The MIRACULOUS Next Generation

Chapter: 54 The secrets you keep,

After defeating the Akuma, Emma and Hugo reached the hospital as fast as their feet took them.

"Dad!" Adrian was sitting on the bench in the hallway, "I was so worried," Adrian embraced his children.

Emma asked, "How is mom?"

"The doctor says she is alright, they give her some sedatives to rest for a while," Adrian explained, his voice was just above the whisper.

he gave them a half-smile, "don't worry, she will be fine,"

"ADRIAN!!!" Chloe Bourgeois came hurling towards her best friend, "what happened to Marinette?!" she demanded, stomping her foot on the floor.

Adrian held up his hands, "She is fine, Chloe,"

"I've told you a thousand times---" Nathaniel was now standing on her side, stopped her mid-sentence, "What happened?"

"The Akuma attached our house," Adrian released a tired breath, "and she just can't keep herself out of trouble,"

"ADRIAN AGRESTE! what did you do to my best friend!!!"

Adrian ran a hand over his tired face, "not again," he muttered.

Alya and Nino stormed towards the blond man, Alya wearing an enraged look and Nino trying to soothe his wife. The twins, Sara and Jaden ignored the bantering adults and hugged their friend, "where you went after the prank on Cole?"

"I was at the party---" "with some masked brunette dude?" Sara raised a brow, the tint on her cheeks was also noticed by Jaden.

"I was not---" "Emma, you don't have to hide anything, we are friends," Sara quietly told her.

At that moment Emma's patience snapped, "you think I am lying? you have so little trust in me,"

Sara and Jaden were taken aback at her attitude, "I didn't say---"

"save it, Sara," Emma tore her gaze from the stricken expression on Sara's face, "and don't you dare follow me, Jaden," Jaden glared at her back as she made a beeline to the exit.

Hugo broke the silence after a moment, "What got her so riled up?" but his question was met with more quietness.

"What do they think they are?" Emma murmured, she felt absolutely drained. the Halloween night was not what she imagined it to be and her first kiss, Emma felt rejected by the cat-clawed hero.

She has been a fool, thinking that he will feel something for someone like her. he probably has a girlfriend. she also failed to save her mother, perplexed by the incident that occurred earlier.

"I am such a disappointment!!!" she threw herself on a bench, her head held in her hands.

"Emma, please don't say that," the little Kwami hugged the agitated girl.

"it's a truth, Tikki, I shouldn't have become Ladybug in the first place," she replied bitterly.

"No, you were chosen for a reason, don't turn your back on it," a voice said from beside her.

An elderly man of short stature was sitting beside her, she recognized the man immediately, "What are you doing here, sir?"

"I am an old man, what could I possibly do in the hospital?" Emma's eyes trailed down at his clothes, to her surprise he was in hospital attire.

Concerned she asked, "Are you sick?"

the man just smiled at her, "I was given a task, Emma,"

"Did you succeed?"