Chapter 12
The Doom Slayer's Grand Plan and Majestia's Failures
"The door is welded shut real tight! I thought the Vault-Tec doors are of high standards with multiple redundant fail-safes built in." The handcuffed man told the Slayer, who didn't need any code or key for this situation. The Doom Slayer gave his energy drink to his handcuffed prisoner before punching the steel door clean-out of their place with minimal effort. The Slayer took a few seconds to check around the executive office, seeing mostly nothing but complete and utter defeat no thanks to his planning and execution of his plans he came up with along the way since he started on Earth in May. Coming up with plans on the fly is what the Doom Slayer happened to be a master at, since before he fought the forces of Hell itself.
"So, you must be the infamous Doom Slayer everyone's been talking about?" Lois Lane snarkily asked him.
His only reply is to glare at the reporter menacingly, frightening Lois enough to back away from him. Knowing the superheroes and anyone else cannot pose a threat to the guy that was the Trash Kraken a short while ago, he uncuffed him. Aside from the fright from being handcuffed by the Hell Walker, the man in the bodysuit is none-the-less unharmed. The Doom Slayer's attention turns to Dr. Samuel Hayden, who he hasn't seen since May.
"So, you're hosting a ceasefire at the UAC headquarters when the losing party doesn't haven't any fight left?" The Slayer had asked Dr. Hayden.
"Nothing but a sidetrack, but I assure you…" the UAC Chairman tried to answer before being interrupted by who he's talking to.
"I'm not here to listen to you lecture everyone on your grandiose schemes. I just listened to NASA reports from the news of Deimos missing from Mars' orbit and this man named Marvin happened to be trafficked to either one of the moons. Did you have anything done on the two moons?"
"The UAC handed over the Phobos and Deimos bases after the Argent program was shut down on Mars. The United Nations has been operating them since."
The Slayer looked at Marvin, made a gesture that made him come to the Hell Walker's presence.
"Did the United Nations trafficked anyone else to Mars orbit? Is there anything else going on in these bases?" The Slayer asked Marvin, wanting answers.
"Yes, and there's more in there. They've been messing with anomalies, had monsters in glass cases, and whatever that black stuff latched onto me. It is like it was alive trying to take over me." The guy who was trafficked to Mars' orbit revealed what he knew to everyone in the office. The Slayer shows a purple stuffed squid with the black, glittery substance to the employee in order to get a response. The man recoils in fear from the black goo shown to him, confirming the Slayer's suspicion of the Trash Kraken being of demonic origin. He now just needs to narrow down the real culprit of the St. Louis, Missouri attack that just took place.
'The folly of man never ceases to be destructive, be it independent, corporate or political. None of them were held accountable until I set my foot down onto it. It is time to develop a devastating blow to the Order of the Moth's influence on this planet, draw Hawk Moth out of hiding, and give Ladybug and Cat Noir enough time to develop the skills they really needed.'
Turning away from the human trafficking victim he recovered, the Unchained Predator turned to anyone else in the executive office, completely frightened of his presence.
"Does anyone know of anyone affiliated with Hawk Moth's Order or have anything important involving them." The Slayer asked any of the guests.
"SHE KNOWS!" A voice shouted behind him in a frightened tone. Turning his head, a redheaded teenager in a green catsuit, heavily breathing from fear, pointed at the Native American girl on her deathbed. He approached her, seeing all the bruises and scars that her 'mentor' gave her. Hidden under the skin, severe internal bleeding and broken bones shortened her life for the worst, the Walt Disney Studio Park incident just accelerated the fate waiting for Sparrow.
"DON'T GIVE HIM ANYTHING!" A voice interrupted the Doom Slayer's anticipation from behind. It was Majestia, the closest thing to an obstacle the Slayer had to contend with. He glared at her in kind, he didn't ask her a goddamn thing. Samuel and Lois watched Majestia pale even further, her eyes widened and iris shrunken, shaking and crouching down. His attention returns to the dying teenager for one last time, the damage too far gone to save what is left for Sparrow. Majestia watched Jessica's final moments before going lifeless, the Slayer reluctantly put her down by cutting off a vital artery to the heart with a lipstick knife he borrowed from one of the three teenage spies in the office. As the Scourge of hell walked away from the deathbed, Olympia rushed to Sparrow's corpse, mourning the death of a child who deserved better in life but was denied that.
