As the three ran through the corridors leading to the garage, they made it over to a black royal escort vehicle. Lunafreya strapped Phoebe in the back seat and gave her the ring of the lucii, afraid she may lose it.
"Hold onto this, sweetheart." She stroked her head as she closed the door and got in the passenger seat.
"I'm scared mama.." Phoebe whimpered as she placed the ring in her pocket.
"We all are, Phoebe. You have to be strong alright?" Lunafreya looked back at her as Nyx started the car and sped out of the garage.
"How you holding up back there kid?" Nyx asked as he drove the car.
"Scared..Tired.." Phoebe sniffled.
Nyx remained silent as the car sped through the highways.
"What about you Nyx?" Lunafreya asked.
"Ashley..meant the world to me."
"She was your lover, was she not?"
"She was. There was nobody else like her. She fought to protect the king right till the end." Nyx sighed as he turned on the APB that showed the headline: "Insomnia Under Attack".
"Ulric to command, come in captain." Nyx tried contacting Drautos but got nothing but silence.
"Footage of the perpetrators was captured by a nearby surveillance camera. Here are images of the six suspects. One has been identified as Galahdian refugee: Libertus Ostium, a former member of the Lucian Kingsglaive." The APB reported, Nyx was unable to believe what he was hearing.
In the Lucian courtyard, one of the refugee's Libertus had teamed up with going by the name of Pruvia, lay dying behind a flipped car as Libertus arrived, kneeling down and holding him in his arms.
"Hey! Come here, come here! I got you, I got you. It's okay, You're alright." Libertus said, trying to keep Pruvia calm and from going into shock from his wounds.
"It's fine. We're free. We're free now." Pruvia spoke up with a smile.
"We're free? what do you mean "We're free"?"
"The Empire. They promised..This districts ours. All the refugees..it's our new home."
"The Empire? You went in with Niflheim?!" Libertus gasped in disbelief at what he was hearing as his comrade gave him a radio that showed some co-orinates: "16 02 189".
"Here. Take this. Meet up with the others. You're the hero of our revelation brother."
Libertus was in utter shock, he had no idea what his comrades were up to, all he knew was that he had no choice but to try to help Nyx protect the princesses.
"Hang in there Nyx, Ash. I'll come help you out." Libertus promised, completely unaware that Ashley was killed.
Back on the highway, Nyx hit the wheel of the car and snarled. "Dammit!"
Just as Lunafreya was about to speak, Phoebe screamed and ducked as an airship shot at them.
"It's an airship!" Phoebe screamed, looking out the window briefly.
"Luna, can you drive?!" Nyx asked.
"I can try!" Lunafreya nodded as she took the wheel and Nyx made his way into the backseat.
"I'll be right back!" Nyx nodded as he open the door and threw his dagger into the ships wall but didn't warp to it. "What in the--?!"
"No warping for you this time hero!" Tredd, a former member of the Kingsglaive, taunted Nyx as he took the dagger.
Luna screamed abit as she lost control of the car but tried to keep it steady. Nyx quickly got into the car and took the wheel back. "Gimme the wheel! Go!" And with that they swapped seats again.
"You're without your magic?!" Phoebe asked.
"You noticed that huh kid?" Nyx chuckled nervously. "Must have died with the king."
"You're making a mess of my city Glaive! I thought I told you not to go playing hero! Leave the ship to me, it looks like you have a royal fare to see to." The Gatewatch captain announced as he arrived and drove beside their car to shield them, took out his gun and shot at the ship, causing the glaives on board to scramble inside, away from the spray of bullets headed their way.
Once the coast was clear, the Gatewatch captain looked to the car and nodded as Nyx sped away only to be thrown off the road by two magitek armours and the car sent flipping onto a roof, sliding across and perching on the edge, rocking slightly.
"Move it!" Nyx nodded To Luna and Phoebe unbuckled herself from her seat and Lunafreya jumping out and grabbing her pride and joy from the back as she opened the door and as the car fell.
"Mr. Nyx!!" Phoebe screamed as the car fell.
"We must run Phoebe!" Lunafreya shouted, putting her arm around her daughter and bolted for safety while Nyx turned the car to it's side and fell out the door, holding onto the door itself.
As soon as he saw the window he dashed through as the car fell with great force. He soon saw the car drop by the window and he remembered what Phoebe said to him and Ashley before Ashley and the king had perished and chuckled as the irony of the statement hit him. "Maybe not all miracles are made by magic." He smiled as he made his way outside. Phoebe and Lunafreya continued to run for cover but were surrounded as Nyx reached the scaffolding outside. He looked up as a ship had flown in and began shooting at him. "Oh great." Nyx snarled as he ran for it and managed to make the scaffolding tumble and fall on one of the magitek armours that had surrounded them.
