Felix Month, Colors of Grey Ch 3: First Aide +Amnesia
The biggest fool in the world.
Felix moved quickly, dragging a stumbling Ladybug behind him, her hand up on the side of her head, covering the broken skin, leaving a smear of red under her red gloves.
Felix doesn’t quite know what happened, but he saw Ladybug go down while facing Oblivio, with Chat standing around like a stiff idiot, not knowing what to do as his partner fell down. And in that moment, seeing the hero go down, it, it was unnerving. Terrifying.
Ladybug was an icon of success. She never fails.
And this one time she went down.
And Chat Noir did nothing but flee when the akuma turned towards him, and Ladybug did not get back up from where she lay. The next few minutes were a blur to Felix when he found himself just reacting, there was a bar in his hand, he felt it hit, and then Ladybug’s wrist was in his hands, dragging her away from danger.
His feel lead him inside the school, nearing the nurse’s office. He let Ladybug go, feeling like she’d follow him. He sought the cupboards, seeking anything that could be used to clean and cover the wound she had, though a part of him wondered if this was worth it since it would be better by Miraculous Ladybug. It seemed like there was nothing it couldn’t fix…
There was a sniffle behind him, one that made him pause.
He glanced over at her, seeing Ladybug looking up at him with big, watering, nervous eyes. She looked small. Very, very small.
“Who are you?” she asked, her voice a shaky whisper, one hand gripping her arm tightly, like she was trying to squeeze the anxieties away.
“Felix, here to help,” he reassured, frowning as he tried to think of what was wrong. This wasn’t Ladybug, not the one he’s come to know. She wasn’t holding herself with confidence. She wasn’t gazing upon him with certainty and resolution. She didn’t even look like she was ready to fight the akuma that was still active. “Are you ok, Ladybug?”
“Ladybug? Am… I, Ladybug?”
That, that can’t be good.
Before Felix could respond, he and Ladybug jumped when there was a shrill beep in the air. “My… earrings?” Ladybug uttered, confused as she reached up towards her ears and an idea clicked in Felix’s mind.
Now, miraculous was a new term to him, what they were and how they worked, he didn’t quite have down. But, that beeping couldn’t be good and as a precaution, he grabbed the sheet off the bed and tossed it over the wide eyed Ladybug, hiding her from sight. Seconds later, there was a flash of pink, and a pleasant tingle in the air. Neither moved for a moment, standing stiffly. Then Ladybug whispered, “I have no idea what just happened.”
“Keep the sheet on,” Felix urged when she started to move underneath it. “I can’t know who you are.”
“But I’m Ladybug?” she asked, confused.
“You’re also someone else. Someone I can’t know about, for your safety.”
Ladybug didn’t respond, and Felix resumed searching the room. “Do you know how to transform again?” he asked.
“Is there anything you remember?”
Felix whipped around, seeing Ladybug squirming away, nearly knocking the sheet off of her. Near her feet, Felix could see a little bulge moving around till it rolled out from under the sheet. A small… thing sat up, blinking big, dark eyes around the room, and it came to settle right on Felix.
He stared at the little red thing, gaping at it. What is that and did he really want to know?
“Who are you?” the little thing asked aloud, seeming more curious and intrigued than afraid, tilting its head almost cutely. Then it, she?, turned its eyes up to the stiff sheet. “What is this?” it asked, moving to play and touch with the sheet.
Ladybug squirmed, whisper-screaming, “Something is touching me!”
Felix wondered what he just got into as he cautiously neared the little thing, picking it up and keeping it from accidentally revealing Ladybug. Thankfully it didn’t bite him, instead turned to him, curious and friendly.
“What are you?” he asked.
“Do you know how to make her Ladybug again?”
“Back to square one,” he muttered.
“There’s a square?” the thing his hands asked.
“What square?” Ladybug wondered, confused and alarmed and just so utterly lost, and Felix, he really wondered just what did he get himself into.