Ascension

Chapter 15- Friends

They rushed to Marinette's parents on the way Alya stumpled with her heels and nearly fell down but Nino catched her with the words "You should really learn to walk in heels if you want to fight or run in those".

Alya looked him deep in the eyes and said "Thanks my love for saving me again but let's rush the storm is getting worse and worse". Marinette's parents opened with much more confusion now the door and Sabine said "We will bring you guys something to drink upstairs ok? As with you two 5 people are waiting for Marinette"

Nino looked confused to Alya and Tom added "She is not here but it must be urgent if 5 of her closest friends are waiting for her". Alya and Nino walked up the stairs and joined Zoe, Adrien and Luka in Marinette's room.

The room was filled with silence, a silence where you could feel the tension between persons but nobody wanted to speak up. After a felt eternity Sabine opened the trapdoor with a pitcher of water and 6 glasses, as well as some croissants. She placed it on the floor with the statement "Alya can you bring it to the table please? I will leave you youngsters alone."

Alya took the tray to the table while Sabine closed the trap door and once again the silence was found again. "What is wrong with you three?" Alya bursted out with a facial expression of anger and worries. Zoe looked at her and said quietly "Adrien and Luka also nearly had a fist fight here and they also did not want to talk about what happened"

Nino moved to Alya and whispered something into her ear that only Alya could hear. Alya nodded and said with a dominant voice "Adrien and Luka is that true what Zoe said? You nearly had a bare knuckle fight in here?" Both of them nodded and Alya added "Can it be that something happened today?"

Adrien watched Luka and Luka watched Adrien but none of them wanted to speak up. Nino, still massively under emotional pressure, spoke up "Can..." The voice of him was quiet that nobody heard him but he found his bravery and spoke louder that all could hear it but still with a stuttered voice "Can it... can it be that you... you two were also hit like me... from... from Misfit?"

Alya moved to Ninos side who was nearly having a complete breakdown and said "All is fine now. Thanks for pointing to it". Alya looked at them and only Luka appeared to get much more nervous at the same time. "Luka... "Alya said with a silent but piercing voice "Can it be that Nino is right?"

Luka started to sweat even more and tried to find a fix point with his eyes but couldn't. Zoe noticed it and said "Luka is it true? You were hit by Misfit?" Those words from Nino, Alya and Zoe were too much and Luka slumped down to his knees and only nodded. Nino said with a shaken voice while looking at Adrien "You know that you are not alone. I am here not to take revenge on Marinette but more to talk with her. She was and is still one of my closest friends"

Alya added to this "She is my best friend and we are all friends in this room right? And this includes Marinette too! We need to find her because she helped all of us when we needed help and now it is time that we help her". All looked to Alya who placed a hand in the middle and said a bit louder "You all are in? Friends forever and find Marinette"

Luka stood up from the ground and Zoe from the coach. All moved closer to Alya and formed a circle, putting hands over each other and all yelled at the same time "For Marinette" Zoe smiled and looked at the three boys and said "When we found her please tell us what happened ok? We are here to listen to you"

All of them sat down on the ground and Adrien asked "I am not able to reach Mari's mobile. What about you?" Nino handed Alya her small hand bag, which pulled out Mari's mobile and said "Out of battery and as Mari did not get a hand bag I was in charge of it".

Alya started to look at this thought gloomy and spaced a bit out. Adrien noticed it and placed a hand on Alyas arm and said "All will be fine. We can find her". Nino noticed the touch of Adrien and noticed that Alya did not push Adrien's hand away. He pulled Alya closer and said with an angry subtone in his voice "Can you let your fingers of MY girlfriend?!"