*~SPECIAL DELIVERY~*

-CHAT NOIR-

Chat Noir shook as he climbed up the narrow opening.

Finally fitting through a crawl space, and after hours of digging, Chat found a way out.

He had to leave poor Chloé behind as she was in no shape to move or do anything.

She was simply weighing him down.

He needed to find ladybug quick to capture the akuma.

All they needed to do now was lure her to them somehow.

Chat felt weak, his muscles ached, and he worried about Chloé. He feared that smoke girl could possibly do much worse to her once she found out that he escaped.

Chat Noir slowly slipped into an alley, the streets were busy, and he needed to get to Marinette, quick!

He extended his stick, ushering himself up towards the sky. He leaned forward and landed on the rooftop of the tallest building he could find.

He quickly jumped, rooftop to rooftop, heading over towards Marinette's home.

Carefully landing on her balcony and knocked on the window.

Nothing.

He peaked through the glass, his face dirty with the gravel he had to dig through without using his cataclysm.

He needed to keep Plagg with as much energy as he could.

He had no more cheese, and there was no time to get more.

He slowly climbed down the side of the building, his staff being plunged through as stepping stones so that he could lower himself by floors.

Everything seemed to be quiet, and it only made him worry.

He landed on the floor effortlessly, retracting his stick and placing it behind him.

The bakery was closed, the insides were disheveled, almost as if they were rushed out.

Chat examined the door closely, his eyes suddenly stopping at a piece of paper taped on the door.

"CLOSED DUE TO FAMILY EMERGENCY."

Chat pursed his lips, before he felt a drop in his stomach.

His breathing hitched as the wheels in his head started to turn.

She couldn't be...

There's no way.

Chat turned around and whipped straight towards the opposite end of the street.

He needed to get to the hospital as soon as possible.

-MARINETTE-

"OW! OW!" Marinette cried, as she lay on the bed.

She could hear the baby's heart being monitored on the screen, a slip of paper seemed to excrete from the machine.

Her mother stood next to her, her hand wiping the sweat off Marinette's forehead.

"Just breathe." Alya spoke softly, holding Marinette's hand.

Marinette scrunched her face, her teeth clenching as she felt another contraction.

"Please! Tell me that it's not too late for an epidural?" Marinette begged, her eyes tearing.

Marinette clenched her teeth as her contractions felt as if they got closer and closer.

"Eeeyyyahh! It hurts!" She screeched, her voice cracking in pain.

Just outside the door her father paced in agony as he heard his daughter cry in pain.

"I know, girl. But you can do this." Alya replied, wincing as Marinette squeezed it.

"GET HIM OUT! PLEASE!" Marinette begged, her vision blinded with tears.

"PLEASE!"

The nurse looked at the monitor.

"It's not time yet, sweetie." She said softly. "You're contractions aren't that close yet." She confirmed.

Marinette shook as she cried.

"PLEASE!" She cried out.

The nurse looked at her mother, who seemed just as teary as Marinette.

"T-this is her first child. I can't imagine how bad this must hurt for her." Sabine spoke softly.

Alya continued to rub her hand.

The sweat started to bead down the back of her neck.

"The doctor will be in shortly." The nurse assured as she continued to monitor the screen briefly.

Beside her was a weight station for the baby.

Marinette looked at her mother.

The last contraction, caused her back to arch some with pain.

She slipped her hands out of Alya's and her mother's and clenched them.

"NYAHHH!" She screeched.

Alya looked at Sabine with a grimace.

Tom could hear his daughters muffled cries. He wiped the tears from his own eyes.

His little girl was in pain.

He knew his daughter could give birth any moment now.

The thought made him anxious beyond his imagination.

He could hear heavy breathing, and running.

Tom looked up immediately as Adrien bounded down the hallway.

His clothes were disheveled, and his hair looked as if it was finger combed and done in a hurry.

Adrien tried to catch his breath as he looked towards the door.

