Lila walked out of her math class, head held high as she walked into the courtyard, ignoring the hushed whispers and glares she got from the other students, since her lies had been revealed, her popularity had plummeted, no one dared believe the girl who was ousted by ladybug. it left her with a very lonely life.
if only i could get rid of Ladybug. she thought spitefully, she's the real bad guy,
"Mademoiselle Rossi." someone said as she stepped out onto the front steps of the college. she looked up and found herself looking at Gabriel Agreste, sitting in a stretch limousine.
"um…yes Monsieur Agreste?" she asked nervously, walking up to the limousine.
"it has come to my attention that you need some…help, in your aspirations." he said, holding a jewelry box out to her.
her eyes narrowed slightly, "Is this a joke?" she asked.
Gabriel looked at her, raising an eyebrow, "I hardly joke, Mademoiselle Rossi." he said.
she slowly reached out and took the box, still looking at Gabriel with distrusting eyes, until she spotted a small, purple creature poke it's head out, "you're…You're-" she started.
"discretion is key, Mademoiselle," he said as Nooroo disappeared back into his pocket, "i know of your hatred towards a certain hero, and the way to her defeat, is through that." he looked ahead, "but first, we have to take care of a certain hammer wielding pest."
Lila looked at him and smirked, "If it leads to her defeat, then i'm all in." she said, putting the box in her pocket.
he smirked, "i look forward to working with you, Mademoiselle Rossi." he said as the limousine drove off, leaving Lila alone with a smile on her face.
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Nathanael sat in the park, watching as Juleka and Rose helped Marinette and Alya put together a small party together for Adrien.
"So…is there a reason we're doing his birthday here in the park instead of his house?" Nathanael asked, leaning forward in his spot.
"because his dad doesn't want him having a birthday party, which means we'll have to throw him one here." Marinette said, putting a large, well made cake onto the table they had just set up,
"yo! we got the pizza!" Kim shouted, walking up with Ivan and Max, each holding several boxes of pizza.
"that's awesome!" Alya said, "put them on that table over there, Nino!" she turned to look at her boyfriend, who was busily setting up his DJ equipment. "You almost ready babe?"
"yeah, just gotta choose the right opening track babe." he said, picking up a Vinyl record and putting it on the turn table, "alright, it's all ready, i'm gonna go get Adrien."
"make sure he doesn't know!" Alya called, turning to Nathanael, "you gonna help?" she asked.
"I'd like to," he said, standing up, "but i got work out to go to."
"Do you really have to?" Alix asked as she walked up, "you go to that dingy little gym every day, even on the weekends, can't you miss one day?"
"sorry," Nathanael said, "but i gotta keep working out."
"For what?" Kim asked haughtily, "You'll never get guns like me!" he started flexing, making Max roll his eyes.
"actually, studying the muscular structure of yourself and Nathanael, I have determined that Nathanael has forty-five percent more muscle then you." Max said matter of factly, "which means that you will most likely never have muscles like him."
Kim looked at Max, then at Nathanael, "oh no way, i don't believe that one bit!" he exclaimed, "there's no way he's stronger then me!"
"you challenging me Kim?" Nathanael asked, a glint entering his eye.
'maybe i am string bean." Kim said, cracking his knuckles, "I can out swim, out run, and out fight anyone! including an over hyped up artist."
"is he saying what i think he's saying?" Marinette asked Alya.
"i'm challenging you to a boxing match!" Kim declared, making almost everyone laugh, except Nathanael, who was now smiling with almost unconcealed joy.
"Nathanael doesn't know how to fight you idiot." Alix said.
"yeah, he's an artist." Rose piped up, "I don't think i've ever seen Nathanael even raise his voice to someone."
"I'll do it."
everyone looked at Nathanael in surprise.
"what?" Kim asked in shock.
"you sound scared Kim, what? did you think i'd say no?"
"n-no! just surprised you're this eager to fight me, i'm the second best boxer in the club!"
"then i guess you have nothing to worry about." Nathanael said with a smirk, "how about lets do this tomorrow, after school, loser has to buy the whole class lunch, including Madam Bustier."
"deal." Kim said, his shock being replaced by eagerness, "and that lunch is going to taste so good when you buy it for me."
"sure," Nathanael said, picking up his bag and starting to walk away.
"hold on there Tomato head," Alya said, grabbing his arm, "you can't just challenge Kim to a boxing match and then disappear, you're staying for the party, then you can go train."
