A/N: Hey everyone! MrMysteryAhoy is back, faster than I certainly expected. I thought this chapter was going to be much longer compared to the others, due to the fact that this one actually has a lot of things happening in it, but I am surprised.

I'm sure the next chapter won't come until next weekend, but I surprise even myself.

Disclaimer: My MLB rights started hanging around the wrong people, and is now on the run from authorities in Canada, or somewhere.

And without further adieu, the Third Chapter of the Mantis - Gorizilla pt. 1

That night, Marinette zipped through the open hatch into her bedroom. While her body had finished it's trial, her mind was racing. A new hero? What did this mean for Hawkmoth? Could they trust this Mantis? What kind of Miraculous holder didn't know what a Kwami is? This was a huge risk. Chat Noir and herself were putting themselves into a hugely dangerous situation. On the other hand, an ally would definitely prove valuable as Hawkmoth was continually becoming craftier.

She was proud of how she handled the situation. Mantis seemed open to whatever kind of restrictions placed upon him by Ladybug and Chat Noir, as long as he got to prove himself. For the moment, Mantis as a superhero was to stay out of the public spotlight, for a multitude of reasons, the chief one being that he would easily be mistaken for an Akuma. In fact, he wasn't supposed to be transformed at all until there was an Akuma threat for him to help fight against. Even with an Akuma threat, he was told to try to stay out of anyone's sight - particularly the Akuma's. Hawkmoth would jump at the chance to take out a novice superhero and secure another Miraculous. This strategy was to be effective until further notice, which Marinette didn't think to be longer than a month or so, assuming Mantis was secretly trained by the two of them. Until he was ready to have the spotlight shone on him constantly.

Marinette was aware of her own flaws. At least, she hoped she is. And her unwavering sense of trust in new people was probably her most glaring one. Mantis might make or break everything that Ladybug and Chat Noir stand for. But she also liked to think she has a good radar for trustworthy people, and Mantis hadn't given them any reason to doubt him - apart from the Kwami thing. Maybe the Mantis Miraculous just works different to others, for whatever reason. Marinette didn't have all the answers.

But she knew who would...

She thought about what Master Fu would think. Surely he would know what was going on. Marinette decided she would have to tell Master Fu about Mantis. Maybe even take Mantis to see him… probably not. Bad idea.

The fatigue starting to set in, Marinette decided to sleep on the events of that night. She cleared her head and focused on what was in front of her. With a start, she realised that she was standing in the middle of her room, still transformed. Calling off the superhero suit, she gave Tikki a quick goodnight and got slipped into bed as hastily as she could without making any loud noises to tip off her parents.

Just before slipping into her dreams, Marinette realised that she had not talked to Tikki about the latest could-be superhero, nor had Tikki made any attempt to start a conversation about him. Marinette hoped this was a good thing - Tikki would alert her to any large risks, such as someone faking to own a Miraculous.

*Time Skip*

This was not the way Adrien expected today to go. That damn commercial for Adrien: The Fragrance was making going insane. If he was honest, the whole thing was cheesy from the start - something Plagg agreed on, except he was probably talking about his food. Since when did Adrien have such a captivating smell? Surely someone would have noticed it beforehand. On the more likely side of things, the commercial concoction probably smells nothing like Adrien's pubescent BO - in which case, why was it being marketed like it does?

Society is weird…

But there was hope in the form of a classmate; Marinette.

Adrien felt terrible for roping her into all this mess, but it was too late now as they hid inside the dried up fountain in the park. Not the best hiding spot, but a large crowd excels at missing the obvious.

Quickly explaining the situation, Adrien was surprised when Marinette asked about him having his own ad. How she didn't realise all the posters that seemed to be everywhere escaped him. Seriously, you couldn't swing a cat without hitting a picture of the famed model (and Adrien knew quite a lot about swinging cats). But upon reflection, if anyone could somehow miss it, it was clumsy Marinette - not that he was criticising her character. He found it quite adorable sometimes.

Suddenly, Adrien became aware of what Marinette was clothed in. Pyjamas? What in the - actually, that does seem like another Marinette thing to do.

Through many trials, tribulations and crazed fans that would kill for an opportunity to meet him, Adrien made it to his destination - the movie theatre. Probably the only chance he would ever have to see his mothers movie.

Which just HAD to be shown after yet another ad of Adrien: The Fragrance. Which Marinette started chanting to. This raised an eyebrow, as she said she had never seen it before… which was probably her way of trying to cheer him up - another Marinette classic. Adrien laughed at her antics and quickly forgot about it as the movie started

Adrien was so intent on seeing it that he removed his clunky motorcycle helmet to hear it better. Then he was quickly reminded of why he had it on in the first place as someone quickly snapped a photo and sent it onto social media. A clear violation of the theatres "No mobile phones" policy. Adrien would be sure to make a complaint.

His heart metaphorically broken at the interruption of the movie he so desperately wanted to see, but was quickly swept away at the almost instantaneous arrival of all his fans. They quickly surrounded him and Adrien did his best to cower inconspicuously, a tactic that failed to work. What it was supposed to achieve, Adrien didn't know, but he tried and failed anyway.

Suddenly, there was this alien voice that seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Adrien knew that voice, and without thinking said "Mantis!?"

Marinette raised her eyebrows in questioning. Quickly realising his mistake he tried to cover it up. "I mean, m-man this is quite the, ummm, conundrum, hey?"

Marinette seemed to buy into his cover and the group around him probably couldn't care less, except one person. Mantis, who Adrien couldn't see due to the constant flashing directly into his retina had taken a pause.

"... Chat Noir? What? Ummmmm… this is new… sooooo - onto my point. There's kind of an Akuma after you."

Adrien's eyes widened at both the reveal of his identity and also the part where Hawkmoth was headhunting him. As this thought raced through his mind the ground shook violently and a massive, hairy, blue hand crashed through the ceiling, revealing a blue King Kong. Why blue? Adrien couldn't find an answer. Perhaps if he had longer to think about it he could come up with a logical conclusion. Unfortunately, King Kong didn't allow for that and almost instantly snatched Adrien up, sniffing him.

Having a closer look (which Adrien could have done without) he started seeing certain parallels… "Are you… my bodyguard?"

King Kong seemed to sniff in response - a very Adrien-bodyguard-esque response.

"Don't say I didn't warn you…" Echoed Mantis, which Adrien found both extremely annoying as well as completely useless. But Adrien couldn't blame him. This was the kids first Akuma, as well as the proof necessary to prove he's not an Akuma. Realisation dawned on him, and he internally slapped himself for not asking Plagg about the Mantis Miraculous.

Focusing on the matter at hand, Adrien quickly distracted King Kong from the angry crowd inside the cinema. And like that, Adrien was taken hostage, swept off to the top of one of the tallest buildings with Ladybug (and a rabid pack of die-hard fans) in close pursuit.

A/N: Now that things have really taken off, I'd love to hear what everyone's thinking.

I'm planning to get Gorizilla done in the next chapter. The intended date for the publication of that is next week, but who knows? I might get it done tomorrow if the Universe decides I've been pushed around enough.

Until next time, MrMysteryAhoy must depart to Neverland.