His eyes widened and his heart shattered the moment he heard Marinette scream.

Without another word he brushed past her father and rushed into the room.

Marinette's hair was all over the place, as she shook. She felt like she was burning and didn't get the chance to look up.

Sabine and Alya looked up the moment Adrien rushed into the room.

Alya pressed her lips together and immediately backed away.

Already aware of their breakup, Alya worried that the stress wouldn't be good on Marinette, especially since she was already in labor.

Sabine looked at Adrien, her eyes darting towards the door waiting for Tom to suddenly emerge and throw him out.

He had been missing for days, and he suddenly shows up out of the blue?!

It really pissed her off.

Marinette breathed in and out heavily, her eyes shut.

She groaned as she felt another one.

She gasped as she felt Adrien's hand slip around hers.

Immediately her eyes opened, and blinked as her eyes met his.

Instantly, so many emotions ran through her. Joy, shock, happiness, sadness, love, all ran through her. Most importantly, one emotion was much more stronger than all the other ones.

That emotion was anger.

Marinette clenched her teeth as her hand slipped out of his, and shoved him.

"WHERE WERE YOU?!" She growled, as Adrien stumbled back slightly.

He rushed back to her with a grimace.

"We'll talk about that later. But I've missed you too." He whispered softly and almost sarcastically.

His hand slipped back into hers.

"I'm here now." He assured.

Marinette cried as she shook in pain.

"Don't touch me!" She growled, the bags under her eyes more evident than before.

That's when it hit him.

She hadn't slept since the day he went missing.

His body immediately racked with guilt as he stepped away.

"Alright...I'll go." Adrien said softly.

Marinette looked at him, her eyes widened, and still glossy from tears.

She shook her head.

"No, please stay!" She begged.

Adrien felt a gust of confusion wipe over him.

He reached over to grab her hand which she immediately drew away.

"Just stay here...Just don't touch me." She breathed, her face more paler than usual.

Adrien ignored her, and kissed her head anyway until she pushed him away.

"Adrien!" She growled, her body shook as another contraction hit.

It wasn't long until the doctor came in, the nurse was behind her.

She smiled at Marinette, who looked as if she just wanted to burn the entire building down.

"You don't look too well." She said softly as the nurse pulled the blue tarp over her shoulders.

Sabine shook, as she stepped back by the window.

Alya followed suit.

"Do you feel ready to push?" The doctor asked, as she bent Marinette's legs.

Marinette whimpered as the doctor checked to see how much she was dilated.

Marinette couldn't help but to feel embarrassed either.

Adrien shook as the doctor sat on a swivel stool.

She looked up at Adrien.

"Are you the daddy?" She asked, her brow puckered from above the face mask.

Adrien was caught off guard.

Dad.

It kind of had a nice ring to it.

He was going to be a dad.

Adrien swallowed hard and nodded.

The doctor nodded as the nurse went on the opposite side of Marinette.

"Okay, dad just hold her leg up for me, okay?" The doctor instructed as the nurse took her other leg.

Adrien shook, inwardly panicking as he followed suit. He carefully propped up her leg, bending it the way the doctor instructed.

She looked up at Marinette who cried, her breathing almost sobbbing and hysterical.

She gripped on to the rails beside her.

"Whenever you feel like pushing, go ahead." The doctor said softly as she concentrated below.

Marinette shook in her hospital gown.

"NYAHHH! OOOWWWW!" Marinette cried, her brow furrowing in pain.

"Come on, you could do it." The nurse ushered as Marinette shook.

Sabine watched, everything else blocked but the pain on Marinette's face.

Alya rubbed her back reassuringly, the two of them already tearing up as Marinette cried.

Adrien was a nervous wreck. He refused to look anywhere else but at his love.

Even like this, she was still magnificently beautiful to him.

Marinette shook, her brow furrowing as she pushed.

Her eyes immediately shot open at the immense pain.

"OW! I CAN'T! I CAN'T!" Marinette sobbed.

