03/20/22
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Adrien woke up in his bedroom but felt something on his neck, a shock collar. He wobbly stood up, still in his tattered jeans.
Suddenly, something burned him on his skin by someone holding a metal made of gold, "AAAHHHHH!" He screamed in pain and collapsed on the floor.
"Just as I thought. You are that beast" Gabriel said.
"Father, I never wanted to become the beast!" Adrien said, touching the collar.
"Neither do I. I will find a way to get rid of that curse" Gabriel said.
"What is this?! This is torture! Father, you need to get out, now! It's triggered by my anger when I turn!" Adrien begged, trying to get the collar off but it won't budge.
"That collar is to prevent you from transforming. It's for your own good" Gabriel said.
"You can't do this! I'm your son, not a prisoner!" Adrien growled.
"I have no choice, the werecat's a danger to this city" Gabriel replied.
"No, you got me angry twice! That's why!" Adrien nearly transformed but the shock collar activated.
"ARGH! I take it back! Thrice!" Adrien groaned and fell to the floor.
"Control yourself, Adrien!" Gabriel demanded him.
Adrien groaned from the pain, looking up at his cruel father, "Please father" He begged.
"Sorry Adrien, but you have to remain here until the curse is lifted," Gabriel said and goes out of his room.
Adrien sighs in defeat and laid on the floor, "I feel like both a prisoner and a cat in a zoo now"
"Kid, are you okay?" Plagg came out of his hiding.
"No, I'm now a prisoner in my room thanks to exposing myself as a werecat to my father," Adrien said.
"I can't believe he put a shock collar on your neck. That's torture!" Plagg said, phasing through the collar to unlock it.
"He can't find out I'm Cat Noir either" Adrien looks at his ring.
"Kid, calm down. Ladybug was this close to tame you. Your father is not being helpful, he's making you look like a panther in the zoo" Plagg said.
"Are you done unlocking?" Adrien asked him.
The collar clicked and it fell on the floor and Adrien rubbed his neck, "Thank you, Plagg. Now we need to get out of here" Adrien said, now determined.
"Kid, you got no place to go! You can't hide forever! You'll go feral!" Plagg said.
"We need a plan, Plagg," Adrien said.
"And what's your plan?" Plagg asked.
"I need a new disguise to hide. Plagg, claws out!" He transformed into Cat Noir and punched the glass window to get out. He ran away from the mansion right before his father came back.
"It's time for Cat Noir to come back in action," He said before leaving the mansion out of sight.
He needed to live somewhere abandoned and less diseased in the city. It won't be easy but it's the least he can do to stay away from people that would anger him on purpose.
He soon found an empty apartment filled with some old furniture, "This will do" He said once turning on the lights.
He moves around some furniture to make himself more home and started to clean up the floors with a broom. After he's done, called off his transformation and Plagg flew out of his ring.
"Looks abandoned but it will have to do. At least you got a bit of electricity" Plagg said.
"Yep. I'm staying here until I get to control the beast within me" Adrien said.
"Your dad is so not gonna be happy that you escaped. He'll send authorities to find you" Plagg said.
"But not the new disguise that I'll try. I hate stealing but I have no choice. I need to wear something…..hmmm…..black like a goth boy. I always wanted to try something else than what my father makes me wear" Adrien said.
"Are you crazy?! Goths are the worst! They are like depressing vampires!" Plagg complained.
"What else? Like a hippie?" Adrien said.
"Never mind" Plagg shrugs.
"Good. As a hero, it would be free for me but I have to be in disguise as a civilian so it's stealing" Adrien said.
"That's like being a street cat than an alley cat," Plagg said.
"Yeah, but I'm afraid that since my best friend saw me as a werecat the others know," Adrien said.
x
The next day, Adrien is now wearing everything black; a black shirt with a green cat's paw print, a black leather jacket, black jeans, and black converse sneakers. He even hid his hairstyle with a black beanie hat and his eye color with a fake blue eye contact lens. It wasn't easy to steal clothes lay last night but he needed to survive in case his new clothes get torn up again whenever he turns into a Werecat.
"This is perfect" He looks at a mirror.
"I can barely recognize you," Plagg said.
"Well I still got blond hair," Adrien said.
"And you look like a creepy vampire" Plagg complained.
"Come on Plagg, I don't drink blood" Adrien replied on his comment.
"But you have an appetite for tuna fish. You're gonna need to feed before you go frenzy again. I can't believe you stole boxes of tuna fish from the store late last night." Plagg said, glancing at the boxes of tuna fish.
"And the packages of milk too" Adrien held up a carton of milk.
"You bought the cheese I need?" Plagg asked,
"Yup" Adrien held up one.
"But how long are you gonna hide? Ladybug and your friends will be worried about you" Plagg said and swallowed his cheese.
"I don't know. I'll come up with a way to expose my father as a monster for torturing me and Ladybug will help me out of this curse" Adrien said.
