Control For Love

Chapter 7

My ghost
Where'd you go?
I can't find you in the body sleeping next to me
My ghost
Where'd you go?
What happened to the soul you used to be?

...

Marinette sat on her chaise lounge as she tried to fully process what Tikki was telling her. Though she didn't tell her all of the details, it was enough for her to get the picture.

It was also a challenge trying to convince her parents that she was ok. She did tell them that she was akumatized, but Chat and Ladybug came to save her and then ran up to her room to feed her weak kwami.

"So, you fought the akuma off...and then...Chat, he.." she trailed off, waiting for the small creature to finish.

Tikki looked down to the ground, knowing that Marinette would be upset with what Chat did for her.

"...To stop the akuma from spreading he...he akumatized himself" Marinette let out a jaggered breath.

He was being akumatized, by his choice and it was for her. A few unnoticed tears left her eyes, but she didn't care.

"That's why he was in so much pain, he- he was fighting off Hawkmoth" she pieced together as more tears stained her face.

He sacraficed himself for her. And he was always doing that; protecting her, taking the shot for her. When, Stormy Weather attacked, when Timebreaker came, Lady Wifi, Dark Cupid, Stoneheart, Dark Blade, Antibug, even the Evillustrator, he was always there to keep her safe. She could never be able to repay what he's done for her.

The scene of Chat going through mental pain, kept replaying in her head and caused her to cry more. His suffering made her suffer.

"We have to save him- no we're going to save him" Marinette proclaimed, making it a promise.

"You have to be careful though, he's very dangerous" Tikki informed.

"What do you mean?" Marinette asked, feeling slightly offended that that she would say that.

"Well, he's been akumatized and, if Hawkmoth dosen't change him like he did to you, he'll still have his cataclysm, meaning he could destroy anything he wants. And with that power in hands of hate and anger, god only knows what he'll do" Tikki explained, worried for what could happen to both of them if they went up against akumatized Chat.

"Well I'm not going to let him be a slave to Hawkmoth! He doesn't deserve that!" Tears started to fill her eyes again as she began to think of the death-defying things he could do to him.

"Marinette, you just got de-evilized, you need to rest. Then we can think of a way to bring Chat back" Tikki insisted.

Marinette opened her mouth to argue but Tikki interupted her and told her that it was best that she got some sleep. She didn't argue and fell onto her bed, falling asleep the second her head hit the pillow.

...

...a few days later...

Marinette threw herself onto her chaise lounge, exhausted from the past few days. It was a weekend, so she had time to catch up on all the school work she missed. Not that she could focus on anything. Days had past and there were no sightings of Chat and she was starting to worry about what had happened to him. Was he ok? Was he still in that torturous pain? Was he still...alive?