In this chapter events will happen in Paris that involves Mari's bad state so to try avoid confusion those events that happen in Paris will look like this in the section that talks about what is happening in California.
"First the words that you said Ryuuko and now this odd reaction of yours I don't understand." Adrien stated. "Can you explain to me what's going on? Talk to me tell me what's wrong."
'What do I do? If I talk he'll know who I am.'
"You don't seem like the same woman anymore." Unsure what to do Kagami tried to walk away but Adrien grabs her arm. "Why are you running away?" Kagami doesn't look at him. "Why don't you look at me? Ryuuko tell me what you were about to tell me. I need to know."
"NO!" Kagami exclaimed pushing Adrien away and running away leaving Adrien confused.
Adrien sighs and heads to his car then he drives home. "I don't know why Ryuuko looked at me with the expression of confidence and madness then her expression changed to emotionless like a mask without life. Then she looked at me with fear. Like she was another person."
"How did this happen?" Nino asked as he watched his mom cue Marlena's injury.
Alya was sitting on a chair. "I came back from work and saw her laying on the floor and the rocks were near her. I don't know who or how a person could do something like this."
"After many centuries humans still don't know how to care for each other." Father Carlos stated. "Don't worry Alya nothing bad will happen to your mother."
Kagami went back to her room from the door that lead to the garden then she looked at herself in the mirror and she couldn't believe what she saw. It looked like her but in a more bolder way. She quickly took the wig off and got changed back to her normal decent clothes and hid the clothes in a red suitcases before hiding it in her closet. She was barely taking her earrings off when she heard someone trying to open the door. "Who is it?" She asked trying to hide the panic in her voice.
"It's me Miss. Kagami." Came Chloe's voice from the other side of the door. "Can you open the door?"
"One moment." Kagami replied before hiding the earrings then she goes and opened the door.
"Why did you make me wait so long?" Chloe asked walking in the room.
"I was going to change into my night clothes. Then I saw that someone was trying to open the door and it strange me that they didn't announce themselves first." Kagami replied.
"Were you also walking around the garden tonight?" Chloe asked. "My mom came to see you a while ago and she couldn't find you that's why I tried to open the door in case something happened."
"I was in the garden and I just came In." Kagami replied.
"You have an odd habit walking in the garden every night hiding in the shadows." Chloe stated.
"Did you need me for something?" Kagami asked.
"No I just wanted to know if you were here." Chloe replied.
"And what did your mother want?" Chloe looks at her confused. "You said that your mother was looking for me."
"Yes but I don't know what she wanted. You should ask her tomorrow have a good night." With that Chloe leaves the room.
Kagami took a deep breath and headed to Adrien's room to talk to him. She knocked on the door and once she heard him say to come in she opened the door and walked in. "Doctor, I came to quit my job."
"What?" Adrien asked surprised.
"It's impossible for me to keep being Maya's tutor. I can't stay." Kagami replied.
"Why?" Adrien asked.
"Personal reasons doctor. It's a family issue." Kagami replied.
"Family? Kagami I remember you telling me that you didn't have family." Adrien stated.
"Well I don't have close family but some distance family members need me." Kagami replied.
"You know I was thinking that you could take care of my baby when he was born." Adrien stated.
"I'm sorry that can't be." Kagami replied. "I'm leaving tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Adrien asked shocked. "Why in a rush to leave?"
"I just have to." Kagami replied before hurrying back to her room and she started packing. "You won't have your way Ryuuko. I won't let you have time." Kagami suddenly stayed still frozen like a statue and when she got out from her trance she wasn't Kagami but Ryuuko. Ryuuko smirked and left the room before sneaking in Chloe's room and saw her asleep in her bed. She walks over to her and smirks. 'You'll dream forever Chloe. Kill her kill her. I'll destroy her like how I destroy everything that I love and hate."
Audrey walks in the room. "What are you doing here?" Ryuuko stays quiet. "I'm asking you what are you doing here." Audrey shakes her as Chloe starts to wake up. "Answer me."
Ryuuko stays still as a statue then Kagami looks around her and noticed where she was. "I'm sorry Mrs. I thought Mrs. Chloe might need me excuse me." Kagami said before quickly leaves the room.
"That woman is crazy." Audrey stated.
"When did she come in?" Chloe asked.
"I don't know I came to see you and saw her staring down at you." Audrey replied.
"I'm telling you mom that woman hates me. She became my rival she's in love with my husband." Chloe stated sternly.
Fu walked back in Mari's room and saw Luka doing a last check up on the baby then suddenly the lights went out from the storm.
Tom walked back in the room with the pills and water and saw Sabine on the phone. "Who are you calling?" Plagg and Lila walked in the room at that moment.
"Father Carlos." Sabine replied.
"Sabine you're very altered call him another time." Tom stated as he tried to take the phone away from her.
"Hello?" Father Carlos's voice came from the other line he just came back from Marlena's house.
