Marinette wrapped her arms around Chat's neck as he carried her through Paris's catacombs. She rested her chin on his shoulder. Her heart started to flutter as she thought about how life would be like if he was back to being her partner, "Are you back to stay?"

"No," Chat mumbled, "I was just in town for a bit and I went to go see Alya and Nino."

Her heart sank, "You should."

He raised his eyebrow as he looked at the same corpse on the ground, "I think we're lost." He said to avoid the conversation.

She looked at the skeleton on the floor, "I think so too."

He groaned and pulled out his map, "What the fuck."

Marinette stared at him, taking in how long his hair has gotten and how tired he looks, "Have you gotten any sleep at all?"

He shook his head, "We realized that no one would look down here."

"Did you just leave as soon as you found out?"

He turned left and started to walk down some stairs, "Kinda, We all came up with a plan and that's when they called your dick of a boy-" He quickly shut up before he could finish that sentence.

She raised her eyebrow, "Do you have a problem with Luka?"

"No." He said, coldly.

She could tell that there was a problem, but Chat didn't want to talk about it. So, she relaxed against Chat's back.

Chat looked around and started to notice some things that looked familiar. "She looks like she fell asleep," Tikki whispered into Chat's ear.

"Yeah?" He whispered back, "She probably needs as much sleep as she can. She's been here for a while and I could tell that she's gonna be hospitalized for a while."

Tikki didn't say anything as Chat saw Carapace and Viperion. As he got closer he noticed that they looked uneasy. He noticed what they were so uneasy about as he was able to see into the room.

It was Mayura.

She stood there with a devious smirk on her face and her arms crossed. "What are you silly boys doing down here?"

Chat's eyes grew cold as he walked into the room, "You." He growled as he lightly placed Marinette on the ground next to Rena Rouge.

Carapace turned around as he saw Chat Noir walk over to them, "Chat?"

"Marinette!" Viperion ran over to her.

"Ohhh, I guess the rumors are true. The old Chat Noir is back." She squinted her eyes as she noticed Marinette, "And, he found our little play thing. I don't understand how anyone never knew that the.." She glared at Marinette, "... little skank was Ladybug."

Chat grabbed his baton and got into a position where he'd be able to attack Mayura, "Don't you dare look at her."

"Chat." Carapace was shocked at how angry Chat was.

"Why not?" She laughed, "Didn't you know Marinette and I got really close while she was down here. We're basically best friends."

Chat leaped forward and swung his baton, but Mayura was faster than him as she jumped up and kicked him in the face. "You're weak, Chat Noir. Once I'm finished with you, I'll go after your little friend right there. Then it's gonna be the snack, and then the girl." She smiled as Chat hit the floor, "And then it's gonna be the girl."

The image of Mayura killing Marinette popped into Chat's head. He felt the anger start to grow in his stomach. He slowly started to stand back up, "Over my dead body." He swung again.

As Mayura jumped up to avoid the contact with Chat's baton. Carapace popped up behind her and kicked her in the back. She was thrown onto the floor and Chat turned back around and swung his weapon into her stomach. She flew into the wall and Chat quickly ran over and grabbed her by the neck. He started to lift her up and squeeze his hand around her throat, "You know what I'm gonna do." He clenched his teeth and basically spit acid towards her. She lifted her hand up and tried to pry his hand from her throat, "I'm gonna fucking kill you. Slowly and painfully, worse than you tried to do to Marinette. Then, I'm gonna kill this lousy Hawk Moth." He smirked as he growled into her ear, "Then… I'm gonna fucking kill Gabriel Agreste."

Her face started to turn blue and she was unable to speak as Chat wouldn't let go. "Chat!" Marinette ran over and tried to pry his hand from her throat.

He didn't notice that she was awake, because all he could currently see was red.

Mayura's eyes turned red, but she couldn't look away from Chat Noir. She could slowly feel her consciousness fade away. She clawed at his wrist, but her clawing faded as she no longer had any control of her body. Her eyes shut as she passed out from the lack of oxygen.