"Why? Just, why?! Why are you like this? We could've saved…" Majestia tried to comprehend the Doom Slayer's mindset, but he will not be disrespected by a puny cosplayer. The Hell Walker threw the bloodied knife at Majestia, just missing her by a few inches. At this moment, she completely shuts up.
"Are you finished? I can go all night with your childish whining." He sharply responded to the superheroine's questioning, crushing any kind of resistance she had left. It was when he pulled out from one of his pockets, two purple booklets with one bloody red death's-head hawkmoth with a baphomet's head for each, and threw them at Majestia. She picked up both booklets, they read a latin title but speak of evil ambition: Maximus Ordinis: Dominus noster Hawk Moth est manifesto (En: The Grand Order: Our Lord Hawk Moth's Manifesto). Olympia looked away from the booklets and looked at the Doom Slayer, looking down on her.
"This is your failure, under your nose. Both from Camilla Hombee and Barbara Keynes, the two associates you used to be with. These two were acolytes to Hawk Moth until I terminated them. What did you do to stop them or anyone else in their corrupt organization? Nothing. You just let them get away with all the crimes they've done to humanity on this planet and in this dimension. That is what killed Sparrow before I put her out of her misery. The same story with the Duke Brothers, Ladybug hated these animals far more than her schoolyard bully. In fact, she really wanted them dead after they made a threat to rape her and Cat Noir. I can also go on with the Hellas Planitia incident when Dr. Hayden threw away 61,337 lives."
"We tried everything but nothing worked on these gangbangers. I tried to stop my compatriots from all the things they were doing but all of them had legal protection. I didn't know anything going on Mars until just now"
"Do I look like I care about your kangaroo court legal system? No wonder the United Heroez have little respect for you. Or the city of Paris, and they'll screw around with just about anyone. In fact, I'm laying out the cold, hard truth starting right now!"
The whole room held their breath in anticipation of the devastating words the Doom Slayer is about to say.
"You once said 'all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing'. I don't believe you when none of the cosplayers like you did anything to stop Hawk Moth's order over the past 77 years. At this point, why would anyone with a decent moral center believe any of your bullshit when you don't back it with your actions?"
The whole executive office went pale because what the Doom Slayer said about Olympia Hill's track record was also true for the Justice League and the W.O.O.H.P. organizations. Majestia can only look down to the floor, crying before looking at the Hell Walker again for him to chew her out one last time.
"Do you have anything else to say, Girl Scout?"
Majestia couldn't take the verbal beating anymore when her normal kind and giving self snapped, crackled and split. She now hated herself for all the inaction the Doom Slayer laid out front and center. At this point, Olympia Hill's career as the superheroine Majestia is well and truly over. The Doom Slayer killed it right on the spot. The Hell Walker turned away from the former superheroine, finding that Ladybug happened to be behind him in the middle of the office with a little girl and two sleeping bags.
"I got what you requested, sir! What are your orders?" She asked her superior, with the task of getting sleeping bags and Kenya, Marvin's daughter done.
"We leave this place, the Justice League is done and I already got what I wanted for my next goal ahead." He told Ladybug with his intentions, their time in St. Louis is finished for now.
"Sentinel One to Castle Grayskull, requesting a portal to Castle Grayskull for two guests, ASAP." Doom Slayer requested to VEGA for Marvin and Kenya. The Doom Slayer's AI assistant wasted little time in his request as the portal to the Fortress of Doom appears at the entrance of the executive office. With the nature of what's going on, Marvin wasn't sure to go into the portal, but Ladybug is here to assure them.
"You and Kenya are in good hands, this is only going to be temporary until we meet Gabriel. You're not alone in this fight." Ladybug told the victim of the cruel experiments on Mars as she gave back Kenya to him. The Slayer grabbed the sleeping bags off of Ladybug and threw them into the portal. Gaining confidence, Marvin held his daughter's hand and went through the portal to the Fortress of Doom before closing. Now it is Ladybug's turn to return home as she stayed up long enough to start wobbling.
"Sentinel One to Castle Grayskull, requesting a portal to Paris, France for Ladybug."