"Father Carlos it's me Sabine Dupain-Cheng. Had you received any news from Mari?" Sabine asked.
"From Marinette? No why?" Father Carlos asked.
"It's just that I-" Sabine started crying again just thinking about her dream that she couldn't go on.
Tom took the phone from her. "Father my wife just had a nightmare-"
Sabine took the phone back calming down. "Father I dreamt that Mari died."
Luka sighs and asks Juleka to bring some candles. Juleka nodded before leaving the room and soon she comes back with multiple candles. Luka lights them up and puts them around the room close to the bed as possible and he cleaned his hands again. "Okay Juleka let's start. Gently and slowly push Mari's stomach and guide the baby to the right place." Juleka nodded and did what he said.
"My daughter was sick. Her life was fading and I called out to her and she didn't respond since she was dead." Sabine added. "My daughter was dead...that's why I called you to see if you had any news of Mari."
"No Mrs. Sabine I don't have any news of Marinette." Father Carlos replied.
"And do you know for any reason she might be in danger at the location that she's at?" Sabine asked. "That her life could be at risk right now?"
"Calm down. Marinette has to be okay. She shouldn't be in no danger where she is at. You have nothing to worry about. I'll have news of Marinette tonight and I'll call you to let you know about her." Father Carlos stated.
"Thank you Father I'll be waiting for your call." Sabine said before hanging up.
Father Carlos sighs. "God Marinette isn't well and a heart of a mother is almost never wrong. Could the dream that Mrs. Sabine had be a warning? Is Marinette really at risk of dying?"
After trying for an hour there was no success in receiving the baby. "Its useless Luka and you can't sacrifice her for the baby to be born." Juleka stated. "You have to save her."
"Iris told me that she doesn't want to live without her baby." Luka said sternly.
"She can have more! It's a crime to let her die." Juleka stated.
"Let me fight Juleka! I still have a few minutes to try and save both of them." Luka replied.
Isabella's phone rang and she answered. "Roland what did you find out?"
"There's no news Isabella, Mari hasn't given birth yet." Roland replied.
"But is she okay?" Isabella asked.
"That's what Fu, the man that took her as a daughter told me." Roland replied. "You and Lila shouldn't get overwhelmed of a feeling that Sabine had."
"I'm not impressed by Sabine's nightmare and doesn't it seem odd to you that the street rat hasn't given birth yet?" Isabella asked. "Could that man have lied to you and the baby is already here?"
Mari starts to wake up. "She's starting to wake up Simon call to her don't let her sleep again. It will be easier with her help." Fu does his best to make sure she stays awake. "Iris your baby is about to be born. Help me Iris push Iris push!" Mari tried to push as Juleka kept helping her but Mari was to weak. "You can rest tomorrow help give birth to your baby." Mari pushes again letting out a scream.
Sabine kept crying. "Don't cry anymore Father Carlos told you that Mari was fine." Lila told her with a fake smile.
"If Father Carlos doesn't have news of Mari it means there's nothing wrong." Plagg stated with a real smile. "Bad news are always the first thing to be known."
"You're right Plagg if something bad had happened to Mari, Fu would have let Father Carlos know immediately." Sabine stated. "Unless it just happened."
"There's no reason for you to say that. What could happen to Mari. She's strong and healthy." Lila replied.
Mari falls unconscious again soon after the last push she made. "Luka the time you said already passed. You have to make a decision." Juleka stated
"I know Juleka...if I don't I could lose both of them." Luka said becoming desperate. "If I only had all the equipment that I needed. If I only took her to the hospital in time."
"But Iris isn't at a hospital. She's here and you need to do something immediately." Juleka stated sternly. "You need to choose between her and the baby right now Luka."
"Please help me Juleka. Keep doing what you were doing be gently but firmly." Luka begged as he tried to bring the baby. Juleka did just as he said and Mari started to wake up again.
"Roland called me a while ago but he said there's no news about the street rat." Isabella told Lila over the phone at this time Lila was in her room again.
"And what do you think?" Lila asked.
"Honestly they're hiding to Roland what really is happening." Isabella replied. "The baby should have been born by now. We might have to go over there and see what we can discover."
"Please Iris push one more time push." Luka commanded finally seeing the head of the baby. Juleka and Fu encouraged Mari to push and Mari pushed as hard as she could before she collapsed back on the bed. A baby's cry is heard as everyone starts smiling seeing the baby in Luka's arm. A wave of happiness and relief overcame Luka, but what he didn't know was that Mari let go of Fu's hand and it fell on the bed with a thump and as Fu looked at her he saw her eyes closed and her face pale and his heart stopped. Clueless to everything Luka talked to Iris. "Do you hear your baby's cry Iris? The baby is alive Iris. We did it Iris we did it." He wrapped the baby around a blanket and handed it to Juleka. "Juleka take care of the baby bathe her and put some clothes on her." Juleka nodded and left the room with the baby. Luka looks over at Fu. "Simon I feel such a relief in being able to save her."
