A/N: Finally the chapter 5 is out! Enjoy! :) This was really fun to write, this is one of my favorite chapters. Thanks for reviewers, followers and for the people who've faved my story. Feedback is very welcome! :) Read&Enjoy&Review.

Noctis woke up the next morning, he felt horrible. He felt nauseated and he had a headache. His body was slightly trembling all the time.

He felt really weak; it took a lot of his energy just to get up from the bed. When he got up he put on a dark grey jeans and a black t-shirt. He knew Lightning didn't like how he dressed, but he didn't have any other colored clothes than dark grey or black.

He walked down the hallway tiredly. He noticed that maids were staring at him.

"What the fuck are you staring at?!" Noctis shouted at the maids.

The maids ran away in fear. They knew what horrible things might happen if the prince gets angry.

Noctis went to Lightning's rooms door and he knocked the door. Lightning came to open it. She looked at Noctis from head to toe.

"Good morning." Noctis said and blushed a little. "You're cute." Noctis ran his fingers through his spiky hair.

"Um, what?" Lightning tilted her head.

"I-I think that it's cute when your hair is messy." Noctis stuttered.

"Oh…thank you." Lightning said.

Noctis put his hands behind his back and asked. "Can you come to eat breakfast with me? I always eat alone; it would be nice if you would come to keep company with me."

"Yes sure, why not." Lightning smiled and come out of her room and closed the door. "Okay let's go, I'm okay like this."

"Don't worry, you look good." Noctis said.

"Thanks." Lightning said.

"Hey what have happened to you? Did you got hit by a bus or something?" Lightning looked at Noctis and smiled.

"What do you mean?" Noctis asked little confused.

"Your hair is very messy, which is cute but it has changed color, it's now silverish black. It looks pretty good on you. Have you dyed your hair?" Lightning asked.

"No I haven't." Noctis answered.

"Well, your eyes are narrowed and little reddish. To be honest I think that you look a little bit scary. Are you okay?" Lightning asked.

"Oh shit." Noctis cursed in his mind.

"Um, I guess I forgot something. I will be back right away. Wait here okay?" Noctis said quickly and ran back into his room.

"Wow, he's been behaving very strangely lately, what have happened to him this time?" Lightning sighed.

Lightning was very caring person, but she could behave very coldly against people too. She was quite determined. But she was good at reading body language; she knew how the person felt, just by looking at him. Some said that she was empathic too. She could see that Noctis wasn't completely honest with her.

Noctis opened the doors to his balcony and jump to the stairs which were almost next to his balcony. He ran quickly down and headed to the training course. He always went there when he had to calm down. That was one of those places where people didn't go too often. It was next to his castle and the forest so it kind of belonged to him…Like everything else in his kingdom.

It was a good place to calm down because there were not noises and no people around. If he would lose control then there would be a smaller change that he would hurt anyone.

Noctis sat down on the grass and held his head between his hands; he grabbed a fistful of his hair and tried to calm down. He was breathing rapidly. He could how his blood was starting to boil. His muscles around his body started to contract, the blood vessels in his arms expanded. He was trembling.

Noctis didn't understand what made him to lose the control in all of a sudden, he was just normally chatting with Lightning when she told him what was happening, he didn't even notice it himself. He wasn't angry to anyone, he was just little annoyed when the maids stared at him, but he couldn't lose control such a small things. He was just tired and off-color, nothing else.

He knew that too much pain would make him lose control too, but it wasn't likely since he should be in huge agony that that would happen. He didn't feel any pain right now and he would snap just moments before he would die. It was a defensive reaction, that would make him last a little longer.

"What's happening to me?" Noctis sighed.

Noctis tried to take a deep breath and think things that have made him happy. It helped him sometimes.

He thought of Lightning, how she wanted to help him and how her touched him, it made him feel special that some other person touched him like that. It meant a lot to him since it had been a long time since anyone really wanted to touch him without forced or coldly with no emotions. Lightning's touch was warm and caring, she actually wanted to do that herself. She wasn't afraid to be around him, she treated him like any other person.

Noctis smiled.

He was concentrating so hardly that he didn't notice a huge benemoth approaching quietly from the woods.

Then Noctis felt how the ground shook, he peeked over his shoulder and saw the benemoth approaching. Noctis tried to get up but the benemoth was too close and he didn't have time to stand up or dodge.

The benemoth whisked him and he flew against a tree. Then he snapped.

Lightning have had enough for waiting him to come back and she was heading back to her to change some clothes but then she saw Prompto and two other guys running down the stairways.

"Prompto, where are you going? Are you late again?" Lightning shouted to him.

Prompto and the two other guys stopped in their tracks.

"Lightning, Noctis has gone mad, don't follow us or you'll get hurt." Prompto said quickly and started to descend the stairs.

