Hey, sorry I took forever to post this chapter, I've had a crazy life so far! Anyway...I know this chapter's a little rough, but please enjoy!
Ladybug decided to go to her house, she knew her parents were probably worried sick. And there weren't any other good hiding spots that didn't involve passing crowds of people. While Ladybug de-transformed to meet her parents at the front door of the bakery, Mackenzie took Cat Noir and snuck into Marinette's room. Mackenzie set Cat Noir down on the bed; he had fallen asleep due to the loss of blood.
Once he was comfortable, Mackenzie looked around to see the pictures on the wall. Whoever Ladybug was, she had a huge crush on this boy. Mackenzie walked closer to one of the posters and read the bottom. "Adrien Agreste" Mackenzie read out loud. She recognized the name from somewhere, but she couldn't remember where from. Based on the pictures, it looked like this boy was a model...a beeping sound broke Mackenzie out of her thought. Cat Noir was on his last pad.
"Okay, mom. I know..." Ladybug's voice came. The door opened a crack and Ladybug spoke. "Mackenzie...My kwami can't take much more..." Ladybug said. "What do we do? Cat Noir's miraculous is about to run out, too." Mackenzie said. "There really isn't any other choice...we're going to have trust you" Ladybug said, before she opened the door to her bedroom. Mackenzie shot her gaze down to the ground, really not wanting to know the identities of both of Paris's heroes. "Mackenzie, it's okay.
You were going to find out eventually." Marinette said. Mackenzie considered this for a moment before slowly fixing her gaze towards the face of the former Ladybug. It was a girl about her age, with black hair pulled into pigtails, similar to Ladybug's. She was wearing pink pants and had a white shirt on with a black jacket. "My name is Marinette Dupain-cheng, and I am Ladybug..." Marinette said.
"My name is Mackenzie Wilder, and I was Sting" Mackenzie said, trying to lighten the mood. Marinette smiled before she noticed Cat Noir on her bed. "I guess we should hurry if we don't want to see his identity, too." Mackenzie said, walking up to the boy. "No, you already know my identity. You could do enough damage just with that.
Better do it right and it take longer, than do it quickly and wrong." Marinette said. "Right..." Mackenzie said, walking up next to Marinette. "3 more minutes..." Marinette whispered to her self. "Okay..." Mackenzie whispered, holding her hands out over Cat Noir and closing her eyes. A light blue glow emitted from her hands. Only 15 seconds later, Cat Noir's wounds started to slowly close all on their own. Marinette's bed was soaked, and her pillow was tinted pink. "Th-there, now all we have to do it clean up..." Mackenzie said, sitting on a nearby chair.
She looked exhausted. "Mackenzie. Please don't tell me that healing drains your power or something..." Marinette said, knowing how this sort of thing worked. Mackenzie only shot up a tired glance at Marinette. "Mackenzie!" Marinette shouted, a little mad at her friend for not telling her this important information. "What? You said not to tell you, so I didn't..." Mackenzie said, knowing that she was not going to get out of this easily.
"Mackenzie, you have to tell me this stuff or-" Marinette started before she was interrupted by a green flash. Both girls immediately faced away. A black furry blur flew by Marinette's face and landed next to a worn out Tikki on a shelf. "Hi Plagg" Tikki said. "Hey...got any food?" Plagg asked. "No" Tikki responded, almost annoyed. "Marinette, this is Plagg. Cat Noir's kwami" Tikki said, introducing the two.
"Um, hi." Marinette said, awkwardly. "Hi" Plagg said, flying by the girl. "Adrien, wake up!" Plagg said, tugging on a handful of the model's hair. Marinette froze. She really hoped that Plagg hadn't said the name she thought he said. Marinette shot her head around and stared. There, on her bed lay a blonde boy, about her age. He was wearing orange tennis shoes with blue jeans. A black T-shirt with three colored strips on it, and it was all topped off with a designer white jacket.
"He looks just like that boy in your posters..." Mackenzie said, walking up next to Marinette. Marinette was speechless. Adrien Agreste had been Cat Noir the whole time...her school crush was crushing on her...and now she was crushing on him...while his life was being crushed...
