Third Person's POV

Adrien got up from the floor as he coughed in his elbow. Marinette, Emilie, Gabriel and Natalie all had worried expressions on their faces as they watched the blonde boy cough heavily.

The green eyed model rolled his shoulders in a soothing manner as he cleared his throat. His eyes met his mother's. He obviously saw the worry in her eyes. He smiled softly and said, "I'm alright. I think the dust down here is getting to me."

Gabriel nodded slowly as he looked back at his beautiful wife. He smiled again. He didn't think he was going to pull it off and he did. He knew about the consequences but it really didn't bother him right now. All he wanted to do was spend time with his wife and bond with her.

Emilie looked around the room or basement she was currently in. She was confused at first when she woke up but she pushed the confusion aside when she laid eyes on her son and husband. They seemed very happy to see her. Which made her wonder how long she was gone.

Her eyes kept on wondering around until her green orbs landed on Marinette's form. She definitely didn't recognize her. She tapped on her husband's shoulder and pointed towards Marinette's direction, " Who is she?"

Gabriel followed his wife's gaze and stared at Marinette. The ravenette had a frown on her face as she walked up to the fashion designer, "Are you happy now?!" She yelled in frustration, "Are you happy?! She's awake but because of what you've done, you've cost someone else their life!"

Emilie looked at the ravenette in confusion. She placed her hand on the teenager's shoulder as she got up from the floor, "What are you talking about?"

Adrien stood beside Marinette as he explained to his mother. "Mom, let me introduce you to the famous superhero of Paris, Ladybug," He pointed at Marinette, "and her partner, Chat noir." He placed his hand on his chest proudly.

Emilie turned to Marinette with a shocked smile, "You have the Ladybug miraculous?" The ravenette nodded as the green eyed woman turned to her son, "And you possess the Miraculous of the black cat?" Adrien nodded.

Adrien further explained to her that Gabriel has been trying to collect their miraculouses and even went as far as putting innocent civilians lives in danger.

Emilie was a bit surprised to hear about that part. She gave her husband a look of disbelief. She didn't want to believe whatever they were saying. She clearly knows her husband. He was a kind, loving and caring man, who wanted what's best for everyone. She just couldn't accept the fact that her husband is a villain.

But when Gabriel tore his gaze away from hers with a sad look on his face, she knew that what they were saying might actually be true.

The blonde's eyes were glued to the floor as confusion clouded her mind. "Why did you do it?" She said in a whisper. She was starting to get irritated. How could her own husband harm other people and a bunch of children just for her?

It sounds romantic but it's not!

She got no reply from her husband, so she raised her voice, "Why did you do it?!"

Gabriel was a little shocked at her sudden change of mood. He always expected it anyway. He knew that his wife wouldn't agree with whatever he was doing, but in all honesty, he didn't care at that moment in time.

He walked up to her and held her two hands in his as he stared at her with intensity. It was as if he was asking her eyes if she was ready for his answer.

He let out a loud sigh and said, "It was because I wanted you back by all means necessary. Emilie, you don't know how much your sudden coma broke my heart. I want thinking straight, I just wanted you back for me and my son." He looked back at her with glassy eyes, "We needed you. I needed you."

She stares at him with disbelief written all over her face. She tries to steady her breathing as her thoughts hit her like a speeding train.

Her husband is a criminal.

Her husband is a criminal!!!

The green eyed woman removed her hands from his grasp as she shook her head, still in disbelief.

Gabriel was confused. He did all this for her and here she was acting so...ungrateful.

"How could you? How could you?!" She yelled as she used her mediocre size to push Gabriel backward in anger. But because Gabriel was bigger than her, he only staggered backwards. "Do you realize what you've done?! Someone is going to loose their life because of you!!!"

The famous fashion designer clenched his jaw in anger as his hands curled into fists.

Why did she have to be so unappreciative?!

Couldn't she understand that he only did this because of the undying love he has for her?!

"You are just being a selfish idiot!!" Emilie yelled with rage as the ash blonde haired man snapped his eyes open.

"You think I didn't know that there were consequences?! Of course, I knew but I didn't care. I didn't care about who's life is taken away...I just wanted you back! And you know what? I still don't care! Let everyone in the whole world die for all I care, as long as I have you, it doesn't matter!!!" Gabriel yelled back with so much frustration as his wife just blankly stared at him.

With those words uttered out of his mouth, Adrien suddenly clenched his chest in pain. It seemed as if his heart was on fire. He shut his eyes tightly as he clenched on to the light material of his shirt. He was about to fall down but the ravenette quickly caught him before he could. She helped him get on his knees.

"Adrien? Are you alright?" Marinette asked, staring at his form with so much anxiety.

He was about to answer when he started coughing again. "Oh no! Adrien!" Marinette screamed as she saw tiny droplets of blood being coughed up by the blonde model. Natalie quickly ran to the model's side with a glass of water from God knows where, but he didn't take it. He just kept in coughing and coughing.

