Chapter 3

Adrien

I feel my feet gently land on the roof of the police station, not wanting to cause any alarm. I walk in and smile, never getting over the fact of how star struck the policeman at the front desk is every time me and ladybug come in.

"I hear there is a ransom note with my name on it?" I ask the police officer, he nods quickly, as if trying to ignore that I am a superhero talking to him.

I watch him disappear into the back of the station and my mind instantly starts thinking about ladybug again. I am still mad at myself for my ignorance and shake my head as all the possibilities of where ladybug might be right now.

"Um, Chat Noir? Are you ok?" I hear and I shake my head, shaking away the thought. "Ya I'm purrfectly fine!" I say and put on a fake smile.

The officer buys it and hands me the letter. "this letter must stay here in the station, got it?" The cop tells me. I nod

I look at the letter and open it up.

"To: Chat,

As you may know, we have your little bug friend, and if you want to see her alive again, you will give me your miraculous and I will return the girl. Come alone or she will face the consequences.

Meet at the old warehouse

9:00 PM"

I open the letter the rest of the way and I close my eyes when I see a badly drawn ladybug in red pen. Ladybugs signature. I shake my head to clear my head at the thought of Hawkmoth forcing Ladybug to sign it.

I am about to leave when I hear the officer I talked to earlier call my name. "Um, you need to leave that here." The cop say nervously, pointing at the note.

I groan, I'm thinking about running out with it and dealing with the consequences of having the police after me when I stop. "Ladybug wouldn't do that, she would find a compromise." I think to myself.

I look at the note again and then at the officer. I think hard about my options. I'm about to give up when I think of Alya's phone. I quickly pull it out of my pocket and take a picture of the note.

I walk outside and vault onto a nearby roof. I look over at a clock on the inside of a cafe and it reads

5:38 PM.

I think over what I want to do and decide to quickly duck into an alleyway and detransform. I feel the suit disappear from my body, being replaced by my civilian clothes. I walk out of the alleyway, walking down the street to the cafe I saw earlier with the clock.

I look at the menu and I am delighted when I see camembert in the little glass cases up front. I get up to the cashier and order. I have gotten used to the faces the cashiers make whenever I walk up and just order cheese.

I had the cashier some euros and take the smelly bag. I walk out of the cafe and down the road back into the alleyway when Plagg zips out of my pocket. I break off a chunk of the cheese and give it to Plagg, gagging at the smell

I watch in disgust as he devours the smelly treat. He laughs and finishes off the cheese as I continue to gag. I quickly seal the bag, hoping to cut off as much of the smell as possible. "Ok Plagg, let's get home." I tell the Kwami.

"Ya know the rule wait 45 minutes before swimming after eating? The same thing applies to transforming." Plagg says sarcastically.

"Sure it does. Plagg, claws out!" I hold my hand up in the air as the Kwami flies into it. I quickly transform and jump into the top of the roof.

I reach my house and go through the window I go to my bed and face plant down into it. I feel Plagg release the transformation and fly next to me, patting my head awkwardly. "It's, uh, gonna be ok?" He says, trying to comfort me.

I groan into my bedsheets and roll onto my back. "I hope she is ok." I say as I cover my face with my hands. "This is all my fault." I mentally kick myself for the hundredth time.

"Ok, well if you are going to wallow in self pity I'm just gonna take this bag and go." The mini God says and takes the smelly bag and flies off. I close my eyes and try to erase the images of ladybug tied up, on a rooftop.

My eyes snap open and I sit up gasping. "I fell asleep!" I almost scream and I scramble over to where my phone is sitting on the bed. I open up the lock screen and almost faint. I stare in horror at the glowing numbers that are haunting me. 9:38 PM. "Plagg!" I yell, hoping no one in the house heard me. The Kwami slowing flies out and tosses an empty bag at me. I hit away the smelly bag before it hits me in the chest and glare at Plagg. "What is up with you?" The little God asks.

"Whats up with me?" i almost scream, "What is up with me is that the love of my life has been kidnapped and i just slept throught the only way to save her!" Plagg just stares at me, "Dude, you really need to learn to use an alarm of something."

I roll my eyes, "better late than never, Plagg, claws out!" I feel my suit materialize over my body and i quickly hop out the window. "I'm coming ladybug"

(A/N sorry for taking forever! Here is the next chapter and i promise the next chapter will be in ladybugs point of view.) THANKS FOR READING!