Sorry I'm late but you know Easter and all that. Hope everyone had a nice holiday and I hope you are ready for the next installment of Cats Closet! So this story was what originally started Cats Closet. It wasn't a sequel originally but I've been stuck on it for a long time trying to figure out where I wanted it to go. Then once I wrote Rising Water I went OH DUH! Now this story is complete and I have my old busted computer to thank. This story is a touch darker than the first although I suppose I cant top drowning a main character oh well... Updates every three days! Lets go!

Grbeeann… Thank you, you are so very welcome, and its ok my friend hates me too sometimes due to my stories. :)

Avatar… I'm so glad you like them all! Here is some more for you. My stories tend to follow a pattern which helps me stay on track. Otherwise with my luck we would end up in another universe fighting for the right to bear ice cream or something…

MC Melody… I never thought of that! Adriens a sneaky little bugger lol!

After a fight with an akuma goes wrong Chat and a knocked out Ladybug hide in a closet to wait for their transformation to recharge.

I own nothing... Except my imagination.

Shattered Iron (Part 1)

The room was dark, so dark he couldn't see his hand in front of his face much less the identity of the woman in his arms. He was leaning back against the cold wall his arms wrapped firmly around her as if he feared she would disappear.

"Adrien you should get some sleep too you know." A small voice said from near his ear.

It was Plagg Adrien knew and he also knew that the kwami was right. He couldn't sleep though. Every time he closed his eyes the image of Ladybug protecting him filled his mind. The shock on her face as the shattered glass tore into her was permanently etched on the back of his eyelids and left him unable to find any sort of peace in sleep.

"I can't." Adrien sighed his arms holding Ladybugs sleeping form even closer to him. She was warm laying against him like this, her civilian clothes soft to the touch.

"Its not your fault you know." A female voice whispered from the darkness.

Adrien could just make out Tiki as she flew up to hover before him. The strange slight glow surrounding the Kwami allowed him to see her if nothing else.

Resting his chin on Ladybugs head, her hair as soft as silk he took a deep breath filling his lungs with the scent of her as he desperately tried to control his emotions.

"It feels like it." Adrien managed finally.

Tiki moved forward nuzzling his forehead with hers and ever so gently pressing a kiss to the tip of his nose. "You were protecting a child and she protected you. That's the way it works. It not your fault that you didn't realize there were two akumas out there, Ma-Ladybug didn't realize it either."

The warm body tucked at the hollow of his throat moved and Plagg floated up next to Tiki in the inky darkness his green eyes giving away his position. "Yeah we didn't realize it either Adrien. You even got yourselves in here before the transformations wore off so you didn't blow your identities. You did a great job!"

"Yeah…" Adrien responded somewhat despondent the events of the day replaying in his mind as he desperately tried to figure out exactly where he had gone wrong.

The day had started out fairly normal for him he woke to his fathers aid banging on his door, had breakfast alone, and gone to the bakery where he met up with Marinette before school. Since the battle with Aquis he had officially started dating her and he was in seventh heaven. Gone were the days where she would trip verbally or physically as she tried to talk to him although she still tripped often due to clumsiness. Their friends had been totally lost the first time they had interacted at school after the fiasco caused by Aquis but together they had made up yet another tandem lie that made them both fall into giggle fits in the end. These days Marinette let her true personality shine and was a confident, sassy, beautiful girl who was reminding him more of Ladybug every day. Before Adrien had refused to let Ladybug reveal her identity due to selfish reasons, he didn't want to have to choose between his lady and his princess. Now though he genuinely curious plus he wasn't sure that he would have to choose and he found himself deeply in love with Marinette. From the look in her eyes whether he was with her as Chat or Adrien he could tell that she loved him back, even if they were both a bit too chicken to say it. Even if Marinette wasn't Ladybug it wouldn't matter to him but there was always that chance and Adrien was almost convinced that they were one and the same.

