"Wait Prom!" Noct shouts going to chase after her but stopping to turn at the other two.

"Go get her. Tell her we're sorry, we'll do the job." Gladio says to him. Noct nods then turns back, running to catch up to the blonde.

"Then I'll lead you there. We should get going if you want to hurry and join your friends."

"That's all right. We are not into Assassins Creed as Noct and Prompto are." Ignis tells them. Cindy and Holly look at each other then shrugs.

"Fine." Holly says.

Prompto ran as fast as she can, which is far since she's back to running in the morning.

She thought things changed. Thought they trusted her more. Thought they have gotten closer than before.

But no, here they are keeping secrets making decisions without her. She knows she's useless. It's not like she can summon a weapon without help but she's training. She's trying. And this trip is suppose to be a fun vacation road trip. Why are they fighting so much for? Not that she can blame them, MTs are a serious deal, she understands why they would choose to go.

She felt it all coming back, those insecurities that came with being around those three, always feeling like she wasn't enough. She joined the crownsguard to grow stronger, she didn't want them protecting her all the time. There was a time where she almost gave up. Being so bad at hand to hand combat, of using all the heavy melee weapons, and not being able to get the hang of the more specialized weapons, until she found firearms. She was so proud of herself she held her head high. Especially after beating many records. She felt as if she was one step closer to being on equal footing with them.

She thought she was recently, but guess not. They didn't need to keep it a secret, they chose to. She's hurt but also very angry. They were treating her almost like she's fragile. She's more resilient than that. She outta wring their- "oof!" she falls back onto the ground on her ass, breaking her out of her slight anger induced tirade in her head.

"Sorry." the voice above her says. Prompto looks up to see a young looking man. He had to be no more than three years older than her. "Here." he extends his hand out to help her up. Prompto takes it silently staring at him. He was rather handsome with his dark blonde hair and blue eyes, almost as handsome as Noct. But why is he wearing a full set of armor. Was there an assassins game like that?

"I should be the one saying that, I was the one running around like a crazy person." Prompto gives him a shy grin as she gets to her feet.

"Well, I wasn't paying attention. Sorry." he says again. Prompto continues to give him a grin.

"Like I said I was the one running." she tells him again.

"You're-" he starts but stops himself. Eyes planted on her face. Then they go down to her wrist, the same one her barcode is on. Almost as if he had X-ray vision. Feeling self conscious about it, she mindlessly puts a hand over it even though it's properly covered with her arm braces.

Before she can say something to excuse herself she hears "Prom!" being shouting in the distance. She turns to see Noct running towards them, he pushes past a group of people. Prompto frowns at him. Not ready at all to face him or the other two yet.

"I have to go." she says moving around the mysterious handsome man and running again. Not sure where but she doesn't care as long as it's away from him.

Noct runs past the stranger, giving him a quick glance before turning his eyes back towards the blonde he's chasing after. "Prom! Wait!" he shouts after her.

The blond frowning at how close he sounds, he must have warped. She finds herself near the observation area. If she weren't being chased and she had her camera she would have taken several pictures but not now. Where would she even go? She ran away from the hotel. She could have run to her room instead. Maybe she should run back but she doesn't know where she is and that would mean stopping to look for a map. She can't do that yet.

"Prom, hold up!" he shouts, she squeals as he get close enough to reach out and grab hold of her wrist. He finally stops her. After getting over her shock about being caught she tries to get her wrist out of his hand as he tries to catch his breath. Surprisingly enough he's got a pretty strong grip on her. Doesn't stop her from trying though. "Hold on." he says trying to catch his breath. He looks at her determined, she flinches at the look in his eyes. "You've got it all wrong. We were worried about how you'll react to the mention of the MTs. They messed you up, it was scary and not just for you. Ignis and Gladio are sorry, they were just trying to protect you. You're not useless Prom." He tells her. Her anger slowly disappearing.

"You don't think I'm useless?" She wonders.

"Of course not, Prom I haven't seen or met anyone that can use a pistol the way you do." He answers instantly.

"Iggy and Gladio are sorry?" She asks.

"Of course they are. They didn't mean to hurt your feelings but... they care for you. Really care for you. They want to protect you." Noct answers her.

"Okay. I'll forgive them but no more secrets." She tells Noct firmly.

"No more secrets." He agrees. Prompto smiles at him.

"Also, I don't need protecting as much as you all think." She tells him.

"Are you sure?"

"I'm not that fragile. I mean sure it was scary but that one time we were both kidnapped was far scary. I mean then I didn't even have training. Now I do." Prompto explains.

"Even after the... diner incident?" Noct wonders softly, almost afraid to mention it. "I've never seen you cry that much before." He says, of course he's never seen her cry period.

"Of course I cried. The man who was shot is really kind. He took the bullet for me. I felt really bad about it. It shouldn't have gone that way but it did. I was afraid he'd die. He's fine now. In rehab." She tells the prince.

"The MTs didn't scare you?" He asks.

"Duh, they did. I mean who expected them to be there? It was scary in the moment, like horror movie scary but now it's almost like it happened so long ago. And it did hurt but I'm not going to be thinking about it much. I'm alive now aren't I?" She tells him like it was so simple. It couldn't be that simple. Even he's slightly scared of daemons, especially after what happened when he was younger. Sometimes he has nightmares, of course they never last long but he still knows he had them.

"You know you could talk to us if you feel anything right?" Noct asks just to make sure she knows she's not alone. She smiles at him.

"I know." She answers, the biggest grin on her face. They do care about her. And he doesn't think she's useless. That's all that matters.