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The steady beeping of a heart monitor filled the room. Everyone in the room was quiet, unwilling to break the silence that permeated through the room. The beeping from the monitor suddenly sped up. Alya lurched forwards and jammed her thumb into the call button, within moments, doctors and nurses flooded the room and everyone was evicted while they worked.

Adrien could only stare as the doctors attempted to resuscitate the person in the bed.

"Why?" Alya asked, making everyone look at her, "Why her? What did she do to deserve this?"

"Nothing." Said Chloe, sullen, "She didn't deserve anything like this, compared to most of us in the room."

Alya flinched at that, she couldn't sleep, not when she saw the incident every time, she closed her eyes.

Adrien was silent as the doctors managed to stabilise the patient. Marinette looked so small in that bed, only kept alive by a machine that recorded her vital signs. Adrien could remember what had happened vividly.

The day had just started when Lila waltzed into the room, spinning a tale of how she saved Clara Nightingale from choking. Marinette rolled her eyes at Lila.

"You know," said Alya, leaning on the desk, "You and Lila might have a lot in common, if you stopped being so sceptical."

"Common law of the universe, Alya," Said Marinette, looking at her friend, "if something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. I've already been duped once, and I don't plan on that happening again."

Alya winced remembering that particular incident. She regretted convincing Marinette to confess to Adrien, which resulted in him yelling at her and almost hitting her. Marinette now barely acknowledged Adrien now and actively avoided him outside of class.

Alya had been tempted to tell Adrien that Marinette was the one who made his oh so precious scarf he got from his father, but Marinette talked her out of it.

"I put a lot of effort into the scarf, I will not have him return it or destroy it." Marinette had said, so Alya kept quiet.

Adrien silently sighed, he had been trying to get Marinette's attention for the past couple of weeks, but she had resolutely ignored him, barely paying him any attention. Adrien's inner cat told him to push her stuff onto the floor, but he felt that he was already on thin ice as it was.

Ms. Bustier didn't even get a chance to open her mouth when the Akuma alarm started blaring.

"Alright, everyone," Said Ms. Bustier, starting to lead them out of the classroom, "let's go to the designated safe area."

Marinette started looking for a way to escape from the class, not noticing the Akuma outside the window until it knocked the wall down.

"LILA ROSSI!" the Akuma bellowed, making everyone freeze in place.

The Akuma huffed in large quantities of air.

"Lila, what did you do?" Marinette asked, her shoulders slumping.

"I didn't do anything!" Lila exclaimed, trying to get away from the Akuma.

"Okay, what didn't you do?" Marinette amended, slowly moving around the Akuma.

"I don't know!" Lila wailed, as the Akuma moved towards her.

Lila ducked behind Kim, with Ivan and Nino stepping in the way.

"YOU RUINED EVERYTHING!" The Akuma roared, his hand reaching out for the girl.

A fire extinguisher hit the Akuma's back, before a stone was thrown at him. The Akuma turned around and glared at Marinette. Marinette looked the Akuma in the eye and threw a stone that hit the Akuma between the eyes. The Akuma stumbled back, ignoring Lila