"There's no way out..."
The voice whispered.
"No doors, no windows...I'm trapped inside..."
Marinette glanced around the room she was stuck in, hoping there was a way out. She sat down on the floor and began to cry.
"Lucy's not here...Adrien's not here...nobody is here...it's just me..." Her arms and legs began to shake and she started to whimper while she cried.
"They're all gone...I'm all alone...
They're all gone...
...Lucy...
Adrien...Adrien..."
"Adrien!" Marinette sprung up in bed with a gasp and sweat sliding down her forehead and her neck. She looked around her bedroom and calmed herself down after realizing it was just a dream. She took a deep breath and checked to see if Adrien was near, but he wasn't in the room. Glancing to the clock on the small table by her side of the bed, Marinette read the time and murmured "...Only 4 am...?" She slid out of bed and quietly headed down stairs to get a drink of water, but she stopped and hid on the stairs once she spotted Adrien pacing back and forth in the living room. "You can't just go on after him like it's no big deal! You need a plan!" "If I don't do something now, then who knows what will happen to Lucy..." "Calm down and have a bite of some camembert." "Plagg, this isn't the time!" Adrien sat down on one of the sofas and ran his fingers through his hair while trying to think. "Rewor. Is it that time of the month again?" Plagg set himself on Adrien's right shoulder as he ate his food while Adrien tried coming up with a plan to get Lucy. Marinette listened intently to the conversation, and after a minute or two, she ran back upstairs to the bedroom.
"...You've been up all night, Adrien, just go to sleep and talk about this with Marinette later." Adrien sighed. "I guess you're right..." He headed upstairs to he and Marinette's bedroom, and turned a small lamp that was on their dresser. "Marinette?" Adrien checked the bathroom as well as the balcony, and she was no where to be seen. "...No. No no no no!" Quickly, Adrien reached under their bed and pulled out the same box that held Marinette's Liuyedao sword. When he opened the box, he was surprised to see that the sword...was gone. He angrily kicked the box aside and began taking deep breaths. He noticed a note taped onto the vanity mirror, so he pulled it off and read it.
"By the time you're reading this...you're probably upset. I'm sorry.
I always stand by and watch you get hurt because of my mistakes.
This time, I'm going to protect you. Whatever you do, don't come
after me. Tonight, I'll make things right again.
I love you, Kitty.
~Your Lady"
Adrien shook his head and let out a deep sigh.
"Whatever you do, Marinette, please...
don't get yourself hurt."