Major uh-oh! What will happen to Marinette and Adrien? Author's Note: I looked it up online, and I'm not sure it is correct, but singe might mean ape in French. So the Gorilla's name is supposed to be Mr. Ape.

Chapter 5: Ally Akumatized

A minute passed. Marinette could feel herself still being carried by Mr. Singe. Other than that, she still felt like herself.

Is this what akumatized villain felt like? Marinette wondered. Do they still feel like themselves?

But Marinette wasn't feeling any negative emotions. And she certainly didn't feel evil. Slowly Marinette opened her eyes.

Although the three of them were being followed by a swarm of akumas, none of them could touch her or Adrien. It was like there was some kind of invisible force field surrounding them.

And Mr. Singe appeared to be using them as human shields, preventing himself from becoming akumatized.

Mr. Singe had long since cleared the window and was inside the Agreste mansion. He continued to carry Marinette and Adrien down the stairs until they arrived at the first floor.

Running into a room, Mr. Singe finally set Marinette and Adrien down. Locking the door, the gorilla-like man hurried over to a giant portrait of Adrien's mother.

"This is my father's study," said Adrien.

"Yes," a soft voice said. It came from Mr. Singe, who was removing the portrait, revealing a safe. Marinette walked over to him, with Adrien close behind.

"How do we know we can trust you, Mr. Singe?" Adrien crossed his arms.

Mr. Singe typed a code into the safe: 37-21-20. "Nathalie has always been loyal to Gabriel, but I was Tara's bodyguard before I was Adrien's."

"Who is Tara?" Marinette asked.

Adrien looked at the floor. "My mother," he whispered. Looking back up, he added, "That combination is my mother's birthday, backwards. February 12th, 1973."

"Indeed," Mr. Singe opened the safe. "And you can trust me for another reason. I'm about to give you something that will allow you to have an enormous advantage over Hawk Moth. It's… where is it?" Mr. Singe rummaged through a collection of objects in the safe. "Where is that book?"

Adrien gulped. "It wouldn't happen to be a book about the Miraculous', would it? Because my kwami opened that safe, and I took the book. But then I lost it."

"And then my kwami took it," Marinette blurted before Mr. Singe could respond. "I gave it to someone Tikki introduced me to- a Master Fu."

Mr. Singe raised his eyebrows. "You met with the Great Guardian? That is quite the honor." He leaned forward. "Did Fu give you any words of advice?"

"He gave me what he called "pearls of wisdom." Three, in fact," said Marinette. "One of them already came true." Marinette was about to continue when she spotted something in the safe. "What it that?"

Adrien smiled. "That's my mother's peacock barrette. She wore it everywhere. Why?"

Marinette gulped. "That's a Miraculous, isn't it?"

Mr. Singe stared at her. "How did you know?"

"Master Fu's second pearl of wisdom. "When the time is right, you will know what to do with the remaining three." And then he apparently gave me two of the three." Marinette met Adrien's eyes. "I haven't looked yet, but the remaining three must be Miraculous'! We probably have more allies among us!"

Mr. Singe stared at Marinette, his mouth agape. "Brilliant, Ladybug!" He handed her the Peacock Miraculous. "Take this. If I know Fu, and I do by reputation, he'll have given you an empty box for this Miraculous along with the other two." Placing his hands on Marinette's shoulders, he gave her a little shake. "You have to find the other two Miraculous holders, and fast!"

"How do we do that?" asked Adrien.

A thump was heard at the door. Someone was trying to get inside.

Mr. Singe looked at Marinette and Adrien urgently. "The rightful owners of these Miraculous' will be immune to the akumas for the next 24 hours, even if they've been akumatized in the past. Get them to transform, and they will permanently stay immune, like you two."

Another thump. This time whatever was ramming the door made a dent.

"How will we know which one to give them?" Marinette demanded.

"You can open the boxes to see which Miraculous is which. And you will know who gets which one when the time is right, Ladybug," Mr. Singe said encouragingly.

Marinette winced as the door was smashed open by a swarm of akumas. Nathalie stepped through, fully akumatized and smirking.

"You're coming with us!" Adrien grabbed Mr. Singe's hand. "We can protect you!"

Mr. Singe shook his hand loose. "Go," he whispered, slipping something to Adrien.

"No one leaves," cried Nathalie. "You are not scheduled to exit the premises!"

"Come on!" Marinette grabbed Adrien's hand. At any other time, she would have felt like she was in heaven by holding his hand. Now, Marinette just pulled Adrien through the swarm of akumas and out the door.

"This is not on the schedule!" Nathalie howled. "I am the Assistant! You will adhere to the schedule."

"Great, she's a lackey even as a supervillain," Adrien muttered.

"Almost out!" Marinette reached for the front door.

A hulking man dressed in gray army fatigues fell from the top of one of the staircases. As he landed in front of them, Marinette saw that he was an akumatized Mr. Singe.

"No one can sneak past Guerrilla Warfare!" he bellowed, pressing a button on a remote in his hand. The mansion's security system activated, locking the three inside.

Adrien pulled something out of his jacket. "Unless Guerrilla Warfare already gave us a way out," he taunted, waving an identical remote.

Guerrilla Warfare howled and swiped for Adrien's remote. Ducking, Adrien slid his remote underneath the villain's legs. Marinette, who had managed to get behind Guerrilla Warfare during the confrontation, snatched the remote.

Now swiping at Marinette, Guerrilla Warfare ignored Adrien, who ran around the akumatized Mr. Singe. Just as Adrien reached Marinette, she disabled the security system, allowing the duo to run out the door and into the streets of Paris.