"Your father is a coward just like Hawk Moth is a coward too," Plagg said.
"Yeah, I know," Adrien said.
"You might wanna tell Ladybug as Cat Noir that Adrien ran away from home," Plagg said.
"Okay, them" nodded Adrien.
x
Much later, Cat Noir has called on Ladybug through his staff phone to tell her the news.
"Hey, what is it you wanna tell me, Kitty?" Ladybug arrived.
"Adrien Agreste has gone missing," Cat Noir said.
"WHAT?!" Ladybug screamed.
"Unfortunately," Cat Noir said.
"No good, this does not sound good one bit" Ladybug got worried.
"It's about the werecat isn't it?" Cat Noir wondered.
"Yes, once out transformed again all hell is going loose," Ladybug said.
"Is this connected with him?" Cat Noir asked.
"Yes, he is the werecat," Ladybug said.
"That...that does not sound good" Cat Noir pretends to be shocked.
"Maybe he ran away to protect everyone from himself. I have to find him. He's probably hunting now" Ladybug said.
"Alright. But finding him won't be easy" Cat Noir said.
"I have to find him, kitty. I don't want his social life to get destroyed. Like Medusa for example" Ladybug said.
"Alright. I'll go patrol one area to find him" Cat Noir said.
"Kitty, be careful," Ladybug said.
"He's either disguised or something. I'm sure you'll find him. Over and out" Cat Noir hung up and called off his transformation.
x
"Hold on Adrien, I'm on my way" Ladybug started her search.
It won't be easy to find him in this big city unless her bug phone can identify a person.
"Where ever you are Adrien, be safe," She said while running.
Her bug phone beeped that she was getting closer to where he is, "There you are." She ran in the direction that led her to an abandoned building.
"Hello? Are you here?" She calls out.
"Uhh…..Ladybug?" Adrien came out and was in a disguise as a goth boy.
"Adrien? Is that you?" Ladybug barely recognizes him.
Adrien took out his eye contacts revealing his real green eyes, "Yes. It's me Ladybug. And I have some terrible news" He said.
"Did something happen?" Ladybug asked.
"Yes, my father put a shock collar on me when he found out I transformed into a werecat and tortured me with a piece of gold," Adrien said. Ladybug knew his father was mean but this was too much.
"Oh, god. Is that why you ran away?" Ladybug asked, noticing how hurt he is.
"Yes, I just had enough of imprisonment," Adrien said.
They heard sirens blaring, probably on the search for Adrien Agreste that went missing. This made the disguised model feel the need to feed on tuna fish.
"The cops are still searching!" Ladybug said while Adrien was grabbing some tuna to eat.
"This curse is destroying my life, mil—Ladybug. I don't wanna hurt anyone" Adrien said.
"Adrien, I will help you from this curse" Ladybug assured him.
"I'm scared, Ladybug. I can't control it when I'm transformed." Adrien said, munching on the tuna fish from the can.
"I'm not giving up on you then Adrien. I managed to calm you down while you were transformed" Ladybug said.
"And I have no memory of it," Adrien said and let out a small belch.
"You liked it when I petted your fur" Ladybug said, making him blush.
"And?" Adrien wanted to hear more.
"Once I started to pet your fur you became really docile and calm until the police arrived and at school when Chloe threw a gold object" Ladybug continued.
"I didn't hurt you?" Adrien asked.
"No, you didn't hurt me," Ladybug said.
"What else did I do?" Adrien said.
"Attacked police officers and ransacked the school" Ladybug continued.
"Sheesh, looks like I went savage. I'm gonna need to transform again so you can tame this cat, Ladybug. But I need to get angry" Adrien said.
"What?" Ladybug raised a brow.
"Hit me," Adrien said.
"Okay, here we go" Ladybug raised her hand to slap him but hesitates.
"Just do it!" Adrien urged her and Ladybug then slaps him hard to make him transform.
"Grrrrr!" He removed his jacket and rips his shirt, feeling his ribs cracking that he was turning.
Ladybug backed away seeing him transform. His nails grew into claws and his shoes exploded into feline feet, his tail grew out, his skin turned black with fur, his teeth became sharp like fangs, his normal human eyes turned into slit pupils, his human ears became pointy into a cat's ears.
"MEEEEEEEOWWWW!" He yowled loudly as the transformation was over.
"Okay calm down Adrien" Ladybug closed into him but he growled softly and backs away slowly, not knowing what she's gonna do next.
"Relax, let me help" She rubs his ears.
Werecat Adrien growled in confusion but then purrs as she scratched his ears. He nuzzled his face against hers, feeling that he can trust her a little and that she was not a threat.
"Good boy" She pets him more.
"Meow" Werecat Adrien then nuzzles his head on Ladybug like a good kitty. He purred like a cheetah and his fur goes down since he's calm. Ladybug couldn't help but smile at how adorable he is. Like a cute panther being tamed and loved by a human in the wild.
"There, there, Kitty" She touched his fur.