"Noctis has gone mad? What did Prompto mean? Noctis seemed quite strange this morning, but how could he just suddenly go mad and why shouldn't she go to see him? Lightning was thought.

Lightning decided to follow Prompto and the other guys anyway; she wanted to know what was happening.

Lightning ran after them to the outside to the training field. Prompto and the other guys were standing on the edge of the training field looking at Noctis from a long distance but they were showing no signs to go any closer.

In the training area Noctis was surrounded by a pitch black aura, his eyes were red and his hair wasn't bluish black anymore, it was now more silverish black colored than at the morning before he left. His movements were mind-bogglingly fast; Lightning could see how the black aura was following him as he moved it floated in the air before it faded away. After Noctis had moved.. He had a scary expression on his face; it felt like his glare could kill.

Noctis was fighting against a huge benemoth, it was at least two times taller than him. He looked really small next to it, even though Noctis was quite tall guy.

Noctis handled his sword skillfully, as if he would have trained the usage of the sword every day since he was a kid. It was so unnatural how quick and easy his movement was. Lightning was impressed, but at the same time she was really afraid and concerned.

Lightning ran to Prompto. "What the fuck, why aren't you guys doing anything?!" Lightning shouted.

Prompto grabbed Lightning by her waist and pulled her as close to him as he could. Not letting her to move.

"Prompto, let me go!" Lightning shouted to Prompto. "He can't kill that by himself!"

"I said you to not to follow us, you're not going anywhere, or you get yourself killed." Prompto stared into her eyes seriously.

"What?! There are four of us; I have killed benemoths before too! We must help him!" Lightning shouted her voice full of anger and despair.

Prompto placed his index finger under her chin and lifted her head up a little. "It's not about the benemoth, if you go any closer Noctis will kill you with no hesitation." Prompto said to Lightning calmly.

Lightning's eyes widened.

"It's not time to play games Prompto, he's going to die if he fights on his own!" Lightning shouted to him with a little sorrow in her voice.

Prompto felt sorry for her; she didn't know what was going on.

Prompto stared into Lightning's eyes seriously. "Lightning, he isn't able to control his own body when he is in that state, he's extremely erratic. He will destroy everything that comes on his way, it doesn't matter who or what is it. If we go any closer he will notices us and then he'll kill us right away and he wouldn't even think twice. Prompto said.

Lightning was flabbergasted; she couldn't believe what he just had said, Noctis wouldn't behave like that. He is very sweet and nice person. Noctis was so innocent he was shy and cute because he was so inexperienced in so many things. Lightning wouldn't have ever thought that there would be this kind of side in him too. The first time they met she thought that his self-confidence came from the alcohol and some of it probably did, but he wasn't drunk now…she guessed.

Lightning leaned her head against Prompto's chest and sobbed. "I don't want him to get hurt." Lightning whispered. "He has no changes Prompto."

Prompto laid his hand on her head and stroked her hair. "Don't worry; he's going to be okay. He's stronger and faster in that state; he's not that easy to beat. He doesn't feel pain, which would slow him down. He hasn't lost the battle yet."

Noctis couldn't reach high enough to slash the benemoth's head so he could make more severe wounds so he tried to maim it's legs so it would slow down. Noctis was little weakened because he was a little sick at the morning so he didn't have so much stamina as he usually had. He was nauseated.

Noctis had to gasp for air when he felt like throwing up, he tried to not to throw up in the middle of the battle, he got off guard and the benemoth scratched his chest with it's huge claws which must have been at least 15 inches long. It made a horrible damage; the wound went from his left shoulder to the right side of his hip. Noctis was lucky that he didn't got himself eviscerated.

The wound was horribly deep; Lightning was amazed how he was still alive but he seemed not to notice that he got wounded, he just rose up again and kept fighting. His blood splattered all over the place, the ground was starting to get red of his blood. He didn't show any signs that he would be exhausted or in pain because his horrible injury. He just kept going.

Lightning hit her fist against Prompto's chest. "Please, we must do something. Didn't you see that he got almost cut in half? It's a miracle that he hasn't died yet! We can't let him by himself so that he would get killed, he's the prince Prompto. What happens to the kingdom if he dies?" Lightning cried against his chest.

"I'm sorry. He's on his own now." Prompto said to her calmly. "He'll survive, don't worry."

"Prompto please, I don't want him to die, he's too young to die." Lightning sobbed.

"I know that how much you care of him but don't worry, he can handle this. He has trained a lot so he knows what he's doing." Prompto tried to comfort her.

The benemoth managed to slash Noctis again and now he flew several feet into the air and he dropped down. He hit the ground very hard.

Then they heard a load crack sound.

