Scarlet's P.O.V
" I hope everyone's okay." Prompto said as he was breaking the heavy silence. We decided that we would return to the Crown City to seek out the truth. But as I could tell that no one wanted to talk at all which I understood why. The only thing that broke the silence was the rain that was hitting the windows.
" Lotta good hoping's gonna do." Noct said in a whisper and then followed with a sigh. I looked over at him with a sad look in my eyes and I looked down as I was trying to figure out what I was going to do to confront him. That was when I looked over at his hand on his lap and I lightly touched his hand which made him tense up and he looked over at me and I nodded my head towards him and he nodded his head back to letting me know that he was thankful for what I did.
" You mustn't lose faith." Ignis said as he kept his eyes on the road.
" Really? Can faith stop a fleet of Imperial Dreadnoughts?" Noct asked him as he snapped at Ignis.
" Give it a rest." Gladio said trying to calm him down before he says anything that he regrets.
" My old man had plenty of faith." Noct said as he raised his voice a little bit.
" Noct, please calm down. I know that everything is not good right now but please." I said as I looked over at him grabbing his hand in hopes that it would calm him down which did a little bit.
" Enough." Gladio said as he looked over at Noct and then back in front of him.
" The empire lied. The betrayed us." Prompto said as he shook his head.
" Conjecture get us nowhere. We're searching for the truth." Ignis said as he looked up at Noct through the rear view mirror.
" All you'll find are lies-like that ceasefire." Noct said bitterly. I looked back at him and I looked down to my lap realizing that I should just let him get mad with everything that happened to his home. So I just sat back in my seat watching the rain as it was still hitting the window.
" Looks at the size of those things." Gladio said which made me look up from the window to see what was passing us and my mouth was open in aw.
" Are those the Imperial Dreadnoughts that Noct was talking about?" I asked as looked back to the others and they needed their heads to my question.
" There from the Magitek infantry." Ignis said as he watching them going by as he was driving.
" The robots?" Gladio asked as looked over at Ignis.
" Mass produced humanoid weapons of warfare, actually." He said as he focused on the road.
" Doesn't look like they'll be signing that peace treaty." Prompto said sadly as he looked down at his feet.
' Don't worry young one. Everything is going to be okay. Just stay with them and ya'll be fine.' A voice said inside my head which made me look around to see where it came from. But I stopped myself when I realized that it was in my head and I shook my head.
The voice was Gentiana and I saw wondering why she told me that. As I looked at the others and I was still worried about them but I knew that things were going to be okay.
" Up ahead!" Prompto exclaimed which made us tense up at Ignis stopped the car to see a blockade in front of us.
" They've set up an inspection point." Ignis said as we looked at the gates that did lead to the city. There was a huge crowed before us that was made of both people and cars and big robots.
" If the road ahead is blocked, then we need to find another way around." Gladio said as he looked around and I nodded my head in agreement. Then I found the road that would lead to the view of the city.
" Ignis, how about you turn the car over to the road that is on the left of us." I said as I pointed out towards the road. Ignis saw what I was pointing at and he nodded his head.
" That would be a great place to get a great view of the city." I said as he turned towards the road.
" Alright." Ignis said as he drove on the path for a while.
" How did you know that this road was over here?" Gladio asked as he looked over at me.
" I saw the path as we stopped when we saw the blockade." I said as I looked over at him.
" It's good to have you here." Ignis said as he stopped the car and turned off the car. We got out of the car, " Let's make a detour. There ought to be the decent vantage point up ahead, " I said as I looked towards the path and then back at the others.
" We need to go through there." I said to everyone as they started to follow me up the path.
" Are you sure you know where your going?" Prompto asked as we made it to the stairs.
" Yes, I know where I'm going." I said as I was about to turn around the corner to only freeze in place at what I saw was in front of me which was the Magitek soldiers that were walking around and one of them noticed me and it shot out it's hand towards me. Before it could even touch me I felt a hand grab my arm and pulled me out of the way. When I looked to see who it was, it was Ignis and he pulled me behind him as everyone came up to us to see what I was looking at.
