09 June 2012
05.00 PM
Prompto's Office, Central Headquarter
Prompto sat comfortably on his comfy chair like a boss. He has nothing to do anymore with his leader slash best friend was still on a mission, and there wasn't an serious case like usual. just some trouble maker here and there, nothing much. He played with his phone; threw it onto the air and caught it again as he waited for his fiancé's reply.
"Well, isn't it too calm..?" Prompto grunted internally at the lack of work. He was no meant against the joy of no works, it's just it's too calm for it actually deemed suspicious enough.
As if his thought was a bad omen, a loud bang from an over-panicked staff who kicked his door echoed in his room.
"What the- ?" Prompto cursed as he managed to caught his falling phone on time.
"Prompto-sama ! We need your asisstant. One of our team is ambushed." A quite young man with staff uniform yelled as he broke into Prompto's office. Prompto got up instantly and jogged to the room to guide a runaway road for failed mission with the said staff right beside him.
"It was supposedly a normal escort mission, but they're ambushed on the way back. It seems that there have been some explosions and trapped them inside a building. We managed to get some signal after the impact, but it keeps going down." he briefed him.
"Have you told Noctis ?" Prompto demanded as he arrived at the said room and looked around; absorbing the information on the many .
"He's still on a mission, sir."
"Whose is it?" he asked as he put the earphone and face the monitor that showed him the map and other things.
". . . Lady Farron's. I'm sorry sir." as he slowed down his speech and gave him a sympathy look. His big hand stop adjusting the earphone as the fact dawned on him and for the first time, his cheeky facade broke down as his eyes dilated.
Only silence, as it's ending
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"Lightning! Can you hear me ? Light!" Prompto yelled as he faced the monitor. There's only buzzing sounds here and there. "Lightning!" Prompto frustrated.
"… to.. Prompto ! Is… th.. you ?" Lightning's voice filled the tense room.
"Thank God. Are you okay ? What's the situation?" Prompto demanded.
"I-I'm fine. Just some minor gashes here and there. We're currently trapped in a underground corridor, thanks to the moronic excuse of the men blasted the building." Lightning told Prompto as she was slightly coughing. "Three members are saved, two dead. Pick them up at the backup point. " Lightning explained.
"Light, tell me your last coordinate!" Prompto commanded. "Team 1 and 2, go tot the backup point with some medics. Team 3 and 4, prepare yourself for the aid!" Prompto barked. "And you, " Prompto pointed his finger at the man beside him. "Call Noctis for emergency. He needs to know what's happening and maybe his ability would be able to help." Prompto commanded.
"Yes, sir." He replied and quickly jogged out from the room.
"I'm around one kilometer to the north west from the attack point one. Both of the way out or in is filled with rocks and other materials. The light is surprisingly still on" Lightning explained. As Lightning explained, Prompto began to finding the way out from Lightning.
"Shit. Not good." Prompto thought as sweat lingered on his forehead. "How many minutes do you think the enemy will find her ?" Prompto barked to one of the man under him.
"Around one hour sir."
"Shit ! How many time do we need to arrived at her position?" Prompto asked.
"Approximately fifty minutes with aeroplane, Prompto-sama. Minus the time we need to dig to help her."
"Damn… Light, can't you see anything to help you out ?" Prompto asked Lightning back. But no one answer. "Light ? Answer me ? Are you there ?" Panic was obvious from his voice.
"I-I'm h.. voice isn't really clear." came Lightning's rather weak reply as she kept coughing.
"Light ? Can you hear me?" Prompto asked frantically. "Lightning ! What's wrong, are you okay ?" Prompto's worried voice blasted
"The signal is going down and down, Sir !"
"I'm okay, Prompto, sto *cough* stop yelling. Anyway, I never thought in my life I'd hear you go all commando and serious." Lightning's tried to lighten the mood.
A loud bang from Lightning's side surprised Prompto.
"Light ? What's that ?" Prompto asked.
"Damn. Listen Prompto, I don't have much time." Another loud bang could be heard once more."The object of the mission has been retrieved and Hope is the one who bring it. And," Another loud bang filled the background as well as the sound of the rocks crumbled down."please don't go after me, it's too dangerous and unbeneficial. And,"
Another loud bang filled the background, as well as the sound of sword yielded.
".. tell Noctis that I'm sorry about our last fight."
In the background, Prompto couldc hear the sound of laughter and the sound of guns getting readied.
"Light ? Light !" Prompto desperately call her. He heard some sword swings' sound as well as Light's pants.
"See you, Prompto." Came Lightning's last words and right after she said it, a loud crashed can be heard and it was all silent.
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Prompto slid down to the floor, his shoulders hunched down as he removed the earpiece. The silence from the broken call was deafening.
"Sir, Team 1 and 2 managed to rescue the remaining of the members."
Yet, Prompto ignored it as he still didn't believe what events has occurred earlier. "Lightning,, she was captured… No, It can't be …"
Suddenly the door slammed open, attracting the people inside the room. Standing in front of the room with both hands holding the knob is none other than Noctis; panting and sweating profusely. His clothes were dirty and blood stain can be seen here and there.
He looked around to scrutinize the situation at hand. He found Prompto's broken state on the floor, the people's faces are somber. There's a deafening sound from the call and-.. Realization hit him hard as if cold ice was dumped on him. Light was captured
Flashback
23 April 2012
08.00 PM
The Main Bedroom, Caelum's Mansion
"How could you be so distant lately Noct ? Don't you ever think about my feelings ?" Lightning's scream can be heard within the confines of their room.
"What the hell are you talking about ? You're the one who nagged me to no end." Noctis roared.
