Noct holds the blonde's hand in his own.
The blonde looks way better than before. She has some color to her cheeks. She's not as cold, they were really worried about her body temperature being so low. She's better now, her body warming up until it's her natural body temperature.
But she's not awake. She's fine but she not waking up. Luna worked really hard. Aranea and Ignis came back and talked to Solara about they found. What really has everyone worried is Prompto not waking up even though she should be by now.
Noct turns his head, looking down at the seat next to him. His phone ring, his father name coming across the screen. He picks up his phone.
"Dad?" Noct calls.
"How are you?" he asks.
"We are all fine. We found Prom but she's still asleep. We're planning to head back to Lucis." Noct says rubbing his face. They are going to have a lot of work a head of them.
"Be careful. We had a large fight with Titus, learned that all of the Kingsglaive were with him. It took a while to see who was working with Titus under the radar. He had a lot of reach. I would sent some guards for you but we are working hard to re establish the Citadel, and bringing in back the citizens." Regis says. Noct looks at Ignis and Gladio packing.
"Is it that bad? Luna is coming with us. She thinks the reason Prom is not waking up is because she's far from the Crystal. We aren't sure but it's something. Is it dangerous?" Noct ask Ignis and Gladio turn to look at the prince.
"Be careful on your way back." Regis says ending the call. Noct puts his phone down.
"Dangerous? What happened?" Gladio asks.
"It's seems most of the kingsglaive were under Titus control, maybe more from the citadel. Dad and I'm assuming the others are trying to weed them out. Said it's dangerous." Noct explains.
"Considering he didn't mention any casualties from our side it's safe to assume no close friend of ours is hurt. The question now is what do we do? With Prompto in a coma like state and Luna joining us, how will we get to the Citadel safely?" Ignis wonders.
"Mmm... I think I have someone to call." Noct says.
Not long after do they leave the capital for their journey across Niflheim. Luna and Noct watching the sleeping blonde the whole time. The whole time everyone was serious because it was serious. Prom is better but not waking up. Of course he put the curbanade statue he has next to her but that seemed to not have done anything. The prince hasn't left her side.
Once they get to the port they are on their own. Aranea and Wiggs staying. The ferry ride is long. Noct continue to make calls to get help in getting a small escort done with people he trusts. Ignis and Gladio staring wondering who these people are. The prince doesn't know a lot of people. He doesn't have many friends. But what is set is set. Though, Gladio and Ignis wonder if they can trust the person (or people) Noct called for.
When they finally made it to Galdin Guey the had to move Prompto, set her down somewhere safe so they can get the Regalia. Of course they got looks. To a normal person it look like they either are dragging their drunk and passed out friend around or they are dragging a dead body around. Either way it doesn't look good for them. They had to split up, Ignis got the car, Gladio getting the food, Noctis goes to search for the escort and Luna stayed with Prom.
Once they gathered and ate Gladio asked, "where is this escort you called?" he munch on his sandwich.
"We have to head back. We can't waste more time." Ignis says. It would be best to get back to the Citadel as quickly as possible.
Noct opens his mouth but gets interrupted. "Ah! Noctis! What did you do to Prompto?" A short woman runs to them, pushing them aside. A taller man follow behind her. The woman holds Prompto, trying to wake her up but no luck. "What happened?" she asks glaring at the prince.
"She was kidnapped." Noct quickly defends himself. That only earns him a hard smack in the back of his head.
"You're the prince how can you be shit at protecting Prompto?" the woman says. "Why I ought to-"
"Maria." the man calls her.
"Yes my love?" she turns to him.
"You are suffocating Prompto." he points out, she looks down to see she's pressing the blondes face against her chest.
"Oh, sorry." she apologizes but doesn't get a reaction from the blonde.
"So what happened?" the man asks, not happy about the way the blonde doesn't seem alive.
"She was kidnapped, chained and drugged. I've healed her of all the wounds she received then but she isn't waking up." Luna says. Both nod their head.
"How do you know princess and sunshine?" Gladio asks, it's obvious they are familiar with them both but how? The two stare at Gladio for a second before they realize who he's talking about.
"Oh I'm sorry, I'm Maria Cruz and this is my husband, Jose Cruz. We are Prompto's neighbor. We took her in when she got kicked out." Maria explains with a smile.
"Why are you both escorting us?" Gladio asks.
"We use to be in the kingsglaive, we knew something was off about Titus and left." Jose answers.
"You wouldn't happen to know about the situation around the Citadel is at the moment?" Ignis asks.
"At the moment everyone is being thoroughly investigated, even the citizens being brought back in are too. The Citadel was thoroughly distorted so it's in the process of being rebuilt." Jose answers.
"Iris is still in the wind with Astrum until it's safe but any day they will be back. Regis is still trying to have things go smoothly but I understand it's hard. It doesn't help the media is trying to ask what happened. But no one is allowed close to the king or Citadel." Maria says.
"What about Iris and Astrum?" Gladio says paying attention at that, not expecting to hear those names.
"When the fight against Titus started everyone was evacuated out of the city. Camps were set up outside the wall. We saw Iris protecting Astrum along with a young man named Talcott with her." Maria answers.
"She drove off when a group of men tried taking Astrum. We fought them off for her. We haven't seen her since." Jose adds.
"From what we were told it's best she and Astrum are gone. Better to be kept hidden and safe." Maria says. Gladio runs his hand through his hair. Ignis places a hand on the shields shoulder. If his father gave Iris a job as shield to protect Astrum he must have known he wouldn't make it. He did his job as shield though. Gladio knows the king is alive.
"Do you know any names of the casualties? Maybe the shield of the king?" Noct asks for Gladio.
"Clarus is alive. Hurt bad but everyone who fought Titus needed some time to rest." Jose says. Gladio looks at them shocked. His father is alive.
"We should hurry back." Gladio says. They all nod. Seems like they are needed at home, but who knows if they'll be able to help.
Gladio really hopes Iris is okay. He knows she's strong but of course he would worry about his younger sister.