Hi! So, I just wanted to announce that I might post another chapter in a bit, or later tonight. I just have a lot of creativity coming to my mind.
Adrien sat on Nino's couch with Alya right beside him as Nino pulled up a map of Paris catacombs. Alya's eyes widened as she saw how far out exactly the catacombs were, "We're gonna have to explore."
"We're gonna have to separate." Nino looked back at her, "We have three days exactly to look for her and find her."
Alya felt a lump forming in her throat, "Do you think we'll be able to?"
"Honestly, I don't know." Nino sighed, "People always get lost in the catacombs and sometimes never even come out. We're gonna have to take a map with all of us to look around and I have also decided that maybe we should each get a section."
"Should we call Luka?" Alya raised her eyebrow, "We know now that he definitely has used a miraculous and he might be able to help out."
Adrien felt a hint of jealousy at Luka's name, but neither of them noticed. "Actually, yeah… We should probably call him." Nino went to pull out his phone before Adrien stopped him.
"It's two in the morning, I don't think Luka would be awake." He awkwardly laughed.
Alya gave Adrien a questionable look, "No, Luka actually doesn't go to bed till around four or five." She pulled her phone out and pressed his contact info.
Adrien crossed his arms and looked up at Nino. It only rang twice before Luka picked up the other end, "Hello?"
"Hey, Luka. It's Alya, I'm with Adrien and Nino, right now. Are you possibly free at the moment?" She bit her bottom lip as she looked over at Adrien.
Luka was silent for a moment, "Adrien Agreste?"
"Yeah, He was in Paris and decided to come visit." She looked up at Nino.
"Oh, and… yeah, you haven't heard anything from Marinette yet, did you?" It was obvious in his voice that he was worried about her.
Alya started to bite the skin around her nails, "No, but we might have an idea where she is, but we really need to talk to you about it, Do you think you can come to Nino's like right now?"
"Yeah, let me just put normal pants on." There was shuffling in the background, "I'm going to go, but I should be there in about ten minutes."
"Okay, Thanks, Luka." She hung up the phone and Nino turned back around to look at the screen.
He crossed his arms and started to chew on his nails, "I don't think they'd be hiding anywhere around here." He circled the entrance of the catacombs, "If anything they'd be more out here." He circled the ends of the Catacombs.
Alya hugged her knees and looked at them. "What if they're hiding in plain sight?"
Tikki flew over to the screen, causing everyone to jump. "She has a point, if anything I think that maybe they might be hiding underneath Adrien's old house."
"What?" Adrien raised his eyebrow, "I don't think there are catacombs under my old house though."
"Paris is just made up of catacombs," Alya looked at him, "There's catacombs all throughout Paris. Not all the catacombs have been discovered yet."
"There's catacombs under our apartment too. So… Where would Adrien's house be?" He pointed at the map again, "The eiffel tower is right here."
"Marinette's apartment is right here." Alya got up and pointed somewhere else, "So… The Agreste Mansion should be somewhere right here."
The doorbell rang and Alya shouted, "It's unlocked!"
Luka walked into the living room and raised his eyebrow as he saw Adrien sitting on the couch while Alya and Nino stood in front of the TV with a map of the catacombs up, "What's going on?"
Alya pointed to the couch, "Sit, We have three days to find Marinette and a lot of explaining to do."
He sat down right beside Adrien and slowly tension started to grow in the air, "Okay?"
"How should we start?" Alya looked at Nino.
He sighed, "Alya came up with this crazy idea that Marinette was Ladybug."
Luka looked between them both, "She never told you?"
"No, She didn't." Alya crossed her arms, "You already knew?"
Luka gave a small grin, "I figured it out on my own. She would randomly get up and leave, she would be out all night and after Chat Noir left she was just devastated… So, I confronted her. It was either she was cheating on me or she was Ladybug."
"Well, We aren't really supposed to tell anyone our secrets." Alya looked between her and Nino, "But, It's best we just say it but it only stays between the four of us."
"Okay," Luka crossed his arms and laid back.