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Noctis laid on the ground in the same position, Lightning couldn't see even a slight movement. Lightning placed her hands over her mouth concerned and terrified.

"Oh no." Lightning said in her mind which was mixed with fear and concern.

"Ignis, Gladiolus, let's take it down!" Prompto shouted and he and the two other guys assailed the benemoth.

Lightning was shocked; she didn't know what to do.

"Is he dead?" Lightning stood still for a moment in shock but then she ran next to Noctis.

Lightning sat on the ground next to Noctis and looked him into his eyes. His eyes were dark red, the same color as blood; his eyes were constantly changing color from dark red to dark orangish red like fire does. His glare was intimidating and Lightning felt really afraid to be so close to him.

Noctis didn't move, not at all. The only thing she saw that his eyes were wandering from place to place confused.

Then Noctis stared into Lightnings eyes. His eyes full of bloodlust, and fear but Lightning couldn't see that he was in pain, just like Prompto said.

Noctis' mouth was slightly ajar and he was bleeding severely; Lightning took her jacket off and tried to press it against his wound to stop the bleeding. It didn't really help; the wound was too long and deep. Noctis' kept staring at her. Lightning was afraid to look at him; his glare was like a warning to not to get so close or you would get hurt. Lightning couldn't believe how severally he was wounded she'd never seen wounds as big as his. A normal person would have died already.

Noctis didn't move. Even though he was in that state, he didn't move. He stayed in the same position.

"Wait… what?" Lightning thought. She heard a huge crack sound when he hit the ground and…

"I-Is he paralyzed?" Lightning felt how her heart jumped in her chest.

"Noctis say something!" Lightning cried. "Please say something." Lightning cried.

Noctis didn't answer.

"He's paralyzed…Why did this happen to him, he's such a nice boy. He didn't deserve this." Lightning though trying to not to cry.

Then the red color in his eyes started to fade away and the blue color started to replace the red color slowly. The blue color was very light at first but the color started to darken. When his eyes were completely back to normal his pupils dilated. His eyes started to move rapidly from place to place. Now Lightning saw horror and agony in his eyes. He was in horrible pain. He was suffering and he couldn't move.

Lightning didn't understand. If he was paralyzed then how could he feel something? Paralyzed people don't feel anything. Lightning tried to stop thinking about it, the first priority was to get him out of there alive. Prompto knows what's happening to him, he know what to do.

Lightning tried not to cry, but she failed. Crystalclear teardrops started running down her cheeks and they dropped on Noctis' chest. Lightning looked at Noctis sadly, she didn't know what to do.

Noctis started to turn pale.

Lightning realized that he couldn't breathe on his own, how stupid had she been. He had been there without oxygen for a long time, and she didn't even notice it. She would never forgive herself if he would have gotten a brain damage or something because the lack of oxygen.

Noctis' irises moved upward, he was about to faint.

"Stay awake Noctis or you'll die." Lightning said her eyes watering.

Lightning tried to give him artificial respiration. She opened his mouth a little more and she took a deep breath and placed her lips on his. Lightning tried to give some oxygen so that he wouldn't faint and die right there.

Noctis' pupils dilated and he stared at Lightning. Lightning could see his agony but he seemed to relax a little when Lightning helped him. His chest started to rise up and down slowly.

Lightning looked at Noctis. He was looking at her.

"He must feel really relieved, even though his agony is probably unbareable." Lightning thought.

Then Noctis went into shock, the pain faded away in all of a sudden. Noctis was relieved, he was glad that it was over…but he knew that it was bad. He couldn't feel how badly he was hurt. It was like you have gotten hit by a car and you're so severally hurt that you can't feel it. You might just start walking and think that you're okay but the reality is that you're so badly hurt that you'll die right away when you step out of the car.

Noctis was glad because he wasn't alone, he was glad that Lightning was here trying to help him. Noctis felt sorry to for her because her because he caused so much trouble to her. Noctis knew that paralyzed people can't feel anything and can't move but he felt the pain but he couldn't move. He was so unlucky, he had to go through all of this pain even though he got paralyzed, which was horrible enough already.

But he felt little better every time when Lightning touched his lips. He knew that she just wanted to help but she was so pretty that he would want to kiss her. He had never kissed anyone so her being so close was a new experience to him already.

Noctis was happy that if he would die now, he would die next to Lightning. She had been really nice to him, he was happy that she had spent time with him. She was the first girl Noctis had really been this close. Their relationship wasn't anything more than a friendship, but he appreciated it a lot since he was too shy to go to talk girls and such. He didn't really even have time for that and prince can't just walk into a bar to meet people. He couldn't meet anyone new. Noctis just would have wanted to hug Lightning for spending time with him and for everything she had done for him, but he couldn't. He felt himself so helpless; he couldn't thank her or anything.

