Bug Bites

Chapter | Fifteen

Chloe was worried, and that alone was an understatement. She had been light weight surprised when Marinette gone back to New York the same day as her parents' funeral and barely said a word to anyone. She did see her friend speak to both Alya and Nino, and even come in with an American boy. Chloe also understood that maybe it was just too much to talk to people, especially after a day where everyone was giving their condolences.

Time was what Adrien said Marinette needed, especially after losing both parents. He understood the empty feeling of losing a parent, but she had lost both all at once. There was more emotional damage there, more to sort out, more to grieve. Which was why both Chloe and Adrien had left her alone the past few days, to give her that time to sort through everything and try to come to terms with what had happened.

Then the other miraculous holder appeared one night when both Chloe and Adrien were out on patrol. That was when Chloe stopped being sure about what was going on, as well as Adrien since Marinette said nothing about handing out the other miraculous to their holders.

The night life in Paris that evening was silent, the city still in mourning over the loss of the beloved bakers who brought joy and warmth with each pastry they baked. Outside the bakery doors was a shrine of flowers, candles and other small items of condolences and memories. It still felt surreal that Tom and Sabine were gone, and that Marinette's life was turned upside down.

Trying to shake the memories of the day away, Honey Bee refocused on the course her and Chat Noir were in route of taking for their patrol. It concerned her how silent Hawkmoth had been, made her wonder what he had in plan or if he had one at all. It had been too quiet for days, too many opportunities for akumas that she just didn't understand what he was waiting for. Did he suddenly have a change in morals and grow a heart? Or was it possible he knew Tom and Sabine personally, or even Marinette and out of respect he left situation alone?

"Hey Bee, did LB ever mention to you if she was going to hand out the other miraculous to the other holders?" Chat Noir asks as they came to a stop on one of Paris's rooftops.

Honey Bee shook her head, "Last I know about that she was still debating if she should. I think she worries about the risk of involving more people and our families. Especially since Paris is now more exposed than ever and under the watch of governments."

Chat Noir hummed and nodded, "That's what I thought too, but look to your left and right. We have some visitors."

"Akuma?" Honey Bee frowned, turning to look at what he was looking at, and to her surprise she watched as four other people were making their way towards them.

Rena Rouge, Carapace, Viperion, and Ryuko were all leaping across rooftops towards Honey Bee and Chat Noir. Marinette had said nothing about distributing the fox, turtle, snake and dragon miraculous and for a second it made Chloe worry that maybe this wasn't her choice. Which would mean it was Master Fu's choice, and his reasoning would remain unknown to all of them besides Marinette- and that was if she even knew.

"Did Ladybug give you all your miraculous?" Chat Noir asks right off the bat, his tail flickering in anticipation. She usually gave them the miraculous to help with akumas that were particularly more difficult than the usual. Yet this time there was no akuma, no threat, and no Ladybug.

Carapace was the one who stepped up, "No. I came home and found the box in my room. Wayzz said that it was time for the kwami's to be with their true holders."

"Trixx was in my room as well, and she said the same thing." Rena says, and out of everyone there she looked the most uncomfortable. Chloe took the awkward tension between Nino and Alya being the thing to make her uncomfortable, but at the same time it wasn't her business and quite frankly it was at the bottom of her list of things to care about.