Hello, everyone! This is book two to The Analyzer! Read and Review! ;)
I do not own Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir, they belong to Zagtoon.
Chapter One
-Three Years Later-
"I'm so bored…"
"Suck it up, boy."
"But there's nothing to do! Hawkmoth is gone, JJ is somewhere in the world again and there's no crime to fight. I'm bored. Tell me you're not."
As a quick recap, let me explain.
After JJ revealed Gabriel as Hawkmoth, he was arrested and sentenced ten years in prison because of his acts. Adaline had taken over his industry and made some adjustments to it and now she and Adrien were living in contentment at home, despite a short reunion with Gabriel and Adaline.
JJ had mysteriously disappeared a week after she exposed Hawkmoth's identity. She left no trace and just went off the grid, causing Tarek to fall in a depression period. No contact whatsoever and no matter what they did they could not find her. Even her parents, with their connections around the world and everything, no one heard from her. She had to be alive somehow or Tarek would've felt her death and Yunan's "deactivation".
On the other hand, Marinette and Adrien's relationship was pretty much the sweetest and cutest relationship they have ever seen. Marinette had been given a scholarship to one of the best designer schools in Paris so in September she would start. Adrien was working as a cashier at her parent's bakery, but he was pleased and content, not to mention he gets free pastries.
Alya got a job as a news reporter but still had a blog, just not about Ladybug or heroes. Nino was currently a big short DJ for weddings, gatherings, and high school dances, as well as other gatherings. Their relationship was going well, and they were slowly moving up to maybe marriage.
What was really shocking is Nathaniel and Chloe. About seven months after JJ disappeared, they revealed themselves as a couple, which was really shocking, considering they were absolute opposites. But their relationship was quite cute. Nathaniel had become a comic book writer, with his beautiful art skills and his sweet personality. Now he was slowly moving up in the chain of writers.
Chloe had become Adaline's secretary. It wasn't that big of a surprise, since she had good looks and really good social skills. She'd become more likeable to people. Her dad was no longer mayor, but now a restaurant owner. But it was fine, it still raked in good money so that's nice.
Their superhero counterparts were still active, but since there were no akumas to fight, all they could do was rescue cats out of trees and protect people from simple crisis alerts.
Anyway, back to the present.
Adrien watched Marinette move around in the kitchen, stirring something in the pot, or going to the oven or sink.
"Have you heard anything from JJ?" He asked. Marinette sighed.
"No, sadly. If Yunan was even in range Tikki and Plagg would sense her." Marinette replied. Adrien looked at their kwamis, who were eating snacks and reading over Marinette's copy of the Miraculous book. Then he looked at her again, his worries fading.
He got up slowly, walking toward her and wrapping his arms around her waist, making her blush.
"What are you doing?" She asked. He nuzzled her neck.
"I love you." He said.
"I love you too." She said, giggling a bit. "You told me that this morning." He kissed her cheek.
"I know." He said. She smiled and leaned into his chest while stirring the pasta.
Marinette leaned back in her chair, rubbing her hands and petting Tikki's head.
"What's wrong, Marinette?" Tikki asked. Marinette shrugged.
"Just thinking."
"About?" Marinette pursed her lips.
"JJ mostly. And Tarek. I haven't seen him in like three days. I'm worried." Tikki nodded.
"I know how you feel. He's still bent on finding JJ." Marinette nodded, looking at her phone as it buzzed. She lifted it to see an address from a blocked number.
"Come in uniform." Marinette read, taking a shaky breath, looking at Tikki, who looked just as shocked. "They know my identity."
Marinette hopped down just as the others hopped down as well, looking at each other in surprise.
"What are you doing here?" They asked in sync.
Man, three years can change you.
They let their transformations deactivate.
Alya had cut her hair to her shoulders and had let the dye wash out, but highlighted her hair with red. But her hair was absolutely beautiful. After she washed out the dye, her hair was a lovely brown. Chloe gave her a couple of bottles of shampoo and conditioner that JJ had specially made for her, and it had turned her hair super soft. Her hair was perfect for buns and ponytails, and sometimes twin braids. Otherwise she left it alone.
Nino had kept his nice haircut and got rid of his hat and his big headphones and replaced them with the wire earbuds. He'd matured, but still was a kid at heart.
Chloe grew out her hair to her hips, occasionally tying it up in a ponytail or braid, but she kept it down in beautiful curls for her secretary job. She'd matured and was very sweet now, especially after getting together with Nathaniel.