" There everywhere. Wanna take'em out?" Gladio asked Noct as he glared at them with hatred.
" Oh, yeah." Noct said as he summoned his sword, " Those scrapheaps are gonna with they had a treaty to protect them." Noct said as he ran towards them.
I nodded my head in agreement as I summoned my daggers to my hands and I followed him towards the Magitek soldiers. The same soldier that saw me before noticed me again but before it had anytime to do anything, I stabbed through the armor which killed it.
" Hey guys, just remind me not to piss off Scarlet, cause she's scaring me." Prompto said as he watched her take out the Magitek robot in front of her.
Noct threw his sword into one of the Magitek robots and piercing through it's armor as well and he teleported over to where the robot was and he grabbed the handle of his sword and pulled out his sword and he cut the robot in half. Gladio came running in making sure that none of the robots comes from behind Noct while Prompto followed right behind him to make sure that his best friend's side. Ignis came over to me and two more appeared in front of me and Ignis. I went over to one of them and took it out while Ignis stabs the other one before they could do anything to us.
I thought that we took all of them out till I heard something fall behind me and I turned to see what it was and it was one of the Magitek soldiers with a dagger in it's head and I looked up to see that it was Ignis that took it out before it got me, " Is everyone all right?" Prompto asked as he was looking at us making sure that we were okay.
" We need to get going." I said as Noctis ran on ahead and I followed behind him along with the others.
" Scarlet, make sure you keep a look out for anything up ahead." Ignis said as he came up to me and I nodded my head to him, letting him know that I understood.
As I kept following Noct up the hill and making sure that I took out any soldiers that was close to Noct as he was taking most of them along the way. I felt a anger growing inside me and I was wondering why I was getting anger, was it cause I was mad for happened to their city, or was it I wanted to make them pay for everything they did.
As I was about to turn the corner taking out another soldier that was in the way I heard Ignis yell, " Watch out!" I looked up to see one of the soldiers was jumping down from above Noct ready to pierce him with it's spear and I knew that I had to move him out of the way. I ran over to him and pushed him out of the way and right when I pushed him the spear got part of my right arm, " AHHHH!"
I narrowed my eyes towards the robot as it touched the ground a few feet away from me and loosing no time I launched myself at the robot and took it out before it could do anymore damage to anyone else and it fell over dead.
I grabbed my right arm trying to stop the bleeding which was seeping through my fingers and I looked over at Noct who was looking at me with concern in his eyes, " Are you okay?" Both Noct and Ignis asked me as they both came over to me and Ignis started to check the wound while Noct looked at me with a apologetic eyes.
" Yeah, I'm fine. My arms just hurts is all. I'm glad that your okay though Noct." I said as I gave them a reassuring smile even though I was in pain a little.
" You need to watch out next time Noct, that would have been you if she hadn't moved you out of the way." Gladio said as he looked over at Noct with a little glare towards him.
" I know that and I'm very sorry Scarlet, I wan't trying to get you hurt and anything." Noct said as he knelt down to the ground and placed his hand on my shoulder and I just gave him a small smile.
" Don't worry Noct, it's okay. I'm not dead and your not either, so we're good. That's what friends do." I said to him as I looked over at Ignis as he finished wrapping my arm and offered me his hand and pulled me up to my feet.
" Thank you for wrapping up my arm for me." I said to Ignis as I looked over at him. Then I looked over at Noct and I could tell that he was worried about me and that he was mad at himself that I go hurt. I walked over to him and I placed my hand on his shoulder and he looked up to me.
" It's okay Noct. I'm fine now, I was more worried about you getting hurt then me okay. We need to continue up the hill okay." I said as I nodded my head and he just looked at me for a moment till he nodded his head and he turned and started to walk towards the end of the hill.
As we contiuned to go up the hill, I heard Ignis warn us, " We have company." as another group of robots appeared. We took them out as fast as we could before continuing on.
" They just keep coming." Gladio said after we took out that group of robots.
" It's starting to annoy me and if anymore come around I'm going to be pissed off." I said as I shook my head in annoyance.
