Gotham's Angel, Paris Saviour

(3) Adrien

Third pov

It's quiet.

Luka knows instinctively that it's a good quiet.

It's a quiet that isn't loaded, just calm.

Sass is sleeping on his shoulder as he walks around what used to house the Young Justice team a few years back. There's still things left from them, showing that they used to be there.

In one room he finds an old The Flying Grayson's poster on a wall.

He can guess who used that room.

The kitchen is fully stocked. Spices, meats, vegetables, anything you could need to cook is there.

It's also where he finds Chloe stuffing her face with a pice of carrot cake.

She just gives him a little wave and he moves on.

There's something that moves in the air and Sass is immidietly up. "Luka, go check in Chat and Ladybugsss room."

Luka is already on his way.

The room is further in and it takes a little while to get there, but when he does he knows what the disturbance was.

Adrien's eyes are open.

"Hey, Lu."

The blonde is speaking quietly and looks drowsy. But he's awake.

He's awake.

"Hey Adrien. How are you feeling?"

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The room feels like it's spinning when he opens his eyes.

The first thing that strikes him is the startling lack of color.

He slowly turns his head side to side.

There's gray, white, black and blue. Only when he sees Marinette can he see even a semblance of the color green in the blanket that he guesses isn't actually green that's covering her.

The door opens quietly, but it doesn't matter. He could already hear the breathing of the other person before he opened the door.

"Hey, Lu."

"Hey Adrien. How are you feeling?"

How is he feeling?

Good question really.

"I'm tired."

Luka closes the door behind him and takes a seat on the chair beside the bed.

"Really? You've been sleeping for four months straight now."

That's not really surprising. He had a feeling back during the final battle that he was pulling on powers that he weren't exactly meant to even touch.

"How's everyone?" He asks.

Luka runs his fingers through his hair. "Marc, Nino and Kagami are okay. They've all talked with their families and are recuperating. Chloe is.... somewhat alright. She refuses to talk to or about her parents, but she's eating and sleeping. I refuse to take that as anything other than a win."

"And Marinette?"

She's in the bed beside him. But that's as far as he knows.

"Marinette slipped into a coma the same time as you. She's alright as far as physical fitness goes. It's the mental state that can't be determined." Luka answers.

That does make sense.

"And Paris?"

Luka is quiet for a while. Then he starts talking. "It's a ruin. There were so much destruction, and now people from all over the world are trying to put the whole city back together. There's a lot of dead. It's the first time they've had to bury anyone from the akuma attacks."

Yeah, Marinette always made them come back before. This time they'll have to make it on their own.

Adrien can't actually say they feel bad about that.

They've spent years protecting the people of Paris from everything. Even the consequences of their own mistakes.

Adrien thinks it's time they shoulder some of that burden too for once.

"When do they think Bugaboo will wake up?" He asks.

Luka smiles at the nickname. "They don't have a guess yet. In any case you're going to have some things to stand in no matter what. Your aunt wants to see you."

"If i take a nap, can you call her?"

He's already asleep when Luka answers.

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