I was recently playing Doom and decided to take a time out and write down this short encounter I had. It is a description of a level I'm currently working on, part of the Mirage Vol. 3 WAD series. I hope you enjoy it....
There I was, torches flickering around me, a small, but effective handgun at my side. In front of me I observe a panel with a big trigger button right in the middle. Here goes nothing... I slam down on the trigger and expect the worst.
Suddenly, I feel the floor shift. It's lowering. Tightly clutching my handgun, I descend, down, further into the belly of the beast. The heat is intensifying as scorching air rushes through a cavernous entranceway. The platform stops, as I look upon a huge dome-like cavern, glowing like hot embers of a roaring fire.
Beastly screams send a shiver down my spine, as a group of fireballs pelt the ground next to me. So much for stealth, I think wryly. I quickly drop behind a small outcropping of rock and return fire. The fireballs continue to slam against the wall next to me, as the unknown assailants advance. I'm pinned down... can't stay here forever... It's time ta FRAG!!!
I jump from behind the protection of the outcropping and begin firing.... BLAM! BLAM! BLAM! One by one, I see the creatures drop to the ground, letting out a gurgled cry as they hit the floor. It seems they were guarding an entrance... an opening to the heart of this cavern, and, just maybe, a way out! A thin ledge lines the edge of a tremendous drop, down into a scorching river of fire. It looks to be the only way to get across to the entranceway, so I move on.
Those creatures, who fired upon me, were grotesquely built, with spines and matted fur covering their ape-like bodies. Luckily for me, they weren't bulletproof, or I'd surely be a crispy corpse by now. My first encounter with these creatures was not something I'd like to repeat, but something tells me this is just the tip of the iceberg. I clutch my gun, and proceed into the mouth of the ominous entranceway.
Piles of bone and half-eaten, rotting carcasses line the walls of the cavern, possibly the remains of some unlucky travelers. The heat intensifies as I descend a winding stairway... deeper and deeper I go. A glowing light flickers at the bottom of the stair, and shadows pass back and forth through the streams of light. Muffled screams and the sounds of inhuman breathing echo through the hollow stairway, so I prepare for the worst. I quietly peer around the corner, into the glowing chamber. Then..... "RRRARGHH!".... a group of ghoulish soldiers turn and charge! Shotguns go off, bullets ricochet past me at all angles... Outnumbered and outgunned, I race toward them, firing madly. BLAM! I drop one. BLAM! There goes another. Bullets whizz past my head as I jump behind a column in the corner of the room. No time to think, I quickly reload my gun and snipe the remaining few. That was just a little too close.
These soldiers... were walking corpses, zombies for crying out loud. This just keeps getting worse and worse. I grab the remaining ammo left by the former humans and pick up a bloody double-barrel shotgun. Now I have some real firepower.... and I get the feeling that I might just need it!!
The sounds of the vicious gunplay must have gotten someone's (or something's) attention, because the bone-chilling screams I heard before are getting closer. Whoever -- or whatever(!) -- it is, I don't wanna be here when it arrives.
In front of me are two blood-soaked wooden doors. It's time to choose a path: Door number one, or door number two. The screams are getting closer... no time to make logical decisions. It's door number two. I proceed down the corridor that opens up before me.
The damp, moss-covered walls make the air extremely musty and humid. These tunnels are like an underground sauna, I think, and I'm getting real thirsty. After awhile of navigating the twisting corridors, I hear the sound of rushing water ahead. A parched throat and the now familiar screams, motivate me forward into the darkness...
 
To find out what happens next, you'll have to download and play Mullis' Mac-made Mirage Vol. 3 levels, which is should be available on America Online (Keyword: Mac Games), and from various other MacDoom Internet sites by the time you read this.
