"We have something to show you."
Mayura tells me as Fu helps me into a pair of pants. My legs were covered in this weird green wraps that felt like icy-hot. Only it was a green wrap, my veins kept glowing, the pain was completely numb and it was made from magical worms. As Fu explained to me when he wrapped it around my legs. Once my pants were on, this woman tried to grab my hand to move me. But I smacked it away from me.
"Rude."
"What's rude is being brainwashed into a mindless animal. You have no right to even touch me, remember that." I growled at her.
"I think what I did to you was nothing."
"Nothing!?" I asked. "You brainwashed me and then…made me…turn me into a psychopath that now resigns inside me!"
"I just made your hidden desires more…out there." She tells me with a shit-grin on her face. Like she didn't even care about the words that came out of my mouth. Let alone the chaos she set in motion, no she didn't care! Which begged the question, why was she here?
"Fuck you," I growled at her. Only to have her roll her eyes at me before walking away. Master Fu shakes his head at me in disappointment before walking away from me with a sigh. With a little struggle, I follow the two to the lobby of his home. Under his couch, for which he removed first to another place, was a hidden trap door. Grabbing a handle that blended into the doorway, he opens the hatch. Allowing Mayura to proceed down first. I soon follow in annoyance, and also he gave me an upset look.
Long, and dark, I walked down the step that led to the unknown. Nervously shaking with both pain and fear. Where were they taking me? To a prison? To my death? No, Master Fu wouldn't do that, but then again…is he Master Fu? Or under someone's control?
"Here we are," Mayura tells me before stopping in front of what appeared to be a door. A bright light blue light shined from a rectangle angle. I am guessing that was the door because Mayura opened to something I would have never guessed in this…well, this world!
"Oh my god," Tikki muttered. Oh, I forgot to mention Plagg and Tikki were on my shoulders.
We walked into a room of cages…One bedroom cages with multiple tubes attached to them. Written in a foreign language that I have never seen before on the glass walls. And the prisoners…you would have never guessed it.
"Oh great, another guest to experiment on us!" The prisoner screamed. Her blonde locks waved as she growled at me.
"Antibug?" I responded. I then walk over to the next cage. Then the next…and so on…
"Lady WiFi?! TimeBreaker!? Stoneheart!? Befana!? Dark owl!? Dark Blade!? D-Despair Bear!? WHAT!?"
Seriously, I would really want to know what was going on. This was not something I am very conferable with, let alone begin around. What the hell is going on, and why hasn't Master Fu told me about this?
"Confused? Shocked? Scared?" Mayura asked me. Walking past me in the process, I looked over my shoulder to see Evillustrator crying on his bed with a broken sketchbook and pen. Walking over to the cage, I place my hand against the glass. Once for a light shock to surge against my fingertips. Forcing me to move away from the object.
"Haven't you been to the zoo? Don't you know not to touch the cages?" Mayura chuckled. How can she find this funny?
"Come Marinette." Master Fu tells me. Nodding my head, I move away from the cage and follow the older male to the end of the room. From the looks of it, it seemed to have been a control area. With a large machine that contained various buttons and levers. By this large machine was a dining table that had a tea set ready and prepared to serve the guest. Sitting at this table was none other than Gabriel and his assistance Nathalie. Both looking down at papers, ignoring the people in cages.
"Glad you could join us Marinette," Gabriel tells me. He points to a seat across from him before pouring an orange colored liquid into a cup. Taking a seat, I take the glass from Gabriel and set it down in front of me. Knowing these people, they probably put drugs in this tea.
"Now that you're awake, let's get down to business," Mayura said as she takes a seat next to Fu. "We have to talk about Adrien."
"What is Adrien doing?" I asked.
"He has been kidnapping girls from your reign. He uses the victims that your servants raped and brainwashes them to do his bidding. So far 38 kids have been taken, and 19 babies have gone missing." Mayura explained. "Furthermore, Adrien himself has recreated the castle that you created during your time."
"What about Hugo? Any news on him?" I asked.
"He's alive," Gabriel responded. "Adrien would never hurt his son."
"He better not, I did not waste my entire life for my ultimate project to be destroyed," Mayura responded. What the hell did she mean by that?
"Excuse me?" I asked.
"You're excused." She tells me…bitch!
"Back to our problem," Gabriel growled. "With Hugo by his side, Adrien grows more powerful by the minute. We cannot afford for Hugo to be with him any longer than we need. Once we get Hugo away from Adrien, then we can attack your son and re-cage him."
"Wait, what!?" I asked.
"Marinette, it is very rude to interrupt people," Mayura tells me. I did not like this woman…
"And speaking of Hugo. Once he is here, I would like to do some test on the boy. See if he is developing in a good or bad way."
"But he's a child. And I didn't agree to give you Hugo, I agreed to give you these things." Gabriel says as she points to the cages.
"Things!?" I responded! These weren't things! There people…I think…
"They are a collection, yes! But I want the boy." She says. "Do you realize Hugo is the first actual Magic User born in thousands of years?" Mayura said.
"Do you realize that Hugo is just a child…" Fu growled. "I only agreed to this to save the children, that includes Hugo. I ask that you two do not go back on your word!"
"I certainly do not intend too. Mayura?" Gabriel asked. Leaving the brown-haired woman chuckling under her breath.
"Then I shall not work with you two."
"But this is all your fault!" Nat shouted in anger at the woman. I completely forgot she was there! "You can't do this and then just walk away!"
"I can, and I will. Unless you give me my right dessert, which is Hugo." She says. Ugh, I have had it! Slamming my fist to the table. I accidentally caused Gabriel teacup to roll over to the side and spill on the table. Mayura looks over to me with a tired look.
