The Cat and the Bug

by Catastrophic-Catculator

When an akuma attack leaves Ladybug severely injured, Cat Noir has no choice, but to bring his partner to the hospital in less than five minutes. For Ladybug, more than one clock is ticking. Sometimes, even superheroes forget they're still human.

6. Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Master Fu silently stroked his beard.

"You can fix her, can't you?" Adrien said, his voice cracking as his tears flowed freely. "Please tell me you can," he begged desperately, looking Fu in the eyes.

Fu asked, "She used her cure, correct?"

"Yes, but what does that have to do with this?" Adrien said wiping tears off his face in an effort to calm down.

"Well, the cure and cataclysm are battling to take control, I can try a couple things to help the cure, but it'll take all night," Master Fu explained calmly.

Adrien stopped crying and said, "Thank you! Please save her, Master. She means a lot to me and, um, all of Paris."

"I'll do my best, Adrien. Now you need to make sure her parents won't be worried about her."

Tikki grabbed Marinette's purse and gave it to Adrien. "Her phone's in here, we'd better come up with something."

Alya saw a red and black blur jump out of the mall and head across the rooftops at top speed.

She grabbed Nino's wrist and started dragging him away from the crowd. "Come on, we gotta follow them!"

"But what about Mari and Adrien?" Nino asked, following Alya.

"They'll be fine, let's go!" she said enthusiastically running after Ladybug and Chat.

Nino sighed and ran after Alya.

Alya ducked behind a trashcan next to the alley she saw Chat and Ladybug duck into. There was a pink flash, some muttering, and then a green flash.

Alya tried peeking over the trashcan, but Nino dragged her back down.

"You'll be seen, stay down," Nino whispered.

They heard two other voices chattering along with Chat's muffled voice. They were too far away from Chat to hear the conversation, but they heard Chat yell, "Plagg, Claws Out!" It was accompanied by a green flash.

Alya watched the black the black and pink blur hop away. "Wait, did I see pink?!" Alya exclaimed.

"Yep, sure did," Nino confirmed, oblivious to what Alya was thinking.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no," Alya said running after Chat and whoever Ladybug's identity is frantically, dragging Nino along with her.

Chat ran into a building and a green flash could be seen through the windows.

Alya and Nino stood outside the door, out of breath from running. They shared a look, and Alya quietly opened the door. They walked in and headed to the back room because the heard voices coming from it.

Alya and Nino stood on different sides of the doorframe and peeked into the room.