Chapter 3

Minutes before: Kaalki prov.

After transforming, I could feel it. The Lazarus pit, it was in the one who was trying to help the guardian but before the other men could touch the guardian again Wayzz had put a barrier around her.

'Wayzz! "I whisper yell making him look at me waiting to continue "Why did you do that? The guardian is really weak, she is dying and all they are trying to do is help her. Is it because... "Wayzz just nodded his head before talking in a calming voice "The guardian needs to be protected from them. What if they find out about the miraculous? What then? I don't know why we were brought here as a safe place but the guardian needs even more protection more if a child of the Lazarus pit is here!

On top of that we do not know these people. They have strong dark auras and evil lurks." Wayzz took a calming breath "All we can do is try and wake the guardian so that she can use the miraculous cure to turn everything back to normal. Tikki is already helping the guardian. All we can do in this dome is lend Tikki our powers to speed up the guardian's recovery.

Mirantte's prov:

Everything hurts so much until it stopped. All around me I could sense a comforting darkness. It was something I know all to well. I died again, great! Just what I needed to make my day better. At least I died while I was Ladybug. This should make it easier for Tikki to patch up my wrecked body. I let my consciousness drift in the gentle darkness grateful that Tikki made this place for my soul to rest, the FIRST time she had to patch me up.

I almost shuddered at remembering the first time I almost died. Believe it or not the first time made what is currently happening in Paris look like child's play. Yes, Paris was destroyed, and a building fell on me, thanks to Cat tripping me, but oooooooooo well.

I could slowly feel Tikki's magic soothing the pain making me wonder why I could not just die. But I knew I had to use my miraculous ladybug to put everything back to the way it was before the betrayal, before I truly had no one left to help me. I knew I had to face Cat one last time. It was time to put an end to Cat's recklessness, that has resulted in not only a betrayal to his miraculous but also his betrayal to me.The Akuma had to be in his bracelet. This was not going to be easy. I could feel Tikki softly pushing me back to life. I wonder how long I was dead this time?

Back to present...

Batfam prov

There was nothing more any of us could do now. We all decided it was time to get some sleep and approach what happened tomorrow after maby seven cups of coffee. Why did this have to happen when Alfred wasn't home? I slowly start to follow Bruce up the stairs when suddenly a bright green light illuminated the cave. Our heads wiped to the source of the light only to see that the green dome was gone and the once lifeless girl slowly sitting up.....

Marinette prov.

Pain was the first thing I felt as my senses slowly came back. The next thing were voices that were muffled. This made me forcefully open my eyes to see who it was. That was not one of my best idea's since it was so bright that my eyes watered before they adjusted. Where am I?

Slowly getting into a sitting position I couldn't help but hiss at the sudden pain. I looked down at the wound the betrayer gave me. "He got me good", I said in annoyances .

I nearly jumped out of my skin when a little pow touched my back it had to be Tricks. I looked sheepishly at Tricks while blurting out "I died again , sorry. Uhhhhh if I had known I was going to die so frequently, I would have made a stamp. By the way ,how long was I dead this time?" Tricks looked at me clearly with worry in her eyes before slowly shaking her head.

"Alright , time to get to business! "

I slowly made my way into a standing position even as my body screamed in protest. Grabbing my jojo, I through it in the air saying my normal catchphrase" Miraculous ladybug!" I watched as a tornado of ladybugs swirled around me healing the remaining damage, before going through the ceiling to fix Paris.

I still felt tired and honestly, I could use at least a month's sleep but I still had Cat to deal with...

Looking at my surroundings for the first time I let out a small squeak as I took a defence stance. I was not alone. Damit!

I eyed the the four strange men trying to look as fierce as possible, analysing their movements and aura since I could not properly see their faces. I had to push back my internal panicking and Ladybug my way out" Kaalki , Tikki merge. Voyage....." I whispered under my breath" Uhmmmmmmm, Sorry for coming uninvited. I may have made a small mistake ending up here... Well.... Uhuuuummm. Gottogetgoingbye!"

I practically flung myself into the portal as the strange men started to run towards me, yelling as well as cussing before the portal closed in their blurry faces.