As requested, a portal to Paris appeared in the same location as the previous one. However, Ladybug didn't go into the portal. She just stood there, looking at Majestia crying on the floor behind Sparrow's deathbed before seeing that Jerry wrote down help in all bold capital letters and with three quotation marks. Ladybug couldn't decide what to do at this point, especially when she overheard Doom Slayer rip and tear apart her best friend's favorite superhero verbally. As much as she didn't like superheroes since she was a toddler, Majestia deserved much better than what's given just now.
"Ladybug, we are going." The Doom Slayer told her. She just stood there until she just couldn't stand looking at them anymore.
"IT'S NOT FAIR!" Ladybug shouted at her superior. Doom Slayer turned to Ladybug, seeing the whole executive office in shock at what she said. He can tell that she's crying at Majestia and at the other failed superheroes, but she's also shaking at the fact of being confronted by him. The Hell Walker looked at Majestia like prey, sending fear down her spine again. Rapidly before she could run or put up any form of self-defence, the Unchained Predator grabbed Olympia by the scruff of the neck before turning to Ladybug.
"All I can see in her is compromise and failure. Do you think this piece of deplorable trash is worth anything?" The Slayer demanded an answer from his trainee as he presented the failed superheroine to her. Ladybug knew from being told by Tikki that confronting the Doom Slayer could be a dangerous proposition, but she just can't handle the fact that Alya could see her favorite superhero in the Hague in a kangaroo court show trial, another nightmare that her best friend can't handle on top of many.
"I'll take it from here, you are better off getting some rest at home. You've done enough for tonight." Dr. Hayden told Ladybug. With a sigh of relief, she went to the portal to Paris before it closed.
"Figured that you'd be the one to intervene on Ladybug's behalf. What are you getting from this?"
"I'm willing to be the devil's advocate on her behalf because it is in my best interest to do so. I watched her work and I saw an opportunity for research on her and her companion." Samuel Hayden told the Doom Slayer about his intentions. The Doom Slayer will have none of it as he dropped Majestia to confront the UAC chairman.
"Ladybug and Cat Noir are not lab rats. They're my soldiers who happened to have targets painted on their backs because they each carry something very powerful and worth more than gold. I'm taking both of their training very seriously, especially Ladybug as she is a space cadet. As of right now, you're better off leaving your hands off them. Anything else aside from these worthless cosplayers, and don't mention the crucible because I'm not giving it to you."
"You may not agree with this, but the Justice League will have nothing left when the ICC confiscates Mr. Wayne's wealth and company. You may not see eye to eye with them but it should be in your best interest to do so."
"300 million dollars in gold, 266,667 ounces, in exchange for Olympia Hill. These cosplayers may as well take it or have fun losing money in lawsuits. It'll last until I remove these bureaucrats and activists in every nook and cranny in every government and it will be very soon." The Slayer offered the Justice League. The organization didn't know what to do, believing it could be a trick for him to finish them off. Then one portal opened up with drones carrying exactly what the Doom Slayer offered, being a man of his word, ounces in gold. Superman and Wonder Woman couldn't comprehend what just happened here and now, an enemy basically purchasing a close friend of theirs, despite knowing what's good for them.
"Just take the gold, I'll be fine." Olympia told her friends, not wanting to get them slaughtered. She allowed herself to be cuffed to the Doom Slayer's left hand, not sure what her future holds, just hoping for the best for herself and her friends at this point. The Hell Walker picked up his energy drink and headed to the just opened portal to the Fortress of Doom. He is about done with Dr. Samuel Hayden since the Hellas Planitia incident, and just about as done now.
…
Waiting for the Doom Slayer in his residence, was Marvin and his daughter, Kenya. They were overwhelmed with the advanced technology and the ancient medieval gothic architecture of the once proud command station of Argent D'Nur. It was a bold step up from the ghetto they're used to with the rapidly aging infrastructure and street gangs. Now Olympia knew why the Doom Slayer nicknamed his resistance Castle Grayskull. But her biggest surprise is they're in space, away from Earth to avoid man-made sensors and seeing lots of stars.
