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// Chapter 28 
// Story: The Return 
// by R-Dashiefan20 
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It was easy to get in, considering that the door was blown down. We walked down the hallway and all I could think about was Wind Storm screaming for me to leave her behind. 

"You okay?" She asked from beside me. 

I just looked over at her and nodded. We continued down the hallway until we came to a set of blast doors that had a symbol of a black skull and crossbones on it. 

"I think this is it. Stand back." I said. 

I raised my hand and pictured the door being blown in. I felt my whole body heat up as a huge wave of fire erupted from my hand. The door was melted to just a dripping mass of steel. 

"Well, that's definitely new." I said as I walked through the door. 

We entered a dark hallway that lead down and we could hear voices at the end of it. We continued walking and entered a giant chamber with three narrow walkways branching off. One led to the door we entered, the other two led to dark door ways. below us was a river of flowing lava. At the center of the room, on a raised set of steps was a throne that had red cushioning and black wood. In front of the throne was Midnight and Thunder. They were talking to a guy sitting in the throne. The person in the throne had jet black hair and was wearing the greave and chest plate that the two had stolen from us. He stood up as he saw us walking toward him. 

"Ah, just who I wanted to see." He said in a loud booming voice. 

It was the same one the guard had spoken with at my wedding. 

"Prince Blackblood, I presume?" I asked as we approached his throne.

"That was my former name, but yes. You may refer to me as Lord Chaos." He said. 

"How about I refer to you as the piece of shit that stole my beautiful bride!" I yelled. 

"Hmm. Such hostility. Is that any way to talk to your new ruler?" He asked. 

"The only thing you're the ruler of is the guy who's face I'm going to kick in!" I yelled. 

"Enough of this. You will hand over what is rightfully mine." He said. 

I took Wind's bag from her and opened it up for him to see the contents. 

"You mean, these?" I asked as I motioned to the helmet and gauntlets inside it. 

I held it over the edge of the walkway and motioned that I would drop it. 

"If you don't have these, you will never gain full power." I said. 

"True. You could just go ahead and drop them, cause me too lose my full powers. But, if you do, you'll never see your precious Rainbow Dash again. However, If you hand them over to me now, I will reunite the two of you." He said. 

I hesitated. 

"I'm sorry, guys." I said as I turned to the others and threw the bag to him. 

He caught it and pulled out the armor pieces. 

"I held my end of the bargain. Now, it's your turn." I said. 

"Very well. Midnight, take them to Rainbow Dash." He said as Midnight started down one of the paths.

We followed him deeper down into the fortress. We arrived at a door and were pushed inside and stripped of my sword. 

"Enjoy your final moments together." Midnight said behind us as he closed the door.