Nathanael hesitated, "I don't know…"
"Come on Nath," Juleka said, "surely you can stay for a little bit."
Nathanael smiled, "yeah…your'e right, i can."
ALya smirked at the two, "well, well, well," she said, "i ask, nothing, Juleka asked and suddenly you have no problem, i see how it is Tomato head."
"what?" Nathanael asked in confusion.
"oh don't even try, i understand, i'd fall for the pretty ravenette too." ALya said.
"Alya, quit being dramatic," Marinette chastised, looking at Nathanael oddly, "i hope you know what you're doing." she said to him, "Kim may talk a big game, but he really is one of the best boxers in the school."
"I'm sure i'll be fine." nathanael said with a small smile, "so don't worry about it too much Mari."
"i'm just saying, you don't seem like a fighter."
"i'm a man of many talents." Nathanael said, sitting back down, Juleka sitting next to him.
"well, good luck, we'll definitely be rooting for you," Alya said, "it's about time someone knocked Kim on his ass."
"Alya!" Marinette admonished, giggling quietly.
"it's true!" she said as the two walked off.
Nathanael just chuckled softly, leaning back against the tree.
"she's right you know." Juleka said softly, "you're not a fighter."
Nathanael nodded slightly, "i'm not," he said, "but i'm not exactly helpless, i'm sure i can win."
Juleka slowly intertwined her hand with his, making him tense slightly, before giving her hand a reassuring squeeze, "Just be careful," she said softly, "last thing i need to do is worry about you getting brain damage."
he smiled, "I'll be fine Jules," he said, turning his head towards her, feeling that now familiar feeling course through him, his free hand reached up and brushed her bangs out of her face before gently cupping her chin, Juleka blushed, leaning in slightly.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
the shouting chorus made both teens jump, looking over to see their friends crowding around Adrien, simultaneously wishing him a happy birthday.
"Wow, you guy's did all this for me?" Adrien asked with a smile.
"Marinette planned it all." Alya said, pushing her friend forward, who was blushing like crazy.
"I-i just got everyone together." she said shyly, "they did the rest, i just-" she stopped as Adrien hugged her.
"thank you Marinette." he said softly.
"you're welcome," She said breathlessly.
"what are we waiting for!? lets get this party started!" Nino shouted, starting up the music while everyone cheered and went to get food.
Nathanael smiled, then looked back at Juleka, who was now looking away from him, blushing deeply. "Come on," he said, standing up and helping her to her feet. "lets dance."
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Lila looked at the green snake floating in front of her in wonder, behind her sat a man with salt and pepper hair, his green eyes twinkling with mischief, he put the hood of his cloak up and crossed his arm, "you have the highest affinity for magic then any of my other wielders." he said in praise, his voice like silk, "and so long as you continue to practice daily, you'll be able to use the magic not only when you transform, but also in your civilian form."
"i never knew this world was even open to me…that it even existed."
he just smiled, "so, how do you plan on introducing yourself to the people of paris?"
she smiled as she turned around, her hand going to the bracelet on her arm, "with a bang."
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Nathanael laughed alongside Juleka as they spun around in the grass, dancing to the music Nino was playing, their hands intertwined, and foreheads touching softly.
"Nath…" Juleka said softly, out of breath as the song came to an end and the two stopped just short of the refreshment table, hands still intertwined.
"you know," he started, "when you said i'd find my lovely lady, i didn't think you meant yourself."
Juleka blushed and looked away, "i don't know what you mean," she said.
he gently cupped her chin, turning her head back towards her, "I think you do." he said softly, leaning in, Juleka started leaning in to, her eyes slowly closing.
"lets light the birthday cake!" Alya exclaimed, making the two jump, Juleka slowly let go of Nathanael's hand, walking over to the small crowd that was forming around Adrien and his birthday cake, Nathanael felt annoyance bubble up in him.
"Second time i've been interrupted."he muttered quietly to himself as they all started singing, he stepped close to Juleka as they sang, gently putting his arms around her, Juleka blushed and leaned back into him, making him smile.
Adrien blew his candles out, making everyone cheer.
a few seconds later an explosion rocked the area, sending everyone to the ground, Nathanael wrapped his arms around Juleka protectively as they both crashed into the tree, "what the hell was that!?" he exclaimed, slowly getting to his feet, his eyes darting around, looking for the source.
another explosion rocked the area, Adrien and Nino threw themselves over Marinette And Alya as a tree shattered, sending splinters and shards of wood everywhere, Kim and Ivan were both covering Mylene, Alix, Rose and Max.
