Guardian of the Miraculous (Sequel to Niece of the Guardian)

Arriving Home

Kennedy's POV:

   I woke up with a yawn as the plane landed. A furious blush coated my cheeks as I was hugging Dylan and laying on him. He starts to stir and I hide my blushing face in his chest. He wakes up and for a moment it's silent. "Morning Love." He says, voice slightly husky from just waking up. I blush redder and say a muffled good morning. He chuckles and pulls me up.

   I look away from his gaze and hug myself. "No need to be embarrassed Love, I quite enjoyed your sleepy state last night." Realization hits me and the sound that comes from my lips isn't quite human as I bury my face in my hands. "Now I'm even more embarrassed!" Say through my hands which are hiding my burning cheeks.

   "Why? It was quite adorable." I remove my hands and say "yeah, that time. Whenever I get too tired, I act like I'm drunk. I can't control what I say or do, I run on my subconscious mind. And I sure don't remember anything that happens." He erupts in laughter and says "That explains some of it." 

   "What did I do?" I ask wearily, afraid of the answer but still curious. "Oh, not much. Just called me a cuddly teddy bear and said you felt safe with me." 'Aww's resonated from the girls who I now realized were awake. "And the last thing you said before passing out was 'I love you my prince'." He finishes, a light blush coating his cheeks. I groan and pull my knees up, hiding my face in my arms. 

   "Please someone save me from my embarrassing self." I mutter. Adrien laughs and says "Nah, it's funny to see you embarrassed." I look up and glare at him before saying "Stupid cat hearing." After everyone is fully awake and functioning, We unload the plane and make our way through the airport, clearing security in a few minutes. 

   We hop in a simple navy blue limo and drop everyone off. Finally, we pull up to our house and I grab Adrien's shoulder. "He doesn't know that we know so try not to act differently." I say quietly. He nods and steps out of the limo. I take a deep breath and fight the emotions welling up in my chest. I step out of the car and walk up the steps with no expression. 

   Natalie opens the door and says "Welcome home Adrien." He nods and heads inside. Natalie's gaze falls to me and her eyes widen significantly. "M-miss Kennedy. We had heard about the Akuma attack and thought you were dead after such a wound." She says, her cool facade falling away. I nod and say "Miraculous recovery. All I have is slightly sore muscles and a scar that overlaps the one from the Icehart incident."

   She nods and recovers her facade before saying "Good to have you here and well then." I walk inside and scan the empty looking room. My gaze lands on my uncle and I freeze. Tears well up in the corners of my eyes as I look on the one person I thought I had left, the one person I could trust. The one adult who I could talk to, but no. He has to be the enemy. 

   "Kennedy, you're alive?" He says, breaking my thoughts. I can't do this..."I-I...I can't." I stutter out before racing up the stairs to my room, leaving the last father figure in my life who broke my heart and trust downstairs. I collapse on my bed and let the tears fall.

Gabriel's POV:

   I watch Kennedy run away, a broken look in her eyes. What did I do wrong? What did I do to my beloved Niece? I don't remember ever seeing her look at me like that. I look at my son and say "Is she alright? I was just glad she survived that injury from the Akuma attack." Adrien just shakes his head and says "She just put her father in jail, I don't think her seeing me with my father helped. She has no parents left in her life."

   My heart breaks for her as I recollect seeing it on the news that her father had gone to jail for whipping his only child. "Why would she miss him after the abuse?" I ask my son. Adrien only says "She has a heart too big to ever hate someone so infinitely. She only hated the person he became, not the person he was. She still loves her father unconditionally."

Adrien's POV:

   I left my father before I broke down too and started yelling at him for the lies he was living. I walked to Kennedy's room and opened the door quietly. "Kennedy, it's only another day before we put our plan into action. Tomorrow afternoon we put our plan into place." She looks up at me with red eyes and tear-stained cheeks. 

   "I can't talk to him. He broke my trust. I thought that maybe, just maybe, he was the last parental figure I could trust. The last one I could talk to. I don't know how to explain the heartbreak I'm going through. In the last year, I have managed to lose every single parental figure I ever had." She says dejectedly. 

   I nod and say "You don't have to talk to him before tomorrow afternoon. I'll make sure of it." She nods and says "Thank you Adrien." I nod and say "Get some rest. Tomorrow is going to be a long day." I leave, softly shutting the door behind me, before pulling out my phone and calling Dylan. 

   'What's up?' "I need you to stay with Kennedy at all times tomorrow. She is more broke over this than I ever will be. She has no parental figures left." 'Of course. How did she hold up?' "She couldn't make it past seeing him in the foyer." 'That's bad. Is the plan still on?' "Yep. Talk tomorrow." 'See you man.'