AN: Look for another One-Shot in "An Adrienette Anthology" tomorrow and Wednesday. Thursday I will start publishing the sequel to this story, "A Jagged Ride with the Owl." I'm almost finished with the other sequel to this story now, so that should be ready to publish as soon as "Jagged" is done. So potentially that's a new chapter every day for the next 3 weeks…

To The Keeper of Worlds: Glad you enjoyed it! Anansi will actually show up in the next 2 stories I publish (excluding Anthology one-shots); one of those is with Alya.

To anonymousfriend27: Anansi's a little more grateful than that… Also, the biggest difference between my stories and the series is that logic actually exists in this universe!

Alya dropped to sit next to Nora on the warehouse roof, not far from where she and Carapace had set up originally. She let her legs dangle off the edge of the roof and leaned back on her hands, letting out a breath and rolling her neck in a circle. She could feel Trixx squirming in her shirt pocket while eating his cookie.

Nora broke the silence first. "Thank you," she said without turning her head, "for bailing me out tonight. I-I had no idea they had backup so close."

Alya looked over at her in surprise. "Did you really think I would just leave you?" she asked. "I had to come, especially when they were livestreaming the ambush on my own blog! I couldn't lose my big sister."

Nora was quiet for a minute "I'm sorry." It came out so quietly that Alya almost missed it. "I got cocky. I thought I was in control. And I nearly got myself killed." Alya didn't say anything, waiting for her to continue. She finally said, "I can see why you Heroes don't go anywhere alone. You and Shell Head make a pretty good team."

"Yeah," Alya agreed, smiling to herself and looking down at where Carapace was still standing over the prisoners, waiting for the police to arrive.

"Shell Head is the Ball Cap Kid, isn't he?"

Alya kept her expression somewhere between disinterest and mild curiosity. "What makes you say that?" she asked.

"You kissed him."

"I'm relieved your first assumption is that Nino's a hero and not that I'm a cheater!" Alya chuckled.

Nora gave her a look. "Don't play around on me, baby sis. I know you. You're too much of a good person to do that. You and Cappie are so lovey-dovey there's no way you would cheat on him and kiss some other dude, superhero partner or not."

Alya felt her cheeks redden a bit at the comment. But she smiled at Nora and nodded. "Yeah, he is. I guess it's fair for you to know his identity; he figured out who you were tonight, too, before we came to help you. He actually wants to thank you since you're the reason he received his miraculous. Back when you were Akumatized," she explained.

Nora nodded back. "Don't worry," she assured her. "Your secrets are safe with me."

"I know. Family looks out for each other, right?"

"Absolutely." Nora reached out and pulled Alya close, wrapping her in a tight side-hug.

Alya leaned into her sister's embrace. They sat quietly and watched the police van pull up and start loading the prisoners. "Nora," she began hesitantly, "can I tell the others about this now? We've seen what we're up against. We found out today that they've got people in the police department. From what you said, they control most of the organized crime in the city. Who knows how far this goes? The Heroes of Paris have resources and connections to fight this. Please, let us help you!"

Nora shook her head. "Thanks for the offer, little sis. But I'm the one who uncovered this conspiracy. I need to track it down on my own."

Alya sighed. "Fine. But if you ever need backup, you know where to find me."