Suddenly that voice that was so much like Prompto's was louder. He could feel hands holding onto him. Looking down from the amber eyes he was glaring at, just in time for the very hands that were holding him to become visible in his perception. What- How?
—you can't leave us again, we can't—
Something deeper than rage began to show brilliantly in his eyes. No, please, he can't- Prompto shouldn't see this, he can't— He looked from his best friend to the man he was destined to die to kill once and for all, relieved that their tormentor didn't seem to notice the other's presence.
"Prompto..." he choked out between hisses and grunts of pain, struggling even harder to break free—
"I gave you my name earlier, but you should know that it was not the name given to me at birth." No, please, stop—! Yet the bastard slowly looked up to the struggling descendant of his brother. —don't say it! "Ardyn Lucis Caelum is my proper name. You'll never guess whose name Izunia was."
"He- really doesn't—" Noctis tried to drown out the rest of what Ardyn said, but seeing Prompto's face like that—
"—once the king and Crystal are no more can I know redemption. Come back soon. I shall keep your friends company until you are ready."
Noctis screamed. The sound that left his throat was bordering on unnatural, filled with all the anger and rage, the pain and torment that sick, son of a bitch put them through...! Yet as everything went white, all he could see was Prompto's face as he was pulled in.
Flashes of the train: Ardyn standing there, grinning flashed over an image of Prompto standing in the same place, grinning that same cocky grin. Chasing "Ardyn" through the train, slamming him into the wall.
'Why wouldn't I?!'
warp-striking from a now-exploding airship and attacking the wrong one, only realizing a split second later the huge mistake he made—
"How long were you... in the dark?"
Being knocked unconscious with Prompto's own pistol, falling to his knees on the top of the train as everything went black.
"Where is he? Where's Prompto?!"
Tears threatening to spill as he comes to, maybe hours later. "I pushed him off the train. I mean, Ardyn made me..!" His voice began to crack, but he didn't care as he practically shouted at Ignis over the phone. "I don't know where he is, but we can't leave him—!"
"I am as concerned for Prompto as you are, but we-" ..."—sitting ducks for the daemons." "Are you two okay, at least?" "...Yes. Can you make it to... Gladio is with me."
Tenebrae ablaze, Aranea offering her two engineers to get them to Gralea, Noct pulling her aside after to—
"I'm worried about your friends. They've fallen and can't get up."
Noctis, trying to reach Gladio and Ignis as they lay unconscious and frozen on the train floor. Falling to his knees as he clutched his shoulder.
"A coldness that can only be hers." Gentiana approached, holding a finger to her lips. "Ah. The face you wore the day you-"
Ardyn becoming an inhuman popsicle as "Gentiana's" finger touches his lips. Noct receiving Shiva's blessing and the Trident—Luna's trident. Spearing the frozen Ardyn through the abdomen, the 'popsicle' shattering into icy dust, before the young monarch fell flat on his ass and the others awoke.
It all ended in a sea of brilliant hues of violet and blue, wisps of white surrounding the owner of these memories turned into a single one. A recollection of the only thing he had for company besides the God of War for who knew how long it would be. He remained curled up in himself, arms hugging his knees as he guarded his face from the way the Ring on his hand seemed to glow even brighter.
"Prompto..." His voice betrayed his tiredness, the pain he felt. Knowing that his best friend likely saw all that.
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Suddenly that voice that was so much like Prompto's was louder. He could feel hands holding onto him. Looking down from the amber eyes he was glaring at, just in time for the very hands that were holding him to become visible in his perception. What- How?
—you can't leave us again, we can't—
Something deeper than rage began to show brilliantly in his eyes. No, please, he can't- Prompto shouldn't see this, he can't— He looked from his best friend to the man he was destined to die to kill once and for all, relieved that their tormentor didn't seem to notice the other's presence.
"Prompto..." he choked out between hisses and grunts of pain, struggling even harder to break free—
"I gave you my name earlier, but you should know that it was not the name given to me at birth." No, please, stop—! Yet the bastard slowly looked up to the struggling descendant of his brother. —don't say it! "Ardyn Lucis Caelum is my proper name. You'll never guess whose name Izunia was."
"He- really doesn't—" Noctis tried to drown out the rest of what Ardyn said, but seeing Prompto's face like that—
"—once the king and Crystal are no more can I know redemption. Come back soon. I shall keep your friends company until you are ready."
Noctis screamed. The sound that left his throat was bordering on unnatural, filled with all the anger and rage, the pain and torment that sick, son of a bitch put them through...! Yet as everything went white, all he could see was Prompto's face as he was pulled in.
Flashes of the train: Ardyn standing there, grinning flashed over an image of Prompto standing in the same place, grinning that same cocky grin. Chasing "Ardyn" through the train, slamming him into the wall.
'Why wouldn't I?!'
warp-striking from a now-exploding airship and attacking the wrong one, only realizing a split second later the huge mistake he made—
"How long were you... in the dark?"
Being knocked unconscious with Prompto's own pistol, falling to his knees on the top of the train as everything went black.
"Where is he? Where's Prompto?!"
Tears threatening to spill as he comes to, maybe hours later. "I pushed him off the train. I mean, Ardyn made me..!" His voice began to crack, but he didn't care as he practically shouted at Ignis over the phone. "I don't know where he is, but we can't leave him—!"
"I am as concerned for Prompto as you are, but we-" ..."—sitting ducks for the daemons."
"Are you two okay, at least?"
"...Yes. Can you make it to... Gladio is with me."
Tenebrae ablaze, Aranea offering her two engineers to get them to Gralea, Noct pulling her aside after to—
"I'm worried about your friends. They've fallen and can't get up."
Noctis, trying to reach Gladio and Ignis as they lay unconscious and frozen on the train floor. Falling to his knees as he clutched his shoulder.
"A coldness that can only be hers." Gentiana approached, holding a finger to her lips. "Ah. The face you wore the day you-"
Ardyn becoming an inhuman popsicle as "Gentiana's" finger touches his lips. Noct receiving Shiva's blessing and the Trident—Luna's trident. Spearing the frozen Ardyn through the abdomen, the 'popsicle' shattering into icy dust, before the young monarch fell flat on his ass and the others awoke.
It all ended in a sea of brilliant hues of violet and blue, wisps of white surrounding the owner of these memories turned into a single one. A recollection of the only thing he had for company besides the God of War for who knew how long it would be. He remained curled up in himself, arms hugging his knees as he guarded his face from the way the Ring on his hand seemed to glow even brighter.
"Prompto..." His voice betrayed his tiredness, the pain he felt. Knowing that his best friend likely saw all that.