New World • Prompto Argentum

chapter sixteen

"In the arms of the Goddess, I salute you..."

"...I order you to see my mission through..."

"...and save the new world."

The ravenette's eyes fluttered open, taking in her surroundings. She felt sharp pain in her head, trying to understand what was that voice she heard in her sleep. "Lightning?" She whispered to herself. She felt a hand on her back, looking up to meet Prompto's eyes.

"Are you alright?" He asked, kneeling to her height. She smiled at him and nodded, caressing his cheek lovingly. "We're almost there. Do you think we will make it?" The blonde asked her, getting more and more anxious as they closed in to where Hope had instructed them to go.

"I truly do hope so." She breathed.

"We have located her whereabouts using the Oracle Drive. In fact; she seems to be in New Bodhum." He pointed out, resting himself against his desk. "There's something though..." He crossed his arms and continued. "She couldn't have gotten there herself. The place; it looked like a temple. Somebody took here there, after she turned into a crystal." Hope finished.

"Could it be Noel?" Lumina asked, assuming that Serah's partner during her journey to fix the timeline could have hidden there her to protect her.

"As a matter of fact, no. Noel believed she was dead, that she had her last breath in his arms. So it must have been somebody else." Lumina could see it in his eyes that he and a theory, something he believed that could be happening. But of course, he wouldn't express it out loud, that was just how Hope worked.

"We'll get there as fast as possible." She assured him, ushering the others to move. Prompto was waiting for her to follow, but she held his hand and whispered to him;