Chapter 6
Been a while, huh? I've been busy as of late, but now I'm back with a new chapter! This one has honestly been finished for quite some time, but I put off editing for a while.
I DO NOT OWN MIRACULOUS OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS. I ONLY OWN THIS STORY AND MY OC's.
Welp, Enjoy~
Marinette's phone buzzed in her bag, to which she jumped. She sent a message to her parents moments ago before the nurse left to sit at his desk, but she hadn't expected them to reply so quickly. To her surprise, the text was from Adrien. Marinette gasped before covering her mouth to cough. She whispered loudly, similar to a quiet shout. "Adrien texted me!?"
Tikki rolled her eyes, wondering how on earth Marinette could manage a freakout as sick as she was. What happened to the 'weakness' and 'exhaustion?' She was sure the medicine hadn't taken effect that quickly. "Try to calm down Marinette, you'll make yourself feel worse if you get worked up like that. Why don't you read what the message says?"
"Oh yeah, sorry about that Tikki." Marinette took a deep breath then opened the message.
Adrien:
Hey Marinette. I heard that you're sick today.
Marinette:
Yeah, I'm in the Nurse's Office right now.
Adrien:
Heh, me too.
"Oh wow, so I was right." Marinette glanced briefly to Tikki, then back to her phone. "Adrien is the person next to me. I wonder what happened to him..."
"I'm sure he'll tell you if you ask." Tikki shrugged. "Give it a try, then maybe he'll ask you the same?"
Marinette nodded, "Alright, here goes."
Marinette:
So, how'd you get sick? It doesn't
seem like you'd get sick that easily.
Adrien:
I know, right? Actually, I'm not sure.
I was fine just before I got here. It wasn't until after I met up with Nino that I started to feel bad.
Marinette:
Oh, that sounds awful. I'm sorry you don't feel well, and that you threw up.
Adrien:
Oh, you heard all that huh? Sorry, it must've been gross. Do you know how you got sick?
Marinette:
Nah, it's ok. And, I'm not sure either.
Like you, I was just fine earlier. I didn't start to feel
bad until me and Alya got closer to school.
Adrien:
Wow, that's pretty weird isn't it?
Are you feeling any better now?
Marinette:
Yeah, Nurse Loudin gave me some medicine.
I feel much better now, I'm kind of tired though.
What about you?
Adrien:
Nurse Loudin gave me some too, and I feel way better than before. My nausea still comes and goes, though.
Marinette:
That's too bad, hopefully it goes away soon.
My weakness and headache seems to be the same.
It feels like it's never gonna leave.
Adrien:
Oh well, hopefully we both get better soon.
Marinette:
Yeah, I hope so...
Adrien:
Hey, did you see the news last night
about Curse-andra? Ladybug and Chat Noir haven't deakumatized her yet.
Marinette:
Yeah, I heard about it... I also heard that they were hurt. What do you think they'll do?
Adrien:
I don't know, but Curse-andra must have actually cursed them in some way.
Here's some news footage of downtown
Link:havoc-in-the-streets-of-paris-984t2t
Marinette opened the link and held her phone up for both her and Tikki to see. The video showed Curse-andra targeting people in pairs, seemingly those who were lovers, a married couple, or best friends. What her powers did was drive one person apart from the other in a harmful way. It seemed to pain the victims to be close to one another. "This power... How awful." Marinette couldn't help but feel sad. "What could have happened to Curse-andra to make her want to drive others apart?"
Tikki wondered the same thing. The girl only looked to be around age 6-8, what could have gone wrong? "Do you think something may have happened with someone close to her?"
"That is a possibility Tikki. That could be why she's targeting pairs." They both continued to watch the news footage as it switched to an interview. A man and his wife reported a scar similar to half a heart on their bodies. The cameraman went in close to view it. "That scar looks just like the one that I have Tikki! So that means Chat really does have the other half."
"You're right Marinette, but what will you do? It'll be hard for you and Chat Noir to fight side-by-side if you both can't be near each other."
"Hmm, I think this is something we'd have to figure out on our own, but I could probably go to Master Fu's place." I should only go to Master Fu for emergencies though, and this isn't one. Marinette sighed heavily, hoping for a miracle. "What can we do? I still feel sick and Curse-andra's hurting the citizens of Paris!"
"You'll think of something Marinette. You always do." Tikki gave her a reassuring kiss on the cheek. "Just try to focus, and it'll come to you."
Marinette hugged her kwami friend. "Thank you, Tikki. I don't know what I'd do without you."
Marinette:
The news looks pretty bad. She's even created roadblocks!
Adrien:
I know, right? It's awful...
Marinette:
Yeah, I hope Ladybug and Chat find a way to defeat her soon.
Adrien sighed heavily before typing his reply, telling her he also felt the same. Plagg wondered what Adrien's plan would be when it came down to him having to fight. Would he be able to do it? He watched the boy as he laid his phone on his chest, allowing his arm to remain in place. "Did something happen?"
Adrien closed his eyes, "No... Everything's fine." He laid his other hand across his stomach. It had begun to ache as he thought about how they would fight Curse-andra. "I just... I don't know how we'll defeat Curse-andra if I'm like this. Hopefully Ladybug is doing far better than I am."
Unfortunately, that wasn't the case and Plagg knew that. He was sure that Tikki knew as well. Both Adrien and Marinette were sick, and both of them had no idea what to do about it or Curse-andra. All that he and Tikki could do was offer advice and trust that they would come up with a way to deakumatize her without injuring themselves any further.
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