Music starts playing in the background* Fly me to the moon and let me play among the stars, let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars...
-Here, sir, your wine- Says a man with a mask, holding a glass filled with the red drink.
With a nod, another man who is also wearing a mask drinks a few sips. He is sitting on an expensive looking sofa.
In other words hold my hand... In other words, darling kiss me. The music is being played by some singing tiny dolls, standing on a classic piano.
The mysterious man is now humming the song's tune, tapping on the floor with one foot to its beat. He is watching something on TV. There, behind the screen, hundreds of people are dying, trying to run away from the guns pointed at their heads.
Make my heart a song and make me sing forevermore... You're all I long for, all I worship through the door.. In the screen, lots of people are screaming, begging desperately for help or mercy.
In other words, please be true. In other words... I love you.
The singer keeps on singing and the man takes off his mask, revealing a bunch of blonde hair. He smiles, slighting, pleased.
-They're dead, they're dead- In the other side of the screen, a traumatized girl is lying on the floor, breathing heavily, looking around keeping her neck as stiff as possible, just her eyes are moving.
-You need to move, they'll kill you if you stay there-
-I-I can't! That doll, it'll kill me-
-Alya, listen to me, the doll, it has motion detection sensors. If you hide behind someone else, it won't see you-
-I just want to go home, Marinette- The girl cries. I'm so sorry we're here because of me. Me and my damn curiosity! Every-Everything is my fault-
-Alya! Stop saying nonsense and stand up, come on, I'll count to three and you'll be behind me. Is that clear?- Her best friend nods, so scared she is trembling. Of course Marinette is scared too, but she has saved other people's lives and her own before. She is Ladybug, after all.
-We will play...- Starts the doll.
-One...-
- better move...- Says the doll.
-Two...-
-Green light-
-Three!- Alya jumps up and runs to reach Marinette's back just in time.
-Red light- The two hear several shots.
-Ma-Marinette, do you think Nino... Do you think he is...?- The poor brunette is too scared to finish that phrase.
-I'm sure he is fine, he is a smart turtle, you'll see-
-We will play...-
-We gotta keep moving, come on-
-Better move- The doll keeps on singing.
-Green light-
Marinette, with her friend behind her, walks a few long steps. She has her own reason to be worried to death. She can't see Adrien anywhere. Adrien, her longtime crush and friend. Adrien, he should be there with them, he has also signed for those cursed games, his father doesn't know it, of course.
And Adrien is there, indeed, but not the way Marinette thinks he is.
The secret hero of Paris has gotten into the grey van, but before the sleeping gas could touch his nose, he transformed into Chat Noir. His magic suit gives him protection against many things, the gas among them.
He has signed for the mysterious games with some of his friends, but he has his own reason to be there. His twin cousin, Felix, have taken part into the games a year before and Adrien have never seen him again after that.
He needs to know what has happened to his cousin, hopefully Ladybug will take care of the Parisians in his absence. Besides, he isn't going to be out of reach for too long, right?
The man who is driving the van Adrien is in looks back. The boy pretends to be fast asleep, luckily it works.
He needs to think fast. The safest way to find about his cousin is getting inside the system, whatever it is.
After long hours travelling Adrien hears a loud sound (A ship?) They have arrived at a port in the open sea. Someone opens the door of the van and Adrien jumps, taking out his gun he puts it against that person's head.
-How could you be awake?- Says that man.
-Take off your uniform, put in mine and jump off the ship- He still has the gun pressed to the man's head-
-N-no way I wear some stupid furry disguise-
-What? Oh, my bad. Claws off- Adrien has his dark blue police uniform back. The man gasps, not believing his eyes.
-Who are you, what are you?-
-You've never seen a superhero before? I don't have time for stupid questions, so do what I said and I might let you live- The man gulps loudly, he takes off his clothes. A red uniform with a hoodie and a mask with a circle engraved on it. (How weird) Adrien thinks to himself, getting undressed, he exchanges clothes with the stranger.
-Now go, jump off the ship-
-That'll kill me!- The man cries out.
-No, you scaredy cat, it's just a splash. You'll be okay. But listen, try something funny and I'll kill you before you can blink twice- The man nods, scared of the threaten. He'd never imagined a policeman would be that smart… or have magic.
He does as told. Adrien gets out of the van and walks to meet the rest of the men in red uniforms.
-Twenty nine, where's your load?- Adrien is sweating behind the mask. Okay, now he knows they're all called by the numbers on their uniforms. The man who just talked to him is wearing a square instead of a circle.
-I lost it?- He plays dumb, reaching for the gun hidden in his sleeve, just in case.
-How could you loose an unconscious person inside a van?-
-Oh, he wasn't unconscious, sir. He had this police uniform and threatened me so I had to let him go-
-A policeman?! Impossible... Where is him now?-
-He jumped off the ship, sir-
-This is bad. But he couldn't have gone too far- "The square" takes out his phone and dials some number.
-Blue code, we got a blue code. A triangle must do its job-
-Triangles will get rid of it, twenty nine. Now go back to work- (Triangles kill people, then) Adrien nods and he walks in the place. Its a luxurious cruiser and they're hundreds of people inside. Classic background music is being played while the men in red undress that people and puts them on green and white uniforms. They have numbers too.
Adrien walks hesitantly, looking at other people with a circle, to find out what he is supposed to do.
-Twenty nine, take that one- Another man with a square points at a girl lying on a white mattress, just like everyone else. (So squares boss circles around) He thinks. Behind the mask, he opens his eyes widely. (It's Marinette)