Hidden in the sand

Left behind

Marinette was wishing she paid more attention to that show survivor she watched when she sewed. Anything would help her situation right now.

The class field trip was supposed to be fun. It actually was a blast and a half until Marinette took a cat nap before departure back to the city.

She asked Alya to wake her up when it was time to go but Alya passed on that responsibility to the class compulsive liar.

Well Lila decided she would take the responsibility just fine by pushing Marinette down a hill, causing the shorter girl to get stung by multiple bees, cut up from the fall and knocked out.

Next thing Marinette knew was it was nighttime and she was hungry, dehydrated, coming down with some bad allergies and it also didn't help that she developed a wicked sun burn.

So if her current predicament of waking up in a ditch was anything to go by, she was having a bad day.

Marinette looked at all of her options and went over them with Tiki.

She was much too out of it to Ladybug it back home, plus there wasn't anything around tall enough to support her yo-yo.

Walking home was out of the question,

She left her money in her backpack which was on the bus that took the students back to the school so no Taxi for her,

She also did not feel safe hitch hiking what so ever,

And staying put would lead her to probably not get discovered until maybe even the next day!

Considering that she felt like absolute death from her burnt back, dehydration, and a heavy dose of hungry, she decided on making her way into the visitors center to find a way to call someone.

Boy oh boy was that a fun.

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Adrien usually wasn't allowed to go on the school trips but this national park was an exception. It was quite beautiful and made good economic sense, so he was allowed to partake.

Even though Adrien was wiped when he got home, he was a good type of tired.
He was drying his hair from his evening shower when he got a phone call.

Somebody at this hour? What could be the occasion?

He picked up the phone to hear a heavily breathing voice on the other end.

"Adrien, sorry to bug you it's Marinette."

"Oh hey Marinette, why aren't you calling from your phone, did you get a new phone number?"

"No, I got left at the park."

"WAIT left at the national park? As in wait WHAT?!"

"They forgot to role call me or something. I don't have any money with me and no way of getting home, I was wondering ....."

Adrien slapped on his clothes as quickly as possible
"Marinette stay right where you are, I'll be there in less then an hour."

"Thank you,I promise to repay you Adrien."

"No, I'm so sorry I didn't know That you were gone! Could you ever forgive me?"

"Of course, Adrien, your one of my best friends, you... know... I'd ....... Id...do."

Marinette sometimes stuttered but what ever was going on right now was not stuttering!

"Marinette? MARINETTE?" The line went dead shortly after that.

Adrien scrambled to get some snacks and first aide into a duffel bag before almost breaking his door down at the velocity he was traveling.

Nathalie who was working on her computer was puzzled and perhaps a bit worried.
"Adrien where are you going? It's late."

Adrien who just came from flying down the stairs grabbed a throw blanket from a decorative couch while answering.
"It's an emergency that's between life and death. I'll tell you when I'm back in two."

Nathalie adjusted her glasses,
Two what?

"Hours,"

"Hours!?"

Adrien wanted to explain but he knew that every second counted.

He rushed out of the doors, bag on his side, ready to meet gorilla in the car.

Nathalie followed in tow.
"Adrien, wait your father,"

"What ever he does I promise that this is more important! Now either get in or stay behind because Marinette is in danger."

Marinette? The sweet girl who can design like nobodies business? The one who was worried that Adrien would hate her if she made a sub par hat for him to model?
The one who Adrien personally invited to his award ceremony which was really just the cover for optigami? The baker who slipped him treats when both thought nobody was looking?

Oh shit this ain't good.

With Gabriel in Rome busy with textile manufacturers, Nathalie for once let her moral agenda override his orders.
"Be safe Adrien." Is all she said leaving him to his business.

He nodded and shut the car door.

He would be safe,
But he didn't know if he could say the same for Marinette.