"The tower!" Nino exclaimed, pointing towards the Eiffel tower, which was now surrounded in fire and smoke as it groaned, buckling under it's weight.
"Everyone get out of here!" Nathanael shouted as the tower started to fall towards them, "GO!"
soon everyone was on their feet, running as hard as they could as metal and wood fell around them.
"Nathanael!" Juleka screamed as he tripped on a log. tumbling down a small slope.
"Juleka! keep running!" Kim shouted, grabbing her arm and dragging her.
"but Nathanael-"
"he'll be fine!" Kim said, picking up the struggling girl and running towards the others.
Nathanael waited until everyone was out of sight before getting back to his feet. "Mjolnir! to me!" he shouted.
Lightning crashed as the remnants of the tower continued to fall on the park, Thor jumped into the sky and, with a swing of his mighty hammer, sent the debris flying off to less populated sections of the park, he landed back on the ground looking around, "another akuma?" he asked himself. the familiar rush of adrenalin coursing through him.
"hello Thor." a silky voice said, making him turn around quickly, batting a throwing knife away a split second before it sank into his stomach.
"what the hell." He growled as he watched a woman walk out of the rubble, a silver circlet sitting on her flowing brown hair, Green eyes looking over him coolly as she sashayed towards him. her clothing was intricate and fine, a green silk dress with gold trimmings and belt which rode low on her hips, she was stunning, beautiful, but those facts only seemed to put Thor on edge, her features gave off a altered, unnatural beauty, "who are you?" he growled.
'I assumed you were in that little party.' She said, walking around him, "didn't think you'd actually show yourself though, what would have happened if someone had seen you transform?"
he gripped his hammer, his anger rising as she continued to walk around him.
"true, i didn't see who you were, and as of right now they're all so scattered that i wouldn't find out very easy, but it is nice to know where to look."
"who are you." he asked again.
"the better question, is who are you?" she asked, "Thor, the mighty Guardian of Asgard, protector of humanity, God of Thunder, these titles aren't truly yours, who are you under that beard and helmet? Kim? Ivan? little Nathanael? maybe even Adrien with hair dye."
"who i am doesn't concern you witch." he growled.
"oh but it does, it's my job to know, how will i go about doing it though? will i fight you, throwing little tantrums in downtown Paris? or will i simply go after your class, pick them off one by one-" she dodged to the side as Thor threw his hammer.
"you stay away from them!" he snarled.
"So emotional." she chuckled, 'why don't you just RELAX!" with a flick of her finger she sent Thor flying back, he tumbled for a few yards before getting his feet back under him, summoning the hammer back to him and charging, swinging his arm with enough force to tumble over a couple of trees as she glided around his attacks, laughing in delight at his frustration.
"what's the matter?" she asked, jumping over his last attack and landing on the head of the hammer, delicately balancing on one foot. "can't seem to rise to the occasion?"
"ENOUGH!" Thor snapped, summoning lightning, she jumped back, a smile breaking out across her lips as he hurled the lightning at her, she held her hand up, absorbing the power into her own, slender frame.
"Tingly." she said, watching the power arc across her fingers, "is this how you usually make women feel?" she held her hand out and sent the power back at him, knocking him off his feet and into the twisted rubble of the tower.
"Damn it." Thor groaned, slowly sitting up as she walked towards him.
"you're not as strong as you thought, Thor." she said as he finally stood back up. "too little practice, too much eagerness."
"shut up!" Thor snarled. throwing his hammer at her, his eyes widening in surprise as it passed harmlessly through her. "wha-" he groaned as a blade plunged into his side, he fell to his knee's as she pulled the blade out of his side. "Illusionist bitch." he muttered, glaring at her, he charged at her and swung his fist, she quickly hit his arm down and slashed the blade across his chest and back, making him wince as he fell to his knee's, the blade was easily cutting through his armor, leaving long gashes.
"anything to get the job done," She said, walking around him once more, "my job is to incapacitate you, of course i was aiming for your spine, but i'm still new, so, practice makes perfect.'
"who are you." thor growled again, he could feel the wound trying to close, but it would take time, and he was losing blood.
she smiled, "Still curious?" she purred, "Well, if you're Thor, then i guess that makes me Loki…but…i prefer the name Enchantress." she stopped a couple of paces behind him, "good bye, Thor." she said, raising the blade once more, only for it to be knocked out of her hand by a familiar staff.
