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Marinette walked down the stairs from her bedroom and paused as she glanced between her parents. Something was wrong. She could tell the way that they were glancing nervously at each other, and then at her. And they had rushed nervously around the room the moment that she had opened her trapdoor, she had heard them.
"Whats...going...on?" She asks suspiciously as they stare at her with nervous looks on their faces. Her good mood from this morning was rapidly disappearing. And a sinking feeling was growing in her gut.
"Marinette we just need you to promise to sit down and be calm because-"Tom began as he gently took his daughters shoulders in his massive trashcan lid sized hands and brought her gently to a kitchen chair.
"Mom? Dad? What is it?" Marinette says her throat growing dry. Sabine takes the remote to the tv and turns it back on and increases the volume. Gabriel Agreste is on the screen, he looks stern, almost terrifyingly stern. His eyes are hard as stone and his teeth are clenched.
"I just want him back. That is all I am asking. And I will burn down this city if I must to get him back." The image of Gabriel paused and fell into the back corner as the news reporter Nadja took up the screen and gestured to where the picture was with a sad look on her face, she could not entirely disguise the nervousness on her face. Which was weird to see as she was typically so professional.
"That just in from Gabriel Agreste founder and head designer of the Agreste fashion line. To all those tuning in at an undisclosed time early this morning or late last night a daring kidnapping was undertaken by parties unknown that resulted in the presumed abduction and disappearance of Adrien Agreste." Nadja paused as a photo of Adrien in one of his older modeling costumes popped on. It was a green and black beret with a black button up and green vest with shiny golden buttons. He was smiling disarmingly and innocently towards the camera with eyes slightly downcast.
Marinette felt her heart flutter, her jaw drop and then her heart stop all at once.
"Kidnapped?" She said shooting up out of her chair making it screech on the tile before tipping over. Tom reached out and hooked it and placed it back up before it could crash.
"Please be careful dear." He said before wincing. Now was really not the time to be making any snide remarks. There was a massive and very serious situation happening that they had to take care of.
"Kidnapped?" Marinette repeated glancing between her parents her mind racing a mile a minute. Her head felt light and she had to sit down before reaching out for her phone. She pulled up the news and saw that it was the number one thing trending. She scrolled through the articles rapidly before updating it again and again somehow expecting there to be an update in the thirty seconds that she had just woken up.
"I...who...what? How?" She said looking between her parents. This had not been the first time that Adrien Agreste had been kidnapped, the guy really did have terrible luck when it came down to akuma attacks, and that weird thing that happened with santa clause a few years ago. But this felt incredibly odd.
"Now honey just stay calm, there is a search party that is being put together, your mother and I are going to be leaving for it in a few hours. Unless you need us to stay here." He said quickly making sure that they were on eye level and trying to keep her as calm as possible. Marinette's eyes flit between the two of them. She felt like she was having a panci attack. She finally took a deep breath to calm down and shook her head.
"It's fine! Everything will be just fine! I'm fine!" She said clearly not fine at all.
"No new information has been released at all. Only that Adrien has disappeared and that a search is being put underway. I am positive that it can't just be a kidnapping." Tom said as comfortingly as he possibly could. "There has to be another explanation. And I am sure that we will find him shortly. Would you like to help us search. We know that you don't have university today and-"
"I actually...maybe I should stay here just to make sure that everything is alright." She said waving her hands and stimming a little bit before she smiled comfortingly at her parents. Her heart felt like it was doing a crazy dance in her chest. She had one thought going through her head over and over again.
'I have to transform. I have to find Adrien.'
"In fact...I think that I am sort of tired...maybe I should call it an early night." She said faking a yawn. Sabine quirked a confused and flabberghasted eyebrow.
"Marinette it's almost ten in the morning." She said trying not to giggle. It was a strange feeling, here she was about to go searching for a kidnapped young man. But she couldn't help it! Her daughter could be so...silly sometimes. It was hard to take her seriously.
Marinette's mouth flapped before she blushed and made some wide gestures and weird noises as she retreated upstairs back to her bedroom and locked the door. She took a deep breath and glanced around rapidly. Tikki floated over to her with a nervous and slightly guilty look on her face. She clearly knew that something was up. But Marinette was far too distracted to care.
"We need to go find Adrien. He must be in trouble." Marinette said with a determined glint to her eye. She brushed her hair back and was preparing to shout at the top of her lungs when Tikki flew forwards and pressed a small nub of a hand to her owner's face.
"Ssh! Your parents are still here!" Tikki warned. Marinette clenched her lips closed and nodded as she began to pace in irritation. She didn't know how much longer she could wait though. She tapped her foot. Her stomach growled and she grabbed a cookie off of the plate that she kept in her room. Tikki looked on offended for a few seconds.
"Hey! Those are mine!" She said flying over and frowning at Marinette. "Not to mention it isn't healthy for a girl your age to be eating sweets so early in the morning. It will stunt your growth!"
"Tikki it's called stress eating. Look it up." Marinette snapped back before her chewing grew more and more aggressive. "I just hope that Chat Noir has started the investigation without me. They are all probably wondering where the heroes are right now. This is definitely something we would look into."
