A/N: This story takes place after Captain America Civil War!
This chapter has spoilers for the Sandboy episodes, if you don't want to read that portion of the chapter it is labeled: ~~~~~ is the signal that the sandboy portion is about to begin. Have fun and happy reading!
Chapter 1: An Adventure begins
"Come on!" A man yelled, almost immediately throwing a nearby disc of metal in frustration, silently cursing himself for throwing what he did. With a long sigh, the man took a step back from his work. Taking a breath in he smelt the smoke and molten metal. He noticed the dark marks sparks left of metal, he saw the molten metal, now fused to the table.
Wiping the sweat from his brow his gaze moved to what was behind him. A small almost microscopic spherical object, a nearby label giving it the name Nanotech. Looking down at the console the man began to type on the display and move the picture into a trash icon.
"Friday." The man called out, grabbing an empty mug.
"Yes boss?" The automated Irish voice responded.
"I haven't gotten any messages from anyone important have I?" The man asked, knowing full well he has.
"You missed on call from a slightly miffed Secretary Ross." The Irish voice answered.
"Did he leave a message?" Tony joked.
"About five minutes ago." Friday answered.
"Play it." Tony requested, settling against a nearby wall. Receiving a small chirp from Friday when she brought the message up for Tony to view.
"Tony! You can't keep refusing my calls, your little projects don't outweigh the rest of the world." Tony scoffed at that, he made these suits to defeat people who threatened the Earth, not to have fun. "I need to see you immediately, I have a new the Panel Has a new mission for the Avengers."
He sighed, "Alright Friday, you know the drill. Get Vision and Rhodey informed, tell them that we'll meet Ross in the Avengers compound."
Receiving confirmation from the Irish A.I. Tony entered the elevator, pressing the ground floor botton he braced himself for the inevitable.
The plump figure of André Bourgeois paced back and forth, occasionally gazing out the window, checking for any sign of a quinjet, fancy car, or Iron-Man armor. Relaxing his nerves with a deep breath began to pace once again, cycle repeating.
The early morning fog had held through till the afternoon, coating all of Avengers compound in a thin damp layer coating the building, jets, jeeps, and other vehicles.
"Calm down André, I just got word the Stark and his allies are on their way." Ross informed, taking a sip of the nearby coffee mug. "They should be here any minute."
"I'm just intimidated, people like Stark… tend to be a bit reckless." André replied hastily, grabbing a mig from the nearby table he quickly crossed the room toward the coffee maker, "No regard for civilians." He set down the mug. "When the smoke clears, gone!" He pressed a button, starting the coffee making process.
"Don't get me wrong I'm grateful to the man." He looked over his shoulder toward Ross, "The Avengers have saved earth many times, my only issue is how they just leave a path of destruction." Turning away from the brewer André took a sip of the newly made coffee.
"That's the whole reason why the Accords were created." The secretary whispered to himself, slightly annoyed by the mans endless ramblings.
The creak of a nearby door revealed three men, the tall skinny form of Tony Stark, the shorter form of James Rhodes, and the floating form of Vision. All three make their way into the room, Tony and Rhodey making their way to the coffee machine, vision however, engaged in conversation with André Bourgeois.
"Good morning Mayor Bourgeois, how is Paris doing?" Vision asked, shaking the man's hand.
"Not too bad Mr. Vision." The man responded, taking another sip of his coffee, "My only problem is the constant attacks from Hawkmoth." The man took a breath, "thankfully they haven't gotten too violent."
"What about the incident with Syren?" Rhodey asked, looking over his shoulder, gazing at the mayor.
"We had a few deaths," the mayor admitted, "but that was before Ladybug and Chat Noir intervened!" The mayor protested.
"But what if they hadn't succeeded?" Rhodey questioned, "You would have a flooded city and more than a few deaths."
"You don't know that!" The mayor adamantly protested.