Lightning tried to press his chest up and down get the oxygen into his circulation. She had never done this before, so she wasn't sure if it helped or not. He seemed to get a little better, when she looked into his eyes.

Lightning's mom always told her that eyes are the mirror of your soul, you could read how the person felt by looking him into his eyes. When Lightning was a child she started to watch how people behaved in certain situations and she learned to link the human behavior and feelings together. It had helped her a lot in her life so she was really glad that her mom told her that so now she knew how to read human's body language and such.

"He's in shock, he looks too calm. He can't feel the pain anymore." Lightning thought horrified and kept pressing his chest.

The ground shook; the benemoth collapsed and fell onto the ground breathless. Prompto and the other guys ran next to Lightning.

"Prompto, please help him!" Lightning sobbed to Prompto.

"I'm not sure if I can Lightning, his wounds are too severe, he hasn't got enough time. He'll die on the journey to the castle." Prompto said his voice full of hesitation and sadness.

She grabbed Prompto by the collar. "How dare you say that?! Your friend is dying in front of your eyes and you say that you can't help. Haven't you noticed that he's not dead yet? I'm sure that he heard that. He feels bad enough already jackass." Lightning gritted her teeth.

"Lightning, he's too injured. The only thing we can do is-" Prompto tried to say but he could finish his sentence when Lightning slapped his cheek.

"You're the only one here who knows what to do. You can't answer like that, no matter how bad his condition is, we must try atleast." Lightning said to him angrily.

"He's important to me; don't let him die, please. I don't know what I should do." Lightning cried.

"Fine, I'll go to get stretcher. Make sure that he gets enough oxygen." Prompto ran back to the castle.

Lightning tried to make sure that he got enough oxygen. She couldn't look into Noctis' eyes. She was afraid that she would see how his life would fade away from him. She'd never forgive herself if that would happen.

"He must be important to you." Lightning heard the other guy saying.

When Lightning got her mouth off Noctis' mouth she shouted to him. "Shut up and come here to press the wound, he'll bleed to death." Lightning said to him.

"Why are his friends acting like they don't care if he dies or not? Those two guys were just sitting there not to even try to help him." Lightning gritted her teeth of the thought.

A man with strong body build with a scar on his face sat next to Lightning and took his jacket off and pressed Noctis' wound with it.

"I'm sorry because Prompto acted like that. I guess he was afraid and wasn't sure what to do. He is very caring person so I don't think that he meant to say that there is no change him to survive." The man said. "We all are afraid and not sure what to do."

Lightning didn't answer; she hoped that he was right. She couldn't herself believe that Prompto would act like that either.

"Don't worry; he's going to be okay. I'm just more concerned that if he is ever able to walk again." He said. "He must have broken his neck since he can't move." He said and sighed.

Lightning looked at him. "Don't say that. He's going to walk again." Lightning said.

"That would be a miracle." The man said.

"Do you want to switch turns? Are you exhausted?" The man asked.

"I'm fine. Just keep pressing the wound." Lightning said and continued to help Noctis to breath.

"Okay, I'm Gladiolus by the way. That guy there is Ignis. We're Noctis' friends." Gladiolus said. "Sorry that I didn't tell before."

Lightning continued pressing Noctis' chest. "Okay, I'm Lightning." Lightning said shortly, she didn't really want to talk right now.

"Are you Noctis girlfriend or something?" Gladiolus asked.

"No, shut up." Lightning said.

"Sorry."

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Noctis just laid there. He couldn't feel anything. He was very afraid; he could see only Ignis, Gladiolus and Lightning. He could hear them talking, he wouldn't have wanted to hear what they spoke of him, but he couldn't close his ears.

He hard them talking of how big was the change for him to survive. It wasn't nice to hear that even if he wouldn't die, he wouldn't be able to walk or do anything anymore. Anybody wouldn't want to be with him if he wasn't able to do anything.

He felt so helpless and embarrassed when Lightning was giving him artificial respiration. He would have wanted to breath on his own so she wouldn't need to do it for him. It felt uncomfortable when the air was forced to into his lungs, but Noctis was happy that Lightning was the one whose air was flowing in his body. He was glad that Lightning didn't want to switch turns with Gladiolus, he didn't want any other males so close to him.

Lightning looked pale. She couldn't get enough oxygen either, because she was giving all of it to him. Noctis felt bad, Lightning's first priority was to give him the oxygen, he thought other people before herself, she was so selfless.

Noctis felt sleepy and happy. He had heard that you'll fell warm and happy just before you die but he didn't really care. If he would die then Lightning shouldn't have to look after him all the time because he was so helpless in anything he did. Dying was so much easier way to get out of this situation.

Noctis tried to close his eyes, but he couldn't.