Batfam prov.

How is this possible?....

She was dead........

We saw her last breath leave her, didn't we?

This was impossible. We all turned to Bruce looking for answers that even he didn't have. "He got me good" Our heads wiped to the girl speaking in ... French?... What did she mean by that? None of us moved as the strange female child started to speak again with her face turned away from us. "I died again, sorry. Uhhhhh if I had known I was going to die so frequently, I would have made a stamp. By the way, how long was I dead this time?"

At this stage we were internally panicking but still could not move a muscle. HOW MANY TIMES HAS THIS GIRL DIED!

We all wanted to take a step forward when suddenly the strange female child stood up throwing a jojo in the air releasing a tornado of ladybugs, resulting in Tim jumping into Bruce's arms releasing a very manly squeak.

We were all staring at the ceiling were the pink tornado of ladybugs disappeared through, when another squeak brought our attention back to the strange female child.

She was .... Glaring?.. Squinting?...at us?

You could almost hear Dick trying not to laugh at the strange female child's attempt to look fierce. The mood in the cave when from tense to humorous in a blink of an eye.

" Uhmmmmmmm, Sorry for coming uninvited. " We started to make our way slowly to the strange female child, trying not to scare her even more.

"I may have made a small mistake ending up here... Well....Uhuuuummm". We were close enough to see her blue bell eyes , when suddenly ANOTHER portal opened behind her .

"Gottogetgoingbye!" We were sprinting towards her. Dick was letting out a sting of curses as the portal closed right in his face. Leaving the Batcave in eery silence again.

Tim hit his head against the wall "So many feeling ... so little time.... I need more coffee Bruce"

Good evening Mater's "Alfred's chirpy voice rang through the cave "

Chapter 2

Damian

Walking into the bat cave after a long, dull day was supposed to give me the feeling of ease and yet all it did was make alarms go of in my head. The cave felt colder even a little damp but that's all thanks to the cold front that was over Gotham at this moment. The cave was brightly lit if you can even call it a cave with all the modifications father made to it.

Drake and Grayson was loud as usual making their voices eco of the walls as they joked around about what I would never want to know. Everything looked to be in place so why could I not feel at ease?

Father was sitting as the bat computer drinking what I assume was his strong coffee while he went through cases, he has mastered the act of ignoring Drake and Grayson.

Nothing looked out of the ordinary well except for Grayson who was in his sleepwear. His goofy grin meant he had won the bet he had with Drake if his whining was anything to go off, of.

Look here I am not the one who got stuck with a toto on while on petrol you were Drake shot back not happy at all with Grayson for what ever reason , but ooo the look on Grayson's face as Drake said that was priceless, the way his eyes widened as his smile turned into a flat line that was until he shot back a little to loudly if you ask me " well at least I wasn't passed out on an ice-cream truck with an Moana costume on" or did you forget who started that bet Grayson asked a bit more irritated than before.

Just as fast as they started the fight it ended with both laughing while making snarky comments about that night. What the bet was about no one will know or how it even started...

"Hay demon spawn, why are you just standing there get down here Grayson yelled while waving me to come."

Grayson and Drake couldn't be serious for more than five minutes when they were together meaning only headache for me. It became clear to me that they had changed their topic to bets again and jet I could not think why they would make bets about me again......

The feeling of unease did not leave so while Drake and Grayson was doing ... well whatever they call that, I was on high alert. looking in every corner just a little more intensely ready for an intruder and yet non came. It was truly frustrating to say the least...

The only indicator was the slight dim of the lights as something caught my eye to the right.

The portal that opened held such an intense darkness that it almost looked like a black hole that was slowly swallowing every light source in its presence. No one moved, just observing the anomaly that's happening right before our eyes...

The darkness was broken by the petite foot that broke its surface only to be followed by the rest of wat can now be classified a young women's body. The gasp Drake made as Grayson let a curse free at the state of her wound, it was grave to say the least. When her face came into few it was to pale against the mask, she wore. Her black /blue hair only making her look sicklier than anything else. She collapses to the ground making all of us run to her in an instant. The portal vanished as fast as it had appeared leaving only more questions...

