You'll Never Take Us Alive
Chapter 1
Two small figures jump from ceiling to ceiling, one smaller than the other and wearing red with black spots, the other taller and wearing all black. They stop once they get to the bank and jump onto the roof. The smaller figure nods at the taller figure and using a small hand-held object, a yo-yo it looks like, the figure hits the glass ceiling hard enough to create a big enough hole for both figures to jump in and the two figures jump in through the hole. The night is silent for a moment, than alarms blare and the two figures jump back out of the hole, using the cord of the yo-yo to swing away, the taller figure holding onto the smaller figure's waist. Another successful crime pulled off by the notorious duo, Ladybug and Chat Noir. A few thousand dollars stolen, but no one fatally hurt.
Marinette collapses into her chair by her computer after taking off her jumpsuit and hiding it from her parents in a loose floorboard in her closet, along with her half of the money. She and Chat always split things fifty-fifty, that was their deal when they first started doing crime together. She logs onto her computer to see the latest news report and smiles wickedly when she sees the first report "Notorious duo, Ladybug and Chat Noir, have robbed the Bank La Paris, and injured at least twenty people. Will they ever be captured and brought to justice?" She snorts and quietly says "Not likely", turns off her computer and goes to bed.
"Marineettte, you're going to be late!" Her maman yells and Marinette shrieks and falls out of bed, jumping up again and rushing to get dressed. She throws on a pink off the shoulder t-shirt that she designed, a dark jean skirt, her usual black flats and ties her blue-black hair into a ponytail braid. Her hair's gotten longer and Alya convinced her to start doing more with it to impress Adrien. She sighed dreamily at the thought of Adrien and her maman yelled at her, reminding her that she was going to be late. Marinette ran down the stairs and tripped and fell down the last few. "Marinette, are you alright?" her mom called in a worried tone from the kitchen. "No, I am not alright, I'm going to be late!" Marinette shrieked and her mom handed her a croissant and her bag, and holding the door open for Marinette so she wouldn't run face-first into it, like she had been the last few times she had been late.
"Hey girl, you were nearly late!" Alya greets an out-of-breath Marinette as Marinette plops down in the seat she shares with her best friend and Adrien and Nino turn to say hi to her. Adrien smiles at her and as usual, Marinette's words fail her and Alya smirks at her friend's constant lack of ability to talk to her crush. She and Nino have been trying to push them together, but Marinette and Adrien are, as usual, totally clueless to this. "Hey did you guys hear that Ladybug and Chat Noir robbed the bank last night?" Alya asks the trio. "WHAT?!" They shriek, causing heads to turn and the teacher to glare at them. "Alya Cesaire, Nino Lahiff, Adrien Agreste, and Marinette Dupain-Cheng, I will remind you that class has begun and that if you want to talk, you will have to wait until lunchtime." She said sternly and they all seemed to shrink under her gaze. "Sorry" they muttered and turned to pay attention to the lesson. Adrien winked back at Marinette, but sadly, she was rummaging in her bag and missed it. Alya saw though and smiled.
The group was all gathered at lunch, listening to the news talk about ladybug and Chat Noir's last crime. "It would be so cool if I could meet them and interview them!" Alya said excitedly and Nino winced and looked nervously at her. Alya was always dragging Nino around the most dangerous parts of town and once they had almost been robbed. One of these days, Nino was sure they would come face to face with the crime duo and was sure it wouldn't be a happy meeting. "Umm, Alya, remember that Ladybug and Chat Noir are THE crime duo of Paris, they control the criminals in the city!" Nino said and Adrien and Marinette nodded. Only Alya was disappointed when the bell to return to class rang and they could get off this topic.
Adrien finished putting on his costume and smiled excitedly as he jumped out the window and headed to the Eiffel Tower, where a certain person was waiting. He sat next to her on one of the rungs and presented her with a rose. "For you, my Lady" and she smiled and took it. "Thank you Minou" she replied and he pouted. She always saw him as a Minou and not a grown-up cat. "I was thinking we could skip sparring practice tonight and practice something else." He said, a sly smile on his face, his eyes twinkling wickedly. "And what would that be?" She asked in puzzlement and his smile grew. "This" he said and leaned forward to try to kiss her, but she simply halted him with a hand in front of his mouth. "Chaat" She said in exasperation and he sighed. Dammit, foiled again. One of these days, one of these days, he would catch her by surprise hopefully. A cat can hope, can't he? Preoccupied with his own thought, Chat didn't notice the slight blush on Ladybug's cheeks.