A/N: Special Thanks to TheOptimisticSpectator for the inspiration for this story. Also, the Doom Slayer might be a little bit OOC in later chapters.

"I am not the villain in this story. I do what I do because there is no other choice."

The armor clad Doom Slayer looked up at the robotic Samual Hayden, powerless as he took away the Crucible Sword- the one weapon capable of storing Argent Energy from Hell- from him. After everything that happened- demons invading the UAC on Mars, Vega being destroyed, putting humanity at risk- Hayden was still claiming that it was all for the betterment of mankind.

"Rerouting Tether coordinates… complete"

"Our time is up. I can't kill you, but I won't have you standing in our way." Samual activated the Crucible, and began walking away. "Until we see each other again."

The Tether portal was activated, and the Doom Slayer was teleported away from the UAC, and across space and time.

As the Doom Slayer zoomed past different dimensions, he caught glimpses of different versions of Hell, aside from the one he frequently visited.

The first one he got a clear look at was a red cavern with floating rocks chained together. In the distance, he could hear screaming.

Another was a rocky landscape, with several different rock formations with metal doors, and ash falling from the sky.

A third Hell looked similar to Earth, but was all Slums and ghettos There were even televisions, presumably depicting demons as humans..

The fourth Hell almost looked nothing of the sort, which puzzled the Doom Slayer. Rather than anything like the previous Hells, this one took the form of a labyrinth. Above the maze like structure was a giant spinning diamond shaped entity.

The fifth Hell appeared to just be pure darkness, but upon squinting, the Doom Slayer could somehow make out what appeared to be desolate plains, almost like a darkened desert.

A sixth Hell depicted spires of stone rising to a fiery sky, where there was a hole of light at the top. On the ground, there were thousands of souls, all appearing black with glowing green eyes.

A final version of the Underworld the Doom Slayer saw was a place of fire and brimstone, the Hell that early religious figures believed in, with rivers of lava flowing in all directions. There also seemed to be millions of souls scattered across the ground, as well as several towers in the distance..

Finally, the Tether teleportation stopped, and the Doom Slayer found himself falling miles above in the air. A few seconds of re-aligning himself, and the Slayer crashed into the ground. Luckily for him, his suit still had the impact compensation, and he landed safely from a height that would have killed anyone else. The moment he looked up, the Slayer came face to face with a landscape that looked familiar, yet different. It looked similar to the slums of any city on Earth, just… ruined. There weren't any places on fire, but it only took a few pentagrams on the sides of buildings for the Slayer to realize where he was: he was in another version of Hell.

"Whoa, sick costume, man!"

The Doom Slayer turned around to find himself staring at some type of bipedal creature with four arms. Upon further inspection, the Doom Slayer noticed that when the creature smiled, it had a mouth full of sharp fangs, with a single gold tooth.

"I didn't know demons celebrated Halloween down here! Neat!" the creature continued.

Confused, the Doom Slayer remembered that he still had the chip to Vega's backup conscience, and decided it was finally time to upload his companion back into the suit.

"I feel that I should thank you for downloading my conscience into the backup chip." Vega noted once the AI was uploaded. "It appears that the creature in front of you is demon. However, this one is quite different than the demons you have fought in the past, as I am not picking up any signatures of Argent Energy off of it."

The Doom Slayer paused, unsure of what to do. The thing in front of him was a demon, but did not appear hostile. This wouldn't be the first demon to not attack him on site either. After all, it was the Wretch who forged his Praetor suit in the first place.

After a few more seconds of pondering, the Doom Slayer elected to activate the external speaker for Vega, in order to communicate with the demon.

"Greetings. I am Vega, the artificial intelligence that accompanies the Doom Slayer."

"'Doom Slayer'?" the demon snorted. "Sounds like a pretty hot name. I'd like to see you slay me-" The Doom Slayer grew tired of the demon's talking, and grabbed him by the throat.

"Ooh, harder daddy!" the demon snickered, while gasping for breath. "Aw c'mon! You haven't had a good fuck until you've had one from Angel Dust!"

"Where are we?" Vega asked through the Slayer's suit, while the gauntleted fist loosened around the demon's throat.

"In Hell, genius!" Angel Dust rolled his eyes.

"How did we get here, again?"

"Beats me. You fell from the sky and and made me drop my drugs!" Angel Dust pouted. "Then to add insult to injury, you landed right on top of them! That's the second time this week!" Angel Dust suddenly stopped ranting, remembering what the computerized voice said. "Hey, what do you mean you got here again? I ain't ever seen you here!"

"This must be a different version of Hell." Vega mused, more talking to the Slayer. As the Doom Slayer looked around, watching demons come and go through the town, it appeared that none of them even noticed him. And suddenly, he remembered. Samual Hayden activated a Tether portal to send him across space and time so he could not interfere with the UAC's work.

"These demons don't appear to be hostile." Vega continued. "Perhaps they are very different than the ones we've faced, and do not seek to conquer Mars or Earth."

"Earth? Haven't been there since I died way back in '47." Angel Dust casually replied. "Aaaaannd, I just realized I don't give a fuck." The demon shrugged, and began walking away. Just as he turned around, the Doom Slayer clamped his hand on his shoulder, and spun him back to face the former marine's visor.

"What do you mean, you died?" Vega asked. "You weren't created here?"

"You get skull fucked or something?" Angel Dust asked. "I was originally some low life piece of shit in the 40s or so, and I OD'd and came here." Confused, the Doom Slayer let go of the demon, perplexed from this statement. The 40s could possibly mean the 1940s, a time where the major superpowers of Earth were at war with each other. The Slayer should know. After all, it was his ancestor who had killed the German Army's leader, Adolf Hitler himself. And yet...

"Is that how all demons came here?" Vega asked cautiously.

"Of course!" Angel Dust rolled his eyes again. "Well, there is Charlie, she was born in Hell-" Doom Slayer's ears perked up, though it could not be seen through his helmet.

"Who's Charlie?" Vega inquired.

"She's the princess of Hell and thinks that demons deserve a chance at redemption." Angel Dust blabbed away, before scoffing. "Personally, I think it's all bullshit."

"That we can agree." Vega commented, with the Doom Slayer nodding.

"Yeah, she even started up this stupid hotel to try to rehabilitate these things." Angel Dust started laughing, until the computer voice spoke again.

"Where can we find this hotel?"

"It's in the center of the city with the sign saying Hazbin. You can't miss it." Angel Dust answered, and the Doom Slayer took off towards the city.

"Dammit." Angel Dust groaned. "He left as quickly as he came." The demon chuckled at his sex joke, then went back to acquiring more drugs.