Grayson was the fist to try and asses the damage while Drake went to get medical supplies , father grabbed the training mat that was in arms reach as Grayson gently picked her up from her laying position to make her more comfortable on the mat as well as to better inspect the wounds that I was currently putting pressure on to try and stop the bleeding.

Drake came running with the emergency supplies almost tripping himself in the proses. Father rolled up his shirt as Drake gave him the scissors to cut her costume the only problem was that instead of the costume being cur by the scissors the damm scissors broke leaving net even a crash on the bloody costume. Fathers eyes met mine as his brows crushed into each other as he started to mumble about magic, if only Grayson wasn't as loud as he was but he was freaking out about the magic costume as Drake tries to stitch the wound that was seen to try and stop the bleeding as much as he could. The only problem was her pulse was weakening with every minute that passes. But then the strangest thing happened, she started beeping, each one of us gave a look that screamed confusion as well as unease. Drake stated bandaging her as tight as he could as the beeping increased in speed but when a flash of light erupted from her, we all ducked away from her and the unknown danger she brought. When the blinding light was gone in its place was a green dome covering her but her costume had changed from the brown ,red spots to a ladybug themed costume, the bandages were gone but her wound was not in fact with the costume she wore now the wound was fully exposed...

"I can't break it" shouted Grayson with so much frustration as he kept punching it to try and get through. Drake was on the other side trying to keep an eye on her condition but the way his face changed nothing good can be expected. As father as well as I started to try and brake through the dome with anything just a crack was all wee needed to get her out so we tried everything we could think about , Grayson stopped punching the dome as it had no effect to using one of the guns Todd loved to use but every time he fired the bullet would just disintegrate as it went through but he still tried,

Grayson

She was dying and yet we were powerless to help her. So we kept on trying to brake the dome but we all knew deep down that it was useless .There was so much that needed to be answered for. How did she get that wound? Who was responsible for it? How did she find out about the caves location? So many questions danced around in my head, but she looked so frail. She must have been going through some hellish things, but the question still stands why nobody has helped her when she obviously needed help. What must have happened to her that she felt like she needed to escape to an unknown place...

One thing was for certain. We will find the culprit and when we do, they will know what pain is and that's a f ... "Stop" Tim's voice stopped my train of thought as his voice sounded so defeated. It felt hard to breath for a second "She stopped breathing. Her chest isn't moving anymore. "Tim's words sank in leaving only the pained feeling of knowing we couldn't save her... and that was a hard pill to swallow.

We just stood there watching her. Silently begging her to take a breath but her chest did not move. Her wound stopped bleeding, but the dome did not go away meaning we could not move her body. Why could we not do anything about the blasted dome?

Everyone was at wits end. Damian was sitting at the edge of the dome covered in dry blood as he just stared at the lifeless girl, never saying a word. Tim was pacing at rapid speed leaving dry blood flacks in his wake as he mumbled about statistics that no one could hear. Bruce looked defeated as he silently placed a hand on the green dome looking at her with a silent tear going down his cheek. We could do nothing but just stare at the lifeless body as the green dome seemed to encase her in an internal slumber.

Accidents happen

Chapter 1

Marinette.

Today was the day I thought I might die.

Paris was on fire. People were screaming, begging to be saved before the fire swallowed them and yet I had to go on leaving them to find the akuma but that was not what made me realize that I could die today , it was my partner Cat Nior. It was the way his smile took form on his face as his eyes showed no life, the brightness in them long gone leaving only a hollow husk in its wake.

The day stared out normal meaning I was almost late for school due to an all-nighter that Tikki had constantly warned me that I needed sleep and yet time just went by so fast while I was designing , working with the different fabrics brought a sense of peace over me that just made me want to hide away from the world by the time I finally decided to look up the sun was coming up ..so that left me sleep deprived for the third day on end.

By the time school was almost over everyone was just enjoying the off period even Lilla ignored me for the most part meaning the class forgot I was even there. It was truly a blessing. The chatter of the class was like background noise as the sun's rays were worming the class making it easy to dose of.

As the akuma alerts went of in class everything became loud as some of the class panicked and the others tried to get order in the class to evacuate to a safe space under the school.