" We are almost to the top of the hill." Ignis said as we took the last corner to see the end of the hill in front of us. As we contiuned to go up we made it to a grassy path that was full of rocks. As we were making our way up to the last stretch towards the hill, I noticed a shadow on the ground and I looked up to see more of those robots coming at us from above, " Guys, look out!" I yelled which made the others stop in place and looked up at what I saw and that was we moved out of the way as they landed on the ground.
There was seven Magitek soldiers in front of us and we summoned our weapons, " They are endless." Gladio said as he ran towards them and started to attack them.
" We are very close to the top of the hill. I just hope that this is the last of them." I said as joined him in getting ride of them which it didn't take long with the others helping.
Just like last time Ignis came over to my side and had my back while Gladio and Prompto was covering Noct's back, " Ready Noct?" Gladio asked him as he looked over to him by the corner of his eye.
" Ready." Noct said as he threw his sword at one of the robots and he teleported himself in the process. He grabs his sword that was inside one of the robots and pulls it out and then he cuts off the head of the robot.
While Noct, Prompto and Gladio was taking care of three of the robots, me and Ignis had out hands full with three of our own. As I took out one of them, and Ignis followed right behind me taking care of the second robot as well and right as I got behind the last robot, " Ignis!" I called out to him.
Within seconds he was right next to me and we slashed the robot into pieces.
" That better be the last of them." I said as we made over way to the last bit to the hill.
When we reached the edge of the hill, what I saw was already breaking my heart, " Oh my god." I whispered as I looked over at the others and all I could see was worry and anger in their eyes. The Crown City was a war zone, smoke came from the city as I look up to see Imperial Dreadnoughts flying above us.
Prompto pulled out his phone to catch a broadcast from the radio on his phone, ' As to ceasefire discussions between the two nations, all provisional terms have been suspended in the light of recent developments.' The woman one the radio says, ' Moreover, in the wake of the news of King Regis' death, we've now received word that the crown prince Noctis and Oracle Lunafreya have also pronounced dead.' The woman said which made Noct gasp in shock.
" Keep it on." Gladio said as me and Prompto turned towards him all at once. He started to panic a little bit, which made his phone slip from his hand towards the ground. Prompto went over to go pick it up but was stopped by Noct.
" Don't bother!" Noct yelled at him which made me jump a little as looked over at him.
Gladio pulled out his phone and tried to get a hold of his sister. Ignis knelt down to the ground and picked up Prompto's phone from the ground and handed it to him while he was looking at his phone as well. I looked towards the ground and then an idea came to mind and I pulled out my phone and started to look through my songs and that was when I found the song and I pressed play as I looked up towards insomnia.
I E Yu I
No Bo Me No
As I was starting to sing, I started to do the moves that I remember from Final Fantasy X that Yuna did when people had died.
Re en mi ri
Yo ju yo go
I E Yu I
No Bo Me No
Re en mi ri
Yo ju yo go
I had my eyes closed as I was moving but I knew that the guys was watching me as I contiuned to dance to the song.
Hasa Te Ka nae
Ku Ta Mae
Hasa Te Ka nae
Ku Ta Mae
The song had ended I opened my eyes and I turned to look at the others who I had guessed right about them watching me cause they were looking at me.
" What was that you just did?" Prompto asked me as he was looking at me.
" It's a prayer dance for those who have fallen." I said as I turned back to the city. Then that was when I heard a phone going off and I looked to see who it was and that was when Noct pulled out his phone from his pocket and he answered it. And Thanks to my cat like hearing I was able to hear cor from where I was standing.
" H-Hello? Cor?" Noct said as he looked towards the ground waiting for answer from him.
' So, you made it.' Cor answered and from what I could hear. He was relieved that Noct was okay.
" The hell's going on?" Noct asked him as he was confused and he looked like he was ready to cry, but he was hiding it really well, as he was looking towards the city.
' where are you?' Cor asked him.
" Outside the city with no way back in." Noct explained as he looked towards us and then back at his home.
