miraculous children

Chapter 12

Macy's view

Luka arrived on my balcony as Viperion. I can't say that I was surprised that he knew where I was. I was certain that I had seen him around only to double check and see nothing and as a result I would doubt that I saw him. This time was different. He looked genuinely upset and concerned.

"Hi Luka, you better come in by the look of that " I say.

"Yeah thanks" he said his voice catching.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

Luka hands me the Ladybug miraculous and tears begin to fall down his face. Knowing that this is unusual for Luka I hug him until he gets a hold of himself, enough to tell me what happened. "Ladybird is in hospital being operated on. That last akuma injured her."

"Really?"

He nodded. I let him go, put on the miraculous, greeted Tikki, and packed a backpack with essential items.

Once I had done this, I looked at Luka "Let's go!" I say, and we left.

"Sorry for letting you down Macy" Luka said.

"You didn't" I say.

"But if I got there sooner, I could have saved her with second chance."

"Luka, there's no way you could have gotten there faster is there?"

"Well, no."

"So, you didn't let either of us down. If anything, you saved her by getting her to hospital to be operated on. Did she release her transformation on you?"

Luka nodded.

"And you protected her identity even from Hēi Māo?"

He nodded again.

"Well, how can you say that you let me down, when you did everything you could?"

"I don't know, I guess I feel helpless that I wasn't there in time."

I reach out and squeeze his hand. "Don't blame yourself for something that you've no control over. Ok?"

He nodded and wouldn't let my hand go. I could feel his worry though. I guess it was because he loved all the kids living there, not just his own.

We arrive at the hospital to find her recovering in a single room. As she hadn't woken up yet, I went and sorted out the paperwork while letting Alya know of her situation. Alya freaked out.

"It's ok Alya, she will be alright, if she wasn't going to be they would have put her in ICU or CCU for close observation. She's on the ward so she will be fine." I say comforting her.

"I'm still coming for my girl!" She said.

"You might want to let Louis and Lucian know too" I say, knowing the relationship between the three.

"I'll leave a note" she said "That way everyone knows."

I returned to the room and checked the chart, wound and drain. Everything looked fine, so I sat in the corner observing her. She still was asleep and it looked like her pain was being controlled by an IV machine used for major operations. Luka sat next to me, grabbing my hand. I didn't object as I could see his worry for Lillian.

I stayed with Lillian the entire time she was in hospital, except for Akuma's. Lucian and Louis rotated who was with her, but one of them was always with her. When Alya or Nino was up I would go home and shower. I could see the grief and worry on their faces, which lessened as she recovered.

Adrien came once and I asked him to ask for his miraculous back as this was Ladybird. Luckily when he visited the boys were getting something to eat, so I could ask.