"Chat!" Marinette called out again, but Viperion took control of the situation as he kicked Chat in the side.

Chat groaned as he felt his head hit the concrete. He looked up at Viperion and grabbed his baton. "What the fuck!" He shouted.

"What the hell do you think you're doing!" Viperion shouted, "We didn't come here to kill Mayura, we came to save Marinette."

Chat got up and walked towards Viperion, "We can kill her while she's weak!"

"We shouldn't kill anyone!" Marinette shouted at him, "She's useful! We could use her to find out Hawk Moth's new identity!"

"They almost killed you!" He turned around and screamed in her face, "Marinette! You've been missing for a fucking week! She deserves this for what they've put you through!" He had tears in his eyes as he stared at her face. He now realized how much he was gonna regret becoming Chat Noir. He realized how much it was gonna hurt to have to give her his ring back and live the rest of his life in America.

She didn't say anything as she was too overwhelmed with anger, "Let's get out of here." She tried to walk away, but her legs gave out and she fell into Chat's arms.

Viperion's sharp glare instantly hit Chat as he caught her, "Don't push yourself." He whispered to her, "You're still injured."

"Don't talk to me," She turned around and reached towards Viperion who quickly grabbed her and lifted her up.

Chat watched as Marinette's head rested against Viperion's chest. He felt jealousy in his heart as they walked out of the room.

Carapace helped Rena Rouge up as she slowly regained her consciousness. "What happened out there, man? I've never seen you get so mad."

"I don't know." He crossed his arms and looked at Mayura's unconscious body. "Can you help me tie her up?"

"Yeah," He smiled at Rena Rouge.

"Are you sure you're okay?" She managed to speak out, her throat was sore and she couldn't wait to get home and relax.

Chat nodded as he grabbed some rope that was on the floor and tied it around Mayura's legs. He also tied her hands behind her back and threw her over the shoulder. "Let's go." He turned around and started to walk out of the place.

"Your dad wasn't there when we got back." Carapace said as he swung Rena Rouge's arm around his shoulder and helped her walk. "When we got there, we just set Rena Rouge on the ground and waited for you to get back. Then, Mayura came, but she wasn't surprised. So, I'm assuming that Gabriel told her and Hawk Moth."

"That sounds about right." He sighed, "I honestly just can't wait to get out of here."

"Me too." Rena Rouge sighed as she slowly walked.

Chat bit his lip, "I mean Paris."

Rena looked up at him, "Oh, yeah… Two more days."

He smiled, "Yeah… two more days."

"Are you gonna tell Marinette about your identity?" Carapace wondered.

"She's gonna find out one later today, so I'm gonna have to." He dreaded the idea of telling her. He had a bad feeling in his gut and he knew that he was gonna avoid it at all cost.

…

Chat threw Mayura in the trunk and got into the driver side, "Plagg, Claws in." He said and destransformed. He looked at his hand and saw the marks that Mayura had left.

"We can clean those when we get home. Luka's taking Marinette to the hospital as we speak." Alya smiled, "For right now, we can just head home and then in the morning we're gonna go to the hospital and all take turns watching her."

"Okay," Adrien started the car and drove away from his old house.

"Are you sure you're okay, man? You've been really quiet after the incident with Mayura." Nino raised his eyebrow as Adrien drove faster than usual.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He said, "Just sleepy."

"Don't fall asleep behind the wheel." Alya joked, but it didn't seem to lighten Adrien up at all. She sighed as she rested her head against the window. She was glad that they had Mayura and Marinette was now safe, but she knew that this was just the beginning.

Author Note:

I'm sorry that this was a really short chapter and that the rescue wasn't very long! I didn't really have any ideas for fight scenes for the rescue but I have a lot more for the future! So, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please stay tuned :) I'll update as soon as I can!