' Makes sense.' Cor said.
" Makes sense?" Noct asked with a scoff look on his face, " Are you serious? How about any of this makes sense?!" He yelled as he clenched his free hand into a fist. He was starting to scare me again.
" The news just told me I'm dead along with my father and Luna." Noct said as he was trying his best to calm down as he was walking around.
' Listen, I'm heading out to Hammerhead.' Cor said which made Noct stop in his tracks and he groaned in annoyance. That literally told me that he didn't like what Cor had told him.
' About the king it's true.' Cor said which made Noct gasp as he turned back towards the Crown city, ' If you're looking for the whole truth, you know where to find me. Get moving.' Cor ordered Noct.
" Right." Noct slowly said before he hung up his phone and looked down towards the ground.
" What did the marshal have to say?" Ignis asked him carefully. From what I could tell that he was trying to be patient with him.
" Said he'd be in Hammerhead." Noct said as he contiuned to look down on the ground. I looked at everyone and they still were all upset about what happened to their home and I didn't know what I could do to make them happy. I felt so helpless.
" And the king?" Gladio asked as he walked over to Noct.
When Noct didn't answer, like he was staring off into the distance. They all turned to look at their home, " We have to move before the Imperial forces finds us." Ignis suggested as he looked at everyone.
" Right, come on." Gladio said as he took his eyes off the city. From what I could see on his face, that he was worried about his father and his sister.
" Right." Prompto said in a whisper as he looked away and started to walk down the hill.
I noticed that the guys was leaving except Noct and I looked over at him and he still was looking in the distance. He had lost so much, his father, his home, I felt so sorry for him. I was about to leave to give him sometime to himself but my body wouldn't move and I knew why. I looked back towards him again and I took a deep breath and walked over to him.
As I got over to him I wrapped my arms around his shoulders which made him tense up to my touch and I held him close, " I know that your hurting. I know that I will never know how it feels to lose someone close to you, but I've had friends that's been in position and I was always there to confront them. So let me do this for you please." I said as I held him closer.
For a while he didn't move and that was starting to worry me till I felt his arms go around me and held me tightly and his body shook in my arms which told me that he was crying and I just stood there and let him release all that emotion that he had build up inside him.
After while he started to calm down and we started to let go of each other and he looked at him and I gave him a confronting smile and he gave me a small one. Then we started to head towards the car where the others was waiting for us and as we got to the car Noct opened the door for me and I got in the car along with him and Ignis started the car and we headed towards Hammerhead to met up with Cor.
" Don't suppose the Crownsguard is still active?" Gladio asked as he turned in his seat to look at us.
" Wouldn't count it, not with the Marshal out here." Ignis said as he kept his eyes focused on the road.
" I wonder how things are in the city..." Prompto said as he looked outside with sadness in his voice.
" There should be a report before long." Ignis said as he answered Prompto.
" Yeah, something this big can't do ignored." Gladio said as he crossed his arms and closed his eyes.
" And what about us? What do we do?" Prompto asked as he looked at Ignis and then to the rest of us.
" We make for Hammerhead now and figure the rest out later." Gladio said when his phone started to ring in his pocket which made us look over to him as he pulls out his phone from his pocket and he checks his phone, " Got a message from my sister. She's with the refugees bound for Lestallum." He said as he placed his phone back in his pocket and from what I noticed there was a small smile appearing on his face.
" Well, at least Iris is okay." Prompto said as he had a tiny smile on his face as well.
" Yeah, doesn't sound like everyone was so lucky, though." Gladio said as he sighed and that was when his smile vanished from his face.
" We'd best make haste. Noct won't be dead forever." Ignis advised as he looked at us from the rear view mirror.
" No going back-only way's forward." Prompto said and Noct just closed his eyes and sighed.
" Not going back." Noct repeated bitterly, " Let's go." He said as he looked out the window.
After a few more minutes we finally arrived at Hammerhead. I looked around the area to noticed that everyone that was here was inside the diner for shelter. Ignis stopped the Regalia outside the shop and we all got out of the car.
