The halls were barely illuminated by the mixture of cold blue and hot red flames as Barret, Destiny, and Flora slowly made their way down the corridor. It had been about ten minutes since the trio bumped into each other in the darkness but they continued to go forward with the lack of sight. Yet somehow Barret felt a feeling of a dark atmosphere of cruelty slowly guided him down the twists and turns of the now paralyzed flying fortress. His determination to find justice and perhaps even revenge made him never let his eyes or his mind waver away from his objective. He would find his step-father that destroyed his very life and then he would make sure that he would be punished.

"I sense we are close," Barret murmured as the trio reached another fork in the complex maze of darkness.

"How can you tell?" Destiny scowled as she let a hint of annoyance with Barret's odd path slip through her lips.

"I can feel him," Barret simply answered as he lifted his arm and pointed his finger toward the left path. "He in this direction."

"How does he feel so confident about his gut," Destiny growled as Barret continued walking and the two sisters quickly followed.

"Barret has lived a life of lies sis," Flora replied softly with pity toward her lover. "He has walked a path that he was never able to choose on his own to follow. Now he finally has lifted the false mist that eluded his spirit and he has finally decided to stray from his step-father's path to his very own."

"Nice analogy of it sis," Destiny chuckled but her sister remained unmoved by her older siblings joke.

"I just feel so sad for him," Flora sighed sadly, "he never truly knew his family and we may have lost our parents but at least we were able to be with them for a few years. However, he never was able to."

"I know," Destiny sighed as she finished reading her sister's mind and was heartbroken to learn about Barret's past as well as his curse. "But now he has you sis and I know that he loves you more than his eternal hatred to Raviel. When this ends I don't believe he will ever leave you."

"Thank you for that, Destiny," Flora thanked as a few tears of gratitude for her sister's words made her heart feel a little less saddened and a little more at peace.

"We still have Livvy to deal with though," Destiny muttered in irritation as she mentioned her step-sister. "She still blames us for Jack's death even though it was a complete accident."

"I know," Flora whispered in sadness.

Jack was Livvy's real father who had married their mother after their father was horribly killed at his job for her home planet government. However the marriage between the two never lasted and when they broke up Livvy blamed her own sister's for the disaster. Then the next day Jack was mysteriously murdered by an unknown person that eluded everyone who tried to piece together the murder. After that Livvy went crazy with rage and sadness for the death of her father. She went into a state of insanity and lies where she convinced herself that her sisters had indeed killed her father. The next week Flora and Destiny came home only to find their house on fire and their dead mother consumed by the flames. The sisters tried their best to save their mother from the inferno but it was too late. However near the end they both saw in the inferno their cruel sister Livvy smiling menacingly at them. They both knew that it was Livvy who killed their mother out of spite and rage. After that Destiny and Flora searched their home planet for their sister. Destiny wished for justice to bring to Livvy while Flora was not. She still believed that it wasn't completely Livvy's fault for her mother's death and she felt pity for her sister. She wanted to forgive Livvy and have the sister's mend together into the family that they should be. However Livvy never would listen to Flora and she vowed that as long as she drew breath she would kill her sisters in a final act of revenge for her father.

"You're going to have to deal with our sis when the time comes," Destiny little whispered as she put more effort into increasing the size of the burning cold flame.

"I know," Flora answered with gloom.

"Listen," Destiny stated as she whirled back at her sister and extinguished her flame as Barret stopped in his tracks as he noticed the sudden absence of the second light.

"If Livvy is truly intent on killing you must not hold back. I know you wish to forgive her for her crime but if your life is on the line then don't be afraid to kill her."

"Alright," Flora muttered.

"Don't give me an 'alright'," Destiny stated with authority. "I want you to promise me that you will kill Livvy if your life is in danger and if she won't listen to you."

"I-I-I promise," Flora shamefully stuttered as she hung her head in shame.

Barret's expression of seriousness fell at the sight of the two sisters. He felt pity for Flora to be thrown this responsibility on by her sister. To have to kill your own sister was something he knew would dreadfully pain Flora for the rest of her life if she did. She was never one to kill another living being. The only time Flora had ever killed something was Erilian and that was in order to save him. She saw life needed to be preserved and was alright with fighting but not to kill. That is why Destiny always dealt the finishing blow and Flora would just turn away.

"Flora," Barret softly muttered as he made his way back to his lover. Flora soon lifted her head and her eyes glistened from the sound of her true love's voice and the crystal like tears that were still being held back in her eyes. Destiny soon sensed Barret's intentions and moved aside as she flicked her left hand again to create another small ball of blue icy fire.

"I want us both to make a promise right here and right now," Barret softly continued as his hand slowly drifted to Flora's soft face and he softly caressed his hand across her cheek lovingly. His flame extinguished and he smiled warmly at the saddened maiden.

"Promise me that from now on that if we ever have to kill anything in the future that it will not be killed out of vengeance, rage, or fear. But rather it will be killed to preserve the happiness and lives of those who we hold dear and those that are too weak to fight."

Flora then softly nodded in agreement and then softly inched her muzzle to Barret's until they softly collided in a sweet yet tender kiss. It only lasted for a minute, but to both of them the kiss lasted for what seemed like an eternity. Then it was only broken by Destiny lightly tapping the two lover's shoulders.

"Come on lets go," Destiny motioned as the two love struck hedgehogs broke their kiss and nodded in unison that they were ready.

"I will always fight for you," Barret whispered as he held his hand to Flora's side.

"And I will always fight for you," Flora returned as she wrapped her hand around Barret's tightly as he summoned another ball of fire in his free hand.

"We are ready, lets go," the trio muttered as they plunged deep into the abyss and were ready for their battle.

A minute later the trio came to a dead end that only held a metal door that was securely bolted down with bars from the other side. Destiny placed her hand on the door and then suddenly ice crept from her finger tips. The ice slowly slithered all around the door until it completely incased it in the magical ice and Destiny immediately removed her hand when her job was finished.

"Allow me," Barret bowed to Destiny as he stepped forward and Destiny took a step back.

"GRA!" Barret yelled out as he lifted his right leg to his chest and then slammed the frozen metal door with so much force that it shot right off its frozen hinges and flew through the air for a moment before clashing to the ground of the next room.

As the trio entered the room they were surprised that it was dimly lit by weak yet flickering lights that were powered by the emergency back up power. Then what they saw next gave mixed reaction to the three hedgehogs.

Barret growled threateningly as he summoned his axes from thin air and clutched them viciously.

Destiny glared in rage and she pulled out her oak staff that was incrusted with blue carvings that barely illuminated in the dank dark room.

Flora's heart stopped for a moment before she reluctantly pulled out her dragon blade, the Blade of Royal Roses.

The figure that was barely visible in the dark room glared at the three hedgehogs with red eyes with the emotion of happiness.

"Hello, my sister," Livvy sinisterly replied as she smiled. "My revenge and justice is finally at hand."

Yay! This chapter is done! =D

I finished this chapter before I left for Nationals at Archery so I might be able to post another chapter before the day ends!

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