The mask of love

Chapter 2

POV: Marinette

"You better not let her die! You'll all have to face my wrath!" I opened my eyes to what heard like Alya's voice. I laid in a wheel bed, being pushed down a white hallway.
"W-What happened?" I asked, getting my thoughts together.
"What's your name?" The nurse asked, pushing me along with a few other people.
"Marinette..where am I?" I tried to sit up, but they pushed me back down.
"Calm down Marinette. You were injured. We need to get you into surgery."

   Once I heard surgery, I passed out. I only regained slight consciousness, but then I lost it. Finally, my eyes opened. I sat in a pale white room in a hospital bed, flowers to my left, water to my right. In the far corner sat my mom and dad, and Alya. Alya was the first to notice me.
"She's up!" She said, sprinting up and running over me. My parents sat up and did the same.
"Are you Alright?!" My mom asked
"Do you need anything?" Dad asked.

"I-I'm Okay, and..I'm feeling a little hungry?" I say softly.
"Alright, we'll go get you something to eat. Alya will watch you." Mom and dad left the room and left me and Alya in silence. I looked up at her.
"So, you met Tikki?" I asked, figuring that Tikki went to get help.
"Yeah...but we didn't have much time to chat before I was being brought over to that ally...I'm still not sure what the hell happened.." she ran a hand through her hair.

"Where's Hawkmoth?" I asked
"He escaped soon after I got there.. I picked you up, and ran to the hospital." She shrugged.
  I put my hand up to my ears and felt nothing. 'Oh no, did he take them?! Where are they?!' I start to panic but Alya put her hands on my shoulders.
"It's okay, they're in my purse." Alya opened her bag to show me. "I didn't want to risk Hawkmoth getting them..especially since he already knows who you are now.."

  I nodded in understanding, relieved that Tikki and the Miraculous was safe.
"..So, what's my state?" I asked, looking at the monitor and tube in my arm.
"You're stable. But you lost a bit of blood. You have multiple bruised ribs, a small gash on your head that was stitched, and they had to put your left arm and leg in a cast." She said, looking down, "if only I had gotten there sooner..I coulda.." I put my hand on hers.
"Alya, you couldn't have done much more. You did your best and you saved me and the Miraculous." I gave her a reassuring smile.

   She nodded and took a deep breath. "Now the only thing is, Hawkmoth knows who you are, and he knows that you are either injured or dead. And in that fact, how can you be Ladybug while being hurt?! W-who's going to save the day from his akuma's?!" She paced around worried and put her hands behind her head.
"Well..you could be Ladybug." I say softly.
   She looked at me in disbelief.
"Me?! B-but, you're Ladybug! I'm just, ladybugs fan...your fan! How could I do that.." she furrowed her brows.

"Well, like you said, I can't fight in this condition. It will also take me some time to heal...if you don't think you can do it, then I understand. But I need to have someone replace me.." I give a remorseful smile.
She sighed.
"Alright..I'll do it..but you need to promise me that as soon as you heal, you will become Ladybug again!" She pointed at me and I nodded. "Deal." I smile.

   She took a deep breath, "so, should I return the Fox Miraculous to Master?" She asked.
"I can do that for you. I need to talk with him about this anyways."
She nodded and handed me the necklace. I put it in my purse. Just as we did that, my parents came in.
"We got you some chicken pot pie!" My mom said, putting it on the tray.
"We waited for it to get cool so we could give it to you." Dad added.
"Thank you." I smiled.