ChapterThree
"Would you like something to drink miss?" The pilot assistant asked. "No thanks." Marinette mumbled. She was sitting slouched, against the window of Chloe's private jet, flying to Pinelands Summer Camp, in America. She was sitting as far away from everyone, in the back seat, wondering what she was going to do. "Oh Tikki!" She hissed. "What am I going to do?" Tikki looked up, her normally red skin had paled and she looked ill. "Oh no! Tikki are you feeling sick again? Master Fu is ages away!" "No Marinette." Tikki groaned quietly. "Turns out I'm not an air kwami." "Oh I'm sorry Tikki, do you need to be sick?" Marinette whispered. Tikki shook her head. I'll be fine Marinette, don't worry about me. What are you going to do about Hawkmoth?"
"I don't know! Do I tell on him, but then he'll hurt Adrian, and I wouldn't put that past Hawkmoth, or I don't say anything, and just stay away from Adrian." "Why stay away from Adrian?" Tikki asked looking confused. "Because. I act like a fool every time I see him. I can't risk blurting out his dad is Hawkmoth! He'll think I'm crazy…or he'll believe me, and then Hawkmoth will get him." Tikki bit her lip, frowning, "I don't know….Maybe you should talk to Cat Noir…without actually telling him," Tikki added. "But Cat Noir is all the way back in Paris." Marinette pointed out. "That's what you think." Tikki muttered to herself.
"So…Marinette doesn't want to be anywhere near Adrian. Since when?" Alexis asked. She, Alya, Rose, Mylan, and Jueleka were all huddled around talking in whispers. "I know. She was supposed to go to his house yesterday, to ask him if he was coming, and she was her usual shy self, she went in, was gone for five minutes, and then she came running out like there were 8000 creepy crawlies after her!" Alya said. "Seriously." Mylan asked. "What? Bugs are scary." What about Ladybug?" Rose asked her slyly. "Okay guys!" Alya held up her hands. "Stop ganging up on me, we need to find out why Marinette is suddenly avoiding us. Deal?" The four girls nodded solemnly. "What's the plan?" Jueleka asked.
Adrian was sitting in his seat, next to Chloe, staring out the window at the Atlantic Ocean, ignoring whatever Chloe was saying to him. He was glad to be able to get away from the wet rain and go to a much warmer summer camp. Adrian's fear of water, was new, and rather embarrassing…
Cats hate rain, and Cat Noir was no different. While some might occasionally enjoy a quick kitty paddle, getting stuck in the rain is high on the disliked list. "Can we get this over with?" He complained to Ladybug, who was "dancing about happily in the rain." How come she got to be an insect that liked rain? Usually he was a fan of it himself, but the whole cat think didn't mix well. And the fact that earlier that week, a villain who planned to flood Paris, had pushed him into a giant, sea of water, knocking him out completely didn't help. Ever since then, he had been…well, afraid of water…..just a little of course! Now it was a normal thunderstorm, and the rain was heavily falling. While Ladybug pranced around, Cat Noir made mad dashes from one source of shelter to the next. "Come on, up here, quickly." Ladybug called from a roof. Cat Noir grumbled angrily as he grabbed his rod to hoist himself upwards. That's when the bolt of lightning came down from the clouds. Hitting the metal staff. The electric shock went through Cat, and he fell back to the ground. Unconscious. Again. He had been unharmed, luckily, but more shaken than ever…..and it didn't help, that Ladybug now worried every time he stepped into a puddle, or she saw a flash of lightning.
"Adrian!" Chloe snapped, butting Adrian out of his daydream. "Are you even listening to what I said?" "Uhhhh….." Adrian started, "Well, geeze, let me just tell you again. I said that although I like to come to the hotel alone, it's nice you're here with me, I mean, not Marinette, she's weird, but…." Adrian sighed as Chloe kept on going.
Two hours later, the plane landed in the airport, and the children exited the plane. "Our luggage will be dealt with by the airport. Daddy arranged for us to be picked up by a limo and taken to the hotel, okay?" Chloe asked. "But didn't the letter say…" Nathaniel started to say, but Nino nudged him to keep quiet. Sure enough, two limos were waiting, one small and one extra-large. "The big one's mine, and Adrikin's of course, then you guys…" Chloe sneered, "I can't be seen trailed by the ugly cars you guys are accustomed to, so you get the little one." "All of us have to fit in that little limo?" Marinette asked. "Is that not what I just said?" Chloe rolled her eyes. "If it's okay with you guys, can I ride in the small limo?" Adrian asked. "Sure." Alya said, winking at Jueleka, Rose, Alexis, and Mylen. "There's room next to Marinette." "But we haven't even gotten in yet." Adrian pointed out. "Just! There will be." And it turned out. She was right.
Chapter 3 done! Whoo-hoo! I love writing this so much, that I've done three chapters in one day! Go me! So…the whole Cat Noir accident thing might not make sense now, but you'll understand soon Mwahahahah! I love leaving you in suspense J. Bug out.