School had passed at a dismally slow pace but he hadn't minded since it was a better option than the photo shoot he was now stuck at that his father had set up. They had him change clothes so he now sported a black leather jacket an emerald green undershirt and a pair of dark blue almost black jeans. The clothes were surprisingly comfortable but he was hungry since it was now long past lunch time. It was really too bad that he hadn't caught Marinette before he had left because she usually brought him something to eat when the photo shoots ran long as this one seemed to be. Just when Adrien was thinking of asking for a break the first screams echoed interrupting the photo shoot. It took several moments for people to realize what was happening was an akuma attack then everyone had run away knowing that Ladybug and Chat Noir would soon arrive. Everyone had run but him, Adrien of course had run towards the screams trying to find a good place to hide but each time he paused a moment several people would be bolting past him. Still though he felt the drive to help transformed or not. So charging out into the street he nearly came face to face with the akumasized person who was spraying shards of glass at anyone who was too close.

"I am Shatterglass!" the akumasized person roared twirling what had to be a glassmakers pipe in his hands. They were tall and angular any flat surface on their body reflecting light back and causing rainbows to bloom with every movement they made. Colors swirled across their body and Adrien knew that if Marinette were here she would be having a field day. They carried a pipe in one hand and what almost looked like a flame torch was attached to his other arm.

Most people had fled the area but somehow a small group of school kids were trapped between a pool of molten glass and a corner wall screaming as the akuma advanced.

"You shall be our masterpiece!" Shatterglass yelled bringing the pipe up to his lips.

Adrien didn't think and since he didn't have the time to transform then come back he simply charged in hoping for the best. He had come out behind Shatterglass and somehow the akumasized person didn't even notice his presence. Sprinting forward Adrien jumped straight at him latching onto his back clinging with all his might while throwing off his aim. Molten glass struck the wall closest to the kids and it seemed to snap them out of there petrified state.

"Run kids!" Adrien shouted and he could practically hear Plagg cursing at him from his pocket.

The children fled and Shatterglass turned to follow as Adrien reached around trying to grab the pipe figuring that was where the akuma was. Heat seared his hand before he touched the pipe and with a hiss Adrien recoiled then punched at Shatergalsses face since he didn't seem to care that Adrien was clinging to his back like a monkey. Finally that seemed to gain Shatterglasses attention and he jerked the pipe down as a purple mask covered his face for a brief second. Knowing that Hawkmoth could see through the akumaized persons eyes Adrien reacted quickly. Covering Shatterglasses eyes with both hands Adrien clung with his legs as he twisted and tried to grab hold of Adrien. The children were out of the plaza and so was everyone else now all he had to do was get away.

"Get off of me!" Shatterglass shouted flailing about as he tried and failed to dislodge Adrien from his back. Finally twisting and causing his angular hard edges to dig in to Adrien mercilessly he managed to get a grip on the jacket Adrien wore.

Untransformed Adrien was far stronger than a normal human thanks to the bleed over of the kwamis magic however it was still no match for an Akumasized person. With a solid grip on his jacket Shatterglass plucked him from his back and threw him as if he were a simple annoyance that wasn't to be bothered with. Adrien hit the ground hard and slid a few feet thankful for the jacket because otherwise he would have some serious road rash. Rolling to his knees with a groan Adrien did a mental body check. Nothing broken just bruised and as he looked up he realized he was screwed. Shatterglass advanced on him the nasty glint in his eye telling him that he was about to be attacked.

"Transform Adrien!" Plagg hissed from his pocket even as he slapped a hand over him preventing Shatterglass from seeing as he scooted backwards.

Shatterglass raised the pipe to his lips and in the next second a red blur smashed into his back.

"Leave him alone!" A female voice cried as Ladybug leaped from the rooftop

"Ladybug!" Shatterglass snarled as he spun around leaving Adrien forgotten on the ground.

