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Walter managed to get off two more shots before running out of bullets, his opponents on the other hand had three guns between them, and therefore nearly 3 times as many bullets to spare. Walter was certain that he would be killed, he was left with no bullets and no other way of defending himself, looking around for something that he could use for a weapon he suddenly noticed what was written on the crate a few feet from his current position "Zündstoff" [Dynamite]. Apparently the Nazis had planned to blow up the cavern and to seal the throne within the mountain under Monsegur, after Niclas was bestowed with Dominion over the Earth. It was common knowledge to those who knew the legend of Lucifer's throne that its owner had only to sit on it but a single time to receive its power, and that as long as no one else touched the throne and then spoke aloud the exaltation, the throne could be stored away to protect it.

The realization of the crates contents frightened Walter while simultaneously being a source of great relief, if only he could get to it in time, he could use this against his enemies. While Walter contemplated his options Niclas was on Abigail's trail, having spotted her underneath the platform and knowing very well where she would be heading he climbed onto the platform, with bullets flying all about him he calmly and maniacally strolled toward the small table by the throne. Niclas' gun awaited him in the left pocket of his trenchcoat which was still draped over the small table, eventually he caught up to where Abigail was crawling beneath the platform. As he searched through his coat for the gun he kept an ear out for the sounds of Abigail crawling beneath his feet, after retrieving his weapon from the coat Niclas called for his subordinates to cease their firing at Walter so that he might listen more closely to where Abigail was crawling. At that point Niclas knew that Abigail was crawling just a few feet ahead of where he was currently standing.

As a warning to Abigail Niclas fired one shot into the platform, the bullet violently pierced the wooden platform and buried itself into the floor of the cavern which lay beneath. Knowing of Niclas' sadistic nature and that he would not stop firing at Abigail Walter frantically made his way to the crate marked explosives. Suddenly another shot was fired into the platform, this one had passed through the wood and hit the floor near Abigail's shoulder. As Abigail continued to crawl toward Walter's previous position behind the crates by the platform Niclas aligned his final shot. Niclas took aim at a point in the floor where he knew Abigail's head would be after crawling several more feet, holding off the shot he called out to Abigail. "Fraulein McHugh, come out now or you are a dead woman."