Ignite My Heart (Ignis X Reader)

Chapter 11

As we continued to follow Ardyn to the Meteor the next day, Ignis had given us another one of his mini history lessons. The Archaean, also known as Titan, is one of the Six gods. When the Meteor fell, Titan had caught it and has been holding it up ever since. Eventually, we arrived upon a metal gate. This gate was similar to the one that blocked Duscae. This must be the empires doing. Noct parked alongside Ardyn's car, so we could talk.

"Well, looks like we're not getting through," I said in disappointment.

"Don't give up so easily," Ardyn teased.

"Better not be a set up," Noct warned in an annoyed tone.

"Have I given you reason to doubt me?" He responded, seeming slightly offended. He then began yelling to whoever was behind the gate, "Hello! It's me! Be so kind as to open up!" The gate opened without a moment of hesitation. We all looked at him with suspicion. How could he have any authority over the empire? Who is he? He smirked, "I may not look like much, but I do have some influence."

"Yea," I started, "we see that."

He flashed another impish grin, "Your audience with divinity lies ahead,"

As Noct drove passed the gate Gladio spoke, "I've met some weirdos..."

"Hope we don't meet that one again," Ignis responded.

We drove down a long and dangerous path until we reached what appeared to be some old ruins. The space ahead was too small for the Regalia, so we decided to go the rest of the way on foot. It wasn't long until we reached a dead end. However, there was another royal grave here.

"Is that what I think it is?" Prompto asked.

"Didn't expect to find a royal tomb here." Ignis answered.

Noct headed for the weapon in the tomb, "Let's just grab it and go,"

After obtaining the power of his ancestors, the ground began to rumble. We all stumbled to our feet and started to panic.

"Get away! Quickly!" Ignis yelled. It was too late though. The ground beneath us was collapsing, and Noct and Gladio had fallen below.

Ignis, Prompto, and I leaned over the edge to find the two boys painfully trying to stand. Suddenly, the Meteor began to move. I gasped in disbelief as the huge rock lifted and a head appeared from underneath.

Titan.

After standing straight up, still holding the Meteor, he spoke. His words were loud and foreign and each word that left his lips sounded like a laugh.

"That's the Archaean!" Prompto yelled.

I smacked him, "For once just calm down and stop freaking out!" I said through barred teeth, "Guys! Are you okay?" I yelled.

"Yea," Noct responded.

"Thank heavens you're safe," Ignis sighed, "Is there a way back up?"

"No, but there's a path,"

"You three find a way down," Gladio said.

We headed back the way we came, looking for a way down.

"We may have to climb down," Ignis said, mostly to himself. I looked down below for a safe spot.

"Looks risky, but I don't see a better way," I responded.

"I'll go first," Ignis began carefully climbing down. It took a while since he was trying not to lose his footing. Prompto and I followed and soon we managed to make it down.

"I'm dying of heat," Prompto whined.

I whipped the sweat from my forehead with my arm, "No kidding,"

"Careful. This whole place is on fire," We looked onward at the path ahead to see Ignis was right. There were burning flames everywhere. We tried to walk carefully and stopped when the ground rumbled once more. We looked at Titan and saw him reaching out towards his side. It looked like he was trying to grab something.

"Oh no," I whispered.

"We must hurry!" Ignis began running through the path. I few flames caught him, but he managed to snake through.

"Ignis! Hold on! Be careful!" I called out. Prompto and I ran a bit more carefully down the path. Ignis had disappeared from view already. Eventually, we caught up to see Ignis just standing around. He was looking up at the sky.

"What's up, Iggy?" Prompto asked tracking his gaze. I looked up too, but there was nothing there.

"Ign-"

"Quiet!" He held out a hand to shut us up. We listened carefully. There was a slight humming sound. It sounded a lot like an engine. Soon, a Magitek engine came into view. First it was one, then two, then four. In a panic Ignis pulled out his phone. After dialing in a number he held the device to his ear and waited.

"..." I could faintly hear Noct's voice.

"You're safe. Good. Listen, imperial troops are near-" he paused, "Blast! The line went dead!" He yelled.

"Come on. Let's just find them before the empire does," I said as I placed a hand in his shoulder.

"Ugh. This just gets better and better, huh?" Prompto complained.

"Prompto," I said, trying to keep my voice calm, "Complain one more time and I'm going to have to punch you,"

"Ha! I'm not afraid of a girl," I quickly turned and aimed my fist for his face. As soon as he flinched and raised his hands in self-defense I stopped.

"Yea, that's what I thought."

We continued for a while. Maybe 30 minutes. An hour. The ground kept on rumbling and at random times we could hear Titan talking. Eventually, we found Gladio, lying on the ground and badly wounded. Ignis helped him up while Prompto healed him with a potion.

"Where's Noct?" I asked.

"Don't know," he grimaced in pain, "Titan separated us."

"Lets hurry! He can't be far," Prompto said as ran down the path. It wasn't long until we found Noct trying to block Titan's hand from squishing him like a bug.

"Noct!" We all yelled as we sprinted to his side. We did our best to bring the giant down, but he hit us hard. However, it wasn't long before we managed to stun him. As a last resort, we began throwing as many ice flasks as possible to end this fight once and for all. Once his hand froze over, Noct swung his sword as hard as he could and managed to break the appendage clean off.

"Is it over now?" Prompto asked. Before we could answer, the Archaean looked like he was winding up for a big hit.

We saw both him and Noct being enveloped in yellow sparkles. Then Noct kneeled down in pain as he started having another headache.

"That was... Luna. You spoke with her?" He whispered. We could see that Titan was disappearing now, so we ran as fast as we could, not wanting to be flattened by the Meteor. As soon as the rock fell geysers of lava were spewing out around us and a Magitek engine was lowering itself down in front of us.

"The empire? Now?" Ignis yelled over the loud engine while shielding his eyes. The engine opened and all we could see was Ardyn.

"Fancy meeting you here!" he called out. That bastard. It was a trap. He showed us that infamous, evil smile, "It occurs to me I never formally introduced myself. Izunia. Ardyn Izunia."

We all recognized that name. It was no secret that Izunia was the name of the Imperial Chancellor. He then offered to help us get out of the Disc. Every fiber of our being was screaming no, but if we didn't leave soon, we'd die buried under rubble.

"Dying here is not an option. We have no choice, Noct." Ignis explained.

"I know," Noct responded. He sounded upset about receiving help from the empire. As we boarded the engine I couldn't help but wonder if this idea was any better. The empire clearly wants Noct dead. If we were to go with them would they execute us all? Would they make the four of us watch as they killed Noct before our eyes? I kept my guard up ready to sacrifice myself at any moment if they even tried to lay a hand on the Prince.