For the first time in what seemed like forever, Marinette actually had a good dream. She didn't remember much once she woke up but she remembered walking around the park with a boy who she knew was Chat but he wasn't wearing a mask but somehow he was still masked somehow so she didn't know who he was. She woke up with a feeling of contentment. She didn't actually feel too tired at all and it was finally Friday and she was excited for the weekend to come.
When she got to class, on time, she sat down next to Alya who was on her phone as per usual.
"Hey, Alya!"
"Hey girl!"
"We should do something this weekend!" Marinette told her friend.
"Yeah! We could see a movie or something!" Alya responded then turned to the boys sitting in front of them.
"Hey Nino, Adrien, do you want to come see a movie and hang out this weekend?" Marinette instantly felt her face go red, movies and hanging out with Adrien?!
"Sure!" Nino responded enthusiastically.
"I actually think I can this time!" Adrien said with a huge smile looking at his phone which they assumed was his schedule.
"I have a photo shoot all morning but then after 2:00!" She couldn't remember the last time she saw Adrien smile so much before. Marinette smiled and felt so happy and content, both for herself but also for Adrien and that he was able to join for once.
"I'll see what good movies are in and the times and make a group chat!" Alya said instantly going to her phone. Marinette took a deep breath so she wouldn't stutter in front of Adrien.
"After the movie, you all can come over to my house for food and video games," Marinette said calmly.
"That sounds like fun!" Adrien said with a smile.
"G-great!" Marinette said then felt a nudge on her side. Alya raised an eyebrow at her and said,
"That sounds fun! Adrien, you HAVE to try Marinette's family's cooking and also the cupcakes she makes are THE best!"
"Really? I can't wait!" They all looked at their pure cinnamon bun friend who was bubbling with excitement.
As the day went on everyone slowly got antsier, it was Friday and also it was springtime and it was a beautiful day. Once school let out the four friends decided they would see the new Marvel movie that recently came out. After they parted ways, Marinette walked home contently excited about the weekend to come and the fun she would have with her friends and hopefully improve her interactions with Adrien. As she walked she thought about why she acted the way she did around him and realized she was putting him on a pedestal. Although the reasons she liked him were pure and they had nothing to do with him being a model or his father she still placed him there. After talking with him the past two days she started to be better about it and realized she wants to be a better friend to him more than anything. She rounded the corner to her house when she heard,
"Lights out for you!" and it suddenly was dark as night, even though it was still midday. Marinette felt Tikki in her purse nudge her, she could tell it was an akuma. She ran to the nearest ally way and checked her surroundings before opening up her purse and calling out,
"Spots on!"
After her transformation ended she used her yo-yo to get to higher ground to see where the akuma was coming from. As she stood on the roofs of Paris she saw a few streets over a figure that was bigger than a regular person and giving off a bluish glow. As she swung closer she tried observing what his purpose was as she messaged Chat on her yo-yo there was an akuma.
As she got closer she could see sparks flying off the guy, they would have to be careful to not get electrocuted. Marinette began formulating a plan when Chat dropped down next to her.
"Looks like my cat vision will be purrrfect for this akuma bugaboo" Marinette rolled her eyes.
Just then the akuma struck Le Grand Paris hotel and the entire hotel turned black all the lights off. Gee, I wonder who would cause an akuma to attract the hotel, Marinette thought to herself sarcastically.
"It seems it's some sort of electric akuma, I will bet you 5 euros that Chloe had something to do with it," Marinette said with her teeth clenched. She took a breath, it didn't matter right now she would deal with Chole later.
"Anyways we have to be careful, let's try and get it into the Seine, hopefully, the water helps deactivate his electric powers," she said quickly trying to solidify a plan before jumping into action.
"Sounds good My Lady lets go," He said vaulting his way towards the akuma, as Marinette swung around the back of the building.
"Hey! Who turned out the lights!" Chat yelled at the akuma from a nearby roof.
"I am the Electrician, without me, there is no light! You will give me your miraculous if you ever want to see the light of day again!" He said pointing what looked like a screwdriver at Chat, both superheroes realized that is most likely where the akuma was.
"What a de-light!" He said running towards the Seine on the roof.
Marinette had gone to the end of the street by the Seine and wrapped her Yoyo around two light poles to hopefully trip the Electrician.
The Electrician let out a yell and began to follow the direction Chat was going and pointed his screwdriver at him which released a small bolt of lightning that narrowly missed Chat. As they neared Chat began running faster as more lightning bolts followed. He was one roof away with the Electrician following closely on the ground when Marinette saw the flash of light and then no Chat.
"CHAT!" She screamed, the Electrician turned to her and her trap.
"Give me your Miraculous or you will get the same!" The Electrician yelled.
She untied her yo-yo and yelled,
"Lucky Charm!" a large red polka-dot car tire fell into her arms and instantly knew what to do.
She ran towards the akuma, her heart was pounding, she needed to get to Chat. She wrapped her yo-yo around the tire and ran towards a car to vault herself off of. She flew through the air her as the akuma raised his screwdriver at her, she fell towards him throwing the tire over him successfully trapping him, his electric pulses became useless. Her yo-yo acted as a leash as she had to figure out how to destroy it, a screwdriver doesn't break with just a stomp. Suddenly Chat jumped down next to her.
"Chat! You're ok!" She said relieved.
"Sorry to shock you, My Lady, let me take care of that for you "
"Cataclysm!" he yelled as his hand was surrounded by the dark magic.
Marinette plucked the screwdriver from the Electrician's hand, and gave it to him, it turned to dust and a purple butterfly flew out. She undid her yo-yo from the tire and caught the butterfly and released it back into the air.
"Miraculous ladybug!" She cried as the sun came back and the lights in the hotel returned, and a middle-aged man wearing an electricians outfit sat before them confused.
"Did I? Was I a…" He said a bit frightened. Chat held his hand out and helped the man to his feet.
"It's ok sir, everything is okay and back to normal." the man scratched his head and sighed.
"Thank you, I am… I'm sorry..." Marinette felt a pang in her heart and put a hand on the man's shoulder.
"Do not apologize, sir, emotions are what make us human, it's not your fault, Hawkmoth is the one to blame for taking advantage of our city's people." He gave her a small somewhat sad smile.
"Thank you Ladybug." She looked over at her partner worried still who was looking at her with a bit of awe. Just then both their miraculous started beeping
"Anyways, please get home safe we must be going!" She said with a last look at the man and one to Chat to say follow me.
They flung to the roof and hid behind a chimney to talk. Chat instantly was a bit confused when suddenly Ladybug was hugging him.
"Ladybug?" He said quietly returning the hug. He could feel how tense she was and buried his face in her neck.
"You're okay? How are you okay? You got struck by lightning?" She asked still holding on tight.
"I'm okay." He said pulling away slightly to look at her. Her eyes were still filled with worry.
"The bolt didn't hit me, it hit the antenna next to me and the flash blinded me for a second and I tripped." He said sheepishly. A wave of relief spread through her heart. Her earrings beeped again, she had only a minute or two before her transformation released.
"I'm glad you're okay. I should get going." She said turning to go with a faint blush hidden beneath her mask when Chat grabbed her hand.
"Hey, thanks for worrying so much and also thank you for coming up with an idea to text, please let me know if you want to talk ever, it's nice to have someone who understands." He said ears dropping slightly. She gave him a small smile and squeezing his hand before retreating home.
"Of course I worry kitty, don't ever think I don't care. Have happy dreams tonight." She said softly and swinging away.
His heart thumped in his chest and he murmured to himself,
"Have happy dreams too, My Lady"