The doctor looked up at Marinette.

"Yes, you can honey. You're almost there." She assured.

Marinette closed her eyes, her teeth clenching as she cried.

"You can do this..." Adrien spoke softly. Although he was just as nervous and hysterically as she was, he managed to smile softly for her.

Marinette looked at Adrien, her eyes glossy as she nodded.

She gripped tighter to the rail as she pushed.

Her body shook, and she breathed out, stopping once more.

"Come on, come on." Adrien said softly, his hands squeezing her leg reassuringly.

Marinette yelped as the pain only grew worse.

She sweated profusely, and she wasn't sure if she could do it.

She was already feeling unbelievably tired and sore.

Adrien looked at her and she looked at him briefly before she breathed in and took another push.

Tom waited outside the door, his limbs shaking as his body almost gave out on him.

Sabine shook, her hand pressed over her mouth as she teared up.

Marinette's body shifted as she pushed, pain seared everywhere throughout her body. Her hands gripped the rails tightly, her knuckled turned white.

"NYEEAHHHHH!" Marinette screamed at the top of her lungs.

Marinette breathed out.

Just like that, most of the worse pain was gone.

It was quiet for two seconds before a small newborn's cry pierced the air.

Sabine broke down, her sob choking out the moment she heard the small baby's cry.

"You did it!" The nursed cheered softly as the doctor reached over and started to massage her belly.

Adrien watched as the nurse put down her leg, and then noticed the doctor place something into a metal pan.

The sight of it made his stomach turn. He had never seen so much blood.

His own limbs felt shaky as he lowered her other leg.

Marinette breathed heavily, her head turned to the side as she lay limb.

She was exhausted. She still felt sore, but she was stuck in a trance.

"Look at your baby!" The nurse said cheerfully as the baby continued to cry.

Marinette seemed too exhausted to care.

Adrien watched in a daze as they cut the chord and began to wipe him down.

The nurse placed him on the baby weight scale and immediately began to record the weight.

They had started to dip the baby's foot in ink when Adrien looked at the doctor.

"Congratulations!" She's said softly.

Adrien blinked a few times, his legs shaking as his own face grew pale.

"I think we should get him out of here." The doctor chuckled.

Alya noticed his face and immediately ran towards him.

She gripped his forearms to carefully lead him out of the room.

Tom opened the door just as the two were walking out.

He brushed passed them and went straight towards Marinette.

Marinette lay on her back, her body limp and her eyes closed as she tried to grasp what had just happened.

Sabine immediately rushed towards the nurse who had the baby, just to watch the little one be wrapped in a blanket.

The moment Alya stepped out into hallway with Adrien, he hunched over.

Holding on to the wall he became violently ill. His fists clenched as he vomited.

Alya clamped a hand over her mouth as she looked away.

Adrien panted, but only threw up more.

Alya shook her head.

"I know...it's a lot to take in..." She spoke.

Adrien kept his head hung low as he struggled to breathe.

"I'll get someone to clean that..." Alya groaned as she slipped past Adrien.

Adrien closed his eyes, trying to sort through the pictures in his head.

He knew he had to tell her about his discovery regarding the akuma and Chloé, but he knew she needed all the rest she could get.

He wiped his mouth, his body shuddering.

This was it. He was now legitimately a father.

He could hear Sabine coo through the door and walls.

"He's beautiful, Marinette." She said softly.

"He's perfect." Tom chimed in.

Adrien looked up as Alya emerged back into the hallway.

There was a janitor behind her.

The door opened as the doctor and nurse slipped out with their equipment and after birth.

Adrien stood beside his own vomit awkwardly and waited, completely unsure of what his next move should be.

Alya sighed and shook her head with a smile. She tugged at his arm carefully.

"Are you ready to meet your son?" She asked.

Adrien looked at her, his mouth tasting vile before he nodded.

"Y-yes..."

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter made exclusively for this moment. What did you guys think of the special delivery?!