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[starless_sky]

Things had been going well in Noct's life ever since he got a boyfriend. It wasn't what most people thought of when that word was used. He was still a virgin and while that was a bitter pill, it was better than being a virgin with no prospects. He had Prompto and they had a promise. Now they waited his father out. Eventually his dad would hand over the throne to him and retire, or worse, pass away. He didn't want to think about that but... it was how his family had worked since the beginning of the nation. Regis was a stubborn old alpha to boot.

 

Noct had been working more in the citadel, attending more meetings, talking to more people, doing his own Working Royal stuff which he had previously shrugged off with the excuse that he was in school. It got Ignis' attention as well as his father's which hopefully would work in his favor in the future. 

 

He had to get the public, the advisors, and the counsel on his side, or at the very least he had to get to where they couldn't oppose him when he took the throne. That meant he was building alliances now so years in the future, whenever he took the throne, he will have built a place for Prompto by his side. A nest of sorts. If that isn't the most omega way to think about it... a nest. 

 

It's what brought him to work most days. Today he was at a public garden maintained by the royal family. He was meeting with some of his citizens, many of them social workers and outreach professionals for the poor and underprivileged. A perfectly banal sort of day. 

 

It wouldn't stay that way. He was trusted enough to handle this on his own so he was attending with his civilians with minimal security. He was within a stone's throw of the citadel after all. It's what the Nifs were counting on. 

 

Some time later there was a great boom and then a siren sounded in the training yard. A voice pinged each glaive and crownsgaurd with earpieces, delivering several codes, each referring to a scenario. This event had several codes; Active shooters, fire, multiple casualties, and a note that Rosebud was not secure. Rosebud was among hostiles. 

 

Rosebud was Noctis' security code the crownsguard and glaives used. Not that he knew that. 

 

Things went to shit real quick and to help it along, there had been a small camera crew playing Noct's talk with the social workers he was with. One channel was broadcasting it from the nearby jumbotron and the chaos unfolded. Noct was talking, suddenly there was an explosion, screaming, fire, gunfire could be heard. Nif soldiers appeared on screen. In seconds it was happening. Other screens around Insomnia began showing the footage. 

 

One could hear the explosions and guns in real time, not from the screen but from the park itself a block over. 

 

Comments

[starless_sky]

"I could use you but this is your chance if you want out kid. Clarus can get your testimony later but you have about ten seconds to escape if you don't want to be locked in the citadel for a while."

He looked at Drautos. He should have known. He should have seen it but he didn't even consider that had a double agent.

"Regis never did it on purpose. It's all his body could handle to hold a wall over Insomnia. He hated it but it would have killed him if he tried to hold it over the entire nation... Titus never understood that. He always thought the king could have if he really wanted to. Holding the wall over Insomnia aged him before his time, he can use the crystal but he isn't super human."

He sighed.

"Drautos was bitter. I thought he'd gotten over it but he just hid it."

Then Prompto was awake but unresponsive.

"Kid... Look at me." he moved in closer. "It's over. He's gone... Noctis is alright." maybe that would get him out of his head.

[real_life_rpg]

Nyx considered it. He didn't really want to be stuck inside the Citadel during a lockdown when he could be out drinking with Crowe and Libertus. But he didn't want to walk out on the kid. He knew if the roles were reversed then Prom would stick by his side like glue.

Besides, he was invested. He had looked up to Drautos. Respected him. Fought for him. Bled for him. He needed to know just how deep within the Kingsglaive this thing went. "You think he's been working alone or do you think they are others?" It was a disturbing thought. The Glaive were supposed to be his brothers and sisters. How could they lay down their lives for their King if they had to worry about being stabbed in the back by one of their own?

Prompto blinked at Cor. "Noct? Yeah... Safe. Noct's safe... He's safe..." He kept his omega safe just like a good alpha should.

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Likely, Crowe and Libertus would be stuck in the citadel too. The Glaive would be called into question. They'd go through everyone with a fine toothed comb. If Nyx left, he'd be brought back eventually. Everyone who wasn't on duty would be summoned.

"He was good but he wasn't that good. He had to have help. Whoever helped him today... Clarus will figure it out." and Dustin. The man was polite until he was terrifying in interrogation.

"We'll get to the bottom of it... I just hope we can stay in one piece as a military." treachery was poisonous and Regis was busy enough he couldn't keep his thumb on it. Busy... Because of Drautos. He kept their king distracted enough that he didn't see. None of them had.

He did notice that Prompto wasn't present. He was off in... Who knows where. Cor wanted to tell him it was going to be ok but he couldn't. He didn't know what to expect anymore. What if someone else was a traitor?

"Prompto... Look at me. Stay with me." he needed a doctor but they'd have to deal with that later. He pulled a potion out and cracked it over Prompto's bleeding shoulder. It would have to be enough for now.

"Noctis needs you. You have to keep focused. We don't know how many more there are. You did well and I need you to stay with me... I just got you back, I don't want to lose you."

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Nyx watched as Cor cracked the potion over Prompto's shoulder. He moved to fetch a bowl of water and a washcloth so he could wipe the blood from Prompto's face and hands. He'd never personally torn a man's throat out with his teeth, but he could imagine not being covered in blood after the fact would help him feel better.

It was unnerving to see the kid so still. He was almost always fidgeting or talking. To see him so dissociated was painful to watch.

"So, the rumours about the kid and the Princess are true? They're bonded?" Everyone in the Citadel had heard the rumours - Noctis and his runt alpha best friend. What people didn't know was that they were in fact not bonded - not in any of the official ways that counted.

Nyx held Prom's hand in his as he wiped away the blood, getting under his fingernails as much as the washcloth allowed - they'd need scrubbing properly to get them completely clean, but it was better than nothing. "You ever seen it before? An alpha go feral like that to protect their omega, I mean. I haven't. Only ever heard about it. Seen plenty of alphas rile each other up on the battlefield. But never anything like... that. Didn't even know the kid had it in him. I remember his first day of training. Could barely even do a push-up. The Glaive were taking bets on how long it'd be before he walked. Now he's single-handedly wiped out most of the Empire and discovered a mole within the Citadel. Not bad work, huh?"

Prompto blinked down at his hands and then back at Cor. Everything felt fuzzy. Like he was dreaming but still awake. "He... he hurt Noct. I... I had to..." Hadn't he and Cor only just had a conversation about not murdering everyone who threatened Noct? That had happened. Yet, another dead body was added to Prompto's count.

"Noct's safe. He's safe. He can't hurt him. Safe."

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"No. They're not bonded. But they want to be." meaning Prompto had toppled the empire for an omega he loved but didn't have claim to. He'd triggered the primal alpha rage most alphas never saw in their lives and he controlled it so effectively that he became a one man army.

"Kid's got balls of steel." mostly in reference to the fact that Prompto helped Noctis with his heats while keeping him a virgin. That had to come from somewhere deep. No alpha was that strong. Not the king, not Clarus.

"Never have." he'd heard of ripping throats out with your teeth but it was mostly urban legends. "Didn't think he had it in him either. I knew he and Noctis were... Close. Maybe being allowed to bond would help calm him down. It'd help the princess too."

He started to pet Prompto's hair again. Maybe that would work like last time. "Come on kid snap out of it..."