"Your right, I don't know that." Rhodey responded, filly turning away from the coffee machine and towards the mayor, "All i'm trying to tell you, Mr. Bourgeois, is that if they had failed your city would have become a new lake."
"I bet that the two heroes were happy for a swim though." Tony interjected, attempting the warm the falling tampiture of the room.
"I'm sure they did." They mayor agreed, turned on his heel, and made his way toward the conference table that played in the center of the room.
"Gentlemen we aren't here to debate hypothetical situations." The monotone voice of Secretary Ross greeted, "We are here to map out a possible agreement between the heroes known as Ladybug and Chat Noir, and the U.N. Panel." Ross quickly informed.
Tony raised an eyebrow, "then why are we here?" His gaze went from his coffee to Ross, "We're not part of the panel."
"I know that Stark." Ross clicked, "What I need you to do is accompany on his way back to Paris, track down Ladybug and Chat Noir, and make them sign the Accords." The Secretary explained, finishing with a noisy slurp of his coffee.
"When will we be leaving?" Tony questioned, seating himself down in the uncomfortable conference chairs.
"You and André will be leaving in about thirty minutes." Ross informed, checking his watch lazily.
"What about Rhodey, isn't this why he is with us?" Tony asked with a confused tone in his voce, slightly tilting his head.
"No, Rhodey and I have other news to talk about." Ross informed, taking a quick sip of his now lukewarm coffee before continuing, "Get your things ready Tony, you'll be staying in Paris for a few days."
With a quick glare in Ross' direction Tony made his way toward his old room in the Avengers compound. After the breakup Tony had moved back to Stark Tower, it just had what Avengers compound has lacked of late, warmth. After the split the compound felt cold with the memories of lost friends, and broken trust. Tony had been and was willing to let it collect dust and move back into stark tower. Shaking away those thoughts he grabbed the few belongings he had inside the room and placed them inside his briefcase.
Making his way into the hallway, he was met by the plump form of Mayor Bourgeois. A few branches of small talk were exchanged as the two men boarded a private jet built by stark industries, and began their long trek to Paris, France.
Meanwhile in the darkened city of Paris many were sleeping, dreaming of their goals, romance and friendships. One girl in particular dreamt of a house with a blonde, kids running around making a ruckus, and a cat- no, scratch that a hamster chasing after them inside the confines of a pink hamster ball.
Suddenly Marinette found herself staring at her roof, wide awake. Heavy footsteps echoing throughout the quiet room.
"Marinette?" A crazed voice rang out, seemingly searching for the young hero.
Marinette quickly recalled the Tikki had left for Master Fu's place not to long ago, "Tikki is that you? Are you back already?" She asked, silently hoping she was right.
A pair of hands brought themselves into view, grabbing at the metal railing of the girls bed, "Marinette?" The voice rang out again, no longer searching, it had more of a wanting tone.
"Tikki?" Marinette tried again, already knowing that it couldn't be the friendly Kawami.
"Marinette!" The crazed voice yelled, pulling itself up from the railing. Adrien's face stared at Marinette, eyes crazed head twitching, "Marinette, can I tell you a secret." Adrien asked, head twitching to the side, "there's a girl i'm in love with and her name is Chloé!" The boy confessed, crawling closer to Marinette.
With a shriek, Marinette grabbed the covers and threw them over the nightmarish Adrien, quickly making her way out the trap door and to her terrace.
"What type of nightmare is this?" The girl questioned, backing toward the railing. Hearing screams behind her Marinette turned her body, bewildered at the sight before her. She Saw somebody running away from a T-Rex another from a giant spider.
Suddenly a new voice boomed, "The sandboy just checked in! Now nightmares can begin!" The cold voice sang.
Quickly finding the source, Marinette realized three things all at once. First, she didn't have Tikki with her, so she couldn't transform into Ladybug. Second the Akuma was infecting all of Paris, so there was a chance that Chat Noir wouldn't be able to make it to her. At last but certainly not least, Nightmare Adrien was going to give her nightmares when this is all over.
