through the face. The Archon took those hits like a boss, finally stopping this when punching him and sending Doom flying off the Archon and sliding through the ground. Doom changes to the grenade launcher while the Archon gets back up, once it turns towards him, Doom fires, hitting the chest three times with those shots. The Archon will raise both claws above its head, creating a greenish fireball and throwing towards him, blasting the ground while Doom rolls out of the way then switches to the Chaingun. The Archon throws another fireball at him while he spins up the Chaingun, taking the hit but ignores it for now while he keeps shooting while moving backwards. The Archon will charge and causes him to roll out of the way and switch to the super shotgun, firing two times to the leg and seeing it crouching down. Doom will wrap this up when he charges towards the Archon and sticks his super shotgun through the mouth, blasting a hole through the back of the head.
Doom stands up on top of the Archon, watching it vanishing into black dust and getting him to drop to the ground. He will turn back to go back to the others but stops, quickly turning back and aiming his super shotgun towards someone who stood nearby, aiming their weapon towards him.
Meanwhile, Corporal Rhodes and the other marine was carrying the injured marine towards the APC, wanted to place him in there. That soon changes when they hear a tremor of an explosion coming from the other side of the APC, having a Guardian blasting out of a building and causing it to collapse, creating a smoke screen to cover the Guardian. Rhodes and the others move back while the APC turns its gun to a one-sixty, aiming towards the Guardian while it charges towards it. The Guardian got too close so the main gun could not fire; making the Guardian hit it like a bull and send the APC flipping on the side. The marines quickly make a run for it to get away from the Guardian, seeing it moving the APC to the side for it to go charging towards them, leaving the driver still inside the APC.
The marines make a run inside the building to avoid the attack from the Guardian, seeing it crashing against the wall but did not go through enough to get them. The marines move back against the wall and watching the Guardian trying to get through, only to stop when a rocket suddenly appeared on the side, hitting the Guardian in the neck. This surprised them when the Guardian turns towards whoever fired that, taking so many hits by weapons fire, seeing so many rounds at a time as if there was a handful of marines shooting at it. A load of bullet holes, one more rocket and two grenade explosions later, the Guardian collapses onto the ground. Once the Guardian disintegrates, the ones responsible for that kill reveal themselves. They see a black fully armoured pickup truck appearing, arm with four 50 Caliber machineguns on both sides of the truck, also packed with four rockets on the top of the roof and shows only one rocket is up there.
The pickup truck moves past them while the infantry unit comes running over to the scene, revealing themselves to the marines. They wore a darker greenish armour, similar to their armour but had a visor on theirs. It shows they had black tights underneath the armour plates; two of them would have a coloured camouflage on their armour, having the black, dark green and brown colour put together. There weapons would show differently than the ones the UAC has, showing they all carry a Beretta ARX-160 assault rifles.
"It's the Crusaders…" Rhodes said to himself when getting a look at their armour "What the hell do they want."
One of the soldiers steps forward while aiming his weapon at them "Get out of there, come on."
"Do as he says." Rhodes said to the marines "Were outnumbered."
Both Rhodes and the other marine picks up the injured marine and walks out of there, seeing they all began moving backwards while they move outside. Rhodes looks to his left and sees two soldiers walking towards the APC, dragging the driver out of there and seeing he is still alive. He and the marines are force to surrender their weapons, force to hand all their guns to the soldiers while others watch them. After they have surrendered their weapons, they move them against the APC, lining them up and taking off their helmets.
One of these soldiers stood in between both sides, aiming his weapon at the marines while looking left to right before answering "Which one of you is the leader?"
They respond with silence but when he moves closer and aims his rifle at one of them, one of the marines will respond. "I am Corporal Rhodes of the UAC, Firebase Bravo."
The man lowered his weapon and looks towards Rhodes "A Corporal, huh…" He moves to his left to stand in front of him "We know why you are here; we knew you would come to pick up your surviving marines."
"... What? So it was you who shot it down?"
"No." The man steps back "But I wish it was us who shot it down… After what you people did to our people."
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Oh yeah… Your just one of those grunts, you don't even know what is going on out here, all you care is fighting demons until you die."
"We did nothing to you people." One of the marines interferes "We kept our distance between each other, we left you guys alone!"
The man aims his rifle towards him, causing him to flinch "Say that again!"
"That is enough!" Someone calls out from behind the group, causing them all to turn towards whoever said that
Another soldier joins the fray but not alone, seeing he has the Doom Slayer by his side. His men moves out of the way for them both to move through, standing in between and looking towards the marine's on the ground. It shows that this man in charge wore a different armour, wearing a silver and bluish colour on his full plated armour, seeing he is slightly taller and bulky like Doom. He wore a red cape that reaches down his knees, seeing that the bottom ripped up. He was carrying this long silver rifle with unknown capability, seeing it has some bluish energy on the end of the barrel, seeing it could be a plasma rifle but a different type.
Their leader looks down at the UAC marines then looks back to the soldiers "Get them up, were taking them back to our base."
"What… But sir…"
He took a step towards him, causing him to step back "That is an order… Now do it." He looks back towards Doom "You are coming with us… You have some explaining to do."
"Friends of yours?" Rhodes said when standing up off the ground and looking towards Doom
"He is not one of us…" Their leader said "But I am one of the few who knows who he is." He looks back to Doom, looking towards that symbol on his helmet "That symbol on his head…"
Doom tilt his head when he said that, soon realising it now that this man also possesses the same symbol on his helmet. Doom felt surprised when he slightly move his upper body back, seeing the impossible, seeing someone else who wore a similar version of his Praetor Suit but does not look like he is one like him, a Night Sentinel.
"Let's move out." The leader moves away while his men moves those marines away from the APC. He will look back at the APC, seeing it is still intact and could be usable. "Can we get the APC moving again?"
"We will get it done sir."
Several of his men was about to team up on grabbing the APC and try to flip it, just as they were about to grab it, Doom came over and joins in but alone as the soldiers moves away from him. Their leader looks back towards the APC when seeing Doom trying to lift this vehicle on his own, holding the bottom of it with two hands then slowly he lifts it up. Everyone stopped at what they were doing and watch this, seeing this man lifting up a heavy vehicle by himself then soon let go when all wheels hit the ground.
Doom looks back and notices everyone looks back at him. "Son of a bitch." Rhodes said when seeing what he just did
"Hey it's a light vehicle; it's not like its heavy like a tank." One of the other marines said
"So he is the one…" The leader said to himself when watching Doom "He is the original…"
The Crusaders move the marines inside the APC while the others get on board their vehicle and starts driving out of here, both Doom and their leader looks at one another once more before Doom goes inside the APC while he gets on board of the truck. Once they were ready, they get a move on out of here, driving out of this place and heading straight home.
They drive straight out of here, having the truck to take the lead while the APC stays behind, seeing that the main gun is still operational as it moves left to right but stops on the right side. They made it out of that place without causing much problem with the demons, seeing they let them go after what happen to the Archon and Guardian.