Phoebe took this opportunity to tell Lunafreya to bolt for it while she stayed in Nyx's care, knowing Lunafreya can take care of herself and Nyx can't always protect them both. "Mother, you need to run! It's me they're after, meet me near one of the exits!"
"Alright, I hope Nyx will look after you!" Lunafreya nodded as she kissed Phoebe's head for good luck and then ran for it as Phoebe provided the distraction by waving her arms and screaming "I'm over here! It's me you want!"
Once Phoebe saw her mother was in the clear she then ran towards an open door and looked back as Nyx joined her.
"Kid! Where's you mom?!" Nyx said running over.
"Fleeing!"
"Why?! And what the hell did you do to piss these things off!?" He asked, grabbing her hand leading her to the safety of being inside.
"Becaue i told her to, besides, it's not mother they're after, it's me and the ring!"
"What's so special about you and this ring?! Don't tell me the future is really riding on you two!"
"He who wears the ring communes with the lucii and commands great power."
"What kind of power?"
"A forbidden one, sealed within the ring long ago." Phoebe said, shaking from all the chaos.
"And you?"
"I'm the vessel of an astral, the Lucian angel rests within me. Her tale provides the people of Lucis with hope that one day, things may turn out to become how they should be. A free land with no more fighting and darkness, nothing but light and hope for as far as the eye can see. A utopia of supreme happiness."
"The Angel of the legend AND the old wall?" Nyx gasped in disbelief of what he was hearing. "I thought they was just bedtime stories."
What sounded like a roar alerted them as they sat on the floor and Nyx kept a look out.
"I can assure you those stories are very real but both the Angel and Lucii grant their blessings and powers to only those they deem worthy. Naomi, the Angel, cannot commune with others in her current state, I have to summon her for that to happen but doing so drains me of all my energy so I have to spend at least a few days resting to be back to normal strength." Phoebe explained. "Same with tapping into her powers. While I have full access to Naomi's powers, summoning the armiger takes more out of me than it should but then again, that is probably because I'm what the niffs call a half breed. Half Lucian and half Oracle."
"I see..And that guy who tried it on back there in the citadel. I guess he wasn't deemed worthy."
Phoebe sighed in annoyance of her uncle's actions recently. "That would be my uncle."
Nyx looked down for a moment, remembering his sister and thinking he had overstepped a little.
"These twelve years have changed Uncle Ravus. He is bound by the past and lost in his lust for power."
Suddenly daemons attacked them, smashing through the window and flying around the room.
"How'd the hell did they find us?!" Nyx shouted as he wrestled with the daemons sent after them.
Phoebe ducked down as the battle ensued but didn't last long as Nyx threw one into a wall, causing it to spark a little bit, causing it's robotic insides to malfunction and it attacked it's ally, clearly confused and they killed each other, it's ally, ending up being sent flying into the desks nearby.. Phoebe peeked over the desks as Nyx ran his finger over the daemons head, seeing what looked like a tracking device as he remembered how he was able to find her on the ship as Crowe's watch had only showed Phoebe's co-ordinates.
"Phoebe! It's your necklace, they're tracking it! Give it to me!" Nyx ordered as she removed the necklace and he ran over to her.
Nyx took the necklace and sat down as he fiddled around with the necklace, looking for the tracker.
"You know, you remind me of my little sister: Selena." Nyx sighed a little.
"Your sister?"
"Yeah, sadly, she was killed when the Empire came and I couldn't save her, just like when we lost Ashley..I was as helpless then as I am now."
"Mr. Nyx.." Phoebe fought back tears as she rested her head on Nyx's shoulder to comfort him.
"I couldn't show Selena or Ash the future they wanted..God I miss them." Nyx sighed as he rested his head on Phoebe's as well, removing the tracker and giving her the necklace back as she put it back on.
"There's something mother taught me last year..She told me that true power isn't something that is found by those who seek it..It is something that comes to those who deserve it." Phoebe said as she cuddled up to Nyx, feeling safe with him. "Your sister must have wanted you to see a future as well. Anyone would wish the same for family they love. It's why I told mother to run and wait for me by an exit."
Nyx smiled at her a he hugged her in response. "You're more mature that you look kid. You really are special."
"I just do what I can. I am choosing hope when it all seems lost in others. It's what has kept me alive through all the abuse I suffered at the hands of the empire." Phoebe nuzzled him as he held her close, feeling very protective over the young princess. "Unlike the rest of the glaive..You and Ashley stayed beside grandpa, mother and I. It's our compassion not our powers that separate us from the bad guys, its a part of us we can never afford to lose and it's that part you, Nyx, that mother and I need now."
Nyx chuckled and relaxed for a few minutes with her. "You and your mother don't pull any punches do you?"
"Nope." Phoebe grinned at him with a cheeky expression.
This small peace would not last long for the two as more of the same daemons that attacked them earlier, in fact a whole swarm of them, was headed their way but Nyx was willing to go above and beyond to protect Phoebe and her secret, his hope now restored by her words.