The regalia pulled into the Lestallum outpost. Ignis parked in the parking spot, and all four of them hopped out of the car.
"Think we could grab some cup of noodles?" Gladio asked elbowing Ignis lightly in the ribs, looking at a truck in the distance.
"Possibly after a hunt, but we have expended the last of our funds," Ignis stated only getting a sigh from the shield. The four walked into town, only the chattering of peppy towns people filling the silence. After a few minutes of walking they made it to the center of the marketplace. They strolled up to a restaurant and asked the person running it about the hunt.
"sure you're up for it?" The old man asked glancing at the four. All he got in response was a slow but sure nod from Ignis. The boys made their way back to the Regalia, and they began towards the waterfall.
"Ugh, are we there yet?" Prompto asked with a loud, obnoxious sigh.
"Could you shut up Prom, I'm trying to read." Gladio grunted full of annoyance. He turned a page of his book and glanced over at the napping prince. Suddenly a freckled face was in front of his, as the blond turned around in his seat.
"Whatcha readin?" He asked scanning the book in the shield's hands.
"Why don't ya play some king's knight and stop bugging me," he snapped shoving the blonde's face.
"Yeesh," he muttered sitting back in his seat. A few seconds of silence passed before boredom overcame him. He started flipping through different songs in the radio only listening to a few seconds before changing it again.
"Prompto, please." Ignis demanded with an annoyed tint.
"Is this like team up on Prompto day?" He whispered to himself under his breath. "hey noc-,"he started but he was cut off by the light snores produced by the prince. He sighed and just looked out the window.
After about thirty minutes the Regalia came to a stop as ignis pulled over. Gladio closed up his book and woke the sleeping prince by elbowing him. Three of them exited the car, and after a few minutes Noctis joined them. "Morning sleeping beauty," Prompto said to Noctis in a mocking tone.
"Shall we?" Ignis asked gesturing to the waterfall. Noctis nodded and the group started toward the waterfall. After sometime of walking they made it, and they needed to take a moment to take in the beauty of it all. "Wow" Noctis whispered fully enchanted.
"Sure takes your breath away, huh," Gladio grunted. "We should get going, you ready?" He asked the prince. The prince nodded and started up a path as the others followed closely behind. When they got to the top, they found a wide opening behind the waterfall.
"We're going, in there?!" Prompto asked letting a shudder run through this body.
"What are ya scared of the dark?" The prince asked letting out a small chuckle.
"Wouldn't be surprised knowing Prompto's extensive list of phobias." Ignis joked pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"No, just think of what nasties are in there," Prompto said swallowing a lump in his throat.
"Nothin we can't handle," Gladio grunted, grabbing Prompto's shoulder and pulling him forward. They entered the crevice and the temperature began to drop.
"It's freezing in here," prompto stated shivering. The others hummed in agreement and went on with the task at hand. After they walked a bit further, a familiar purple hue came from the ground.
"Told ya, nasties," the boy hissed summoning his gun, and the others followed summoning their own weapons.
"nothin we didn't sign up for," Gladio said being the first to attack the woman with the legs of a spider. A couple tiny spiders popped up, but the big focus was on the Arachne. Without a second to think about what he was doing, Noctis' giant sword impaled the giant spider woman. The others spent time on the smaller version of a giant spider. It was the last one and Prompto was on it.
"I got it," prompto yelled pointing his gun, but he was to slow and the spider jumped at him, knocking him over. They wrestled on the ground until the tarantula bit down on Prompto's left hand with it's fangs. He felt the venom pulse through his body, flow through his veins. Suddenly an overwhelming feeling of disorientation hit him and Lucis became very far away. Prompto succumbed to unconsciousness and the world around him faded to black.