"How could I didn't nag you when all you did were making me worried ?" Lightning yelled.
"I don't need you to babysit me, Light!" Noctis' voice went one octave.
"I didn't baby sit you ! Is .. is this about the last mission you took ? Is it the reason you acted like this ?" Lightning's voice filled the room.
Suddenly Noctis was in front of her as he held her chin forcefully.
"Don't-ever-say-that-again." Noctis spelled carefully yet menacingly.
"Face the fact, Noct ! You're not a God, you can't prevent their death!" Lightning screamed to him.
"At least I'm not the one who screws up a simple mission because of my emotions got mixed up with my job." He snapped. Noctis pulled over and sat on the edge of the bed."Just go for now, Light. I don't want to see your face for now." Noctis muttered quietly.
Feeling dejected, Light walked slowly to the door.
"You're a coward, Noct." Lightning whispered as tears started streaming down from her eyes.
"And maybe we need a divorce paper." Noctis muttered quietly to himself unaware that Light can hear him. She's frozen at his word.
"So be it." She muttered sadly, softly, and she opened the door and left him in solitude, unaware of two widening eyes of Noctis.
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The next day, he found his bedroom -THEIRS- empty. Her belongings were gone. Yet, he kept denied it with his ignorance. He ignored the fact that he could get her back by apologizing and if needed, forcing her to go back from her apartment to his house once more. But no, his pride hindered him. And slowly, they walked on their own path, never minding their falling marriage, nor each other business, regardless how they yearned for each other.
Did you know we would never see each other again?
Two weeks later
23 June 2012
HQ's building, Noctis' office.
Noctis stared at the photo on his desk mournfully. Regrets and pain painted his face as he stared at the pink haired girl figure. It was taken when they were in his private island. She was wearing a black, two pieces bikini, while he was hugging her from behind. Arms were circling her slender waist. Behind them, the sky was already in the shade of sweet orange as the photo was taken. They took it for a "proof" to both of their father that they can live together. Even though they're married because of their fathers, yet he never thought that slowly but sure, he'd be able to forget Stella, his ex girlfriend and fell for Lightning. She's strong, independent and powerful, yet she has this motherly aura at some times, making her a perfect mother figure. For the first year of their marriage, he was unable to love her, still yearning for his ex girlfriend, Stella. They were just some fuck mates for each other, yet on the second year, he finally could see who is the real Lightning Claire Farron. He was aware that she also began to develop some feeling for him, but he was afraid of losing someone again. Besides, he hasn't really sure of his feelings either. Is it really a true feeling, or she's just some substitutes for Stella.
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Flashback, 09 June 2012
He had just arrived at the HQ, fully intending to apologize to Lightning at his unforgiveable behavior for the past months, especially at their last fight. (Thanks to his father, who managed to pound some rationality to his thick head. Or maybe his father is just desperate at his wish for grandchildren, with pink hair.), to meet a frantic staff explained the situation briefly. Not wasting any second, he ran straight to the room, dread filled his body to the last of his bone. He prayed to every Gods he knew, that Lightning might be saved, yet, when he arrived he knew instantly that his prays were fruitless.
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He has just gripped his wedding ring when Prompto slammed the door open as usual but his sentence brought another dread to Noctis.
"There's a video from Lightning's captor."
Prompto, Mr. Caelum, Ignis, Noctis, Serah, Cid, Hope, and Snow were standing in the conference room as the video was being played at.
"Hello." The man began. Noctis narrowed his eyes at the man.
"I just want to give all of you a special gift from me. Enjoy." The masked man said evilly as the camera was turned to Lightning.
Gasps of horror could be heard as they saw Lightning's posture. Gashes, cuts were seen around her body. Wounds from whips and electrical shock also decorated her body. Her clothes were torn here and there. Her usual light, lively pink hair is now dull and dirty from dust and blood. Her lips' skin is torn, her cheeks are black and blue, from the corner of her mouth, and blood is dripping slowly.
"So, as you can see, I played with her for some time. And relax, I didn't rape her. I still have some morals about forcing myself on a woman, even though she's really tempting." The captor said.
"And so, let's enjoy the show now, shall we, Noctis ? She's your soon to be ex wife right ? I wonder why you would left her for some boring girl. She has all the nice curves," He eyed her cleavage and body, "Her skill is really great and her fiery spirits make it complete.. What made you left her huh ? Poor.. Poor.. Lightning.." he cooed mockingly as he patted Lightning's hair.
"Soon to be ex ?" Mr. Caelum hissed to his son, who was gritting his teeth hard. His eyes turned blood red.
Then, the captor, did what everyone was expecting., He, along with another man, started to torture her again.
Noctis just gritted his teeth as he heard the silent cries of his wife. Waves of dark aura was slowly engulfing him. His blood red eyes began to darken to black.
After some time, the captor stopped his ministration and faced the camera once more.
"Hm, she would be a great and sexy wife, don't you think, Noctis ?" he laughed. "Come and find me if you can."
Suddenly, Lightning laughed. "Do you honestly think that he'd do anything just because I'm his wife ? You're the dumbest captor I've ever met." She spitted.
"Ah… So you don't think that he loves you enough to save yo u?" the man bailed out.
Lightning's face was frozen at his words for a fraction before it was replaced with a blank looks. "Yes, he doesn't." she murmured.
"We'll see then.. After all, the day this video will arrive at your place is the day you lost of your team, right, Dark Prince ?" he mocked again as he circled Lightning.
"Well, why don't you go for mourning right now ? You'll eventually lose your trophy wife after all. I'll make sure of it." He winked at the screen and it went blank.
The remote which was held by Noctis was crushed into tiny pieces.
What cha think ? better ? More confusing ?
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