" Hey." Gladio said as Cindy came over to us.
" Glad y'all made it." Cindy said with a look of relief on her face. I looked over at Noct to see Prompto giving her a small awkward smile and then he looked away. Then I looked over at Noct who did walk closer to her and he nodded his head to her but he kept his head down.
" How're you hon'?" Cindy asked me as she looked over at me and from what she could tell from my face, that I wasn't happy.
" I'm fine. I'm just trying to keep from crying. I just feel so bad for them." I said as I looked down to the ground for a moment and then I looked back up at her and she was nodded her head towards me and then she looks towards Ignis.
" No weather for drivin', that's for sure." Cindy said as Ignis looked at her.
" Our thanks." Ignis said as he nodded his head to her.
" Where's Cor?" Noct asked impatiently. I looked over at him and I know that he was still upset about everything and I wasn't going to get mad at him for that but he had a cold somewhat of a hares tone in his voice. Even though I knew he didn't mean to and Cindy looked surprised at first but then recovered quickly.
" Left to see to business, and left y'all a message with Paw-Paw." Cindy explained.
" Yeah?" Noct asked as he looked at her.
" Boss ain't sat still one second since he heard y'all were comin'" She said as Ignis nodded his head towards her.
" We shall go and meet him." Ignis said as he looked towards us.
" You do that." Cindy as she turns around and back into the shop.
" Let's go and see Paw-paw." Prompto said as we made our way to Cid who was looking at his tools and turns towards us when he heard us come in the garage.
" Crystal and the King' ring-what they been after all along..." Cid said as he was looking down to the ground as he was sitting on an old wheel.
" So all talk of peace was merely a pretext." Ignis said as he crossed his arms.
" They played my father for a fool." Noct said as he was looking down to the ground till he felt a hand on his shoulder and he looks up to see me standing right next him and nodded my head to him letting him know that I was there and he nodded his head back to me and he looked back at Cid.
" Don't kid yourself." Cid said which made the rest of us looked at him, " Reggie wasn't born yesterday. Lucis got dealt a losin' hand and your old man played it the best he could." Cid said as he picked up a wrench that was right next to him, " He wasn't gonna go down without a fight." Cid said as Noct gasped at what he said that made him realize what he meant.
" In the end, though...well, it's just wan't enough." Cid said with a sigh as he placed the wrench back to where he had grabbed it from and then stood up and started to walk out of the garage while holding his back.
" I can't even remember the last time I saw Reggie. Feels like a lifetime ago." Cid said as he exit out the garage and I looked over at Noct as he looked at a picture that had Cid and his father in it along with other people in the picture in it as well.
" Cindy told us that you have a message." Gladio said as we followed him outside the garage.
" Cor left a message, said he'll wait for ya in the tombs." Cid said as he turned towards us.
" They're to the northwest of here, just a short ways past the outpost. Find that first." Cid instructed us as we all nodded out heads.
" Then we shall be on our way." Ignis said as we headed towards the car.
As Ignis got to the car, he stopped to look at me and that was when he placed his hand on my shoulder and I looked up to him and he asked," Is everything okay?" Ignis asked me as he looked into my eyes.
" Yea, everything good. I'm just trying to keep Noct calm is all. As for me I'm trying my best to keep calm as well." I said as I looked at him and he nodded his head to me.
" I'm just letting you know that if you want someone to talk to, I'm here for you okay." He said as he took my hands into his and gave me a reassuring squeeze of his hands and I nodded my head to him and gave him a small smile back to him. He let's go of my hand and I got into the car along with everyone else and I felt eyes on me and it was Prompto and he had a mischievous on his face and all I did was shook my head. But I knew that he wasn't going to tell go what he saw. Once he straightened himself into his seat, Ignis started the car and we took off towards where Cor wanted us to met him.
Here is another chapter done. I know that I got this one down a lot quicker then I have before but I figure since I was playing the game I was going to get the chapters done a lot faster then I have before. I hope you like this chapter and I'll have another one up as soon as possible. The song is from Final Fantasy x The Hymm Of The Fayth.