"AHHHHH," yelled a running Marinette. I am sure you are wondering why she is screaming. Well you see Plagg did an oopsie. So let's rewind time a bit to before she was chased.

A few moments ago…

"Okay, are you sure that there is a Life pit here?" asked Marinette as she walked through a forest. Right now Mari is currently looking for a pit that Tikki accidentally made when she was sick back when the world was still filled with dinosaurs. And both Tikki and Plagg thought they destroyed every single one. But turns out they missed a few. And now they are currently searching for one of them right now.

"Yes, I am sure," replied Plagg as he flew ahead of Mari to cover more ground.

"Soo Tikki, tell me again. How did you make the pits?" asked Marinette as she swatted a mosquito from her line of view only to be met with more mosquitoes.

"Sure!" replied a enthusiastic Kwami. "Well you see, back then Plagg and I were still pretty young. And you know that back then there weren't a lot of safe foods to eat," started Tikki. Mari nodded along while still trying to swat the mosquitoes from her view. " Well, you see… I accidentally ate a fruit that wasn't safe to eat. And it was poisonous to others. While us Kwami's have some immunity to it. So when I was about to fall asleep, I sneezed which in turn created the pits," continued Tikki. "And later on we learned that the pits had some… drawbacks," said Tikki.

"What kind of drawbacks?" asked Marinette. Since she barely knows anything. The only thing she does know is that these pits are somehow contributing to the world's imbalance. And that a dead person can come back to life once drenched in the pits fluids.

"Well… once a person uses these pits, they kind of… go a little insane onced drenched in the pits fluids," finished Tikki.

"Well, I can see why you would want to destroy the remainder of these pits," stated Marinette as she still moved forward, but this time a sort of temple appeared in her line of sight. Once she saw the temple, she could feel the strong corruption coming from the temple. So she headed towards it.

As she headed towards the temple, she saw Plagg practically flying towards her at high speed. She wondered why he was flying so fast. Then out of instinct Mari grabbed a ninja star that almost hit her face. She was still processing what was happening until Plagg told her to run. She wondered why.

Then, she looked behind him. Multiple assasins were chasing Plagg and they weren't slowing down. So the only thing that Mari could do was run for the hills with Plagg and Tikki quickly getting into Marinettes backpack.

This then bring us back to the present

"Why are they chasing us," Marinette asked quickly as she had to doge multiple weapons that were aimed right at her.

"It's not my fault that they just left perfectly good cheese out in the open," replied Plagg.

"So-," Mari doged four more weapons. "they are chasing us because you ate their CHEESE!" yelled Mari as she had to doge more incoming weapons.

"Yup, basically~," replied Plagg in a casual tone. Marinette inwardly groaned. She then hopped onto a tree hoping that these assasins ran right past her. And they did.

"Okay, new plan. I am going to use Kaalki to get as close as I can to the temple as we can. And then I will use voyage to hide myself from others. Assuming there are people at said temple. We will then look for the pits. Destroy it. And get out of there as fast as possible," explained Marinette as she puts on the fox miraculous. The Kwamis agree with her plan.

"Okay, ready Trixx?" asked Marinette. "Yup, ready guardian!" Replied Trixx. Mari nodded back at her.

"Trixx, let's pounce!" yelled marinette. Her outfit then changed to that of a butler's outfit with a long tailcoat. With orange and white accents on the outfit. Her hair also changed into a long braid that stopped at her mid back.

"Trixx, Kaalki, Unify!" The white parts of her outfit then changed to a light brown.

She then created a portal as close as she could to the temple. She then went through with her bag still on her. Once she arrived through the portal to be in some sort of garden. Then she divided Trixx and Kaalki with Kaalki dividing from Trixx. With a knowing look she disguised herself and the kwamis with an illusion.

She then followed the corruption to where it is strongest. Along the way she saw a child walking down the halls with two assassins right behind him. To avoid getting herself caught, she went onto the roof.