Fu looked at him sadly. "She's dead my little girl is dead."
Luka's heart stopped and he quickly headed to Mari's side to check on her. Luka took a breath of relief when he saw that she wasn't dead but unconscious. "She's not dead Simon." Fu also took a breath of relief. Luka grabbed a cloth put alcohol on it and daped it on Mari's arm before injecting a medicine that would help her get her strength back.
Meanwhile Juleka was getting the baby dressed in her room when Ivan walked in holding a candle. "Oh wow she finally gave birth?"
Juleka smiled. "Yes."
"Your Uncle Carlos is calling you Miss. Juleka." Ivan stated.
Juleka nodded taking the phone from Ivan. "Thank you." Ivan nodded before leaving the room. "Hello?"
"Juleka I'm calling to see how Marinette is doing." Father Carlos stated.
"Delicated but she had her baby. It's a girl." Juleka replied and Father Carlos smiled.
"Simon stay here with her and let her sleep don't wake her up. I'll be in my room if anything is needed." Fu nodded. "Also tell Juleka that after she has the baby ready to put her by Iris's side so the first thing she sees when she wakes up is her baby."
"She will react right?" Fu asked.
Luka smiled. "Yes Simon Iris will also live." Luka takes a candle and leaves the room. He walks over to a window and takes out a picture from his wallet. "I never had the will power to destroy this picture. Will I be able to now? If I do will it mean the heart that you destroyed was put together again by another woman? I loved you like crazy Ryuuko and you harmed me. I thought you loved me but I was blind. I was fortunate to see how evil you were one day. I was tormented by your memory but not anymore." He burns the picture and he wacthes it turn to ash.
The next morning in Paris, Adrien was at his clinic but he couldn't forcus on his work all he could think about was Mari and the conversation he had with her on their wedding night when they were still happy.
"How do you feel?" Adrien asked Mari as they laid in bed together.
"It's a weird feeling inside of me. It's like a candle that is lit inside of me and I can feel it burn in every inch of my skin. It makes me feel that I don't want to ever separate from you. I want to always be in you arms." Mari replied with a smile.
Adrien smiled back. "I love you."
"I love you too." Mari replied softly.
"Are you happy?" Adrien asked.
"You have no idea how much." Mari replied.
Adrien sighs. "We loved each other. She was my wife and she slept next to me happy...that was nine months ago...nine months. If only that baby Chloe is having would've been of Mari's."
"You don't plan to get up Sabine?" Tom asked Sabine who was still in bed and it was already late morning.
"Honestly Tom I'm not in the mood for anything." Sabine replied.
Tom sighs. "Than why don't you try to sleep a little more?"
"I don't think I can." Sabine replied.
"She didn't want to eat breakfast sir." Plagg who was in the room stated. "I told her that she can't continue like this."
"Ever since we met her Sabine, Mari has done nothing but give us stress." Tom said with a sigh.
"How can you speak like that about your daughter?" Sabine asked.
"Because I don't see her as my daughter. Plus she's only our daughter because someone has said so." Tom replied. "I don't feel her as my daughter."
"Father Carlos doesn't lie. I do feel her as my daughter." Sabine stated.
"I'm not saying that it's a lie. Biologically, Mari is my daughter but not emotionally." Tom replied. "We have only suffered knowing her existence."
"Would you prefer that we never found out about her?" Sabine asked finally sitting up.
Tom nodded. "To be honest Sabine yes. You were used to not knowing about your daughter. Now you suffer for a woman that neglected you as her mother. " Sabine sighs.
In the morning at California the storm was gone and there was only a clear sky. Luka walked into Mari's room to see her half sitting on her bed holding her baby girl and she had a huge smile. "Good morning."
Mari looked at him. "Good morning Viperion."
"You now have your baby by your side." Luka stated with a smile. "Think today is the first day you're a mother."
Mari smiled. "Yes and it feels amazing...she didn't suffer right?"
"No she's well and healthy. I had to control myself to not force the birth since I was desperate but I had to contain myself since I didn't want to hurt her and it was a good thing that I waited since in the end she was born naturally with your help." Luka stated.
Mari nodded as she looked at her daughter with amazement she still couldn't believe that this day finally came or that she was actually a mom now. "You know I heard her cry...and I thought I was leaving this world...yet I was happy since I knew she was born and that she was alive and I'm glad that I'm alive too. All this happiness Viperion is all thanks to you since I didn't do anything."
"No during the critical moment you were very brave. This little girl is here because of your love as a mother and will power to bring her here." Luka stated. "You were weak yet gave all your strength to bring her to the world."
"I just know that we're alive because of you and I'll always have it in my heart of what you did for me." Mari replied. She suddenly starts thinking about Adrien as she looks down at the girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. 'Adrien...'
