Miraculous Team ✔️

8

"Who are you?" asked the silhouette.

It was a girl's voice with a slight Chinese accent. Around the same age as the others.

Marinette gulped painfully. "Um... who are you?"

The girl fell silent. She hesitated, then said "Are you looking for someone?"

"Why would you think we're looking for someone?"

"Why do you need to know?"

"Why were you following us?"

"Why are y'all asking so many questions ?" Nino cut in, waving his hands out in the air. Alya snickered.

"Sorry." The girl replied sheepishly, "I work at the hotel restaurant as a waiter. I saw the way you guys handled the akuma and I..."

She stopped for a second, as if she was studying them.

"You know what an akuma is?" Adrien asked drowsily from the ground.

The girl smiled when she spotted Alya's necklace. "You're Miraculous holders." she said a-matter-of-factly.

The teens were taken back.

She stepped into the light. The girl had a cute freckled nose and shoulder length black hair with bangs that touched her eyes. The eyeliner made her hazelnut eyes pop out. Her uniform was dirty. She seemed shy and harmless.

"Are you looking for Master Lew by any chance?" She asked.

"Uh. Yes we are." Alya replied, "But who are you?"

"My name is Brianna. But everyone calls me Brie."

Brie timidly shook Alya's hand. "I'm Master Lew's daughter. He has told me stuff about the miraculouses before. You wouldn't believe how shocked I was when I saw the akuma with my own eyes." She blushed.

"Hi Brie." Chloe said, "I'm Chloe and I love your lipstick."

"Can you take us to your dad?" Marinette asked, "It's pretty urgent."

"I can tell." Brie said, her face still flushed, "I mean, you guys are supposed to be in Paris. C'mon, I think dad would be very excited to see you all. We need to take the bus though. Do you guys have bus fare?"

"We'll figure something out." Alya said.

"Can you manage, dude?" Nino questioned Adrien.

"Yeah."

They walked as swiftly as Adrien's body allowed them to. He was dizzy, and he repeatedly shook his head to clear his vision. Nino stayed beside his best friend, steadying him when he started to stumble over his own feet. No one noticed the teenagers slipping out of the crowds and hitching a ride onto the first bus. The neon lights from stores around them stung Adrien's eyes.

Marinette looked back at the boys. She felt a wave of guilt when she saw pain written all over Adrien's face. His green eyes were stubbornly shut, and one of his hands clutched Nino's left shoulder. Nino raised an eyebrow at Marinette, who turned away quickly.

It's all my fault.

After a twenty minute journey uphill, they arrived at an old building with a rusted metal gate. It buzzed noisily after Brie punched in the code and opened the gate. The seven flights of stairs did not appeal to Adrien at all.

"Here you are." Brie announced, unlocking the door to her apartment, "I'm not trying to be bossy, but my dad doesn't allow shoes in here."

It smelled like old carpet and herbs. It definitely reminded Marinette of Master Fu. A couple paintings hung on the wall.

Adrien collapsed on his way in.

"Adrien!" Chloe knelt down next to him.

"Put him down on the couch." Brie said, rushing to clear the pillows stacked on it, "What happened to him?"

"He got injured when the akuma attacked." Alya answered, helping her, "His name is Adrien, by the way."

Brie smiled. "Cool."

Nino placed Adrien down, took a seat on a nearby stool, and exhaled. "Boy, the dude is heavy."

With no warning, Alya lifted up his shirt from behind.

"Hey!"

There was a huge gash on his back. Nino turned around and saw the disappointed look on his girlfriend's face.

"Alya... I... It's not like I tried to hide it from you. I knew how mad you'd be at me..."

Alya's gaze went from Nino's wound to his brown eyes. She somewhat smiled. "Idiot. I'm just worried about you."

"I'm worried about you too." came a voice.

An old man stood in the doorway of the kitchen, wearing an apron.

"M-Master Lew?" Marinette said, gasping at the close resemblance of him and Master Fu.

"Oh no no no." The old man laughed joyfully, "Just call me Lew. Master makes me feel old. Now, please shut the door, won't you Chloe? I imagine we have much to discuss."

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I got the name Brie from a show I used to watch as a little kiddo--- Lab Rats (Bree). I've always liked her name. I'll update again soon. Thanks for reading and encouraging my procrastination on homework.

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