Qedus Akira sat on one of the empty bar stools at The Crow's Nest Diner. She was waiting for her brothers Leenox and Lark to come back from a hunt they did without her. They were daemon hunters and that's how they earned their gil. So they frequently stopped at diners for a new job it was a daily thing.

She sighed growing impatient she checked her phone only to see she had no notifications. Where are they she thought to herself as she tapped her camera app and looked at herself through her phone. She ran her fingers through her black hair that was put up in a messy bun today.

Her light blue eyes were bright but the bags underneath showed she was tired. She put away her phone shoving it down into her pants pockets. As she turned around she gasped as a stinging sensation began in her shoulder, She pulled down her green jacket to see that her porcelain skin had got some sunburn.

"Hey Qedus." A deep voice caught her attention, She hopped off her stool to see Gladious, Ignis, Prompto and Noctis approach her. She had met them several months ago through Cor Leonis after doing multiple jobs for him. They were supposed to get a ferry to Altissia but that never happened because of the Imperial betrayal.

"Hey Gladio how are things?" She asked knowing the answer.

He paused for a second almost as if he didn't know what to say, He looked to Noctis basically giving her the answer through silence. The prince had just lost his father and his home, Probably asking we as a bad idea. "Sorry…that was a dumb question."

"It's as best as it can be at this moment." Ignis said as he pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

"So what are you doing here?" Prompto spoke up.

"Waiting for my brothers…they went on a hunt without me today." Qedus said as she rolled her shoulders keeping her eyes in the windows to see when they walked past.

"Thats surprising, You never miss a hunt." Said Gladiolus as he leaned up against a nearby booth.

"Last night I went on a solo job that's probably why I didn't get to sleep until late." Sighed Qedus.

"It shows." Gladious said with a smirk.

"Oh bite me Gladio!" retorted Qedus.

"Can't, You may like it short cake." He said as he crossed his arms, while letting out a low chuckle.

How she loathed his nicknames at times and it always had to do with her size. She stood at a mere 5'1" and Gladiolus towered over her at 6'6", So he got his kicks by joking about her height. She looked over there shoulders to see Leenox and Lark walking in.

Leenox and Lark were her older brothers they were both 25 and identical twins light blond hair and light blue eyes. Despite looking exactly the same telling them apart was usually easy. They both had different tastes and personally were complete opposites. Lennox was more outdoors while Lark loved being outdoors he loved comics, video games and he was addicted to Jetty's.

Leenox wore dirty clothes he always looked like he left a battle while Lark was wearing graphic ts and at times he would wear a fur jacket made from the mane of a behemoth he had slayed when he was only 16. Lark was squeaky clean his blond hair slicked back just like Lennox. Their personality was also different, Leenox was the serious one of the group and always had a stragedy but Lark was unpredictable and always full of life and peppy.

"Everything go okay?" Asked Qedus, As Lark and Lennox walked up to stand beside her.

"Could have ended sooner, If Lark wouldn't always rush in." Leenox groaned as he glared at Lark.

"I said I could handle it, Your the one who had to play mother goose." Groaned Lark as he began talking to the person behind the register.

"How much we make?" Asked Qedus turning to Leenox.

"2,500 gil to get rid of some sabretusks."

Lennox answered looking at Lark who now held a jetty.

"That's good..." She nodded as she looked back at Gladiolus and his friends. "So what are you all doing here?"

"Daemon hunting, As well." Answered Prompto so fast he almost stuttered. Which caused all three of them to look at him and grin. Before Qedus could say anything else her cellphone began to ring, She picked it up seeing that it was Wiz.

"Hey can you come down here and lend me a hand, I'm a staffer short and we also have a daemon problem."

"Yeah I'll be down in a few minutes." She said hanging up the phone.

"Who was that?" Lark asked as he leaned over her shoulder to peek at her phone. She nudged him away, As she readjusted her satchel.

"Wiz, Gotta go." She said as she turned heel walking around everyone.

"What we just got here." complained Leenox.

"Do you need any help?" Lark shouted but got no reply.

Qedus put away the fresh bags of Curiel Greens she had just purchased for her white Chocobo Huey. After finishing that she proceeded on helping Wiz and the others feed some of the Chocobos. After finishing helping with the Chocobos, She now had to find the Voretooths running around out back.

She walked around back only to stop slipping on her white gold brass knuckles. The only way she fought was with her brass knuckles or her brass knuckles daggers. She was also skilled in elemancy preferring using blizzard at times. The dirt was wet and sloppy as she made her way down the hill.

It was damp out because of the previous nights of heavy rain. The further she walked the Rockier it got, She started to hum until the sounds of footsteps caught her attention. She paused standing still, Listening to them as they got closer. Twirling around she was met with the fangs of a Voretooth.

She was shoved back down the hill, Tumbling and slamming against each rock down the way. Finally she was stopped harshly by the side of a tree, She gasped at the impact to her stomach. "Fucking figures…" She uncurled herself from the tree and slowly rose to all fours.

"You know shortcake there is a dirt path back here right?" Said a very familiar voice.

She didn't even have to look up to know who it was. "Gladiolus…" she mumbled in annoyance.