"Mind if i cut in?" Chat asked, kicking her away from Thor.
"mangy alley cat!" she snapped, sending a torrent of fire at him from the palm of her hand, Chat dodged, landing on top of a steel beam.
"you alright big guy?" Chat asked, looking at the blood soaked Viking in concern.
"i'll be fine," Thor muttered as he stood back up, summoning his hammer back and advancing on her, he slammed the hammer on the ground, sending a shockwave that sent her flying back into a tree, as soon as she hit the ground Ladybug's yoyo flew out, binding her to the tree.
"you alright?" Ladybug asked as she landed, keeping the line taut. Thor put a hand to his side, wincing slightly when he realized the wound was still open.
"Never better" he grunted, slowly walking forward.
"do you know where the Akumatized object is?" Chat asked, jumping down to join his teammate.
" she's not akumatized." thor said, "she's another amulet wielder."
"another Miraculous?" Ladybug asked, glaring at Enchantress, "well, we caught her, now we can-" she stopped as the tree Enchantress was bound to wilted and turned to dust, quick as a flash she was in the air. "Scatter!" Ladybug shouted as Enchantress sent bursts of energy down at them.
"three on one isn't exactly fair!" Enchantress said. sending a pulse of magic into the ground, it churned and moved as wood and dirt mixed with steel, soon, eight six foot tall Golems surrounded the three heroes, beady green eyes narrowed at them, "I'll leave you with this parting gift!" she said. disappearing in a puff of green smoke.
"isn't she so sweet." Chat said, getting into a fighting stance as Thor charged, slamming his hammer into one of their bodies, sending it back in several directions, it's green eyes fading as it went. instantly Thor fell to his knee's, gritting his teeth in pain as his wounds burned.
"watch out!" Chat shouted, jumping over Thor and slamming his baton into a Golem that attempted to take advantage of Thor's weakness. he hit the monstrosity with several combo hits and sent it tumbling back as the others advanced, Ladybug shot in, saving Chat from getting flattened as one of the larger ones brought it's fists down where Chat had been.
"get them close together!" Thor snarled, forcing himself into a standing position.
"why? so we can get flattened quicker?"
"JUST DO IT!"
Chat looked at Ladybug, who simply nodded and threw her yoyo, hooking three and throwing them to the center of the clearing their fight had created, Chat jumped towards another four, using his strength and attacks to drive them to the center.
Thor looked down at the hammer, "Odin please let me have the strength," he muttered, holding the hammer aloft, lightning once again came down and struck the mighty weapon. he held it there for several seconds, feeling his power slowly drain as Ladybug and Chat Noir finally got the Golems in one tight group, struggling to move against Ladybug's yoyo, "MOVE!"
the two heroes jumped away an instant before Thor's hurled lightning slammed into the Golems, the pure energy tearing the puppets apart, littering the park with fragments of earth and metal, thor smiled weakly as he fell to his knee's, leaning against his hammer, he put his hand to his wounds once more, and found them seared shut, "there's one problem taken care of." he mumbled as he started falling forward.
"Got ya big guy." Chat said, catching the brute before he hit the ground, "nice finisher."
"will you be alright?" Ladybug asked, walking up to him and putting a hand on his shoulder.
"give me a moment," he said wearily, slowly getting his feet under himself.
Ladybug slowly turned around, "chat, help him get out of here, i'll perform the cleanse."
"on it m'lady." Chat said, helping Thor slowly stagger away from the clearing and into a thicket of trees as Ladybug said the magic words.
"MIRACULOUS LADYBUG!"
"glad you two came when you did…" Thor muttered as Chat helped him stagger through the woods as the trees righted themselves and the tower returned to it's former glory.
"we were in the area," Chat said, "saw the tower come down, and also saw you doing your 'protector of humanity thing' then we saw the destruction you were causing in that fight, so we jumped in."
Thor nodded mutely, wincing as lightning suddenly struck, making Chat jump back in fright.
"What the-" he started as the lightning disappeared, leaving a worn out Nathanael wobbling in the spot Thor was just standing in, a half-dead Goat lying in his hair.
"N-Nathanael?" Chat asked in shock.
"surprise." he said with a dry chuckle, his knee's buckling underneath him.
"Got ya," Chat said, snapping out of his stupor to catch Nathanael.
"you're a damn fool boy…" Thor muttered as he rose his head up slightly. "you could have died today."
"but i didn't…" Nathanael mumbled.
