Chapter 22 "say goodbye":

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Frostraven: *burning with an icy aura* AHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLS!!

Goliath: *slightly alarmed* no...

Liz: what!?

Red: NUTS! *he gets blasted full on with a freezing burst of wind and bounces as his helmet falls off*

Ocelot: SCATTER!

*the other runaways run around*

Frostraven: YES! KEEP RUNNING! THAT'LL MAKE IT ALL THE BETTER WHEN I FINALLY SINK MY TALONS INTO YOU!

*Goliath digs deep into the frozen ground, his talons far outmatching the permafrost below him*

Liz: it's like that ice heart made him stronger or something! *she ducks as another blast of freezing air rips over the rock she's hiding behind*

Ocelot: we need a new plan! And is Red alright!?

Snake: i don't know Ocelot, he got hit pretty hard by that one.

Zero: *goes to run out and grab Red before another icy blast rips by* i can't get to him from here!

*Goliath erupts from the ground behind Frostraven*

Frostraven: PERISH! *he blast the gargantuan dragon backwards* FEEL THE MIGHT OF A TRUE ANIMUS DRAGON!

Sandyclaws: STOP THIS! FATHER!

Frostraven: *sends him into the ground and creates ice shackles from the air around Sandyclaws* the little traitorous son...should have known you would be skulking around somewhere. Ashamed that your little friend abandoned you in his death?

Sandyclaws: *trying to stand up* DON'T SPEAK OF RAPTOR LIKE THAT! *yanked down*


[dreamscape]


???: Red....

Red: *to himself* so this is it huh.....his is the end....

???: Red!

*Red sits up in an empty void of white*

???: there is still hope.

Red: the ice is going to reach my heart...once that gets hit i'm dead.

???: no you're not.

Red: why do you care.

???: it is my blood that flows in you. Reach your helmet. Call the staff's power to you.

Red: what if i'm nor worthy... ?

???: YOU ARE OF ROYALTY! DO NOT DISRESPECT YOUR BLOODLINE! Your heritage is me, I trained you for when this day would come.

Red: ....

???: Tell me, are you willing to die and break your promise to her, TO DUNA! You promised her the world, where is the fighting spirit she fell for you over!?

Red: ...

???: so i beg you....take up your helmet....take up the power, finish the fight i was never brave enough to.

Red: ...alright...Raptor.

*Raptor isn't there when Red turns to face him*

Raptor: the hopes and dreams of the future are yours to protect....goodbye.


[normal world]


Goliath: THIS IS MY FIGHT! *brings himself crashing down on top of Frostraven as what's left of the tower shakes*

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