Revealer & Electra PART 1
Adrien bounced his leg impatiently in class waiting for the final bell to ring. He hated leaving her alone all day, and while she reassured him that she would be fine, he still felt bad about having to leave. It wasn't like he could focus on the lessons anyway. He was surprised anybody else would. All he could think about was Revealer and Electra. They were going to strike again, that was inevitable. Their Akuma's still had to be purified, but Adrien was worried about how Marinette would react to battling her captors. Fighting them wouldn't be like any other Akuma battle for them, and he knew that.
God, all he wanted was to be out of the classroom and back with Marinette, but he knew he wouldn't be able to see her for a while after school anyway. He had fencing and Chinese lessons after school, which annoyed him to no end. He hated leaving her alone for so long, especially since they both knew that Hawk Moth was most likely plotting his next move. Adrien had a feeling that something was coming. Something big. Something neither he or Marinette could ever see coming. It sacred him.
The dismissal bell finally rang and Adrien shot up from his seat and began putting his things into his book bag.
"Yo, dude, Adrien are you okay?" Nino asked, Adrien turned to look at his friend and gave him a small smile.
"Uh, yeah." He told him. "Just...thinking about Marinette is all."
"Oh, I know, crazy right?" Nino asked him. "I can't believe she's Ladybug!"
Adrien chuckled nervously. "Yeah...crazy."
Nino sighed. "I'm worried about her." He said. "I know Cat Noir saved her, but she hasn't come home. I just hope she's alright. Alya's been going crazy not knowing where she is or how she's doing."
Adrien gave his friend a genuine smile and put a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sure wherever she is, she's okay." He told him. "Cat Noir is probably looking after her, so I doubt she's out there all alone."
Nino smiled at his best friend. "You're right." He said. "Thanks, Adrien."
"Of course." He said. "Text me if you need anything, yeah?"
Nino nodded and Adrien left the classroom. He walked out the doors of the school and into the car that was waiting for him outside.
Yay. Fencing. Adrien thought sarcastically.
He was already dreading the next few hours of his day.
Chloé Bourgeois couldn't get Marinette Dupain-Cheng out of her head. It bothered her a little that she was thinking so hard about her supposed arch rival.
Contrary to popular belief, Chloé actually didn't hate Marinette as much as she made everybody believe she did. If Chloé was honest with everyone, she would say how envious she was of the blue haired baker girl. Sure, Chloé had money, a lot of money, and it made her -somewhat- happy. But Marinette? She didn't care about money.
Marinette had a family. She had a mother who actually loved her and a father who would do anything to keep her happy. Sure, Chloé's dad did whatever she asked of him, but that was because she scared him. She knew she did. And at first, it felt good to be feared, but after scaring everybody off...she grew lonely. Nobody liked her, she didn't have any real friends, and that hurt. So, she channeled all the hurt and the anger into her attitude and became the mean girl of the school. Chloé decided she could deal with the loneliness, because if she was always alone, that meant that nobody could leave her the way her mother had left her and her dad.
But then she met Sabrina, and as much as she convinced everyone she was only using Sabrina for her own personal gain, she genuinely cared for her. Not that she would ever tell Sabrina that. When they first became friends, Sabrina had tried to convince Chloé to patch things up with Marinette and everyone else in their class, but Chloé refused. Not because she didn't want to, she did, but she was afraid that after all the damage she'd cost nobody would give her a second chance and she's be alone all over again, having gotten her hopes up for nothing.
But of course, Chloé knew she was wrong. She knew that Marinette would give her a chance, despite how cruel she had always been to her. Truth be told, Chloé felt like she didn't deserve anybody's forgiveness for her actions. Especially Marinette's. So, she remained her cold, cruel self.
Then Ladybug and Cat Noir showed up one day and became the beloved heroes of Paris. Chloé loved Ladybug, and wanted to share her love for the super heroine with people, but she only had Sabrina. So, she made her listen to her rants and theories about the red clad hero. She knew it annoyed Sabrina sometimes because she couldn't shut up about her, but who else did Chloé have? So, Sabrina always listened, and Chloé had always been grateful for that.
To find out that her favorite hero and 'arch rival' were the same person...was something else entirely.
Chloé had watched the live feed with Sabrina, crying on her shoulder as she watched Ladybug be tortured all because she wouldn't tell Revealer and Electra her name. Then, when she finally caved, telling them and all of Paris her name, and her transformation fell, Chloé didn't know how to feel. She was in shock.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng was Ladybug. Shy, clumsy, Marinette was the brave and graceful Ladybug. Sure, when Chloé finally connected all the dots in her head it all made sense, but at first she was confused. How? How was she able to be Ladybug and still have time for everything else in her life? Chloé knew that Marinette was almost always busy, so how she had the ability to balance all that and save Paris for a living was beyond her. It took her a minute, but she figured out how Marinette did it.
