My Light

t w e n t y - s i x

After checking on Prompto to see if there was any injuries or anything, we decided to leave. "Hey, I didn't ask you how you're doing." Aileen says as she walks up to me and I give her a confused look. "The baby, Aura. How are you and the baby?" she asks and I nod. "We're doing fine. A bit of stumbles here and there, but Noctis was able to find some resting points where I could rest." I respond and she nods. "Maybe we should get some rest before we continue on right now. After that trap you and Noctis went through, you must be exhausted." she says but I just shake my head. "I'm fine. Let's just keep moving for right now. There's no time to lose." I respond to her. Although, I know she wants to resist and tell me to get some rest, she stays quiet and goes along with me. The seven of us walk through the halls searching for the device that's restraining our powers. "Noct, do you hear that?" Ignis asks and we stop and turn to him. "Hear what?" Noctis asks him.

"I've heard this sound before-- on the train, just before your weapons failed you. It's nearby, and it may hold the key to restoring your powers." Ignis says.

We then turn to see a door at the end of the hall and it opens to reveal a huge room with a tall tower in the middle. "It's here." Ignis says and we walk up to the tower. "This thing?" Akiko asks and we walk up to the door of the tower. "Door's locked." Noctis says as he looks at Ignis and Gladio. "It's coming from within. Is there no way through?" Ignis asks. "There's a way." Prompto says as he stands there, then walks over to the door. I could tell from the look on his face that he was unsettled by what he was about to do. He then lifts his wrist up to the scanner and the light changes from red to green. The doors open and we look back at Prompto, "So, MTs... They've got those codeprints... just like I do." Prompto says. "Do they? Never looked." Noctis says to his best friend as Prompto clenched his fists. "Yeah. So, as it turns out... I'm one of them." Prompto says and I widen my eyes as I look back at Akiko to see her surprised look also. "Not exactly something I could tell people growing up in Lucis." he says as he gives a brief look to Akiko, then looks down. "Still... You guys are like... the only friends I've ever known. I just hope that things can stay the way they were." Prompto says as he rubs his head, then looks down at the ground.

"Whatever... Who cares where you were born?" Noctis says and I nod in agreement.

"I don't see you turning against us. Not now, or ever." Ignis says to him.

Prompto then looks up to Akiko to see what she would say. She stayed silent for a moment, but then embraced him tightly and he wrapped his arms around her. "I don't care who you are or where you're originally from. I love you, Prompto." she says pulling away and he gives her a small smile. "Thanks, guys. Still... I cant change where I'm from. What I am." Prompto says as he pulls away from Akiko a little. "Since when does where you come from matter to you?" Noctis asks him as he walks up to Prompto who hums in response. "You never once treated me as a prince." Noctis tells him with a little shove as they chuckle.

"He's got you there." Gladio says with crossed arms and a smile.

"Never so much as a "Highness." Ignis responds.

"We're done here. Come on, crown citizen." Noctis says and Prompto looks at him with a surprised look.

"You're one of us, right?" Gladio says to him as he grabs onto Ignis' arm, pulling him along and patting Prompto's shoulder.

"Unless, you'd rather not be." Ignis says as he turns his head to Prompto.

Prompto looks over to the three of us just standing there and I smile at him. "Nothing will change the way we look at you, Prompto. You're always the sweetest, and I can never see that change." I say as I walk over to Noctis, who takes my hand. We all look around until I see a control unit on the far left. I pat on Noctis' arm to gain his attention and point over to the unit. Noctis summons his sword to his hand and pierces it deep into the units circuits. "So, did it work?" Prompto asks as we all look around. "With the device down and out, Noct and Aura's powers should be up and running." Aileen says. Gladio urges us to try out to see if our powers returned so Noctis suddenly summons his usual sword to his hand and I summon my bow to mine. "We're back baby." Gladio says with a smile and I look at the girls with a smile of my own. "Let's go." I say as I start to walk over to the door only to see a huge demon jump in front of us, making me lose my balance. I collapse to the ground and look up to see the demon about to swing its weapon at me. "Aura!" I hear Noctis call me and suddenly, I was teleported to the other side of the demon. "Are you ok?" he asks in worry as he places me down and cups my cheek and I nod. He nods in relief, then turns to the demon with an angry expression and attacks. I watch as the demon attacks them. I suddenly felt warmness engulf my body, "Aura! You're glowing!" Akiko says and I turn to her to see her eyes wide in amazement. I look down at myself to see light surrounding my whole body. I didn't know what was happening but I felt like doing something. The light gathered around my hands and I pushed both my hands down to the ground. Light suddenly filled the entire platform, killing off all the demons, especially the big one.