"My powers helped seal his major wounds, but we still have to wrap them." Mackenzie said, breaking the silence. "Wait, why-why didn't you heal him before if you can heal him now?" Marinette asked. "Because the blade Hawkmoth made me use was tipped with lead. My powers can't work through lead." Mackenzie said.
"Blood multiplies 2,000,000 times a minute, he should be awake in a few hours" Mackenzie said, grabbing a role of gauze from her bag. She carefully lifted the teenage model and lifted his shirt. Wow. This boy was a stick!
"Wow, you would think a boy model would eat more." Mackenzie said, breaking Marinette out of her deep thoughts. "Just hurry up..." Marinette said, wanting to get Adrien out of her room as soon as possible.
Mackenzie obeyed and wrapped Adrien's middle a couple of times, then let his shirt fall back down, and set the model on the bed once again. "This is all my fault." Marinette said suddenly. "What?" Mackenzie asked. "This." Marinette said, gesturing to her entire room. "All of this is my fault. If I had been a better partner-" Marinette started.
"No. You are not doing this!...Marinette, in the time I've gotten to know you, all I've seen is a brave, confident, calm superhero...and I don't mean Ladybug" Mackenzie said, leaning next to Marinette. Marinette smiled a little and looked up as she gave a sigh. They had all had a tough week.
Mackenzie took the sigh as a hint, and sat on the floor. once she was comfortable, she laid on her back and closed her eyes. After a while of thinking, Marinette gladly followed Mackenzie's example. The two girls laid down next to Adrien, not really wanting to leave his side.
They both must have been really tired, because when Marinette and Mackenzie woke up, Adrien was sitting up with his back against the wall. He was playing with his kwami, Plagg, as Tikki called him. Adrien hadn't noticed the girls were awake and kept playing around with Plagg, as if Plagg were a real pet cat.
Plagg was flying around Adrien's outstretched hands and Adrien was trying to catch him. Adrien was clearly happy, and had let a small smile creep onto his face. Marinette and Mackenzie slowly started to get up and when they did, Adrien's full attention was on them.
"Hey, you're looking better..." Mackenzie commented. "I feel better...what happened?" Adrien asked, putting all his attention on Marinette. "Um, well...I was doing homework when Ladybug and Mackenzie showed up" Marinette started. "They filled me in on what happened and we decided that the only real safe place was to stay here until you all are ready to get back on your feet." She finished.
"Where is Ladybug?" Adrien asked, looking around with a worried glance. "Um, she's downstairs. I'll go get her." Marinette said, rushing out of the room, Tikki secretly flying in front of her. "Tikki, spots on."
"Marinette said you wanted to see me..." Ladybug said, entering the room. "Yeah, I was just wondering if you were okay..." Adrien said, his cheeks earning a bit of pink. "I'm fine, can't exactly say the same for you" Ladybug said, gesturing to the model. "Marinette told me what happened, I guess it's safe to say that you...you know." Adrien said, looking at the floor.
He really didn't want to look Ladybug in the eyes now. Not now. Now that she could see right through those green eyes and that black mask. "Yeah..." Ladybug said, walking closer to the boy. "But that doesn't change the fact that you're still Cat Noir. You're still the superhero Paris needs. You're still my partner, and friend." Ladybug said, looking into Adrien's green eyes.
"Thanks Marinette" Adrien said, finally looking up to see a partly stunned Ladybug in the eyes. "How long have-" "How long have I known? For a few weeks now...it's kind of easy to see that Marinette and Ladybug are never in the same room together..." Adrien smiled. Ladybug said nothing, but she did do something. She hugged him. She hugged him like he would disappear if she let go.
Ever so slowly, Adrien lifted his hands up and hugged Ladybug back. Ladybug was a little confused, it was like he had never been hugged before. After a while, they both let go. Adrien a little sooner that Ladybug.
"So...What happens now?" Mackenzie asked.
"Now?" Ladybug asked, looking towards her partner. Adrien smiled before saying "Now? Now we find a new adventure."
Please comment if you liked it...I was a little nervous about posting it, but I hope you guys liked it...I will definitely be making more stories like this one. Until then, stay awesome guys! Love ya :)