Tikki shuts her mouth and continues to look guilty. She tried to look at anything besides Marinette. Sure Tikki knew the secret identity of the black cat miraculous holder. But it wasn't like she could just tell Marinette! That would be a massive breach of protocol! Plus she wasn't entirely sure if she was physically capable to do so!
"Yep...Totally...I'm sure that Chat Noir is taking care of everything!" Tikki said hoping that her lie wasn't that obvious. Marinette glances at the small mouse sized bug like creature and narrowed her eyes before flopping back in her swivel chair that she had had since she was a kid. It squeaked slightly and she grabbed another cookie before groaning.
"Shoot you're right. I doubt that that lazy cat has even gotten off of his tail to help." Marinette mumbled. She glances at her phone and then does a double take.
"Why would she be calling me?" Marinette said wondering if she should let it go to voicemail.
"Why should I call her?" Kagami mumbles to herself. SHe closes her eyes and breathes out through her nose trying to calm herself down. She picks up her phone and looks at the few numbers that she had. She glances at the wall sized television screen in her living room. The only news channel that was on was the local one. And the only interesting thing that they were talking about was Adrien Agreste. A large number of people were gathering in the streets and walking in straight lines, or being organized into search parties. The police and fire department were arguing trying to decide who should be in charge.
Kagami shakes her head. The authorities were never any help. If any work was going to get done then she would have to do it herself. She would be the one to find Adrien Agreste. She was sure of it.
The only problem now was that she had no idea where to start or how to go about it. She taps her chin with the tip of her fingers. There is a crazy blonde young woman on the television screen screeching at a police officer now. Kagami mutes the sound and closes her eyes going into a meditiation mode that she had been taught back when she was a child in order to help her focus on her studies and her training.
She had not used the trick for many many years. She had to weigh all of her options and choose the one that made the most sense. And would benefit her the most. And would bring about the preffered ending the quickest. And the preferred ending was obvious.
She blushes and shakes her head. Trying to get the image of her and Adrien cuddling on the top of the eifel tower out of her mind. That was definitely the preferred ending but not the most realistic one.
She had to think this through, be much more rational and focus. Then she blushed an even darker red when she imagined herself cuddling with Marinette Dupain Cheng on the top of the Eifel tower as stars lit up the night sky.
"What is going on with my mind today? Focus!" She shouted to the empty room before finally sighing. She only had the two friends, and one had been kidnapped. Which meant that it would make sense if she got help from the other one.
She dialed the number and waited for a few seconds.
"Hello? Kagami?" Marinette said nervously as she picked up the phone. Kagami's tone was to the point and brief.
"Put on some reasonable shoes. I will be over in a few minutes with the car to pick you up. We are going to find Adrien." She hung up and stood up before she could change her mind. She walked authoratatively to her garage and slide into her car before typing in the coordinates. Self driving cars were so cool, she never needed a driver like Adrien. She paused and pulled out her phone with a frown before going through all of the footage on the way to Marinette Dupain Cheng's bakery.
"Strange." Kagami mumbles, there was not a single news feed with Adrien's bodyguard/driver in it. Plenty of Adrien's father and secretary...but not of the driver. How strange. Perhaps Marinette would be able to give a unique look at it. The young woman had a unique brain, and could see things that Kagami would never even think of. That was one of the many reasons why she enjoyed her so much.
"Okay...Looks like I'm going Adrien hunting with Kagami now." Marinette said putting her phone down before glancing at Tikki who only shrugged in response. "Is that weird? She just sort of came out of nowhere and told me to be ready soon. And to wear good shoes? What does that even mean?"
"It probably means that you're still in your PJ's and are going outside super soon." Tikki said gesturing at Marinette's pants and top. Marinette glances down and groans in irritation.
"Look at it this way, you are still searching for Adrien!" Tikki said as helpfully as she could as she began floating cookies into Marinette's tiny purse in anticipation of being shut up in it for the forseeable future.
"Yeah but I'm not using all of my powers and resources." Marinette mumbles as she pulls on her favorite outfit and a pair of sensible running shoes. She picks up her purse, unlocks her trap door and hurries down to the street, she spots the red limo immediately and waves as it pulls over beside her. Her parents had already left and she had to relock the door behind her.
"So you say that you just dragged it up out of the river last night and have been pulling up more and more pieces all day?" The police officer asked Luka who nodded and shot his mom a warning glance. Anarka's arms were folded as she scowled at the 'Capitalist pig' (Her words) who had stormed her boat house asking questions.
Luk and Juleka had come to the conclusion that since they didn't want their mom to go to jail for obstructing justice and tampering with evidence had agreed that they had been fishing up pieces of the car since last night and just realized whose car it was. It was the only way that they thought they would be able to get away with it. Anarka had very very grudgingly gone along with it.
"She is the one who realized whose car it was, she knows Adrien personally." Luka said taking his siters shoulders gently and pushing her forwards. The officer turned to Juleka who instantly froze up nervously.
"Is this true miss?"
"Well...mmhmhm." She mumbles looking down. She actually sort of regretted calling the cops now. She didn't think that she would have to give a statement of all things.
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