"Nathanael Kurtzburg is Thor…" Chat mused, carefully throwing one of his arms over his shoulders, half carrying/half dragging the artist towards the edge of the woods.
"yeah…" he muttered, "surprising isn't it?"
"Not as much as it would've been a year ago." Chat said with a small chuckle, "you've really bulked up."
"thanks to me." Thor piped up.
"really? how come your Kwami gave you a body like Schwarzenegger while mine just gives me a headache?"
"it's a gift." Thor growled, "are you going to take him to a hospital?"
"he doesn't seem too injured," Chat said, as he looked towards the edge of the woods, where dozens of flashing lights indicated the police and EMS had arrived on scene, "but i can't leave him on his own, and i have friends who are probably looking for both me and him so…"
"so what?" Nathanael asked, his eyes drooping slightly.
"Plagg, Claws in."
a bright flash of green made Nathanael look away, when he looked back he found himself looking at the slightly disheveled Adrien Agreste, a black cat floating around his head.
"Adrien Agreste…" Nathanael muttered,
"yeah." Adrien said awkwardly.
"Chat Noir…is Adrien Agreste…"
"yep."
Nathanael took a deep breath and started laughing, wincing as a slight pain went through his chest. "goody-two shoes pretty boy Adrien is the fun-loving flirty Chat Noir." he wheezed, 'do you know how hilarious that is?"
"I…guess it's kinda funny."
"Kid, it's completely bizarre." Plagg said, zipping around the two, then stopped, glaring at Thor, "Thor." he said stiffly.
"Plagg.' Thor greeted tiredly, "can we not do any arguing right now? kind of tired."
Plagg narrowed his eyes, before flying back to Adrien and shooting into his pocket.
"glad you two are friends." Nathanael said as Adrien started walking once more.
"yeah, it's so hard to find good friends now a days.' Adrien said.
"so…what are we going to do about this?" Nathanael said as Thor slowly slid into Nathanael's front pocket
"well, i'm going to take you to the Ambulance, and then i'm going to go back the party and get pizza."
"bring me back a slice would ya? i could eat a horse."
Adrien laughed as they finally broke through the tree line, both boys wincing slightly as the police shined their lights on them.
"we got two more over here!" Officer roger shouted, making his way towards them as paramedics rushed towards Nathanael, gently taking him from Adrien and settling him on a gurney.
"found him in the woods." Adrien said tiredly.
"and what were you doing in the woods Monsieur Agreste?" Officer Roger asked.
"I got separated from my friends." he lied, "i couldn't find my way out after the tower collapsed…"
officer Roger nodded, "i'll escort you to your friends, they've been worried about you."
"thanks Officer Raincomprix,' he said, looking at Nathanael, "are you going to be alright?"
"I'll be fine." Nathanael mumbled, resting his head back, "can you tell Juleka i'm alright? i'm sure she's worried sick.'
"Got ya buddy." Adrien said, patting his shoulder before starting to walk away. rubbing his head as he went.
Nathanael is Thor…and he know's i'm Chat…whats gonna happen now?
"Adrien?"
Adrien jumped, stirred out of his thoughts by Nino's voice, the DJ was looking Adrien over in surprise before rushing forward and throwing his arms around his best friend.
"Nino? what-" Adrien started.
"Dude we thought you were dead!" nino said, letting him go and punching him in the arm.
"why would you think that?"
Nino hesitated, "Alix and Max…they both got caught in the debris," he said.
"what? but…but Thor-"
"if he hadn't of done what he had, then we would all be hurt but…Alix and Max had ran off in a different direction…Alix got away with a broken leg and a concussion but Max…a beam almost crushed him…we're not sure if he's gonna make it."
"L-Ladybug's cleanse! it should've-"
"that's what Alya keeps saying." Nino mumbled, scratching his head, "but this was different…i…i don't think it was an Akuma attack…so…"
Adrien felt numb as he slowly looked around their group of friends, Juleka was comforting a crying Rose while Ivan was holding Mylene, whispering comforting words to the trembling girl while ALya was tapping away savagely on her phone, tears threatening to fall. Kim was sitting against a police cruiser, hugging his knee's to his chest as he cried, a cold feeling of dread filled him as he realized something.
"Where's Marinette?" he asked. his entire body shaking.
"we…we don't know…she…we got separated." Nino said helplessly.
Adrien staggered back like he got struck in the chest. "but…no….i saw her running alongside Alya, i saw her!"
