One shots

After Revolution

"Don't even dare to get into this bed! Not after what you did to the poor boy tonight! You took one of the most precious experiences from him, his end of year dance. But I've seen the pictures, Gabriel, and a video. The girl, this teenage girl, beat you once again! Why wouldn't you at least let him stay for those few more days? You promised me, to hurt him as less as possible with this new plan of yours. I am very sure, that he will never forgive you for that! I can't even remember, why I ever fell in love with you, Gabi Grassette! Yes, don't give me that look, I remember the name you had, before you used Émilie's money to create your own. You always act is if your name was something special, as if there were any noble ancestors behind it. But the two of us know, that it's not, right? I've just recently held your old ID in my hands, I just can't remember, why. But I don't care anymore either. Just go and leave me alone. I did as you wanted me to do, I told him, he couldn't disobey you. But I also told him to never let anyone tell him, who he's allowed to love. You can't change that anymore. What's done is done. Luckily you can't undo an order, you once gave a Sentimonster. But you wouldn't understand that, not until I showed you, that I can stand up to you. And now leave me alone, I don't feel well. I..."

She was shaken by a severe coughing fit and cringed, while holding her lower belly. Gabriel ignored her words and rushed to her side, just to be pushed away. A very weak push though.

"I'll leave as soon as I can be sure, you're alright. Are you hurting? Is something wrong with the baby?" he asked frantically.

Nathalie scoffed, then spat.

"Of course there's something wrong with the baby, Gabriel! I am dying and our child is dying with me. I've been fighting for as long as I could, but I don't have the strength any longer. Maybe you will somehow manage to get me into a hospital in time, once my heart eventually stops, and they will be able to keep me alive with all sorts of machines. At least do that for me, Gabriel. At least try to save our baby's life."

The almost as weak and sick man sat down on the mattress and pleaded, 

"Can I hold you? Just for a moment. I promise to do whatever it takes, to give our child the life, he or she deserves. Just... just let me hold you both for a moment in my arms, alright?"

"Fine, you can stay. But if you screw this up, Gabriel, I swear to you, I'll come back as a ghost and haunt you!"

He quickly got out of his clothes and was about to crawl under the duvet beside her, when he heard her gasp. Looking down his chest, he saw that the necrose, caused by ChatNoir's cataclysm, had spread even further. He sighed, then shrugged.

"It's just another proof, that there is no way back. And there is no other way, then the one I'm about to go. We'll start soon, alliance is the key to everything. With those rings, I will be able to finally get a hold of the Ladybug and the Black Cat miraculous, and then I can make the wish, that will save Émilie and hopefully by that, it will save you and our child as well. Please, Nathalie, you need to be strong for a little longer, yeah? For our baby!"

"I will fight until the very end, to save this child's life. But you will be at the point, where you'll have to make a choice, once you have to speak out your wish. You can't save us both. Not without paying an equal price. And now let me sleep. I am too exhausted to stay awake any longer. And I want you to let me talk to Adrien in the morning. He is hurt and sad and needs somebody to comfort him. He is a human being, a teenager like his friends. He may have been created differently, but you can't treat him like a thing, because he isn't. Émilie wanted you to be there for him, she wanted us both to be there for him. But you only pushed him away and never even gave him the chance to grieve. As you didn't take the time for it yourself!" the young, yet very sick woman replied agitatedly.

"I am well aware, that I screwed up big time, alright? I am trying to undo it all, Nathalie. I really am. But if you're continuing to sabotage me too, who else will be on my side then?"Gabriel hissed angrily.

"You still have Mrs Tsurugi. I don't know, why you let her interfere with everything, Gabriel. If she hadn't you wouldn't be in such a predicament. Now just let me sleep, I haven't any strength left, so I need to rest as much as I can. Please reconsider your plans. If not for Adrien or for me, then at least for this baby!" with those words, she grabbed his hand and placed it on her lower belly. 

Not able to muffle the sob, that emanated his throat, he pressed his mouth firmly against her shoulder blade, while he gently rubbed along her still flat belly. 

"I promise to do whatever it takes, to protect this child, Nathalie. I must try to save all three of you, no matter the cost. Maybe... I won't tell you, but I wouldn't exactly care, sacrificing Tomoe to achieve that goal. She got what she bargained for and yet she is using her knowledge and the fact that I depend on her technology, to make me form the world after her image. But what she doesn't know is, that I am only using her as long as I need her. So whatever you may think of me, love, I am still trying to find a way for all of us to survive."