Nathaniel had changed also. After graduating high school he cut his hair to a nice cut and moved his Miraculous to pin back his bangs. He didn't get rid of his nerdy stuff and kept his fandom clothing.
Marinette had changed beautifully. She kept her short hairstyle, keeping it as a reminder of their first encounter with Tarek and as of JJ. She matured physically and mentally. Her parents had moved over next door to the apartment across the hall so she could have the apartment to herself, and had switched up the décor a bit.
Adrien had kept his nice hair but shorter and cleaner cut. That didn't stop the Chat Noir messy look though, but it was nice during fights and didn't hang in his eyes. He too was still a kid at heart but was still mature.
After the whole ordeal with Hawkmoth, Nooroo and his Miraculous safely went back into the hands of Master Fu. After he was arrested, the others transformed into their hero counterparts and were interviewed and how did they figure it out and what happened inside.
"Alright, what is going on here?" Alya asked. "I missed a very important dinner with my parents for this. Someone pranking us?"
"Did you guys get a text that said this address and to come in uniform?" Marinette asked.
"Yes." They replied in unison.
Headlights appeared and they winced, blinking before the headlights turned off.
"Hey, guys." Tarek got off from the mope head and pulled off his helmet. "You got the text, too?"
After chewing him out for a couple of minutes of not being in the picture for the past few days, they took in the area.
"There's nothing here except for that tiny little office building." Nino said, pointing at it.
"Let's check it out then." Alya said.
"That's a terrible idea. That's how people get killed in movies." Tarek protested as the others walked toward it.
"Hey, maybe it might be a murderer. Maybe it might be a lead to JJ." At the mention of her, they walked up to it, inspecting around it and then standing in front of the door.
"Welp, there's nothing here." Adrien said. "All there is here is this little keypad that looks like an eye scanner from a movie." He bent down to look at it closer. Something blue came out, scanning his eye.
"Chat Noir, ID number 362. Access granted."
The door clicked and opened a bit.
"Um… This is weird." Nathaniel said nervously. "Should we?"
"Oh yeah." Adrien and Nino said, grinning at each other.
Adrien pushed open the door and they headed inside.
Inside wasn't really all that. Pristinely cleaned, a simple desk in the middle like an office. White walls and dark carpet, white trimming and a simple lamp on the desk with a pen. Clean but boring. There was an elevator behind the desk.
"Okay… That's weird… I've seen this on a TV show that leads to a secret lair underneath. What is going on?" Adrien asked.
"You watch too much TV." Chloe said.
"True." Tarek rolled his eyes and headed toward the elevator, looking around before seeing a pad. He pressed his hand to it and it scanned.
"Tarek Candelaria, ID number 685."
The elevator doors opened.
"Hm." Tarek said and stepped in.
After riding the elevator they walked down some hallways that either curved or were straight. The walls were pure white marble and the floors were beautiful clean black marble. The girls' shoes made soft clicks on the ground. They followed the path before it came to double doors, with another pad on the wall on the left. Tarek pressed his hand against it, the doors opening.
"Whoa…" They said in awe.
Whoa was right.
The place was incredible. When you walked in, there was a curved silver colored desk with four computer monitors and two black desk chairs. The black marbled ended and turned into grey concreate.
They stepped in fully, walking around the desk to take in more.
To the right, there was a room that looked similar to a lab. A computer monitor, high tech equipment, and insane technical equipment. The windows were long glass windows with a big bold word saying LABORATORY on the door.
To the left, there was a room that looked like an infirmary type room. Cabinets, a few beds and monitors that looked like heart monitors and stands that were most likely IV drip holders. Pristine white beds and white walls with the same glass windows with a big bold word saying INFIRMARY on the door.
In the main room, there were two large TV monitors hanging a few feet away from each other on the wall. The walls were grey brick, complementing the floor well. The Miraculous symbol was in between the monitors, as well as on the monitors.
"This place is incredible." Tarek said. "New computers with the obvious new tech, new TV monitors. It has science equipment! What is this place?"
"Glad you like it."
They jumped and turned around to see Adaline standing next to very cushiony looking chair, a figure sitting in it and in the shadows.
"Mom?" Adrien asked. Adaline smiled.
"What is this place? Did you build this?" Tarek asked. "I mean, I would guess because you know… Fashion industry…"
"I didn't." Adaline said, her smile growing.
"I did."
Their hearts stopped in sync.
JJ stood from her chair, almost unrecognizable.
"Hello, welcome to the Miraculous Cave."
To Be Continued...