"What?" She responded in a half-assed tone. Like she didn't even care what my response was going to be, let alone my existence.
"Your talking about my son! I can interrupt as much as I can!" I shouted.
"Very rude, I see the Queen left a huge impact on you." She says with a smirk on her face. In anger, I stood up from my seat. She does the same, only to walk towards an empty cage. "This cage would be perfect for the Queen unless you allow her to stay with you."
"You know what!? Why don't you get possessed, have nightmares that feel real, then go on a psychopathic rampage, only to get yourself knocked up in the end! And bonus, raise a child!" I growled. "You know nothing of me! And as Hugo's mother, I demand you tell me exactly what you are talking about!"
"And to be honest, I am Hugo's mother. Not you, your just a vessel that got in on with her crush." Mayura tells me. In a flash, I turned my body around and looked straight at her. With little strength I had in my legs, I launched at towards her. Grabbing her by her collar, I thrust that petite body of hers against the glass that held Stormy Weather's cage. Cracks appearing behind her body as she moans in pain.
BUT I DIDN'T CARE! I didn't care…I didn't care! I didn't even notice my hands moved to her neck, squeezing the thing flesh as I pulled her down to the ground! I didn't care! Everything that has happened, I didn't care anymore! I don't care…
"Mar…i…" Mayura whimpers as she tries to break free from my grip but I squeezed even tighter. Her cheeks started to puff as her eyes move around. I wanted her to die! She deserved to die!
"MARINETTE!"
Her voice shouted right in my ear. Not Mayura, the Queen! Looking up from the brown-haired monster, I saw in my reflection off the cage the Queen. She was smiling, staring at me with those weird eyes. Quickly, I remove my hands away from Mayura's neck. Standing up, I backed away from the glass cage that the Queen watched me from.
Have you ever had a doll? One of those antique dolls with the marbles for eyes. You know how they followed you around the room where ever you moved. You couldn't escape the gaze of the doll unless you were behind it. That was the Queen for me. She didn't move, but her eyes did. Following me as back crawled away from the cage. What was this woman?
*Cough* Crazy! *cough* Girl!" Mayura coughs. Standing to her feet, she looks back at the cage than to me. She didn't see the Queen. Of course, she wouldn't, the Queen was my curse, not hers.
"Bitch!" She growled at me.
"Okay, enough!" Gabriel responded as he walks over to us. Helping me to my feet, because of my shitty legs. Once on my feet, he looks down at me to say:
"Marinette, we have something important to tell you." He tells me. Seconds later, Master Fu joins his side. Looking sad as Gabriel opens his mouth to say:
"Hugo…you and Hugo are magic producers." He tells me.
"What?" I chuckled.
"A magic producer, you stupid girl." Mayura coughed as she gets to her feet. "When I created the Queen, she wasn't supposed to be an Akuma. She was supposed to be a magic-absorbing orb that would take all the magic around you and give it to us. Gabriel made a mistake when he injected the Queen in you."
"I don't get it," I said.
"Oh, my…Marinette." Gabriel started. "When you un-akumatizied a person, the evil ego I create doesn't die. It becomes a floating orb of magic that eventually takes a form of its own."
"So all these people in the cages…" I asked.
"Yes, they are the dark magic that once possessed your friends," Gabriel tells me. "In order for them not to wreak havoc on the world, I trap them down here."
"Okay, so why am I stuck with the queen?" I asked.
"An experiment," Gabriel responded with sadden eyes. "Mayura and I wanted to see how long the human body can take the dark magic of an Akuma. I didn't know you were Ladybug at the time…if I did you would have never been my subject of interest."
"Why me?" Was all I could ask at that point.
"I don't know. Maybe because you made my son happy? Maybe because I could never Akumatize you no matter how hard I try. I don't know."
I was of interest he said. He chose me because I was happy, he said. My hero, my role model, an inspiration to become. He picked me because I made his son happy? Choose me because I was so happy? He picked me to suffer and cry because I was happy…happy…
"Marinette." He speaks. Getting on one knee, he places both hands on my shoulders as tears form in my eyes. My legs could barely support me now, but with my emotions, I was feeling so weak. I wanted to fall down and cry my eyes out.
"I am sorry. I am so sorry that I did this to you. I wish I could take it back, but I can't." He tells me. "All I can ask now is your help. I just want my son and my grandson to be safe."
For the first time in…I don't know, never I suppose. I sensed that Gabriel was worried about his son, that he was fearful for his child. He was scared, so scared that he had to come to me, his victim for help. Although I find this very sad, it did not fix the anger I had towards him.
"Fine, I will help. But only if you agree that I will keep BOTH Adrien and Hugo." I told him.
"What!?" He asked me as he rose to his feet.
"You heard me! I don't want you near my son, that's given fact! But Adrien!? No, I can't bring him back to you knowing he's not going to be happy. I will help you bring Chat Blanc, or The King down, but in the end, Adrien comes home with me." I told him. Cross my arms and staring at him right in the eyes as I did so. Gabriel, with a small weak chuckle but no smile, nod at my request.
"Fine, Adrien will live with you when all of this is over."
"But!" Mayura shouted. "My subject must be looked upon!"
"I am sorry Mayura, but my son comes first," Gabriel tells her. I felt like smiling, well, for a second at least. Then I heard an explosion coming from above me! Looking up at the ceiling, I saw specs of dust and dirt fall down. Someone was attacking…or rather, someone we know.
"Chat Blanc…
Kikkie: I am actually excited to write about Chat Blanc. I don't know why, but I like making Adrien bat-shit crazy. Anyway, thank you for reading! Please review and have a nice day!