Chapter 19

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Alya shut her door with a sigh. Her parents were finally home after being gone for two hours so her twin sisters had them to mess with and not her. This was the perfect time for her to catch up on the Ladyblog; after all, she was still editing the video of the akuma attack from earlier this afternoon and had promised to have it posted by this evening. She started for her desk but a light tapping on her window caused her to jump and spin, searching for the source of the noise; considering of course that she lived at the very top of a building. A quick search revealed a rather surprising face hanging upside down outside her window.

Ladybug smiled and waved.

Alya immediately died.

Fangirl mode: engaged!

She ran to the window, nearly tripping over her book bag, some notebooks, a pile of clothes, and a stray pencil or two before flinging the thing open. "Ladybug," she practically squealed. The superheroine smiled brighter.

"Good evening Ladyblogger. Mind if I come in for a minute? There's something I need you to do for me." Alya moved aside in an instant. Ladybug flipped into the window, landing gracefully on the floor, before rising and tugging on her yo-yo's string to pull it inside. She placed it on her hip. The brown haired girl was nearly jumping up and down with excitement. Ladybug rarely spoke to her but when she did, she knew she was in for something awesome.

"Let me get my cellphone real quick!" Alya started to move around her but Ladybug stretched out a hand to stop her. She froze. Looking up, she saw that Ladybug's expression was not good.

Fangirl mode: disengaged.

"Alya," she started slowly, "can you hold off on the cellphone for a second? I really have a big favor to ask of you." The girl in question straightened. She motioned to her desk chair for her to sit in while she took the bed. Ladybug took it gratefully. Once situated, the spotted-heroine continued with, "Look, Chat Noir took some pretty nasty hits from that akuma earlier today."

"Really? He looked fine to me," she mused, thinking back to the footage she'd recorded. Ladybug smiled sadly.

"Yes, unfortunately our... powers keep us from feeling pain but once we return to normal, we can feel every bit of it." Liar. You've never felt a bit of the pain you've received from an akuma. ... Alya's a civilian and doesn't need to know that though. "Point is: he took some hits and now he's sick. I need you to post it on the Ladyblog that he's officially out of commission for... for the next week." Alya raised an eyebrow. Was something going on in Adrien's life that he was going to be out of the picture for the next week? Nino hadn't texted her yet which meant that he probably didn't know but....

"Wait, so does that mean you're going to be protecting Paris on your own?"

Ladybug flinched, clenched her fists over her knees, and nodded solemnly. Breathing, she replied with, "Yes I am." Alya stood suddenly and came to her, placing both hands on her shoulder. She tensed and sat up straight. There was a dangerous fire in the young newswoman's eyes.

"Tell me what I can do to help," she commanded. She blinked in response.

"Just-just make the post about Chat being down and out."
"Or," she contemplated, "we can make an official video right here. Well, not right here because the Internet and dangers and what not but I can meet you downstairs in five minutes and we can go somewhere to make an official video. I know people will believe it more if they see the actual Ladybug saying it instead of this fan blog." Ladybug smiled and relaxed her shoulders.

"Thank-you so much. I knew coming to you was the right thing to do." Alya smirked. She stood then, getting out of her way so she could return to the window, and head down to the street below. She turned to grab her jacket, phone, and keys before leaving herself, telling her parents that Marinette had called and needed her help with a part of her project ASAP (which technically she wasn't lying about since Marinette had come to ask her to help with a project; just not the one her parents were thinking about) and that she would be back in a few minutes. She took the elevator down before coming out on the street. Ladybug was in a nearby alley. If Alya didn't know to look for her, she would have never... ugh... spotted her in the shadows. She jogged to meet her, looking quickly around to find the street deserted, before waving her off in the general direction of the park near the school.

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