Marinette whipped her head toward the sound of the explosion that echoed to the Eiffel Tower.

"Marinette, we have to get back to the mansion it's dangerous out here." Natalie cried out and she quickly grabbed at Marinette's arm.

Marinette slid out of her reach and bolted down the stairs. She felt that she had to do something. She couldn't allow Hawkmoth to terrorize the city... not after what he had done the last time.

"Marinette! Marinette!" Natalie cried out as the small half-chinese half-parisian moved out of sight.

As for Marinette she quickly slide into a closet and moved to open her satchel while shouting. "Tikki Spots On!" only for her hands to collide with her waist, the absence of her bag jarring her back to reality, causing her words to die in her throat.

"Thats right... I'm not Ladybug anymore." Marinette dry heaved. Her chest grew tighter as she struggled to breathe.

"But I've been chosen before... I have to do something... right?" Marinette pushed open the door and looked toward the sight of the battle. Chat Noir was busy running with his staff as he vaulted to engage the Akuma, a large figure with wrecking balls swinging from his hands.

A fox figure was on the roofs busy with her flute as a yellowish hero swung to and fro, her top moving her out of the way of the incoming strikes.

"I am the Wrecker! You're just getting in my way!"

The wrecker swung his arms and the two wrecking balls swung out, colliding into the asphalt and the building as Chat Noir and the yellow figure avoided the fight.

Marinette rushed down the stairs and ran toward the fight.

Many would call her stupid but she had witnessed her good friend Alya risk her life multiple times in order to get some footage for her blog so and she used to be Ladybug. She could get herself out of danger if she needed to.

"Queen Bee" You have to stun them, I think Rena has an idea where the akuma is" Chat Noir called.

"Easier said than done, do you have any idea how hard it is to puncture reinforced metal." Queen Bee growled. The two of them dashing out of the way of the two incoming balls.

"I think the akuma should be in their belt." Rena cried out.

"Use an illusion, I can get close to stun him and Chat can destroy the Akuma.

Rena shouted something as two figures appeared in front of her building. The building that she was currently in.

Marinette's eyes widen as she noticed the two balls come at her, dashing out of the way she rolled as a shower of debris

The ball careened to the side and smashed into her arm, an audible crack and from her a heart-wrenching scream.

The scream paused combat as everyone turned to look at her slumped figure. Her arm hanging loosely at her side.

Marinette yelped as pain coursed through her arm as she tried to edge out of the building.

"Civilian" A voice shouted and an enraged roar resumed combat.

Why is Natalie's daughter here? Chat thought to himself as he dashed out of the way of an incoming wrecking ball.

Of all the people to be found at the current scene. For it to be Natalie's daughter even though the last time she was seen was at the Eiffel Tower.

It didn't make sense to Chat. Even if this was her first day in Paris, the signs of something exploding and the sounds of fighting would normally deter people from approaching. They'd likely respond by running away or hiding somewhere safe... so why would she want to get closer to the danger?

Chat moved toward the civilian as Rena procured an illusion so that Queen Bee could get closer to the akumatized target. Hopefully she could get the sting off so that he would only need to reach out and touch the belt.

He landed next to the downed girl who was cradling her arm and she looked up, freezing in place.

"I'm here to save you. Can you move?" He asked quickly, he needed to evacuate her before the fight escalated. Worst case scenario Queen bee was knocked out and Rena incapacitated.

"I... I'm fine. Just go get the villain." She gritted, her eyes wincing as she moved her arm around.

"The more you talk to me the more the villain will get away." The girl argued.

"Its my job as a hero that citizens first and foremost. Just comply. The quicker you comply the quicker I can get back to helping my teammates."

"You shouldn't have gone for- CHAT NOIR LOOK OUT!" The girl exclaimed and Chat turned around baton in hand as a metal ball crashed into him. The force sent him backwards into the girl as they both collided with the wall, breaking through.

Chat groaned as he pushed himself up, his vision swimming from the sudden impact when he remembered the person who was also sent flying.

"Ms. Sancoeur! Are you here? Where are you! Ms. Sancoeur?" No response.

A groan could be heard underneath the rubble and Chat desperately dug at the rubble. Chat gasped at the sight before him.

Marinette woke up to a room of bright lights. A persistent beeping could be heard nearby as her vision swam before her.

"What happened?" She asked herself. She was just running to the scene of the akuma as Ladybug should be. She would have fought and cleansed the villain. Restore everything and then hurry back to whatever she was doing so that no one would find out that she was Ladybug.

Marinette mulled through the events that she could remember. She was at the Eiffel tower with a woman... a woman? She should have been with Alya. But an explosion shook the town and Marinette hid in a closet and called upon Tikki to transform...

Reality hit her as realization dawned upon her hazy memories. Tikki didn't respond and that she was no longer Ladybug.

Tears welled in her eyes as she looked around the room. Her arms were bandaged and a brace was on her body. One of her legs was held suspended and Marinette realized one of her eyes was patched with a bandages.

A door opened to reveal a doctor carrying a clipboard.

"Ms. Sancoeur. You are awake I see. I'll have to talk to you about your injuries."

"Cleansing of the Akuma didn't fix me?" Marinette asked the doctor and he shook his head.

"I'm sorry Ms. Sancoeur. Queen Bee is known to repair buildings and structures as well as purify the Akuma. Any effects pertaining to injuries on a living being or environmental changes are not fixed." The doctor explained and Marinette groaned.

Marinette thought back to Siren, to Frozer. How did they remove all the water in the flooded city? Did they just let the ice melt naturally?

"Your injuries include a breakage in both arms as well as a damaged spin. One of your legs had been crushed underneath the rubble and a gash on your head may have you suffering from a mild concussion. Miraculously it is expected of you to make a full recovery in about a month or two. if you come back to change your cast every two weeks. If you have any questions then let me know... otherwise I'll allow for those waiting outside to come in and visit if you wish to see them." the doctor explained.

Marinette spat at the word Miraculous, she mentally did anyway as she looked at the doctor. "I think I want some time to myself... to understand whats happening to me." Marinette told the doctor and he only sighed.

"I understand Ms. I'll let those outside know not to bother you and that they should come back on a later date."

"It's for the best." Marinette glowered

"Have a nice day Ms. We hope you have a great recovery." The doctor spouted and he left, the door closing softly behind him.

Its been forever since I've updated anything on this profile... I'm partly to blame because summer classes, fall semesters and a new switch. I'm ashamed to admit that I wasted my time on games when I could be flexing my writing muscles but alas my laptop broke a total of five times, power cable, batter, disk drive and finally my harddrive deleted itself twice... I'm excused for not being able to write anything. I'm just lucky family had a spare computer laying around... it runs Vista, thats how old it is ;-;

On another note, I will be updating a select few stories again. For the RWBY community I'm doing Shuffled Remnant, When I See You, and a rewrite of Fell Knight. For the BNHA community I'm going to do the Angst Weeks again. For the Miraculous community... maybe an update on the Miraculous Infinity.

Hopefully I can keep this mood going... but considering the long break... it might happen again. Until next time... Bug out.