Gabriel and Emilie snapped their heads to the two teenagers forms and rushed to their sides. Adrien's head was laying on Marinette's lap while the ravenette already had tears streaming down her face.

"Adrien, honey, what's wrong?" The green eyed woman asked her son as she gently stroked his hair.

He couldn't reply. He already looked so weak and pale. His once rosy cheeks had no color in them and his bright green eyes now looked so dull.

Gabriel didn't even have the heart to look at his son. He looked horrible. And he was already suspecting why he was like this.

Emilie gritted her teeth as she stood up and turned to Gabriel. "Have you seen what you've done, you heartless monster?! You've ruined everything. What did you say, huh?! They can take everything away as long as you have me, you don't care?!! Well, they're taking it away now!"

Natalie pushed the two apart from each other, "Instead of arguing, why don't you two find a way to help your son? He might die." She said in a flat and serious tone. "And you both know that you don't want that to happen, do you?"

Emilie nodded her head but glared at her so called husband before trotting to her son. Gabriel hung his head low, regretting the words that left his lips. He wished he could take it back but that's not possible.

"Let's take him upstairs." She said kindly to the ravenette as the latter nodded. They helped Adrien to his room and laid him down on his bed.

The blonde model could barely keep his eyes open. All he saw was flashes of people's faces. He didn't understand what was happening to him and when he tried to speak, his lips didn't even move. It's as if they were too weak to move.

Emilie looked at her son with tearful eyes as the three females stood beside his bed.

Emilie sniffed as she cleaned any stray tears with the back of her hand, while Natalie placed a hand of comfort on her back.

She couldn't imagine how it felt watching her son in so much pain, especially one she had lost and just found.

"I'll call the doctor to see if he will be of any help." Natalie said making her way out of the room, not baring to see Adrien in the state he was in anymore.

Emilie looked away from her son, tears once again pricking her eyes. "I'll come with you." She said also walking to the door.

Natalie opened the door for her as  Emilie spared one last glance to her maybe dying son.

Marinette watched them leave her and Adrien alone, only imagining the pain they could be in. She made eye contact with Natalie one last time as the secretary moved to close the door.

She forced a smile and gave a small nod, which the raven haired resonated.

Marinette sat beside Adrien's form as she sobbed quietly. Here she was, with her prince, in the most unfortunate circumstances. If it was a normal day, she'll be fangirling as she looked around his room. But now it felt wrong to even let her eyes drift from Adrien's form.

She had to think of a way to fix this. She's a smart girl, she always has solutions, right?

Then she suddenly had an idea. She was about to stand up from the bed when someone's hand grabbed her wrist.

Her bluebell eyes locked with Adrien's half open emerald eyes as he weakly pulled her back to his side.

Marinette let him control her movements as he placed her directly beside him and placed his head on her lap. Marinette blinked a few times to check if it was real or not.

"Please," Adrien managed to croak out, "...don't leave me."

Marinette's heart melted at his words. His skin was cold as he laid still on her lap with his eyes closed.

She wanted to stay with him forever but she knows that if she doesn't do something about the whole situation, things might end up being worse.

She gently stroked his blonde hair as Adrien seemed to lean into her touch.

He liked it.

It made him feel warm on the inside, even though he felt so cold. But Marinette's aura made him feel better, even though he knew he was on the verge of death.

"Adrien?" He heard Marinette whisper, fingers still stroking his hair. He hummed in response, "Do you have a phone I could borrow?"

Adrien opened his eyes a little bit as he used the little strength he had left in his body to sit up beside the ravenette. "Why?" His voice came out hoarse as he uttered those words.

A flash of worry hovered over Marinette's face upon hearing his voice. "I have to fix this mess. It's my job. I can't let you be like this. I can't bear seeing you like this." She hummed softly as she cupped his cold cheek with her palm.

He smiled weakly, knowing that she would never let anything happen to him. He trusts her completely. He pointed towards his table with his computer system. She swiftly got up and picked up the phone on the table.

The ravenette sat beside him again as the blonde teenage model unlocked his phone and handed it back to her. She quickly clicked on Nino's number.

"Yo, Adrien. Are you okay, dude?" Marinette heard Nino say on the other side of the phone.

"Nino. It's me, Marinette. I need your help."

"Whoa, Marinette?" Nino gasped, "What are you doing with Adrien? Are you..."

"I'm being serious, Carapace." The ravenette deadpanned.

"H..How did...you..."

"There's no time to explain. Just meet me in Adrien's house with Alya, Luka, Kagami, Kim, Alex, Max, Markov and most importantly, Chloe."

"Chloe?!" Nino said, "Hold up, Marinette? What's going on? Can you please just elaborate more?"

"I just said there's no time to explain...but all you need to know is that..." She turned to Adrien, who was resting on her lap again. ".. Adrien's life is in danger."

A/N:

Hello everyone!!! *Nervous laugh* My apologies cannot be enough but come on, this chapter is good.

But sadly this book is coming to an end...and I can't assure y'all it's going to be happy. *insert evil laugh* ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

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