Chole's POV:

     I finished bandaging Sarah's fresh wound when I heard a scuffling sound in the kitchen.

    I ran in there as Jeff collapsed with a dagger in his chest. I wasn't sorry to see him die. Good riddance, I thought. At last, the monster was gone for good. I gasped from fear as Nathaniel fell beside the body of my ex-boyfriend, an escaped convict, and I sobbed. 

     "No," I screamed. "Nath, Nath, you can't die!" I yelled. I sobbed. I saw a knife sticking in his chest. "N-No, you c-can't l-leave me," I sobbed more. I wept fresh tears as I kissed his face. 

       Sarah came in there when she heard my yelling and sobs. She gasped. "Mom, get a towel, quick!" She gave the order. I did as she said and got out four dish towels, then I grabbed two bigger ones from the lining closet.

       "Hold on Dad," Sarah said as she placed the towels on his chest area around the wound. "Hang on just a little bit longer," Sarah pleaded with him. Sarah kissed his cheek. Then, she kissed the area where the wound was seen.

      I looked at her in shock as a burst of light hit Nathaniel and all these little particles surrounded him. I had no idea what it meant.

      "Mom, he will make it, trust me, he will be okay," Sarah tried to assure me.

     I was not so sure. I called the emergency number and told them a madman escaped from prison broke into my house and attacked my boyfriend. I told them that my daughter had been hurt, but that I had given her first aid. I did not say anything else.

        I waited until help arrived to say anything further. The help got there twenty minutes later. The police removed the dead body of the man who tormented me for years who was now dead thanks to Nathaniel.

           The paramedics took Nathaniel to the hospital. It was the second time he had to go there, but this time it was worse. This time the wound was more serious and closer to a vital organ.

   What if he did not make it? I shook my head, I mustn't, I couldn't lose him.

        I cried. I took Sarah to my father's and told her to stay put.

         I drove to visit Nathaniel.

    "Nath, hold on," I thought.

I went into the hospital and they told me he was in the operating room. I sat in the waiting room and cried to sleep in one of the chairs.

   Someone, I don't know came and sat beside me. Whoever it was spoke kind words to me and brought me a coffee. 

  I woke up. I looked to see who was there, and I saw no one. I thought I imagined it, but I saw a coffee to-go cup in my hand.

   The coffee was here, so whoever it was must have been real, and left already.

 Soon, the doctors came and told me Nathaniel had survived the surgery and was in room 434. I went into the room and sat beside his bed.

    I refused to leave his side. I knew he needed me. I was sure of it.

     I  held his hand, and whispered, "Nath, that was a brave and stupid thing to do. I am glad it's over, but you have to wake up. Please, wake up for me," I said. 

  I got a text from my father.

   Text from Mayor/Daddy: "Chole, how are you holding up?"

    Choles'text to Mayor/Daddy:  "As best as I can under the circumstances, Nathaniel pulled through the surgery. He remains unconscious, but ooh, there was so much blood."

         Text from Mayor/Daddy: "Sarah keeps asking about him. She says you two saved her life again. She also says, she knows it was that bad man from before, was it him?"

          Chole's text to Mayor/Daddy:  "Yes, but he is dead now. Nathaniel saw to that, it was self-defense I will stand up for him in court if I have to."

      Text to Chole from Carapace:  "Hold in there Chole, I heard from the mayor what happened to Nathaniel and I am sorry. Oh, and Chat Noir and Ladybug are back now."

        Text to Carapace: "I will, but how did you get this number?"

     Text from Carapace: "Your father gave it to me, but don't worry if anything happens Chat Noir, Ladybug, Kid Zebra, Queen Bee,  and I can handle it."

      Text  to Carapace: "Okay, thanks."

   I did not get any text messages from anyone else. 

   I could not say a word about the possibility of Queen Bee not being in the next battle. It was not like anyone else knew.

   I  sighed. I held onto Nathaniel's left hand. 

   I felt fresh tears fall. "You asked me who you are to me," I said. "You are the world to me," I whisper. "Please, wake up, you have to for me. I need you to wake up so I can tell you that y-you are the man I-I   love, Oh, Nath..." I said. I lay my head in my lap.

    Find out what happens next in Chapter 33

  Until then,

bye-bye,

little owlets!

Summer out!

Chapter edits complete: May 23, 2024