Terra ran like her life depended on it, "Celes! What are you doing?"
"I'm going to fight," Celes explained, "Keep running, I'll catch up to you."
Terra nodded. She darted around a corner and almost got hit by a car.
"What was that?" Noctis asked as Ignis slammed on the brakes.
"I almost hit her," Ignis said pointing after the blond girl that ran past the car.
Noctis climbed out of the car.
"What are you doing?" Ignis asked.
"She was running from something," Noctis looked around, "And I'm going to figure out what it was." He turned and darted after her.
"Eh! Wait!" Prompto and Gladiolus raced after him.
Ignis rolled his eyes and drove after him.
Terra was aware of her extra pursuers but not of their motives. She picked up her pace but skidded to a stop as she ran into two magitechs, "No, please no. Not again!"
Noctis darted past her. A blade appeared in his hand and he tossed it. It hit the magitech and the magitech exploded. Noctis teleported to the blade as it flew into the air and dropped towards the other magitech. He landed cleanly and pulled out the pilot, "Hey, Prompto."
Prompto had been kneeling next to where Terra had fallen over. He stood up and turned to Noctis, "Yeah?"
"You wanna blow it up or shall I?" Noctis smirked.
"Move over!" Prompto raced over to it.
Noctis smiled and jumped off. The blade disappeared, "Those things were pathetic." He walked up to where Gladiolus helped Terra to her feet, "You alright?"
Terra was a little shaky but she nodded, "There was someone else with me. She turned back to fight the bigger force."
"Why didn't you help her?" Noctis asked.
"She told me to run," Terra said.
"Alright," Noctis sat on the curb, "we'll wait here for Prompto to be done and for Ignis to show up."
"What's your name?" Gladiolus asked.
"Terra," she whispered.
"Terra?" Gladiolus nodded, "Prompto really likes introductions so we'll let him introduce us."
Prompto walked up as the magitech exploded behind him, "So what's up?"
"Her name is Terra—"
"Hey Terra!" Prompto smiled, "I'm Prompto, the big guy's Gladiolus and the quiet guy's Noctis. I honestly wouldn't expect him to say any more than he already has."
Terra smiled and nodded, "Alright."
"Where's Ignis? Anybody know?" Prompto asked.
"He probably decided to cruise it since we just completely ditched him," Gladiolus said.
A black Lexus pulled up to the curb.
"There he is," Prompto smiled at Terra, "C'mon, Ignis doesn't bite."
Noctis rolled his eyes, "That depends on who you ask."
"What is the matter with you three?" Ignis rolled down the window, "It's the middle of the night and you're going around blowing stuff up?"
"They were protecting me," Terra interrupted, "Please don't be mad at them."
Noctis and Gladiolus exchanged glances.
Gladiolus shrugged.
"Get in the car," Ignis said.
"Prompto, give Terra the passenger seat," Noctis said.
"Damn," Prompto nodded, "C'mon Terra, you can sit here."
Terra glanced at Noctis, "I can sit in the back it's okay."
Noctis met her gaze and shook his head.
Terra nodded, "Alright."
Prompto, Noctis, and Gladiolus climbed in the back.
"So what are we going to do?" Ignis asked.
Terra was sound asleep, curled up like a cat on the couch.
"Keep her with us," Noctis straightened from where he was leaning against the wall, "She needs a support system and we could use her help."
"Alright, but how helpful do you think she'd be in a fight?" Gladiolus asked.
"I honestly don't know," Noctis shrugged, "but we can't send her back out into the world. She's obviously being hunted by someone. We need to find out who and then decide what to do."
"You're willing to risk everything for a girl you barely know?" Ignis asked.
"Player," Prompto teased.
"What?" Noctis' head snapped around to face his blond haired friend.
Prompto smiled mischievously, "Nothing."
Noctis narrowed his eyes, "I see how it is." A small smile crossed his face.
"Here, let's talk to her when she wakes up," Gladiolus suggested, "See if she even wants our help."
Ignis nodded, "Sounds good, yes?"
Noctis and Prompto nodded.
Serah woke up to the sounds of explosions. She sat up and opened her window, "What's going on?"
Another explosion lit up the night. She saw scraps of metal flying into the air. What's going on? Is he causing trouble?
Lightning sat up at the sound of explosions, "Great, what's going on?" She walked out into the backyard. It looks like things are gonna get really interesting. If he targets any of them he's going down and he's going to know that.