She did it because she wanted to. No matter how tired she was with everything she had going on, she cared about the people of Paris, so swinging into action to save them was nothing she had to think about. Marinette was selfless, so it made sense to Chloé that she would put the civilians' safety before her own. That's how Marinette was, even when she wasn't wearing red and black spandex and swinging around the city on a yoyo.
Finding out Marinette was Ladybug only made Chloé more envious of her classmate, but she shoved that envy down, because her classmate had just been electrocuted all because she wanted to protect her identity. Something she had the right to do. Chloé felt her heart go out to Marinette, and when she thought about all the times she had been a royal bitch to her, she began to cry harder on Sabrina's shoulder. And in that moment, Chloé made a promise to herself.
The next time she saw Marinette -if she ever saw her again after this- she would make it up to her. She would make it up to everyone. She would earn their forgiveness and their friendship, and she would gain their trust. She was tired of being feared and hated. She was finally ready to love people again the way that she used to. And if by chance they actually find it in their hearts to give her a chance...
There was no way in hell she was going to waste it.
Marinette watched the news on the tv in one of the upstairs bedrooms like a hawk. She was looking for any stories about Hawk Moth, Revealer or Electra, but there were none. In fact, the only stories on the news were about her. As much as it pained her to watch them and hear the things people said about her being Ladybug -good and bad- she still watched.
"This is a teenage girl." A man's voice echoed from the tv. "All this time we've been trusting a teenager with our lives. She's just a kid how are we so sure that she-"
The tv screen went black as it turned off and Marinette looked in the doorway of the bedroom to see Cat Noir standing there with the remote in his hand. She hadn't even heard him come up.
"Don't watch this crap." He told her. "Don't let the bad things they say about you get to your head. None of it's true anyway."
"What time is it?" Marinette asked, ignoring his statements. Cat Noir gave her a look, but sighed and told her the time anyway.
"It's almost nine." He told her.
"Oh, I didn't realize I had been watching for that long." She said. "I just...I don't feel right. Sitting and doing nothing while Revealer and Electra are most likely plotting their next move."
Cat Noir walked into the bedroom and sat down at the foot of the bed, Marinette shook her head, angry with herself.
"I should have fought back harder." She said. "If I had fought harder, I would have been able to get their Akumas, and-"
"And nothing." Cat Noir said. "Marinette, you had five minutes left before your transformation fell so even if you had managed to capture their Akuma's and purify them all on your own, they still had that camera rolling live feed and your identity still would have been revealed because you would have been too preoccupied with fighting them both."
Marinette said nothing and looked down to her hands. She knew he was right, but she still wanted to believe that she could have gotten away. She hated feeling like some damsel in distress. She was Ladybug. Ladybug didn't need anybody to save her.
Or at least she had thought she didn't.
"I never thanked you." She said suddenly, and Cat Noir's brows furrowed in confusion as she brought her head up to look at him. "For getting me out of there."
Realization dawned on his face and he gave her a smile. "You don't need to thank me, Marinette." He told her.
"Yes, I do." She said, and she reached over and placed a hand on his knee, she looked up into his piercing green eyes and spoke.
"Thank you," She said. "for saving me and getting me out of there."
Cat Noir smiled at her and placed one of his hands over hers.
"Anytime, Princess." He said. She smiled at him and then to both of their surprises, pulled him into a hug. Cat Noir had to take a moment to get over the bit of shock that coursed through him before he hugged her back. He caressed her back with one of his hands and she held him tighter.
"I don't know what I would do without you, Cat Noir." She said into his chest. "You're the best partner a girl could ever ask for."
Cat Noir smiled at her words and proceeded to pull her closer to him, tightening his grip on her a little.
"Right back at you, bugaboo." He said, and she giggled lightly into his chest at hearing the nickname.
The moment they were having, however, was ruined by the sound of Cat Noir's cellphone ringing.
"It's a friend of mine from school." He told her. "I have to take this." She nodded.
"Go on." She told him. "I promise not to listen in."
Cat Noir smiled before grabbing his phone and exiting the bedroom, closing the door behind him. He answered the phone and brought it up to his ear.
"Hey Nino, what's up?" He answered quietly.
"Dude, are you near a tv?" Nino asked on the other line. Adrien nodded.
"Yeah, why?" He asked him.
"Turn it onto the news channel now." He told him. "Revealer and Electra are back!"
At hearing this, Adrien burst back into the bedroom, grabbed the remote from where he set it on the bed and turn the tv on.
"What's going on?" Marinette asked, and Cat Noir brought his finger up to his lips to tell her to be quiet because he was still on the phone. She nodded in understanding and turned to face the tv.
Marinette and Cat Noir watched as Revealer and Electra's faces appeared on the tv screen.
"Greetings, citizens of Paris!" Revealer said. "I hope you enjoyed our show the other day! Ladybug, oh excuse me, Marinette was a lovely guest to have!"
Marinette visibly winced when Revealer said her name, and a shiver ran down her spine. Cat Noir spared a quick glance at her before turning his attention back to the tv.
