Fragile as a flower (MariChat)

Identity Revealed?

WARNING! SlIGHT GORE AND VIOLENCE WARNING!

Ladybug's POV

Knowing I didn't have any time to spare, I kicked her in the crotch and wrapped my leg around hers. I spun around so my leg forced hers to fall. I swiftly kicked the back side of her knee, forcing her to stumble. I lunged towards the ring on her index finger, and she tried to push away her arm. I grabbed the ring and broke it. I held my yo-yo in my hand, ready to set things right again. No Akuma. Nothing. Nada. Zip. I looked up at the smug grin that spread across her face.

"Where is the akuma?" I demanded. Maybe then she'd try to use her akuma power so I could see it's source. 

"Poor, poor little ladybug." She smiled as she paced around me in a tight circle, twirling her hair while doing so. "She still hasn't been able to realize my little secret." My face fumed with pink. Embarrassed, I tried to think of what she was hiding.

"Aw," She smiled and chuckled in amusement to my pain. I got angry.

"What is it? This so-called secret?" I yelled.

"Come close, I'll tell you what you don't know." She said, mischievously.

"I don't need to get any closer to you." I demanded

"But there are cameras." She pointed down to Alya, recording through the sunroof in the train. "You wouldn't want a citizen of Paris to feel uncomfortable because of you, now would you?"

I sighed and walked cautiously towards her. I kept a distance of about a foot or so.

She whispered, "I'm not an akuma."

She pulled out a knife. I could feel my legs burning, my arms shaking, my teeth becoming numb, my head spinning, butterflies came as I stepped back in shock. What am I supposed to do?! *beep beep* my earrings! I was almost out of time! I couldn't use my lucky charm. I had a plan. I would leave, give Tikki some time, and rush right back. I tried to run off, but her hand grabbed my wrist tightly and her knife aimed towards my stomach. I dodged, but just barely. There was now a small cut in my side. I gulped down the pain. She held my ear.

"We can either do this the easy way or the hard way." She started laughing as she took off my left earring, which was still beeping. I smacked her hand away from my ear, and put my earring back on just as the mask started to disappear. I could hear everyone in the train below me arguing about not being able to leave the train, they were trapped. None of them could help me, or leave in case I lost my earrings.

"NO!" I yelled and punched her in the stomach. She thrust her fist towards my shaking body, and I dodged it, barely, and quickly. I kicked at her, she punched me, I bruised her face, and she almost stabbed my throat. 

"CHAT NOIR! HELP!!" I opened my yo-yo, which I could barely hold considering it was still tying down the train, which could fall at any moment. I screamed and cried his name into the call screen. No reply. I only had about five seconds left as ladybug, I needed to hide. I tried to run away, but she saw me. I looked at the ugly smirk on her face, my head stung, my side and my legs hurt. She kept smiling. I hate that smile. *BOOM* my stomach hurt. Black.

Black. Everything was black. .... and screaming? Crying? A loud ringing noise came into play in my ears. I covered them, but the noise didn't go away. Suddenly, a burst of pain entered my body. 

"Aaugh!" I screamed and held my stomach. Pain. So, so much pain. What happened? I tried to open my eyes, but out of my left eye, I only saw red. Everything was blurry. She kicked me in the stomach so hard, and with such force, I crashed through the glass ceiling on the train and hit my head. That must be blood covering my face. I looked down. Small shards of glass stuck through my body, legs, hands, and my shoulder. I poked at a shard in my thigh and plucked it out with force. I clenched my teeth and winced. I could still hear whispers, but I couldn't see straight, my vision still blurry. 

"Hello? Is anyone there?" a towel gently hit my face and rubbed off the red, and cleared the tears from my eyes. A kind, huggable looking lady smiled at me, but she was crying. "Why are you crying?" I asked. 

Suddenly, I remembered what had happened. The evil lady still stood on top of the train somewhere, waiting for me. I looked back down. Why was I in my normal clothes? 

"L-ladybug??"I looked up at another complete stranger. 

"Yes?"

"Y-you're a middle schooler?" Had... had I detransformed?! I covered my mouth in shock!

"D-d-did I detransform?"

The twenty or so people in the car, all looking at me, and nodded. 

I started shaking. 

...

silence.

and from that silence,

a

hug?

Suddenly, I was surrounded by a warm and gentle hug. Everyone started encouraging me, and one person had a pain reliever in their purse, which they gave to me. 

"Tikki?" I yelled. 

"Marinette!" Tikki came flying towards me, she looked concerned but determined.

"Let's go finish this, once and for all!" 

"Yes! I have fully restored!"

"Tikki, spots on!" 

I smiled and bowed down to everyone in that train car that helped me, and I left as quickly as possible.