Marinette was still in the hospital a few days later. Her parents visited her everyday staying by her side until they were made to leave by the nurses. Marinette lounged peacefully for most of the time. The wound on her abdomen was such that she wouldn't be allowed to leave before it fully healed. She watched the clock carefully.

Alya had promised to come see her today.

Marinette waited anxiously for visitors' hours to begin. Drumming her fingers, humming idly, she did anything to pass the time while she waited.

Eventually her thoughts drifted of to Ms. Bustier. She wasn't at all nervous that the secret would get out. Her teacher had made a solemn oath to her. She just wondered about the small things.

Did she still have to make excuses to get out of class?

Would Ms. Bustier expect anything from her?

Lost in thought, she didn't realize that Alya was arrived ten minutes after Visiting had begun.

"Hey gir!" The reporter smiled, happy to see her friend again, "what happened to you?"

"I don't want to focus on that," Marinette dodged the question, "what have you been doing?"

Alya sighed, "the Ladyblog's going crazy. Nobody's seen Ladybug for five days! Even Chat Noir is worrying!"

Marinette forced a concerned look, "that's awful! Does anyone know where she is?"

"No." Alya grimaced, "Chat Noir let me interview him about the whole thing. The police don't know anything!"

Marinetre gasped. Chat must be worried sick. She looked up at Alya with some urgency, "can I see?"

The reporter nodded and pulled out her phone. After tapping in her password she handed to to Marinette, who pressed play and watched carefully at Chat Noir's worried face came into view. He looked into the camera, not a trace of levity in his eyes. He began to speak.

"As many of you know, Ladybug has not been seen since the most recent Akuma..."

a frown found its way onto Marinette's face, she wanted to scream.

She hadn't gone anywhere, she was right here. She wasn't dead she was fine. Nobody needed to be on the lookout, somebody just need to to tell her poor kitty where she was. As she kept listening to Chat's pre-recorded message. She realized—

How was he going to face akuma's alone?

She was the one who could de-evilize akumas, hell, she was the one who took care of damage control!

Alya must have realized that Marinette had stopped paying attention. She paused the video.

"Are you ok girl?"

Marinette nodded, "just a tad worried, that's all."

"Aw geez, I'm sorry," Alya amended, "I shouldn't have bought it up."

Marinette shrugged, "it's alright. It's good that I stay up to date."

Alya forced a smile, desperately trying to change the mood, "so girl, what do you do all day anyway?"

They conversation rolled over into one of the usual fun time conversations they normally had. It was nice. The normalcy was a welcome change, but little did Marinette know that this was the last bit of normal she'd experience for a very long time

Hey hey hey! After a ton of consideration and planning I have decided to make this thing a long story. I have to warn you that the chapters may be kinda short, but I think that this story has some potential. Anyway that's all. Feel free to review. Later!