"Well, I'm Rena Rouge and Nino is Carapace." She lightly smiled and fiddled with her thumbs, "We've known for a while, but only because Ladybug was in a hurry and we were already together."
"Okay, I can't say I'm not surprised." He laughed.
Adrien bit his bottom lip, "And… I'm Chat Noir."
Luka went quiet as he looked at Adrien. He just stared at Adrien, kinda making him uncomfortable. "That surprises me." He laughed, "But, it explains why Chat randomly quit."
"Yeah," Adrien scratched his cheek, "I had to move to America after my father was defeated and I've since then started a life out there." He lied through his teeth, not wanting to explain the whole truth to Luka. Luka knew that he was lying though, because Marinette had explained everything that happened.
"Hawk Moth's back." Alya stared at Luka, "It's been confirmed, we don't think it's Gabriel."
Luka looked back up at Alya and raised his eyebrow, "You guys haven't heard?"
"Haven't heard what?" Nino turned back around to look at Luka.
"Um…" Luka glared at Adrien, "... Gabriel escaped prison."
"What?" Alya's eyes widened and she looked at Adrien, "Did you know?"
Adrien glared back at Luka, "I had no idea, why hasn't there been a public announcement."
Luka looked up at him, "They're trying not to start a panic… So, The only people I think that know are Mayor Bourgeois, Agent Roger, Chloe, and Sabrina."
"Let me guess, Chloe told people." Alya rolled her eyes.
"Chloe only told me, actually." Luka leaned forward, "She had asked me if I had seen Marinette recently and I told her no, that she went missing. She went off on how Marinette absolutely deserved it."
Adrien shook his head, "Fucking Chloe."
Alya laughed at Adrien, "Alright, next thing… We want to know if you would join us and help save Marinette."
"Yeah, you didn't even have to ask." Luka smiled, "I already have my miraculous, Marinette gave it to me a while ago." He held up his hand to show the bracelet that was on his wrist.
"Okay, We don't gotta worry about going back to Master Fu then." Nino looked at the screen, "We think that they're hiding Marinette in the catacombs."
Luka nodded, "That makes sense, no one would find her in there. But, where do you think they would be hiding."
"Under Adrien's house!" Tikki popped out and hugged Luka.
Luka jumped up, "Tikki?" He sounded worried, "Tikki's here?"
"Yeah…" Alya looked at her feet, "Marinette's absolutely powerless right now."
Luka didn't realize that tears were in his eyes, "When are we going to be looking for her?"
"Tonight." Adrien looked at him, "I have three days left in Paris, and I want to find her in the next three days. If we can't then, I'll find a way to stay."
Luka glared at Adrien before he nodded, "Okay."
"Okay," Nino pointed on the screen, "What I think we should do is have two groups. Me and Alya and Adrien and Luka."
The tension in the air started to grow thicker before Alya spoke up, "Maybe… We should have Adrien and I and You and Luka."
"That sounds better," Luka smiled, "We always work as a great team when we play games together."
Nino laughed, "Fine."
Alya took Nino's Ipad and grew the photo on the screen so it was only in the area where they thought that Marinette could be hiding. "Why don't we have Adrien and I cover the north part of the catacombs and Nino and Luka can cover the south?"
"Okay, Is there any entrances around there?" Luka started to chew on his nail.
Alya looked at it, "Yeah… Right here, it's right down the road from the Agreste Mansion."
"We should see if there's an entrance in the Mansion, actually." Adrien looked at her, "I've never been in our basement so, I'm assuming there's one down there."
"You've never been in your basement?"
"Um… no, my father wouldn't let me go down there and I guess I never questioned why." He shrugged, "We should get going though."
"Yeah, Let's go." She grabbed Adrien's keys off of the counter and grabbed her coat.
"Be careful." Nino gave Adrien a fist bump.
Adrien gave him one back, "Always am." He followed Alya out the door.
They walked down the stairs all the way to his car. Once they got in and she was buckled, she turned to him, "What was that about?"
He raised his eyebrow and started the car, "What was what about?" He put the car in reverse and pulled out of the parking lot.
