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She needed a coffee now. Marinette strolled down the hospital's corridors, getting to the bistro in which a few patients sat and sipped on their own coffee. The young woman mumbled a little greeting but none of them answered. Shrugging, she fed the coffee machine and leaned her head against it. Only then, she noticed the voice that sounded like a TV newsreader, obviously upset about something. Because of that, nobody had answered then. She nodded but continued to lean onto the machine while it gently vibrated on her forehead. When she received her coffee, she turned and looked at the TV, seeing a very nervous newsreader and behind him a video of a very fast driving train.
"… Train is now, as seen here, travelling very fast and it's between Crépy-en-Valois and Nanteuil-le-Haudouin by now. According to the last words of the train driver before the radio was disconnected, he has been knocked out by the terrorist group AKUMA, obviously with the goal to crash into Gare du Nord with this cargo train which is loaded with dangerous chemicals. The train is-…"
Marinette didn't need to hear the rest. Without hesitation, she abandoned the hot cup of coffee on a table and dialed Tikki's number while running to her superior, hastily scribbling down another number on a flyer she grabbed while exiting the bistro.
"Hello Marinette.", Tikki greeted her, "What is-…"
"Why am I being informed by the TV rather than you?", she snapped, pressing herself to the wall to make room for a bed that was moved past her.
"The police are on it, Marinette, and you are working. It is not necessary for you to set your identity on stake to try and stop-…"
"The AKUMA is behind this, Tikki! I have a helicopter and I'm giving your cover number to my superior now. I'm moving out."
"You always were a bit of a hothead, Marinette. Do you think you can deal with this?"
"I know I can. You taught me well. Can you make sure nobody gets into my way?"
"Certainly. But you'll get fired, you know that?"
Marinette set on her grim face as she ran up the stairs.
"I don't care, this is bigger than my job."
"Please don't get carried away, alright?"
"I'm hotheaded, remember? Of course, I will!", she grinned when she barged into the office of her superior, at the same time hanging up her call with Tikki and slamming the piece of paper with the number on it on the desk.
"I'm heading out with the helicopter, if you have questions call this number!"
She emerged out without another word, running into Tia as she opened the door to the landing platform.
"Marinette? Is everything alright? You wanted to-…"
"Tia, I want you to stay here!"
"Wh-What?!", the younger girl exclaimed, looked at her confused.
"Nino and I need to go and I want you to stay here, just stay here! Nino! Start the helicopter, right now!"
The young man looked startled but didn't question it, instead he jumped inside the helicopter and started the rotors. Tia followed her regardless, still throwing as many questions at her as she could.
"Tia, listen. There's something really important I need to set right and I don't want you to risk your life for that. You understand?"
Only then, Tia realized Marinette had not once called her 'greenie'. Dumbstruck, she nodded.
"Okay, stay put. And-… Tia?"
"Yes?"
"Just in case, I love you like a little sister, alright?"
In that moment, Tia knew something must've gone wrong. Terribly wrong.
"Marinette, wait-…!"
"Stay there!", the young woman yelled over the loud helicopter when she entered and put on her helmet.
"So, what happened?"
"There's a driverless train between Crépy-en-Valois and Nanteuil-le-Haudouin! I need to stop it!"
"W-Wait, what?!"
Marinette rolled her eyes when she put on her safety belt and looked back down to where Tia stared after them.
"I need you to get me above the train so that I can rope down into the driver cabin and stop it. Got it?"
Nino stared at her while directing the helicopter towards Crépy-en-Valois, tilting down the front so that they would fly faster.
"B-But-… What?!"
"Nino, I'll take all the guilt on me, I'll say I forced you to fly me there so you won't lose your job but trust me on this one, okay?"
He kept his eyes on her while flying over Paris.
"Why you?! And why me?! What do we have to do with-… And what's with that train?!"
She sighed and told him what she heard and saw on TV.
"And I just have this weird feeling I'm needed and that I can do that. So just fly me there and I'll do the rest!"
He was still confused but shut up for the rest on the flight.
The train had passed Nanteuil-le-Haudouin by now, still heading towards Paris. By the time Marinette and Nino had sighted the train, it was just before Le-Plessis-Belleville, continuing its path at a rattling speed. She gulped when she saw just how fast the train was going.
"You okay, Mari? You know, that's not your mission-…"
"No. Nino, it is. I have to do this. It's my job."
He gave her an indefinite glance, still flying towards the moving train. She got up, clinking in a carabiner in her belt, showing him thumbs up. Just when he gave back the gesture, she hesitated, pulled out her phone and dialed Alya's number. She tried her best to block out the noise of the helicopter with her hands but she had to tell Alya she loved her.
After a few seconds, her best friend's voice came through the speaker, sleepy but she was there. Marinette sighed relieved.
"Mari? What's that noise…? Are you calling me from inside the helicopter?!"
"Yeah, but-… Alya, listen. I want you to know that I love you. No matter what happens next, okay? I love you."
"Mari, what-… What are you doing? What is happening? Why are you-… Are you in trouble?!"
"Alya, I love you! See you this evening!"
With that, she interrupted her best friend's words, putting back the phone into her pocket. Nino looked at her through clouded eyes but had managed to align the helicopters speed with the train.
"You sure?", she heard him ask through the radio.
"Completely. Just look out for me."
"I will, Mari."
She pulled at the rope and it slowly gave her space, letting her stand on the skids of the helicopter waiting for Nino to fly above the driver's cabin.
Alya got up and rubbed her eyes. Something was wrong, very wrong. As fast as she could, she got up and checked the internet for any information. When she read 'train' and 'driverless', she quickly grabbed the remote and turned on the TV. She was greeted with a soap but hurriedly changed the channel and landed on the news live, seeing a helicopter flying above a train.
"… And as it seems, two heroic emergency pilots are currently trying to get to the driver cabin of the train, to hopefully stop the train. For now-…"
Alya pulled out her phone once again, looking up what was happening. After two minutes, she dialed Adrien's number, terrified to see on live TV that her best friend was standing on the skids of the helicopter, looking down at the moving train, obviously concentrating on roping herself down.
"Adrien?!", she almost yelled when he accepted, surely making him flinch.
"Ow, Alya! What is it? You know I'm in the middle of a shoot-…"
"Forget it! Turn on the TV! Nino-… M-Marinette-… They-… Oh my g-god!"
"Alya? What is it? What's happening?"
The brunette couldn't answer. She saw that her best friend took the step out into the air, slowly roping herself down towards the train in which the AKUMA terrorists were surely waiting for her.
"Adrien, how far are you from Nino's and my apartment?"
"About five minutes?"
"C-Come here right now. I-I think-… I think Mari's gonna die."
"What?! Alya, I-…"
"Come here in this instant and hold me for god's sake!"
She hung up before he could answer. Because in that moment, the helicopter which her boyfriend flew, suddenly gained in height and Marinette hadn't been prepared for it.
"Nino! What was that all about?!"
"Sorry, Mari! I'm just looking out for you and luckily, we missed that tree branch. It would've been worse if the rope had been hit!"
Marinette nodded and continued to rope herself down, until she could almost touch the train with her feet but the speed made it difficult for her to manage not swinging around.
She gritted her teeth, trying to get into a better position with circling her legs.
"Mari, I can't hold this forever!"
"Well, me neither! I'm working on it, Nino!"
She heard him moan and focused on trying to touch down gently, but after about two minutes of trying, she gave up and with a fast pull, she was down on the train's roof. She rolled a few times because the train was moving faster than she thought and the rope yanked her up. She just hoped her world would stop spinning.
"Mari!", she heard Nino yelling, then she felt a great pain in her back.