She watched as the three walked down the courtyard towards a room. The three got to the room entering it. Marinette couldn't get a good glance at it, but she was pretty sure that she saw blood on one of the walls.

"Kaalki, could you go and watch over him?" asked Mari. Kaalki agreed. "Good, we can meet back here once I destroy the pits and we can leave," said Mari as she ran towards the area where the corruption is strongest in the area. And Kaalki went towards the room where the child was.

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When Marinette arrived at the pits. It was leaking so much corruption energy that it almost made Mari faint. But she held it together and got out of her transformation with Trixx.

"So how do i destroy it?" asked Mari. The Kwamis then got to thinking on the best course of action.

"You can use my cataclysm to destroy it and then you can let me eat it," replied Plagg. Marinette nodded.

"Plagg, claws out!" shouted Marinette as she changed into Lady Noir.

"Cataclysm!" yelled Marinette as she then touched the pits fluids. The pits then dissipated leaving a green fog in its place.

"Claws in," she said as Pagg came out and ate all of the green gas that he somehow compacted into a small glowing green ball of corruption.

"Okay we are done here, now let's get over to Kaalki," Said Marinette as she ran back towards the rendezvous point.

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When Kaalki entered the room to watch the child. She saw a brown-haired woman hitting the child with various weapons. She was horrified at the scene happening in front of her. She then had to hide behind something to avoid getting caught.

While watching the scene in front of her, she heard the women say many things to the child. But the number one thing that she kept on repeating was not to show any emotion for it is a weakness.

Kaalki was angry at the women for many things, but the thing that held her back was the fact she didn't want to get caught by the women. Kaalki really was on the verge of sending her into a volcano. But most of all she wanted to strangle her to her death.

But before she could do any of that a messenger came into the room saying that the Lazarus Pit was destroyed. This surprised the women and it ultimately stopped her from torturing the child. She almost ran out the door. But then she told the child that he had to stay awake or he will get further punishment. She then ran out the room, closing the door.

Kaalki then felt the guardian nearby, she wanted to go back to the guardian but she couldn't just leave the child in this environment. So she compromised and put a portal right in front of the guardian making Mari stumbling into the room. Face planting onto the floor with her bag still on.

When Mari looked up, she saw the child chained to the wall by his limbs. She too was horrified at the scene before her. And when she looked to her right, she saw weapons. With some looking like it had fresh blood.

Then it clicked, it was fresh blood and it was the child right in front of her.

"Plagg, can you destroy the chains?" asked Marinette as she looked at the destruction god. He too was in a bit of a shock. He then snapped out of his trance and looked at Marinette and nodded at her. He then flew towards the chains, destroying them. The boy then fell. Marrinette caught him before he planted his face on the floor.

The boy was in a daze. It took a moment for the child to focus his eyesight on the women holding him. He didn't know why but it somehow felt comforting being held by the women. He never had this kind of affection in his years that he was alive.

Then shouts could be heard outside the doorway. He could barely focus. But he thought he heard the women say something about a portal to their temporary home. He then passed out still in the women's arms.

When Mari told Kaalki to create a portal to their temporary home. The boy passed out in her arms. Probably from exhaustion, thought Marinette. Then she went through the portal to then appear in her apartment she rented for the week.

Once the portal closed behind her, she quickly cleaned the boy's wounds and wrapped them up. She then placed him in her bed.

Marinette didn't know the boy, but she felt a connection to the boy. Like the universe is telling her to watch over him till he comes of age. Once she knows the boy will be comfortable, she focuses her chi onto him. Healing his wounds in the process.

When satisfied, she went ahead to take a shower. Mari then sat in the armchair next to the bed, thinking about what the child had to go through while at the temple that had the pit. She then decided that she would ask him the next day and maybe get to know him better. She really needed to learn his name.

She then passed out on the armchair leaning towards the bed right next to the child.