The Hell Walker on the other hand, has more pressing matters. One of them after uncuffing himself and his purchase is the flash drive Sparrow gave him before being put down. He plugged it into one of the computer consoles and discovered a treasure trove of classified documents, none of them any good for humanity. He had killed most of the individuals who signed the documents, but an out-of-place .png file with the words; 'It's only the tip of the iceberg. There's even more on Phobos and Deimos' only incentivised the Unchained Predator even more. Gabriel called him as he was to do the same, he answered in kind.
"I heard from Dr. Hayden on what went down in the UAC headquarters. Just out of curiosity, what happened in Missouri?"
"Plenty of things happened. We recovered a trafficked individual who was on Phobos and told me that the United Nations had been doing some dangerous experiments after the UAC handed the bases over. The guy named Marvin and his daughter are with me right now in case you need to meet them. Sparrow gave me a flash drive with plenty of government files aligning with the Order of the Moth before I had to put her out of her misery, but the flash drive itself is only a minor load compared to what is on Mars' orbit. I'm raiding and shutting down the Phobos base once Ladybug and Cat Noir get ready for my absence. Their training will need to be intensified."
"So this is how the dynasty of Knightowl and Sparrow ends, as a cultist and a slave. What a pitiful end. As for Majestia, what are your plans for her? You made quite an expensive purchase on one person."
"It was nothing when I still got 666 million in gold ounces, double in silver, all in storage. Not that the tax collectors would know when I don't reside on earth and there's more gold in one asteroid than on the planet. Other than putting up with Ladybug's whining and Dr. Hayden's arrogance, I have no use for the failed cosplayer. Starting on Sunday morning, she will be looking for a new job in Paris and that will be it."
"Very well then. I will be looking forward to meeting with Marvin myself tonight on my side of the Atlantic. I gotta go, I don't want to hold you back for too long. Until then."
Gabriel hung up on him with the call done, allowing the Doom Slayer to focus on three uninvited guests in his residence. The first one in his sights is Princess Diana of Themyscira, shaking to her core, holding a shoddy treaty that had just been printed that screams total surrender and her sword; God Killer. He makes his mark on the treaty and takes the sword as a trophy, victory belongs to the Doom Slayer once again against the Amazonians and Kryptonians. Now his attention turns to the two remaining pests, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olson as he makes a gesture to make them come to his presence.
"So, you decided to enter my residence to make false headlines for the cacodemon media. Is that correct?" The Hell walker asked while he grabbed Jimmy's camera to delete the recent photos before giving it back.
"No, no! We're just, um? Checking out the place. You know this nice gargoyle here…" Lois tried to lie her way out of being caught. The Unchained Predator however isn't the type to tolerate lying, so he grabbed the journalist's handbook and tore it to pieces to get her to spill everything out.
"And what did you hear and see?"
"Well, you've killed a teenager who's been beaten up pretty badly, Yelled at, abused, and bought one of Superman's friends, kidnapped two people, and confronted Dr. Hayden." The reporter did exactly what the Hell Walker expected people like her would do; lie about and spin the narrative.
"Interesting way to spin a story! If you value your career in the Daily Planet, let's keep this to ourselves, shall we." The Slayer tells the Daily Planet duo in a way that makes them know why he is the scariest thing on two legs for Earth since Tyrannosaurus Rex. They both nodded before leaving the Fortress of Doom for good. The next to leave is Wonder Woman, who looked at Olympia for what would be possibly one last time.
"I'm sorry to leave you behind. Take care, Olympia." Diana tells her before leaving the Fortress of Doom. All on her own and full of people who have little respect for her, Olympia laid on the floor next to one of the computer consoles and switched off her bracelet, replacing her super suit with her civilian clothes.
"In what alternate universe do I deserve this?" she said under her breath. Olympia looked at Marvin and Kenya, who they both looked at her in disgrace as they unpacked their sleeping bags. Her stomach empty, mind full of stress when she has no immediate family and removed from friends, she finds it extremely hard to sleep. It was only when the Doom Slayer leaves his residence to hunt, fight and kill evil, is when Olympia Hill cried herself to sleep.
This is end for the 'New Blood' arc. I will be working on the next arc shortly but before I do that, feel free to leave some questions for the behind the scenes. That's right! I will be taking some questions for the story so far, specifically for this arc. Throw them in and will answer them.