Disclaimer: I do not own Miraculous Ladybug or it's characters.
Chapter 4,
As the dark mask approached Adrien, he wondered how that would affect him. He also wondered if Ladybug was already on her way to save the day.
"No!" The bodyguard screamed and he grabbed Adrien and twisted the both of them around. So the mask hit the bodyguard's back and Adrien stepped away from him to see what the grown man was gonna do. The guard blinked and then he let out an animalistic growl.
"Oh no." Adrien said and the guard glared at him.
"You're father is a cruel man. And he ruined my life. The best way to crush him, is to crush the one thing he loves more than anything else. You." The bodyguard said and Adrien gasped.
"Whoa, Whoa, I'm sure that we can talk about this." Adrien said, and the bodyguard picked up a nearby trash can and threw it at Adrien.
"Or not." Adrien said and he dodged the trash can and ran away from the scene.
"Get back here!" The bodyguard shouted.
"Fine, run Adrien! Just know that you can't hide forever. I know this city like the back of my hand." Masquerade called out, but the bodyguard started chasing after Adrien.
"Forget that, I can find him now." He said and Masquerade turned away.
"I suppose I can always spread the truth while I wait for Adrien." Masquerade said and she heard Hawk Moth's voice in her head.
"While we wait, do you have another ailing soul that you can help?" Hawk Moth asked.
"Perhaps it would be wise to go after his little fan girl." Masquerade said with a smile and Hawk Moth mimicked her smile.
"I like the way you think, Masquerade. Let's go find Chloe together." He said and Masquerade nodded.
"I know just where to find her." Masquerade said.
Meanwhile, Adrien ran as fast as he could, but it did little good. His bodyguard trained everyday for exercise like this. The man is literally built to outrun anyone he met. Including the famous model/superhero that Adrien is.
"You got to ditch him, man. We got to stop Masquerade." Adrien could hear Plagg say through his shirt.
"Well, I'm opened to suggestions." Adrien said as the guard threw a mailbox at him.
"Wait, that thing was full. How did he lift that?" Plagg asked and Adrien rolled his eyes.
"Any ideas, buddy?" Adrien said and it looked like an uprooted tree got thrown at them.
"Well, he is focused on his anger right now, maybe we could use that anger against him." Plagg suggest and Adrien looked down at the little creature.
"How is making him more upset gonna help me?" Adrien asked and Plagg shrugged.
"I don't know, is there any people he hates more then your father?" Plagg asked.
"Well, I guess there is this one cop that could work. He always writes a lot of tickets and it makes my bodyguard mad. But that wouldn't really do much good." Adrien said and Plagg shrugged.
"I don't know, dude. The sooner you lose that angry gorilla, the sooner you and Ladybug can defeat Masquerade, and the sooner things can go back to normal." Plagg pointed out and Adrien groaned.
"I don't like this." Adrien said and Plagg rolled his eyes.
"Your complaints is noted. Look there's that cop." Plagg pointed out and Adrien saw the man writing get another pile of parking tickets.
"Hey, isn't that the cop who keeps writing you up?" Adrien called back to his bodyguard, who froze when he saw the lawman.
"You!" The bodyguard growled out and Adrien sighed when the brute stopped chasing him, but Adrien didn't have time to rest. He dove into the alley.
"Let's go stop Masquerade. Plagg, Clawd Out!" Adrien said as he transformed into his alter ego.
Adrien's friend, Chloe, spent most of rest time running around her father's hotel. She loved to dress up in her Ladybug costume, pretending to fight Akumatized victims. It was her favorite past time, so Masquerade knew this would be the place to go. Masquerade burst through the doors and she saw Chloe's butler. Possibly the one person who truly cared about Chloe and convinces her to do something different.
"Mademoiselle, may I help you?" He asked and Masquerade smiled.
"Such a kind man, it must be hard to stay so positive, especially around Chloe. Let me make it easier for you to express your negative emotions." Masquerade said and she saluted and sent a mask flying towards him. Once it hit him, the butler slumped his shoulders and his head was tilted lazily.
"What is going on here?" The mayor boasted and the butler turned to him.
"Why look who it is. The fat, lying, politician, who doesn't have a spine." The butler said and mayor Bourgeois took a step back.
"What is the meaning of this?" The figurehead shouted and Masquerade eyed him for a moment.
"You know, mayor Bourgeois, he does have a point. When it comes to Chloe or her mother, you do become spineless. But when you were the Malediktator, you acted like an overlord. Perhaps it would be wise to bring out a more nurturing side of you." Masquerade said and she threw a mask at the mayor.
"You really should straighten your back, darling." Mayor Bourgeois said to Masquerade, who blinked.
"It would save you multitudes of medical bills in your 80's. Do as I say, mother knows best after all." Mayor Bourgeois said and Masquerade couldn't help but chuckle.
"Not what I was expecting, but I can roll with this." Masquerade said and she walked past the two gentlemen.
"You were not excused young lady." Mayor said and Masquerade rolled her eyes.
"Where is your daughter?" Masquerade asked.
"In her room of course. But we need to have a serious discussion on your attitude, little lady. You rolled your eyes, demanded information and you don't even say 'please', 'thank you' or 'sorry'." The mayor said and Masquerade smiled/
"Please know that I am sorry for the way you interpreted my behavior, and thank you for telling me where Chloe is." Masquerade said in a slight sarcastic tone, and then she walked away.
"Don't take that tone with me." The mayor shouted.
"You're not my real mom." Masquerade called back.
"Just wait until your father gets home." The mayor said and Masquerade laughed at his current actions.
Cat Noir searches the streets, looking for where Masquerade went. Ironically it was a pretty calm afternoon. There was only a few people with masks, but he just couldn't understand what Masquerade's master plan was. He was a firefighter telling people his fears; a depressed student singing songs like 'singing in the rain' and 'Angel of music'; and then there was a librarian that people pushed around, who was screaming orders through a megaphone. None of these people were acting similarly. It was a little like Reversion, where people simply acted the opposite of how they normally behaved. But no, that wasn't quite right. It seemed like this was what the people really felt. Like when his bodyguard confessed how he felt about Adrien and his father. Masquerade was amplifying a person's real emotions.
"Masquerade knows me, and she seemed to have a grudge against me for some reason." Cat Noir said and he decided to call Ladybug, but there was no answer.
"Ladybug, when you get this, I need your help. There is an akumatized victim named Masquerade. Where are you?" Cat Noir said and he hung up. Then he took a deep breath and decided to think about this logically.
"Ok, Masquerade is amplifying emotions, and she is mad at Adrien. So who is an emotional mess that means a lot to me?" Cat Noir said and it only took him a minute before he knew the answer.
"Oh, no. Chloe!" Cat Noir ran as fast as he could, but feared she may already be a goner.