It all happened so fast.
Ladybug was busy battling an akuma. She managed to get the massive akuma falling down, but she didn't check for innocent bystanders.
"CHLOE! LOOK OUT!"
"Ladybug!"
Chloe waved, thinking Ladybug was saying hello to her. The akuma came crashing down, the sudden wind of impact sending Chloe flying and rolling along the ground. Ladybug cleansed the akuma and quickly ran to the blonde's unconscious form, her designer clothes ripped and dirtied, and carried her to the nearest hospital.
Marinette detransformed after handing Chloé off to a doctor and waited in the lobby, soon accompanied by her parents, Mayor Bourgeois and Sabrina. They waited for a few hours until doctor approached them, and the mayor immediately stood up.
"Is my baby ok?" He asked worriedly.
"Mayor Bourgeois, your daughter is perfectly fine. It looked like she fainted from shock during the battle."
"Let's go! I need a hairstylist and massage!"
Chloe was more than fine as she strutted past her father and the doctor. Surprising, she grabbed Marinette's wrist and pulled her away.
"Come on, sis!"
"Sis?"
"Mari, come on! You know I hate hospitals!"
"No, I don't!"
Mairnette managed to stop Chloé from leaving the hospital, but she couldn't get the blonde release her wrist.
"Chloé, is everything alright?" Sabrina asked worriedly.
"No, everything is not alright, Sabrina! My sister won't budge!"
"Your sister?"
"Darling, Mairnette is not your sister." Mayor Bourgeois told her gently. "You're an only child, you don't have a sister."
"Yes, I do!" Chloé insisted, now hugging Marinette's entire arm.
Chloé was always spoiled, but this took the cake!
"Chloe, who is Marinette?" Sabine asked carefully.
"She's my sister, duh!"
"She lost her mind!" Sabrina cried.
"No, it seems like Miss Bourgeois believes that miss Dupain-Cheng is her sister." The doctor was more amazed than shocked. "Must be a side effect from the shock."
"But Chloé and Mairnette never really got along." Tom clarified. "Marinette-"
"There's nothing wrong with my sister!" Chloe was now hugging Marinette's form, squeezing the air out of the poor girl. "She's perfect! Absolutely perfect!" She stroked Marinette's hair, whispering close to her ear. "Don't listen to them, Mari. You're perfect to me. Absolutely perfect."
Marinette laid limp in her hold like a doll, stunned beyond her mind.
"I highly recommend playing this charade along until miss Bourgeois has fully recovered." The doctor suggested.
"How long will that take?" Andre asked.
"About a week or two."
"But what about our baby?" Sabine asked, seeing that Chloé won't let Marinette go.
"She can stay at my hotel." Andre offered. "I'll give her own suite."
Marinette and her parents took the doctor's words into consideration and agreed with his suggestion, especially Marinette. Her guilt was telling her it was her fault Chloé was in this bizarre state.
