"Don't you dare touch her", Adrien spat at the large man infront of him, the man faked a scared look, "and what are you gonna do about it blondie? Your hands are tied", the man smirked, Adrien may have his hands tied behind his back but he could see the gun pointed at Marinette's stomach, "you have no idea what I'm capable of buddy", Adrien spat back, the man laughed, he clicked the gun, one pull and Marinette was gone, "I'd be careful if I were you blondie, it won't take much for me to take your girlfriend, I don't need her anyway", the man pushed the gun against her stomach, she sucked in her stomach as though the guns touch hurt her, Adrien didn't bother correcting the man for calling her his girlfriend, then Adrien noticed a red stain growing on her pale shirt, he looked more closely at the gun, there was a small blade strapped to it, the man pushed the gun harder against her stomach, she whimpered, that was all it took for Adrien, his face became reddened with anger, the lights were dim, her faced was darkened with shadow, he looked at her, he committed every detail of her face to memory, then he edged his way along the rail that he was tied to, "whatever your thinking blondie, I don't advise it", the man snarled, Adrien growled, the man was slightly taken aback at the sound and he moved, pulling the blade almost all the way out of her stomach, Adrien took his chance, he looked at Marinette and then swung his leg, his foot hit the gun and it flew from the mans grip, they had t bothered to tie Marinette, obviously the plan was to pull the trigger whether they got what they wanted or not, "run Marinette, run and don't look back, she ran, but towards him, "no Marinette, get out of here!", she began working on the knot heat bound his hands, the man picked up the gun and aimed it at Marinette, but then he thought better of it and walked towards her, this time he put the gun against Adrien's head, "listen up little lady, unless you want to see your buddy's head blown to smithereens then you had better step back, she stepped back, the mans huge fist knocked her down, she hit the wooden floor hard, but he didn't remove his hand from her back she was badly winded and could hardly breathe, "Marinette! That's it, I told you not to touch her!", Adrien pulled his hands, Marinette had managed to undo the knot, he swung his hand around and grabbed the gun, he threw it across the room, the man went after his weapon, the gun hit the wall and then landed loudly on the floor, the barrel sprung open and the contents went everywhere, Adren dropped to his knees and rolled Marinette over pulling her up and into his chest, he rubbed her back, but the man grabbed her by the wrist, she was halfway between losing her consciousness, he flung her across the room, she was so small and he was so big, he threw her easy, Adrien had had enough of this man touching her, he jumped up and swung at the man, his fist collided with the huge head, the man barely blinked, Adrien knew he was in deep shit and the only way he was gonna get out of it would be to out smart the man, "shouldn't be too hard", he muttered as he dodged the huge fist, He glanced at Marinette, she was trying to pick herself up, but collapsed, then Adrien got knocked to the ground, "you have no idea how much famous blond virgins are worth in my country", the man whispered, Adrien gasped, all of a sudden there was a flash of pink jeans and blue hair as Marinette's heel collided with the giant head, the man was knocked away from Adrien, Adrien jumped up, Marinette looked like murder, but she looked like murder about to faint, Adrien was astonished at her power, he sure did underestimate the beautiful designer sometimes, he took her hand and pulled her towards the door, they nearly reached the door when a loud shot rang out, Marinette was thrown forward as the bullet hit her and her lifeless body collapsed to the floor, a pool of thick red blood began to grow on the dark wooden floor, Adrien dropped to his knees, he scooped up her lifeless body, he felt for a pulse, she still had one! And she was breathing, but the breaths were loud and shallow and there was blood everywhere, it was quickly turning her white shirt a sickening red colour, it covered her right arm and dripped from her fine fingers, the blood began to seep into his white coat, it ran down the arm that was supporting her, he couldn't just sit here and do nothing, he rested her gently on the ground, then he stood up, he didn't care who saw, he didn't care if his identity was revealed to the world,

PLAGG, CLAWS OUT!

*****Marinette's POV*****

She faintly heard those three words, she tried to open her eyes but she couldn't, what had he done, what was he doing? Then she heard the words strewn together, they were dripping with hate, disgust and truth, "I'm going to kill you", he was dead serious, she could hear it in his tone, then that one word that would enable him to do his bidding,

CATACLYSM!

She heard his light steps cross the wooden floor, "I'll do the same to you buddy", the mans deep voice sounded scared, he obviously knew what Chat Noir was capable of, a shot rang out but Marinette heard the gun hit the floor, she opened her eyes slightly, she could just see them, she watched as the man backed up and trip, he fell on his butt, Chat lifted his hand, just as he was about to bring it down and dig it into the mans shoulder Marinette called, "no Chat! Please no!", Chat spun around, "MARINETTE?"

****Adriens POV****

As he heard her quiet voice call to him he wanted to breath a sigh of relief but he didn't, he just spun around, "MARINETTE?" She was awake, but he could see that she was about to go again, "don-don't do it Ch-Chat, y-you will r-regret it, p-p-please", she lost consciousness again, he looked back at the man shaking below him, he walked over to the gun and picked it up, it crumpled to dust, then he turned around, he walked over to the man, he bent over him in the most intimidating position he could, "if you ever go anywhere near her or tell ANYONE my identity then even she won't be able to stop me from completing a certain task", the man was shaking, clearly he was unaware that Chat couldn't use his cataclysm again, "I-I will take it to my grave", Chat nodded and walked over to Marinette, he dropped to his knees beside her, the man got up and exited as quickly as his legs would carry him, Adrien's ring beeped a final time and he detransformed, he lent over her lifeless body, he put his hands on her cheeks cradling her pale face, he bent down over her touching his nose to her nose, his forehead to her forehead, he had never gotten the chance to tell her how badly he had fallen for her, he was honestly in love with her, he kissed her limp lips softly as a tear rolled down his cheek splashing on hers, suddenly she took a noisy breath, she spluttered, he gasped, he thought she was gone, he pulled back, then he picked up her limp body and pulled her close, he rushed but didn't run out of the room holding her close, he left the strange house behind as rushed along holding her lifeless body close against him, he came to a road with a sign, he lay her on the grass and took off his white coat, he pulled her black jacket off and slipped the coat around her shoulders, then folded up her jacket and put it under her head like a pillow, he took out his phone and dialed 112, "hello, what's your emergency?",

"Help, I need an ambulance! Please, my girl, she was shot, in the shoulder, she..."

"Ok just keep calm, what is the road name?"

"On the corner of presset and kindol",

"OK, the ambulance will be there soon"

"OK what do I do?"

"You answer my questions"

Adrien nodded, but she could t see him,

"How old is the casualty?"

"Sixteen, almost seventeen"

"What is the casualty's gender?"

"Female"

"What is the casualty's name?"

"Marinette Dupain-Cheng",

"What is your name?"

"Adrien Agreste"

"How long ago did the accident happen?"

"Half an hour to forty five minutes approximately"

"Where is the wound located?"

"Her right shoulder",

"OK, Thankyou master Agreste, they should be there any second"

And with that Adrien heard the sirens, soon the ambulance pulled up, three paramedics got out, they rushed over, one with a bed, they crouched over her thin frame, one of them pushed Adrien out of the way, he went around to where he could see and reach her if need be, the checked her vitals and applied pressure to the still bleeding wound, they put her on the bed and into the ambulance, he climbed in and sat next to her, they hooked her up to all sorts of machines and then they were off.