Jumping at the sudden noise of people screaming as the alarm got harder and harder was not the ideal way to wake up, please be an easy akuma I mumbled as I transformed into ladybug.

The akuma was hard to attack, His body radiated heat so intense that just being in his presence was excruciating. With every step I took closer to him made my body feel as if it was slowly being cooked and that's with the magic of the miraculous , I would have been long gone if it wasn't for the miraculous protecting me as much as it could. The akuma just smiled a knowing smile as he walked burning everything in his wake. He was different than the other akuma he didn't ask for the miraculous he didn't say anything as he burned Paris not giving any indication who his target is if there was even just one.

Retreating was the only thing I could do. I needed to think, I needed to come up with a plan that can be successful as well as keeping Cat and myself from danger. Everything became clearer as I looked at what was Paris, so much destruction so much death. There were so many things I was planning at once slowly forming a solid plan even though it took time that I didn't have.

The first thing I felt was his presence I didn't even have to turn around to know that it was Cat. Just knowing he was with me made some of the unease subside a little, while I was crouched on the Eiffel tower never turning aground to focused on the plan that was forming. "Cat, the plan is almost done, then this nightmare will be over I said in a tired voice as I finally turned to Cat."

Something was wrong usually Cat would greet with a pun or even a sonnet, but this time silence was my reply. I stopped what I was doing as I walked to Cat whose face was covered in shadow making him look frightening to the eye, his body took on the demeaner of unease.

Cat I called again concerned took over as I did not understand why he wasn't replaying when suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen only to see Cat retract his claws covered in my blood.

The pain and adrenalin took over instantly as I covered my wound. Shocked I looked at my partner with tears in my eyes. His dull eyes met mine al the wile smiling a crooked smile as his suit changed as white as snow before my eyes.

He brought on of his claws "red with my blood" to his face to inspect the ruby red. So, you do bleed, my lady his voice was full of anger, I could almost taste the venom in them.

"Cat what happened "came out almost as a whisper as my vision blurred biting back on the pain as I tried to correct my stance in a way to ease the pain.

Of all the things he could have done snarling was not what I expected before I could even fully comprehend what was going on he was in front of me again only this time he landed a strong punch where his claws had slashed me before the force was so impeccable , as I curled up on myself barley able to breathe through the pain everything turned spotted all the while everything became white noise...

His hands forced my own above my head as he straddled my legs making my wound open more burning like nothing I have ever experienced before. "to long have you made me suffer but no more my lady , I will make it so that you will be loved by no one , so that you will feel my pain as you become a forgotten memory.. when people think of you, they will only think of death" his voice was too loud even though he just whispered, it was too much....

I tried to speak but nothing came out. "You know my lady you are truly beautiful "he said as his eyes devoured my body with such an intensity, making my body turn ice cold as my gut sank to the bottom.

"No no no no no no no" was all that went through my head as he spoke. As I struggled against him... "shhhss my lady, it will be over soon he said while his claws dug into me again all the while he kept looking me in the eyes. I screamed like I have never screamed before all the while bringing my head up knocking into Cats head with all the force, I could muster...

Instincts finally took over as I forced myself up from the ground, I turned to Cat while bring my leg up, kicking him with force in his stomach that he left open as he covered his nose.

I limped away as fast as I could from Cat to the edge of the Eiffel Tower, he stayed on the ground gasping for air.

I was losing a lot of blood all the while my consciousness was fading. I needed to act quickly doing the only thing I thought might save me. I opened my JoJo reaching for the miracle box all the while fighting the darkness that was creeping in the edges of my vision.

As I took out Kaalki and Wayzz's jewellery, barely having the strength to place their jewellery pieces on me. The tiny gods appeared their faces laced with concern. I activated Kaalki, merging her with Tikki. I looked at Wayzz while he just nodded understanding what he must do while I softly whispered "please Kaalki, somewhere safe. I closed my eyes as I stepped forward, falling immediately, Cats screams sounded so distant as the hot air invaded my face full force until the portal opened under me taking me away. I let the darkness of the portal consume me as my hart broke all the while falling into unconsciousness....