"she veered off when a beam crashed between us." Alya said, trying hard not to break down as she continued to type away, "I've been messaging her…but…she hasn't…she won't…"
Adrien turned around, "Officer Raincomprix!" he called, running back over to the officer.
"what is it Monsieur Agreste?" Roger asked, turning around.
"Marinette's still out there!"
"What?"
"Marinette dupain-cheng is still out there!" he shouted, "we have to go find her!"
"Calm down son, we have squads out there right now looking for anyone who may have been caught up in the collapse, just relax with you're friends until we can find her."
"but-"
"no buts son." Roger said, patting his shoulder, "i promise we'll find her."
Adrien looked towards the park, his hand twitching slightly.
"Adrien don't," Nino whispered.
"i can't leave her out there." Adrien muttered.
"Adrien-" Nino started.
"I'll just run in and look around, i'm sure i can find her if i try."
"Adrien."
"quit trying to talk me out of it Nino! i can't leave her-"
"Adrien?"
the soft voice made him stiffen and turn around, and there Marinette stood, looking ragged and worse for wear, her hair was pulled out of it's usual pig tails and she was staring at Adrien with wide, tired eyes. "W-whats wrong? who's still out there?" she asked.
"Marinette…" Adrien breathed out in relief, "We thought…i thought…"
"Marinette!" Alya shouted, running over and wrapping her friend up in a hug, tears falling freely, "where the hell were you!"
" when that beam fell i had to take another way…i came out on the east side…"
"why didn't you answer your phone?" ALya whispered.
my phone broke…"
"man Mari, you know how to give us a scare." Nino said, a relieved grin on his face, "you almost made Adrien jump the police line just to go find you."
"he-he did?" she asked, looking at Adrien in surprise.
"i…uh…was worried." he said, rubbing the back of his head.
Marinette smiled slightly, then looked towards the forest, "what was that?" she asked.
"don't know," ALya said, wiping her tears away, "but it wasn't an akuma…"
"whatever it is, it's been taken care of." Nino commented, "otherwise they'd still be fighting."
they all nodded mutely.
"are we still missing anyone else?" Kim asked mutely, not looking up from his spot.
"Nathanael." Juleka mumbled
Adriens eyes widened, "oh i forgot to tell you! i found him on my way back!" he said, "the EMT's are taking care of him right now!"
Juleka visibly relaxed as he said this, "thank god." she whispered, "how bad was he?"
"Not too bad, concussed…"
"i'm going to go check on him," Juleka said, turning to Rose, "will you be alright?"
Rose nodded slightly, "be careful," she said.
Juleka nodded and quickly moved towards the EMT's while Adrien looked at Marinette, Alya was still hugging her tightly, and she herself was leaning against Alya, her eyes closed, but upon feeling Adrien look at her, they opened, soft blue eyes looking into emerald green, she gave him a soft smile before closing her eyes once more, sending a familiar jolt through his chest.
"bro," Nino said, shaking him out of his thoughts, "lets get the girls home."
what about you're equipment? it's still out there."
"i'll get it tomorrow, right now, i'm more worried about Alya and Marinette getting home safe."
Adrien nodded slightly, "alright, lets get them home."
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Juleka had never been more scared in her life, when the tower came down and they couldn't find five of their friends, when they found Alix and Max injured and unconscious, they had feared the worse for their other friends. but she had forced herself to stay calm, to be strong For Rose, who hadn't been able to cope with the sheer terror of almost losing friends.
and as Juleka walked up to where they had Nathanael laid out on the gurney, speaking in hushed whispers a couple steps away from him, she felt all that fear ready to crash down on top of her, "Nathanael…"She whispered, looking at the redheaded boy currently lying on the gurney, his face smudged with dirt, his chest rising and falling shallowly.
"Juleka?" he mumbled, slowly opening his eyes and looking at her, "Hey…are you alright?"
and just like that, Juleka felt something give, she started to cry as she quickly closed the remaining distance between herself and Nathanael and threw her arms around him.
"J-Juleka, what's wrong?" Nathanael asked worriedly, wincing as he sat up to properly put his arms around her.
"I…i was so scared…" she whispered, "w-when you fell…and then we couldn't find you…"
"I'm alright Jules," he mumbled, "just…sore…" he sighed, "I tend to scare you more then i should huh?"
she nodded mutely, tears still trailing down her cheeks and staining his shirt.
Nathanael closed his eyes, holding her close, "I'm sorry for scaring you Jules…"
"I'm sorry…"