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Niclas was once again in possession of the Blackstone of Lucifer, thanking his junior officer he once again turned toward the throne, knowing that the ritual and proclamation had to be done again Niclas called for his soldiers to take their original positions. The two SS officers restraining Abigail had released her and allowed her to run to Walter's aid, the two men then returned to their chairs in front of the platform. Escaping his commanders attention the third SS officer did not return to his chair, but instead stepped back and took his position behind Niclas. Once again Niclas spoke the proclamation, "Hail Lucifer, to whom has been done wrong. We salute you!" To which the other officers replied, as they had done before, all except the third officer behind Niclas, who instead shouted, "Hail Hitler, to whom has been gone wrong." Upon saying this the young officer quickly snatched the Blackstone away from Niclas, pointing his gun at his former commander the soldier began to admonish Niclas and his fellow soldiers for betraying their Fuehrer. All the time he was scolding them the young man was stepping backwards, eventually stopping only inches away from the throne. One final step backwards would seal the fate of this young officer and his comrades, for he had unintentionally fallen onto the sinister obsidian chair. Even though the proper proclamation had been proclaimed this officer's lack of a desire to have dominion over the world would have unforseen consequences. A sense of foreboding and dread began to fill the cavern, the ritual had clearly been disrupted and no one knew what this alteration might bring about. Needless to say, it would not be anything good.


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As the strange events played themselves out upon the platform Abigail was assisting Walter who had just regained consciousness. Abigail was aplying pressure to the bleeding wound in Walter's leftshoulder. As she tried her best to stop the bleeding she suddenly heard Walter speak, unfortunately due to his present state of weakness Walter was unable to get the words out. Mustering up all of the strength he could Walter pointed to the crate marked "Explosives" beside him. Abigail momentarily took her hands off of the wound as she looked inside of the crate, that is when she noticed a stick of dynamite that had been prepared by Walter during her crisis with Niclas upon the platform. Abigail also took note of all of the other sticks of dynamite that Walter had prepared befor he had lost consciousness, it didn't take her long to figure out what Walter had in mind.


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The scene that was being played out upon the stage-like platform was truly dreadful, the dozen or so Nazi soldiers standing before the playform would soon learn that the powers of darkness were not to be fooled with. Although Walter had been slipping in and out of consciousness he had witnessed much of what had been going on with Abigail, Niclas and his henchmen upon the accursed stage. One thing that Walter had learned from all of his years as a professor and world-renowned expert on the Occult was that any alteration in a ritual could bring about catastrophic repercussions. Walter was fortunate enough to have never witnessed such a thing happening before and therefore he really didn't know what to expect. Right now the only thing Walter was sure of was that he needed to get to his feet and that he and Abigail should leave the cavern immediately. The two SS officers who had been so smug and sure of themselves while restraining an unarmed woman now trembled in their seats as they watched the horrifying scene play out before them. The gray clad soldiers who were standing in a semicircle before the platform were similarly frightened by what was happening. Niclas was the only one that was still in his right mind, the mere implication of what was about to occur scared him to the core of his soul, but unlike his comrades a sense of self-preservation immediately took over Niclas' functions. Taking this opertunity he ran toward the same secret tunnel that had taken them into the caverns.