"Now, we're here to request that little miss Marinette come out of hiding." Revealer said. "If she doesn't want all of Paris to be in eternal darkness because that's exactly what Electra will make happen if she doesn't show up here at the Eiffel Tower in tenminutes and give us her Miraculous."
"Dude, are you seeing this?!" Nino asked from the other line.
"Yeah, I'm seeing it." Adrien said, and Marinette glanced at him.
"She better not show up!" Nino said. "If she does...I don't even want to think about what would happen."
"Yeah, me either." He said. "Hey, I've gotta go. My father wants to see me."
"Oh geez, okay, I'll let you go man." Nino said. "Talk to you later."
"Okay, bye." Adrien said and he hung up the phone before turning to Marinette whose eye were still glued to the tv watching Revealer and Electra threaten the city. Cat Noir turned the tv off once again and caught her attention.
"I know what you're thinking." He told her. "And I'm not going to let you go."
"Chat," She started, but he cut her off.
"No, Marinette." He said. "I'm not going to let you give up your Miraculous just because those two freaks are threatening to cause a blackout. The electricity throughout the city can be fixed, giving up your Miraculous isn't a fixable thing."
"But even if the power is fixed, Electra could always just take it away again." She said, rising from the bed. "It's an endless cycle, Chat. Can't you see that? I have to end this. I have to go."
"No." He said. "I'll go. I'll get their Akuma's and find someway to catch them until I can get them back to you so you can purify them."
"Chat, please-"
"No, Marinette!" He exclaimed. "You're staying here and away from them, and that's final."
With that, Cat Noir left Marinette standing in the room staring at where he once stood. She waited until she heard the front door close and called for Tikki. Her Kwami came flying from the nightstand by the bed, a smile on her face.
"I'm surprised he though you were going to listen to him." Tikki said, and Marinette giggled.
"Me too." She said. "He's such a silly kitty, that one."
"Does he not know that you would never give up your Miraculous to any Akuma for any reason?" Tikki asked, and Marinette shrugged.
"Who knows what goes on in that boys head." She said.
"Well, just say the words, Marinette." Tikki said, and Marinette nodded.
"Tikki, spots on!"
The ten minutes were up, and everybody in Paris knew it. Revealer and Electra were stood in front of the Eiffel Tower with evil smirks on their faces.
"Looks like Marinette isn't as much of a hero as everyone thinks she is." She said. "What a shame." She nodded to Electra who raised his hand in the air and was about to knock all the power in the city out when a voice came from behind them.
"Hey sparky." They turned to see none other then Cat Noir standing behind them. "Why don't you pick on someone your own frequency?"
"Cat Noir!" Revealer said. "So glad you could join us! Tell me, where is that dear partner of yours?"
Cat Noir went to say that Ladybug wouldn't be coming, but the sound of a yoyo cut him off as Ladybug swung in and landed next to him.
"Sorry I'm late." She said as her yoyo rolled back up into her hand. "Traffic was terrible."
"What are you doing here?" Cat Noir hissed at her quietly. She ignored him and instead walked towards Revealer and Electra.
"You want my Miraculous?" She asked. "Come and get it!"
Revealer and Electra charged at her, but she leapt out of the way with ease and flipped over them. She landed behind them and smirked triumphantly.
"Come on, is that the best you've got?!" She asked. "I've seen way better Akuma's than you two in my day. Is Hawk Moth getting lazy on me?"
They turned and charged at her again, and she almost laughed as she threw her yoyo up into the air, wrapping it around a railing on the Eiffel Tower and swung away, grabbing Cat Noir along the way and bringing him up with her. They landed on one of the midlevels of the Eiffel Tower, and watched as Revealer and Electra fired at them and missed every time.
"I thought I told you not to come?!" Cat Noir scolded her.
"And I thought you knew me well enough to know that I would never give my Miraculous up to anyone for anything." Ladybug snapped. "I'm here to end this. I'm here to purify their Akuma's so Hawk Moth doesn't have any control over them anymore. I'm here to save them, along with the rest of Paris. Will you please let me do that?"
Cat Noir knew there was no point in arguing with her, especially not now. Besides, he knew she was right and he should have known better. He sighed.
"I do know that. I'm sorry." He said.
"It's okay, Chat. Let's just finish this." She said, and they rounded a corner only to come face to face with Revealer and Electra once more. How they had gotten up so fast, neither of them knew, and neither of them cared at that point.
"Oh yes." Revealer said. "I do believe it's time to finish this indeed."
A/N: Okay, I know the chapter is called Revealer and Electra and then I put it all at the end and it wasn't a lot, but there will be more in the next chapter which will be part 2. So just be patient. Also, we got to see into Chloé's mind and how she was taking the situation which I hope was a good arc for her. Nino and Alya are next so look forward to that in the chapters to come! And also YES I will bring Marinette's parents in at some point. I haven't quite figured out how to work them in yet, but I am working on it I promise I have a few ideas on how I wanna do it. Anyway I hope you enjoyed the chapter!