"You and Luka, there was obviously some high tension in the house."
He started to drive towards his old house, "I don't know…"
She scoffed, "You don't know?"
"No, I don't… last I knew, we were cool." He looked at her, "Maybe, Marinette told him more than her secret identity and told him about that night at the eiffel tower."
She stared at him for a minute, "Are you jealous of Luka?"
"No."
She laughed, "I think you are."
"Alya, I'm not. I could care less." He gripped the steering wheel to the point his knuckles became white.
Alya looked at his knuckles and raised her eyebrow at him, "Really? Because you're obviously irritated by the thought of Luka and you were definitely hostile when we were suggesting calling him."
"Alya, Can we focus on the important task right now." He turned to look at her, "Marinette's in trouble right now and I think talking about how I feel about her and Luka aren't that important."
Alya sighed, "We're talking about it after we find her then."
"Alright," He stopped at a red light, "Only after though."
She pulled up her phone, "Do you think there is an entrance in your old house?"
"I don't know, I would hope not but honestly it wouldn't surprise me if there were." He pressed on the gas as the light turned green, "When we get in, we're gonna transform."
"Alright," She pulled out the map and put it on the dash, "What are we gonna do if we find her before Luka and Nino?"
"What do you mean?" He looked at her, "We're gonna rescue her."
"No, Adrien… We're gonna have to fight Hawk Moth, and possibly your father."
He bit his bottom lip, "I didn't think about that. I guess, we can try to call them for help but we're gonna have to fight for right now."
He pulled up to his house and turned off the car, "You ready?"
"No, but I really want Marinette back." She gave him a half a smile before she got out of the car. He followed her lead and locked the car. They walked up to the fence and started to climb it, "I really hope she's there."
"She has to be," Adrien jumped down and helped Alya, "I have no doubt in my mind that she is down there."
She smiled, "Let's go save Marinette." She walked over to the window that they climbed in earlier, Adrien going up first. He sat on the window sill and leaned over to grab Alya's hand to help her up. "Thank you, Prince Charming."
"You're welcome, Purrincess." He winked at her and climbed out of the window. They both walked into the other room, so no one could see them. "Plagg, Claws out."
"Trixx, Let's Pounce." She spoke after him and watched as she transformed. She smiled as she turned around to see Chat Noir, "I am never going to get over that you're Chat Noir."
He smirked, "What? Am I too Charming?"
She rolled her eyes, "No, I just know that you had little to no time to be Chat Noir back then."
"I did, but I had to sneak out half the time." He walked over to the kitchen, "Plus, I had to cancel a bunch of times with you guys to be Chat Noir."
She followed him, "I guess that makes sense." They walked into the kitchen. It looked like they walked back into a restaurant's kitchen instead of a normal kitchen, "It's so big back here."
"Yeah, I was only ever in here when I was little. I used to watch the chef's cook." He laughed as he took her over to a door on the far end.
She smirked, "Do you know to cook too, kitty?"
He acted like he had been shot in the heart, "How rude, I will have you know that I am actually a very good cook, I'll have to cook for you if I come back."
"If?" She raised her eyebrow, "What do you mean 'if?'"
He stayed quiet as he opened the door and walked downstairs into the basement, "Most of my life is in Los Angeles now, I mainly ever leave the area. The only reason why I was up here was to sign some forms to pass off some of my father's belongings and my girlfriend scheduled a shoot in Bordeaux."
Rena Rouge stood there, "You have a girlfriend?"
He nodded, "Yeah, her name is Maddy." He looked around, "She's a pretty sweet girl."
"Then why did you get je-" Chat covered her mouth and put his finger up to his mouth to shush her.
"After we find Mari." He smiled at her and started to walk away. She groaned and followed after him, "Okay, Fine." They walked down to another door and walked inside, It was like a little maze until Adrien stopped in his tracks. There was a large hole in the wall and a few lights that were surrounded by skulls.
"For fuck's sake," He groaned and rubbed his temple, "What doesn't he have in here?"
"A family." Alya joked.