Knowing this was his chance Adrien scrambled to his feet and ran figuring that once he was out of sight he could transform and return to help. He hadn't made it very far when something struck him hard in the back knocking him over. Swiftly Adrien twisted expecting glass and instead found Ladybug sprawled across him. She was only there for a second because in the next she was on her feet once more her yoyo spinning blocking the shards of glass that flew their way.

"Up!" Ladybug snapped at him and Adrien was on his feet in a second wondering if he should try to run again.

The attack paused as Shatterglass took a breath and things suddenly moved very fast. Ladybug spun scooped him up, threw her yoyo, and then they were swinging away causing Adrien to yelp in surprise. He was completely unused to being carried much less being carried by Ladybug. Wrapping his arms tight around her Adrien had to remind himself that he wasn't afraid of heights since he had never been so high up without any kind of weapon or tool to catch him should he fall.

Glass shards slashed the air around them as Shatterglass joined them on the rooftops and several shards hit Ladybugs back one even hitting Adriens wrist. Adrien hissed in pain and from the way Ladybugs breath hitched he knew that it had to have hurt. Yet her feet never faltered as she launched them into the sky once more.

"Don't let go! I need my other hand!" Ladybug yelled over the whistling of the wind and Adrien tried to reply only to have the wind steal his breath away.

Shatterglass appeared over the edge of the rooftop they just cleared and was still coming as he rode what looked like a spire of molten glass.

"He is still chasing us! We need to take cover." Adrien yelled so she could hear him.

"Position?!" Ladybug asked and Adrien knew she had a plan.

Swiftly he gave her the angle, distance and direction then called "Dodge right!" as another wave of glass shards tried to make them into pincushions.

Ladybug sped up then yelled "Hang on!" as she threw her yoyo and sent them soaring. She twisted them midair and suddenly Adrien found himself upside down and backwards time seeming to slow as he craned his head to see what in the world his Lady was up to.

From that position in a magnificent feat of acrobatics she launched her yoyo torqueing it so that it spun out in an arc that slammed home right into the side of Shatterglasses head. The akumasized man cried out tumbling off the molten glass and over the edge of the building. Then they were falling too causing Adrien to squeak as he realized they missed the roof and were falling quite fast into an alley below. Two feet from the ground they jerked suddenly to a halt causing him to lose his grip and fall the rest of the way to land painfully on his tailbone.

"Owww" Adrien groaned as Ladybug dropped to the ground and pulled him to his feet.

"Shhhh" She hissed pressing him into a corner her body covering his as moments later Shatterglass soared above them shrieking about revenge while dripping a molten blob of glass into the alley as he passed them by.

Adrien flinched as he eyed her back which had several shards of glass protruding from it. Several moments passed in silence as Ladybug eyed the area around them warily then knowing that the danger had passed Ladybug took a step forward and spun to face him.

"Do you have a death wish lately?! What on earth were you thinking attacking him the way you are?!" She demanded as she reached over her shoulder and wincing pulled a shard of glass from her back.

"That's exactly what I want to know!" Plagg demanded shooting from his pocket to hover in the air. "If you keep doing stupid things like this you will be the fastest kitten to croak yet! I can't protect you as a civilian!"

Raising his hands somewhat defensively Adrien looked between the two furious beings before him. "He had kids trapped and there were too many people around to transform. I had to do something! Besides Ladybug you can't tell me that you haven't or wouldn't do the same thing if you had been in the same position."

At his words Ladybug looked a bit sheepish but she still huffed and turned her back to him glancing once more around the empty alley. "Transform so we can get moving but this conversation is so not done."

Adrien sighed and glared up at Plagg. "Don't distract me by yelling at me the whole time." He said and Plagg hissed at him.

With a roll of his eyes Adrien called "Claws out Plagg!" and moments later Chat Noir stood in Adriens place.

See like I said closet... Chat is a cat in a closet. Hehe that kinda rhymes... How do you like our new villain?