Penguin: Hello chibis! Here's the update for Mine to Take! I'm not sure if I'll be updating on Monday because I don't get back from Orlando until 5 am on Saturday...and I'm typing the next chapter right now XD

~Response to MMTT~

SJJSpice1: It's part of the story. She really wasn't. We'll see... It's not Theo. And since the stalker shot Adrien, there's proof that ti's not Adrien. Hopefully. Here it is! c; XOXO

~Responses to MSM~

Mayuralover: Thank you! Pinksakura271 suggested it to me c;

Pinksakura271: My day was long today. But tomorrow I'm going to Universal! Woo hoo! :D Oh that's long ago, no need to worry c: It took a lot of antibiotics...now I'm just breaking out acne because of an eyebrow waxing ._. Why me. Oh thank you! Hey now, she's a nice person! I'd be stunned too. I've never received flowers from anyone before. I knew I messed up...I put Wyatt instead because I couldn't remember the name ._. I'll go back and fix that. Thank you! It's alright! No worries!

Nina The Fangirl: Thank you! I love you! I think he knew. Thank you! c:

Marinette stared down at Chloe. The cop's eyes were closed now. Marinette had closed them. Chloe's face was chalk-white. Her lips stained red with blood. The scent of blood filled Marinette's nose. Chloe Bourgeois hadn't deserved this. To die in an alley, surrounded by garbage. To die in someone else's place.

My place. Marinette still held tight to Chloe's hand. But her gaze was on the alley. Adrien was gone. He ran after the attacker. She didn't want Adrien dying in her place. Not Adrien. Not Nino. Not Chloe. "Come after me!" Marinette shouted. "Stop hurting the others! You let me be the one! Don't hurt anyone else!"

A tear leaked from her eye. The ambulance's siren was louder. "Let me be the one!" Marinette called out again. "Don't hurt anyone else!" Doors slammed. Footsteps rushed toward her. She looked up and saw Nathanael rushing her way. Behind him, she could see EMTs. More cops. Nathanael blanched when he saw Chloe.

"I'm so sorry," Marinette whispered. The EMTs pushed her out of the way. They tried to work on Chloe. You can't save the dead. Chloe's death was on her. Marinette looked back into the alley. No sign of Adrien. What would she do if her stalker turned his attention on Adrien? "Marinette." Marinette blinked and realized that Nathanael was standing right in front of her. A muscle flexed in his jaw as he said, "I want you to come with me. Come with me, now."

"Adrien went chasing after the attacker. We-we didn't see anyone, but Adrien ran down the alley-"

"I'll have men look for him." His eyes…they burned with emotion. Pain. Grief. Fury. "But it's not safe for you to be out here. Come on." He took the gun from her hand. Led her to a patrol car. "I-I'm so sorry about Chloe." Tears wanted to choke her. Nathanael nodded. The pain in his eyes deepened.

"So the fuck am I. She was only twenty-two. Twenty damn two." The EMTs weren't trying to save Chloe any more. She saw the way the other cops were acting. Saw the way they were marking the area. This wasn't about saving a life for them. It's a crime scene now.

The blood trail ended at the entrance to an old factory. Adrien kicked open the doors and rushed inside. His gun was up. Ready. Dust and cobwebs covered the factory's interior. Adrien searched and searched but found nothing. Because the bastard led me here.

He led. Adrien had followed. And I left Marinette alone. He whirled around and started racing back to Marinette. Adrien had only gone about five feet when the bullet hit him.

(A/N: ~cues all of the Adrien fangirls balling their eyes out~)

Another gunshot. When Marinette heard the thundering sound, her heart stopped. Nathanael ran toward the blast, and she dashed after him. Rushing faster, faster and-

Adrien was on the ground. Blood was around him. Just like Chloe. Just, Like. Chloe. "No!" Marinette screamed. Nathanael bent beside Adrien. Backup-more cops- raced up around them. Marinette hit the ground beside Adrien. So much blood.

"I'm…all right," Adrien managed. Her heart started to beat again. "Son of a bitch from the south. Waited for me to make a target…of myself." His breath heaved out. "Bullet's still in my chest. I'll be…fine." He'd better not be lying to her. In his chest.

"He's...not as good," Adrien managed, "With a gun…as he is…with a knife…" Fear clawed at Marinette's insides. She grabbed for Adrien's hand and held tight. Adrien's gaze-not as bright, and that dimness terrified her- found Marinette's. "Get her…out," he rasped to Nathanael. "He could…be here still…"

She wasn't leaving him. Nathanael tried to pull Marinette away, but she just held tighter to Adrien. "I'm not leaving you." Cops fanned out, started searching the area. The EMTs came and loaded Adrien to a gurney. When they put him into the back of an ambulance, Marinette jumped right in with him.

So much blood. "Rode with you…too…" Adrien whispered. "After…wreck…" His fingers squeezed hers. "Didn't want to…let you go."

"I'm not letting you go." The EMT pushed a needle into his arm. The ambulance jostled, bouncing along the old road. The scream of the siren echoed around her. The EMT cut away Adrien's shirt, and she got a good look at the wound. Marinette stopped breathing. "You lied to me," she whispered to Adrien. "No…"

How was he still talking? Still conscious? "Never leave…you…this won't stop…" The EMT connected thin tubes to him. Something started to beep. "Blood pressure's dropping!" The EMT snapped. Then he pushed Marinette back. Adrien's fingers slid from hers.

You lied to me. Because she'd seen the wound, and she knew things weren't going to be all right for Adrien.

Penguin: I can just imagine the review section right now...Thank you guys for reading! I'll see you guys next week! Bai bai!